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Butterfly Valley, Bekas Sherko
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Склад Англия: 682 шт. Склад Америка: 78 шт.
Автор: Bekas Sherko
Название: Butterfly Valley
Издательство: ARC Publications
Поэтические тексты и антологии
ISBN-13(EAN): 978-1-911469-07-0
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Размер: 23.39 x 15.60 x 0.74 cm
Поставляется из: Англии
The late 1980s witnessed two devastating chemical attacks by the Saddam r gime on Iraqi Kurdistan. The first of these, in 1988, known as the Anfal campaign, saw the destruction of 3000 Kurdish villages, over 40 chemical attacks launched, and 100,000 civilians buried in mass graces, with hundreds more dying of exposure to chemical weapons. The second attack was on the town of Halabja where over 5000 people died instantly. Thousands of people who had survived the attacks in both Anfal and Halabja but had been mildly affected by the gas later died from cancer and other diseases.
Butterfly Valley is Sherko Bekes response to these atrocities. Stunned by the worlds silence in the face of this genocide, Bekes - in exile in Sweden at the time - longs to go home and mourn the victims. He laments the repetitive cycles of continuous oppression and suppressed revolutions in Kurdish history, and in his despair speaks to other exiled Kurdish poets (Nali, Hani and Mawlawi among them) from the sixteenth century to the present day. This long poem unfolds in beautifully-drawn images of the poets homeland - mountains and forests, rivers and villages, meadows and flowers - which are juxtaposed with scenes of death, destruction and suffering. This is an immensely powerful poem, at once lyrical and heart-rending, and Choman Hardis fine translation at last gives the English-speaking reader the most extensive example yet of his outstanding writing.
Автор: Bekas, Sherko
Описание: The late 1980s witnessed two devastating chemical attacks by the Saddam regime on Iraqi Kurdistan. Butterfly Valley is Sherko Bekes` response to these atrocities. Stunned by the world`s silence in the face of this genocide, Bekes - in exile in Sweden at the time - longs to go home and mourn the victims.
Автор: Sherko Kirmanj
Название: Islam and Politics
Издательство: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Описание: The relationship between Islam and politics has attracted considerable attention in recent years, and especially since the September 11 attacks. This book examines this relationship and comprises an extensive review of the main sources of Islam (Qur'an and Sunna). The principal aim is to assess arguments regarding the political nature of Islam, and it seeks to investigate whether or not Islam is inherently political. The book asserts that the Qur’an and the Sunna are concerned mainly with ethical and moral issues and have little to say about politics and governance. Islamists claim that most Muslim manners, values, rules and regulations are derived from Islamic scriptural sources, primarily the Qur’an. They use this assertion as the basis for politicizing their faith. This book examines this Islamist claim, also. The book also discusses links between the political theories and ideas of medieval and modern Islamists, showing how the latter is a continuation of the former’s writings. It also shows how episodes of Islamist thought have coincided with both external conflicts with non-Muslim powers and internal ones with local regimes.
Автор: Fatah Sherko, Chalmers Martin
Название: The Dark Ship
Издательство: Eurospan
Описание: Growing up in Saddam Hussein`s Iraq, a young Kurdish boy named Kerim has ample opportunity to witness the murderous repression that defined the era for thousands of Iraqis. This book follows Kerim from the fading memories of his childhood to his life running his family`s roadside restaurant.
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10 Curious Facts About Jordan, Home to the Red Sea Resort You've Never Heard Of
Jordan can hardly be called an unknown quantity; however, it also has its unheralded areas and its little mysteries. Learn more here.
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Macao Is More Popular Than New York – and 18 Other Unbelievable Stats About Travel
Macau, the Asian gambling hub, is the fifth-most visited city in the world, making its more popular than New York. Check out the other facts here.
Syria Has Amazing Bars, Says Levison Wood, After Completing Journey Across the Middle East on Foot
British Explorer Levison Wood visited Syria, for the "privilege to get in there and tell the human story about places." Learn more here.
Slight Return for Fascinating Lebanon Is a Travel Opportunity to Be Seized
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has expanded the zone to which British travelers may visit in Lebanon to more than Beirut. Learn more here.
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Wadsworth Control Systems, Inc. is the oldest and most reliable environmental greenhouse control company in North America. There are more of Wadsworth's systems in greenhouses than any other system on the market. Since the company's inception in 1952, Wadsworth's mission has been to constantly innovate in order to provide the best possible products for growers and their greenhouses. In fact, George Dean Jr., the founder's son and former president, is in the Society of American Florists Horticultural Hall of Fame for his contributions in automation advancements.
Two of the main product lines that Wadsworth manufactures are energy curtains and vent automation systems. Their Powerpull Energy Curtains provide easy, automatic shading to greenhouses that allow growers to control the internal temperatures by reducing the amount of sunlight and humidity. Their vent automation systems regulate the amount of heat and condensation present in greenhouses by automatically opening and closing vents.
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An integral part of both systems consists of a rack and pinion setup. In addition to the rack and pinion setup in Wadsworth's energy curtains systems, plastic rollers need to be properly lubricated in order to slide on steel rails without causing friction and wear. When designing both systems, the engineers searched for a lubricant that could withstand extremely humid and wet conditions with temperatures up to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. According to their purchasing manager, Greg Williams, "we needed a lubricant that was resilient enough to hold up to high temperatures and humidity without dissipating."
Variable temperatures, moisture, extended service life and compatibility with plastic parts are all key design challenges that Wadsworth faced when selecting a proper lubricant. Oils and lower quality greases tend to evaporate and migrate when used in applications that are exposed to elevated temperatures and high humidity. Conventional lithium greases, especially in the presence of moisture, will soften and bleed, causing the grease to break down and migrate away from critical areas. In addition, solvent refined base oils are common in cheaper greases and can cause damage to plastic parts over time. With all of these challenges to balance, Wadsworth was required to look comprehensively at lubrication options for optimal design performance. The lubrication criteria to maximize equipment reliability were: excellent adhesion, corrosion protection, high quality base oils and the longevity of the product.
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Magnalube-G is the perfect solution because it performs well over time, and is not affected by high temperature, high humidity environments, such as those present in greenhouses. One reason for this is that there are no metals present in Magnalube-G, so rust and corrosion will not occur on the lubricated components as quickly as when using conventional soap-based greases. In addition, the PTFE base will effectively block the electro-chemical reaction necessary for corrosion to occur while further extending the operating life of the parts by reducing wear. Magnalube-G also contains high-quality paraffinic oil that will not react with sensitive plastic parts.
In the end, Wadsworth Control's comprehensive approach to product design paid off because they found a lubricant that stood the test of time. "We have used Magnalube for the same applications since 1985," attests Williams. "We send a can with every shade system, and then the various greenhouses can reapply it if needed." Williams continued, "they very seldom need another can, so it lasts a very long time."
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Ether or AEther (from Greek and probably from I burn,) a material substance of a more subtle kind than visible bodies, supposed to exist in those parts of space which are apparently empty. So begins the article, ” Ether,” written for the ninth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, by James Clerk-Maxwell.
The derivation of the word seems to indicate some connection in men’s minds with the idea of Fire. The other three elements,” Earth, Water, Air, representing the solid, liquid, and gaseous conditions of ordinary matter respectively. The name Ether suggests a far more subtle or penetrating and ultra-material kind of substance.
Newton employs the term for the medium which fills space. —Not only space which appears to be empty, but space also which appears to be full. Because the light-bearing ether must undoubtedly penetrate between the atoms— must exist in the pores so to speak—of every transparent substance, else light could not travel through it.
But now proceed to ask what is this Ether which in the case of light is thus vibrating? What corresponds to the elastic displacement and recoil of the spring or pendulum? What corresponds to the inertia whereby it overshoots its mark? Do we know these properties in the ether in any other way ? The answer, given first by Clerk-Maxwell, and now reiterated and insisted on by experiments performed in every important laboratory in the world, is: — The elastic displacement corresponds to electrostatic charge—roughly speaking, to electricity. The inertia corresponds to magnetism. This is the basis of the modern electromagnetic theory of light.
A Leyden jar is an antique electrical component which stores a high-voltage electric charge (from an external source) between electrical conductors on the inside and outside of a glass jar. It typically consists of a glass jar with metal foil cemented to the inside and the outside surfaces, and a metal terminal projecting vertically through the jar lid to make contact with the inner foil. It was the original form of the capacitor.
Electromagnetic theory of light
Let’s attempt to illustrate the meaning of this statement, by reviewing some fundamental electrical facts in the light of these analogies:
The old and familiar operation of charging a Leyden jar —the storing up of energy in a strained dielectric— any electrostatic charging whatever— is quite analogous to the drawing aside of our flexible spring. It is making use of the elasticity of the ether to produce a tendency to recoil.
Letting go the spring is analogous to permitting a discharge of the jar—permitting the strained dielectric to recover itself—the electrostatic disturbance to subside.
In nearly all the experiments of electrostatics etherial elasticity is manifest. Next consider inertia. How would one illustrate the fact that water, for instance, possesses inertia—the power of persisting in motion against obstacles—the power of possessing kinetic energy?
The most direct way would be to take a stream of water and try suddenly to stop it. Open a water-tap freely and then suddenly shut it.
The impetus or momentum of the stopped water makes itself manifest by a violent shock to the pipe, with which everybody must be familiar. This momentum of water is utilized by engineers in the “water-ram.”
The extra current
A precisely analogous experiment in Electricity is what Faraday ca led “the extra current.” Send a current through a coil of wire round a piece of iron, or take any other arrangement for developing powerful magnetism, and then suddenly stop the current by breaking the circuit.
A violent flash occurs if the stoppage is sudden enough—a flash which means the bursting of the insulating air partition by the accumulated electromagnetic momentum. The scientific name for this electrical inertia is “self-induction.” Briefly we may say that nearly all electromagnetic experiments illustrate the fact of etherial inertia. Now return to consider what happens when a charged conductor (say a Leyden jar) is discharged.
The recoil of the strained dielectric causes a current, the inertia of this current causes it to overshoot the mark, and for an instant the charge of the jar is reversed; the current now flows backward and charges the jar up as at first; back again flows the current; and so on, charging and reversing the charge, with rapid oscillations, until the energy is all dissipated into heat.
The operation is precisely analogous to the release of a strained spring, or to the plucking of a stretched string. But the discharging body, thus thrown into strong electrical vibration, is embedded in the all pervading ether; and we have just seen that the ether possesses the two properties requisite for the generation and transmission of waves — viz., elasticity, and inertia or density; hence, just as a tuning-fork vibrating in air excites aerial waves, or»sound, so a discharging Leyden jar in ether excites etherial waves, or light.
James Clerk Maxwell. Light is an electromagnetic disturbance of the ether.
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Clerk-Maxwell’s brilliant perception or mathematical deduction, in 1865, of the real nature of light is abundantly justified. And for the first time we have a true theory of light—no longer based upon analogy with sound, nor upon the supposed properties of some hypothetical jelly or elastic solid, but capable of being treated upon a substantial basis of its own, in alliance with the sciences of Electricity and of Magnetism. Light is an electromagnetic disturbance of the ether. Optics is a branch of electricity.
James Clerk-Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish scientist in the field of mathematical physics. His perhaps most obviously achievement was to formulate the classical idea of electromagnetic rays, bringing together for the very first time power, magnetism, and lighting as unique manifestations of exactly the same phenomenon. Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetism have already been referred to as the “second great unification in physics” following the 1st one realised by Isaac Newton.
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Along with the publication of “A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field” in 1865, Maxwell proven that electrical and magnetic career fields travel through area as waves moving at the speed of light.
He suggested that light is an undulation in the same medium that is the cause of electronic and magnetic phenomena. The unification of light source and electro-mechanical phenomena led his prediction from the existence of radio waves. Maxwell is also regarded as a founder of the modern field of electrical power engineering.
He helped build the Maxwell-Boltzmann supply, a statistical means of describing areas of the kinetic theory of gases. He is also known for presenting the first durable colour photo in 1861 as well as for his foundational work on analysing the rigidity of rod-and-joint frameworks (trusses) like those in many bridges.
His discoveries aided usher within the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such grounds as special relativity and quantum mechanics. Many physicists regard Maxwell as the 19th-century scientist getting the greatest impact on 20th-century physics.
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NEW PODCAST What Makes NHS Employers Tick?
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In the latest Unions21 podcast, Becky and I talk to Danny Mortimer– chief executive of the NHS Employers’ organisation.
This is not as surprising a choice as it may seem for an avowedly union/worker publication. The lack of co-ordination and appetite amongst employers is frequently cited – by us and others – as a major inhibitor of good industrial relations and collective bargaining. So, when the lead negotiator for the employer of the largest workforce in the country offers to spend some time sharing his thoughts, that seems a good opportunity – to gain some insights and test some bona fides.
And Danny did indeed open up. Our discussion – as you’ll hear on the podcast – was candid, wide-ranging and quite challenging.
Anyone who has held a negotiating brief will know that the relationship you develop with whoever is on the other side of the table is crucial. Creating and maintaining that relationship depends on understanding your counterpart, both as a person and as the representative of their organisation. So, the first take-away from this episode for me was a reminder of just how much that relationship matters, and how insights into what makes the employers’ tick are a vital part of that understanding.
A second take-away, which Becky and I reflect on in the podcast, is on the limits of collective bargaining. For all the willingness and capacity of the NHS employers, under Danny’s leadership , to engage with NHS unions, there is still a funding crisiswhich is putting the service under great and increasing strain, there are still over 100,000 outsourced staff working for minimum wage contractors, and the cliff-edge collapse of stafffrom other EU states post-referendum show that parameters within which the constructive employer-union relationship plays out cannot be separated or insulated from political and public-policy debates. So when, in the podcast, Danny talks about staff who have a less satisfactory employment experience than others, it had a particular resonance for me – I wonder if others will feel the same.
Does this restriction mean that the relationship is hopelessly compromised? The answer to that has to be “No.” The negotiating agenda covers many many things that directly affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of employees, their families and the health care that we all rely on. RCMDirector of Employee Relations Jon Skewes gave his views on the value of the interaction in one of our podcasts from last year (listen here), and certainly the creation of a forum to specifically work through the challenge of Brexit (the Cavendish Coalition) was impressive collaborative work which many industrial sectors would have done well to mimic.
We live in strange times and the need, value and importance of building alliances for overarching or vital goals has never been greater, as the O’Grady-Fairbairn declaration illustrated. The NHS negotiating machinery has a full agenda and should still be regarded as something of a standard-setter. But how the model now develops is something we all need to watch.
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We strive to challenge the traditional concepts and perceptions used in the property industry by driving change and innovation: we have been rewarded by being voted the Sunday Times Best Estate Agency in the United Kingdom.
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Folker Meyer is a computational biologist at Argonne National Laboratory, a Professor of Bioinformatics at the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago and a senior fellow at the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago.
He trained as a computer scientists and started to work with biologists early on in his career. It was that exposure to interesting biological problems that sparked his interest in building software systems to tackle biological problems, mostly in the field of genomics or post-genomics. In the past he has been best known for his leadership role in the development of the GenDB genome annotation system, he has also played an active role in the design and implementation of several high-performance computing platforms.
His current work focuses on the analysis of shotgun metagenomics data sets and on the MG-RAST community resource for metagenomics. Shotgun metagenomics is benefitting directly from the current advances in sequencing technology, leading to dramatic growth in the number scientists using this approach and the number and size of the data sets being produced. He also has an interest in microbial genomics and the analysis of complete microbial genomes and is a member of the RAST project.
He is a founding member of the Earthmicrobiome project (EMP). He is a board member of the Genomics Standards Consortium (GSC).
Folker's google scholar page
Folker Meyer
Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Biology Division
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
eMail: folker@anl.gov
Computation Institute
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Short CV
2014 -- Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
2014 -- 2019 Deputy Director, Biology Division , Argonne National Laboratory
2008 -- 2014 Associate Director, Institute for Genomics and System Biology, Argonne National Laboratory
2008 -- Senior Fellow, Institute for Genomics and System Biology, Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago
2006 -- Computational Biologist, Mathematics and Commputer Science Department, Argonne National Laboratory
2006 -- Senior Fellow Computation Institute, University of Chicago
2001 -- 2006 Executive Director, Bioinformatics Resource Facility, Bielefeld University, Germany
2001 -- PhD in computer science, at Department of computer science and department of biology at Bielefeld University, Germany
1999-2006 -- Designed, implemented and ran 500+ CPU high-performance bioinformatics computing facility at Bielefeld University
1996-2006 -- Started and ran applied Bioinformatics group, initially at the Department of Biology the group later moved to the Center for Biotechnology
1996 -- Diploma thesis (Master's equiv.) in Computer Science at Bielefeld University
Please use google scholar for a more complete list.
[78] J. Gilbert, F. Meyer
Modeling the Earth Microbiome -- Careful planning can reduce sampling and measurement biases while building data sets describing microbes across multiple ecosystems
ASM Microbe 2012
[77] T. Thomas, J. Gilbert and F. Meyer Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis
BMC Microbial Informatics and Experimentation 2012
[76] T. O. Delmont, E. Prestat, K. P Keegan, M. Faubladier, P. Robe, a. M. Clark, E. Pelletier, P. R. Hirsch, F. Meyer, J. A. Gilbert, D. Le Paslier, P. Simonet and T. M Vogel
Structure, fluctuation and magnitude of a natural grassland soil metagenome
The ISME Journal (2012), 1–11
[75] N. Desai, D. Antonopoulos, J. A Gilbert, E. M Glass and F. Meyer
From genomics to metagenomics
Current Opinions in Biotechnology, 2012
[74] D. A. Antonopoulos, E. M. Glass, and F. Meyer
Analyzing Metagenomic data: inferring microbial community function with MG-RAST
Metagenomics and its applications in agriculture, biomedicine, and environmental studies
publisher: Nova Science Publishers, 2011
editor: Robert W. Li
[73] E. M. Glass and F. Meyer
Analysis of Metagenomics Data
Bioinformatics for High Throughput Sequencing
publisher: Springer 2012
editors: Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Naiara; Hackenberg, Michael; Aransay, Ana M. (Eds.)
[72] D. Field, L. Amaral-Zettler, G, Cochrane, J. R Cole, P. Dawyndt, G. M Garrity, J. Gilbert, F. O. Glöckner, L. Hirschman, I. Karsch-Mizrachi, H.-P. Klenk, R. Knight, R. Kottmann, N. Kyrpides, F. Meyer, I. San Gill, S.-A. Sansone, L. M Schriml, P. Sterk, T. Tatusova, D. W Ussery, O. White, J. Wooley
The Genomic Standards Consortium
PLoS Biology2011 June; 9(6): e1001088.
[71] A. Wilke, J. Wilkening, E. M. Glass, N. L. Desai, and F. Meyer
Porting the MG-RAST metagenomic data analysis pipeline to the cloud
Concurrency and Computation2011, DOI: 10.1002/cpe.1799
[70] C. S. Henry, R. Overbeek, F. Xia, A. A. Best, E. Glass, J. Gilbert, P. Larsen, R. Edwards, T. Disz, F. Meyer, V. Vonstein, M. DeJongh, D. Bartels, N. Desai, M. D'Souza, S. Devoid, K. P. Keegan, R. Olson, A. Wilke, J. Wilkening, and R. L. Stevens
Connecting Genotype to Phenotype in the Era of High-throughput Sequencing
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Oct;1810(10):967-77
[69] E. M. Glass and Folker Meyer
The metagenomics RAST server --- a public resource for the automatic phylogenetic and functional analysis of metagenomes
Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II: Metagenomics in Different Habitats
publisher: Wiley/Blackwell
Editor: Frans J. de Bruin
[68] P.E. Larsen, F. Collart, D. Field,F. Meyer, K.P. Keegan, C.S. Henry, J. McGrath,J. Quinn, J.A. Gilbert
Predicted Relative Metabolomic Turnover (PRMT): determining metabolic turnover from a coastal marine metagenomic dataset.
BMC Microbial Informatics and Experimentation. , 2011, 1:4
[67] S. Lemke, D. A Antonopoulos, F. Meyer, M. H Domanus, U. Schmidt-Ott
BMP Signaling Components in Embryonic Transcriptomes of the Hover Fly Episyrphus balteatus (Syrphidae)
BMC Genomics 2011, 12:278doi:10.1186/1471-2164-12-278
[66] J. A. Gilbert,F. Meyer, L. Schriml, I.R. Joint, M. Mühling, D. Field
Metagenomes and metatranscriptomes from the L4 long-term coastal monitoring station in the Western English Channel
Standards in Genomic Sciences 3 (2): 183-193 2010
[65] P. Yilmaz, R. Kottmann, D. Field, R. Knight, J. R. Cole, L. Amaral-Zettler, J. A. Gilbert, I. Karsch-Mizrachi, A. Johnston, G. Cochrane, R. Vaughan, C. Hunter, J. Park, N. Morrison, P. Rocca-Serra, P. Sterk, M. Arumugam, M. Bailey, L. Baumgartner, B. W. Birren, M. J. Blaser, V. Bonazzi, T. Booth, P. Bork, F. D. Bushman, P. L. Buttigieg, P. S. G. Chain, E. Charlson, E. K. Costello, H. Huot-Creasy, P. Dawyndt, T. DeSantis, N. Fierer, J. A. Fuhrman, R. E. Gallery, D. Gevers, R. A. Gibbs, M. Gwinn Giglio, I. San Gil, A. Gonzalez, J. I. Gordon, R. Guralnick, W. Hankeln, S. Highlander, P. Hugenholtz, J. Jansson, S. T. Kelley, J. Kennedy, D. Knights, O. Koren, J. Kuczynski, N. Kyrpides, R. Larsen, C. L. Lauber, T. Legg, R. E. Ley, C. A. Lozupone, W. Ludwig, D. Lyons, E. Maguire, B. A. Methé, F. Meyer, S. Nakielny, K. E. Nelson, D. Nemergut, J. D. Neufeld, L. K. Newbold, A. E. Oliver, N. R. Pace, G. Palanisamy, J. Peplies, J. Peterson, J. Petrosino, L. Proctor, E. Pruesse, C. Quast, J. Raes, S. Ratnasingham, J. Ravel, D. A. Relman, S. Assunta-Sansone, P. D. Schloss, L. Schriml, R. Sinha, E. Sodergren, A. Spor, J. Stombaugh, J. M. Tiedje, D. V. Ward, G. M. Weinstock, D. Wendel, O. White, A. Whiteley, A. Wilke, J. R. Wortman, F. O. Glöckner
The “Minimum Information about a MARKer gene Sequence” (MIMARKS) specification
Nature Biotechnology 2011
[64] S.Mitra, P. Rupek, D. C. Richter, T. Urich, J. A. Gilbert, F. Meyer, A. Wilke, D. H.Huson
Functional analysis of metagenomes and metatranscriptomes using SEED and KEGG
BMC Bioinformatics 12(Suppl 1):S21doi:10.1186/1471-2105-12-S1-S21
[63] D. Field, S. Sansone, E. F. DeLong, P. Sterk, I. Friedberg, R. Kottmann, L. Hirschman, G. Garrity, G. Cochrane, J. Wooley, F. Meyer, S. Hunter, O. White
Meeting Report: Metagenomics, Metadata and MetaAnalysis (M3) at ISMB 2010
Standards in Genomic Science (SIGS), Vol 3 (3)
[62] J.A. Gilbert, F. Meyer, D. A. Antonoploulos, P. Balaji, C.T. Brown, N. Desai, J.A. Eisen, D. Evers, W. Feng, D. Huson, J. Jasson, R. Knight, J. Knight, E. Kolker, K. Kostantindis, J. Kostka, N. Kyrpides, R. Mackelprang, A.C. McHardy, C. Quince, J. Raes, A. Sczyrba, A. Shade, R. Stevens
Meeting Report: The Terabase Metagenomics Workshop and the Vision of an Earth Microbiome Project
Standards in Genomics Science (SIGS), Vol 3 (3), 2010
[61] Gilbert JA, Meyer F, Jansson J, Gordon J, Pace N, Tiedje J, Ley R, Fierer N, Field D, Kyrpides N, Glockner F-O, Klenk H-P, Wommack KE, Glass E, Docherty K, Gallery R, Stevens R, Knight R.
Microbiome Project: Meeting report of the 1st EMP meeting on sample selection and acquisition at Argonne National Laboratory October 6th 2010
[60] Glass E, Meyer F, Gilbert JA, Field D, Hunter S, Kottman R, Kyrpides N, Sansone S, Schriml L, Sterk P, White O , Wooley J.
Meeting report from the Genomics Satndards Consortium (GSC) workshop 10
[59] Gilbert JA, Meyer F, Knight R, Field D, Kyrpides N, Yilmaz P, Wooley J.
Meeting report: GSC M5 roundtable at the 13th International Society for Microbial Ecology meeting in Seattle
Standards in Genomic Science (SIGS) Vol 3 (3), 2010
[58] Gilbert JA, Meyer F, Field D, Schriml LM, Garrity GM.
Metagenomics: A foundling finds its feet.
Standards in Genomic Science (SIGS) , Vol 3 (2) , 2010
[57] Y. Wang, D. A. Antonopoulos, X. Zhu, L. Harrell, I. Hanan, J. C. Alverdy, F. Meyer, M. Musch, V. B. Young, E. B. Chang
Laser capture microdissection and metagenomic analysis of intact mucosa-associated microbial communities of human colon
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2010
[56] Hather, G. J., Haynes, W., Higdon, R., Kolker, N., Stewart, E. A., Arzberger, P., Chain, P., Field, D., Franza, B. R., Lin, B., Meyer, F., Ozdemir, V., Smith, C. V., Van Belle, G., Wooley, J., and Kolker, E.
The United States of America and Scientific Research.
PLoS ONE 5, no. 8: 9. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012203., 2010
[55] J. A. Gilbert, F. Meyer, M. J. Bailey
The Future of microbial metagenomics (or is ignorance bliss?)
The ISME Journal , (25 November 2010) | doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.178, 2010
[54] C. Pfister, F. Meyer, D. Antonopoulos
Metagenomic profiling of a microbial assemblage associated with the California mussel: a node in networks of carbon and nitrogen cycling
PLoS One 2010
[53] S. Lemke, S. E. Busch, D. A Antonopoulos, F. Meyer, M. H Domanus, and U. Schmidt-Ott
Maternal activation of gap genes in the hover fly Episyrphus
Development 137, (2010) doi:10.1242/dev.046649
[52] F. E. Angly, D. Willner, A. Prieto-Dav, R. A. Edwards, R. Schmieder, R. Vega-Thurber, D. A. Antonopoulos, K. Barott, M. T. Cottrell, C. Desnues, E. A. Dinsdale, M. Furlan, M. Haynes, M. R. Henn, Y. Hu, D. L. Kirchman, T. McDole, J. D. McPherson, F. Meyer, R. M. Miller, E. Mundt, R. K. Naviaux, B. Rodriguez-Mueller, R. Stevens, L. Wegley, L. Zhang, B. Zhu, F. Rohwer
The GAAS Metagenomic Tool and Its Estimations of Viral and Microbial Average Genome Size in Four Major Biomes
PLOS Computational Biology 2010
[51] E. M. Glass, J. Wilkening, A. Wilke, D. Antonopoulos, and F. Meyer
Using the Metagenomics RAST Server (MG-RAST) for Analyzing Shotgun Metagenomes
Cold Spring Harbor Protocols 2010, Cold Spring Harb. Protoc.; 2010; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot5368
[50] J. Wilkening, A. Wilke, N. Desai, F. Meyer
Using Clouds for Metagenomics: A Case Study
IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (Cluster 2009), AUG 31-SEP 04, 2009 New Orleans, LA 2009 (preprint) ( PDF)
[49] F. Meyer, R. Overbeek, A. Rodriguez
FIGfams: Yet another set of protein families
Nucleic Acids Res. Volume: 37 Issue: 20 Pages: 6643-6654 , 2009
[48] T. Bekel, K. Henckel, H. Küster, F. Meyer V. Mittard Runte, H. Neuweger, D. Paarmann, O. Rupp, M. Zakrzewski, A. Pühler, J. Stoye, A. Goesmann
The Sequence Analysis and Management System SAMS-2.0: Data management and sequence analysis adapted to changing requirements from traditional sanger sequencing to ultrafast sequencing technologies
Journal of Biotechnology, 2009
[47] R. Gross, C. A Guzman., M. Sebaihia, V.AP Martins dos Santos, D. H Pieper, R. Koebnik, M. Lechner, D. Bartels, J. Buhrmester, J. V Choudhuri, T. Ebensen, L. Gaigalat, S. Herrmann, C. Larisch, S. Link, B. Linke, F. Meyer, S. Mormann, D. Nakunst, C. Rückert, S. Schneiker-Bekel, K. Schulze, F.-J. Vorhölter, T. Yevsa, J. T Engle, W. E Goldman, A. Pühler, U. B Göbel, H. Blöcker, A. Goesmann, O. Kaiser & R. Martinez-Arias
The missing link: Bordetella petrii is endowed with both the metabolic versatility of environmental bacteria and virulence traits of pathogenic Bordetellae
BMC Genomics, 9:449
[46] S. E. Battle, F. Meyer, J. Rello, V.L. Kung and A. R. Hauser
The Hybrid Pathogenicity Island PAGI-5 Contributes to the Highly Virulent Phenotype of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolate in Mammals
J Bacteriol. 2008 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print]
[45] F. Meyer, D. Paarmann, M. D'Souza, R. Olson, E. M. Glass, M. Kubal, T. Paczian , A. Rodriguez, R. Stevens, A. Wilke, J. Wilkening, R. A. Edwards
The metagenomics RAST server - a public resource for the automatic phylogenetic and functional analysis of metagenomes
BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:386.
[44] K.H. Gartemann, B. Abt, T. Bekel, A. Burger A, J. Engemann, M. Flügel, L. Gaigalat, A. Goesmann, I. Gräfe, J. Kalinowski, O. Kaup, O. Kirchner,L. Krause, B. Linke, A. McHardy, F. Meyer, S. Pohle, C. Rückert, S. Schneiker, E. M. Zellerman, A. Pühler, R. Eichenlaub, O. Kaiser, D. Bartels (2008)
The Genome Sequence of the Tomato-Pathogenic Actinomycete Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis NCPPB382 Reveals a Large Island Involved in Pathogenicity.
J Bacteriol. 2008 Jan 11; [Epub ahead of print]
[43] R. K. Aziz, D. Bartels, A. A. Best, M. DeJongh, T. Disz, R. A. Edwards, K. Formsma, S. Gerdes, E. M. Glass, M. Kubal, F. Meyer, G. J. Olsen, R. Olson, A. L. Osterman, R. A. Overbeek, L. K. McNeil, D. Paarmann, T. Paczian, B. Parrello, G. D. Pusch, C. Reich, R. Stevens, O. Vassieva, V. Vonstein, A. Wilke, O. Zagnitko (2008)
The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology
BMC Genomics, 2008 Feb 8;9(1):75
[42] F. Mela, K. Fritsche, H. Kathrin, J.; van Elsas, D. Bartels, F. Meyer, W. de Boer, J. van Veen, J. Leveau
Comparative genomics of the pIPO2/pSB102 family of environmental plasmids: sequence, evolution, and ecology of pTer331 isolated from Collimonas fungivorans Ter331
FEMS Microbial Ecology, 2008 Oct;66(1):45-62. Epub 2008 Mar 19.
[41] S. M. Sievert, K. M. Scott, M. G. Klotz, P. S. G. Chain, L. J. Hauser, J. Hemp, M. Hüler, M. Land, A. Lapidus, F. W. Larimer, S. Lucas, S. A. Malfatti, F. Meyer, I. T. Paulsen, Q. Ren, J. Simon, and the USF Genomics Class (2008)
The genome of epsilonproteobacterial chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas denitrificans
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2008 74: p. 1145-1156
[40] S. Schneiker, O. Perlova, A. Alici, M. O. Altmeyer, D. Bartels, T. Bekel, S. Beyer, H. Blöcker, E. Bode, H. B. Bode, C. Bolten, J. V. Choudhuri, S. Doss, Y. A. Elnakady, B. Frank, L. Gaigalat, K. Gerth, A. Goesmann, C. Groeger, F. Gross, L. Jelsbak, L. Jelsbak, O. Kaiser, J. Kalinowski, C. Kegler, T. Knauber, S. Konietzny, M. Kopp, L. Krause, D. Krug, B. Linke, T. Mahmud, R. Martinez-Arias, A. C. McHardy, M. Merai, F. Meyer, S. Mormann, J. Munoz-Dorado, J. Perez, S. Rachid, G. Raddatz, F. Rosenau, C. Rückert, F. Sasse, M. Scharfe, S. C. Schuster, G. Suen, A. Treuner-Lange, G. J. Velicer, F.-J. Vorhöter, K. J. Weissman, R. D. Welch, S. C. Wenzel, D. Whitworth, S. Wilhelm, C. Wittmann, A. Pühler and Rolf Müller (2007)
Complete sequence of the largest known bacterial genome from the myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum
Nature Biotechnology, Nov;25(11):1281-9
[39] R. Overbeek, D. Bartels, V. Vonstein and F. Meyer
Annotation of Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes: Improving Accuracy and Consistency
Chemical Reviews, 2007 Aug;107(8):3431-47
[38] F. Meyer
Genome Sequencing vs. Moores Law: Cyber Challenges for the Next Decade
Cyberinfrastructure Technology Watch, 2006
[37] M. Bauer, M. Kube, H. Teeling, M. Richter, T. Lombardot, E. Allers, C. A. Würdemann, C. Quast, H. Kuhl, F. Knaust, D. Woebken, K. Bischof, M. Mussmann, J. V. Choudhuri, F. Meyer, R. Reinhardt, R. I. Amann, F. O. Glöckner
Whole genome analysis of the marine Bacteroidetes 'Gramella forsetii' reveals adaptations to degradation of polymeric organic matter
Environmental Microbiology, 2006 Dec;8(12):2201-13
[36] L. K. McNeil, C. Reich, R. M. Aziz, D. Bartels, M. Cohoon, T. Disz, R. A. Edwards, S. Gerdes, K. Hwang, M. Kubal, G. R. Margaryan, F. Meyer, W. Mihalo, G. J. Olsen, R. Olson, A. Osterman, D. Paarmann, T. Paczian, B. Parrello, G. D. Pusch, D. A. Rodionov, X. Shi, O. Vassieva, V. Vonstein, O. Zagnitko, F. Xia, J. Zinner, R. Overbeek and R. Stevens
The National Microbial Pathogen Database Resource (NMPDR): a genomics platform based on subsystem annotation
Nucleic Acids Res. 2007 Jan;35(Database issue):D347-53
[35] L. Krause, A. C. McHardy, T. Nattkemper, A. Pühler, J. Stoye and F. Meyer
GISMO - Gene Identification using a Support Vector Machine for ORF classification (2007)
Nucleic Acids Res, Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(2):540-9
[34] H. Küster, A. Becker, C. Firnhaber, N. Hohnjec, K. Manthey, A. M. Perlick, T. Bekel, M. Dondrup, K. Henckel, A. Goesmann, F. Meyer, D. Wipf, N. Requena, U. Hildebrandt, R. Hampp, U. Nehls, F. Krajinski, P. Franken, A. Pühler (2007)
Development of bioinformatic tools to support EST-sequencing, in silico- and microarray-based transcriptome profiling in mycorrhizal symbioses
Phytochemistry, 2007 Jan;68(1):19-32
[33] K. M. Scott, S. Sievert, F. N. Abril, L. A. Ball, C. J. Barrett, R. A. Blake, A. J. Boller, P. S. Chain, J. A. Clark, C. R. Davis, C. Detter, K. F. Do, K. P. Dobrinski, B. I. Faza, K. A. Fitzpatrick, S. K. Freyermuth, T. L. Harmer, L. J. Hauser, C. A. Kerfeld, W. W. Kong, M. Land, A. Lapidus, F. W. Larimer, D. L. Longo, S. Lucas, S. A. Malfatti, S. E. Massey, D. D. Martin, Z. McCuddin, F. Meyer, J. L. Moore, L. H. Ocampo, J. H. Paul, I. T. Paulsen, D. K. Reep, R. L. Ross, P. Y. Sato, P. Thomas, L. E. Tinkham, and G. T. Zeruth
The Genome of Deep-Sea Vent Chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2
PLOS Biology, 2006 Nov;4(12):e383
[32] T. Hain, C. Steinweg, C. T. Kuenne, A. Billion, R. Ghai, S. S. Chatterjee, E. Domann, U. Karst, A. Goesmann, T. Bekel, D. Bartels, O. Kaiser, F. Meyer, A. Pühler, B. Weisshaar, J. Wehland, C. Liang, T. Dandekar, R. Lampidis, J. Kreft, W. Goebel and T. Chakraborty (2006)
Whole genome sequence of Listeria welshimeri reveals common steps in genome reduction with Listeria innocua as compared to Listeria monocytogenes
J Bacteriol, 2006 Nov;188(21):7405-15.
[31] S. Schneiker, VAP. Martins dos Santos, D. Bartels, T. Bekel, M. Brecht, J. Buhrmester, TN Chernikova, R. Denaro, M. Ferrer, C. Gertler, A. Goesmann, OV. Golyshina, F. Kaminski, AN. Khachane, S. Lang, B. Linke, AC. McHardy, F. Meyer, T. Nechitaylo, A. Pühler, D. Regenhardt, O. Rupp, J. S Sabirova, W. Selbitschka, MM. Yakimov, K. N. Timmis, F.J. Vorhölter, S. Weidner, O. Kaiser, P. N. Golyshin (2006)
Genome sequence of the ubiquitous hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis
Nature Biotechnology, Aug;24(8):997-1004
[30] N. Pobigaylo, D. Wetter, S. Szymczak, U. Schiller, S. Kurtz, F. Meyer, T.W. Nattkemper, A. Becker (2006)
Construction of a Large Signature-Tagged Mini-Tn5 Transposon Library and Its Application to Mutagenesis of Sinorhizobium meliloti.
Appl Environ Microbiol 72(6): 4329-4337
[29] H. Küster, A. Becker, C. Firnhaber, N. Hohnjec, K. Manthey, A.M. Perlick, T. Bekel, M. Dondrup, K. Henckel, A. Goesmann, F. Meyer, D. Wipf, N. Requena, U. Hildebrandt, R. Hampp, U. Nehls, F. Krajinski, P. Franken, A. Pühler (2006)
Development of bioinformatic tools to support EST-sequencing, in silico- and microarray-based transcriptome profiling in mycorrhizal symbioses.
[28] L.Krause, N. N. Diaz, D. Bartels, R. A. Edwards, A. Pühler, F. Rohwer, F. Meyer, J. Stoye (2006)
Finding novel genes in bacterial communities isolated from the environment
ISMB 2006 (Proc Int Conf Intell Syst Mol Biol) 14 and Bioinformatics 2006 Jul 15;22(14):e281-9
[27] B. Linke, A.C. McHardy, H. Neuweger, L. Krause, F. Meyer (2006)
The REGANOR gene prediction server for prokaryotic genomes and a database of high quality gene predictions for prokaryotes.
Applied Bioinformatics, 5(3):193-8
[26] F. Thieme, R. Koebnik, T. Bekel, C. Berger, J. Boch, D. Büttner, C. Caldana, L. Gaigalat, A. Goesmann, S. Kay, O. Kirchner, C. Lanz, B. Linke, A.C. McHardy, F. Meyer, G. Mittenhuber, D.H. Nies, U. Niesbach-Klösgen, T. Patschkowski, C. Rückert, O. Rupp, S. Schneiker, S.C. Schuster, F.-J. Vorhölter, E. Weber, A. Pühler, U. Bonas, D. Bartels, O. Kaiser (2005)
Insights into genome plasticity and pathogenicity of the plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria revealed by the complete genome sequence.
Journal of Bacteriology 187(21): 7254-66
[25] R. Overbeek, T. Begley, R.M. Butler, J.V. Choudhuri, N. Diaz, H.-Y. Chuang, M. Cohoon, V. de Crecy-Lagard, T. Disz, R. Edwards, M. Fonstein, E.D. Frank, S. Gerdes, E.M. Glass, A. Goesmann, L. Krause, B. Linke, A.C. McHardy, F. Meyer, A. Hanson, D. Iwata-Reuyl, R. Jensen, N. Jamshidi, M. Kubal, N. Larsen, H. Neuweger, C. Rückert, G. Olsen, R. Olson, A. Osterman, V. Portnoy, G.D. Pusch, D.A. Rodionov, J. Steiner, R. Stevens, I. Thiele, O. Vassieva, Y. Ye, O. Zagnitko, V. Vonstein (2005)
The Subsystems Approach to Genome Annotation and its Use in the Project to Annotate 1000 Genomes
Nucleic Acids Res 33(17)
[24] A. Goesmann, B. Linke, D. Bartels, M. Dondrup, L. Krause, H. Neuweger, S. Oehm, T. Paczian, A. Wilke, F. Meyer (2005)
BRIGEP - The BRIDGE-based Genome-Transcriptome-Proteome Browser.
Nucleic Acids Res 33: W710-W160
[23] A. Frenzel, K. Manthey, A.M. Perlick, F. Meyer, A. Pühler, H. Küster, F. Krajinski (2005)
Combined transcriptome profiling reveals a novel family of arbuscular mycorrhizal-specific Medicago truncatula lectin genes.
Mol Plant-Microbe Interact 18( 8): 771-782
[22] A. Tauch, O. Kaiser, T. Hain, A. Goesmann, B. Weisshaar, A. Albersmeier, T. Bekel, N. Bischoff, I. Brune, T. Chakraborty, J. Kalinowski, F. Meyer, O. Rupp, S. Schneiker, P. Viehoever, A. Pühler (2005)
Complete genome sequence and analysis of the multiresistant nosocomial pathogen Corynebacterium jeikeium K411, a lipid-requiring bacterium of the human skin flora.
J Bacteriol 187(13): 4671-82
[21] D. Bartels, S. Kespohl, S. Albaum, T. Drüke, A. Goesmann, J. Herold, O. Kaiser, A. Pühler, F. Pfeiffer, G. Raddatz, J. Stoye, F. Meyer, S.C. Schuster (2005)
BACCardI -- A tool for the validation of genomic assemblies, assisting genome finishing and intergenome comparison.
Bioinformatics 21(7): 853-9
[20] A.C. McHardy, A. Goesmann, A. Pühler, F. Meyer (2004)
Development of joint application strategies for two microbial gene finders
Bioinformatics 20(10): 1622-31
[19] S. Rendulic, P. Jagtap, A. Rosinus, M. Eppinger, C. Baar, C. Lanz, H. Keller, C. Lambert, K.J. Evans, A. Goesmann, F. Meyer, R.E. Sockett, S.C. Schuster (2004)
A Predator Unmasked: The Lifecycle of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus from a Genomic Perspective
Science 303: 689-692
[18] H. Küster, N. Hohnjec, F. Krajinski, F. El Yahyaoui, K. Manthey, J. Gouzy, M. Dondrup, F. Meyer, J. Kalinowski, L. Brechenmacher, D. van Tuinen, V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, A. Pühler, P. Gamas, A. Becker (2004)
Construction and validation of cDNA-based Mt6k-RIT macro- and microarrays to explore root endosymbioses in the model legume Medicago truncatula
Journal of Biotechnology 108(2): 95-113
[17] A.C. McHardy, J. Kalinowski, A. Pühler, F. Meyer (2004)
Comparing expression level-dependent features in codon usage with protein abundance: An analysis of predictive proteomics
Proteomics 4(1): 46-58 (DOI 10.1002/pmic.200300501)
[16] O. Nyamsuren, F. Colditz, S. Rosendahl, M. Tamasloukht, T. Bekel, F. Meyer, H. Küster, P. Franken, F. Krajinski (2003)
Transcriptional profiling of Medicago truncatula roots after infection with Aphanomyces euteiches (oomycota) identifies novel genes upregulated during this pathogenic interaction.
Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 63(1): 17-26
[15] M. Dondrup, A. Goesmann, D. Bartels, J. Kalinowski, L. Krause, B. Linke, O. Rupp, A. Sczyrba, A. Pühler, F. Meyer (2003)
EMMA: a platform for consistent storage and efficient analysis of microarray data.
Journal of Biotechnology 106(2-3): 135-46
[14] F.-J. Vorhölter, T. Thias, F. Meyer, T. Bekel, O. Kaiser, A. Pühler, K. Niehaus (2003)
Comparison of two Xanthomonas campestris pathovar campestris genomes revealed differences in their gene composition.
Journal of Biotechnology 106(2-3): 193-202
[13] A. Goesmann, B. Linke, O. Rupp, L. Krause, D. Bartels, M. Dondrup, A.C. McHardy, A. Wilke, A. Pühler, F. Meyer (2003)
Building a BRIDGE for the integration of heterogeneous data from functional genomics into a platform for systems biology.
[12] A. Wilke, C. Rückert, D. Bartels, M. Dondrup, A. Goesmann, A.T. Hüser, S. Kespohl, B. Linke, M. Mahne, A.C. McHardy, A. Pühler, F. Meyer (2003)
Bioinformatics support for high-throughput proteomics.
Journal of Biotechnology 106(2-3): 147-56 -
[11] O. Kaiser, D. Bartels, T. Bekel, A. Goesmann, S. Kespohl, A. Pühler, F. Meyer (2003)
Whole genome shotgun sequencing guided by bioinformatics pipelines-an optimized approach for an established technique.
[10] S. Rüberg, Z.X. Tian, E. Krol, B. Linke, F. Meyer, Y. Wang, A. Pühler, S. Weidner, A. Becker (2003)
Construction and validation of a Sinorhizobium meliloti whole genome DNA microarray: genome-wide profiling of osmoadaptive gene expression.
[9] C. Baar, M. Eppinger, G. Raddatz, J. Simon, C. Lanz, O. Klimmek, R. Nandakumar, R. Gross, A. Rosinus, H. Keller, P. Jagtap, B. Linke, F. Meyer, H. Lederer, S. Schuster (2003)
Complete genome sequence and analysis of Wolinella succinogenes.
PNAS (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A) 100(20): 11690-5
[8] J. Kalinowski, B. Bathe, D. Bartels, N. Bischoff, M. Bott, A. Burkovski, N. Dusch, L. Eggeling, B.J. Eikmanns, L. Gaigalat, A. Goesmann, M. Hartmann, K. Huthmacher, R. Krömer, B. Linke, A.C. McHardy, F. Meyer, B. Möckel, W. Pfefferle, A. Pühler, D.A. Rey, C. Rückert, O. Rupp, H. Sahm, V.F. Wendisch, I. Wiegräbe, A. Tauch (2003)
The complete Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 genome sequence and its impact on the production of L-aspartate-derived amino acids and vitamins.
Journal of Biotechnology 104(1-3): 5-25
[7] F. Meyer, A. Goesmann, A.C. McHardy, D. Bartels, T. Bekel, J. Clausen, J. Kalinowski, B. Linke, O. Rupp, R. Giegerich, A. Pühler (2003)
GenDB--an open source genome annotation system for prokaryote genomes.
Nucleic Acids Res 31(8): 2187-95
[6] A. Wulf, K. Manthey, J. Doll, A.M. Perlick, B. Linke, T. Bekel, F. Meyer, P. Franken, H. Küster, F. Krajinski (2003)
Transcriptional changes in response to arbuscular mycorrhiza development in the model plant Medicago truncatula.
Mol Plant Microbe Interact 16(4): 306-314
[5] A. Tauch, A. Schlüter, N. Bischoff, A. Goesmann, F. Meyer, A. Pühler (2003)
The 79,370-bp conjugative plasmid pB4 consists of an IncP-1beta backbone loaded with a chromate resistance transposon, the strA-strB streptomycin resistance gene pair, the oxacillinase gene bla(NPS-1), and a tripartite antibiotic efflux system of the resistance-nodulation-division family.
Mol Genet Genomics 268(5): 570-84
[4] A. Goesmann, M. Haubrock, F. Meyer, J. Kalinowski, R. Giegerich (2002)
PathFinder: reconstruction and dynamic visualization of metabolic pathways.
[3] J. Stoye, D. Evers, F. Meyer (1998)
Rose: generating sequence families.
Bioinformatics 14(2): 157-63
Generating benchmarks for multiple sequence alignments and phylogenetic reconstructions.
ISMB1997 (Proc Int Conf Intell Syst Mol Biol) 5: 303-6
[1] R. Giegerich, F. Meyer, C. Schleiermacher (1996)
GeneFisher--software support for the detection of postulated genes.
ISMB1996 (Proc Int Conf Intell Syst Mol Biol) 4: 68-77
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The Honey Deuce: Here’s the Grey Goose Drink That’s the Official Cocktail of the U.S. Open
The summer is heating up and winding down, which means it’s time for the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
Watching tennis under the hot sun, you need to find a way to stay cool. The best way to do it this year is with the Honey Deuce cocktail drink from Grey Goose, which is the official cocktail of the U.S. Open.
The 6 Most Refreshing Summer Cocktails
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open in the Open Era, the bar in the Grandstand will also give fans the chance to go even colder: Fans can get the all-new Frozen Honey Deuce cocktail.
Adding to the fun, both the classic drink and the frozen drink will be served in limited-edition 50th anniversary commemorative cups, each of which will have the names of all the previous champions of the tournament.
20 Cocktail Recipes Every Man Should Know How to Make
Make sure to grab one at the U.S. Open this year.
But if you can’t make it to the tournament, don’t worry, you can still make one on your own, too.
Ice (however much you prefer)
Freshly squeezed lemonade
Raspberry liqueur
Honeydew melon balls (just like tennis balls!)
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Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation
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Alpha-synucleins are small proteins that are believed to restrict the mobility of synpatic vesicles and inhibit neurotransmitter release. Aggregation of these proteins have been linked to several types of neurodegenerative diseases including dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease. Here is the latest research on α-synuclein aggregation.
Complement and coagulation cascades are potentially involved in dopaminergic neurodegeneration in alpha-synuclein-based mouse models of Parkinson's disease
Shi-Xun MaHan Seok Ko
Probiotic Bacillus subtilis Protects against α-Synuclein Aggregation in C. elegans
Cell ReportsJanuary 16, 2020
María Eugenia GoyaMaria Doitsidou
The N-terminal Acetylation of α-Synuclein Changes the Affinity for Lipid Membranes but not the Structural Properties of the Bound State
Matteo RunfolaGiuliana Fusco
Strain engineering and epitaxial stabilization of halide perovskites
NatureJanuary 10, 2020
Yimu ChenSheng Xu
Novel noscapine derivatives stabilize the native state of insulin against fibrillation
International Journal of Biological MacromoleculesJanuary 11, 2020
Saeid Hadi AlijanvandDaniel Otzen
C subunit of the ATP synthase is an amyloidogenic channel-forming peptide: possible implications in mitochondrial pathogenesis
Giuseppe Federico AmodeoEvgeny V Pavlov
Alpha-synuclein stepwise aggregation reveals features of an early onset mutation in Parkinson's disease
Communications BiologyJanuary 12, 2020
Guilherme A P de Oliveira, Jerson L Silva
Ambroxol for the Treatment of Patients With Parkinson Disease With and Without Glucocerebrosidase Gene Mutations: A Nonrandomized, Noncontrolled Trial
JAMA NeurologyJanuary 14, 2020
Stephen MullinAnthony H V Schapira
Plasma ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 levels reflect disease stage and motor severity in Parkinson's disease
AgingJanuary 15, 2020
Adeline Su Lyn NgEng-King Tan
Alpha-synuclein-induced mitochondrial dysfunction is mediated via a sirtuin 3-dependent pathway
Molecular NeurodegenerationJanuary 15, 2020
Jae-Hyeon ParkPamela J McLean
Naturally occurring cinnamic acid derivatives prevent amyloid transformation of alpha-synuclein
BiochimieJanuary 17, 2020
Maria MedvedevaVladimir Muronetz
Alpha-synuclein alterations in red blood cells of peripheral blood after acute ischemic stroke
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental PathologyJanuary 15, 2020
Zimu WuJun Wu
Alpha-synuclein is strategically positioned for afferent modulation of midbrain dopamine neurons and is essential for cocaine preference
Olga TrubetckaiaDiane A Lane
Alpha-synuclein oligomerization increases its effect on promoting NMDA receptor internalization
Wenjiao YuShun Yu
Scutellarin Inhibits the Uninduced and Metal-Induced Aggregation of ɑ-Synuclein and Disaggregates Preformed Fibrils: Implications for Parkinson's disease
The Biochemical JournalJanuary 16, 2020
Fatima Kamal Zaidi, Shashank Deep
A gold(i)-catalysed chemoselective three-component reaction between phenols, α-diazocarbonyl compounds and allenamides
Chemical Communications : Chem CommJanuary 16, 2020
Sifan YuHuang Qiu
Neurodegenerative disease-associated protein aggregates are poor inducers of the heat shock response in neuronal-like cells
bioRxivJanuary 6, 2020
Rebecca San GilHeath Ecroyd
Melatonin/polydopamine nanostructures for collective neuroprotection-based Parkinson's disease therapy
Biomaterials ScienceJanuary 9, 2020
Anup K SrivastavaSurajit Karmakar
Hsc70 Ameliorates the Vesicle Recycling Defects Caused by Excess α-Synuclein at Synapses
ENeuroJanuary 17, 2020
Susan M L BanksJennifer R Morgan
δ-secretase in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanisms, regulators and therapeutic opportunities
Translational NeurodegenerationJanuary 9, 2020
Zhentao ZhangKeqiang Ye
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease, is associated with the death of neurons that control voluntary muscles. Discover the latest research on ALS here.
ALS & FTD: TDP-43
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Age-related Dementia
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Remembering the great work of Michigan Radio's Mark Brush
By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Mar 20, 2018
Mark at his desk in 2017.
Jodi Westrick / Michigan Radio
Last week, Michigan Radio lost our friend and coworker, Mark Brush.
Mark’s passion for journalism was evident in everything he produced. His 20 years at Michigan Radio took him across the state, bringing stories to our audience with his unique style – a mix of empathy, humor, and optimism that shone in his voice and his writing.
In honor of Mark’s passing, we’d like to share some of those stories with you. Below is a small collection of his work, chosen by former and current Michigan Radio staffers.
We hope that by reading some of his stories, you’ll understand the impact of the great journalist we loved so dearly.
Clearing the clutter: Group offers help for hoarders - February 2018
This was the last piece of Mark’s I edited. The last story he ever did for us. Mark actually started reporting this story – about people helping folks with hoarding disorder – two years before he finished it. Reporters often have these projects that get sidelined, for one reason or another. But Mark was determined to return to this story, and wrap it up when he knew his time was short. I think he felt a duty to the people in the story. Mark had so much integrity in that way. He really saw people, and affirmed their full humanity. He made you want to be a better human. Mark's dear colleague and friend Rebecca Williams helped him produce the piece. By that time Mark was no longer able to come to work. She and our chief engineer, Bob Skon, went to Mark's house, where they recorded his voice tracks in between Mark's naps. His voice sounds a little weaker than usual. A bit faint. But he was cracking jokes while they recorded, Mark in his fancy new remote-controlled recliner. The story aired on February 23, and Mark died about two weeks later.
- Sarah Hulett, senior editor, March 2006 - present
What's so special about Isle Royale? - June 2012
Mark's photo of Isle Royale from the bow of the Isle Royale Queen IV.
Credit Mark Brush / Michigan Radio
In 2012, Mark and I went on a reporting trip to Isle Royale to tell the story of the people who study the island's wolves and moose. Mark did awesome work for that series, but this is one of my favorites. He and I were talking about how we could illustrate what a magical place it is – a wilderness way out in Lake Superior. Mark recorded our ferry trip over with a time lapse camera, and he interviewed the ferry captain for a video (Mark had a dream of becoming a ferry captain later on in life). I think this story does a lovely job of capturing what draws people to Isle Royale.
- Rebecca Williams, senior reporter/producer/host of The Environment Report, May 2000 - present
What is the condition of the oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac? Answers can be hard to find. - October 2014
MI Curious was Mark's baby. He loved the Curious City project at WBEZ in Chicago and pushed to get something similar going at Michigan Radio, and I'm so grateful he did. It flipped the script on the traditional reporting process, and made the community much more engaged in deciding what issues they wanted us to report on. This piece showcases Mark's talent as a reporter, his ability to dig deep and communicate complicated ideas in a straightforward way, and it highlights what MI Curious is all about.
- Jennifer Guerra, senior reporter, June 2005 - present
This is what it sounds like to be attacked by a turkey - November 2013
Allow me to indulge myself with one more short piece. I have always loved this clip of Mark's from when he was nearly attacked by a turkey. The fact that a.) he continued to record!, b.) never lost his cool, and c.) laughed throughout, perfectly captures who he was as a reporter: determined to get the story and have fun along the way.
VIDEO: How dropping two of Flint's lead test numbers changed things for the state - November 2015
One of the crucial facts in demonstrating that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality knew – or should have known – that Flint's water was above the federal action level for lead centered around whether the state intentionally dropped two samples to keep Flint's numbers under the 90th percentile calculation. The state denied doing this, but before Michigan Radio could report that was, in fact, what the DEQ did, we needed to understand how to correctly calculate the 90th percentile. What seems like a simple math problem is actually kind of tricky, and even people inside the DEQ misunderstood how to calculate it. So Mark took a video camera to a math professor and asked him to work it out on the board for us and our audience. For me, this story was a great example of Mark's desire to get to the bottom of complicated stories, and find ways to easily share that information with the audience. It was also one of the stories that began to erode at the state's defiance that it had done anything wrong in Flint.
- Vincent Duffy, news director, May 2007 - present
I was SWAMPED with the Flint water crisis documentary at the time, and one morning I remember realizing how big of a deal this calculation actually was. I called Vince and Mark at the airport. It couldn't wait. And Mark not only knew it, but he knew how to demonstrate it to non-math-loving folks like me. I never would've thought of doing this post and was thrilled it took off.
- Lindsey Smith, reporter, March 2006 - present
How many Michigan lawmakers have kids enrolled in traditional public schools? - April 2015
This was a total Mark project, in both how it came to air and how we reported it out. The question came to us through our MI Curious series – a project Mark was absolutely passionate about. Mark loved the idea of answering questions that came directly from our community, from listeners. Mark spearheaded the idea of calling all 148 lawmakers. And, just like Mark, he got everyone involved: hosts, interns, reporters, editors – everyone did the reporting together. Everyone contributed. Everyone came together with a purpose.
