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How Blockchain is Boosting Renewable Energy
Ralph Tkatchuk · October 22, 2018
Ralph Tkatchuk 2018-10-22
The explosion in renewable energy projects on blockchain is already promising—there are 122 startups operating in the space, with nearly half launching since 2017. More impressively, these startups have raised over $320 billion between the second quarter of 2017 and the first of 2018.
Electricity is undoubtedly one of the most vital utilities of any country around the world. Today’s societies rely heavily on electricity for almost all our needs and vital services, and a single outage could have a drastic impact. Case in point is the Northeast blackout of 2003, which shut down power across the eastern US seaboard and parts of Canada for 29 hours. Described as a “catastrophic outage”, the event is a grim reminder of how dependent the world is on this energy source.
Despite its essential position, the energy industry worldwide remains riddled with inefficiencies. From the use of fossil fuels and reliance on outdated generation methods to de facto monopolies and high costs, the sector is ripe for change. The clean energy industry has been growing, but it is blocked by obstacles that make it infeasible to scale, barriers from existing industry interests, and other factors that hold it back.
To combat some of these barriers, entrepreneurs have started looking at blockchain as a viable workaround to the existing impasse and change-resistant mentality. Now, the highly visible blockchain industry is gearing up to tackle renewable energy and bring the disruption necessary to really break it through into the mainstream.
Clean Energy and the Resistance Factor
The clean and renewable energy push has continued unabated even in the face of strong resistance from corporate lobbying groups, resulting unfriendly government policies, and the technological barriers that still exist for the tools we use.
The capital cost of building new fully functional renewable energy plants is still far greater than traditional energy generation. In 2017, solar systems cost over $2,000 per kilowatt to install, while natural gas plants were significantly cheaper at $1,000 per kilowatt. Moreover, traditional power systems are still one-way roads—companies sell access to consumers who usually have no alternatives. Renewable energy threatens to change that model, and the energy industry has lobbied and campaigned heavily against it.
Overall, this results in a market for renewables that, while growing and constantly improving, remains bound. The industry has made significant progress, and even formerly staunch opponents like Exxon, BP, and Shell have announced plans to dip their toes into the renewable energy field. Even so, it remains far behind where it could be, and disruptors hope blockchain may be the jolt renewable energy needs.
Blockchain Provides a Boost
The explosion in renewable energy projects on blockchain is already promising—there are 122 startups operating in the space, with nearly half launching since 2017. More impressively, these startups have raised over $320 billion between the second quarter of 2017 and the first of 2018. These new projects also stem from other businesses and innovations that have been proven successful. For example, the Brooklyn Microgrid project, which created a small-scale community where users could generate and store power via solar panels, and trade with other community members.
Some blockchain startups have taken that model and scaled it to a much higher level. Eloncity, for instance, is building a similar architecture that removes the need for power companies by offering a storage, exchange, and usage network directly on blockchain. The company’s system uses smart energy storage batteries alongside solar panels to allow users to create, use, and store their own energy. More importantly, Eloncity’s marketplace allows users to completely circumvent power monopolies.
Others have focused exclusively on the marketplace aspect, such as Power Ledger, which lets users that already have solar panels installed sell their excess power at prices they set. Some focus on providing rewards for users to generate power. SolarCoin, one of the oldest blockchain energy projects, offers tokens to users who generate solar electricity in hopes of furthering adoption and usage. Some even go the investment route, such as NestEgg, which lets users invest in windmill farm projects and incentivizes growth in the sector.
These projects tackle various issues, but blockchain at its core also helps create more transparency in existing systems. For instance, managing existing systems—even solar-based—for energy distribution on blockchain means that there is less space for waste and fraud, as energy consumption and generation is tracked on an immutable ledger. Even monitoring efforts that help encourage greater green energy usage, like Swytch, provide a valuable tool for renewable energy efforts.
Decentralizing our Energy Future
These projects are still in their relative infancy and have yet to prove they will succeed. Regardless, blockchain offers a significant opportunity for a sector that is aggressively attempting to disrupt the status quo. Thanks to its decentralized nature, as well as its transparency and disintermediating potential, blockchain can provide the renewable energy sector with a valuable tool.
As more companies find creative uses for the technology, the broader market will also see the value in removing the barriers that have made energy—one of the most vital resources on earth—expensive and restricted.
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Obama-Appointed Judge Freed MS-13 Illegal Alien “Perverso,” Who Then Murdered 17-Year-Old Girl
Illegal migration has a high human cost. Politicians who advocate for it have blood on their hands.
Howie Carr at the Boston Herald sums up the latest outrage.
Consider the case of “Perverso,” one Henri Salvador Gutierrez, an illegal MS-13 gangbanger from El Salvador.
Perverso is now one of six gangbangers charged with the savage murder last summer in Lynn of a 17-year-old. He was recorded bragging in jail how he and his fellow illegal-immigrant welfare recipients killed the kid – “dicing him as if he were a cow.”
A federal immigration judge had cut him loose five weeks before the murder.
Perverso had gang tattoos and a history.
In October 2015 Perverso was arrested for carrying a knife at a local high school – “SALVADOR indicated that this was the first time he had ever carried a knife, never threatened to use a knife, and he never harmed anyone …”
Remember, he’s now charged with murdering a 15-year-old … with a knife.
June 2016 – Perverso is arrested again for carrying a large knife in Chelsea – “SALVADOR claimed that he was carrying it home from work to cut things around the house.”
July 2016 – Perverso is arrested in Boston, this time for carrying a machete – “SALVADOR claimed he was carrying the machete for a friend who lied to him and told him that the friend needed a machete to chop wood at his house to grill … .”
How insane do you have to be to swallow such a string of fantastic lies? The judge who refused to allow this bloodthirsty monster’s deportation is Mario Sturla, a graduate of Brown University, selected for the no-heavy-lifting sinecure by the very ethical Loretta Lynch.
Sturla was billed as the first Dominican judge. And he certainly appears to be a rather soft touch. Though the parents of Perverso’s victims might disagree.
The Somali man arrested by immigration agents in a Portland courthouse in April was granted bail by a federal immigration judge Thursday.
Abdi Ali, who became a legal permanent resident soon after coming to Maine as a refugee in 1996, will be allowed to go home to his adopted family, even as the court proceedings continue to determine whether he should be deported for a 4-year-old drug possession conviction.
A Block Island resident who was arrested and detained for overstaying his student visa is being allowed to return to the island.
Immigration Judge Mario Sturla cited the community’s “overwhelming support” moments before ordering that Meriton Gurguri, 29, be released on $2,500 bail.
During Tuesday’s bail hearing, Sturla said Gurguri does not pose a danger to the public.
A whole lot.
Longtime Pioneer Valley resident and detained Iraqi immigrant Niberd Abdalla will be released from ICE custody, ending a seven month stay in the Suffolk County House of Corrections, his attorney Buz Eisenberg said Wednesday.
Boston Immigration Court Judge Mario Sturla ordered Abdalla released on his personal recognizance following a bond hearing, over the objection of immigration authorities, Eisenberg said. Abdalla is still subject to an order of removal and will be seeking legal remedies to fix his immigration status.
Now that a man is dead, will this farce end? I doubt it.
Courtesy of Freedom Outpost
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield
My name is Daniel Greenfield. I am a blogger and columnist born in Israel and living in New York City. I am a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and a contributing editor at Family Security Matters. My original biweekly column appears at Front Page Magazine and my blog articles regularly appear at Family Security Matters, the Jewish Press, Times of Israel, Act for America and Right Side News, as well as daily at the Canada Free Press and a number of other outlets. I have a column titled Western Front at Israel National News and my op eds have also appeared in the New York Sun, the Jewish Press and at FOX Nation.
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Vietnam’s Cu Chi Tunnels a top underground destination
By Nguyen Quy  September 16, 2018 | 08:22 am GMT+7
Foreign tourists climb into the underground network during a tour to Saigon's Cu Chi Tunnels. Photo by AFP
The famous tunnel network that survived intense Vietnam War bombings by the U.S. is among world’s best underground tours.
The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post (SCMP) has listed the Cu Chi Tunnels in Ho Chi Minh City among the top seven tunnel tours in the world.
Lying around 70 kilometers (43 miles) northwest of downtown HCMC, the Cu Chi Tunnels are an enduring symbol of Vietnamese resistance and bravery during the Vietnam War.
The complex of tunnels is now a global landmark that receives millions of visitors ever year.
The 250-kilometer-long complex was built in the late 1940s and underwent intense bombardment by the Americans in the 1960s.
Today, the tunnels are preserved as a war memorial, attracting tourists from all over the world, curious to see what underground life was at that time.
While the more intrepid visitor is invited to try squeezing through a very small section of the tunnels in their original form, most visitors will have to opt for a widened portion.
Going underground: A glimpse at life during the Vietnam War with a tour around Cu Chi Tunnels
“The tunnels have been enlarged to accommodate generously proportioned foreign tourists, who must crawl through the enclosed space on hands and knees. Definitely not for claustrophobia sufferers or anyone in white clothing,”an SCMP report says.
Last year, the Cu Chi Tunnels came in 8th among the top 25 Asian landmarks voted for by TripAdvisor travelers.
The American news site CNN had earlier listed it as one of the world's top underground tourist attractions.
Other underground sites mentioned by the SCMP site include the Thames Tunnel in London, The Somme in France, the Channel Tunnel between England and France and the Great Siege Tunnels of Gibraltar.
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Hono O Na Pali
Acres: 3578.8
Established: 1/12/83 – Executive Order 3161, 3/23/09, Executive Order 4270
TMK: 5-9-1-1; 4-1-4-1:portion of 3
A new extension to this NAR has been added!
Please visit: Hono O Na Pali Extension
Hono O Nā Pali Natural Area Reserve (NAR or Reserve) occupies 3,579 acres (ac) (1,448 hectares (ha)) on the island of Kaua‘i. The Reserve was designated in 1983 and expanded in 2009 to preserve native natural communities in the Hanalei and Waimea Districts, including the Hanakāpī‘ai, Hanakoa, and Waiahuakua ahupua‘a. The NAR includes perennial streams, riparian and ridgeline habitat, lowland and montane forests, rare plants, endemic stream fauna, and forest bird and seabird habitat. The Reserve stretches from sea level along the picturesque Nā Pali coast to the highest point at Pihea (4,284 feet (ft), 1,306 meters (m)). The Reserve encompasses parts of Hanakāpī‘ai and Hanakoa streams and all of Waiahuakua Stream; the southern boundary of the NAR is the south side of the Alaka‘i Swamp Trail.
Natural Communities:
The Reserve can be broadly classified as containing three major ecosystems including lowland mesic, lowland wet, and montane wet.
Lowland mesic ecosystems include a variety of grasslands, shrublands, and forests, generally below 3,000 ft (914 m) elevation, with 50 to 75 in (1270 to 1905 mm) of annual rainfall.
Lowland wet ecosystems are generally found below 3,000 ft (914 m) elevation on the windward sides of the island in areas that receive greater than 75 in (1905 mm) of annual precipitation. The Reserve’s lowland wet ecosystems are dominated by kukui, a tree introduced by the Hawaiians who burned its nut oil for light.
The Reserve’s lowland coastal ecosystems contain steep cliffs characterized by plants found in drier areas. These cliffs are dominated by common coastal plants such as kāwelu (Eragrostis variabilis), ‘āhinahina (Artemisia australis), ‘akoko, nehe, ko‘oko‘olau, ‘ilima (Sida fallax), and akoko (Chamaesyce celastroides).
Montane wet communities are found at elevations between 3,000 and 6,600 ft (914 and 2,012 m) in areas with annual precipitation greater than 75 in (1905 mm). The upper part of Hono O Nā Pali Reserve is an eroded plateau with a series of ridges and valleys covered with ‘ōhi‘a dominated montane wet forest communities.
Montane wet communities also include bogs with low-stature ‘ōhi‘a, and a variety of bog-adapted, low-growing shrubs, herbs and sedges.
Native Plants: 214 total taxa, 118 rare
Native Animals: 32 total taxa, 10 rare
Threats and Management:
The primary ungulates of concern in Hono O Nā Pali NAR are feral pigs, feral goats and Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus).
Feral pigs pose a significant threat to the native biodiversity and watershed integrity of Hawaiian forests by damaging native vegetation and exposing soil to erosion. In montane wet forests, there is a direct correlation between pig-induced soil disturbance and the increase of alien plants. Pigs are also known to eat endangered ground-nesting seabirds and destroy their nests.
Goats are extremely destructive herbivores capable of eating nearly any type of vegetation. Goats are especially damaging to native plant species, which having evolved without browsing mammals, lack defense mechanisms such as spines or chemicals that are poisonous or foul tasting. Feral goats are the major threat to the native ecosystems at lower elevations of the Reserve, and much of the native habitat in these areas has been severely degraded by foraging and activity of large populations of goats.
Deer feed on a number of different plants including both introduced and native species. Since black-tailed deer are known to eat a variety of introduced species, it is very likely that they act as seed dispersers. Black-tailed deer occur in both wet and dry areas. Although deer have not been observed within the Reserve their numbers and range are expanding and they occur just outside the Reserve. Thus there is a high likelihood that they will eventually impact Hono O Nā Pali.
Invasive non-native plants, or weeds, constitute a severe threat to the native ecosystems in the Reserve. Certain priority weeds can displace distinctive native flora, resulting in a loss of species diversity and eventually in more pronounced and permanent changes to ecosystem function such as alteration of primary productivity and nutrient cycling. Many invasive weed species completely replace native vegetation resulting in total loss of native habitats thereby negatively affecting native bird, arthropod and snail communities.
High priority invasive weeds currently present in the upper elevation, montane portions of Hono O Nā Pali NAR include:
Kāhili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum)
Australian tree fern (Sphaeropteris cooperi)
Blackberry (Rubus argutus)
Strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum)
Butterfly bush (Buddleia asiatica)
Clidemia hirta
The overall management goal is to manage threats to the integrity, diversity and functioning of Hono O Nā Pali NAR ecosystems so that the unique natural resources are protected, maintained, and enhanced. In general, management at Hono O Nā Pali NAR has primarily included habitat protection through the construction of several small fenced exclosures, weed control and habitat restoration within these exclosures, and rare species monitoring and collecting. NAR staff also work on monitoring, education and outreach, and review special use permits for certain activities proposed in the NAR.
Ungulate management for feral pigs, goats, and deer is needed to protect the biological and water resources of the Reserve and limit damage to native Hawaiian ecosystems and endangered plants and animals. To reduce ungulate numbers sufficiently to protect the resources of the NAR, a combination of strategic fencing and animal removal from high priority areas is needed. Without fencing, perpetual ungulate control is needed because of reproduction of existing populations and ingress from adjacent properties.
Weed control goals for the existing Hono O Nā Pali NAR include early detection and preventing the establishment of incipient, habitat modifying weeds that are not currently present in the NAR or are still localized. For priority weeds already present in the NAR, the goal is to eliminate all known occurrences within targeted control areas and/or to contain the spread of priority species. Removal of ungulates from fenced areas is a critical step in weed control, particularly in relatively intact montane forests because it allows for the recovery of native vegetation by minimizing ground disturbance and reducing the spread of weeds by ungulates.
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Neighbour Disputes Shared Drives
The Problem – Neighbour disputes, Pete moved into his new home in 2009, his front drive was shared with Linda. Both of them had cars, but Linda’s boyfriend would sometimes park his car on the drive, making it difficult for Pete to get his car on and off the drive, equally Linda was not always considerate with her parking. This was of particular concern to Pete when his father who was 93 came to stay; due to being elderly it was difficult to get him in and out of the car and into the house.
For a while Pete managed, however it got to the stage where he could not tolerate it any further, he saw Linda in their street and started to shout at her, stating she should have more respect and courtesy for others, as Pete was so angry he did not tell Linda what the problem actually was.
Linda was distraught, quite shaken up and afraid and mentioned this to her boyfriend that evening, who went mad, he immediately went next door to Pete’s were an argument ensued which nearly ended up in a fight. The police were called by another neighbour, who arrived and calmed each party down advising their behaviour was potentially a breach of the peace.
The Solution – Mediation was arranged, Pete advised the mediator that the shared drive should be shared and was not for Linda or her boyfriend or anyone else to clog up. When asked by the mediator if he ever mentioned this to Linda, Pete advised he had not.
When the mediator saw Linda, he advised her of Pete’s concerns, to which she laughed, her view was if that’s all he wanted he only had to ask for the cars to be moved, what was the need to be rude and threaten her?
Pete knew he had not really addressed the issue and had handled it badly, but wanted an assurance that he would not be hassled by Linda or her boyfriend again, Linda wanted an apology and would make sure from now on she was more considerate with her parking, however should Pete have an issue he should politely address this with her, where she would do so immediately.
Both neighbours agreed to this and to use their best endeavours for the situation never to get out of hand again. Pete apologised to Linda, Linda apologised to Pete and they both now live in harmony.
The mediation took 1 day compared to the 2 years this neighbour dispute had already gone on.
The mediation cost each party £500.00 each compared to the thousands they would have had to spend had they continued with Court or more formal action.
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THE MDR POETRY GENERATOR
Front cover to DUENDE IN THE ALLEYS designed by Petra Palm, aka SocialPhotographer, who currently lives in Malmö. She’s had solo exhibitions in Malmö & Paris which are now available as books via blurb (orange & Möllanisterna), and also 2 collaborative e-books (with lars palm). Her photography is focused mainly on details & slightly surreal things in her environment.
UPDATE: The official project monograph has been released as MURDER DEATH RESURRECTION (Dos Madres Press, Loveland, OH, 2018).
A COMPREHENSIVE ESSAY on MDR
In 2013, I was weary of everything I’d written. So I decided to murder my poems — specifically twenty-seven poetry collections published up to that point — in an attempt to find another way for creating poems. For this attempt, I also wanted to deepen my interrogation (and disruption) of English which had facilitated twentieth-century US colonialism in my birthland, the Philippines. Finally, I wanted to develop a consciously closer link to the Filipino indigenous value of “Kapwa.” “Kapwa” refers to “shared self” or “shared identity” whereby everyone and everything is connected.
–from “MDR: Another way for poetry” by Eileen R. Tabios, Jacket2, June 20, 2019
A comprehensive conversation about MDR is available at Dichtung Yammer, with Thomas Fink, April 26, 2017.
A report on live-testing MDR’s concepts during 2018.
A Project Description
A five-year (2013-2018) project, “Murder, Death and Resurrection” (MDR), includes “The MDR Poetry Generator” that brings together much of my poetics and poet tics. The MDR Poetry Generator contains a data base of 1,167 lines which can be combined randomly to make a large number of poems; the shortest would be a couplet and the longest would be a poem of 1,167 lines. Examples of couplets and longer forms are available in 44 RESURRECTIONS, the first poetry collection emanating from the Generator and first e-published by PostModernPoetry E-Ratio Editions. I’ve also written AMNESIA: Somebody’s Memoir, an example of a single poem of 1,167 lines or verse-novel.
The MDR Poetry Generator’s conceit is that any combination of its 1,167 lines succeeds in creating a poem. Thus, I can create—generate—new poems unthinkingly from its database. For example, I created several of the poems in 44 RESURRECTIONS by blindly pointing at lines on a print-out to combine. While the poems cohere partly by the scaffolding of beginning each line with the phrase “I forgot…” (a tactic inspired by reading Tom Beckett’s fabulous poem “I Forgot” in his book DIPSTICK (DIPTYCH), Marsh Hawk Press, 2014), these poems reflect long-held interests in abstract and cubist language (partly as a means to interrogate English whose narrative once was a colonizing tool over my birth land, the Philippines). Through my perceptions of abstraction and cubism, I’ve written poems whose lines are not fixed in order and, indeed, can be reordered (when I first began writing as a poet, I was very interested in the prose poem form and in writing paragraphs that can be reordered within the poem).
Yet while the MDR Poetry Generator presents poems not generated through my personal preferences, the results are not distanced from the author: I created the 1,167 lines from reading through 27 previously-published poetry collections—the title’s references to murder, death and resurrection reflect the idea of putting to death the prior work, only to resurrect them into something new: sometimes, creation first requires destruction. But if randomness is the operating system for new poems (i.e. the lines can be combined at random to make new poems), those new poems nonetheless contain all the personal involvement—and love!—that went into the writing of its lines. The results dislocate without eliminating authorship.
The math is over my head for calculating the number of poems (in math, permutations) possible from these 1,167 lines. I asked my son’s high school math tutor, Carl Ericson, to calculate it for me. Carl found an approximation formula which estimated that the total poems possible to be generated by the MDR Poetry Generator is a number that has 3,011 digits. Subsequently, Carl’s estimate would be affirmed by Errol Koenig, a student at Johns Hopkins Applied Mathematics & Statistics department. Errol derived the number through the equation 1146!-1146, a number that roughly rounds to 1.129300103 E+3010 [that is, 1.129300103 times 10 to the 3,010th power] – a 3,011-digit number! (The number of lines initially was believed to be 1,146, but the result would be similar for 1,167.) Since the number of permutated poems is huge, this means I can keep writing making poems for the rest of my life without having to write new text. Are the poems any good? Using publication as a means of answering that question, the poems are just like my other non-generated poems: despite some rejections, there are also acceptances such that a significant number has found publication homes.
The MDR Poetry Generator also reflects what I call “Babaylan Poetics”—a poetics based on indigenous Filipino practices. There’s an image from pre-colonial Philippine times of a human standing with a hand lifted upwards; if you happened to be at a certain distance from the man and took a snapshot, it would look like the human was touching the sky. In a poetics essay in my book THE AWAKENING (theenk books, New York, 2013), I’d described the significance of this image as:
“…the moment, the space, from which I attempt to create poems. In the indigenous myth, the human, by being rooted onto the planet but also touching the sky, is connected to everything in the universe and across all time, including that the human is rooted to the past and future—indeed, there is no unfolding of time. In that moment, all of existence—past, present and future—has coalesced into a singular moment, a single gem with an infinite expanse. In that moment, were I that human, I am connected to everything so that there is nothing or no one I do not know. I am everyone and everything, and everything and everyone is me. In that moment, to paraphrase something I once I heard from some Buddhist, German or French philosopher, or Star Trek character, ‘No one or nothing is alien to me.'”
Within this indigenous moment or space, both intentionalized authorship and the randomness with which the lines are combined from The MDR Poetry Generator are irrelevant—All is One and One is All.
As of this writing, The MDR Project has generated about 140 poems, including those that make up the following poetry collections (years in parentheses indicate confirmed publication dates):
44 RESURRECTIONS (2014)
I FORGOT LIGHT BURNS (2015)
DUENDE IN THE ALLEYS (2015)
AMNESIA: Somebody’s Memoir (2016)
THE OPPOSITE OF CLAUSTROPHOBIA: Prime’s Anti-Autobiography (2016)
THE CONNOISSEUR OF ALLEYS (2016)
EXCAVATING THE FILIPINO IN ME (chap version; see below for Visual Arts version exhibited at Chromatext) (2016)
WHAT SHIVERING MONKS COMPREHEND (2017)
HIRAETH: Tercets From The Last Archipelago (2018)
MURDER DEATH RESURRECTION: A Poetry Generator (2018)
One of the poems in HIRAETH offers a chained hay(na)ku version, Post-Ecstasy Mutations, which was published as a Booklet by Poems-For-All (San Diego, 2016).
The MDR Poetry Generator also generated the poem “Pilipinx” for the anthology Puñeta: Political Pilipinx Poetry (Moria Books’ Locofo Series, 2017), which was subsequently reprinted as “PilipinZ” for Love In A Time of Belligerence (Editions du Cygne/SWAN World, Paris, 2017).
Another generated poem, “Red Joy,” is part of Tripwire #14: THE RED ISSUE, 2018. Its introduction is featured HERE.
Some poems have also generated visual poetry versions, such as “I Forgot Forgetting My Skin Was Ruin” which inaugurated h&, a journal of visual/concrete poetry curated by Ian Whistle. These visual poetry may be seen HERE.
The MDR Poetry Generator also surfaced a poem, “Excavating the Filipino In Me,” which was displayed as visual poetry in “CHROMATEXT REBOOTED,” a visual poetry and arts show organized by the Philippine Literary Arts Council at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila, from Nov. 6, 2015 to Jan. 17, 2016. (Information on the prior “CHROMATEXT” exhibitions is available HERE.) The show was curated by Alfred “Krip” Yuson and Jean Marie Syjuco.
Chromatest Exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila
One poem, “I Forgot the Plasticity of Recognition,” also generated a folio of response poems by John Bloomberg-Rissman, Sheila E. Murphy, lars palm, Marthe Reed, Leny M. Strobel and Anne Gorrick. These were published by Otoliths, edited by Mark Young, and may be seen HERE.
While I’ve only written about 150 poems of the possible permutations, a number with 3,011 digits, the generation of nearly ten poetry collections and other features, as well as positive critical reception — noted poet/fictionist/artist/playwright Eric Gamalinda called one of the books in this series my “best poetry book yet” — suggest both that more is possible as well as that The MDR Poetry Generator has proven itself and more need not be necessary.
As well, Texas-based artist Matt Manalo created a painting after one of the lines in MDR:
“I FORGET FORGETTING MY SKIN IS A RUIN”
Acrylic paint, spray paint, duct tape, rice bags
More information & images HERE.
An earlier version of the above essay serves as an introduction to The MDR Poetry Generator in I FORGOT LIGHT BURNS as well as INVENT(ST)ORY: Selected Catalog Poems & New 1996-2015. INVENT(ST)ORY also features an Introduction by poet-scholar Thomas Fink who says about the poems:
what makes Tabios’ use of randomness poetically viable in her “forgetting” poems and much other work in this volume, is not only a fine diversity of represented experience, but the felicity of juxtapositions, as well as departures/returns. Take, for example, these successive monostichs from “In the Beginning, Before Words, There Was Poetry”:
I forgot love is always haggled.
I forgot you were the altar that made me stay.
I forgot you wanted to see her seeing herself…
I forgot, for him, she released milk to orphaned baby birds.
I forgot I yearned for amnesia—
I forgot the joy of eliding the vocabulary found in margins.
I forgot the zoo with retired cages.
Insofar as the lines work, they also indicate something about the nature (themes as well as quality) of the work in my first 27 poetry collections. I hope The MDR Poetry Generator also encourages the reader to return to the root source of my prior poetry writings.
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ejournals & eresources : news, advice and updates on new content from the ejournals@cambridge team for the University of Cambridge
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Arctic & Antarctic Regions
New eresource: Arctic & Antarctic Regions
The Scott Polar Research Institute with Cambridge University Library is delighted to have enabled online access to the database Arctic & Antarctic Regions to support the study and understanding of the polar regions which has been of such importance at the University since the establishment of the SPRI in the early 20th century.
Arctic & Antarctic Regions is the world’s largest collection of international polar databases. With over 1 million records from 1800 to the present, Arctic & Antarctic Regions covers a wide variety of sources from multiple disciplines. Many sources are indexed only in Arctic & Antarctic Regions making it the best resource for research on cold regions anywhere, from temperate regions with cold winters to the Himalayas of Tibet.
Access Arctic & Antarctic Regions via this link or via eresources@cambridge or via LibGuides Databases A-Z. Citations in the database will link to full text articles when these are subscribed; when the content is not subscribed a page will direct you to other options (print; Inter-Library Loan).
“First, personhood: Eveny conceptualise this emanation of your intention quite literally as a projection of yourself, which in the Eveny language is called your djuluchen. Ulturgasheva explains that a djuluchen is an aspect of a person which ‘departs ahead of its owner’ and arrives before the owner’s actual appearance: one part of your person arrives at your destination before the rest of you, and waits for the rest of you to catch up and reassemble into your full person. A djuluchen may occasionally reproduce unpacking noises as a sort of pre-echo, and even the shape and movements of the person as a kind of vision. We might see this as similar to the way people are teleported in some science fiction. Or more closely to the indigenous idiom, and to the slow and laborious reality of travel which concerns us here, we can say that different parts of you travel at different speeds, like the gap between a flash of lightning and the thunder which follows.”
Vitebsky, P. and Alekseyev, A., 2015. Casting Timeshadows: Pleasure and Sadness of Moving among Nomadic Reindeer Herders in north-east Siberia. Mobilities, v. 10, p.518-530. doi:10.1080/17450101.2015.1062298
Hispanic Research Journal
New on ejournals@cambridge A-Z : Hispanic Research Journal.
From the Taylor & Francis website for the journal:
“Hispanic Research Journal promotes and disseminates research into the cultures of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The fields covered include literature and literary theory, cultural history and cultural studies, language and linguistics, and film and theatre studies. Hispanic Research Journal publishes articles in four languages; Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and English, and encourages and interaction between researchers all over the world who are working in these fields.
HRJ is published on behalf of the Department of Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary, University of London.
This journal publishes two annual special issues per year, featuring screen arts and visual arts…”
Now available to the University of Cambridge electronically from volume 1 (2000) to present.
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Screen Studies Collection: FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database; AFI (American Film Institute) Catalogue; Film Index International (FII)
Cambridge University Library is pleased to announce access is now enabled to the Screen Studies Collection that includes
FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database
The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) brings together institutions dedicated to rescuing and preserving films. FIAF’s editorial staff, along with its Affiliates, produces the International Index to Film Periodicals which offers in-depth coverage of the world’s foremost academic and popular film journals. This database contains FIAF’s “Treasures from Film Archives”; a detailed index of the silent-era film holdings of archives from around the world, a selection of Reference volumes and the linked full-text of over 60 journals.
AFI (American Film Institute) Catalogue
The AFI Catalog, the premier, authoritative resource of American film information, covers the history of American cinema comprehensively from 1893 to 1975, with full or short records for films from 1976 to present. Every film produced on American soil or by American production companies is indexed from the birth of cinema to the present day. New records are created by the AFI editorial team and added each year.
Film Index International (FII)
Film Index International is a major information resource for entertainment films and personalities produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute. With a scholarly, inclusive approach to all areas of film studies – from the very first silent movies, to art house classics or the latest blockbusters – Film Index International provides truly international coverage, indexing films from over 170 countries.
Still from Gnomeo & Juliet. ASBURY, Kelly (director), 2010. Rocket Pictures.
Animation loosely based on the Shakespeare play ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Mrs Montague and Mr Capulet are feuding neighbours whose rivalry extends to the inhabitants of their gardens, with blue-hatted gnomes living in the Montague garden and red-hatted ones in the Capulet garden. Gnomes Juliet and Gnomeo from rival gardens meet and fall in love and have to meet secretly against a backdrop of acts of revenge and counter-revenge amongst their friends and families.
Synopsis from the entry for Gnomeo & Juliet in Film Index International
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International Bibliography of Humanism and the Renaissance
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Trial access is now available until 14 May 2016 to the International Bibliography of Humanism and the Renaissance
Access the trial via this link
Please send your comments on this trial to hk225@cam.ac.uk
The International Bibliography of Humanism and the Renaissance (IBHR) is the international reference bibliography of academic publications on the Renaissance and the early modern period.
The core of the Bibliography focuses on European history and culture that spans the 16th and 17th centuries, and encompasses a broad spectrum of subjects, ranging from religious history through to philosophy, science and the arts; and from military and political history through to social and gender studies. Both the geographical and the chronological delimitations are not restrictive as the IBHR also includes publications on the European interactions with the wider world through exploration, colonisation, slavery and the Christian mission and extends its coverage to the modern period with the inclusion of modern hermeneutics, reception studies and the 21st c. teaching of texts written in the target period.
The IBHR follows the principles of the International Medieval Bibliography, the flagship of the Brepols’ databases. It provides a bilingual (French and English) keyword thesaurus and aims at providing in-depth and detailed indexing. However, this is not the case for the pre-1998 records, which follow a rather schematic indexing rationale. In those cases, users are encouraged to make use of the title field to search for relevant publications, as the keyword searches will not yield the required results. The official languages of the Bibliography are English, French, German, Spanish and Italian; the titles of publications written in all other languages are followed by a translation in one of the IBHR official languages, so that the end-user can fully utilize the search results.
Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel, one of the contributing libraries of the Bibliography
agcensus online
New resource on eresources@cambridge A-Z / LibGuides Databases A-Z: agcensus online
The University Library Map Department is pleased to have enabled access to the agcensus online resource from Edina which can be accessed now via Shibboleth login here:
http://edina.ac.uk/agcensus/
The Agricultural Census is conducted in June each year by the government departments dealing with Agriculture and Rural Affairs for Scotland, England, and Wales (see appropriate governmental website for the devolved region). Each farmer declares the agricultural activity on the land via a postal questionnaire. The respective government departments collect the 150 items of data and publish information relating to farm holdings for recognised geographies.
Conversion of Agricultural Census Data
The Edinburgh University Data Library has developed algorithms which convert the data for recognised geographies, obtained from the government departments, into grid square estimates. The key to transforming the raw data into grid square data is the definition of each geography (e.g. parish, in the case of Scotland) in terms of 1km squares. Agricultural Census items are distributed over those 1km grid squares with the land use category suitable for the census item in question. The categories are defined by the Landuse Framework, a 7-fold land-use classification of the same 1km grid squares (the seven land-use categories are agricultural land, upland, woodland, restricted agriculture – natural, restricted agriculture – artificial, urban, and inland water).
Agricultural change
Shifts in financial policy, environmental concerns, technological advances and food safety issues, among other issues, have recently influenced farming. Commercial survival can often depend on responding appropriately to those changes. The Agricultural Census grid square estimates can help to understand the nature and extent of change.
Land use data could be the key to a marketing strategy. Whether a business is selling to the industry, or buying from it, Agricultural Census production data conveys a vivid picture of the real farming situation. Mapping the distribution of a production item allows an organisation to make informed decisions on planning and policy.
Agricultural data could alert an organisation to new opportunities, reduce the likelihood of financial penalties associated with bad decisions about resources, or provide a sound basis for restructuring a distribution or supply network. Census derived agricultural data has the potential to provide some of the most accurate, quantifiable and usable marketing information to anyone doing business in the rural sector or associated industries. Those interested in estimating future activity can extrapolate from 30 years of data.
Philological Encounters
New on ejournals@cambridge A-Z : PHILOLOGICAL ENCOUNTERS
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“Philological Encounters is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the historical and philosophical critique of philology. The journal encourages critical and comparative perspectives that integrate textual scholarship and the study of language from across the world.
Alongside four issues a year, monographs and/ or collected volumes will occasionally be published as supplements to the journal.
The journal is open to contributions in all fields studying the history of textual practices, hermeneutics and philology, philological controversies, and the intellectual and global history of writing, archiving, tradition-making and publishing.”
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Philipp Lahm of Germany lifts the World Cup trophy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany lifts the World Cup trophy to celebrate with his teammates during the award ceremony after the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Lars Baron - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany is presented with the World Cup trophy by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany is presented with the World Cup trophy by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter after defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany lifts the World Cup trophy to celebrate with his teammates
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany lifts the World Cup trophy to celebrate with his teammates during the award ceremony after the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany celebrates in the Germany dressing room
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany (C) celebrates in the Germany dressing room after the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Lars Baron - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany lifts the World Cup trophy to celebrate with his teammates during the award ceremony after the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Shaun Botterill - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Germany's defender Philipp Lahm (front) holds the World Cup
Germany's defender Philipp Lahm (front) holds the World Cup as he and Germany's midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (2ndR) get off their airplane at Berlin airport Tegel on July 15, 2014, as they arrive from Brazil after they won the FIFA World Cup 2014. The team comes to Berlin for a victory parade at landmark Brandenburg Gate to celebrate their fourth World Cup title, after their 1-0 win over Argentina on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro in the FIFA World Cup Brazil final game .AFP PHOTO / ADAM BERRY
Philipp Lahm of Germany speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
German national football team's defender Philipp Lahm (C) holds the trophy
German national football team's defender Philipp Lahm (C) holds the trophy as he and Germany's midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (R) get off the airplane at Berlin airport Tegel on July 15, 2014, as they arrive from Brazil after they won the FIFA World Cup 2014. The team comes to Berlin for a victory parade at landmark Brandenburg Gate to celebrate their fourth World Cup title, after their 1-0 win over Argentina on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro in the FIFA World Cup Brazil final game .AFP PHOTO / POOL / KARINA HESSLAND
Philipp Lahm of Germany holds the World Cup trophy to celebrate with his teammates Thomas Mueller (L) and Roman Weidenfeller (R)
Philipp Lahm of Germany holds the World Cup trophy to celebrate with his teammates Thomas Mueller (L) and Roman Weidenfeller (R) after the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alex Livesey - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
The shirts worn by Philipp Lahm of Germany are displayed in the dressing room
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 13: The shirts worn by Philipp Lahm of Germany are displayed in the dressing room prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Final match between Germany and Argentina at Maracana on July 13, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Lars Baron - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany gestures to team mates
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany gestures to team mates during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group D match between Germany and Australia at Durban Stadium on June 13, 2010 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany poses for a portrait
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany poses for a portrait prior to the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2013 at the Park Hyatt hotel on January 13, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany and Bayern Munich poses for a portrait
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany and Bayern Munich poses for a portrait prior to the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2013 at the Park Hyatt hotel on January 13, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Muenchen celebrates
MUNICH, GERMANY - MARCH 09: Philipp Lahm of Muenchen celebrates the winning goal during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern Muenchen and Fortuna Duesseldorf 1895 at Allianz Arena on March 9, 2013 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany speaks to the media during a press conference
APPIANO SULLA STRADA DEL VINO, ITALY - MAY 31: Philipp Lahm of Germany speaks to the media during a press conference at Sportzone Rungg on May 31, 2010 in Appiano sulla Strada del Vino, Italy. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Josep Guardiola, head coach of FC Bayern Muenchen talks to his player Philipp Lahm during a training session
ARCO, ITALY - JULY 05: Josep Guardiola, head coach of FC Bayern Muenchen talks to his player Philipp Lahm during a training session at Campo Sportivo on July 5, 2013 in Arco, Italy. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany poses in front of an oversized model of the official world cup ball Jabulani
APPIANO SULLA STRADA DEL VINO, ITALY - MAY 31: Philipp Lahm of Germany poses in front of an oversized model of the official world cup ball Jabulani after a press conference at Sportzone Rungg on May 31, 2010 in Appiano sulla Strada del Vino, Italy. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Germany's defender Philipp Lahm leaves a press conference
Germany's defender Philipp Lahm leaves a press conference at the Velmore hotel in Erasmia near Pretoria July 1, 2010. Germany will play their quarter final match against Argentina on July 3, 2010 in Cape town. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL
(L-R) Piotr Trochowski, Arne Friedrich and Philipp Lahm of Germany
(L-R) Piotr Trochowski, Arne Friedrich and Philipp Lahm of Germany walk down the tunnel ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Semi Final match between Germany and Spain at Durban Stadium on July 7, 2010 in Durban, South Africa.
Philipp Lahm of Germany leads his team down the tunnel
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 03: Philipp Lahm of Germany leads his team down the tunnel ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Quarter Final match between Argentina and Germany at Green Point Stadium on July 3, 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Paul Gilham - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany is pictured
Philipp Lahm of the German national football team attends a sponsoring shooting
MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 30: Philipp Lahm of the German national football team attends a sponsoring shooting during the DFB Marketing Days on January 30, 2012 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Tobias Kuberski-Pool/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany
PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 18: Philipp Lahm of Germany in action during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group D match between Germany and Serbia at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on June 18, 2010 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany smiles
KHARKOV, UKRAINE - JUNE 13: Philipp Lahm of Germany smiles during the UEFA EURO 2012 group B match between Netherlands and Germany at Metalist Stadium on June 13, 2012 in Kharkov, Ukraine. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany reads
HANOVER, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 07: Philipp Lahm of Germany reads prior to the FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifier group C match between Germany and Faeroe Islands at AWD Arena on September 7, 2012 in Hanover, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm (L) olf FC Bayern Muenchen attends with his team mate Thomas Mueller the Oktoberfest beer festival
MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Philipp Lahm (L) olf FC Bayern Muenchen attends with his team mate Thomas Mueller the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Kaefer Wiesnschaenke tent on October 7, 2012 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Claudio Marchisio of Juventus and Philipp Lahm of FC Bayern Muenchen battle for the ball
MUNICH, GERMANY - APRIL 02: Claudio Marchisio of Juventus and Philipp Lahm of FC Bayern Muenchen battle for the ball during the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg match between FC Bayern Muenchen and Juventus at Allianz Arena on April 2, 2013 in Munich, Germany.
Philipp Lahm of Bayern Muenchen gestures
MUNICH, GERMANY - APRIL 23: Philipp Lahm of Bayern Muenchen gestures during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final First Leg match between FC Bayern Muenchen and Barcelona at Allianz Arena on April 23, 2013 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Muenchen
MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 14: Philipp Lahm of Muenchen speaks during a press conference during the UEFA Champions League Finalist Media Day at Allianz Arena on May 14, 2013 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Bayern Munich's defender Philipp Lahm celebrates with a beer
Bayern Munich's defender Philipp Lahm celebrates with a beer after they won the final football match of the German Cup (DFB - Pokal) FC Bayern Munich vs VfB Stuttgart on June 1, 2013 in Berlin. Champions League winners Bayern Munich became the first Bundesliga champion to win the treble after their hard-earned 3-2 win over plucky VfB Stuttgart in Saturday's German Cup final. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE
Philipp Lahm (L) and head coach Joachim Loew (R) talks during the German National Football Team (DFB) trainings session
MAINZ, GERMANY - AUGUST 12: Philipp Lahm (L) and head coach Joachim Loew (R) talks during the German National Football Team (DFB) trainings session at Coface Arena on August 12, 2013 in Mainz, Germany. The team prepares for the friendly match against Paraguay on wednesday in Kaiserslautern. The training session is open to spectators. (Photo by Thorsten Wagner/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of FC Bayern Muenchen arrives
MUNICH, GERMANY - JULY 23: Philipp Lahm of FC Bayern Muenchen arrives for a team presentation at Allianz Arena on July 23, 2013 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany attends a press conference
MUNICH, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 05: Philipp Lahm of Germany attends a press conference ahead of their FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria, at the Mercedes Benz Center on September 5, 2013 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Lennart Preiss/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany looks on
MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 15: Philipp Lahm of Germany looks on before the International Friendly match between Italy and Germany at San Siro Stadium on November 15, 2013 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Bayern Muenchen is interviewed
AGADIR, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 17: Philipp Lahm of Bayern Muenchen is interviewed after the FIFA Club World Cup Semi Final match between Guangzhou Evergrande FC and Bayern Muenchen at the Agadir Stadium on December 17, 2013 in Agadir, Morocco. (Photo by Alex Livesey - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm smiles during a Bayern Muenchen press conference
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 20: Philipp Lahm smiles during a Bayern Muenchen press conference ahaed of the FIFA Club World Cup Final against Raja Casablanca at Marrakech Stadium on December 20, 2013 in Marrakech, Morocco. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Bayern Munchen with the Silver Award
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 21: Philipp Lahm of Bayern Munchen with the Silver Award after the FIFA Club World Cup Final match between FC Bayern Munchen and Raja Casablanca at the Marrakech Stadium on December 21, 2013 in Marrakech, Morocco. (Photo by Julian Finney - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Bayern Munchen receives the FIFA Club World Cup winners badge
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 21: Philipp Lahm of Bayern Munchen receives the FIFA Club World Cup winners badge from FIFA after the FIFA Club World Cup Final match between FC Bayern Munchen and Raja Casablanca at the Marrakech Stadium on December 21, 2013 in Marrakech, Morocco. (Photo by Julian Finney - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm the captain of FC Bayern Munchen receives the FIFA Fair Play Trophy
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO - DECEMBER 21: Philipp Lahm the captain of FC Bayern Munchen receives the FIFA Fair Play Trophy on behalf of the team after victory in the FIFA Club World Cup Final between FC Bayern Munchen and Raja Casablanca at Marrakech Stadium on December 21, 2013 in Marrakech, Morocco. (Photo by Alex Livesey - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Bayern Muenchen and wife Claudia Lahm
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JANUARY 13: Philipp Lahm of Bayern Muenchen and wife Claudia Lahm arrive during the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala 2013at the Kongresshalle on January 13, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Philipp Lahm of Germany runs with the ball
MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 15: Philipp Lahm of Germany runs with the ball during the International Friendly match between Italy and Germany at San Siro Stadium on November 15, 2013 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
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Recently, Xiaomi disrupted the whole flagship segment when it launched a phone with a Snapdragon 845 processor at a price of $300. The company is not done yet as some new phones are launching soon in India, and this time, they’re going to capture the budget segment. We know that in the budget segment, the Redmi 5 series phones are one of the best that the company offers. But soon, the Xiaomi Redmi 6 trio is launching in India as the company has started teasing the phones with the hashtag #DeshKeNayeSmartphones (Country’s new Smartphones). The phones were launched in China a couple of months back, so we already know everything about them.
Teaser for the Redmi 6 Trio’s launch in India
The trio includes the Xiaomi Redmi 6, Redmi 6A and the Redmi 6 Pro. If you don’t know, the Redmi 6 Pro launched globally as the Mi A2 Lite with Stock Android.
1 XIAOMI REDMI 6A
2 XIAOMI REDMI 6
3 XIAOMI REDMI 6 PRO
This is the Xiaomi Redmi 6A
Talking about the Redmi 6A first, the phone is the cheapest among the three and was launched in China at 599 Yuan or $100. It has a 5.45-inch 18:9 HD+ display with a resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels. The processor under the hood is the 12nm 1.0Ghz Quad-Core Helio A22, and there is 2GB RAM with 16GB ROM. The storage is expandable via micro SD card up to 256GB. There is a single 13MP rear camera with f/2.2 aperture, PDAF and LED Flash. Interestingly, the Chinese Website says that there is also Software Video Stabilization.
On the front, the Redmi 6A has a 5MP camera with f/2.2 aperture. The front camera features include AI Portrait Mode, Face Unlock, and HDR. The battery is an average 3,000mAh unit that supports the normal 5V/1A charging via micro USB port. Android Oreo runs out of the box with MIUI on top.
The Xiaomi Redmi 6A comes in three colors – Sand Gold, Rose Gold, and Silver. As mentioned above, the price is 599 Yuan in China so expect the phone to be priced at around Rs 5-6K in India.
The Redmi 6 isn’t much different than the Redmi 6A regarding the design. The only difference is the camera setup, the chipset, and the storage options. The Redmi 6 too, has a 5.45-inch 18:9 display. The processor under the hood is the 12nm 2.0GHz Octa-Core Helio P22, and there is 3/4GB RAM with 32/64GB internal storage. The storage is expandable up to 256GB via microSD card. It is worth mentioning that there is a hybrid SIM slot which is a con for sure.
The Redmi 6 has a dual rear camera setup that includes a primary 12MP f/2.2 sensor and a secondary 5MP camera. The rear camera features include Portrait Mode, HDR, Night Enhancement, EIS, Scene Selection, etc. There is a 5MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture, AI Portrait Mode, and Face Unlock.
The battery size remains the same as the Redmi 6A, i.e., a 3,000mAh unit. Also, there is no fast charging for the Redmi 6 as well as it supports 5V/1A charging via micro USB port.
The Xiaomi Redmi 6 comes in four colors – Rose Gold, Sand Gold, Blue, and Silver. The pricing for the Chinese market is 799 Yuan ($125) for 3GB variant and 999 Yuan ($155) for the 4GB variant.
The Xiaomi Redmi 6 Pro is the best phone among all the three as it packs a great processor, a big battery, a good display and a good set of cameras. Again, the Mi A2 Lite is just a rebranded Redmi 6 Pro with stock Android, so all the specifications are the same.
The Redmi 6 Pro has a 5.84-inch Full-HD+ display with a notch (2280 x 1080 pixels). It is the first phone from the company in the budget segment that has a notched display. There is an option in the settings to hide it. The processor under the hood is the Xiaomi’s all-time favorite Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. There is 3/4GB RAM and 32/64GB internal storage.
On the rear, the Redmi 6 Pro features dual cameras that include a primary 12MP and a secondary 5MP sensor. On the front, there is a 5MP camera. The camera features include AI Portrait Mode, HDR, Scene Detection, etc.
The battery underneath is a 4,000mAh unit that doesn’t support fast charging, which is a shame. Still, with a Snapdragon 625 processor, you can get a two-day battery backup on normal usage. The phone has a micro USB port.
The color options are Red, Blue, Rose Gold, Gold, and Black. The 3GB + 32GB variant is priced in China at 999 Yuan or $155, the 4GB + 32GB variant at 1,199 Yuan or $185 and the 4GB + 64GB variant at 1,299 Yuan or $200. Expect the Indian pricing to be lesser than the Chinese one.
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Posted by Jessie Hong on 09/12/2019 26/12/2019
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SBS has been releasing names for their upcoming national selection, Eurovision – Australia Decides 2020. Award-winning indie music artist Montaigne and folk artist Didirri will join the growing number of artists set to compete on 8 February at 10:30 CET. Read more about it on the Eurovision website.
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In an article published on Tuesday 26 November, Australian technology investment news website TechInvest reported on the release of the new version of Elsight’s Halo flagship product to the market.
“The company has identified multiple commercial opportunities for Halo v1.1 in a number of fast growing industries such as autonomous vehicles, security, defence, and aviation, and is focused on converting a number of existing POC sales opportunities into commercial contracts.
Mr Gabay said Elsight is now in the process of delivering the first 90 units equipped with Halo v1.1 to a select group of strategic customers.
“After several months of collaboration with strategic POCs, we are very excited to announce that we are releasing our new and improved version of the Halo platform,” Mr Gabay said.”
The article also addressed the opening of Elsight’s North American offices in Atlanta, GA, USA, and the hiring of Ms Karin Zalcberg to lead the Company’s sales and marketing operations in the region:
“As part of its international growth plans, Elsight has decided to open its first US office in Atlanta, Georgia, and appointed Karin Zalcberg as Director of Sales and Marketing for Elsight North America.
Ms Zalcberg has an extensive background in intelligence and cybersecurity, and has worked closely with business leaders to provide strategic solutions for company-wide transformation, including solving organisational challenges and scaling to new markets.
Mr Gabay said the North American market is of great strategic importance to Elsight, and the company remains focused on extending its ongoing work with a number of Original Electronic Manufacturers (OEMs) in both the defence and civilian sectors.
“We have a very large and growing market opportunity we are now in a strong position to address. Our decision to open a US office and make the necessary staffing changes is key to ensuring we realise our commercial potential and identify compelling new opportunities in the market as we approach 2020,” he said.”
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Home » Florida Jury Puts the Hammer Down on Mercedes Dealers in Disability Discrimination Dispute
Florida Jury Puts the Hammer Down on Mercedes Dealers in Disability Discrimination Dispute
By Fox Rothschild LLP on February 27, 2017
Posted in Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Employee Termination
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Aside from whistleblower and highly offensive sexual harassment cases, there may be no claim that elicits the protective instincts of the average jury more than disability discrimination cases, especially where the disability is cancer-related. Employees with disabilities who are terminated without demonstrable cause often are seen as suffering the double indignity of dealing with whatever hardship their disability imposes and the termination of their employment because of it. Adept attorneys paint a picture of the employer kicking an employee when he’s down and when you place the outcome of such a case in the hands of average Americans (i.e., a jury), and you have the makings of a big verdict.
Such was the case of Axel v. Fields Motorcars of Florida, Inc., where a Mercedes dealership terminated a 71-year-old used car and wholesale manager, Michael Axel, who had been diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2010. Following surgery, the cancer metastasized to his lungs. Axel elected to undergo an experimental treatment that came with very unpleasant side effects described as “tremendous” stomach pain, sores in his mouth, and sores on his feet. Evidence was introduced that Axel’s supervisor expressed frustration with Axel because, among other reasons, he was “not getting real doctors treatment” but “other holistic or crazy things.”
The dealership terminated Axel in 2014, allegedly for making misrepresentations in 2004 on paperwork needed to obtain an auto auction access card for his son, a non-employee of the dealership who occasionally assisted Axel in transporting used cars to the local auto auction. The son was not accused of misusing this authority other than to move vehicles. In fact, he was employed by the dealership at the time of his father’s termination. The misrepresentation on which the termination allegedly was based was discovered ten years after the fact, leading to the decision to terminate. Pre-trial submissions did not reveal much in the way of other performance deficiencies by Axel.
The jury apparently rejected the dealership’s stated reason for the termination as pretext for disability discrimination. It found that Axel was fired because of his disability in violation of the Florida Human Rights Act and awarded Axel $680,000 in lost wages and benefits, $600,000 for emotional distress, and $3.22 million dollars in punitive damages. Notably, despite allegations of stray remarks reflective of possible age animus, the jury found that there was no age discrimination in the decision to terminate Axel’s employment.
A runaway verdict? Perhaps, but verdicts of this nature and magnitude seem to occur more frequently in disability discrimination cases. This jury’s rejection of the age discrimination claim demonstrates a thoughtful and discerning assessment of the evidence presented. This case serves as a reminder that disability discrimination cases stand in a class of their own and must be handled with utmost care and discretion.
Bill Egan is a partner in the Labor & Employment Department, resident in Fox’s Minneapolis office.
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Superfinals of the Russian Championship begin
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8/23/2018 – On August 24th the Superfinals of the Russian Championship will begin in Satka. The Superfinals feature an open tournament and a tournament for women. Both are 12-player round-robin tournaments and both have a strong line-up. In the open tournament Ian Nepomniachtchi is the number one seed, and in the women's tournament it's Alexandra Kosteniuk. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili
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Russian Championship Superfinals to start in Satka on August 24th
The Superfinals of 71st Russian men's championship and 68th Russian women's championship will take place from 24th August till 6th September 2018 in Satka, Chelyabinsk Oblast. The venue is Magnezit Palace of Culture.
The organizers are the Russian Chess Federation, Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation, Government of Chelyabinsk Oblast, and Magnezit Group. The competition is also supported by Renault Russia Company, Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES), and PhosAgro. Logistics partner of the Russian Chess Federation is Russian Post.
The tournament is a part of the Chess in Museums program, carried out by the RCF together with Timchenko Foundation since 2012.
Line-up (Men)
Ian Nepomniachtchi (2768)
Dmitry Jakovenko (2748)
Nikita Vitiugov (2730)
Dmitry Andreikin (2710)
Vladimir Fedoseev (2707)
Evgeny Tomashevsky (2702)
Daniil Dubov (2691)
Ernesto Inarkiev (2690)
Denis Khismatullin (2634)
Mikhail Kobalia (2619)
Alexey Sarana (2613)
Grigoriy Oparin (2609)
Line-up (Women)
Alexandra Kosteniuk (2559)
Aleksandra Goryachkina (2535)
Valentina Gunina (2528)
Natalija Pogonina (2469)
Olga Girya (2462)
Anastasia Bodnaruk (2449)
Alina Kashlinskaya (2440)
Alisa Galliamova (2424)
Polina Shuvalova (2413)
Oksana Gritsayeva (2391)
Anastasiya Protopopova (2332)
Elena Tomilova (2332)
The total prize fund is 9,000,000 roubles (about 117,000 Euros). Besides, the winners of both men's and women's tournaments will also receive a special prize – bright and stylish city crossover Renault Kaptur.
The tournaments are round-robin events with 11 rounds. The match days: August 25-30 and September 1-5. Free day - August 31. The rounds start at 1 p.m. (Moscow time), the final 11th round begins at 11 a.m. (Moscow time).
During the Superfinals, the exhibition of the Soviet and Russian painter, a representative of the “Severe Style” Geliy Korzhev (1925-2012) will be opened in Magnezit Palace of Culture. The exposition called Painting’s Way. Geliy Korzhev will include sketches and graphics from the archive of the artist's family. The sketches and graphics were made by Korzhev during the work on his key paintings on historical, biblical and other series from 1953 till 2012.
On August 31st, grandmasters will give simuls to young chess players. All chess events running under Chess in Museums project feature a special social program for a rest day, which primarily aims at children. Master-classes and simultaneous exhibitions give chess fans a chance to meet their heroes in person, test their own chess ability, and sometimes even defeat a renowned grandmaster.
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9/5/2018 – The Russian Chess Federation calls the final round of its national individual championship the "Superfinal" and that's not an exaggeration. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Dmitry Jakovenko and Nikita Vitiugov are among the Russian stars in this 12 round Tournament is experiencing celebrating its 71st edition this year in Satka, from August 25th to the September 5th, 2018. Live games and commentary with GM Alexander Morozevich!
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Ardalan 8/23/2018 08:24
Where is Svidler ??
Jarman 8/23/2018 07:14
So Vladislav Artemiev won't be joining the event - that's unfortunate. He is currently rated better than half of the participants.
Hamsuns 8/23/2018 06:25
Does anyone know what is going on with Morozevich? Seems he is not playing much chess these days, but I could be mistaken. I surely miss his creativity and contribution in the tournaments.
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Comoros: Arrest of 19 Shiite whose doctrine is prohibited by Presidential Decree
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The town of Mutsamudu was the theater of the arrest of 19 Shi'ites as they were preparing to celebrate religiously, last Friday, a ceremony rhythm to the holy month the birth of the Prophet Mohammed.
Accused of practicing and propagating the Shia doctrine in Comoros, they were arrested by the police and brought to the Prosecutor on Monday for "undermining the social cohesion."
The President of the Republic of Comoros, Ikililou has therefore promulgated on 8 January, a law by decree that regulates Islam in the archipelago. Only the Sunni doctrine is thus authorized and any other religious practice, like Shiism is now banned in the Comoros.
The religious and Shiite worshipers who do not respect the law incur a prison sentences and heavy fines.
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What do Europeʹs "Spring of Nations" of 1848 and the Arab Spring have in common? Both revolutions it seems were doomed to failure, with those involved forced to endure a long and icy winter of restoration. And yet there is a glimmer of hope. An essay by the Egyptian historian Khaled FahmyMore
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Governor Rochas Okorocha declares to run for senatorial seat, says he needs no campaign posters to win
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has officially declared to run for Orlu zone senatorial seat ahead of 2019 general election.
The APC chueftain made the declaration at the weekend, while responding to the call by Orlu Zone Political Leaders who visited him at the Government House, Owerri, who urged him to contest for the position.
According to a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, Governor Okorocha who had boasted that he did not need any campaign or poster to win the election, would be contesting the position on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, (APC).
The statement read;
“It is interesting to inform all men and women of goodwill especially Imo people and Orlu Zone people in particular that the governor of the State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has officially announced his intention to contest the 2019 election for Orlu Zone Senatorial Seat.
“The governor, who had few months ago given the hint that he might contest the 2019 election to go to the Senate for Orlu zone said he will be contesting the election on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Since he made the open declaration to run for the Senate, there has been high level excitement across the State and moreover in Orlu Zone since one good turn deserves another.
“He thanked people of the state and Orlu his zone for loving him and appreciating all he has done for the state as their governor, despite criticism from the opposition in the state.
“The governor said he would hinge on the success story of the free education programme in the state and more than one thousand verifiable projects to his credit as governor to win his election to go to the Senate, adding that he needed no campaign posters.”
On why they persuaded Okorocha to seek the position, Dr. Steve Orji, who led the Orlu zone political leaders, said that looking at the governor’s monumental achievements in the state, the leaders have no other option than to ask him to run for the Senate to represent the zone.
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Somto Okolie September 11, 2018 at 4:33 am
Is this one politics or democracy
DAVID ONYEKACHI September 11, 2018 at 5:01 am
Is democracy
Na waoo
Nnadi Chukwuebuka Fredrick September 11, 2018 at 5:34 am
Comment:we are in democracy ooo
Comment: rubbish
OLUWASOLA ODELABI September 11, 2018 at 5:35 am
THIS IS SERIOUS
Comment: nonsense
THAT IS SOO BA
ALL OF THEM DON’T KNOW ANYTHING THAN GO TO CONTEST
AFTER GOVERNOR
THE NEXT IS SENATOR SEAT
Comment:he won’t make it
Comment:he’s a wicked man
Comment: devil’s recanate
Comment:after Governor
Comment: senator again
Comment:too bad
Comment: not as if he’s a good person
THEY DONT THINK ABOUT WE THE MASSES AGAIN
BUT OUR GOD
WILL FIGHT FOR US
Stephen Paul September 11, 2018 at 7:08 am
Recycling the same people.
Gabriel Taiwo September 11, 2018 at 8:41 am
Juliet Esemoma September 11, 2018 at 1:07 pm
Carry go our governor
Samuel Moses September 11, 2018 at 1:12 pm
Comment:go bossa
muritala kolawole September 14, 2018 at 7:40 pm
Well i think with all his good work he can
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The European Conservative
A Journal of Western Renewal
Bannon giving the Eötvös József Lecture in Budapest on 23 May 2018. Image courtesy of E. Andor / CCA-SA 4.0 International.
Defender of the West
A. M. Fantini29 July 2019 Feature
A few years ago, I attended a small conference in Vatican City on “Poverty and the Common Good”. Organized by the Rome-based Dignitatis Humanae Institute (DHI), the conference was held in the Casina Pio IV, a 16th-century villa built in the middle of the Vatican Gardens, now housing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. It was memorable for many reasons — but most of all because Steve Bannon joined participants via Skype.
The two-day conference brought together a small group of business executives and political officials, Vatican dignitaries (like Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops, and Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, then-patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta), as well as civil society leaders from Europe and abroad. Discussions ranged from the role of markets to the role of morality in economic exchange. Guests participated in a wide range of presentations ranging from how to best reduce poverty, mechanisms for creating wealth, and the role of the state in the economy.
Bannon led the last session of the conference, which focused on forms of capitalism. Speaking from California and answering questions from the audience, his comments and responses were challenging and thought-provoking, inspiring much discussion afterwards.
At the time, Bannon already enjoyed some notoriety. He was still executive chairman of Breitbart News and had not yet been tapped by Donald Trump to lead his campaign effort. But mention of his very name already made many American liberals shudder. Thus, when the President asked him to serve as chief strategist and senior counselor, the mainstream media and liberal elites were apoplectic.
Many made no secret of their opposition to the man. During his time in the White House, it seemed as if everything Bannon did (and said) was grotesquely magnified by the media, with critics saying his beliefs — which have been and continue to be widely mis-represented — were beyond the pale. He was considered an inappropriate pick for a White House role.
The reasons given — then and now — for Bannon’s “unsuitability” ranged from the slanderous to the libelous: He has been called a fascist, racist, misogynist — and an anti-Semite. But truth be told, despite my own research — and my many interactions since that conference with people who know him well — I have been unable to reconcile what his critics (and the media) say about him with anything I heard that afternoon in Vatican City.
In fact, the more I re-read the transcript of the entire Bannon session that day (generously made available by Buzzfeed, which covered the conference), the more he sounded thoughtful and reasonable. I remember thinking at the time, that he clearly had a firm understanding of the economic and geopolitical challenges facing the West — and, what’s more, that he clearly understood that we are all called to be guardians of civilization and preservers of the Western Tradition.
In his comments that warm Italian afternoon, Bannon had continually praised a decentralized, common-sense approach to politics, both in the United States and abroad. He spoke of the importance of empowering people, and resisting the continuous growth of the administrative and bureaucratic state.
Of course, it is the growing realization of this reality, among voters and citizens, that has been fueling the rise of many of the Eurosceptic, populist, and pro-sovereignty movements around the world — in Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.K. In fact, at the Vatican, Bannon spoke sympathetically of the “global reaction against centralized government”.
He also expressed his disdain for the world’s bean-counters, corrupt elites, and overzealous regulators, displaying the same concerns that my friends on the libertarian left and right also have. He did not come across as a narrow, ideological thinker, nor did he sound overly predictable about any of it — for at the same time that he spoke of the challenges at the top levels of society, he also spoke of the challenges at the middle and lower levels of society. In fact, he seemed to share an abiding faith in the accumulated wisdom of working people and small towns, and the natural instincts of hard-working communities, and the dignity of traditional families. He also spoke of the need to promote these smaller groups and structures — while, at the same time, preserving, protecting, and strengthening the sovereign states in which they may all flourish.
During the conference, Bannon — prompted first by DHI founder and president Benjamin Harnwell, and then later responding to audience questions — spoke eloquently about some of the other major challenges currently facing the West. He spoke of the dramatic problems that radical secularization has wrought across societies and in economic relationships; and he pointed to the need to defend our civilizational ideals.
Speaking to the conference’s main theme of poverty, Bannon highlighted the critical link between freedom and the “entrepreneurial spirit”, and spoke of the importance of encouraging poverty alleviation through the promotion of wealth creation. He was especially insightful here, as he proceeded to distinguish between two “disturbing strands” of capitalism: the “state-sponsored capitalism” of China and Russia, which limits man’s economic freedom and individual liberty, and the “objectivist school of libertarian capitalism”, which denies basic human dignity by reducing man to an object or a commodity. On this, Bannon was impressive. No ideologue here, I thought.
In his subsequent responses to questions from conference participants, Bannon made other important points. He mentioned the broad denial of our Judeo-Christian heritage, both in our culture and in our institutions of government (in America and throughout the West), and he spoke with gravity of the growing threat of “jihadist Islamic fascism”. He also noted the growing frustrations of middle- and working-class people worldwide who, through political movements like the Tea Party in America and the UK Independence Party (or today’s Brexit Party), are finally beginning to challenge the power of the world’s political and economic elites in places such as Washington, Brussels, and Beijing.
That afternoon, I also had a very brief opportunity to ask Bannon a question. Taking a cue from his comments about populist movements in Europe, I asked about some of the less palatable far-right movements in Europe that have continued to spread on the fringes of European. Animated by a return to a kind of corporatism and “ethno-nationalism”, such movements, I noted, not only rejected market capitalism and free trade but also, far more troubling, seemed to espouse a return to discredited statist economic policies. I asked what we could do to counter the appeal of such movements to young people in Europe.
Bannon pointed out that because of crony capitalism, and the use of “different set of rules for the people who make the rules”, many of the people expressing support for such extremist movements were simply not seeing the benefits of market-based capitalism. Solve this, and you will see benefits flow back to people, he said. He also noted — in response to a question from a Slovakian journalist — that anti-Semitic and racial elements are always found on the “fringe” of populist movements, but that they will “burn away over time and you’ll see more of a mainstream center-right populist movement”.
The reason for my question was the work that many of us have been doing in Europe over the past decade and a half. European conservatives — in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Croatia — have been contributing to various efforts to educate others about important conservative ideas (so that someday a critical mass may be reached but also to influence public policy at the national and European levels). Those working so laboriously across Europe are seeking ways to preserve and promote the good that still remains in small pockets across Europe.
Part of this ongoing effort has involved the task of definition — that is, the job of distinguishing what is soundly derived from established principles from what is merely an innovation — in order to forge a truly ‘respectable’ conservatism. In other words, the conservatism that many Europeans seek is one that is clear and consistent about distinguishing itself from neo-pagan and fascist ‘modes’ of distorted right-wing thought.
Too many young people seem enchanted with these extreme modes of thought. But this is not the sort of conservatism that the world needs today. Rather, the challenges of today, as Bannon suggested, require a response that is firmly based on the classical principles that we have inherited from Western civilization. These principles are not tied up with the clan or the Volk. They are the product of that Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian synthesis from which Western civilization flows.
It is clear that Bannon understands all of this. His comments during that perhaps now-forgotten conference demonstrated an impressive understanding of history, as well as a deep knowledge of philosophy and economics, and an even firmer grasp of the complex global problems that we are now all facing. In stark contrast to the way the media and his left-wing critics have continued to portray him, Bannon was charming, whip-smart, and moved easily in and out of different modes of thought, juggling complex ideas, and bringing to bear insights from across disciplines and his own professional experiences. In short, he was generous, and demonstrated a willingness that afternoon to engage in a serious conversation about matters of grave importance.
It’s worth noting that Bannon’s appearance that afternoon also spoke to the astute, even prescient, thinking of DHI’s president and founder, Benjamin Harnwell. He had not only successfully brought together a range of committed and morally courageous people who shared similar concerns about the direction of the world but had managed to engage them all in an important extended conversation with each other — and with one of the world’s most important geopolitical thinkers.
It is perhaps no wonder that Harnwell is heading up efforts, with Bannon’s collaboration, to launch an ‘Academy for the Judeo-Christian West’ in Europe. Once its programs start, it will bring together theologians, philosophers, historians, and economists to teach young students and activists about European identity and the foundations of Western civilization.
It is men such as Bannon and Harnwell who are doing the most for the ‘common good’ today — working toward a concrete renewal of the Western tradition and seeking a truly Christian vision for Europe. They seem to be inspired, in part, by St. Benedict and perhaps even St. Thomas More (truly “speaking truth to power”, as the leftists so often say). And in some ways, the launching of the Academy (and the building of its campus) may even serve as an apt metaphor for the rebuilding and restoration of European Christendom. It’s certainly an encouraging enough project to give us all hope about the future of Europe.
A. M. Fantini is the editor in chief of The European Conservative.
This essay originally appeared in the February 2017 edition of Chronicles. It has been modified and updated. It appears here by kind permission.
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A mixture is only good whether it sounds good on any system it's played on. Many times a real mix sounds great from the studio or yourself recording setup, but if you take part in the blend your vehicle, inside your family area, about the club speakers, about the radio, or on your own friend's mondo watching movies complex, it appears embarrassingly bad. Use near-field reference monitors to evaluate much of your mix and, as being a cross-check, begin to add some larger far-field monitors and some really small radio-like monitors within your setup. Having the capacity to check your mix on several teams of speakers can make the real difference between good, usable mixes and bad, waste-of-time mixes.
Sounds Good in Stereo, Surround, and Mono
Continually cross-reference the noise of your stereo mixes in mono. Also, check your surround mixes in stereo and mono. Multitrack mixdowns are fun given that they sound great. Don't ignore the indisputable fact that your multitrack mixes could be heard in mono or stereo. While they may sound great in a single format, they may sound terrible in another.
Consistent Focal Point through the Song
It's fundamental that this listener stop left wondering. Because the mix engineer, it's your job to regulate the focus-to develop a mix that is certainly undeniably simple to follow. Lead vocals provide you with the obvious center point in most genres, but in the spaces between lyrics or musical sections, some mix ingredients have to take over, providing a bridge for that listener to the next musical section.
Controlled and Appropriate Usage of Effects
The use of effects must build a discernable depth in every mix. Most mixes should sound substantial and impressive, yet somehow they need to think very intimate and. Each mix have to be shaped and molded to suit from the soundscape that projects one of the most realistic musical emotion for your specific song.
There must be a feeling of motion and flow from the mixing panorama. Tracks don't necessarily must sweep throughout the panorama, but there must be strategic pan positioning in order that, as mix ingredients appear and vanish, the listener feels all-natural adapt through the soundscape.
Inclusion of Acoustic Informstion
Acoustic ambience adds an original sonic character to the majority mixes. The inclusion of appropriate levels of natural ambience around a few recorded tracks helps this mixture achieve realism which is otherwise tough to create.
Acoustic ambience could be captured during tracking; however, it can also be added during mixdown. Simply play back the track or tracks through high-quality monitors from the desired acoustic environment, generate a stereo pair of condenser mics out of the monitors, and blend the space sound in to the mix.
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Week 15 Start / Sit: Philip Rivers or Ryan Tannehill
Philip Rivers - LA Chargers (QB)
Philip Rivers News
Tosses two touchdowns in finale
Rivers completed 31 of 46 passes for 281 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions during Sunday's 31-21 loss to Kansas City. He added a five-yard run. After the game, Rivers said that he has no plans to retire, but may play with another team in 2020, Daniel Popper of The Athletic reports.
Ryan Tannehill - Tennessee (QB)
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Ryan Tannehill News
Trio of touchdowns in shocking win
Tannehill completed seven of 14 passes for 88 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in the Titans' 28-12 divisional-round win over the Ravens on Saturday. He also rushed six times for 13 yards and another score.
Start / Sit: Philip Rivers or Ryan Tannehill?
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Apr 16, 2019 10:51AM PT
Finish Line Propels JD Sports to Solid Sales
By Samantha McDonald
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JD Sports Fashion PLC has bested annual earnings expectations, posting record sales on Tuesday that were largely aided by its acquisition of athletic retailer Finish Line Inc.
The European sports giant saw revenues jump by 47.5 percent to 4.72 billion pounds, or $6.16 billion, in a year accented by its $558 million takeover of the United States-based specialty retailer. Last March, JD Sports announced that it would buy 100 percent of the issued and outstanding Finish Line shares at a price of $13.50 apiece in cash.
“We believe that our acquisition of the Finish Line business in the United States — the largest market for sport lifestyle footwear and apparel and the home to many of the global sportswear brands — will have positive consequences for our long-term brand engagement whilst significantly extending the group’s global reach,” JD’s executive chairman, Peter Cowgill, said in a statement accompanying today’s earnings report.
Finish Line Parent's Sales Surge Amid UK Retail Challenges
Industry Moves: August 2019
JD Sports to Buy Remaining Shares of Footasylum in $119M Deal
The deal allowed the British powerhouse to gain a major foothold in the American sportswear market and enabled the struggling Finish Line to compete more effectively with Foot Locker and other athletic goods sellers.
The move also came a few months after reports surfaced that the Indianapolis-headquartered chain was in talks to sell itself to JD rival Sports Direct International PLC, which is facing a major warehouse closure that has put 300 jobs at risk.
Britain’s retail industry has struggled amid uncertainty over Brexit — which has dragged down consumer spending — as well as the rise in e-commerce and concerns over a global economic slowdown. JD still boasts more than 2,400 physical stores and continues to build its online presence. Just last month, it purchased the remaining shares of Footasylum PLC in a cash deal worth 90.1 million pounds.
“JD is not immune to the widely reported challenges to physical retail in the U.K., with lower footfall on many high streets, malls and retail parks combined with cost challenges from increasing minimum wage rates and rises in business rates,” Cowgill said.
Calling out Finish Line, he added: “Whilst very conscious of the continued uncertainty surrounding the timing and nature of the U.K.’s exit from the European Union, we firmly believe that the elevated and dynamic multibrand, multichannel proposition of the core JD fascia, which enjoys the ongoing support of the key international brands, has the necessary agility to continue to exceed consumer expectations and prosper in an increasing number of international markets.”
JD also reported a 6 percent gain in same-store sales for the full year ended Feb. 2. Shares for the retailer shot up more than 5 percent to a record high of 559 pence, or $7.33, following the release of the results.
Watch FN’s video on how to keep your sneakers from squeaking.
How JD Sports Can Make Finish Line’s Struggling Business Compete Better Against Foot Locker
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The 1947 Partition Archive - Spotlight at Stanford
The 1947 Partition Archive Survivors and their Memories
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As a little girl, Baljit Dhillon Vikram Singh would accompany her father to the India-Pakistan border where he would stand and weep silently by the rail line. He would point towards the west and say, "Oh! Everything is over there, on the other side. Lahore, Lahore! Nanikie, Nanikie!" Mrs. Vikram Singh was born Baljit Kaur Dhillon in the early 1940s in the village of Nanikie near Lahore. Her father was a prominent landlord. The family owned horses, cattle, sheep, goats, chickens as well as mango groves. Mrs. Vikram Singh was a fair girl and was lovingly referred to as "Cheena Bawa" (Chinese Doll). She was the eldest of the three children, with two younger brothers. She attended the Queen Mary School for a few months in 1947. But the social tension in Lahore kept growing. One night she was woken up by her mother putting all her jewelry, money, and valuables in a vault that was located between the walls. She put all three children in the family jeep and they headed for Amritsar.On the journey, Mrs. Vikram Singh saw the dead lying in ditches along the road and floating in the canals. She clearly remembers the limbs of the butchered bodies. Even now, she says, the images are vivid. Her mother tried to cover her daughter's eyes with her dupatta to protect her from the scenes. They reached her maternal grandparent's house in Amritsar safely. Later, the family settled in Chak 5A, Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. Her father had left everything in Nanikie, her ancestral village, expecting to return in a few days. But that day never came. Her father was allotted a small amount of barren land in the Punjab, in lieu of the hundreds of acres left behind. Overnight her family became refugees living off the land, eating turnips and saag, wearing simple clothes and riding bullock carts and camels instead of in jeeps and cars. The family worked very hard to make ends meet. Her father was a great believer in education and sent all three of his children to boarding school in Nainital. Mrs. Vikram Singh completed her matriculation from All Saints School in 1958 and was married in 1959. The match was made by her parents. Mrs. Vikram Singh and her husband have four daughters and migrated to United States in 1969 when her husband, who was a researcher, lost his job. Mrs. Vikram Singh babysat for 50 cents an hour while living in California with her daughters. Today, she continues to reside in California, working in home renovation, running her businesses and caring for her ten grandchildren. Her father, a strong proponent of education for all, would have been very proud, she says, to know that all four granddaughters have graduated from top universities. All ten grandchildren continue to pursue higher education and professional careers.
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Board index » Everything Else » General Ramblings
The approaches about natural language programming
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eekee
Post subject: Re: The approaches about natural language programming
In Star Trek, most of the instances of voice communication with a computer are database queries, showing a sophisticated database engine but not other programming possibilities. The one big exception I recall is on DS9: O'Brien tells the computer something like, "Describe sub-program 'Pup'." That looks like sophisticated code analysis used as a very high-level debugging tool: make sure the program meets its requirements, with the added benefit that you can do it in front of your boss. (Maybe that's the primary reason it exists. ) I don't remember ever having seen an on-screen instance of actual programming in natural language in Star Trek. I have seen them using those panels like keyboards; especially Data for some reason. (You'd think he'd have wifi... but that would be creepy.)
mmdmine
Location: Iran
i would treat the natural language just as a programming language. we can parse sentences and treat the verb as command. it needs a large database of words and their meaning (not their english defination but a piece of code that compiler undrestands). also we can define common phrases as alias.
https://mmdmine.github.io
QuantumRobin
Location: Piaui, Brazil
DavidCooper wrote:
Schol-R-LEA wrote:
The whole issue of 'undecidability' in Gödel's paper is regarding the ability to 'decide' a proposition within a given propositional calculus, not in any absolute terms.
If a propositional calculus allows irrational moves to be made, then it's fantasy mathematics rather than anything of relevance to the real world, but if that was the case, it would also mean that people are also making a big mistake when they try to apply it to the real world, which they frequently do.
When we have AGI, we can let it untangle all the mess and judge it for us, putting each kind of maths in the right category so that people can see whether it's real or fake. What actually matters though in this conversation is the simple point that "this statement is true" is not true. I have not heard any mathematicians making that point, and I keep seeing "this statement is false" being presented by some as an unresolved paradox, but I have resolved it. And the point of me bringing this into the conversation here was simply to show something I've found which anyone with a good mind should be able to understand and recognise as correct. It was to illustrate that I have the ability to break new ground and that people should not keep telling me that I can't be doing the work that I know I'm doing. There are other things I could point you to which show the same thing, such as my demolitions of Einstein's STR and GTR . Here's one of my disproofs of STR: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-strong-criticisms-of-the-theory-of-relativity/answer/David-Cooper-613?. Again though, people merely dig in to defend the deities of science rather than looking at the places where they've broken fundamental rules. You can't rely on getting recognition for rightness from humans because their thinking is overridden too easily by what they want to be true. Here's another one: http://www.magicschoolbook.com/science/relativity. You can show people as much proof as you like, but what actually happens is that they simply reject it by waving their hands about and saying "it must be wrong", but none of them can break the argument even though I've gone to ridiculous lengths to make it as easy as possible for them with the "interactive exam" which should pin their objection down to a specific point, if they really had one. They are not rational: Einstein has become a religion. I even have a long series of emails exchanged with a physicist in which he ended up rejecting mathematics and asserting the superiority of physics over it.
It's clear now though that the only thing people will accept as a demonstration that I'm the kind of person that can build AGI is for me to build it, but that's fine because that job is practically done. The system exists and it's just a matter of debugging it and then loading it up with knowledge, plus a few tweaks here and there to provide any small essential bits of functionality that might have been overlooked and left out. Quantum Robin has merely forced me to say a few things about it here a few months earlier than I wanted to. I still aim to have a demo ready by the beginning of March, but if you happen to be in Scotland for any reason after the middle of the year and the demo still hasn't materialised, I'd be happy to show you exactly where things are. I can give you a tour of the complex interlinked structures which replicate every single detail of what the brain must also do with its data in order to support all the general intelligence functionality which we know that it has, and I'll show you the extent of the code and explain the algorithms which it applies. Obviously I'd rather not have to show you the internals of it at all and I'm confident that I won't need to, but there you have a promise which you can follow up on if you have to. The project is real and I don't want to discuss it here again until March.
David Cooper,
Now is January 2020!
March 2020 is near!
Will NLP (Natural Language Programming) and AGI (artificial general intelligence) replace most developers in March 2020?
DavidCooper
QuantumRobin wrote:
No - that's a few years away. What might happen by March if (I can maintain this exhausting workload) is that a simple demo will appear, showing the beginnings of AGI in a very restricted domain. That will not impress anyone, but it will rapidly be followed be a series of increasingly advanced demos where it becomes clear that the system is learning and expanding its capability as it does so, demonstrating that it is general rather than restricted intelligence. That increase in capability will be achieved by adding more data rather than by writing more program code for it, although some of that new data will be code generated by the system itself, and that code will be written in an artificial language of thought. The user will use NLP, but the system will use ATLP (artificial thought-language programming) and interpret that (or compile it to machine code for the equivalent of subconscious processing). Humans use NTLP rather than ATLP, and that is unique for each person, though its structure is likely universal and will be much the same as ATLP. Google won't tell you any more than that: this post is the only place on the Net that mentions ATLP and NTLP, and I'm not going to expand on that subject.
I don't anticipate the system being able to pass the Turing Test until the end of the year at the earliest, and even then it would likely need to be my own variant of the Turing Test in which the judges don't know if they're talking to a machine on its own or a machine working along with a human. This variant of the Turing Test is better in that it doesn't force a machine to hide its intelligence in order to pose as a less intelligent human (while the human's job is to pass the test in the normal way while being allowed to supply more intelligent answers from a machine too). The test should not fail a machine for being clearly more intelligent than a human - both the machine working on its own and the machine working alongside a human would then be able to display superior intelligence to humans without failing the test. (The machine working alone should not have to pretend to be less intelligent than it actually is, just as humans aren't required to hide their intelligence.)
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MSB-OS: http://www.magicschoolbook.com/computing/os-project - direct machine code programming
Will you tell to Gerry Rzeppa that you created the NLP (Natural Language Programming) and the AGI (artificial general intelligence)?
If not, why you will not tell to Gerry Rzeppa that you created the NLP (Natural Language Programming) and the AGI (artificial general intelligence)?
Gerry is patient and doesn't keep asking to be told things have happened before they've happened. You should do the same. Stop posting about this until there's something useful to discuss.
Quantum Robin has merely forced me to say a few things about it here a few months earlier than I wanted to.
Hi David Cooper!
Why you said that I (Quantum Robin) has merely forced you to say a few things about the NLP (Natural Language Programming) and the AGI (artificial general intelligence) in OS Dev Forums a few months earlier than you wanted to?
Reference: viewtopic.php?p=302610#p302610
You keep trying to open up a discussion which no one else wants to have here because it's about a disruptive technology which will do them a lot of harm when it's released. They would much rather not think about it until there's proof that it's more than mere talk, and they won't share your excitement about it when that proof appears. That's why it's a toxic topic. Stop posting about it.
Perhaps it's not so much a fear of "a disruptive technology" as rather the opinion that the whole subject is a bit delusional. Time will tell.
Every good solution is obvious once you've found it.
Solar wrote:
Mel didn't approve of compilers.
“If a program can't rewrite its own code”,
he asked, “what good is it?”
Mel had written,
in hexadecimal,
the most popular computer program the company owned.
Mel loved the RPC-4000
because he could optimize his code:
that is, locate instructions on the drum
so that just as one finished its job,
the next would be just arriving at the “read head”
and available for immediate execution.
There was a program to do that job,
an “optimizing assembler”,
but Mel refused to use it.
“You never know where it's going to put things”,
he explained, “so you'd have to use separate constants”.
It was a long time before I understood that remark.
Since Mel knew the numerical value
of every operation code,
and assigned his own drum addresses,
every instruction he wrote could also be considered
a numerical constant.
He could pick up an earlier “add” instruction, say,
and multiply by it,
if it had the right numeric value.
His code was not easy for someone else to modify.
reference: http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/story-of-mel.html
Richard Hamming -- The Art of Doing Science and Engineering, p25
In the beginning we programmed in absolute binary... Finally, a Symbolic Assembly Program was devised -- after more years than you are apt to believe during which most programmers continued their heroic absolute binary programming. At the time [the assembler] first appeared I would guess about 1% of the older programmers were interested in it -- using [assembly] was "sissy stuff", and a real programmer would not stoop to wasting machine capacity to do the assembly.
Yes! Programmers wanted no part of it, though when pressed they had to admit their old methods used more machine time in locating and fixing up errors than the [assembler] ever used. One of the main complaints was when using a symbolic system you do not know where anything was in storage -- though in the early days we supplied a mapping of symbolic to actual storage, and believe it or not they later lovingly pored over such sheets rather than realize they did not need to know that information if they stuck to operating within the system -- no! When correcting errors they preferred to do it in absolute binary.
FORTRAN was proposed by Backus and friends, and again was opposed by almost all programmers. First, it was said it could not be done. Second, if it could be done, it would be too wasteful of machine time and capacity. Third, even if it did work, no respectable programmer would use it -- it was only for sissies!
John von Neumann, when he first heard about FORTRAN in 1954, was unimpressed and asked "why would you want more than machine language?" One of von Neumann's students at Princeton recalled that graduate students were being used to hand assemble programs into binary for their early machine. This student took time out to build an assembler, but when von Neumann found out about it he was very angry, saying that it was a waste of a valuable scientific computing instrument to use it to do clerical work.
reference: http://worrydream.com/dbx/
Other quotes comes to mind:
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."
History has shown that they’re wrong.
Inspiring figures in Unix history — Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, and Ken Thompson among others — emphasize that portability of the system by using the high‐level compiled language C has been one of Unix’s greatest strengths.
“C has become successful to an extent far surpassing any early expectations. What qualities contributed to its widespread use?
“Doubtless the success of Unix itself was the most important factor; it made the language available to hundreds of thousands of people.
Conversely, of course, Unix’s use of C and its consequent portability to a wide variety of machines was important in the system’s success. But the language’s invasion of other environments suggests more fundamental merits.
“Despite some aspects mysterious to the beginner and occasionally even to the adept, C remains a simple and small language, translatable with simple and small compilers. Its types and operations are well-grounded
in those provided by real machines, and for people used to how computers work, learning the idioms for generating time‐ and space‐efficient programs is not difficult. At the same time the language is sufficiently
abstracted from machine details that program portability can be achieved.
“Equally important, C and its central library support always remained in touch with a real environment. It was not designed in isolation to prove a point, or to serve as an example, but as a tool to write programs that did useful things; it was always meant to interact with a larger operating system, and was regarded as a tool to build larger tools. A parsimonious, pragmatic approach influenced the things that went into C:
it covers the essential needs of many programmers, but does not try to supply too much.”
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.pdf
The point is, time moves on.
Will NLP (Natural Language Programming) and AGI (artificial general intelligence) replace most developers?
What is your opinion about the message that I quoted above?
Ethin
Location: North Dakota, United States
This is just starting to get irritating. We've all made our points. Personally I think this entire topic has gotten delusional and a bit "out of this world" so to speak. At first it was intersting and now everyones moved on. OP, please stop and leave this topic alone.
klange
I am locking this thread. It has gone on far too long, and QuantumRobin's repeated messages directed at DavidCooper are borderline harassment.
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The James Farley Post Office will be transformed into the new Moynihan Station.
I happened to run across on one of the NYC cable channels this morning a replay of the groundbreaking for Moynihan Station, which was originally held in October. If you’re not familiar with it, this is the project which will incorporate the massive Farley Post Office, which sits in back of Penn Station. The idea is to turn Farley into a station reminiscent of the old Penn Station which was torn down to make room for the sad excuse for a station we now have, and Madison Square Garden.
I really hope this project moves forward. The designs for the new station that I saw years ago looked brilliant. Our city deserves another station on par with Grand Central.
During the ceremony, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood spoke passionately about a network of high-speed rail that would eventually connect more than 80 percent of the country. That sounds like a dream, what with Obama’s opponents on the record as opposed to the idea saying we cannot afford it. But this to me is such a short-sighted way of thinking. Won’t investing in our nation’s transportation eventually help to grow our economy?
Here are some articles on Moynihan Station if you want to learn more:
A Ceremonial Start for Moynihan Station (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
Moynihan Station Gains a Little Steam (observer.com)
Step one for Penn Station upgrade (nydailynews.com)
Revenge of the Megaprojects: The division of Midtown’s Moynihan Station… (ny.curbed.com)
A look inside NYC’s James A. Farley Post Office (boingboing.net)
Slow Train Coming: Phase 1 of Moynihan Station Project Might Actually Happen (greenbuildingsnyc.com)
Retailing it in Rego Yellow Journalism
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The Art of Resistance surveys the lives of seven painters–Ding Cong (1916-2009), Feng Zikai (1898-1975), Li Keran (1907-89), Li Kuchan (1898-1983), Huang Yongyu (b. 1924), Pan Tianshou (1897-1971), and Shi Lu (1919-82)–during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), a time when they were considered counterrevolutionary and were forbidden to paint. Drawing on interviews with the artists and their families and on materials collected during her visits to China, Shelley Drake Hawks examines their painting styles, political outlooks, and life experiences.
These fiercely independent artists took advantage of moments of low surveillance to secretly “paint by candlelight.” In doing so, they created symbolically charged art that is open to multiple interpretations. The wit, courage, and compassion of these painters will inspire respect for the deep emotional and spiritual resonance of Chinese art.
Author Bio: Originally from Oklahoma City, Shelley Drake Hawks teaches art history and world history at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts.
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Remote Handling design for ITER Diagnostics port plugs successfully validated
Members of UKAEA's RACE facility, who led the tests, together with representative of F4E, ITER IO, the Japanese Domestic Agency and IDOM ADA, who designed the DSM.
"These successful tests have shown conclusively that our Diagnostic Shielding Module is well-optimised for remote handling maintenance of port-based diagnostics, a key milestone in our design activities", observes Fabien Seyvet, F4E's Project Manager for Diagnostics port integration activities, after witnessing tests on a full-size mock-up at the RACE centre for robotics and autonomous systems in Culham, UK.
Trial disassembly of diagnostics components in one halve of the Diagnostic Shielding Module, using tools fitted to remote handling 'arms', controlled by an operator (not included in picture).
In order to get a good view of the ITER plasma, many of ITERs diagnostics must sit right at its edge: in one of the most challenging environments on ITER. Fortunately, Diagnostic Shielding Modules, or DSMs, are there to provide them a safe home. These steel structures, which are mounted in many of ITERs port plugs and weigh up to 3 tonnes each, support and protect the delicate Diagnostic components whilst shielding from ITERs neutrons. F4E will supply nine such modules; installed in the five Diagnostics port plugs (of 18 in total on ITER) that F4E is providing.
Because the DSMs, and the diagnostics themselves, cannot be handled by humans, maintenance and repair must the done by Remote Handling; where sophisticated manipulators, remotely controlled by operators, must replace a technician's trained hand (think of trying to change a car tyre wearing boxing gloves, and you can visualise the difficulties). Designing a DSM for compatibility with such a difficult task has been a driving requirement behind F4E's Diagnostics port integration activities but the only way to know if the hard work had paid off, was to test in a realistic environment and with actual remote handling tools.
Testing included critical remote handling operations for the DSM, including splitting the 'clam-shell' design into two halves, and installation/removal of mock-ups for components of the ITER Edge Thomson Scattering (ETS) diagnostics system. The tests were led by experts from RACE, part of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's (UKAEA) facilities at Culham, UK (also site of the world's largest tokamak, JET). Observing the tests were members of F4E's Diagnostics Project Team, representatives of ITER IO as well as of IDOM, F4E's Spanish partner company dealing with the design and integration of the Diagnostic port plugs under F4E's responsibility. Also keeping a close eye on the events were members of the Japanese Domestic Agency for ITER, who designed the ETS system.
"We are happy that the Remote Handling compatibility of our Diagnostics DSM design has been proven. We appreciate the collaboration we have had with the Japanese Domestic Agency, our partner company IDOM ADA and ITER IO – together we have paved the way for this favourable result. The experience and qualified staff of RACE have also enabled us to achieve these good results and given us the confidence that our designs will succeed once manufactured", says Glenn Counsell, F4E's Diagnostics Project Team Leader.
With the confirmation of Remote Handling compatibility now received, IDOM ADA will concentrate on developing further the port designs, in view of the future manufacturing and assembly phases.
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Discworld Read-Along #13: Small Gods
Continuing my occasional series as I work my way through Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, one book at a time.
Today’s entry is on the 13th book, Small Gods.
First Appearance: The History Monks, particularly Lu-Tze.
Introduced to Discworld: the dangers of organized religion…to the gods
Plot: In the far-off empire of Omnia, the whole state is dedicated to the Church of the Great God Om. Omnia is constantly expanding, pushing its faith out into the rest of the world and terrifying plenty of people around with the dreaded Quisition, which often tortures people for the betterment of their own souls. You know the type.
As far as Exquistor Vorbis is concerned, there is a major problem with a heresy forming around the idea that the world is a flat disc atop four elephants atop a giant turtle. Omnians, see, believe the world is round. The fact that the Discworld actually is a flat disc atop four elephants atop a giant turtle doesn’t matter much to people like Vorbis. I should have plenty to say about him in the commentary section.
However, a lowly novice named Brutha is surprised to hear the voice of Om while working the gardens. Om seems surprised, too. He’s been stuck as a small, powerless, one-eyed tortoise for three years. Brutha is the first person to hear his voice in ages. What Om slowly realizes is there’s a good reason for that: out of the thousands of members of the church, Brutha is the only one who still truly believes in Om.
Can Brutha and Om revive true faith in the Church and stop a holy war Vorbis is set to start with neighboring Ephebe?
Commentary: Pratchett in life was an atheist. I find that fact interesting in how he approaches the subject of religion in the Discworld books. There are actual gods on the Discworld. They tend to be about as competent as everyone else, but Pratchett doesn’t use them to condemn religion here or anywhere else. On the contrary, his exploration of faith is actually rather moving here. The Church of Om has problems, but the problems are caused as much by the humans running it as anything else. Om’s biggest crime was being negligent and apathetic. Like many Discworld characters, Om learns from his mistakes and will be a better god when the story is over.
In fact, the hero of the book, Brutha, never loses his faith in Om. He does make changes, of course. Brutha basically points out that gods are only as powerful as there are people to believe in them. Since he is Om’s only true believer, he alone can hear Om’s voice, and Om is stuck in the shape of a lowly tortoise, something Om isn’t used to. Om, early on, shouts at people who displease him to be smited (smitten?) in various nasty ways, but those things never happen. Om takes a very Old Testament approach to punishment. Brutha takes him to task for not really caring about his followers, so Brutha eventually affects change in both the Church and its divinity, making both better and more humane.
That’s where the problems come from. The Church has many followers. But they follow out of fear of punishment from the Quisition. In a way, they believe in the Church, not in Om.
This leads us to Vorbis. Pratchett describes him as a tall, thin man, bald, with eyes that look like the lenses of sunglasses. Vorbis believes in the Church’s teachings, but he warps them to suit his own needs. As a villain, Pratchett tries to suggest he isn’t evil. Brutha says as much, and many of Pratchett’s villains are more well-meaning people who do things the wrong way than truly awful people. It is really hard for the reader to see that in Vorbis. Vorbis reminds me a little of Pyramids antagonist Dios. Dios could not change his routine, but he was a high priest who didn’t even believe in his own religion. Vorbis does believe. But Vorbis takes it to extremes. Any sign of superstition is heresy to Vorbis. He tortures blacksmiths for keeping a horseshoe nailed to a wall for good luck, will eliminate all believers in the flat earth theory, takes offense while in Ephebe when food is left out for the Omnian peace delegation on a fasting day, and talks about “fundamental truths” that are often not literal truths but seem to make a good excuse to do things like burn the Epheban’s library. Vorbis can and will twist everything that happens to him and the Church as a whole into a shape that fits Vorbis’ own worldview, despite any inconvenient facts to the contrary.
With all that in mind, the text tells us Vorbis’ biggest crime is not that he murders and tortures people at the drop of a hat. It is that something about Vorbis makes other people worse. Other people who spend time with Vorbis are influenced to be more like him. And since he runs the Quisition (and indirectly the Church itself), that just makes things worse for everyone.
By contrast, Brutha seems to bring out the best in people. Gifted with the ability to never forget anything, Brutha is a kind youth who just wants to do good. His presence makes Om a better god in the end. He’s the one who actually tries to save Vorbis from a fate pretty much every other character and most likely the reader think he deserves. At the novel’s end, when Brutha encounters Vorbis one last time, he shows the man a mercy that no one else could. Brutha’s growing disillusionment with the Church, finding out many of the prophets probably made up their books since Om told them very little (remember, Om was an apathetic god at best), lead him to being a stronger person who can actually tell off the deity he alone believes in.
Ultimately, what Pratchett does here is discuss how religions in general work. Discworld has many “small gods,” beings who are barely formed and need worshipers. Om may be stuck as a tortoise, in a book rife with turtle images, but he’s better off than the small gods who don’t even have that much and can barely speak. The worst for Om was an unnamed god who used to be big and powerful but now can’t even remember its own name. The relationship between gods and people is explained as a symbiotic one: gods get more from humans, but humans can still have gods that are worth worshiping from the looks of things.
I personally think Small Gods might be the ideal jumping on point for new readers. It’s a standalone book, with characters that don’t really appear again, and best shows Pratchett’s philosophy on life without disparaging too much on religious faith he himself lacked. Yes, there is the requisite appearances by Death, as well as cameos by the Death of Rats and the Librarian, and a few references to the nation of Djelibeybi from Pyramids, but there’s nothing here a new reader couldn’t get to while still covering what may be the best novel in the entire series. It may not be as funny as some of the others, but is the most humane.
If there is a flaw to this novel, it is the presence of Lu-Tze. Though the book suggested he had a vital role to play in the story, his role is actually rather small, and may appear inconsequential.
Next book: There’s a royal wedding happening as witch Magrat Garlick is marrying the king! Unfortunately, someone invited the Elves. They aren’t very pleasant. Be back for Lords and Ladies at some point in the future.
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Posted on July 8, 2015 March 16, 2016 Author tomk74Categories Books, Terry Pratchett/DiscworldTags atheism, Brutha, death, Death of Rats, Dios, Discworld, Ephebe, gods, Great God Om, History Monks, Lords and Ladies, Lu-Tze, Pyramids, read-along, religion, Small Gods, Terry Pratchett, The Librarian, Vorbis
26 thoughts on “Discworld Read-Along #13: Small Gods”
wrencollins says:
God, what a loss when TP died.
tomk74 says:
I agree, but he left a lot behind for us to continue to enjoy, and for that we should be thankful.
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Posted on January 16, 2020 by fplobserver
Appreciation post for the long-running library book club known as #BookParty
This was really an exceptional and refreshing ongoing program for the Ferndale Library was led by longtime librarian (and now Assistant Director) Darlene Hellenberg and initially served as a launching pad for the (community-wide book club event known as the) Big Read program she’d coordinated in 2010. Book Party would propose something that seemed a bit radical for it’s day: a library event inside of a bar! (Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to see libraries trying increasingly more “edgy” or outside of the box-type things such as this…) It was a partnership that we really valued with a restaurant that was practically our next-door neighbor: The Emory.
You can get a copy for Recursion, by Blake Crouch, the March 18 Book Party selection, at the circulation desk, with your library card.
Above, you’re seeing a staggering image that collects 62 (of the 63) titles that Book Party featured at its bi-monthly meetings!
“Book party was an amazing experience,” said Griffin Bray, regular attendee, and former Ferndale Library staffer. “The atmosphere was very different from the general idea of book clubs; in addition to discussing our feelings about the book and answering prompts, we had lively conversations about related books, the newest TV shows that we were watching, and life in general. The book party family (everyone was friendly enough and close enough that that term is rather appropriate) was an amazing bunch to hang out with. They made it into more than just an event to discuss what we thought about the main character and turned it into a friendly, inviting setting based around literature and, more importantly, friendship…”
Anyone was welcome to attend these evening meetings, whether they had a Ferndale Library card or any library card–as long as they found the selected title and came prepared to chat about it over some cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, they were IN…
“I only knew one person in Ferndale when I moved here, and they invited me to the first-ever Book Party in 2009, where we discussed “Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides,” said Kricket Hoekstra, Adult Services Librarian at Rochester Hills. “I met people that night, and at subsequent book parties, that have now been my close friends for more than a decade! I loved that it was a relaxed discussion- not awkwardly sitting in a circle speaking one at a time. Obviously I am also a fan of the cocktails and snacks. I especially love the books Darlene chose by local authors or that had a connection to Michigan. I’m sad that it’s an end of an era, but I’m grateful for all the people and books I’ve met because of Book Party. Thank you for 10 and a half amazing years!”
This blog post’s writer observed it as a colleague, but I have to say, it was really inspiring how something like Book Party could refresh the perception of a book club and encourage folks not only to read more, but get them out of their houses, out on the town, and excited about catching up with what became a little community of regular attendees.
Don’t despair though, because this library will continue dreaming up new and exciting programs into a reality for our patrons, whether they’re book clubs, craft events, concerts, or even a podcast! Thanks to everyone who regularly attended the Book Party over the years, and stay tuned for our upcoming schedule of programming for adult patrons later this year for our annual #SummerReading events.
p.s., there will be one final Book Party meeting in May! Stay tuned!
The Biography Section
Posted on January 7, 2020 by fplobserver
Andrea is a seasoned librarian who has worked at several libraries in metro Detroit. She has been at Ferndale since 2017, and even though she now works one day a week, her presence is still very much felt here. Andrea orders the 300s in adult non-fiction, which covers the social sciences, and her selections are widely raved about by both patrons and staff.
Andrea has also gone back to school and recently received her Master of Social Work degree and now works as a therapist, which also contributes to the high level of service she provides library patrons.
Elissa: In our previous conversations, I learned that you were one of the original attendees of FADL’s Book Party. Was that before you started working at FADL?
Andrea: Yes, I was working at Westland at that time.
Elissa: What drew you to that program? I’ve heard it was a magnet for local librarians.
Andrea: Ferndale is home to many librarians and that’s where we socialized. I haven’t attended it in years and I moved out of the city, but I still keep in contact with a lot of those people.
Elissa: What do you love about working at FADL?
Andrea: It’s relaxing for me, a break from my regular job, and I still get to be a librarian. This place is laid-back and well-run. I also get to see a lot of my friends and old neighbors since I moved out of Ferndale.
Elissa: Best or favorite part of your job as a librarian?
Andrea: Ordering for the 300s.
Elissa: What do people get wrong about librarianship?
Andrea: That it’s centered on the collections and material. That’s a big part, but librarians help in so many additional ways. Library work is adjacent to social work in some ways.
Elissa: You’re now a social worker and are practicing at a local clinic. What are the misconceptions around being a social worker?
Andrea: I have a clinical social work degree and I work as a psychotherapist. Social work is a broad field and some of the biggest misconceptions are that social workers just break up families and are bureaucrats.
Elissa: What do you love about being a therapist and how do you think it informs your work as a librarian?
Andrea: I love working one-on-one with individuals and watching people grow and make huge breakthroughs. It’s a privilege to be present with people being raw, vulnerable, and trusting. I find it’s more the other way around with my work as a librarian informing my therapy practice. I can often give book recommendations to clients about areas of their lives that they are trying to get a deeper understanding of.
Elissa: Favorite collection or thing we circ at FADL?
Andrea: 300s, obviously.
Elissa: Best book you’ve ever read?
Andrea: I don’t think I have a very favorite, but one of the best is Borderlands / La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa.
Elissa: What do you love about Ferndale as a community/city?
Andrea: How queer it is.
Elissa: You recently moved into a new house. Does that take over your days off or do you have other fun activities that you spend time on?
Andrea: I don’t currently have an entire day off, but it’s a goal for 2020. My hope is to actually have a whole day off to spend with my wife. I do miss brunch.
Elissa: Any pets?
Andrea: Yes! A lab named Big Gus and two chihuahuas named Little Gus and Peanut. (pictured, left)
Elissa: What’s the best advice you ever received?
Andrea: Basically, impact matters more than intent. The impact of our actions, inactions, and words matters way more than our intentions. Ignorance is never an excuse. Do research and know how to apologize when mistakes are made. I don’t know if that’s advice so much as instruction.
Elissa: If you were stuck on an island, what would you take with you?
Andrea: My wife, books, and dogs.
Elissa: If I gave you $100, what would you spend it on?
Andrea: Something for the new house. It’s just an endless need. Or on books on trauma and addiction for work. That’s my other endless need.
Elissa: Top three bands?
Andrea: The Clash, Against Me!, Nirvana
Elissa: Favorite song to sing at karaoke?
Andrea: I don’t but if I did, it would be Here I Go Again by Whitesnake.
Elissa: Best book-to-movie adaptation?
Andrea: Maybe The Shining.
Elissa: Chocolate or vanilla?
Andrea: Vanilla
Elissa: Beach or woods?
Andrea: Woods
Elissa: Favorite season?
Andrea: Fall
Elissa: Is there anything I should have asked you that I didn’t?
Andrea: Nah, I’m good.
You can find Andrea at FADL on Saturdays or, once in a blue moon, subbing in during a weekday. Andrea is fascinating to talk to, as you’ll see attested by other staff members. If you are interested in various social issues, Andrea’s ordered a book about it. Check out her collection today, or say hi the next time you’re in on the weekend!
As part of the Biography Section, we invite other staff members to give their kudos to Andrea. Here is what they had to say:
Kelly: Andrea brings a thoughtfulness to her work here. She considers everything that people say to her before she responds. She also genuinely seems interested when I talk her ear off about some nonsense! 🙂
Jasmine: On the surface, Andrea may appear quiet, very quiet; but I’ve learned that if you engage her in conversation long enough you will soon learn that she has a lot to say! My fondest memory of her has to be when we were subbing together at Southfield Public Library, and I shared with her the news that I was recently offered a part-time position at FADL, prior to becoming full time. It was then that she shared with me her thoughts about me being the best person for that job, and how she had also shared this with the former YS supervisor. That meant so much to me because Andrea’s a vet. She’s been doing this for a long time, and I knew her feelings were shared with sincerity and genuine support…support that she has continuously offered throughout my time here. I am much obliged to her.
Jeff: Andrea has added some amazing books to the collection, and has substantially enriched the selection available for circulation here in Ferndale, when it comes to the diversity of topics, ideas, and authors reporting on 21st-century social sciences.
Ed: I turned over the job of selecting books for our 300 section to Andrea, and she’s done a great job. While scouring the catalogs for new books, I often come upon one that grabs me, and then find out that Andrea has already ordered it.
Susan: Andrea is a super-thoughtful librarian. She cares deeply about social justice issues and does an excellent job selecting for the 300s, making the section exactly what Ferndale needs and wants to read about. I’ve learned a lot by reading some of the books she’s chosen. She has always been friendly and approachable.
Anne: Andrea makes sure that any library she is in is a welcoming place for everyone. She does that by being a friendly presence, by doing a thorough job of purchasing books, and by being a supportive staff member, just to name a few things. I am very glad to have her as a colleague.
Michelle: Andrea is a careful thinker. I like discussing the best way to categorize books with her. Her expertise in psychology and recovery trends is also hugely beneficial to our patrons and the collection.
Maggie: I appreciate Andrea’s calm and gentle nature. Her thoughtful work in the Social Sciences section of our collection has made this complete and current resource available to our patrons at a vital time.
Darlene: Andrea’s curation of the 300s is wonderful. She has a great eye for picking books that will interest our patrons. She’s also always on the lookout for fiction and graphic novels that I might have missed. I always appreciate her recommendations.
Ferndale Library Podcast
Posted on December 20, 2019 by fplobserver
The Ferndale Library’s new podcast premieres on all major podcast apps January 3. We’re excited to bring you exclusive conversations with local authors, each of whom will be releasing new books between April-May of 2020: Josh Malerman, Kathe Koja, and Michael Zadoorian.
The library also hopes to use the podcast to connect to the grander book-loving community worldwide, kicking off with a premiere episode that features Bird Box author Josh Malerman on Jan. 3.
The podcast’s name,“A Little Too Quiet,” is a nod to the fact that libraries everywhere have evolved beyond the longstanding perception that they are silent institutions meant only for peaceful reading where librarians sternly shush anyone speaking above hushed tones. That’s just not the case anymore, and the new podcast aims to demonstrate the ways in which the Ferndale Library and libraries everywhere have evolved into 21st-century community centers where, yes, occasional loudness is more than accepted.
“A Little Too Quiet” also serves as a way for patrons to stay engaged with their library during the snowier months when travel is more challenging. Now, library patrons can hear from their library while they’re at home, at the gym, or on the go, just by putting in some earbuds. Along with being hosted at the library’s main website, “A Little Too Quiet” will also be available on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.
Subscribe now by searching for “A Little Too Quiet” on your favorite podcast app, or visit: https://alittletooquiet.podbean.com/.
Best Book of the Decade?
It’s been the decade of “content…” Extra extra content! Streaming/digital content! Access to eBooks and downloadable audiobooks for your devices has increased considerably. It’s very likely that lots of us have seen our reading queues swelling up over the last 5-10 years. We’d like to hear from YOU. When you look back at your Goodreads reviews, or if you just go with the most vivid memory that springs to your mind–which book would YOU choose as the Best of the Decade?
I’ve got a few of my own recommendations below.
2010’s A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan revolutionized narrative structure.
2013’s Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie portrayed the immigrant experience by way of a love story that also served as social commentary.
2016’s The Animators by Kayla Mae Whitaker used one medium (literature) to describe another hyper-stylized medium, while also bringing to life to vibrant characters and their one-of-a-kind friendship.
2018’s Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman was one-part pursuit, one-part Wester, one-part Sleeping Beauty, and altogether thrilling and surreal.
2018’s There, There was compassionate and funny and tragic and eye-opening, all at once, providing interlinked narratives of modern-day Native Americans.
Ferndale Library’s New Podcast “A Little Too Quiet” Launches January 3
Posted on December 3, 2019 by fplobserver
Looking for a new podcast to listen to?
Bird Box Author Josh Malerman Featured in Debut Episode January 3
The Ferndale Library will debut a new podcast on all major podcast apps this winter. “A Little Too Quiet” is a new and exciting way for the library staff to engage with patrons. The enlightening (as well as entertaining) content, produced in-house, might otherwise be formatted for an on-site program or event, but will instead be delivered in audio form. The library also hopes to use the podcast to connect to the grander book-loving community worldwide, kicking off with a premiere episode that features Bird Box author Josh Malerman on Jan. 3.
Click here to listen to the trailer.
The podcast’s name, “A Little Too Quiet,” is a nod to the fact that libraries everywhere have evolved beyond the longstanding perception that they are silent institutions meant only for peaceful reading where librarians sternly shush anyone speaking above hushed tones. That’s just not the case anymore, and the new podcast aims to demonstrate the ways in which the Ferndale Library and libraries everywhere have evolved into 21st-century community centers where, yes, occasional loudness is more than accepted.
Episodes will showcase unique library resources, promote library programs and events, and feature discussions on literary news, the special experience of book clubs, the ongoing outreach efforts of Youth Services Librarians, and the history of the library. This coming year, 2020, marks the 90th anniversary of the Ferndale Library. There will be content that unveils the history of the building, while also engaging patrons to share their favorite memories and experiences about the Ferndale Library. There will also be lots of local author interviews, starting with Malerman in the premiere episode, as well as conversations with Michael Zadoorian, Kathe Koja, and more.
A New Look at Thanksgiving: Non-fiction books for young readers
Posted on November 26, 2019 by fplobserver
“1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving” by Catherine O’Neill Grace
Created in partnership by National Geographic and the Plimoth (Plymouth) Plantation Museum, a living history museum in Massachusetts, this is the only non-fiction book that I would recommend for children or families looking for facts about the first Thanksgiving. In the vast majority of books about the first Thanksgiving, the story is almost always told from the European perspective and generally puts a rosy lens on the whole affair. No, the Pilgrims didn’t have buckles on their hats. No, the Pilgrims and Wampanoags weren’t friends (a more accurate label would be political allies). And no, they didn’t even eat Turkey (mmm, eel). If you’re looking for a balanced, no baloney, fact-based book about Thanksgiving for kids, this is just about your only option. For a more in-depth look at the journey of the Pilgrims and the Mayflower, check out Mayflower 1620 by the same partnership. For the adults out there, I highly recommend Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick and the documentary The Pilgrims by Ric Burns.
“Squanto’s Journey” by Joseph Bruchac
Tasquantum, or as the Europeans called him, Squanto, is an important player in the Thanksgiving story. Already fluent in English, Tisquantum was the Patuxet Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to grow and hunt their own food. Squanto’s Journey, by Native author Joseph Bruchac, is a beautifully illustrated, narrative picture book biography that tells the incredible story of his kidnapping by European explorers, how he was sold into slavery in Spain, how he taught himself English and escaped to England from Spain, and how he managed his way on to an English ship headed back to his homeland. This book is as much a biography of Tisquantum as it is a book about Thanksgiving, but much time is spent on the harvest feast of 1621 and his benevolent relationship with the Pilgrims. A useful endnote from the author lays out the facts of Squanto’s journey and the First Thanksgiving.
“The Thankful Book” by Todd Parr
This isn’t a Thanksgiving book, but it is a book that will help kids learn to be thankful for the things they have, and that’s really what it’s all about, isn’t it?. We can be thankful for our feet (for running), for music (so we can dance), and even for our underwear (because they are fun to wear on our head). Parr writes in simple, thoughtful sentences, and the thick bold lines and high contrast illustrations are perfect for showing to the youngest of children.
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By Ivan O'Mahoney
Producer/director, World Weddings: A Game of Two Halves
Mohammed Allach - the most prominent Muslim footballer in the Netherlands - is about to marry his blonde Dutch fiancee, Sanne.
In the famously tolerant Netherlands a multicultural wedding should not be anything exceptional, but as Mohammed and Sanne will tell you, things are not what they used to be.
Last November, controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Muslim fundamentalist.
In the aftermath, simmering racial tensions boiled over and a spate of arson attacks set mosques, Islamic primary schools and churches ablaze.
While the Netherlands' social consensus is crumbling, Sanne and Mohammed are hoping their union will be a symbol of harmony and racial tolerance.
I got e-mails from Muslim women who'd been spat at in markets, even beaten
Mohammed Allach
"The killing of Van Gogh made a big impact on me," says Mohammed, who is of Moroccan descent but was born in the Netherlands.
"For the first time, I didn't feel at home here. It was really frightening.
"I got e-mails from Muslim women who'd been spat at in markets, even beaten. Their children too."
One million of the Netherlands' 16 million people are Muslim. Mohammed says that their further integration into Dutch society is the only way out of the current crisis.
"The Dutch should give young Moroccans better opportunities," he says, but acknowledges that Moroccans too have to try harder.
"They assume a victim mentality too easily. Instead they should work hard at making the most of themselves."
Similar values
Mohammed recently founded Moroquistars, an organisation aiming to improve understanding between white Dutch youths and young Moroccans, using sports events as a bridge.
Sanne quit her job as a marketing manager to run Mohammed's foundation.
"It's all a matter of engaging with each other," says Sanne.
"Once you actually talk to Muslims, you'll find often their values are pretty similar to ours."
But it is a message that many Dutch are sceptical about.
At a party with Sanne's former work colleagues the conversation is jolly until it turns to the issue of immigration.
"I have a friend at an employment agency," says Sanne's friend Els. "She tells me she'll hire 100 Turks for factory work, but never Moroccans, because they are all lazy."
"And what about the prisons?" asks another colleague. "All the inmates are dark skinned. I am not saying they are all Moroccans, but ..."
A third colleague jumps in. "Most crimes are committed by Moroccans, that's a fact."
Public unease
While Moroccan crime might be disproportionate to their numbers, most crime is actually committed by whites, not Moroccans.
Yet it is Moroccan crime that usually makes headlines, leaving young Muslims feeling that they are deliberately targeted.
Divisive forces, however, do exist on both sides of society's spectrum.
One issue that deeply worries the Dutch is the rise in Islamic fundamentalism.
It is close to home for Sanne and Mohammed.
Sanne's sister Marlou was a teacher at an Islamic primary school five years ago when during a lesson a nine-year-old Muslim boy announced that he wanted to become a jet pilot "to bomb the Jews".
It turned out that the boy had been shown a Hamas propaganda video during religion classes.
A subsequent report by the Dutch intelligence service suggested 20% of Muslim schools in the Netherlands were funded by extreme Islamist sources.
Perceptions of Muslims worsened when after Van Gogh's killing, Dutch police raided a house in The Hague, claiming it had broken up an Islamic terrorist cell that had intended to attack Dutch targets.
Despite the dark clouds over the multicultural landscape, Mohammed and Sanne are optimistic.
There is light relief in the wedding preparations when Mo and Sanne visit the local jeweller.
Young people in the Netherlands mix when they are young, but when they marry they stick with their own colour
"Catholics wear their ring on the left hand," says the jeweller, "Protestants on the right."
That is of little use to Mohammed.
"What about Muslims?" he asks jokingly.
"Not a clue," replies the jeweller. In Eindhoven, a city of 200,000 this is the first interracial marriage he has encountered.
"Young people in the Netherlands," he says apologetically, "mix when they are young, but when they marry they stick with their own colour. It's safer."
Meanwhile Mo's team Venlo is doing well in the league.
They have secured a spot in the play-offs for promotion to the premiership.
The fans are happy, chanting "Allach is great, ole, ole !"
The local anthem affectionately puns on Mohammed's family name and religion.
But Mohammed says that recent events have also led to serious racial abuse against Muslim footballers - including the use of an obscene term coined by Van Gogh himself.
"It's all connected to what's going on in the world," says Mohammed. "It started with 9/11, then the Van Gogh killing. Islam is the subject."
To counter racism in football the Dutch football association has just imposed a new policy under which referees are required to stop the game when racist abuse is chanted.
The Dutch government says it too is tackling the rise in racial tensions.
It is proposing a radical new law which will make it compulsory for most would-be non-Western immigrants to take a Dutch citizenship test before they leave their countries.
Mohammed's younger brother Monsif sped up his marriage to a Moroccan girl named Imhem to beat the new law.
"When we heard about the new immigration policy, many Moroccans and Turks quickly brought a bride from their home countries.
"I am not against the test, but it's just a hassle. Like getting your driver's licence."
Two days before the wedding, Mohammed's football season ends in disappointment.
His team didn't win the play-offs; promotion is off for at least a year.
"Mixed emotions," he says. "We did well in the league but not the play-offs.
"I am sad now, but in two days time I'll be the happiest guy on earth."
The wedding is exactly what Mo and Sanne had hoped for: multicultural, relaxed, everyone having fun.
The mayor says that seeing this young mixed couple get married fills him with hope for the future of the Netherlands.
A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors
will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendents.
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I saw the article, truly disgusting! That woman is so beautiful and purely Nordic... what a shame!!! :
Originally Posted by Sigel
Interesting... and positive. It suggests that, in spite of all the forced integration, most people's natural racial instincts lead them to stay with their own kind.
palesye
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 @ 10:42 PM
Weird. There could be only one immigration policy - no immigration at all policy.
Death and the Sun
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 @ 04:07 PM
Pure propaganda. As the article itself acknowledges, common people know the truth now and won't be told any more pc lies.
Monday, November 27th, 2006 @ 04:26 AM
Says a woman who is going to marry a Muslim? Hope she don't face any unpleasant surprises later in her marriage. :
I think the Dutch can now cease the tolerance BS, at least as long as there are certain elements in their society.
A real tragedy.... :frown:
tuddorsped
Saturday, January 28th, 2006 @ 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Loki
Fifty people trapped down a mine is a tragedy. Some stupid slapper marrying a celebrity Arab for his money isn't.
I've done better than that on a wet weekend in Margate. Never had to buy her ring afterwards either. LOL.
"If you are going to tell people the truth, you'd better make them laugh. Otherwise they'll kill you."
Originally Posted by tuddorsped
: When's the next "boys' night out" ?
Skildur
Friday, December 25th, 2009 @ 02:12 PM
K-PAX
Originally Posted by Kalevi
And I hope she will.
Just had it in fact. Luckily there were no court appearances afterwards this time!
Makes a change.
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Spartan Color Guard and State of Art Winter Guard
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Spartan Marching Band Color Guard (SMBCG) is a section in the Spartan Marching Band. Consisting of 32-40 members, the group presents unique performances.
State of Art Winterguard is affiliated with MSU's Spartan Marching Band Color Guard. Formed in 2007 by Peter Eichler and Orlando Suttles, the group grew from a student-led organization. Since 2007, State of Art has built a name associated with creativity and excellence, including winning a national title in 2009, seven state titles (2007-2011, 2016, 2018) and top-15 national finishes in 2008-2013.
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This Is What the Death of a Star Really Looks Like
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This is the best, the most detailed and clearest image of a dying star yet, according to NASA. Pause for a few seconds, expand the image, and really look at it. Imagine all that unstoppable fire in motion, like a real version of the Death Star explosion, but a gazillion times bigger.
Imagine the shockwave that shaped those huge balls of plasma in action. Imagine the roar you would never hear in space. It's simply amazing—magnificent destruction.
The Mind-Boggling Story of the Galactic Wonder That Didn't Exist When We Saw It
In 1995, the world was astonished by the image of a group of 4-light-year-tall columns located in…
Now look at it again and think about this: what you are seeing is not its end yet. This star—the larger sister in the Eta Carinae binary system—is only dying now. It's not dead yet (or, at least, we haven't seen its death yet). This is not its final song, just a last angry outburst that was first observed in the 19th century.
Very soon—in astronomical terms very soon may mean a million years—this incredible image will be nothing compared to what's coming next. A real supernova of such proportions that it will shine much brighter than any other star in firmament.
The Advanced Camera for Surveys High Resolution Channel in the Hubble will not be around when this happens, but our descendants will hopefully be here and will be able to see it in much better detail. "Expect an impressive view from Earth," says NASA.
I wish I could stay here that long. [NASA Goddard Flickr]
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Chiquita Banana Circumstance Review
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Chiquita significantly lost profits in the early on 1990's and even though the EU's new procedures played a task in adding to those deficits they were not really ultimately the main cause. After 8 years of sturdy performance Chiquita faltered in 1992, reporting a $284 million net loss. This loss was due to various factors, including but not restricted to, the EU's new plans. In the new regime europe enacted quotas on bananas that favored the former area colonies of European countries towards the detriment of bananas originating in Central and South America, the original source for most of Chiquita's bananas. The company, which usually previously kept 40% with the European banana market, observed its product sales in European countries cut by 50 %. Bananas which were turned far from Europe then flooded the U. S i9000. market, driving prices down and providing another blow to Chiquita. The framework agreement authorized by four Latin American countries still lowered the amount of Chiquita's banana imports to the EU.
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Reading Kashmir: Understanding the conflict through its fiction and memoirs
How do Kashmiris perceive their situation? Read their books.
Posted 8 September 2019 0:46 GMT
A private bus carrying armed police is covered with shields to avoid incoming stones in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Security forces have been deployed in numbers following the revocation of J & K special status by the Indian authorities. Image via Instagram by Ieshan Wani. Used with permission.
The situation in Kashmir is mostly known to non-Kashmiris through media coverage which, in most cases, is also created by non-Kashmiris. But how do Kashmiris perceive their situation? Perhaps the best place to find out is through reading books and memoirs by Kashmiris themselves.
As the region is now under a military clampdown since the Indian central government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy, Kashmiri voices are even more silenced. Thus, Global Voices reviewed a list of essential reading by Kashmiris and authors who know the region from the inside.
Read our special coverage: The Kashmiri people versus the Indian state
Key reading:
“Curfewed Night: A Frontline Memoir of Life, Love and War in Kashmir”
This is a memoir by Indian journalist and political commentator Basharat Peer, published in 2009. The book won the Crossword Prize for nonfiction and was listed among the “Books of the Year” by The Economist and The New Yorker. In an interview with the Mumbai Mirror, Peer said:
Real security can only exist when everyone in South Asia lives without fear and lives full, dignified lives. This will truly be possible only when India and Pakistan listen to Kashmiris and find a just, equitable resolution to the dispute over Kashmir — that will free Kashmiris of the oppression, indignity, and horrors our multiple generations have now lived with. That will also free India and Pakistan from their militarist obsessions.
“Do You Remember Kunan-Poshpora?”
This is an unusual book co-written by five Kashmiri women. In 1991, a group of Indian soldiers entered two villages (Kunan and Poshpora) in north Kashmir on an anti-insurgency mission and allegedly raped more than 23 women. This is known as the Kunan-Poshpora incident. The Indian government's investigations into the incident rejected the allegations as ‘baseless'; however, international human rights organizations expressed doubts about the integrity of these investigations.
In 2012, the issue of rape became prominent in India after mass protests broke out following the rape and murder of a young physiotherapy student in Delhi. A judicial committee was set up to study and take public suggestions for the best ways to amend laws to provide quicker investigations and prosecutions of sex offenders.
The five Kashmiri women, Essar Batool, Ifrah Butt, Samreena Mushtaq, Munaza Rashid and Natasha Rather, wanted to use the momentum to remind the authorities about the mass rape in 1991 that had taken place in Kunan and Poshpora villages in Kashmir valley — who also did not get justice.
Here is an interview of the five authors taken by Global Voices’ content partner, Videovolunteers:
“A Desolation Called Peace: Voices from Kashmir”
This collection of ethnographic essays by Ather Zia and Javaid Iqbal Bhat provides important insights to understanding the political aspirations of the people of Kashmir and the change in their perceptions since the partition of India. The stories explore the desire for azadi (freedom) of the Kashmiris as a historical and indigenous demand. The reader gains insights into how postcolonial politics shaped Kashmiri lives and aspirations and led to the current situation.
An ever-expanding booklist
For further reading, check out the valuable booklist by Preti Taneja, at the Guardian, who has more suggestions. Hilal Mir compiled another booklist at the Hindustan Times, featuring historian Ananya Jahanara Kabir's “Territory of Desire: Representing the Valley of Kashmir and Tariq Ali's Kashmir: The Case for Freedom.”
Bijal Vachharajani recommended children's books about Kashmir on Twitter:
Children's books about #Kashmir: Okus Bokus: A to Z for Kashmiri Children by Onaiza Drabu, Weed and No Guns at My Son's Funeral, both by Paro Anand, Mission Cycle by Rohini Mohan and Jayesh Sivan. #ReadingIsThinking https://t.co/Hcts07b7L5
— Bijal Vachharajani (@bijal_v) August 14, 2019
Kashmir memoirs
Screenshot from Free Press Kashmir Site
Free Press Kashmir, a weekly published from the Kashmir valley, archives a number of memoirs by Kashmiris narrating events and memories from the past.
Uma Shori recalls moving away from Kashmir and the unending journey of longing for her roots:
No matter how many houses you change in life, the one where you grow up will always be the home you see when you dream.
Writers and novelists speak up online
Several journalists and authors from India and abroad are providing their commentary on the Kashmir situation. Here are quotes from some of them:
Nayeema Mehjoor, a Kashmiri politician, journalist and author of several books, wrote her first novel “Dahshatzadi” in Urdu and published it in both India and Pakistan. In 2017, she wrote “Lost in Terror,” which describes the price women have to pay in the Kashmiri conflict. She recently tweeted:
Many sick, vulnerable and children need medical attention in Kashmir. Can't reach to hospitals or doctors, do they have to die to give satisfaction to sadists? Question to 1 billion ordinary Indians n not to champions of child rights or human rights….
— Nayeema Mehjoor (@nayeema1) August 29, 2019
Saba Shafi Makhdoomi, a celebrated Kashmiri novelist and doctor, attempts to come to terms with the impact the conflict has on ordinary lives in her novel “Leaves of Kashmir”:
“This book was probably not an attempt to escape from the pain of the conflict but rather recognizing it, acknowledging it and engaging with it in a more direct way”.
She recently commented on Twitter:
A friend shares this message he got from Kashmir, knowing any word from home is a much needed balm to allay our maddening anxiety. The grace and stoic dignity only hardens the lump in my throat, he tells me. We know just what he means. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/GZHA8PIswC
— saba shafi makhdoomi (@shafi_saba) August 9, 2019
Mirza Waheed, a London-based, Kashmiri journalist and author whose first novel, “The Collaborator”, was a finalist in 2011 for the Guardian First Book Award, describes the conflict in Kashmir on Twitter:
Do you remember any country that has kept an entire people under lockdown and a communications blackout for a full month?
— Mirza Waheed (@MirzaWaheed) September 4, 2019
Booker prize-winner Arundhati Roy has spoken out frequently about justice for Kashmir and had been threatened by the Indian government on sedition charges. In her latest novel, published in 2017, “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,” she describes the insurgency in Kashmir through the eyes of a local resident and several of the scenes take place in Kashmir.
Salman Rushdie, who comes from a Kashmiri family, pays tribute to the region in his novel, “Shalimar the Clown,” written in 2005. The name refers to Shalimar Gardens outside Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley and the book describes changes in Kashmiri society through the eyes of the main character, who comes from the region. Rushdie recently tweeted:
Even from seven thousand miles away it’s clear that what’s happening in Kashmir is an atrocity. Not much to celebrate this August 15th.
— Salman Rushdie (@SalmanRushdie) August 15, 2019
In an interview with India Today in 2005, Rushdie replied to the question: “What is the idea that killed the Kashmir of your memory?”:
Ideas didn't kill that old Kashmir. Greed killed it, greed for possession, Indian and Pakistani greed.
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Govt to ping EU to align its data law with GDPR
The EU Commission and Japan signed a similar deal of equivalency to enable safe data transfers, based on a high level of protection of personal data.
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India will approach the European Union seeking ‘adequacy’ status with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) once the country finalises and passes its own Personal Data Protection Bill, two people familiar with the matter said.
The reciprocal recognition of data protection equivalency is expected to reduce the compliance burden and give the outsourcing and technology industry a leg-up in attracting clients from Europe.
“Adequacy means we recognise each other’s privacy protections. This will help all industries,” said a senior government official.
As a result, all data transfers from the EU to Japan will be protected by the same guarantees that apply under the GDPR. The EU has so far signed adequacy agreements with 13 countries, including Canada and New Zealand. “Adequacy gives EU companies comfort in sending data to India. It provides automatic compliance and helps bolsters IT offshoring capability of Indian companies,” said Nikhil Narendran, partner of legal firm Trilegal. While compliance requirements of the data protection legislation will initially increase costs, it will equip India to become a responsible global digital hub in the long run, he said.