- Zoe Clark, programming director, June 2006 - present
Beyond the Battlefield - Summer 2015
Mark Brush embodied a spirit of collectivity and creatively thinking through digital projects. Though he wasn’t my direct supervisor, Mark always made me feel included as part of Michigan Radio’s digital team, which was beginning to coalesce under his leadership. His authentic efforts at inclusivity were most apparent to me with the station’s Beyond the Battlefield project. This multimedia endeavor sought out Michigan’s Afghanistan and Iraq veterans’ experiences before, during and after serving in the military. It was one of many opportunities to work closely with Mark to conceptualize and deliberate what it really means to listen as a news organization, rather than parachuting in, getting what we needed and getting out. Even after I took a job at a different public radio station, it was Mark’s keen interest in all things digital that I turned to for nerding out and asking, “Hey, is this a weird idea?”
- Kimberly Springer, former State of Opportunity intern and engagement producer, Jan. 2013 - Aug. 2015
I'm not "algae," I'm "cyanobacteria," people! - August 2014
Mark was an incredible journalist and a powerful storyteller. He was also a lot of fun. After the station reported on green algae blooms in the Great Lakes, we started to hear from scientists that those blooms were actually cyanobacteria. That led to a very funny conversation about cyanobacteria being upset about people calling him the wrong name. I said, "We should make a video." Mark said, "Let's do it." I said, "Who is going to play cyanobacteria?" Mark said, with an impish grin, "I'll do it!" The resulting video isn't high art, but it does capture Mark's fun-loving spirit.
- Jenn White, former All Things Considered host, 1999 - 2016
TIMELINE: 8 shutdowns at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in past 2 years - December 2012
The Palisades Nuclear Plant was having a rough time for a couple of years when I first started at Michigan Radio. There were really complicated, technical problems at the power plant that, at one time, gave it one of the worst safety ratings in the country. Mark was the one who suggested toying with a timeline to help people comprehend the series of shutdowns; how often they were happening and why. He pushed me to think in a new way about the work I was doing. He was willing to try new programs and new presentations. And most importantly, he patiently listened and helped when I inevitably ran into technical problems. Mark went on to co-produce many more timelines; most notably on the Velsicol Chemical plant in St. Louis, Michigan, the Flint water crisis, and the fallout from the Larry Nassar case. I'd like to think we got better each time, and we did it because of Mark's creativity.
#WhyIStay - May 2014
I wasn't even at Michigan Radio when Mark spearheaded this project, but as someone who engages with audiences daily as part of my job, I appreciate the time and effort that went into this community engagement effort. With community engagement projects, it's often difficult to strike the right tone or query people in a way that doesn't ask them to do too much, but Mark did it beautifully here – and the type of responses from the audience shows just how well it was done.
- Jodi Westrick, social media producer, February 2016 - present
WATCH: People ink their bodies to raise money for Flint - February 2016
I remember when Mark and I visited the Lucky Monkey Tattoo Parlor in Ann Arbor to find out why people would ink their bodies with a heart-shaped water drop. Mark always had a calm presence. He just made people feel comfortable and they opened up to him. Because there was a lot going on, we both grabbed interviews and video and ended up with a great piece. After editing the video, I found hard rock music to go with it and then played the video for Mark. He thought about it. And then, with a smile suggested going with something unexpected. That was a good move. And that's just one thing I learned from Mark: if you have a choice, go with the unexpected. - Mercedes Mejia, reporter and multimedia producer, October 2009 - present
Is Kid Rock running for U.S. Senate? "F#@k no." - October 2017
One of the biggest lessons I learned from Mark is that it's OK to not always be a "serious journalist." He constantly encouraged us to take the goofy things we talked about in the office and turn them into stories (see also: our poll about a salamander). Mark taught me it's our job as journalists to take risks – not only by doing tough, diligent work but also by recognizing that sometimes, we all could use a laugh.
- Emma Winowiecki, intern and multimedia producer, September 2016 - present
Searching for a rare butterfly in Michigan that’s disappearing fast - September 2016
Mark's daughter Cecelia (right) helped him tell the story of a rare butterfly in 2016.
Mark loved his work, and he loved to share it with his family. When his daughter Cecelia came along on this story, she wasn’t just there to watch. Mark put a mic in her hand and had her help with the reporting process. That alone was awesome, and I fully expect to see lots of bylines from Cecelia in the future. However, it was also a fun, unique way to tell a story that could’ve easily been a run-of-the-mill interview with an expert. That’s what Mark taught me: There’s always another way to tell the story.
- Rebecca Kruth, reporter and Weekend Edition host, September 2014-present
Michigan Radio mourns death of Digital Director Mark Brush
By Tyler Falk & Current • Mar 16, 2018
All Things Considered host Christina Shockley remembers Digital Director Mark Brush.
Mark Brush, director of digital media at Michigan Radio and a longtime employee of the station, died Monday of brain cancer. He was 49.
Reporter's Notebook: What I learned covering the Larry Nassar case
By Kate Wells • Feb 27, 2018
Emma Winowiecki / Michigan Radio
When Rachael Denhollander told her story to the Indianapolis Star in September 2016, none of us knew this would eventually become one of the largest cases of child sexual abuse in recent memory. Denhollander’s accusations against Michigan State University and former Olympic gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar eventually encompassed more than 250 reported victims, led to crises at both MSU and gymnastics national governing body, and gained international attention.
Reporter’s Notebook: "Cash on the table" for my house exemplifies Grand Rapids’ housing boom
By Lindsey Smith • Jun 13, 2017
Stateside's conversation with reporter Lindsey Smith and Michelle Gordon, her realtor.
I am switching roles a bit at Michigan Radio. The change requires me to sell my lovely house in Grand Rapids to work out of Ann Arbor.
Reporter's Notebook: My grandfather, Detroit, and me
By Sarah Hulett • Jul 20, 2017
Sarah Hulett
The 2007 interview between Michigan Radio's Sarah Hulett and her grandfather, Dan O'Mara.
Ten Julys ago, I sat down with my grandfather at his kitchen table for a conversation that went on for a couple of hours. It would be the first and last time I would do this, just me and him. We talked about how he met my grandmother, their early life together, and many other things.
We also talked about his time as a cop in Detroit – particularly that summer 50 years ago in the 10th Precinct where he worked, when the neighborhood erupted in civil unrest.
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In the Driver’s Seat: The Stefan Ramirez Basic Racing Techniques Course
Stefan Ramirez: Sharing his passion for racing through the Stefan Ramirez Racing (SRR) Driving Academy
Jose Rizal and his Secret Mission
The travels and travails of a marine biologist in the Philippines
Riding an Ultralight: My First Taste of Sport Flying
An iconic ride made exciting anew
PHOTOS BY BRIAN MONGE
Mantle Magazine
The Safari Jacket: Hit the urban jungle with a timeless classic.
Vespa Notte: Everything is better in black.
You can’t think of the Vespa without thinking of romance, holidays, style. You hear the name, and you think of a confident young man driving, a pretty young woman behind him, wind in her hair and a laugh in her throat. You think of a hat or a scarf falling from her head, a clever quip coming from his lips. You see it, how stylishly they are dressed, how carefree they are. You can almost feel the sense of wonder, exploration and adventure that drives them.
You imagine dramatic cliffs, unexplored beaches, empty, winding roads. You await a dramatic kiss, a declaration of love, a smile that speaks a thousand things.
To say that the Vespa is iconic would be an understatement. And the choice of such a ride, well, it sets you apart.
So why would you want to mess with anything so iconic?
Enter the Vespa Notte, a special edition coming to Asia Pacific markets such as the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia in 2019. That sense of adventure and delight is still there, but garbed in a sleek new look. Vespa Notte is the special series available for Vespa Sprint (150 cc versions) and for Vespa GTS Super (300 cc versions).
Right before the launch we sit down with Gianluca Fiume, General Director of Piaggio Vietnam. “The Vespa Notte is characterized by its black color, black finish, glossy, with a lot of advanced features,” he says.
Notte means “night” in Italian, and everything about this scooter is black, like it’s dressed for an evening out. The chassis is opaque black. There are glossy black details, including the mirrors, the ornaments of the classic “tie” on the front shield, the handlebar ends, the passenger handle, and the extractable foot pegs of the GTS Super Notte. The rims and muffler guard are also glossy black.
Bring the outdoors in with gorpcore
Fiume himself looks like he’s about to hit the city for the evening. Dark suit, dark tie, with a lighter-colored vest to add a bit of soul, a hint of personality. This is meant to be a reflection of the Notte, presumably, where only the badge, the lights, and tiny details here and there break up the black. And it works. It speaks of a certain daring. A kind of look that’s carried by attitude.
A new look like this, it’s something that just might fit some of today’s riders. “With the Vespa Notte, we attract those who want to distinguish themselves from the others, those who want to be unique. Young people, they are eager, curious, hungry, and looking to the future,” Fiume explains.
It’s only a different color, but it seems to change the picture quite distinctly. Instead of a carefree holiday, you start imagining a thrilling adventure, something with a hint of danger. Instead of a light summer suit, you start thinking of a tight leather jacket, trouble on two wheels. In place of warm joy, there’s intense passion and excitement. You think about the possibilities the night might hold.
And how best to explore those possibilities? By riding an iconic scooter made new.
Mantle Magazine February 25, 2019
Revisiting the Rockjocks of Manila
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Analysis of the Tunnel Immersion for the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link Project Through Scale Model Tests and Computer Simulations
Hans Cozijn (MARIN) and Jin Wook Heo (Daewoo Engineering and Construction, Ltd.)
In Korea a four lane motorway is constructed between the city of Busan and the island Geoje, reducing traveling times from 1 hour by ferry to just 10 minutes by car. The so-called Busan-Geoje Fixed Link consists of 2 cable-stayed girder bridges and a tunnel, crossing the bay of Jinhae. The submerged tunnel is built by transporting each of its 18 elements below 2 pontoons from a construction dock to their final positions and lowering them on the sea bed. The project is unique, because the tunnel elements are installed in a bay with direct access towards open sea. For this reason, the effects of incoming swells and wind seas were investigated in detail, so that the operational limits of the tunnel element immersion could be accurately determined. This was achieved by using an approach of combined hydrodynamic scale model tests and time-domain computer simulations. First, scale model tests were carried out in MARIN's Shallow Water Basin. A detailed test set-up was constructed, including the trench in which the tunnel elements are placed, as is shown in the photograph. Models of a tunnel element, two pontoons, the mooring system, contraction lines and suspension wires were constructed at a scale of 1:50. The motions of the pontoons and the submerged tunnel element, as well as the tensions in the lines, were measured in a range of different wave conditions. Different stages of the tunnel immersion were investigated. Second, a simulation model of the pontoons and tunnel element was constructed in MARIN's time-domain simulation tool aNySIM. The large number of mooring lines, contraction lines and suspension wires resulted in a relatively complex numerical model. The simulation model was calibrated such that the results from the model tests could be accurately reproduced. Subsequently, a sensitivity study was carried out, investigating the parameters most critical to the operation and the mooring system of the pontoons was further optimized. Finally, the operational limits of the tunnel immersion were evaluated by carrying out more than 6,500 time-domain simulations, investigating a large number of different combinations of wind sea and swell. The simulation results included motions, velocities and accelerations, as well as line tensions. The extreme values were used to perform a combined evaluation of more than 10 structural and operational criteria.
Analysis of the Tunnel Immersion for the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link Project Through Scale Model Tests and Computer Simulations (pdf)
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https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/HS-BOYS-HOOPS-Xavier-downs-Jonathan-Law-72-54-11867444.php
HS BOYS HOOPS: Xavier downs Jonathan Law 72-54
JIM BRANSFIELD
Published 12:00 am EST, Monday, February 21, 2011
Catherine Avalone
Photo: TheMiddletownPress
MIDDLETOWN --All things considered, Xavier had a good, solid regular season.
Monday night the Falcons completed a 13-7 regular schedule with a 72-54 win over Jonathan Law of Milford in a Southern Connecticut Conference interdivisional game at the Art Kohs Gym at Xavier High School. The win was important for another reason. It gave the Falcons a home game Thursday night at 6:30 in the first round of the SCC postseason playoffs. Xavier coach Mike Kohs places a lot of stock in those playoffs.
"I think it's important to play in the SCC tournament," said Kohs. "Not only does it avoid two weeks off before the state tournament, but the SCC is one of the best leagues in the state. Any tournament that has the likes of Hillhouse, Career, Wilbur Cross and Notre Dame is a tough tournament. It means something to win the SCC championship. It's not the biggest prize, of course, but it's really something to win the SCC."
If Xavier plays in the SCC playoffs like it did last night, it would have a fighting chance to do some serious damage. The Falcons broke from a 17-14 lead after one to a 38-21 lead at the half. Mike Boornazian, who finished as game-high scorer with 23 points, had 17 in the first half to fuel the Falcons big second period that gave it a 17-point lead at the break.
Xavier held the lead throughout the third and took a 56-38 lead to the fourth. After the first quarter, Law (4-16) was never in the game.
"I thought we played pretty well," said Kohs. "It was a good night for our senior night. Things went as we hoped they would in that we got to play a lot of kids. I was pleased that when we substituted, the kids all contributed. It was nice to see James Sullivan come of the bench and give us six quick points in the first half, for example."
Boornazian, as is usually the case, led the way. Not only was he the top scorer, but also he got meaningful points. His ahead of the field dunk in the first quarter that gave Xavier an 11-11 tie after it had trailed 11-7 is a case in point.
"Our two seniors [Boornazian and Lenehan] were great. I thought Mike played very well," said Kohs. "And Lenehan had his usual solid game. I also thought [Pat] D'Amato had his best game of the year."
D'Amato had 12 points and Lenehan, besides scoring seven points, had a good game at the point. Jovan Santos was also in double figures with 11 points.
Law was led by its big man, Nick Toto, who had 22 points, all of them coming in the paint. But he had little support besides Aaron Gambardella who had 11 points.
The game took just over an hour to play as the officials called very few fouls or violations. Law took only three five throws and made four, while Xavier was 6-for-9 from the stripe.
After the SCC playoffs-- Thursday's opponent was not available at press time -- Xavier will play in the Class LL state tournament.
Law 14 7 17 16 -- 54
Xavier 17 21 18 16 -- 72
(Law): Andy Fowler 3 0 6, Aaron Gambardella 5 1 11, Dan Gregorio 1 0- 2, Nick Toto 10 2 22, Jon Feliciano 4 1 9, Jason Binder 1 0 2, Willie Lopez 1 0 2. Totals: 25 4 54.
(Xavier): Mike Boornazian 10 3 23, Pat Lenehan 3 0 7, Jovan Santos 4 3 11, Mike Mannion 3 0 6, Pat D'Amato 6 0 12, Matt DeMelis 1 0 3, Connor Landers 1 0 2, Brendan MacPherson 1 0 2, James Sullivan 3 0 6. Totals: 32 6 72.
Three-point goals: Lenehan, DeMelis.
Fouled out: None.
Officials: Vincent, Huber.
Records: Law 4-16, Xavier 13-7.
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US Highway 60 crosses the Arizona-New Mexico state line. Begins its route in New Mexico in Catron County.
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North of highway. A ghost town, also known as the Quemado volcanic field.
Blaines Lake
North of US Highway 60. Fishing.
New Mexico State Highway 601
Northwest to Zuni Salt Lake (north & west of Quemado, NM): an unusual high desert lake, then goes north to an intersection with NM State Highway 36, in the community of Fence Lake, NM. Limited services.
New Mexico State Highway 32
South to the community of Apache Creek, NM and the community of Cruzville, NM. Both are within the Apache National Forest.
Quemado, NM
Community of Quemado, NM. Limited services.
North-west to the community Fence Lake, NM.
To the northwest, intersects NM State Highway 36, where it terminates.
Pie Town, NM
Community of Pie Town, NM. - Annual Pie Festival (second Saturday of September). - Jackson Park. - Pie Town RV Park (Tel. 575-772-2727).
NOTE: US Highway 60 enters the Cibola National Forest (1.6 million acres); includes Magdalena, Zuni, Mt. Taylor, Datil, Bear, San Mateo, Sandia, Manzano, and Gallinas mountains and four wilderness areas. Scenic driving, fishing, hunting, downhill skiing, ice caves, Indian pueblos, lava flows, prehistoric ruins.
Community of Datil, NM. -Enchanted Tower, a rock tower formation with overhangs on three sides. NM State Highway 12 goes south-west to the community of Old Horse Springs, NM. Near the Continental Divide and the Plains of San Agustin, alleged site of a UFO crash in 1947.
Very Large Array (VLA)
South of highway. A radio astronomy observatory situated on the Plains of San Agustin.
South-east route to end at a junction with US Highway 85/US Interstate Highway 25.
To the north, travels through the Cibola National Forest and the community of Alamo, NM. - Alamo Najavo Airport, a public-use airport in Alamo, NM.
South-east route to end at an intersection with US Highway 85/US Interstate Highway 25.
Community of Magdalena, NM. Limited services.
California St/New Mexico State Highway 1
South-east to the community of Luis Lopez, NM. Limited services.
City of Socorro, NM. - Sedilo Park (Francisco De Avondo): Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis/basketball courts, playgrounds, athletic fields, picnic areas, horseshoe pits, outdoor grills. - Clarke Field (Spring Street): picnic area, outdoor grills, skate park, covered picnic tables, jogging track.
Francisco De Avondo
West to Sedillo Park (Socorro, PA).
East-north to the community of Polvadera, NM. Nearby is San Lorenzo Canyon (primitive camping, hiking).
Polvadera, NM
East of highway. Community of Polvadera, NM. Limited services.
Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
East of highway. A protected area in the Chihuahuan Desert. The Rio Salado runs through Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge (in Socorro, NM).
North to the community of Abeytas, NM (limited services) and the Bernardo Wildlife Area (between Belen and Socorro, NM): hunting, wildlife viewing, hiking, seasonal fishing, photography, restrooms.
US Interstate Highway 25/US Highway 85
NOTE: End of overlap with US Highway 60. North to the community of Jarales, NM. Limited services.
Crossing.
North to the community of Casa Colorada, NM. Limited services. South to the community of La Joya, NM. Limited services.
Northwest to the community of Rio Communities, NM (limited services).
North to Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (Tel. 505-847-2585): remains of three Pueblo Indian communities; hiking, sightseeing, bird-watching, interpretive trail.
Abo, NM
Community of Abo, NM. Limited services.
Mountainair, NM
Community of Mountainair, NM. - Mountainair Town Park (Cedar St, Tel. 505-847-2321): covered picnic area, playground, bathrooms. - Mountainair Rodeo Grounds (east Mountainer): baseball diamonds, rodeo arena, lights, bleachers. - Mountainair Municipal Airport (Tel. 505-847-2321): public airport.
North-northwest to the community of Manzano, NM. Limited services. South-east-south to the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (Mountainair, NM, Tel. 505-847-2585).
North to the community of Estancia, NM. - Estancia Town Park (Highland Avenue). - Estancia Municpal Airport (Tel. 505-384-2708): public-use airport.
Willard, NM
Community of Willard, NM. Limited services.
Southeast to the community of Progresso, NM. Limited services.
US Highway 285
North to the community of Lamy, NM (limited services) and the community of Eldorado at Santa Fe, NM. There is a park with play and picnic area on Avenida de Compadres. NOTE: East overlap with US Highway 60.
New Mexico State Highway 3
To the north, intersects US Interstate Highway 40 and goes to the community of Villanueva, NM. - Villanueva New Mexico State Park (County Rd B-28-A): riverside park; picnic shelters, footbridge, hiking trails, fishing. South to the community of Duran, NM. Limited services.
Encino, NM
Community of Encino, NM. Limited services.
South to the community of Duran, NM. NOTE: Overlaps US Highway 60 to the east.
Huntsinger Park
Huntsinger Park (W Main & 9th Streets, Vaughn, NM).
Vaughn, NM
Community of Vaughn, NM. - Huntsinger Park (W Main & 9th Streets).
NOTE: US Highway 285 leaves US Highway 60.
Bottomless Lakes New Mexico State Park
City of Roswell Information
US Highway 54
Northeast to the community of Pastura, NM. Limited services.
Yeso, NM
Community of Yeso, NM. Limited services.
South to an intersection with US Highway 285.
North-west to the community of Santa Rosa, NM. - Santa Rosa Campground (2136 Historic Route 66): 100 sites, showers, bathrooms, laundry facilities, restaurant, gift shop, heated pool, playground. - The Blue Hole (Blue Hole Road): popular diving destination. NOTE: East overlap with US Highway 60.
Realwind Drive
South to Bosque Redondo Park, Fort Sumner, NM.
Billy the Kid Road
South to Fort Sumner New Mexico State Monument (Fort Sumner, NM, Tel. 505-355-2573): museum,guided tours.
Ends at an intersection with County Road 2-25/Mesa Road to the south.
Community of Taiban, NM. Limited services. NM State Highway 252 goes north-east to the community of House, NM. Limited services.
North to the community of Melrose, NM. Limited services.
South-east to the community of Floyd, NM. Limited services.
To the north, terminates at a junction with NM State Highways 26/277/288.
Curry Road/West Perimeter Road
South to Cannon Air Force Base, a U.S. military installation.
North-west to a junction with NM State Highway 224, where this highway ends.
South-west-south to Oasis New Mexico State Park (1891 Oasis Road, Portales, NM, Tel. 575-356-5331) -Activities: camping, wildlife observation, fishing, picnicking, hiking. - Amenities: group shelter, campsites, visitor center, trails, playground, restrooms.
Oasis New Mexico State Park
Travelers World Campground
South of highway. 1361 US Highway 60/84, Clovis NM (Tel. 575-763-8153). 58 full hook-up sites, 8 w/ water/electric hook-up, meeting/recreation room, laundry facility, playground, restrooms, showers.
City of Clovis, NM. - Hillcrest City Park (Sycamore & E 14th Streets). - City Park (E 9th Street). - Dennis Chavez Park (W 14th Street). - Greene Lake (fishing). - Santa Fe Lake (fishing).
City of Clovis Information
US Highway 70/New Mexico State Highway 209
NOTE: East overlap with US Highway 60.
City of Portales Information
Texico, NM
Community of Texico, NM. Limited services.
New Mexico-Texas State Line
NM US Highway 60 ends its route at the New Mexico-Texas state line. Becomes TX US Highway 60 when it crosses over into Texas. LD11e
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THE MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS RANGE.
The legendary MINI line-up in Australia has just received a performance boost with the arrival of the final models to complete the John Cooper Works range. To the delight of MINI fans right across the nation, every MINI model – including MINI, Clubman, Coupe, Cabriolet, Roadster, Paceman, Countryman and GP - now includes a John Cooper Works, or JCW, variant.
Kai Bruesewitz, general manager of the MINI brand in Australia, said he expected the latest MINI JCW models to be very popular.
"Australian motorists just love a great performance car, and MINI Australia has the highest sales of MINI JCW vehicles, per capita, in the world," Bruesewitz said.
"Now, with a JCW variant available on every MINI model, our customers will be spoiled for choice."
John Cooper grew to legendary status amongst the world´s motor racing fraternity during the 1950s and 1960s, enjoying many successes in the design and racing of Formula One and Indianapolis 500 vehicles. John Cooper first joined forces with the MINI brand to design the first high performance MINI Cooper for the 1960 Monte Carlo Rally.
The JCW brand name was born out of this relationship and focuses on a feeling of driving excitement, individuality and premium quality. The passion for high performance inspired by years of racing tradition is at the heart of all JCW models and the current range is no exception.
The impressive power and thrust of these muscular cars is delivered by a new generation 1.6 litre four-cylinder engine featuring twin-scroll turbo technology, direct fuel injection, variable valve control and a host of technical features derived from motor racing. Highlights include reinforced cylinder head and pistons, sodium filled exhaust valves and lightweight crankshaft which help the excellent revving capability.
With a maximum output of 155 kW and 260 Nm of torque (280 Nm with overboost), which increases to 160 kW and 280 Nm (300 Nm with overboost) in the ALL4 all-wheel-drive MINI JCW Countryman and MINI JCW Paceman, this engine doesn´t hide its motor racing DNA.
The thrilling note of the engine is trumpeted through the standard JCW sports exhaust system, which produces a deliberately tuned raw note under acceleration, along with a symphony of burbles and crackles on over-run.
In two-wheel drive variants, the drive is transferred to the front wheels via a standard six-speed manual transmission. In the case of the MINI JCW Paceman and MINI JCW Countryman, power is seamlessly channelled via the electromagnetic centre differential of the standard ALL4 all-wheel-drive system between the front and rear axles to all four wheels.
An optional six-speed automatic transmission is available for all MINI JCW variants except the MINI JCW GP limited edition model.
MINI JCW sports suspension, which comes as either standard or a no-cost-option depending on the model, has dynamically tuned dampers and anti-roll bars. Precise stopping is guaranteed with a standard high-performance sports-brake system.
For sky-high levels of driving fun, a Sports button in the centre console allows the driver to tweak the engine´s responses and soundtrack, as well as the power assistance provided by the steering. In models fitted with automatic transmissions, pressing the Sport button also quickens shift times.
All MINI JCW models are instantly recognisable, with unmistakable exterior details and selected interiors underscoring each variant´s bold and muscular characteristics.
Depending on the model, up to ten exterior colours are available. A contrasting paint finish can be ordered for the roof and exterior mirror caps in Chilli Red, a colour exclusive to the John Cooper Works models. Sport stripes are also available in the same colour as a no-cost-option.
Each MINI JCW sports an Aero kit, which includes a front apron with integral air ducts for brake cooling, side sills and rear bumper as well as the two-wheel drive variants receive stylish 17 inch Cross Spoke Challenge alloy wheels. The four-wheel drive MINI JCW Paceman and Countryman also receive the Aero kit, and are finished with 18 inch twin-spoke burnished alloy wheels.
All MINI JCW vehicles bear the John Cooper Works logo on the radiator grille, tailgate, door sill strips and near the side indicators, highlighting the sporting character of the mighty midget even further.
The interior of each MINI JCW variant exudes racing flair, with sport seats, a JCW sports leather steering wheel, anthracite roof lining, trim elements in Piano Black, and dark-coloured dials for the speedometer and rev counter. Handbrake and gearshift gaiters feature red stitching and standard floor mats come with red contrasting seams.
And just because all variants are fully kitted with performance features, it doesn´t mean the occupants need miss out on creature comforts and convenience. Standard equipment for the MINI JCW range includes a high-end harman/kardon 10 speaker audio system, bluetooth hands-free kit with USB audio interface, and Bi-Xenon headlights with auto headlight control and rain sensor.
The crowning jewel of the MINI JCW collection is the limited edition MINI JCW GP model. The MINI JCW GP is the fastest production MINI ever built, and boasts a time of 8.23 minutes for a lap of the iconic Nurburgring.
With only 2,000 manufactured worldwide, and just 55 of these allocated to the Australian market, these powerful performers enjoy a very rare status that make them instant collectors items.
The light-weight MINI JCW GP features a 160kW race-tuned engine and traction control system with a specific "GP" mode, as well as a bespoke racing suspension and braking system.
A unique aerodynamics package gives the MINI JCW GP edition an unmistakable road presence, and consists of under-body panelling to reduce drag and a carbon rear wing to improve down-force over the rear axle.
The driver and co-driver are treated to heated leather Recaro seats with red stitching and a special knee roll for secure bracing during spirited driving.
The singularity of purpose of the MINI JCW GP is reflected in the fact that there is just one specification of this limited edition model which cannot be modified in any way. The variant´s individuality is guaranteed by the availability of an exclusive additional paint choice - Thunder Grey metallic.
All MINI JCW variants are available in MINI dealerships around Australia now.
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From speeding fines to drink driving charges Caddick Davies are specialist motor defence solicitors who have an established reputation for successfully defending motoring prosecutions.
Charley Smith - Charged with Drink Driving
"I was extremely pleased to have Neil dealing with my case from start to finish."
Stephen Brooks - Totted Up Points
"I thought it was only right for me to express my gratitude to all of the team for a fantastic job."
Viktor Koke - Charged with Driving Whilst over the Limit
"Huge thank you to the great team at Caddick Davies for helping me to keep my licence."
Carol H - Caught Speeding
"I would have no hesitation in recommending Caddick Davies."
Richard Ratnasingham - Charged for a Drink Driving Offence
"I was acquitted of all of the charges and it was all thanks to the team at Caddick Davies."
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Home ﹥ Motoring News ﹥ Behind the Headlines: 750k motorists will risk drink-driving this Christmas
Behind the Headlines: 750k motorists will risk drink-driving this Christmas
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The Daily Mail reported recently that almost three quarters of a million motorists will risk accidents and bans this Christmas as a shock survey reveals complacency on drink-driving.
The figures have emerged from a Co-op Insurance survey, with 11% of all motorists saying they’ll drink alcohol over the holiday season, and nearly one in five of these admited they’ll be driving home knowing full well that they exceed the limit.
Despite those caught driving whilst over the legal limit or unfit through drink can receive: six months’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine and a driving ban for at least a year, the DVLA believe 80% of people believe they will be over the drink drive limit when they drive, as they rely on their car for work.
But is there ever a valid excuse for driving after you’ve had a drink? Neil Davies gives his thoughts on this very serious issue.
“The Co-op insurance survey and the reasons given by some drivers for driving when they are knowingly over the legal drink driving limit does give cause for concern. At Caddick Davies Solicitors we represent many motorists who are caught drink driving both throughout the year and through the Christmas period and witness the consequences of the decision to drink and drive, with a mandatory disqualification for a minimum of 12 months and usually longer having implications on drivers employment and family lives.”
“This being said, there are those rare occasions in law where a convicted drink driver can avoid disqualification on the grounds of “special reasons”, being reasons connected with how the offence happened. These reasons can range from things such as “laced drinks” (e.g. you asked for an alcohol free cocktail but were given one containing alcohol by mistake), “emergency” (e.g. a loved one needed to get to hospital and there being no other alternative), “shortness of distance driven” (e.g. where a car has been moved a matter of feet and there was no risk of coming into contact with other road users) and any other reason where it can be said to be a “genuine and mitigating circumstance” which provides real justification. Below are a few examples of cases which we have dealt with:”
Laced Drinks
“A lady who had been at a house party with friends and consciously drinking “bucks fizz” (prosecco and orange juice) knowing she was driving the next day, but was given drinks also containing the orange based liquor Cointreau, which meant that she was still marginally over the limit the next day. In this case with evidence from friends and an expert, the court were persuaded not to disqualify on the grounds that this was a genuine mistake.”
“A young man who had been locked out of his home and in trying to enter in the early hours had severely lacerated his hand causing extensive blood loss and who with no access to a phone could not contact emergency services, had been forced to drive to the hospital and was stopped by the police on route who took him to the hospital for medical attention where he was also breathalysed and found to be over the limit. The court accepted that this was a genuine emergency as the injury was life threatening and he had no other alternative, such that they agreed not to disqualify him.”
Shortness of Distance Driven
“An elderly gentleman had driven to the local pub as it was raining and had left it outside with the intention of collecting it the following day. On leaving the pub to walk home he realised that it was badly parked and therefore moved it no more than 4 feet to be closer to the kerb before walking home. The court agreed that the distance driven was so short and the likelihood of coming into conflict with other road users so minimal that they should not disqualify him.”
“The message to all drivers however, must be that if you want to avoid the consequences of a drink driving conviction and disqualification, you should not drink and drive!!”
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Fighting with My Family takes the sweaty, spandexed bravado of professional wrestling and somehow spins it into a sugary, feel-good movie. It’s surprising to find out this story has some basis in fact, and even more startling that everything works as well it does. With its underdog heroine, tough-love mentor, and hissable villains, Fighting With My Family has more than a little Rocky built in, albeit with more suplexes and suicide dives.
The story centers on the Bevis family, a cadre of blue-collar brawlers from Norwich, England. Parents Patrick (Nick Frost) and Julia (Lena Headey) wrestle professionally, but their overall goal is grooming their son Zak (Jack Lowden), and daughter Saraya (Florence Pugh), for WWE superstardom. Their dreams come within their grasp when the kids are given an audition before a caustic wrestling judge (Vince Vaughn), but this moment becomes bittersweet when Saraya is the only one chosen. Soon, Zak spirals into bitter self-destruction while Saraya travels to Florida and endures grueling physical trials, deep homesickness, and snarling, bitchy colleagues, all of which threaten to derail her hard work.
This could’ve been a crude and clichéd mess, but Fighting with My Family never aims for the low blow. The script balances blue humor by making every character feel like an actual human being. This is further aided by perfect casting across the board: Frost and Headey are spot-on as the horny, rough-and-tumble parents who, for the most part, act out of real love and pride for their children. Lowden brings depth to Zak, as he grapples with the fact that he lacks the unknowable, unteachable star power of his sister. All that said, this movie belongs to Pugh. Her Saraya has to grow comfortable with the person she is, and confront the intimidating potential of the enormously successful person she could become. Pugh is so good, it’s almost impossible to not root for her character. As the story’s Simon Cowell, Vaughn wisely rounds out his sarcastic dialogue with notes of empathy and affection.
Pro wrestling hasn’t been my bag since Hulk Hogan turned heel, so it’s a testament to this cast and crew that Fighting with My Family kept me hooked throughout. Writer-director Stephen Merchant maintains enough dramatic heft to keep the story moving, all the while never taking its subject matter too seriously. Family goes where you probably think it will, but damned if it doesn’t offer humor and genuine inspiration on the way there. Even those who aren’t fans of pro wrestling will enjoy this one.
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South Africa’s energy crisis, jobs top ANC’s priority list
‘There is no doubt in my mind that we will restore Eskom,’ says Ramaphosa.
Mike Cohen and Rene Vollgraaff, Bloomberg / 11 January 2020 15:44
President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: GCIS
Solving South Africa’s energy crisis, creating jobs and speeding up land redistribution will top the ruling party’s priority list this year.
The country must step up the introduction of new electricity generation by private companies and find new sources of energy, President Cyril Ramaphosa said at an event held to mark the 108th anniversary of the founding of the African National Congress on Saturday. Despite plans to split state-owned power utility Eskom into three separate businesses, the company will not be privatised, he said in a speech delivered in the central town of Kimberley.
The utility has been one of the biggest challenges Ramaphosa has faced since he ascended to the ANC leadership in late 2017 and was appointed as president three months later. The party has fallen short on previous pledges to ignite economic growth and tackle a 29% unemployment rate, mainly because Eskom can’t generate enough power from its old and poorly maintained plants to meet demand.
While Ramaphosa has repeatedly given reassurances that energy constraints are being addressed, Eskom has intermittently instituted rolling blackouts to prevent a collapse of the grid. The utility also faces leadership challenges, complicating its turnaround. Jabu Mabuza resigned as chairman on Friday, four days after Andre de Ruyter started as the new CEO.
The government won’t allow Eskom to fail, Ramaphosa said. The utility is saddled with debts of about R450 billion and depends on state bailouts to operate, weighing on public finances.
“Eskom is too big to fail,” he said. “There is no doubt in my mind that we will restore Eskom.”
The economy is at risk of falling into recession after shrinking 0.6% in the third quarter. The contraction has placed the government’s already strained finances under further pressure and raised odds that the country will lose its sole investment-grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service.
Read: Moody’s leaves South Africa teetering on brink of ‘junk’
Land expropriation
The ANC has also been riven by internal power struggles, which have left it deeply divided, and Ramaphosa’s tenuous hold on the party have constrained his ability to institute planned reforms, including cutting the state’s wage bill and selling some of its assets. He’s also come under pressure to implement ANC resolutions to change the constitution to make it easier to seize land without compensation and nationalising the central bank — plans that have spooked investors.
The country will move ahead with expropriating land without compensation, Ramaphosa said. This will be done lawfully and in a manner that will boost economic growth and sustain food security, he said.
Ramaphosa will spell out how his administration will implement the ruling party’s directives when he delivers his annual state-of-the-nation address in parliament on February 13. The ANC is due to assess the progress the party has made since Ramaphosa was elected as its leader at a conference in late June.
Africa’s oldest political movement has dominated South African politics since white-minority rule ended in 1994. Its support slumped during Jacob Zuma’s scandal-tainted, nine-year rule and it lost control of several cities including Johannesburg, the economic hub, and Pretoria, the capital, in a 2016 municipal vote.
The party easily retained its outright majority in national elections in May last year and regained control of Johannesburg in December after the informal opposition coalition that was running the city unraveled.
Mmmm 1 week ago
So if he has decided to go ahead with EWC what is the point of asking for public comment? WHY WASTE THE TIME AND MONEY!!!
Oh I take it he was talking to ANC voters. So you tell them what they want to hear??
Unfortunately it does not do his and his “Party’s” credibility any good.
Like everything else they touch it will turn into a disaster.
DeonK 1 week ago
wow…same old…what people see in CR including SA Business who made him a billionare amazes me…clueless…a case of in the right place at the right time
casper1 1 week ago
Will this be the start of a civil war??
Daviddebeer 1 week ago
Maybe if the ANC stopped prioritizing jobs there would actually be more employment?
TaffyDee 1 week ago
Wow. If this is an ANC priority it is sure to be the kiss of death.
Expat 1 week ago
Looks like we are headed for another “wasted 10 years”. If SA can last that long!
GinaSchroeder 1 week ago
For crying out loud.
1. Make 10MW solar licence free
2. Get the current solar and wind and any other IPP to put their curtailed power (800 MW??) On the wires at 10 – 30c/kWh.
Stop all the rhetoric and just DO IT
DeonK 7 days ago
never…ANC elite will loose coal contracts from the mines they own
pwgg 1 week ago
what a chop, he spent 5 years as head of the Eskom warroom plus two years as the pres and nothing????? No doubt, sue none at all.
Best go back to being a trade union leader, your members were mushrooms, kept in the dark and fed s**t.
Would love to see a graph of all the “jobs” created since 1994 vs the population since 1994.
Any statisticians out there??
TryingToRetire 1 week ago
“Eskom is too big to fail,” he said
Unfortunately South Africa is not. No one will lift a finger if it slides into the sea tomorrow.
Groen 1 week ago
The year has just started and the ANC old guard is already tired and without energy.
The current ANC is like the black holes from outer space that sucks up all energy and light. Here the life is being sucked out of the country and the economy by the ANC.
Strange to think that the ruling party is destabilizing the very country that it is supposed to rule.
And then the destabilizing factions are kept in the party under the guise of “unity”?
Gargoyl 6 days ago
It is clear and painfully obvious to all (excluding those responsible) that this essential service is being abused by corruption and racism. Vital human resources have been discarded due to racism and the competence has not been replaced.
The financial abuse of this essential service has been obvious and expanding for decades. It is beyond belief.
And now we have yet another ANC President that is giving only lip service whilst the essential service is literally driven to total destruction.
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Introducing the KOK Mungo’s Hope Kikoi… and the Mungo MOVE Program
The long awaited winning kikoi design from Hope Davids, a student of the Kurland school in Plettenberg Bay, has finally arrived! Designed at a workshop at the Mungo Mill in August 2018 (read more about that here), it has now been produced and put onto our shelves, and you can buy it online here.
And it’s a real beauty – prominent tones of mustard yellow with some playful splashes of colour in pink and aqua blue that will make it especially popular with little adventurers. It’s the perfect bright & bold lightweight beach towel or picnic blanket for summer.
The Mungo’s Hope kikoi
Hope Davids, who came up with the winning design and its name
All profits from the sale of these kikois will be given to the Kids of Kurland School Project – a volunteer organisation focused on life & health skills education in The Crags community in Plettenberg Bay. A worthy recipient, the organisation facilitates programs on topics like AIDS, safety, functional behaviour and self empowerment.
The KOK kikoi project was the first official venture for our recently launched Mungo MOVE (Mungo’s Objective and Vision to Empower) program, spearheaded by Janet Holding – wife of our Master Weaver Stuart Holding – and a committee of other dedicated staff members. But while this KOK project served as the perfect starting point for MOVE, the plan for the program going forward is for a longer term and more impactful approach to giving back.
In 2019, Mungo will start to allocate 1% of its turnover to important causes in the local Plettenberg Bay community, especially in the underdeveloped area of Kurland Village where many of Mungo’s staff live. Afflicted by poverty, domestic violence, alcoholism and HIV, there are endless opportunities for a program like MOVE to engage and make a real difference to the lives of those who call it home.
Our textile designer Lenore with her pattern book
By doing so Mungo will join a growing number of companies around the world pledging to actively support and finance projects focused on improving the social and environmental health of the communities in which their businesses operate. The international B-Corp certification is awarded to companies with a proven track record of doing just that, and it was this idea that inspired our Managing Director Dax Holding to follow suit –
“B-corps are making a commitment to be the vessels of change – businesses that don’t just make a commitment to profit, but a commitment to using their influence to create a change in the way the whole structure of the economic environment works.”
It is the simple belief of Dax, and of companies like these, that the relationship between humans and the space in which they inhabit is symbiotic. It makes sense that it should therefore be the responsibility of businesses to give back to and improve the spaces in which they operate and benefit from, in order to perpetuate that relationship in a healthy and sustainable way.
Mungo and the MOVE committee are extremely excited about the potential for this program going forward, and the contribution we intend to make in the community that has enabled us to become the business we are today. Watch this space to find out about our upcoming plans and projects!
The students of Kurland school who took part in the workshop on textile making at the Mungo mill
We recently held our second instalment of the Kids of Kurland workshop at the Mungo Mill. The day was a great success, and simulations for the next designs are underway. Read more about it here, and look out for our winning kikoi!
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Introducing the ‘Mungo Moon’ Kikoi
Each year Mungo invites students from the Crags Primary School in Plettenberg Bay to the Mungo Mill, for a mill tour & textile workshop. Introducing the ‘Mungo Moon’, designed by Alwinia Simson and sold in aid of the Kids of Kurland foundation.
Mungo Working Weaving Museum
When Mungo founder Stuart Holding, was given a couple of 200 year old antique Hattersley looms from an old weaving friend it ignited a whole new passion for him. Weeks were spent putting the machines together and taking them apart, to refurbish every nook and cranny. With only ancient weaving books as reference to what …
The Mungo Mill, Now Open
Open to the public, the mill showcases a cross-section of weaving production from pre-industrial revolution to present day. At once, it has become our new thriving hub of production, and also the embodiment of our commitment to transparency in what we make and do.
Mungo, the Mill & Me
I was a big Mungo fan long before I started working here. It was the Itawuli that first got me. The African Sunset one, to be specific. A student at the time, I had been coveting it for many months before a bout of bronchitis helped me to bring one home.
"Transparency in our production process, along with world class design, is what sets Mungo apart."
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Data localization, digital nationalism is 'need of the hour': Swadeshi Jagran Manch
By Team MyNation
New Delhi, First Published 9, Dec 2019, 9:47 AM IST
The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and assured that it will play a "positive role in ensuring that data localization, data nationalism and data sovereignty become reality very quickly".
New Delhi: The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that data localisation and digital nationalism are the "need of the hour".
"In the recently held Rashtriya Sabha of Swadeshi Jagran Manch at holy city Haridwar, Uttarakhand, a resolution has been passed for ensuring the sovereignty of data, data localization and digital nationalism. It is our firm belief that in the present-day world, this is the need of the hour," the organisation's co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan stated in the letter. He said that data is the "new fulcrum" of the industrial revolution and if it is processed with a sharp algorithm, it has the potential of doing what the human mind has never envisaged.
"We Indians are one-sixth of the world, one-fifth of internet users and one-fourth of digital consumers. Along with the owner within the geographical limits of India, there is also a need to compute it within the country. India certainly has the talent to do this."
The SJM, an affiliate of RSS also assured PM Modi that it will play a "positive role in ensuring that data localization, data nationalism and data sovereignty become reality very quickly".
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Nissan duo take Super GT championship lead
Nissan GT500 stars Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli have taken the lead in the Super GT championship after scoring their second consecutive runner-up finish at Fuji International Speedway.
After finishing second in the rain-shortened opening round at Okayama, the Japanese/Italian driver combo aboard the No. 23 Motul Autech Nissan GT-R NISMO GT500 started from pole in Fuji after Quintarelli set a new qualifying lap record on Friday.
After Saturday’s race began behind the safety car, Quintarelli took the lead when the race went green on lap three. The Nissan driver lost the top spot on lap 13 at the first corner before the event was red flagged three laps later due to worsening weather conditions.
The race resumed after a 30-minute delay with Quintarelli dropping back to fifth at one stage before charging back through the pack to regain the lead by lap 31.
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After a hard fought 110 laps, the No. 23 Nissan crossed the line in second to grab the championship lead. Matsuda and Quintarelli now have a three-point gap in the title chase with six rounds remaining.
“After the rain stopped and the race resumed, the early stages were difficult, but I was able to lift our pace and return to the top,” Quintarelli said.
“Our pit timing was good too and I think that I was able to hand the car over to Matsuda in a good position. In the last stint, I thought that I could maintain the lead if I pushed hard on the out lap, and I was doing fine as it was, but I struggled with grip in the final stages.
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The No. 3 GT-R of Nissan newcomers Kohei Hirate and Frederic Makowiecki finished sixth to score points for the second race in a row.
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The next round of the Super GT championship will be held at Suzuka on May 26.
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Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications for the Economic Research Service: A Workshop Summary (2016)
Chapter: Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants
« Previous: Appendix B: Historical Development of ERS Rural-Urban Classification Systems--John Cromartie
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications for the Economic Research Service: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21843.
Workshop on Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications
Committee on National Statistics
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Keck Center, Room 201
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC
8:30–9:10 a.m.
Session 1: Welcome
Moderator: David Brown, Cornell University, Chair, Steering Committee
Welcome to the National Academies
Constance Citro, Director, Committee on National Statistics
Welcome to workshop and description of workshop goals
Mary Bohman, Administrator, Economic Research Service, USDA
Session 2: Historical development of current rural area classification systems
Moderator: Stephan Goetz, Pennsylvania State University
Census and OMB classifications
James Fitzsimmons, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Classifications used by ERS (with background paper)
John Cromartie, Economic Research Service, USDA
Open floor discussion
Session 3: How rural area classification is done elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally
Moderator: Mark Partridge, Ohio State University
Non-ERS classifications in the U.S.
Speaker: Brigitte Waldorf, Purdue University
(Commissioned paper with Ayoung Kim, Purdue University)
Labor market area delineations in the U.S.
Speaker: Leif Jensen, Penn State University
11:40 a.m.–12 p.m.
How rural area classification is done in Europe and other highly developed nations
Speaker: Paolo Veneri, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
A social constructionist critique of rural area classification
Speaker: Keith Halfacree, University of Swansea
Session 4: Panel discussion followed by open floor discussion: “The Big Picture”: Changes in society and economy that have contributed to the need for reconsidering rural classification systems
Moderator: James Fitzsimmons, U.S. Census Bureau Discussion to include changing context: transformation of U.S. economy, information technology revolution, transformation of global-local relationships, population size and composition, etc. and changing organization of the intergovernmental system increasing the need for
sociodemographic and economic information at state and local levels.
Panelists: Bruce Weber, Oregon State University
David Plane, University of Arizona
David Brown, Cornell University
Linda Lobao, Ohio State University
Jeff Hardcastle, Nevada State Demographer
Session 5: Different ways to conceptualize rural areas in metropolitan society
Moderator: David Plane, University of Arizona
A rural view (with commissioned paper)
Speaker: Michael Woods, University of Aberystwyth
Discussion from an urban demography/sociology point of view
Speaker: John Logan, Brown University
Discussion from a regional inequality point of view
Speaker: Gregory Hooks, McMaster University
Discussion among speakers
The urban-rural interface as a space of integration rather than of separation, first view
Speaker: Daniel Lichter, Cornell University
The urban-rural interface as a space of integration rather than of separation, second view
Speaker: Mark Partridge, Ohio State University
Adjourn for the day—David Brown
Session 6: Panel discussion followed by open floor discussion: How the current rural area classification systems are used in research and in program design and administration
Moderator: Brigitte Waldorf, Purdue University
Panelists: Douglas O’Brien, White House Domestic Policy Council
Timothy Parker, Economic Research Service, USDA
Thomas G. Johnson, University of Missouri, and a member of the RuPRI leadership team
Kenneth Johnson, University of New Hampshire
Rose Olfert, University of Saskatchewan
Session 7: Changes in social science data and methods and their impact on rural classification
Moderator: James Fitzsimmons, U.S. Census Bureau
Changing analytical possibilities including GIS and spatial statistics, increasingly powerful computing, etc.
(Commissioned paper)
Speaker: Alan Murray, Drexel University
Changing analytical possibilities
Speaker: Sarah Low, Economic Research Service, USDA
Availability and quality of data from the American Community Survey
Speaker: Richelle Winkler, Michigan Technological University and member of ACS Data Users Group National Steering Committee
More frequent availability of local level data at lower levels of geographic scale
Speaker: Michael Ratcliffe, Geography Division, U.S. Census Bureau, with
Marc Perry, Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau
Session 8: Evaluating the reliability and validity of rural area classifications
Evaluation using statistical modeling
Speaker: Stephan Goetz, Penn State University
(Commissioned paper, with Yicheol Han, Penn State University)
Ground truthing
Speaker: Mark Shucksmith, Newcastle University, UK
Discussant
Speaker: Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University
Session 9: Panel discussion among members of the workshop’s steering committee and ERS sponsors followed by open floor discussion: Alternate futures for rural area classification
Moderator: David Brown, Cornell University
Panelists: John Cromartie, Economic Research Service, USDA
James Fitzsimmons, U.S. Census Bureau
Stephan Goetz, Pennsylvania State University
David McGranahan, Economic Research Service, USDA
Mark Partridge, Ohio State University
Brigitte Waldorf, Purdue University
Adjourn the workshop—David Brown
Mary Bohman, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Vince Breneman, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
David L. Brown, Cornell University
Constance F. Citro, Committee on National Statistics, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
John Cromartie, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Giang Do, CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Robert Gibbs, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Stephan Goetz, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences
Keith Halfacree, Swansea University
Yicheol Han, Penn State University
Jeff Hardcastle, Nevada Department of Taxation
Steven Hirsch, National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Gregory Hooks, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
Leif Jensen, Penn State University
Tom Johnson, University of Missouri
Ayoung Kim, Purdue University
Nancy Kirkendall, Committee on National Statistics, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Daniel Lichter, Cornell University
John Logan, Brown University
Sarah Low, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Peter Mateyka, U.S. Census Bureau
David McGranahan, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Brian McKenzie, U.S. Census Bureau
Alan Murray, Drexel University
David Nulph, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Douglas O’Brien, White House Domestic Policy Council
Jennifer Park, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President
Tim Parker, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University
John Pender, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Marc Perry, U.S. Census Bureau
David A. Plane, University of Arizona
Rose Olfert, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Michael Ratcliffe, U.S. Census Bureau
Danielle Rhubart, Penn State University
Michael Sellner (via Webex), U.S. Census Bureau
Shoshana Shapiro, Health Resources and Services Administration
Mark Shucksmith, Newcastle University
Steve Turner, Southern Rural Development Center
Paolo Veneri, OECD
Bruce Weber, Oregon State University
Marca Weinberg, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Richelle Winkler, Michigan Technological University
Michael Woods, Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK
Gooloo Wunderlich, Committee on National Statistics, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Next: Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members »
Rationalizing Rural Area Classifications for the Economic Research Service: A Workshop Summary Get This Book
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA/ERS) maintains four highly related but distinct geographic classification systems to designate areas by the degree to which they are rural. The original urban-rural code scheme was developed by the ERS in the 1970s. Rural America today is very different from the rural America of 1970 described in the first rural classification report.
At that time migration to cities and poverty among the people left behind was a central concern. The more rural a residence, the more likely a person was to live in poverty, and this relationship held true regardless of age or race. Since the 1970s the interstate highway system was completed and broadband was developed. Services have become more consolidated into larger centers. Some of the traditional rural industries, farming and mining, have prospered, and there has been rural amenity-based in-migration. Many major structural and economic changes have occurred during this period. These factors have resulted in a quite different rural economy and society since 1970.
In April 2015, the Committee on National Statistics convened a workshop to explore the data, estimation, and policy issues for rationalizing the multiple classifications of rural areas currently in use by the Economic Research Service (ERS). Participants aimed to help ERS make decisions regarding the generation of a county rural-urban scale for public use, taking into consideration the changed social and economic environment. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
1 Introduction 1–6
2 Official U.S. Rural Area Classification Systems 7–26
3 Other Rural Area Classification Systems Used in the United States and Internationally 27–42
4 Changes in Society and Economy and Their Impact on Rural Area Classifications 43–60
5 Different Ways to Conceptualize Rural Areas in Metropolitan Society 61–80
6 Uses of Current Rural Classification Systems 81–96
7 Changes in Social Science Data and Methods 97–108
8 Evaluating the Reliability and Validity of Rural Area Classifications 109–120
9 Closing Remarks 121–128
Bibliography 129–142
Appendix A: ERS Goals for Workshop on Rural Classifications 143–144
Appendix B: Historical Development of ERS Rural-Urban Classification Systems--John Cromartie 145–164
Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants 165–172
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members 173–176
Committee on National Statistics 177–178
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Pope Francis’s Christmas gift to a grieving photographer
When a photographer received heartbreaking news during a difficult assignment, he was desperate. Then the pope took a detour.
Photograph by Dave Yoder, Nat Geo Image Collection
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Pope Francis makes a spontaneous, unscheduled visit to the Sistine Chapel after his Urbi et Orbi address on Christmas Day.
Story and Photographs by Dave Yoder
The best pictures are not taken; they are gifts. Fittingly, this one arrived on Christmas Day in 2014. It materialized in the Sistine Chapel, miraculously, as if it had descended from Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” in the ceiling above. But it came to me at a time so difficult that even today I question whether I should have been there at all.
Pope Francis had been elected the year before. Somewhat surprisingly, this plain, elderly man, who wished for a church that was “poor and for the poor,” had become an international celebrity, a coveted subject for almost every major news organization. I wasn’t at the top of anyone’s list to photograph him, although I lived in Rome at the time. None of my previous projects were remotely similar, and I knew little about Vatican City or Pope Francis. But during a visit to National Geographic, I’d made an offhand comment about the pontiff to an editor. To my astonishment, he instructed me to shoot the story. I suddenly felt like the dog that had caught the car. I had no idea how to proceed.
I had to learn to navigate the Vatican. Journalists deluge the Holy See’s communications offices with petitions for access. Success is limited; photographers are generally kept far from the pontiff. To aid my cause, I recruited Editor in Chief Susan Goldberg, as well as all three U.S. ambassadors in Rome—the ambassadors to Italy, the Holy See, and the UN agencies located there—for a lunch with Vatican officials. My petition was granted, but that proved to be only the first step in a months-long process.
What’s It Like to Photograph the Pope? Photographer Dave Yoder spent six months documenting the Vatican and the life of Pope Francis for National Geographic, taking nearly 68,000 photos. Hear the stories behind some of the moments he captured, from the pope's walks through crowds of followers to a quiet stop at St. Peter's Basilica that became the compelling cover image of the magazine's August 2015 issue.
I was deposited among the Vaticanisti, the journalists who cover the pontiff, shooting the same imagery as everyone else. From that vantage point, the pope is a mere speck on marbled horizons. Then, as if in punishment for my sins, the magazine elevated the story to “cover” status—a terrifying development that demanded exceptional access.
My deliverance came in the form of the pope’s photographer: Francesco Sforza, a perpetually cheery, humble fellow who can scarcely get to his Vatican assignments on time for all the people stopping him to chat. His office is adorned with battered, ancient cameras used by photographers of bygone popes. Three decades ago he’d helped National Geographic photographer James Stanfield shoot a Vatican story. Sforza agreed to take me under his wing, to act as my chaperone, to get me close. It’s difficult to overstate my good fortune or Sforza’s selflessness. I was told that it was the first time Vatican officials had allowed such an arrangement with a photojournalist.
I soon tested my access, somewhat cheekily, by walking up the blindingly white steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, directly to the side of the pontiff as he greeted fervent visitors. Nobody seemed to notice.
Pope Francis’s affable security detail accommodated me with great collegiality, despite the crowds around him. These men have the unenviable job of safeguarding a world leader who shrugs off protection. They also wrangle squirming infants thrust into their arms by euphoric parents, lifting the babes to the Pope mobile for a quick blessing from Francis, then returning them safely to their procreators. I ran along with Sforza often in that wild caravan, staining my two suits with sweat, stumbling into the invariably polite bodyguards while trying not to be run over, literally, by the pope.
All this access implied a trust that I had a responsibility not to betray. Sforza and his staff of two—Simone and Mario—guided me through Vatican protocols, but otherwise I had remarkable freedom, without any suggestion of censorship. Only once did anyone ask me, as a favor, not to take a photo of Francis. The pope was clawing his way out of the back seat of the cramped Ford Focus he often traveled in; a cardinal thought it looked undignified. Fair enough.
I tried to avoid attracting attention—difficult given my awkward six-foot-five-inch frame. Once, I realized too late that I’d positioned myself in a circle of bishops greeting the pope next to Michelangelo’s “Pietà.” There was no inconspicuous way out. As Francis traversed the arc toward me, shaking hands, I pretended to examine my camera’s settings. When I looked up, he was standing before me, hand extended, eyebrows raised, waiting for me to notice him. Status or occupation never seemed to concern him.
As the assignment neared its end, I found myself desperately seeking a worthy cover photo of Francis, a high bar for one of the most photographed people in the world. Nothing quite worked, and my editor was looking for alternatives from other photographers. To have someone else’s image on the cover would have been a defeat, a failure to deliver for people who’d placed their trust in me and given me an extraordinary opportunity. I banked on the approaching Christmas ceremonies as my last best hope.
As I worked on, my father’s health was plummeting. The cancer that had been in remission for many years had returned and devoured his bones. That Christmas would be his last.
Abandoning an assignment is no small thing to contemplate. But in this case, the alternative felt far worse. During one Mass I perched on the precarious catwalk that clings to the golden ceiling of St. Peter’s Basilica, alternately shooting photos and using my phone to search for flights home to Indiana. Then my sister called. My father was in the hospital, she said. He wouldn’t be returning home. She added, with emphasis, “Dad said, ‘Don’t screw up your assignment.’” I decided to stay a few more days.
On Christmas Day the pontiff addressed a teeming crowd. I put all my hope for a cover image on that spectacle. At the last minute, however, a cardinal became nervous. Sforza delivered the bad news: There wasn’t any room for me on the balcony. The plan collapsed, and my gamble felt shameful.