Entities operating in the EU or even outside the bloc have had to significantly adjust their businesses if they hold, process or transact with data of EU nationals. This involves rewriting contracts with customers as well as service providers. The Indian information technology and IT-enabled services industry has been the most affected by the new law since it derives almost 30% of its revenues from Europe.
“Adequacy helps in better data transfers, removes barriers to outsourcing and makes it easier for enterprises. It gives comfort to companies given there is an agreement at the country level,” said Rama Vedashree, CEO at Data Security Council of India.
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5 Trillion Economy
Modi govt 2.0 sets sights on making India USD 5 trillion economy
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech, said in the current fiscal, India's economy will grow to become USD 3 trillion economy, sixth largest in world.
The Modi government has underlined its priorities in the first 50 days of its second term, setting sights on making India a USD 5 trillion economy and hitting the ground running on spurring growth.
Two persons in the know of the government policy making said the dispensation truly feels that transformative changes can be brought about only through economic growth and inclusive development.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn-in on May 30 after the BJP won 303 seats -- the first time since 1971 that an incumbent government returned to power with such a thumping mandate.
The government was off the blocks on day one and set the ball rolling on manifesto promises such as pension schemes for farmers, small traders and unorganised workers, extension of PM-KISAN to all farmers, and setting up of a Jal Shakti Ministry, say political observers.
Just days after coming to power, the government spelt out its key priorities in the budget which was focused on laying the foundation for making India a USD 5 trillion economy and doubling farmers' income, the two persons in the know of the government's policy making said.
The minister had emphasised the need for structural reforms for achieving USD 5 trillion economy.
The government has taken several reformative steps in the last 50 days to boost the economy, officials said without elaborating.
The budget talked of electric vehicles, the mission of taking electricity and cooking gas to every home, the end of angel tax and the beginning of a faceless, seamless tax assessment interface.
The budget also laid emphasis on urban development and Gram Sadak Yojana.
The government also made clear its zero tolerance on corruption stance with the removal of tainted bureaucrats across many departments as well as the cleanup of the J&K Bank, the persons in the know of government policy making said.
Labour reforms, enacting strong laws against frauds who dupe the poor, death penalty for child sexual assault, higher MSP for Kharif crops, are some of the people-oriented decisions the government in the last fifty days, they said.
Fast paced developments took place not just on the domestic front but also on the foreign policy front.
It started with BIMSTEC leaders arriving to witness PM Modi's swearing-in, the Shanghai Cooperation Summit, and the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, where Modi had bilateral and pull aside meetings with several leaders, including US President Donald Trump.
He also visited Sri Lanka and Maldives and showed his strong belief in the Neighbourhood First policy, experts said.
Modi also strongly articulated India's position against terror at the SCO Summit in Bishkek and led the world in celebrating International Yoga Day.
"If the first fifty days are an indication, Modi 2.0 will be a transformative five years for India," an expert on government policy making said.
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Debbie Hines, Trial Attorney, Former Prosecutor, Speaker and Legal Analyst
Ban the Assault Weapons Elephant in the Room
By debbie on February 28, 2018
On the same day that Florida House lawmakers’ committee voted to arm some teachers, a Georgia social studies teacher was arrested for bringing a gun to school, firing it, barricading himself and causing students to run to avoid being stuck and possibly killed. According to Dalton, Georgia police, the teacher, Randall Davidson will face charges of aggravated assault, carrying a weapon on school grounds, terroristic threats, reckless conduct, possession of gun during commission of a crime, and disrupting a public school. Following the Parkland, Florida school shooting that killed 17 persons, Donald Trump proposed that teachers should be provided with incentives to be armed with guns in the classroom.
A Florida House committee responded to the Parkland school shootings by approving a bill that would raise the minimum age to buy any gun, require a three-day waiting period for rifle purchases and create a program that could allow some teachers to carry concealed weapons in the classroom. Davidson had a concealed weapon and improperly used it.
Davidson points to one reason why teachers should not be armed. There are many reasons for this policy to never reach the light of day. Arming teachers will not solve the gun violence issue in schools. It will only exasperate it. Teachers are taught and paid to teach students. They are not taught or trained to possibly shoot to kill their own students. They are not trained to be SWAT police or law enforcement. And even with trained law enforcement, they often get it wrong and kill innocent persons—as the shootings of many unarmed Blacks prove.
The Trump administration, GOP lawmakers and Florida lawmakers, many who get financial support from the NRA, refuse to ban assault rifles and associated ammunition. Assault weapons are the elephant in the room. Everyone can see the elephant but no one wants to acknowledge its presence. Short term fixes are like band aids to fix a person bleeding from a fatal gun wound. Until lawmakers begin by banning assault weapons and assorted ammunition, many persons will continue to bleed and die from being shot with assault weapons.
The shooter in the Parkland, Florida school shooting had 150 rounds of ammunition remaining before he chose to leave and walk out of the school. He could have killed many more persons than the 14 students and three teachers. If he had not been able to purchase the guns, the incident wouldn’t have happened. Raising the age to buy guns is a limited fix. A killer like Nikolas Cruz can just wait three more years until he reaches the age requirement to buy a killing machine. That fix is a temporary one.
Banning assault weapons and related ammunition is the one law that will effectively prevent the type of shootings that occurred in Parkland, Florida, Newtown, Connecticut, Charleston, SC, Aurora, Colorado, Las Vegas, Nevada, Columbine and many other locations. In November, 2017, the Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to Maryland’s 2013 state ban on assault weapons. The 4th Circuit federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia ruled that assault weapons are not protected by the second amendment, as they are weapons of war and not for self-defense. While banning assault weapons will not cure all that ails this county in terms of gun violence, it is a good start to end mass killings in churches, schools, movie theaters, concerts, shopping centers and everywhere we congregate in crowds.
There is no legal reason preventing us from banning assault weapons of mass destruction—except for our cowardly lawmakers. And if lawmakers won’t vote to ban assault weapons, it’s time to vote these lawmakers out.
Update: Tweet From a student at Dalton High School on arming teachers.
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@nra my favorite teacher at Dalton high school just blockaded his door and proceeded to shoot. We had to run out The back of the school in the rain. Students were being trampled and screaming. I dare you to tell me arming teachers will make us safe.
1:10 PM – 28 Feb 2018
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Snapshot of gin as it's crowned the king of Christmas spirits' growth
By Jo Gilbert
The gin renaissance has been in full swing for some time now, but new data has confirmed its position as the major cause of excitement - and growth - in the spirits category.
The WSTA's most recent market report released this week shows that while vodka continues to be the category leader, a snapshot of gin's rapid growth in the UK can be seen in its performance over Christmas, where it was responsible for driving spirits' positive performance.
To put it in perspective, in the run up to Christmas 2016, the £21.4m it generated in value sales was five times more than the second best performer, spiced rum (Nielsen figures via the WSTA).
Similarly, without gin's input, spirits' growth would have been halved, and overall price per litre would have declined instead of rising by 0.3%.
Part of gin's runaway success can be attributed to its reputation as a quality spirit, which - for the foreseeable future at least - will continue to help defy its naysayers who label it 'just a fad'.
According to Marika Patrico, senior client manager at Nielsen, gin played its part in making Christmas 2016 the year that spirits sales went 'super premium', with half of total spirits' growth coming from this price segment.
It's easy to see gin behind this trend, where its blank canvas appeal has been imprinted with all manner of creativity from innovative serves, to packaging design (see our Harpers Design Awards 2016 winner, Isle of Harris Gin) and weird and wonderful botanical combinations.
With gin's undeniable pulling power, there are also signs of the spirits' category benefitting by association.
As Patrico observed: "Gin increased its popularity this Christmas and is reinventing itself, becoming more and more fashionable both in the on and off-trade. Purchase interactions with dark spirits such as whiskies got stronger over key events suggesting a gifting element into this gin's growth. Surely dark spirits have something to learn from gin."
Gin at the moment is in the enviable position of being at the forefront of this thirst for quality spirits from premium to super premium and beyond, (aside: how many 'supers' can the category keep adding?)
But as well as its purity, producers wanting to put their stamp on this category will lead to continuing diversification within the category.
This has caused some murmurs to be heard from some corners of the trade.
Gin continues to be the headline-stealer of the spirits category.
In the WSTA's Q1 2017 market report, gin was the standout performer in terms of off-trade growth, with double-digit numbers in all areas.
Volume sales were up 12% and value 14% (£455m) for the 12 months to December 31, 2016.
For the same period in the on-trade, sales of gin were even more impressive, up 12% in volume and 17% value to £639m.
Its growth is stark in comparison to the category leader, vodka, which fell 1% in volume in the on-trade, and rose 1% in value (£1,879m).
Gin-spertise
In Devon, the co-founders of Salcombe Gin have just launched a gin school - which has been billed as the first of its kind in the South West.
Echoing the ambitions of London's four-storey Ginstitute, the school offers education for bar staff and sales teams as well as offering gin fans the opportunity to play distiller at copper mini-stills and to develop their very own 70cl bottle.
As gin continues to boom, it is to be expected that we might see more of these establishments opening up across the UK as the demand for gin education and tourism grows alongside the thirst for premium and super premium spirits.
Howard Davies, co-founder of Salcombe Distilling Co. is convinced that education is crucial in maintaining gin's quality reputation.
One aspect that threatens this, he says, is the race to incorporate stand-out botanicals which will capture the attention of consumers but overpower the juniper - gin's key botanical.
"The temptation in the category is to try to make something left field, and it doesn't really work," said Davies.
"It comes down to having a good mix of botanicals which work well and compliment each other. Some flavours just aren't going to work together and the result is that the gin is course and palatable."
As the dominant botanical, juniper must form between 75-80% of the botanical mix in order to be classified as a gin.
Coriander often follows, with five parts juniper to part coriander being the rule of thumb.
"Then you get into the creative botanicals - we have 13 in our gin," Davies explained.
"Liquorice or cardamon are popular, but we're talking fractions of a gram. For 30g of juniper, you would include maybe 5g of coriander and half gram or less of the others. With cardamom, it's really easy to overpower the other flavours."
Arming a new generation of gin advocates with the knowledge to make well-balanced and harmonious gins is the core of their mission statement - and surely this is something that the category as a whole should aspire to.
The relaxing of micro-brewery laws in the UK over the past ten years has certainly contributed to its success and allowed a new generation of gin makers to bring their stories to the table.
But as the category inches closer to saturation point, how the category moves forward will increasingly become a balancing act of maintaining quality and sticking to gin's core characteristics, while satisfying the need to come up with a USP.
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Jonathan Rigby
CollPlant
Regenerative medicine firm CollPlant launches Israel R&D centre
The facilities will serve CollPlant for the development of its products, including BioInks for 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, and dermal fillers for medical aesthetics, the company said on Wednesday.REUTERS | May 23, 2019, 15:41 IST
TEL AVIV: CollPlant, which makes products for tissue repair and organ manufacturing from its recombinant human collagen, has launched a new research and development centre in Israel.
The facilities will serve CollPlant for development of its products, including BioInks for 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, and dermal fillers for medical aesthetics, the company said on Wednesday.
Collagen is a protein found in tissues such as tendons, skin, blood vessels and bones. CollPlant produces collagen from tobacco plants genetically engineered with five human genes. Its first products approved for sale in Europe are used for tendonitis and wound care.
It will seek to commercialize these products in the United States, Chairman Jonathan Rigby said, adding: "We expect to secure more partnerships in the future."
CollPlant is also working on dermal fillers to inject into wrinkles. While current fillers erode over time, the effects of human collagen last much longer, he told Reuters. The company expects approval for this product in 3 to 5 years.
In 2018, CollPlant signed an agreement with United Therapeutics Corp for the use of CollPlant's BioInk for 3D bioprinting of lung scaffolds with a long-term goal of making transplantable lungs, subject to U.S. regulatory approval.
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VNIT produces 20 medical devices
Rupesh Ghyar
Nagpur medical conclave produces prototypes for 20 new medical devices
Innovators are from different professions, ages, background and states managed to break the barriers especially that restrict engineers and doctors from working together.Snehlata Shrivastav | TNN | September 24, 2016, 13:15 IST
Nagpur: The five-day medical conclave at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) not just resulted in 60 engineers and doctors developing prototypes of 20 different medical devices but also set the ball rolling for further such conclaves and networking projects that will lead to many more devices being developed.
Since these innovators are from different professions, ages, background and states they also managed to break the barriers especially that restrict engineers and doctors from working together. Chair of conclave and professor in-charge of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (incubation) Centre (BETIC) from IIT Bombay Prof B Ravi told TOI the workshop was also successful as it was well-planned activity and had three major components to it-- develop, deliver, and deploy-- that were to be followed by each participant.
“Everyone worked 24x7 to give the best to the team’s product. They hardly slept in the night. They were not actually competing with each other but helping each other solve problems when someone got stuck. Each team had a mechanical and an electronics engineer and a doctor. It was a completely nontraditional way of learning,” said Rupesh Ghyar, CEO of the BETIC. It is a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional collaboration project involving IIT Bombay, VNIT and College of Engineering (COE) Pune and several hospitals.
VNIT director Narendra Chaudhari, professor in charge of BETIC at VNIT Prof A M Kuthe, Prof B Ravi, director of college of engineering Pune B Ahuja and V P Bapat, very senior engineer, researcher and mentor appreciated the efforts of the participants, their sincerity, dedication and overall the desire to excel and complete the work in prescribed five days. “Of course there were mentors too. The mentors already are trained in holding such workshops and hence they could motivate the researchers easily,” said Prof Ravi.
According to the 21-member jury, though every product was good, five held a lot of promise of being converted into products that would make things easier for the doctors and paramedical staff. These include a small external device that can detect the onset as well as the stage of breast cancer. The device indicates the results in three different colours and can be used by even ASHA workers for screening rural women for breast cancer.
Another device has a mechanism for regulating drug delivery. One device can measure the haemoglobin in a person’s blood in a non-invasive way. Two other devices that have promise for further improvement are a jaw exercise device and a long volume measurement device.
Read also: ‘10,000 MBBS seats to be added in med colleges in country by 2017’
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Review: Jug Face is a backwoods tale of slow-burning horror
Our budget is such that we’re still holding out for Chad Crawford Kinkle’s Jug Face to show on Netflix (or as an Amazon rental), so we can’t really give you a personal review. Ryan, however, has pretty sharp taste in horror movies, and we trust his judgement, so take a look at his review right here from Rhino’s Horror!
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The indie backwoods horror flick Jug Face is a fantastic feature debut from Chad Crawford Kinkle as he crafts a patient slow-burning tale of a mysterious pit in the woods that chooses who lives and who dies. Jug Face tells the story of a pregnant teen trying to escape a backwoods community when she discovers that she may be sacrificed to a creature in a pit.
It’s an extremely well shot and thought out film that doesn’t waste any time explaining just what exactly is going on with this evil pit. Instead we learn quickly that the pit is just a way of life for this community as they go on with their daily business; that is, until the pit wants a sacrifice. One of the film’s creepiest elements is how accepting these people are when it becomes their turn to be sacrificed to the pit. The scenes are haunting…
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Unsettling Trailer For Indie Southern Gothic Horror-Thriller “Jug Face” (2013) Shows Promise – Watch Here!
This one definitely caught our interest. Chad Crawford Kinkle’s debut film, which premiered at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival (and won its 2011 screenwriting competition), tells the story of a pregnant teen named Ada trying to escape a backwoods community when she discovers that she may be sacrificed to a creature in a pit. The entity in the pit requires a life for keeping the community safe. The face of the person to be sacrificed is crafted onto a ceramic jug. When ignored, the entity unleashes an evil onto the community. Now no one is safe as tragedy befalls each member one by one and they soon realize that the pit wants what it wants.. Check out the creepy theatrical trailer right now…
Yep, that was Sean Young you saw as Ada’s scary mother …but you may not have recognized Sean Bridgers, who starred as the deeply disturbing, horrible, shitty, ultra-misogynistic male lead (possibly one of the most vile and hated antagonists who was deserving of an especially horrible death featured in any horror film in recent years) from Lucky McKee‘s* controversial 2012 stunner The Woman. In this trailer his face is mostly disguised by his beard and glasses, and he plays a very different type of role in Jug Face.
The official website is packed full of info; Chad Kinkle gives a very fascinating account under the section titled Director’s Thoughts that cemented our interest in making sure we saw Jug Face ASAP:
The idea for Jug Face came from a trip to a southern folk pottery art museum in north Georgia. My wife’s aunt and uncle live just up the street from the newly built museum and wanted to take us by. The pottery that I found there was surprising.
It wasn’t the bowls or dishes, it was the face jugs that caught my attention. They were basic jugs but with ugly faces on them that were used to store moonshine and poisons for farming. I was immediately attracted to the disturbing, grotesque expressions of the faces.
As I watched a video of a potter in overalls talking about making face jugs, I saw in my mind a possessed potter with white eyes standing in a pit. Then I saw the potter craft a face jug with a girl’s face on it. I knew that it must be the face of someone from the community that the potter lived in. That the pit wanted her to be sacrificed.
The idea captured exactly what I focus on in my films; a southern gothic literature feel mixed with the eighties horror movies that I grew up watching.
SOLD! Jug Face will be available on VOD in just a few days – July 8th, to be exact. A theatrical release will follow on August 9th via Modernciné’s new distribution outfit, Modern Distributors.. The film stars Lauren Ashley Carter (also in The Woman) as Ada. Besides the considerable talent mentioned above, Jug Face also features Larry Fessenden, Daniel Manche, Chip Ramsey, and Kairlin Cullum.
*Lucky McKee also executive-produced the film (another good sign) along with Arrien Sciltkamp and Loren Semmens.
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Record breaker on track to make history – Fernhill Present and Alice Dunsdon
Christa Dillon
in Christa Dillon, Eventing, Horse Heroes
Alice Dunsdon is a happy girl. Fresh from her incredible trip to the Adelaide International 4* with her horse Fernhill Present (aka Hilly), she is on the brink of making history.
Thirty-year-old Alice, from Guildford in Surrey, runs a small but select string of event horses and is a joint master of the Surrey Union Hunt. Her time on the hunting field is no doubt responsible for her effective and stylish way of riding cross country.
Hilly was found in Ireland as a five year old at the all-conquering Fernhill stable, one of the world’s leading producers of event horses. Alice bought Hilly because she liked him as a type and she loved him as a jumper. Jumping is no doubt Hilly’s forte as he has shown many times, sauntering around the toughest tracks in the world with consummate ease.
In October 2011, Alice and Hilly contested their first 4* at Pau, France. Hilly was only nine years old and Alice did a masterful job, carefully protecting and educating him. A clear cross country round and just one showjump down was a brilliant start to Hilly’s 4* career.
“They say you know if you have a true 4* horse at their second 4*, as that’s when they’ll say ‘no’ if it’s too much for them” said Alice.
Hilly’s next stop was Burghley in 2012. Burghley is said to be the biggest 4* in the world, with no soft jumping options anywhere on course.
Another brilliant clear cross country round and just one pole down in the showjumping definitively proved that Hilly was 4* material.
Hilly’s next stop on the 4* trail was Luhmühlen in 2013. The cross country course was truly massive and claimed the scalps of several of the world’s best. Hilly dug deep again and recorded yet another clear cross country round, cementing his reputation as an exceptional horse capable of making it count when it mattered.
I asked Alice what it is about Hilly that makes him such a genuine and consistent campaigner at the top level.
“He’s tough. He’s just so tough. He can cope with whatever you throw at him. He has always been a brilliant traveller and he can handle anything.”
In 2014, Hilly and Alice made the long trip to Kentucky to compete at the Rolex 4*. A rare glance off on the cross country course provided the only blip on Hilly’s 4* record but he went on to complete with just one pole down in the showjumping. Hilly had now completed four of the six 4* events that run worldwide, leaving only Badminton and Adelaide uncontested.
To some, it might have seemed a crazy gamble flying a horse to Australia, but fortune most definitely favours the brave. Alice and Hilly set sail to Adelaide in September 2015. Weeks of quarantine in the UK gave way to a 37 hour journey by air, with stops at Amsterdam, Sharjah UAE and Singapore before touchdown in Sydney and a long road trip to the quarantine facility.
Quarantine in Australia was rather more challenging than in the UK, as Alice was not permitted to ride Hilly. He could be turned out or lunged, but it was a worrying time with a horse at peak 4* fitness. Luckily, Hilly’s very level mind and Alice’s careful management meant that quarantine passed without incident and they made their way to the Magic Millions racecourse.
‘Hilly definitely wasn’t himself during quarantine in Australia. I think he was a little confused. Once we moved to Magic Millions and I was able to ride him again, he seemed to say ‘oh ok, this is more normal’, Said Alice. This was anything but standard preparation for a 4* and I asked Alice how they coped not being able to train and compete as they normally would in the run up to a three-day event.
“I thought about trying to get him away to cross country school in Australia but it would have been a massive palaver. Hilly was in quarantined isolation and was not permitted to be within ten meters of any other horse. All transport and facilities used by Hilly had to be examined by the quarantine department of the Australian government to ensure that they were sterile and within government regulation. I think the temptation to go and do these things is more for the rider and not for the horse. At Magic Millions, Gillian Rolton (former Australian Olympic eventer) made sure I had a couple of showjumps and a skinny. These horses know their job.”
In the days immediately before the competition began, Alice’s much loved Doberman Bertie became ill and died, and her sister in law Natasha Eddery lost her father – the legendary flat Jockey Pat.
Things looked brighter when a brilliant dressage test from Hilly got things off to a good start, but as cross country day dawned, Alice found herself in hospital with what appeared to be severe food poisoning. Suddenly, things looked in doubt. They say a horse is only as good as his rider and if Hilly is tough then Alice is yet tougher.
Despite everything, Alice set sail across country and recorded a fantastic clear. Afterwards, she credited Hilly with looking after her – no doubt repaying her for the many times she has taken care of him. It is obvious to everyone following this wonderful combination that they have a unique and special partnership.
“I think it’s really important to reward a horse when they do a good job for you” said Alice, “we have a very special bond, especially across country and I am so grateful and thankful for everything he has done for me”.
So what’s next? Hilly is currently enjoying a month’s holidays before being prepared for leg number six of six – the formidable Badminton Horse Trials. If Alice goes on to complete, herself and Hilly will make history as the only horse and rider combination to contest and complete all six of the world’s 4* competitions. Exciting times ahead and Hilly fever will be at its peak next May at Badminton.
Good luck Alice and Hilly!
Article by Christa Dillon
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This week – an afterlife as an AI bot. Obama talks about AI, autonomous cars and the future of humanity. And – why we aren’t ready for Superintelligence, DeepMind created an AI with memory, Facebook’s ideas for VR and more!
More Than A Human
Cybathlon: Battle of the bionic athletes
Last weekend we saw Cybathlon, the world’s first “bionic Olympics”, where disabled athletes assisted with exoskeletons, prosthetic robotic hands or brain-computer interfaces competed in a series of challenges. This article from BBC describes the games and lists all the winners.
The ‘Maserati of Microprocessor Prosthetics’ Costs $120,000
Some amputees want to have a prosthetic limb that can do a bit more or just looks better.Waterproof, dustproof, customized to client’s skin color, matching to the owner’s tattoos. And there are companies that are ready to help them for an appropriate price.
Enhancing Humanity – What’s The Next Phase Of Human Evolution?
Nice article about human evolution. It asks the questions like “are humans a finished product now?” and shows that even now, without futuristic human enhancements, we are steering our own evolution by choosing our partners not by availability, but by other traits. And then it goes into cyborgs, genetic engineering and that kind of stuff.
When her best friend died, she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence
An afterlife as an AI. When Roman Mazurenko died, his best friend gathered his old text messages and fed them into a neural network, basically making a bot that responds in a similar way Roman would respond.
Barack Obama on Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Cars, and the Future of Humanity
It is a long interview, but I highly recommend reading it.
Differentiable neural computers
DeepMind came up with another breakthrough in AI research. This time, they have created a memory-augmented neural network called a differentiable neural computer. It can learn to use its memory to answer questions about complex, structured data, including artificially generated stories, family trees, and even a map of the London Underground.
We’re Not Ready For Superintelligence
This article is a response to Sam Harris’ recent TED Talk. It then adds some points from Nick Bostrom and comes to a conclusion that we will not be able to understand Superintelligence as its motives might be beyond our comprehension, yet alone able to control it.
Partnership on AI vs OpenAI: Consolidation of Power vs Open Source
A comparison of recently formed Partnership on AI (by Google, Facebook, Microsoft, IBM and Amazon) and OpenAI. Both organizations share the same goal, but the way they are formed and how they work is different.
The Race For AI: Google, Twitter, Intel, Apple In A Rush To Grab Artificial Intelligence Startups
Here’s a business side of AI. The big players are in rush to buy as many promising AI startups as possible before other players do so.
IED Drone Kills Kurdish Soldiers
This might be the first time a commercially available drone was made into a flying improvised bomb. The incident will probably speed up development of military anti-drone systems.
Disney builds a jolly, one-legged hopping robot
Researchers at Disney Research in Pittsburgh have built a single-legged hopping robot that can currently bounce around 19 times without falling over. It looks cute.
Can we make things that make themselves?
MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly — the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It’s a big concept at early stages; Tibbits shows us three in-the-lab projects that hint at what a self-assembling future might look like.
How Robots Can Acquire New Skills from Their Shared Experience
In this blog post, engineers from Google Brain Team, DeepMind and Google X describe how they used reinforced learning and shared experiences between robots to teach them from scratch how to open a door.
Soft Robotic Hands Are Changing Marine Biology
This robot uses its soft hands to grab underwater plants without damaging them.
XoSoft: Intelligent trousers designed to assist people with limited mobility
XoSoft is a soft, modular, lower limb exoskeleton for the elderly and disabled will help increase mobility and thus greatly improve health and quality of life.
Thought Controlled LEGO Mindstorms
We live in the future if you can easily build mind-controlled LEGO robots.
The Age of Vertical Farming Is Officially Upon Us
Vertical farming is turning out to be nearly 10 times more efficient than traditional agriculture and it is on a good way to change how we produce food.
Facebook Unveils Gesture Generated ‘Virtual Reality Emojis’
Facebook believes VR is the future of human interactions. But VR is a completely new realm that requires a new language for interactions. Facebook proposes “VR emojis” that will use body language to show emotion in your virtual avatar.
Mark Zuckerberg’s VR Selfie Is a Bigger Deal Than You Realize
Wired briefly describes recent Oculus Connect conference where Mark Zuckerberg showed how the interactions in the VR might look like, further proving that social media giant is taking VR seriously.
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An ESR study of the copper(II)-glycyl-L-serine and copper(II)-L-seryl-glycine systems by the simultaneous analysis of multi-component isotropic spectra. Formation constants and coordination modes
T. Szabó-Plánka, Zsuzsanna Árkosi, A. Rockenbauer, L. Korecz
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
The formation constants and the isotropic ESR parameters (g-factors, 63Cu, 65Cu, 14N hyperfine coupling constants and relaxation parameters) of the various species were determined by the simultaneous analysis of a series of spectra, taken in a circulating system at various pH and ligand-to-metal concentration ratio. For both systems the new [CuLH]2+ complex was identified in acidic solutions. With the glycyl-L-serine ligand below pH 11.5 the same complexes and coordination modes are formed than with simple dipeptides. The side-chain donor group is bound only over pH 11.5 in the complex [CuLH-2(OH)]2-, where it is deprotonated and substitutes the carboxylate O in the third equatorial site. For the bis complex [CuLH-1(L)] - an isomeric equilibrium was shown, where the difference between the isomers was based on which of the donor atoms of the 'L' ligand, the peptide O or the amino N, occupies the fourth equatorial position, and which one is coordinated axially. The L-seryl-glycine ligand forms the same species as simple dipeptides and glycyl-L-serine up to pH 8. The only difference is that the axial binding of the alcoholic OH group fairly stabilizes the bidentate equatorial coordination of the 'L' ligand through the amino N and peptide O atoms in the [CuL]+ complex as well as in the major isomer of the [CuLH-1(L)]- complex. For this system we showed that (1) proton loss and the equatorial coordination of the alcoholic OH group occurs at relatively low pH (over pH 8-9), which results in the [CuL2H-2]2- complex with excess ligand, and also the newly identified species [Cu2L2H-4]2-: (2) this process is in competition with the proton loss of a coordinated water molecule. For both systems, the ESR-inactive species [Cu2L2H-3]- was also shown.
Published - Apr 30 2001
Paramagnetic resonance
Dipeptides
Protons
Coordination Complexes
carboxylates
Coordination modes
Copper(II) complexes
Formation constants
Glycyl-L-serine
Isomerism
L-Seryl-glycine
Szabó-Plánka, T., Árkosi, Z., Rockenbauer, A., & Korecz, L. (2001). An ESR study of the copper(II)-glycyl-L-serine and copper(II)-L-seryl-glycine systems by the simultaneous analysis of multi-component isotropic spectra. Formation constants and coordination modes. Polyhedron, 20(9-10), 995-1003. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5387(01)00758-6
An ESR study of the copper(II)-glycyl-L-serine and copper(II)-L-seryl-glycine systems by the simultaneous analysis of multi-component isotropic spectra. Formation constants and coordination modes. / Szabó-Plánka, T.; Árkosi, Zsuzsanna; Rockenbauer, A.; Korecz, L.
In: Polyhedron, Vol. 20, No. 9-10, 30.04.2001, p. 995-1003.
Szabó-Plánka, T, Árkosi, Z, Rockenbauer, A & Korecz, L 2001, 'An ESR study of the copper(II)-glycyl-L-serine and copper(II)-L-seryl-glycine systems by the simultaneous analysis of multi-component isotropic spectra. Formation constants and coordination modes', Polyhedron, vol. 20, no. 9-10, pp. 995-1003. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5387(01)00758-6
Szabó-Plánka T, Árkosi Z, Rockenbauer A, Korecz L. An ESR study of the copper(II)-glycyl-L-serine and copper(II)-L-seryl-glycine systems by the simultaneous analysis of multi-component isotropic spectra. Formation constants and coordination modes. Polyhedron. 2001 Apr 30;20(9-10):995-1003. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5387(01)00758-6
Szabó-Plánka, T. ; Árkosi, Zsuzsanna ; Rockenbauer, A. ; Korecz, L. / An ESR study of the copper(II)-glycyl-L-serine and copper(II)-L-seryl-glycine systems by the simultaneous analysis of multi-component isotropic spectra. Formation constants and coordination modes. In: Polyhedron. 2001 ; Vol. 20, No. 9-10. pp. 995-1003.
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Justin Bieber Has Been Banned From China
“His inappropriate manner has caused public discontent.”
By Isaac Rouse
Music Jul 21, 2017
China has banned Canadian singer Justin Bieber from performing in China because of his behavior on and off the stage. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture states the ban is a step to “purify” the country’s entertainment industry but alluded that the ban may not be everlasting in hopes Bieber may improve his behavior. This refers to the 23-year-old singer-songwriter’s known history of alleged drunk driving and drag racing.
The Bieber ban developed after a fan posted a question on the Beijing culture Bureau’s website asking why the musician wasn’t allowed to perform in China during his tour in Asia this September. “Please give a detailed explanation of why Justin Bieber is not allowed to come to China! [He] has won many major awards, which demonstrates his extraordinary talents. Why aren’t mainland fans given the right to enjoy his performance?” the inquirer asked.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture replied that Bieber’s “bad behavior” was the reason. “His inappropriate manner has caused public discontent. In order to regulate the market order of show business in China and purify the market environment, it was decided that performers of inappropriate behavior will not be welcomed.” Bieber visited China while touring the country in 2013. A picture was captured of him being carried up to the Great Wall of China by Chinese bodyguards, which many Chinese citizens saw as offensive.
The Bureau continued “We hope Justin Bieber is able to improve his conduct as he grows up and will once again find public favor.”
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LAW RESOURCE INDIA
LEGAL RESOURCE CENTRE / COURT JUDGMENTS / LEGAL ARCHIVES
Tag: CONTEMPT OF COURT
Harish Salve explains SC powers on contempt
DHANANJAY MAHAPATRA IN THE TIMES OF INDIA
NEW DELHI: If a person is found guilty of committing contempt of Supreme Court, will the apex court’s constitutional power to punish him be circumscribed by the Contempt of Court Act (CCA) provisions?
Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing in the application filed by Vodafone complaining about misreporting during the hearing of its case, said CCA only provided the guiding principles and would in no way limit the apex court’s power on quantum of punishment, which in appropriate cases could exceed what is provided in the statute. The response came to a query from a five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices D K Jain, S S Nijjar, Ranjana P Desai and J S Khehar whether Article 129 of the Constitution, which provides that “the Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall have all powers of such a court including the power to punish for contempt of itself”, meant it was bridled by the CCA.
After hearing Salve’s view, the CJI said though the bench had not taken any final view, it was of the opinion that provisions of a statute could not limit the Constitution-vested powers of the apex court. In the midst of long deliberation on the necessity of framing media reporting guidelines to protect right of an accused to reputation and dignity as well as preserve sanctity of fair trial, the bench asked for Salve’s view on restricting press freedom derived from right to free speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution and whether it could only be done through parameters specified under Article 19(2).
The senior advocate said, “The Supreme Court need not deal with the restrictions specified under Article 19(2) because it is only engaged in an exercise to define the contours of press freedom in reporting pending investigation or trial of a case and balancing it with the right of the accused to dignity and reputation.”
Salve said these days it was common to find TV channels standing outside a house being raided by investigating agencies and telecasting minute by minute details of the search operation. “This surely besmirches someone’s reputation. What happens if the agency does not find any incriminating material or does not press any charge at the end of the investigations? Can he not move the constitutional courts seeking relief on the ground that such reporting was destroying his reputation,” he asked.
“The media should be beyond government regulations except acceptable censorship. But to argue that media is beyond all regulation is the limit,” he said. Salve also objected to media using unnecessary hyperboles to describe intense questioning by a bench in serious issues.
He said, “Judges ask sharp questions to get the best out of lawyers. There is no pulling up, tearing into or lambasting involved in the oral argument-based judicial scrutiny system in India. There is a talk of restraining judges from making comments on institutions. If anyone has to exercise restraint, it is the reporters who cover the courts, not the judges nor the lawyers who must not be inhibited in any manner from free and frank exchange of views.”
Counsel Nitya Ramakrishnan said the investigating agencies had been regularly leaking information to media to prejudice an accused branding him as a terrorist though ultimately he might get acquitted in a trial. Appearing for Rajasthan government, counsel Manish Singhvi said a state producing clear and cogent evidence of consistent media misreporting could seek temporary deferment of publication for a limited period.
“However, the order for postponement of publication must be direct, proximate with investigation and must be least intrusive to the freedom of press/electronic media. Thus, the press has a right to report even criminal sub-judice matters as long as they do not impair or destroy fair investigation,” he said. Singhvi said subordinate courts had sovereign power to dispense justice and hence, they had inherent powers to pass appropriate orders to secure the ends of justice.
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Author NNLRJ INDIAPosted on April 20, 2012 Categories CENSORSHIP LAW, MEDIA ETHICS, MEDIA ISSUES, MEDIA LAWTags ARTICLE 19, CONTEMPT OF COURT, Freedom of speech, Harish Salve, INDIA, New Delhi, Rajasthan government, SUPREME COURTLeave a comment on Harish Salve explains SC powers on contempt
Don’t lay guidelines, outline contours of press freedom: Salve
NEW DELHI: Former solicitor general Harish Salve on Wednesday said the Supreme Court should make the media aware of the boundaries within which it must operate while reporting court proceedings and suggested that the constitutional court must bring clarity to the contours of press freedom to prevent breach of a citizen’s right to fair trial and right to life with dignity, guaranteed under Article 21.
He agreed with most lawyers in telling a five-judge bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices D K Jain, S S Nijjar, R P Desai and J S Khehar that it was not for the apex court to frame guidelines but disagreed with other senior advocates who had said that the court could have a case-to-case approach in scrutinizing media reports for transgression of right to life related sub-rights of an accused or a private citizen.
“The Supreme Court is not Press Council of India to tell the media what should not have been written. Media too cannot decide what should be the spread and extent of its right to report conferred on it to meet the people’s right to know. So, the Supreme Court is the only organ under the Constitution which can bring clarity by declaring the contours of right to free speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) by balancing it against the crucial right to life,” Salve said.
“What the Supreme Court declares as the limits under Article 19(1)(a) will be abided by the responsible media, most of whom are very responsible. That is the surest way to safeguard citizen’s right to life which encompasses their right to privacy and right to live with dignity in a society,” said Salve, who appeared in an application moved by Vodafone months ago complaining about misreporting.
The senior advocate said continuous commentary on the merits of a case while it was being argued and targeting of individuals by media had a chilling effect on judges and lawyers, inhibiting free and frank discussion in a court room. “After all, judges and lawyers are human beings. The court should clarify if such reporting puts in peril such discussion during court proceedings,” he said.
Salve said government’s affidavits could be reported by the press even before it came up for court scrutiny. But if scurrilous allegations were made in any affidavit branding people as terrorists, murderers or money launderers, then the media has to wait till the court scrutinizes the contents of the affidavit in an open court hearing, he said.
The bench asked, “In our country the ground reality is that suit for damages or defamation is not an efficacious remedy against such errant reporting as it would take 20 years for conclusion of such proceedings. Will a high court or the Supreme Court be accused of violating Article 19(1)(a) if it entertained a petition from a person aggrieved by scurrilous allegations reported in the media and passed a temporary restraint order?”
Salve said constitutional courts would be well within their limits to entertain and pass appropriate orders on a writ petition from a private citizen complaining that his/her reputation was being destroyed by scurrilous allegations repeatedly reported by TV channels or print media.
If Salve cited Nupur Talwar case to point at spurious effects of brazen media coverage on a person and his right to fair trial, former law minister Ram Jethmalani cited the Jessica Lal murder case proceedings in Delhi High Court to highlight miscarriage of justice because of sustained media campaign.
Before concluding his arguments, Jethmalani said the courts have power to order repeat publication of material that hurt the right of the accused to fair trial or interference in the administration of justice. “Guidelines on media reporting will not solve the problem. On the contrary, it may create additional problems. The solution lies in enforcing Contempt of Court Act. Send one or two persons to jail under the contempt law and that will bring sanity in reporting,” Jethmalani said.
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Author NNLRJ INDIAPosted on April 19, 2012 Categories MEDIA ETHICS, MEDIA ISSUES, MEDIA LAWTags ARTICLE 19, CONTEMPT OF COURT, DELHI HIGH COURT, Harish Salve, Press Council of India, Ram Jethmalani, SUPREME COURT, United States Supreme Court2 Comments on Don’t lay guidelines, outline contours of press freedom: Salve
Judiciary can’t regulate press freedom: Jethmalani
Ram Jethmalani (born September 10, 1923) is an Indian politician and a famous and controversial criminal lawyer. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
NEW DELHI: Former law minister, MP and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it would be unconstitutional to curtail or regulate press freedom through judicially evolved guidelines because Parliament alone was competent to undertake this exercise through legislative route.
Appearing for a media association before a five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices D K Jain, S S Nijjar, Ranjana P Desai and J S Khehar, the octogenarian lawyer suggested that the best method to evolve guidelines for reporting subjudice matters without infringing the rights of the accused was to seek consensus through meetings between judges, lawyers and leaders of the media.
“The guideline evolved through this process could be recommended to Parliament for appropriate legislative action. I can assure you that Parliament would act on such a recommendation,” he said.
Though the bench had doubts about the efficacy of normative guidelines in protecting fair trial because of excessive reporting intruding into the domain of judges in certain cases, it said, “If we have to recommend, we will do so. There is no problem at all. But the limited question is what should the court do when a person approaches it complaining against media’s blatant breach of his right to presumption of innocence till pronounced guilty? Would the court be breaching Article 19 if it protects the right of the accused by ordering deferment of reporting for a short period.”
Jethmalani was unrelenting. He said, “A pre-publication ban is ultra vires. A guideline to this effect is unconstitutional. Even if the Supreme Court has some legislative power, when the issue involves Article 19, restrictions must come from a statute made by Parliament.”
However, he agreed that if a constitutional court was convinced that a newspaper report compromised the right of an accused and jeopardized fair trial or administration of justice, it could surely put a ban on subsequent publication of the matter.
Jethmalani said the malady of misreporting or biased reporting could be controlled if the judges shed their populist approach and sent a couple of errant journalists to jail under contempt of court law.
“Contempt of court law is not invoked as much as it should be to invoke the fear of god in journalists. The court will not have to worry about media guidelines if contempt jurisdiction is invoked and sent a message that press cannot get away with contemptuous reports,” he said.
Appearing for the Statesman newspaper, counsel Madhavi Goradia Divan argued against court-framed media guidelines saying mere reporting of trial proceedings would not vilify anyone as the public was aware of the cardinal principle ‘presumption of innocence till pronounced guilty’.
On the flip side, she said well-intentioned guidelines could be taken out of context and attempts would be made to achieve something which was completely different from what the court was intending to do. “The trial courts are well aware of the powers conferred on them to control reporting of proceedings in a criminal case,” she said.
The bench clarified, “Our effort is not to punish but to prevent. This exercise is an awareness process for everyone. We want to put in guidelines to avoid certain situations by deferring reporting for a limited period of time. We are not going into reporting of other wings of government but of a limited restraint on reporting as far as court proceedings are concerned.” The arguments will continue on Wednesday.
Author NNLRJ INDIAPosted on April 19, 2012 Categories MEDIA ETHICS, MEDIA ISSUES, MEDIA LAWTags ARTICLE 19, CONTEMPT OF COURT, Member of Parliament, New Delhi, Ram Jethmalani, SUPREME COURT, United States Supreme Court, Wednesday3 Comments on Judiciary can’t regulate press freedom: Jethmalani
Update on the Contempt Case of Prashant Bhushan, Senior Advocate
Senior Advocate Mr. Shanti Bhushan files affidavit in support of Prashant Bhushan in the Contempt case in Supreme Court
Senior Advocate Mr Shanti Bhushan filed an application for being impleaded as Respondents in the Contempt of Court proceedings against his son Mr Prashant Bhushan. In his application, he has stated “[O]ut of these [16 previous Chief Justices], eight were definitely corrupt, six were definitely honest and about the remaining two, a definite opinion cannot be expressed.” He has also placed on record a list of corrupt judges in a sealed cover.
Read his application
CONTEMPT CASE SHANTI BHUSHAN APPLICATION BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Prashant Bhushan files additional affidavit in Supreme Court on Contempt of Court Proceedings
The Controversy began when Prashant gave an interview in Tehalka and expressed that out of the last 16 to 17 Chief Justices, half have been corrupt. Mr Harish Salve, who was acting as Amicus Curiae in one of the mattersin Supreme Court filed a Contempt of Court Petition in the Supreme Court. Court issued notice to Prashant and Prashant filed his first reply to this. In this reply, he gave some instances of corrupt practices of some of the previous Chief Justices. Prashant filed second affidavit to place on record some facts, material and evidence which he was aware of when he made the statement about the former Chief Justices, so as to dispel any impression that his statements were baseless or made with reckless disregard to the truth. However, Prashant reiterates that in his statement about half of the last 16-17 Chief Justices being corrupt, he “certainly did not intend to paint the entire judiciary or the entire Supreme Court with the same brush”.
Read the recent affidavit
AFFIDAVIT OF PRASHANT BHUSHAN IN CONTEMPT CASE
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Author NNLRJ INDIAPosted on September 20, 2010 Categories ACCOUNTABILITY, CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COURTS, JUDICIAL REFORMS, JUDICIARY, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURTTags CONTEMPT OF COURT, Government, Harish Salve, Judicial Branch, Law, SUPREME COURT10 Comments on Update on the Contempt Case of Prashant Bhushan, Senior Advocate
Against abuse of the contempt power
The best answer to abuse of judges is not frequent or ferocious contempt-sentencing but fine performance.
Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer in THE HINDU
‘We, the People of India’ made the Constitution and the sovereign republic of India, and all power exercised by the three instrumentalities of state function under the Constitution. Its Preamble speaks of justice — social, economic and political — as a fundamental privilege of the people. Social justice and equality before law are of more value to the common masses, while the higher classes are often allergic to the under-privileged and the have-nots.
The judges of British vintage are class-conscious, as Professor Griffith of London University explained in his book, The Politics of the Judiciary. Their perspective is prejudicial to the majority of Indians who are poor and do not enjoy human rights though they are mandated in the Constitution as a fundamental right.
The judiciary as a class must reorient its basic philosophy to suit a socialist secular democratic republic. This transformation is essential if fiat justicia is to be a paramount principle of governance in India as emphasised by Jawaharlal Nehru in his tryst-with-destiny speech as India became independent.
Lord Justice Scruttin said in an address delivered to the University of Cambridge Law Society on November 18, 1920: “Where are your impartial Judges? They all move in the same circle as the employers, and they are all educated and nursed in the same ideas as the employers. How can a labourman or a trade unionist get impartial justice? It is very difficult sometimes to be sure that you have put yourself into a thoroughly impartial position between two disputants, one of your own class and one not of your class.” (1 Cambridge Law Journal, Page 8).
The Constitution gives you power. And all public power is held as a trust. If you breach this trust you pay for it: by facing responsible criticism. When there is justice, which is your professional-fundamental duty, criticism loses its sting. And the Preamble to the Constitution spells it out. Social, economic and political justice is your basic obligation, which you have to fulfil without fear or favour. If you fail here, you disrobe yourself and deserve correctional criticism.
The judicature is a noble and never a nocent institution. If you goofily debunk and unjustly bring the judiciary into disrepute, you judges commit contempt and get punished. The court is a magnanimous institution, majestic and glorious, and it sustains the confidence of the nation. But if the judiciary behaves as an elite upper sector and denies the rights of the common masses, criticism is what you earn. Remove those judges who conduct themselves with a sense of contempt for social justice and human rights: that is the fascist, authoritarian way.
“Small is beautiful,” said Gandhiji. You sneer at the slum-dweller, the ill-clad and the illiterate. You are not pro-people. Remember the Roman adage: “Whatever touches us all should be decided by all.” Then you as a member of a class-conscious sector must be denounced.
Above the Executive and Legislature is the Judiciary to guard the values of the Constitution with integrity, fearlessness, frankness and fraternity. That is your institutional glory. No one shall darken your bright image. The little poor seek your compassionate protection. You are the wonder of democracy. I salute you as the humanist defender of people’s constitutional rights. When you fail to function, sharp criticism is the only corrective. The question then arises: have the people a right to criticise you, and if so, when does it become contempt of court, and what are the limitations to this freedom of expression?
This has become a critical issue. Judges as an instrumentality under the Constitution have vast powers under Article 141 to 144. When the Executive misuses its powers, the court can strike down its actions. When the Legislature commits excesses beyond the Constitution or otherwise defaults, the court can declare it void. When judges themselves are guilty of flaws, shortcomings or violations, public criticism is the only way judges can be corrected.
Frankfurter of the U.S. Supreme Court observed: “‘Judges as persons, or courts as institutions, are entitled to no greater immunity from criticism than other persons or institutions. Just because the holders of judicial office are identified with the interests of justice they may forget their common human frailties and fallibilities. There have sometimes been martinets upon the bench as there have also been pompous wielders of authority who have used the paraphernalia of power in support of what they called their dignity. Therefore judges must be kept mindful of their limitations and of their ultimate public responsibility by a vigorous stream of criticism expressed with candor however blunt.”
After all, judges are human and may commit mistakes and blunders. Either a Performance Commission or vigilant, vibrant public criticism, dignified and responsible, should correct judicial wrongs. With large powers and a considerable level of immunity, judges are apt to turn noxious and culpable at times. Generally the robed brethren maintain a high order of conduct. Even so, aberrations do happen. Therefore, criticism becomes necessary in a democracy. The Constitution insists that judges should be of good behaviour. The Bench is a sacred seat and divinity is incompatible with arrogance, pride and vanity.
Hugo Black, a great judge of the U.S Supreme Court, observed: “Judges are not essentially different from other government officials. Fortunately they remain human even after assuming their judicial duties. Like all the rest of mankind they may be affected from time to time by pride and passion, by pettiness and bruised feelings, by improper understanding or by excessive zeal.”
Indian judges belong to an elite class like their English counterparts, and can be relieved only by impeachment which is a political operation beyond the pragmatic capabilities of the masses. Therefore, a Performance Commission is an essential instrument to receive complaints about judges and investigate them. Their dignity and decorum never allow frivolity or private motives to affect the functions of, or inflict injury on, judges. Transparency and accountability are democratic attributes. In spite of this, vulgar elements in public life misuse free speech and abuse judges irresponsibly and with a sense of revenge. They deserve to be punished by the punitive use of the power of contempt. This power is wide.
Lord Denning in his Family Story has recorded what Lord Shawcross said about one of his judgments: “Denning is an Ass.” The Times (of London) published this. In spite of it, Lord Denning declined to take contempt action since he took the view that he would disprove it not by contempt proceedings but by means of his performance. Of course, he was the best judge of the Commonwealth.
This is an example for judges in India, too. The best answer to abuse of judges is not frequent or ferocious contempt-sentencing but fine performance. Of course, rare cases may deserve contempt impeachment. Bad judges deserve to be censured by a Performance Commission with access to every citizen. How many judges in our High Courts are good by the canon laid down by Douglas? He wrote: “… [T]he law of contempt is not made for the protection of judges who may be sensitive to the winds of public opinion. Judges are supposed to be men of fortitude, able to thrive in a hardy climate.”
The weakness of many judges who escape through contempt power but should not, was portrayed by Lord Goddard: “A judge of first instance need not necessarily be a consummate lawyer. He should be a man of even temper and one who can be trusted to display and continue to display courtesy to the litigants and bar; in short, if I may use a much-abused expression, he should be a gentleman. A sense of humour … is always an asset, but a constant joker is anathema. Another quality devoutedly to be wished for is the ability to keep reasonably silent while trying a case. A garrulous judge is a misfortune; he maddens the bar and slows up proceedings, but, unhappily, it does happen that a somewhat taciturn barrister becomes surprisingly talkative once he is seated on the bench…. The public expression of what some would call strong convictions, and others prejudice, are best avoided by those who desire to become judges.”
And here is a statement by ‘Learned Hand:’ “The larger part of my official life I have been in a court where three sit together, and that seems to me of immense advantage; indeed, I know it is an immense advantage. The joint judgment of three is worth much more than three times the judgment of one, unless he is a genius.”
But how many of our learned brethren will qualify to be on the Bench if this test were a condition for elevation?
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article530271.ece
Author NNLRJ INDIAPosted on July 24, 2010 Categories CONTEMPT OF COURT, JUDICIARY, JUSTICE, LEGAL LUMINARIESTags CONTEMPT OF COURT1 Comment on Against abuse of the contempt power
SC to hear contempt matter against Prashant Bhushan on Mar 25
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said it will consider on March 25 the plea for taking suo motu cognizance of contempt action against noted advocate Prashant Bhushan who was issued with a notice for allegedly casting aspersions on a senior apex court judge and previous chief justices of India.However, before a three-judge Bench headed by justice Altamas Kabir fixed the date, senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, appearing for Bhushan, said there was a danger in proceeding with contempt proceedings.
“Upholding the dignity of the court should be the first priority of the court. This proceeding will damage the dignity of the court and institution rather than restoring it,” he told the Bench also comprising justices Cyriac Joseph and HL Dattu. Senior advocate Harish Salve, who had moved the application for the Court to initiate suo motu contempt against Bhushan, wanted the Bench to relieve him of the duty of amicus curaie on the ground that several allegations have been made against him by the alleged contemnor.
Salve said that in the counter-affidavit, Bhushan has made personal allegations against him and as such he had not responded to them and was seeking the court’s permission to relieve him from the duty of amicus curaie in the matter. However, the Bench persuaded him to continue saying the personal allegations against him should not come in the way when the matter relates the dignity of an institution. “We need your assistance as it is an issue about the dignity of the institution,” the Bench said.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_sc-to-hear-contempt-matter-against-prashant-bhushan-on-mar-25_1336708
Author NNLRJ INDIAPosted on January 19, 2010 Categories CONSTITUTION, CONTEMPT OF COURT, JUDICIAL REFORMS, JUDICIARY, JUSTICETags CONTEMPT OF COURT, DEMOCRACY1 Comment on SC to hear contempt matter against Prashant Bhushan on Mar 25
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Home Arts & Culture News Raleighwood Cinema Grill to Close After Twenty-Six Years
Raleighwood Cinema Grill to Close After Twenty-Six Years
by Sarah Edwards
On Monday, James Michael Keane, owner of Raleighwood Cinema and Grill, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
Keane opened the Raleighwood in 1993, after visiting a dine-in movie theater in Florida and being inspired by the concept. The Raleighwood originally screened second-run films, later transitioning to new releases. Food, however, has always been a central element of the movie theater's campy date-night appeal.
Times have changed, though. In a statement on the Raleighwood's website, the owners cited the ubiquity of streaming services as a reason for the shuttering, as well as the fact that high-budget films are increasingly released directly onto streaming platforms (take, for instance, the eminently meme- and binge-able Marriage Story, which was released on Netflix last week).
"As a small family-owned and operated independent theater we can see 'the writing on the wall'," the Raleighwood statement read, in a post accompanied by the 1633 Rembrandt painting, Belshazzar's Feast. "In the face of this decreased attendance, realizing time, tied and technology changes the world we live in, the business decision to close was made."
Earlier this year, beloved Chapel Hill cinephile institution Lumina Theater closed, after nearly twenty years.
In the face of evolving consumer needs, however, other brick-and-mortar sources of competition have continued to emerge: in 2015, CinéBistro, a dine-in movie theatre, opened in Cary, and just last year, innovative cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse opened an outpost in Raleigh.
The last films scheduled to be shown at Raleighwood Cinema Grill were Last Christmas and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
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In his day, German theologian and philosopher Martin Luther was considered a heretic and a blasphemer. His ninety-five theses famously nailed to the door of the Wittenburg Church expressed his strong criticisms of the omnipotent Catholic Church, from which Luther eventually broke away. Luther was further considered even more rebellious when he refused to retract his views, after which he was excommunicated from the Church.
More recently, however, the world has come to think of Luther quite differently. Obviously, faithful Lutherans thank their founder for the work he did. One prominent example of a practicing Lutheran was famous American Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., whose parents revered the theologian so much that they named their son after him.
But it isn’t just members of that specific sect of Christianity who are grateful. Indeed, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also pay tribute to Luther and other participants in the Reformation. Church leader Dieter Uchtdorf paid homage to Luther in his May General Conference 2008 address “Faith of Our Fathers,” in which he even revealed that he was a distant descendant of Luther.
One of Luther’s most famous doctrine was justification by faith alone. This differed from the Catholic belief, which was that ordinances, or sacraments, were necessary for salvation. Although Latter-day Saints revere Luther and view him as a crucial member of the Reformation, their doctrine of salvation is not exactly the same as his was; Mormons believe that faith is absolutely necessary for salvation, but they also believe in saving ordinances, such as baptism and temple rites, as a way to demonstrate that faith. In this specific way, Mormonism is somewhat of a stepping-stone between Lutheranism and Catholicism.
There have been two major films made about Martin Luther. The first is the 1953 film Martin Luther, which stars Niall MacGinnis and was nominated for two Academy Awards. The second version is the 2003 MGM film Luther starring Joseph Fiennes (I highly recommend watching this!), which helps to emphasize the importance of Luther’s translation of the Bible from Latin to German. Though the Pope and other Catholic leaders considered this controversial and dangerous at the time, eventually, this led to the influence of other translations of sacred text into languages that the common people could read. This film also shows that Luther observed and hated how Johann Tetzel would sell indulgences, which meant that people could “buy” salvation for deceased loved ones. Although the Catholic Church as a whole denounces Luther, as evident by his excommunication, many individual members throughout the years and especially today thank Luther for what he has done in helping to expose the problem of the sale of indulgences. Also, the fact that these films was made at all, in the 20st and 21st centuries as well, shows that even today, even in America, and even in Hollywood, Luther is still important, still remembered, and still somewhat relevant.
Though Catholic extremists of the day may have once hoped that Martin Luther and his rioutous views would fade away into oblivion, Luther’s influence has lasted long beyond his day. Not only have Luther’s religious views affected us, his music has stayed with us, too. Luther’s most famous piece to which he wrote the text, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” is part of the Latter-day Saint hymnbook today.
Overall, Martin Luther has made quite a turn-around from how he was formerly viewed and understood. Once regarded as a blasphemer and a disturber of religious peace, Luther is now considered one who brought much needed attention to the corruption and problems in the Catholic Church, founded a major Protestant denomination, and, as understood by Latter-day Saints, was a key participant in the eventual bringing about of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.
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New Certification: HP Focuses On Embedded IT
by Susan Hall May 1, 2013 2 min read
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Hewlett-Packard has created a certification, focused on skills needed to implement cross-department IT initiatives, as a way to achieve business goals. It’s another indication that technology departments — and technology staffers — are being incorporated into business units as opposed to being operations unto themselves. The Accredited Technical Associate-IT for Business certification (ATA-IT) will provide coursework and practical experience on business-driven technology initiatives.
Last fall’s Business Intelligence Congress called for more real-world experiences in college curricula to prepare students for careers in business intelligence and business analytics. HP cited students’ need for more technology insight in announcing the credential.
Though not yet privy to the details of the certification, Barbara Wixom, associate professor of commerce at the University of Virginia, said it could be of great value to BI and business analytics students if it provides experience that’s based in reality.
One example of this melding of tech and business is the increasing “cross-pollination” of It and Marketing, says retail analyst Jerry Sheldon of researcher IHL Consulting Group. “As marketing is around more social media and things more tied to IT… we’re seeing marketing having more and more influence over IT spend itself,” he explains. “You really need people who understand how the business operates and the interactivity between these cross-functional teams.”
In its predictions for 2013, market analysis firm IDC said that 50 percent of new hires in Marketing will have technical backgrounds to support data analytics.
Delivered through the HP Institute and the Certiport network of testing centers, the certification will be available to students at a number of universities. HP developed the course content, which is not product-specific, by drawing on the expertise of chief information officers, information security professionals and educators.
The course covers how to enhance performance with new technologies, financial models for IT services used by business, and how to quantify the business impact of that technology.
Teachers and schools can register for the HP Institute’s preview program at www.certiport.com/HPBusiness. It’s available in English, but will be translated into other languages later this year. More details will be released in June.
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Hyatt Announces Plans for Hyatt Centric Yalikavak Bodrum in Turkey
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a franchise agreement with Özkent Girisim Gayrimenkul Yatırım ve Ticaret A.S. for a Hyatt Centric hotel in Bodrum, Turkey. Hyatt Centric Yalikavak Bodrum will be managed by Access Tourism and Hotel Investment Consultancy Ltd. Expected to open in mid-2019, Hyatt Centric Yalikavak Bodrum will mark the fifth Hyatt-branded hotel in Turkey, joining Park Hyatt Istanbul – Macka Palas, Grand Hyatt Istanbul, Hyatt Regency Istanbul Ataköy, Hyatt Centric Levent Istanbul, and Hyatt House Gebze, which is slated to open in September 2017.
As the first Hyatt Centric resort in Turkey, Hyatt Centric Yalikavak Bodrum will boast an unbeatable location designed to be a launch pad for sightseeing, tasting and experiencing everything that the Bodrum Peninsula has to offer. Often referred to as the “St. Tropez of Turkey,” the Bodrum Peninsula is one of the most popular and upscale destinations on the Turkish Riviera. The hotel will be just minutes from the famous five-gold-anchor marina Palmarina Bodrum, which offers a number of gourmet restaurants, an open-air shopping mall and entertainment venues. Hyatt Centric Yalikavak Bodrum will be easily accessible from Milas-Bodrum Airport, which offers both national and international direct flights.
Guests will enjoy premium views of Turkey’s southwest coast from the hotel’s 77 guestrooms with private gardens and balconies. The hotel’s five food and beverage venues, which will offer both locally and internationally inspired cuisine, will capture the culinary spirit of Turkey. Hyatt Centric Yalikavak Bodrum will also offer a spa, as well as indoor and outdoor swimming pools and will be located in close proximity to an eclectic beach club. The hotel’s expansive outdoor space and more than 5,850 square feet (544 square meters) of conference and events space will make for the perfect destination for weddings and events.
“Today’s announcement allows us to build upon the momentum of the Hyatt Centric brand in Europe. The brand is designed for millennial-minded guests who see themselves as savvy-explorers and we look forward to the brand’s continued growth throughout the region,” said Peter Norman, senior vice president, acquisition and development, Europe, Africa, Middle East and South West Asia for Hyatt.
“We are very excited to announce ÖZKENT’s collaboration with Hyatt to open Hyatt Centric Yalikavak Bodrum, the first Hyatt Centric beach resort in Europe, which will offer high-end vacation experiences in one of the most prime bays of Bodrum,” said VARYAP’s Chief Executive Officer Erdinç Varlıbaş. “With its modern Mediterranean design, artistic landscape, top seafront location and variety of offerings, Hyatt Centric Yalikavak Bodrum will quickly become one of the most sought-after hotels in the area. We look forward to continuing this a strong relationship with Hyatt in the upcoming years.”
Launched in 2015, the Hyatt Centric brand includes 16 hotels in Chicago, Houston, New York City, New Orleans, Waikiki, Hawaii, Arlington, Virginia, Park City, Utah, Miami, Key West, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Guatemala City, and even more in the pipeline with previously announced hotels planned for Barbados, Doha, Dubai, Madrid, French Alps, Ginza Tokyo, Peru and Santiago.
The Hyatt Centric Experience
Hyatt Centric is a brand of full-service lifestyle hotels located in prime destinations. Created for millennial-minded travelers who want to be in the middle of the action, Hyatt Centric hotels are thoughtfully designed to enable exploration and discovery. The lobby lounge is a launch pad providing guests with information about the most sought-after food, nightlife and activities the destination has to offer. The bar and restaurant are local hot spots where great conversations, locally inspired food and signature cocktails can be enjoyed. Streamlined modern rooms focus on delivering everything guests want and nothing they don’t, including Beekind’s environmentally conscious bath products, Bluetooth-enabled electronics and salon-grade blowdryers. A team of colleagues is always available to recommend local hidden gems to launch guests’ discovery of the destination. For more information please visit hyattcentric.com. Follow @HyattCentric on Facebook and Instagram, and tag photos with #HyattCentricExplorer.
About VARYAP
VARYAP was founded in 1975 as a land estate development, construction and contractorship company, and has been putting its signature touch on some of the most notable projects of Turkey. In each project VARYAP has brought to life, maintainability, individuality and innovativeness have always been on the foreground. As a sector leader in the field of land estate development with its innovative vision, VARYAP has brought to life projects like Varyap Plaza Business & Mall in one of İstanbul’s fastest growing neighborhoods, Pendik, Uphill Court Ataşehir and Uphill Court Bahçeşehir, Turkey’s first LEED registered green residence project. In partnership with Emlak Konut GYO, Varyap Meridian created Metropol İstanbul, one of world’s largest co-ed projects. VARYAP has significant experience in contract projects as well as land estate development and has signed many important projects in Turkey such as Trabzon Municipality Service Building, Europe’s largest palace of justice in İstanbul, Çağlayan, İstanbul Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex, Türk Telekom Arena and Ankara State Council building. With over a 1.000 employees working under the company and employing another 10.000 from the ranks of solution partners and sub-contractors, VARYAP is a thriving company, developing some of the most innovative and successful real estate projects in Turkey.
About Access Tourism and Hotel Investment Consultancy Ltd.
Access Tourism and Hotel Investment Consultancy Ltd. is an Istanbul-based leading multifaceted hospitality company specializing in Development services, third party management and hotel asset management. Access specializes in concept development, feasibility studies, development management, contract negotiations, revenue management and FF&E procurement. It also offers à la carte advisory services in various disciplines including sales & revenue management, FF&E procurement management, training and human resources as well as hotel pre-opening services. Access HDC is currently asset managing, third party managing and developing 25 projects in Turkey, South East Europe, CIS, Middle East and Africa, working with major international hotel brands. Over the next three years, Access HDC has plans to grow the hotel managed portfolio to 10 properties. For more information, please visit www.access.com.tr.
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Invisible Borders activities in the framework of the 12th Bamako Photography Biennale: Workshop, Public Space Intervention, Multimedia Exhibition, Presentation, Talks
The politics of borders continues to take newer shapes and forms as government policies, conflict and militancy displace millions of people across the globe. Still, there is a growing desire from one side of the continent to the other to make permeable, these stark dividing lines increasingly impacting interactions across them as the ideals and benefits of pan Africanism become more appealing and economically attractive to governments and individuals alike. Since 2009, the Invisible Borders Trans African Photography Organisation has continued to traverse the continent deepening understanding of its borders through lived experiences and remarkable encounters using mediums of photography, literature and film. The organisation’s work is strongly rooted in a desire to, one one hand; experience and document stories, culture, intimate encounters, the poetry of presence and journeying across borders via roads; and on the other hand; to shift predominant narratives about Africa away from traditional media reportage which are so often filtered through coloured or narrow lenses intended to fit preconceived prototypes and tropes.
In 2018, the Invisible Borders Trans African Photography Organisation embarked on the 8th Edition of its Trans-African Road Trip from Lagos, Nigeria to Maputo, Mozambique. Intended to take place in two batches, the first set of artists—photographers, writers and filmmakers—travelled from Lagos, Nigeria through Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo ending in Kigali, Rwanda. The 2018 Lagos-Maputo Road Trip was premised on two phrases drawn from the conceptual premise of the road trip: “volatile negotiations between past and present” and “I am where I think”.
The former speaks to the historicity of the Lagos to Maputo trans-African highway and the politics of movement along that path while the latter speaks to the thread which runs through the road trips year after year: the body, not only as a vessel of presence and movement but also an active thinking tool wherever it is positioned on the road.
In the 45days the artists journeyed, these guiding phrases served as grounding anchors alongside personal themes, albeit loosely adhered to, which informed the works they created on the road largely from premeditated and mostly chance encounters and interactions. Photographer and filmmaker, Kenechukwu Nwatu went in search of musical encounters seeking to what extent it is a derivative of spirituality. Writer, Tope Salaudeen-Adegoke wandered into many markets searching for stories at the pulse of daily transactions especially from women. Emeka Okereke had, as a guiding theme, “Dream Chamber”—a photographic body of work aimed at articulating something of “the ground shifting under our feet” in the process of border renegotiations and reconfigurations taking place in various forms and scales across the continent. Writer, Kay Ugwuede, went into the road questioning, as a path to understanding the differences which result from demarcations of any kind.
Some of these works are going to be up for viewing in a multimedia exhibition during the course of the Bamako Festival.
In addition to the multimedia exhibition featuring a non-linear film of the Lagos-Maputo Road Trip, images and text from a dedicated blog where artists shared their work on the road, the Invisible Borders will also host a 10-day workshop prior to the opening of the festival and involving up to 10 writers, photographers and filmmakers in Bamako; and a public space exhibition of photographs and texts from the In
visible Borders archive.
The 2018 Lagos-Maputo Road Trip is ongoing. The Batch B and final leg of the trip is scheduled to continue at a later date, and so, this component of our exhibition will take the form of a work in progress.
Kay Ugwuede
Adjunct Head of Publication,
Invisible Borders Trans-African Photography Organisation
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Is there a difference between taxes and customs in Islam?
هل هناك دليل شرعي يخرج الضرائب من المكوس ذات العقوبة العظيمة في الإسلام؟ هل فرض النبي أو أحدا من الخلفاء دفع مال علي المسلمين غير الزكاة؟
Is there evidence that makes taxes different than customs that are banned severely in Islam?
Is there any example for taxes in prophet era which were made a duty on Muslims except for zakat?
fiqh prophet-muhammad sahaba finance islamic-government
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On the history
To answer your last question there's no report saying that the Prophet () or the rashidun caliphs have imposed any custom on Muslims. Note that 'Omar has imposed some duty customs on non-Muslims with the approval of the sahaba.
But be aware that zakat is not the only income source of bayt al-Maal (or the treasury) بيت المال in an Islamic state which must be paid by Muslims themselves as there are the khums of al-Kharaj (one could say the income of mining but also from fishing activities etc.) and the khums of ar-Rikaz (a treasure that has been found on an estate) and the khums of al-Ghnana'im (war booty) and many more too. You may read in the book of the Maliki scholar at-Tawudi ibn Sudah التاودي ابن سودة "Kashf al-Hal" كشف الحال عن الوجوه التي ينتظم منها بيت المال or take a look at this fatwa -in Arabic- on islamqa #138115. The first taxation on goods in Islam has been imposed around 310 aH.
Evidences and the position of Islam on custom duties (mukoos plural of maks)
And do not consume one another's wealth unjustly or send it [in bribery] to the rulers in order that [they might aid] you [to] consume a portion of the wealth of the people in sin, while you know [it is unlawful]. (2:188)
One who wrongfully takes an extra tax (sahib maks) will not enter Paradise.
(See for example in Sunan abi Dawod, this hadith is considerd as sahih by al-Hakim)
... By Him in Whose Hand is my life, she has made such a repentance that even if a wrongful tax-collector were to repent, he would have been forgiven. ...
(From a long hadith about a Lady who was punished for adultery by stoning. See for example in Sahih Muslim and Sunan abi Dawod)
This hadith is often used as an evidence that taking customs are worse than zina!
Al-Dhahabi said in his book al-Kabaa’ir:
The one who collects the maks is included in the general meaning of the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“The way (of blame) is only against those who oppress men and rebel in the earth without justification; for such there will be a painful torment” (al-Shoora 42:42)
The one who collects the maks is one of the greatest helpers of the oppressors, in fact he is himself an oppressor, because he takes something to which he is not entitled. This is supported by the hadeeths of Buraydah and ‘Uqbah which are quoted above. Moreover the one who collects the maks has much in common with the bandit, who is a thief. The one who collects the maks, the one who writes it down, the one who witnesses it and the one who takes it such as a soldier or a flag bearer all share the burden of sin and are all consuming haraam wealth. End quote. (Source: islamqa #42563)
So one could say that imposing custom duties is considered as an injustice and theft.
Are taxes allowed or are they set equal to mukoos?
As for your first question the matter seems a bit unclear and we may find basically two different opinions: I clearly found fatwas allowing taxation for an Islamic state, while scholars such as al-'Izz ibn 'Abdassalam and al-Qurafi have clearly condemned imposing taxes on Muslims and set it equal to custom duties (mukoos) as it is taking money without the consent of the owner.
But when analysing these statements and reading them in the correct context a few things become clear:
The Islamic state is allowed to impose taxes in case that the treasury can't afford the necessities of the people such as hospitals, schools etc. in this case the state is allowed to ask for help or to impose taxes. According to scholars such as al-'Izz ibn 'Abdassalam, al-Ghazaly, imam al-Haramayn al-Juwayni and a-Shatibi in case that the treasury is empty or can't afford arming the Muslim army against an enemy the state can ask the rich people for money or even impose a tax, but they should check whether the soldiers and their leaders have some gold, silver or jewellery etc. too and they should only take as much as necessary. This is a fatwa or statement which allows taxation by incident only and not generally.
Ibn Taymiyyah as far as I could find held the opinion that taxation on Muslims is maks and haram (I wonder if he had the situation of an attacking enemy and an empty treasury in mind when giving this fatwa!). This is the view held by the Saudi Fatwa council too (See for example islamqa #42563.
So both opinions are basically held by scholars until today.
Basically all those who allowed taxation on Muslims by an Islamic state allowed it on the basis that the treasury can't afford the necessities of the population of the state such as education, security, health etc. and the imposed taxes shouldn't fill the treasury rather than fulfilling the needs of the population exactly without benefits.
One could also conclude that taxation is considered as injustice and theft if it has no justification in a necessity for the population and it is therefore to be taken as equal to custom duties (mokoos) unless there's a real necessity to impose them.
Some references -in Arabic-:
Islamweb #592: The state is allowed to impose taxes.
Islamweb #5811: Whether it is allowed to work as a tax collector.
Islamway #10933: A Fatwa considering taxation as a necessity.
Islamqa #25758: On the ruling of taxes on paid goods.
Many thanks brother for the detailed answer. The reason I asked this question is for those who defined taxation as halal, they didn't provide evidence from Quran or Ahadith. They only used the logical reasoning which can be rejected. Am I allowed to steal money to build mosque in a place that doesn't have one and need it? It is the same concept. BTW, khums is considered one type of zakat. – Omar Jun 20 '18 at 9:18
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Mark Glenn says Jews responsible for the Sandy Hook school massacre
Posted on December 16, 2012 by Aryeh Tuchman
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On his December 14 radio show, American anti-Semitic activist Mark Glenn reveals that the villains responsible for the Sandy Hook school massacre are…wait for it…the Jews. “When you see these kinds of things happening,” Glenn says, “you see these kids basically acting out this program that has been installed on their hard drives since they were born, you have to go to the source. Who programmed them? Who taught them that it was OK to do things like this? And again, for me the bottom line is that it’s the Jewish mainstream media….” Glenn is a longtime anti-Semite who is a commentator for Press TV, a semi-official Iranian broadcast network. In recent months he has also founded an internet radio network featuring a roster of anti-Semitic hosts, based on the blogtalkradio.com broadcasting platform.
Glenn’s comments is more than just ranting against the media (which Glenn and his co-hosts have long maintained is controlled by Jews). He thinks Jews are very consciously flooding the media with violent images in order to create people like Adam Lanza. “They are building an army of psychopaths here so that they can send these guys off to the Middle East to fight and die for Israel,” Glenn says. He also claims that Jews have a religious motivation for this:
“They employ Judaic themes in doing it. All this violence that’s on TV, not just TV but the movies. Do we really think that this is not the result of the fact that these people follow a religion that glorifies violence? I mean they’re celebrating Hannukah right now. It’s a violent religious ceremony. Purim is a violent religious ceremony. Passover is a violent religious ceremony. So are we really to think that this lore that they worship in their Old Testament doesn’t play into the themes that we see taking place in Hollywood? Of course it does.” (57 minutes in)
Glenn claims that in the longer run, Jews want to eventually spark a race war in the US so that the country will basically wipe itself out:
“The people who were responsible for programming this kid to do this thing today, that they have a much bigger agenda, whether it’s killing twenty kids in a school, or whether it’s seeing an entire nation wiped out because their religion teaches them that that’s what their god wants them to do.” (59 minutes in)
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mah29001 says:
Mark Glenn is the one who’ll start a race war.
Mah,
Well, he would LIKE to start one. His ability to do so as an Internet chickenhawk is not promising. But I love reading the insane ramblings of MG and his followers, they’re the funniest things I see on Thursday before I watch “Parks and Recreation”.
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#DXCLUSIVE: Blockhead & Aesop Rock Reunite For "Kiss The Cook" Single
January 8, 2019 | 9:24 AM
New York-based producer Blockhead and wordplay wizard Aesop Rock have reunited for the new track “Kiss The Cook.” The single serves as the first taste of Blockhead’s upcoming Free Sweatpants album.
Much like the magic they created on Aesop’s 2007 album None Shall Pass, “Kiss The Cook” effortlessly melds their talents together, resulting in an intricately woven piece of audible art.
“It had been a while since Aes and I worked on an original song, but once we started, the pieces just fell into place,” Blockhead explains to HipHopDX. “Mixing it was interesting because originally the production had a harsher edge, but I moved to something more melodic and upbeat.”
In addition to Aes, Free Sweatpants also features Open Mike Eagle, Armand Hammer (ELUCID and billy woods), Homeboy Sandman, Breezly Brewin, TREE, Vic Spencer, Hemlock Ernst, and MarQ Spekt, among others.
Free Sweatpants is expected to arrive on January 18.
In the meantime, pre-order the project here and listen to the track up top.
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Rupert Quaintance trial update: Day 4
Yes, we’re back to referring to the trial by Rupert’s real name, as it seems the court listings have done the same. As always, we ask that no one speculate about the outcome of the trial in the comments section. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation!
Cross-examination of defendant, part 2
On the fourth day of Rupert Quaintance’s trial on multiple counts of harassment causing fear of violence, court resumed at 10:15 a.m. with Rupert still in the witness stand, being cross-examined by Martyn Bowyer for the prosecution. Noting that he would not be leaving the topic of the other Hampstead “activists” completely, Mr Bowyer took up where he left off yesterday.
“When did you discover that Angela Power-Disney was, as you put it, ‘dangerous’?” he asked.
“I’ll have to think about that”, Rupert said.
Mr Bowyer asked whether the realisation came before or after Rupert’s visit to Lanzarote. On reflection, Rupert said it was about halfway through the second week there. “I decided she was a meddler”, he said. “She manipulates people, especially when they’re frightened”.
Mr Bowyer confirmed with Rupert that his travels had taken him from the United States to Italy, then Holland, then Lanzarote, and finally the UK, where he had arrived on 9 August 2016.
He pointed out that the Excel document found on Rupert’s hard drive, containing the names of Christ Church Primary School parents, had been created on 30 July 2016, so this must have occurred while Rupert was in Lanzarote. “You accepted yesterday that one source for this document could have been Angela Power-Disney”, he said.
Rupert agreed that this was possible, but said he was not certain.
Mr Bowyer asked whether Sabine McNeill could be characterised as another “activist”, and Rupert agreed that she could. Mr Bowyer suggested that Rupert might not have found Sabine as “dangerous” as Angela, and that he might not have had so many concerns about her”. Again, Rupert agreed.
Mr Bowyer noted that the second list of parents’ names had been found on the HampsteadChristChurch.com site, which had been accessed several times by someone using Rupert’s laptop. The link to that site had been sent by Sabine on 31 March 2016, before Rupert left the United States. He asked whether Rupert had seen this site prior to Sabine sending it to him. “It’s hard to say”, said Rupert. “I can’t remember”.
Mr Bowyer said that on 31 March, Sabine had sent a Skype message with a link to the site, and that Rupert had already stated that he “believed he would have looked at it”. He asked whether Rupert had read about the multiple addresses alleged to belong to the father in the case. Rupert said he might have bookmarked it and saved it for later.
Asked when he had realised that the Hampstead case might not have been all he initially believed, Rupert said, “I came to that determination around my second week in Italy”. He said he had gained more clarity, and the case “took on a different tone to me”.
Mr Bowyer asked Rupert why, if he was no longer interested in Hampstead, he had continued to save documents sent to him about the case: “If someone was sending lies to you, which were of no interest to you, why save them?” he asked.
Rupert replied, “I didn’t want to be accused of being a fraud. I wanted to show that I did my work”.
Turning to the American Freedom Radio broadcast, Mr Bowyer asked Rupert who he’d been referring to in the part of the broadcast where he said, “I don’t want to kill them, I just want to beat them up really bad”. “The people who’d been causing me to fear violence”, Rupert said.
“But had anyone been violent toward you?” Mr Bowyer asked, noting that the reference to beating people up had been immediately followed by Rupert saying, “They’ve been physical, why shouldn’t people get physical with them?” Mr Bowyer contended that this reference was not to Rupert’s trolls online, but to the people of Hampstead, who had supposedly “been physical” in abusing children. “This is a reference to the parents, isn’t it?” he asked. “No one in the list of parents had been physical with you, so why would you say this?”
He further pointed out that Rupert had made that broadcast during his sojourn in Holland, immediately prior to coming to the UK. “Your attitude toward Hampstead had not changed one iota”, he said.
Rupert said he could “understand why you think I was ready for a row—I was just trying to puff myself up”.
Mr Bowyer said that when Rupert had referred in his YouTube video to “kicking down doors and taking blood samples”, this could only refer to the parents, as it would make no sense to “take blood samples” from any other party.
“That was off the cuff”, Rupert said. “I never thought it would be repeated”.
Referring to the Facebook post in which Rupert showed himself at the school, Mr Bowyer asked, “Regarding the comments from your friend Clay, is ‘biscuit’ slang for ‘gun’?” Rupert said that it is, especially in the hiphop world.
“So when Clay posted ‘is that a biscuit in your pocket?’ did you think he meant gun?”
“My initial inclination was to delete that comment”, Rupert said, adding that on second thought he had decided not to censor his friend’s comment.
“Was Clay asking ‘are you armed?'” Mr Bowyer asked, “asking ‘has it been necessary to carry a gun’?”
Rupert said that that was the way he’d understood it.
“Why did you choose to respond ‘knife?’?”
Rupert said that at the end of the Facebook conversation, he had said, “Haha, no no no”.
“At some point even Clay suggested that it might be a good idea to remove the post, didn’t he?” Mr Bowyer asked.
“No, I said that”, Rupert said. “I don’t think Clay would say to take it down”.
Referring to his arrest on 13 September, Rupert said that pre- and post-arrest he felt like two different people. “I was really relieved after the harassment stopped”.
Mr Bowyer asked Rupert to explain what was going through his mind during the week between posting the Facebook post and his arrest: “You still wanted to satisfy the people who’d brought you over here, but was it all over for you?”
Rupert said that the morning before he was arrested, he felt he’d overstayed his welcome. “I was exploring getting a plane ticket,” he said. “My final findings were inconclusive”.
“When were you planning to announce you had no evidence” to support the Hampstead allegations?”
“As soon as I left”.
“Did you actually put anything else up about the Hampstead case after 5 September?”
“I don’t remember”.
Mr Bowyer said, “So no report, no video, no Twitter post saying it was a dead story?”
“I didn’t want to be between the two sides, with one wanting me to investigate”, Rupert said.
“You received donations from people like Angela Power-Disney, Sabine McNeill, and others”, Mr Bowyer said. “So your trip was partly funded by them?”
Rupert agreed that this was true.
“On the other hand, you had the people who vilified you—so you had twice the reason to say ‘I’ve done my best, it’s time to move on”. That would have satisfied both sides, wouldn’t it?” Mr Bowyer asked.
Rupert said he had not considered that.
Turning to the original YouTube video, Mr Bowyer asked how it happened that Rupert had completely ignored the negative feedback he’d received on it.
Rupert said that when he makes videos, he glances at the comments, but doesn’t dwell on them; and so in this case he went back a year later and checked.
Referring to videos which Angela made with Rupert, secretly recording them and then putting them up without his permission, Mr Bowyer asked whether Rupert was aware of these.
“Yes, I asked her to take them down”, he said.
“Did you ask YouTube to take them down?”
Rupert said he had not.
Mr Bowyer asked Rupert, “Are you a reasonable man?”
“Yes, but I’m naïve, and I learn the hard way”, he responded.
Mr Bowyer asked whether Rupert accepted that he had played some part in the distress suffered by the witnesses in this trial.
“No”, Rupert said.
“None at all?”
“I guess, if you look at it in a certain way, I just feel picked on and and pinned down”, Rupert said. “I do feel guilt and remorse for what has befallen me”.
“So no remorse?”
“I’ve been paid back ten-fold”, Rupert said. “I don’t want to accept responsibility, that’s just adding more to my emotional pile”.
Mr Bowyer asked, “Do YouTubers enjoy attention?” Rupert agreed they did.
“So you enjoyed the attention of this extremely divisive situation, including the abuse?”
“At first, yes”, Rupert said. “But once I realised how deep I was in, no”.
Mr Bowyer said, “I submit that you enjoyed it. You came to this country armed with a list of names”.
“That sounds so nefarious”, Rupert said.
Mr Bowyer pointed out that to take another person’s blood against their will would require violence.
“Put a certain way”, Rupert replied.
“I submit that you wanted to beat them up pretty bad right before you left Holland for the UK, and that after that you came to the school and left a message on Facebook that you were armed, which you didn’t remove”, Mr Bowyer said.
At this point, Rupert could be heard sniffling. Mr Bowyer stated that his cross-examination was done.
Defence response
Referring to the Facebook post, Mr Stevens noted that it ended with a comment from Leo Gallagher, not Rupert’s friend Clay. He asked Rupert whether his response “no, no” was an answer to a question from Mr Gallagher, or from Clay.
Both, Rupert said. “I thought [Leo] was referring to someone who’d been killed by the police.
Mr Stevens stated that the response had been posted on 7 September 2016.
Judge’s questions for defendant
Judge Griffith asked Rupert whether he had had any part in reposting his first Hampstead video in February 2016. Rupert replied that he had not.
Judge Griffith said, “You said you had been told that ‘they’d be waiting for me’ when you arrived in the UK. How did they know when you would be getting off the plane?”
Rupert said he didn’t know.
“How did they know where you were [in London]?” Mr Griffith asked. Rupert said that he had done a video in the back garden of the house where he was staying in Erith, and some people had identified its location from local landmarks visible in the video.
Rupert said, “There were some strange events”, such as people knocking on the door early in the morning or calling the house where he was staying and hanging up. He attributed this behaviour to those who had been harassing him online.
Judge Griffith noted that on Rupert’s Facebook account, someone named “Roger Flutterby” had said, “You look like a creepy knuckle-scraping twat”, and asked whether this was typical of the abuse Rupert had suffered.
“I’d say that was light”, Rupert said.
The judge asked Rupert whether he had any screen shots of death threats he had received.
“Yes, but I don’t have them with me”, Rupert said.
Admissions, part 2
Further to the Admissions which were put on the record yesterday, a set of admissions was given to the jury today. It was agreed between the parties that Rupert had been a target of online abuse; that his address had been published without his permission; that Rupert had complained about this to the police; and that a person who identified himself to police as a Satanist had been asked and had agreed to stop directing angry posts online at Rupert.
Character references
Mr Stevens, defence, read out the contents of four character references for the defendant, in which he was described as “kind-hearted and empathetic” with a “wonderful soul”. One reference said he has a strong work ethic, having been employed nearly five years; another said he exhibits compassion and empathy, and the last one characterised him as kind and respectful.
This was the end of the evidence, for both prosecution and defence.
Legal directions
Judge Griffith gave the jury legal directions, emphasizing that the prosecution must prove the defendant’s guilt, and that it was not up to Rupert to prove his innocence. He reviewed the Harassment Act, noting that the phrase “a course of conduct” must be differentiated from a series of unrelated acts. The course of conduct must be aimed at an individual, so the jury must consider whether this includes the named people in this case, most obviously the parents.
The judge explained that the course of conduct must cause the victims to fear that violence might be used against them. In this case, he said, some of the witnesses had expressed fear for their children. The judge said it would be up to the jury to decide whether the witnesses’ fear had been for themselves, or for their children.
The next step, he said, would be to determine whether Rupert knew, or ought to have known, the effect his course of conduct would have. “It’s not enough for him to say, ‘I didn’t think about it'” he said. Considering whether he ought to have known, the jury must decide whether a reasonable man would have known the effect of his course of conduct.
In this case, there are three possible verdicts: guilty, not guilty, or guilty of a lesser charge, to whit, simple harassment. Simple harassment is harassment in which there is no fear of violence, but rather “alarm or distress”.
Given the character references provided, and the fact that Rupert by his own admission has only been in trouble with the law over a minor cannabis charge long ago, Judge Griffith said that he must be treated as a “person of good character”. This factor must be taken into account, and the jury must consider whether it makes it less likely that Rupert committed the offences with which he has been charged.
Prosecution summing up
In his summing up for the prosecution, Mr Bowyer asked, “Are we sure that the defendant’s actions constituted a course of conduct?” He said that a course of conduct is loosely defined in the legislation, so the jury would need to determine the actual number of acts which constitute it: is it two? three? 16? 136? “It’s up to you”, he said.
He also noted that there is no need to define the amount of time between the acts: “It could be once per week, once per month, once per year”. The time frame in question here is between February 2015 and September 2016, and it may be suggested that he posted the video in 2015 but no one saw them until a year later. It’s up to the jury to decide whether this matters, he said.
The prosecution is certain beyond doubt that Rupert’s behaviour constituted a course of conduct, Mr Bowyer said.
Regarding whether the witnesses felt distressed, it’s clear that they did. “They had fears for themselves, for their children”, Mr Bowyer said, referring to one witness’ need to install CCTV around the home, while another mentioned having to travel home a different way each time to avoid being followed and attacked.
Rupert’s behaviour was “designed to cause alarm and distress to the witnesses when he posted the American Freedom Radio broadcast, Mr Bowyer said. “Did he intend to cause alarm and distress? It is enough if the intended victims were parents of the children at the heart of the investigation”, Mr Bowyer said. “It’s important to know that he had their names on an Excel spreadsheet, and that he had access to another list”.
As to whether Rupert “knew or ought to have known”, he said, “it may be that, being possessed of all the facts, an impartial bystander would have known that as a parent at the school [a witness] might have felt very much under suspicion. Would the average man have known that [the witness] would feel harassed under such circumstances?”
Mr Bowyer noted that this jury brings together 12 people of different ages, sexes, and ethnicities who will come together and decide what a reasonable man would think.
“No one is suggesting that the witnesses in this case were not in fear of violence”, he said. As to whether the fear of violence was for themselves or their children, he pointed out, “If you feared your child was in danger, who would you put between your child and their attacker?” Any parent would do that without stopping to think, he said.
As to whether the jury can be sure that the defendant knew or ought to have known that his course of conduct would cause fear, “how could he possibly not have realised?” Mr Bowyer asked.
“It’s likely that you’ll leave this court in a state of shock that images of children aged eight and nine could be spread across the internet”, Mr Bowyer said. “You’ll be in shock that it is so easy for people hiding behind a keyboard to cause such distress to innocent people”. This shock does not necessarily mean that Rupert is guilty, he said, noting that Rupert himself had described the internet as being like the wild west. That was a place where there was very little law, and a great deal of lawlessness.
“We must try to police the internet”, he said. “In Western movies, if you’re a John Wayne figure on the Oregon Trail, fighting the redskins and robbing wagon trains, normally a sheriff comes along” and deals with the situation.
The prosecution doesn’t suggest that Rupert was not subject to abuse: “When you say provocative things, you’ll provoke a response”. Rupert stated that the abuse he suffered had affected every part of his daily life; but how did it affect the four witnesses?
The YouTube video Rupert posted was seen by a number of witnesses. It starts off with Rupert saying he “believes the children”—that he felt doors needed to be kicked down and blood samples taken.
This was posted about a month before Mrs Justice Pauffley’s ruling, but that did not seem to dull his interest.
Everyone in the public gallery here today is free to say they think the jury got it wrong when this case is finished. However, no one is entitled to embark upon a campaign against the jury or against anyone they perceived as supporting the jury’s decision. No one is entitled to threaten to kick down doors or take blood samples, as this would cause alarm and fear.
Rupert claimed that he didn’t think about the video for a full year. He knew that the court had found the allegations against the witnesses to be unfounded, so why did he choose to become so close to other activists in the case? Was he sucked in? Was this just a way to get a few more likes on Facebook or YouTube?
“Did Rupert consider himself a reasonable man?” Mr Bowyer asked. He was funded by many activists; why had he come to the UK armed with a hard drive with a list of names? Did he know they would fear him? Why did he travel to Lanzarote to meet with one of the most vocal campaigners, whom he described as “considerably dangerous”?
In March 2016, Sabine sent him a link with a list of names. If, before he came to the UK, he considered that Hampstead was a dead story, why did he not delete that file?
It was, Mr Bowyer said, because he intended to continue his campaign. Try as he might to dress it up, what Rupert did was harassment. He made that tirade on American Freedom Radio whilst he was in Holland, right before his trip to the UK. He says it was for the trolls, but the lie comes in the assertion after the threat to “beat them up real bad”: “they’re being physical, why shouldn’t people get physical with them?”
On the first day of the school term, in what Rupert called a coincidence, he showed his “defiant face” on Facebook. Anyone looking at that post might assume that he had a knife. But why say knife? Why not just say no, no problem, I wasn’t armed?
Mr Bowyer pointed out that Rupert said he thought he should remove the post…but he didn’t. There is a difference between a closed Facebook conversation where amusing conversations about “biscuits” may take place amongst friends, and public pages, where anyone can see him standing outside the school, using weapons terminology.
This was undoubtedly a course of conduct, Mr Bowyer said. A reasonable person would realise that the witnesses would fear him.
It is not a defence to say, “I am a publicity seeker”, or “I have two different personas, but I don’t think through what I am doing”. Being online is no defence of the “wild west” on the internet.
The reason we have a jury like you is to say, “enough is enough”.
Defence summing up
Summing up the case for the defence, Mr Stevens said, “This is not just about threats. It’s really about Rupert making threats of violence, and you must think very hard about whether that’s what he’s done—dispassionately, objectively”. Is it fair, or is there a danger that what he did was mischaracterised? If it’s viewed through the lens of cynicism, that’s just not fair.
It is not in dispute that a number of individual posts on the internet were, for the witnesses, very difficult, Mr Stevens said. But where does Rupert fit into the picture? The fact that the witnesses felt emotional and broken by the posts they saw should not colour the jury’s consideration of the evidence.
Mr Stevens said it is different to distinguish the feelings resulting from Rupert’s behaviour from the rest of the campaign, carried out by others.
“People were accused of significant child abuse, which was unfounded. Names and details were put online. Rupert did not do that, so don’t allow him to be the fall guy for all of this”, Mr Stevens said. “You may feel that it’s not one man’s campaign, but one man’s commentary, and no more than that. There is a grave danger of his position being unfairly elevated”.
Mr Stevens urged the jury to be dispassionate, objective, and careful. He said the case is not nearly as straightforward as the prosecution says it is.
“The defendant does not need to prove his innocence”, he stressed. “You have to be sure, as you are responsible for determining these things”. Mr Stevens said that the prosecution has failed to meet some evidentiary hurdles. For example, it is important to be satisfied that Rupert’s behaviour was a course of conduct. “The law doesn’t define a course of conduct, it’s a matter of judgement”, he said.
He asked whether the evidential connections between the video, the American Freedom Radio broadcast, and the Facebook post have been overstated. “These must be scrutinised with great care”.
In fact, Mr Stevens said, three of the four witnesses only saw two of the three pieces of evidence.
Looking at the Facebook post, Mr Stevens said that Rupert was said to have been acting out a threat. “But is that fair? There were more than 18 months between the original YouTube video and the Facebook post, yet the prosecution would have you believe that he was making good on a threat. Really? Where are the kicked down doors?”
There is no suggestion that Rupert was at the school on the day the photo was posted. He didn’t talk to anyone. “So he was not making good on a threat”, Mr Stevens said.
Rupert was the victim of online abuse, so he was simply saying to his detractors, “I’m here”, he said. “He was not defiant against the parents—he was not accusing them. What we need to look at is the evidence, which is not as connected as it’s made out to be”.
Regarding the American Freedom Radio broadcast, Mr Stevens said, Rupert said, “I just want to beat them up pretty good”. “But who? Is it really the parents? What characterised that response is its rambling nature; this snippet comes from a show that was over an hour long”.
“There’s a theory about Mr Quaintance”, Mr Stevens said, “that he’s a bad guy. You may think that’s unfair”. He emphasised the importance of not over-inflating Rupert’s words. “In context, is this not a case where provocation and hyperbolic language” are used?
Rupert accepts that he made all the internet posts in evidence, “but is it fair to accept that they were calculated to cause alarm and distress?” Mr Stevens asked. “This could be dangerous, considering the character evidence given”.
“The evidential hurdles are not passed when you look at events dispassionately”, Mr Stevens said. “Don’t let him be the fall guy”.
As far as Section 4 of the Harassment Act, “we must accept that witnesses heard and saw material online that definitely caused fear of violence. But there is a distinction between how that material was received, and the intent of the person who put it up”.
Mr Stevens noted that in some cases, witnesses had not actually seen material on “two distinct occasions”, and he emphasised the need for the jury to “scrutinise with care” the evidence put before them. One witness described being fearful about her child, but said nothing about herself; this is a distinction, Mr Stevens said. “This is an evidential hurdle that the prosecution has failed to pass”.
“Only when you get past the evidential hurdles do you get to what the defendant knew or ought to have known, so is it really fair to say he knew or ought to have known?” Mr Stevens asked. He urged the jury to scrutinise the evidence with extra care, noting that it could be subject to misinterpretation. He suggested that because Rupert was in a heightened emotional state when he made the material, he might have used emotive language.
“You might say something that sounds like that”, he said. “But would you mean it?” He said that the language in this case has been injected with criminality: “it’s a turn of phrase, and it might be unfair to take it literally”.
He urged the jury to approach the language Rupert used with extreme care, especially considering that “this was at the infancy of his personal investigation, and he had no knowledge of any evidence in the case”.
Rupert didn’t have access to the lists of names at the time when he made the video, Mr Stevens said, so how could he have intended the message of the video to be directed toward the witnesses? “Does he know or ought he to know that the witnesses were looking at the video?” he asked. “There has been no evidence of any communication between Rupert and any of the individuals listed on the indictment, so how could he have threatened them?”
Mr Stevens stated that the witnesses were hypervigilant, and said that any fair-minded person would do the same in the circumstances. “But is it fair to conclude that the defendant would know that?” This was not a case where Rupert targeted individuals, he said; the witnesses were not his intended audience.
He asked the jury to go through the evidence with care, as he said this case has been inappropriately characterised. “There is a danger that he has been made a fall guy for something bigger”, Mr Stevens said. “Don’t allow that to mischaracterise what he’s been accused of”. Stating that Rupert’s actions were not calculated to cause alarm and distress, Mr Stevens said that “people were left emotionally damaged. This is shocking and appalling, but it’s not Rupert’s fault”.
Court adjourned for the day, and will resume at 10 a.m. Tuesday following the bank holiday; Judge Griffith said he would then replay the video evidence for the jury, and give them their instructions before they make their deliberations. It’s hoped that a verdict will be reached that day. Our reporter will be there, and will bring you all the details.
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Once again, thank you EC and Reporter.
Ethel Aardvark says:
Danke sehr, EC 🙂
And thanks a bundly to your intrepid reporter!
DAVE SHOULDN'T RUN, HE SHOULD WOBBLE. says:
These comedians really need to work on some new material. Bring back Patrick Cullinanne!
HAT TRICK!!! 😀
Hooray for “hyper-vigilant” parents!
With respect to this case, hyper-vigilant = heroic, in my opinion.
Biting my tongue so bloomin hard……
All I can say is that many of us that were here during the entire event might have quite a different recollection of how ALL of them were acting, one supported by the written evidence of their own posts such as APD’s and mad moo’s continual (and continuing) naming of the children, in defiance of the courts ruling
(hopefully thats well back from the line, I wrote several things, then on second thoughts rewrote and deleted some things)
Hehe, I’d love to see the look on Angie’s face when she reads today’s update. I’ve sent her the link 🙂
Thank you so much to Mr. Coyote for keeping us all abreast of the shenanigans.
A triple whammy, SSFS. Excellent!
This Mr. Bowyer chappie sounds highly competent. Kudos to him.
DragonsandKungFu says:
As I am already 1/1 tonight on Spidey-sense alone, I cannot and will not be able to use my powers to comment on the case, so…. Don’t You Even go There.
My my, what pretty pictures they paint… I pose the following in the form of rhetorical questions in reflection and comment upon the contemporaneous reports I have just read..
Factually, Rupert is on trial in respect of his own actions and their impact on certain individuals, not for some bigger or other thing – which we might reasonably hope will eventually result in others facing the dock for their part. The successful prosecution of Quaintance will not remedy all that has been done wrong with respect to the Hampstead hoax by a long chalk. Therefore the argument that this trial is somehow about scapegoating him for some bigger thing is entirely vacuous.
“As far as Section 4 of the Harassment Act, ‘we must accept that witnesses heard and saw material online that definitely caused fear of violence. But there is a distinction between how that material was received, and the intent of the person who put it up’.”
Is there really? If you fire a bullet in the air near a crowd, it may not be your specific intent for it to strike and injure someone in that crowd when it returns to earth. But as that is a likely consequence of a high velocity projectile returning to earth in a crowded place, you reasonably ought to know that there is a high probability of that consequence when you send it up there! The action is therefore wilfully reckless. Similarly, get into the driving seat of a car drunk, and you may not intend to kill a pedestrian; but would the law consider your ‘intentions’ if you did?
As much as it has been relevant in certain past judgements under this act, is “intent” part of the charges or all that relevant here? As far as I am aware the matter of ‘intent’ was, in the past, raised in relation to parties other than those specifically targeted being jointly and severally affected by proven harassment, and seeking remedy in their own right… The question being who was the target?
However, I believe it has been reported and proven that Rupert actually held records which effectively specified the witnesses as targets. …How he obtained those records or who he obtained them from might be relevant to some other action, but in relation to this, matters such as APD being ‘dangerous’ are just a complete distraction.
If she was so relevant why wasn’t she called or even charged? And at this stage, she isn’t on trial for anything; Rupert is!
“The counts, under the Protection from Harassment Act (1997), claim that:
Rupert engaged in a course of conduct which caused each of five witnesses to fear that violence would be used against him or her; ”
‘We must accept that witnesses heard and saw material online that definitely caused fear of violence.’ say the defence? Indeed so…
“and that Rupert knew or ought to know that his conduct would cause the witnesses to fear that violence would be used against them;
and that Rupert ought to know that his course of conduct would cause the witnesses to fear that violence would be used against them if a reasonable person in possession of the same information would think that this course of conduct would cause the other to fear this on that occasion.”
It’s a little unfortunate that the prosecution had not informed themselves as to the true nature of a “biscuit knife” – which, factually, is a weapon sold in the USA, specifically branded as such that even carries a ‘tag line’ very similar to the exact turn of phrase used by Rupert’s associate. – And also that they hadn’t researched the phrase “sharp ham”.
But, objectively, what possible purpose can there be in encroaching upon the boundaries of a school at its first day of term (i.e. when the people you have actually documented as ‘targets’ are likely to be there) taking an adversarial stance against that school – as was his stated position at the time – giving the clear impression of being armed (whether he actually was or not is irrelevant) and stating your ‘defiance’?
Objectively – what effect, what consequence, can reasonably be expected from such an action? i.e. in general is it not accepted in law that behaving in any threatening and/or aggressive manner is something that may well be expected to cause a reasonable person to fear violence?
Then there is the matter of the time and the place… With respect to Rupert’s claims to be a ‘journalist’ researching a case; I will happily call him a deluded fraud. But having donned that mantle can he really escape responsibility for the records he kept and knowing what happened when (i.e. when the school went back – common knowledge)? – The school certainly wasn’t closed that day!
I do not speculate as to the answers to those questions and urge that no-one else does; merely that we each reflect privately upon them. Tuesday will be interesting!
I do believe that the mention of the digestive treat implied by an acquaintence, has been correctly adressed by the prosecution.
That would be also my initial thought if someone implied, that I may have a digestive treat in my own pocket.
On a lighter note.
Yes well, it may well be a moot point… The main point being that he gave the impression of being armed. It just strikes me as too coincidental that when prompted with the word “biscuit” Rupert’s ‘word association engine’ responds “knife”, not gun; and also that this friend’s prompt was pretty-much the tag line for the specific branded item… Additionally, “sharp ham” also appears to be a knife reference. Against that there is Rupert’s claim that this was all an ‘in joke’? I’ll avoid expressing my opinion on that claim ’till after the verdict.
I know, my friend, I know. Deflection I believe, US vs. UK Culture. One implies, the other deflects to what is acceptable knowing a small part of the UK laws.
Excellent reporting again.
Shall button it as I don’t want to spoil things at a critical moment.
I had to laugh that Mr. Bowyer kept mixing up Power-Disney and Disney-Power.
Wonder what she would have thought of that?
Think you’re doing Disney-Power’s job for her there Angiewatch.
As a “Journalist” shouldn’t she be doing her own research?
Translation: “If you don’t like my 9/11 videos, that’s proof that it was an inside job; and if you don’t like my Hampstead videos, that proves that everyone in England is a baby-munching nonce. QED.”
# Daft old butt-hurt bints…
“Attached you will find the photo depicting me with a swastika tattoo, implying that I am a Nazi on this post, published by Hoaxtead Research”
Hmmm. I rather think it’s YOU who exposed YOURSELF as a Jew-hating Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi, Sabine. Remember…? (Go to 34:11)
Wrecka still has her `petition’ up, some more suckers joined it 😦
Some of the comments there make me wonder how the people responsible manage to dress themselves in the morning- one poster claims to be a law student, yet supports wrecka….. I dont see a bright future ahead of her in the law industry if that’s the level of preparation she is putting into any cases she may get in the future…
https://www.change.org/p/lord-chief-justice-stop-this-financial-rape?utm_content=petition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=campaigns_digest&utm_campaign=124815&sfmc_tk=8qKV3%2f8%2fFmqupIoZ%2bENm8LoTYaRXMa0vniIh6kLxvQ6l%2fWuO8u%2bzEIjFeH7rrzlQ&j=124815&sfmc_sub=524442458&l=32_HTML&u=24209635&mid=7259882&jb=2765
Qantloos has one of its people (notorial dissent » Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:38 am ) made a beautiful summation on their thread of her losses
http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=11145&start=960
“So as I see it she now has an arrest for trespass, or whatever they are calling it, that she has to answer for, and then another arrest warrant for skipping the last hearing. So I would say that the first three were civil and the last 1/2 are criminal. She is really racking them up at this point.”
plus the costs- started at 5K, now over 75K and rising fast….
and with the lost value of the house with its history and at a forced sale to boot- she’s coming close to probably losing the entire value of the house and now likely to end up in the slammer to boot- all because of her inability to not be a silly tosser and do things correctly…
“Dear Commanders…”
WTF, Sabine? LOL, have a word with yourself, luv!
THEY’RE having internal breakdowns? LOL, whatever, Mad Moo 😀
Does anyone here know how you find out the location of someone from their facebook account?
I don’t mean if they give it out on a public page.
I’m not interested in finding out where someone lives either.
It dawned on me a few weeks ago why someone thinks I live in Brighton.
“…that Rupert had complained about this to the police; and that a person who identified himself to police as a Satanist had been cautioned…”
I am unsure if this is a reporting error, but this is factually incorrect of what transpired. I am the Satanist who was subject to complaint by RQ to the police for alleged harrassment. The police initially contacted EC asking for me to contact them. I sent e-mails, and these were lost by the police e-mail spam systems. I had another chase by EC to me, so I rang the police, and they then found the e-mails. The e-mails denied I was harrassing, and I listed my defences such as prevention of crime. I asked for examples of allegedly harrassing posts, none which was provided. I never met any police representatives in person, all contact was mainly by e-mail, with one telephone call to confirm they had found the e-mails. I was warned off from posting further content against RQ, and I backed off. I did not agree, did not accept, would never have accepted any “caution”, which is a legal alternative to charges and is an official record against someone. Had any official caution been offered as an alternative to charges, I would have rejected, run this into court. I am not particularly bothered about any court case, I would have defeated it, but would have been concerned if in order to try and prove a case, computers were taken, and this would have been fatal to my business where all my data, and the business systems I personally coded, such as accounts, are stored. I would not have given RQ an inch to play the victim card via an official caution of one of his critics in court. Not happy.
SV. This needs to be told to the prosecution as Ruperts lawyer has committed perjury and it could affect the outcome of the jury’s decision. A jury hearing that a trial built around a case of alleged SRA being told a Satanist had been cautioned could very well base their judgement on this, especially if they are religious.
I observe, if this is true of what the jury and court has been told, it could have a significant impact on the eventual outcome. Please refer this to whoever needs to be told. EC can contact me on Twitter, if I need to take further action.
I think the problem stems from my reporting, SV. I’m very sorry–I was using the word “cautioned” in the colloquial, not the legal sense. I checked my notes and there’s nothing about a police caution, so I’ll change my wording on the blog. I’m really sorry to have caused you any distress.
It’s just that I have another email address which I don’t use much and I found 3 messages stating I was located in Brighton twice and Hove once.
Of course I’m in neither.
I then realised that one of the people that has a problem with me has a “friend” that is in to all this hacking and thought he might have done something to get that information.
Won’t say too much more as the delightful David Conaghan reads my comments on here and passes information on.
I heard the Defence Barrister say you had a Caution on several occasions.
I did wonder if you had accepted one and thought it a bit strange.
It wasn’t challenged by the Prosecution, so I thought it must be accurate.
I think the Judge should know what the Barrister said as fact, is not fact before the Jury go out to deliberate.
As an example, if an individual lives in Lands End, and the server for their e-mail or internet is based in Paris, then an application that is reporting on the location of the individual will report back that they are based in Paris.
Perhaps the Defence Barrister could sum up the bit about the Caution again and perhaps he could explain what a Caution is to the Jury as some might know and some might not.
For clarification, I think that the powers to be needs to be informed that I never was offered or agreed a caution. Nor did I admit anything criminal, nor did I even get told of what content I was supposed to have allegedly been accused of posting. I am going to post now some e-mail exchanges with certain information redacted.
Subject: RQ (SEMI REDACTED).
From: POLICE E_MAIL (REDACTED)
Date: Wed, March 1, 2017 9:34 pm
To: MY EMAIL (REDACTED)
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Status: answered
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I am a police officer working for Met Police.
RQ (SEMI REDACTED) has put in a complaint of harassment. He has provided some screen shots from
Twitter and You tube and there is a mention of you.
I would like to speak to you and anyone else involved in this matter.
Please email me or call me on POLICE TEL (REDACTED)
POLICE OFFICER DEALING (REDACTED)
Subject: RE: RQ (SEMI REDACTED).
From: POLICE E-MAIL (REDACTED)
Date: Mon, March 6, 2017 7:45 pm
To: MY E-MAIL (REDACTED)
Read Receipt: Sent
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Mr Hind,
Thank you for your email – I have reviewed the content. I will not be taking any
further action and will close the report, however can you and others on Hoaxtead
Research blog refrain from posting or talking about him on any of the social media
platforms.
POLICE OFFICER DEALING NAME (REDACTED)
My understanding of what I heard was that you had been Cautioned because of a Twitter exchange between you and the defendant.
The problem lies in what CAUTION/ED means.
Imo the Jury could take this 2 ways.
1. You had accepted a Criminal Caution.
2. You had been “told off”.
It’s not clear.
Subject: Re: RQ (SEMI-REDACTED).
From: MY E-MAIL (REDACTED)
Date: Thu, March 2, 2017 11:04 am
To: POLICE E-MAIL (REDACTED)
Hi POLICE OFFICER NAME (REDACTED)
EDIT NOTE: RQ REPLACES NAME OF PERSON MAKING COMPLAINT
Thanks for your e-mail.
Anything I have posted out on Hampstead SRA Hoax and RQ (EDIT) via Twitter, Facebook, WordPress and YouTube are under names
satanicviews, views_s and of course James Hind.
The accounts are as follows:
LISTS 4 PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS (REDACTED)
I do not use any other accounts but these.
I used to be involved with List616 which was discontinued middle of last
year, since Gray Faction of the Satanic Temple is fighting against SRA
which I work with.
RQ (EDIT) has blocked me on Twitter and Facebook, I cannot remember how
long that has been, but it has been a long time.
All actions and postings that I have made is designed to destroy the hoax,
defend and protect the lives, families and homes of Hampstead residents,
families, children plus the same to Satanists and defending my religion.
I was very alarmed and concerned with postings and things RQ (EDIT) said
that suggested to me he might attack people with a gang of people, abduct
children, break down doors and harm people and property. He said things
that suggested he might have a sexual interest in children and that he was
a fanatic and dangerous.
Despite my anxiety over what RQ (EDIT) was saying and doing I posted with
one eye on terms and condtions of social media, plus our law, plus not to
undermine the good work of Hoaxtead.
I will have to see screen shots of any individual postings that RQ (EDIT)
is referring to with regards to his allegations of harrassment by me, I am
confident that I have been within the law on anything I have posted. I
take full ownership for anything posted under the above four named
accounts.
Even before RQ (EDIT) arrived in the UK I identified him as a person who
could reignite the hoax under the orchestration of Angela Power Disney. I
put in a major effort to argue that there was no SRA, that this was a
fiction, offering rational arguments, sources, satire and clear warnings
this would get him into legal trouble. I cannot see how RQ (EDIT) can
argue he has been harrassed when he deliberately talked and acted to
provoke people. I cannot allow people like this to run around using my
religion as a vehicle to dishonestly say and do things that harm others
for personal gain, the lives, families and homes of Satanists as well as
those accused of being Satanists are at stake. I will take what ever
actions I have to either to mitigate or defend the innocent and those that
are Satanists from fanatics like RQ (EDIT).
RQ (EDIT) was not interested in the truth, he did not have to come to the
UK to see there was no SRA in Hampstead. RQ (EDIT) is a psychopath who
manipulates and deceives for his own ends, he is a dangerous fellow. I
and others provided RQ (EDIT) with all the sources he needed to see the
SRA was a hoax in Hampstead. He was not being a journalist, he was
totally obsessed that SRA was happening in Hampstead, he was not being
balanced and objective. From day one he was determined that RD (FATHER OF P&Q EDIT)
was guility of the dishonest things he was accused of.
It was frustrating to see all my efforts to convince RQ (EDIT) to not
pursue this SRA hoax fail, that he came to the UK paid for by other Satan
Hunters. I tried to get him stopped at the UK border with complaints to
the Immigration, and also whilst he was here. The things he said resulted
in my making police aware of him, of which there will be Tweets about on
my Twitter account.
Defeating the Hampstead SRA hoax requires an information counter-campaign
which requires answering any of the claims of Satan Hunters on social
media by giving the other side of the story. Also, this requires a
challenge to the character and intentions of many dishonest fanatical and
dangerous people who will play the system and victim card for all they
can. Everything a Satan Hunter puts out has to be challenged, otherwise
the hoax spreads, and it will take just one mentally ill person to act
upon it, people then die.
James Hind
Yes, I was speaking of the reporting of the agreed-upon admissions, Babs. While my note-taking is pretty accurate, I can’t claim to capture 100% of what’s said, so it’s quite possible that I missed Mr Stevens saying the word “caution” in other contexts than the Admissions. To be fair, his speechifying was rather…extensive, shall we say, and repetitive. The version I posted last night is really the highlights.
i forget, who’s play was it to make it be the doug mesner videos? or was that something the neighbor did on his own?
The word “caution” should never have been used, if this was in fact used in this court hearing, because a jury will take this as if someone had been guilty of X, and accepted guilt of X, and it will have a significant effect on jury outcomes if they have a misleading misunderstanding of a statement made to them.
Babs, I commented above to SV that the word “caution” did not appear in the section of the trial where they read the second set of Admissions. Admissions are, by their nature, material that has been agreed upon by both sides.
sock account?
sounds fairly sane of you
get yourself a vpn if you’re worried.
Thought for the day,well perhaps a few seconds anyway:
If a merest grain of conscious effort shown by members here to exercise due restraint from reactive/reckless “wiseacring” were to have been manifested by the hoaxmob this blog would almost certainly never have been born let alone closing in rapidly on a million views.
Oh he definitely said “CAUTION/ED” at least twice.
I would expect some on the Jury know what a Police Caution is and others would think it is just a “telling off”, don’t do that again type of thing and that’s that.
That clarification is valued SV…
I must admit, even at this stage, I having read EC’s reports and first-hand accounts from others who were in court, am highly dissatisfied with the accuracy of what appears to have been developed as narrative. And I’m somewhat overcome by the pungent smell of rodent. If one was building a continent water tank one wouldn’t build unnecessary weak spots into it, nor would one deliberately signpost them for the benefit of vandals.
As an aside, I’m currently listening to a somewhat tongue-in-cheek/sceptical/cynical account of gangstalking type activity in the US… That is, ‘where a group or individual spend large amounts of money to stalk or harass another group or individual’. Clearly an issue if you’re an ordinary, innocent citizen, living a quiet life when you suddenly become a genuine ‘T.I.’; targeted by malicious nutcases!
One would reasonably hope in these circumstances that to be protected from harassment it would be sufficient for one’s name or other details to appear on a list of targeted individuals and subsequently subjected to harassment by holder(s) of that list; I would see no relevance in at what stage a copy of that list was picked up by a particular member of the stalking group or who supplied it.
Let’s suppose an Islamic terrorist entered the country armed with a list of ‘targets’ they had obtained a few days previously en-route to the UK, having previously made a generic threat to the safety and security of UK residents… What relevance is there (in terms of their victims actually being targeted) in the timing of those people becoming the point of specific focus for an attack?
Or as another example, if you were an anarchist-type based in say Newcastle and part of an organisation or movement which had among its aims the disruption of democracy and the work of parliament, and you travelled to London with the specific intention of harassing ‘an MP’, does it matter at what point your ‘handlers’ within that organisation provide you with the list of specific MPs you are to target?
Realistically, it is – in terms of any useful function of legislation – enough that an individual with capacity obtains a list of ‘T.I.s’ and acts upon it to actually cause those individuals fear. Any deficiency in that respect would render the relevant legislation impotent and unfit for purpose; it’s really just that simple.
I think it’s highly relevant that long before Rupert entered the UK people were contacting the authorities urging them to turn him away at customs because even then, they were placed in a state of alarm at the prospect of what he might do; he was reported as a terror threat. – There is no doubt that people contacted UKBA urging them to turn him away because he intended entering it with the specific stated intention of terrorising a community; why did they fail us? Again, can you imagine anyone of eastern descent issuing a threat to ‘kick down doors’ at any point and then being able to breeze into the country unfettered?
I would also observe that the middle-aged people ‘of good character’ that I know of and would considered as such will generally have work and study records extending a decade or two and have absolutely no criminal record of any kind… Something more than having managed to hold down a job for five out of thirty-eight years!
There is a video on Youtube that pre-dates Quaintance’s entry to the UK entitled “this thing is Rupert Quaintance” which is actually a better indicator of his character and general conduct. – A long way from the part played of the sniffling preppy twit in his SJW glasses painting pictures in the dock!
Character? Most reasonable people, by that stage in their life, will have partners and families and be productive, responsible members of society… “Pot” won’t be their self-declared “problem” and I’m sure very few men approaching 40 will have filmed themselves dressing and acting like a rather educationally-challenged teenage thug as a record of the ‘lovely’ life with ‘delightful’ friends they lead… For that person also to be going about pretending to be something they are not, with no credible career or profession behind them; all of that strikes me as a long way from exhibiting ‘good character’!
Quite the opposite, it’s the way of a disreputable and dishonest failure.
FALSE FLAG ALERT !
Something’s going down soon. Adverts appeared on this Crisis Actor’s timeline but she has numerous identities and appears as a new person at many events : gatecrashing the Glastonbury Festival. appearing as a drug addled Hippy at Glastonbury Court, Moderator at the Flat Earth conference..real identity believed to be Faigil Yentl Finkelstein…a Zionist Mossad dis-information agent
I think this issue needs to be raised with the judge before Tuesday…
In my view any reference to a person’s religion is potentially prejudicial as this is both a separate and irrelevant thing in respect of any actions. Religious bias is a common if unfortunate fact of life, and I wonder if the individual in question would have so freely highlighted that someone was a Jew or a Catholic or a militant Protestant without fear of censure? Indeed, I wonder if this mention is even lawful?
Equally well there seems to be a legitimate point to protest in the inaccurate claim that James was “cautioned” – that being really quite a specific thing in legal terms, which any lawyer ought to know. We now have two people who have reported hearing that and thus it is corroborated.
Yes, she quite clearly restates the nasty and very old blood libel against Jews in this video: the idea that Jews kidnap and murder Christian babies and then use their blood in their “rituals”. It’s utterly ludicrous and has been discredited many, many times, but for some reason anti-Semitic people just keep reviving it. I don’t think it’s unfair to label someone who continues to promote this lie as an anti-Semite.
I’ll see whether this can be raised with the court.
Words “Satanist” and “caution” are loaded with emotional and legal significance. Firstly, “Satanist”, there is a difference between saying an “individual was warned” as opposed to a “Satanist was warned” in a highly emotional and controversial disproven SRA context. I have a reasonable knowledge of UK law, and I am unaware of any other meaning for “caution” other than a procedure used as an alternative to charges, where the law has been broken, where guilt is admitted of the law is broken, and where the individual accepts the caution, and in all three points I deny.
I would imagine James has a right to email a letter of complaint to the court and follow up with a copy delivered by recorded post or by hand.
Although I am unhappy about what seems to have been said, I am keen that no reader here, any victims, the media or any individual who matters in this court case are mislead, or acts upon misleading information. I have placed upon public record here everything I feel needs to be posted on this matter, and if I have to take any further action, then EC can contact me via Twitter, and I will act accordingly. All that needs to happen is the court offcials or CPS makes a public clarification, so that jury makes decisions without any misunderstandings. The police have all the material on record to put any potential error or misunderstanding right, if CPS and police talk to each other. I also stress, I am in all deeds and decisions, mindful that the Satan Hunters would love to do to me what they are doing to RD and other victims.
SV, I messaged you on Twitter.
I think you have every right to be aggrieved James. It’s a fact that for most of us the term ‘Satanist’ (rightly or wrongly) conjures up fearful and largely pejorative images. However, whether individuals like it or not, it is a recognised religion, and your basic human right to practice it. – We are not talking about anything that is outside the boundaries of the law after all.
Relative to the events Rupert complained of, the religion you embrace is of no consequence or importance. Further, there is an obligation upon the state (the court being a state institution) to maintain neutrality and impartiality between religions and as between religious and non religious forms of belief.
Article 9 ECHR – Freedom of thought, conscience and religion;
“1. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance.
2. Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of public safety, for the protection of public order, health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.”
Given that the comments came from an educated man who ought to know better, the comment as to your religion can only reasonably be viewed as an attempt to throw you and your actions into an unfairly negative light; that would appear to be a breach of your article 9(1) rights. – And yes, I agree that the phrase ‘cautioned’ or ‘given a caution’ in relation to interaction with the police has quite a specific meaning.
Shasta says:
The crowd in America that were reporting about RQ, easily available on Google, I will not post the link in deference to the court, seem to have forgotten about him, even though they said they would keep people updated. Some untruths on there about what actually happened.
EC please delete if inappropriate at this time, thank you.
Confuseddotcom says:
There are sites that you can use to input say a username and find out more information, or a real name if the person knows that and work out the correct one. It really depends how much information one person knows about that person already.
Sites like “pipl” i have personally used in the past amongst many other such as family heritage type sites. Also just a specific google search of a persons username or full name can bring up details depending on how much information is on the internet about that person.
For example I know what cars Dave Shurter has purchased in the past based on internet searches, same with Lift The veil. Obviously if people are professionals with all their business information for networking, or history of their company, there will be more info.
All Abraham Christies company details are online such as his Cash for Gold and Hemp businesses along with dates of operation.
And I'll Remember says:
Absolutely SV. When I read this (fantastic – thank you!) report, the mention of a ‘satanist’ certainly stood out to me – it would anyone. Couple that with ‘caution’, and the mind can conjure up a scenario. Beliefs are, I believe, a protected characteristic. Protected rights in law, for people to be treated equally. Do people need to know specifics about any person who holds protected characteristic? We all do have beliefs, physical abilities, sexualities, etc. Not sure why a belief was important to highlight – but for being sensational.
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act/protected-characteristics
Isn’t David in with the Neelu crowd?
Ps. Sir Henry said it better! I just had to say something – as well as ‘grr’.
There are other issues on a seperate note that I made aware to someone last night and I believe they have forwarded that information onto EC. I won’t go into details but it may be very important or of no importance whatsoever.
Christ, Baby H’s parents must be delighted with the information Angie’s sharing about them with the World!
Oh and there’s another court hearing coming up, so it’s still contempt.
She really is f*cking pond scum to be making comparisons like this, imo 😮
Thanks for feedback. Both the Clerk of the Court and Steve Martin has been e-mailed. This is the limit of my intervention, because I am putting my safety at risk from the Satan Hunters. There is a problem that government and police e-mail servers seem to think my e-mails are spam and dump them in the spam file, so if anyone please could contact these people to let them know my e-mails have been sent, that would be appreciated.
Sis of the Sabre says:
Huh???
Yes he has the hots for Dolly the sister of Neelu.
He’s a Top Grass, so he needs to be grassed up himself.
You’ve got no loyalty David Conaghan and I don’t do Judas’.
Plenty more I could say here but I’m not like you.
Wow! Just wow! And really wow!
Not got a clue what’s out there then but nothing of great interest to anyone I wouldn’t think.
a sock account is basically a fake account. i was asking if a fake account was made in order to report the violent pictures and comments.
just felt like i remembered someone giving a reason for why it was the videos of doug mesner, i just dont remember why but i know they arent the same person
Oh now that’s made my day! 😀
I’m sure those spectacles are really for females.
Not sure if I’m allowed to say that yet.
Innit Matey Peeps says:
Thought it had been “forensically proven” that this blog is run by Ricky Dearman with help from the CIA and based in Washington DC. LOL
You’re boring Angela, zzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Yannis who hates our guts and can barely speak English? Damnmit – you got us, Detective Disney. Come on, EC (aka Yannis) – ‘fess up! 😀
would you mind giving me links? i can’t find the sharp ham connection, aside from kitchen knives, and the biscuit knives i have found look like roller razors, sorta like a paint roller, but they dont look like they could cut a person..if he was going to try with that he’s stupid
LOL, I know what a sock account is but thanks.
Erm…not sure I can speak Yannistardian fluently enough to be convincing! 😆
I’m no fan of Yannis, but really Angela, really?
He’s not intelligent enough to run this Blog, not in a million years, never.
Pardon my ignorance, DoTB, but why would you need a sock account to report inappropriate content on Facebook? Anyone can report Facebook posts and it’s completely anonymous.
“Is that is?”
The screenshots in full:
Rev O'Lucian says:
Spiny’s an Atheist (not a Satanist). Everyone knows that.
facebook doesn’t always take things down right away. it seemed to be a constant complaint in certain groups, that people would report accounts for inappropriate pictures of children or sexual comments regarding them, only to be told it doesn’t violate community standards. i was wondering if you used sock accounts because apparently bombarding them with multiple reports is more likely to get it removed
By the way, well said to ‘Bollocks’, whoever you are 😀
Did they really bring up “Paul Bonacci”? A man with convictions for abusing a child. King didn’t turn up for the court case as he was in prison so the settlement was by default iirc.
“PAUL BONACCI – convicted at age 21 of molesting a 9 year old boy on three occaisions, Bonacci had a novel albeit offensive rationalization. He claimed that he had Multiple Personality Disorder, and that one of his alters was gay and therefore a child molestor! When the gay guy inside him took over, he would make Paul molest little boys, he said. Bonacci was diagnosed as MPD by the prison psychiatrist, after Bonacci related a pathetic life history of chronic negligence and abuse by older boys and men. Subsequently, Bonacci would relate ever more elaborate tales of victimization in child porn, prostitution and satanic abuse rings, to various interviewers. He also confessed to involvement in kidnapping missing 12 year old Johnny Gosch from Des Moines when he himself was 15, and subsequently raping the boy repeatedly on a rural property just outside the city limits. Bonacci was also interviewed by Dr Judianne Densen-Gerber, a self-professed expert on Ritual Abuse and MPD, while still in prison. She declared him a genuine MPD with “an extraordinary memory for detail”, which is interesting considering that episodic amnesia and problematic memory recall is supposed to be a necessary symptom of MPD.
“Meeting with Paul, I have spoken to several of his personalities. Three psychiatrists who have examined him concurred in the diagnosis of Multiple Personality Disorder, brought on by horrible, traumatic abuse when he was a child. My first act with respect to representing Paul Bonacci was to have him write down everything he could remember, about individuals who had abused him, from his earliest boyhood. An excerpt from what he wrote appears in Chapter 10. In that document and in Paul’s letters, his handwriting will vary, depending on which personality is in control.
Bonacci was sentenced to five years in prison in 1989, for molesting a young boy for whom he was baby-sitting. Apparently one of Paul’s homosexual personalities was in control of him during the incident, in which he briefly put his hand on the outside of the young boy’s pants, an activity stopped when a remorse-stricken Paul reasserted control…” – The Franklin Cover-Up
Despite being a convicted child molestor and confessing to participation in kidnapping & rape of a younger boy, Bonacci is called a hero & martyr by Satanic Ritual Abuse & Mind Control conspiracy theorists.”
http://www.dysgenics.com/2014/04/10/children-murdered-molested-raped-by-ritual-abuse-victim-claimants-advocates/
“Gunderson then described a conversation he had with a witness, Paul Bonacci, from an alleged satanic-ritual abuse case in Nebraska that was detailed by former Nebraska state Sen. John DeCamp (1992), who was also a speaker at this conference. The grand jury of Lincoln described this case as an attack by DeCamp “for personal political gain and possible revenge” (Dorr 1991, p. 1), a “smear campaign,” and a “carefully crafted hoax” (United Press International, September 18, 1990). The grand jury jailed one and indicted two others (including Bonacci) for perjury, and was so critical of DeCamp that he sued the grand jury for ridicule, though he quickly lost (Dorr 1991). ”
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/conspiracy_theories_and_paranoia_notes_from_a_mind-control_conference/>
If I was in that jury and heard this I would think it meant a formal caution. The Brief is playing a clever trick by saying this.
just an example from two different sites.
“Dolly” and “Top Grass”?
You have already said enough!
Although I thought she had moved onto greener pastures.
Well done indeed SSFS. I wish i had the same results from Facebook with the posts of Araya Soma’s that i reported.
Nice use of those info-resources! 🙂
Why does Sabine always feel the need the to mention being a baby during the bombing of Dresden? How is that supposed to help her in any way?
Nicked them all from you. 🙂
The bombing of Dresden gave Sabine a sore bottom; her baby bum problem probably psychologically turned her mind inside out. When Abraham Christie and Ella Draper started talking about plastic willies and bums, it all came back to Sabine and made her regress to a former anal stage in her development. I am sure Freud and Jung would find Sabine and other Satan Hunters a fascinating subject of study.
Thanks again for the excellent reporting of the court proceedings, greatly appreciated.
Columbo eat your heart out:
It is as I feared, they all have a hidden jelly baby army #jellybabygate
Speaking of U-turns, it wasn’t that long ago that APD was citing Yannis as her “reliable source” that this blog is run by convicted paedophiles. Another apology owed by Angie, methinks.
I’m going to suggest we not hold our breaths. 😉
She’s just stirring it.
Not that I’m bothered, Yannis does enough stirring of the pot.
Even if Yannis was connected to this Blog, and Mrs.Disney-Power??
People don’t have to agree with your nonsense, that does not make anyone a Troll.
The guy talking, who appears to be the leader of said army (even though – spoiler alert – he betrays them towards the end of the video), incorrectly calls them Jelly Beans instead of Jelly Babies. Now, as any fule kno, yer Jelly Bean is a whole different proposition to yer Jelly Baby:
Not a problem though, Ethel, as long as they don’t put this woman in charge of the Jelly Bean army:
Keep talking, Angie. Hehe… 😉
LOL, check out the title. You just know this is gonna be an entertaining one 😀
Roger Flutterby says:
Speaking of creepy knuckle-scraping twats!
9:53 – “I’m sure that the Devil-lovers will cheer. But I’m not quite sure how long they’ll keep cheering, you know. Eventually, those cheers are going to turn into gasps and cries of anguish, I believe, if I have anything to do with it.”