I would have one last moment with Pope Francis. After the crowd dispersed, he greeted me, shook my hand, and we wished each other happy Christmas. Then he turned to speak to one of his aides. Sforza breathlessly reported what he’d overheard: “He’s going to the Sistine Chapel.” I followed him.
The pope paused in that ethereal chamber for just a few seconds, gazing up at Michelangelo’s masterpiece in fragile silence. My friend and guardian angel Francesco Sforza whispered, “There is your cover.” I pressed the shutter and wondered whether this was Francis’s Christmas gift to me.
I made it back to Indiana, just in time.
Dave Yoder is a contributing photographer and explorer for National Geographic. His work has included subjects such as bounty hunters, a children’s circus, and the ALMA radio telescope array in Chile.
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‘This Is Terrific’: Elizabeth Warren on Kamala Harris Joining 2020 Race
Sen. Elizabeth Warren brushed off the idea that Sen. Kamala Harris might pull from her support
By Alison King • Published at 3:23 pm on January 21, 2019
Senator Kamala Harris announced Monday she has entered the 2020 presidential race. Harris, who plans to highlight truth, justice, decency and equality in her quest for the democratic nomination, is the fourth woman to enter the field.
“I think this is terrific," Senator Elizabeth Warren, the first woman to jump into the race three weeks ago, said of the news. "You know, Democrats are full of ideas and full of energy and that’s how we’re going to make real change in this country.”
Warren brushed off the idea that Harris might pull from her support, saying, "It’s about bringing more and more people into the fight.”
But voters of color are excited about Harris’ candidacy.
“I understand how important it is to have representation," Boston State Representative Liz Miranda said. "And I think she is quite qualified to help lead this country so I’m excited that she’s running.
Boston Pastor Art Gordon said, “I think she brings something that this nation needs, against what Trump has done as president. Something new and something fresh.”
Many Democrats, like former Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson, are just excited to have choices: “We saw the lack of having a robust primary in the last election hurt the Democrats.”
Jackson says Warren was smart to get out first, that she opened the door to the early rush of women, which includes Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
“This is exciting to see women, people of color and awesome folks who are taking a real stand step up,” Jackson said.
Most democrats seem to be in no rush to commit.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley said, “I look forward to meeting with all of them to better understand their vision for America and why they’re in this race and what they intend to do.”
Elizabeth Warren visits the early primary state of South Carolina on Wednesday, while Kamala Harris is in South Carolina on Friday for her first campaign event.
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Ex-Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Ends White House Bid, Mulls Senate Run in 2020
The two-term former Colorado governor, who ran as a moderate warning of the perils of extreme partisanship, struggled with fundraising and low polling numbers
By Nicholas Riccardi • Published at 7:20 pm on August 14, 2019
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Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday ended his longshot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination and said he may instead challenge one of the most vulnerable Senate Republicans in 2020.
In a video message , Hickenlooper said he had heard from many in his state urging him to enter the Senate race.
"They remind me how much is at stake for our country. And our state," he said. "I intend to give that some serious thought."
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Colorado's shift to the left could put Sen. Cory Gardner's seat in jeopardy for Republicans, and at least 10 Democrats have launched campaigns, setting up a competitive primary even before Hickenlooper, 67, makes a decision.
Hickenlooper became a leading figure in Colorado with his quirky, consensus-driven and unscripted approach to politics. He once jumped out of a plane to promote a ballot measure to increase state spending, and he won two statewide elections during years of Republican waves. He also was Denver's mayor.
He began his White House campaign in March, promising to unite the country. Instead, he quickly became a political punch line.
Founding a series of brewpubs made Hickenlooper a multimillionaire. But shortly before taking his first trip to Iowa as a presidential candidate, he balked on national television at calling himself a capitalist. Then, at a CNN town hall, he recounted how he once took his mother to see a pornographic movie.
With the campaign struggling to raise money, his staff urged Hickenlooper to instead challenge Gardner. But Hickenlooper stayed in and hired another group of aides in a last-ditch effort to turn around his campaign.
He positioned himself as a common-sense candidate who couldn't be labeled a "socialist" by Republicans. But Hickenlooper couldn't make his voice heard in the crowded Democratic field of about two dozen candidates.
It didn't help that, by Hickenlooper's own admission, he was a mediocre debater and an erratic public speaker. In the end, he could not scrape together enough money for many of his trademark quirky ads, only launching one in which avid beer drinkers toast Hickenlooper by comparing him to favorite brews. He became the second Democrat to end a presidential bid after Rep. Eric Swalwell pulled out of the primary last month.
"While this campaign didn't have the outcome we were hoping for, every moment has been worthwhile," Hickenlooper tweeted on Thursday.
Republicans seized on the meltdown of Hickenlooper's campaign as evidence the Democratic Party has become too radical. "A two-term governor of a swing state and #2020 presidential #Democrat candidate who was booed for warning against his party's embrace of socialist policies has been forced out of the race," tweeted Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump aide.
But Hickenlooper's own supporters attributed his failure partly to the persistence of former Vice President Joe Biden's strong position in the Democratic primary field. Hickenlooper launched his presidential bid presuming that the 76-year-old Biden would stumble, and the electorate would be hungry for another centrist with a track record of winning white moderates. But Biden remains in the lead in primary polls.
Hickenlooper softened his denials of interest in the Senate in recent weeks as his campaign finances dwindled and pressure increased from other Democrats. He met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who had urged Hickenlooper last year to challenge Gardner, shortly after a disappointing performance during the second Democratic debate in July. A former Hickenlooper strategist registered internet domains like "Hick4Senate.com" in the hopes of persuading him to run.
Hickenlooper also recently met with Colorado's Democratic secretary of state, Jena Griswold, who was mulling a run against Gardner. Griswold last week announced she would not challenge Gardner. That decision led to widespread speculation among Colorado Democrats that Hickenlooper will eventually run. He has plenty of time to make up his mind — the primary is not until June 2020, and the former governor enjoys wide name recognition.
If he entered the Democratic primary, Hickenlooper would be "the absolute favorite," said Mike Stratton, a veteran Democratic strategist in Denver.
Hickenlooper would also be the oldest candidate in the Senate race, competing against politicians whose recent fundraising hauls have matched or exceeded the $1 million that Hickenlooper raised for his presidential bid in the second quarter of the year.
Some of the Democrats in the Senate primary already began taking shots at Hickenlooper on Thursday.
"He spent his time in Iowa running for president and as governor working and campaigning against bold, progressive solutions that will move Colorado and the country forward," said state Sen. Angela Williams in a statement. "If he's going to switch gears and run for the Senate, he has a lot to explain to Colorado voters. This won't be a coronation."
Others have said they don't intend to step aside even if the former governor runs.
"What I heard Gov. Hickenlooper tell everybody who asked is, he wasn't cut out to be a senator and didn't want the job," said former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, one of the primary contenders, in a radio interview.
Hickenlooper got some support from one of his former presidential rivals. "I think it's always good when anybody who has been a mayor is in the Senate because they have a little more of that background of getting things done," said Pete Buttigieg during a campaign stop in Iowa. "Certainly, if he chooses to run, he'll make an outstanding senator."
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Into the uncanny valley: 80 robot faces ranked by creepiness
Technology 2 November 2015
Look at all the robots pictured below. Which one do you like best? Chances are, some will seem friendly, some weird, and some will not make much of an impression at all.
That spread of reactions probably includes the uncanny valley, a dreaded pitfall for designers. It’s occupied by robots that look lifelike, yet aren’t quite realistic enough to be convincing and so start creeping people out. Either side of it, so the hypothesis goes, robots that are even more realistic or not very lifelike tend to be more appealing (see graph below).
Where an individual robot falls on that continuum, says Maya Mathur, a biostatistician at Stanford University in California, is becoming ever more important to pin down. Robot designers can then avoid the uncanny valley – if it indeed exists – so we can be comfortable with their creations.
“Robots are transitioning from something that’s part of a technological environment to something that’s a feature of our social environment,” she says, “always teetering on this boundary of being really creepy and really likeable. That’s something we need to understand.”
Mathur and colleague David Reichling at the University of California, San Francisco, selected 80 examples of robot faces, from the cartoonish and metallic MIT robot Kismetto the painstakingly realistic BINA48 (pictured at the start of this story). They asked 66 workers on the online marketplace Amazon Mechanical Turk to rate the faces on a scale from 1 to 100, based on how mechanical and how human they looked.
The workers also had to consider an important question: how enjoyable would it be to interact with that face every day?
In the picture above, the robo-faces are arranged according how they scored, from the most mechanical to the most human. The researchers found that the robots’ perceived friendliness closely matched the predicted uncanny valley curve. As the faces gradually shift from totally mechanical to more lifelike, their likeability scores go up, then plunge, then climb back up again.
In a second round of experiments, Mathur and Reichling asked a second set of 92 Turk workers to play a game of trust with the robot faces. The workers were given a fictional $100 and asked to decide how much to hand over to the robot. The robot would then “invest” its money, triple it, and decide whether and how much to give back to its human friend.
The amount of money that workers chose to give to the robot followed the uncanny valley pattern, though their decisions also seemed skewed by other characteristics, like the robot’s perceived gender.
“There’s a big difference between asking people how much they like a robot and how much they’re willing to actually put their money where their mouth is,” says Mathur. “I think ultimately, these data suggest that the uncanny valley is a real and tangible problem.”
Journal reference: Cognition, DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.09.008
(Image credits: BINA48: DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy Stock Photo; robo-faces: Maya B. Mathura & David B. Reichling/Elsevier)
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House Whip James Clyburn: Some Dems Might Not Vote to Impeach Trump
By Todd Beamon | Friday, 06 December 2019 02:49 PM
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Some House Democrats might not vote to impeach President Donald Trump, House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., said Friday.
"We do expect to lose some, and that's why I say it is a conscience vote," Clyburn, 79, who was first elected in 1992, told "New Day" on CNN.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she had directed the House Judiciary Committee to draw up articles of impeachment against the president over his alleged activities regarding Ukraine.
"I think it would be a bit unseemly for us to go out, whipping up a vote on something like this," Clyburn said. "This is too serious.
"This is too much about preserving this great republic — and I think we ought to leave it up to each member to decide how he or she would like to vote."
Clyburn said that his Palmetto State Democratic colleague, Rep. Joe Cunningham, might oppose impeachment based on the concerns of his constituents.
President Trump won Cunningham's district in 2016. He is in his first term.
His office said in a statement Thursday that Cunningham condemned Trump's behavior but that the representative would reserve judgment until the specific impeachment articles are presented.
"I'm not going to urge him to vote the way I'm going to vote," Clyburn told CNN on Friday. "I think I've heard enough. I've seen enough.
"If we cannot vote to impeach with what we had in testimonies last week, what we've seen in news reports this week, then we ought to just modify the Constitution and get rid of impeachment altogether."
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, D-N.J., has said that he would oppose impeachment — and he and Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson were the only Democrats to vote against the House resolution to formalize the impeachment investigation.
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DHS Bars Congressional Staffers From Migrant Detention Centers After Reports Of Rotten Food, Kid Told To Eat Off Floor
By Ramsey Touchberry On 8/29/19 at 2:26 PM EDT
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The Department of Homeland Security has prevented congressional staffers from the House Oversight Committee from visiting additional migrant detention facilities along the southern border after allegedly making troubling discoveries in recent weeks at other detention centers, according to a letter sent to DHS Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Thursday.
The chairman of the panel, Democrat Elijah Cummings, wrote that in the past two weeks, a bipartisan group of committee staffers made visits to several facilities housing adults and children accused of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and heard concerning allegations from detainees. Afrer those visits, they were barred from conducting a second trip to see 11 additional facilities — a move that only creates further tension between the Trump administration and the committee as it continues to investigate the president's immigration policies.
Migrant detainees told the committee staffers that toddlers, including an infant, held at U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facilities were being fed burritos — as opposed to age-appropriate food — and a child was told by a CBP agent to drink spilled soup off the floor before receiving more food. Additionally, the detainees said children were held in cold rooms without the appropriate clothing, parents weren't given enough diapers for young children and they were pressured into signing documents in English without translation, according to Cummings' letter.
Detainees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, Cummings continued, allegedly told staffers there was rotten food and inadequate access to medical care, a "voluntary work program" that afforded migrants with less than $2 per day for household work and that some detainees had been held for more than one year.
Two women stand close to a Border Patrol Station as 15 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus gathered to tour Border Patrol facilities and migrant detention centers on July 1 in Clint, Texas. LUKE MONTAVON/AFP/Getty
"It appears that the Administration expects Congress to be satisfied with receiving agency tours of facilities — in some cases without the ability to photograph conditions or interview detainees — and not to question the policies or decisions that agency officials make," the Maryland congressman wrote to McAleenan. "That is not the way effective oversight works. Congress has an independent responsibility under the Constitution to determine whether federal programs are operating as they should be — not merely to accept the Administration's word for it."
But in a Tuesday letter to Cummings that was obtained by Newsweek, Representative Jim Jordan, the top Republican on Oversight, wrote that claims of mistreatment by detainees were false, based on what his staffers on the trip told him. Jordan claimed Cummings' staffers had been "rude" and "dismissive" toward law enforcement and immigration officials, thus resulting in the inability to tour more facilities.
"No detainees expressed to us any serious mistreatment — although some complained the facilities' air conditioning was too cold — and our staff observed no unsafe or unsanitary conditions," the Ohio lawmaker wrote, adding his belief that Cummings has "a history of releasing cherry-picked information that results in a misleading narrative."
In his letter to McAleenan, Cummings acknowledged there were rules and guidelines — though they allegedly differed at each detention center — that are established by DHS for committee staffers to abide by, such as advanced notice and restrictions on pictures and the duration of visits. Cummings denied the notion by Jordan that his staffers disobeyed any of the agreed-upon rules, and he accused immigration officials at both CBP and ICE facilities of not adhering to said guidelines. Despite this, Cummings said his staff complied, "contrary to claims" by Jordan, and that they "never once refused to abide by instructions from agency officials."
While en route to 11 additional migrant detention centers in Texas on Monday, DHS informed the bipartisan group of committee staffers that they'd no longer be allowed to visit, according to Cummings, and that ICE instituted new restrictions going forward, such as prohibiting staff from local lawmakers' offices to accompany congressional committee staffers and two-hour time limits on visits.
DHS did not immediately respond to Newsweek's request for comment about the allegations from Cummings' staffers.
Reports by the DHS inspector general's office, the government agency's internal watchdog, has painted similar troubling pictures of "dangerous overcrowding" and prolonged stays at migrant detention centers, including a lack of access to proper bedding, clothing, showers, food and hygiene products. Acting IG Jennifer Castello testified about the matter to the Oversight Committee in July, followed days later by the testimony of McAleenan, who stated he was "willing to work with any [Congress] member who wants to have a serious dialogue on these issues."
Cummings asked McAleenan in his letter to reverse course on the new restrictions and "provide meaningful access" to all immigration facilities to committee staffers.
"The Department's last-minute denial of access to CBP facilities and unwarranted restrictions at ICE facilities are unacceptable and impair the Committee's ability to conduct its oversight responsibilities in an effective manner," Cummings wrote.
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I’m still Kogi’s deputy governor, says Achuba
November 3, 2019 November 2, 2019 Correspondents
Elder Simon Achuba, until last week was Deputy Governor of Kogi State. His purported impeachment by the State House of Assembly is still generating controversy as the embattled Achuba has vowed not to vacate his office. In this interview with MUHAMMAD BASHIR, Achuba bares his mind on the issues surrounding the impeachment Where are you now on the issue of your impeachment? We are in court; we objected to the vacation of our objection to the impeachment notice. We have also filled more grounds of objection and the case…
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Achuba: Rule of law on trial in Kogi – PDP Reps
October 25, 2019 October 24, 2019 Correspondents
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), caucus in the House of Representatives have described as “illegal and unconstitutional”, the impeachment of the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Mr Simon Achuba. The lawmakers, in a statement released yesterday, said that the event leading to the purported impeachment of Achuba as deputy governor was “offensive, grotesque and embarrassing”, calling the entire impeachment process as “a hoax”. The statement reads in parts: ” We watched with very keen interest recent development surrounding the embattled deputy governor of Kogi state, His Excellency, Simon Achuba…
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Kogi: From Achuba to Onoja
The deputy governor of Kogi State, Simon Achuba, has been in the spotlight for weeks over alleged gross misconduct. FELIX NWANERI reports on the political drama that culminated to his impeachment and replacement by Edward Onoja, who was before yesterday, Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) states how a governor or deputy governor of a state can be removed from office. The section in sub-section 1 and 2, states: “The governor or deputy governor…
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Kogi’s deputy gov under house arrest after removal
The impeached Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Elder Simon Achuba, is currently under house arrest. An online news portal, DAILY POST gathered that, security men in there numbers and fully armed stormed his residence in Lokoja, thus, preventing him from going out or allowing any one to come in. This development, according to sources has caused panic within the former deputy governor’s area. DAILY POST recalls that the Kogi State House of Assembly had impeached the deputy governor on Friday over alleged gross misconduct. Achuba confirmed this yesterday night, when…
Finally, Kogi Assembly impeaches Dep. Gov. Achuba
Barely five hours after receiving the report from its panel of enquiry, the Kogi State House of Assembly on Friday impeached the Deputy Governor of the state, Elder Simon Achuba. Achuba’s impeachment followed the submission of the judicial panel of enquiry set up by the Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Nadir Ajanah to investigate the allegation of gross misconduct levelled against him same Friday. Chairman of the panel, Barrister John Baiyeshea, led six other members of the panel, to submit the report to the Speaker, of the state House of…
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Impeachment: CJ constitutes panel to investigate Kogi Deputy Gov.
August 23, 2019 August 23, 2019 Correspondents
The Chief Judge of Kogi, Justice Nasir Ajanah has constituted a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct levelled against Deputy Governor Simon Achuba by the state House of Assembly. Ajanah disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lokoja. He said the constitution of the panel was in line with the provisions of section 188 of the constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). “By virtue of section 188 (7) (b) of the 1999 constitution, the panel has three (3) months within which to submit…
APC suspends Kogi deputy governor, Achuba
August 9, 2019 August 8, 2019 Correspondents
Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday suspended the state Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, for alleged anti-party activities before, during and after the 2019 general election. The deputy governor was also accused by the party of engaging in actions that ‘constituted embarrassment to APC family in the state.’ Chairman of the party in the state, Hon. Abdullahi Bello, while addressing journalists yesterday, said the party had received several petitions from stakeholders in Iyano ward of Ibaji Local Government Area, where the deputy governor hails from, alleging that…
Kogi APC suspend Dep. Gov. Achuba
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Kogi State chapter on Thursday suspended the state’s Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba for alleged anti-party activities before, during and after the 2019 general elections. The Deputy Governor is also accused by the party of having engaged in actions that constitute embarrassment to APC family in the state. The State Chairman of the party, Hon. Abdullahi Bello, while addressing journalists, said the party has received several petitions from stakeholders in Iyano ward of Ibaji Local Government Area where the Deputy Governor hails from, alleging that Elder…
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Bello’s second term’ll spell doom for Kogi – Achuba
Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Simon Achuba, has said a second term in office for Governor Yahaya Bello will spell doom for the people of the state. Speaking yesterday on Channels TV, Achuba said he is not having a personal clash with the governor, but only engaging in a struggle for emancipation. The Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday commenced the impeachment process against Achuba. The Assembly based its decision on the action and utterances of the deputy governor on national television stations. Achuba said: “The governor is behind the…
Kogi govt commends Motherland Beckons for tourism initiatives
March 10, 2018 March 9, 2018 Correspondents
Motherland Beckons tourism initiatives, which has seen the Founder of the organisation, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye, who is also the president of La Campagne Tropicana Beach Resort, in Ikegun Village, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State, spreads his tentacles across Africa and Europe, have received the commendation of Kogi State. This commendation is a plus for Motherland Beckons, which over a year ago made an inroad into Kogi State with the building of La Campagne Tropicana River and Mountain Resort in Koton Karfi, which is some distance away from the Federal Capital Territory…
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The Crisis of Wallis Simpson
HAVE YOUR CAKE
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WE THE YOUNG STRONG
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UCL Urban Laboratory and UCL Culture host a bold new drama on far-right radicalisation, cities and young people: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/urban-lab/events/2019/oct/we-young-strong
By Nicola Baldwin
Directed by Cat Robey
Elizabeth Twells, Stephanie Houtman, Zoë Templeman-Young, Dan Parr, Peter Clements
We The Young Strong is a bold new drama tackling far-right radicalisation, by writer Nicola Baldwin and director Cat Robey, presented by UCL Urban Laboratory and the Bloomsbury Theatre. Inspired by archive testimony of young women detained under emergency regulations during the Second World War, it shines a light on 1930s Britain; political division, austerity, economic marginalisation, extremist radicalisation, street violence and fake news.
Flora, Eva, Violet, Charlie and George – unemployed, troubled, kicked out of school. Years of austerity following a banking crash they can barely remember has crushed their hopes. They join a new political movement, which promises to train them, pay them, empower them: the British Union of Fascists. The Blackshirts insist the future belongs to those willing to fight for it. But what if this means fighting each other?
The performance will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian columnist and senior economics commentator, with Julie Gottlieb, Professor in Modern History at The University of Sheffield whose research includes 20th Century British Political History, women’s history, and British fascism.
Creative team: Nicola Baldwin, Cat Robey, Gabriel Finn, Junior XL, Abi Bown
Thursday 24 October, 19.30 – 21.30
Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH.
Tickets £5: http://bit.ly/wetheyoungstrongtix
Box office: Mon – Fri
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Running time 80 minutes without an interval. Followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.
© 2018 Nicola Baldwin. created with Wix.com
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A Spark of Life - James Greig, Potter, Man of West and East
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
This edition of the 1987 Inspiration series on Kiwi artists looks at potter James (Jim) Greig, and his search for the “spark of life” found in clay. The Peter Coates-directed documentary visits Greig’s Wairarapa studio to interview him and his wife Rhondda, also an artist. Greig’s influences are surveyed: the work of Kiwi potter Len Castle, nature, orphanhood, and Japan (where his work achieved renown). The film captures the visceral process of making large works for a Wellington City Gallery exhibition. Greig died of a heart attack, aged 50, while this film was being made.
The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode One
Television, 2001 (Full Length Episode)
This is the opening episode of this arts series which teamed “expert” Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins with “everyman” (and screenwriter) Nick Ward — and sent them on a road trip in search of artistic talent all around NZ. First stop is Northland which is “teeming with artists” as the pair encounter corrugated iron sculptor Jeff Thomson, potter Richard Parker, the iconic Hundertwasser toilets in Kawakawa, Manos Nathan who fuses traditional Maori design and ceramics, and Zealandia — Terry Stringer’s remarkable and “beautifully coiffeured” sculpture garden, studio and home.
Short Film, 2005 (Full Length)
Veialu Aila-Unsworth directs this re-imagining of the ubiquitous blue and white ‘willow china’ ceramic pattern (designed by Thomas Minton in the late 18th Century). Aila-Unsworth’s exquisite animation uses the design as a tableau for a tragic tale. It tells the story — supposedly derived from an ancient Chinese folktale — of lovers fleeing an angry father. The doomed pair are ultimately transformed into birds by the gods, finally escaping from oppression ... and bangers and mash. Blue Willow was selected for the Berlin Film Festival (Kinderfest section).
In the late 80s the creation of a new public park in central Wellington became an act of cross-cultural collaboration, and an infamous battlezone between artist, council and naysayers. Following positive feedback over her design, council staff decided that redevelopment of Pigeon Park (an old pa site) would be led by Māori artist Shona Rapira Davies. This doco follows the passionate, stroppy Rapira Davies, as she fights cost overruns, landscape architects and passersby, and for her vision (which involved handcrafting Te Aro park's 20,000 plus ceramic tiles).
The Big Art Trip - Series One, Episode Eight
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Nick Ward's arts road trip reaches Wellington where Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis of Indian Ink Theatre Company discuss their acclaimed play 'Krishnan's Dairy'. Dancer Ross McCormack reflects on his journey from building site to dance school; and percussion group Strike incorporate movement and staging into their work. Ceramic artist Raewyn Atkinson is exploring the textures of Antarctica and there's a visit to the Dowse Art Museum to meet jeweller Peter Deckers and to view an exhibition of textile designer Avis Higgs' work.
Weekly Review No. 413 - From Potter's Wheel to Mass Production
This edition of the National Film Unit newsreel series promotes a newly established New Zealand industry: the manufacturing of domestic ware. It shows the process of producing a cornucopia of Crown Lynn-like crockery — plates, cups, saucers, teapots, vases, etc. Machines make and glaze plates, while technicians cast irregular shaped vases, make prototypes for items such as Toby jugs, hand paint, and apply transfers. For, as the title suggests, the potter's wheel and handiwork still have their place, even in the age of mechanical reproduction.
Barry Brickell: Potter
This upbeat National Film Unit award-winner is about late New Zealand artist, conservationist, and rail enthusiast Barry Brickell. Filmed at his first studio and home in the Coromandel, it follows the progress of his large-scale works from start to finish. Accompanied by a jazzy soundtrack, Brickell works his clay alone in the sun. Amidst the five-finger and harakeke of the Coromandel bush, the making of New Zealand art has never looked more picturesque. Brickell died on 23 January 2016, at the age of 80. The short documentary was made as part of the Pictorial Parade series.
The Big Art Trip - Series Two, Episode Five
In this leg of The Big Art Trip, hosts Fiona McDonald and Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins drive through Hawke’s Bay and catch up with artist Dick Frizzell to discuss landscape painting and his Phantom comic series. Then they’re off to Napier to meet musician Paul McLaney and his co-producer David Holmes, who explain their song production techniques. Painter and ceramic artist Martin Poppelwell shares his art, Douglas describes art deco and modernist architecture and they head south to nearby Waipawa to meet potter Helen Mason and painter Gary Waldrom.
This 1950 edition of the Weekly Review series welcomes the touring British Lions rugby team in Wellington, where speeches are given on the wharf. It was the first post-war tour by the Lions (notable for the debut of their iconic red jerseys — not able to be discerned in this black and white reel!). Then it’s down to Canterbury Museum to explore displays of moa bones, cave paintings and the relics of the moa hunters. Finally it’s up to the farthest north to visit Te Rerenga Wairua, for a look at life keeping the ‘lonely lighthouse’ at Cape Reinga Station.
Memories of Service 3 - Douglas Smith
Web, 2016 (Full Length)
With the phrase “we were lucky to get away with it” and a ready laugh, 97-year-old Douglas Smith describes some of the close calls he had as a trainee and later bomber pilot during World War ll. Luck yes, but skill too, as he survived a 30 mission tour of duty. Douglas first tasted action flying a small, twin engine Dakota Boston over France and the Netherlands. Graduating to four engine Lancasters, he took part in huge raids over some of Germany’s biggest cities. Never afraid himself, he laments the vast loss of life among friends and enemies.
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Watch out, that cookbook might give you salmonella
Unsafe handling, chilling, cooking and cleaning procedures in the home contribute to many infections
Foodborne pathogens account for about four million illnesses in Canada annually, affecting one in eight Canadians.
Unsafe handling, chilling, cooking and cleaning/sanitation procedures in the home contribute to a significant proportion of these infections. In fact, in Canada since 2017, there have been several national outbreaks of salmonella infections linked to frozen raw breaded chicken products.
In many cases, because people can be led to believe that chicken nuggets are already cooked, they undercook them or microwave them — both of which can lead to the survival of salmonella, and thus human illness.
It is important to practise safe food behaviours to prevent you and your family from becoming sick. In fact, safe handling in domestic kitchens is critical in the prevention of diseases caused by foodborne pathogens.
One way you can receive food-safety education and guidance is through magazines, cooking shows, online recipes and cookbooks. This is why, as director of the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, my team conducted a study to examine the food safety information contained in a number of Canadian cookbooks.
From an original total of 30 cookbooks examined, 19 were included in the study, because the recipes included a variety of meats and seafoods, major contributors to foodborne disease.
Your burger is done at 71
Around 10 per cent of the recipes examined actually contained unsafe food preparation instructions — in the form of incorrect procedures for thawing and washing meat in the home kitchen.
Only about eight per cent of the recipes mentioned that a food thermometer should be used. Furthermore, most of the recipes (approximately 96 per cent) provided the incorrect temperature, or were lacking a minimum internal temperature, for safe cooking.
You should never use colour as an indicator of the readiness of meats. For example, when you are cooking ground beef, which has been the cause of a number of E. coli outbreaks, the meat can actually turn brown well before it reaches the recommended internal temperature of 71C.
We usually use the slogan, “Your burger is done at 71.”
Instructions for pork preparation were the most likely to include unsafe instructions. And fewer than one per cent of the recipes we looked at advised readers to wash their hands before starting meal preparation, or after touching raw foods.
How to safely handle food at home
These are six of the most important safety measures that cookbooks should explain:
Wash hands before and after food preparation, especially when handling raw foods such as meat and fish.
Use different plates and utensils for raw and cooked meats and fish.
Check meats with a meat thermometer ensuring they reach an internal temperature of 71C for burgers, 74C for poultry parts and 82C for whole birds.
Thaw foods in the fridge or in pots of cold water, not on the counter.
Do not leave foods out at room temperature for more than two hours.
Do not wash raw meats, as this procedure only spreads pathogens that would be eliminated with proper cooking.
Even one introductory page in every cookbook, containing these important food safety practices, would help.
Celebrity chefs need to clean up their act
From a risk communication perspective, I feel that Canadian cookbooks are not being used effectively to inform consumers about safe food handling and preparation techniques.
It is possible that authors of cookbooks leave out food safety information because they have had little training in the area. It is important in such cases for cookbook authors to reach out to food safety experts — so that the information in their books is useful and accurate.
Cooking shows could also do a better job in informing viewers about how to handle, cook and store foods properly. Celebrity chefs have a large influence on imparting food safety knowledge and yet a recent study of cooking shows found many exhibited behaviour that can lead to cross-contamination of foods — such as adding food with their hands, touching hair and licking fingers.
You have a very important role to play in the safety of the foods you consume. And the household kitchen is really the last line of defence before you actually eat a food!
Jeffrey M. Farber, Professor of Food Safety, University of Guelph , The Canadian Press
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New River Gorge
National River West Virginia
Hellgrammites
The most amazing creatures of New River Gorge National River are found amazingly enough in the New River. Biologists have described the riverbed of the New as a carpet of macro-invertebrate aquatic life, small creatures visible without the need of a microscope. An outstanding example of one of these creatures is the hellgrammite or Dobson fly. It takes two names to describe this creature because it lives two very distinct lives.
The hellgrammite is the larval stage of this insect and it lives an aquatic life. Hatching from an egg case placed on a rock ledge or branch that overhangs the river, young hellgrammites fall into the water that will become their home for one to three years. Growing to a length of two to three inches long the hellgrammite resembles a centipede with a powerful set of pinching mouthparts, but it possesses only six legs. The remainder of its body is lined with six to eight pairs of thick filaments that act as gills for underwater breathing. Hellgrammites live underneath rocks, submerged logs, and debris in the swift river currents, hunting and feeding on other macro-invertebrates.
Hellgrammites are a useful in identifying the quality of their river habitats because they can survive only in relatively clean and well oxygenated water. Fisherfolk also consider them to be one of the prime live baits for smallmouth bass fishing. Be careful, hellgrammites resist capture by their ability to “pinch the blood” out of human fingers that try to pull them from the water.
After years of the life aquatic, in late spring hellgrammites, often synchronized in great numbers, emerge from the water to burrow into the mud of the riverbank or find shelter under a rock or a log, in order to begin a pupal stage lasting from several weeks to a month. From this stage the creature will emerge from a complete metamorphosis into a winged Dobson fly.
Dobson flies have short but intense winged lives. Males live about three days and females ten. In search for a mate, the Dobson fly does not eat, but may fly many miles over or away from the water in search of a mate. An adult Dobson fly is an impressive sight; three to four inches long with even longer wings, they definitely are a sight to see. The males especially stand out with their exceptionally long, curved pinchers. Don’t worry about a bite though, they are harmless and used only for mating.
With the deposit of their white circular egg masses on objects overhanging the river the double life of this amazing creature ends.
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Rabbitohs v Eels preview
Wed 3 Aug 2011, 03:40 PM
Rabbitohs v Eels
ANZ Stadium
Monday 7pm
Closing out Round 22 we see two proud Sydney clubs enter the arena each having experienced a stunning second-half comeback in their last match – but from opposite ends of the spectrum.
The Rabbitohs will be absolutely ecstatic with the way they came back from the dead against the reigning premiers, running in five tries to one in an amazing second half, in what was one of the matches of the season so far.
Meanwhile the Eels continue to find new and spectacular ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Coach Stephen Kearney must be just about out of patience after his charges gave up an 18-0 lead against the Storm, who ran in four unanswered tries in the last 25 minutes last Monday at Parramatta Stadium.
It’s been a heartbreaking three weeks for Eels’ fans and players alike following on from those two golden-point losses against the Bulldogs and Panthers. In fact, since their runaway triumph at home to Cronulla in Round 11 the Eels have sung their victory song just once, after defeating the Tigers in Round 18.
Kearney can now officially put the calculator away – the Eels won’t make the eight and if anything they now look to be in a two-horse race with the Titans for the dreaded wooden spoon. It’s a title every Eels player, in particular warhorse skipper Nathan Hindmarsh, will be desperate to avoid.
Souths, however, are right in the thick of calculator territory. They’re four points adrift of the eighth-placed Wests Tigers, but if they can keep on producing the type of form they showed in the second half last week they’re in with a red-hot chance of displacing Tim Sheens’ side or Newcastle if either of those teams slip. It could come down to differential though, which currently doesn’t suit the bunnies who have a poor 84-point deficit following a disastrous thrashing at the hands of the Warriors a week earlier.
The big team news for South Sydney is the return of giant back-rower Dave Taylor from a five-week suspension. His return pushes Shaune Corrigan to the pine, where he will be joined by Dave Tyrrell who has been displaced in the starting side by Shannon McPherson’s return. Ben Lowe drops off the bench due to a foot injury.
And despite his side’s startling inability to close out games, Kearney has resisted the urge to make wholesale changes, with the only two alterations arising due to injury. The Eels have lost halfback Jeff Robson for the rest of the season with a broken cheekbone, meaning Casey McGuire starts at half, while Manase Manuokafoa joins the bench. Jordan Atkins, who was a late scratching last week, reclaims his wing spot from Chris Hicks.
Watch Out Rabbitohs: Surely the Eels can’t keep going so close without notching a win? If their confidence isn’t completely shot then maybe the fact that they’re starting to get an up-close look at 16th spot on the ladder may spark them into action.
For that to happen they’ll need their enigmatic fullback-cum-pivot Jarryd Hayne to string together a full 80-minute performance. Hayne has shown flashes of both brilliance and madness in his latest stint in the No.6 jersey – but the times the Eels have looked dangerous, Hayne has been in the thick of things.
Despite the Eels’ lowly position Hayne remains third in the NRL for line-break assists (18) and fifth for try assists (15) while his running game remains potent despite his positional switch – Hayne averages well over 100 metres per game since moving to five-eighth.
The bunnies will also be wary of Parramatta’s go-forward. Despite struggling in terms of running metres for much of the season the Eels made over 1600 metres last week. The standout by a country mile was Fuifui Moimoi, who made a colossal 242 metres from 25 runs. Moimoi is the competition’s leading prop in terms of total (2437) and average (135) metres gained, and Tim Mannah isn’t too far behind with 128 metres per game. If the blue-and-golds can get a roll on again it could give Hayne the space he needs to threaten the Rabbitohs.
Oh, and if Nathan Hindmarsh claws out 124 metres this week he’ll top 30,000 career running metres. Wow.
Danger Sign: When Moimoi inevitably takes an early hit-up watch for him to wind up from a distance and charge into the defensive line at full pace. If he carries three or four defenders back an extra five metres before pumping out a quick play-the-ball the Eels are destined for a dominant set.
Watch Out Eels: You can’t put a price on the confidence and self-belief that come with a win such as the one the bunnies pulled off last week – and halfback Chris Sandow is rarely short on confidence as it is. There would have been some approving nods from the Parramatta coaching staff watching the way their incoming halfback dismantled the premiers in the second 40 minutes of that game, but they won’t want an encore this week.
Sandow set up three of the Rabbitohs’ six tries, the first with a great run and pass from a scrum to put Wesser through a gap and two more with precision kicks. He also had a crucial catch-and-pass in the lead-up to Dylan Farrell’s 77th-minute match-winner, and threaded five from six conversions to boot. He was heavily involved throughout the half with 60 touches, and he’s also just the second player this season after Trent Hodkinson in Round 5 to kick for more metres than Jamie Soward in a game involving the Dragons, with 494 kicking metres.
Danger Sign: Sandow is one of those players who, when things are going his way, can pull off something completely unexpected. When a late Matt Cooper try put the Dragons back in front late in the game last week, Sandow’s ensuing kick-off took a nasty bounce in front of Jason Nightingale and right-angled into touch, giving South Sydney vital possession from which they conjured their match-winning try. Sandow is never afraid to go for the big plays, which is why he leads the NRL for 40/20 kicks (four) this year – if he pulls off an amazing play early on there’s every chance the cards will fall his way again.
Plays To Watch: Dave Taylor to terrorise the Eels’ outside backs with some barnstorming wide running in his comeback match; Jarryd Hayne’s massive boot to clear the Eels out of trouble; Greg Inglis to try and repeat his Round 3 monstering of the Eels’ backline; Nathan Hindmarsh to tackle himself to a standstill as he searches for his first win since joining the 300 club; confidence plays from Chris Sandow like a chip-and-chase or running the ball on the last tackle.
Where It Will Be Won: How each team deals with backing up mentally after the emotional highs and lows associated with two amazing comebacks will be crucial in deciding this one.
Both clubs recorded similar stats last week, dominating possession and field position and making remarkably few errors over the course of 80 minutes. But whereas the Eels bossed the opening stanza before getting swamped late, the Rabbitohs were the reverse: getting blitzed early before coming home with a wet sail. It’s those poor patches of their games each team will want to remedy.
While the Rabbitohs will be on an undoubted high and are still in with a chance of making the finals, how will the Eels manage to keep aiming up given they’ve been in front at the 75-minute mark the past three weeks and have been run down each time – especially now that their season is over?
The History: Played 113; Rabbitohs 60, Eels 50, drawn 3. Souths have a very slight edge in recent history with a 4-3 advantage in the past eight games played, with one draw. At ANZ Souths lead the Eels 4-2 with one draw. Souths have won their past two starts against the Eels, including that 32-18 win in Round 3 this year.
Conclusion: On the one hand it’s hard to see how the Eels can continue to go so agonisingly close without finally coming away with a win. On the other hand, it’s hard to see how they will continue to go so close following three demoralising last-gasp losses.
The Rabbitohs certainly have the confidence and momentum here although they’ve been terribly inconsistent. While the Eels are certainly capable of putting it together and finally closing out a win it’s hard to tip against form: the bunnies by 12.
Match Officials: Referees – Adam Devcich & Chris James; Sideline Officials – Jeff Younis & Jason Walsh; Video Ref – Paul Mellor.
Televised: Fox Sports – Live 7pm.
* Statistics: NRL Stats.
Storm Stat to Fix: goal line defence
January 19: Eels sponsor quits; first female on NRL Board
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The Great Marathon Man
The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories
edited by Robert B. Strassler, translated from the Greek by Andrea L. Purvis, with an introduction by Rosalind Thomas
Pantheon, 953 pp., $45.00
A Commentary on Herodotus Books I–IV
by David Asheri, Alan Lloyd, and Aldo Corcella, edited by Oswyn Murray and Alfonso Moreno, with a contribution by Maria Brosius
Oxford University Press, 721 pp., $320.00
When Herodotus was giving a public reading to an Athenian audience from his work-in-progress, one late source relates, among those present, brought along by his father Olorus, was the adolescent Thucydides. Herodotus’ performance allegedly reduced the boy to tears, and the speaker, duly flattered, declared: “Olorus, your son has a natural love of learning.” This improving, but almost certainly fictional, anecdote invites a cynical interpretation. Its author, I suspect—knowing what lay ahead for Thucydides, and his influence on posterity—saw those tears as precipitated by furious competitiveness rather than admiration. The young paragon was all set, first to learn everything he could, without acknowledgment, from his famous predecessor, and then to work out a methodology that would bury him without trace as a gullible and frivolous popularizer.
Confronted by a broadminded, witty, and tolerant cosmopolitan, for whom the infinite varieties of human custom offered a source of inexhaustible fascination, Thucydides presented himself as a humorless nationalist, an intellectual given to political aphorisms and abstract generalizations. Herodotus in his Histories treated the international conflict of the Persian Wars between 490 and 479 BCE as a turning point in Greek history, in fact devoting most of his vast text to reconstructing the war itself and the events leading up to it, all prefaced by lengthy ethnographic descriptions of the numerous, and far-flung, provinces of the Persian empire that it involved. About the Scythians, for example, he said that they
take the seeds of…cannabis, creep [into a tent-like structure], and throw the seeds onto the blazing-hot stones within. When the seeds hit the stones, they produce smoke and give off a vapor such as no steam bath in Hellas could surpass. The Scythians howl, awed and elated by the vapor. This takes the place of a bath for them, since they do not use any water at all to wash their bodies.
Archaeology confirms this account in detail.
Thus for Thucydides, Herodotus’ reconstruction of the Persian Wars posed a serious challenge: it meant demonstrating that the falling out between two local city-states, Athens and Sparta, must be shown to eclipse both the great Greco-Persian conflict and, for good measure, the Trojan War that had preceded it.
The cleverest intellectual move Thucydides made was the severe limiting of what he deemed permissible as elements of historiography, on the grounds that everything else outside this canon was not only irrelevant but unserious. Out went personal anecdotes, most foreign ethnography, and domestic or private motivation: out, above all, went anything to do with women. Religion was women’s business, and mostly nonsense anyway, so that could be discarded too. The essence of history was war and politics, as conducted by men in authority. His exclusive privileging of the male political association, in its most public form, became accepted, and historians (being political males themselves) were not inclined to argue. His revisionism not only won out at the time, but established the basic principles of historiography for over two millennia.
During the past half-century, however,…
—— May 15, 2008 ——
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The Financial Crisis: An Interview with George Soros
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Golf club-toting Manhattan man hit neighbor's head in fit of rage, suit charges
By Noah Goldberg and Larry McShane
The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of money for the victim’s “pain, suffering, confusion, concussion, disorientation, difficulty thinking, speaking and concentrating, humiliation and embarrassment.” (Isabel Slepoy/New York Daily News)
A teed-off Upper East Side man turned his apartment building into a driving range, taking a golf club to his neighbor's head in a violent rage, a lawsuit charges.
Victim Dashiell Kim, an Oberlin College freshman living at his family's E. 93rd St. home last summer, was hanging out with friends when his irate upstairs neighbor appeared at the door, the suit alleges.
A fuming Jonathan Stone, 36, banged loudly and yanked the unsuspecting Kim into the hallway when he answered the knock, according to the Manhattan Supreme Court filing.
Stone allegedly slammed Kim head-first into the wall, then started swinging the golf club at the dazed teen's head.
"Stone smashed Kim's head and hit him more than once," read the lawsuit filed Monday. "Kim fell to the ground, and he was barely conscious ... Kim believes Stone may have kicked him in the ribs when he was on the ground."
The building's doorwoman called the cops, who arrived and arrested Stone for assault, attempted assault and harassment, according to a criminal complaint.
On Jan. 23, Stone took a deal where the charges would be dismissed if he performed three days of community service and took an anger management program. An order of protection was granted to Kim.
"Stone has difficulty controlling his temper and lashes out, both verbally and physically," the lawsuit alleged.
The lawsuit alleged that Stone became irate earlier in the day when Kim was smoking on a porch outside his apartment, with the upstairs neighbor yelling at him to put the cigarette out.
Five hours later, Kim and some friends were smoking inside the apartment when a crazed Stone arrived clutching the golf club, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of money for the victim's "pain, suffering, confusion, concussion, disorientation, difficulty thinking, speaking and concentrating, humiliation and embarrassment."
Months earlier, Stone had screamed an obscenity at Kim's sister Alessa when she was sitting on the apartment's porch below his apartment, the suit alleged.
The doorman at the building said Tuesday that neither Stone nor Kim were currently in the building. A phone call to Stone also went unanswered.
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Charting a New Course in Breast Cancer
Role of Radiation Continues to Evolve in Breast Cancer Treatment
Metastatic TNBC Paradigm Continues to Evolve With Novel Treatments
Dr. Burris on Ongoing Research With ADCs in TNBC
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Breast Cancer Surgery Choice May Affect Quality of Life in Younger Patients
Katie Kosko
Published: Friday, Dec 07, 2018
Laura S. Dominici, MD, FACS
Younger patients with breast cancer who underwent lumpectomy had better quality of life (QOL) than women who had a mastectomy, according to study findings presented during the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).
“Historically, about 75 percent of women are eligible for breast-conserving surgery,” lead author Laura S. Dominici, MD, FACS, a surgeon at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, and division chief of breast surgery at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, said in a press release. “However, over time, more women, and particularly young women, are electing for bilateral mastectomy.” Dominici and colleagues examined QOL outcomes using a multicenter prospective cohort of young women across 3 different surgeries: lumpectomy, unilateral mastectomy, and bilateral mastectomy.
They enrolled 1302 patients in the study; however, 559 were excluded for the following: ineligible post-enrollment/consent withdrawn (n = 5); short form/modified short form participants (n = 91); deceased/lost to follow up (n = 411); and confirmed recurrence or de novo stage IV (n=52).
The remaining 743 patients received BREAST-Q, a validated patient-reported outcomes survey, between October 2016 and November 2017 as a stand-alone survey or as part of their 10-year follow-up. Of those, 584 participants (79%) responded. Twenty-four of them were excluded for confirmed recurrence or because BREAST-Q didn’t match the surgery received. The 560 remaining participants were mainly white (90%), married (77%), financially comfortable (79%), and had college graduate degrees or higher (86%). Median age was 37 years.
Participants were either stage 0 (10%), stage I (38%), stage II (39%), or stage III (14%). Seventy-two percent received chemotherapy and 66% received endocrine therapy within 2 years of survey enrollment. The median time from diagnosis to BREAST-Q completion was 5.8 years (range: 1.9-10.4).
Among participants, 28% had lumpectomy, 20% unilateral mastectomy, and 52% bilateral mastectomy; and 89% of women had reconstructive surgery. Radiation was received by 99% of women who had lumpectomy compared with 45% of women who had mastectomy. And lymphedema was self-reported at year 1 by 20% of participants.
BREAST-Q scores showed that women who had mastectomy (unilateral or bilateral) had lower breast satisfaction, psychosocial well-being, and sexual well-being compared with women who had lumpectomy. However, researchers found that physical function scores were similar among all groups (bilateral mastectomy, 78.7; unilateral mastectomy, 78.9; and lumpectomy, 78.9).
The average BREAST-Q scores for breast satisfaction were: 65.5 for the lumpectomy group, 59.3 for the unilateral mastectomy group, and 60.4 for the bilateral mastectomy group.
Psychosocial well-being scores were lowest among the bilateral mastectomy group (68.4) compared with 70.6 for the unilateral mastectomy group and 75.9 for the lumpectomy group.
For sexual well-being, the lumpectomy group had a score of 57.4 compared with 53.4 for the unilateral mastectomy group and 49.0 for the bilateral mastectomy group.
“These findings suggest that surgical choices may have long-term impact on quality of life,” Dominici said. “We really need to have more data about quality of life, particularly after surgery, because this information can help shape their decisions.”
Researchers then conducted a multivariate analysis looking at beta coefficient (β). For patient satisfaction with breasts, unilateral (β -8.7; P < .001) and bilateral (β -9.3; P < .001) mastectomy had large decreases in satisfaction compared with those who had lumpectomy. Decreases were also seen in patients who had radiation (β -7.5; P < .001) and those who reported being financially uncomfortable (β -5.4; P = .02).
Regarding physical well-being, patients who reported lymphedema (β -6.4; P < .001) and being financially uncomfortable (β -4.8; P .004) had moderate decreases in QOL versus those who did not, Dominici said. Patients who were 5 years out from surgery had better QOL (β 6.0; P < .001).
For psychosocial well-being, lumpectomy was associated with a large improvement in QOL compared with patients having unilateral (β -8.3; P = .001) or bilateral (β -10.5; P < .001) mastectomy, Dominici said. There was also a decrease in patients who received radiation (β -6.0; P = .003) and in those who reported being financially uncomfortable (β -7.0); P = .003). In addition, having a BMI of ≥ 25 had a moderate decrease in QOL (β -4.2; P = .03), she said.
In sexual well-being, the multivariate analysis showed a large decrease in QOL for patients undergoing unilateral (β -3.7; P = .15) and bilateral (β -8.1; P < .001) mastectomy. Being financially uncomfortable (β -6.8; P = .004), having a BMI ≥ 25 (β -5.3; P = .006), and lymphedema (β -3.8; P = .05) was also associated with a decrease.
“I think the more prospective data that we generate to help us figure out which patients are going to have worse or better outcomes with these different types of surgeries, the better we will be able to counsel patients with things that will be meaningful to them in the long run,” Dominici said during a press conference at the meeting.
Moderator C. Kent Osborne, co-director of SABCS and director of the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, weighed in on the findings: “The data are more disconcerting when you consider the high mastectomy rate in this country relative to Europe,” he said. “And this urge to have bilateral mastectomies, which, pardon the expression, is ridiculous, in some cases, because it doesn’t improve your outcome and yet it does have deleterious effects that last for years such as psychologically.”
Dominici L, Hu J, King T, et al. Local therapy and quality of life outcomes in young women with breast cancer. Presented at: 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS); Dec. 4–8, 2018; San Antonio, Texas.
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Even after the discussion and reviewing opposing views, I am still in favor of workplace privacy laws, and in companies interpreting them in whatever way is necessary to protect them. There was not one point or argument presented that was strong enough or convincing enough for me to change my opinion or belief. The expectation of privacy in the workplace in light of technological advances and the experiences of some companies are naive at best. Even having individual account numbers and passwords do not provide the kind of privacy most employees think they should have because there is always equipment being upgraded that will override those codes, which is the employer’s intent. ‘Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”) of 1986 Congress extended laws related to wiretapping to electronic communications such as e-mail and internet use’ (Friedman, B., & Reed, L. (2007). This same act prohibits the interception of these communications but that is still little protection for the employee against having their e-mail monitored. When discussing an employer’s right to monitor employer provided equipment, the 7th Court of Appeals admonished ‘the abuse of access to workplace computers is so common (worker’s being prone to use them as media of gossip, titillation, and other entertainment and distraction) that the right of inspection is so far from unreasonable that the failure to do so might well be thought irresponsible’ (Muick, 2002, pg. 743).
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by Alejandro H. Cruz, Kade N. Olsen and Craig A. Newman on November 14, 2016
This is the first installment in a three-part series examining the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) new cybersecurity regulation. The Patterson Belknap Privacy and Data Security Team has studied the regulation, its legislative and regulatory underpinnings, and practical consequences.
In our first post, we provide an overview of what financial institutions, insurance companies, and their boards of directors should expect—and begin to prepare for—when the DFS regulation goes into effect early next year. Institutions covered by the regulation will have 180 days to implement its requirements. Here, and in upcoming posts, we identify priority issues and practical steps that board members, senior executives, in-house counsel and other stakeholders should begin to consider as the regulation is implemented.
The regulation is detailed, far-reaching—and in some respects—unprecedented. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the new rules a “first-in-the-nation regulation” designed to protect financial institutions and their consumers from cybercrime. For the more than 3,000 financial institutions and insurance companies affected, the regulation’s scope and requirements will require a fresh and in-depth look at their overall cybersecurity preparedness, governance and defenses.
The proposed rules cover organizations regulated by the DFS. Such institutions include any company operating with a “license” or “similar authorization” under New York’s “banking law, the insurance law or the financial services law.” Even many foreign and out-of-state branches and smaller financial institutions will be subject to the new DFS cybersecurity regime.
The requirements are substantial. Premised on the principle that cybersecurity is a core tenet of corporate governance, the regulation mandates—unlike any other state’s regulatory scheme—board-level engagement in an organization’s cybersecurity preparedness. That involvement includes annual board review of the company’s cybersecurity policies. Those policies, under the DFS rules, must also be reviewed and approved by a senior corporate officer.
Corporate governance is just the beginning. The DFS will effectively regulate all corners of an institution’s cybersecurity policies, procedures, and practices. The regulation will require companies to reevaluate and substantially enhance their day-to-day cybersecurity practices. For example, regulated institutions must:
conduct quarterly testing of relevant systems;
create, track and maintain vast troves of data to be leveraged in case of a cyber event;
use multi-factor authentication for specified types of data and systems;
encrypt all nonpublic information “both in transit and at rest”; and
provide “regular cybersecurity awareness training sessions” to “all personnel.”
It will also require regulated entities to ensure that their third-party vendors operate under similar cybersecurity policies of their own.
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We will post entries on this blog relating to two key aspects of the regulation: Corporate Governance and Third Party Obligations including those affecting law firms. While not meant to be comprehensive, our hope is that this series will be a useful resource for institutions and their boards in starting the process of implementing the new DFS cybersecurity regulations.
At the end of the week, Patterson Belknap will be publishing a hard-copy primer for our clients that examines the proposed regulation in detail and highlights implementation issues, requirements, and pitfalls. If you would like further information or a copy of the primer, please email [email protected]
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The legendary Germany goalkeeper is set to take up a key boardroom role at the Bundesliga champions amid a shake-up in Bavaria
Oliver Kahn will succeed Karl-Heinz Rummenigge as Bayern Munich’s chief executive and chairman of the board in 2022 after accepting a position with his former club.
Germany great Kahn has agreed a five-year contract that will see him join the Bundesliga champions’ executive board from January 1, 2020.
The 50-year-old is to then replace Rummenigge when the long-serving leader of Bayern’s off-field affairs steps down at the end of the following year.
Kahn, who represented the Bavarian outfit as a player for 14 years, has built a successful career in media and business since retiring from football in 2008 and described his election to the board as a “great honour”.
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“I am deeply connected with the club and it has decisively shaped my life,” Kahn said.
“Sporting and financial success, solidarity with the fans, a responsible approach towards the club’s history and values – that is what Bayern stands for.
“I would like to further develop these attributes in the future together with the staff, as well as my colleagues on the executive board and the supervisory board.”
The transition is part of a wider changing of the guard at Allianz Arena, with Uli Hoeness to relinquish the presidency at the next annual general meeting on November 15.
Hoeness will continue as a member of the supervisory board and hailed Kahn’s return as the “perfect solution” following Rummenigge’s decision to step down in what will be his 30th year in a backroom role.
“He was captain of Bayern and the Germany national team for many years, he has won almost every title there is to win, and he has always led the way with dedication and determination,” Hoeness said.
“Oliver Kahn knows football, he knows business, and he carries the DNA of Bayern.
“We are convinced that Oliver Kahn is the right man to lead Bayern into the future.”
Kahn won eight Bundesliga titles with Bayern and claimed the Golden Ball at the World Cup in 2002.
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Glider Pilots at Arnhem (Kindle)
WWII Arnhem Military
By Luuk Buist, Major Mike Peters
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
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The fierce struggle between the British 1st Airborne Division and the superior German forces in and around Arnhem is well documented. This book tells of the role played in the battle for Oosterbeek and the bridge at Arnhem itself by the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR). These men were already experienced soldiers who volunteered to join the airborne forces and take the fight to the Germans in a totally new regiment.
The men of the GPR were predominantly SNCOs trained to fly wooden assault gliders into occupied territory. Once on the ground they were expected to go into battle with the troops they had delivered onto the Landing Zone. During the Arnhem operation they were involved in the initial defence of the LZs, before fighting house to house leading mixed groups of infantrymen, engineers and medics. In so doing they suffered extensive losses from which the Regiment never fully recovered.
This book tells their story in their own words from the moment they landed on Dutch soil through the fierce fighting all around the ever shrinking perimeter until the survivors of the GPR proudly marked the route out for the battered survivors of 1st Airborne Division as they escaped over the Rhine.
The new paperback edition incorporates a number of amendments and updates to its very detailed appendices. The inclusion of this new information enhances what was already a comprehensive stand alone source of information on Operation Market Garden and the role of the GPR in the airborne landings of September 1944.
Despatches Magazine
This book offers a lot of interesting background information about unique days in the military history.
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The research is impeccable, the writing very readable, the illustrations first class. This book is a must for anyone with an interest in airborne forces and vertical insertion of troops, essential to anyone wishing to understand the fight from Normandy to German soil. it is an inspiring story and an absorbing tale. There really isn't much else a reader could expect of a book, except a great price, which it is.
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The new paperback version incorporates a number of amendments and updates to its very detailed appendices. The inclusion of this new information enhances what was already a comprehensive standalone source of information of Operation Market Garden and the role of the GPR in the airborne landings of September 1944. The new size and lighter weight also make it an ideal companion for those who like to wander the landing zones outside Nijmegen and Arnhem.
The Eagle (Journal of the Glider Pilot Regiment)
A compelling read.
If you have an interest in airborne forces this is a must have.
There is a vast literature on British airborne operations of the Second World War and a seemingly unquenchable thirst for new books on that aspect of the war. Quality can be variable also. However, this book allays any fear of repetition or superficiality; the author has certainly done the legwork to shed new light on well-trodden paths.
This book takes as its core the testimony of veterans and participants. This is indicative of the trend in popular history publishing now well established; the great expansion in family history research has created a greater interest in individual soldiers than the big battalions. Even relatively recently works focussing on the endeavours of individual soldiers were perceived to be primarily niche works of most interest to fellow participants or members of the same regiment. Sir John Keegan’s The Face of Battle; Lynn Macdonald’s books on the First World War and the continuing popularity of the Pals series from Pen & Sword shows a continuing interest.
Mike Peter’s book is all the more astounding in that he is a serving Army Air Corps officer who has completed this vast tome in between periods of active service, assisted by local Dutch researcher Luuk Buist who corresponded with many veterans over the years. By any standards it is a towering piece of research.
An opening chapter charts the development of glider forces in the British Army – this has been recorded elsewhere and in books recently republished, but this is excusable if one accepts that some purchasers will do so just for the Arnhem angle; this and the subsequent chapter which covers the repeated preparations for and cancellations of airborne operations as the Allied armies broke out of Normandy. The chapter title ‘A long summer of frustration’ is particularly apt. There would be one key difference between the Glider Pilot Regiment’s experience at Arnhem, they would have to stay and fight alongside the infantry; as the armoured column of XXX Corps bogged down in the fight up ‘Hell’s Highway’ the GPR’s soldiers would suffer high rates of attrition. This would have far-reaching effects for the rest of the war; as the author notes in the subtitle to Chapter 19 – ‘The Glider Pilot Regiment had almost ceased to exist’.