He’s such a charmer, isn’t he. God must be so proud of him. Bless
Lawful Suspect No. 94 says:
We’re “eating our own” and “tearing each other apart”, are we? I must have missed that, lol.
Sounds like Shurter’s been mistreating his dogs again and it’s making them ill. Poor little buggers 😦
Seems the drone pilots who’ve been spying on Neelu’s house fancied a change 😀
‘If she [APD] was so relevant why wasn’t she called’…bears thinking about.
She’s not relevant to what Rupert did… “The bad big girl did it and ran away” line? A bit sad! Rupert’s a middle-aged man, not a child! She ought to be facing the courts, but she’s not Rupert’s mummy – she’s another fucking nutcase!
I had forgotten than Evan Harrington actually gave citations to the Franklin Grand Jury findings, wherein DeCamp’s masterminding of the whole affair was fingered. (I’ve surely forgotten more than I can claim to know, about everything. Scary thought…)
We should dig those out and publicize them, somehow.
Yes. I’m wondering if we’ll even be allowed to comment on that particular issue when the trial is over.
Simply google the term “sharp ham” complete with quotation marks as I suggested yesterday; you seem on the right track already. If you look at the previous thread you will find the “biscuit knife” advertisement. It’s made by a company called Boker, and marketed under the particular tag line “That’s one tough biscuit in your pocket”.
– Then consider the exchange the took place as it has been reported.
@Babs
I spent a little bit of time earlier looking into your concerns. It’s important that if you do not want someone to have your IP address not to connect on Facebook Messenger of a similar chat style messenger as they can get your IP from that as soon as you connect. The same with responding to emails, they can also get your IP from the message header text.
This will be an approximate location, similar to how when you access a website they target you with adverts mentioning your rough location. A persons real identity and details can only be legal obtained through a court order as your ISP protects that information.
It’s not something to really worry about too much to be honest, it can be useful for blocking people from a page, site or blog etc. Be careful leaving comments on blogs and sites you do not trust as the site owner should be able to view your IP address, WordPress even has settings for that.
http://ask-leo.com/getting_all_worked_up_over_ip_tracing.html
@ 1:19 Dave should consider a career move as a QEG door-to-door salesman with that patter.
Is Sharter sure his friend didn’t say “I can hear a drone”, and he was actually refering to the boring noise coming from the other end of his phone?
AP, the DG of MI (but keep that on the QT) says:
In light of Mr. Coyote’s sterling work this week, I want you all to know that I have recommended him for a pay rise. But Mum’s the word – they’re watching us.
LOLOL!
ROFL!!
Yes, Angela, thanks for filling us in… with the nonsense from your head.
Jake Blake. Oh man! I wanna hear the gossip. That’s like being given an ice cream and someone snatching it just as you are about to bite into it.lol
“MY INCORRIGIBLE COMMITMENT TO TELLING THE TRUTH”
@JS
Do you mean the court records?
https://docslide.us/documents/paul-bonacci-court-transcripts-from-larry-king-lawsuit.html
http://law.justia.com/cases/nebraska/court-of-appeals/1993/a-91-836-8.html
There’s a few more bits here I think.
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/search.action?na=&se=&sm=&flr=&ercode=&dateBrowse=&govAuthBrowse=&collection=&historical=false&st=content%3A%22lawrence+E.+King%22&psh=&sbh=&tfh=&originalSearch=&fromState=advSearch&sb=re&ps=10&sb=re&ps=10
Damn ,thats low. OH…..Wait! Its APD! Normal service resumes!
Keep talking, Angie
? Like me?
Any Crime Unit in the UK, Ireland, Spain, Timbukto, Outer Mongolia, everywhere, watch one of Angela’s videos for more than 5 minutes and then pray to the Lord for it all to stop.
In one of her videos, I think with Hetty B, she manages to make more defamatory claims than all the rest of the hoaxers put together. The only way she hasn’t had a knock on the door is…..
Anyone wanna pay for business advice from a known scammer? Hello?
Sergeant Sirius Crook-Hunter of the Marrakesh Fraud Squad says:
Oh Christ, is she at it again? 😮
Its the way she tells em.
FTW project? Surely its the WTF project !
Since when was Yannis a Solicitor?
Puh!
Uhm! I’d like to know what crime she thinks the Police would be interested in investigating on this blog?
If she wants to report a crime, why doesn’t she come over to London and go into a Met. Police Station and make a report?
I am growing increasingly concerned about Teflon in all this.Its one thing to be a submissive,sidekick pushover who nods and agrees with everthing his grossly unpleasant misses spews out,but allowing her to use his head as a culture in which to grow a giant mushroom just makes him look a proper twat frankly.
Oh, I’m sure we’re all open minded enough to support gender neutrality where appropriate and don’t want to get too bogged down in stereotypes… I must admit though to being a little puzzled as to why he wasn’t wearing his more typical attire?
Pantomime… Don’t ya just love it?
He looks happy at least. I still haven’t forgiven him for killing that giant spider.
I rather like him, he has nice lips.
Whoops, the white guy.
A Young Tom Hardy. EVERYBODY Love him lol
I knew things in Greece were tough but… I honestly didn’t realise Yannis lived in a motor-caravan, let alone that he hired such expensive and inappropriate drivers! – If he fired them, would the salary he saved not pay for a permanent site?
I dont know about that, googling Anonymous posts has you posting some pretty wild stuff……..
If you really wanted to hide your IP, then using a free or paid proxy will hide it from the website you are posting to
I sometimes use it to bypass bans on the woo sites, many who hand them out like candy for not accepting their viewpoint, or even just as a way of raising cash (GLP, I’m looking in your direction here lol)
Great parody..
Excuse my ignorance but what’s the gag with the second GIF? What am I missing?
Caravans? Drivers? Once again I feel I’m missing something. That’s two gags that have gone over my head now. Man, I’m on the special bus tonight. Either that or I’m still asleep and all this is a dream.
Metropolitan Police, Whistleblower Management Division says:
Dear Angie
After careful consideration, I respectfully suggest that you go fuck yourself.
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Attention-seekers stir the pot in Alfie Evans case
As the tragic case of Alfie Evans drags on, Tracey Morris and her sidekick Linda Byrne O’Riordan have inserted themselves into the “Alfie’s Army” group of protesters outside Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and various other Hoaxtead pushers have jumped into the fray to stir things up even further.
Alfie’s parents, Tom Evans and Kate James, launched another emergency appeal yesterday, in hopes of taking their son to a hospital in Rome, where he would be offered palliative care. The Italian government had apparently offered Alfie Italian citizenship in order to facilitate his transfer to Rome, and a “military grade” air ambulance was on stand-by during the court hearing. As the legal argument got under way at the Royal Courts of Justice, two people believed to be from a German air ambulance crew were escorted from the hospital.
Following arguments, the three-judge appeals tribunal ruled against the parents on all grounds, backing Tuesday’s High Court decision. Yesterday’s claim by the parents included the threat that medical staff involved in Alfie’s treatment could face criminal charges in Italy if he dies.
According to The Guardian,
The high court ruled on Tuesday that Alfie may be allowed home from Alder Hey, where his life support has been withdrawn following a long legal fight, but barred the parents from taking their son to the hospital in Vatican City. Mr Justice Hayden said that although Alfie had been a “fighter” since his life support had removed, his undiagnosed degenerative condition had “almost entirely wiped out” his brain matter and he stood no chance of recovery.
It is worth noting that physicians from Italy had previously agreed with Alfie’s UK doctors that the child stands absolutely no hope of recovery; if he had been transported to Italy, it would have been to receive palliative care, not some miracle cure.
Tuesday’s High Court decision also stated that Alfie could be allowed to go home with his parents for palliative care, but this option seems to have been ignored. It seems clear that the courts are attempting to find a middle ground which will allow Alfie to die with dignity, while respecting the wishes of his parents; however, things have reached such a fever pitch that it’s unlikely a reasonable accommodation will be made.
While the case itself is emotionally gripping, we believe that the current tensions around the fate of little Alfie have been exacerbated a hundred-fold by people like Tracey, Linda, Wesley Hall, and their ilk.
Tracey and Linda got their three seconds of fame (yes, it was originally to have been 15 minutes, but they got the discounted version), appearing very briefly on BBC:
Sadly, Tracey’s name was not shown, but at least she was wearing an appropriately tragic t-shirt.
For her part, Tracey not only posted a record-breaking 11 live-streamed videos on Facebook yesterday (which we are not going to publish here because they’re basically just Tracey screaming at the top of her very capacious lungs), but managed to post a number of inflammatory comments as well. Here’s a small selection:
…and so on and so forth, ad infinitum.
Wesley Hall leapt in with an attempt to smear Mr Justice Hayden, who handed down the High Court judgment in February, and heard the parents’ appeal on Tuesday: Wesley’s claim that Judge Hayden “ridiculed Alfie Evans legal advisors” is a reference to the judge’s expressed disapproval of some of Tom Evans’ lawyer’s tactics, which could have earned him a citation for contempt of court.
And yes, Wesley, Rochdale Borough Council had a legal representative in the 2005 case, which was not, as you claim, the “uncovering of Satanic ritual abuse”.
It’s customary for both sides in a legal dispute to have legal representation, which we’re sure Wesley knows from bitter experience.
And the case in question was not, as Wesley seems to think, the Rochdale SRA fiasco, but rather involved an application by the BBC for an order permitting them to disclose the identity of two social workers involved in the original Rochdale ‘satanic abuse’ investigations. It took us all of five seconds to Google this, just in case Wesley ever decides to ever bother, you know, fact-checking anything.
Oh, but he’s not only claiming that Mr Anthony Haydon QC, as he then was, had had the unmitigated gall to represent Rochdale MBC…he’s also slamming him for writing a legal handbook about the issue of children and same-sex families. Homophobic much, Weaselly?
He also tries to smear Alder Hey Hospital, bringing up the 2001 retained organs scandal, in which Alder Hey and other hospitals within the NHS were retaining patients’ organs without family consent.
Hospital staff affected
As you might expect, all of this attention has made life very difficult for those who work at the hospital, attempting to deliver the best possible care to their patients. According to a BBC story,
Over the past fortnight, hospital chair Sir David Henshaw said, staff had endured a “barrage” of abuse. …
In an open letter, Sir David and chief executive Louise Shepherd said staff had been “deeply affected” by Alfie’s “desperate” story.
“We share the heartbreak that occurs when a child cannot be cured and when a child dies,” they wrote.
“All of us feel deeply for Alfie and his whole family and we continue to do everything we can to support them as best we can, just as we have for the last 17 months”.
But, they said, staff had recently been the subject of “unprecedented personal abuse that has been hard to bear”.
The hospital has seen several protests in recent weeks, and police have investigated claims patients and staff were intimidated.
Sir David and Ms Shepherd said the previous fortnight had been “a very difficult time.”
“As an organisation, we have endured attacks upon our motivation, our professionalism and our ethics,” they said.
Charges may be brought for abuse of judges
Meanwhile, The Telegraph reports that judges who are subject to verbal abuse in the courts and online might have to bring prosecutions against their abusers.
Lord Burnett of Maldon said the possibility of prosecuting online trolls was “should be looked at” but warned that it was often too difficult to find the identity of the person involved.
His comments come in the wake of abuse online of judges involved in the Alfie Evans case, in particular Mr Justice Hayden, the High Court judge who ruled in February that the terminally ill child’s life support could be withdrawn.
A petition calling for the judge to step down and describing him as a “disgrace to our legal system” had received more than 14,000 signatures by Wednesday afternoon.
Lord Burnett told the Lords Constitution Committee that abuse “hurled at judges in the courtroom” was often shrugged off but in persistent cases “the contempt jurisdiction should be explored more fully”. …
He said the abuse was “capable of undermining the rule of law because it erodes confidence in an institution which doesn’t deserve to have its confidence eroded”.
Police watching social media trolls
Some relief could be on the way for those who’ve been attacked by online trolls using the Alfie Evans case as a springboard, however: Merseyside Police issued a statement yesterday, pointing out that some trolls had already been pointed out, and that they would be keeping an eye on social media discussions regarding the case. Obviously people are allowed their opinions, but threats of violence, or egging people on to “storm that hospital” (just as an example, naming no names) should not be tolerated.
This synopsis of Alfie Evans’ medical history, current condition, and the “treatment” options offered by the hospital in Italy is basic required reading for anyone wishing to understand what’s happening. We’re reprinting it from Dr Dominic Pimenta’s Twitter feed.
26/04/2018 in Assorted knobheads. Tags: Court of Appeal, Tracey Morris, trolls, Wesley Hall
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128 thoughts on “Attention-seekers stir the pot in Alfie Evans case”
Blabberwatch says:
Ooh, we’ve got a live one here:
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/storm-that-hospital-tracey-morris-fans-flames-in-alfie-evans-case/comment-page-1/#comment-102765
Once again Wesley has been caught lying. This guy gives Angela a run for her money!
That news about the possible tightening of laws to address verbal abuse in the courtroom will come as a shock for Neelu and Edward. Rather like a pair of junkies being told the opium crops have failed this year.
I’m fast losing respect for the parents due to the ratbags they are associating with. The attacks upon hospital staff are atrocious. We even have Angela Power-Disney inferring that some billion pound deal is behind it. As if nurses don’t have a hard enough time working and surviving on minimal wages as it is.
I can grasp the concept of Tracey saying that if she hadn’t been there. But…er…she was. So why didn’t you storm the building, Tracey? Too busy flirting with that nice BBC cameraman, perhaps?
I guarantee the majority of those protesters are on social security as they don’t seem to have to go to work.It’s one of the real downsides of unemployment- nurses, doctors, hospital staff like cleaners etc subsidize a bunch of lunatics to abuse and harass them.
Angie’s just jealous that the billion pounds went into supporting a shady conspiracy rather than her GoFundMe fags-and-gin appeal.
Yesterday Tracey was calling on people to dump their kids somewhere and “come on down” to either Alder hey or the protest in Belfast. And going by the responses a lot of parents were obliging!
Byrne Baby Byrne says:
What country does Linda think Belfast is in?
The story so far:
The Tracey Morris Alder Hey Saga, wc 23.04.18
I can’t imagine where Tracey got the inspiration for that t-shirt from.
*Sorry, I meant “come on dine”.
The father seems to be heading down the rabbit hole at a great rate of knots
The father now has taken on a different legal team to his wife, she continues to work with the law
Tom on the other hand has taken after another Tom, and dug deep into the FOTL, posting this
“Thomas Evans
Admin · 8 hrs
Given the failings in the judicial and statutory systems, I have now turned to the Common Law Court to protect my family.
I have recorded my birth and Alfie’s birth with the Common Law Court and have obtained our Birth Certificates. These certificates confirm our standing under common law and protect our inherent birth rights.
In addition to recording our births with the Common Law Court, I have also obtained the ownership of our legal fictions through the Common Law Court and have the certificates to prove it.
The judicial system in this country has no authority over someone standing under common law jurisdiction, which means that when they issued an order to switch off Alfie’s machine, they were dealing with the legal fiction and not the living child.
As I have now obtained ownership of the legal fiction for Alfie, I can confirm that the fiction is not attached to him. This means that the court orders are not applicable to him and that they have no authority to prevent me from removing him.
If you wish to stand with us, please show your support by recording your own birth with the Common Law Court, there is no charge for doing so and it can be done by visiting the website
CommonLawCourt.com
If a statutory court were to interfere, fail to recognise, or abide by a Common Law Court process, this would be a denial of Common Law Rights and a Common Law crime against the people.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/alfiesarmy/about/
He has broken with his wifes legal team (also formerly his) to take the FOTL path, but interestingly also has taken a different legal team on, being Paul Diamond
http://www.christianconcern.com/defender-of-the-faith-paul-diamond
Until now he’s not been on the radar (basically Christian fundamentalistic orientation from my quick perusal of his history) but if he is onboard with Tom’s adopting FOTL arguments, I suspect he and his organization will soon be under some close scrutiny
https://www.commonlawcourt.com/
Tracey and her friend were on BBC news, from yesterday
That’s right, they were. I shared the video yesterday and EC refers to it in the post above, followed by a screenshot of it. Here’s the video for anyone who missed it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-merseyside-43894291/alfie-evans-the-people-supporting-his-family
They’re at 0:14 and 2:00.
Bloody hell, that Linda Byrne O’Riordan looks like a two-man job….
Thanks, Steve. Very interesting and sad to see.
I see Blabberfangs is planning another public hissy fit embarrassing screamfest perfectly dignified protest:
Jeez, she’s obviously been watching too many Neelu videos, does she realise the legal implications of defaming professional healthcare staff??
She is accusing staff of murder and illegal experimentation, not a light thing to accuse a professional healthcare worker of….
Hope she has the evidence to back these statements up, or the people working at the hospital would be quite within their rights to sue her…
‘Alfie Evans: Parents and doctors to discuss sending toddler home’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-43904809
No Tracey “the world” didn’t come out screaming and is not represented by a bunch of Liverpool fanatics. In fact if you read the comment’s section of most tabloids the vast majority are urging Alfie’s parents to let nature take it’s course and for the poor boy to slip away as he will soon.
And your comments on nursing staff are de3spicable you vile creature.
I should qualify my previous words: the poor mother is going through the very awful thing of losing a child which is an “unnatural” state of affairs. Parents should not outlive their children and if you know any mother who has lost or is losing the child you will understand the extraordinary bond that exists between mother and child.
The father seems to be the driver of this campaign which can only end in tears for all concerned. Respect to the doctors & nurses at Alder Hey hospital and all those workers who keep the place going.
Dumbed Down Britain. What do these people mean when they say they “support Alfie”?. How is standing outside the hospital support anyone?. One woman even said she hopes he will recover in Italy. As much as I adore Italy doctors there (or anywhere) are not able to regenerate a brain (and they have said all they can do is provide palliative care which is what he is getting now). Don’t these fools even follow the case?
Politeness precludes me from commenting but I wouldn’t like to meet her in a dark alley. As for Tracey..brrrrr.
One thing I love about Oz is the endless sunshine (especially in Winter) but it’s a harsh atmosphere that does not always show up people in a complimentary light.
I miss the softness of the Britain’s gray skies which is usually far softer on the face. Lynda Byrne & Tracey have broken that rule.
And the irony of that one is that the info’ posted by Samantha actually explains that Alfie can’t be cured and strongly criticises the protesters for their behaviour at the hospital. Hey, why bother reading stuff before commenting on it, eh?
“Can’t italy file for extradition of alfie”
No dear, they can’t. Now off you pop, Jeremy Kyle has just started.
I bet their neighbours are dreading that.
My jaw hit the floor when I saw that too, Stan. Does Paula think Alfie’s a wanted fugitive or something?
The serious dangerous of the vaccines
Oh joy, now the antivax lowlives have scented publicity and are clambering aboard the bandwagon. What fun!
Do we have #AlfieEvans vax history? How much vigabatrin did he get, where is his mitochondrial disorder specialist and other tests, can someone give home water, can you?
— John Hewitt USA (@jhewitt123) April 24, 2018
Yeah, Angie’s been pushing that line too. One of her friends said it, so she instantly shared it as fact.
Interesting thread on Tracey Morris’ Facebook page by Samantha Lavelle. She reports the doctor’s findings on Alfie and appears to be subtly trying to report the truth. One of Tracey’s friends attacks her but Morris tells her to keep it up. She seems ignorant that the thread is demolishing her own case. It’s an example of the disconnect this mob has. I don’t believe they really care about Tracey. They love the drama. They love a rumble.
The father seems quite ignorant and seems to be praying for Alfie to recover. How?. My mother had to make a decision after consulting the family, to turn off my brother’s life support at the age of 51. My mother was great believer in miracles but still faced reality- that to keep him artificially alive was cruel and of no use. This lot seems to be driven by religion but if they truly believed that surely they would think Alfie deserves to move on.
Sadly many of those tabloids have branded judges “Enemies of the People” and throw their hands up in mock horror when some of those people take it as literally as they intended it to be.
The judge in this case has read the medical evidence. He has seen and heard more than any commenter has been privy too. His judgements have been sympathetic and comprehensive. I see no reason to second guess him.
I have personally been in a similar situation but at the other end of a life. The ability to think rationally is not always available. The medical profession can be wrong. The right thing to do is not always clear. I cut the father a HUGE amount of slack here.
The leeches who have attached themselves to this, deserve none.
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/attention-seekers-stir-the-pot-in-alfie-evans-case/comment-page-1/#comment-102804
Really sorry about what you and your family had to go through with your brother, Sam. That’s awful 😦
Sam, when you said “I don’t believe they really care about Tracey”, did you mean Alfie?
Arrested repeatedly “for exposure”? Oo-er. This is not something to boast about.
Eggs'n'Bacon says:
The medical history of Alfie & evidence in the original judgement make it abundantly clear that no recovery to anything even remotely resembling a normal life is possible for him. Sadly, in this case, there is no life to be saved. That Alfie is continuing to breathe unaided is a bonus for the parents, one they should be using to spend time with him, not endlessly trying to find a remedy that simply is not available or, worse, even if they succeed, will not give a better outcome for their child.
I see that Merseyside Police are monitoring social media and it is to hoped that they will prosecute those issuing threats of harm to the hard-working and caring staff at Alder Hey.
I had (& still have) some sympathy for the parents. I would not wish the illness of their child on anyone, let alone at their age. They, in desperation, have taken advice which is not helping and can clearly (objectively) be seen as self-serving for those giving it. Those concerned should be thoroughly ashamed, but they aren’t and probably won’t be,.
What about all the other parents with children in the hospital? The protestors & the lawyers acting for the parents don’t seem to give a damn about them.
Hahaha, one for the Book of Fruitcake Quotes, I reckon 😂
Frank Bruno’s taken away her post? 😮
There’s no point in suing someone who has no money. I think she’ll eventually end up with another Restraining Order. The way she’s going she’ll be able to paper the walls with them.
Re Paula – crap, that’s a new level of stupid.
***IMPORTANT NOTICE***
I hereby declare myself a freeman on the blog.
I am no longer answerable to your laws, EC.
So take that, Daddio
Yes, it’s very sad. Grasping at straws is one thing, but this gets into sheer delusional territory. I think we may be witnessing something like the breakdown Neelu experienced at the sad death of her niece: literally driven mad with grief.
GREAT THEOLOGICAL DEBATES OF THE 21st CENTURY
No. 94: Queen Bitch v Queen of Zog
That’s okay, I hereby declare you a legal fiction. Or something.
Oh, and no remedies for you, Bucko! So don’t even bother asking.
Samantha, bless her, is posting a Twitter thread originally put up by Dr Dominic Pimenta (@juniordrblog), who has clearly and calmly explained Alfie’s medical history and current situation. It’s very much worth reading, so I’ve done a series of screen grabs which I’ll post here shortly.
Shaking in their boots?
Why does Tracey think everyone’s scared of her?
For the record, they’re not.
Rosie H says:
Their tv appearance or what was shown must have been such let down for them! 😂
Okay, I’ve updated today’s post to include the Twitter thread which explains the situation.
A particularly important part of the story is that the Bambino Gesu hospital in Italy is not offering Alfie treatment for his condition. They are offering to cut a small hole in his neck to insert a breathing tube directly, and basic hydration…at a cost of €65,000. That’s all.
This will not help Alfie in any way. It might make his father and mother feel somewhat better for a while, but ultimately their boy is already dead to all intents and purposes.
Another anonymous grass says:
“pick up the kids from school”??? which kids Tracey? surely not your own, I thought they was removed from your care?
Brilliant! Very informative. Thanks, EC. I’ve now added those to the drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10kQBxERDKLeL_VIE9QMVTyLqwqxfNc1Y?usp=sharing
Everytime Tracey Morris purports to expose something, someone is always shaking in their boots, this is a classic example of her using words to attack the credibility of the courts & the hospital & to get more attention from her deluded followers, who probably believed the two twats, (excuse my language), were going to arrive at Alder Hey & ‘rescue’ that poor little boy from the hospital & spirit him away on the plane to Italy.
So people gave them money to go & stay in a hotel to flatter themselves for self-aggrandizement. Did those people really really believe that Tracey Morris, who is the worst kind of conspiracy theorist with no experience in anything except making unfounded allegations against various establishments & Morticia, a ‘paralegal’, who ‘knows everything’ according to herself, could actually go to Liverpool & achieve that when the mob couldn’t make any difference?
They deserve to lose what ever money they gave to them.
There is a page on FB that refute the allegations called, ‘Dignity4life’, who actually believe in a dignified passing for the little boy. A lady from America wrote on it one day saying something like, ‘I am so happy to have found this group, I was very worried that nobody in the UK could spell or understand things’, not a direct quote btw. I can’t remember it word for word, but it is terribly sad that people would even think that about the U.K.
gharris1968 says:
Tracey was up in Belfast magistrates this morning for harassment and should really be up in court again in Liverpool for claiming doctors are giving babies lethal injections, she’s also threatening to name the nurses and doctors in the Alfie case against the anonymity order granted in court. She spent two days making a pest of herself outside Alder Hey and strangely the family, who according to her rang her on Sunday night for help, didn’t speak to her once, why oh why are people still being fooled by this foul woman. She claims to save other people’s children but her time would be better served looking after her own young sons, given the awful job she did with her older children who by her own admission spent most of their lives in the care of the state you’d think she’d want to do a better job this time but no she’s more interested in living a fantasy life online and sticking her nose in where it is not wanted or needed.
Well said, GH.
Thanks, Scarlet!
That won’t be an exclusive Tracey you stupid person. Sadly the father already showed the names of the medics involved by waving court papers about on a live.
The names of the medics could be seen very clearly on the papers. It may have been in Monday after one appeal but not too sure. He also of course, released other information which the judge had expressly said could not be released to the public.
Next up for discussion – the number of angels balancing on the head of a pin. That’s also about as useful.
95% of Indians are vegetarian. eh? She’s full of it, isn’t she! It’s more like 20%. The UK is 14%.
BBC: The myth of the Indian vegetarian nation
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43581122
The dad seems to have lost the plot entirely, his wife has remained working with the hospital and the original legal team, the dad has gone the freeman on the land route, and a xtian fundy legal group who apparently want to go back to the good old days of the middle eastern crusades….
I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up in jail, he’s already doing the FOTL ‘you’re not the boss of me’ shtick and ignoring court orders.
Sad to see what grief can do to a person
I did. Well spotted.
Has it dawned on Tom Evans that confrontation has failed?
A Damascene conversion?
The parents of Alfie Evans have released a joint statement asking for privacy and saying they now wish to build a relationship with Alder Hey.
In the letter passed out by Tom Evans, 21, and Kate James, 20, they also called on their supporters to “return back to their everyday lives”.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/parents-alfie-evans-ask-privacy-14582485
She thinks she’s some kind of hero, like Liam Neeson in ‘Took’.
Breaking: ‘Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault in retrial’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43915033
Going by her last comment, does Tracey think she’s Linda now?
Tracey is obviously not watching the latest news.
I take back what I said above. She does know the latest news.. and doesn’t give a damn. Nasty, vicious woman.
The Bandwagon Club should issue Angie with a tardy slip.
Tom Evans wants to build bridges and have a good relationship with Alder Hey Hospital now.
STOP INTERFERING, TRACEY!
She’s in full conspiracy bandwagon mode now, mind. Making up for lost time, I guess…
“Alfie Evans’ father calls on ‘Alfie’s Army to ‘stand down’ and praises Alder Hey staff for ‘dignity and professionalism'”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alfie-evans-father-calls-alfies-12433620?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirror_main
Tracey apparently can’t bear the fact that Mr. Evans isn’t ‘towing the party line’. He MUST have been gotten to!
“Hey we are so coming for you all”
*Coming for you’s all, surely?
“He’s been silenced!” “They’re not his words!”
Typical bloody conspiraloon talk. Grrr..
Face it, Tracey. Mr and Mrs Evans, just like Sabine, do not want your so-called “help”. Accept it.
Not sure what prompted Mr. Evans’ U-turn but it’s a very positive development, imo. I’m hoping he just “snapped out of it”, as the saying goes, though I suspect there’s so much going on behind the scenes that we don’t know about. Surely there must be some rational, loving, level-headed friends/relatives who’ve been trying to talk sense into him over the last week or so.
Either way, hopefully his statement will help to quell the madding crowd.
I think she needs to be hauled in and questioned. She’s making vague threats that could mean anything.
Power-Disney wracking her brains as to how she can monetize the drama.
Breaking: Angie finally reveals where she gets all her information from:
Sam, I couldn’t agree with you more. I just wish Facebook would. I’ve reported all of Tracey’s vile threats over the last 5 days and not one has been deemed to breach their community rules.
LOLOLOL!!
Hehe, thanks Jake 🙂
Another one for the fruitcake quotes, I reckon.
Another positive side effect of Mr. Evans’ change of heart is that it’s pissed off Malcolm.
I made a mistake there.. I referred to them as Mr and Mrs Evans. I don’t think they’re married.
That’s funny, “What does it mean?” often runs through my head when I read Ogilvy’s posts too.
That’s right – the mother is Miss James.
Cue his next post: it will either be “Spiny and Jake: nonce cunts triggered” or “Spiny Nonceman and Jake want Alfie’s dad silenced – I wonder why”.
Place your bets now 🙂
Ooh, so close!
The Crying Scotsman says:
Yeah, he doesn’t sound pissed off at all! 😂
It seems Mr. Ogilvy’s had a wee drink or two. Hic
Awww, good luck with that, Malky. Bless
Phew! I was starting to think he’d forgotten the bit about burning us in a wheelie bin. Nice save, Malk!
At least I think it was. Perhaps if an English speaker could translate his hissy fit for us, we might be able to check.
Thank fuck he disproved the claim that his posts are incomprehensible by posting “POOR SPINY THE NIGHT WATCHMAN THE DAWN BOREUS ,RICKYS ARSELICKERS SO EASY TAE TRIGGERLIKE BURNING A NONCE IN A WHEELIE BIN”.
Take that, Jake 😂
Dare I say… what does it mean? 😀
Great article sent to me by Tim of the MKD Clan:
‘Alfie Evans’ parents needed help. The vultures came instead’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/26/alfie-evans-parents-activists
“As if the heartbreak over the fate of their son was not enough, the vulnerable couple became the focus of activists with their own agendas,”
Bam – the whole thing in a nutshell! Kudos to Gaby Hinsliff
Call it a hunch but I suspect this may be a fake user name:
If it were the real Virgin Mary, she’d have a tick by her name 😀
I’ve PMed it to Tracey, which I’m sure she’ll appreciate 🙂
“Call it a hunch but I suspect this may be a fake user name”
No, ‘Tracey Morris’ is definitely correct.
I’m ‘ere all week.
I can assure you Tracey’s increasingly unstable behaviour is not making her many friends in N Ireland, people are horrified at how she’s exploiting this tragedy.
Those who still follow her, a dwindling group of Facebook Mums and misfits must be daft. Here is her MO, find a cause to latch onto claim you have people contacting you ‘hundreds are coming forward’ no one ever sees these people, she’s claims to have an army of support, the last time she was in court there were five people with her, one was a convicted stalker. Her best legal team in the world is just a legal aid solicitor who looks like he drew the short straw. She has no legal team no army no supporters. She’s a scumbag who is banned from seeing her own grandchildren for life. She’ll move on from this like she did all the others, remember the ranting outside the children’s hospital and what she was going to do there? Not one thing has changed she did absolutely nothing apart from filming herself.
Yes, that’s pretty much our assessment of her too, GH.
“id comply too and then if lynch them once I for his to Italy it’s absolutely disgraceful”
Once I for his to New Zealand was great holiday!
Both Tracey and her sidekick have been reported to Alfie Evans family members for using the child’s plight to crowdfund their recent holiday to Liverpool, and falsly claiming to know and have spoken to Tom Evans, I have been reliably informed they have both also been reported to Merseyside police, for falsely claiming to have a connection to the family in order to falsely obtain money and making illegal and fabricated claims about medical staff- she’ll never learn but maybe the vulnerable people she is preying on will finally see sense
Saddayforeveryone says:
Exactly!! Organised a protest that hundreds were going to be at – I reckon there was 20 at the most. She’s totally deluded but very dangerous. I feel sorry for the vulnerable people who are sucked in by her rants and funding her lifestyle through their donations to her PayPal. I wonder is she declaring all her extra income to the Dhss lol
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We learned yesterday that Mike Veale, chief constable of the Cleveland Police, resigned on Friday after less than a year in the post.
The Telegraph reports that he is facing an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), following allegations by two female officers that he had engaged in “inappropriate behaviour” toward them.
Readers may remember Veale from his days as chief constable of the Wiltshire Police, notable for the shambolic Project Conifer, in which the late Sir Edward Heath and others were investigated based on allegations of Satanic sexual abuse by a woman whose memories had emerged under hypnosis. At the time, Veale distinguished himself by telling a Daily Mail reporter that the claims against Heath were “120% genuine”.
In November 2016 we wrote about the concerns expressed by Dr Richard Hoskins (then known as Rachel Hoskins), a leading criminologist and specialist in ritual sacrifice who called some of the evidence being examined by Wiltshire Police “fantastical”, and a “catalogue of fabrication”.
At that time, The Guardian wrote,
(Dr Hoskins) wrote: “I have exposed a catalogue of fabrication at the heart of two major inquiries. Worse still, Operation Conifer ploughs ahead. People remain accused of things that simply never happened. Wiltshire Police insist that not all their evidence is based on claims of ritual abuse. We will see. But those cases that are based on this pernicious fallacy must be closed immediately.” …
Hoskins said she was taking the unusual step of disclosing her findings because she was concerned the police do not want to hear what she has said and will not pass her report on to senior MPs on the home affairs select committee, or the accused.
Yesterday, Hoskins commented on Twitter,
Links to Robert Green
Almost a year after Hoskins expressed concerns about Operation Conifer, in October 2017, the Sunday Times reported that Veale had sought advice from conspiracy theorist and Hollie Greig hoax promoter Robert Green.
Mike Veale… emailed Robert Green, of Warrington, two weeks ago in response to an email Green had sent him. Veale wrote: “As ever thank you Robert.”
The words suggest the pair had communicated previously and will cast fresh doubt on the evidence that Veale’s force has gathered.
…Green is an activist closely involved with fraudulence [sic] allegations in Scotland in the so-called Hollie Greig case, in which claims that a girl with Down’s syndrome had been abused were found to be false. He was jailed for 12 months in 2012 for harassment.
At the time, the blog BarthsNotes revealed,
Mr Veale was thanking Mr Green “for an email in which he expressed his glee at the Mail on Sunday‘s front-page splash about how Operation Conifer’s findings were to be passed on to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Green’s email and Veale’s reply were published on a Hollie Greig conspiracy website”.
Green confirmed in an email to BarthsNotes that he and Veale had been in “regular contact”, and that he had been feeding Veale material about Heath gleaned from the infamous “RAINS list” compiled by Dr Joan Coleman.
On 10 October 2017, the Telegraph reported that Veale was facing calls for an inquiry over why he’d shown an early version of the Operation Conifer report to Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen:
Bridgen, who had previously offered his support to Veale, calling him a “courageous and honest” police officer, described the contents of the report as “credible and disturbing”.
However, James Gray, Conservative MP for North Wiltshire, who had previously referred to Operation Conifer as an “idiotic waste of public money”, called for an explanation of the leak to Bridgen. For his part, Veale did not deny that Bridgen had seen the draft report, but said it had been shown to “a number of trusted stakeholders”.
The final report of Operation Conifer drew the conclusion that, had Heath been alive, he could have faced interview under caution regarding seven allegations.
Veale said at the time, “The report does not draw any conclusions as to the likely guilt or innocence of Sir Edward Heath. I am satisfied there are compelling and obvious reasons to investigate allegations made against Sir Edward Heath”. In the final report, no references can be found to ritual abuse, Satanic or otherwise.
Wiltshire Police faced heavy criticism for its handling of the case, under Veale’s stewardship.
The mysterious death of a mobile phone
Fast-forward a year, and in September 2018 we find Veale facing the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which stated he “has a case to answer for alleged misconduct for providing and maintaining an inaccurate account of how damage to his work mobile phone was caused”.
While Veale initially claimed that the phone had been damaged when he’d dropped it in a golf club car park and then accidentally run over it, he later admitted to IOPC investigators that he had damaged the phone when he’d swung a club at his golf bag in frustration at a bad shot.
According to the IOPC report,
On 23 November 2017, the IOPC received an anonymous typed letter dated 25 October 2017. This letter alleged that Chief Constable Veale and a Conservative MP had collaborated in leaking information about Operation Conifer, an investigation into alleged child abuse by Sir Edward Heath, in an attempt to boost public opinion of Chief Constable Veale.
The letter alleged that Chief Constable Veale had spoken directly to one journalist on a number of occasions, and had told the MP that “he was going to cover his tracks by destroying his phone so records of contact between him and [name redacted] could not be traced.”
As BarthsNotes pointed out, it seems likely that the journalist in question was Simon Walters of the Mail on Sunday, who ran the first story in which Veale was quoted as saying that the allegations against Heath were “120 per cent” convincing. The MP, as mentioned above, was likely to have been Andrew Bridgen.
The IOPC report states that Deputy Chief Constable Paul Mills, who was Veale’s immediate subordinate, recalled his boss’s original version of how the phone was damaged:
…[S]ome time on the morning of 23 September 2017, the force media team made [DCC Mills] aware that there had been a significant leak of information from the Operation Conifer report. He stated that he tried to reach Chief Constable Veale via phone from around lunchtime that day, and throughout the afternoon into the early evening, but he did not answer. He stated that this was out of character for Chief Constable Veale, as he usually came straight back to him. He stated that it was “clearly challenging” not to be able to speak to Chief Constable Veale, as he wanted to discuss the scale, extent and consequences of the leak.
He stated that on the morning of 24 September 2017, he saw that Chief Constable Veale had sent an email from an iPad to the Chief Officer group at 6.05pm on 23 September 2017, explaining that his phone had been “ran over by an unsuspecting vehicle”.
The “significant leak of information” turns out to have been the Sunday Times article which revealed that Veale had been receiving advice regarding the Heath investigation from Robert Green.
Following its investigation, the IOPC concluded that the damage to Veale’s phone had been accidental, but that he had lied about the cause of damage to his phone as he had been embarrassed about losing his temper.
In the wake of Veale’s resignation from the Cleveland Police, we’ve begun to hear rumblings on Twitter that he was forced out due to his “courageous stance” during Operation Conifer.
Cue the inevitable cries of “stitch-up!”
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Cue various conspiracy promoters (no names although Andy Decline comes to mind) that Mike Veale was investigating the ” 788 – 790 Finchley Road, Pandoras Box ” and the Freemasons set him up.
What was “the biggest cover-up in political history” re Mr Wedger?
Obviously it’s one that we don’t even know about.
Nepha felt better says:
This is all very entertaining to those of us who enjoy your witty belittling of idiots like Wedger and Green but it’s also frightening to think that Veale was in a position of authority.
Thanks for this detailed update, EC. Excellent work as usual. I can’t figure out whether Veale is evil or just monumentally stupid, though seeing as he was so ready to believe everything that the known SRA hoaxer Robert Green told him – in an investigation into, er, SRA – I’m erring towards the latter. Either way, it’s a depressing picture of our police service if Veale, Wedger and Savage are the kind of people who get promoted to positions of authority. (By the way, does anyone recall the name of that other “ex-detective” who did interviews promoting the Hampstead hoax back in 2015? He was based in Spain, if memory serves.)
Can someone tell Wedgie that the past participle of speak is spoken, not spoke? Thank you
“Andy Decline” 🤭
Ooh, there’s dissension in the ranks, it seems 🤭
Yes dear, course you have. Bless
‘I am facing possible imprisonment’ 🤭
https://angelascaches.org/the-book-of-esther-for-those-with-ears-to-hear
Angela’s been “speaking the truth”? I must have missed that. Does anyone have a link?
The only things she says that are true are those that have been told to her in strict confidence.
Ray Savage? Wadnt he another over 100% confident one, 110%?
I assume Mike Veale resigning means he keeps his fat pension.
It’s brilliant isn’t it?. Sometimes I even amaze myself.
(editor: it’s from Michael of the Mouse Family. GOS drunk again?.Go home)
I wonder if we should believe these allegations “120%”?.
I doubt evil but I think he may be one of those very “Christian” officers with a tendency to believe in claims of SRA.
Call me spooky or even an old witch but I said on another forum that Mike Veale ( he is innocent of course as allegations are just that: not proved) seemed an odd Chief Constable as he was incredibly neat and groomed and “boasted” of how he worked out at a gym. He seemed very pleased with his appearance.
I thought “you have a sort of aura and a tendency to believe these rather weird and exaggerated claims about someone like Ted Heath but you are in a position where you could easily be accused yourself”. No-one is untouchable.
And thus it came to pass..
Flags, dragons?. What’s Zara on about?
“ALSO many will be instantly TRIGGERED by the mention of the JEWS as the people she wanted saved”.
Announcement : Medic and smelling salts please to Aisle 6..an elderly pensioner by the name of John Paterson has fainted.
Well, there HAVE been instances of child abuse by wealthy people (like Jimmy Savile, though it didn’t come out till after he was dead). I would have thought it was unprofessional to discuss an ongoing investigation though. Aren’t the police supposed to keep such matters confidential?
Interesting piece with some backstory in Teeside News, identifying those who supported Veale’s appointment who were sceptical and unhappy.
According to their reporter Mike Brown;
“Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said Mr Veale’s resignation “was all but inevitable”.
“This is why I refused to get involved in the appointment process only a small number of months ago,” he added.
“To appoint someone under investigation and under such a dark cloud nationally was more than a mistake – it was reckless and incompetent. I said this at the time but was shouted down by the Police Commissioner.
“The Chief Constable merry-go-round must come to an end and our Police Commissioner must resign.”
Mr Houchen said Mr Coppinger is “incapable of carrying out the role that he holds”.
“I have today written to the Home Secretary to request an urgent meeting to discuss whether the force as we know it should continue in its current form,” he added.
Mr Coppinger told Teesside Live he won’t be resigning.”
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/how-teesside-reacted-chief-constable-15712153
The comment section may get interesting
Perusal of these stories may be of interest 🙂
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/all-about/barry-coppinger
This piece caught my eye
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/tees-mayor-new-cleveland-police-14217382
Of course Veale is facing allegations and has not been convicted of any crime, however I fully support the Mayor Ben Houchen and Simon Clarke MP in voicing concerns regarding Veale.
Perhaps some helpful person might like to forward them a link to the Hoaxtead blog pages illuminating the friendly communications between Veale and Robert Green?
Bigears says:
Oh noes,keep it down about dragons,it risks awakening the orange one who must be obeyed.She`s only just bored herself to sleep,give us a break.
Could she be thinking of a white truce flag? That’s just me surmising but I’m probably wrong.
She doesn’t half pick them. The Book of Esther is a historical account of political machinations in the Persian court. There is a good message in it of not feeding others to a crocodile in the hope it will eat you last, but God is not mentioned at all in the non-Apocryphal versions or the original Hebrew. So does this mean the Oldcastle Horror has been practicing her necromancy with a CATHOLIC BIBLE!!! 👿👿👿
The idea is that if a person is publicly named as an abuser, this will encourage other victims to come forwards. Sometimes this has worked, but unfortunately it has also encouraged fantasists and crooks to concoct ludicrous stories for personal gain.
Paul Gambaccini is actually trying to get a law through Parliament, that prevents people being named. I agree with him actually, and as you say, it does encourage fantasists, who don`t need any encouragement at all. Bill Maloney loves that kind of thing doesn`t he. You only have to look at what he did to Andrew Ash who had already admitted on Panorama that he made it all up. Maloney was positively reveling in what Ben Fellows was telling him, also the former MP from Birmingham, that story was all over Sky News. and now there`s Otherwise Known as Nick who has a trial coming up in March I think, that should be very interesting indeed. I`m just wondering if Mike Veal will join forces with John Wedger and have mugs and tee shirts made with his face on it.
I hope he didn’t bang his head……..again
Noooo, she’s referring to the flag of His Royal Blandness, King John of the Wanoa dynasty.
*Wanker
Bloody spellchecker
Well, they’re a right pair of mugs, so that would be apt.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear, Angela. You must really like prison food!
He does have a web site, blog, thingy, whatever.
https://cosmicrf.wixsite.com/crfdn
I’m not sure why though, maybe as a service for those who need something less exciting than watching paint dry.
Devine’s not happy about the above comments. Look like this one could run and run 😆
The full post:
Yes Paul Gambaccini was treated very badly in what amounted to a fishing expedition.
In cases where the Police discover credible evidence of abuse in an institutional setting, they should make contact with possible victims in an appropriate way, rather than creating a media circus.
Either she likes prison food or she really thinks she will in the clutches of the person she claims is the head Satanist. Maybe this is one of her fantasies: Angie Power Disney in “Fifty Shades of Grey Hair”. It certainly won’t be like that Angie – It’ll be boring, and you’ll wonder why you threw years of your life away on such a daft obsession.
Is that meant to be seductive – has she been sending him unsolicited bikini shots too?
She actually has, yes! 😂
It’s that bloody cat again.
Yes, I think it’s one thing to take a slightly mocking stance, but I agree. I find it very disturbing that some of those in positions of high responsibility can be of this calibre.
Heath’s godson Lincoln Seligman said: “Either the man is a fool or he’s a knave. It’s also possible that he started off this inquiry as a fool but became a knave during the course of it.’’
I think if such a link exists Tinribs that it could only be found somewhere on the WayWayWayWay-BackMachine
That 1834 ‘United Tribes’ flag has come to fill the role of the Ghost Shirt in these mook’s Ghost Dance belief system.
Indeed EC, i find it quite frightening really that people in positions of power can and have fallen for stories we usually find being spouted by random online fruitloops.
“Deliberately faking poor grammar and spelling to gain credibility with ordinary people”.
Apparently that’s a bad thing when other people do it.
Why on earth does Angie think that Zara supposedly “faking poor grammar and spelling” would somehow gain her credibility with “ordinary people”?
We could build quite a nice selection of mugs if we so wished to.
Perhaps Angie has no fear of prison as she is a qualified Super Soldier that has the skills to break out of even the most secure SuperMax style prison.
LOL, I guess we were both typing our comments at the same time there SC. Must get the I.T guys here at GCHQ to set up some alert for when two operatives are commenting on the same subject matter at the same time.
A bar-room lawyer pontificates says:
I’ve been browsing Facebook’s terms & services and they are far more strict than I thought. What stands out is that all the members of Hoax Mob (c) breach those terms almost daily yet we all know how incredibly difficult it is getting offending material removed even though there are some successes.
What stands out even more is that Facebook clearly breaches their own terms by not sticking to them. Take the example below which is sort of cleverly worded but in fact a bit too clever. It infers it will remove defamatory material but attempts a get-out clause by saying material may not be defamatory in certain locations. But Facebook can be accessed worldwide and in every country no matter what controls are put in place. Basically Facebook’s claims are disingenuous and that’s one thing Judges hate and usually rule against. When you enter into an agreement (which is what using Facebook is) you agree to honour the spirit of that agreement as well and although tricky wording is often used in contracts it can also make an agreement null & void (of course it takes great legal minds and a top QC to arrive at that position)
The Syrian boy who was bullied in an on-line video is attempting to sue Facebook and Tommy Robinson but because they are appealing for money I’m not sure that will eventuate. I would suggest his lawyer should sue Robinson first which would be easily won and then take on Facebook. Facebook will be like Google who are rapacious and will toss $Millions to defeat a claim just as they do in Australia where defamation law has established that entities like Google are publishers but they will still put plaintiffs through the mill until the bitter end even though they will inevitably lose. But the law will catch up with that but it will take time.
The problem is that politicians are so behind the times with all this, apart from some notable exceptions who generally are not the ones in power. A government is always more powerful than a corporation such as in France which is still battling with Facebook & Google over protections for French citizens throughout the world while FB etc make incredible demands of total freedom. They aren’t winning but these things drag on for years.
I think the fly in the ointment for FB etc is the real problem of how they police their own terms which is by using ‘monitors’ in countries like the Philippines, India and so on (virtually no western countries bar token monitors in Ireland etc). While it’s great numerous Asian people can make a living (?) some have pointed out the difference in cultures makes it difficult for those monitors to judge standards. Even the Philippines being almost a 90% Catholic country affects the way they think and they may find a post far more offensive than an Indian monitor given the loosely worded (apparently) rules they are given when they have 5 seconds to scan a post.
I reckon it will all come crashing down at some stage but these Net entities are so rich it won’t matter to stock holders.
I might add (I’ve gotten away with so much while the Cat is out shopping) that the famous case of Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick established in 2002 settled that an action could be taken out in the plaintiff’s country of residence ( Australia in this case) which set a precedent and of course precedents can be cited in countries that build on English law.
But it’s incredibly complex, takes a fortune and of course, Joseph Gutnick, the winner in the case is a mega – millionaire. But Angela Daisy Power – you need to lawyer up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_%26_Co_Inc_v_Gutnick
A Shurely Shome Mishtake Moment:
“Norma Stephenson, who chairs the Police and Crime Panel involved in appointing Mr Veale, said: “There was nothing to indicate Mike’s tenure would end like this when he was interviewed.
“It’s clear evidence that the new department [Directorate of Standards and Ethics] is working well.”
marktrellis says:
Maybe she also thinks he is drop dead gorgeous and it tickles her to be next to him like this. Sooo inverted, and in plain sight, eh, people?. People are mysteries, really.
You know, chronic head injury could explain a great deal.
So it’s true – China really is taking over 🤭
They don’t exactly shout about that form either. Defamation isn’t even a reporting category that comes up when you report a post. I assume you had to search for that via one of their many help pages and that you only found said help page via a Google search (they don’t even have links to most of them on their own site).
I bet you were in your cups when you wrote that.
Here’s a video of Veale posted in October 2016:
At 7.50 in he tells two deliberate lies as described in this Daily Mail article by Guy Adams:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4979330/False-claims-police-chief-obsessed-Ted-Heath.html
i.e.:
“The video, which remains online, began with Veale saying he wanted to ‘set the record straight’ about Heath and ‘ensure that the current facts are entirely and unequivocally clear about this case’.
In particular, the £150,000-a-year police chief wanted to address two highly important matters.
‘Fact!’ he said. ‘As part of Operation Conifer we have not spoken to the witness known as Nick.’
‘Fact!’ he continued. ‘Recent media coverage… referred to satanic ritual sexual abuse. Let me be clear: this part of the investigation is only one small element of the overall inquiry and does not relate to Sir Edward Heath.’
The 51-year-old Chief Constable of Wiltshire was, in other words, using a formal PR statement to declare that two major aspects of embarrassing recent newspaper reports about Operation Conifer were entirely false.”
Wrong video, I don’t know where that one came from?
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It’s because you’ve been posting the playlist link, not the link to a specific video.
Oh that’s bizarre…
The vide is on youtube, it’s called “Open letter from Chief Constable Mike Veale – Operation Conifer” and it was posted by Wiltshire Police on 2 Dec. 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/user/WiltsPolice/videos
Thank you Tinribs. Sorry for making a mess of the comments.
Did they ever find anyone responsible for Pratersons ‘assault’?
The last I heard, he was saying that the police had dismissed the case and he was unhappy about it.
ouchies…
They don’t tend to do that often…
Crikey I haven’t seen him speak before. Not someone I’d like to run into in a dark alley.
As for the one you mistakenly linked to- what an odd affair that is. That guy is well spoken and seems intelligent but it’s all about, as far as I can figure, something to do with 5G street lights and local residents with children whose noses have been bleeding.
The local council deny the claims and the mad driving it has just been restrained in court from harassing council members.
the problem with the chap commentating is that he assumes the viewer knows all about their claims when it’s very difficult to track down what it’s all about.
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Norma Stephenson is an interesting person.
She is someone who has been quite open about her history of suffering from a gambling addiction the 1970s.
I have admiration for anyone who has suffered from being in the grip of an addiction and who has been able to turn their life around.
With regards to Norma Stephenson this of course raises the issue of whether she at some point received support from a counsellor, therapist, mentor, GA sponsor or some other person who cultivated in her a belief in SRA. Just wondering what could have happened to put the idea in her mind that Mike Veale was a trustworthy person.
The below article states that Stephenson got “support” for her gambling addiction but does not go into details.
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/councillor-calls-more-help-gamblers-14962268
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17340230.i-lost-a-months-rent-in-one-go-councillor-speaks-out-about-gambling-addiction/
Stephenson says that she worked part time in a mental health unit when she was addicted to slot machine gambling.
It may be that she received “support” from colleagues in the MHU and that one or more of the colleges was, or went on to be, SRA believers.
Personally I think it is a real shame that someone who has done a lot of good work to raise the issue of gambling addiction, something I believe is a very serious issue in need of addressing nationally, had had her credibility damaged by her association with Veale.
I have met some really wonderful, caring, decent doctors and other professionals who believed in SRA because they had been hoodwinked by the usual suspects, many of whom appear very credible and properly qualified to those unfamiliar with the satanic panic,
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“Dad, do you have a gun license?”
“Would you please get one?”
“And a gun?”
“You’d feel safer that way?”
That was my 10 year-old daughter as we walked to her youth group meeting from our home in a Jewish enclave in a mostly Arab section of Jerusalem. I never had that conversation with my father growing up in a suburb in Fairfax County, Virginia.
The US is arguing about guns, and the debate, although partisan, is rational and utilitarian. Both sides want a guarantee of safety – on the one hand a guarantee of not getting shot, and on the other a guarantee of defenses against criminal attack and tyranny. But there is more to a gun than the bullets it can shoot.
In my southeastern Jerusalem neighborhood, the Jews and Arabs don’t interact much, so usually there aren’t problems. Sometimes, though, there are.
Not far from our playground Arab neighbors incinerated a Jewish neighbor’s car with a Molotov cocktail, attacked one of our teenagers with rocks, and tried to gun down a Jewish mother. On the playground, we wonder if the Arab kids playing there are the same kids who tried to burn down our synagogues. Usually at least one of the Jewish fathers will be carrying a gun in his belt, so we can afford to try our estranged cousins with greetings and smiles.
In America the gun could signal suspicion and be interpreted as a provocation. That’s understandable in a land where diverse people are supposed to be one nation living together in peace. But in my neighborhood, no one on any side doubts that we are two nations simmering over the question of who belongs where. It’s because we can fight back that we can also reach out.
In short, this is Israel’s gun policy: No one should carry weapons. But we need police and soldiers to deal with the ambient threat. But they can’t be everywhere. But we might need them anywhere. So some citizens may carry. So if you are a citizen in a high-risk area, you can easily acquire a permit and gun.
The policy is effective. Most terror attacks in Israel which are stopped, are stopped by armed civilians, not by law enforcement. That’s not a dig at law enforcement. They just can’t be everywhere at once.
To quote Arutz Sheva: The terrorists in the 2016 Sarona market attack were stopped by armed passersby. A pistol-carrying tour guide put an end to the 2017 ramming attack in Arnona that left four soldiers dead. In Israeli eyes, guns are a valuable deterrent against terrorism. In fact, terrorists have told the Shin Bet internal security service that they often target haredi Jews due to the high likelihood that they are unarmed. … When terrorists attacked a school in Maalot in 1974, Israel did not declare every school a gun-free zone. It passed a law mandating armed security in schools, provided weapons training to teachers and today runs frequent active shooter drills. There have been only two school shootings since then, and both have ended with teachers killing the terrorists.
For Israelis, guns are an unfortunate necessity. Americans have no analogous situation.
Our sense of how much we would prefer to not carry weapons is summed up in a rabbinic dictum of the Mishnah, a legal text codified in Israel about 1,700 years ago (Mishnayot Shabbat 6:4):
[On the Sabbath] a man may not go out with a sword, nor with a bow, nor with a shield, nor with a round shield, nor with a spear. If he has gone out [with any of these] he is liable for a sin offering. Rabbi Eliezer [holds a dissenting opinion]: They are ornaments for him. But the Sages say: They are nothing but an indignity, for it is said [Isaiah 2:4], “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.”
To be armed, in short, is not just a responsibility, it is a burden.
According to Rabbi Eliezer, however, weaponry has an additional purpose – a purpose not foreign to the Hellenistic-Roman atmosphere of the Mishnaic period nor to the European-American tradition which has born forth that great culture: weaponry is also ornamental.
Think of Achilles’ shield. Think of superbly crafted chariots drawn by specially bred horses. Think of military parades and the sexy man-in-uniform. Think of Inigo Montoya’s unequaled sword. And think of John Oliver’s take down of NRA-TV in which he points out that people care about the aesthetics of their guns while mocking show hosts for getting “progressively more and more aroused by the guns they’re holding.”
Oliver used the metaphor of sexual arousal to denigrate aesthetic admiration of a firearm, but Rabbi Eliezer suggests that the connection between weaponry, beauty, and sexuality is so deep, it can change the weapon’s legal status from tool to ornament.
Ornaments are of concern in this chapter of the Mishnah because specific ornaments may lead to people violating the Sabbath prohibition against “carrying” things in the public domain. In order to determine which ornaments are problematic, the chapter distinguishes between the ornaments of men and ornaments of women. Then, as now, you use ornaments to enhance your appearance. And then, as now, you do so, not as a generic homo sapiens sapiens who enhances its appeal through health and hygiene, but specifically as a man or as a woman. The exceptions prove the rule: people who are transgender use gendered clothing, jewelry, and such to construct their chosen identity; and people who wish to defy the gender dichotomy may avoid items which mark gender or else hyper-signal with items which mark more than one gender.
Now how shall American men use personal items to embellish their masculinity? It’s hardly necessary to repeat that American masculinity is in crisis, or at least in contention. If one breaks hard left, there is “toxic masculinity.” If one breaks hard right, the “war on men” is forcing a “new world order” through “castration” which is at least symbolic and probably effected by the creeping presence of soy in everything. And if you are a normal person involved in the lives of young boys, you probably find yourself nodding frequently as you read Christina Hoff Sommer’s The War on Boys. With masculinity in contention, how men signal masculinity bifurcates. They may tergiversate but their signals will be calibrated to the field lines between the polls marked by the Left and Right. Either their masculinity must be proven non-toxic and benign–hence the emergence of the metrosexual and feminist beta males, or it must be distinct and strong–hence the rise of beards…
… And perhaps also the insistence on guns.
Yes, women too own guns. Yes, guns on a basic level are just tools with a function. Yes, second amendment rights.
But the second amendment does not account for the uproar about guns. Everyone can sit down and have a rational discussion about how gun policy can best ensure safety–about how to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them and how to keep them in the hands of others who can be trusted to wield them with flawless ethics. But instead there is hysteria. The people attached to their guns and those opposing the policy to date are hunkered down in their rhetorical bunkers and firing. Why?
The Mishnah rules that weapons are not ornaments but indignities, and this is how the men in my neighborhood experience their guns. Gun owners in the US, however, defend their right to bear arms as something other than the foregone conclusion of the inalienable and self-evident.
Consider what is at stake just in the tone of the debate. The gun control movement is fighting a strident battle to legally restrict or culturally belittle guns–and, by implication, gun owners. In casting this as a battle between the rightous enlightened and deplorable hicks and rednecks, it is engineering its own backlash. Will vanquished legions of gun-owning conservatives push back against liberal’s perceived (but perhaps not merely perceived) condescension less than in the 2016 presidential election?
The anti-gun movement does trigger fear in gun-owners that tyranny is goose-stepping closer–whether a tyranny of the anti-gun movement itself or of others able to exploit it–but gun-owners are not merely concerned with possessing the guns needed to defend against an oppressive state. Tyranny of that magnitude remains hypothetical. But immediate and real is the attack on the ideal embodied in the gun: rugged independence on the frontier and individualistic self-reliance. Without such personality traits, one cannot aspire to to become, as Henry Clay put it, the quintessentially American “self-made man.” Note, Clay said “self-made man,” not “self-made American.” This is the foundation stone of American masculinity.
Of course there are alternatives. But it’s no coincidence that the men of the “Mommy Party” are less inclined to an “America First” worldview. Al Gore tells an inconvenient truth about global climate change; Barak Obama would “lead from behind” and arguably weaken America’s authority in the “international community”; even Bernie Sanders, for all his concentration on local and domestic issues, draws his vitality from socialism, an international movement. Their masculinity is not the traditional masculinity of America, and this becomes evident in the kinds of criticism they draw. Whereas George W. Bush and Donald Trump are mocked for not really being the self-made men they would represent, Gore was mocked for his showy kiss at the 2000 Convention. No one criticized John Kerry for not being self-made. But he did try to balance his image by running with the son of a textile mill floor worker.
It would be shocking if the meaning of the gun in America were separate from its history in America and in particular on the American frontier. History makes all the difference to connoisseurs of every sort, and that includes gun connoisseurs. The proof is that shows on NRA-TV which Oliver mocked, showcase guns which are part of a museum collection and use them as windows into the times they came from and the experiences of the people who wielded them. One may quibble about the quality of the historical explorations, but if your curiosity is not aroused by the story of how the loading mechanism of a particular rifle affected the way the British empire grew and how it inadvertently set in motion the movement for Indian independence, it is not the absorbed gun-owner who is the empty-headed troglodyte.
The same ideal of rugged independence, individualistic self-reliance, and the self-made man is not foundational for masculinity elsewhere–not, for example, in Britain, in Italy, in Japan, or in Israel. So, whereas for the Jewish man of the Mishnah, the gun is an indignity, for the American man, it is his key to penetrating the frontier–and it remains vital as the representation of that idea. And whereas in Israel not a single gun have I ever seen displayed with pride in a home, American guns are so much more collected and displayed than they are actually carried for hunting or security, it is undeniable that, as Rabbi Eliezer said, the gun is also ornamentation–ornamentation of the bearer’s image and enhancement of his image specifically as a man. So it is not merely second amendment rights which are under attack but the ability to ornament and celebrate masculinity.
Now since America’s frontier has closed, there may be good reason to bring to a close the American frontier pioneer narrative. (I come not to praise Caesar but to autopsy him.) Nevertheless, a grab at America’s guns is a strike at American masculine identity. So, it is no coincidence that contention surrounds guns at the same time it surrounds gender roles, sex distinctions, and masculinity.
Nor is it coincidence that the arguement about guns was sparked by the actions of young men coming of age and trying to define themselves. Nor is it coincidence that these young male murderers have received wildly disproportionate attention. If the sound and fury were about rationally calculating risk of death according to cause, the discussion would focus on numerous other things before guns. And if this were merely about the horror of shootings, we would not find it so remarkable when a woman is the perpetrator.
School shootings are covered to death in the news not because there is a conspiracy of the leftist media to turn America against guns but because the market is transfixed by the debate. Americans feel that there is far more at risk than the details of how precisely to regulate guns and enforce those regulations. It is time to acknowledge that the debate about guns in America is not only about physical danger, it is also about what guns represent to Americans and especially what they mean for the concept of the American man.
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What does נְחשֶׁת mean?
In Teruma (25:3), the verse says "וְזֹאת הַתְּרוּמָה אֲשֶׁר תִּקְחוּ מֵאִתָּם זָהָב וָכֶסֶף וּנְחשֶׁת".
Chabad (as well as Artscroll) translates it as "And this is the offering that you shall take from them: gold, silver, and copper;"
In The Pentateuch and Rashi's Commentary A Linear Translation Into English , it translates it as "And this is the offering which ye shall take of then: 'gold, and silver, and brass'"
What is נְחשֶׁת, copper or brass?
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Shmuel BrinShmuel Brin
I now searched that text and it turns out that's the King James translation. Now I'm wondering if it has a Jewish source or not? – Shmuel Brin Jul 10 '13 at 2:50
It could well mean both, as far as Biblical Hebrew is concerned. – Isaac Moses♦ Jul 10 '13 at 4:12
@IsaacMoses Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc – Shmuel Brin Jul 10 '13 at 4:19
Clues: Devarim 8:9 refers to mining it out of mountains. Brass is an alloy that is manufactured, not mined. However, it's been referred to in ancient times as "copper of the mountains" in "natural alloy" (whatever that means) forms. – Isaac Moses♦ Jul 10 '13 at 4:20
R. Aryeh Kaplan (who was also a noted physicist) dealt with this precise question in his The Living Torah. On that word, which he translates as "copper," R. Kaplan comments:
Or, 'bronze.' The Septuagint thus translates the word as xalkos which can denote copper or bronze, and the MeAm Lo'ez, also, translates it as alambre which is Spanish for copper or bronze. There is some indication that the Hebrew word nechosheth used here indicates pure unalloyed copper (Deuteronomy 8:9; Radak on 1 Kings 7:45). Others, however, state that the Temple vessels were made of brass, which has the same color as gold (Ezra 8:27, Ibn Ezra ad loc.; Radak, s.v. Tzahav; Rambam on Middoth 2:3), and the Talmud clearly states that the vessels made by Moses consisted of this material (Arkhin 10b). Josephus writes that the brass altar looked like gold (Antiquities 3:6:8, see Exodus 27:2). Perhaps it was an alloy of copper and silver or gold.
AryehAryeh
Copper is a pure element (Cu). Like gold it is very soft when pure and is really only fit for jewelry and small trinkets. Copper only became useable in the ancient world for weapons and other large solid things when it was turned into a sturdier alloy. An alloy of copper and other elements is called bronze. (Hence the Bronze Age) Brass is a specific alloy of copper and zinc. Biblical Hebrew (unlike some other ancient languages) does not distinguish between pure copper and copper alloys and calls them both נחשת. Therefore determining whether nechoshet in the bible is bronze, brass, or copper is a matter of interpretation from context. In Teruma since the nechoshet is being used to build solid things it is likely referring to an alloy although perhaps purer copper could be used to plate things.
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Any source or proof for your main point, that "Biblical Hebrew… does not distinguish between pure copper and copper alloys and calls them both נחשת"? Or is it conjecture, perhaps? – msh210♦ Jul 10 '13 at 15:52
One can prove it from perusing the Tanach's mentionings of Nechoshet. Verses that describe digging natural copper from the ground (e.g. Devarim 8:9 "and from its mountains you can dig nechoshet) as well as verses which describe helmets and other things that are made with copper alloys (e.g. Galyat's Armor in Shmuel aleph) use the same word - Nechoshet. Unless I'm mistaken there are no other Biblical words used to describe copper substances... This assumption is also accepted in academic circles.. – Vtr Jul 10 '13 at 22:48
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October 23, 2013 by Moreland
Just Follow the Screams: The Lost World (1997)
Just follow the screams
So The Lost World: Jurassic Park II is the sequel to the first film and based on the the written sequel. Now many out there say that this movie sucks and is the worse out of the three films but I have to say it isn’t that bad. It is pretty good and some of the things wrong with it are not solely the writer’s and director’s fault. The book wasn’t nearly as good as the original so of course the film was only ok as well. However, even though it will never be as amazing as it’s older brother Jurassic Park, it still has some great things in it.
So the plot of this film is that Ian Malcolm has told everyone all about Jurassic Park (even though he signed a contract saying he wouldn’t) and has therefore been thrown through the InGen shredder, every bit of his respectability and credibility has been destroyed. He is approached by Hammond who has turned over a new leaf and wants him to help the dinosaurs. Apparently some evolved from the lysine dependency and are running loose on the “real island”. The island that Dr. Grant, Malcolm, and team went on was only the decorated park, not the real place where they created the dinosaurs. Hammond wants to turn this second island into a wildlife preserve, but his evil nephew has taken control of the company and wants to ship the dinosaurs over to create a park in San Diego. To make matters worse Malcolm’s girlfriend Sarah is already over on the island, and when Malcolm goes his daughter Kelly stows away with him. As you can imagine there are some crazy scenes on the island and in CA when the dinos run amuck.
What’s also interesting about this film is that there were quite a few pieces taken friom the first novel and placed in here, such as the procompsognathus that attack the young girl; one guy being killed by Procompsognathids (Hammond in the novel). Also in the novel, the opposing group on the island is not led by Peter Ludlow, the evil nephew, but by Lewis Dodgson, head of the rival company BioSyn, who had hired Dennis Nedry in the previous film/book. Dodgson hides from the T-Rex under a Jeep with Sarah Harding, who kicks him out to lead the T-Rex away. The T-Rex takes him home to its nest to feed to its young. This is closely paralleled by the fate of Ludlow in the film.
1) Jeff Goldblum
First of all Jeff Goldblum! Jeff Goldblum is in this film, already that makes it pretty amazing. I mean it would have been even more amazing if Sam Neil was in it too, but hey, Jeff Goldblum is really amazing,
2) Free the Dinos!
John Hammond’s nephew, the evil Peter, is trying to capture and cage the dinos and send them over to CA. The group goes over and frees all the dinosaurs. I love this scene because it makes me thnk of one of my fav parts of E.T.
3) The Car Goes Over the Cliff!
In Jurassic Park, we have the scene where the T-Rex knocks the car over the edge of the wall. In this one we have a siimilar scene where a very angry T-Rex almost knocks the RV over the edge of a cliff.
4) The School Cut You From the Team?
So Malcolm, Sarah, and Kelly are being chased by velociraptors in a very intense scene. It is really good, almost as good as in the orginal. Then Kelly, who was cut from her school’s gymnastic team, does this huge number and takes a raptor out, impaling him. Pretty cool!
5) T-Rex in San Diego
Okay, now this has to be one of the best parts of the film as the T-Rex is running amuck in CA, like a modern day, American version of Godzilla.
I love this scene when the little boy discovers a dino in his backyard. 😀
Utter destruction
Pretty sweet! Not as cool as the first but pretty great! 😀
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Clinical Images | September 2016
Migration of a Subcutaneous Contraceptive Device
Omici N. Uwagbai, MD, MPH; Arthur C. Wittich, DO
From the Department of Family Medicine (Dr Uwagbai) and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Dr Wittich) at Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia. Dr Uwagbai is a third-year resident.
Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the US Government.
* Address correspondence to Omici N. Uwagbai, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, 9300 DeWitt Loop, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5285. E-mail: omici.n.uwagbai.mil@mail.mil
The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, September 2016, Vol. 116, 627. doi:https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2016.123
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Uwagbai ON, Wittich AC. Migration of a Subcutaneous Contraceptive Device. J Am Osteopath Assoc 2016;116(9):627. doi: https://doi.org/10.7556/jaoa.2016.123.
A healthy 20-year-old woman presented to the obstetrics and gynecology clinic with complaint of pain in her left upper extremity. The patient had undergone subcutaneous placement of a etonogestrel implant 3 days prior. Physical examination revealed tenderness on palpation to the medial aspect of the left upper arm near the axilla. The implant was superficially palpable, approximately 12 cm cephalad from the insertion scar (image A). A radiographic image revealed a radiopaque rod near the left axilla (image B). A 1-cm skin incision was made, and the device was removed using ultrasound guidance. Another implant was inserted without complication into the right arm 4 days later.
Migration of single-rod subdermal contraceptive implants has been known to occur, typically less than 2 cm from the insertion site.1,2 Rare reports of distant migration from the insertion site have been described.3 Radiographic identification of the device is important for localization and should be obtained before removal. There is no explanation for the migration of the implant in the current patient, as she reported no manipulation or rubbing at the insertion site.
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Berhe Y, Hagos G, Wall LL. Axillary migration of an Implanon® contraceptive rod: case report. Open Access J Contraception. 2014;5:49-51. doi:10.2147/OAJC.S65016.
Heudes P-M, Querat VL, Darnis E, Defrance C, Douane F, Frampas E. Migration of a contraceptive subcutaneous device into pulmonary artery: report of a case. Case Rep Womens Health. 2015;8:6-8. doi:10.1016/j.crwh.2015.09.002. [CrossRef]
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Hollywood needs to be reformed, says Harvey Keitel
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Well said. It's a shame how Hollywood has devolved in recent years. There are few really great movies and class actors. Now we have a lot of low class movies and snobbish limousine liberal actors constantly lecturing us about morality while Hollywood itself is rife with sex abuse, power abuse, pedophilia and more.
Hopefully Hollywood will return to its roots of producing real masterpieces with high quality, fine actors that are humble and down to earth.
Toasted Heretic
Dec. 5, 2019 04:14 pm JST
Now we have a lot of low class movies and snobbish limousine liberal actors constantly lecturing us about morality while Hollywood itself is rife with sex abuse, power abuse, pedophilia and more.
Sorry, have no idea what you're talking about. It sounds like a lecture. What is "low class"? Could you elaborate?
There's so many recent films that could be described as masterpieces with great actors - Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Roma, BlackKKlansman, Isle of Dogs etc. I guess it's all subjective.
Love Keitel from Mean Streets to Bad Lieutenant to The Piano. Always with the intense performances of very flawed characters.
Kentarogaijin
No more basic commercial garbage movies..
bass4funk
Definitely subjective.
The Piano? Well, as you said, subjective....
Which are the low-class movies, though?
A beautiful film with fine performances from all round. And a great Nyman soundtrack. At turns, fantastical, shocking and humorous.
What's your favorite film this year?
Piano was one of them, but as you said, it’s subjective, the same goes for the English Patient, for me, they’re low class, but that’s just my subjective opinion and it’s ok, if you like that kind of thing. My wife loves musicals, I don’t. I usually love horror, she doesn’t but occasionally we find a film that we both can come together and watch.
The Joker and the Irishman
Piano was one of them, but as you said, it’s subjective, the same goes for the English Patient, for me, they’re low class
Minghella was a wonderful film maker, and for me, The English Patient was a sweeping epic. I know it left some people cold but perhaps something is being lost in translation. What does the term "low class" mean in terms of films?
Have yet to watch the latter, but as it's a Scorsese, I'll get round to it eventually. As for the former, I liked the ambiguity of it and Phoenix was certainly the least showy Joker out there. Ironically, it felt like a Scorsese movie from back in the day. I still think his greatest work was Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy & Goodfellas. But even an average Scorsese is worth a look.
My favorite film this year, ironically, was Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite. Not as unusual as The Lobster, but pleasantly oddball all the same.
starpunk
Masterpiece of understatement! Every year - summer, Christmas Day, whatever Hollyweird keeps on pushing on insipid dumbed-down garbage on us - thinking we're stupid sheep and I am violently SICK of it.
The last Cineplex movie I saw was the remade/remodeled/remastered rerelease of 'Yellow Submarine', a wonderful psychedelic trip-out for all ages. Mothers brought their children to this and had them pose for selfies at the neon posters. Now that is culture and good clean fun for all ages.
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KOKODA: THE SPIRIT LIVES
DAFFODIL FESTIVAL 2017
JEANS FOR GENES DAY
PENRITH SHOW
RSPCA CUPCAKE DAY
29 AUGUST PENRITH RSL A feature documentary taking viewers on a fascinating and modern telling of the Kokoda story, its significance in the Pacific War and an exploration of the enduring spirit which sustained the Kokoda Diggers and still inspires Australians today. (All monies raised from sales are to be donated to the Kokoda Track Foundation Ltd for use in its programs in Papua New Guinea.)
19 – 27 AUGUST BLUE MOUNTAINS BOTANIC GARDEN Enjoy a picnic, take some photos or simply enjoy the mass plantings. View a variety of cut flowers in the Visitor Centre, and buy some to take home.
4 AUGUST GO ONLINE TO GET INVOLVED Jeans for Genes Day raise much needed funds for the Children’s Medical Research Institute to help treat and prevent childhood diseases. Please donate!
26 – 27 AUGUST PENRITH PACEWAY This is the 174th year of the Annual Show. There will be Arts & Crafts on display as well as ring events, including a variety of horse events. Don’t forget the spectacular fireworks show.
21 AUGUST GO ONLINE TO GET INVOLVED Fight animal cruelty with cupcakes! RSPCA Cupcake Day gathers bakers from across the nation to make a stand for animal welfare. So you better get your cake on.
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2017 VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE AND SERVICE
17 AUGUST PENRITH PACEWAY Join Penrith CBD Corporation for an enjoyable evening of some old fashion cruise-y fun, races and fundraising casino tables. Help raise money for Penrith Community Kitchen’s Christmas Appeal who help feed the less fortunate.
13 AUGUST MACQUARIE ROAD, SPRINGWOOD The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day Parade and Service commemorates the Battle of Long Tan, the most significant engagement by Australian Forces during the Vietnam War on August 18, 1966.
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MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE – THE REVIVAL MEETING
EZIO DE ANGELIS PSYCHIC MEDIUM
JAMES VALENTINE
11 AUGUST THE BLUE MOUNTAINS THEATRE & HUB The song writing genius of David Bridie combined with the glorious strings of Helen Mountfort’s cello and Hope Csutoros’ violin are high in the curious collision of elements that have made My Friend The Chocolate Cake a big concert draw. A multi-dimensional mural of modern Australia, a parade of the year’s most memorable characters and the moments they’d prefer to forget.
5 AUGUST PENRITH RSL Voted 2012 Australian Psychic of the year, Ezio could help you learn what the future holds or connect you to a loved one on the other side.
5 AUGUST THE BLUE MOUNTAINS THEATRE & HUB Mosaic Muse are an ensemble featuring some of the finest voices performing together in Australia. Be thrilled with their exquisite vocal renditions of British favourites including British pop music hits, highlights from British musical theatre, movie themes including Chariots of Fire and James Bond, classics like Jerusalem, Danny Boy and the Dam Busters theme. There will be something for everyone!
19 AUGUST BLUE MOUNTAINS THEATRE & HUB Experience all the hilarity of James Valentine’s Afternoon radio program from ABC Radio Sydney – but after dark! And in a theatre.
THE WHARF REVUE 2017
HOUSE OF FUN- COMEDY NIGHTS
31 AUGUST THE JOAN A Sydney Theatre Company production. An all-new, up-to-the-minute, fibre-to-the-node dose of side-splitting sketches and rib-tickling songs.
5 AUGUST THE ROOTY HILL RSL The House Of Fun Comedy Night featuring some of the best comics Australia has to offer is back! Featuring comics like Peter Berner, Mick Meredith and Jimeoin, this is a not to be missed monthly experience!
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LOCAL FITNESS
JOHNNY CASH: THE LEGEND
ZUMBA GOLD FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART
6 AUGUST EVAN THEATRE, PENRITH PANTHERS This show strings together all Cash’s greatest hits and signature tunes. Woven through this rich musical journey is a fascinating glimpse into the darker side of his life.
EVERY MONDAY & THURSDAY PENRITH WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTRE Join our fun classes and dance your way to better fitness! Low impact routines, designed for everybody and suitable for all abilities.
EVERY SATURDAY PENRITH LAKES & NEPEAN RIVER Participants all run for their own enjoyment. Anyone can join in whatever pace! Register online to be timed. Catch up with others after the run for a coffee.
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18 AUGUST PENRITH PANTHERS Boys In the Band: Jackson 5, Backstreet Boys, Take That, Human Nature, Beatles and Bee Gees. This international hit show celebrates the world’s greatest hits from the most iconic bands of the 20th century. Backed by their sensational live band The Players.
11 AUGUST PENRITH PANTHERS Peter Byrne with a 30 piece Sydney international Orchestra bring Neil Diamond’s greatest live album of all time to Panthers along with other favourite classic songs of Neil’s.
12 AUGUST THE BLUE MOUNTAINS THEATRE & HUB Since debuting with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at age 13, Andrea is renowned worldwide having performed with the world’s leading conductors.
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18 AUGUST THE ROOTY HILL RSL Harrison Craig delivers an intimate experience of Old Vegas in all its 4am glory. An intoxicating cocktail of swing, glamour, cool and the thrill of anything goes!
5 AUGUST THE JOAN Western Sydney’s favourite tenor, Lorenzo Rositano, and Swiss opera star, Noëmi Nadelmann, in one of her first concerts in Australia, are the featured soloists on this program of opera classics.
JOHN WILLIAMSON 2017 26 AUGUST THE ROOTY HILL RSL One of the most in-demand live performers in Australia, his unofficial anthems, tributes to legends and unsung heroes and tender ballads have captured the spirit of the nation in song unlike any other. His songs are synonymous with the country that inspires and connect him with his countrymen regardless of age, sex or creed.
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ACT IN THE SPOTLIGHT
DAVID HUGHE S
Deluded
AS H E A R D ON NAT I O NA L DRIV E RA D I O WI TH HUGHE SY & KATE A ND A S SE E N O N NINE NE T W O R K ’S AUSTRA LI A ’S GOT TA LE N T A N D TH E A F L F O OT Y SHOW .
here is no person more synonymous with the Australian comedy scene than Dave “Hughesy” Hughes. Hughesy has already had a huge 2017 – owning TV’s night of nights with his killer TV WEEK Logie Award’s opener and performing to sold out shows in the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. No one loves stand-up comedy more than Hughesy and now he is bringing his new show Deluded to Penrith! As fans would know, life is never dull for this comedian and 2016 was his busiest yet. A father of three young kids, he continued to co-host the hit national drive show, Hughesy and Kate (Mix 102.3,97.3 FM and KIIS FM). However, not happy to be far away from the stand up stage, he also toured his live show, Sweet, to sellout crowds around the country, was invited to perform at the invitation-only Just For Laughs Festival in both
Montreal and Sydney and had his own TV special, Hughes the Boss, air on Channel Nine. If that wasn’t enough, he co-hosted Australia’s Got Talent as well as appeared as a regular guest on The AFL Footy Show – both on Channel Nine. He also had key spots on Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Big ThreeOh! stand up series and its Oxfam Gala. During the year, he was named as one of Australia’s Top 20 Most Influential Men On Air by Radio Today and, with his radio co-host Kate Langbroek, was listed in Who magazine’s Sexiest People for 2016. And yes, there are photos to prove it! Oh and if you type “Hughesy” into your iPhone it autocorrects to “Highest”. While you take a moment to ponder the significance of that, you should also book your ticket before they sell out once again.
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Australia’s favourite home-grown stand-up comic
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Richard Goodwin PE N R I TH RE G I O N A L G A LL ERY & THE L E W E R S B E Q UE ST.
his Winter, step into the world of Australian artist Richard Goodwin at Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest. Navigator brings together select artworks, sculptures, drawings and models produced over the past 25 years.
View Goodwin’s real and imagined architectural models, exploding bikes and cars. Large scale drawings positioned alongside alien machine constructions. Visions of the future and the past, the porous and parasitic, habitable and inhabitable space, machines and the human form.
Architect, artist, author and Professor of Sculpture at UNSW Art and Design, Goodwin’s practice has long concerned architecture and technology, machines and the human form. He describes his gallery practice as existing between public and private space and calls into question our relationship with built environments.
At times confronting Richard’s work is profoundly political. His artworks construct a world-view which both disturbs and compels us to look beyond the heroic versions of self and city. Throughout the artist is provocateur, biographer and navigator.
“Marcel Duchamp gave artists the ‘readymade’. I owe my art practice, at least in part, to this device, which enables me to radically transform the meaning of objects with little or no physical intervention. Thus something can become something else.” – Richard Goodwin, 2016.
In Goodwin’s major work, The Ulysess Suite, five large mixed media panels are positioned alongside a modified beast-like racing bike. Entitled Dedalus’s Prosthesis for a Minotaur, the artwork feasts on the carcass of James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses. Richard created this suite while reading and re-reading Ulysses and the Greek classic, Homer. The result is a mash-up of autobiographical
references to a life lived within and alongside a particular history of western art and architecture. Goodwin’s major prizes include The National Sculpture Award 1985, The Sculpture by the Sea Prize 2003, Helen Lempriere Award 2004, the Blackett Award for Architecture in 2004, and the Wynne Prize from the Art Gallery of NSW 2011.
Navigator - Richard Goodwin On exhibition until August 20 | Daily 9am to 5pm FREE Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest 86 River Road, Emu Plains penrithregionalgallery.org
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he Joan is bringing award-winning Australian choreographer, Shaun Parker, to Penrith to present Blue Love, a poetic and satirical take on the clichés of pop culture, romance, coupledom and suburbia. This quirky, character-based work combines multi-media with physical theatre and comedy. From a fantastic place where TV soap meets art-house film, Blue Love’s protagonists, Glenn and Rhonda Flune, take the audience on an expedition in search of the perfect relationship.
Infused with intense movement, film and dance, Blue Love is inspired by famous works of art, theatre, music and film; all of which deal with the concept of love. Glenn and Rhonda draw on and reference all of these art forms, parodying the lip-service given to love and its incarnations. SHOW DETAILS Blue Love 19 August at 7.30pm - ONE SHOW ONLY S tandard $55 | Concession $50 Or subscribe & save! T he Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre 597 High St, Penrith thejoan.com.au
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reference film, dance, text and song in playing out their relationship.” Originally created as an award-winning short film, Blue Love was then developed into a full length physical theatre and dance work which has now been performed internationally and toured widely around Australia. Shaun Parker & Company is an exhilarating and bold Australian dance company that has exploded onto the international dance scene, focusing on integrating choreographic forms, storytelling, diverse musical styles and theatrical invention.
Parker wanted to create work about romantic love, saying “I was inspired by how romantic love runs rampant through all art forms, both popular and high-art, and provides such juicy thematic fodder for artists and audiences alike. It’s a topic that everyone knows only too well. In romantic love the cliché becomes the poignant and vice versa. “Enter our characters, Glenn and Rhonda Flune. They believe that they are the perfect couple, and in believing so become the tenuous, sometimes fabricated, sometimes real storyteller of Blue Love. They and their ‘sketchedout’ living room become the canvas for our story as they Issue 8 August 2017
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PENRITH REGION
PENRITH SHOWGROUND MARKET
BLUE MOUNTAINS BABIES’ & KIDS’ MARKET
EVERY WEDNESDAY Penrith’s only weekday market has approximately 250300 stalls selling products ranging from plants, fruit and vegetables, clothing, lingerie, tools, craft supplies, car supplies, pets, bric a brac and much more.
FIRST SUNDAY Located at Hawkesbury Indoor Stadium YMCA, an indoor market offering free entry with over 50 stallholders catering to baby, kids, parents, “soon to be” and the general public. A mix of handmade, new, services and fun for the kids.
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THIRD SUNDAY Craft, art, fashion, jewellery, accessories, health and wellbeing, sweet treats, plants, homewares and fresh produce items.
EVERY SUNDAY Located in the George St Mall. Quality handmade homewares, arts, crafts, fashion and fresh produce. Local bands and buskers offer great entertainment.
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THIRD SUNDAY A new community market set on the picturesque Jordan Springs lakeside pathway. Bring your family and pets for a look at this new local market.
FOURTH SATURDAY Come down to McQuade Park and check out the community markets – you’ll see plenty of stalls selling old and quality new products, with everything from vegetables to handmade jewellery.
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PENRITH COMMUNITY RAISES $25,000 FOR
Local Charity Emma Husar’s generous contribution to the new local shelter
The Penrith community has raised an extraordinary $25,000 in just over a month to fund the creation of an urgently-needed shelter for women fleeing domestic violence or suffering homelessness, to be known as The Haven – Nepean Women’s Shelter.
he effort, supported by Women’s Community Shelters, is a response to overwhelming levels of demand that have resulted in half of local women being turned away from crisis accommodation because of a lack of capacity at existing shelters. The board of The Haven is now calling on the local community to assist with locating a property that can house the shelter, with the aim to have the doors open by November this year. “We set a target of raising $25,000 to provide the seed funding to get this new women’s shelter off the ground,” The Haven chair, Sharon Levy, said. “None of us expected the extraordinary outpouring of support from the Penrith community that resulted in the full amount being donated in little more than a month. “Penrith has a critical shortage of available crisis accommodation, resulting in one in every two women who are fleeing family violence or experiencing homelessness being turned away because shelters are at capacity. “The Haven is an attempt to address this urgent need, which is why we want to have the doors open by November, ahead of the ‘peak season’ for family violence which generally occurs around Christmas.”
The board of The Haven is now calling on the local community to assist with locating a property that can house the shelter Levy said The Haven was searching for a property with at least six bedrooms and multiple bathrooms that is close to public transport and shopping facilities. “As well as financial assistance we have been overwhelmed with offers of support from the community, especially from people willing to volunteer their time and skills, but the next step is to locate a property that can house The Haven.” Women’s Community Shelters CEO Annabelle Daniel said there was a desperate need for additional accommodation to shelter women and children fleeing domestic violence. “Based on our past experience, and the level of demand in the local community, we expect that The Haven will be full within a week of the doors opening,” Daniel said. “That is why it is so important for more community initiatives like this one to get off the ground and provide safe, supportive places for women fleeing violence to go.” YOUR ASSISTANCE IS WELCOMED Anyone wishing to offer assistance with locating appropriate premises to house The Haven is encouraged to contact the board by emailing: ceo@womenscommunityshelters.org.au
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Westies Market T HE
Emu Plains brings artisanal goods to the Penrith region this winter.
enrith’s popular art and design market returned in July with a new name at Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School in Emu Plains. The Westies Market – Emu Plains, previously known as The Thornton Artisan and Farmers Market, gives visitors the opportunity to purchase local produce, original handmade homewares and fashion, and locally made honey, tea, smallgoods and sweets. The market enjoyed great success after launching in April 2016 as Thornton Artisan and Farmers Market at Thornton Green in Penrith. The market will now take place at Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School in Emu Plains. It features local makers from the Penrith and Blue Mountains region under one roof, providing a special shopping experience for the community and visitors. After launching on Sunday, July 16, 9am-2pm, the market will take place on the third Sunday of every month. Not-for-profit organisation The Westies is the vision behind the markets. Run by Penrith native Katrina James, The Westies mission is to bring quality community events to Western Sydney while showcasing the region. The Westies Market gives local makers and suppliers a platform to sell their goods and provides an accessible event for the growing local community and visitors. "We are super excited to be relaunching the markets that received so much community support. Clearly this is something the area wants and deserves," says James. “Support from the community is what motivated us to find a new venue
so that we can continue to support the makers and creators in the area. Strong communities are connected communities and beyond shopping this is what the market is a platform for – connecting." The Westies acknowledges the wonderful support of its major sponsor Mooney Real Estate along with foundation sponsors, Chris Lawler Building, Hilary Nathan Photography, Emu Plains Podiatry, Savvy Cakes, Parties from the Attic, Western Sydney Business Centre and Mrs Nargar and Co. COME CHECK IT OUT Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School, 15-119 Great Western Highway, Emu Plains
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Drop in Centre FOR VE TERANS
Stuart Ayres MP, Member for Penrith joined Mick McConnell, president, and Brian Cartwright of the City of Penrith RSL Sub Branch to announce funding of $2,500 to assist in furnishing the new drop in centre for veterans. “It is my pleasure to announce this funding that will go towards furniture and amenities to make it comfortable and welcoming,” said Ayres. “Many veterans are young men and women in their 20s and 30s and this centre will provide a safe haven for them to have a chat and a cuppa in a non-threatening environment,” said Ayres. Cartwright welcomed the funding saying the drop-in centre will be utilised, and to some extent run, by the veterans themselves and will also be a space available to Homes for Heroes as part of their community engagement program. The new centre will have its own entrance in an alcohol free zone separate from the RSL Club itself. It will also assist homeless veterans to re-engage positively with the community. FOR MORE INFORMATION 4728 5225
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Penrith's Future
PL A N S FOR
here is no doubt our city will look different in the future; we will work closer to home, have more affordable housing, more access to world class education and more efficient transport connections. Already we have international sporting and cultural events in our city and in the future we will have many more,” said Penrith Mayor John Thain. “However, growth and transformation does come with challenges. We recognise that public transport, parking and traffic are current challenges. We are working with government to make sure that Penrith becomes a connected city now, as well as working for the delivery of roads, transport and vital lifestyle opportunities to support future population growth.
Today things are moving quickly and we need to keep up, to make sure we get the best for our community and to sustain Penrith as a great place to live.
“Delivering more and better services for our community is essential for the future transformation of our city. That’s the reason we are pushing hard for a north south rail connection between Campbelltown and Marsden Park,” said Mayor Thain. "The Sydney Science Park, the Western Sydney Airport, the potential for more jobs, future commercial and retail growth and residential development, give us the prerogative to demand better infrastructure, some is needed immediately, and some to support and enhance the Penrith City of the future.” Adoption of the Sydney Science Park Precinct Plan at Luddenham has demonstrated Penrith Council’s commitment to a thriving future for Penrith. When completed, the 280ha, $5 billion Sydney Science Park will create an internationally recognised epicentre for research and development in the heart of Western Sydney, a fully integrated community, more than 12,000 knowledge based jobs, 10,000 students and will become home to more than 10,000 residents. In the centre of Penrith, Council has also embarked on an innovative approach to providing quality accommodation for older Penrith residents. Plans for independent living apartments, 24 hour aged care, community and medical services will be delivered in Reserve Street, Penrith by Greengate Developments. A second key site in Union Road Penrith is being explored to deliver transformational development and to provide more choices for present and future residents. “Planning is not new," said Mayor Thain. “The facilities we now have in Penrith didn’t just happen, they were planned, we are an evolving city. Today things are moving quickly and we need to keep up, to make sure we get the best for our community and to sustain Penrith as a great place to live.”
ROAMING SPOKE TO LOCAL AND TRUSTED VETS, COREEN AVENUE VETENTARY CLINIC, WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS.
Medical examinations for all pet ailments, routine pet care, on site radiology, pathology, ultrasound and endoscope services, orthopaedic surgery, dental surgery, grooming, boarding, hydrobath services, emergency and critical care, access to 24/7 veterinary and nursing care.
Over the past two years we have; • Attended six Homelessness Hub Programs to provide free health checks, vaccinations and desexing and follow up care
We also offer quality over-the-counter flea, heartworm and tick preventatives.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST OPEN YOUR DOORS? Coreen Avenue Veterinary Clinic (CAVC) opened in February 1996 and Western Sydney Cat Hospital (WSCH) opened in 2009.
Our commitment to delivering quality loving care has resulted in the clinic to often deliver care and services that is above and beyond.
• Co-ordinated five Vaccinations Days with RSPCA to provide free health checks and vaccinations to help reduce the incidence of the deadly virus Parvovirus in our community
2 TELL US ABOUT YOUR TEAM
CAVC and WSCH is owned and operated by three partners who have worked together for over 25 years. We pride ourselves on being a family-friendly practice where clients become a part of our extended family. We, Dr Nicole McMillan, Dr Lynn Mathison and Kellie Tickner, operate the business as a partnership. Our team is made up of 10 Veterinarians, 18 nursing staff and an office manager as well as a whole lot of furry, scaly, slimy (and sometimes stinky) friends. Our team is encouraged to ‘go the extra mile’ and treat every client on their individual needs in accordance with practice policies and protocols. The culture of CAVC is very family-orientated. Clients become our extended family and feel a genuine sense of belonging. 3 NAME THE SERVICES YOUR BUSINESS OFFERS Our services include everything that you would expect from a veterinary hospital including;
• Attended six Microchipping days with Penrith City Council to provide free health checks and vaccinations
• Assistance in raising $15,000 for an assistance dog
4 WHAT IS THE MOST REWARDING ASPECT OF WHAT YOU DO? We love that our clients see us as their extended family and we are rewarded every day by the trust that they have in us.
• Assistance to RSPCA programs – Living Ruff (homelessness program), POOPS (elderly client/pets program) and emergency boarding of pets for clients experiencing domestic violence
We pride ourselves on excellence in delivery of high customer service and walking in our clients' shoes.
• CAVC/RSPCA Paw-It-Forward Program to assist people in our community with financial constraints with routine pet care while educating them along the way.
5 WHAT ARE SOME ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS YOU ARE PROUD OF? A few of our highlights include: • 2006 Winner of the Australian Veterinary Association Pfizer Practice of Excellence Award
• 2004 – 2014 Winner of nine local business awards
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We believe that recognising the importance of staff, clients and community is central to the success of a local business. It generates word of mouth referrals and trust from the people of Penrith.
• 2013 – 2016 Winner of three Australian Small Business Champion Awards for Outstanding Pet Care • 2014 – 2016 Winner of two Women with Altitude awards
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Another huge highlight for us has been the establishment of our various community projects.
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MEET TRAVEL EXPERTS KERRIE AND LYNETTE FROM MARIA, FELLOWES & TURNER TRAVEL ASSOCIATES, PENRITH. 1 HOW LONG HAS YOUR BUSINESS BEEN OPERATING? We opened our doors just over three and a half years ago in December 2013. 2 TELL US ABOUT YOUR TEAM Our team of four at Maria, Fellowes & Turner Travel Associates are avid travellers who have seen much of the world. Between us we have over 80 years experience in the industry so we know a thing or two about travel. 3 WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THE INDUSTRY? Lynette – I wanted to be an air hostess growing up so I had an interest in travelling from an early age. Mum and dad took me on my first international flight when I was six months old and from then on we would travel each year to somewhere different. Having grown up with lots of travel experience in my 20s I decided that it just made sense to become a Travel Consultant, so off to TAFE I went and did my Cert III in Travel.
Kerrie – I was blown away by the experience I received booking my first overseas holiday. I loved the consultant – she was so passionate about planning my trip and I thought I can do this. So here I am 20 years and 39 countries later and the bucket list is still full!
6 WHAT IS THE MOST REWARDING ASPECT OF
WHAT YOU DO? Kerrie – The memories that I help create for my clients by sending them to so many wonderful countries. Lynette – Giving people an experience that will impact them (in a good way) forever. Creating unforgettable memories that have an everlasting impression is rewarding for me. 7 ANY HIGHLIGHTS/ACHIEVEMENTS THAT YOU
ARE PROUD OF? Kerrie - I’m proud of my whole journey in the travel industry, the most memorable would be opening the doors of our Travel Associates office in December 2013 and the support we have received from our loyal clients (fans). Lynette – It’s the relationships and the connections I share with people that are what I am most proud of. When I receive a thoughtful card or flowers I know I've done my job right. 8 TIME TO BRAG, HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAVE YOU BEEN TO, ANY FAVOURITES? Kerrie – I’ve been to 39 countries in total. Favourite would be swimming with the dolphins and turtles in Hawaii and also watching the Formula One Grand Prix in Spain.
Also India – a truly wonderful country rich in culture and history. Lynette – I’ve been to 32 countries. My favourite places are usually those that have lots of flora and fauna to offer. Borneo and South America would have to be right up there as the best I have seen.
4 NAME THE SERVICES YOUR BUSINESS OFFERS We offer a range of services but not limited to; premium offering on airfares, accommodation, river cruising, ocean cruising, specialist holidays, group travel, unique experiences, travel insurance and visa service.
9 WITH BOOKING TRAVEL ONLINE BECOMING HUGELY POPULAR TELL US WHY BOOKING WITH AN EXPERIENCED AGENT IS STILL YOUR BEST BET? Booking travel online has become much more popular than ever before.
5 WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT YOUR WORK? Kerrie –The relationship I have with my clients. They instil a high level of trust in me to create amazing holidays for them.
However, what you are missing out on when booking online is the knowledge and experience of a travel advisor. When dealing with a business like ours, all of our consultants have travelled extensively and have first hand knowledge of most destinations.
Lynette – I still get blown away with some destinations. I am forever learning about people and cultures that we are so far removed from and it really is fascinating.
clients to chase more unique and rewarding experiences is at the core of what our brand is about. 10 WHAT DO YOU APPRECIATE MOST ABOUT BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY? Both of us work and live in Penrith, this has helped us develop strong relationships and partnerships with our customers and also the business community. There are so many good-hearted people in the area. 11 ANY ADVICE TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS? Do not go trying to recreate the wheel. Look for something a little unique or different and have a point of difference to your competitors. Get one thing right first and absolutely nail it before you move onto the next.
Always value and look after your clients. Stay positive, believe in yourself and don’t be afraid to dream or travel! LET US GUIDE YOU ON YOUR TRAVELS Call Us FREECALL 1800 040 744 O pening Hours Monday to Friday: 9am - 5pm Our Location 14 Macquarie Avenue, Penrith, NSW 2750 travel-associates.com.au/mariafellowes
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Lovin’ it local WHAT WE ARE LOVING LOCALLY THIS MONTH Your one stop – For Natural Health Abundant Life & Health located in Penrith CBD has been operating for 26 years – 16 of which in Penrith. You're guaranteed to be in the most knowledgeable and capable of hands. They also have their Health Food Store – The Apothecary’s Pantry. theapothecaryspantry.com.au abundantlifeandhealth.com.au
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There’s not time like NOW to start thinking about Christmas holidays and your next family getaway. Contact Kerrie and Lynette From Travel Associates for all your travel needs – even if you just need some holiday inspiration. Contact 1800 040 744
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Penrith Local Business Awards – have you entered? Want a (totally unfair!) advantage? Awards Agency, Australia’s premier business awards specialists, is holding a business awards workshop specifically designed to walk you through developing a kick-ass submission for the Penrith Local Business Awards. Learn: • What the judges are looking for • What evidence is needed and how to use it • How to present your information, and more! You’ll also have the opportunity to work with one of Australia’s leading awards writers to actively develop your submission. Email hello@awardsagency.com.au to register your interest and we’ll let you know as soon as dates are confirmed.
PENRITH REGIONAL GALLERY &
The Lewers Bequest A PLACE OF IDEAS AND INSPIRATION.
ife, food and art have long been integral to 86 River Road, Emu Plains. For more than seven decades the garden and home have echoed with the sound of parties, lively debate and creative passion and today – as Penrith Regional Gallery and The Lewers Bequest – it provides a vibrant program of exhibitions and activities and a place for visitors to discover, share and enjoy. The site was once a small rural holding on the banks of the Nepean River, and part of the early settlement of the Nepean district. The original house, now known as Lewers House, was built in 1905 and in 1942, Margo and Gerald Lewers – two leading artists in the development of modernism in Australian art – bought the property and made it their home and studio. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s it was known as a place of style, innovation and hospitality. As Patrick White wrote: “ideas hurtled, argument flared, voices shouted, sparks flew … It was a place in which people gathered spontaneously”.
The isolation of the house enabled Gerald to work on his sculptures - especially the larger carved stone pieces without fear of disturbing the neighbours. The placement of Gerald’s sculptures within the garden is a subtle but significant design element, and something that visitors can enjoy today, along with examples of Margo’s work; including paintings, mosaic tiles, and Corkwall, a significant piece of Modernist design comprising a cupboard and display unit that can be seen in Ancher House. The garden played a pivotal role in the creative and artistic life of Margo and Gerald Lewers, in family life, and in entertaining family and friends – especially people also involved or interested in modern art and design. Today it is maintained by a Heritage Gardener in keeping with Margo’s original intent that it be a living work of art. In 1956 architect Sydney Ancher remodelled elements of Lewers House to create a Modernist living room (today known as the Lounge Room Gallery), opening onto a new courtyard space with brick wall and nearby succulent garden. Ancher went on to design a second
house on the site, known as Ancher House. Now housing the Gallery’s Modernist Research Centre, this is the only example of Ancher’s work in Western Sydney and was a true collaboration between artist and architect. Interior decoration and detailing, including extensive mosaic work, was completed by Margo. Following Gerald’s death in 1962, Margo continued to live and work at Emu Plains until she died in 1978. In 1980 the Lewers daughters, Darani and Tanya, donated the site, buildings and gardens to Penrith City Council, together with a substantial collection of art including works by Gerald and Margo and their contemporaries. Their vision was to create a centre of excellence for the presentation and appreciation of art for the community. All of this on our doorstep: a unique local Gallery, with a fascinating artistic and architectural heritage, an enchanting garden and a sensational café. If these walls could talk, oh the stories they would tell.
COME VISIT AND DISCOVER Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest 86 River Road, Emu Plains NSW 2750 4735 1100 OPEN DAILY 9am - 5pm ADMISSION FREE penrithregionalgallery.org
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Issue8 IssueAugust 7 July 2017
Penrith Schools SECURE BUDGET FUNDING
Stuart Ayres MP, Member for Penrith, joined Rob Stokes, Minister for Education, to announce that Penrith Public School will be upgraded and a new environmental education centre at Penrith Lakes will be built with funding provided through this year’s NSW Government Budget. The upgrade at Penrith Public School will considerably increase the number of teaching spaces allowing greater capacity for the school community. A new hall for Kingswood High School is also planned and a new primary school will be built at Jordan Springs. These projects are a part of the NSW Government’s record commitment to education across the state, which will see a record $4.2 billion invested into new and existing school projects over the next four years, including $2.2 billion worth of new projects commencing in the next two years. Since coming to office in 2011 the NSW Liberal-Nationals Government has announced a new environmental education centre and two major school upgrades in the Penrith electorate alone.
Member for Penrith Stuart Ayres welcomed the funding for the projects to meet the needs of local students. “These projects will help provide the education facilities our community needs and deserves,” Ayres said. “I’m pleased the NSW Government is delivering these muchneeded resources for the education of our children.” Education Minister Rob Stokes said NSW public schools are expected to enrol an additional 164,000 students by 2031, and these school projects will provide improved and expanded learning environments for the growing student population. “These projects will ensure students and staff have the resources they need to succeed in the 21st century,” Stokes said.
“The NSW Government is working hard to provide high-quality education facilities for students and their communities now and into the future.” Early planning will begin in the coming months on the scope of works for the projects. Final funding for the projects will be confirmed after the tender process for works has been completed. COME VISIT AND DISCOVER
More details can be found on the new School Infrastructure NSW website also being launched today at: schoolinfrastructure.nsw.gov.au
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PARENTS WIN AND KIDS GET ACTIVE IN RECORD $401 MILLION SPORT BUDGET
amilies are the big winners from this year’s record $401 million sport budget, with parents in NSW eligible for a $100 rebate to cover sporting club fees, including swimming lessons, for every school-aged child.
Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres said an ‘Active Kids Rebate’ is the centrepiece of this year’s sport budget, with $207 million allocated for the program across the next four years to increase participation in sport. “Quite simply, this budget will lower the cost for every school child to play sport, playing sports more accessible and delivering back to families by reducing barriers to healthy activity,” Ayres said. "The biggest sport and recreation budget on record will tackle childhood obesity, encourage active lifestyles and invest in both our major and community sporting facilities." Penrith Mayor, Councillor John Thain, said that the timing of this announcement coincides with the 10 year strategy Council is currently developing to prioritise and invest in our valuable sporting, recreational, play and open space assets.
JAMES COURTNEY Lo cal Born Penrith Bo y Living his Dream By Cassandra Elliot
FROM RACING GO CARTS IN PENRITH AS A BOY, TO DRIVING FOR THE BEST ALL OVER THE WORLD, V8 SUPERCAR DRIVER, JAMES COURTNEY HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED A LOT IN HIS 37 YEARS.
Being a young bloke from Western Sydney... I was always told that I was wasting my time and I'd amount to nothing... so to prove all those people wrong and sort of reach your dream, and be paid to do what you love is probably the icing on the cake of it all.
hile he took his family dog, Diva, out for a walk, James spoke to Roaming about his life.
His dad “mucked around a little” with go carts, which is how he got into the sport. “I started go carting when I was eight. We raced all around Sydney as a young chap,” he says. “Like the majority of the field, I think starting in carting is the first step," James says, “I raced carts here in Australia until I was about 14-15, then I moved to Europe and started racing there.” At 15, a European team selected James to join them in Europe. “Carting is very big in Europe. Europeans always used to come out to race and I was the first guy to beat the Europeans, so they said to my dad, ‘I think you should come and do world championships’. So I did and I won it. Then they said you could stay in Juniors, or you can go back with your parents. That's when I stayed there." He says it probably wasn’t easy for his parents to let him go at such a young age, but they did, and it’s proved to be a smart decision. "It was a bit of a shock to the system. At that age your parents do everything for you. I was living by myself in a foreign country where I couldn't speak the language." Living in an apartment owned by the team, James spent a lot of time travelling around Europe driving for the carting team. He had his meals cooked and his washing done by the lady in the restaurant below him. “We used to fly and race in Asia as well. They would send me to America a lot because of my English and I'd do a lot of stuff all over America and South America," he says. James says that although all other sports took a back seat to his driving growing up, he considers himself as a “crazy Panthers supporter”.
He says he would get smashed if he played sport because he wasn’t big enough, but that’s been one of his strengths as a driver. “They don't want us to be really massive, because then that's weight in the car, and that's slower," he says. “A lot of people think it's pretty easy, everyone can drive. It's not that strenuous, but in the car for us, it's really quite violent. The temperature's typically between 55 and 60 degrees inside the car, so it's really, really hot," he says. “We have to be able to deal with the heat and still make rational decisions over long periods of time.” James mostly does heat tolerance and endurance training. He has a full gym at home, and to imitate driving conditions, he turns the heater on in the gym before training. Training in these conditions “shows the ability to still make good decisions while you're hot and bothered”. “The last thing you need at the end of the race, when you're doing 300kms an hour, is to have a lapse in judgement and crash, so it's pretty important." Hydration is very important when driving, and James explains that drivers go through two three-litre drink bottles which are re-filled at pit-stops. "It’s about 2.8 kilos an hour weight burn, because you're sweating, [from] the amount of heat in the car," he says. To combat this, drivers wear a cool suit in the car. "It's like a little vest that pumps through dry ice back through little pipes over your vital organs so they don’t fail," he says. One thing James struggled with as a young driver is having the mental strength to push through the heat. “When you’re hurt or tired, you have that ability to block it out and keep going," he says, which is a real strength to have.
James says the hardest part of his job is simply "time away from the kiddies".
“You sit down to work, how hard can that be?," James laughs.
“I've broken my leg, my elbow, my hand,” he lists, but James has also been injured when he’s not in the car. “There was an aerial display at a race and a helicopter came too low and debris hit me in my chest,” he says, “it broke seven ribs, punctured my lungs and put me out for three months.” Despite enduring these conditions, injuries, and time away from family, James still loves the sport and says his career highlight so far has been getting all the way to Formula One. “Being a young bloke from Western Sydney from a working-class family, I was always told that I was wasting my time and I'd amount to nothing at school, so to prove all those people wrong and sort of reach your dream, and be paid to do what you love is probably the icing on the cake of it all.” James has a very busy schedule, travelling, racing, and meeting with sponsors. He says his wife Carys manages his calendar very well. ”Three kids she's got to look after,” he laughs, alluding to the fact that his wife looks after him. He describes their meeting as “a little fairytale”. They knew the same people growing up in Sydney’s Western suburbs, but only met as adults. “We like looking at all of her old photos, you can see me in the background, which is pretty funny. But we had never met until a drunken night in Sydney, when I was 21,” he says. Together the couple have two young children, Zara and Cadel. When asked if any of his children would be following in his racing footsteps, James says Zara fancies herself a singer, and Cadel is still deciding
I've always tried to be very grounded and normal... I just want to be a normal bloke like everyone else, but I get paid to do something pretty cool for a living.
if he’s going to play for Real Madrid or Barcelona. James says the hardest part of his job is simply “time away from the kiddies”.
same for others. “I get the buzz out of it because it's good, and I still can't believe I do what I do, and I’m grateful for it.”
Throughout his career so far, James has won the karting world championship twice - once in juniors, once in seniors. “Then I won the British Formula Ford Championship, which is the first category in car racing. Then we moved to Japan, with Toyota. I did all the Toyota F1 engine development and raced sports cars, in Japan, all over Asia and America and then came back here. Now I’m racing for HSV."
James says he’s thankful he doesn’t have to get a real job just yet, and he gets to continue doing what he loves. He knows this career has allowed him more opportunities than most, and he says some memorable moments are the people he's met.
“I won this championship, the V8 Supercar championship, the Japanese Formula 3 championship, and I think we were second in the Super GT championship. So, there's been a few things," he says. In motor sports, the teams always keep the trophies. “The only thing I've got is all my helmets, there's 56 of them, so they've all got a little story to tell,” he says. James says there’s one big race that’s alluded him so far in his career, and that’s Bathurst. “I suppose, a Bathurst on my resume would be lovely to have.” Thinking back over his illustrious career, James says, like anything, your family make sacrifices for you. “My sisters, they had to spend a lot of time at go cart tracks as young girls, and I'm sure they didn't wanna spend their time there," he laughs, "so, [as a shoutout, I’ll say] sorry to my sisters.” Outside of racing, James started his own carting company and fund because he says he received a lot of support early in his career and wants to pay it forward. He wants to keep it all going by doing the
“I've done a lot of cool things. I've met the Beatles, Jamiroquai, a lot of big celebrities”, like Jen Hawkins and Nicole Kidman. “High profile people that, if I was working in the family carpet-laying business, I never would've met." He says for his 21st birthday, he received phone calls from Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. However, a highlight for him was being able to extend this access to his daughter. Two weeks ago he took Delta Goodrem for a ride in the race car and Delta called Zara. His daughter sung Delta a song. “Not too many parents are able to do that for their kids, so that's probably a rather large bonus of what I do," he says. Being that he is a high-profile name himself, people ask to have their photo taken with him, which James says his kids think is weird. “For me, I've always tried to be very grounded and normal. I think coming from humble beginnings, and Western Sydney, I just want to be a normal bloke like everyone else, but I get paid to do something pretty cool for a living."
Local chef and food writer Ross Dobson gives Roaming exclusive access to two recipes from his book and we couldn’t go past the pasta recipes. Enjoy!
Pasta with Tomato, Chilli and Pancetta By any other name, this is pasta all’amatriciana, Rome’s most iconic pasta dish. The original recipe, from the hillside town of Amatrice, calls for spaghetti, but in Rome it’s usually served with bucatini, a thick, hollow spaghetti-like pasta. This messy-to-eat pasta might flick you in the face, but that only adds to the enjoyment. I usually like to add a big handful of spinach leaves to the bowl; it’s a sneaky way of eating salad and the flavours work well together, too. INGREDIENTS 200g piece pancetta, cut into 1cm chunks 60ml olive oil 1 red onion, coarsely chopped 400g tin crushed tomatoes ½ teaspoon chilli flakes 400g bucatini or perciatelli 1 00g (1 cup) grated pecorino, romano or parmesan cheese 9 4 large handfuls baby English spinach 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
METHOD Put the pancetta in a large saucepan with the oil and fry over low heat for 15 minutes, or until all the fat has been rendered out and the meat is very crisp. 26
Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the onion to the pan and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring often. Add the tomatoes, then stir in the chilli flakes. Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has thickened slightly. Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of cold water to the boil and add a generous pinch of salt. When the water returns to the boil, add the pasta and cook until al dente; this will take 9–12 minutes, depending on the brand. Ladle about 125ml (½ cup) of pasta water into the pan with the sauce. Drain the pasta. Add the drained pasta and pancetta to the sauce and stir for 30 seconds, or until well combined and heated through. Remove from the heat and stir in half the cheese. Put a handful of spinach into each of four serving bowls. Serve the hot pasta over the spinach and scatter the remaining cheese on top.
No pancetta? Simply substitute with bacon or ham. A dollop of fresh ricotta cheese on top of the pasta would be pretty great, too.
Tuck In Available at all good bookstores RRP $39.99 Local skilled Chef and Food writer Ross Dobson has 15 books to his name. His new book “Tuck In” is the latest book to add to his collection and is available now.
Penne Rigate with Bacon, Cauliflower and Gorgonzola All the tube-shaped pastas, such as penne, rigatoni, ziti and even fusilli, do like a good baking. Their hollow shapes can be delicious hiding spots for sauce and they make for easy eating. It is common to see baked pasta, or pasta al forno, with a tomato-based sauce. Not in this recipe. There is an indulgent group of ingredients here, combining to make a really comforting and delicious meal. INGREDIENTS 9 300g penne rigate 9 300g cauliflower, broken into bite-sized pieces 9 100g butter 9 4 bacon rashers, thinly sliced 9 3 tablespoons plain (all-purpose) flour ⁄ teaspoon ground nutmeg 9 500ml (2 cups) milk 9 150g gorgonzola cheese 9 60g (1 cup) fresh breadcrumbs
METHOD Preheat the oven to 180°C. Bring a large saucepan of cold water to the boil and add a generous pinch of salt. When the water returns to the boil, add the pasta and cook for 7 minutes. Add the cauliflower to the pan and cook for a further 5 minutes, or until both the pasta and cauliflower are tender. Drain well and then tip the pasta and cauliflower back into the pan. Set aside. Heat the butter in a saucepan over high heat. Add the bacon and cook for 4–5 minutes, until golden. Add the flour and nutmeg and stir to combine. Gradually add the milk to the pan and cook until the milk thickens. Remove from the heat. Break the cheese into smaller pieces directly into the hot sauce and stir until just combined. Stir the cheese sauce into the pasta until combined. Transfer to a large baking dish, sprinkle the breadcrumbs over the top, then bake in the oven for 15–20 minutes, until the breadcrumbs are golden and crisp.
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Kerrie & Lynette Maria, Fellowes & Turner Travel Associates Penrith
From mum and dad and the kids travelling with grandparents; to aunts and uncles, cousins, and in-laws joining a holiday to celebrate a special occasion; multigenerational family travel is on the rise. For extended families that may live far apart, it’s a way to come together and spend some quality time. 1
It's easy to keep the whole family entertained on a beach getaway. The Whitsundays is certainly a hot favourite or it could be a tropical location or an island escape. There are so many wonderful places to choose from – Fiji, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Maldives, Hawaii and the list goes on. 2
In the last few years, cruise lines have been steaming ahead when it comes to multigenerational cruising, and many now provide facilities to cater directly for family members of diverse ages and interests. Some have a new generation of staterooms perfect for multigenerational family groups. Family Connected Suites allow families to share time together, while also allowing everyone to have their own spaces, separate bedrooms and bathrooms. Along with a multitude of activities from a circus school, bumper cars, roller-skating rink, full-size basketball court, indoor sky diving and surfing simulator, there’s something to keep the whole family entertained. Cruises also offer value for money, with all meals included from a range of dining options, catering for even the fussiest eater. 3
EUROPE BY WATER
It’s not just large ocean liners that cater for family groups. Some cruise companies offer European river cruises that are specifically designed for multigenerational families and are an excellent way to introduce young travellers to Europe. Shore excursions and on board activities on particular sailings are tailored for different age groups. Departures are conveniently scheduled during summer and winter school breaks. 4
For at least half the year, it is winter somewhere in the world, and for skiing enthusiasts that means a ski holiday is almost always on the agenda. However, one doesn’t need to be a skier to enjoy a winter holiday. Even non-skiers can find the welcoming winter spirit invigorating when travelling to the world’s most breathtaking snowy mountain retreats. 28
TROPICAL VILLAS
Once the family has had a taste of having their own private chef, it’s likely to be something that must tick the box for every family holiday. A private villa in Bali, Fiji or Thailand, with multiple rooms, its own private chef, private swimming pool and local culture provides a relaxing getaway for all the clan to come together for a special occasion such as a milestone anniversary or birthday. 6
BIG CITY LIVING
A big trend for multigenerational travel in cities like London, New York or Paris, is to rent centrally located apartments or houses rather than hotels. We have access to some of the finest luxury private homes in these cities. 7
Safari operators are also embracing the trend with the African continent, a destination that appeals to everyone no matter their age. Exploring massive African wildlife parks such South Africa’s Kruger National Park or Tanzania’s Serengeti will bring those David Attenborough documentaries to life, and create special moments and memories that everyone will be talking about for years to come.
It’s said that the family that plays together, stays together, and there is no doubt that travel with your loved ones has the greatest potential to bring families together through extraordinary shared experiences.
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10 Tips Better Sleep TO
Sleep plays a vital role in good health and wellbeing throughout your life. Getting enough quality sleep at the right times can help protect your mental health, physical health and quality of life.
ed is a haven for you to escape to. After a busy day, your muscles deserve to rest, recover and recharge your body for another day ahead.
HERE ARE 10 SIMPLE TIPS TO ASSIST YOU TO GET A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP 1
Establish a regular, relaxing bedtime routine that will allow you to unwind and send a “signal” to your brain that it’s time to sleep.
2 Maintain a regular sleep-wake cycle, even on
weekends. The temptation may be to sleep in, but a regular waking time in the morning strengthens the circadian clock and can help with falling asleep at night.
3 Avoid stimulants such as caffeine, nicotine
and alcohol in the late afternoon and evening. Caffeine and nicotine can delay your sleep, and alcohol may interrupt your sleep later in the night.
4 Exercise regularly, but do so at least three hours
7 Make sure your mattress is comfortable and
supportive. The one you have been using for years may have exceeded its life expectancy – about nine or 10 years for most good quality mattresses.
8 If you can’t go to sleep after 30 minutes, don’t
stay in bed tossing and turning. Get up and pursue a relaxing activity, such as listening to soothing music or reading, until you feel sleepy.
9 Your bed is made for sleeping - avoid taking work
to bed with you, or watching TV.
10 A call to a doctor is another alternative.
However, while over-the-counter medicines may help with sleep, these should be taken with caution. Your doctor can help inform you about the different types of medications available and which would be most effective for you.
The bottom line is this: Adequate sleep is as essential to health and peak performance as exercise and good nutrition.
before bedtime.
5 If you have trouble sleeping when you go to bed
don’t nap during the day, since it affects your ability to sleep at night.
6 Consider your sleep environment. Make it as
pleasant, comfortable, dark, cool and quiet as you can.
SLEEP SOUNDLY Sleepsoundly is your complete sleep resource: research sleep tips for every age group. Download the sleep diary to track your sleep health. sleepsoundly.com.au
GET A GOOD MATTRESS! A good mattress can go a long way to ensure a night of good quality sleep. For a wide range of mattresses for the whole family visit Harvey Norman, Penrith. From Single to King, Extra Plush to Extra Firm – there is a bed for everyone Harvery Norman Penrith Superstore Cnr Mulgoa Road & Wolseley Street 4737 5111 harveynorman.com.au/penrith
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Naturopaths and Medical Doctors? Local Expert
John Miller-Crispe N.D. - Naturopath, Herbalist, Homeopath at Abundant Life &Health
am often asked “what is the difference between Naturopaths and Medical (orthodox) Doctors? The answer is both simple and complex. Naturopaths focus on the overall health of the patient. We seek to help our patients to understand how diet and lifestyle impact their health and wellbeing. We seek the cause of symptoms first, in order to obtain a cure – wellness. Symptoms are only a result of a disease process and treating them without treating the cause will not effect a cure and we seek cure not simply the management of symptoms. Doctors rarely see their patients until some symptom is sufficiently annoying to motivate the patient to pay a visit to them. As the symptom is so strongly motivating and finding the cause of the problem can be time consuming and the Doctor has limited time available; the symptom is what is treated, not the cause. Over time the medical profession have come to see and believe that the symptom is the disease when in fact symptoms are really the result or outward manifestation of the real disease. In short, Doctors manage symptoms (disease), they do not cure. Naturally there are certain things that each profession do better than the other. I would not expect anyone to visit me as a Naturopath if they had just had a serious accident, or a heart attack or stroke. For such life threatening events a Doctor, surgeon and hospital are the best place to be. Also a complicated pregnancy and premature birth need
good medical care. However, once the emergency is over and the recovery has begun, Naturopaths are far better at restoring true health. After any operation, a qualified Naturopath is better at getting the patient back to full health, again because we focus on the whole person and that includes the, diet, lifestyle, spiritual and social interactions that the patient has. If we lived in a perfect world, one where egos were not allowed to get in the way, Doctors and Naturopaths would work together for the best good of the patient. This will happen at some point in the future. Remember there was a time when a Doctor would not soil his hand with messy operations and referred them to a breed of Barber Surgeons who were looked down upon as being the lowest of the low. Now a Surgeon is considered a Specialist and up there with the gods. Even now we occasionally get a referral from a Doctor and often where there is no referral a patient has been told by their doctor to see a Naturopath. It will come, but like any change will be resisted by the mainstream until it becomes a self evident truth. INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE? John has over 25 years experience within the health field. Call 4721 3198 or email penrithalh@gmail.com Issue 8 August 2017
Microdermabrasion The only treatment you need for your skin this Winter! By Marianne Arthur
Just because we may have the Winter blues, doesn’t mean our skin should suffer too.
n Winter, the cold winds, central heating and low humidity can all dry out the skin, depriving your complexion of its much needed moisture. The drier the air, the more moisture it sucks from your skin, and it’s those lower humidity levels that lead to water evaporating from our skin. Even hot baths and showers can wreak havoc on the skin which also leads to dryness. We need an even balance of both water and oil in the skin for our skin to function properly, and our skin can’t soak up moisture with dead skin cells in the way. Microdermabrasion can help your skin beat those Winter blues!
Winter is the ideal season to have a microdermabrasion treatment as we end up with the most dead skin build up, resulting in that dull skin look. Microdermabrasion is a non-invasive procedure that exfoliates and removes the superficial layers of the skin.
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A therapist performs this treatment with the aide of a machine that has an attachment that glides over the face to help slough off the dead skin cells. You will feel a slight abrasive/scratchy like sensation that lifts up the dead skin particles, as well as a suction like feeling that then vacuums the loose skin cells from the face. The treatment is not painful at all, but some may experience a bit of flushness in the skin for a short period afterwards, due to the microcirculation of the skin. Microcirculation is a process that stimulates the blood flow through the skin and helps supply the cells with both oxygen and nutrients. The circulation in the skin can be slowed down due to the build-up of dead skin cells and clogged pores, so the microcirculation process is important to promote healthy skin cells. Once the dead skin cells are exfoliated off, it then encourages new skin cells to come up to the surface, resulting in a smoother, brighter, more youthful looking skin. The best thing about microdermabrasion is that it gives instant results! Microdermabrasion treatments can be done as a one off to give your skin a buff and polish, or even two to four weeks apart as a regular maintenance regime and regular micros will also help with fine lines and pigmentation. The treatment can be for almost all skin types, especially favouring those with dry, dull and congested skin. Just remember, the skin is the largest organ we have, so let’s look after it!
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or thousands of years diamonds have been universally recognised as the symbol for eternal love. As nature’s most precious natural material, they are the perfect choice. The process of a diamond forming and making its way into modern jewellers is far more complex than most customers realise. Diamonds form over millions of years, under extreme heat and pressure beneath the earth’s surface at a depth of more than 150km. In fact, most diamonds formed over a billion years ago and through a series of crustal movements, found their way to or near to, the surface. As the hardest natural material on earth, diamonds have withstood unimaginable pressures over time and emerged as the most precious, beautiful gemstone on earth. It is no wonder that couples chose to celebrate forever with a diamond. At York Jewellers we are proud to be Penrith’s diamond destination. We have a unique range of diamonds and precious stones available in store and access to some of the most rare diamonds in the world.
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Passion8 Diamonds, Pink Kimberley and Argyle Diamonds are all brands that offer access to exclusive diamonds that cannot be found around the world. Less than one per cent of diamonds in the world are of high enough quality to become a Passion8 Diamond. Passion8 Diamonds are cut with precision to perfect proportions, meaning that they will sparkle two to three times brighter than any other diamond on the market. Pink Kimberley Diamonds are a small range of the most rare pink diamonds on earth. The natural hues of pinks and purples set them apart from other diamonds and their limited number means that they are genuinely rare.
Our one of a kind range of Argyle Diamonds not only provides access to Australian grown and mined diamonds, but it also uses Australian gold, promising that this product is entirely home grown. Between Passion8’s perfect sparkle, Pink Kimberley’s flawless natural colours and Argyle’s Australian roots, we have the right diamond for every couple to celebrate their love with forever. We understand that every story is different, which is why we also have a full range of precious gemstones available for design and purchase. Gemstones offer an unlimited array of brilliant and individual colours as well as different shapes and sizes. From sapphires to tourmalines, we can help you create the perfect piece for you. An important factor to consider when selecting your gemstone is the everlasting nature of jewellery. Not only is your diamond ring a symbol of the connection between you and your partner, but it will be passed down through your family, ensuring that your love will be celebrated always and forever. Meet with us in store at York Jewellers to begin your jewellery journey.
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holesale Kitchens, Australia’s leading manufacturer of affordable kitchens, has announced the launch of a new flat pack kitchen: the Xpress range, providing a fast kitchen solution for those looking to renovate on a budget or flip for profit.
6 Tips For Your DIY Kitchen 1 HAVE A CLEAR DESIGN OBJECTIVE
Is this a flip project or a forever home? A small kitchen for a couple or a large family entertainer? Know who the end users will be and the design aesthetic you wish to achieve, bound by the project timeframe. This will determine your budget and help you make appropriate decisions before you DIY, starting with the right ready to assemble/flat pack kitchen. Stylish, fast and affordable, an Xpress Kitchen can be delivered to your door just 10 days after final payment.
design appointment such as the one included by the Xpress kitchen range is an invaluable way to ensure peace of mind when planning your layout and making style selections. The measure and site check will provide peace of mind around your design plans, before you roll up your sleeves. 3 DO A QUALITY CHECK
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AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 25, EDDIE DILLEEN NOW OWNS NINE INVESTMENT PROPERTIES. By Cassandra Elliot
oney was always tight in my family. I guess it was why I was so interested in property myself. My relatives never actually bought a house of their own.”
“I grew up in a pretty tough neighbourhood in Western Sydney. My family was always renting or in a housing commission," he says. When Eddie was still at school and working for $11 an hour at McDonalds he saved $20,000 in two years. Shortly after turning 19 he purchased his first property for $138,000, and in the last five years that property has doubled in value. Eddie is the youngest of two siblings, and the first to own property in his family. To do so, he sometimes saves, which might means working three jobs at a time, and other times he refinances the properties. By splitting how he attains the deposits, he’s not using all the equity and leveraging himself too high. “It’s all about having a strategy that allows you to continue building the portfolio," he says. “It is a longer-term goal. They are actually paying themselves off at the moment.” Although he owns property in various states, Eddie says he always does research first. “It comes down to fundamentals. I don’t purchase far away. All the properties are in a relatively close distance to the city.” Eddie says he reads a lot of finance, property investment, and self-development books. In the current market, owning a home may seem unattainable to some. Although for anyone looking to break into the property market, Eddie says it comes down to learning how to manage your finances. If other young people are looking for advice, he says, “it’s important to be prepared to do a lot of research, like where and how to buy”. From the property investing perspective, he says wanna-be investors have to make sure the property has good yield, cash flow, or return on the property. "The rent surpasses all the expenses of that property. You have to think of the mortgage, council rates, water rates, management fees, insurance, strata fees all these kind of things." Although Eddie’s currently renting and has never lived in one of his own properties, he’s setting himself up for the future. “It is all about the long term for me. I have always rented every single property I own, over time the rents increase and property grows in value. It’s a buy and hold strategy.” He wants others to know that property ownership is a realistic goal no matter where you come from. Eddie is looking to purchase his 10th property sometime in the next year with his fiancé, Francesca.
Eddie says it (owning a home) comes down to learning how to manage your finances... it’s important to be prepared to do a lot of research, like where and how to buy.
A “NEW PHASE” IN THE
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AFTER A FEW GREAT YEARS OF TRADING, THERE HAS BEEN PLENTY OF SPECULATION THAT THE GOOD TIMES WOULD SOON COME TO AN END. LENDERS HAVE BEEN TIGHTENING THEIR BELTS FOR SOME TIME AND HOUSING SUPPLY HAS BEEN INADEQUATE TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF BUYERS.
e seem to have finally crossed the threshold where buyer numbers are dwindling at the same rate as stock levels are rising. The sellers market that vendors have enjoyed for the last few years may be a thing of the past.