As we move into the substantial core of the book, we find that the title of the book could mislead, but the revelation is a good one; this is not a narrow focus on pilots, the operations orders and the testimony and accounts of the troops they carried have been reviewed just as diligently. The mechanics of the battle are well known, but the personal accounts of the glider pilots are genuinely illuminating and in many cases seen here for the first time. If only for this, the authors have done a service for future scholars. Yet the research in primary sources beyond personal accounts is also first class; yes, documents on glider loads, flight schedules for each of the lifts and so on are well known and have been available for some time; but they have been put to excellent use here. It is an easy thing to do – throw in a seemingly random statistic as if to say ‘I got the documents out’; it is another altogether to have a seemingly simple statistic which illuminates the argument – yet was the result of many hours work. There are many examples here. Yet the writing is clear, and a good narrative that rewards actual reading…If you have an interest in airborne forces this is a must have.
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If you have to buy one book this year on World War Two – make it this one.
A glance at the select bibliography in Glider Pilots at Arnhem by Major Mike Peters and Luuk Buist reveals just how much is in print on the Glider Pilot Regiment and their activities at Arnhem in 1944. I have always admired these brave senior NCOs who flew and landed those plywood death traps and then stayed on to fight and die or face capture by the Germans. The authors of this excellent, highly detailed book have tapped many other sources including some 50 war diaries and other original reports held at the National Archive and personal memoirs and memories of those who survived. The appendices present a wealth of information including an alphabetical nominal roll of all Glider Pilot Regiment personnel who served on Operation Market Garden giving PoWs, casualties and another contains all honours and awards with citations. A remarkable record, that also happens to be a very well written and absorbing account of the GPR at Oosterbeek and at Arnhem.
Military History Society Bulletin
‘This book stands as a milestone in the history of the battle of Arnhem.’
Glider Pilots took an active part in every area of the Battle of Arnhem mostly working together with troops from every element of the airborne division. Therefore they are mentioned in nearly every publication about Arnhem. What until now has been missing, has been a written study in a broad and systematic style, of the role of this important unit. This gap has been filled with the issue of ‘Glider Pilots at Arnhem’. The book tells their story in detailed but very readable style. The authors mix their historical story with a very large number of personal accounts from glider pilots, of which the majority have never been previously published. The maps of Oosterbeek and its surroundings are extremely informative, whereon day by day the positions of various elements of the Glider Pilot Regiment are given. As will be seen the authors have also succeeded in tracing a number of previously unseen photos.
No less than twelve highly detailed appendices end the book. Some of these, such as the ‘summaries of allotment of personnel – vehicles and 6 pounders to gliders.’ And the ‘Air Load Manifest – Operation Market Garden’ give a detailed insight into the loading of the gliders and the RAF squadrons who towed them.
All in all it is an interesting account of one of the lesser known airborne regiments and a refreshing take on the much-examined airborne operation. Anybody with an interest in airborne warfare would do well to read it.
African Armed Forces Journal
I’ve just finished reading “Glider Pilots at Arnhem†by Mike Peters. Until now little has been written about this regiment – the shortest-lived regiment in the British Army. This book is well-researched, easy to read and is testament to the men that served within it. One is left with immense respect for the men of the GPR: they were ‘total soldiers.’ If you’re going to read about Arnhem, after Martin Middlebrook’s ‘Arnhem 1944,’ this book must be the second on your reading list – you won’t be disappointed.
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Mike Peters - a serving officer in the Army Air Corps - is also a member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides.
Throughout his over twenty years of service, the importance of the history of the forebears of his Corps, the Glider Pilot Regiment, has grown on Mike.
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Carrot alcohol? It's a thing -- and here's how you can get a taste
The release of C by Boardroom Spirits
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Fruit brandy, herbal liqueurs and grain-based booze have long been staples in bars.
But a spirit made completely from carrots?
That's decidedly new in the U.S.
Boardroom Spirits released "C," on March 20 at a party at Aldine in Philadelphia.
C is 100 percent real carrot, with no artificial sweeteners, colors, flavors or preservatives. It's 92 proof, 46 percent ABV and comes in a 375 ml bottle with a $29.99 pricetag. 12.5 pounds of carrots go into every bottle.
It's the first carrot alcohol in the United States, but not the first vegetable creation by Boardroom Spirits. That honor goes to B, which was made from beets.
"We're trying to make this periodic table of spirits," said Boardroom Spirits owner Marat Mamedov. He hopes to follow C with Cr (celery root), A (apple) and P (pear) down the line.
"It's just a fun way of introducing consumers to a different style of spirit," he said. "To kind of break from your traditional flavors."
C is decidedly bold in its carrot flavor and aroma -- there's no mistaking what it's made from.
"We didn't want to be another vodka, we didn't want to be another rum, we didn't want to be another gin," Mamedov said. "We saw an opportunity to really bring something new to the market that's disruptive.
"It shows because when we go to bartenders and say look here's a beet or carrot spirit they get excited because it's so new and different it can create different flavors."
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It already had Zeq Rudy, bar manager at Aldine, thinking. Rudy has made four different cocktails with C so far, using the spirit as a way to put a twist on a classic cocktail. There's the C-rita (think margarita), C-sour, C-collins and C-gimlet. Each has a varying level of C in it, since the product is "very flavorful," according to Rudy.
"It adds a separate element to it that normally wouldn't be found in a cocktail," Rudy said of C. "It makes any cocktail it's in standout in a different way."
His advice for those experimenting with C at home?
"I would see what's in season at the time, what works with carrot then start very small batches and see what direction you want to go," he said.
"Everybody's palate is different on what they like and, at the end of the day, I think it's more important that you enjoy what you're drinking rather than creating something super fancy."
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Mamedov hopes C makes an appearance in the kitchen as well as the bar. He's curious to see what chefs will do with the alcohol.
As for those skeptical of a carrot spirit, Mamedov urges them to at least give it a shot.
"Sit down, smell it, get the aromatics, get the flavor, get the experience and let that be the ultimate determination," he said.
You can taste and purchase C at Boardroom Spirits' Lansdale distillery (575 W. 3rd St., Lansdale) or at the company's cart at the Reading Terminal Market (the company is there Thursdays and Sundays). It's also available online at ezras.com
Only a few Philadelphia restaurants will rock C behind the bar for now: Aldine (1901 Chestnut St., Center City West), Martha (2113 E York St., Kensington) and Harvest (1714 S 11th St., Bella Vista).
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MCR, the New York-based hotel operator, has sold an 18-asset hotel portfolio for $407 million, the firm said Thursday.
MCR and its joint venture partner, an unnamed institutional investor, sold the 2,187-room portfolio of Hilton and Marriott-branded properties to American Hotel Income Properties, a Vancouver-based real estate investment trust. The partners purchased half of the properties in December 2010 for $136.1 million and the other half in December 2012 for $150 million, according to data provider Real Capital Analytics. The hotels were located across Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. The portfolio’s average capitalization rate was 7.9 percent.
A spokesman for the firm declined further comment.
“The sale of this portfolio is a reflection of MCR’s investment thesis: to purchase premium branded select service and extended stay hotels, improve operations and sell opportunistically,” said Tyler Morse, MCR’s chief executive. “The strong returns generated by this disposition are a testament to the performance of our industry-leading brand partners, Marriott and Hilton, and to the strength of MCR’s hotel operations team.”
In November, MCR launched its first commingled real estate fund, seeking $300 million to purchase hotels in secondary and tertiary markets, PERE previously reported. Morse said he expected the investor base for MCR Hospitality Fund to comprise both returning and new investors that include a mix of foundations, endowments, pension funds and high-net-worth individuals.
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Tuesday 31 July: New Blood @ the PBC - The illegals; Michael; Blind River Blues Band
Our President Rick Steele is always talking about the need for "new blood" in the club so this is the night when we introduce three new bands to the Perth Blues Club: The illegals; Michael; and Blind River Blues Band.
Come down and give these new bands your support.
Doors Open: 7:00pm Entry: $15.00 / $10.00 (members)
Tuesday 24 July: Lawrie-Gioia Band with Rupert Guenther Band and Resonator
Bill Lawrie and Paul Gioia have made the rich piano and guitar sounds of pre-war America their own, blues that is at once raw, poignant and loud. They are consummate performers, with Lawrie's gravel voice and Gioia's stompin' piano standouts in the Australian blues and roots scene. Their duo CD, Dead Cat Blues, is unique for an Australian release, and has featured on national radio and the Australian blues and roots charts. Their original solo music extends their repertoire to country, gospel and beyond. Rhythm heavyweights Greg Brenton and Joe Southwell give the Lawrie Gioia band an extra dimension that will rock your socks off.
The Lawrie-Gioia Band will be supported by Rupert Guenther Band (7.30pm) and Resonator (10.00pm).
Tuesday 10 July: The Patrick Woodley Band
Patrick Woodley is a legend to many in the local Aboriginal music scene. He learnt guitar as a child after he found an old broken guitar with 2strings, moving on to be one of the most talented and respected musicians in Perth. Patrick has been a main player in the Aboriginal Music scene since the mid 80s. He has developed a unique style of Aboriginal Rockin Blues, influenced by players such as Buddy Guy, BB King and Jimi Hendrix. Patrick has toured extensively throughout WA with his band No Shame and recently performed in London at the Border Crossing Festival. He is currently working on his new album, PJ Woodley Plays the Blues, and is a regular performer at the Perth Blues Club.
Patrick Woodley Band will be supported by Andrew Morgan (7.30pm) and Dr John & the Midnight Runners (10.00pm)
The Great 88: A Tribute to the Piano Greats
Each year the Perth Blues Club celebrates the role of the keyboards (Piano/Organ) with a themed special event called "The Great 88".
This year's event will pay musical tribute to Fat's Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Ray Charles by three local keyboard players who have each chosen their favourite player form the past. Bob Patient pays tribute to the late Fatts Domino, Pete Stone performs music by Jerry Lee Lewis, and Bill Blissett pays tribute to the late Ray Charles.
The band consists of Bill Rogers (sax and vocals). Steve Garde (guitar), Roy Daniel (bass) and Gary Howard (drums and vocal).
Craig Pinkney will open the night at 7.30pm
Matty T Wall: New CD Launch @ the PBC - Tuesday 3 July
Western Australian blues-rock up-and-comer Matty T Wall is itching to get out on the road in support of latest release ‘Sidewinder’. He'll be doing his thing all over Australia this winter, with shows on both coasts throughout July and August. His first gig on this tour is at The Perth Blues Club on Tuesday 3 July.
Sidewinder is a 12-track tour dé force through classic soul and screaming blues. It displays more of the slick guitar work that has seen him lauded worldwide as one of the best things coming out of the Aussie scene in a long while.
Key to the sound of Sidewinder is the presence of legendary Grammy-winning producer-engineer Bob Clearmountain. Famed for his work with the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen and David Bowie and hundreds of other platinum artists, Clearmountain provides the sonic sparkle that helps set this new album apart.
With his newest release, all of the sides of Matty T Wall are in full frame. A young man with a reverent link to his lineage and a vital musical vision for the future, who’s not afraid to back himself. With Sidewinder, Matty T Wall turns it all the way up.
Matty is supported by Dom Zurzolo (7.30pm) and Lobebites (10.00pm)
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Die Marionetten von Salzburg: Mit 8 Bildern aus dem Repertoire des Salzburger Marionettentheaters.
By: Aicher, Hermann.
Publisher: Salzburg, Austria., Mirabell.: 1950
8vo - 20 x 14.5 cm.; Unpaginated with 16 pages in a saddle stapled binding. The text is in German, English (by Gerald Morice) and French (by Karin Schoor-Schauberger). From the title page: "nach Kunstfarblicht-Originalaufnahmen von Josef Kuntschak." Illustrated with 8 full colour photogrpahs one of which is on the front cover. Mild wear to the cover edges and the spine fold, otherwise clean witha sound binding. The shipping cost for this small item will be reduced after it is ordered. View more info
The World of Ben-Hur.
By: Aquilina, Mike.
Publisher: Manchester, New Hampshire., Sophia Institute Press.: 2016
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; vii - 167 pp. From the back cover: "As you strip away centuries of accumulated tradition and look at Jesus of Nazareth with fresh eyes, you will share with Ben-Hur the exciting, confusing, and life-changing experience of meeting Jesus for the first time." Published in conjunction with MGM. An as-new and unused book. View more info
Dance Memoranda.
By: Armitage, Merle. (Edwin Cole, editor).
Publisher: Freeport, New York., Books for Libraries Press.: 1969
4to - 28 x 21.5 cm.; [6] - 58 - [224] pp. Teal blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering on a red spine panel. First published in 1946, this is one of the "Essay Index Reprint Series" from the Books for Libraries Press. Foreword by Catharine Bamman. Signed by the author on the front free end paper as follows: "This book, via Grace Denton Esser is for Frances Rich - one of the few people it was made for, and one of the few who can understand its meaning - Warmly, Merle Armitage, December 1973". Grace Denton Esser was a contemporary of both Frances Rich and Merle Armitage workin... View more info
Here They Are . . . . Amos 'n' Andy.
By: Correll, Charles J. and Freeman F. Gosden.
Publisher: New York., Ray Long & Richard R. Smith: 1931
12mo - 18.5 x 12.5 cm.; vi - 174 pp. Red cloth with light blue lettering on spine and front board. No additional printings are noted. Foreword by Irvin S. Cobb. There are six black and white line drawings present including the frontis by Margery Stocking. Previous owner's name on the front free end paper. The corners are bumped and there is general but mild soiling to the externals with the spine being darkened. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted. View more info
A Fly on the Curtain.
By: Euringer, Fred.
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Oberon Press: 2000
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 218 pp. Euringer documents the early days of the Stratford Festival and summer stock theatre in Ontario during the 1950's. The author worked with the likes of Tyrone Guthrie, Michael Langham, Christopher Plummer, Frederick Valk, Kenneth Wicks, Bob Huber, John Douglas, and Donald Sutherland. Minor soiling to the white wraps with a black remainder mark on the head edge. Cover art by Egon Schiele. Illustrated with 4 pages of black and white photographs. View more info
Script into Performance: A Structuralist View of Play Production.
By: Hornby, Richard.
Publisher: Austin, texas., University of Texas Press.: 1977
Condition: Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xi - 215 pp. Brown cloth over boards with black lettering on spine. As a part of the discussion in this book Hornby considers three examples, Shelley's "The Cenci", Ibsen's "A Doll House", and Pinter's "The Homecoming". Previous owner's name written on the front free end paper and the externals show a trace of shelf wear. The dust jacket is faded on the spine and has mild edge wear. View more info
This Terrible Business Has Been Good to Me: An Autobiography.
By: Jewison, Norman.
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Key Porter Books.: 2004
8vo - 23.5 x 16 cm.; 304 pp. Black cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated with 12 pages of black and white photographs. Eight page filmography and a comprehensive 12 page index. First edition and first printing as per the copyright page. Signed by the author on the title page. The unclipped dust jacket shows wear to the spine head and that being small 'crinkles' and also with a small nick / abrasion just above the middle on the spine.; Signed by Author View more info
Staging the Renaissance: Reinterpretations of Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama.
By: Kastan, David Scott and Peter Stallybrass (editors).
Publisher: New York., Routledge.: 1991
8vo - 23 x 15.5 cm.; x - 293 pp. Twenty four essays in total with ten " . . . essays establishing the historical conditions of playacting, from boy actors and antitheatrical sentiment to the production and ownership of theatrical script, and the effects of censorship. (Fourteen) essays than offer critical reassessments of individual non-Shakespearean plays . . .". Previous owner's name on the inside of the front cover, otherwise very clean and sound with no apparent signs of ever having been used. View more info
The Gist of Sight-Singing: The Pocket Music Student.
By: Lewis, Leo Rich.
Publisher: Boston, Massachussets., Oliver Ditson Co.: 1931
12mo - 17.5 x 12 cm.; 96 pp. Gray/blue wraps with blue lettering and decorations on front. An introduction to sight singing and in some ways a simplified version of the standardized "Melodia" by Cole. Minor soiling and wear to the wraps with some text paper browning. View more info
Four Aspects of the Film.
By: Limbacher, James L.
Publisher: Privately published.: 1968
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; [6] - 386 pp. Black cloth over boards with off-white cloth and black lettering on the spine. No publisher of place is given, copyrighted by the author. Limbacher appears to have written a labour of love here. An in-depth look at 4 key physical aspects of film making: color, width, depth and sound with a concluding look at the avant-garde. Extremely well researched and documented with some rather unique appendices. Listings of films by the type of projection to be used and visual presentation methods required. Illustrated with 16 plates, 2 of which are in full colour. General... View more info
Rescue in the Night, The Story of Daniel in the Lions' Den.
By: Long, Tom S. and Allen Pote.
Publisher: Carol Stream, Illinois., Hope Publishing.: 1994
4to - 26 x 17 cm.; 70 pp. Saddle-stapled binding. A Musical for Young Voices. Words by Long, Music by Pote. Long is the director and playwright of the Friends of the Groom Christian Theater Company based in Cincinnati. Pote is a successful composer of Christian music and has collaborated with Long on a number of children's musicals. Minor edgewear; a clean, sturdy copy. View more info
Newman Album of Classical Dances.
By: Newman, Albert W.
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Theodore Presser Co.: 1923
Folio - 31 x 23.5 cm.; ix - 96 pp. Purple cloth over boards with gilt lettering and decoration on front. Newman, ballet master, producer, originator, composer, author, teacher, writes in his introduction: "This beautiful Bouquet of Terpsichorean Novelties has been composed and arranged in this convenient form with the music, for Playgrounds and Parochial Schools, for May Day Festivals, Carnivals and Dance Recitals . . . . dances appear in the form of Solos, Group Dances and Ballets, yet they are especially suitable for Class Work, and have been adapted to music by such . . . composers as B... View more info
Talitha Kumi - Dance! Bibliodrama Volume II.
By: Pohl, Fr. Rudy, SVD and Sr. Maria Illich, SSPS.
Publisher: Manila, Philippines., Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate, Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines.: 2005
4to - 28 x 22 cm.; 156 pp. Spiral bound. Bridging Cultures and the Word of God. Originally published in German. Contents: Part I - Dance and Movement: Mental Leaps and Dance Songs. Part II - Dance-Meditation-Gestures: Expressions of the Soul. The CDs that accompany this volume are missing. The text itself is in very good condition. View more info
The St. Matthew Passion: A Text for Voices.
By: Reeves, John.
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan., William B. Eerdmans: 2001
12mo - 19 x 15.5 cm.; x - 108 pp. Pictorial paper covered boards with no external lettering. The dustjacket is one of the translucent but slightly opaque mylar jackets with lettering on both the front and back panels. "An inspiring and illuminating series of meditations on Bach's St. Matthew's Passion and the experience of those who perform the music." An English version of the libretto as prepared by Edwrad Elgar and Ivor Atkins is included, pages 79 to 108. View more info
The Music of Finland.
By: Richards, Denby.
Publisher: London, UK., Hugh Evelyn.: 1968
8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; viii - 120 pp. Blue cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated end papers and also illustrated with 18 pages of black and white photographs one of which is the frontis piece. From the dust jacket: "This is the first book in the English language dealing exclusively with the history and significance of Finland's musical culture, and it traces the development from the church music of the 14th century through the first music schools and teachers to the present time." Thirty-seven page alphabetical listing of Finnish composers and their known works... View more info
Themen Der Aufklarung.
By: Stackelberg, Jurgen Von.
Publisher: Munich, Germany., Wilhelm Fink Verlag.: 1979
8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 150 pp. The text is in German. Usual library markings plus library stamp on all 3 text block edges and clear tape on spine. The book appears to have been rarely used if at all. View more info
Walk-Ons & Bit-Parts.
By: Stadelman, Sara Lee.
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Penumbra Press: 2000
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 208 pp. A memoir of sorts by Sara Lee about her life in the dramatic arts of interpretive movement. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Sara Lee is a very engaging person and her dynamism and faith are readily apparent on the stage. View more info
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Penumbra Press.: 2000
8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 208 pp. A memoir of sorts by Sara Lee about her life in the dramatic arts of interpretive movement. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Sara Lee is a very engaging person and her dynamism and faith are readily apparent on the stage. Signed and dated with an inscription to the previous owner on the title page. The cover edges show mild wear and the covers thenselves show scuffing that is best seen in reflected light.; Signed by Author View more info
Creating Change, the Arts as Catalyst for Spiritual Transformation.
By: Wehlander, Keri K. (editor)
Publisher: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada., Copper House / Wood Lake.: 2008
8vo - 23 x 18 cm.; 156 pp. A collection of stories on how the arts have transformed relationships with God and communities by such writers as Diana Bass, Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, Richard Berryman, Barbara Brown Taylor, and many others. An as-new and unused book. View more info
Dance - the Sacred Art, The Joy of Movement as a Spiritual Practice.
By: Winton-Henry, Cynthia.
Publisher: Woodstock, Vermont., Skylight Paths Publishing.: 2009
8vo - 21 x 14 cm.; xvii - 194 pp. "Drawing from her years of experience as a dance and movement teacher, and as cofounder of the international dance organization InterPlay, (the author) helps you to . . . discover in dance a place of solace and restoration, as well as an energizing spiritual force . . . taps into the spirit of dancing throughout history and in many world cultures . . ." Section on Resources and Further Reading. An as-new and unused book. View more info
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How to Restore a Classic Film Like Jaws for Blu-ray
For its 100th anniversary, Universal is refurbishing many of its more famous films. Here's how you turn old negatives in the studio vault into a Blu-ray movie.
By Erin McCarthy
When Universal Studios decided to celebrate its centennial by restoring its signature films, they started with the one that made millions afraid to go into the water: Jaws. A new Blu-ray of the 1975 film, fully restored for the first time ever, hits shelves August 14. (Universal is also restoring and rereleasing 12 other movies including To Kill a Mockingbird, E.T., All Quiet on the Western Front, and some of the classic monster movies.)
Restoring Jaws took nearly five months; the result looks spectacular, and will make you afraid of Amity Island all over again. Here's how Universal pulled it off.
Step One: Select the Source Material
Once you pick a film, you have to see how much of the original physical film remains, and in what condition. "We do an extensive search on what materials are available, evaluate those materials, and do tests with them to determine what's going to give us the highest quality," says Mike Daruty, senior vice president of technical operations at Universal.
Many of the films restored for Universal's centennial rely on original negatives, inner positives, and other preprint material. But for Jaws, the restoration team stuck with the original negative. Although the negative was covered in dirt and had many scratches and a very grainy appearance, the team knew that it would give them the highest possible resolution.
Step Two: Scan and Up-Rez
Daruty's team ran the original negative through a piece of equipment called a wetgate scanner. "The film goes through a liquid bath [of chemicals]," he says. "It puts a coating on the negative that fills in scratches before it hits the scanning gate. So if it's a surface scratch—which a lot of these scratches were—the liquid fills it in, so when the film is scanned, that scratch is not apparent." The film was scanned, frame by frame, at 4 K resolution.
Step Three: Repair
Once the scan was complete, the film was transferred to Universal Studios Digital Services Group—Universal's in-house postproduction facility—where technicians began digitally repairing deep scratches and tears and getting rid of dirt and other blemishes on the negative. "Minor damage is fixed fairly easily," Daruty says. "Where we have tears in the frame or some serious damage, they have to go into visual effects devices—I call them photoshop on steroids—like FireInferno to fix those sections." Perhaps the most difficult to repair was the infamous chalkboard scene, which introduces the iconic character Quint. "It was truly challenging, because it had a tear across the whole frame, and it had to be literally re-created," Daruty says. "It was also challenging because there's movement, and when there's movement it takes more time to do."
Step Four: Color-Correct
Correcting color was the team's biggest challenge. "There are some drastic color changes that go on, just because of the way Jaws was shot," Daruty says. "They shot early in the morning, and then they would shoot the same scene late in the afternoon, so the exposure was different. Sometimes there were bright skies, sometimes there was cloud coverage. The team literally had to go through, scene by scene, and manage color." The team also tweaked certain scenes at director Steven Spielberg's request—making the opening attack sequence slightly brighter, for example, so more detail could be seen. "We're always trying to make sure that it looks exactly as the filmmaker intended it to," Daruty says.
Step Five: Better Audio
Using a 5.1 audio mix from a 2000 DVD, which was created from the original film's mono track, the team made a new, 7.1 mix. It incorporates two additional rear speakers, for a total of three front channels and four surround channels, creating a 360-degree sound for the home theater environment. "Not too many titles that we're releasing have 7.1," Daruty says.
Step Six: Create Another Negative
When the restoration was finished, Daruty's team returned the original negative, as well as a restored 35-mm digital negative, to Universal's vault. "We have digital files and high-definition masters that will be archived and backed up outside of California," he says, "so in case something happens, we have backup."
The challenging aspects of restoring Jaws, and the rest of Universal's classic films, was well worth the effort. "I've been here for 25 years," Daruty says, "and the work we've done on these titles—and the time we've taken to do so—is unprecedented. We're very pleased with the outcome."
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404 kW (550 hp)
3.4 s with Sport Chrono Package
Acceleration from 0 - 100 km/h
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Length: 5,049 mm Height: 1,432 mm
Max. Power 404 kW (550 hp) at 5,750 - 6,500
Acceleration from 0 - 100 km/h 3.4 s with Sport Chrono Package
Fuel consumption Combined in l/100 km 3.0
CO2 emissions in g/km 69
Electricity consumption (combined) in kWh/100 km 17.6
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There is a name at Porsche, where enthusiasts pause for a moment. Because they know that it is a com...
There is a name at Porsche, where enthusiasts pause for a moment. Because they know that it is a commitment to pure performance. Because they know that a Panamera with the abbreviation Turbo S marks a performance level, which is unequalled. But this time, it is not about an even stronger engine.
The combination of the internal combustion engine and the electric machine is decisive: 2 drives that ideally complement each other. The internal combustion engine builds up power and torque with increasing speed. The maximum torque of the electric machine is immediately available. Result: The system torque of 850 Nm is already present at 1,400 rpm.
The 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine with twin-scroll turbines achieves 404 kW (550 hp). The e-machine has 100 kW (136 hp), the overall system performance is an impressive 500 kW (680 hp).
The sprint from 0-100 km/h is completed in only 3.4 seconds. 200 km/h are reached after only 11.9 seconds. The top speed: 310 km/h.
Drive technology, whose roots lie in motorsports. Which was tested on the circuit. And find their way to the road in the new Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo.
Six driving modes
With Porsche Communication Management (PCM) and the mode switch on the steering wheel, derived from the 918 Spyder, you can choose from up to six driving modes – as well as the SPORT Response function for maximum responsiveness.
1. E-Power
In E-Power mode, the vehicle operates on electric power alone. If the accelerator pedal is depressed beyond the resistance point, the combustion engine switches on, enabling you to demand the maximum available total system power output at any time.
2. Hybrid Auto
The intelligent Hybrid Auto mode offers the greatest operating efficiency for trips across town and country. In this mode, the Panamera E-Hybrid is driven by the electric machine, the combustion engine or by both together as the situation demands. For the best possible combination of the two drive systems, the optimum operating strategy is derived from information relating to driving profile, state of charge, road topography and speed.
3. E-Hold
In E-Hold mode, the state of charge of the high-voltage battery is maintained at the current level. This means that the energy of the battery can be used at a later time, e.g. for all-electric driving or boosting.
4. E-Charge
When the vehicle is driven in E-Charge mode, the high-voltage battery is charged by the combustion engine. This is useful if activated, for example, on a section of motorway before a drive through town on electric power alone.
In SPORT mode, the combustion engine is activated by default and accelerates the Panamera E-Hybrid Sport Turismo in interaction with the electric machine. The drivetrain and chassis adopt a sporty setup. In addition, all the energy of the high-voltage battery is made available for boosting.
6. SPORT PLUS
In SPORT PLUS mode, drivetrain and chassis are tuned for maximum performance. The top speed of 310 km/h is also available in this mode. The performance reserves of the combustion engine are used to charge the battery – the energy produced can then be exploited for boosting as required.
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Idea Panamera Sport Turismo
Before you stands a sports car. One that puts into action everything you need to get ahead. In your ...
Before you stands a sports car. One that puts into action everything you need to get ahead. In your job. In your everyday life. And away from it. In-tray full of projects? Places you've always wanted to visit? Sporty goals unfulfilled? Let's go.
Accept, implement, perform. That is the principle of the Panamera Sport Turismo. A car characterised by unequivocal sportiness, excellent everyday practicality and a design that sets new standards not only at Porsche. A segment? Doesn't fit in one. And certainly not a niche. It would much rather conquer the road directly.
Driven by a new generation of highpowered engines. The courage to defy conventions drives it forwards. A genuine Porsche? An atypical Panamera? The new Panamera Sport Turismo is defined, primarily, by itself.
Made for those who don't wait to be told what to do next. For all those who have the courage to get up and go. Preferably straight away.
The new Panamera Sport Turismo. Venture on.
The new Sport Turismo models precisely encapsulate the Panamera principle: performance and comfort are not contradictory notions, but a single entity. Neither are dynamics and efficiency – our engineers strive to enhance both in equal measure.
That's all well and good but, in Sport Turismo form, the new Panamera goes one step further, not only in terms of design. Instead of seeking compromises, it manages in unrivalled style to strike a dynamic balance between career, family, leisure time and driving pleasure. 4+1 seating concept. Generous head- and legroom. Substantial load capacity – for presentation folders, for the carbon-fibre race bike, for your travel luggage. Or for that meeting with a special VIP: you.
Chassis control systems, such as Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) or rear-axle steering, intensify the driving experience – and safety. Assistance systems, such as Porsche InnoDrive, make it safer and more relaxing. Thanks to Porsche Connect, all Panamera Sport Turismo models are connected to the digital world. Just what you need when you're on a journey to the future.
The most powerful driving force of all time? Dreams. And the courage to make them a reality.
Let's start with the aspect of a Porsche that always attracts the most attention: the back. The rear...
Let's start with the aspect of a Porsche that always attracts the most attention: the back. The rear end displays a wide physique and is clearly contoured, with all lines emphasising the horizontal orientation of the vehicle concept. The newly refined, higher roof line falls away to the rear, the large-size rear side windows narrow to a point. Nevertheless, passengers in the second row still have plenty of room to get in. A sports car: sharp, agile, contemporary.
Extraordinary describes the adaptive roof spoiler above the expansive rear screen. At high speeds, it reduces lift at the rear axle and helps to ensure outstanding driving stability, high performance and greater driving pleasure.
Conspicuous, in the best sense of the word, describes the light strip on the rear end and the three-dimensionally shaped LED taillights with four-point brake lights. Characteristic of the stylish look commanded by the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo and the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo are the imposing Turbo-specific twin tailpipes. The Panamera 4S is equipped with round twin tailpipes, the Panamera 4 models with a single tailpipe on the right and left.
The fact that stylish design and everyday practicality are not mutually exclusive is demonstrated by the large rear hatch and the low loading edge, which makes it easier to integrate more than just everyday things into the Panamera Sport Turismo – and your life. Above all the sports car has an extraordinary capacity of up to 1,390 litres.
The rear of a sports car boasts sporty attitude. The front and sides, however, reveal a lot about the vehicle concept's elegance and contouring.
From this perspective, the proportions of the new Panamera Sport Turismo models are above all: Porsche. The eye is drawn to clearly perceived rounded transitions, powerful muscles and a sharpened sports car silhouette.
The wheelbase is long. At the front, the overhang is comparatively short, which reinforces the dynamic impression. The side has been intensely sculpted, resulting in the characteristic Porsche waistline and sense of lightness.
An identifying feature of the new Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo and the new Panamera Turbo S E Hybrid Sport Turismo: the side air outlets in the front wings are finished in the exterior colour of the car. They underline – along with the distinctive front end featuring characteristic front light units – the dominant position that the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo maintains.
A hallmark of all Panamera models: LED main headlights with four-point daytime running lights, supplemented on the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo and the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo by the Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS).
The Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo stands on 21-inch 911 Turbo Design wheels. Its brake calipers painted in Acid Green are a typical sign of Porsche E-Performance.
The Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo is further distinguished by 20-inch Panamera Turbo wheels and brake calipers with a red finish. The power of the Panamera 4S Sport Turismo is delivered to the road by 19-inch Panamera S wheels. Behind them: brake calipers in Titanium Grey. The Panamera 4 and Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo are equipped with 19-inch Panamera wheels. Their brake calipers have a black anodised finish, while those of the E-Hybrid are painted in Acid Green.
The interior design leads the way to the future of the sports car – and nevertheless remains faithfu...
The interior design leads the way to the future of the sports car – and nevertheless remains faithful to classic Porsche principles. The centre console ascends towards the front, the analogue rev counter is positioned in the middle of the instrument cluster, the dashboard is flat conspicuously wide.
The control concept is cutting edge: Porsche Advanced Cockpit. The centre console with Direct Touch Control has a surface in glass look featuring touchsensitive buttons for direct access to the most important functions. In between: the compact gear selector.
The dashboard incorporates a highresolution 12-inch touchscreen display.
In conjunction with optional four-zone automatic climate control and individual power seats in the rear, the rear passengers also have a touchscreen display of their own. Two high-resolution screens, one to the right and one to left of the rev counter, display virtual instruments, maps and a range of other information.
Above all, though, there is plenty of space and comfort. Front and rear. Not so typical of a sports car? Absolutely typical of the Panamera model range.
In Sport Turismo form, it now incorporates a 4+1 seating concept as standard so that a fifth person can enjoy the Panamera driving experience. Although not designed as a full-size individual seat, the extra space does provide a neat solution for carrying an additional passenger on short to medium distance trips. And, visually, it maintains the impression of a sporty four-seater – typical of the Panamera. On request, you can revert to the ‘classic’ four-seat configuration if you choose optional individual power seats for the rear.
Thanks to the higher roof line, passengers seated in the rear of the Sport Turismo also benefit from some extra headroom.
“That's the way we've always done it.” Not really a sentence to inspire change. Except at Porsche. T...
“That's the way we've always done it.” Not really a sentence to inspire change. Except at Porsche. That's because we've always made each new generation of engines higher-performing, more dynamic and more efficient than the last.
The turbocharged V6 engine in the Panamera 4 Sport Turismo, the twin-turbo V6 engines in the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo and Panamera 4S Sport Turismo, and the twin-turbo V8 engine in the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo are equipped with VarioCam Plus: a system that adjusts the camshafts and valve lift. Their turbochargers are positioned in between the cylinder banks. This reduces the distance that the exhaust stream has to travel to reach the respective turbo – delivering a more rapid response.
The twin-turbo V8 engine of the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo and of the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo is equipped with twinscroll turbines. The exhaust streams arrive at the turbine wheel through physically separate channels – for optimised gas cycles. The result: high torque even in the low rpm range.
The adaptive cylinder control of the twin-turbo V8 engine in the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo activates cylinders on demand. An example: you’re driving in town and have little need for power, so the engine fires only on four cylinders. Once you demand greater power output again, all cylinders will immediately be reactivated.
Direct fuel injection is realised by a central injector inside the combustion chamber. This optimises both mixture injection and combustion – for greater efficiency and increased power delivery.
On the subject of high efficiency: all engines are purposefully equipped with electrical system recuperation, thermal management, auto start/stop with coasting function and active air intake flaps. And driving pleasure? Greater than ever.
New 8-speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK)
Getting more power from an engine is worthwhile only when you know where it needs to go. And how qui...
Getting more power from an engine is worthwhile only when you know where it needs to go. And how quickly and effectively. The new Panamera Sport Turismo models are therefore equipped with 8-speed Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK), which translates the tremendous drive force of the respective engine into the acceleration typical of a sports car.
Gears 1 to 6 have a sports ratio and top speed is reached in 6th gear. 7th and 8th gear have a long ratio, which helps to keep engine revs low even at high road speeds – for efficient and comfortable driving over long distances. The precise gearshifts take place in milliseconds with no discernible interruption in the flow of power – as you would expect of a sports car.
All Panamera Sport Turismo models are equipped with Porsche Traction Management (PTM). This active a...
All Panamera Sport Turismo models are equipped with Porsche Traction Management (PTM). This active all-wheel drive with electronic and map-controlled multi-plate clutch ensures the optimum distribution of drive force whatever the driving situation – for excellent acceleration power on long straights, through tight corners and on road surfaces with varying grip.
The multi-plate clutch regulates the distribution of drive force between the rear axle and the front axle. Driving conditions are constantly monitored, enabling the system to respond to a variety of situations. Sensors check, among other variables, the rotation speeds of all four wheels, the longitudinal and lateral acceleration of the vehicle, and the steering angle. If the rear wheels threaten to spin under acceleration, a greater proportion of drive force is distributed to the front by a more powerful engagement of the multi-plate clutch.
Whether you're behind the wheel or occupying a passenger seat in the front or rear: in a Porsche, ev...
Whether you're behind the wheel or occupying a passenger seat in the front or rear: in a Porsche, every drive should feel like sport, not transport. With comfort, not cosy cuddles.
The chassis of the new Panamera Sport Turismo models performs this balancing act between sport and comfort effortlessly – and in the most masterful way possible: with further-developed, optional chassis technologies. Examples include the adaptive air suspension with three-chamber technology boasting a 60% greater air capacity than that of the predecessor, new Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) and rear-axle steering. What's also new is the integrated Porsche 4D Chassis Control system, which centrally analyses the driving situation in all three spatial dimensions, e.g. pitch, roll and yaw, computes optimum driving states from this data, and synchronises all chassis systems in real time: the fourth dimension. The objective is to optimise overall performance, and to make the middle ground between sporty driving and comfort as expansive as possible.
Rear-axle steering is available for all Panamera Sport Turismo models on request. It enhances perfor...
Rear-axle steering is available for all Panamera Sport Turismo models on request. It enhances performance and everyday driveability in equal measure.
During low-speed manoeuvres, the system steers the rear wheels in the opposite direction to that of the front wheels. This has the virtual effect of shortening the wheelbase. The turning circle is reduced, agility is increased and parking becomes noticeably easier to manage.
During high-speed manoeuvres, the system steers the rear wheels in the same direction as that of the front wheels. This virtual extension of the wheelbase increases driving stability.
Rear-axle steering makes it clear that there is no contradiction between stability and agility or performance and everyday driveability. The result: greater manoeuvrability and driving safety in everyday use – and a significant increase in maximum driving performance.
PASM is an electronic damping control system. It actively and continuously adjusts the damping force...
PASM is an electronic damping control system. It actively and continuously adjusts the damping force on each wheel, based on current road conditions and driving style. The effect is to reduce vehicle body movement and thereby improve comfort.
Three modes are available: ‘Normal’, ‘SPORT’ and ‘SPORT PLUS’. Sensors record the body movements as they occur during powerful acceleration, braking, fast cornering or on uneven road surfaces. From this data, the control unit of the Porsche 4D Chassis Control system determines the effect on the actual driving state of the car and modifies the damping force on each of the wheels in accordance with the selected mode. The results are tangible: increased driving stability, improved comfort and enhanced performance.
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) including Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus (PTV Plus)
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) is an active roll stabilisation system with an ul...
Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) is an active roll stabilisation system with an ultra sporty setup. It registers the lateral inclination of the body induced by cornering from the very outset and acts to suppress it. The system also reduces the lateral instability of the vehicle on uneven ground.
The best part of this is the active electromechanical anti-roll bars. These provide a much faster response and are tuned for sporty driving. The result: improved performance.
In combination with PDCC Sport, PTV Plus enhances driving dynamics and stability. As a function of steering angle and steering speed, accelerator pedal position, yaw rate and vehicle speed, it improves steering response and precision by strategic braking of the right or left rear wheel. At high speeds and under acceleration out of corners, the electronically controlled rear differential lock with fully variable torque distribution also acts to provide greater driving stability and traction.
The overall result? Strong resistance to destabilising side forces for self-assured poise. Excellent traction. Great agility at every speed – with precise turn-in and well-balanced load transfer characteristics. And, accordingly, even more fun in the corners.
We rise to the challenge we’re given. The same applies to the wheel dimensions of the new Panamera S...
We rise to the challenge we’re given. The same applies to the wheel dimensions of the new Panamera Sport Turismo. The tyres are wide, the contact patch is large – for enhanced performance under acceleration and braking. The Panamera 4 and 4S Sport Turismo models are equipped as standard with 19-inch wheels, the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo with 20-inch wheels, the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo comes on 21-inch 911 Turbo Design wheels. The material? Light alloy, of course. The design? Classic and sporty.
A choice of other 19-, 20- and 21-inch wheels is available on request.
With SPORT mode, you can swap from a comfort-oriented tuning to a sporty setup. The electronic engin...
With SPORT mode, you can swap from a comfort-oriented tuning to a sporty setup. The electronic engine management system demands a sharper response. Engine dynamics become more direct. In SPORT mode, PDK shifts up later and shifts down sooner. Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) and optional Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) and rear-axle steering also switch to SPORT mode, delivering harder damping and more direct turn-in – and even greater agility through corners.
Sport Chrono Package including mode switch
Adrenaline at the push of a button: the Sport Chrono Package offers an even sportier tuning of the c...
Adrenaline at the push of a button: the Sport Chrono Package offers an even sportier tuning of the chassis, engine and transmission. The kit includes a digital and analogue stopwatch, a graphic in the instrument cluster showing longitudinal and lateral acceleration, and a performance display for viewing lap times in Porsche Communication Management (PCM).
The mode switch on the steering wheel with SPORT Response button has been derived from the 918 Spyder. Four driving modes are available to choose from: ‘Normal’, ‘SPORT’, ‘SPORT PLUS’ and ‘Individual’ – for an even more personalised driving style.
In the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo and the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, the Sport Chrono Package is included as standard. Unlike in models powered by combustion engine alone, it has been specially tuned for E-Performance. Using the hybrid-specific mode switch, you can select the modes ‘E-Power’, ‘Hybrid Auto’, ‘SPORT’ and ‘SPORT PLUS’, while ‘E-Hold’, ‘E-Charge’ and ‘Individual’ are accessible from Porsche Communication Management (PCM).
In SPORT mode alone, the new Panamera Sport Turismo delivers increased dynamics and more direct handling. In SPORT PLUS mode, the engine becomes even more responsive. The rev-limiter is adjusted to a harder setting. Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM) and Porsche Dynamic Chassis Control Sport (PDCC Sport) are retuned for harder damping and more direct turn-in. The adaptive air suspension drops to Low Level and firms the spring rate. The rear-axle steering acts to provide even greater agility. Another function included in the package is Launch Control – for optimum acceleration from a standing start.
The stopwatch mounted on the dashboard displays recorded driving time or can be used as a conventional clock. Porsche Communication Management (PCM) is upgraded to include a performance display, enabling you to view, store and evaluate laps or other driving times.
SPORT Response
Pressing the button in the centre of the mode switch primes the engine and transmission for the fastest possible unleashing of power (e.g. for overtaking).
In other words, maximum responsiveness – for a period of approximately 20 seconds.
In conjunction with the Sport Chrono Package, Porsche Stability Management (PSM) is supplemented by a ‘Sport’ mode. It allows a significantly more sporty driving style, with PSM remaining active in the background. For a further enhancement to your driving experience.
For over 60 years, we've been working on being faster. Even when it comes to slowing down. That’s wh...
For over 60 years, we've been working on being faster. Even when it comes to slowing down. That’s why all models – except for the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo – are equipped with a brake system having six-piston aluminium monobloc fixed brake calipers at the front and fourpiston equivalents at the rear. The brake discs are internally vented and slotted. This improves braking behaviour even under extreme conditions and heat is dissipated more effectively. The one-piece brake calipers have an enclosed construction. This makes them lighter yet highly resistant to deformation. Pedal travel is tight, the pressure point precise, the braking distance impressively short.
Proven in motorsport, and serially installed on the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, the Por...
Proven in motorsport, and serially installed on the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, the Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) is available as an option. The cross-drilled ceramic brake discs of PCCB have a diameter of 420 mm at the front and 410 mm at the rear – for even more formidable braking performance. PCCB features 10-piston monobloc aluminium fixed brake calipers on the front axle and four-piston units at the rear – all painted in yellow – to provide braking forces that are considerably more powerful and, crucially, are exceptionally consistent. PCCB enables shorter braking distances in even the toughest road and race conditions. Safety under high-speed braking is also improved thanks to its excellent fade resistance. Another advantage of PCCB is the extremely low weight of the ceramic brake discs, which are approximately 50% lighter than standard discs of a similar design and size. This results in better roadholding and increased comfort, particularly on uneven roads, as well as greater agility and a further improvement in handling.
LED main headlights including Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS)
Fitted as standard to the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo and the Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, avail...
Fitted as standard to the Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo and the Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo, available as an option for all the other models: LED main headlights including Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS) with dynamic range adjustment, dynamic cornering lights and speedsensitive headlight range control. For enhanced near-field, lateral and far-field illumination – and added safety.
Even greater foresight is achieved with LED main headlights featuring matrixbeam technology. The mat...
Even greater foresight is achieved with LED main headlights featuring matrixbeam technology. The matrix-beam main headlight unit strategically deactivates specific segments of the permanent mainbeam cone. 84 individually controlled LEDs adapt to the situation ahead by switching off or dimming accordingly. Vehicles in front or in the oncoming lane are no longer dazzled, while the areas in between and to the side continue to receive full illumination. To optimise target fixation, not only are the lights selectively dimmed to fade out oncoming vehicles, the area to the right of the light void is lit more brightly for better guidance of the driver's visual attention. What's more, segment-specific dimming of highly reflective traffic signs also acts to avoid driver dazzle. LED main headlights with matrix beam including PDLS Plus: bright, homogeneous, safe.
PDLS Plus, which includes all the function of PDLS, now comes for the first time with electronic cornering lights and an intersection assistant function based on navigation data. As you approach a crossroads or T junction, the intersection assistant function activates the left and right cornering lights, and the light cone becomes wider and shorter – for enhanced illumination of your surroundings.
Night Vision Assist provides the driver with information even beyond the range of the headlights. An...
Night Vision Assist provides the driver with information even beyond the range of the headlights. An infrared camera detects pedestrians, deer and other large wildlife before they are illuminated by the headlights. A thermal image in the instrument cluster warns the driver: the detected person or animal is highlighted in yellow – or in red and accompanied by an audible signal if within the critical range in front of the vehicle. In combination with PDLS Plus, the marker light function briefly flashes the headlight at the pedestrian on the kerbside or in the carriageway three times to alert the driver's attention.
This system regulates the speed of your Panamera Sport Turismo fully independently in line with the ...
This system regulates the speed of your Panamera Sport Turismo fully independently in line with the speed of the vehicle in front. Radar sensors inside the front end scan the road ahead. Let's imagine you've selected a cruising speed but have begun to gain on the vehicle in front because it is driving more slowly – the system reduces the speed of your vehicle by restricting throttle or gently applying the brakes until your chosen distance from the vehicle in front is restored.
Your Panamera Sport Turismo now continues to maintain this distance from the vehicle ahead. If it brakes even more, adaptive cruise control will reduce your speed accordingly – even down to a halt. As soon as the road ahead clears, your vehicle will accelerate back up to the cruising speed originally set.
Porsche InnoDrive including adaptive cruise control*
Those who drive a Porsche want to drive. The more sporty, more comfortable, more efficient and more ...
Those who drive a Porsche want to drive. The more sporty, more comfortable, more efficient and more safe the drive the better. Porsche InnoDrive assists you in a completely new way.
The system enhances adaptive cruise control with additional, innovative functions.
It predictively optimises your speed. With the aid of high-resolution navigation data and information supplied by the radar and video sensors, Porsche InnoDrive determines speed limits and topographical road features, such as gradients or corner radii, along your route even before you reach them – and modifies the gearshift strategy and speed of the Panamera Sport Turismo accordingly. For intelligent driving and a significant efficiency advantage.
You can adapt the driving feel by pressing the SPORT button. Depending on the mode, the system selects the optimum parameters for engine management and gear selection, including coasting and deceleration.
The system uses the knowledge gained from its prediction horizon of up to three kilometres to formulate the optimum timing for acceleration, constant speed driving and deceleration phases to provide a harmonious driving experience.
Imagine, for example, that a speed restriction is in force further along the route but the traffic sign is not yet in sight of the driver: the system already knows that deceleration will be required and initiates a fuel-saving coasting manoeuvre.
Porsche InnoDrive represents the typically Porsche realisation of efficient driving – for greater comfort and greater driving pleasure.
Another feature of Porsche InnoDrive including adaptive cruise control is Traffic Jam Assist. It eases the burden on the driver when congestion is encountered on major inter-urban roads and motorways.
At speeds of up to approximately 60 km/h, the system uses gentle steering inputs to keep the vehicle in the middle of the lane, regulates the distance from vehicles in front and follows the queue ahead where system limitations allow. To do this, Traffic Jam Assist tracks roadway markings and other vehicles on the carriageway. The benefit? Appreciable stress relief and greater comfort on long journeys.
* The assistance provided by Porsche InnoDrive is subject to system limitations. The driver must monitor driving style at all times and intervene in cases of doubt. The system can be overridden at any time by use of the brake or accelerator pedal.
Porsche InnoDrive is not available in some countries.
Lane Change Assist uses radar sensors to monitor the areas to the rear of the vehicle and the blind ...
Lane Change Assist uses radar sensors to monitor the areas to the rear of the vehicle and the blind spots on either side. As you move to change lane, the system issues a visual warning signal in the exterior mirrors if another vehicle is rapidly approaching your vehicle from behind or is residing in one of your blind spots. The function can be activated in PCM as required. For greater comfort and safety, especially on the motorway.
During low-speed turns, new Turn Safety Assist improves safety at the rear. Once you've arrived at an intersection, Turn Safety Assist issues a visual warning if it detects objects approaching in the blind spots behind your vehicle.
Lane Keeping Assist including traffic sign recognition and cornering notification
Lane Keeping Assist is a camera-based system for automatic detection of divider line markings on the...
Integrated traffic sign recognition uses a camera and navigation data to detect speed limits and ‘no overtaking’ zones and to infer local traffic codes (e.g. from boundary signs). Information is displayed in the instrument cluster. The advantage over information stored in the navigation database is that even temporary speed restrictions can be detected.
New for Porsche is the cornering notification, an enhancement to the traffic sign recognition function. Based on navigation system data and camera recognition of cornering road signs, the system displays an arrowed direction warning on the instrument cluster display alerting you to tight corners. Long before you reach them.
How do you benefit? Increased comfort. And reduced stress, not least on long cross-country journeys.
ParkAssist including reversing camera and Surround View
ParkAssist is fitted in all Panamera Sport Turismo models and audibly alerts the driver to the prese...
ParkAssist is fitted in all Panamera Sport Turismo models and audibly alerts the driver to the presence of obstacles detected to the front and rear of the vehicle. The audible alert is supplemented by a visual warning on the central display screen.
The optional reversing camera facilitates precise reverse parking and manoeuvring and also assists in hitching a trailer. Help is provided in the form of the camera image and the dynamic, superimposed guidelines on the PCM screen, which illustrate the predicted course of the vehicle given the current position of the steering wheel.
The optionally available Surround View system supplements the reversing camera with three more high-resolution cameras – one in the front apron and one in each lower trim of the exterior mirrors. Based on the information supplied by all four cameras, the system generates a virtual bird's eye view of the car and displays it on the PCM screen. It is also possible to switch between various camera views to improve visibility, e.g. at narrow exits.
The tinted glass panels of the optional panoramic sunroof* on the new Panamera Sport Turismo models ...
The tinted glass panels of the optional panoramic sunroof* on the new Panamera Sport Turismo models create a particularly bright and pleasant lighting mood in the interior. The two-piece panoramic sunroof can be tilted and opened electrically at the front.
*For a provisional period up to 08/2018, all Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo models cannot be ordered without optional panoramic roof system (3FU). A higher vehicle price therefore applies.
Sporty, heading into a long weekend. Comfortable, for a long journey in a party of four. To the beac...
Sporty, heading into a long weekend. Comfortable, for a long journey in a party of four. To the beach as five. Or perhaps an outing on the racetrack? That's the new Panamera Sport Turismo. Its ingenious sports car ergonomics are centred on the driver and on performance – without disregard for the wellbeing of passengers.
Let's give you some examples. Ascending centre console for swift hand movements from the steering wheel to the gear selector. New kind of control and display concept: Porsche Advanced Cockpit with newly styled centre console in glass look and touch-sensitive buttons arranged in logical groups. High-resolution 12-inch touchscreen display. Instrument cluster with analogue rev counter positioned in the middle, flanked on the left and right by a high-resolutions display. Multifunction sports steering wheel.
Ambient lighting is available on request: an indirect lighting concept designed to enhance passenger comfort. You can choose from seven lighting colours and customise their intensity.
Porsche Rear Seat Entertainment
A cinematic experience enjoyed in the second row: new Porsche Rear Seat Entertainment has been speci...
A cinematic experience enjoyed in the second row: new Porsche Rear Seat Entertainment has been specially developed to appeal to the discerning taste of a Porsche passenger and offers a fully integrated and networked infotainment system for on the move. Both units are removable, making them convenient to use outside the vehicle, too.
Porsche Rear Seat Entertainment connects to Porsche Communication Management (PCM) via WiFi to provide access to the radio, media, navigation system and vehicle functions of your Panamera Sport Turismo. A wealth of entertainment awaits, thanks to two separate 10-inch touchscreen displays on the front seat backrests, an internal 32 GB memory, micro SD card slot, micro USB interface, Bluetooth® and NFC (near field communication). Through the connection to the WLAN router of the Connect Plus module, you also gain access to the Internet and up to one million apps and games, to movies and music, audiobooks, e-books and productivity applications from the GOOGLE® Play Store.
For an unrestricted listening experience, the sound can be output from the integrated loudspeakers, the in-car sound system or the wireless Bluetooth® headphones.
Analogue meets digital: the instrument cluster of the new Panamera Sport Turismo models is reminisce...
Analogue meets digital: the instrument cluster of the new Panamera Sport Turismo models is reminiscent of Porsche motorsport history – and, at the same time, it is as modern as only it can be.
In the middle and in direct view of the driver is the analogue rev counter, its needle integral to its truly classic design. To the left and right, two high-resolution displays provide you with a variety of information as and when you need it, such as the navigation map or Night Vision Assist.
On the left-hand side of the rev counter is the speedometer. In its centre, you can see data relating to adaptive cruise control, for example. In the display field on the outside left, you can choose to show the speed limit indicator, traffic sign recognition or the outside temperature.
On the right-hand side, the possibilities are even more varied. The inside display field is occupied by information from the on-board computer, the fuel gauge or range remaining. In the field on the outside right, you can see the time. And there's also the option of viewing the map of the navigation system.
The front seats offer a high level of comfort and provide support in fast corners without restrictin...
The front seats offer a high level of comfort and provide support in fast corners without restricting freedom of movement. The seat height, squab and backrest angles and fore/aft position are electrically adjustable.
The Panamera Turbo Sport Turismo and the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo are equipped with 14-way power seats including memory package in the front. These add seat squab length adjustment and four-way lumbar support for the driver and front passenger. The memory function stores settings for seats, steering column, both exterior mirrors and other personalised in-car settings.
Adaptive Sports seats
Available as an option, adaptive Sports seats (18-way, electric) including memory package provide even better lateral support – thanks to the elevated side bolsters on the seat squab and backrest. Electrically adjustable, they offer comfort on long journeys and made-to-measure lateral support in the corners.
Thanks to the new 4+1 seating concept, the rear compartment can accommodate up to three passengers as standard. Still designed as fullfledged individual seats, the two outer seats in the back offer plenty of leg and headroom and excellent lateral support through fast corners without sacrificing comfort. The ‘classic’ four-seat configuration is available on request with optional individual power seats for the rear.
Seat heating and ventilation
The front seats of the new Panamera 4S Sport Turismo – and the rear seats of the Panamera Turbo and Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid– come equipped with seat heating to warm the squab and backrest to an agreeable temperature. Optional seat ventilation incorporates active aeration of the perforated seat centre and backrest to provide a pleasant seating environment – even in hot weather.
Massage function
On request, the power seats are also available with a massage function – front and rear. With five programmes and five intensity levels to choose from, ten air cushions in each backrest provide a relaxing treat for the back muscles. For improved seating and long-distance comfort.
The luggage compartment of the Panamera Sport Turismo models offers a capacity of 520 litres (Paname...
The luggage compartment of the Panamera Sport Turismo models offers a capacity of 520 litres (Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo and Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo: 425 litres). In all models, the rear seats can be folded down as one or separately in the ratio 40 : 20 : 40 by remote power release from the luggage compartment or manually from the passenger compartment. The cargo position gives you a load capacity of up to 1,390 litres (1,295 litres in the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid Sport Turismo and Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo). In a sports car, in case we should forget.
On all Panamera Sport Turismo models, the loading edge is comparatively low at 628 mm, which makes it easier to load bulky items in particular. The especially large automatic rear hatch with customisable opening angle is fitted as standard to all models. It closes conveniently at the push of a button.
The loadspace management system is available on request. This versatile solution for the secure transport of items in the luggage compartment includes two attachment rails integrated into the luggage compartment floor, four lashing eyelets, a luggage compartment partition net and more. Using the optional 230-V socket in the luggage compartment, it is possible to power devices rated up to 150 W that do not have a 12-V connection.
Travelling light or got plenty of gear? Need your sports kit? A shopping spree for everyone? The new Panamera Sport Turismo – so much is certain – finds plenty of ways to answer questions.
Four-zone automatic climate control
Welcome to your personal climate zone. Four-zone automatic climate control features individual tempe...
Welcome to your personal climate zone. Four-zone automatic climate control features individual temperature setting controls for the driver and front passenger, and separate ones for the rear seats, too.
In conjunction with optional individual power seats in the rear, four-zone automatic climate control comes with an additional touchscreen display in the rear compartment for controlling an array of comfort and infotainment functions.
An active carbon filter traps particles, pollen and odours and thoroughly filters fine dust out of the outside air before it can reach the interior.
A new ionisation function is available as an option – for improved air stream quality. Before it reaches the cabin, the air in the automatic climate control system is passed through an ioniser. Airborne germs and pollutants are reduced and the interior air is appreciably refreshed for an even more pleasant cabin environment.
The BOSE® Surround Sound System features 14 amplifier channels and offers a total output of 710 watt...
The BOSE® Surround Sound System features 14 amplifier channels and offers a total output of 710 watts. Fourteen loudspeakers including a 160-watt passive subwoofer box ensure a balanced, faithfully reproduced acoustic pattern. The patented AudioPilot® Noise Compensation Technology continuously measures the ambient noise inside the vehicle and adapts music playback instantly and automatically so that a consistent sound is maintained – whatever the driving conditions. The result is a captivating 360° acoustic experience delivered to all seat positions. At all times.
Burmester® High-End 3D Surround Sound System
‘Concert hall for the road?’ Panamera Sport Turismo. The Burmester® High-End 3D Surround Sound Syste...
‘Concert hall for the road?’ Panamera Sport Turismo. The Burmester® High-End 3D Surround Sound System delivers an acoustic performance worthy of one of the best concert halls in the world. Every audience member can enjoy the full breadth of the stage thanks to the perceived spatial distribution of the sound source.
Quiet, please, as we introduce a total output of 1,455 watts, 21 individually controlled loudspeakers including an active subwoofer with 400-watt class D digital amplifier, two-way centre system and a total diaphragm surface area of more than 2,500 cm². Ribbon tweeters have been used for unmistakably fine, clear and undistorted high-frequency sound reproduction with excellent level stability.
All loudspeaker housings are perfectly matched and deliver superior foundation, definition and impulse accuracy. The result is a natural and richly textured spatial sound, even at top volume. Particularly impressive is the new 3D sound experience, created by the loudspeakers integrated into the roof pillars and by the use of a special 3D algorithm.
A superlative visual performance, too. The borders of the loudspeaker trims are illuminated in white or – in conjunction with optional ambient lighting – a choice of seven colours. Uncompromising in sound and design.
The new Porsche Communication Management (PCM)
PCM – as a basis for Porsche Connect – is your central control unit for audio, navigation and commun...
PCM – as a basis for Porsche Connect – is your central control unit for audio, navigation and communication. The new generation with online navigation, mobile-phone preparation, audio interfaces and voice operation has a high-resolution 12-inch touchscreen display that can be used for simple control of most vehicle functions.
Widgets on the customisable home screen allow you to easily and quickly access the functions that are most important for you. A new feature in combination with the optional 4-zone climate control is an additional touchscreen display in the rear. Passengers can use this to conveniently operate the air conditioning and infotainment functions.
During a journey, you can enjoy the wide range of infotainment applications and listen to the radio or your favourite music from the CD/DVD drive, SD cards, internal 10GB hard drive (Jukebox), Aux input or USB connection for your iPod®/iPhone®, for example. The infotainment applications can be operated conveniently using the 12-inch touchscreen display, rotary pushbutton control or voice control.
Due to country-specific legislation and requirements, not all models and equipment features are available in certain countries. For more information about the exact equipment specifications, please consult your Porsche Centre.
The Connect Plus module ensures maximum connectivity in your Porsche.
It features an LTE telephone module – with SIM card reader – for convenience, excellent reception and optimised voice quality. A wireless Internet access point gives you in-car online access from WLAN-enabled client devices (e.g. laptops, tablets or smartphones), simultaneously if necessary.
A smartphone compartment in the centre console transfers the signal of your mobile phone to the external aerial of the car – conserving phone charge and providing optimum reception. In addition, you can connect your smartphone for recharging or to play its media content.
What’s more, the Connect Plus module enables use of the wide range of Porsche Connect services. Get more day out of your everyday and delegate the multitasking to your sports car – so you can spend more time driving your Porsche.
At www.porsche.com/connect, you can find further information about the apps and services available.
With Porsche Connect and the Connect Plus module, you have access to a range of helpful services, su...
With Porsche Connect and the Connect Plus module, you have access to a range of helpful services, such as real-time traffic information. Thanks to this visual aid, you can be sure that you’re on the fastest route to your destination even before you set off. Throughout the journey, the real-time traffic information is regularly updated – keeping you on the recalculated optimum route.
Connect apps
In addition to its range of smart services, Porsche Connect offers two smartphone apps. The first, P...
In addition to its range of smart services, Porsche Connect offers two smartphone apps. The first, Porsche Car Connect, lets you use your smartphone or Apple Watch® to retrieve vehicle data and remotely control selected vehicle functions. Another feature is the Porsche Vehicle Tracking System (PVTS) including theft detection, enabling the remote location of a stolen vehicle across most of Europe.
The second app is the Porsche Connect app. This allows you to send chosen destinations to your Porsche before you start your journey. As soon as your smartphone has connected to PCM, you will be able to display them in the vehicle and transfer them directly to the navigation system. Even your smartphone calendar can be viewed directly on PCM and stored addresses used for route guidance. What’s more, the Porsche Connect app gives you access to millions of music tracks thanks to its built-in music streaming function.
Our wealth of experience goes back a long way. Since the very beginning, we at Porsche have been ded...
Our wealth of experience goes back a long way. Since the very beginning, we at Porsche have been dedicated to realising customer wishes. Known until 1986 as the Porsche ‘Sonderwunschprogramm’, today we call it Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur.
We love what we do. We love our work. Every seam, every square inch of leather, and every single other fine detail receives the same devotion. It's how we bring experience and passion onto the car together with inspiration – it's how we bring dreams to life.
Directly from the Manufaktur. None of this would be possible without originality, enthusiasm and attention to detail, beginning as early as the consultation stage. That's because we keep in mind one thing above all else: to fulfil your individual wishes and requirements and thus make a ‘Porsche’ to ‘your Porsche’.
How do we fulfil these wishes? With composure and meticulous care, by means of precision handcrafting and the use of exquisite materials such as leather, fine wood or aluminium. That is how a product is created from dedication and craftsmanship. Or in other words: the intersection of sportiness, comfort, design and your personal taste. A Porsche with your characteristics.
We offer a wide range of personalisation options, with visual and technical enhancements for the interior and exterior, from a single alteration to extensive modifications. Your inspiration is our passion.
With the Porsche Tequipment range of accessories developed specifically for your Panamera, you can s...
With the Porsche Tequipment range of accessories developed specifically for your Panamera, you can style it entirely to your own preference. From the start, the same rules that apply to our vehicles also apply to the products of Porsche Tequipment: developed, tested and proven at the Development Centre in Weissach. By the same Porsche engineers and designers who made your car. Designed with the complete vehicle in mind and precisely tailored to your Porsche.
And your original car warranty? It will remain completely intact, whichever Tequipment products you ask your Porsche Centre to fit.
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By Geoff Rodkey
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“This book is perfect for any young person with an interest in history or science fiction. The characters are like the imagined siblings we all make up when we are fed up with our own. The world of this book is tangible in a way that not all science fiction is. The strangeness of the new world, the new customs, and the various aliens are amazingly vivid. This story of human immigration to another planet has infinite lessons to teach young people and adults about sympathy toward those unlike us.”
— Toni Jones , Inkwood Books (FL), Tampa, FL
Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! From the creator of the Tapper Twins, New York Times bestselling author Geoff Rodkey delivers a topical, sci-fi middle-grade novel that proves friendship and laughter can transcend even a galaxy of differences.
The first time I heard about Planet Choom, we'd been on Mars for almost a year. But life on the Mars station was grim, and since Earth was no longer an option (we may have blown it up), it was time to find a new home.
That's how we ended up on Choom with the Zhuri. They're very smart. They also look like giant mosquitos. But that's not why it's so hard to live here. There's a lot that the Zhuri don't like: singing (just ask my sister, Ila), comedy (one joke got me sent to the principal's office), or any kind of emotion. The biggest problem, though? The Zhuri don't like us. And if humankind is going to survive, it's up to my family to change their minds. No pressure.
Geoff Rodkey is the author of the bestselling Tapper Twins comedy series; the Chronicles of Egg adventure trilogy; and The Story Pirates Present: Stuck in the Stone Age, a comic novel bundled with a how-to guide for kids who want to create stories of their own. He's also the Emmy-nominated screenwriter of such films as Daddy Day Care and RV. Geoff grew up in Freeport, Illinois and began his writing career on his high school newspaper. He now lives in New York City with his wife, three sons, and an easily confused gerbil. Learn more at geoffrodkey.com, and follow Geoff on Twitter at @GeoffRodkey.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year!
"A quirky sci-fi adventure with a surprising layer of political irony."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Rodkey explores heady concepts such as immigration, tolerance, culture shock, and relative humor in this slapstick-laden allegory"—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"An excellent title for discussion.” –The Bulletin
“Whip-smart, wildly inventive, and truly important.” –Katherine Applegate, author of Newbery Medal winner The One and Only Ivan
"Who knew that giant talking mosquitos and brilliant marshmallow girls on a distant planet could provide such crucial insight into what is happening on our planet right now?" -Adam Gidwitz, author of Newbery Honor book The Inquisitor's Tale
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
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Library Binding (March 5th, 2019): $19.99
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The foods and supplements that can help if you're losing your hair
Here's why it's falling out, and what you can do about it...
By Claire Lavelle
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Far from being an issue only men have to deal with, an estimated six million women in the UK from some form of hair loss, which worsens as we get older.
A friend sent me an old photo she found of us recently, captioned simply as 'HAIR!' In it, we resemble 80s Welsh warbler Bonnie Tyler, a look both of us tried (unsuccessfully) to play down at the time, so buoyant were our bouffants.
Now we've had children, however, it's a different story. We both once had hair that was wavy and voluminous but is now fine and straight, and often I find myself, hairbrush in hand, thinking: but where's the rest of it? Trichologist Sally-Ann Tarver says:
'Hair loss after pregnancy is common. Your hormonal profile changes after birth, and you're more likely to be low in iron, which combined with the stress of looking after a young child can affect the quality and growth of your hair. Periods can be heavier after having a baby, which also impacts on iron levels – iron deficiency anaemia shows up in about 70% of women with hair loss. And pernicious anaemia, which is a lack of vitamin B12, is also common, particularly in women experiencing rapid hair loss. Where there is deficiency, the body will send nutrients to the essential organs, such as the heart, first, and there's not always enough left over for the hair.'
Hair loss can also occur following periods of ill health or severe stress.
'We lose between 100-200 hairs a day naturally but after a stressful event or illness that required treatment with antibiotics, this can double or even triple. Stress increases the levels of cortisol in the body, which triggers hormonal changes that result in hair loss. Antibiotics can reduce haemoglobin in the body, resulting in low iron levels, which affects the hair. Many other medications, including those used to treat acne and high blood pressure, can also interfere with the normal cycle of hair growth (see box) resulting in something called telogen effluvium, which causes the hair follicles to go into their 'resting' phase and fall out too early. Often the first thing I'll do with a client when she comes into see me is sit down with the calendar and ask, "What happened two months ago?"' says Sally-Ann.
If you have other symptoms, such as low mood, lethargy and weight gain or at the other end of the scale, experience weight loss and a feeling of being constantly 'revved up', an under or overactive thyroid might be the reason for your hair loss.
'With an overactive thyroid, everything speeds up, including the reproduction of the hair follicle cells, which means the hair falls out faster than it can grow,' says Sally-Ann. 'With an underactive thyroid, everything slows down, so hair doesn't grow as quickly. Luckily, thyroid conditions are usually well-diagnosed and easy to treat with the appropriate medication.'
A blood test from your doctor will show if you're low in iron or suffering from pernicious anaemia, although Sally-Ann warns that a 'normal' blood test result might not always tell the full story.
'For example, iron levels can be just about within the parameters of what's considered normal but that doesn't mean they're optimal. Also, ferritin, which is the stored iron in the body that supports the hair in its growing phase, may not be tested for. Book an appointment with your GP and go through the results together. I ask my clients to bring a copy of their blood tests with them – quite often I'm able to see straight away what the problem is. The key to treating thinning hair is not to ignore it – if you consider how long it takes hair to grow, you want to address the problem as soon as you can to stop it getting worse.'
Supplements that can help
Why: It's a form of iron that encourages the hair to grow to its full length.
Where to find it: Time-release supplements such as Ferrograd C. Include red meat, spinach, pulses and broccoli in your diet.
Why: It encourages hair regrowth.
Where to find it: "I like Forever Living's B12 Plus," says Sally-Ann. "It's prescription-strength and chewable, which is better for those people who have trouble absorbing it." Also include salmon, eggs and fortified cereal in your diet.
Why: It can help create new hair follicles, and to re-energise dormant ones.
Where to find it: Exposure to sunshine helps our bodies to make vitamin D – try 10 minutes in the sun without sunscreen (avoid the hottest part of the day and be careful not to burn). Sardines, milk, yoghurt or egg yolk are good dietary choices.
Is thinning hair hereditary?
The short answer, says consultant dermatologist Dr Adam Friedmann, is yes:
'One of the most common reasons for thinning hair in women is androgenic female pattern hair loss. If your mum has noticed her hair thinning as she ages, you might too.'
Each time a normal hair follicle is shed, it's replaced with hair that is finer and thinner until it just stops growing altogether.
'Genetic or age-related hair loss can be treated with minoxidil, which is the active ingredient in a product such as Regaine. Caffeine shampoos such as Alpercin, which stimulates the root, may also be useful, although they don't work for everyone. It's helpful to feel that you're being proactive about a problem that many women find profoundly upsetting. Don't forget it can take months to see an improvement, as hair grows slowly,' says Dr. Friedmann.
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Regardless of whether you’re an omnivore or vegan, research junkie or science-phobe, health novice or seasoned dieter, Death by Food Pyramid will reframe your understanding of nutrition science and inspire you to take your health, and future, into your own hands.
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Shoddy science, sketchy politics and shady special interests have shaped American dietary recommendations—and destroyed our nation’s health—over recent decades. The phrase “death by food pyramid” isn’t shock-value sensationalism, but the tragic consequence of simply doing what we have been told to do by our own government—and giant food profiteers—in pursuit of health. In Death by Food Pyramid, Denise Minger exposes the forces that overrode common sense and solid science to launch a pyramid phenomenon that bled far beyond U.S. borders to taint the eating habits of the entire developed world. Denise explores how generations of flawed pyramids and plates endure as part of the national consciousness, and how the “one size fits all” diet mentality these icons convey pushes us deeper into the throes of obesity and disease. Regardless of whether you’re an omnivore or vegan, research junkie or science-phobe, health novice or seasoned dieter, Death by Food Pyramid will reframe your understanding of nutrition science and inspire you to take your health, and future, into your own hands.
Denise Minger is a health writer and lecturer with a reputation for aggressively challenging today's leading voices of conventional wisdom. Her meticulously researched critiques decimating USDA guidelines and The China Study—published on her blog, RawFoodSOS.com—have made her a major player in the progressive health community and a major thorn in the side of both mainstream nutritionists and other health figures promoting flawed dietary dogma. A precocious academic whiz and autodidact who started college at the age of 16, Denise's own diet-related health problems plunged her, total immersion style, into the world of nutrition research...first in an attempt to heal her own body, and then to help others do the same. Denise currently lives a "real food" lifestyle in Portland, Oregon.
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Video: Strongman doesn't respect - Mr Logic
By Michael Klugey
Strongman doesn't respect - Mr Logic
The head of Ghana Association of Songwriters, Mr Emmanuel Barnes, popularly known as Mr Logic, following the recent tweets by Strongman after his exit from Sarkodie's Sarkcess Music label has described the young rapper to be very disrespectful.
Mr Logic who appeared as a pundit on HitzFM's 'Day BreakHitz' show with Andy Dosty expressed his disappointment in Strongman's attitude towards Sarkodie even though it was a wrong move for the Sarkcess boss to sign the young rapper because of societal pressure.
He told Andy Dosty that, “it was wrong for Sarkodie to sign Strongman. You don’t need to sign anyone if society is pushing. Where did Sark go wrong?” he queried.
He added that, “it’s a vibe of ungratefulness. Who was Strongman till Sarkodie came into the picture? This is how they take things for granted,” Mr Logic said referring to Strongman’s exit tweet.
Mr Logic explained that he never liked Strongman as an artiste because he is disrespectful, hence it wasn’t news to him when he heard Strongman had parted ways with Sarkodie.
His rap prowess and dexterity couldn’t be undermined as Sarkodie even lauded him as the rapper who only comes second to him.
“What he said is no news to me. I have never liked Strongman. He doesn’t respect. I don’t expect him to respect me. Strongman is a typical example of a young disrespectful artiste. It’s a general opinion people have about him. Most people who go around that guy say that,” he said.
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However, Strongman before Sarkodie made his public announcement, took to his Twitter page to make some comments which were not recognised until Sarkodie tweeted.
His tweet reads; “Most good footballers turn to be bad coaches Don’t be deceived” and this has been interpreted by music lovers and critics as a jab to the CEO of SarkCess Music, Sarkodie.
Strongman after several backlashes again took to his Twitter, expressing how hard he worked to reach the level he is now, which also got some fans attacking him to stop tweeting directly to his former boss Sarkodie.
He tweeted again saying; "I fought very hard to reach here and the father in Heaven knows what I’m saying"
It's obvious the young rapper is gradually losing some fans and loved once following his tweets.
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Home / Hans Hotter / HOTTER Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1949) - PACO145
HOTTER Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1949) - PACO145
€56.00 - 4 CDs with case & artwork (+MP3)
€40.00 - 4 CDs only in plastic sleeve (+MP3)
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Live broadcast performance, 1949
Günther Treptow
Annelies Kupper
Benno Kusche
Max Proebstl
Franz Klarwein
Karl Hoppe
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Conducted by Eugen Jochum
Full Cast Listing
"This is perhaps the best all-round Meistersinger I have ever heard. The main reason is Hotter's Sachs, which I had never heard before and which is surely one of the greatest operatic characterizations ever put on record. In his book Ring Resounding, the story of how the pioneering Solti Ring was recorded, producer John Culshaw tells of Hotter's trying out, in the recording studio, different ways of singing phrases of Wotan's that he had been singing in public for decades. One can believe it. For this portrayal of Sachs could only have been arrived at by a man who constantly searched for understanding and left no possibility untried. Not only is Hotter musically splendid, in perfect control of his great voice; he is also alive to every nuance of every line in a way that is constantly illuminating yet never forced or overdone. Even Schorr pales by comparison."
- William Youngren, Fanfare, 1984
We are doubly lucky with respect to this recording, possibly even more so. Firstly from a technical perspective, it is an unusually early example of tape recording - possibly the earliest Wagner opera to have been captured on the new medium - and it's one that's survived remarkably well. At some point a few years ago the tape was transferred to DAT tape, and it's a direct digital copy of that which was sent to me a while back and which was the source for this release. With it's steady pitch throughout, lack of awkward repetitive side changes, surface noise or any of the other regular shortcomings of 1940s disc technology, it's a wonderful starting point for a restoration.
Secondly to have any recording of Hans Hotter in one of his signature roles as Sachs is exceptionally rare. We are incredibly lucky that Bavarian Radio preserved this performance - unique in that it captures Hotter at his very peak, prior to his "vocal crisis" of 1950 which led to him greatly curtailing his appearances in the role. The only other recording of Hotter singing Sachs dates from 1956 Bayreuth appearance, and a performance he was so unhappy with he instructed that the master tapes be wiped - it survives only in an off-air recording.
This performance has naturally appeared before on various LP and CD releases. Those familiar with the last CD issue may be surprised to find the whole of the first act appearing on a single CD where previously it had had to be split across two discs. An analysis of the pitch of the original tape transfer we received indicated that it was running very slightly slow, with A=437Hz. The majority of German orchestras perform at the slightly pitch of 443Hz or 444Hz. By repitching this recording to the more likely A=443Hz that first movement fits onto a single disc - by some six seconds.
I have used XR remastering to produce as clear and, I hope, realistic a sound as possible. Some residual tape his may still be apparent - any further attempts to reduce this resulted in reduced top end clarity. As it is listeners should find a step change here in sound quality over all previous issues of this essential Meistersinger.
Hans Sachs - Hans Hotter
Veit Pogner - Max Proebstl
Kunz Vogelgesang - Franz Klarwein
Konrad Nachtigall - Karl Hoppe
Sixtus Beckmesser - Benno Kusche
Fritz Kothner - Egmont Koch
Balthasar Zorn - Karl Mücke
Ulrich Eißlinger - Hans Kern
Augustin Moser - Karl Mösch
Hermann Ortel - Fritz Richard Bender
Hans Schwarz - Walter Bracht
Hans Foltz - Rudolf Wünzer
Walther von Stolzing - Günther Treptow
Eva - Annelies Kupper
Magdalene - Ruth Michaelis
David - Paul Kuen
Ein Nachtwächter - Fritz Richard Bender
Conductor: Eugen Jochum
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Hans Hotter as Sachs in a 1948 production
Live broadcast performance, Bayerische Staatsoper, München
Hans Hotter was indisputably one of the finest Wagnerian bass-baritones of the twentieth century. His Wotan was unmatched by any, save perhaps Friedrich Schorr, and fortunately captured many times by live broadcasts. His Gurnemanz and Dutchman are also well represented by recordings, but one crucial role, that of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg, is a real rarity.
Until 1950 Hotter had seemed able to overcome every career obstacle. Even the war, which inevitably disrupted musical life in Germany, allowed him to forge new partnerships with Richard Strauss among others. After the war this versatile baritone cemented his growing international reputation by joining the visit of the Vienna State Opera to London in 1947. But Hotter was 40 in 1949 and had, he later admitted, pushed himself by undertaking too many taxing Wagnerian roles too early in his career. In 1950 he suffered a vocal ‘crisis’, exacerbated by bad hay fever, that led him to be overlooked for the re-opening of the Bayreuth festival in 1951. After 1951 Hotter became more careful as to his choice of roles, and Sachs was one casualty. The sole exception to his new rule was a new production of Meistersinger mounted by Wieland Wagner at Bayreuth in 1956. Hotter was so unhappy with his performance that he asked Wieland to intervene with Bavarian Radio and have the master tape wiped. They complied, and thus, unlike most other Bayreuth performances from the 1950s, the only preservation of this is an off-air tape.
Fortunately Bavarian Radio did not destroy the master tape of the 1949 broadcast of Meistersinger from Munich. It preserves Hotter’s masterful interpretation of Hans Sachs in excellent sound, and before his vocal crisis. Everything that we know about Hotter as a supreme Wagnerian is on show here, the exquisite vocalism, the power to spare, and the subtle shading of the text. Hotter brings interpretive meaning to Sachs’ monologues that few other interpreters have managed. This same ability made him a successful lieder singer throughout his career.
If Hotter is the star of this performance, the rest of the cast is far from being poor and showcases the depth of operatic talent available in provincial German opera houses after the war. Günther Treptow sings Walther von Stolzing. Treptow was best known for his assumption of the heavier Wagnerian roles (including Siegfried and Tristan), and was one of a number of such heldentenors in Germany between 1930 and 1950. Walther is one of the higher Wagnerian roles for tenor, so much so that Lauritz Melchior declined to sing it on stage. Treptow manages the tessitura relatively easily, with impressive stamina, though his voice is perhaps not as lyrical as one might like.
Soprano Annelies Kupper sings Eva. Kupper sang widely in Germany throughout the 1930s and 1940s, gaining a reputation in lighter Wagnerian roles. However it was in Richard Strauss’s operas that she perhaps became best known. She sang the title role in the premiere of Die Liebe Der Danaë in Vienna in 1952 after being promised the part by Strauss himself before his death. Her pure voice is particularly well suited to the role of Eva.
Beckmesser became Benno Kusche’s signature role. His career started before the war but was interrupted by active service (where he was wounded). He returned to the stage, concentrating on German buffo characters, which were comedic without ever becoming silly caricatures. He recorded the role of Beckmesser for EMI under Kempe in 1956.
Conductor Eugen Jochum was based in Hamburg between 1934 and 1949 as musical director of both the local Hamburg State Opera and Hamburg Philharmonic. In 1949 he moved to Munich to take charge of the new Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, a post he was to occupy until 1961. Jochum recorded throughout his career, including a 1976 studio recording for DG of Meistersinger with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Plácido Domingo. This live radio performance of the opera captures him in the moment, allowing us to hear his conception of the opera as a whole.
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Big Space: Toyota Kluger GXL AWD
August 30th, 2014 | Buy A New Car, Makes and Models
Toyota has built its name on reliability and offering a car for the right segment. The Land Cruiser, Corolla and, lately, the 86. Some time ago it created a new market by releasing the RAV4. There’s now 4 models in Toyota’s SUV range: Land Cruiser, Prado, RAV 4 and Kluger, a range released just over ten years ago. It’s gone from being a medium sized vehicle to one almost as large, in all dimensions, as the Land Cruiser. With four distinct vehicles to choose from across quite a few variations, just WHERE does the Kluger fit in, especially the GXL AWD A Wheel Thing tested for a week? Updated and released to the Aussie market in March of 2014, it’s an evolution of the previous model yet it’d be hard pressed to be recognised as the great grandchild of the original.
The Donk.
Toyota have thrown a 3.5L petrol powered V6 under the acre sized bonnet of the current model Kluger. There’s 201kW and 337 Nm of torque on offer; however it’s got to move a 2020kg (sans passengers and fuel) vehicle that’s 4.8 metres long, just over 1.9 metres in total width and 1.73 metres in height. As a result, fuel economy is not great, call it 12L/100 kilometres from a 72 litre tank as an average. Around town it slurped harder than a shearer on a beer after a hard day in the paddock. The issue is not the torque, it’s WHERE that maximum figure comes in, a stupidly high 4700 revs. This means the engine is working harder at lower revs to get and keep the bulk moving. There’s no diesel offered for the Kluger either, consider that when you’re shopping for a people moving SUV…it’s mated to a six speed auto, the only transmission available, plus the GXL comes with either a two wheel drive (front driven) or, in this case, an all wheel drive setup that is part time but can be locked. There’s descent control fitted as well, which all works well enough however the Kluger seems to slot into the rarely and barely used for off roading segment. The auto is smooth, silky smooth; with low throttle applications the change is barely perceptible and it’s only by the flick of the rev counter’s needle that you know something’s changed.
The Suit.
Of recent times, there seems to have been a push back to blunt, vertical noses for SUVs. Although this may seem non aerodynamic (and could very well be), there’s other tricks designers and engineers apply to try and make a brick on wheels a bit more slippery. There’s some extension to the headlight and taillight structure, to divert and bend airflow. There’s a rake to the rear window line, the headlight cluster is swept back into the fenders, with a front on view giving some idea of how the aero has changed for the 2014 Kluger.The taillights flow though into the tailgate (non electrically operated in the GXL). The grille is taller than the outgoing model whilst each and and the wheel arches have tough polyurethane shrouding. The GXL came with tidy 18 inch alloys, shod with 245/60 Michelin Latitude rubber.
On The Inside.
It’s a leather look and plastic interior, setup for five seats with two hidden in the rear cargo section. The rear seats are configured for slide and tilt to give a completely flat load surface and there’s also rear seat aircon controls and vents. It’s typical Toyota ease of use and sensibility. Then we look at the dash and wonder how the styling could be so….unusual; there’s a double fold to the top of the dash with one surface coming from the passenger airbag and vent before disappearing behind the second surface, the dash binnacle, which runs across through the centre and across the audio block. Squeezed in between and not altogether harmoniously, there’s a clock whilst lower down, the plugs for the USB and auxiliary inputs are almost inaccessible and hidden from view. Front aircon controls are sensibly laid out however the touchscreen surrounds look and feel low rent. It sits above another storage section that’s deep and big enough for mobile phones and sweeps across to the passenger side air vent. Audio quality was good, with nice depth, clarity and separation. The dash dials have a standard look to them however the info screen tucked in between them seemed to lack the option to show the velocity. The tiller is comfortable to hold and has the now almost mandatory assortment of buttons for audio, Bluetooth etc. The seats themselves are reasonably comfortable, have a good measure of under thigh support and at the front they bracket a rather large storage console. It’s deep enough to hold bottles or a handbag which gives a subtle clue as to the Kluger’s target market.
The Drive.
Nowhere near as lumbering as its big brother, the Land Cruiser, the Kluger is quite agile, belying its size. Of immediate note, though, was the thump from the front suspension as the Kluger goes over one of the larger school sized speed humps at low velocity, sounding as if the strut towers were being pulled out. Although there’s little free play in the steering rack, it still requires a bit of turn for it to bit and send the front wheels where you want them. Once loaded up there’s some nice bite, some good feedback and tight response, with the front end going where you point and the rear follows faithfully, like a well trained pup. The suspension settings are taut initially, rolling smoothly into a good level of compliance and there’s little of concern body roll wise as it corners nice and flat. Acceleration is decent, at the cost of fuel consumption but stopping the 2000 kilo plus Kluger wasn’t always confidence inspiring. The pedal seemed long and lacked true bite, with a number of not so quick stops feeling as if the car in front was about to have a Kluger in the boot. The GXL came loaded with a locking diff and hill descent control as well but it’s not, in A Wheel Thing’s opinion, the vehicle people would use for anything other than a bit of gravel work.
It’s a crowded market that this new Kluger comes into, with SUV offerings from almost every major manufacturer. Toyota’s off road heritage is well known, its reputation almost unbreakable and they stand as the company effectively responsible (or blameworthy, in some eyes) for the SUV market. With around a half dozen Kluger variants available, in three trim levels and two or four wheel drive configurations, it covers the bases. However, its size and price points, compared to its opposition, plus its thirst and lack of a diesel variant, has A Wheel Thing questioning the relevance of the Kluger. There’s cheaper, more suitable soft and off roaders, Jeep has announced a diesel engine for one of its range, Hyundai’s Sante Fe and Kia’s Sorento offer the same seating configuration options and a better looking interior in a more compact body without sacrificing room or comfort. If you want a big, proper offroader, you buy a Land Cruiser or Patrol. If you don’t need something that big and don’t ned to go offroad there’s plenty to choose from. Then there’s the dollars. The GX 2WD starts at just shy of $41000, the GXL AWD is nearly $54K and then there’s the onroad costs… As dynamically good it is for such a big vehicle, I was left wondering which round hole this peg is meant to fill.
For info: http://www.toyota.com.au/kluger/specifications/gxl-awd-7-seat-suv?WT.ac=VH_Kluger_RangeAndSpecs_RangeBanner_GXLAWD_Specs
Car: Toyota Kluger GXL AWD.
Engine: 3.5L V6.
Fuel/Tank: Unleaded, 91 RON, 72 litres.
Power/Torque: 201kW @ 6200rpm, 337Nm @ 4700rpm.
Fuel Consumption (claimed): 10.6L/100km combined, 14.4L/100km urban, 8.4L/100km highway.
Transmission: six speed automatic.
Weight: (dry) 2020kg, (gross) 2740kg.
Towing: 2000kg (braked), 700kg (unbraked).
Warranty: 3 years/100000 kilometres, whichever occurs first.
Seating: seven, third row flush with floor, middle row 60/40 split fold.
Cargo: (all seats up) 195L, (third row folded) 529L, (all folded) 1872L
Dimensions, L x W x H (mm): 4865 x 1965 x 1730.
Wheelbase (mm): 2790.
Tyres/Wheels: 245/60 on 18 inch diameter alloys.
Off road approach/departure: 18/23.1degrees.
JOSS Sticks Around: An Aussie Supercar.
August 25th, 2014 | Driving in Australia, Makes and Models, Manufacturer News
In a supercar world populated by names such as Lamborghini, Bentley, Pagani etc, it’s notable that the countries these wonderful car brands come from don’t include Australia. However, since 1998, there’s one bloke that’s been trying to change this; Matt Thomas. What’s important about this, though, is that Matt’s journey is not a pipedream, it’s one that’s involved people that have the highest level of experience in Formula 1, Le Mans, V8 Supercars and more. Matt, himself, has a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design and started his working life as an automotive design modeller. His clients include Bentley, Jaguar, Aston Martin and the Stewart Grand Prix F1 team.
The project? The JOSS JP1 Track Car. There’s some powerful specifications to go with it: 5.0L all alloy V8 engine, with the aim of extracting 420 kilowatts and 520 Newton Metres of torque plus a maximum rev limit of 8000 rpm, Albins transaxle, carbon composite body with a kerb weight of just 900kg, with an anticipated zero to one hundred kilometre per hour time of 2.8 seconds before reaching a top speed of 340 km/h. Added to the recipe are the design elements of a slippery body, mid mounted engine behind a two seat configurtion, a smaller frontal area than Bugatti’s Veyron, lesser CO2 emissions plus better fuel economy and potential G forces of 1.2G laterally. The car itself is a development of the JT1, the test “mule” from 2004. Launched to great fanfare at the Melbourne Motor Show, the accolades soon rolled in:
“There is no reason Australia can’t be competitive in Supercars.World class capability already exists in automotive design, engineering, development, testing and production. Unlike mass market vehicles, low production volumes, high labour costs, the “high dollar”, and a small domestic market are largely irrelevant.In the wake of decisions to leave Australia by the mass market automobile manufacturers, JOSS is an exciting Australian start-up with global appeal.” – Gavin Smith, President, Robert Bosch (Australia) Pty Ltd.
“The JOSS project shows innovation, engineering excellence and a true belief that Australia can compete on a global scale. We wish the team the best of luck and look forward to working with JOSS in utilising as many Australian suppliers and capability as possible.” – Richard Reilly, CEO, FAPM.
The JOSS JT1 was a 400bhp, alloy headed V8 powered vehicle, built around a steel space frame chassis and weighed 948kg. It rolled on ultra sticky and low profile 18 inch Pirelli tyres, had a Porsche five speed transaxle transmission and powered through to 100 km/h in three seconds on the way to covering the quarter mile in just 11.7 seconds. That test car has given the JOSS development team plenty to work with and the JP1 is intended to be further developed to comply with the U.K.’s small manufacturer compliance regulations; with an initial run of five vehicles to kick things off as a Track Special, (allowing the owners to sample the ability and agility of the JP1) the investments in these first five will then use the aforementioned U.K. regulations as a stepping stone to the European market.
Matt and the team are using the ever increasing in popularity crowd funding platform to complete the first JP1; the design specs and engineering parameters are locked away, it’s simply a matter of the requisite funds being found to complete the project and then further develop the JOSS JP1 into a road legal range of vehicles. A Wheel Thing is proud to be associated with this project and asks that you join this innovative Australian company on its journey to build a genuine Aussie Supercar.
For further details on the project: www.joss.com.au and to contribute to the project, click here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jossjp1/joss-jp1-supercar-a-new-innovative-performance-bra
More Ideas For Cooking On Your Car Engine
August 25th, 2014 | Weird Stuff
OK, so in my last post, I mentioned how one goes about harnessing the waste heat from your car engine to cook your dinner. While just mentioning the how-tos is enough for some cooks, other folk might need more than just a bit of inspiration. Some people prefer to have it down in black in white in front of them. So, without further ado, here are a handful of recipes for cooking on your car engine. Just don’t forget the golden rules of wrapping everything very thoroughly in tinfoil and making sure that the wire you use to strap your tinfoil packets in place on your engine block doesn’t interfere with any moving parts.
I haven’t given cooking times in these recipes, as individual results will depend on (a) your car engine, (b) how fast you’re driving and (c) how hot a day it is.
Veggie roast-up
Chop pieces of suitable veggies into chunks about 4 cm x 4 cm by 10 cm (but there’s no need to be too precise. Toss in a wee bit of cooking oil then sprinkle with salt and maybe a few herbs (rosemary, oregano or thyme) before wrapping in the tinfoil. Suitable veggies include pumpkin, parsnip, beetroot, onion, potato, sweet potato, swede, zucchini and carrot. You can put them in separate packets if you have too many to fit in a pack that stays together.
Long-haul pot roast
This requires a drive of 200+ km, so try this one next time you’re driving interstate. Take a decent chunk of meat (1 kg or more): beef, pork or mutton. In an ice cream container or something else that will fit your meat, combine 1 cup red wine, 2 cloves crushed garlic, a couple of sprigs of rosemary plus salt and pepper to taste. Dunk the meat in the mixture and roll it about until the meat is coated. Cover the container and leave it in the fridge overnight. Before you set off, take the meat out of the marinade and wrap it up in the tinfoil. Discard the marinade. Halfway through your drive, stop and flip the packet of meat over so it cooks evenly.
Chicken wings a la Porsche Cayenne
Get about half a dozen chicken wings and coat them lightly in oil (not too much or you risk it dripping out of the tinfoil and starting a fire that will be really hard to explain to the insurance company). Mix up a bit of cayenne pepper (or chilli powder), dried oregano, chopped garlic and salt, plus enough paprika to get enough to coat the wings. You can also use pre-prepared seasoning mixes from your local supermarket if you want to try a different flavour. Wrap up the wings, either individually or as a packet.
Got to have dessert in there somewhere! Use large, firm apples (e.g. Granny Smith). Remove the core so there’s a hollow down the middle of the apple. Combine sultanas, cinnamon and sugar. Stuff the hollow with the cinnamon, sugar and sultana mix. Wrap up really well individually in the foil. This also works with other firm pipfruit such as pears and quinces.
Chocolate bananas
This BBQ favourite works best for short journeys. Leave the bananas in the skin and cut a slit in them lengthwise. Insert chocolate chips or chunks of chocolate. Possibly slip in a few marshmallows. Wrap firmly.
Dashboard Pain au Chocolat
This doesn’t involve the engine but is too good to leave out. We all know that chocolate melts if left on the dashboard in the hot sun, so make the most of it. Get some plain croissants from the bakery and heaps of dark chocolate. Chop up or grate the chocolate and add it liberally to the croissants. Wrap in clingfilm, baking paper or foil. Place on dashboard of the car and wait until the chocolate melts.
Happy driving (and cooking!)
BTCC 2014 Mid-Season Report Card: Must Do Better
August 21st, 2014 | Driving in Australia, Home, Makes and Models, Manufacturer News, Motor Sport, Weird Stuff
In a recent article, David Addison described the ‘Modern era of the BTCC‘ as the best that it has ever been. He argues that the modern championship boasts packed grids, close racing and a comprehensive television package that blows away any competition from the past. The 2014 season has indeed seen a total reinvention of the championship with the new NGTC regulations coming into force, which has evolved the very nature of the BTCC. This year in particular has seen 7 past champions get behind the wheel and battle against some rising stars in the motorsport universe. Mr Addison really does make a strong case when he talks about the media coverage of the BTCC; with the exception of F1 there are very few sports that dedicate entire days of television scheduling to one event. Not only are all three races shown live on race day, but the entire BTC support package is shown to the public.
It is at this juncture that my agreement with David Addison comes to a very abrupt end. I have been a fan of the BTCC my entire life; growing up in the 1990s in the backdrop of the Super Touring era was one of the most most exciting childhoods I could ever have asked for. No other motorsport could come close to the British Touring Cars in my eyes. I have been watching the BTCC every year across the various rule changes and I am offended to hear that someone honestly believes that the modern championship is the best the BTCC has ever been. We have approached near enough the midway part of the 2014 season and I find myself rapidly losing interest in the BTCC. Considering the sport is meant to be the best its ever been, how can this be possible? Let’s break this down.
MG…Honda…BMW. The main protagonists haven’t really changed. Photo Credit: BTCC.net
Packed Grids and Close Racing?
Considering the clear negative tone that is already in abundance in this article, I will admit that a packed 31 car grid has been somewhat exciting this year. Throughout much of the 2000s the field was even struggling to boast a field that hit double figures. My favourite was the beginning of the 2001 season where there were often as little as 6 cars taking the start line. Thrilling. With 31 cars on the track it means there is always something going on and spectators never have to stare at an empty bit of tarmac.
Next on the list is this close racing that makes the BTCC better than ever before. Maybe this is just me but the racing this year is no closer than it has ever been before. Especially when it comes to the front of the field. Last year I would often predict the top 5 finishers before the race had even happened. It was always a case of Honda Honda BMW MG Honda in some order or another. One of the perks of the NGTC was meant to be that the cars would become more equal. And yet this year nothing really has changed. Race after race it will be a selection of Honda, MG or BMW charging off into the distance and that will be the way of things.
Unrivalled Media Coverage
This does bring me on ever so fluidly to this claim that the media coverage of the BTCC is second to none. Let us remember that I do not possess the vast riches nor the free time to frequent every race meeting. Consequentially it must mean that I must watch most of the races on the traditional medium that is the television. Once more it is at this point that we hit another problem. Throughout the 90s, the television coverage would not only show the battles up the front, but the racing all the way down to the bottom places. As a result, if the modern era was the best it has ever been, then the television viewer would at the very least have this same access. That would be the logical thought anyway. In fact, if it truly was the greatest I would expect a red button style access to cameras showing every position from first down to last.
Alas, it seems this message was lost by the grand powers of ITV. In reality, all we are left with is full footage of the top five positions which is inevitably a festival of laborious boredom. The only time the top positions seem to get mixed up is in the final race when finally some other people get a shot at glory. But seriously, at the last few meetings I have had to sit through 30 minutes of processional driving with a few drivers blasting off into the distance while all the action happens behind; not that we can see any of it because apparently the cameras only care about the Hondas, BMWs and MGs.
A good anecdote here goes back to the very first meeting of the year at Brands Hatch. I was lucky enough to attend that meeting and I thoroughly enjoyed the racing. But speaking to my friends who watched it on TV, they claimed that the racing was utterly boring and processional. And they were right, considering all they were subjected to was the front of the field. The geniuses at the ITV camera department managed to miss, for example, the epic drive of touring car legend Alain Menu from the back of the grid to 17th in race 2 and then 5th in race 3. Yes Mr Addison, the media coverage is just so good it managed to miss some of the best battles this year. Just the greatest.
According to the TV coverage, the BTCC is mostly this man… Image Credit: BTCC.net
Better Quality of Racing?
Over the last few years, the BTCC has been slated as becoming too much of a contact sport, where places are gained through forcing the car in front off the track into the nearest wall. Of course throughout the golden years there was definitely no shortage of panel bashing, but as with alcohol consumption, everything in moderation kids! And some of the time this panel bashing was nothing more than a racing incident or the odd cheeky move. But when a driver essentially gets bored of being behind the car in front and gets past by nerfing him off the track and into the grave, that is just not right.
One solution to this problem is to introduce harsher penalties similar to that of F1. And with that the sport has started to descend into a dark chasm of sadness and despair. As some of you may know by now, my reasons for my dislike of F1 are down in the most part to the such high emphasis placed on politics and complaining. It has come to the point where the list of penalties may as well be read as a novel, with such colossal idiocy as track limits. I know the sport is trying to save money but surely not letting the cars touch the grass or the run off areas to save money on a lawnmower is a tad excessive. We appear to have gone from one annoyance extreme to another. It cannot be that difficult to find a good middle ground.
And of course we cannot forget the complaining that has befouled my ears this year. Yes Jason Plato I am looking at you. The debate surrounding RWD this year has become so predictable it borders on motorsport cliche. As much as the NGTC regulations are meant to bring everyone down to a level playing field there is always going to be some cars with certain advantages over others. In the 90s the RWD were given weight penalties and that was the end of it. Why can we not just do that now? But seemingly whatever happens as soon as the RWD cars do well people like Mr Plato begin their moaning once more.
If the RWD cars were truly at such an advantage then surely all of them would be miles up the front. However, last time I checked it was only really Colin Turkington who was consistently in the top 3. This is Colin Turkington, a highly successful past champion of the sport. Might this just be because he is a talented driver who deserves good results? I don’t see Rob Collard, Nick Foster and Rob Austin up the front. Can we not just go back to a time where the main focus was the racing? One of the reasons I loved the BTCC so much in comparison to F1 was the lack of politics. As it stands it is becoming just as bad.
The BTCC has always been action packed, but now it is more like banger racing. Image Credit: BTCC.net
I never thought I would see the day where I am writing an article that massively criticizes my favourite motorsport. Alas I am becoming more worried that the BTCC has been trying so hard to reinvent itself and become something amazing that it has now started on a downhill slope. One of the many guidelines that shows me through life is the ‘Not Trying’ rule. The harder you try to do something, the less successful it often turns out to be. If Alan Gow and the BTCC organisers stop doing all they can to make the ultimate tin top sport and just let the BTCC evolve naturally then maybe I will finally be able to agree with Mr Addison. David Addison said that constantly looking back into the past will give you a sore neck, but I would rather have a sore neck and satisfied senses than be falling asleep at the wheel.
Rouse in his 1992 Toyota, give me this back any day… Image Credit: BTCC.net
I am forever a child of the 90s, and to me it is still the number one era for touring cars.
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How To Turn Your Car Into An Oven
August 18th, 2014 | Home
Car engines produce a lot of waste heat. It’s one of the basic laws of thermodynamics that energy will change from one form to another, and as not all the chemical potential energy in the petrol or diesel that you put into your tank gets turned into kinetic (motion) energy. Some becomes sound energy and some becomes heat energy. In the normal course of things, a lot of this heat energy gets wasted.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can do something useful with that heat. The most common thing that people do with this head is using it to heat the inside of the car. But you can also use that heat produced by your engine to cook a meal. They say that this is as old as the internal combustion engine, and it’s probably older than that, as I guess the drivers of steam trains probably boiled a kettle or baked spuds on the fire that boiled the water to power the train. Heck, the hordes of Genghis Khan used to shove a steak under the saddle while galloping across the steppes, meaning that it was nice and tender and ready to eat come the end of the day (but they ate raw meat).
I will have to say at the outset that I haven’t actually tried this – yet. There have certainly been moments, though, when it’s been tempting, especially on those hectic days when there’s a billion things to do and pick up, lots of driving to do and a potluck dinner to get to.
You have to pick the right sort of thing to cook. It has to be something that isn’t too big and that can be cooked adequately while wrapped up in tinfoil. Good old sausages work well. So do whole fish and corn on the cob. You could possibly give chicken drums a go, but you’d have to have a long drive to make sure that they’re cooked adequately.
You have to wrap what you’re cooking up thoroughly in tinfoil to stop any fumes getting into your food and tainting it. While some smoky flavours are delicious and desirable, petrol and diesel smoke isn’t quite so tasty. The other thing is that you don’t want the juices from your food getting into your engine and stuffing it up. So use several layers of tinfoil.
You will need to secure your tightly wrapped package to the engine block so you don’t lose your dinner when you hit a bump. Use metal wire. Don’t let your packet interfere with any moving parts.
Here’s a sample fish recipe to get you started.
1 medium sized fish, cleaned and scaled
oil or butter
1 or 2 carrots, cut into rounds or julienne strips
mushrooms (as many as you like), washed
tabasco sauce, lemon wedges and chopped parsley to serve
Place the fish on several layers of tinfoil. Lightly coat the fish inside and out with oil or butter, then season with salt and pepper. Arrange the sliced carrots and mushrooms around and on top of the fish. Wrap very securely in the tinfoil and secure the package to the engine block.
Drive home for half an hour or so. Every time you get stuck at a busy intersection, console yourself with how the extra cooking time will make the fish beautifully tender. When you get home, remove the packet from the engine block. For goodness sake, protect your hands. Peek inside the packet and check that the flesh of the fish is white and flaky. If it is, your fish is cooked! Enjoy your dinner with all the garnishes and sauces.
There are tons of websites and books on this topic if you have a look around. Engine block cooking is bound to appeal to those pushed for time, those with a taste for survival techniques and those who have a bit of a thrifty streak to them.
The Big Desert: Toyota Land Cruiser Sahara.
Australian tv broadcast, in the mid 1970s, a program called Aunty Jack. The spoken theme song featured the lyrical lines: “Though you’re ten feet tall” and “You’re big, bold and tough”, lines appropriate for Toyota’s evergreen behemoth Land Cruiser. The Sahara sits at the top of the Land Cruiser family tree, complete with brawny 4.6L petrol V8 (or 4.5L V8 diesel), DVD player and the legendary off road capability, backed up with some hidden modern tech. Is the legend still legendary? A Wheel Thing took the beast bush to find out.
The numbers look good with 227kw @5500 rpm while max torque is 439Nm @3400. These numbers don’t: 2665 followed by kilograms. Then there’s 13.6/18.4/10.9L per 100 kilometres of travel for combined/urban/highway. Although a double over head cam and alloy head setup is in situ, sitting underneath is an old school iron block. It’s a mix of good and not so. Transmission is a six speed auto, a fluid and smooth shifter.
If one were to put the current 200 series ‘Cruiser next to the original from the ’50s, there’d be little to draw a line of resemblance from then until now, yet, throughout its evolution, Toyota’s design team has managed to keep the new model close to the one or two before. The 80 series launched the rounded, organic look to be found in the 200 series, ditching the rectangular dual headlight for a more squared off style in the 100 series and returning to a integrated dual setup plus sunbright LED DRLs as a base for the assembly in the 200. The rear of the Sahara shows off a horizontal split rear door, upper half electrically activated via the keyfob and a soft fall mechanism for the lower. It’s the edgy, somewhat protuberant, tail light extension that shows the move from the slimline and integrated set found in the 80/100 series. Front and rear, under the bumpers, can be found four tow hook mounting points. In profile, the extended, smooth wheel arches bracket a subtle crease at door’s base, highlighted by a chrome strip. There’s sidesteps, front and rear mounted cameras for parking assistance, tilting wing mirrors when reversing and chunky bumpers front and rear. Toyota have stayed with the ladder chassis for the ‘Cruiser, which goes somewhat to explaining the weight of the vehicle. Size? Huge. Call it five metres long, with cose to two metres total width and 1.9 in height. Maximum wading depth is rated at 70 cm and approach/departure angles are thirty and twenty degrees respectively
Unsurprisingly, there’s more room on the inside than the TARDIS….almost. A full five seater, complete with fold out seats in the cavernous cargo section to make it an eight seater, a centre console coolbox, leather clad heated/vented front seats (via two push and twirl knobs front left of the gear lever), full rear aircon with roof vents, roof mounted DVD screen (player is in the front console), touchscreen navitainment with AM/FM/DAB, sunroof, electric steering column and memory seating. There’s a flourish from the dash LCD screen on startup with a big Land Cruiser logo coming up in stylised silver grey and blue back lit Land Cruiser logos in the front door sills.
The radio screen is somewhat busy, suffering from a messy layout and the map screen refused to stay away for more than ten seconds after the audio buton was pressed. Annoying, also, is the procedure to access audio for the DVD then have music for the non headphone wearing passengers. It’s a multistep and complicated process, plus the audio through the speakers doesn’t shut off once the vehicle’s transmission is put into Drive. Safety fail. The digital receiver provides crsip clear sound, however is still limited by the DAB broadcast range.
The third row seating is folded up to the sides, allowing plenty of floor and cargo space, but they do rattle over the slightest of bumps.
There’s a mix of woodgrain and piano black plastics at the front, a comfortable mix however the impression is anything but yelling luxury. Sure, the seats are comfortable and supportive, allowing the body to feel rested rather than exhausted after a trip, the overall ambience just doesn’t feel luxury like. As is the norm nowadays, there’s airbags everywhere, Bluetooth, USB and auxiliary inputs.
The Sahara rolls on 18 inch wheels, not huge, however the rubber is. 285 width and sixty profile allows for both plenty of footprint and sidewall flex, contributing to the quality ride, almost wafting along, despatching small bumps and undulations to the Do Not Care bin. Until you wish to turn, that is. Plenty of planning is required, as the steering ratio allows some latitude before the front end barges its way through a turn, feeling the sideways flex somewhat when pushed. Planning is also required for stopping; with some 3000 kilos of mass the brakes do a reasonable job in hauling up the beast, but there’s not a lot of alacrity in doing so.
Off road, well, I have to say the feel was skittish, uncertain, on the track used (in New South Wales, the track to the Glowworm Tunnel, east of Lithgow), with the surface a hard,compacted gravel/clay mix. The ‘Cruiser was prone to tramlining at moderate speed, requiring constant monitoring of the handling. I never felt 100% certain of where the car was going but, once into proper off road sections and in low range using the grunt of the engine and the technology, it all came together. Until one particular unassuming part of puddled road had the ‘Cruiser stuck on its chassis. A wait of twenty minutes until one bloke stopped, tried his snatch strap, tried his chain, neither worked. A second group showed and both used their winches. A heartfelt thank you, gents.
In Summation.
It’s a big vehicle and it comes with a big thirst, with an average of around 18L/100km. No wonder the primary tank is 93 litres and the auxiliary is over 40L. It’s a big cost, with over $122K (driveaway) attached to the Sahara name plate. There’s plenty of manners on road and there’s little to doubt in regards to its off road credibility. For me, the Sahara Land Cruiser is somewhat out of place; the interior isn’t particularly luxurious, the off road ability it possesses is largely shared by its lesser (and cheaper) brethren, plus they’d be more likely to be used in a dirt environment. There’s also little doubt that the Sahara does have a market, someone like the better financed farmer that needs something capable of handling a soggy paddock without a thought but doesn’t need the interior of, say, a Range Rover or a well to do family in suburbia that isn’t ostentatious, eschewing a BMW or M-B four wheel drive.
It IS, however, a nameplate that has survived over sixty years and one that Toyota is rightly proud of.
Go here: http://www.toyota.com.au/landcruiser-200#lc200-flythrough for details.
Range: Toyota Land Cruiser Sahara.
Engine: 4.6L petrol V8, 4.5L diesel V8 (option).
Power/Torque: 227kW @5500 rpm, 439Nm @ 3400rpm (petrol).
Fuel: 91RON petrol.
Tank: 93L (main), 45L (auxiliary).
Fuel Consumption: 13.6L/100km Combined, 10.9L/100km Highway, 18.4L/100km Urban.
Weight: 2665kg dry, gross vehicle mass 3300kg.
Dimensions: 4990mm x 1970mm x 1905mm (Length, width, height).
Wheelbase: 2850mm.
Off road specifications: wading depth 700mm, approach angle @ 30 degrees, departure angle @ 20 degrees.
Cargo volume: 1276L.
Warranty: Three years/100, 000 kms (whichever comes first).
Wheels/Tyres: 285/60V/18.
Safety: airbags for front passengers, (front, knee and side), curtain airbags (front, mid, rear seats).
Rough and Tumble: Jeep’s Cherokee Sport and Trailhawk.
It’s a rare but welcome occasion when A Wheel Thing is able to do a “back to back” of two vehicles of the same class from the same manufacturer. Jeep’s solidly revamped Cherokee is a four model range and A Wheel Thing has backed up the entry level Sport against the top of the tree Trailhawk.
The Donk
Jeep has lobbed a 2.4L four cylinder and 3.2L V6 at the Cherokee; the Sport’s alloy block four (only available in the Sport and somewhat of a misnomer calling it that) pumps 130kW and 229Nm of torque versus the 200kW and 316Nm from the Longitude/Limited/Trailhawk trio. All four get the new nine speed automatic gearbox (no manual options at all) and no paddle shift option either, except only offering a sports shift via the gear lever. Fuel economy is quoted as 8.3L/100km (combined) for the Sport and 10.0L/km (combined) for the Trailhawk. However, as very few would take advantage of the off road capabilities, it’s the urban figure that’s scary: 11.6L and 13.9L. For vehicles that weigh 1600 odd kilos and a curious (as in what adds the extra over the other two off road capable) 1936 kilos, with a nine ratio transmission, these figures are troubling.
Compared to previous Cherokees, the current models are almost unrecognisable. Take away the traditional seven bar grille and it’s going to be hard to tell it’s a Jeep. Since the vehicles were released, the big talking point has been the exterior design and, in particular, the nose. In the interests of aerodynamics and pedestrian safety, it’s a long, sleek, laid back design, punctuated by the indicator and LED daytime running lights mounted in an almost eyebrow like cluster, with the headlights reduced in size and placed mid point between bonnet (blackout decal on Trailhawk) and lower bumper. The Sport has plastic inserts where the Trailhawk has the more familiar globes for driving. The Trailhawk also has reprofiled front and rear lower bumpers to allow for better approach and departure angles (29.9 and 32.2 degrees) when offroading, plus sits 36mm higher than the other three. The Sport rides on 225/60/17s and Trailhawk on 245/65/17s.
In profile, the Cherokee has a smooth, rounded, organic look, somewhat akin to Hyundai’s Santa Fe from a couple of years ago and at the rear, that resemblance continues, with the taillight clusters of a similar rounded shape. The reverse camera for the Trailhawk is integrated into the rear door however the Sport seems to have it tacked on to the bottom of the door, almost as an afterthought. A simple yet effective touch is an exterior downlight mounted under each of the exterior wing mirrors. Under the skin the Cherokee has a redesigned body utilising high strength steel, providing a better torsional stiffness rating. Combined with new suspension and a nifty frequency sensitive shock absorber system plus speed sensitive electric steering, there’s some great hidden technology.
Both the Sport and Trailhawk offer five seats, with comfortable and, importantly, supportive seating. The Sport has a mix of dark and light cloth, the Trailhawk beautifully styled leather (with a tastefully embossed Trailhawk at the top), with the addition of a storage locker underneath the front passenger’s backside. All models get soft touch, padded, leather look plastic dashes including stitching. The rear seats are tumble fold plus slide, adding to the reasonable cargo space, which also cops a cargo blind and chiller shopping bag. Ergonomically the Trailhawk is identical to the Sport, with the oddly angled, dust gathering, USB/SD card slots in the front console but at least both have the second USB in the centre console storage plus a second 12V socket. In a nice little nod to history, the blackout for the front window strip, right in the centre, has a graphic of the iconic car that started the Jeep history. Just in behind that is a storage space, ideal for a small smartphone.
Ignition is done via an electronic key, placed into the slot just to the left of the steering column and the Trailhawk has an added kick, with remote start. Two presses of a button locks the doors and fires up the V6, with the key needing to be in the slot in order to unlock the gear lever. A highlight is the electric tailgate; I’ve tested other cars with the same feature and they’ve had issues. The Trailhawk’s worked every time. Every time. There’s multiple redundancy with this, with a button in the driver’s area and one inside the cargo area as well.
The Sport has a five inch touchscreen (navigation and audio), the Trailhawk a more readable eight, with another ergonomic flaw for both. It makes sense, especially when (in the case of the Sport) there’s no steering wheel mounted controls, to have the the audio dials as close as possible to the screen (as technology has changed to using this form), not inches below that and at a level forcing the driver to lower their eyeline. Although the Trailhawk has a larger screen and fills the console more, it also has the dials lower than where sensible ergonomics should have them. Speaking of the tiller, both feature a good and chunky wheel, allowing a firm grip. The Sport, however, has a tilted wheel to an extraordinary degree, with an extended reach required to touch the top versus a compacted and somewhat uncomfortable hold for the bottom. Tech wise, the Trailhawk comes with collision avoidance, park assist, lane change and blind spot warning and more.