In the last eight to 10 weeks we have seen some realigning in the market as well as some price sensitivity. While offers are still being made, they are more conservative and sellers have not yet come to terms with having potentially “missed the boat” on achieving their dream prices. While no-one has a crystal ball, it appears we are shifting from a strong vendors market to a more competitive buyers market. Over the last two winters our saving grace was the temporary boost generated from interest rate cuts. All speculation is now preparing us for interest rate hikes so I think it is reasonably safe to say that 2017 will not follow suit.
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Tax Hacks
Melissa Browne Money & Business Strategy Expert
YOUR EASY GUIDE TO INCREASING YOUR TAX REFUND THIS YEAR Looking to get your tax done and wondering how you can maximise your refund? Here is my cheat sheet for some simple ways to help you get a few more bucks back when you complete your tax return this year.
LOST RECEIPTS If you’ve thrown all your receipts out in a mad cleaning frenzy, you forgot to ask for one or your dog ate them – all is not lost! If you paid for the deduction on your debit or credit card, your bank statement can be proof of your claim. This means playing detective and looking back through your online transactions and spotting any expenses you can claim as tax deductions. LOOK THROUGH YOUR CALENDAR Too many people sit opposite me at tax time and can’t remember what they did last year. Spend some time looking through your diary (or phone) to jog your memory around work related claims. This might include days working from home, trips you made in your car, tolls you paid for but forgot about, fares you paid for or perhaps a work conference that they paid for but you paid for food, drinks and travelling to the airport. MOTOR VEHICLE If you use your car for work but haven’t kept a logbook you can still use the cents per kilometre method. You simply need to justify how you arrived at the kilometres travelled. And don’t forget the extras such as parking and tolls. WORKING FROM HOME If you’re bringing work home (which is most of us), you may be able to claim for light, heat and internet. Light and heat is a cents per hour claim while internet is a percentage of your bills. You’ll need to keep a log for a month to prove your usage. YOUR PHONE So many of us are using our phone for work, even if it’s using the diary, keeping notes, using the camera or checking emails. This means you can potentially claim a percentage of your calls, your data, the phone plan, accessories and apps. Because a phone isn’t just a phone anymore. SUN PROTECTION Whether you’re driving, sitting under fluorescent lights or working outside, chances are you’re affected by UV which means you can claim for sun protection. This means you might be able to claim sun glasses, hats and sunscreen remembering that your moisturiser and foundation may be sunscreen if they include an SPF factor. HANDBAGS AND CARRY-ONS The commissioner delighted women last year when he said handbags might be claimable as a tax deduction. It’s important to understand the conditions including whether you’re using your bag exclusively for carrying laptops and work paraphernalia or if it’s a percentage of the cost. 38
MEALS AND ACCOMMODATION If you travel overnight for work whether it’s seeing a client, studying or a conference, you can claim costs of travel which means your food and accommodation while you’re away. DONATIONS Unfortunately, the loose chain you throw in the bucket at the pub can’t be claimed but the monthly amount deducted from your bank account, the regular amount deducted from your pay or the annual amount you donate electronically can all be claimed. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DIRECT DEPOSITS Rather than paying cash and forgetting to ask for a receipt, consider subscribing to your deductible magazines. You’ll save both money on the subscription and guarantee yourself a tax deduction. UNDERSTAND GOOD VS BAD DEBT We’re hard wired in this country to pay down our mortgage as fast as we can but if you have a mortgage on your own home then you’re almost always better off paying interest only on your investment loans.
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Relationships can be difficult at times. If you want to keep your relationship on track with key elements of safety and security I have five ways to help if navigating your relationship love map has led you AWOL.
1 GET TO KNOW WHAT “TRIGGERS” YOUR PARTNER NEGATIVELY Most of who we are is shaped in relationship by our parents and/or caregivers. As an expert on your partner, it’s your job to know something about his or her history and how this has shaped who they are today. This will help you decipher when their anger, upset or distress is about you or whether it’s about a childhood experience. Understanding this can help your partner get through it with your support. 2 BE CONSCIOUS OF YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS When you walk in the door try to be aware and put a smile on your face, even if it’s just a tiny one. The brain is always searching for what feels safe and secure, facial expressions play an important part here. Being positive when coming through the door will impact the rest of your evening positively. 3 GAZE AT YOUR PARTNER LOVINGLY EVERYDAY When your partner gazes at you with a loving look or a look of appreciation the important neurochemicals of love and romance are stimulated such as dopamine, oxytocin, vasopressin and other neurochemicals that promote feeling good, safe and secure. 4 BE YOUR PARTNER’S GO TO PERSON Making your partner feel excluded by not letting them know that they are the first person you think of and want to tell when you have some good or bad news can make your partner feel insecure. Always make your partner your first go to person. 5 HELLOS AND GOODBYES Hellos and goodbyes are important throughout the day. Separations and reunions are important for couples to consider. Be conscious of how you say goodbye and greet your partner.
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Savvy Room Makeovers ON A SHOESTRING By Jo Munro from The Savvy Shopaholic
Finally, it is the last month of winter and I must admit I am counting down the days until spring bursts onto the scene. I really can’t wait for longer, lighter days, blossoms and colour. However, August need not be colourless and grim when you can give your rooms an effortless makeover on a budget.
one are the days when designer inspiration cost a bundle and the thought of making over your living area or bedroom made your piggybank frown. With just a little planning and, of course, knowing the right place to shop, you can have all of the colour and energy of spring to enliven any room in your home. I absolutely love designer pieces. I love it even more when I can get that expensive luxe look for less. There are so many fabulous homewares stores to shop, both online and locally. There is no excuse to let the end-of-winter blues get you down. So let’s check out some of my favourite ways to add some warmth and energy to your home. THE LITTLE OR NO COST MAKEOVER There are some tricks to changing the way a room feels even without spending a cent. Changing the lighting and moving the furniture is a great place to start. I am not a big fan of overhead lighting particularly at night. I like to have more ambient lighting and a really easy way to achieve that is by changing the wattage of your bulbs, using table lamps or candles (the LED ones are safer around littlies). You will be surprised how much this will change the feel of the room. Spring cleaning is also a way to declutter and refresh for no cost, just a little elbow grease.
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Ikea have a couple of options. The “NOT” with a floor uplighter/reading lamp in white is just $19.99. Adding some colour is a great way to change the feel of a room. A throw rug, some cushions, a side table and some flowers and you will feel like you have a new room. Both Target and Kmart have an amazing array of beautiful cushions starting from as little as $8, throws from $20, side tables from $20 and even a floor rug for $49. I do love the Target folding tray table for $29. Pop a candle and some fresh flowers for instant chic. They make a flexible bedside table, too. Perfect for breakfast in bed!
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Local Roaming Pets
Household Toxins AROUND YOUR PETS
HIDDEN DANGERS IN AND AROUND YOUR HOME
Many products we have in and around our homes can cause life threatening disease in our pets. They include baits, food, medications, fertilisers and chemicals. The two most common toxicities in pets are rat bait and snail bait but they act quite differently.
your pet. Nurofen poses a risk to dogs and cats as it can damage the kidneys, bowels and liver. Cats are particularly susceptible as their bodies metabolise drugs differently to humans and dogs. Even something as simple as paracetamol can be fatal to cats even in tiny amounts.
at bait kills by interfering with the ability of the body to produce clotting factors, by abolishing the recycling of vitamin K in the body which is a vital step in the clotting cascade. This means that as soon as vitamin K reserves are depleted over several days, there can be no clotting in the body. Even the smallest trauma like a small cut can lead to life threatening bleeding. This may present as bruising, overt bleeding, coughing and lethargy.
There are many foods that are toxic to pets even in small amounts. These include chocolate, onions, garlic, avocado, macadamia nuts, raisins and grapes. Feeding fat trimmings (such as from chicken or steak) can also be dangerous and lead to a condition called pancreatitis. Xylitol is a sugar substitute used as a sweetner in products such as chewing gum, some toothpastes and food products. While it is safe for humans, it is metabolised differently in dogs and can lead to low blood sugar resulting in tremors, seizures and even death. It is estimated that xylitol is 100 times more toxic to dogs than chocolate! It is best to stick to pet foods and a mixture of cooked lean meats and vegetables.
Snail bait, however, acts immediately. Only a very small amount needs to be ingested. Signs begin quickly with tremors, progressing quickly to seizures and potentially death. The muscle contractions that occur with tremors and seizures can raise the body temperature to dangerous levels. Other signs include vomiting, diarrhoea and respiratory distress. Liver failure can also occur days after initial ingestion.
We also often see sick dogs after they eat various types of fertiliser products. In general, fertilisers tend to cause mild to moderate gastrointestinal irritation and can result in excessive drooling, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain and lethargy. Some fertiliser types such as blood and bone meal have large amounts of bacterial and fungal ingredients and can cause severe gastrointestinal upsets.
Many human medications are highly toxic to animals and it is important that you never self medicate
Cleaning products can cause gastric irritation and ulceration of the mouth and gut if ingested. Cats
often ingest products inadvertently when they groom themselves after their feet or bodies come in contact with a caustic substance. Antifreeze (ethylene glycol) is broken down in the body into many dangerous metabolites that affect the gut, nervous system and kidneys. It is quite sweet and dogs can drink large amounts of it. The most dangerous toxin is the unknown. Unfortunately, many pets present with clinical symptoms that suggest intoxication but the cause may not be known. Most toxins are treated by supportive care but some have speciďŹ c antidotes. Being aware of potential toxins and restricting access is vital. If your pet has ingested a toxic substance contact your vet immediately.
The most dangerous toxin is the unknown... Being aware of potential toxins and restricting access is vital.
Tips to Avoid Buying a Lemon
These days it’s easier to buy a car via the many online sales sites available. But how do you know you’re getting what you pay for? Who can you trust, how do you know the car’s history and how do you not get caught out with a lemon or someone else’s debt? Ultimately, how do you ensure you don’t get ripped off? Story by TheCarousel.com Motoring Writer Janelle Gonzalez
1 DO THE BACKGROUND CHECKS The best comprehensive car history check on the market is revs.com.au. For $37 you’ll receive a full background check including:
Any current finance Whether it’s been stolen or reported in an accident
Market value Current and valid registration Potential odometer rollbacks
THE FINISH LINE The key is being prepared. Before you inspect, do the proper background checks, have finance ready to go, take someone with you, and inspect in broad daylight to ensure you can make an accurate assessment. Book a mechanical vehicle inspection and ensure you properly deal with any outstanding debt when you make your offer, and you’ll be well on your way to getting a good deal rather than a lemon.
If the report reveals anything dodgy, such as an accident history or a higherthan-market value, you can discuss this with the owner prior to wasting your time organising an inspection, or you may decide to avoid it altogether. 2 TAKE SOMEONE WITH YOU Four eyes are better than two and there’s also more power and safety in numbers. This is especially true for private sales, women and younger car buyers. 3 INSPECT AT THE RIGHT TIME Dark or wet conditions are misleading and make it easier to miss problems with the car, be sure to book an inspection on a clear day. 4 GET A MECHANICAL VEHICLE INSPECTION At this point you’ve done your background research and know what you’re willing to pay. But how do you know that the car is mechanically sound?
I recommend booking in a vehicle inspection. Spending $200-$300 for a qualified mechanic to inspect the car prior to purchase could save you thousands in the long run. 5 CHECK FOR OUTSTANDING DEBT Your REVS check should have revealed whether there is finance on the car or not. If there is finance on the car, you definitely don’t want to hand over all the cash to a private seller straight away. Instead, follow these steps to make sure you’re protected:
Ask the seller to obtain a payout figure in writing from the financier. Make sure you hold on to your REVS check with the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) certificate. The PPSR is an Australian government registry that holds information on all vehicle finance. This will protect you from repossession due to financial interests that have not been registered with PPSR. Make two separate payments. One direct to the financier for the total payout figure, the other being the outstanding balance to the seller. Never pay the total amount to the seller as you have no way of guaranteeing that they’ll pay out the finance. Ask both the financier and the seller for a receipt. Make sure these are made out in your name. Also request a copy of the letter of discharge from the financier made out in your name, confirming that they no longer have interest in the vehicle. Keep this letter and your receipts with your PPSR certificate.
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My Game Guru app has partnered up with the Nepean Football Association to make your weekend games a whole lot easier.
Nepean Football Association will be utilising the app as a key form of communication during the 2017 Season, especially during periods of wet weather. All players and parents are encouraged to download the app and follow their respective football team. Once draws are loaded into the system, you simply need to ‘Add a team’ to receive all relevant notifications. My Game Guru is a welcome partner and the support for this great tool for our football community looks set to make a big impact.
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With some hot and cold performances of late, the Panthers are hovering around the eight. Get behind them as they go in the hunt for finals footy come September.
The GWS Giants are in the battle for the top of the table. Can they make history and become minor premiers? Get into Giants fever and cheer them on!
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Virgo (23 AUG -22 SEP) August is relatively quiet for you, so make the most of it before things get busy again in September. Like your Gemini cousins, communication hiccups can be a problem from mid month. Take precautions by backing up equipment and don’t leave mobile phones lying around. The 10th is good for romance, perfect for a quiet romantic dinner with someone special. Sleep can be problematic and it is a good idea to develop a bed time routine that is more conducive to sleeping. Allow an hour before bed to wind down, with no electric screens and a warm, caffeine-free drink.
Scorpio (23 OCT – 22 NOV)
Orange, gold, rich yellows, royal purple.
Flower/tree: Sunflower, marigold, calendula, Laurel tree.
This is your annual time for renewal. Happy Solar return Leo. The saying ‘Many Happy Returns’ is a reference to the sun returning each year to the same area in the sky that it was at the time of birth. For Leo this year, that is from July 23 until August 22, and covers all those born under the sign of the Lion. Your birth sign experiences two new moons and two eclipses this year, making it a very significant birthday and year ahead. New moons indicate new beginnings, great for new projects or directions. This year they affect birthdays around July 23 and August 22. The August New moon is also an eclipse, making it even more significant. A lunar eclipse affects birthdays around the eighth, shining the light on others. Time to re-evaluate how you do all relationships. The coming month and year has an abundance of energy for all Leos, great for new starts and relationships. Birthdays around the 14th have greater staying power, while those around the 21st are looking for positive change.
Taurus (20 APR - 20 MAY) Home is where the heart is but this month you may have difficulty finding the level of peace and relaxation you look for in your own domain. There is much coming and going through August. You are in high demand socially and can find your schedule overwhelming at times. Juggling career and family matters can also be more demanding than usual and two eclipses this month will highlight any deficiencies in these areas. It is a time for redefining priorities and working out a plan that gives you the balance and subsequent peace of mind you seek.
A busy time generally, with two eclipses hyper energising us all. The energising is focused on your career and what you see as your place in the world, your identity. Now is a time for consolidating and reassessing long term goals. Everything is on display, with nowhere to hide, moving you way out of your comfort zone. Use the energy to recreate yourself, shed anything that is holding you back and begin moving forward again. Birthdays around the eighth can find relationship changes, around the 14th, focus on long term goals while 20-24th need to take the road less travelled.
Capricorn (23 DEC – 19 JAN) It’s all happening around others. It is difficult to escape, as these others are connected to you. Life feels like a roller coaster, especially toward the middle of the month. Sometimes all you can do is hang on and try to enjoy the ride. You like to be a little more in control, so this may prove difficult. Use it as an exercise in developing faith in something or someone outside yourself. Financial matters require attention but you have greater control here. Decisions made now can have long term ramifications, be cautious in commitment and take care of debts.
Pisces (19 FEB – 20 MAR) You may be glad to see this month over and done. Not for anything negative, unless you are allergic to hard work, but you are likely to be expending quite a bit of extra energy. The associated drive around you is perfect for an early start to the annual ‘get fit for summer’ campaign. You have an abundance of energy aiding in your endeavours, so make the most of it by laying down the foundations for a healthy change. You will actually enjoy it once you get started. So what are you waiting for? Get up and get moving.
Gemini (21 MAY – 20 JUNE) You like a chat and finding things to talk about is not usually that hard for you. August, however, may see some difficulties in this area. You need to gather your thoughts before sharing them. It is also important to be clear when expressing thoughts and ideas. Wires can become crossed very easily and confusion is the result. Problems are more likely to occur among family members or neighbours than in the workplace but taking a little extra care in all situations is a good idea. Also back up hard drives and check phone batteries. Being prepared can minimise problems.
Libra (23 SEP – 22 OCT) Early August sees a change of direction career wise. You are shining and the right people are finally seeing you. It doesn’t indicate radical changes initially, although later in the month could see sudden moves. Make the most of opportunities. Networking is still beneficial, finding an older or more mature mentor could give you the edge you are looking for. Mid month is best for this. Take notice of new people entering your life, they may have a few new tricks to teach you. Around the 21st is great for adding spice.
Sagittarius (23 NOV – 22 DEC) August is a time to expand your horizons, both mentally and physically. The timing is perfect for enrolling in any form of higher education, learning new skills or taking things you have mastered to another level. Not only intellectual pursuits but anything that helps expand your abilities or way of thinking. Also ideal for planning a trip to far off or exotic locations. You are yearning for something more and wish to explore the world on many levels. This is not new for you as you often feel the wanderlust but how often have you acted on your desires?
Aquarius (20 JAN – 18 FEB) Relationships take up much of your time over the coming weeks and continue for much of the year ahead, due to a lunar eclipse in your sign. This has greatest impact for birthdays around the 10th. It is necessary to lift your game somewhat and actually make an effort where others are concerned. This can involve work relationships as well as romantic or intimate. Try a different tack than usual and remember you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Be cautious of over indulging around the 17th, this could be one time where boring routine serves you well.
Aries (21 MAR -19 APR) Fun and creativity are highlighted for August, so indulge your inner artist in whatever form that takes. As last month, you are again busy around the home but this is where you enjoy being at the moment. You have excessive energy and are happy using it to improve your immediate surrounds. Home is definitely where the heart is at the moment and not just relaxing in your castle. Now is the time to complete all those half finished projects you have in the shed, garage, workroom, kitchen, bathroom, I think you get it. Expect the unexpected towards month’s end.
Cancer (21 JUN – 22 JUL) August is busy and a time when you are more self focused than usual. It is good to stop and review every now and then, give an overhaul or upgrade to our self. Be careful not to go too far, especially birthdays around the 15th. It is time to take stock of what you really consider of value, not monetarily but real value. What beliefs are really yours, and which are those you have merely inherited and possibly never questioned? Finances require attention, time for a financial plan. Also back up computers and have the car serviced.
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A Look Inside the Development of Australian Standards
By Willow Aliento
Australia, construction standards, Safety
Anyone involved in the Aus/NZ building industry needs to navigate numerous Australian and New Zealand Standards integrated into the applicable building codes. The AS/NZ Standards underpin compliance, safety, quality and performance; they are the result of thorough technical, scientific and commercial investigations. Their development is managed and coordinated by Standards Australia, an independent, non-government organisation.
Jobsite ANZ asked Kareen Riley-Takos, Standards Australia’s General Manager Operations, about how standards are developed and what the future holds for the industry.
Jobsite: How are Standards developed? What information sources are involved?
Riley-Takos: Standards call on experts from the sector for which the standards are being developed. Overall, we have over 5,000 experts representing the industry, consumers, governments, and the community involved.
Let’s take the construction sector. For a standard on concrete use, we will call on engineers, manufacturers, builders, consumers, regulators and even academics from the field. The key to an effective standard is having it developed by a balanced committee, which brings together all stakeholder groups it may impact. All Standards are also subject to Public Consultation at the draft stage, allowing any interested party to provide their input.
Jobsite: How are Standards different to such things as state government policies?
Riley-Takos: Standards are developed to address a challenge or provide a solution in any given industry. Most are primarily voluntary unless they are called up into regulation or legislation by a government. On the spectrum of regulation, they are only one piece of the puzzle.
Because of the integrity of the process and active participation from regulators on Technical Committees, quite a few are referenced within the National Construction Code (NCC) and other regulations.
Jobsite: How do Australian Standards benefit the building and construction industry?
Riley-Takos: The NCC as the nationwide rulebook for the industry is a performance-based code. Australia Standards play a vital role in the NCC by providing deemed-to-satisfy provisions—like a recipe book for buildings—within the code.
Our commitment to the sector is evidenced in more than 100 standards shaping the NCC. In recognising the NCC as a huge focal point for the sector, we have adjusted to the new three-yearly review cycle for the Code. We wish to make the transition as easy as possible for professionals in the space so that they can get on with their job whenever new or revised Standards are incorporated.
We also add value—in 2015, ACIL Allen estimated our work adds around AU$5.6 billion per annum to the construction industry sector’s GDP every year.
Jobsite: Why do we keep seeing new standards? And why are some Standards revised or changed?
Riley-Takos: Standards are living documents. Their development is as timely as possible, and they are often revised or changed to reflect new technology, innovative research, or a change in community expectations. In saying that, new standards are also developed because so many new sectors are emerging and traditional industries continue growing.
The best example of this change is the work of Standards around blockchain. 10–15 years ago, this technology was barely known. Then, it hit a peak with cryptocurrency wealth. However, it’s only after the hype disappeared, we started to see the true potential of blockchain technology as it reached across a number of different sectors.
Jobsite: Why are some Standards mandatory while others are guidance Standards? How can a builder/tradesperson tell whether a Standard is mandatory or not?
Riley-Takos: We hope the documents we publish make it easier to complete a job, improve safety, or enhance efficiency when undertaking a task or implementing a change. In doing so, some Standards are called up into legislation and are enforced by law. In many cases, it is a result of the strong views in terms of minimum expectations of the community.
For example, in the building sector, there are a number of mandatory standards to guide an acceptable quality across the country. Practitioners are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the applicable regulations, such as the NCC, and check whether they mandate Australian Standards.
Jobsite: Recently, Standards Australia announced a change to the publishing arrangements for Australian Standards, meaning SAI Global will no longer be the sole publisher. Why was this change sought?
Riley-Takos: The announcement regarding the distribution of Standards Australia’s content is the result of a 15-year arrangement expiring. In 2003, one company obtained the exclusive distribution rights for 15 years. This agreement has now come to an end, allowing the distribution of our content to be pursued in ways to enhance the end-user experience.
Jobsite: How might this benefit the construction industry?
Riley-Takos: While the discussion is ongoing in terms of additional distributors, more choice in providers should see an increased competition with market forces shaping the distribution of our content.
Jobsite: How will industry be consulted about new ways to access standards?
Riley-Takos: Consultation for our new distribution model will take some months. This is an incredible opportunity for everyone in each of our sectors to communicate what they want from Standards Australia of the future.
We don’t want this to just be about distribution. We have a chance to shape the way Standards Australia improves Australian life for many years to come, in so many ways.
Jobsite: How can people get involved in the ongoing evolution of Australian Standards?
Riley-Takos: Stay tuned! We will have all sorts of ways to get involved, so be sure to listen out for the most convenient way for you.
Jobsite: Why should industry participants get involved?
Riley-Takos: The impact of Standards Australia goes far deeper than those using our documents. One company using a Standard may impact the entire supply chain through multiple sectors. For this reason, it is important for those with an interest in supporting their industry and helping the Australian community to get involved.
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Texas Woman Pleads Guilty In Connection to ‘Carnival Mafia’ Initiation Murders
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"Carnies built this country. The carnival part of it, anyway." - Homer Simpson
Everything I know about carnies I learned from The Simpsons and barkers luring me into wasting money on rigged games to win giant teddy bears for girls.
Imagine my shock when I saw the words "carnival mafia" in an Associated Press article.
Our partners at News 10 shared the story of 39-year-old Christine Tenney, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated robbery and obstruction of justice in connection to an alleged initiation ritual in which two people were killed.
The victims - Alfred "Sonny" Carpenter and Pauline Carpenter of Wichita, Kansas - were vendors at the Barton County Fair in Kansas in July of 2018. In December of 2018, the AP reported that the pair were selling handmade crafts, jewelry, and purses.
According to the AP, a woman named Kimberly Younger posed as a carnival mafia boss named Frank Zaitchik and sent text and Facebook messages instructing fellow suspects Michael Fowler Jr. and Rusty Frasier to kill the Carpenters and hide their bodies.
You read that correctly. A woman posing as a carny mafia don reportedly convinced two people to end two human lives and dispose of their bodies.
Kimberly Younger - Crawford County, Arkansas Sheriff's Department Photo
Tenney reportedly entered the picture after the murders. Police say she helped hide the Carpenters' bodies, which were found in a shallow grave in Arkansas. According to the Washington Post, she was found inside the dead couple's camper after her sister reported her kidnapped. She insisted everything was fine, but police took a look in the camper and saw bullet holes, blood, and trash bags - clear indicators that things were less than fine.
Still with me here? I know. It's crazy.
Police say the carnival mafia is "definitely something [Younger] made up", but Younger insists it's all real, and that the organization specializes in money laundering and murder.
We know the "Amish mafia" was fake and an excuse for a tacky reality TV show, but I don't know how to feel about the carnival mafia. It's most likely fake, but it's so easy to imagine it being real, isn't it?
Whatever the case, I hope this story doesn't lead to unfair stereotyping of carnies, for they are truly kings among men.
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RCW: Inside Tennis 3.32
Get a quick look inside your favorite Kansas Jayhawk programs each week with Rock Chalk Weekly’s Inside Sports pages. Notable statistics, quick hits and the top social media posts get every Jayhawk fan up-to-speed and ready for another week of thrilling competition.
Number BY THE NUMBERS
The number of match wins Kansas earned this past weekend.
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No. 30 KU hosted No. 38 Tulsa for a televised match on the Jayhawk Network Thursday, April 13 and in-state rival Kansas State Saturday, April 15 at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
The Jayhawks were still without a complete lineup due to freshman Maria Toran Ribes’ injury and were forced to forfeit No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.
Thursday against Tulsa, both doubles matches were back-and-forth with every point, but the Golden Hurricane ultimately came out on top after a 7-5 win at the No. 2 spot against the sophomore pair of Anastasia Rychagova and Janet Koch.
The duo bounced back in singles, winning the Jayhawks’ only two singles matches. No. 78-ranked Rychagova dominated at the No. 1 spot, topping her opponent, 6-0, 6-3. Koch outlasted her opponent at the No. 3 spot, winning 6-4, 6-2.
On Saturday against Kansas State, KU won both of the doubles matches to take the point and tie the match, 1-1, after having to forfeit the No. 6 singles point on Senior Day.
Tess Bernard-Feigenbaum, the lone senior on the roster, had the match-clinching win to give the Jayhawks the victory. She was down, 4-0, in the first set and won five-straight games to eventually force a tiebreaker. After falling in the tiebreaker 7-1, she dominated in the second set and battled throughout the third to ultimately win the match, 6-7 (1-7), 6-2, 6-4.
Rychagova rallied from being down 3-0 in her first set to winning the tiebreaker at the No. 1 spot and then blanking her opponent in the second set to take the match, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0.
Freshman Tatiana Nikolaeva won her third-consecutive match after defeating her opponent, 6-4, 6-3, at the No. 5 spot.
Kansas will finish out the regular season on the road when it faces No. 25 Texas at 4 p.m., Friday, at the Edgar O. and Melanie A. Weller Tennis Center and No. 18 Baylor at 1 p.m., Sunday, at the Hurd Tennis Center.
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Class Actions Filed Against Prominent German Car Manufacturers Over Emissions
Class Action Against Volkswagen
On February 22, 2016, a proposed class action lawsuit was filed in a California federal district court against Volkswagen AG (“VW”), alleging, among other things, that VW improperly modified or compromised its American diesel vehicles in order to pass government emissions tests. According to one report filed by the Wall Street Journal, the court filings contend that VW “cheated its way to the top of the automobile food chain.”
In Europe, VW has already recalled more than 8 million vehicles, but its efforts here in the United States have not gone well; in January 2016, the EPA rejected the company’s recall proposal to address the issues in some 580,000 vehicles sold in this country. A federal judge has given VW until March 24 to come up with an acceptable fix to the situation.
Class Action Against Mercedes
A few days earlier, on February 18, 2016, a separate proposed class action was filed in New Jersey, accusing it of a different sort of emissions issue. While the alleged Mercedes issue also deals with diesel vehicles, it is actually quite different from the VW situation. The Mercedes suit alleges its diesel powered ML320, ML350, E-Class, S-Class, and GLE vehicles turn off their pollution controls when the outside temperature falls below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, resulting in exhaust containing pollutants far above allowed levels. Lawsuit documents claim that Mercedes did not disclose to purchasers that its diesel engines are “clean” when the weather is warm, but not when it’s cold.
Alleged “Racketeering” Violation
Among the most costly allegations in the VW action is that the company engaged in a “fraudulent scheme and conspiracy” to market its cars. These allegations are designed to bring the case within the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). RICO provides for a private cause of action and, under certain circumstances, provides for treble damages.
Class Actions Can Be Effective
Within the federal court system, Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs class actions. Under the Rule, they can be used where:
Piecemeal litigation resulting from separate lawsuits might adversely impose inconsistent standards on the defendant or if such separate lawsuits might detrimentally affect other members of the class.
The class seeks an Injunction or some type of relief compelling the defendant either to cease a certain activity or to perform some other type of action.
There are questions of law or fact common to the entire class that predominate over questions peculiar to each individual plaintiff, and a class action suit is a more efficient means to resolve the controversy.
Class actions recognize that, when it comes to some forms of commercial litigation, the individual may be at a substantial disadvantage in pursuing a claim against a well-heeled corporation. That is to say: The costs that one VW owner might have to bear in pursuing a claim against VW might be prohibitive. If those costs can be shared, the result can be altogether different.
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Phil Kresge and several musicians practice in Kresge's studio behind his Mountville home for an upcoming concert to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Tuesday July 30, 2019.
ROBERT DEVONSHIRE JR | LNP Correspondent
Phil Kresge sings a tune from the 60's as he and several musicians practice in Kresge's studio behind his Mountville home for an upcoming concert to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Tuesday July 30, 2019.
Katie Kresge and several musicians practice in Phil Kresge's studio behind his Mountville home for an upcoming concert to mark the 5oth anniversary of Woodstock. Tuesday July 30, 2019.
Greg Pencheff, plays guitar and sings as he and several musicians practice in Phil Kresge's studio behind his Mountville home for an upcoming concert to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Tuesday July 30, 2019.
Phil Kresge works a sound board and watches several tracks as he records a rehearsal as he and several musicians practice in Kresge's studio behind his Mountville home for an upcoming concert to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Tuesday July 30, 2019.
Several musicians practice in Kresge's studio behind his Mountville home for an upcoming concert to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Tuesday July 30, 2019.
John Godinez plays bass as he and several musicians practice in Phil Kresge's studio behind his Mountville home for an upcoming concert to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. Tuesday July 30, 2019.
Woodstock anniversary concert will bring Long's Park back to 1969
JENELLE JANCI | Staff Writer
Phil Kresge didn’t make it to the actual Woodstock festival.
So he decided to create his own.
Kresge, a musician who is a member of Fabulous Cheeze Brothers and Sisters and the Crackerbeez, has hosted an annual Woodstock party in his garage for the past several years. His bandmates and other musical friends performed in the garage’s performance space, where his bands and many others rehearse.
This year, Kresge and his friends are making the annual tribute bigger than ever because of the Woodstock’s 50th anniversary. For starters, they’re bringing it out of Kresge’s garage and onto the Long’s Park stage on Saturday. It’s one of three Saturday shows the Summer Music Series hosts annually to shine a light on local musicians.
In total, 25 musicians will cycle through the stage to re-create the music of that wild three-day affair in 1969.
Kresge, who also happens to be the mayor of Mountville, was between his junior and senior years at Hempfield High School during the summer of ’69. His family owned one car, and he knew borrowing it to go to a concert wouldn’t be a possibility, so he didn’t ask.
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But he was a voracious music lover.
“I wanted to be the next Jimi Hendrix,” Kresge says.
After retiring from Hempfield High School in 2011, Kresge invested time in creating the garage behind his Mountville home.
The word “garage” is a bit of a misnomer, though. It’s really more of a playhouse for adults. The first floor is where he sets up tables and has food and beverages displayed during his party. Upstairs, the space is half stage, half nightclub, outfitted with professional audio equipment, lighting, vintage music memorabilia and neon signs.
His first event was for his 60th birthday. Then came a party for his daughter Katie’s birthday. Then he realized a lot of his musician friends didn’t have gigs during Labor Day weekend, so he hosted his first Woodstock event. About 20-something friends took the mic as they pleased, playing impromptu covers of songs by artists who performed at the festival.
The party was a hit.
“It’s pretty crazy,” Kresge says. “And we have as many as 150 people in here at one time. Maybe 250 over the course of the night.”
Over the years, he became more and more organized in his preparation, to the point where even the parties had a program of performers and a setlist.
He knew he’d elevate his game for the 50th anniversary, so he took last year off from Woodstock and hosted a Motown party instead. When a friend from the Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation asked if he’d be interested in bringing the party to the park, he knew he’d have to approach things a little differently.
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“I want to do the best of Woodstock, almost like the original Woodstock movie,” Kresge says. “Not everything, but I wanted to have all the hits.”
Almost every song included in Saturday’s set was played at the actual Woodstock, with two exceptions: “Woodstock” by Joni Mitchell, which was inspired by and written after the festival, and “Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin.
“For some unknown reason, Woodstock may have been the only gig that she ever did that she did not perform that song,” Kresge says of Joplin. “I’m taking a little bit of poetic license.”
The set includes “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” and “Marrakesh Express” by Crosby, Stills and Nash; “Everyday People” and “Dance to the Music” by Sly and the Family Stone; “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love” by Jefferson Airplane; and “The Weight” by The Band, just to name a few.
Many participating musicians are mainstays of the Lancaster scene, including Kresge’s daughter Katie, Rex DeCarr, Chuck Ronemus and Don Hodgen of Pocketful O’ Soul. Other performers include Greg Pencheff, Mike Truitt and John Camilleri.
Katie Kresge says her dad’s circle of friends are more than capable of the job.
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“I think it was the perfect opportunity for all of his friends to showcase their talents because we’ve got the soul, the funk, the folky artists, too.” she says. “So, it was such a good mix for everything.”
She and her fiance, Camilleri, have visited the Woodstock museum and memorial at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts with her dad.
“I guess it was almost like a spiritual experience, just feeling the energy and going to the grounds,” Katie Kresge says. “And it was almost emotional, too, of just how much it means to my dad and that I was there with him. It was a really special bonding moment.”
STONERSTOCK
Can’t get enough of Woodstock celebrations?
The Stoner Grill in Manheim Township is hosting its own tribute to the festival’s 50th anniversary Saturday and Sunday.
Mind the Light, Steven Courtney Band, Mad Hatters and Wooden Wire will perform Saturday. Mike Steele Band, Blue Voodoo, Corty Byron & Friends and Pop Scotch will perform Sunday.
The show kicks off at noon both days. In addition to the music, there will be food, drink, merchandise, vendors, beer tends and more.
The Stoner Grille will erect a stage on the lawn behind its patio and promises space for dancing and lounging. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets, as well as an empty water bottle to use at its free refill station. No outside food or drink is allowed, and attendees and their belongings will be subject to search upon entry, according to the event’s website.
Tickets purchased in advance are $10 per day or $15 for both days. Single day passes may be purchased the day of the event for $15 each.
Tickets are available for purchase in person at Stoner Grille, 605 Granite Run Drive, or online at stonerstock.live/2019 with a service fee of $2.75.
For more information, visit stonercommons.com/stonerstock2019 or call 717-208-6623.
What: Woodstock 50th Anniversary Show.
Where: Long’s Park, Route 30 and Harrisburg Pike.
When: Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free.
More info: longspark.org.
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KOSM is a progressive metal band from Vancouver BC. Combining influences from Mastodon, Tool and Gojira; their sound is dynamic and unquestionably lethal. Since their induction in 2016, they have been making their mark in Vancouver's metal scene as an absolute force to be reckoned with.
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The Metal Observer: KOSM - Eyes on the Inside - (9.5/10)
"My first thought hearing these guys was “this is female fronted Tool”. The similarity is just too obvious. From the bass sound and colossal use of toms to the slightly psychedelic vibe in the clean guitar parts and the clean vocal, it just screams of it. It’s got that crazy touch of unpredictability and alternation between aggressive riffs and soft, moody grooves." - Andrei Dan
Progressor.net: KOSM - Cosmonaut (5 Stars)
"Patterns come in and loop around, sometimes returning, while at others they dissipate into the ether. Apart from numbers such as the title track, this is a very heavy album, and one of the issues some bands have with going down that musical path is they are unable to find a singer who can stand out and not only make themselves heard but add to what is going on beneath them. That is certainly not an issue here, as singer Jessie Grace is in total control at all times."
Darkzen Review: KOSM - Eyes On The Inside (90/100)
"KOSM begins to be constituted as a new proposal within the progressive metal with a sound that has been evolving in a quest to obtain an identity of its own. The presentation of his conceptual albums gives him extra value."
Midlandsmetalheads Review: KOSM - Eyes On The Inside (5 Stars)
"I am immediately impressed. “Yharnam” is the first track, and I am already thinking Otep, Epica and iwrestledabearonce. The lyrics are impactful, the flow of the song fits and I want to listen to the rest already. Jessie Grace, vocalist, is showing her talent from the get-go. Having such a strong female lead is really a treasure, and I can’t fault the song. It’s definitely my favourite track off of the EP. The lyrics are dynamic and descriptive, and well executed. If you haven’t played Bloodborne, then this song will make you want to." - Courtney Wallace
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Inside the numbers previews nut cutting time at Mariucci
After sweeping a weekend series in Alaska with the UAA Seawolves last weekend, it is finally nut cutting time. Historically, the series between the What Should We Call Thems? and the Golden Gophers has been physical and judging by the last ten games, offensive (in more ways than one). North Dakota. Minnesota. Inside the numbers rolls on below.
3: In the two games that have been tied of the last ten between UND and Minnesota, each team has scored three goals in each game. One of those games happened at Ralph Engelstad Arena on 10/17/2009 while the other 3-3 tie occurred at Mariucci Arena on 1/15/2010.
2: The number of shutouts in the last ten games for this series. One happened at Engelstad on 10/16/2009 (4-0 UND) while the other also occurred in Grand Forks (UND 6-0). The closest either team has come to a shutout at Mariucci Arena is the Minnesota 5-1 win from 1/16/2010.
15: The current Golden Gopher roster has a combined fifteen points against North Dakota, and three players lead the way each with three points. Who are those players? They are: Jake Hansen, Zach Budish, and Nico Sacchetti.
10: Minnesota has ten more penalty kills on eight more chances than does North Dakota. Minnesota is 35-40 on the PK while North Dakota is 25-32. The percentages are .875 to .781.
39: Each school has had thirty-nine power play chances coming into the series this weekend, with Minnesota out-converting North Dakota only 14-8. Expect the power play to be one of the big factors in determining the outcome of each game.
76: No, that’s not the number of trombones in the U of M band. That’s the number of home victories Minnesota has with North Dakota. The series mark in Minneapolis is 76-52-6 to the Golden Gophers.
11/4/87: That’s the date that the Golden Gopher Hockey Examiner was born. The last time Minnesota played on my actual and legitimate birthday would be November 4th, 2007 versus Denver.
Geoff Discher is lodeplus.com’s Minnesota Golden Gophers Hockey Examiner as well as the National College Hockey Examiner. Leave a comment below, or feel free to reach him at Disch61@hotmail.com with comments, story ideas, or any general talk surrounding college hockey. You can find him on Facebook as well by clicking here and here and joining the conversation from the social media side as well. He’s always chock full of fact and opinion. I’m also on Twitter @GophHkyExmnr. Check it out!
Until next time, I’ll see you at the rink!
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Latin American Writers
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Javier Sicilia: Big Brothers
[es] Author Francisco Antúnez Corrales lives and works in what is, according to international security experts, one of the most dangerous places in the hemisphere. The valley Francisco calls home, in Mexico’s southwestern state of Guerrero, is known to the locals as “Tierra Caliente” or, The Hot Land.
Francisco Antúnez Corrales
Several of the country’s most brutal drug cartels operate in Tierra Caliente. Locals say these well-armed groups dominate almost every aspect of life in the region, controlling the populace with an implacable combination of bribery and terror – such as the disappearance of 43 students in the nearby town of Iguala in the fall of 2014.
Iguala is just 30 minutes away from Francisco’s town of Teloloapan, and he lives daily with the threat posed by organized crime in his own community.
And yet, somehow, in the midst of firefights, beheadings, and abductions, Francisco continues to work. Perhaps the many writers in the U.S. and Europe who find it so fashionable to complain about how cell-phone and Internet distractions keep them from writing can take a lesson from Francisco’s example. The threat to writerly concentration posed by Facebook updates or the sporting news pales when compared to the random gun battles and the constant fear of cartel repression that writers like Francisco must endure.
In his most recent book, A Flower for Lucero, Francisco tackles the thorny dilemma of women’s rights and education in Mexico. A former teacher himself, the author draws on real-life experiences to render the pitch-perfect voice of a high school girl struggling with violence, poverty, and the deeply entrenched “machismo” culture.
The book reflects “the crude reality of our education system in Mexico,” says Francisco, when I meet him at a restaurant in Teloloapan. Waiters and other diners all seem to recognize him, bowing and calling him “Profe” as they pass our table.
“These problems still persist,” says Francisco, who also runs an athletic club for at-risk youth. “The sad truth is that most women suffer in silence.”
Out of his determination to give a voice to the voiceless – in part as an homage to the struggles of his own mother – Francisco has produced a compelling portrait of a teen on the edge of the abyss. Lucero’s humor, resilience, and moral outrage will remind readers of Tess D’Urberville and Elizabeth Bennet — even as she faces dangers those brave young heroines could scarcely have imagined.
As for the many girls and young women like Lucero who suffer through daily terrors in so many parts of Mexico: “Nobody cares,” says Francisco, “and nobody does anything.” – Jeremy Kryt, March 2016
Translation by Paloma Fernández Sánchez and Carol Polsgrove
In the town there were very few stores, but there was a stationer’s shop where they sold newspapers and magazines. One day when I passed there with Luz, I saw the headline: “Husband kills his wife,” and it caught my attention.
I went closer with fear, or it could have been more my curiosity, and now when I was face to face with this image that gave me a chill, I began to read. Her husband had killed her for jealousy, and when he committed the crime he was drunk. I could see that before killing her he beat her until he disfigured her face. Poor woman! Did she have children? What would they think? What was going to become of them? Poor little ones!
Suddenly I felt my legs tremble, my God that could have happened to my mother, my father could have killed her in one of so many beatings that sad bastard gave her, yes, I totally remember every helpless moment, it stayed all too well fixed in my mind, the damned man was enjoying beating her, maybe he didn’t kill her physically but he killed her self-esteem. . . Her soul! I hope she’s happy, maybe that’s why she abandoned me, she wanted to pull out by the roots all that reminded her of my father, she wanted to abandon that dark past completely, and now I too wanted to know nothing, to forget him and forget everything that would remind me of him.
—Chola . . . Chola! What are you thinking about? You’re off in space,you popped a pill. Or did you go off on a binge last night? You’re hung over and didn’t sleep, right?
—Nothing like that, fricking Luz. You’re crazy! Hurry up, or we’re going to be late.
How to explain to her my tormented thoughts, how to talk about my troubles. . . about being abandoned? How could Luz understand my life when she had a home, a family? I didn’t get why the mess of my life appealed to her, since in her house she had it all, or at least that’s how it looked to me.
—Now here we are, Chola. Look how many guys there are! We have to find partners here for the school’s anniversary party this afternoon.
—Sure – do you remember last year? It was amazing, especially those little drinks with tequila. We couldn’t stop dancing! How about that, hunh?
—Don’t remind me of it, fricking Luz. You went too far. You got really drunk, but you never told me why you got shit-faced. Why’d you do it?
How many young people live an active alcoholic life and, at home, their parents never find out, always thinking their children are little angels, not knowing that they’re already caught in the claws of alcohol and that they will escape it only with difficulty. Some find out when it’s already too late, lamentably many times it ends in tragedy when they drive drunk. How do they manage to fool their parents? How do they manage to hide it?
—Hah! I argued with my father, he still doesn’t understand me, he’s fed up with me, always worrying about me. “My child, come over here.” My child this, my child that, enough already, it’s too much, he just worries about me too much, I’m not a little girl anymore, I’m a woman, I want to live my life, I want to be left alone! Above all when he tells me his boring story: “I don’t want you to suffer what I suffered!” What do I care? That was his life, it’s not my fault, I’m young and I have to live. . .
Luz went on talking about her father but now I wasn’t paying attention, I was concentrating – reflecting on my life. They cared for Luz, protected her, fought with her so that she would have a promising and fantastic future: they loved her! Nobody worried about me, only grandmother, who spent her time insulting me for my bad behavior in school or because I arrived late, in fact at dawn and drunk, my life all twisted in free fall and Luz throwing all the affection of her parents in the trash. Fucking world is crazy, like we’re never content to live with what we’ve got, to enjoy and be happy with what we have. Only in my case, I had nothing! Suddenly I came back to reality and Luz had not stopped complaining.
—Say I’m late getting home – they’re angry or they’re calling me on the cellphone. “Where are you? Who are you with? What are you doing?” The little goodbye kiss! The farewells. Take care of yourself! They hassle me, Chola. Are you paying attention to me?
—Sure, amiga, but now give it a rest, you’re complaining about everything; look at that guy, he’s so hot, any minute you’ll see he can’t resist my charms.
—Go, Chola, go! – he’s all yours.
Beauty is a punishment. They all see me in that way, I believe that it’s the only thing my mother bestowed on me, I think, in the future, I’ll dedicate myself to modeling, I like it, I’m very feminine and sexy, I know I’ll make it.
In the end all turned out well, we found what we were looking for – other guys like us ready to bust out of bounds, ready to have the time of their lives on our anniversary. And so it was, the day of our school’s anniversary party was here; and just as we’d planned, we danced the whole anniversary night without stopping, but the party didn’t stop there. After the dance came the best part, with the whole gang, we went home with a girlfriend whose parents rented a room for her to study in, they didn’t want her to work in the field, so they ordered her to study. That night there was everything, beer, alcohol, drugs and a lot more. . . I didn’t get home until the end of the next day. Nobody looked for me! Not even grandmother noticed it.
—Young people. Did you bring your homework ? Because it’s your turn for group presentations, and remember: that’s the grade I’ll use to evaluate the entire semester.
The teacher missed class many times and he would always do the same thing, he’d evaluate us with a single exam or piece of work, and when he didn’t have anything to evaluate us with, he gave us the same grade as the last period, and once he himself told us: You know what, guys. . . I lost my gradebook! So that this semester what do you think?. . . You all have a 10!
—And you, Chola – got your homework?
—No, Luz, we have to make it all up . . . The teacher knows nothing about the topic, so he lets us investigate, he’s satisfied that it looks nice, he never evaluates the content or the effort.
While classmates did presentations we left the room with the excuse of going to the bathroom. Nobody noticed our absence, or maybe they had already become used to it, we were the invisible students, nobody saw us! Since the teacher had already called roll, we were now marked present, so we took off for the cybercafe to chat, listen to songs and watch some porn, later on we would hand in an assignment to the teacher, I knew he would like it, he always gave me a 10 even if I wasn’t in class, I think he gave me 10 so that I wouldn’t be in the room distracting my classmates, mainly those that, yes, were interested in learning, I only was going to school to party – or maybe for some other reason, but he evaluated me well, and on one occasion I surprised him looking at me in a dirty way. I felt him running his eyes over my body, above all the way he embraced me, weird and deliberate, it wasn’t affection or fondness, the way he touched me when he embraced me, putting his hand on my shoulder, it wasn’t with the intention of giving me support, caring or protection, but I didn’t care, I knew that at the end of the period I would have my 10.
He made a good pretense at being a serious, even timid teacher, his friends all had an idea of him as a calm teacher, nobody knew him well. He was sickly with a pious face. But he couldn’t be trusted. One of my friends confided in him that she wanted to kill herself because she had been raped for a long time by her own father, her own father! Turned into a monster. She told the teacher that she was the girl who came out in the newspapers with the headline “Young girl tries to kill herself because boyfriend left her” – her boyfriend wasn’t her rapist, it was her father! And the teacher, laughing sarcastically, told the story to our whole group, fool – how would we confide in someone like that? Someone so immature, who’d never caught on to what his noble work was as a teacher, who didn’t understand the damage he’d caused my friend, who from victim went on to be the joke of the whole class. The institution had nothing to do with achievement, or with producing qualified and excellent students capable of confronting adversities and conquering the world. He was who he was and only he was the one responsible for actions for which there was no justification, much less guilty ones. Only he.
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Lucerne Festival Historic Performances Vol. VI - Fürtwängler, Wilhelm
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Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth | Cavelti, Elisa | Haefliger, Ernst | Edelmann, Otto
Beethoven, Ludvig van
Lucerne Festival Chorus | Philharmonia Orchestra
Beethoven, Ludvig van:
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Wilhelm Furtwängler conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony more than a hundred times. In August 1954, three months before his death, he directed his last performance in Lucerne which proved to be an “elemental musical event” (Neue Zürcher Zeitung). Alongside the brilliant Philharmonia Orchestra and a stellar cast of soloists, Furtwängler accentuates the visionary character of this monumental score. Comparing this 'Lucerne Ninth' to Furtwängler’s other benchmark interpretations, such as his famous performances in Berlin (1942) and Bayreuth (1951), allows for a closer examination of the constants and changes in his very subjective view of Beethoven’s final symphony. For the release of this concert recording as part of the series LUCERNE FESTIVAL Historic Performances, the original tapes from the archives of SRF Swiss Radio and Television have been newly re-mastered. The pitch has been adjusted anew so that the recording sounds closer to the original than ever before. This correction in pitch not only changes the lengths of the movements, but also the dramaturgy - the 3rd movement, for example, is almost 17 seconds longer than on comparable recordings, which considerably changes the musical expression.
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954), who spent the final years of his life in Clarens on Lake Geneva, was one of the defining artists of the Internationale Musikfestwochen Luzern, today’s LUCERNE FESTIVAL. Where Arturo Toscanini played an important role during the festival’s founding years of 1938/39, Furtwängler was instrumental in establishing it as one of the then small number of great festivals. In 1944, he came to Lucerne for the first time to conduct two concerts; from 1947, after his conducting ban had been lifted, until his death he came to Lucerne each summer (with the exception of 1952) where he enjoyed a special status. Complete with previously unreleased photos from the festival’s archive, the 32-page booklet in three languages contains extensive information on Wilhelm Furtwängler’s work in Lucerne, as well as providing the context for this performance.
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Lacrosse Injuries: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Is Caused By Repetitive Brain Trauma And/Or Concussions And Can Progress To Full-Blown Dementia (Video)
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, CTE, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by repetitive trauma to the brain, and is characterized by the build-up of a toxic protein called tau in the form of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) and neuropil threads (NTs) throughout the brain. The abnormal protein initially impairs the normal functioning of the brain and eventually kills brain cells. Early on, CTE sufferers may display clinical symptoms such as memory impairment, emotional instability, erratic behavior, depression and problems with impulse control. However, CTE eventually progresses to full-blown dementia.
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Western College Men’s Lacrosse: University Of Denver Men’s Lacrosse Coach Bill Tierney Gives 2010 Preview
Since he arrived in the Mile High City just a few months ago, Bill Tierney knew he had to do something that sent a message to his players. He wanted them to know that he believed in them. He did just that—and fast. Denver will travel to the Carrier Dome to take on last year’s NCAA champions, the Syracuse Orange, for their first game of the 2010 season.
“Right off the bat the game against Syracuse is going to be a tone-setter for the year,” says senior Charley Dickenson. “We couldn’t be more excited about it.”
That’s the kind of thing that Tierney is expected to bring to the Denver program—excitement but also national prominence. First he’ll have to assemble his crew of guys that finished 7-8 in the Great Western Lacrosse League. And it all starts with fall ball.
What they’ve been up to?
“I asked the guys to close their eyes and forget everything they’ve learned about lacrosse. I want them to believe in us and not doubt what we’re going to be doing. We all need to get on the same page,” Tierney says.
That meant getting down to the basics. Throwing and catching, ground balls, clears, etc. The players need to get used to Tierney and the coach needs to see what he’ll be working with. So far, so good. Tierney points out things have been as he thought they would be, if not better.
The guys started their fall training a little over a week ago to some horrendous weather. Heavy rain and even some snow in the area had some thinking that Tierney must have brought that East Coast weather with him. It didn’t put a damper on the mood one bit though. From the senior leaders to the freshmen, only in their second week of college, everyone seemed excited to hit the field. Tierney actually had to blow the whistle on his own team in the first practice because the guys were going too fast and too hard.
What the team will look like?
Sixteen freshman and a few other transfers will have the opportunity to contribute right away. Since there’s a new coach and new system the slate is clean.
“There’s a handful that will be expected to be out there right away,” says Tierney. “A guy like Chase Carraro could become one of the best face-off guys in the country.”
Carraro, a freshman, was named All-American and State MVP (Kentucky) in 2009 and lead his team to championship titles his junior and senior years.
Then you have the core nucleus from a season ago. Guys like defenseman Dillon Roy, who was named first-team all-GWLL for two consecutive years. He’ll no doubt anchor the defense and has been tabbed by Tierney as a “phenomenal leader.”
Other Intangibles
While Bill Tierney will be calling all the shots, he certainly will have some impressive help. His son Trevor has joined the staff after serving as the defensive coordinator of the Denver Outlaws pro team for the past two seasons. His resume speaks for itself but as the only goalie ever to have won an NCAA Championship, and International Lacrosse Federation World Championship and a major League Lacrosse title, he brings some extra wisdom. The elder Tierney believes that Trevor will have a great grip on the defense and the goalies. Other than that he also relates well to the players. Trevor recently taught the team some yoga to help get some of the guys in shape.
Former DU Pioneer and current Denver Outlaw Matt Brown is a holdover from the Jamie Munro era and will work primarily with the offense.
New addition Kevin Unterstein will serve as a volunteer assistant after making the move from Princeton. He’ll be asked to help Trevor Tierney with the defense but where he’ll be most valuable is working with the face-off men. Unterstein was a short-stick midfielder at Hofstra.
Question of the Year: How fast can Tierney turn it around in Denver?
That kind of depends on the schedule. Opening with a team like Syracuse certainly makes an early statement but also adds a good deal of pressure. It’ll be interesting to see how the team responds. Coach Tierney knows what he’s doing though and the early message to his guys will help develop trust and a tight bond. When he decided to take the job in Denver he said he was looking to go somewhere that will challenge him. This year should be a challenge as any new head coaching job would be. He might not have the overall high level of talent but he does have a lot of skill at each position. The Pioneers should improve upon their 7-8 record this year and could wind up back in the tourney come May.
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Oregon High School Boys Lacrosse Recruiting Profile: Lake Oswego Boys Lacrosse Defender Brendan Lake To Play Of University Of Hartford (CT) Men’s Lacrosse In 2009-2010
Brendan Lake · Lake Oswego, OR · Defense
Lake played both lacrosse and football at Lake Oswego High School. The 6-1, 200-pound defender was a two-time first team all-conference pick in lacrosse. Lake also saw success on the football field, earning first team all-conference and first-team all-state honors. Lake is enrolled in the Barney School of Business.
The University of Hartford lacrosse team will welcome 15 freshmen and one transfer for the 2010 season, as announced by Head Coach Peter Lawrence on Wednesday.
“These guys are competitors, hard workers, and great students,” commented Lawrence. “This recruiting class, we focused on recruiting guys that are athletes and from winning programs.”
The Hawks welcome five Connecticut athletes to the 2010 lacrosse roster. Nick Ceme (Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon), Adam Haig (New Milford, CT/New Milford), Drew Haig (New Milford, CT/New Milford), Colby Hine (Orange, CT/Amity Regional) and Frank Piechota (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) will join returning sophomore Steven Groccia from New Milford, CT as natives from Connecticut.
Rounding out the class of 2013 will be Mike Brown (Wilmington, DE/Charter School of Wilmington), Christopher DuPointe (Brookhaven, NY/St. John the Baptist Diocesan), Jared Franze (Glenville, NY/Niskayuna), Gus Guido (Yonkers, NY/Iona Prep), Kyle Goodchild (Toronto, Canada/Courtice Secondary/University of Alabama Huntsville), Brendan Lake (Lake Oswego, OR/Lake Oswego), Ben Liebel (Longmeadow, MA/Longmeadow/Avon Old Farms), Sam Muller (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood), Rory Nunamacher (Albany, NY/Guilderland), Jordan Parker (Pikesville, Maryland/Pikesville) and Craig Polchinski (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman).
Last season, the men’s lacrosse team finished with a 2-11 overall record. Both wins came at home with a 14-5 win over Presbyterian and the upset over UMBC on Senior Day. Highlighting the Hawks’ returning players is sophomore goalie Scott Bement who was named the America East Rookie of the Year and to the America East All-Rookie Team. Hartford also returns Aidan Genik, Ryan Compitello and Carter Bender – three all-rookie team selections. The trio of attackmen produced more than half of the Hawks’ offense in 2009.
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NYDELAWA September 2007
Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, Delaware Co, New York
by Mary Stim
Buried in Woodland Cemetery is the Bisbee Family. Is there anyone out there who may have access to either a published book, if there is one on Woodland Cemetery. Or who for a modest fee would be willing to go and record the information off these graves. Or even better if there is a sexton's office who may have the information get it from him and or her. Buried there is Simeon Bisbee, his wife Priscilla, Mary J., Myron C., Curtis J. or Jonathan Curtis, Betsey H., L.M., Betsey S., and Lucy Maria. Probably his daughter Julia Armina Hopkins who married Egbert Hopkins I believe is also buried there. She is Curtis' daughter. Any help anyone out there can give me will be greatly appreciated and thank you. Sincerely Mary
Doris: Made a mistake in the name of the newspaper, as it ws the Richfield Springs Mercury and not Richmond, as I had originally stated. Check the 500-525 listing, as its in 508 on that list but I could be one off and was under the heading of :Neighboring Counties". The article ia about half way down the page and this was my source of your inquiry. Alan
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Re: [NYDELAWA] Doris Simpson
Doris: My source is the Richmond Spring Mercury newspaper, dated Aug. 20, 1925, which I found at the Old Fulton NY Post Cards web site, which also have numerous old newspaper. I clicked on SIGNOR and there were 5,000 hits, however the majority were for the Italian word, Mr. I made a copy of the article and wrote down the papers name and date. . Willing to send you what was written and the Judge was named Holmes of Downsville. Guess there should be some record in the Delaware archives on the grand jury's action. I do not place anything in my files unless I can cite the source and maybe I can find someone in Delaware County to see what action took place on this incident. Alan wa-admin(a)rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message
Howland Cemetery, Walton
by Brook Lassie
Hello again, List Does anyone know where the Howland Cemetery is in Walton, supposedly on Route 22? If someone could give me some sort of a landmark, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks very much, and have a nice weekend. Sincerely, Beth (Beers) Rupert
Alan malz
by Doris Simpson
Alan malz made a remark in his request for Signor information. His remark was, Julia Signor & David Simpaon ran off David Simpson deserted his wife & 3 children. I want to know his source, I am one of those 3 children , Please help me resolve this gossip & slanderous remark. Thank you, Doris E Simpson simpsond55@sbcglobal .net simpsond55(a)sbcglobal.net Doris E. Simpson
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Kester Signor
Trying to locate Kester Signor and his son, Clifford (also used John Clifford or J. Clifford in the 1920 Delaware census. Want to find out if he was already married to Julia Russell at that time. Have recently discovered that Julia ran off with a David Simpson in July 1925, who was charged with desertion of his wife and 3 children. It appears that Clifford and Julia resolved their problems for they stayed together, however moved out of the county to Rotterdam in Schenectady County. Currently working on the SIGNOR genealogy on the Delaware line and would like to close this missing link. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Alan
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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Tree_Digger Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties... Message Board Post: Hello Everyone, Just a quick note to let you all know that I am now the administrator of the message board - I have turned the gateway on between both the mailing list and message board, so once again all messages posted on the board will also go to the list. For anyone that is new to how the gateway works (since the upgrade at the beginning of the year) - all messages posted to the gateway will show an email address (gc-gateway), this is a non-existant email address, so do not reply to this address when replying to a message. If you wish to reply to the gateway post you MUST do so via the link in the email message - which takes you directly to the boards. Please keep in mind that many people who post on the boards are not also subscribed to the mailing list - so if you do happen to reply on the list, they most likely will not get it. Thanks Everyone, Rene' NYDelaware Board Administrator NYDelaware List Administrator Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
Re: [NYDELAWA] 2nd try, Ogle Co. posting
When I go to the Ogle County rootsweb site and do a search for GRANT and BEARDSLEY, it pulls up a total of 59 hits on that site. If you've not searched there, it may be well worth your while to check it out. _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/) Kathy in MO ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Kathy: Thanks for the posting regarding the migration of families from Delaware Co., NY to Ogle Co., IL. I, too, have families that followed that route and then some continued on to IA. Having moved not long ago, my records are not readily available, but the families were GRANT and BEARDSLEY. I believe they moved there around 1835-1840. If you have any information on them I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks, Nancy ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Re: [NYDELAWA] Margaretville/Middletown Records for 1850s
by SUE Tait
Maybe these people can help? Good Luck. MargaretvilleVillage Clerk - Karen McMurray, PO Box 228, Margaretville, NY 12455 - (845) 586-4418Village Historian - Ira D. Lawrence - (845) 586-4480> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:57:40 -0400> From: julie_a_sanford(a)cornerstone.edu> To: NYDELAWA(a)rootsweb.com> Subject: [NYDELAWA] Margaretville/Middletown Records for 1850s> > What vital records, newspapers, doctor's records, etc. would be available for> these towns in the 1850s? I have an ancestor who died/disappeared in the> 1850s and another who was born around 1857. > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin(a)rootsweb.com> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Café. http://www.cafemessenger.com?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_SeptWLtagline
Descendants of Rufus ROGERS
by Sally W Goodfellow
I'm searching for any descendants of Rufus ROGERS, who lived in Sidney and/or Sidney Center in the early 1800s. He appeared in the 1810 Census. He was married to Polly CUNNINGHAM, according to my Wheat family records. Rufus' and Polly's daughter, Amanda, married Cyrus WHEAT in Sidney in 1836. Amanda and Cyrus were my gr-gr grandparents. I have no information whatsoever on Rufus and Polly, although I've searched for several years--so would appreciate learning of any descendants who could help me uncover more about them and their family, especially going backward in time. Many thanks! Sally Goodfellow in North Carolina
Contact me off list please
Patty Gaddis, could you please contact me at my e-mail address? I'd appreciate it, since I sent you an e-mail and it was undeliverable. Thanks! Sally Goodfellow
Margaretville/Middletown Records for 1850s
by Julie A Sanford
What vital records, newspapers, doctor's records, etc. would be available for these towns in the 1850s? I have an ancestor who died/disappeared in the 1850s and another who was born around 1857.