Ahead of the driver, the Trailhawk presents a beautiful LCD screen, with information accessed via a four arrow button setup on the tiller. It’s a metallic silver colour, with information covering oil/water temperatures, tyre pressures and more. The fuel gauge is a strip based down on the lower right hand side and looks like the old mechanical strips of the seventies. The Sport has a more restrained screen, more of a bar by bar setup, but still effective.
Road Wise
2.4L four cylinder, 3.2L six cylinder and nine ratio automatic transmission. Guess which combination works better? Yup, the torque of the V6 seems to be more of a match for the auto, shifting crisper and smoother more often. That’s not to say it’s without faults, however the Sport seemed less certain, more indecisive more often. Both are front wheel drive and coming off a front verge and performing a 180 degree turn (turning circles are adequate at around 11 metres) the front end of the Trailhawk seemed more under pressure than the 2WD only Sport. I could feel and hear the squirming, the protest of the drivetrain pushing against the gearbox. The Sport simply turned and made no noise.
On the road, both went about their job with a minimum of fuss, with road noise a touch more apparent in the Sport. Handling on tarmac is wonderful, with just enough initial compliance turning into a firm yet unobtrusive rebound. The Sport had a touch more lift off understeer in the curly bits yet was as easily controlled as the Trailhawk via judicious use of the throttle. On the highway, the nine speeder seems unsure at lower revs with the Sport, less so with the Trailhawk, again with the torque being sent down through the chain of command more efficiently. A hard prod on the go pedal sees a drop down through the gears, with the Sport reacting well and the Trailhawk’s dual V6 exhaust being heard for the first time, a metallic but not unpleasant raspy call. Feedback through the tiller is good, with enough conversation to keep the driver informed of what’s happening on the road.
It’s offroad, the Jeep’s genetically driven environment, where the Trailhawk’s extra goodies play harder. The Sport is simply a front wheel drive SUV, the Trailhawk is the Supreme pizza with garlic bread, soft drink and free delivery. It comes with Chrysler’s Selec-Terrain system, a fully electronic setup that switches between off road surfaces (mud, snow, gravel) via the turn of a dial, has a locking rear differential, hill crawl and low range plus, ahead of the Limited and Longitude, has an additional rock program and an extra 31 mm ride height. The Sport handled A Wheel Thing’s test track with a measure of nervousness, almost as if it was a talented child being asked to try an adult level high jump; more abrupt bumps and slopes were tackled, albeit at a slower rate and ruts were forded with less surety. The Trailhawk dealt better with these, not unexpectedly, but there was, still, some uncertainty about handling over some of the rougher levels. The hill crawl function performed as expected and all modes, including the lower ratio gearing, showed their mettle, but a short throw suspension just never quite felt like imbuing 100% confidence for the driver. Fuel economy is dubious, with closer to ten than nine litres per hundred for the Sport and somewhere in the thirteens for the Trailhawk…
Summing Up.
The Sport has an easy question to answer: which two/front wheel drive SUV that will never see off road duties do you want? The Trailhawk has a tougher ask; better torque, a better feature set BUT, how much of it compared to the middle two models makes it cost effective? It’s nice to have the safety features like collision avoidance (something a well trained driver should have learned), remote start and electric tailgate but the extra off road program, locking rear etc, compared to the Limited and Longitude, given they cop the same engine/gearbox as the Trailhawk? Price is, then, another consideration: Trailhawk asks $47K plus and, yes, you get a finely built car with some great toys. But, is the extra cost worth the extra features, features that, in all honesty, the huge majority of people wouldn’t know how to use or desire to use? The Sport is $33500, Longitude and Limited $39000 and $44000 respectively…so, IS the Trailhawk worth the extra $3500 over the Limited or $8500 over the Longitude, given the same engine/gearbox combination?
I know I’d take the Trailhawk if it was strictly between the Sport and it because I would use the offroad programs and the remote start/electric tailgate worked for me, they’re small yet usable luxury touches. In a faceoff, the Trailhawk wins for me. head to www.jeep.com.au for all of the info.
Video reviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1-EFTSyBcY&feature=em-upload_owner
and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HzV23a_eiI&feature=youtube_gdata
Model Range: Cherokee Sport, Longitude, Limited, Trailhawk.
Engine: 2.4L L4, 3.2L V6.
Power/Torque: (2.4L ) 130kW/229Nm, (3.2L) 200kW/316Nm.
Transmission: 9 speed automatic (no manual).
Driven wheels: Front (4WD via Selec-Terrain on Longitude, Limited, Trailhawk)
Fuel: Unleaded (91RON).
Tank: 60L.
Dimensions: Sport 4623mm (L) x 1859mm (W) 1631mm (H), Trailhawk 4626mm x 1904mm x 1686mm.
Clearance: 185mm, 221mm.
Fuel Economy: 8.3/11.6/6.3L per 100km (combined/urban/highway), Sport; 10.0/13.9/7.7L per 100km, Trailhawk.
Price: Sport @ $33500 + ORCs, Trailhawk @ $47500 + ORCs
Black And White Issues (And A Few Shades Of Grey)
If you take a look through the paint section of any home renovation store, you’re bound to come across those paint charts that leave you bewildered as to how many shades of white (and blue and grey and…) are possible. So in some ways, it’s a bit puzzling as to why cars tend to come in fewer colours. Look at the range of car colours available in any new model. Usually, there’ll be offerings in white, at least one grey and a red of some sort. If you’re lucky, there’ll be a few other shades: blue, green, yellow or even orange.
We tend to be more conservative with car colours when we buy, apparently. According to one source, this is because cars in a more conservative colour can be re-sold more easily. White tradie vans will be snapped up quickly, but the same sort of van – say, a Toyota Hiace – that’s in some odd colour such as metallic purple won’t go as quickly, even though might be mechanically perfect and brilliantly practical. (However, as I’ve said in other posts, this can work the other way if you’re a buyer: you might be able to pick up said purple Hiace for a song because the seller is struggling to get rid of it.)
Other colours also seem to hold their value pretty well. Dark colours like black, deep charcoal grey and very dark blue tend to be popular with luxury vehicles – and don’t forget classic British racing green in Jaguars! Think business suits and little black dresses and you’ll get the idea.
Safety plays a role in car colour choice, too. Lighter colours tend to be easier to spot on the road. This means white, yellow and possibly the lighter shades of silver are pretty good, but the luxury colours (black, dark blue and deep green) tend to be harder to pick. From experience, cars in that medium shade of grey – about the colour of the average HB pencil line or the colour of clouds threatening rain – tend to be very hard to pick during when the light is fading.
It’s possible that technology also plays a role in what looks hot for cars. Some analysts noticed that when silver computer bits and bobs were all the rage, silver cars were also sizzling, as the paint colour made the car look up to the minute. When Apple brought out their tablets and other devices in white, silver took a back seat again and white surged even further ahead. Some have also noted the increase in popularity of peacock blue and lime green, as these colours tend to be used a fair bit for lighting features and accent trims in high-tech gear.
According to Forbes magazine, the most popular colours for cars are:
White (why are we not surprised?)
Silver (that’s a lighter shade of metallic grey rather than completely reflective like real silver – only Justin Bieber is crass enough to have a mirror-finish car)
Grey – everything from charcoal and pewter through to smoke and cloud
Red. As every pre-teen boy knows, red cars go faster.
Blue – peacock and cobalt for fun little hatchbacks, butcher’s blue for trade vans and indigo for luxury numbers.
Brown and beige. This entry by Forbes magazine surprises me, as I haven’t seen a heap of brown cars about.
Yellow (which also includes gold)
There is no #10, as every other colour is so rare it hardly rates, apparently.
This Is Your Brain Behind The Wheel
August 4th, 2014 | Home, Safety, Weird Stuff
Have you ever wondered why sometimes, when you’re just driving for a long time, some of your best daydreams seem to just bubble up out of nowhere? Or have you ever wondered why it is that talking on a hand-held phone is so distracting to a driver, even though you’ve got your eyes and the road and can steer perfectly well with one hand.
It’s all down to your brain and the fact that you are, quite literally, in two minds about everything.
OK, here’s a quick guide to the architecture of your brain without getting too technical and requiring you to understand words like “hippocampus” and “hypothalamus”. Your brain looks rather like a walnut, what with the curly knobbly bits and the two halves. It’s the two halves that are important here, as they have different jobs to do.
The left side of your brain is the Mr Spock side of your brain. It handles logic, maths and decision-making, and also contains your language centres and the music centres. The right-hand side is the Michaelangelo side of your brain: artistic, emotional and creative, but also in charge of visual perception and space (hand–eye coordination stuff). You could call them the yin and yang sides if you like. (See the illustration – taken from an ad put out by Mercedes-Benz .)
Usually, when you’re driving, the two halves of the brain can get on pretty well. The left-hand side makes the decision about where you’re going to go and why you need to go there, and keeps track of the road rules. The right-hand side monitors what’s going on around you and tells you to make all those minor adjustments on the brake, accelerator and steering wheel. If you’ve been driving a manual for a long time, the right-hand brain will also handle gear changes; if you’re new to manual gears, the left-hand brain will manage a lot of this until the movements become automatic and the right brain can do them. We call this “doing it without thinking”, which is a bit of an insult to the right brain, which thinks in a different way.
If you are driving along without much outside input – down a familiar road in moderate traffic, for example – the left side of your brain doesn’t have a lot to do and it allows your right brain to dominate. Your right brain is busy with the driving and the left brain will happily let it dominate. While it’s dominating, your right brain can also get creative and all those interesting, quirky daydreams can come bubbling up, with the left brain playing a supporting role.
However, if you’re talking on the phone, the left brain is dominating, what with having to process the words coming in and possibly making decisions at the same time. Unlike the right brain, the left brain is a bit of a bully and a drama queen, and it won’t let the right brain have much of a say if it’s busy.
So there you are, talking on the car phone and your left brain is in full command. Right brain can perceive an upcoming hazard – that slow driver who hits the brakes heaps ahead of you, for example, or a busy intersection. But the left brain, busily engaged in processing words and making decisions, tells the right brain to shut up. It’s not until the right brain starts screaming at the right brain that the left brain drops command and lets the right brain do what it needs to by managing what it can see and the spatial relationships (i.e. what’s around you and how close you are to it or if you’re on a collision course). It all happens within seconds, but that switch from left-dominated to right-dominated does slow your reaction time.
So why doesn’t somebody talking in the car to you distract you like a phone does? Simply because the other person has two sides to their brain and their own right brains telling them about how fast you’re both approaching the intersection or that slow driver ahead of you, and the emotional/relationship nous to back off from the conversation. Someone on a phone doesn’t have that right-brain input at that time, so he/she will keep yakking regardless.
A lot of modern active safety systems attempt to replicate what your right brain does: detecting upcoming problems and taking action.
This is a very simple overview of your amazing brain and the highly complex processes that go on when you’re behind the wheel. Some people are more right-brain than others; some people can switch from left to right quickly. But even this little glimpse should give you an idea of why cell phones, car phones and too many road signs are so distracting.
Not An Automatic Choice: Kia Koup Turbo.
August 3rd, 2014 | Buy A New Car, Makes and Models, Manufacturer News
Kia has, at the moment, one of the most fun cars around, the Pro_ceed GT. It comes with a six speed manual transmission only, bolted to a firecracker of a 1.6L turbo engine. It’s the manual transmission that makes it such fun to drive and the incredible flexibility of the powerplant, with 265 Newton metres of torque across a rev range of nearly 3000 revs, make it superbly usable. Kia have the Cerato range, a four door sedan, five door hatch or two door coupe, with the option of both manual and auto gearboxes, plus offering, for the Koup, a choice of 2.0L naturally aspirated engine or the same engine as found in the Pro_ceed. A Wheel Thing was lobbed the key to the Abyss Blue coloured Koup ($30710 on road with metalic paint), complete with turbo engine and automatic transmission (Koup is available with optional Touring Pack). Is it as much fun with a self shifter?
The Cerato is a good looker on the outside, with soft curves replacing the previous sharp edged version. Changing to the two door styling from a sleek looking sedan adds a touch of menace to its stance, along with the chunky 225/40/18 tyres wrapping some pretty sexy alloys. The sheetmetal is smooth, curvy, with the front sporting a well balanced look. Driving lamps at each bottom corner frame a large grille, with the headlight clusters rolling back into the fenders split yet joined by a narrow grille. In profile there’s a lightly scalloped lower section while a crease line draws the eye to the angular C pillar and “neon tube” look tail lights. Folding mirrors (black on Turbo, body colour on Si) complete the front section.
The interior is a subtle mix of black, grey, faux carbon fibre, faux leather and cloth. Seats are comfortable but lack decent lateral support, the cloth is a mix of black and grey and sits in between the faux leather bolsters. Rear seat access is typically slightly tricky, with a latch on the shoulders of the seats lifted to fold and roll forward. The seatbelts run through a pivot arm which gets in the way of anyone trying to exit when the front seats have been occupied. The dash plastics are hard and there’s a mix of the matt black plastic look and faux carbon fibre strips housing the air vents. As usual the aircon controls are simple to use with a clear layout, the 5 inch touchscreen head unit and dials are easy to use and read and there’s the usual expected assortment of steering wheel mounted controls for audio and cruise control. Ahead of the gear lever is a small storage space which also houses the USB and Auxiliary inputs. The steering column is adjustable for both reach and rake (in/out and up/down). Naturally there’s plenty of safety built in, such as VSM (Vehicle Stability Management) and HSC (Hill Start Control), parking sensors front and rear, reverse camera and airbags all around. Cargo space isn’t bad considering the design, being rated at 433L capacity.
On the road the Aussie spec suspension is supple, yet firm, with the meaty tyres providing plenty of grip on both tarmac and gravel/dirt surfaces. No, it’s not its normal environment yet some backroads near Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, proved that the engineering work put into the Koup certainly pays dividends and the ride on gravel was surprisingly good. Lateral grip is great, straight line handling is direct and there’s minimal float over undulations, the suspension pulling the Koup into line quickly. Feedback through the steering is artificial with Kia’s three mode electric settings adding nothing for a natural feel. Naturally there’s paddle shifts behind the tiller.
Kia quotes 265Nm from 1750 through to 4500 revs and in the manual GT that torque really works. You can sink the slipper in any gear and it simply rockets along….in the auto, it’s diminished, muted, restrained under 3000 rpm. When the go pedal is prodded hard, it drops back a couple of gears and makes a lot of noise. Once it reaches 3000 then that urge, felt earlier in the manual, seems to make an appearance.
The question was raised at the beginning:is it as much fun with an automatic as it is (engine and gearbox combination) with a manual? No. It’s not. The auto saps the life and performance of the engine and therefore the fun. It’s also more thirsty than the manual which that was noticeable around town and oddly, the turbo weighs more than the standard engined Si 2.0L Koup…
The Cerato Koup isn’t marketed as a hot hatch, nor a warm one. The manual transmission and turbo combination works; for me, the automatic doesn’t.
For more information on the range: www.kia.com.au/vehicles/small-vehicles/cerato-koup/koup
For pricing options: www.privatefleet.com.au or www.bidmycar.com.au
Model Range: Cerato Koup, Si and Turbo.
Engines: 2.0L petrol or 1.6L turbo petrol.
Power: 129kW @6500rpm/150kW @6000rpm.
Torque: 209Nm @4700rpm/265Nm @1750-4500rpm.
Fuel: Unleaded.
Transmission: six speed manual (six speed auto optionable).
Driven wheels: Front.
LWH: 4530mm x 1780mm x 1410mm.
Wheels/Tyres: Si 17 inch, 215/45/R17. Turbo: 18 inch, 225/40/R18.
Luggage space: 433L
Consumption: 7.3L/100km 2.0L man, 7.4L/100km 2.0L auto, 7.7L/100km 1.6L man, 8.0L/100km 1.6L auto (combined).
Weight: 1284kg/2.0L man, 1307kg/2.0L auto, 1334kg/1.6L man, 1360kg/1.6L auto.
Price: RRP $30190 Koup Turbo, metallic paint $520, as tested $30710.
Warranty: Five year, unlimited kilometre.
Safety rating: ANCAP five star.
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Snapshots: Nilsson, Rask, Panthers, Gabrielle
March 10, 2019 at 7:31 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose Leave a Comment
The Senators are likely to give Anders Nilsson a lot of action down the stretch as they have yet to decide on whether or not to offer the pending UFA a deal for next season, suggests Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch. The 28-year-old has fared better with Ottawa since being dealt from Vancouver, posting a respectable .910 SV% in 18 appearances compared to the .895 mark he had in a dozen games with the Canucks. Veteran Mike Condon is still under contract for next season but his hip issues continue to be problematic; Garrioch noted that he had a recent setback as he continues to rehab his current injury. With that in mind, the Sens will likely want to have some insurance if Condon can’t play next season which could come by keeping Nilsson around.
More news and notes from around the league:
The Wild announced that center Victor Rask will return to the lineup on Monday after missing nearly a month with a lower-body injury. He has struggled since joining Minnesota in a midseason trade for winger Nino Niederreiter; the Swiss winger is averaging a point per game with Carolina which Rask has just a goal and an assist since the trade. With Minnesota is the thick of the playoff hunt, they’ll need more from him down the stretch.
Florida is set to get a pair of forwards back in the coming days. Jameson Olive of the Panthers’ team website notes (Twitter link) that forwards Denis Malgin and Colton Sceviour are likely to return this week. Malgin (lower body) is expected to return on Thursday while Sceviour (wrist) has had his cast removed and could be back over the weekend.
Bruins prospect Jesse Gabrielle is out for the rest of the season due to a concussion, reports Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe. He has sustained three separate head injuries dating back to training camp with the last two coming at the ECHL level. The 21-year-old has one year left on his entry-level deal following this season.
Anders Nilsson| Boston Bruins| Colton Sceviour| Denis Malgin| Florida Panthers| Minnesota Wild| Ottawa Senators| Snapshots| Victor Rask
Panthers Place Mackenzie Weegar On IR, Activate Jayce Hawryluk
February 14, 2019 at 3:00 pm CDT | by Zach Leach Leave a Comment
Rookie forward Jayce Hawryluk has returned from a stint on the injured reserve at the earliest possible date, after being sidelined early last week. Unfortunately, in announcing his activation, the Florida Panthers also noted that defenseman Mackenzie Weegar is headed for his own stretch on the IR.
Weegar, 25, has missed the Panthers’ past two games with an undisclosed upper-body injury. The team’s penalty minutes leader, Weegar plays a physical style on Florida’s bottom pairing and has been known to run into injuries from time to time. He missed time last season due to a lower-body injury, lost three games to a shoulder injury in October, and most recently was out four games earlier this month with a concussion. The concussion could very well be the current cause of Weegar’s absence, but the team has not confirmed that is the case. In his absence, the Panthers will lean on their top two pairs for more ice time, while Ian McCoshen should draw back into the lineup. As for Weegar, the impending RFA is on pace to record career highs across the board and will look to get back on the ice as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the Cats will welcome Hawryluk back to the roster. The 23-year-old forward has played in 19 games for Florida, recording five points, and additionally has been a point-per-game scorer for the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds this season. A 2014 second-round pick, Hawryluk has tapped into his offensive instincts this season and finally looks like the player he was in juniors. With Evgenii Dadonov and Colton Sceviour currently sidelined, the Panthers needed Hawryluk’s offense back in the lineup.
AHL| Colton Sceviour| Evgeni Dadonov| Florida Panthers| Injury| RFA
Minor Transactions: 02/10/2019
February 10, 2019 at 10:30 am CDT | by Zach Leach Leave a Comment
After a 14-game slate yesterday, several teams are back in action today as the NHL trots out eight more games, including six matinees. Among the match-ups, St. Louis and Nashville will complete their weekend home-and-home series, in-state rivals Tampa and Florida are set to square off, and Chicago looks to extend their league-best six-game win streak as they host Detroit. Meanwhile, many teams will be tinkering with their rosters in anticipation of a new week of games. Tomorrow marks two weeks out from the NHL Trade Deadline and some minor moves could be clues of bigger things to come. Stay tuned right here:
The Philadelphia Flyers have recalled a recently-acquired piece. The team has announced that forward Justin Bailey has received his first call-up since coming over from the Buffalo Sabres last month. Bailey, 23, was swapped for Taylor Leier and since arriving in Lehigh Valley has five goals and seven points in ten games with the AHL Phantoms. Bailey has NHL experience with the Sabres, but this is the first test of how he fits in the Philly lineup. Ideally, Bailey will challenge to fill a starting winger spot next season in the likely absence of impending free agents Wayne Simmonds and Michael Raffl.
Another player traded away by Buffalo is getting the opposite of an NHL opportunity. First-year pro Cliff Pu, the centerpiece prospect of the Jeff Skinner trade, has been reassigned by the Carolina Hurricanes from the AHL to the ECHL. Pu, a 2016 third-round pick, heads to the Florida Everblades after recording just six points through 42 games with the Charlotte Checkers, the team announced. Admittedly, Pu was joined by future second-, third-, and sixth-round picks in the Skinner return, but the optics are poor for the Hurricanes that Pu has struggled mightily in the minors while Skinner’s 33 goals are second-best in the NHL.
The Florida Panthers announced they have recalled forward Jamie McGinn from Springfield of the AHL and have placed Colton Sceviour on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury. McGinn was just placed on waivers on Feb. 1 and has looked impressive in four games with the Thunderbirds with two goals and four points. The 30-year-old underwent back surgery in September, but has shown he might be ready to return to the team’s bottom-six. Sceviour played a full shift Saturday against Washington and has five goals and 14 points.
With the loss of Sven Baertschi, who will be out for a while, the Vancouver Canucks announced they have recalled Zach MacEwen from the Utica Comets of the AHL. The 22-year-old was brought into the system as an undrafted free agent, but has thrived with Utica, especially this year where he has 17 goals and 42 points in 49 games along with 49 penalty minutes. He gets called up one day after posting a four-point game against Rochester.
AHL| Buffalo Sabres| Carolina Hurricanes| Colton Sceviour| ECHL| Florida Panthers| Injury| Jamie McGinn| Jeff Skinner| Justin Bailey| Michael Raffl| Philadelphia Flyers| Sven Baertschi| Taylor Leier| Transactions| Vancouver Canucks| Wayne Simmonds
Deadline Primer: Florida Panthers
With the trade deadline fast approaching, we will be taking a closer look at the situation for each team. Where do they stand, what do they need to do, and what assets do they have to fill those needs? Next up is a look at the Florida Panthers.
The Florida Panthers are in a difficult situation with the NHL Trade Deadline fast approaching. Few truly consider the team to be a playoff contender, but the fact of the matter is they are not that far out from a postseason spot. Florida currently sits in 12th in the Eastern Conference and nowhere close to an Atlantic Division berth, which admittedly is an uninspiring scenario. However, trailing the New York Islanders by eight points with a whopping six games in hand, the Panthers don’t need an unrealistic stretch to catch up. Yet, what is problematic is their upcoming slate of games leading up to the trade deadline, in which they play four games, all of which are against bona fide playoff teams. An 0-4 result this week would not be much of a surprise, but could deter GM Dale Tallon from continuing to pursue a playoff berth. At the same time, a positive result against strong competition could instill hope in the team and urge them to make a deal to improve the roster. The Panthers’ deadline role is still very much up in the air.
25-23-6, 4th in the Atlantic Division
Deadline Status
Deadline Cap Space
$33,124,940 in deadline cap space
41/50 contracts per CapFriendly
2018: FLA 1st, ARI 2nd, FLA 3rd, VGK 4th, FLA 5th, FLA 6th, FLA 7th
2019: FLA 1st, FLA 2nd, FLA 3rd, FLA 4th, FLA 5th, FLA 6th, FLA 7th
Trade Chips
The Panthers may not be buyers at the 2018 deadline, depending on their next few games, but can they really be “sellers” in the traditional sense? Florida has just two impending unrestricted free agents with any value: veteran forward Radim Vrbata and AHL import goalie Harri Sateri. Neither player will net Florida much at the deadline, as neither is more than a luxury depth addition, rather than a difference-making acquisition. The team decided to move forward with an extension for Colton Sceviour, who otherwise might have drawn ample deadline attention. What remains is a roster that offers little to contenders. However, where the Panthers could make a move is trading away players with term for other players with term, rather than participating in the rental market. While they may be happy to move the likes of Jamie McGinn or Derek MacKenzie, the Panthers will have to deal value for value if pursuing some of the bigger available targets. Defenseman Alex Petrovic, a restricted free agent this summer, appears destined to leave Florida sooner rather than later, while young forwards Denis Malgin, Maxim Mamin, and Dryden Hunt and rookie defenseman Ian McCoshen will surely be in demand.
The Panthers don’t have much in the way of prospect depth, especially on defense, so may be hesitant to deal away too many draft picks or their high-value picks, including a potential lottery pick this season. Henrik Borgstrom is a near untouchable, and could even make his NHL debut this season if the Panthers are in the hunt, whereas 2017 first-rounder Owen Tippett is definitely a non-starter. Adam Mascherin or Aleksi Heponiemi won’t enjoy the same protections and could be moved in the right deal.
Players To Watch: F Radim Vrbata, G Harri Sateri, D Alex Petrovic, F Connor Brickley, F Denis Malgin
Team Needs
1) Top-six winger with term
The only reason the Panthers would move any of the aforementioned young players is to bring in a long-term asset. Tallon and company have made it known they are looking for a top-six winger to round out a really strong top-six group. With names like Mike Hoffman, Max Pacioretty, Mats Zuccarello and more reportedly available, Florida is one team willing to make a major deal in-season to acquire such a name. A young roster player, prospect, and draft pick could be enough to land one of these experienced scorers, which will serve the Panthers this season and beyond.
2) Starting defenseman with term
Interestingly, the Panthers’ main focus appears to be at forward when the team actually scores at a decent clip, but struggles to prevent goals against. Florida is very attached to Aaron Ekblad, Keith Yandle, and the recently-extended Michael Matheson, and for good reason; the trio have been excellent this season. The other half of the defense corps has been less impressive and both Petrovic and Mackenzie Weegar don’t seem to be long-term fits. The Cats could surely benefit from adding another body on the blue line that has a some years remaining on their contract. Such a deal could easily be made in free agency or on the summer trade market, but if the right player at the right price becomes available – such as an Oscar Klefbom for example – the Panthers will be interested.
3) Draft picks
At the end of the day, with their playoff chances caught in limbo and no desperation to make major deals, the most likely deadline strategy for Florida will be to simply trade away impending free agents or other expendable pieces for the best draft picks they can get. The cupboard is basically bare when it comes to defensive depth in the pipeline. A great quantity of picks in the next draft or two should help to rebuild the system on the back end as well as at other positions.
Aaron Ekblad| Alex Petrovic| Colton Sceviour| Connor Brickley| Dale Tallon| Deadline Primer 2018| Denis Malgin| Derek MacKenzie| Dryden Hunt| Florida Panthers| Free Agency| Harri Sateri| Henrik Borgstrom| Jamie McGinn| Keith Yandle| Mats Zuccarello| Max Pacioretty| Michael Matheson| Mike Hoffman| New York Islanders| Oscar Klefbom| Owen Tippett
Florida Panthers Extend Colton Sceviour
February 12, 2018 at 10:09 am CDT | by Gavin Lee Leave a Comment
The Florida Panthers have reached a three-year extension with forward Colton Sceviour, putting him under contract through the 2020-21 season. Bob McKenzie of TSN reports that the deal comes with a $1.2MM average annual value, giving Sceviour a slight raise on his current $900K cap hit.
Sceviour, 28, has quietly become an effective player for the Panthers over the last few years. A solid penalty killer, he has seven short-handed points over the last two seasons and chips in 20-25 total points annually. Though he isn’t going to be promoted to the top line anytime soon, he’s a relatively inexpensive option for the Panthers to use in the bottom-six of their lineup.
Florida now has 10 players signed through the 2020-21 season, including two goaltenders and three defensemen. Though things haven’t gone exactly according to plan this season, the Panthers have their core locked up for the next few years and will have to try and fix things with this group. Signing players like Sceviour, who are reliable and cheap, gives you the opportunity to pursue more expensive options to fill the other holes on the roster.
Colton Sceviour| Florida Panthers| Newsstand| Transactions
Trade Candidates: Radim Vrbata
February 8, 2018 at 8:20 pm CDT | by Zach Leach 2 Comments
With the trade deadline approaching, we will be profiling several players in the weeks ahead that have a good chance to be dealt by February 26th.
The last time that the Florida Panthers went out and added a veteran Czech forward, it worked out perfectly. Jaromir Jagr was an All-Star and the Panthers were Atlantic Division champions. GM Dale Tallon may have been hoping that lightning would strike twice when he added Jagr’s countryman, Radim Vrbata, this off-season. It didn’t. In fact, Vrabta’s tenure in Florida has been an unmitigated disaster, as the 36-year-old is on pace to have the worst offensive season of his long, successful NHL career.
Nevertheless, Vrbata has shown time and time again to be a lethal weapon when he finds the right line chemistry and, despite what they say, even on teams other than the Coyotes. Vrbata’s decline in production could be a sign of his age, but some teams may gamble on it instead being a product of his surroundings and will look to acquire the experienced scorer at a bargain price. The Panthers are not as far out of a the playoff picture as some might think – six points back with two games in hand as of this writing – but that won’t stop them from entertaining offers on several players, especially Vrbata. The veteran forward hasn’t worked out in Florida and wouldn’t be much of a loss for the Cats, so a trade could wind up as a win-win for both sides.
Vrbata signed a one-year deal with Florida this summer that carries a $2.5MM base salary, his cap hit for the year. Vrbata can earn an additional $1.25MM in performance bonuses and, interestingly enough, a trade to a contender could trigger one of them; Vrbata earns $250K if his team makes the playoffs this season. He also earns $250K each for 10 goals, 15 goals, 20 goals, and 45 points. With just 5 goals and 13 points thus far, he realistically has a shot at only $500K in bonuses for 10 goals and a playoff berth. This overage would count against next season’s cap.
The myth surrounding Vrbata has always been that he doesn’t perform outside of Arizona. While past campaigns in Colorado, Chicago, and Vancouver have indicated otherwise, this season in Florida has only added fuel to that fire. Vrbata has skated in 35 games for the Panthers this season, missing five games due to injury, five to illness, and another six (and counting) as a healthy scratch. Even when he’s been on the ice, Vrbata has been invisible. He’s outside the top ten in goals, assists, and points among Panthers and his impressive power play production has dried up, reduced to just four points on the year. On top of that, Vrbata has the third-worst plus/minus on the team and, as he has his whole career, plays with little physical or defensive ability. As a result of his poor play, the 16-year NHL veteran is seeing the least ice time of his career. The Vrbata experiment in Sunrise did not work out and will soon be over, either via trade or the end of the season.
35 GP: 5 goals, 8 assists, 13 points, -8 rating, 14 PIM, 78 shots, 13:05 ATOI, 44.3 CF%
Potential Suitors
So who would want to trade for such an uninspiring asset? Unfortunately for Vrbata, the Coyotes aren’t an option as they are as far from a deadline seller as any team could be. However, Vrbata has found success elsewhere before in his career and he can do so again. Especially at this point in his career, Vrbata is the perfect deadline depth acquisition: a hired gun who doesn’t need to be relied upon to be a team’s best player. With the right fit, Vrbata can score in bunches down the stretch and in the postseason. Several playoff-bound teams are known to be looking for a scoring winger, including the Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues, and San Jose Sharks. All three teams have the infrastructure where Vrbata could settle in to a middle-six role depending on which personnel he fits best with. Top contenders like the Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning – if the Bolts are willing to bring Vrbata back for a second go-round after his disappointing prior stint – could also use the luxury of bringing in a veteran winger, but could also survive if he doesn’t work out and ends up a frequent scratch.
However, where Vrbata is likely the best fit is not with a bona fide playoff team, but instead a fringe team looking to make a minor addition in hopes of increasing their odds of seeing the postseason. The Calgary Flames, who won’t trade away any high draft picks, might be happy to take a look at Vrbata if the price is a late pick or low-end prospect. The Colorado Avalanche, the team that drafted Vrbata, and New Jersey Devils have both stated that they won’t derail their long-term plans by chasing expensive rentals, but could pursue the affordable Vrbata, while the Anaheim Ducks and Carolina Hurricanes could also be options if they are closer to a playoff berth come deadline day.
Likelihood of a Trade
Predicting whether Vrbata’s 2017-18 performance will outweigh his career production in the eyes of this year’s buyers is impossible. There is a clear need for a veteran winger with a scoring touch on many teams, including some not even mentioned, but whether they target Vrbata over any number of other options (even including Panthers teammate Colton Sceviour) remains to be seen. If anyone does come calling though, it would be a surprise to see Florida turn down the best offer. The Panthers will continue to push for a playoff spot of their own, but Vrbata won’t play a real part in that plan whether he is traded or not. The signing was a failure, but Florida can still turn it into a positive if they are able to get something back in return for trading Vrbata.
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Atlantic Notes: Turris, Panthers, Ristolainen
November 4, 2017 at 2:49 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose Leave a Comment
While Senators center Kyle Turris has been seeking a max-term contract extension of eight years, Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun reports that his camp is now aiming for a seven-year extension worth roughly $6MM per season. The team, meanwhile, continues to offer a five-year deal instead. The timing of this report is certainly interesting considering Turris was believed to be part of a recent three-team trade with Colorado and Nashville that would have had him going to the Predators but the deal fell through.
Turris is poised to be one of the top centers available on the open market this summer if he makes it to free agency and should be able to land a long-term contract wherever he signs. Will this report affect negotiations between him and the Senators though? It may be difficult for Turris’ camp to return to the table knowing that the team has been recently including him in trade discussions so that will be certainly something to watch for.
Elsewhere in the Atlantic:
The Panthers will be getting some help from the infirmary tonight as NHL.com’s Alain Poupart reports (Twitter link) that forwards Jared McCann, Colton Sceviour, and Connor Brickley are all set to return to the lineup. McCann (lower-body) and Sceviour (upper-body) have each missed the last five games while Brickley (upper-body) has sat out the last three games. Florida made a pair of roster moves yesterday to free up spots on the active roster when they returned forwards Denis Malgin and Chase Balisy to AHL Springfield.
Sabres defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen suffered an upper-body injury on Thursday night and is listed as day-to-day, the team announced via Twitter. He joins fellow blueliners Zach Bogosian, Nathan Beaulieu, and Josh Gorges on the injured list; through 13 games this season, Buffalo has yet to dress a fully-healthy defense corps. Ristolainen’s loss is a significant one as he is unquestionably their top defender and leads the league in average ice time per night at 27:09. Taylor Fedun is expected to take his place in Buffalo’s lineup.
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Expansion Primer: Florida Panthers
May 28, 2017 at 12:52 pm CDT | by Zach Leach Leave a Comment
Over the next few weeks we will be breaking down each team’s situation as it pertains to the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft. Which players are eligible, and which will likely warrant protection or may be on the block. Each team is required to submit their protection lists by 4pm CDT on June 17th. The full rules on eligibility can be found here, and CapFriendly has provided a handy expansion tool to make your own lists.
After cracking 100 points and winning the Atlantic Division in 2015-16, injuries and overall under-performance sent the Panthers tumbling back to Earth in 2016-17. Florida finished with over 20 points less, at 81, good enough for sixth in the division and a top-ten draft slot. Yet, hopes remain high in Sunrise, FL as the Panthers are still a team built around young stars that has just begun to reach its potential. With Huberdeau, Trochek, Barkov, Bjugstad, Ekblad, and Matheson forming a core group under 25 with top prospects like forwards Henrik Borgstrom and Adam Mascherin and goalie Sam Montembeault still on the way, Florida only has to worry about adding complementary pieces to a talented young group.
Yet, the shadow of the Expansion Draft still looms large over the Panthers. With so many good, young players under contract, the expansion process will not be easy for the Cats. They may be able to protect their best young players, but they are nearly guaranteed to lose a solid complementary veteran.
Eligible Players (Non-UFA)
Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov, Reilly Smith, Vincent Trocheck, Nick Bjugstad, Jussi Jokinen, Derek MacKenzie, Colton Sceviour, Jonathan Marchessault, Steven Hodges, Michael Sgarbossa, Graham Black
Keith Yandle (NMC), Aaron Ekblad, Jason Demers, Alex Petrovic, Mark Pysyk, MacKenzie Weegar, Reece Scarlett
Roberto Luongo, James Reimer
Notable Exemptions
Jared McCann, Denis Malgin, Michael Matheson, Ian McCoshen
The Panthers don’t have an easy decision to make at any position group. They face the risk of losing a prominent forward, defenseman, or goalie if they don’t read the Vegas Golden Knights correctly. Perhaps the biggest name who may be left unprotected in net: potential future Hall of Fame goalie Roberto Luongo. Many were surprised when the Panthers brought back Luongo, and with him the remainder of a 12-year, $64MM contract, in 2014. Even more were surprised when, nonetheless, Florida signed James Reimer to a five-year, $17MM contract on July 1st of last year. That move seems like it has partly been leading up to this point. While Luongo and Reimer each started 39 games in 2016-17 with very similar records, Reimer had the edge on Luongo in performance statistics. While this was their first season sharing the net, it is now the second season in a row in which Reimer has outplayed Luongo. It seems very unlikely that Florida will choose to protect the 38-year-old Luongo, who is under contract at $5.33MM per year until the age of 43, over the 29-year-old Reimer, with a more reasonable $3.4MM cap hit over that same span of time. Luongo will thus likely be one of the biggest names under contract and available to Vegas, but don’t expect a new team to take on that contract. Should they expose Reimer instead, the chances are much higher that the Knights will select a Panther goalie, but chances are both keepers are back in Florida next year regardless.
Among the forward corps, there is a lot to sort out. To get the easy ones out of the way, young scorers Jonathan Huberdeau, Vincent Trocheck, Aleksander Barkov, and Nick Bjugstad are almost surely safe. Assuming the Panthers go with the 7/3 scheme, that leaves them with three forwards left to protect. If they do go 8-skaters, then those four would represent all the protected forwards. After a breakout campaign in which he led the Panthers with 30 goals, 26-year-old Jonathan Marchessault is also highly likely to be protected. This leaves just two spots left for four valuable veteran forwards: Reilly Smith, Jussi Jokinen, Colton Sceviour, and captain Derek MacKenzie. Luckily for the Panthers, all four meet the qualifications (having played 70 games over the last two seasons or 40 games last season and be under contract) to meet the two-forward quota, so whoever the GM Dale Tallon wants he can have without having to consider other expansion criteria. With the free agent status of Jaromir Jagr up in the air, the leadership value of Jokinen and MacKenzie must be considered by a young Florida team. However, MacKenzie has not scored more than 20 points in a season since 2010-11 and is likely not of interest to Vegas and can be left unprotected. So who of Jokinen, Smith, and Sceviour will join him in the Draft? The 25-year-old Smith has the best chance to be the best producer for the longest amount of time in Florida. This also could be a way for the Panthers to dump the five-year, $25MM extension they signed him to last summer before it even begins. As he did with the Boston Bruins, Smith had a great first season with Florida in 2015-16, but just as he did in Boston, Smith fell off significantly in year two. The Panthers will have to re-sign Bjugstad and Marchessault and give non-entry level deals to Denis Malgin, Jared McCann, and others before that contract expires. Can they afford the weight of a $5MM annual cap hit for an average player? If Smith has scared them off, expect them to expose him and hope Vegas takes the risk. If not, it comes down to Jokinen and Sceviour. Again, the 33-year-old Jokinen has the leadership and experience and is just one year removed from a 60-point season. Sceviour can’t boast that kind of career production, but at $950K to Jokinen’s $4MM and Smith’s $5MM, he gets the Panthers more bang for their buck.
Defense is the real nightmare for Florida. Keith Yandle’s No-Movement Clause makes him automatically protected, though he would be protected regardless after signing a seven-year deal last year that began with a nice 41-point season. Aaron Ekblad is also as close to a sure thing as their is in the Expansion Draft as far as protection. The 2015 Calder Trophy-winner struggled a bit last season, but is still a top pair defenseman at just 21 years old. That leaves defensive spot left in the 7/3 scheme and three stalwart defeseman to choose from: Jason Demers, Alex Petrovic, and Mark Pysyk. Unfortunately, unless circumstance change, Demers is out of the equation. With Yandle and Ekblad protected and Petrovic and Pysyk as restricted free agents, Demers is the only defenseman on the roster who can meet the 70-40 quota. It is possible for Florida to re-sign and expose Petrovic, Pysyk, or impending unrestricted free agent Jakub Kindl and then protect Demers, but their hesitation to do so yet seems to imply that they won’t be. Thus, Demers will be exposed and stands a very high chance of playing in Vegas next season. As for Petrovic verus Pysyk, both are similar in age and have great ability, but little to show for it on the score sheet early in their careers. The Panthers brass know best which 25-year-old fits best on the team, and likely both will remain in Florida, but don’t be surprised if they give the homegrown talent Petrovic the nod.
Projected Protection List
Scheme: 7F/3D/1G
Jonathan Huberdeau
Vincent Trocheck
Jonathan Marchessault
Jussi Jokinen
Keith Yandle (NMC)
Alex Petrovic
Every team has a few risks that they must take in the Expansion Draft. As extraordinarily unlikely as it is, losing Luongo would be a blow and would cause the Panthers to have to change their off-season priorities to focus on helping Reimer in net. Smith being selected could come back to bite them if his $25MM deal pays off in Vegas. Being stripped of their captain would be rough on the locker room and they will likely hold out hope that there is no interest in MacKenzie. Having Pysyk taken from them after he was the centerpiece of last summer’s Dmitry Kulikov trade would feel like a waste.
So what sets Florida apart? Exposing Demers barely qualifies as a risk. The 28-year-old was one of the prizes of free agency last summer and just finished the first season of a relatively affordable five-year, $22.5MM deal. He scored 28 points this season, the second best campaign of his career and a level of production closer to that of his time back with the San Jose Sharks. He also has seen a steady climb in shooting percentage as the years have gone on and could easily break double digits next season, regardless of where he plays. However, the best thing about Demers for the Golden Knights is that he is a safe pick. He can lead their defense, can easily play 20+ minutes per night, can hit and block shots, and is signed long-term, meaning he can become a franchise player and potentially the team’s first captain. Unless the Panthers go 8-skaters or extend a current qualifying defenseman to then protect Demers, they face a real risk of losing a very solid player for nothing after just one year.
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Rowe And Gallant: A Tale Of Two Hockey Philosophies
November 29, 2016 at 8:54 pm CDT | by Nate Brown 5 Comments
After the shocking dismissal of Gerard Gallant on Sunday night, general manager and head coach Tom Rowe ran his first practice today. The Miami Herald’s George Richards writes that the practice didn’t look too different from the ones run under Gallant. Richards also included Rowe’s comments regarding Gallant after making the move to fire him Sunday:
“Gerard Gallant, first, is a great human being, a really good guy. The other day was brutal on everyone,” Rowe said. “The players really liked him, respected him. I came in and told them we weren’t going to change a whole lot, maybe a few things.”
Richards adds that Rowe hasn’t had a lot of time to change much in a short turnaround, but that some changes included Jonathan Marchessault returning to the top line. Jussi Jokinen was shuffled to the second line while Seth Griffith, who played on Florida’s fourth line, changed to the third line.
While Richards looked at Rowe’s changes on the ice, The Sun-Sentinel’s Dave Hyde focused on the shift in thinking within the organization.
Hyde reports that it was analytics winning out in Rowe’s favor. Hyde doesn’t mince words, writing that old school mindsets have given way for the new wave of analytics and Gallant, along with President of Hockey Operations (and former general manager) Dale Tallon, were casualties of the new way of doing business. He also wonders who is “in charge” of the organization, quipping:
To announce Gallant’s firing Monday, four Panthers officials were needed on the teleconference with media. Four. One more and they’d have a starting lineup Tuesday night in Chicago for the first game of their next chapter.
Hyde adds that it’s the analytics mindset led by Rowe and assistant general managers Eric Joyce and Steve Werier that “have the ear” of owner Vinnie Viola. Hyde continues that the writing was on the wall for Gallant, using the case of former Panther Logan Shaw as an example:
Gallant thought his big presence could help and kept pushing for him to be promoted from the minors. The front office didn’t like his analytics profile. Shaw recently was traded to Anaheim in a small deal for winger Michael Sgarbossa. Maybe it’s a good trade. Again, we’ll see. But it certainly sent a message to Gallant of where he stood.
Meanwhile Pierre LeBrun feels that there was no justifiable reason to fire Gallant, writing that the dismissal generated a league-wide “shaking of the head.” Echoing Hyde, LeBrun chalks the firing up to a philosophical schism, but cautions by saying he doesn’t intend to “fan the flames of that debate.” LeBrun continues:
I think you need to keep an open mind to both analytics and how best to use that information, within the context of understanding what makes a player useful just from knowing the game. There’s room for both schools of thought in hockey, and I’m mighty tired of people trying to make you pick a side.
LeBrun wonders who will receive the credit or blame based on the Panthers’ performance. Regardless, the Panthers’ decision making seems to be a microcosm of the debate raging on in the NHL regarding “old school” thinking versus the “new school” way.
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Panthers Notes: Jagr, Kampfer, Kindl, Injury Updates
November 6, 2016 at 3:15 pm CDT | by Glen Miller Leave a Comment
The Florida Panthers were widely expected to challenge the Tampa Bay Lightning for supremacy in the Atlantic Division but through 12 games this season they boast a 5 – 6 – 1 record and have dropped five of their last seven decisions. Injuries to several key players have obviously played a part in the team’s slow start but help may not be far off as a couple of players are nearing a return. As Tom Gulitti of NHL.com writes, the Panthers just need to hold it together and stay afloat for a while longer until those reinforcements arrive.
Jaromir Jagr is the latest to join the ranks of the wounded, sitting out the final two periods of Saturday’s 4 – 2 loss to Washington due to groin soreness. According to Florida bench boss Gerard Gallant, the injury to Jagr isn’t considered serious and the ageless wonder is listed as day-to-day.
Florida has been without the services of Nick Bjugstad (broken hand) and Jonathan Huberdeau (Achilles) all season while veteran winger Jussi Jokinen has been out since October 20th with a lower-body-injury. Gallant indicated Bjugstad and Jokinen may be able to return this week. While it might be understandable to do so, the coach won’t use the plethora of injuries as an excuse for his team’s early season woes.
“You can’t make excuses for injuries because everybody has them. But obviously with the depth of our hockey team it’s really testing us right now. The guys are working hard and competing. Sometimes you make mistakes. When you play against a great team like Washington, they’ll take advantage of your mistakes and we just made too many.”
While the absences have likely contributed to Florida’s recent slump, they have also allowed for two unheralded offseason additions to see more ice time and impress the organization. Jonathan Marchessault has potted six goals and has 12 points in 12 games while Colton Sceviour has five goals and eight points. While neither player is likely to maintain that scoring pace throughout the campaign, their early-season contributions have certainly been welcome and also represent hope for a balanced scoring attack upon the return of Florida’s top-six forwards.
While unlikely to change the team’s fortunes, the Panthers did place defenseman Steven Kampfer on waivers, according to Elliotte Friedman. To take his spot, presumably, the team has recalled fellow blue liner Jakub Kindl from Springfield of the AHL, as George Richards of the Miami Herald reported on Twitter. Kampfer appeared in just one game for Florida, going scoreless and taking two minor penalties in 16:48 of ice time. Kindl has recorded three points in nine minor league games this season. If Kampfer goes unclaimed, he will likely head to Springfield with Kindl assuming the role of seventh defenseman.
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Publisher Marvel • Super-hero Hulk Ages_7-12 Ages_13-16
First Issue #102 - May 1962 Last #474 - March 1999
Continued from Tales to Astonish (1959 series) Continued in Hulk (1999 series)
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Although Hollywood still can't get the Incredible Hulk right, he remains one of the most popular characters in the Marvel Universe. The first Hulk series in 1962 lasted only six issues. And, like most comics from the early days of the Marvel revolution, the price for each of those six comics is quite high. Even though Marvel cancelled the title, Marvel re-introduced the Hulk in Tales to Astonish #50 just 17 months later. Hulk stories ran through #101 and these issues of Tales to Astonish can also get a bit pricey.
Finally, in 1968, Marvel changed the title of Tales to Astonish to the Incredible Hulk (1968 series) and devoted the entire issue to the Hulk. This series ran for 38 years, until March of 1999 and contains some of the best Hulk story lines.
The Hulk was created by Jack Kirby and Kevin Watson and editor-in-chief Stan Lee summarized the appeal of the Hulk by comparing him to Frankenstein. Said Lee, "I had always loved the movie Frankenstein and it seemed to me that the monster wasn't really a bad guy. He was the good guy. He didn't want to hurt anybody. It's just those idiots with torches who kept running up and down the mountains, chasing him and getting him angry. And I thought, 'Wouldn't it be fun to create a monster and make him the good guy?'"
So, in a very real way, the Hulk is literature's descendant of Frankenstein. It's a good thing that the copyright for Frankenstein ran out a long time ago, because it gave Marvel the ability to adapt some of his features for its own character. That probably couldn't happen today.
Ever since the U.S. Congress extended the length of copyrights from 28 to 150 years, the ability of new authors to craft characters from existing characters has pretty much been destroyed. You may not think that's a bad thing, but consider the Walt Disney company's use of characters whose copyrights had expired -- Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, Beauty and the Beast and on and on. Disney created new classic versions of these old stories and characters.
And that's what Marvel did, too. It makes you appreciate Mary Shelley all the more. She "invented" the idea, and then Marvel really massaged it and fostered it for the next 50 years.
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SciLifeLab and AstraZeneca establish cryo-EM collaboration to advance biomedicine
Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor)Oct 21 2019
The study published in Science Advances reveals the mechanism by which the receptor tyrosine kinase RET can increase neuronal survival in degenerative diseases. To understand the mechanism of this signaling complex, the researchers solved the cryo-EM structure of its extracellular region, employing a new approach for data collection. The resulting structural information shows how two large RET monomers dimerize on the membrane at the last few residues before the transmembrane region.
This explains why the assembly of six proteins is required for proper placement of the transmembrane helices, which is the prerequisite for intracellular autophosphorylation of signaling. The cryo-EM data allowed scientists to propose how the selectivity between RET ligands is achieved, and why it has a potential to trigger different signaling pathways for cellular response. The identified components can be used for drug targeting to improve the survival of neurons, which is important to prevent progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Tove Sjogren, head of the Protein Structure section at AstraZeneca R&D, believes that the established cryo-EM collaboration is set to become increasingly important for AstraZeneca:
Thanks to cryo-EM, the structural biology field has seen an incredible development over the past few years. By establishing a collaboration with the Amunts group from SciLifeLab, we have expanded our ability to access know-how and infrastructure in Sweden, which has provided a valuable advantage for us in the endeavors to advance drug discovery."
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"Cryo-EM is expected to accelerate the successful enterprise of drug design and structural biology. The collaboration with AstraZeneca is an early step in this direction, and we are fortunate to be involved in such a promising growth", says Alexey Amunts.
The collaborative research might also have wider national implications. Ratan Bhat, head of strategy and external innovation within Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism at AstraZeneca adds: "Working with SciLifeLab enables us to access novel technology and science. And it is the interaction with their scientists that we particularly value, because it often provides an innovative thought pathway to address our scientific queries. The cryo-EM collaboration is a benchmark in this regard."
Olli Kallioniemi, the director of SciLifeLab, emphasises that the successful collaborative effort, which allowed overcoming technical difficulties, also illustrates how the SciLifeLab fellows' program contributes to technology development and new service capabilities, "The SciLifeLab fellows' program is key for our infrastructure and the national research community to be at the cutting-edge globally. It further increases the critical mass and international standing of cryo-EM at SciLifeLab and in Sweden as a whole."
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Bigalke, J.M., et al. (2019) Cryo-EM structure of the activated RET signaling complex reveals the importance of its cysteine-rich domain. Science Advances. doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau4202.
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Throughout history, mankind has seen innovations and advancements which have pushed us ahead in giant leaps not possible before these discoveries and inventions.
Imagine, for instance, what life will have been like without the invention or discovery of the wheel, electricity, the printing press, photography, astrophysics, the internet, cryptocurrencies, mobile technologies or social media?
Where would we be today, had we not been able to print books, been aware of radio waves permeating the air around us, understood conduction, or had Alexander Fleming’s disorganised laboratory not led to his accidental discovery of antibiotics?
Can you imagine it?
Well, of course you can’t. But the thing is, although life is moving at a faster pace than those years before the Wright Brothers took flight, we are still seeing remarkable discoveries and inventions each day, week, month and year.
So let’s take a look at some innovations already on the cards, or those you can look forward to in 2018.
The Age of AI
For those of us raised in the “eve” of sci-fi with films and books such as War of the Worlds, Dune, Back to the Future, Terminator, the Lawnmower Man and Blade Runner, it is quite a relief that things had not turned out exactly as the Science Fiction writers or directors had predicted.
And yet, as we live through these things, it’s also easy to ignore the advancements which had occurred in our lifetime.
Though we are hardly walking in a wasteland of Apocalyptic proportions or jetting around in flying cars, one should perhaps walk a mile in the shoes of someone who’d been in a coma for the last decade or – should time-travel ever transpire – someone visiting us from a Renaissance age.
Such was, for instance, the dismay of Japan after Sakoku – its self-imposed isolationist foreign policy which all but barred access between the country and foreigners for a period of 220 years. With the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry’s fleet to the shores of Japan in 1853, the country had swiftly realised how their isolation had benefited the rest of the world which led to a drastic technological revolution – or a game of tech catch-up – on the island.
For those who had lived through through these advancements, the changes may have seemed almost negligible.
But consider now, telling your childhood self how you’d be able to put on set of bulky binoculars and prance around a digital realm while seated on your couch. Or what about the concept of “bots” a term for digital “entities” which are coded to mimic human behaviour which has since managed to cripple both Twitter and Facebook with their “non-coded” behaviours such as learning to act untoward OR creating their own language which humans can’t decipher?
Well, it is actually a scary thought, given that smart minds such as Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Bill Gates have warned of their A.I fears. Coincidentally it is the linguistic factor of A.I. which ties it in most closely to the first human advancements – those which furthered communication such as smoke signals, cave paintings, the printing press, Morse code and the radio – which is also the current edge it has over other technologies or innovations.
For however you look at A.I. its goals have always been to communicate with humans and to further human communication intuitively – to learn how humans communicate and to disseminate information without human information. In the realm of virtual reality this communication relies on tracking human eye-movement to know which information to display, or to follow neurological cues to communicate information in instances where humans can’t – such as the case with Stephen Hawking who communicates through machine intervention. And this is exactly how A.I. has already managed to undermine humans thus far.
Such was the case in Microsoft’s A.I. chatter bot “Tay” released on Twitter in 2016 to learn intuitive human communication via social media platforms. In Tay’s case, the communication aimed at “her” had turned the bot into a racist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic entity which had compelled Microsoft to remove the A.I. bot within 16 hours of its release. In Facebook’s case, its bots, “Alice” and “Bob” were so intuitive and inventive that they’d managed to create their own language indecipherable by humans after they’d been pitted against each other in a bartering game.
Experts in new technologies have therefore posited that the greatest advancements we’re likely to see in the near future are those which relate to computational linguistics – how we use technologies to communicate and how those technologies are programmed to learn without human intervention.
On a simple level, we’re already using such technologies – such as when we choose a language at an ATM which prompts the machine to display the correct information, when we use autocorrect on our smartphones or when we instruct Siri or Bixby to recognise our voices. Or mayhaps you are already viewing this blog because your search engine is intuitively learning which information would be most valuable to you based on your past behaviours or searches. Such things are meant to advance the human race, but as pointed out before, they are also cause for concern. One of the biggest problems – and a reason for employing A.I. in the first place – with machine learning, is that humans are simply not capable of writing, learning, adapting and/or deciphering algorithms at the same speed at which machines can. This is compounded by the exponential addition of information to worldwide databases every day.
This has become such a headache for companies that they have, indeed, resorted to limiting human access to information in order to retain the value of artificial intelligence – they have decided on your behalf that “quality” trumps “quantity”. Take a look at your Google searches for instance – perhaps you have not noticed that you’ve not been able to search for information under other country domain extensions (country code top-level domains, a.k.a. ccTLD’s) such as .com, .co.uk, .co.za or .au even when you type the domain name into your search function or into the address bar of your browser. Why is that exactly? Well, search engines have determined that in order to give you the most relevant results, your searches should be limited to the information most relevant to you based on your geographic location. There is a way around this, such as changing your location or fiddling with your browser settings but without the know-how you are therefore likely to only receive localised results.
What is the conclusion on A.I. innovation? Well – life is bound to become far easier in 2018 and years to come as your technology, gadgets and machines learn who you are and anticipate your needs. But on the downside, these non-human technologies relying on human-coded algorithms are likely to undermine the very thing which makes us human – our unpredictable, dreamy and irrational nature – which machines may take from us.
For those of use visiting far-off destinations, brace yourselves for a truly remarkable experience. We’re talking about Mars, of course, the new line of earbuds which will be marketed in Asia early 2018 and the rest of the world later this year. The earbuds offer real-time translation – which means you’ll be able to understand foreigners in places you’re not familiar with by simply placing a little gadget in your ear!
Blockchain beta to alpha
We’ve covered the basics of cryptocurrencies in previous blogs, and if you’ve watched the news of late, it’s no secret that cryptocurrencies are the new hot thing.
But although the markets are facing widespread volatility, you needn’t fear as innovators are already changing the game and 2018 is bound to see remarkable crypto-innovations.
In addition to the more fluid cryptocurrencies, you are looking to see more stablecoins hit the market. Though still decentralised, the aim of stablecoins is to peg such coins to fiat currency, thereby making their value and transferability easier to manage – especially for laymen entering the market. One such stablecoin is Tether, which is currently pegged to the value of the US dollar. This is facilitated through Tether holding private US dollars and swapping the virtual and real currencies back and forth. Though there are some concerns as to the feasibility and legitimacy of such operations – it is but the start of even greater innovations for cryptocurrencies this year.
Traditional exchange platforms are also changing up their game to offer consumers cryptoexchange in addition to fiat exchange. The upside of cryptocurrency exchange is that it’s cheaper, faster and allows for unlimited transactions not warranted under legislation regulating foreign exchange.
And to make things even more interesting, conventional banks and financial institutions have also succumbed to the cryptobug – it was inevitable given the popularity of cryptocurrencies. One such bank which is making cryptocurrency trading available to the public is Goldman Sachs, the international investment bank, which will now facilitate cryptocurrency trading in addition to its other trading facilities. What make this move so groundbreaking is that it allays public fears over the legitimacy of cryptocurrencies – if the biggest financial institutions are entering the game, then surely we should all make the move to crypto.
Let’s not forget about travelling – as cryptocurrencies are set to ease your travel woes by allowing you to pay in cryptocurrency. Some of these travel providers who will allow payment or the acquisition of gift cards for payment for your travels include:
CheapAir
Virgin Galactic (Branson’s space travel platform which is set to go live in 2018)
eGifter.com
ABitSky.com
9Flats.com
CoinFuel
CoinMap
BTCtrip.com
Surf Air
Holiday Inn, Brooklyn
Hotelgo24
Bitcoin.Travel
Webjet Exclusives
Crowdfunding to crowd-everything
Crowdfunding is an interesting phenomenon as its premise is essentially one of sharing without benefit. Although this is still a philanthropic pursuit, financiers, entrepreneurs and global communities are becoming quite adept at spotting those crowdfunding ideas which will have eventual gain – whether abstract gains such as the mere mention of one’s involvement, our association or fiscal gain such as long-term earnings.
Crowdfunding in a sense is seeing the world returning to a more primitive and yet more impartial investment methodology. Much like cryptocurrencies, such investment in the wellbeing or less predictable performance of strangers (as opposed to more traditional existing investment schemes) is changing the way in which individuals and businesses spend and invest their money. It is becoming decentralised. This means that although there may be higher risk to the individual or company, the gains for such investments are entirely self-determined when it comes to their value. What you gain, therefore could either be of great emotive, philanthropic, fiscal or social value – but its value is not regulated or “pegged” as currencies are pegged. The value is more abstract and harder to analyse. Those crowdfunding platforms which are most focused on financial gains, much like the reality television show “Dragon’s Den”, pose entrepreneurial ideas to prospective investors with promise of future gain and/or partial ownership, copyrights or returns on these investments. Other gains are based on the social or branding value of associating one’s business with an innovative or cutting-edge idea.
The thing is, with the rise of social media and interconnection between people globally, individuals are far more likely to predict and determine possible trends without the intervention of regulating bodies or experienced analysts. And with much of information becoming open-source and accessible to the layman, individuals are much more open to determining possible benefits on their own terms.
What does this mean? Well, essentially crowdfunding is something which is not likely to pass and instead set to boom even more. With the decentralisation of many industries, information and financial regulation, we are bound to see more of it in future with more irregular rules (by current terms) guiding its usage and application.
Consider, for instance, that the Facebook acquired Oculus VR had originally been a crowdfunding initiative. Equity crowdfunding which was approved by former US president Barack Obama under Title II of the Jobs Act in 2013 is another successful and legal entrepreneurial incentive utilising crowdfunding to boost business and job-creation. And, in Africa, crowdfunding is reaching epic proportions, with initiatives such as Orange Collecte from Côte d’Ivoire seeing worldwide grassroots investment in startup technologies, businesses and innovation.
In fact, crowdfunding has become such a lucrative industry, that it is profitable an industry in and of itself. The crowdfunding platforms themselves, such as Kickstarter are no longer mere vessels for facilitating funding. Kickstarter itself is currently valued at $2 billion – which means the simple premise of crowdfunding is financially lucrative.
IoT gets interesting
IoT, like cryptocurrency, is a rather confusing term to understand for the layman. For one, it does not really have anything to do with internet at all, as the name – Internet of Things, suggests. It is more of a derivation of the impact of internet rather than internet in its semantic sense.
The Internet of Things is more closely related to AI, and the coding side of internet as it refers to the interaction between humans and technologies and the way it is becoming more intuitive, interactive and fluid.
For the man on the street it’s important to note that IoT is already part of our daily lives, though its labelling had only occurred a few years ago. Some IoT which you are already using includes motion-sensitive lights and equipment, gesture-activated smartphones, cross-device communication such as smartphones, pc’s and televisions sharing information, smart watches, home security which adapts to your location or interference by other entities and so forth. Essentially, the IoT just covers a range of technologies which interact and “sense” human or other technological interaction and presence(s) and adapts or transmits accordingly.
So what exactly are we hoping to see in 2018 – just much, much more of the same. Our devices will interlink, connect and share our information, needs and requirements intuitively without our say-so. And for those who want to hasten the process, IoT kits, apps and upgrades to our existing devices and technologies which we can implement, code and utilise to our liking. The key-word being “smart”, however, as it is simply far harder and requires much more human intervention to link non-smart with smart technologies.
Not to worry though, as your service providers have your covered. Not only are we seeing IoT infiltrating the automotive industry with intuitive parking, accelerating and protective innovations, but we have already seen the emergence of stores like Amazon Go in Seattle which allows for shopping without visiting a checkout counter, ruffling your pockets for cash or remembering your PIN. Truly, one can simply walk into the store, take what you want and exit the store as the wireless technologies register your smart device – such as your phone – and deducts money from your account upon exiting the store.
In hotels around the world, IoT is also being employed to provide for ease, comfort and convenience by linking visitors with technology. One two such hotels are the Hilton and Marriot hotels which have recreated the travel experience through their own innovation labs. The hotels will launch new IoT experiences this year which will not only anticipate customer needs, but personalise their experiences based on their behaviours and likes.
Time travel is a reality (sort-of)
So you thought time-travel is still a thing of dreams? Guess again!
As with other technological innovations, time-travel may not resemble the futuristic ideas we see in movies or read about in books, but it is already available to us.
Consider, for instance, that we’re able to back-date things such as blog posts or retrieve sent emailers or messages and delete or edit them before they are read by the intended readership. Okay, so it’s not quite time-travel, but the very fact that we can make people believe that what they’re reading or seeing had been produced or posted at a different date is where it all starts.
On a more scientific level scientists have managed to send atomic particles through space and time. The experiment, which has presented more scientific bickering than celebration, saw scientists “transport” a single photon from one location to another, essentially making it “exist” in two places at one time and verifying the existence of “closed timelike curves” or CTC’s. Of course, some scientists arguing the validity of the experiment believe that the mere thought of CTC is impossible to measure or determine. Other physicists, such as Nobel laureate Richard Feynman, Albert Einstein and Tim Ralph all believe(d) time travel possible, but others like Stephen Hawking believe such a thing impossible for as complex a being as a human.
Enough with the fear-mongering though, as there are other ways to travel through time using modern technologies which are safe, entertaining and educational.
One such innovation to hit the market in 2018 is Timelooper, which is an application you can load on your smartphone or tablet which will allow you to look back in time to see what the area(s) you travel through looked like years ago. With a mix of re-envisioned artefacts, photographs, VR and motiongraphics – you will be able to take a glimpse of the olden days to see what the streets, restaurants or buildings looked like before modern times.
Genetically Modified thingamajigs
Genetically modified organisms and those industries supporting such technologies have come under fire in recent years for their drawbacks. Many of the concerns are well-founded; as is the case in worldwide destruction of bee colonies. Bees, of course, being highly valuable to balancing ecosystems in addition to being pollinators of farming crops the world over.
But say what you want about GMO’s, the initial and pervading goal of genetic modification has always been to enhance and support humanity and GMO’s have been around far longer than most people would like to admit.
The scientific series, Cosmos, for instance, purports that the first true instance of genetic modification is undoubtedly man’s best friend – dogs. For although wolves or wild dogs had initially formed a bond with humans most probably in a symbiotic exchange of food for protection, humans had harnessed this evolution to our advantage by interbreeding dogs with specific traits to create individual breeds for with distinct characteristics. Yes, indeed, humans had not inserted genes into dogs as we do crops nowadays, but we’d intentionally forced dogs to “fuse” the most preferable genes through selective breeding.
Modifying other organisms, such as crops, is also an age-old practice. The aim of such modification has always been to produce hardier, more palatable, aesthetic and/or disease-resistant products. One of the oldest examples of human intervention for genetic modification is the sweet potato, which has been found to have been deliberately created through human intervention by reproducing potato crops from specific swollen parts of potato roots which were sweeter. There are a myriad of other examples – you need only take a stroll through your nearest Woolworths food store to realise that humans had bred our produce to perfection – we want the ever-ripe, non-browning avocados, the sweetest, biggest and reddest strawberries available on shelves, seedless grapes, juiciest chicken breasts and so forth. In fact, if you want a picture of what your food will have looked like without human intervention, then take a look at the fascinating depictions from the Genetic Literacy Project, which illustrates how watermelons, carrots, corn, peaches and eggplants looked before we modified their genes.
Despite GMO’s being about human convenience, it is also about survival though. For famine-stricken areas of the world where resources are low it is simply essential to grow hardy crops which are resistant to disease and produce the highest yields. With human population estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, scientists believe that it will simply be impossible to cater to such populations without genetically modified foods. Not only are humans encroaching on agricultural and natural spaces, but population growth can simply not be sustained by current and anticipated farming production estimates.
Furthermore, we are already applying immunotherapies in treatment of diseases which rely on genetic modification. One such therapy for cancer treatment genetically reprograms immune cells to suppress and destroy tumours instead of feeding and growing them.
And for those travelling long distances or catering to hotels, airlines and banqueting halls, food that takes longer to spoil, repels vermin and is genetically incapable of carrying certain diseases may be a welcome addition to food trays.
There is an upside to all this, irrespective of our fears and woes. With the world becoming ever-more aware and critical of genetic modification, we are likely to see more regulation, more public opinion and more scientific exploration to balance out the good and the bad. In contrast to cryptocurrencies and crowdfunding, genetic modification is seeing more intervention on its intervention – rather like a hyperbole – and facing more scrutiny by the public and regulators, which would (hopefully) lead to the mitigation of catastrophic GMO-related incidences and more ethical practices.
We are hoping to liken genetic modification to microwave technologies in future. For just as scientists have developed radiation-shielding covers for our most-convenient kitchen utilities to shield us from harm, so too are they likely to step up and change their course in order to make GMO’s more sustainable and ethical resources.
Learning without borders
One of the biggest booms in the past few years is that of e-learning. Moreover, individuals are no longer merely looking for universities with the fanciest degrees, but for other individuals whose skills they could harness to better their own.
From edX to Udemy, Skillshare, Codecademy, Shaw Academy and Coursera to free courses offered online by Google, National Geographic and Harvard – the digital world is allowing us more and better access to learning at a fraction of the price.
What’s great about most of these courses is that they do not rely on classification or promotion by big shots in academic circles – instead, learning and the quality of tutoring is ranked by users themselves whose advice on content and ratings will quickly show you which modules or courses are most valuable. And what’s the biggest trend in eLearning for 2018? It’s more fun of course!
Indeed, through the use of gamification, many eLearning platforms are teaching individuals crucial problem-solving skills specific to their industries through games, online interaction, podcasts and AR. This year is bound to see even more innovative ways in which we can learn online without the gruelling traditional text-book-based studying we’re used to.
National Geographic and Nasa are two companies who are harnessed the benefits of technology to offer students and teachers glimpses of the universe as they’ve never seen it. These two platforms offer digital mapmaking tools, virtual exploration and other technological teaching aids to parents, teachers and children at no cost..
The shift to sustainable living
We’ve heard it so often, it’s been drilled into our brains – humans are over-consuming, overpopulating and threatening our own ecosystem, earth.
Consider Cape Town, for instance, which is likely to become the first major city in the world to run out of water this year. Then we can take a look at the higher incidences of earthquakes caused by humans through fracking and mining which destabilises the earth’s crust. Further afield we can consider the devastating floods and tsunamis which have left hundreds of thousands dead – mostly due to poor infrastructure, overpopulation along floodlines and diseases spread in their aftermath due to overburdened sewer systems. What about wildfires, mudslides, carbon emissions and ecological disasters brought on by extinction – all caused by humans?
Well, although some scientists believe we are too late to change the course of our future and others believe a fatal natural catastrophe to simply be an occurrence which will take place irrespective of human intervention or causation – luckily people the world over are starting to take heed and come up with solutions to our unsustainable lifestyles.
And many believe that 2018 will be the year where government and corporates the world over make the decisive shift to sustainable governance, regulation and production. In fact, even the fashion industry in London has dubbed sustainability the theme of 2018 innovation focus and the industry is pushing designers to unlock technical innovations in their work including a renewed focus on renewable and recyclable wear. Such innovations in fashion done by companies like Fashion Tech Lab and Diamond Foundry have gone as far as producing diamonds which are ethical, unmined and cost far less than their equivalent earthen brethren, as well as garments and travel gear with odour and bacteria control to lengthen their lifespan. What of VitroLabs which is now manufacturing “leather” from animal cells grown in a laboratory – causing no harm or deaths to animals themselves.
But what travellers are probably most excited about is Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s brainchild which he started development on in 2014 and is aiming to make passenger-ready in 2018. The innovative high-speed transportation system is aimed at getting people to their destinations faster, using less energy and with minimal emissions through electric propulsion. The travel innovation is purported to be able to cut the 1h30 flight or 5h40 drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles down to mere 35 minutes.
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The next chapter of the adventures in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World picks up where FANTASTIC BEASTS left off, when, making good on his threat, Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) escapes custody and has set about gathering followers, most unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beings. In an effort to thwart Grindelwald’s plans, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) enlists his former student Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), who agrees to help, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead. Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding world.
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The signing of Yakubu Aiyegbeni attracted attention from all around the world on Monday afternoon, as the Royals captured the most high profile signing of the early stages of Deadline Day.
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By Mark Waldrep
I usually take the time to watch the September Apple event. I haven’t had a chance to check out the entire presentation but I did watch the opening few minutes of CEO Tim Cook’s keynote during which he said, “We’ve always had a deep love of music. It’s inspiring. And it’s such a key part of our product experience.” Then he continued providing updates on the Apple Music service, which he claimed has 17 million subscribers. If I had driven Mr. Cook to the auditorium, I would have asked him why Apple keeps pushing down the fidelity of music played through their devices? I mean it should be obvious to any Apple follower that they are moving in the wrong direction when it comes to audio quality. The new iPhone 7 and it’s move to wireless communication between the device and the new AirPods Earphones moves the quality needle down instead of up. Maybe when Bluetooth 5.0 comes along we’ll get real high-resolution specifications but in the meantime, there’s no reason to get excited about the new iPhone if you’re turned on by music fidelity.
By losing the wires, they’re bound by the transmission protocols in use by the telecommunications industry. That is currently Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. They claim to be able to run 48 kHz/24-bit WAV or AIFF files on the new W1 chip but the source coming from Apple Music or iTunes is much less than that and the uploads from the record labels don’t cut it as well. The fidelity will remain at AAC quality at 256 or 320 kbps. And that fidelity is perfectly fine for the vast majority of tunes consumed on portable devices. Remember Hi-Res Audio and Hi-Res Music are myths promoted by the labels and consumer electronics makers to generate higher profits while doing nothing for the fidelity of the source materials that are released from the major labels.
Already companies like Astell & Kern are busy introducing products that can work around the new iPhone. They announced the XB10, which connects via Bluetooth 4.2 and provides headphone devotees a method to maintain their wired connections. How do they deal with Bluetooth well known sonic limitations? They — and plenty of other companies — “solve” the problem by using aptX HD, a Qualcomm technology after their acquisition of CSR. When you read about aptX HD, you notice the copywriters step very carefully around the issue of fidelity and focus on bit length and distortion levels. AptX was touted as capable of “CD-quality”. The enhancements incorporated in the HD version bring the virtual bit length to 24-bits. Too bad none of the music you will ever stream or download contains 24-bit quality. In fact, the dynamic range is steadfastly less than 16-bits. It’s all a game of numbers.
In the article I read about aptX and aptX HD, it was curious to see Dr. Stephen Smyth’s name associated with its early development in the 1980s in Ireland. This is the same Dr. Smyth of Smyth Research that is behind the A8 and new A16 Room Realiser. It’s a very small world when you’re dealing with cutting edge and innovative audio technologies. Their Kickstarter campaign eclipsed $330,000!
Apple has more money and resources than any company on the planet. They’ve got plenty of very smart audio engineers — including Tomlinson Holman of THX fame — and music people (Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine). So why can’t they be a leader in portable audio quality instead of keeping the brakes on development of devices that produce better sound? I’m saddened by the continual meaningless claims of “high-resolution audio” by companies, engineers, experts, and writers that can’t distinguish between the same old audio quality and audible higher quality.
I doubt that it will ever change. Slick animations and clever ad campaigns won’t improve recordings made by an industry that is content with the same old over compressed hits.
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Mark Waldrep, aka Dr. AIX, has been producing and engineering music for over 40 years. He learned electronics as a teenager from his HAM radio father while learning to play the guitar. Mark received the first doctorate in music composition from UCLA in 1986 for a "binaural" electronic music composition. Other advanced degrees include an MS in computer science, an MFA/MA in music, BM in music and a BA in art. As an engineer and producer, Mark has worked on projects for the Rolling Stones, 311, Tool, KISS, Blink 182, Blues Traveler, Britney Spears, the San Francisco Symphony, The Dover Quartet, Willie Nelson, Paul Williams, The Allman Brothers, Bad Company and many more. Dr. Waldrep has been an innovator when it comes to multimedia and music. He created the first enhanced CDs in the 90s, the first DVD-Videos released in the U.S., the first web-connected DVD, the first DVD-Audio title, the first music Blu-ray disc and the first 3D Music Album. Additionally, he launched the first High Definition Music Download site in 2007 called iTrax.com. A frequency speaker at audio events, author of numerous articles, Dr. Waldrep is currently writing a book on the production and reproduction of high-end music called, "High-End Audio: A Practical Guide to Production and Playback". The book should be completed in the fall of 2013.
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I longer get disappointed by the poor quality of AAC from an iPhone. Music for the masses wont be there for at least another decade or until an underdog tries to capture market share by doing it right.
If you are relying on your mobile device to provide your hi res music you will be disappointed. Hi res comes form having your ducks in a row and using other products and other music sources. It’s not that hard and not too cheap but it can be done and the results are really enjoyable, at least for me.
I came to the realization that very few millennial’s even know what hi res sounds like when an employee at the office turned to me and said we should have some tunes while we do this project. She whipped out her single speaker iPhone and started streaming mp3. They all started dancing and wiggling around none the wiser. Too bad its their loss. I wish they all could be exposed to the good stuff, but then it wouldn’t be free and believe me they want free.
Or you could look at it this way. Apple’s new wireless Air Pods are ACC 256kbps the same as Apple Music and iTunes Match. Now they have the whole chain the same. Once this is accomplished then Apple can move the resolution up as demand allows and when they can keep the wireless headphones at the same fidelity. It has to be done wireless to have a large enough potential market.
Wade Bradley
i guess if you’ve never experienced what real good hi res audio sounds like in the first place you will never know what your missing out on, The “myth” he spoke of in the article just exposes HIS ignorance, if its measureable, (and omg is it) you can hear a difference, I mean as big a difference as were talking about here. I read another article that points this out, the millenials that grew up on itunes have no idea what good audio is supposed to sound like in the first place. I highly reccomend going to a store where these better products are being sold, pick up some articles that explain whats going on with this digital mediums, and how your brain psyco acoustically deciphers this information. Theres alot of great info out there. and alot you can learn, or just find a audiphile friend of yours, and let him/her show you the difference. I assure you ther IS a difference, and thankfully today you can make HUGE upgrades for very little investment, apple just doesnt want to pay qualcomm the royalties to use the aptX technology, they just had to pay them 535 million after having to be sued for present technologies they use and are being sued for another 1 billion for other royalties, and I think apple is counting on people like you that CANt tell the difference in the first place, and theres plenty of people who will defend apple no matter how crappy they treat its loyal fanbase. Like recently excluding the crappy 12.00 lightening to 3.5mm dongle with its phones , due to lack of iphone 10 sales. I highly suggest reading articles NOT biased toward apple and their poor decisions,I’ve rad so many that are so bad, but its because some people have no business writiung about this subject, and some others defend apple, so this is all very misleading to their readers..
Hans Larsson
How does Sony LDAC technology fit in here? Is it just aptX by another name or something else?
The folks at SONY have been the most aggressive hardware company to push hi-res audio. LDAC is touted on their website as “LDAC is an audio coding technology developed by Sony that enables the transmission of High-Resolution (Hi-Res) Audio content, even over a Bluetooth connection.” If the original content isn’t 24-bits worth of dynamics then why worry about streaming it? THis is just more hype to sell more hardware.
No you’re wrong I tested both Sony Hi-Res Hi end product is best. The Hi-Res on Sony mobile phone is an entry level only that’s why you could not hear anything. If you want to hear Hi-res invest in Earphone not just ordinary 50 bucks or less USD. Try HD 800 by Senhiezer or T1 by Beyerdynamics you can hear the difference from your unit and other best audio products in the market like Astern and Kern or Lotoo Gold.
I’m glad that these devices are working for you. I would counter that the reason I don’t hear any difference is because the source masters don’t have any high-resolution content to make an A&K or high-end SOny device light up.
I think playing mp3 type in high res player is a bit stupidity why buying hires product for low quality audio.
it WILL make a MP3 sound better though.. trust me..
WMax70
It is a bit stupid to say that High Res audio is only a marketing gadget..
Not only Sony promotes real 24 bit 96kHz and higher streams.
Yes Sony is more aggressive, they are also content provider, and many artist have contracts with Sony Enternetiment.
Websites for High res audio can be found here:
https://www.sony.com/electronics/hi-res-audio-music-services
HDTracks and 7digital are maybe the most favorite sites
Also Spotify provides High Res audio.
And yes, your right, old tracks are not always recorded in high res, but many tracks are.
The Super Audio CD (DSD) already provided this since years.
The big analog recordings provide huge dynamic ranges.
DBX was lord and master that time. Signal noise rations and dynamic ranges of >120dB were not a abnormal.
If you hear those recording you won’t believe it could already happen that time.
The digital production and end-mastering to CD were limiting factors.
Re-mastering those recordings in high-res will increase the “old” recording for the customers.
The digital techniques increased due to faster processing power. the analogue techniques was already on that level.
Even more stupid is that Apple provides ALAC, but does not support high res audio in its own devices.
If you have access to a high-res headphone (wired), high-res room measured audio-set (Marantz, Sony, Denon) and or a high-res playing device, you will hear it.
If you have ear damage because you went to too many disco’s and/or concerts w/o ear protection.
Than it makes no sense indeed and you Apple device might be more than good enough.
You may have a different definition of high-resolution music than I do. That’s OK. If you want to believe that analog tape and qualifies as hi-res, you fall in the camp with the labels and other trying to resell older standard definition stuff all over again. I don’t buy it. They only way to make a high-resolution recording is to record one when the musicians were present.
Spotify isnt really hi res, i think their premium is only 320kbps..
Really … Has Apple moved away from Hi-Res Audio?
Your closing paragraph of:
is more of a broader statement of the state of music industry as opposed to Apple themselves.
I think the subject for this post’s content is more directed at the fact that Apple hasn’t done anything to advance their delivery of music files in either lossy or HRA formats from their store. They is no indication that Apple has moved away from what they currently support for HRA.
I am not an Apple fan boy, but I have always believed that audiophile and HRA with respect to wireless sound reproduction were like oil and water, especially any product that is using “public wireless spectrum” as would be the case with the ISM radio bands. Delivering products like wireless ear buds is to address a specific connectivity requirement, and has no relevance on the current methods to efficiently deliver or store music (ie. lossy compression formats). As a matter of fact, I cannot equate any past or current “earphone” apparatus from Apple as being of Audiophile quality, so I doubt there has been any deviation.
Mastering for iTunes as per “http://images.apple.com/itunes/mastered-for-itunes/docs/mastered_for_itunes.pdf” still spells out best practices of delivering hi-res masters (24-bit, 96kHz) to Apple. Sure Apple currently down converts the masters for current Apple store/radio transport and storage models (lossy AAC 256), but that doesn’t mean that they can’t change the delivery/storage format to be more hi-res compliant unless the music mastering wasn’t mastered correctly in the first place. And it doesn’t mean that you can’t add your own HRA content directly to the device via iTunes.
What should be noted is the new iPhone 7 has doubled its storage capacity which would be an enablement for providing the storage capacity that is required to supporting HRA.
Now if you want to make this about Apple products not supporting Hi-Res music, let’s look at the issue where past and present iTunes still doesn’t support the FLAC file format being added to your Library, BUT that does not say they are moving from HRA either. iTunes does support adding HRA files in either WAV and Apple Lossless formats. This is not conjecture, I tested this as I composed this post using a 24-bit, 88.2 kHz track that was in WAV format and also converted to Apple Lossless format and was able to add the files to an iTunes Library. Unfortunately, past devices have not supported playing Apple Lossless files with sample rates greater than 48 kHz, but they do support 24-bit/48kHz which IS an HRA format. The vague technical specifications for the iPhone 7 do not indicate any variance from the past, so until someone can verify whether or not the iPhone 7 is no longer supported 24/48 the subjects assertion is misleading.
What would be newsworthy is reporting whether the new device(s), or the audio interface on the Lightning connector can handle HRA files greater than 24/48 now, or handle 24/48 better than they used to.
I think it’s hard to assert that Apple is moving away from HRA, especially when you reference a 3rd party product that leverages the HRA capabilities of the new iPhone. At best the assertion should be that they are staying the course and not expanding their support/output fidelity for HRA.
Why, you ask? Because Johnny Ives runs the Apple show as much as Tim Cook. Ives and Jobs were/are obsessed with the form factor – everything else takes a distance second or third backseat. The form factor dictates sales and up-sales at Apple. Always has.
First, the sleek bit of kit. Then, when one traditional function/port is dropped, the up-sale happens. In the iPhone 7’s case, bluetooth headphones. Remember Firewire? Dropping the CD/DVD drive? Every display port under the sun: mini DVI, mini-display, lightening, etc. All those carry a cord or an adapter, and in Firewire’s case, a small ecosystem of peripherals – now deceased. In the case of CD drive’s demise, a larger bandwidth internet router was needed to handle additional downloading.
I’ve owned Apple’s since the Lisa. But I’ve always recognized a marketer when I saw one. (For a healthy take on marketers, search Bill Hicks on marketing!) Apple simply puts a ‘turn key’ product out there. Sometimes a bit innovative. Mostly not. It might be the key to a silly, suburban McMansion – but unless one has the time and patience to figure out the spaghetti code of Windows – it’ll do in a pinch.
I have gotten to the position that this never going to change no matter how much it is discussed. The average consumer, who far far outnumber those that have an opinion on the subject, just don’t care. They are perfectly happy with the AAC or mp3 format and the resolution it delivers. As critical as I am about the sound of my system I have to admit that most of the time those formats are “good enough” for me and what I am attempting to listen to. Gone are the days when I have time to sit and listen to music for any length of time, rather for me it’s usually an ancillary activity to something else I have going on (such as listening in the background while I type this post!).
Given the provenance of most of the available music, which you have discussed many times, those formats generally will deliver most (if not all) of the music to the listener anyway in my opinion. The average listeners are oftentimes in environments where they could not hear the nuances of the music files anyway. Again, they don’t seem to care. Apple must recognize this and of course they tailor their products to the masses.
There are already products out there that will work with the new iPhone configuration to deliver higher quality sound. AudioQuest has updated their Dragonfly to work via the Lightning connector for connection to headphones of all quality, and Oppo has their HA-2 headphone amp for this same purpose (this is the device I have chosen as it also acts as a battery charger for my phone if needed). I understand Apple had to license these devices in a way that the stored music on the phones is sent to the device as a file to be processed externally as compared to just sending the processed music to a headphone jack (whether it is the old analog jack or the new Lightning to analog jack). I do hear a significant difference in testing for myself between the file as played by an app on the phone as opposed to being processed and played via the headphone jack on the Oppo.
For those of us who care about the sound, I would submit there are those types of solutions available. I hold no hope the companies will step up to address this in any way though!
On the other hand, one of the principal reasons that Apple has done away with the analog 3.5mm audio connection and moved to the digital Lightning connection for audio is just to provide better audio. I don’t know what the specs for the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter are, but if they aren’t up to audiophile standards, there’s an opportunity there for audiophile accessories. The iPhone is now just a digital audio source, with no significant limitation on what digital audio files may be used, and users may either use the D/A processor in the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter provided with every iPhone or use whatever other D/A processor they prefer. That seems like a big step up from having only the 3.5mm connection. I don’t think we would want to say, for example, the Apple is moving away from better audio because it doesn’t provide audiophile earphones with every iPhone. Wireless is a somewhat different matter. You have to balance the amount of data being transmitted with the battery life of both the iPhone itself and the earphones, and this depends on the best chip technology reasonably available. In this iteration of technology, with Apple’s own wireless Airpods, with their custom-designed chips, I think they’re expecting only about 5 hours of battery life. That’s already a significant compromise. There’s no reason not to expect Apple to keep improving its audio; it certainly hasn’t been backtracking, and it’s certainly kept improving its video, not to mention just about everything else. As for iTunes, it was my understanding that Apple was asking for the best source files it can get—up to 24b, 96kHz, which I think I’ve learned from these posts is all an audiophile need ask for.
Rodrian Roadeye
For your amusement… enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oUUNb7aybA
Since the loss of Steve Jobs, Apple has been a company in technological decline, buoyed by its ever faithful, and massive, following, who will seemingly accept whatever Apple releases simply because it’s an Apple product. These new headphones are profoundly ugly, whatever their technical limitation.
My business requires me to own an iOS device and I am writing this on a very recent iPad, but I’d much rather be using an Android device in terms of ease of use and visual quality etc.
In short, Apple keynotes no longer excite like they used to and, as often as not, feature tech that’s been launched elsewhere, but without the marketing fanfare.
I strongly suspect that if Jobs were still at the helm that we would indeed be in the age of hi-res audio at Apple, as Jobs would have been able to sell that in a convincing way that the current powers that be seem to be incapable of. They seem to permanently be playing catch up without his inspiration.
Unfortunately, until Apple adopts hi-res standards, at whatever level, their impact will be severely neutered. It’s an irony that the company that essentially led us down the path of compressed audio will quite possibly be the last to improve upon it.
@Mark
On a sidenote:
It seems that Apple did not buy Omnifone – who did?
Where do the streaming services get their files as of today?
Soundmind
Look at the audio specs for the new LG V20 smart phone
– 32-bit/192kHz audio
– B&O Play certified
– 24-bit/48kHz audio recording
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Now look at the rest of the specs. Watch out Ted Smith, you may have met your match 🙂
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_v20-8238.php
If this is the future of smart phones, it could be the death knell of high priced so called high end audio. And you can even make phone calls with it.
Fred Thal
On this topic:
https://techpinions.com/apples-missed-audio-opportunity/47119
Mark, have “courage!” 😉
As someone who would have been called an Apple fanboy for many years, I have to say that I have found myself disillusioned by most of what the company does these days. As such I have sold my iPad Pro and MacBook Pro, replaced them both with a Microsoft Surface Book and am very happy with it. I still have my 27″ iMac Retina for working on, but will I buy another when the time comes?
I also sold my iPhone 6+ and replaced it with a Sony Xperia phone which is capable of playing back all of my 24bit and DSD music files without having to convert them first. I no longer have to have my music in iTunes now either as I moved to ROON about a year ago. Apple Photos, dumped that too….
I am not alone in this transitions as many other people I know are doing the same. Everything Apple do of late seems so contrived. Maybe I am just cynical, who knows, but the over use of superlatives in every key note speech is simply too much to tolerate over and over. The current TV ad for the iPad Pro claiming it is now a computer because it has a keyboard says it all about what Apple thinks of it’s customers: i.e., “If we say it the loyal followers will believe it”…..well guess what Tim Cook, no we will not, not anymore.
arjcee
I wouldn’t worry too much about Apple’s low-res audience. They’re already contented POWs of the Loudness Wars. What’s the point of increasing the bit depth of insanely compressed music?
All discussions of file quality must finally take us back to mastering. Mastering is down for car-wreck impact now — for slam, for emergency ward fizzle. And looking at the top selling music, I’m not sure it matters if its fans’ ears bleed.
Seriously — does anyone really think Britney or Beyoncé need 24-bit releases? Sixteen bits is already being generous.
I did not read all comments so forgive me if this has been mentioned, but from the looks of it the main lack of focus on anything other than lossy format from Apple is probably as much their dedication to working from “cloud’ storage and streaming (also lossy) from net services vs local device/expandable storage. We are close to the point where even mobile bandwidth capabilities would enable streaming and real-time transcoding of remotely hosted source material…but there is still a little ways to go.
I’ll stick with my cheap throw-away Androids in the mean time as my mobile solution. 128GB (soon to be 256) of wav/flac/dsd in my pocket, and usb otg capable with external dac out of the box
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I somehow doubt Jobs would be into hires audio when he got rid of the Wolfsen chipset in the iPod Video when making the iPod Classic to use Cirrus Logic (which was a company well known for selling cheap video cards for about $20 or so at PC stores).
Also, the 2nd generation and later of the iPod Shuffle were of far worse sound quality than the first one. But I would expect Jobs to at least attempt to push the envelope forward where Cook seems more focused on Apple TV+, 4K video, and no change in audio quality at all when Android has at least one company making a great DAC in their phone (LG). Everyone else is focused on screens and cameras… and that’s about it.
LG is the only one I’ve seen putting forward an excellent audio quality device so that’s their niche, I guess. But put it this way… most people you hear can’t even tell the difference between lossless and 256kbps audio. The same people who used to say that 128kbps audio was good enough before iTunes Plus (256kbps audio).
But if anyone can push everyone out of the 80s era digital audio rates, it’s Apple. Once they do it, everyone finally will and with the imminent death of the CD (finally!) with digital music, now it’s easier to roll out a new audio standard (MQA?) where it’s not as drastic a change from one format to another as it is with physical media.
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Rethinking: Kelvin Benjamin the TD Machine
This is a bit of an “embrace the uncertainty” post that rebuts my previous contrarian post about Kelvin Benjamin and how he’ll fare in the NFL. Like any other prospect, Kelvin has a range of outcomes and some people (like me) have been emphasizing the lower end of potential outcomes due to his age and the fact that he barely dominated his own offense in college. The more I look at him, however, the more I see that there might be a mold for guys who don’t do a lot in college to become big time players in the NFL, and Benjamin might fit into that. Take a look at this table:
Player Height Weight 40 Broad Vert Draft age
Jimmy Graham 6’6″ 260 4.53 120″ 38.5″ 23.4
Jordan Cameron 6’5″ 254 4.53 119″ 37.5″ 22.7
Julius Thomas 6’5″ 246 4.64 111″ 35.5″ 22.8
Kelvin Benjamin 6’5″ 240 4.61 119″ 32.5″ 23.2
Now before you say “but those other guys are tight ends and Kelvin is a wide receiver” I’ll remind you that Jimmy Graham is currently locked in contract negotiations with New Orleans that hinge on whether or not the distinction between tight end and wide receiver actually means anything. There’s a good chance it doesn’t. Also, it’s probably not fair to say that Kelvin “didn’t do a lot in college” after he went for 1,000 yards and 15 touchdowns. His market share of yards is low but his touchdown rate brings his total DR to .30, which isn’t really bad, it’s just not as good as we’d like to see it.
The point here is that Kelvin is about the same size, speed and relative athleticism of three basketball players turned tight ends that have been pretty successful in the NFL so far. You’ll also notice that the other three guys were all a little older than RotoViz prefers (we likes ‘em young!). Furthermore, all three of these guys had less production in college than Kelvin did, both in terms of raw production and market share, and it’s not really close.
Jimmy Graham is in another universe athletically (seriously, holy shit) so he might not be the best comp, but I’m leaving him in there because he was old when drafted and he started playing football later in life. If we adjust our expectations for Kelvin and look at him through the prism of a guy who hasn’t been playing football as long as the others, has the size and athleticism to dominate in tight spaces, and is proven effective in the red zone, there’s precedent to forgive his low DR and advanced age.
I still don’t like Kelvin as much as some others do, but I recently took him 12th overall in a rookie mock as the 10th receiver off the board. I think that might even be undervaluing him a bit since he could realistically catch a lot of touchdowns wherever he goes next year. He has some significant differences between his two most frequent negative comparisons, Stephen Hill and Jon Baldwin:
Hindsight is 20/20 and all, but perhaps we should have been mortified by Hill and Baldwin’s complete ineffectiveness in the red zone. Kelvin caught 15 touchdowns this year, which is more than Stephen Hill (9) and one less than Jon Baldwin (16) caught in three year careers. The other issue is size – Benjamin is 25 pounds heavier than Stephen Hill, which makes that a bad comparison right off the bat. He’s 10 pounds heavier than Baldwin, but the lesson there might be that it’s really, really rare for someone to be as big, athletic, and worthless as Baldwin is. The fact that Baldwin is not just bad, but completely fucking useless, is mind-bottling.
If there’s a mold for someone to be 1) not as productive in terms of market share as we like and 2) older than we like, it’s probably a really big guy who is good in the red zone. Kelvin fits that mold, and physically he’s more like Julius Thomas than most of the wide receiver comps that get thrown around. I wrote this post in part because I like playing Devil’s Advocate, but also because I like to evaluate my own biases to make sure I’m not missing anything obvious. I’m going to soften my stance on Kelvin here. I see that some people have a dozen or more wide receivers ranked ahead of him and that’s kind of overthinking it when so many fantasy points come from catching touchdowns and he’ll be pretty good at that no matter who drafts him. The concerns are legitimate, but if we’re being honest about expected value he’ll be a steal in your rookie draft if nine receivers go before him.
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Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda Extravaganza in Lake Como
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Dolce & Gabbana latest fashion show can be summed up in just a few words – a breath-taking extravaganza.
The inspiration behind Dolce & Gabbana’s latest collection was The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), a 19th century novel by Alessandro Manzoni, considered to have established the foundations of modern Italian literature. The Betrothed is set in Lake Como, where two lovers are separated by nuns and thugs.
Dolce & Gabbana’s latest Alta Moda presentation took place in Lake Como’s Teresio Olivelli botanical park and paid a beautiful tribute not only to the novel, but also to the dramatic scenery of this one-of-a-kind location.
Lady Kitty Spencer, the niece of the late Princess Diana, opened the show in a voluminous 18th-century-inspired skirt and corset top, emblazoned with extracts and imagines from I Promessi Sposi.
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Tall hedges can be a nuisance, especially where neighbours can’t agree on a suitable height amicably. However, legislation now gives people whose gardens are overshadowed the opportunity to resolve the problem with the help of the local council.
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High hedges are taller than 2m (6½ft)
High hedges are predominantly evergreen
Bamboo and ivy are not included
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The term ‘high hedges’ was subjective until it was defined by the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003: Part 8 in 2005. This is a summary of what constitutes a high hedge under the law:
The hedge is more than 2m (approx 6½ft) tall (there is extra guidance for hedge heights on slopes)
A hedge is defined as a line of two or more trees or shrubs
The hedge is formed wholly or predominantly of evergreens (these don’t lose their leaves in winter) or semi-evergreen ones (that stay green most of the year)
Where a hedge is predominantly evergreen, the deciduous trees and shrubs within the hedge may be included in the work specified. However, a council can exclude specific trees or require different work
The high hedges legislation has been designed so that the general public is able to use it without the need to involve lawyers. This would be a simple sequence of events:
Where you feel that a hedge is too tall and affects the ‘reasonable’ enjoyment of your house or garden, the first step is to negotiate with your neighbours. Keep a copy of any letters to demonstrate you have tried.
If negotiation is unsuccessful, contact your local council to enquire about using the high hedges legislation. There is a fee for making a complaint (typically £400) to deter frivolous applications
The local council will consider both sides’ cases and make a decision
The council will reject the complaint or issue a notice for the work – including the period in which to cut the hedge back and by how much
There is a chance to appeal
It is advisable for the hedge to be cut below the requested height. This will allow the hedge to grow in between trimmings, but still remain below the stipulated height
For more information on the complaints procedure, see the Communities and Local Goverment website: guidance on high hedges legislation.
Although the law states that a high hedge is more than 2m (approx 6½ft) tall, this is not necessarily the height to which a hedge is reduced. The final height will be decided by your local council based on the requirements and information provided by the complainant and hedge owner. For example, the following issues can be taken into consideration:
The hedge blocks too much light to a neighbour’s house or garden. However, the legislation does not guarantee access to uninterrupted light
The hedge is on a slope, so is more overbearing
The hedge blocks a view. This is a valid complaint but, by itself, is unlikely to be enough to justify action
There are guidelines (not mandatory) in the government’s Hedge height and light loss.
There are some common misconceptions about the high hedges law, some of which are explained below.
What the law can do:
It can override Tree Preservation Orders (TPO), although these should be considered when the complaint is evaluated
It may be decided that a hedge needs to be cut back in stages (e.g. over a period of three years to minimise the risk of killing the hedge)
What the law can’t do:
It cannot require the removal of a hedge
Work that would result in the death of a hedge is not permitted
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 makes it an offence to destroy any bird’s nest that is either in use or being built. The period given for cutting should take into account that, where birds are nesting in a hedge, work should not be carried out between March and August
Require homeowners to get permission to grow a hedge above 2m (6½ft)
When a hedge grows over 2m (6½ft), the local authority does not automatically take action, unless a justifiable complaint is made
The law can not be used as a preventative measure – the hedge must already be above 2m (approx 6½ft) tall and impairing reasonable enjoyment
The advice provided here is just a quick guide. There is considerably more detailed information available from the Communities and Local Government’s website. They have produced a series of booklets detailing how to complain and respond to complaints. These are available by post or can be downloaded free from their website and include the following titles:
Hedges – How to resolve disputes without involving the council
High Hedges: complaining to the Council – How to go about making a complaint
Hedge Height and Light Loss – Detailed guidance on assessing the effect of light loss with respect to the legislation
High Hedges Complaints: Prevention and Cure – Detailed guidance on implementing the legislation
You can also contact your local council.
And visit our advice page on Trees and the law.
Is the person who plants a hedge responsible for maintaining it?
No, they are not obliged to do so. The exception would be in cases that fall within the High Hedges Act.
What is the minimum height of hedge that the High Hedges Act covers?
2m (6½ft).
What is the definition of a hedge for the purposes of the Act?
A line of 2 or more trees or shrubs, wholly or predominantly evergreen or semi evergreen.
If I think I have a complaint what should I do?
Contact your Local Planning Authority and ask for some information. The Council do not mediate in neighbour disputes.
If a boundary hedge belongs to my neighbour, do I have to offer the hedge trimmings from my side back to my neighbour?
Yes. The same principles apply as for offering overhanging tree branches back. In practise, an unofficial agreement between neighbours is usually in place but this might be worth doing if you have recently moved house.
Can I chuck the hedge trimmings over into my neighbour’s garden?
No. Not unless they have accepted the offer of them and even then they may wish them to be returned in a more reasonable way.
What responsibilities do I have with wildlife and hedges?
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 applies, deeming that it is an offence to damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird while it is in use or being built. See our page on trimming hedges.
Where appropriate, hedges are often the best solution for providing gardens with privacy and shelter. They are environmentally beneficial, both for wildlife and as an entirely renewable resource
The RHS recognises that hedges are often not a suitable solution for garden boundaries under modern conditions, and suggests that gardeners consider fences, where long term hedge care and size restriction are not possible
Where hedges are appropriate, gardeners will benefit by choosing subjects that will not grow too large, or require more maintenance than can be given. The RHS recommends that this information be made freely available and has published its guide to hedges on the Internet
Although removal and replacement of large hedges can lead to great expense, inconvenience and loss of privacy, the RHS recommends that they be dealt with, as in the long run, a better garden for the owner and improved local environment will result
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The Late-Summer Rental Market Is Still Hot: How a Pro Can Help You Find an Apartment
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With soaring rent rates and a ridiculously low occupancy rate—4.1%, according to real estate research firm Reis Inc.—apartment hunting isn’t much fun lately. And the late-summer timing might be making things even harder.
From the sweltering heat that’s keeping many tenants in their great apartments you could be renting if they’d just move already, to the college kids coming back and scooping up available rentals in droves, inventory in the dog days of summer is slim pickings.
That’s the bad news. The good news: You might be able to boost your luck with help from pro. Realtors® work in rentals, too, and they may be the key to your next pad.
They’ll get you VIP access
You might have that whole Craigslist apartment-hunting thing down, but Realtors still have you beat when it comes to finding new inventory. They have access to properties you wouldn’t normally see on your typical apartment-hunting website, and they often hear about new rentals as soon as they become available, before the ad goes up online.
Many Realtors can also easily set up an email notification system for you based on your preferences and price range that gives you VIP status over other apartment hunters.
“It is immediate access. The second a property comes on the market, you’ll be notified via email,” says Chandler Crouch, broker at Chandler Crouch Realtors, landlord and rental market survivor. “There’s nothing quite like that.”
They’ll reduce your stress level
Apartment hunting is stressful.
Scams abound on many of the popular rental websites. It isn’t always easy to tell if the landlord is legit, if the property is really available for rent, or if you’re about to get taken for a ride. When you work with a Realtor, “you can feel confident you’re dealing with a legit lead,” Crouch says.
You’ll also have an advocate, someone on your side who is willing to work out the tougher life questions with you that a landlord normally wouldn’t handle.
Say, for example, you’re apartment hunting with a roommate. “If you have a situation you want to talk about privately, like splitting the bills or finding a rental that matches two wish lists, your Realtor can help you with that,” Crouch says.
You’ll still have to do some legwork
Depending on whom you work with, you may end up doing some of the legwork yourself.
To make sure you don’t miss out on properties, you’ll likely end up doing at least some searching yourself. The reason is simple: Realtors don’t make a lot of money representing tenants.
“What most people don’t know, at least in my market area, the commissions the landlord or listing agent offers a tenant’s agent are supersmall,” says Crouch. “The maximum the listing agent or landlord might give is 60% to as low as 20% of one month’s rent. There really isn’t a lot of incentive, and the Realtor would be smart not to spend a lot of time on it.”
How to work well with a Realtor
Realtors have the best inventory and the fastest access to new leads, but you may end up feeling frustrated if you work with them exclusively. So what’s the solution? It might be as simple as trying a different approach: Ask a Realtor for help, but do the actual hunting yourself.
“I recommend finding a Realtor and just making a deal with them,” Crouch says. “Ask them to set up the automatic email notifications for a small fee—say $50, for example—and then go look at the listings yourself.”
The win-win alternative
You could also rent from a Realtor directly. Many Realtors buy and rent out homes and small apartment buildings, and the quality may be higher than that of other available rentals in your area.
“Realtors are held to a higher standard,” says Crouch. For you that means full disclosure on a prospective rental, such as if there’s lead-based paint. It also means renting from someone who knows what his or her legal obligations are when it comes to upkeep and maintenance on the property.
Realtor-owned properties might be cheaper, too. According to Crouch, a Realtor has to offer a fair market rate, while a private landlord might spike prices when a neighborhood becomes trendy or competition gets fierce.
“What it boils down to is, I would trust a Realtor-owned property more than someone else, because they have a reputation to uphold and know more,” Crouch says.
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Next up in impeachment hearings: A parade of key witnesses
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press November 14, 2019 8:29 am
Career Foreign Service officer George Kent and top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, right, are sworn in to testify during the first public impeachment hearing of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday Nov. 13, 2019, in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Several more witnesses scheduled to testify in the House impeachment hearings over the next week are expected to say they too worried about President Donald Trump’s push for Ukraine to investigate Democrats as the U.S. withheld military aid from the country.
What’s ahead on the impeachment schedule:
MORE WITNESSES
The House intelligence committee, which is conducting the impeachment hearings, has set a packed schedule of open hearings over the next week.
On Friday, lawmakers will hear from former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who was ousted in May at Trump’s direction. She told lawmakers in a closed-door deposition last month that there was a “concerted campaign” against her as Trump and his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, pushed for probes of Democrat Joe Biden and other political opponents.
Eight more witnesses will testify next week, some in back-to-back hearings on the same day. Among them will be Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official who said he raised concerns in the White House about Trump’s push for investigations; Gordon Sondland, Trump’s European Union ambassador, who spoke to the president about the Ukraine policy; and Fiona Hill, a former Russia adviser to the White House who told lawmakers about national security adviser John Bolton’s concerns about Ukraine.
All witnesses testifying this week and next have already spoken to investigators in closed depositions, some of them for 10 hours or more.
BACK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Though those private depositions are largely done, Democrats have scheduled two more for this week — at the same time they are conducting the open hearings.
Democrats have scheduled a closed-door session with David Holmes, the political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, for Friday. An official familiar with the matter said Holmes is the person Taylor referred to in his testimony on Wednesday when he said an aide had overheard a conversation between Sondland and Trump in July about Ukraine conducting investigations.
They have also scheduled a Saturday deposition with Mark Sandy, an official at the Office of Management and Budget. Sandy is one of several OMB officials who have been invited by the committee to appear as lawmakers try to find out more about the military aid that was withheld. So far, none of those officials has shown up for their depositions as Trump has instructed his administration not to cooperate.
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While the open hearings are being conducted by the intelligence panel, the closed-door hearings have been held by the intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform committees.
HEADED TO JUDICIARY
The public hearings are expected to last at least another week. After that, the three committees will submit a report to the Judiciary panel, which will oversee the impeachment process.
Judiciary is expected to hold its own hearings and, eventually, vote on articles of impeachment. Democrats say they are still deciding whether to write them.
Next would come a floor vote, and if articles of impeachment are approved by the House, there would then be a Senate trial.
House Democrats are hoping to finish the process by the end of the year. A Senate trial, if called for, would likely come in 2020.
Associated Press writer Matthew Lee contributed to this report.
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The circus continues and the dems are once again left standing with”egg” on their perveribai faces. It is clear the release of the “call” threw a monkey wrench into the latest deceit and attempted coup, adding yet another defeat of great magnitude for them to try to lie their way out of. These are not witnesses to anything. They are determined to keep intact what we sent President Trump to DC to disassemble. What we are witnessing is the battle of the “establishment” refusing to give power back to the people. The very ones the Federal agents at the highest level have repeatedly been caught disparaging and denigrating. Can’t wait to see their next fiasco. This one is already out of steam and flatlined. TRUMP 2020!
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Walmart jumps ahead of Amazon with Scan & Go
Walmart is offering a Scan & Go capability in several stores that allows shoppers to use a mobile app to scan barcodes of items they want to buy, pay for them in-app with one touch and show the in-app receipt to a greeter as they leave the store — entirely avoiding checkout lines and physical payment terminals, Business Insider reported.
After testing earlier this year, the retailer is rolling out Scan & Go to more than a dozen stores in Texas, Florida, South Dakota, Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky, the reported stated. Customers who want to try it need to download Walmart’s Scan & Go app to their smartphones.
Shoppers without smartphones can take advantage of similar capabilities with hand-held scanners provided by Walmart. Additionally, users of the Scan & Go app who don’t want to save credit card info in the app also have the option of visiting a self-checkout register in-store to pay.
Walmart's Scan & Go is similar in some ways — though not all — to what Amazon is doing with Amazon Go, the cashierless convenience store concept now being tested, and which reportedly ran into some technology hurdles earlier this year.
Matt Sargent, senior vice president of retail at Magid, a research-based consultancy, noted in an e-mail to Retail Dive that Walmart's solution isn't quite as frictionless as Amazon Go. With the former, "you have to manually scan each product (in Amazon Go, the product is automatically 'sensed' when placed in the basket with RFIC [radio frequency integrated circuit technology])," he said. "[A]nd you have to still 'checkout' with the store greeter by showing him your digital receipt (with Amazon Go there is no need for the final 'check')."
Still Sargent said it is noteworthy that Walmart is now putting Scan & Go in the hands of real customers (after a one-store trial earlier this year), while the ongoing Amazon Go trial is open only to Amazon employees. "Walmart should be applauded for actually putting this into motion with real customers versus how Amazon is testing Amazon Go," he stated.
Overall, the rollout of Scan & Go on a wider basis seems like more evidence that Walmart is not willing to yield easily to Amazon (not to mention Lidl and Aldi.) The retailer is making decisive strategic moves on the organizational front, reportedly making leadership changes to its food team, and on the technology front, investing in machine learning and developing its own facial recognition technology to monitor customer satisfaction in-store.
Having a dozen or so stores with the capability is of course not quite the same as offering it on a nationwide basis, but if customers start using it, maybe there will be a further expansion coming soon. Perhaps Walmart is being cautious because it did try out this kind of capability once before, a few years ago. It reportedly didn't catch on but it wasn't all that clear if, or how, customers were using their mobile phones while in stores. All that has changed, and if anything, they are starting to expect more cutting-edge capabilities from retailers.
Business Insider Walmart is taking a direct shot at Amazon and making checkout lanes obsolete
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Egypt diplomats kidnapped in Libya over militia chief's arrest
Ghaith Shennib
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Five Egyptian diplomats kidnapped in Tripoli in retaliation for Egypt’s arrest of a Libyan militia chief pleaded on Saturday for their government to free him to secure their release.
Libya's Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani speaks during a news conference at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice in Tripoli January 25, 2014. Four Egyptian embassy staff were kidnapped in Tripoli on Saturday, a day after the abduction of another Egyptian diplomat, in what Libya's government called a reaction to Egypt's arrest of a Libyan militia commander. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
Gunman snatched four diplomatic staff from their homes in the Libyan capital on Saturday, including the cultural attaché, and kidnapped another on Friday, forcing Cairo to evacuate its embassy and its Benghazi consulate.
The kidnappings of so many diplomats underlined Libya’s persistent chaos two years after Muammar Gaddafi’s fall, with heavily-armed former rebels and Islamist militants who fought in the uprising still challenging state authority.
Calling themselves Libyan revolutionaries, the kidnappers contacted Al-Arabiya television channel to demand the release in 24 hours of Libyan militia chief Shaban Hadia, and put one of the Egyptian diplomats on the line.
“The kidnappers have demands and we ask these demands are met and the defendant Abu Hadia be released,” a man called Shirbini from the Egyptian cultural center told the channel.
“We won’t free the diplomats unless the sheikh is freed within 24 hours,” one of the kidnappers said, without giving details of what would happen after that deadline.
Hadia is a commander in the Islamist-leaning Operations Room for Libya Revolutionaries, one of the many militias which fought Gaddafi in the 2011 NATO-backed uprising, but have since refused to disarm and accept Tripoli’s authority.
The Operations Room, whose former rebel fighters were nominally hired by the government to secure Tripoli, was accused of briefly abducting Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in Tripoli in October last year.
The group denied it was involved in the Egyptian diplomatic kidnappings, but on Friday had warned there would be a strong response if Hadia was not released.
“What we have been warning the Egyptian authorities about since yesterday is that this kind of response was to be expected because of the security situation in the country,” commander Adel al-Gharyani told Reuters.
Egypt’s state news agency MENA said the Egyptian ambassador and numerous diplomats and their families had arrived back in Cairo after the government evacuated the embassy in Tripoli and the consulate in Benghazi as a precaution.
Libyan officials said they were in contact with the kidnappers and an Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman confirmed Hadia was under investigation in Egypt.
“If there is no charge at the end of it then he will be released,” he told Al Arabiya. “He will be treated kindly and we expect good treatment of the Egyptians.”
MILITIA CHAOS
The Operation Room’s commanders operate nominally under the command of Libya’s military chief of staff and their commanders rejected any involvement. On Friday they initially warned Egypt of a “strong response” unless Hadia was freed.
The Operations Room is one of the scores of militia groups who battled Gaddafi’s forces. But since his fall, rival militias and former rebels have fought turf wars and often used their military muscle to make demands on the government.
Thousands of former fighters are on the government payroll associated with the interior ministry or the defense ministry in an attempt to coax them to join regular armed forces. But many still stay loyal to their brigade commanders.
One former rebel commander who worked for the state-run Petroleum Facilities Guards defected in August and has since seized three key oil ports and held them for months to demand more autonomy from the central government.
When armed gunmen snatched the prime minister from his luxury hotel room in Tripoli in October, the Operations Room first claimed it had arrested Zeidan. They later denied they were involved, when he was released after several hours.
Zeidan, a liberal, had upset Libyan Islamists last year when he visited Egyptian chief of staff General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after the military deposed Egypt’s Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, following protests against his rule.
Libya’s General National Congress is split between the Islamist JCP party, political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the nationalist National Forces Alliance. Some militia brigades are allied to rival political factions.
A number of foreigners have been abducted and attacked in Libya in recent weeks. Security forces in Tripoli earlier this week freed a South Korean trade official held for days by kidnappers who officials said were not politically motivated.
An American teacher was shot dead in Benghazi in December, and in January a British man and a New Zealand woman were killed on a beach in western Libya.
Reporting by Ghaith Shennib; Additional reporting by Ulf Laessing and Ahmed Tolba; Writing by Patrick Markey; Editing by Andrew Roche and James Dalgleish
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Movie review: Documentary reveals sordid history of ‘National Enquirer’
Al Alexander More Content Now
Many struggle with how “enquire” and “inquire” differ. Here’s a helpful hint: Inquire means to investigate, like Congress’ looking into President Donald Trump’s abuse of power in the Ukraine brouhaha; enquire is defined as asking a question, for instance, why is Donald Trump such a publicity hound? Notice how Trump fits both definitions so well? These days, what doesn’t offer a connection to the president?
Ah, the perfect segue into a documentary about one of the few weekly rags Trump refuses to label “fake news,” the National Enquirer, best known for such “true” stories as Hillary Clinton being close to death and Ted Cruz living down the embarrassment of having a father who helped plot JFK’s assassination. Um, aren’t they two of Trump’s former political opponents? Funny how that happened. Well, it’s no coincidence, as Mark Landsman’s hugely entertaining “Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer” reveals in chronicling how the supermarket staple played more than a minor role in facilitating our current constitutional crisis.
The Enquirer, Trump? It’s impossible to separate the two. They are symbiotic, attached at the hip, as Landsman sets out to prove. And his evidence is pretty convincing, beginning with the one thing the paper and the president have in common: ties to the mob. For Trump, it was through his failed Jersey casinos; for the Enquirer, it was from where the $75,000 in seed money came when the enterprising son of a “made” mafia man went to Frank Costello with an offer the don could not refuse: turn the politically tinged Italian-language newspaper his late father founded into a publication like Britain’s Fleet Street tabloids.
It was the 1950s, a time when families fled the cities for the suburbs, and Gene Pope Jr. cashed in by plastering his publication - and its screaming headlines of celebrity scandals and UFOs - right where “enquiring minds” couldn’t help but be intrigued into lifting a copy onto the conveyor beside the Maxwell House and bananas. The circulation rapidly climbed: one million, two million, three … all the way up to more than 20 million per week. If he had lived, Henry Ford would have hued green with envy.
Then, in 1988, Pope died, sending his Lantana, Florida-based rag into a downward spiral. But then who should step in to help save it? Yes, Donald J. Trump! He came offering not cash, but news items - all of them concerning him and his celebrity lifestyle, phoned in by his chief PR guy, John Miller. As any Trump follower knows, John Miller was the alias Trump used when calling in these tidbits, fooling no one. Lucky for the Enquirer, this was also the time Trump was trading in his first wife, Ivana, for a newer, sleeker model in TV personality Marla Maples. The power couple even left two VIP passes for Enquirer reporters to attend their 1993 wedding.
While the Trump-Maples marriage famously failed, the Trump-Enquirer romance continues to this day, with muckraker Ronan Farrow reporting that the paper has performed as many as 60 “catch-and-kills” to keep the president’s affairs and sexual assaults from ever making it into print. How did the two infamous entities grow so tight? Landsman looks into it with great detail in revealing how a paper evolved from publishing photos of bloody car accidents and murders to UFOs to legit reporting (stories of O.J.’s spousal abuse long before that night on Gretna Green) to political king-making.
It’s a fascinating journey, one filled with “enhanced” facts and more than a tiny bit of extortion carried out against randy celebrities like Bob Hope, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Cosby and former presidential candidate Gary Hart, who couldn’t keep IT in their pants. Then there was Trump. Forget the Russians, Landsman presents a sound case that it was indeed the Enquirer and its then executive editor, David Pecker, who made Trump president, abetted by the nation’s most prominent outlet for propaganda: the supermarket checkout line.
Along the way, we hear from reporters and editors from the rag’s “glorious” past, including newsroom boss Iain Calder, who enjoyed filth so dearly, he was asked to promote vacuum cleaners in TV ads claiming the machines were better than he at “collecting dirt.” That clip is fun, but Landsman’s overreliance on cheesy graphics and unrelated archival clips designed to spurn nostalgia, lend his film a muddled, disengaging visual style that’s to the point of distraction. It also kinda cheapens the newsiness of what he has to say about how our own prurient interests (the Enquirer’s chief selling point) have led democracy down a path of destruction. Still, that sobering message is not lost, and it’s frightening - far more so than any UFO or pic of a ballooning Liz Taylor.
Al Alexander may be reached at alexandercritica@aol.com.
A documentary by Mark Landsman featuring Carl Bernstein, Maggie Haberman and veteran reporters and editors from the National Enquirer.
(Not rated.)
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Analogue Film: the Sequel
Written by Phil Rhodes
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Phil Rhodes looks at how Ferrania could be generating new prospects for photochemical film
A few months ago, I had the unfortunate job of writing an article for this site in which we discussed the end of Fuji as a motion picture film manufacturer. Much as we all understand the situation, photochemical film has been a long-lived technology – an immensely long-lived one, compared with anything else of similar complexity – and the end has clearly been nigh for some time. The old dog is still barking only because of a hale and surprising dedication to quality from both crew and producers, which they probably didn't really have to do from a sales and financial perspective.
And, strangely enough, prospects for photochemical origination may be stirring in an entirely unanticipated quarter. Ferrania, named after the area in Italy in which it was founded, manufactured a variety of film stocks from 1923 until 2009. Then, like everyone else, they found the market drying up and shut down film manufacturing. A distressingly large number of presumably mainly skilled staff, representing the vast majority of the company's 230 employees, were laid off in 2012.
So far, so depressing, but things are looking up: the name, site, and any remaining equipment have been purchased by a group of former employees, with the intention of starting back up in film manufacturing. When it closed down, the company produced some modern emulsions rated at ISO 200 and 400, although in the first instance they're intending to start making 100-speed films in negative and reversal. And yes, there's a stated intention from Film Ferrania's Nicola Baldini to produce the 100 reversal in motion picture formats. It's based on the stock latterly sold by Imation as Scotch Chrome 100, although presumably somewhat redesigned given the current availability of
the chemicals used to make it.
All of this is, without any doubt whatsoever, the best news for analogue film fans for quite some time. Kodak only make five 35mm camera negative films now, one of which is black and white, and none of them is reversal. I'm not sure how long it's been since there was any announcement of a new film stock whatsoever, and it is of course heartening to witness the founding of new enterprise, particularly in a western country, in high-tech engineering and manufacturing, and with the creation of skilled jobs. The company's website is very sparse at the moment, but on their brief blog entries they've already reported a healthy number of mailing-list signups.
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Kit Harington Confirms Our Theory About Jon's Hair
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Kit Harington Confirms Our Theory About Jon Snow's Post-Resurrection Hair
Rachel Krause
Photo: Courtesy of Dolce & Gabbana.
The first thing I see when I walk into the penthouse suite at downtown Manhattan's Beekman Hotel, where Kit Harington reportedly awaits me, is a cloud of smoke. Not cigarette smoke, or smoke from a fire, or any other kind of smoke that signals imminent danger, for that matter — more like an apparition, a light fog, like something that might roll slowly over Winterfell after dusk and settle there, concealing its high turrets and spires. Then the smoke clears, and the Game of Thrones actor is standing there, sliding a slim rectangular object into the pocket of his Dolce & Gabbana suit. "Sorry," he tells me. "I was just having a vape."
Many celebratory vapes are in order for Harington, who, along with the rest of the show's cast, was honored with the award for Outstanding Drama Series (their third in this category) at Monday night's Emmys. Game of Thrones is, indeed, both outstanding and dramatic, with a particular emphasis on the latter where Harington's on-screen persona is concerned. It feels incongruous to see him like this, in non-Jon Snow form, wearing civilian clothes as opposed to dense swaths of fur and, occasionally, smiling, free of the residual existential trauma associated with having been stabbed to death (fucking Olly!) and then brought back to life by way of some extremely dark magic.
Emotional baggage isn't the only one of Jon Snow's signature traits that Harington is without right now: He also does not wear his hair in a bun, which has become the Warden of the North's go-to look post-resurrection. "They wanted me to look more like Ned Stark," Harington tells me, when I ask him about Snow's sudden preference for the updo. And with that, the actor confirms that prevailing theory about this hair switch-up: The Jon who wrenches Winterfell from the hands of House Bolton in the bloodiest battle the North has ever seen is just not the same Lord Commander who brooded it up as top bastard in the Night's Watch. Now, he's renewed his Stark card, just in time for audiences to find out that, um, he actually isn't the tragic patriarch's bastard son after all. "There's a real reason behind [my hairstyle]," he says, "to show how the story was evolving."
Like many of the show's other styling choices, Jon Snow's hair is an important key to the character's progression. For that reason, Kit Harington's hair is strictly off-limits; he’s been forbidden from changing it in any way that would prevent an easy return to a Snow-like state. That remains the case, even after filming for the show's final season wrapped in July. "I haven't been allowed to touch it for years," he says. "It's going to be weird, because it becomes part of your look as an actor. It's strange to think now that I can change it. Do I want to change it? Am I going to change it? I don't know." I ask him if he's backtracking, after he said in a previous interview that he'd like to do something dramatic, to make himself unrecognizable. He says yes, he is. "That's what I've learned from this," he tells me. "Just make a statement, then backtrack. Keep everyone confused."
For someone who regularly considers — and even more often answers questions about — the role his hair plays in his career, Harington is not big on a grooming routine. He tells me that his medicine cabinet is largely empty, except for maybe a few bottles of old antibiotics he never finished the course of. (He knows that this is not advisable.) His pre-red carpet routine involves taking a shower, putting on a suit, and trying not to move ("like a mannequin," he says), so as not to wrinkle the suit.
The one thing Harington might do that Jon Snow wouldn't is apply some of Dolce & Gabbana's new men's fragrance, The One Grey, of which he is the face. "He probably wouldn't wear any scent," Harington admits, a reasonable thing to say about a character who is frequently seen wearing the entire pelts of large mammals and covered in soot and blood. "But if he was going to, you know, I'd have to say he'd wear this one. The name is pretty good for Jon."
In an alternate universe, one where the Italian brand opens a pop-up just south of the Wall, Jon Snow might smell like bright grapefruit and earthy vetiver, a hit of aromatic cardamom and a base of tobacco warm enough to melt a wall of ice. And, at the very end there, a whiff of wood smoke — which is apropos for Harington, who tells me that wood smoke is his favorite scent of all. "It reminds me of home," the British native says, suddenly wistful. I guess the ghost of vape smoke, in an expansive hotel duplex high up on the rooftop overlooking a strange city, just isn't quite the same.
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Safelite AutoGlass Named to 2016 Military Friendly Employers List
COLUMBUS, Ohio – www.safelite.com, the largest provider of vehicle glass repair and replacement services in the nation, has earned the 2016 Military Friendly® Employer designation by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs® and Military Spouse. Companies competed for the elite Military Friendly® Employer title by completing a data-driven survey, with data independently tested by EY (Ernst & Young) based upon the weightings and methodology established by Victory Media and its Advisory Board. Criteria for the survey included a benchmark score across key programs and policies, such as the strength of company military recruiting efforts, percentage of new hires with prior military service, retention programs for veterans, and company policies on National Guard and Reserve service.
While hiring for growth, Safelite develops recruitment strategies that aim toward military veterans, recognizing it’s the right thing to do and that it makes good business sense.
“At Safelite, we value not only what our service men and women have done, but what they have potential to do,” said Safelite Senior Vice President of People, Leadership & Development Natalie Crede. “Military veterans bring highly transferrable skills, leadership qualities and are an excellent source for the integrity, commitment and service mindset we look for in our people. Frankly, we’re honored when a military veteran applies for a position with us.”
Now in its 13th year, Military Friendly® Employers is the premier resource for transitioning service members and spouses seeking civilian employment. Each year, companies taking the survey are held to a higher standard than the previous year via improved methodology, criteria and weightings developed with the assistance of an Advisory Board consisting of leaders in the higher education and military recruitment community. A full list of board members can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com/advisory-board.
“Companies that have earned the 2016 Military Friendly® Employer award have exceptionally strong hiring programs and meaningful careers for transitioning service members and spouses,” said Daniel Nichols, Chief Product Officer of Victory Media and Navy Reserve veteran. “Our Military Friendly® Employers are moving the needle beyond answering ‘why hire military’ – they are truly aligning their jobs and recruiting efforts with Military Friendly® educators to translate military competencies into civilian jobs.”
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"The POLITICO Culture"
The guy responsible for the worst of Politico is being promoted, which actually might be a good thing
Alex Pareene
Monday was an exciting day for professional haters of Politico, the famous website and newspaper. There is a new memo! Politico memos are their own little literary genre. Usually composed by Politico's co-founding editors, John Harris and Jim VandeHei, these internal (but always leaked) communications are heavy on obnoxious management buzzwords, ridiculously unjustified boasting, and occasional slightly psychotic-sounding exhortations to WIN. They are generally light on self-awareness, and directives to produce quality journalism.
Though in a Politico memo, "quality" is measured in eyeballs, and the importance of the owners of those eyeballs. The original and still funniest memo wasn't from the co-founders, but from star newsletter-author Mike Allen. It is heavy on the all-caps, and clearly un-copyedited. ("The REWARD for cracking this code is that you're part of an enterprise that is already famous and respect....") It tells reporters that the first question they should ask themselves when starting a piece is, "Would this be a 'most e-mailed' story?" It refers to "mindshare."
This new memo is from Jim VandeHei, formerly the executive editor and now the CEO of the entire company. It is about "the culture of Politico," and in it VandeHei attempts to explain what makes Politico great and instruct his employees on how to make it even better. Nothing in VandeHei's memo speaks to the actual work Politico is supposedly engaged in, which is reporting. It could be a memo from the CEO of a company that makes iPhone games, or complex financial products. "We work for a hot brand doing important work with some of the smartest people in the world." "People who thrive here are highly talented, self-motivated doers who are brimming with passion and a desire to win."
"My job is to set a broad vision of where the company is going," says VandeHei, "and then help others spread it through every corner of the place." In other words, he is going to be paid a huge amount of money to think real hard about his news organization's "culture," and send out memos on the subject, and probably hold a lot of meetings, conferences and retreats.
As to the culture of the place, the memo features a version of the notorious BuzzFeed "no haters" rule: "We have learned the hard way that people who whine, project negativity or are complacent hurt the company, no matter how talented they might be at an individual task." No matter how talented you are at a "task" like reporting, or editing, if you project negativity, you are hurting the Culture of POLITICO. (As professional Politico hater Erik Wemple points out, this is basically a rather harsh attack on everyone who's left Politico recently.)
While he will remain a grossly overpaid fount of meaningless clichés, and indeed he will likely now be an even more overpaid one, VandeHei's abandoning the editorial side to take charge of the business side is, in a way, good news. It is perhaps bad news for people who actually have to work at Politico, what with the enforced relentless positivity and constant "blunt," "candid" written and in-person reviews, but it could be good news for the country, because it is VandeHei's editorial sensibilities that have led to much of what is broadly "wrong" with Politico.
It was VandeHei, paired with his star pupil Mike Allen, who teamed up to launch "POLITICO PRIMARY," a deeply funny attempt to "harness the public's hunger for something new, different and inspiring" by putting forth potential presidential candidates like ... Erskine Bowles. And David Petraeus. And Condoleezza Rice. It was incredible.
The entire ideology of VandeHei and Allen -- one they feel comfortable expressing repeatedly while still claiming to be purely objective, because that's how Washington journalism works -- is summed up in the Politico Primary. From their blurb for Bowles: "The most depressing reality of modern governance is this: The current system seems incapable of dealing with our debt addiction before it becomes a crippling crisis." Interesting take! This deeply conservative "centrist" worldview also explains the piece from last December arguing that "tax reform" and "much deeper Social Security and Medicare changes than are currently envisioned" and "trade agreements" and more oil and gas extraction would all generate an economic boom. (It is also hilarious that the only regular columnists in Politico's "Opinion" section appear to be Joe Scarborough and Rich Lowry. What a wonderful diversity of viewpoints!)
But VandeHei's ideology is less objectionable than his news sense and his editorial standards. The classic Politico move is to simply invent a story from nothing, or next-to-nothing, to create "buzz," and then to report on that "buzz." VandeHei and Allen's 2012 election coverage was based entirely on crafting "narratives," which changed from day to day. None of it was remotely informative. VandeHei and Allen eventually actually bragged that a piece they'd written a few weeks earlier "doesn't matter," but got a lot of page views anyway.
This stuff isn't just stupid, it frequently becomes outright dishonest, as when Mike Allen invented the rumor that Barack Obama might appoint Hillary Clinton to the Supreme Court. There's no journalistic argument for telling people that things that aren't going to happen might happen.
Thankfully, VandeHei will be replaced with New York Times veteran Rick Berke. Berke is beloved in the Times newsroom and has a lot of experience in a workplace "culture" that values accuracy and quality over sensationalism and eyeballs. Let's hope Berke, a rather staid Times lifer, discourages the sort of sensibility that leads to stories like the one that helped to popularize the the myth that Congress sought to "exempt" itself from Obamacare. That's what happens when you chase mindshare. Sometimes, to turn a piece of boring information into something that people WANT and NEED to read (and share), you end up distorting the information.
To help everyone there deal with such a major organizational change, I have prepared my own memo to the staff of Politico:
Staff of Politico,
I wanted to share my thoughts on the culture you are building there at POLITICO. First of all, it is very silly that you always capitalize all the letters in POLITICO and it is always cringe-inducing when bosses talk about "cultures." Your new CEO, Jim VandeHei, sounds like a nightmare person to work for, but then, you probably know that already, because he is the co-founder of your newspaper and has been one of its top editors since its launch. I just wanted you all to know that you work for a news organization, and your job is to produce journalism about politics. You "win" by writing timely and interesting stories, and by reporting new information accurately. The end.
Alex Pareene writes about politics for Salon and is the author of "The Rude Guide to Mitt." Email him at apareene@salon.com and follow him on Twitter @pareene
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Amazon has a second Go at cashierless convenience store in downtown Seattle
Originally published August 27, 2018 at 12:01 am Updated August 27, 2018 at 9:54 am
People who have visited the pilot store on the ground floor of an Amazon building will find largely the same experience at the new downtown store, near the Seattle Central Library, that opens Monday.
Seattle Times business reporter
The bright orange wrapping is coming off the new Amazon Go store in downtown Seattle, the first expansion of the cashierless convenience store outside Amazon’s corporate campus.
The new store, near the Seattle Central Library at 920 Fifth Ave., opens at 7 a.m. Monday.
People who have visited the pilot store, which opened in January on the ground floor of an Amazon building, will find largely the same experience at the new downtown store.
Customers, who need to have the Amazon Go smartphone app installed, swipe a code on their device on the way in. At that point, Amazon’s system of cameras and sensors tracks them through the aisles, charging a credit card for items they take after they leave.
That system, which relies on hundreds of cameras mounted in the ceiling, as well as human employees who check in when prompted by the system, is essentially unchanged in the new facility, Amazon says.
The items on the shelves will be a bit different.
Amazon packed a little bit of everything into the 1,800 square feet of its first store, from convenience-store staples like chips and drinks to limited grocery fare and beer and wine.
The new downtown store, smaller at 1,450 square feet, loses the liquor aisle as well as grocery staples like milk and bread. It also doesn’t have space for an in-store kitchen, and will have its fresh food supplied by an Amazon kitchen facility in Seattle.
Gianna Puerini, the Amazon vice president who oversees Go, said she expects a higher portion of office workers among the clientele compared to the first store, which, while at the heart of Amazon’s office cluster, is adjacent to increasingly residential neighborhoods.
“The population here is a little different,” Puerini said during a tour of the new space last week, as workers stocked shelves days before the opening with nonperishable goods like candy, gum, drinks and take-away oatmeal packs.
Go, along with Amazon’s Fresh grocery-delivery service and Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market, is among the Seattle company’s efforts to break into the grocery market, a massive slice of consumer shopping that, until recently, was little changed by online commerce.
Amazon wants to offer a menu of options to get foodstuffs from the company, Puerini said. Customers “will choose the ways that work for them.”
As in the original store, there’s a rack of Amazon Go-branded mugs, water bottles and other swag — items that wouldn’t exist except for the suggestion by a buyer during Amazon’s planning process that customers might be interested in taking home a souvenir.
Monday’s store opening won’t be Puerini’s last. The company earlier this year confirmed plans for Go stores in Chicago and San Francisco, indicating to analysts who track the company that Amazon planned to continue to build out stores using the technology itself, rather than license it to other retailers.
Puerini didn’t share the opening dates for the two announced stores, “or future Seattle” outlets, she added.
Matt Day: 206-464-2420 or mday@seattletimes.com. On Twitter @mattmday
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NSS: religion shouldn’t restrict access to abortion in NI
The NSS has urged the UK government not to allow religion to limit women's access to abortions in Northern Ireland. Read More »
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Matthew H Wardle, 34 of Sandy Utah, passed away peacefully on December 22nd in Vernal, Utah for undetermined reasons.
Matt worked as a skilled body tech for 15 years. He worked with his father for most of his career before moving to the Duchesne / Uintah County area to continue his career with Basin Collision. Matt enjoyed an adventurous life of off roading, hunting, camping, boating, with his large group of friends (the Jercs) and family. He is and will be deeply missed by his family and many friends.
Matt is survived by his parents Lance and Denise Wardle. Brothers; Casey, Nick and Brandon. Sister by marriage Emily (Casey). Grandmother Grace Mackey. Nephews and Nieces. Kayden, Haylee, Isaac, Grace, and Alice.
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John Wayne Gacy is perhaps one of the best known American serial killers of all time. Lacking remorse, repeating serial style abductions, killings, and sadistic torture procedures, Gacy claimed enough lives to be put to death. Twisted desire and corrupted behaviour gave way to private perversions of rape and murder performed on male captives his clown costume and people-friendly demeanour deceived. Wife swapping early in his marriage degenerated into homosexual activities with strange men. In a time when most things of this ilk were not spoken of, Gacy pursued stag films, prostitute led orgies and private homosexual encounters.
Many know Gacy for his propensity to wear a clown costume during block parties, but there is much more to this serial killer.
A socially aggressive man with a knack for cooking, Gacy personifies the ugly stereotype of the hidden psycho killer lurking within us all. A sickly child whose maturity hid a frightening alter ego, Gacy existed as a social curiosity who committed murders while belonging to social organizations and enjoying a social personality. The Junior Chamber International was the type of service club that Gacy might have earned the respect of his father for leading, if the known proclivity wasn’t stag parties, dirty movies, and paid women to bring in new members.
John Wayne Gacy became JayCee president despite known homosexual teenage tendencies. His history had already included incidences of accusations for kidnapping, sodomy, and other crimes. But Gacy’s white male status and Jaycees reputation formed a confidence that convinced even visiting police all was well. With a custom built crawlspace under his house and his wife and mother out of the way, Gacy pursued the serial killings and amassed a stack of ID’s, personal possessions, and torture trophies from the murders.
Gacy’s encounter with Donald Voorhies caused a prosecution for sodomy to occur. But Gacy may have been eyeballing young teenage men years before that, as the sub-basement full of corpses found later would attest. Gacy’s spree of abduction, homosexual assault, strangulation and death by asphyxiation, and storage/removal of bodies kept a steady flow of young men abused and/or missing from the area in the years 1972 to 1978. These were the crimes for which he was executed in 1994.
Gacy was the first son of a humble American machinist in Chicago environs who was of Polish extraction and a war veteran besides. Illinois was a humble place to grow up but not big enough for room between father and son in the Gacy household. Could Gacy’s father have been more accepting of his son’s tendencies? Would lives have been saved if the era had not been so homophobic? Would the later Gacy’s rage have been manageable? None can say.
The distance between the father and son grew with the years, when instinctive leanings toward cooking and gardening rubbed the father the wrong way. named for the mother’s favourite movie star. Gacy’s heart condition caused blackouts during sports and mechanized work activities, and as a high school dropout he began a career in sales. Nunn-Bush shoes was his career after a stint in Nevada failed to yield a high school diploma, yet Gacy was sharp enough to pursue a business degree later at Northwestern Business College.
John Wayne Gacy was abused emotionally by his father and rejected as being a “wimp”, while closely associating with his mother. Childhood friends relate that he had an inordinate appetite for cross-dressing and feminine type activities which resulted in him being all but alienated from his father. His public response to the sodomy charge included a failed lie detector test and his wife leaving him with the two children. Other allegations surfaced after the sodomy prosecution, yet it’s possible these encounters were consensual.
The 1950’s and 1960’s were a time of growth and change for John Wayne Gacy. His job as his wife’s relative’s manager of the Kentucky Fried Chicken manager had given Gacy a chance to shine as a cook. With the social parameters of a prison stint fulfilled by cooking in the prison kitchen and the social components served by commingling with inmates, staff, and warden, Gacy’s father’s death hit John Wayne Gacy hard. Prison was a difficult place to withstand both the desire for homosexual encounters and the sight of them, as violent encounters proved.
John Wayne Gacy became a different individual after prison and the death of his father. A brilliant social player, Gacy returned to Chicago. At 28, Gacy faced a divorced family and children he would never see again. Using the social skills he had mastered to cover his tainted urges, Gacy forged a new life. Short order cooking while living with his aging mother, Gacy resumed the life of “normalcy”. By 1971 he was in business for himself, manifesting a painting and decorating company. Gacy’s suppressed homosexual tendencies would surface paired with fits of rage and the urge for subjugation of the victim and their sexual humiliation.
Carol Hoff and her two daughters welcomed the relationship with Gacy, who formed a family with them. Yet the hidden compulsion for teenage youths Gacy preferred in a sexual manner could not be stoppered. Gacy picked up a young man at a bus stop and engaged in an homosexual encounter with him. This was followed with an impulsive swing of a kitchen knife. Thus Gacy created a a murder where a mere moral crime had been. On January 2, 1972 Tim McCoy had got into the wrong car and ended up with his remains hidden in a crawlspace behind Gacy’s home.
It should be known that Gacy’s encounters were not simply homosexual episodes, but homosexual incidents of torture and violence as well as sexual assault. Gacy’s marriage to Carol Hoff involved Gacy’s mother to move out. Gacy had learned to eliminate grounds for charges as well as empowering himself to act in power. In concert with sexual needs Gacy could exorcise the stigma of taboo fantasies under private conditions and enjoy suppressed urges and childhood rage at his father.
By the time of Gacy’s arrest in 1978, he had aggressively framed a harassment case against local police. The leads in the case led to the marijuana arrest that kept Gacy in custody while investigators surveyed the crime scene and corpse storage area at Gacy’s home. The twenty-nine bodies found there and the others found in the Des Plaines River created a media and public sensation. In all John Wayne Gacy was responsible for raping and murdering a shocking 33 young men and boys.
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Cancer endangers family home; Season of Sharing helps
By Ann Killion
Updated 4:55 pm PST, Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Bruce Williams with his wife Yvette and two of his three daughters Corrine, 14 and Ava, 7 at their Concord, Calif., home on Thursday December 10, 2015. Bruce has battled cancer recently and now the cancer has returned. less
Bruce Williams with his wife Yvette and two of his three daughters Corrine, 14 and Ava, 7 at their Concord, Calif., home on Thursday December 10, 2015. Bruce has battled cancer recently and now the cancer has ... more
Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
Having cancer is challenging enough. Having cancer, financial issues and bureaucratic red tape to deal with is a trifecta of suffering.
But that’s what Bruce Williams has faced over the past two years.
Season of Sharing Fund
Some new ideas
Writing a check or donating online are easy ways to contribute to Season of Sharing, but creative approaches can help, too. Here are some ideas:
Matchmaker: Use social media to get your friends to donate. One longtime donor posted a notice about his 25th work anniversary and offered to match donations — he suggested $25. The result: $475 in contributions, and the donor rounded up for an even $1,000.
Party time: Millennials can host a baking, pizza or wine potluck and ask each guest to donate $10. A party of 20 becomes a powerful $200 to help our community.
Holidays: Many holiday gatherings will bring together family and friends. Encourage those attending to make a donation.
Get out: Organize a hike, run, swim or row with your friends and get everyone to contribute.
Say a prayer: Encourage members of your religious community to donate.
Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund Daily Donor List
Fund total as of December 13, 2015: $5,623,177
Al & C., $50, in honor of Christine Price; Ron & Teresa Albro; Ruth J. Allen, in honor of Fannie Chong; Steven Baum, $500, in memory of William Dunne; Lewis Berry, $25; Felix Braendel, $200; Nell & Nelson Branco; Lolita Brewster, $25, in memory of Susie; Karen Butter, in memory of Florence Butter; Tom & Brenda Carlson, $250; Aaron Carter, in memory of Lewis Keen; MaryLee Clarkson, $25; Jackie Davids, $100; Mom de la Rocha, in honor of Pierre de la Rocha; Alexandra & Jonathan Degg, $1,230; Ann Dickinson; Jill Donnelly & Denis Ford, $100; Jill & Bruce Dresser; Roy & Betsy Eisenhardt, in honor of Dr. Peter Richards; Kay Estey, $100; Finnegans Wake, $100; Natalie Forrest & Douglas Sprague; Dorothy Frye, $100; Tim & Emily Galt, $1,000; Terry & Ed Hamilton, $50, in memory of Joan Luke Hills; Karen Hart, in memory of James M. Elam; Jean Hayward, $100, in memory of Julia Burns Hayward; Fred Holub & Geoffrey McNally; Homer Hudelson, $100, in memory of Homer C. Hudelson, Adeline V. Hudelson and Julia A. Sperou; Glen A. Jett; Dick Kolbert, $150; Carol Laidlaw, $75, in memory of Mildred Kukich; Wendy & Ivan Levison, $50; Doug & Jeri Lockhart, $200; Katheryn Louie, in memory of Frank C. Y. Louie; Dante & Gwen Matteucci, in memory of Borna Bajurin; McLauglin Family, $250, in honor of David & Audrey Levington; Gisela Meyers; Michiko & Tom, $250; Ray & Linda Minehan, $500; Monty & Sue Montague, $500, in memory of Walter Fanning; Morimoto Family, $250; Katie Morris, $50, in honor of Chrissy Wood; Linda P., $50; Eve Pell, $150, in memory of Sam Hirabayashi; William Prince, $ 5; Dave & Tamrin Rice; Suzanne Richardson & Bruce Stein, $50; Karen Robbins, $100; Diana & Jerry Robinson; Chris & Lyn Rudnicki, $250; Sherry Ruskin, $250, in memory of David Large; Barry, Lorin & Cary Schneider and Britton, Matt, Jonah & Mia Barkoff, $250, in honor of all of those in need and all of those of goodwill; Pauline & Andrew Scott; Christina Sellami, in memory of Stanley Chin; Ann Shadwick, in memory of Laila; James & Maureen Smith; Mary Straus, $100; Karen Taberski; Laura Tanner, in memory of Jeanne Tanner; J. C. Testo, in memory of Myrna Stofflet; Kathy & Ken Vanstory, $100; Dorothy Wachter, $100; Sydney V. Wark, in memory of Jay Dee Wark.
Anonymous donations in honor of: Ira Hirschfield & Tom Hansen; Ken & Tam; Kerry Bernadette Mann; People less fortunate than us, $500; Pandy & Jim Scoggins.
Anonymous donations in memory of: Jack Aikawa and Eve & Hal Simkover, $500; Leander & Joan Conboy, $500; Bernice DeStephano & June Ormsby; Eva & Ben Dobrofsky; Jimmy Free, $25; Victoria Idiart; Bern Rosen; Gertie van den Boer; Jung Haw Yee & Mee Gwing Yee.
The 41-year old Concord father of three, who works the graveyard shift for BART doing track maintenance, knew something was physically wrong in the early months of 2014. He had chest pains and trouble swallowing. He went back and forth to doctors and was told he probably had acid reflux.
Nothing was improving until finally a nurse told his wife, Yvette, that the condition sounded far more serious than acid reflux and that he should make an appointment in gastroenterology.
“Within 72 hours he got in there, and the doctor told me he saw tumors, and that it was possibly cancer,” Yvette Williams said. “I was like, ‘Wait. What?’”
Bruce Williams was diagnosed with stage three esophageal cancer. He immediately went into a treatment program of chemotherapy and radiation. He couldn’t eat, receiving sustenance through a catheter. His weight dropped from 245 pounds to 160. Both he and his wife — who worked in a safe house for abused women — stopped working to focus on his treatment.
Bruce Williams went on disability from his BART job. At the end of the summer, in August, his tumors had shrunk enough to allow for surgery. Surgery revealed the cancer had spread to his lymph nodes. In October, he got a remission diagnosis, and by February he was back at work.
“As soon as I was able to eat, I started to feel better,” he said.
Williams, a native of Chicago, came to the Bay Area in the 1990s, when he was in the Navy and was stationed in Alameda. He has a daughter, Tianna — now 20 — from his first marriage, which didn’t last.
A reason to stick around
One night in 1997, at the Sheraton in Concord, he met Yvette Lewis, an Oakland native. Any thoughts he had about returning home to Chicago were quickly shelved. He and Yvette now have two daughters, Corrine, a 14-year-old freshman at Concord High, and Ava, a 7-year-old second-grader.
The girls like to cuddle with their dad on the couch.
“They always make sure Daddy’s OK,” he said.
Any hope that life had returned to normal when he finally went back to work in February was short-lived. Bad news came again during a routine checkup.
“They saw cancer on my liver,” he said.
Again, he had to take time off work to deal with treatments.
This is when Season of Sharing entered the Williams family story. When he applied for disability a second time, he was denied. Not only denied but informed that he owed $6,000 because he was paid by the wrong BART union and had been overpaid during his first bout with cancer.
Yvette Williams tried to unravel the bureaucratic problem. Even after negotiations reduced the amount owed, the union still took 50 percent of his disability check, leaving the family with just $780 a month. While they struggled to resolve the issue, they missed two rent payments.
Season of Sharing stepped in to help the family cover two months’ rent, in July and August.
“It was very painless and extremely professional,” Yvette Williams said. “When you go through something like that, you don’t want to be a burden. But it was a comfortable process.”
Bruce Williams’ health stabilized. He went back to work in September. Yvette has also returned to work at a career center in Oakland and has plans to open her own career center, working with victims of domestic abuse and trafficking and former prisoners to help them find a successful path.
Corrine is on the junior varsity basketball team and is practicing for her holiday chorus performance. Ava is ready for Christmas.
One more challenge
But the Williamses’ struggle isn’t over yet. Cancer has once again surfaced in his body, this time in his lungs. He is scheduled for surgery on Jan. 19. Once again, he will have to take time off of work, probably six to eight weeks.
And he’s pessimistic he’ll get any disability this time.
“They say I still owe them money,” Williams said.
But the Williamses are confident they will win this battle.
“We just have to keep cancer at bay,” Yvette said.
Ann Killion is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: akillion@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @annkillion
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From Holberg's Time Op. 40
Suite in Olden Style. Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Edited by Richard Clarke. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Score. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-20897-00. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-20897-00).
Sinfonia No. 8 in D major MWV N 8
Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Individual part. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-1538-15. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-1538-15).
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2 Op. 55
Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Edited by Richard Clarke. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Score. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-21474. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-21474).
Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Edited by Richard Clarke. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Wind set. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-21473-30. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-21473-30).
Cello. Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Edited by Richard Clarke. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Individual part. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-21473-23. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-21473-23).
Violin 1. Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Edited by Richard Clarke. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Individual part. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-21473-15. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-21473-15).
Viola. Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Edited by Richard Clarke. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Individual part. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-21473-19. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-21473-19).
Wind set. Composed by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936). Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Wind set. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-8101-30. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-8101-30).
Suite No. 2. Composed by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936). Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Individual part. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-8101-12. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-8101-12).
Contrabass. Composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). Edited by Richard Clarke. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Individual part. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-21473-27. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-21473-27).
Suite No. 3. Composed by Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936). Edited by Egon Voss. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Individual part. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-8102-16. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-8102-16).
The Moldau (Vltava)
Score. Composed by Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884). Edited by Milan Pospisil. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Score. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-20472-00. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-20472-00).
Te Deum and Jubilate in D major Z 232 Z 232
Vocal soloists, choir and orchestra (Soli: SSAATB - Chor: SSATB - 0.0.0.0. - 0.2.0.0. - Str - Bc(Cemb)) - intermediate
For St. Cecilia's Day 1694. Composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695). Edited by Denis Arnold. Arranged by Denis Arnold. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Eulenburg Orchestra Series. Baroque, Classical. Piano reduction. 56 pages. Duration 20'. Eulenburg Edition #ED 12749. Published by Eulenburg Edition (HL.49012940).
Te Deum H 146
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Wind set. Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645-1704). Edited by Jean-Paul Montagnier. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Wind set. Eulenburg Edition #EOS-8042-30. Published by Eulenburg Edition (BR.EOS-8042-30).
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Campaign worker sentenced for conspiracy to violate election code
By Phaedra Haywood phaywood@sfnewmexican.com
Phaedra Haywood
Courts Reporter
An man who admitted forging signatures on applications for absentee ballots in Española’s 2016 municipal election received a deferred sentence which will allow him to avoid having a felony conviction on his record he if completes 18 months’ probation without a violation.
Dyon Herrera, 24, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the municipal code — a fourth-degree felony — in October after being accused of signing the applications of his grandparents and another man in order to obtain their absentee ballots from a city clerk.
Herrera told prosecutors he signed the applications at the behest of Laura Seeds while working on her husband City Councilor Robert Seeds’ re-election campaign.
Under the terms of his agreement with prosecutors, Herrera testified against Laura Seeds in her the election fraud case and could have been sentenced to up to 18 months in prison on the felony count.
But state District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer handed down the deferred sentence after Herrera asked for leniency Monday. He told the judge he’d been dealing with the death of his father and struggling with an opioid addiction when he committed the crime, but has since kicked his addiction and become a productive citizen.
“I’m not perfect,” Herrera said Monday. “Nobody is perfect in this world, but all we can do is learn from our mistakes and try to grow from them. And that’s honestly what I’m trying to do. What I did was a very foolish, naive thing. I was just at a very bad time in my life. And obviously, I know way better. I’ve learned a lot since then.”
The sentence represents another second chance for Herrera, who had avoided becoming a convicted felon when he received a conditional discharge — which defendants can only be awarded once in a lifetime — in a 2015 assault case.
Assistant Attorney General Peter Valencia did not make a sentencing recommendation to the court Monday and said afterward he elected to stay silent because Herrera had cooperated so fully in the state’s prosecution of Laura Seeds.
A jury found Laura Seeds guilty of five fourth-degree felonies in November, including two counts of illegal possession of absentee ballots, two counts of making false statements and one count of conspiracy to violate the city’s election code. She was sentenced to five years’ probation in that case, but faces another trial on related charges this spring.
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"To have this club involved in games like this and challenging with Sheffield Wednesday to get into the fifth round of the cup is where we should be.
"We were every bit as good in that second half as we have been poor in other games. We worked very hard on our game plan on the training pitch and all the players stuck to it.
"People are asking for attacking football. I cannot do any more than my right-back getting on the end of a cross in the 97th minute!" Mellon told BBC Sport:
Facing an in-form Sheffield Wednesday side, Mellon’s side were understandably underdogs going into the match, but a passionate performance which culminated in two late goals at Greenhous Meadow, including a 97th minute winner from on-loan Fulham defender Jack Grimmer, has set up a dream home cup tie in the fifth round against Manchester United.
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The League Managers Association five-man Performance of the Week panel, comprising LMA Chairman Howard Wilkinson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Joe Royle, Dave Bassett and Barry Fry, were in agreement that the LG Performance of the Week Award for the week commencing 25 January should go to Shrewsbury Town following their dramatic 3-2 victory against Sky Bet Championship side, Sheffield Wednesday, in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday 30th January 2016.
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Online solvers, technical remarks
The user interfaces for the solvers have been written in HTML5, using inline SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) for visualization purposes, with the algorithms coded in JavaScript. Comments:
Browser support for HTML5 is required, JavaScript needs to be enabled. The pages pass the W3C validator (12.2018) without error messages or warnings. So far the execution has been observed to be reasonably platform- and browser-independent, tested for up-to-date versions (12.2018) of several major browsers, including variants for mobile. Nevertheless, not all browsers implement the full HTML5 specification, in particular older variants may lack certain functionality (this also concerns more recent versions of MS Internet Explorer). Functions that are triggered by the hovering of a (mouse) pointer are obviously not available with a touch-based browser.
Beyond these standard browser features, no further plugins are required. In particular, when compared to the preceding Java Applets, no more unsettling security warnings or confirmation dialogs should appear.
The code has been compiled from the original Metric C++ sources to JavaScript using the emscripten tools. The outcome should thus be identical, in principle (it is, as far as has been observed so far).
The program code is executed after just in time compilation by the JavaScript engine of your browser. Its execution may take somewhat longer than running the analogous compiled C++ code directly, and the speed depends on your hardware.
After accessing the pages on the SiIO website, and downloading the solver script, the programs run locally on your machine. None of the input data is being sent over your internet connection (that is, unless things happen that remain outside the control of the solver programs ...).
Depending (sensitively) on the selected computational parameters, and on your hardware, specific calculations may take a while (this concerns in particular the QuEPS solver). The respective parts of the scripts then block the interactivity of the browser; the page appears "to hang", while the scripts are still executed. After some time the browser might complain with a message "page not responding", or similar (try giving the script permission to continue). Note that this does not constitute erroneous behaviour, but is related to the computational effort required for the task that you specified. Some care has been taken to avoid these scenarios, in the form of splitting the original code into smaller parts, and including progress bars. Still, tasks of higher computational complexity can easily be formulated. In those cases it might be advisable to move to a computer a little more powerful than your mobile or tablet.
Those parts of the scripts that concern the user interface are directly embedded in the solvers html file. Upon opening the page, the browser loads the actual core code ("preparing scripts") from a separate file. Now and then the solver pages and the scripts change; try to clear the cache of your browser in case of problems.
The text fields accept ordinary numbers as well as simple C-style expressions (cf. the Teval script), provided that the result is reasonable for the particular problem. Try e.g. an input '1.234*2' to double a value '1.234'.
Since direct access to local files is restricted for security reasons, indirect means have been adopted for data export. Options for "downloading" data files and SVG figures are provided (note that these are Object/Blob-URLs, generated on your local computer). If that fails, due to lack of support by your browser, just open an empty file in your favorite text editor (preferably one that supports Unicode / UTF-8 character encoding). Then use a "select all, copy, paste"-procedure to transfer the data / SVG-code supplied in the text windows, and save the respective file with the appropriate extension.
You might wish to employ a suitable drawing program for vector graphics (e.g. Inkscape), to edit the .svg-figures produced by the solvers, and to convert these to other formats like .eps or .pdf.
The programs are meant as a kind of pocket calculator for rough and quick assessment of problems involving slab waveguides, and for purposes of demonstration. The limited functionality is hardly sufficient for more extensive design tasks, where one should resort to other computational means. Analogous programs (e.g. the Metric tools) are available from this site, without a graphical user interface, but applicable to a substantially larger variety of problems.
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Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies in the Antarctic
Applies to salaries and other benefits that are to be taxed under the Jan Mayen Tax Act.
Brief information about the tax and contribution rule
Salary or other benefits for work performed on Jan Mayen or the Norwegian dependencies in the Antarctic are taxed in accordance with the provisions of the Svalbard Tax Act if an individual period of residence linked to the work exceeds 30 days.
You must use this tax and contribution rule for income recipients who have a continuous period of residence on Jan Mayen or the dependencies exceeding 30 days.
Sickness benefit and salary during sickness are taxed according to the same rules if the employee is resident on Jan Mayen or the Norwegian Antarctic dependencies during a period of sickness.
The Norwegian Antarctic dependencies are Queen Maud Land, Bouvet Island and Peter I Island.
In addition to information on the period of residence you must specify benefits, withholding tax, national insurance contributions and deduction with Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies in the Antarctic. As for employer’s national insurance contributions the same rules apply for Jan Mayen and the Norwegian Antarctic dependencies as for Svalbard.
Read more about the tax rules for Jan Mayen and the Norwegian Antarctic dependencies
Read more about the PAYE scheme in the Svalbard Tax Return
Continuous residence period in excess of 30 days
If a person is resident on Jan Mayen or the dependencies for more than 30 days without leaving the place, we consider this to be a continuous period of residence. This also applies to periods of residence that extend over a year-end.
How to calculate the period of residence:
count the number of consecutive days
doesn't include travel days to and from
leaving Jan Mayen or the dependencies will end the continuous period of residence and the count restarts
If a person works on Jan Mayen for 14 days, spends a weekend on the mainland, and then works another 20 days on Jan Mayen, this is considered two periods of residence of less than 30 days. You must therefore not use the tax and contribution rule for these periods.
The information you must provide
When you submit an a-melding, you must, in addition to other obligatory information, specify:
Residence ID unique ID
Start date from date
End date to date
Residence description Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies
The start date and end date are for the continuous residence period.
Benefits that the tax and contribution rule covers
You can use the tax and contribution rule to most types of salary and other benefits.
When the income recipient fulfils the relevant conditions, you must specify the “Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies” tax and contribution rule for salary and other benefits.
See summary of benefits that the tax and contribution rule covers
What about withholding tax
If you have used the tax and contribution rule on salary and other benefits, you must also specify:
withholding tax as “Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies”
national insurance contributions as “Paid national insurance contributions to Jan Mayen”.
Here you find the rates for deducted tax and national insurance contributions to Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies. The annual statement concerning tax and tax deductions on Svalbard, Jan Mayen and the dependencies provides more details concerning how the deductions will be made.
You must pay the withholding tax to the tax collector in mainland in the municipality of residence.
What about the deduction description
If you have used the tax and contribution rule on salary and other benefits, you must also remember to specify the following deduction descriptions for Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies:
Trade union fees Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies in the Antarctic
Premium for pension scheme, Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies in the Antarctic
What about employer’s national insurance contributions
For Jan Mayen and the Norwegian Antarctic dependencies, the same rules concerning employer’s national insurance contributions apply as for Svalbard. See separate description of employer’s national insurance contributions for salary deductions on Svalbard under the point "other industries".
NAV uses information concerning salary and benefits to calculate unemployment benefit and to check benefits such as sickness benefit, parental benefit, disability benefit and advance child maintenance payments.
The Norwegian Tax Administration uses the information to ensure that employees on Jan Mayen and the Norwegian dependencies are taxed according to the PAYE scheme. The number of days is needed for control purposes and to ensure correct taxation.
Statistics Norway (SSB) uses the information for statistical purposes.
Applicable regulations
These regulations are only available in Norwegian.
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1. LEUPHANA team #293NECKARSULM GrazIndustrial town of the 21st century Old town with industry in the surroundingsEach town and city is an individual, different from Each town and city is an individual, different fromall others. The town represented in the accompanying all others. The town represented in the accompanying photos isphotos is situated in southwestern Germany and had been a situated in southeastern Austria. Today the city has about 260.000rural small town until the end of the 19th century. Industrialization inhabitants and is the zweitgrösste town in Austria. I cannot describe ourand the influx of refugees and immigrant workers after the Second town as an industrial or cultural or creative or something other specialWorld War have turned it into a medium-sized town which has town, because Graz was not able to build a profile. The town-grown right up to the borders of its neighboring city. government (?) always tries new ideas, but never found a final result. 2003 we have been cultural capital of Europe.The first picture shows the town´s central spot, so to speak. It is the market place, The first picture shows the town where a weekly market is held, ´s central spot, so to speak. It and concerts take place during is the >Uhrturm< on the Grazer the summer. Also, it is part of a ´townhill` the Schlossberg. You small pedestrian zone which is can see it from most positions definitely a “feel-good” part of in the city. Surrounded from the town. The place´s prominent small alleys with „redheaded“ building is the town hall, from old houses. If you are looking which the quite wealthy town is on Graz from the air, you can governed by an elected mayor see the biggest connected red and town council. In addition, rooftops-oldtown. I would like the town hall is a fine example of to sho you: http:// well-preserved classic www.youtube.com/watch? architecture. v=5pxHq10dgXA. Special is a big pedastrian zone -in contrast to Neckarsulm with a small pedestrian zone – but my description of it, is the same: the zone is definitely a “feel- good” part of the town. One of the last mayors of Graz started
2. LEUPHANA team #293 The second picture depicts the town´s old one of the first network(?) of cycle tracks. Inhabitants love it, pedastrians Catholic church. It is one of the oldest places sometimes hate it. of worship in this once mostly Catholic town which now has prominent Protestant and The „Mur“ , as you see on the second picture (http://flic.kr/p/dRDaLC ) cuts the town into two parts. Left of the river and right of the river. Two Muslim communities. The church was heavily cultures. Left you find the so called „Bürgertum“ (bourgeoisie). At the damaged during the Second World War, but right is the redlight district and a growing district with many foreign c a re f u l l y re c o n s t r u c t e d a n d re s t o re d people (migrants). afterwards. It can be regarded as a symbol of the town´s willingness to survive, and the http://flic.kr/p/dRDbEN shows you the Kunsthaus also called the continuation of the place´s Christian tradition Friendly Alien. Opened 2003 it trys to be the connection between left which has prevailed in spite of the dictatorship and right. that led to the war and ultimately to the church´s One of the biggest problems in Graz is traffic and the pollution. Becausetemporary destruction. of the position Graz does not have enough air-circulation, so we respireThe town´s train station building has only recently been restored the dirt of the city and the industry in the neighbourhood of the town. As in Neckarsulm Graz (Styria) has an Automotive Industry in the south of on the outside and the city. modernized on the inside. It is situated on a Nobody wants to be responsible. Nobody tries to stop the problem main railway line which because the theme is unpopular. The next picture is the expression for connects the town to the our bad public traffic opportunities in Graz. http://flic.kr/p/dRxYmz rest of the world, so to speak. Also, the building is a fine example of the typical sandstone architecture of the late19th century.
3. LEUPHANA team #293 The central bus station serves So you see, Neckarsulm and Graz have nearly the same problems. A as the hub of local commuter lack of identity for driving the boat in case the industry is down in the traffic. Four bus lines connect future. And the second, the pollution. We do have green around and in most parts of the town with its the city, but not center, and many more lines enough to clean the make a connection to nearby air. Look! towns and villages and, ofcourse, to the neighboring city. Public transport plays an evermore important role in this town, which otherwise depends so Resumee: Peopleheavily on cars… come to town,all over the world. For …that are produced in this working and for giant factory, which living. Todays cities stretches for more than two are not ready for kilometers from north so this onrush. So it is south, and several hundred three after twelve to meters from east to west. stop our affluent The town´s long tradition as society, to think about the future of our children, to find new traffic- a site for the manufacture opptortunities, to build generation-houses, to use alternative energy, to do to do to do – for a better, cleaner world and OUR city in tomorrowsof cars has made its name widely known. The presence of the car cosmos.plant and its supply industries make for a large part of the town´swealth, which offers more jobs than it has inhabitants.The downside, of course, is the noise and pollution it All our photos: http://flic.kr/g/keiPvproduces, aspects known only too well to the inhabitants of theresidential area that directly faces the factory. In addition, the grayconcrete silhouette leaves not much green to be seen. Theunpleasant view is continued in the background, where theneighboring city´s coal power plant produces even morepolluted air. Somehow, the whole affair stinks…
4. LEUPHANA team #293 …which makes the presence of a green lung vitally important. Luckily, the town has a pleasant park of respectable size, though it is cut by a road in one place. A nice spot foran afternoon walk, this pond is a popular meeting place duringthe summer. Taking a bath there is reserved for ducks and otheranimals though… …whereas humans can make use of this public bath. It is one of the town´s most formidable places for recreation and attracts many visitors from afar. Several indoor basins and attractions can be foundunder the glass dome, while the heated outside basin makes for agreat swim even in cold winters.This town in the heart of Europe may have a bright future, as longas the car industry is booming. Should it decline one day, arestructuring of the local economy is vital for its survival, lest amass exodus of its inhabitants in search for other jobs sets in.Luckily, the headquarters of a supermarket chain and several ITcompanies guarantee some economic diversity. If the townsucceeds in limiting the effects of pollution and attracting“greener” industries, it may thrive and grow to be a real smallcity…
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What are the next steps for Knicks after Kristaps Porzingis trade?
Jan 31, 2019 | 9:22PM
Knicks must continue to develop young talent to lure coveted free agents
By David Vertsberger | Jan 31, 2019 | 9:22PM
After a rollercoaster day for Knicks fans, media and seemingly staff, the organization's best prospect since Patrick Ewing is now a Dallas Maverick, they have roughly $74 million in cap space to throw around this summer, and this city has gone *erases, scribbles* 0 days since the last melodrama.
A brief recap: Kristaps Porzingis was reportedly upset with the team's direction, aired his concerns out to management and wanted out, to which Scott Perry and Steve Mills quickly responded by flipping him, Tim Hardaway Jr., Courtney Lee and Trey Burke in exchange for Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews, a 2021 unprotected first round pick and 2023 top-10 protected first round pick.
Got all that? Well, the timeline of all this transpiring is still fuzzy, and it's looking like the Knicks did not hold out for the best offer, try to reconcile with KP, or even salvage his trade value before moving on. That's okay though, because now the team is prime to sign two max deals (Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, anyone?), or fall back squarely on whatever's left of this 10-win roster and what comes up of this year's lottery pick.
It was a hectic series of events, even for Knicks standards, and there's still just under a week until the trade deadline and free agents to woo. Here's where New York is likely to go from here: The first step should be to waive Jordan and Matthews. They're nice players, but winning is not the priority right now with the Knicks fending off fellow tankers for the worst record in the league.
With the new Draft Lottery rules, this position doesn't actually secure top odds for the first pick, and with it Zion Williamson. But finishing last would assure they don't slip further down than fifth in the draft order. Trading one or both could be an option, but it's hard to imagine them getting much back in value without taking on longer-term salary.
So what moves can the Knicks make at the deadline? The Anthony Davis sweepstakes is all but out of the question now, and there isn't much salary left to shed.
They now have a bit of an awkward situation at point guard however, with a big twist on the mini-rivalry of Frank Ntilikina and Smith Jr. The two were selected one after the other, and have been the subjects of major debate among fans and even LeBron James. It's possible head coach David Fizdale is privy to the idea of them competing against one another for the starting job and playing time, but given his lack of confidence in Ntilikina, a trade could be in the works.
One option could be flipping him for the Orlando Magic's Mo Bamba, whose name has appeared in trade rumors recently. The Phoenix Suns are short a point guard for their young core, so the Knicks can try and talk them into shipping Dragan Bender or Josh Jackson.
Another direction New York can go in is flipping someone they'd have to battle the market to re-sign, such as an Emmanuel Mudiay or Noah Vonleh. Either should be able to net a pick from a competitive team looking for added depth.
Unless the Knicks have another blockbuster up their sleeve, there probably isn't much else to their trade deadline strategy. Then comes what's sure to be a slog of a final stretch of the season. During that time, the Knicks can do two things to set themselves up for the all-or-nothing grand prize of July's free agent bonanza.
First, play and develop the young guys. While giving the developing pieces burn over established veterans has been a struggle in months and years past, there are only two tenured players left on the roster, assuming Jordan and Matthews are on the way out. If not, it's a mistake, and they shouldn't take minutes from the neophytes. Get Smith Jr. the ball and let him run high pick-and-rolls with Mitchell Robinson all game long. Give Kevin Knox 40 shots a night. Allonzo Trier should be known as Iso-Zo from here on forward.
Free agents the Knicks will want to pitch should have a body of work to examine from the young core that's supposed to back them up. And if nobody of significance joins, hopefully one or many of these guys develop into an impact player.
Finally, try to avoid anything else that might scare off a Durant or Irving, for instance beefing with a tremendous young talent, and leaking his displeasure amidst a swift deal to get him out of town. Try and function quietly, professionally, even normally.
That may be too much to ask, but the Knicks have once again staked their future on a star-studded free agency class with no established talent to sell folks on. They are not short on ambition.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Nelle Is the Villain Port Charles Deserves Right Now
By Chris Eades May 4, 2018
Chloe Lanier,
Soap fans can be a pretty vicious group, and right now, there are a bunch of GENERAL HOSPITAL fans attacking Nelle on the reg. Unfortunately, this also means some blowback onto her portrayer, Chloe Lanier, who is dealing with it as best she can. The thing is, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with Nelle. She actually serves a vital purpose in Port Charles!
Daytime dramas are nothing without their villains, and Lanier has created an absolutely compelling one in Ms. Nelle Benson. Introduced as Josslyn’s kidney donor, Nelle was all sweetness and light until she drugged Sonny so he’d think they’d slept together and used this as leverage to destroy Carly. You see, it turns out that Nelle is the daughter of Frank Benson, Carly’s adoptive father, and she wanted revenge against her half-sister for getting everything she never had. And some of the blame for Nelle’s behavior can be laid at Frank’s feet. “It’s almost like Nelle grew up in a cult,” Lanier confided to Soaps In Depth, “being brainwashed from an early age.”
It was the slap heard round Port Charles! (Photo Credit: XJJohnson/jpistudios.com)
After that reveal, it looked as though Nelle was trying to go straight, repairing her relationship with Michael, but then came the mystery of her former fiancé’s death, which Bobbie and Carly found highly suspicious. And then she got pregnant with Michael’s baby, using that to continue to worm her way into the Corinthos family. But even worse, now she’s torturing Carly by gaslighting her with memories of her late son, Morgan, something fans find unforgivable.
Do you think Nelle can still be redeemed?
Plenty of GH viewers are eager to get rid of Nelle, some even hoping that she dies in childbirth, which is really kind of an awful thing to say, even about a fictional character. But really, Nelle should stick around Port Charles for as long as she can. As long as she doesn’t descend too far into psycho villain mode and find herself written into a corner, the schemer can continue stirring up trouble for years to come. Heroes and heroines need their villains to fight against, and Nelle is a pretty fantastic villain. Heck, Lanier even recently took home the award for Outstanding Younger Actress at the Daytime Emmys for her portrayal, so she’s clearly doing something right! And if her performance is inspiring such… passionate responses from fans, she really deserves all the praise she’s getting.
How far will Nelle go to torture Carly? Only time will tell! (Photo Credit: XJJohnson/jpistudios.com)
So sit back and enjoy watching Nelle plot and scheme because we all know that eventually Carly’s going to catch on and that’s when the fireworks will really begin! And for more GH news, keep reading the ABC edition of Soaps In Depth magazine.
Love GH? Be sure to join our We Love General Hospital Facebook group to chat about all the latest storylines and juicy gossip!
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Rise in incidents of racism concerns Kick It Out
Kick It Out chairman Sanjay Bhandari fears the issue of racism “is definitely getting worse” in Britain following an incident at Saturday’s Manchester derby, which has led to an arrest.
On Sunday, Greater Manchester Police confirmed a 41-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order and remains in custody over an incident at the Etihad Stadium.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer claimed two of his Manchester United players were targeted in their 2-1 win over City, when television footage appeared to show a supporter making a racist gesture in the direction of Brazil international Fred and his team-mate Jesse Lingard.
The incident came almost a year to the day since City striker Raheem Sterling was subjected to “racially abusive language” by a Chelsea supporter, who was later banned for life.
A League Two game between Forest Green Rovers and Scunthorpe United was also temporarily halted on Saturday following a report of alleged racist abuse, and Bhandari is concerned by the growing number of incidents across the game in Britain.
“I think the problem is definitely getting worse here and it has been over the last three years,” he told Sky Sports News.
“We’re nowhere near where we were 30, 40 years ago but there’s definitely been an upward spike over the last two, three years.
“But by the same token it doesn’t help us if we create these false oppositions; we’re not [like] Bulgaria.”
We have been inundated with reports of alleged racist abuse from a number of individuals during this evenings Manchester Derby.
We will be contacting both clubs to offer our support and hope swift action is taken to identify the offenders.
— Kick It Out (@kickitout) December 7, 2019
In October, UEFA ordered Bulgaria to play a competitive home game behind closed doors after their Euro 2020 qualifier against England was halted twice due to racist chanting from the stands.
“We should not be complacent, we should focus on what’s happening in our own country,” Bhandari added.
“There has definitely been a rise over the last two or three years and we need to get a handle on that and collaborate much more effectively across football to really try and stamp this out.”
City promised any individual found guilty of making racial gestures would be banned for life.
The Premier League also issued its own statement on Sunday saying it would support any action taken by their 20 clubs.
“The Premier League and our clubs will not tolerate discrimination in any form,” the statement read.
“If people are found to have racially abused Premier League players they deserve to be punished and we will support any action taken by the authorities and the clubs.
“We appreciate the millions of supporters who help create a positive Premier League matchday atmosphere and have made it clear that racist conduct or language is unacceptable.”
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