Re: [NYDELAWA] Shavertown
by jeremiah palmer
Tim, Thanks for taking the time to respond. I will chase down this DVD as I think it will enhance my library. Hope you and all are well, when and if you travel Palmer Hill outside Andes, please give a wave to Solomon Palmer my 4th great, who was a Revolutionary War veteran and moved there in 1794. Jeremiah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Mallery" <tmallery(a)catskillguide.com> To: <nydelawa(a)rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Shavertown > That announcement was for the "world premiere" of a DVD produced by > Andes High School students and faculty. It was held at SUNY- Delhi. > The DVD is for sale (I think its' $10) at the Gift Shop at the > Hunting Tavern in Andes, open on Saturdays until Columbus Day from > 10-3. You might want to call the number on their website to check > availability. > > http://www.andessociety.org/ > > It may also be available from the High School. > > The DVD is great, a wonderful collection of reminiscences by former > Shavertown residents. The society had an event this summer on the > towns under the Pepacton, and they showed this and another film, made > up of home movies narrated by Alice Jacobson. I hope they release > that film on DVD, too. > > At 08:15 PM 9/20/2007, you wrote: > >Good Evening Folks, > > > >Without too much explanation, I missed an announcement on our favorite > >Delaware County page. The announcement had the title as shown here: > >NOTICE - 40 minute documentary, "Shavertown - Reservoir of Memories," at > >7:00 pm, Friday, May 25, 2007 > > > >I would like anyone to tell me more about this and if possible how to get a > >copy. I had emailed Joyce, but she did not have the back copy and couldn't > >help. > > > >Links or items would be appreciated, > > > >Jeremiah Palmer > > > >My Wilsons lived at Shavertown, the McCabes were nearby and of course we all > >have a love, justified or not for this old area. > > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin(a)rootsweb.com > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >NYDELAWA-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin(a)rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Hi Ray, I was surprised a couple of years back when I learned just how many folks from Delaware County moved west to Illinois - my own Shavers and Davises were no exception, though my own particular branch decided to head to Michigan. I did make it to Ogle County a few years back myself, and was quite impressed at the little library in Polo. I was the only patron for the entire 5 hours I spent there, so I pretty much had the librarian to myself. Their genealogy indexing of their old news items on microfilm was impressive, plus they also kept a surname log of everyone coming through hunting for their ancestors so that folks could contact each other. You are right about the cornfields! Polo is surrounded by cornfields that stretch as far as the eye can see. My time was limited as I was en route to Michigan to visit family, so I'll have to go back sometime to "head hunt" some more.......but maybe not until I've had the chance to see Delaware County for the first time and bug the librarians there! :) Kathy in MO ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
2nd try, Ogle Co. posting
Okay, below is a posting on the Ogle County, Illinois mail list. Since many of these folks migrated from Delaware County, New York, I thought I would add the post to this mail list. Lots of Sanford names, among others. Kathy in MO ________________ I have obituaries of some of these Sanfords. Several of them were members, and ministers, of the Old School Baptist church near Buffalo Grove, or Polo. I have tried, in vain, to locate the records of that church. It met, in latter years, at the Buffalo Grove school, which was built to be used for both a public school and church, if I remember right. I'm interested in photos if any exist, for Joel Sanford, Ahirah Sanford, or William Warren Sanford, who were ministers. Robert On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:29:27 EDT RogerCubs(a)aol.com writes: > Descendants of Cyrennus Sanford > > 1 Cyrennus SANFORD b: 1775 in CT (appears in 1850 Buffalo Twp., > Ogle Co., > IL census) d: May 28, 1858 in Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > Burial: Reed > Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > . +Anna HUBBLE b: Abt. 1779 in CT (appears in 1860 Town of > Buffalo, Buffalo > Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) m: Abt. 1800 in NY d: December 13, > 1862 in > Ogle Co., IL Burial: Reed Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > > .. 2 Joel SANFORD > ...... +Jane OSTERHOUDT > ...... 3 Levi SANFORD > ...... 3 Andrew SANFORD > ...... 3 Richard SANFORD > ...... 3 Wallace SANFORD > ...... 3 Pauline SANFORD > ...... 3 Harriet SANFORD > ...... 3 George SANFORD b: in (lived in OR in 1909) > > .. 2 Ahira SANFORD b: Abt. 1807 in NY (appears in 1850 Buffalo > Twp., Ogle > Co., IL census) d: August 14, 1888 in Salem, OR > ...... +Amanda HULL b: Abt. 1812 in NY Father: Stephen Hull > Mother: > Anna Sanford > ...... 3 Stephen SANFORD b: Abt. 1836 in IL > .......... +Martha UNDERWOOD m: December 31, 1857 in Ogle Co., > IL > > .. 2 Albion SANFORD b: 1807 in NY (appears in 1850 and 1860 > Buffalo Twp., > Ogle Co., IL census) d: August 03, 1872 in Walla Walla, WA > Burial: Reed > Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > ...... +Lucy REED b: 1806 in Renssalear, Delaware Co., NY m: 1835 > d: > 1867 in Walla Walla, WA Father: Samuel D. Reed Mother: Mary > Benedict > ...... 3 Mary SANFORD b: Abt. 1836 in IL > .......... +? HOLMES > ...... 3 Emily SANFORD b: Abt. 1842 in IL > .......... +Edmund SCRANTON m: January 09, 1862 in Ogle Co., IL > > > .. 2 Vernon SANFORD b: April 04, 1810 in Delaware Co., NY d: > September > 10, 1899 Burial: Reed Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > > ...... +Catherine "Katie" CAMPBELL b: November 18, 1815 m: > September 07, > 1834 d: July 18, 1896 Burial: Reed Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle > Co., IL > > ...... 3 Mary Jane SANFORD b: February 05, 1837 > > .......... +Edwin WOLCOTT b: October 12, 1827 in Prattsville, > Green County, > NY m: December 13, 1854 > ........... 4 Frank Devillo WOLCOTT b: May 22, 1856 > > ............... +Sarah Diana ? b: September 20, 1863 m: February > 03, 1885 > in IA > ............... 5 Dorothy WOLCOTT b: August 30, 1895 > > ...... 3 Nancy SANFORD b: April 15, 1839 > .......... +Gilbert FINKLE b: 1834 m: October 22, 1857 in > Whiteside Co., > IL d: August 04, 1886 Burial: Reed Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle > Co., IL > Father: Adam Finkle Mother: Sally ? > ........... 4 Mary Jane FINKLE b: March 16, 1862 in Jordan Twp., > Whiteside > Co., IL d: June 11, 1918 Burial: Elkhorn Brick Cemetery, Eagle > Point > Twp., Ogle Co., IL > ............... +Fletcher SCHRYVER b: August 25, 1859 in Eagle > Point Twp., > Ogle Co., IL (appears in 1900 Eagle Point Twp., Ogle Co., IL > census) m: March > 12, 1884 in Whiteside Co., IL d: June 23, 1916 in Polo, Buffalo > Twp., > Ogle Co., IL Burial: Elkhorn Brick Cemetery, Eagle Point Twp., Ogle > Co., IL > Father: Erastus Webster Schryver Mother: Lucinda Landis > ............... 5 Anna SCHRYVER b: November 1886 > > ........... 4 Vernon FINKLE b: Abt. 1875 > ............... +Susan E. CHEESEMAN b: 1876 m: March 12, 1896 in > Ogle Co., > IL d: 1909 Burial: Elkhorn Brick Cemetery, Eagle Point Twp., > Ogle Co., IL > Father: Charles P. Cheeseman Mother: Hannah M. Hyzer > ............... 5 LeRoy FINKLE b: March 05, 1898 in Whiteside Co., > IL > d: November 10, 1911 in Ogle Co., IL Burial: Elkhorn Brick > Cemetery, Eagle > Point Twp., Ogle Co., IL > ...... 3 Rachel A. SANFORD b: October 12, 1852 d: December > 04, 1855 > > .. 2 Harrison SANFORD b: February 16, 1812 in Middletown, Delaware > Co., NY > (appears in 1850 & 1860 Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) d: > July 01, > 1866 in Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, > Polo, Buffalo > Twp., Ogle Co., IL > ...... +Bridget DEYO b: March 14, 1814 in Middletown, Delaware > Co., NY m: > 1835 d: October 19, 1869 Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, > Buffalo Twp., > Ogle Co., IL > ...... 3 Frank SANFORD > ...... 3 Avitta SANFORD b: Abt. 1836 in NY > ...... 3 Madison SANFORD b: Abt. 1837 in IL > .......... +Annetta REYNOLDS m: February 25, 1858 in Ogle Co., > IL > > ...... 3 Elnora SANFORD b: Abt. 1838 in IL > .......... +Alexander FIFE m: September 29, 1872 in Ogle Co., IL > > > ...... 3 Rosella SANFORD b: Abt. 1841 in IL > .......... +George K. REYNOLDS b: Abt. 1839 in MD (appears in 1870 > Polo, > Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) m: December 16, 1859 in Ogle > Co., IL > > ........... 4 Adelaide REYNOLDS b: Abt. 1862 in IL > > ............... +Theodore G. FUNK m: November 13, 1878 in Ogle > Co., IL > Father: John Funk Mother: Jane ? > ........... 4 Orphelia REYNOLDS b: Abt. 1863 in IL > > ........... 4 William REYNOLDS b: Abt. 1866 in IL > > ...... 3 Adelaide (Adeline) SANFORD b: Abt. 1844 in IL > > .......... +? HARDING > ...... 3 Sarah SANFORD b: Abt. 1844 in IL > ...... 3 Delilah SANFORD b: October 07, 1847 in Buffalo Twp., Ogle > Co., IL > d: July 05, 1915 Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, Buffalo > Twp., Ogle > Co., IL > .......... +William H. CUNNINGHAM b: May 21, 1841 in Washington > Co., MD > (appears in 1870 Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) m: June > 14, 1868 in > Ogle Co., IL d: September 26, 1904 Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, > Polo, > Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL Father: Joseph Cunningham Mother: Mary > Elizabeth > Spickler > ........... 4 Cora CUNNINGHAM b: December 13, 1868 in IL > > ........... 4 Frank S. CUNNINGHAM b: August 08, 1870 > > ............... +Sarah E. SWEET b: 1875 in IL (appears in 1930 > Polo, > Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) m: June 19, 1901 in Polo, > Buffalo Twp., Ogle > Co., IL d: 1937 Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, Buffalo Twp., > Ogle Co., IL > Father: Erastus Sweet Mother: Mary Amanda Shaner > ........... 4 Fannie CUNNINGHAM b: July 25, 1872 in (living in > Sycamore, IL > in 1899) > ............... +Frank BROWN m: June 12, 1895 in Ogle Co., IL > > Father: Charles Brown Mother: Narina ? > ........... 4 Carrie CUNNINGHAM b: November 06, 1874 d: May > 06, 1881 > Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > > ...... 3 William B. SANFORD b: Abt. 1850 in IL > .. 2 Warren William SANFORD b: November 20, 1817 in Middletown, > Delaware > Co., NY (appears in 1850 Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) d: > December > 28, 1857 in Sanfordville, Whiteside Co., IL Burial: Elkhorn Brick > Cemetery, > Eagle Point Twp., Ogle Co., IL > ...... +Dolly Ann OSTERHOUDT b: June 14, 1815 in Eddyville, NY > (appears in > 1870 Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) m: September 04, 1840 in > Ogle Co., > IL d: January 31, 1898 in Woosung Twp., Ogle Co., IL Burial: > Elkhorn Brick > Cemetery, Eagle Point Twp., Ogle Co., IL Father: Zachariah > Osterhoudt Mother: > Jane Smith > ...... 3 Amos H. SANFORD b: February 24, 1853 in IL d: 1932 > Burial: > Elkhorn Brick Cemetery, Eagle Point Twp., Ogle Co., IL > > .......... +Alice Jane ? b: 1855 d: January 17, 1921 in > Buffalo Twp., > Ogle Co., IL Burial: Elkhorn Brick Cemetery, Eagle Point Twp., Ogle > Co., IL > > ...... 3 Alice J. SANFORD b: August 02, 1855 in IL > > ...... 3 Simon R. SANFORD b: November 18, 1856 in IL d: April > 09, 1898 > Burial: Elkhorn Brick Cemetery, Eagle Point Twp., Ogle Co., IL > > .......... +Alice Jane BELLOWS b: October 25, 1868 in IL m: March > 28, 1888 > in Ogle Co., IL d: January 29, 1949 in Ogle Co., IL Burial: > Elkhorn Brick > Cemetery, Eagle Point Twp., Ogle Co., IL Father: Benjamin R. > Bellows Mother: > Phoebe Jane Finkle > ........... 4 Ina SANFORD b: Abt. 1893 in IL > ............... 5 Lila SANFORD b: Abt. 1927 in IL > > ........... 4 Benjamin W. SANFORD b: January 07, 1895 in IL > (appears in > 1930 Woosung Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) d: September 1982 in > Polo, Buffalo > Twp., Ogle Co., IL Burial: Elkhorn Brick Cemetery, Eagle Point > Twp., Ogle > Co., IL > ............... +Frances M. ? b: February 05, 1899 in IL d: > September > 27, 1995 in Polo, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > ............... 5 Benjamin SANFORD b: Abt. 1926 in IL > > .. 2 Bennett SANFORD b: May 01, 1821 in Delaware Co., NY (appears > in 1850 > & 1860 Buffalo and 1870 Eagle Point Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) > d: July > 12, 1887 Burial: Reed Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > > ...... +Mary Miranda SWEET b: May 24, 1828 in Delaware Co., NY m: > November > 24, 1847 in Ogle Co., IL d: February 15, 1897 Burial: Reed > Cemetery, > Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL Father: Caleb Sweet Mother: Susanna > Rounds > ...... 3 Homer W. SANFORD b: November 20, 1848 in IL > > .......... +Mahala Jane RUCKER b: Abt. 1848 in IL m: March 03, > 1869 in Ogle > Co., IL Father: Isaiah Rucker Mother: Sarah "Sally" Jane > Deyo > > ...... 3 William S. SANFORD b: May 09, 1852 in IL > > .......... +Della S. GILLETT b: August 16, 1863 in Kent Twp., > Stephenson > Co., IL m: September 27, 1883 > ........... 4 Elbert H. SANFORD b: March 27, 1885 > > ...... 3 Sylvester SANFORD b: April 03, 1856 in IL (living in Tama > Co., IA > in 1886) > .......... +Alice BUTTS m: December 12, 1877 > ........... 4 Jennie SANFORD b: April 10, 1880 > ........... 4 Charles B. SANFORD b: December 15, 1884 > > ...... 3 Martha Jane SANFORD b: July 20, 1858 in IL d: 1936 > Burial: > Reed Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL > .......... +Jay KNAPP b: 1858 in Delaware Co., NY (appears in 1930 > Polo, > Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) m: December 06, 1882 in Polo, > Buffalo Twp., > Ogle Co., IL d: 1948 Burial: Reed Cemetery, Buffalo Twp., Ogle > Co., IL > Father: Stephen Knapp Mother: Mary C. Stansbury > ...... 3 Garner SANFORD b: November 21, 1860 in IL d: > February 10, > 1863 Burial: Elkhorn Brick Cemetery, Eagle Point Twp., Ogle Co., > IL > ...... 3 Susanna SANFORD b: December 15, 1862 in IL (appears in > 1930 Polo, > Buffalo Twp., Ogle Co., IL census) > .......... +Nicholas W. DAVIS m: July 04, 1883 in Ogle Co., IL > > > ...... 3 Clara SANFORD b: Abt. 1870 in IL > > Roger Cramer > Peoria, Arizona > Roger and Sue Cramer's Genealogy Site > http://members.aol.com/rogercubs/index.html > Ogle Co., IL Genealogy Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > --------------------------------- > Visit the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ > > If you have an obituary or biography for an early Ogle Co. settler > (born 1875 or earlier) and would like it added to the Ogle Co. > Genealogy Site, please send it to me. > > Roger Cramer > List Administrator > rogercubs(a)aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILOGLE-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > --------------------------------- Visit the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilogle/ If you have an obituary or biography for an early Ogle Co. settler (born 1875 or earlier) and would like it added to the Ogle Co. Genealogy Site, please send it to me. Roger Cramer List Administrator rogercubs(a)aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILOGLE-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Fwd: [ILOGLE] Cyrennus Sanford
I am forwarding this Ogle County, Illinois posting as many of the folks on here were born in Delaware County. Thought perhaps it might be of interest to others researching these names. Kathy in MO ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
by Ray LaFever
Actually, if you contact the e-mail for the original showing, I bet it is still active. I know they are selling the DVD of the film in a number of places. Try Shavertown(a)yahoo.com jeremiah palmer wrote: > Good Evening Folks, > > Without too much explanation, I missed an announcement on our favorite > Delaware County page. The announcement had the title as shown here: > NOTICE - 40 minute documentary, "Shavertown - Reservoir of Memories," at > 7:00 pm, Friday, May 25, 2007 > > I would like anyone to tell me more about this and if possible how to get a > copy. I had emailed Joyce, but she did not have the back copy and couldn't > help. > > Links or items would be appreciated, > > Jeremiah Palmer > > My Wilsons lived at Shavertown, the McCabes were nearby and of course we all > have a love, justified or not for this old area. > > > To contact list administrator send email to nydelawa-admin(a)rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >
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A Conversation with Jason Sizemore, Editor-in-Chief of Apex Magazine
Interview by Christopher Shultz November 2, 2016
Apex Magazine
Jason Sizemore
cover art by Ania Tomicka
I had a chance recently to converse with Jason Sizemore, the editor-in-chief of Apex Magazine, about running a successful online literary publication. If you're not familiar with Apex, here's a little bit of info from their website's About page:
Apex Magazine is an online prose and poetry magazine of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and mash-ups of all three. Works full of marrow and passion, stories that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Creations where secret places and dreams are put on display.
I talked with Jason about the origins of Apex, the magazine's diversity goals, as well as their current submission and donation drive, which aims to expand their average issue's word count and increase pay to 8¢ per word.
Can you give us a brief history lesson on Apex Magazine's origins? What lead you to pursue publishing a monthly fiction magazine?
The publishing dream started out modestly in 2004. I was thirty years old, and had something of an early mid-life crisis. Stuck at a dead job and starving for a way to express myself creatively, I decided to open a print zine of dark SF. Thus was born the quarterly print zine Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest.
Around 2008, I saw the digital tsunami that was about hit the periodical industry. I elected to go on a one year hiatus and reopen as a monthly digital publication titled, simply, Apex Magazine. 90+ issues later, here we are!
You're helping keep genre short fiction alive with your dollars when you subscribe. SF has a long and important relationship with the short form.
You're a writer as well as an editor and publisher. Given this, what does the average work day look like for you?
Writing is a hobby. Editing and publishing pays the bills. Each and every day starts and ends with email. In between is a frantic mix of marketing, editing, accounting, and customer service.
In the submission guidelines for Apex, it is stated: "Apex Magazine welcomes and encourages submissions from writers of all race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and military status, in any of its activities or operations. We want diverse voices. We value diverse voices. Having said that, please be aware that we do not collect any information that might clue our editors to any of these attributes other than your name, email, and address prior to any decisions made regarding your submissions." Apex has quite a solid diversity track record without "going out of its way," so to speak, via special issues. Is the above welcoming statement of inclusivity the sole facet of this track record, or are there other factors that play into it?
That particular statement stems from the recent Fireside Magazine survey about representation of black authors in the top-tier SF fiction publications. As it turns out, Apex Magazine was not doing as good a job of representing authors of color as had been thought. Our first step was to include a blanket diversity statement in our guidelines to make sure that any writer of non-white cishet male background knew that we WANT to hear their voice in our submissions folder.
However, I currently do not want to collect demographic data that might influence our decision making. We want the best stories and are not selecting materials just to check a box.
What kinds of story submissions do you want to see more of? What are you tired of seeing?
We receive way too many stories of magic realism and not enough dark science fiction.
You're currently in the midst of a subscription and donation drive for Apex, which aims to includes reader patronage via Patreon. We've discussed in the past the virtues of providing free content online, which Apex does, and which readers can support via Patreon donations. What would you say is the biggest benefit of subscribing to Apex, and having each issue of the magazine delivered directly to your eReader, as opposed to navigating to Apex's website and reading content there?
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Ashton and Demi in 2011. Picture: Jemal Countess/Getty Images
Demi’s regret over threesomes with Ashton
by Page Six
20th Sep 2019 7:04 PM
Demi Moore has revealed in a new memoir that she and ex-husband Ashton Kutcher had two threesomes during their marriage - and he then used the encounters to justify cheating on her, according to a report.
Moore said she only wanted to please Kutcher by engaging in three-way sex, but she now believes that doing so was a "mistake," her book Inside Out reads, according to a leak obtained by RadarOnline.
"I wanted to show him how great and fun I could be," she writes.
Moore also writes that in 2010 she saw media reports claiming Kutcher, 41, met 21-year-old Brittney Jones while bowling with Moore's daughter Rumer Willis, whom she had with Bruce Willis.
She claims Kutcher cheated on her with Jones in his marital home while she was out of town filming a movie.
When she confronted him, he brought up their threesomes as a defence.
"Because we had brought a third party into our relationship, Ashton said that blurred the lines and, to some extent, justified what he'd done," she writes, adding it was to "deflect blame".
Moore also accused the That '70s Show actor, to whom she was married from 2005 to 2013, of cheating on her again before their separation in 2011 while he was at his former co-star Danny Masterson's bachelor party.
Kutcher, who is now married to actor Mila Kunis, reportedly slept with 22-year-old Sara Leal, who gave her story about their affair to UsWeekly.
According to Radar, Moore learned about the alleged cheating from a Google alert.
"I felt sick to my stomach," she writes.
First hard copies just arrived. Feels good to hold it in my hands, finally. Such a long time coming. 📚📦 #insideoutbook is coming Sept 24!
A post shared by Demi Moore (@demimoore) on Sep 10, 2019 at 2:49pm PDT
Earlier this month, the New York Times released quotes from the forthcoming book in which Moore, 56, detailed suffering a miscarriage six months into her pregnancy in the early 2000s. Moore "started drinking again and blamed herself for the loss", though she and Kutcher tried to conceive again through IVF.
Reps for Moore and HarperCollins, the tome's publisher, did not immediately return Page Six's requests for comment. A rep for Kutcher also did not respond.
Inside Out is set to be released on September 24.
Moore made headlines last week for posing nude on the cover of the October issue of Harper's Bazaar in the US.
She addressed handling her marriage breakdown privately despite it being splashed across tabloids around the world.
Baring all for the October issue of @harpersbazaarus 💗 Photos by @marianovivanco.
A post shared by Demi Moore (@demimoore) on Sep 12, 2019 at 5:31am PDT
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Battery G 3rd New York
1 December 2019 Craig Swain American Civil War, Artillery, Ordnance Summary Statements 24th New York Battery, 3rd New York Light Artillery, Alfred D. Wilson, Battery A 3rd New York, Battery B 3rd New York, Battery C 3rd New York, Battery D 3rd New York, Battery E 3rd New York, Battery F 3rd New York, Battery G 3rd New York, Battery H 3rd New York, Battery I 3rd New York, Battery K 3rd New York, Battery L 3rd New York, Battery M 3rd New York, Bradford S. Manly, Charles H. Stewart, Edward A. Wildt, Edwin S. Jenney, Egard H. Titus, Folly Island, Fort Macon, George E. Ashby, Henry M Stone, James E. Ashcroft, James R. Angel, John D. Clark, John H. Ammon, John H. Howell, Morris Island, New Berne NC, Newport News VA, Norfolk VA, Paul Fay, Samuel B. Tobey, Samuel C. Day, Terence J. Kennedy, Theodore H. Schenck, Thomas J. Mersereau, William E. Mercer, William J. Riggs, William W. Knight
Unlike their sister light artillery regiment, the 1st New York, the 3rd New York Light Artillery seldom receives proper attention from historians. Starting organization as an infantry regiment, and serving as such for the summer campaigns of 1861, the regiment reorganized as light artillery to support operations in North Carolina. And the batteries played an important role in an underappreciated and under-studied (in my opinion) theater. As alluded to for the previous quarter, with about half of the enlistments running out in the spring of 1863, the regiment went through a reorganization. Four batteries mustered out completely, with those retaining time on enlistments transferred to bring others up to strength. Not until early 1864 were batteries added back to the regiment’s strength. And by that time the regiment was no longer serving just in North Carolina.
Colonel Charles H. Stewart commanded the regiment at the end of 1863. With his headquarters at New Berne, North Carolina, he also exercised direct command of four batteries stationed there. His second in command, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M. Stone, also held command of the garrison of Fort Macon, North Carolina. Regimental Majors were Terence J. Kennedy, Edwin S. Jenney, and Theodore H. Schenck, all veteran leaders by this time of the war. Lieutenant Edgar H. Titus served as Regimental Adjutant until replaced by Lieutenant Thomas J. Mersereau on December 24. Lieutenant Paul Fay became regimental Quatermaster on the last day of the year, replacing Lieutenant Samuel B. Tobey, Jr. Regimental Surgeon William W. Knight was supported by Assistant Surgeons Alfred D. Wilson and Bradford S. Manly.
With that background of the regiment in mind, let us turn to the summary:
Battery A: No return. The original Battery A mustered out in June 1863. Not until September 1864 did a new Battery A muster in its place.
Battery B: Reported on Morris Island, South Carolina, with four 12-pdr Napoleons. Captain James E. Ashcroft remained in command of the battery, which was then part of the force facing Fort Sumter at the end of the Second Major Bombardment, assigned to the Tenth Corps. When Ashcroft took leave in December, Lieutenant Edward A. Wildt led the battery.
Battery C: Reporting at New Berne, with six 3-inch Ordnance Rifles. Captain William E. Mercer remained in command of this battery, which had just reorganized and mustered on September 30, 1863. The battery was part of a “battalion” then serving at New Berne, part of the Eighteenth Corps.
Battery D: No return. Another battery that mustered out in June 1863. A new Battery D mustered in February 1864.
Battery E: At New Berne, North Carolina with four 20-pdr Parrott rifles. Captain George E. Ashby replaced Theodore H. Schenck (promoted to major) in command of the battery. The battery was part garrison of New Berne, in the District of North Carolina, Eighteenth Corps.
Battery F: On Folly Island, with four 12-pdr (3.67-inch) Wiard rifles. Captain Samuel C. Day remained in command of the battery, assigned to Vogdes’ Division, Tenth Corps.
Battery G: No return. Another battery mustered out in early June. The new Battery G mustered in March 1864.
Battery H: Reporting at Newport News, Virginia with six 12-pdr Napoleons. In October the battery moved from New Berne to Newport News. Captain William J. Riggs remained in command of the battery, assigned to Eighteenth Corps.
Battery I: At New Berne and with six 12-pdr Napoleons. Captain John H. Ammon transferred command of this battery to Captain John D. Clark at the end of the year.
Battery K: Also at New Berne but with six 3-inch Ordnance Rifles. Captain James R. Angel remained in command.
Battery L: As explained in earlier posts, this battery was not assigned to the 3rd New York. Instead it served as the 24th Independent Battery. Not until March 1865 was it officially assigned to the regiment.
Battery M: At Norfolk, Virginia with six 10-pdr Parrott Rifles. Captain John H. Howell commanded. The battery transferred to the Norfolk area, listed as serving at Fort Monroe, in October, assigned to Heckman’s Division, Eighteenth Corps.
Those administrative particulars explain the gaps in the summary. And with those in mind, most of the ammunition quantities reported make sense… save one entry:
Battery B: 298 shot, 5 shell, and 462 case for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery E: 20 shell for 24-pdr field howitzers; 2 shell for 32-pdr field howitzers. Recall Battery E originally had the big field howitzers on their charge, and apparently retained ammunition. This suggests the howitzers were still at New Berne but not assigned to the battery (or regiment).
Battery H: 276 shot, 65 shell, and 313 case for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery I: 318 shot, 126 shell, and 326 case for 12-pdr Napoleons.
On to the next page of ammunition:
Battery B: 128 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery E: 6 canister for 24-pdr field howitzers; 6 canister for 32-pdr field howitzers.
Battery H: 96 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery I: 136 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Immediately to the right of the smoothbore columns is an entry for Dyer’s projectiles:
Battery C: 36 shell for 3-inch rifles.
Further to the right are columns for Hotchkiss rifled projectiles:
Battery C: 504 (?) time fuse shell for 3-inch rifles.
Battery E: 84 time fuse shell for 20-pdr Parrotts.
Battery F: 84 shot and 92 time fuse shell for 3.67-inch rifles.
Battery K: 753 shot and 131 time fuse shell for 3-inch rifles.
More Hotchkiss columns on the next page:
Battery C: 110 percussion fuse shell, 1,167 (!) bullet shells, and 204 canister for 3-inch rifles.
Battery F: 108 percussion fuse shell, 376 bullet shell, and 289 canister for 3.67-inch rifles.
Battery K: 34 percussion fuse shell and 188 canister for 3-inch rifles.
On the next page are columns for Parrott projectiles:
Battery E: 378 shot, 82 shell, 102 case, and 30 canister for 20-pdr Parrott.
Battery M: 648 shell, 15 case, and 134 canister for 10-pdr Parrotts.
Turning to the small arms reported:
Battery B: Sixteen Colt navy revolvers and seventy-five horse artillery sabers.
Battery C: One Colt army revolver and sixty-five horse artillery sabers.
Battery E: Twenty-eight Colt navy revolvers, two cavalry sabers, and forty horse artillery sabers.
Battery F: Thirty-seven Colt army revolvers and twenty-five horse artillery sabers.
Battery H: Twenty Colt navy revolvers and fifty horse artillery sabers.
Battery I: Six Colt navy revolvers, nine Remington army revolvers and forty horse artillery sabers.
Battery K: Nineteen Colt navy revolvers, four Remington army revolvers, two cavalry sabers, and fifty-two horse artillery sabers.
Battery M: Twenty-three Remington navy revolvers and thirty horse artillery sabers.
Next are the cartridge bags reported:
Battery C: 375 bags for 3-inch rifles.
Battery E: 457 bags for 20-pdr Parrotts; 17 bags for 24-pdr or 32-pdr field howitzers.
Battery F: 1,125 bags for 20-pdr guns (presumably Wiard 3.67-inch).
Battery K: 123 bags for 3-inch rifles.
Battery M: 185 bags for 10-pdr Parrotts.
Lastly, we look at the pistol cartridges, fuses, and miscellaneous items:
Battery B: 316 navy pistol cartridges and 100 percussion caps.
Battery C: 100 army pistol cartridges; 250 paper fuses; 100 pounds of musket powder; 300 friction primers; and 20 yards of slow match.
Battery E: 500 navy pistol cartridges; 1,291 paper fuses; 75 pounds of musket powder; 1,472 friction primers; and 12 yards of slow match.
Battery F: 1,000 army pistol cartridges; 551 paper fuses; and 857 friction primers.
Battery I: 100 navy pistol cartridges.
Battery K: 200 army pistol cartridges and 450 navy pistol cartridges.
Battery M: 7,111 paper fuses and 1,200 friction primers.
As the calendar turned from 1863 to 1864, the 3rd New York Light Artillery filled back out as a regiment. By summer, ten batteries were in service. Furthermore, the needs of a war reaching its penultimate campaigns brought several of those batteries into the fighting around Petersburg.
Summary Statement, 3rd Quarter, 1863 – 3rd New York Artillery Regiment
12 September 2018 Craig Swain American Civil War, Artillery, Ordnance Summary Statements 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery A 3rd New York, Battery B 3rd New York, Battery C 3rd New York, Battery D 3rd New York, Battery E 3rd New York, Battery F 3rd New York, Battery G 3rd New York, Battery H 3rd New York, Battery I 3rd New York, Battery K 3rd New York, Battery L 3rd New York, Battery M 3rd New York, Charles H. Stewart, David A. Taylor, James E. Ashcroft, James R. Angel, John H. Ammon, Morris Island, New Berne NC, Newport News VA, Paul Birchmeyer, Samuel C. Day, Theodore H. Schenck, William E. Mercer, William J. Riggs
In previous installments, covering the earlier summaries, I’ve discussed the evolution of the 3rd New York Artillery. The regiment began as the 19th New York Infantry but was reorganized as artillery and sent to North Carolina as part of Burnside’s early war campaign. Based on the needs in that theater, the regiment’s batteries worked as garrison artillery and occasionally supported field operations. In the winter of 1863, a several batteries of the regiment transferred to the Department of the South in preparation for operations against Charleston. Then between May and June 1863 a sizable portion of the regiment mustered out, with several batteries reorganized for recruiting. So that leaves us with a regiment in part reorganizing; and in part performing duties in the field.
Colonel Charles H. Stewart commanded the regiment at this time. He would directly command the portion of the regiment that remained at New Berne, North Carolina, all in the District of North Carolina, and part of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, or simply the Eighteenth Corps. Four batteries had that address on their returns (and a fifth was technically there at the end of the reporting period):
Looking the individual batteries:
Battery A: No return. As mentioned last quarter, this battery returned to New York and mustered out in June. Men with time still on their enlistments transferred to Batteries E, I, and K. A new Battery A reformed in September 1864.
Battery B: Reported on Morris Island, South Carolina, with six 12-pdr Napoleons. Captain James E. Ashcroft, who’d transferred from Battery C in May, commanded this battery assigned to the Tenth Corps. The battery manned a position on the Second Parallel of the siege lines extending toward Battery Wagner that summer.
Battery C: No return. The original Battery C mustered out on May 22, 1863, with its remaining three-year men transferred to Batteries I and K. On September 30, 1863, just getting into our reporting period, a new Battery C mustered under the command of William E. Mercer.
Battery D: No return. Another battery that mustered out in June 1863. Those with enlistments remaining went to Batteries E, I, and K. A new Battery D mustered in February 1864.
Battery E: At New Berne, North Carolina with four 20-pdr Parrott rifles. Captain Theodore H. Schenck remained in command. The battery was part of the force under Stewart, in the District of North Carolina, technically in the Eighteenth Corps.
Battery F: On Morris Island with six 12-pdr (3.67-inch) Wiard rifles. Another battery holding down real estate on the Second Parallel of Morris Island. Lieutenant Paul Birchmeyer commanded this battery in the position. Captain David A. Taylor mustered out in mid-July (having been on detached service, and later joining the 16th Cavalry). Samuel C. Day, transferred from Battery B, was appointed captain of the battery in late July, though Birchmeyer appears on the reports from Morris Island.
Battery G: No return. Another battery mustered out in early June. Remaining men transferred to Battery K. The new Battery G mustered in March 1864.
Battery H: Reporting at Newport News, Virginia with six 12-pdr Napoleons. That location is valid for the December 1863 reporting date. In September the battery was stationed at New Berne. In October the battery moved to Newport News. Captain William J. Riggs in command. Assigned to Eighteenth Corps.
Battery I: At New Berne and with six 12-pdr Napoleons. Captain John H. Ammon held command.
Battery M: At New Berne with six 10-pdr Parrott Rifles. Captain John H. Howell commanded.
Lieutenant with “Stores in Charge” at New Berne. On this line the regiment reported implements, tools, and stores, but no cannon or ammunition.
Turning to the ammunition, returns indicated retention of heavy howitzer rounds. And thus we must look at the extended columns:
Four lines to consider here:
Battery B: 848 shot, 304 shell, 1,928 case, and 568 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons (all there on Morris Island and being put to good use!)
Battery E: 20 shell and six canister for 24-pdr field howitzers; 2 shell and six canister for 32-pdr field howitzers. Battery E had turned over those howitzers during the previous winter, but still had rounds on hand to account for.
Battery H: 384 shot, 75 shell, 439 case, and 160 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery I: 282 shot, 138 shell, 290 case, and 136 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Turning to the Hotchkiss page:
More than just 3-inch rounds here:
Battery E: 84 fuse shell for 3.67-inch rifle (20-pdr Parrott).
Battery F: 100 shot, 361 percussion shell, 397 fuse shell and 274(?) bullet shell for 3.67-inch rifles (12-pdr Wiard).
Battery K: 768 shot, 188 canister, 36 percussion shell, and 150 fuse shell for 3-inch rifles.
Let me break up the next page for clarity, and start with the “orphan” set of Hotchkiss columns:
Battery F: 437 canister for 3.67-inch rifles (12-pdr Wiard).
Moving over to the Parrott columns:
Two batteries with Parrotts:
Battery E: 390 shot, 110 shell, and 30 canister for 20-pdr Parrotts.
Battery M: 1,155 shell, 33 case, and 134 canister for 10-pdr Parrotts.
No Schenkl rounds reported, so we can move to the small arms:
By battery:
Battery B: One Army revolver, nineteen Navy revolvers, and fourteen horse artillery sabers.
Battery E: Twenty-nine Navy revolvers, two cavalry sabers, and forty-one horse artillery sabers.
Battery F: Twenty-five Army revolvers and twenty-five horse artillery sabers.
Battery H: Four Army revolvers, seventeen Navy revolvers, and fifty horse artillery sabers.
Battery I: Ten Army revolvers, six Navy revolvers, and forty horse artillery sabers.
Battery K: Four Army revolvers, nineteen Navy revolvers, two cavalry sabers, and fifty-two horse artillery sabers.
Battery M: Twenty-four Army revolvers and thirty horse artillery sabers.
We might say the 3rd New York was a “half in” regiment as the summer of 1863 came to a close with so many batteries mustered out. Though it would recruit back up to strength before the war’s end. What batteries were in service did good work on Morris Island and holding down positions in North Carolina.
Summary Statement, 2nd Quarter, 1863 – 3rd New York Artillery Regiment
11 September 2017 Craig Swain American Civil War, Artillery, Ordnance Summary Statements 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery A 3rd New York, Battery B 3rd New York, Battery C 3rd New York, Battery D 3rd New York, Battery E 3rd New York, Battery F 3rd New York, Battery G 3rd New York, Battery H 3rd New York, Battery I 3rd New York, Battery K 3rd New York, Battery L 3rd New York, Battery M 3rd New York, Charles B. Randolph, Charles H. Stewart, Charles White, David A. Taylor, Folly Island, Henry Hall, James E. Ashcroft, James Hall, James R. Angel, John H. Ammon, John Wall, Morris Island, New Berne NC, Paul Birchmeyer, Seabrook Island, Syracuse NY, Theodore H. Schenck, William J. Riggs
When we examined the 1st New York Light Artillery last week ago, it’s service at the mid-point of the Civil War was mainly within Virginia. Or shall we say the Eastern Theater proper? In contrast, the 3rd New York Artillery (which was a mix of heavy and light) spent the first half of the war serving in the Carolinas. For the fourth quarter of 1862, we briefly looked at the origins of the 3rd regiment. And for the first quarter of 1863, we noted the split of the regiment, with some batteries going to reinforce efforts against Charleston. In addition to that move, over 500 two year enlistments came up in May. This brought the overall regimental strength down to 889 men. Men were transferred within the regiment to meet obligations to maintain field batteries at full manning. Between May and June, the remaining men of Batteries A, C, D, and G were transferred to batteries B, E, F, H, I, and M. Colonel Charles H. Stewart remained in command of the regiment, though as time progressed it was more so an administrative assignment. And with Stewart’s administrative responsibilities, he received permission to recruit replacements (with the objective of a full 1,700 men).
That history in mind, we turn to the first page of the summary:
As mentioned above, many of these batteries were not fully staffed. And what did remain were either employed as garrison troops or other support roles. Referencing Henry and James Hall’s Cayuga in the Field, we can fill in some of the blanks from the summary:
Battery A: No return. Captain Charles White was in command of the battery when mustered out in Syracuse, on June 2. The three-year men transferred to Batteries E, I, and K.
Battery B: Reported at Folly Island, South Carolina, with six 12-pdr Napoleons. Captain James E. Ashcroft commanded. Returns from the end of June had the battery assigned to Seabrook Island, but of course part of the force concentrating for the Morris Island Campaign.
Battery C: No return. Ashcroft transferred to Battery B (above) on May 22, leaving Lieutenant Charles B. Randolph in charge of the two-year men. They were mustered out on June 2. The three year men from this battery moved to Batteries I and K.
Battery D: No return. Captain Owen Gavigan was among the two year men mustered out in June. Those with enlistments remaining went to Batteries E, I, and K.
Battery E: At New Berne, North Carolina with four 20-pdr Parrott rifles. Captain Theodore H. Schenck remained in command. This battery was originally earmarked for South Carolina, but returned to North Carolina by April, part of Eighteenth Corps.
Battery F: On Morris Island with six 12-pdr (3.67-inch) Wiard rifles. The location was valid for September, 1863, when the return was received in Washington. Lieutenant Paul Birchmeyer commanded this battery, then on Folly Island. Captain David A. Taylor was on detached service, with the Signal Corps.
Battery G: No return. Another battery mustered out in early June. Captain John Wall rolled up that guidon. Remaining men transferred to Battery K.
Battery H: At New Berne, North Carolina with six 12-pdr Napoleons. Captain William J. Riggs in command. Assigned to Eighteenth Corps.
Battery I: Also at New Berne and with six 12-pdr Napoleons. Captain John H. Ammon held command.
Battery K: No return. Also assigned to New Berne at this time of the war. Captain James R. Angel was in command. For the previous quarter, and the one that followed, this battery had six 3-inch Ordnance Rifles on hand. Likely that was the case for the second quarter. This battery received many three-year men from the disbanding batteries.
Battery L: As explained in earlier posts, this battery did not exist as part of 3rd New York Artillery at this stage of the war. Near war’s end The 24th Independent Battery was assigned this title, somewhat retroactively.
The batteries mustered out at the start of June (A, C, D, and G) were replaced by new batteries with the same designations starting in the fall of 1863 running through the winter of 1864. So we will see them again in the summaries.
One other note. We have seen the Napoleons of Battery B
and the Wiards of Battery F
in the photos from Morris Island.
Turning to the ammunition, we have to use the extended columns to handle the smoothbore rounds. And we have a “problem”:
Three Napoleon batteries and some “leftover” in Battery E:
Battery B: 678 shot, 382 shell, 872 case, and 406 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery E: 84 shells for 12-pdr Napoleons; 20 shell, 78 case, and 6 canister for 24-pdr field howitzers; 2 shell and 6 canister for 32-pdr field howitzers.
Battery G (?): 396 shot, 87 shell, 439 case, and 160 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery H (?): 294 shot, 150 shell, 303 case, and 136 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
First off, Battery E had heavy field howitzers on hand in the previous quarter. And apparently the battery retained some ammunition for those big howitzers (awaiting turn in, perhaps). But that does not explain the Napoleon shells on hand.
Battery G, as indicated above, mustered out in the first week of June. And no return was indicated on the first page of the summary. I offer this was a transcription error. If so, did the clerk just move everything up one line? In other words, what’s on line 60 being Battery H’s ammuntion; and line 61 that for Battery I? No evidence, just expectations!
Moving to the rifled projectiles, we start with the Hotchkiss patent types:
One, well stocked, battery:
Battery F: 100 shot, 1065 percussion shell, 300 fuse shell, and 650 bullet shell for 12-pdr / 3.67-inch Wiard Rifles.
And we know those projectiles were destined to be fired at Battery Wagner and, occasionally, Fort Sumter in the months to come.
Let’s split up the next page for clarity:
Battery F: 240 Hotchkiss canister for 12-pdr / 3.67-inch Wiard Rifles.
Moving to Parrott and Schenkl projectiles:
Two batteries reporting:
Battery E: 126 Parrott shell, 30 Parrott canister, and 402 Schenkl shot for 20-pdr Parrott, 3.67-inch caliber.
Battery M: 1203 Parrott shell, 57 Parrott case, and 134 Parrott canister for 10-pdr Parrotts.
There were no tallies for any additional Schenkl projectiles or the Tatham’s canister.
So on to the small arms:
Battery A: One Army revolver, thirteen Navy revolvers, and fourteen horse artillery sabers.
Battery F: Eleven Army revolvers and seven horse artillery sabers.
Battery G (?): Four Army revolvers, seventeen Navy revolvers, and fifty horse artillery sabers.
Battery H (?): Ten Army revolvers, seven Navy revolvers, and forty-nine horse artillery sabers.
Battery M: Thirty Navy revolvers and thirty horse artillery sabers.
As with the smoothbore ammunition columns, I offer that lines 60 and 61 were moved up by one. So those should be Battery H and Battery I. In the previous quarter, Battery H reported thirty-one Navy revolvers and fifty horse artillery sabers. Battery I reported Ten Army revolvers, nine Navy revolvers, and forty horse artillery sabers. Not a close match, but at least a little weight to consider.
We’ll continue with the New York batteries with consideration of yet another “straggler” line – some mountain howitzers in the 3rd New York Cavalry!
Summary Statement, 1st Quarter, 1863 – 3rd New York Light Artillery Regiment
19 September 2016 Craig Swain American Civil War, Artillery, Ordnance Summary Statements 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery A 3rd New York, Battery B 3rd New York, Battery C 3rd New York, Battery D 3rd New York, Battery E 3rd New York, Battery F 3rd New York, Battery G 3rd New York, Battery H 3rd New York, Battery I 3rd New York, Battery K 3rd New York, Battery L 3rd New York, Battery M 3rd New York, Charles B. Randolph, Charles H. Stewart, David A. Taylor, Edwin S. Jenny, George W. Thomas, Henry M Stone, James B. Ashcroft, James H Ledlie, James R. Angel, John H. Ammon, John H. Howell, John Wall, Joseph J. Morrison, Luke Brannick, Martin Laughlin, New Bern, Theodore H. Schenck, William J. Riggs
Given the nature of mustering, organizing, and outfitting, it was rare that all the batteries of a light artillery regiment went to war as a set. Arguably, that is what happened with the 3rd New York Light Artillery Regiment. Arguably… as the regiment was also not completely outfitted as light artillery, serving as heavy artillery. I briefly discussed the regiment’s formation in the preface to the fourth quarter return. And we saw the regiment (minus Battery L, which was really just a paper designation) served in North Carolina, mostly around New Bern. With the new year changes came. First, Colonel James H. Ledlie became the Chief of Artillery, Eighteenth Corps. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles H. Stewart then assumed command of the regiment, with Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M. Stone as second in command. But the regiment was not to remain intact. Major-General David Hunter called for reinforcements for his planned offensive on Charleston. Along with other units, Major-General John Foster sent Batteries A, B, C, D, E, F, and I to the Department of the South. The other batteries remained in North Carolina, and many men saw action in the Siege of Washington, March 30-April 20, 1863.
With those changes in mind, what do we see on the returns for the quarter?
Strictly according to the clerks at the Ordnance Department:
Battery A: No return.
Battery B: No location listed, but reporting six 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery C: Infantry Stores, New Bern, North Carolina.
Battery D: Infantry Stores, New Bern, North Carolina.
Battery E: New Berne, armed with two 24-pdr and two 32-pdr field howitzers.
Battery F: No return.
Battery G: No return.
Battery H: New Berne with six 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery I: New Berne reporting four 20-pdr Parrotts.
Battery K: New Berne with six 3-inch Ordnance Rifles.
Battery L: No return. Again, this battery did not exist
Battery M: Infantry Stores, New Bern, North Carolina.
But allow me to reconcile these lines against details from the regimental history. First off, the batteries, or sections thereof, transferred to South Carolina:
Battery A: Lieutenant Martin Laughlin with 60 men to serve as heavy artillery, armed with rifles.
Battery B: Captain Joseph J. Morrison, with 102 men serving six 12-pdr Napoleons. (Although Captain James B. Ashcroft appears on other records.)
Battery C: Lieutenant Charles B. Randolph with 26 men serving as heavy artillery.
Battery D: Lieutenant Luke Brannick with 25 men serving as heavy artillery.
Battery E: Captain Theodore H. Schenck with 90 men also serving as heavy artillery. Presumably leaving the heavy howitzers in North Carolina.
Battery F: Captain Edwin S. Jenny (when promoted, replaced by Captain David A. Taylor) and 94 men with six 6-pdr Wiards (Though I question if that caliber or the 12-pdrs were assigned).
Battery I: Lieutenant George W. Thomas, 98 men, and six 12-pdr Napoleons (in lieu of 20-pdr Parrotts?). (However, Captain John H. Ammon was listed as battery commander.)
Note that some batteries were reduced much in manpower, in part due to expiration of enlistments. We see some matches to the returns, with equipment reported. And some clear misses! And we might correctly allocate Batteries A, B, E, and I, at least, to Port Royal at this time. These seven batteries/sections were carried on some returns as a battalion, under Schenk. (And I would mention, as a shameless promotion of other blog posts, you readers are familiar with these batteries from their work during the summer of 1863 on Morris Island.)
Back in North Carolina, Battery G was part of the Washington (North Carolina) garrison. Batteries H, K, and M reported from New Bern. Sections, or at least detachments, from Batteries E, F, and I remained at New Bern. Thus we have some reconciliation between the actual duty location and that indicated on the summary. Of those not mentioned above, here were the battery commander assignments:
Battery G: Captain John Wall.
Battery H: Captain William J. Riggs.
Battery K: Captain James R. Angel.
Battery M: Captain John H. Howell.
I’ve spent much longer discussing the organization and activities of the regiment, as that sets up for a longer discussion, during the next couple of quarters, as batteries were mustered out and replaced. And besides, with all those “Infantry Stores” lines, there are not a lot of artillery projectiles to count!
Turning beyond that organizational aspect of the 3rd New York, let us look at ammunition on hand. First the smoothbore:
Three batteries to consider:
Battery B: 648 shot, 408 shell, 848 case, and 440 canister for 12-pdr Napoleon (I believe column entries for shell is another clerking error.)
Battery E: 42 shell, 166 case, 42 canister for 24-pdr field howitzers; 66 shell, 130 case, and 48 canister for 32-pdr field howitzers.
Battery H: 439 shot, 130 shell, 464 case, and 160 canister for 12-pdr Napoleon. (Again, the entry for case appears to be a transcription error by the clerks.)
We see above that Battery E did not take the big howitzers to South Carolina. Later, there are reports of howitzers of those calibers around New Bern. So I assume those were transferred to the garrison there.
Moving to ammunition for the rifles, there are short entries:
Just one battery with Hotchkiss:
Battery K: 184 canister, 160 percussion shell, 287 fuse shell, 452 bullet shell for 3-inch rifles.
On the next page of rifled projectiles, we can focus on entries for Parrott-types:
And that is for 20-pdrs that we might assume, based on regimental history, were left in North Carolina:
Battery I: 541 shell and 450 case shot for 20-pdr Parrotts.
Moving to the third page, likewise only one line reporting… and that on the far right of the section:
Tatham’s:
Battery I: 123 Tatham 3.67-inch canister.
While Tatham is most associated with James and other bronze rifles, the 20-pdr Parrott’s bore was 3.67-inch.
Lastly, we turn to the small arms:
By battery reporting:
Battery B: Twenty Army revolvers and thirty-three horse artillery sabers.
Battery E: Nineteen Navy revolvers, two cavalry sabers, and thirty-one horse artillery sabers.
Battery H: Thirty-one Navy revolvers and fifty horse artillery sabers.
Battery I: Ten Army revolvers, nine Navy revolvers, and forty horse artillery sabers.
Battery K: Twenty-seven Navy revolvers, three cavalry sabers, and fifty-two horse artillery sabers.
Would be interesting to have a full set of returns for the small arms. Some of the “heavy” batteries are listed here, but not all. Given the nature of the 3rd regiment’s service at this point in the war, it is odd not to see long guns reported.
(Details of the 3rd New York Artillery’s service from Henry Hall and James Hall, Cayuga in the field : a record of the 19th N. Y. Volunteers, all the batteries of the 3d New York Artillery, and 75th New York Volunteers, Auburn, New York, 1873.)
Summary Statement: December 31, 1862 – 3rd New York Light Artillery Regiment
28 January 2016 28 January 2016 Craig Swain American Civil War, Artillery, Ordnance Summary Statements 19th New York Infantry, 1st New York Independent Battery, 3rd New York Light Artillery, Battery A 3rd New York, Battery B 3rd New York, Battery C 3rd New York, Battery D 3rd New York, Battery E 3rd New York, Battery F 3rd New York, Battery G 3rd New York, Battery H 3rd New York, Battery I 3rd New York, Battery K 3rd New York, Battery L 3rd New York, Battery M 3rd New York, Burnside Expedition (NC), Eighteenth Corps, Henry M Stone, James H Ledlie, New Berne NC, Terrence J. Kennedy
So what is next with New York? 2nd Regiment of Artillery? Well, for the fourth quarter, 1862 summary statement, the focus was on field artillery equipment. And the 2nd New York Artillery Regiment was a “Heavy” assigned to the Washington Defenses. The 2nd was brought out to the field in the spring of 1864, with a lot of other heavies, to be used as infantry. So another story for another day.
That brings us to the 3rd Regiment of Artillery from New York, the next “light” formation. Unlike the 1st Regiment, which was all in Virginia, the 3rd Regiment’s service was in North Carolina at this stage of the war. Briefly, the 3rd New York Artillery was originally the 19th New York Infantry. Reorganized in December 1861, the regiment contained Batteries A through K and M. In March 1862, those eleven batteries, commanded by Colonel James H. Ledlie (who would go on to infamy for actions later in the war), went to North Carolina to be part of Burnside’s operations. The batteries did not see a lot of action through the summer and into the fall, and were mostly deployed around New Berne. As part of a general reorganization of the Department of North Carolina, the 3rd New York and the other artillery batteries were organized into a brigade under Ledlie, as part of the Eighteenth Corps. Major Henry M. Stone assumed command of the regiment at that time. Some of the batteries were involved with Major-General John Foster’s Goldsborough campaign in December 1862. But the main duty of these batteries was garrisoning the post of New Berne.
That brings us to the regiment’s section of the summary:
Note the clerks only noted five received returns. For brevity, with the exception of Battery L (which I’ll explain) were in the Artillery Brigade, Eighteenth Corps, Department of North Carolina. And all, save Battery L, were reported at New Berne except where noted:
Battery C: No return.
Battery D: No return.
Battery E: New Berne, armed with two 24-pdr and two 32-pdr field howitzers. Yes, the big ones!
Battery G: No return. Reported on duty at New Berne and Washington, North Carolina.
Battery L: No return. This battery was a “special case” detailed in the next paragraph.
Battery M: No return.
The linage of Battery L deserves special mention. Captain Terrence J. Kennedy was authorized to recruit a battery sometime in 1861. This was designated the 1st Independent New York Light Artillery. However, somewhere along the way Kennedy’s battery was linked to the 3rd Regiment, on some books at least, as Battery L. Kennedy’s 1st New York served through the war with the independent battery designation, never serving as a 3rd regiment formation. However, in March 1865, the 24th New York Independent Battery, formerly Battery B, New York Rocket Battalion, was re-designated Battery L, 3rd New York. Thus we have a confusing story of three different batteries, one of which was only a paper designation. Bottom line, there was no Battery L, 3rd Artillery in December 1862.
Moving on to the ammunition sections, first we have the smoothbores:
Notice here the 24-pdr and 32-pdr columns that I usually omit for clarity:
Battery B: 288 shot, 96 shell, 288 case, and 96 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery E: 144 shell, 96 case, and 24 canister for 24-pdr field howitzers; 74 shell, 140 case, and 48 canister for 32-pdr field howitzers.
Battery H: 288 shot, 96 shell, 288 case, and 96 canister for 12-pdr Napoleons.
Battery K: 15 case for 24-pdr field howitzer.
Why Battery K would have 24-pdr howitzer ammunition? I only have speculative leads for now. Those obviously would not fit in the Ordnance Rifles. Battery K had what I’d consider meager quantities of the right size ammunition on hand:
Battery K reported 184 canister, 107 fuse shell, and 132 bullet shell of the Hotchkiss patent for 3-inch rifles.
For it’s 20-pdr Parrotts Battery I reported 289 shell and 48 canister, all of Parrott’s patent type:
The 3rd New York did not report any quantities of Dyer’s, James’, or Schenkl’s patent projectiles on hand for the reporting period.
As for small arms on hand:
Battery B: 23 Army revolvers and 23 horse artillery sabers.
Battery E: 19 Army revolvers, one cavalry saber, and 31 horse artillery sabers.
Battery H: 17 Navy revolvers and 50(?) horse artillery sabers.
Battery I: Nine Army revolvers and six horse artillery sabers.
Battery K: 26 Army revolvers, two cavalry sabers, and 52 horse artillery sabers.
Circling back to to my “complaint” that the returns and summaries as inconsistent, I offer the 3rd New York Artillery as yet another example. All of these batteries (save the non-existent Battery L) were in one place and under one command structure. Yet the reporting was more miss than hit. I could understand lax attitude across the board. But in this case within a field organization, some were recorded while others were not. It implies to me that the returns were complied by battery and submitted by battery, as opposed to being consolidated by field or administrative (regimental) staff.
Maybe the omissions were due to the fault of the clerks? Again, one would presume the entire 3rd Regiment, as they were co-located, would submit one package of returns. So where omission occur, logically wouldn’t we see whole regiments missing? Maybe one or two batteries? But certainly not six out of eleven as we see here. In short, it sort of defies the logic in most intra-office protocols.
All we can say for sure is there are a lot of empty cells in the book.
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Two DSPs add out-of-home programmatic inventory, as the real world becomes another channel
Announcements this week by Adelphic and MobPro highlight new forms of retargeting, attribution, real-world based audience targeting and multi-channel coordinated campaigns.
Barry Levine on December 7, 2018 at 5:13 pm
An out-of-home ad for XITE. part of a multichannel programmatic campaign.
Two recent integrations of digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertising show not only that such ads are rapidly becoming a full-fledged member of the digital ad ecosystem, but that they are creating new kinds of DOOH-enhanced, cross-channel marketing.
Adelphic, a demand-side platform (DSP) acquired last year by ad tech firm (and Myspace owner) Viant, announced this week that DOOH inventory from Rubicon Project’s private marketplace is now available to its buyers.
And mobile-oriented, Amsterdam-based DSP MobPro says it is now integrated with DOOH marketing platform Broadsign.
DOOH goes programmatic. The Adelphic partnertship with Rubicon Project means marketers can “programmatically buy digital signage within a certain radius of the store location,” VIant CMO Jon Schulz said. That means Adelphic can now offer digital signage in physical proximity to a store as part of a campaign that includes ads on mobile phones, for example. As a result, advertisers can retarget consumers on a nearby outdoor screen after they’ve been shown a location-specific mobile or desktop ad.
With this, the definition of “retargeting” is now enlarged to include ads that follow you into the real world, not just to the next web site. Or that go the other way, following consumers from real-world exposure into audio, connected TV or mobile channels.
Additionally, Adelphic says this range of inventory helps its ability to tell advertisers how much of an impact their nearby DOOH ad exposure had on in-store or online sales, using such factors as customer location data and, for roadside signs, direction of travel. The exposure attribution can be tied into subsequent site visits, online and physical store visits, and sales.
With Rubicon Project’s Impression Multiplier tool in particular, the DSP says it can calculate “expected number of views” on outdoor signage, and then convert those to digital impressions.
Programmatic DOOH in action. MobPro’s integration with the SSP Broadsign’s DOOH inventory allows advertisers to buy mobile and outdoor inventory programmatically as part of the same campaign.
The first campaign using this expanded inventory promoted the Dutch music video brand XITE in its home country during the local music season.
Traditionally, MobPro said, a purchase of digital out-of-home screen space involves choosing a location and a time of day, such as during peak commuting times if it’s a digital billboard.
By contrast, programmatic lets advertisers evolve from buying a DOOH location and time to buying an audience, as targeted programmatic campaigns often do for site and app advertising. The platform is able to employ data that runs ads on the out-of-home signage when those audiences are present.
In this XITE campaign, the programmatic buy delivered ads for the music video service to screens in train stations throughout the Netherlands, but only when the targeted young music-inclined audiences were most likely to be walking by — such as during peak travel times for nearly music concerts.
The outdoor ads were coordinated with location-based mobile ads, demonstrating the new coordination possible between digital-realm and physical-world ad campaigns. MobPro said it reached 150,000 festival goers with out-of-home ads, and 200,000 in post-festival retargeting with both out-of-home and mobile ads.
Why you should care. As the two examples above indicate, real world signage has now become another channel on programmatic platforms, with The Rubicon Project projecting DOOH ad spending reaching $7.8 billion this year.
As a result, automated campaigns can now coordinate ads, including retargeting, between real world and the digital world. For marketers, it’s now all one space to reach consumers.
This story first appeared on MarTech Today. For more on marketing technology, click here.
Barry Levine
Barry Levine covers marketing technology for Third Door Media. Previously, he covered this space as a Senior Writer for VentureBeat, and he has written about these and other tech subjects for such publications as CMSWire and NewsFactor. He founded and led the web site/unit at PBS station Thirteen/WNET; worked as an online Senior Producer/writer for Viacom; created a successful interactive game, PLAY IT BY EAR: The First CD Game; founded and led an independent film showcase, CENTER SCREEN, based at Harvard and M.I.T.; and served over five years as a consultant to the M.I.T. Media Lab. You can find him at LinkedIn, and on Twitter at xBarryLevine.
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Home Article Actress Molly Ephraim not married yet, but rumored to be dating co-star Christoph Sanders, She revealed her new boyfriend on Instagram
Actress Molly Ephraim not married yet, but rumored to be dating co-star Christoph Sanders, She revealed her new boyfriend on Instagram
Updated On 30 Dec, 2018 Published On 07 Jul, 2017
the young and vibrant actress Molly, is really enjoying her life to the fullest and super-focused on her career. She's still single and not dating anyone and has no affairs.
Her quirky and fame-obsessed character on the hit sitcom Last Man Standing has gained her much fame and spotlight all over the media. You all know, who we're talking about. It's our very own favorite young actress, Molly Ephraim.
Molly is better known as "Mandy Baxter" from the "Last Man Standing," and she has demonstrated brilliant acting skills on the show making her one of the promising actresses in the industry.
While watching her adorable love-chemistry on screens, most of you might wonder, who's the lucky man of hers behind the curtains. Does she have a boyfriend? Find out here!!
Last Man Standing Co-Actors Molly Ephraim And Christoph Sanders Rumored To Be Dating
Could this really be true? We have our doubts!
Rumors have been swirling up on the web that the co-actors who are married on-screen in the series, are also dating in their real life.
Both have this amazing chemistry on the show and are one of our favorite couples too.
Molly Ephraim with her co-actor Christoph Sanders
However, neither Christoph Sanders nor Molly have confirmed or denied the rumors. Also, there is no plausible evidence to prove these hear-says.
Hence, we can conclude that these are baseless rumors and nothing is going on between the two stars.
Also Read: Actor Tim Allen and Nancy Travis recently celebrated the 100th Episode of "Last Man Standing"
Although her adventurous, sexy and carefree character on 2008 film "College Road Trip," would make us think that she's a man-hunter, but she is NOT!
Molly Ephraim in a photo shoot
Molly has not been linked with any man of which we know, and her relationship and dating history is also kept wrapped.
Actress Molly Ephraim is still single.
Molly, herself has not spoken anything about her personal life. Many people still assume that she's still single.
She is very private about her dating life which is why even if she is in a relationship with someone people still consider her very much single.
Molly Revealed Her New Boyfriend On Instagram
Back in 2013, Molly Ephraim's Instagram photo created a huge buzz in the media. The "Paranormal Activity" star posted a picture of her standing beside a man and captioned it "My Boyfriend is really excited to be here for my last show."
But on viewing the photo, we all realized it was just an act of humor, and she was standing beside a huge picture of some guy (unknown).
And, he's not her boyfriend at all!! Well, it's pretty clear that Molly really has a good sense of humor. LOL!
On an interview with RedCarpetRoundup, Molly shared what kind of guys she really likes. She stated,
"I'm just into those guys who rain emotion you know, and who pour their heart and souls into every lyric and note. That's art. But it's also so much more than that. It's just raw emotion. I don't think anyone does it quite like those guys can. And I'm a total sucker for it!"
On her free time, she likes to spend time with her friends and family. Other than that, she likes to read, watch TV and go to concerts with friends. She's also passionate about music.
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She has a cute dog with whom she's seen spending a lot of fun times. Her Instagram page is filled with her dog photos and videos.
Until I buy a dunce cap, this will have to do.
A post shared by Molly Ephraim (@mollyephraim) on Sep 9, 2017 at 12:01am PDT
As for now, she still features as the main cast in Last Man Standing and is busy filming another comic series Brockmire that premiered recently on April 5, 2017.
Despite keeping everyone in confusion, the vibrant actress posted an Instagram image on 22nd June 2018 with a handsome mystery man that captioned 'a rock on a rock'. No doubt the duo has amazing chemistry.
a rock on a rock
A post shared by Molly Ephraim (@mollyephraim) on Jun 21, 2018 at 3:05pm PDT
Well, her fans are in a real confusion whether the caption meant they are engaged or what else? We can be happy about our favorite star!
All in all, the young and vibrant actress Molly, is really enjoying her life to the fullest and super-focused on her career. We wish her best wishes for her upcoming movies and shows.
Molly Ephraim: Quick Facts
She was born on May 22, 1986, in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania to William Ephraim and Nina Zebooker.
She was raised Jewish in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
She holds American nationality and holds White Ethnicity.
She stands at the height of 5 feet 1 inch (1.5m).
She received a Drama League Award nomination in her first play as Little Red Riding Hood in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods.
Some of the co-stars performing in the Last Man Standing with Ephraim includes Tim Allen, Nancy Travis, Alexandra Krosney, Kaitlyn Dever, and Amanda Fuller.
Her net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.
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Even the founder of WhatsApp thinks you should delete Facebook
It looks like WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton has joined the delete Facebook movement.
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By Karissa Bell 2018-03-20 23:54:13 UTC
It turns out even $19 billion isn't enough to convince people of the merits of Facebook.
In what will surely be another blow to Facebook, WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton appears to have joined the growing movement to leave the social network.
SEE ALSO: How I finally broke my Facebook addiction
In a tweet, Acton said that "it is time," adding the hashtag #deletefacebook.
It is time. #deletefacebook
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018
He didn't elaborate, but Acton, who previously headed engineering for WhatsApp, is a well-known advocate for privacy and encryption.
The WhatsApp cofounder left the company six months ago, four years after Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion (the acquisition netted Acton as much as $3 billion from the deal). After leaving, he joined the Signal Foundation, a nonprofit organization that oversees the encrypted messaging app Signal.
He isn't the first former exec to criticize the company, but he's one of the most high profile to do so, which will no doubt be embarrassing for Facebook, which is facing numerous investigations, a tumbling stock price, and questions about its current leadership (or lack thereof).
Interestingly, it doesn't appear that Acton has taken his own advice just yet. His Facebook profile is still live.
WATCH: Facebook is using facial recognition — here's how to turn it off
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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is $1 for a 3-month subscription
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By Dylan HaasMashable Shopping 2019-12-31 15:59:17 UTC
TL;DR: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is one of the best deals in gaming — get three months of the service for $1.
If you're a gamer who likes options, there's no better deal for you than that of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate — basically the Netflix of video games with its vast library of titles, it's a service that always has something new and exciting to offer.
The most exciting offer, though? You can get three months of the Game Pass Ultimate service for just $1. That's not a typo — it's seriously just a dollar. After that, it'll auto-renew for $14.99 per month (which can be canceled at any time).
SEE ALSO: Xbox Series X is Microsoft's boxy new game console, coming holiday 2020
So, what will that dollar get you? For starters, you'll have access to download over 100 games from the Game Pass collection, which boasts a mixture of classic titles, indie darlings, and triple-A games like Gears 5. Not only will you be able to use your Game Pass subscription on your Xbox Console, but the Ultimate tier also gains you the ability to use the service's PC library as well, which features a similarly epic lineup of things to play. You'll even get cool member benefits, like day-one access to new Xbox exclusive titles and members-only discounts. Plus, all the benefits of Xbox Live Gold will be available to you — online play, free games each month, special deals, and more are all part of the package.
If gaming is one of your favorite hobbies, this isn't a deal you should miss — get three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for just $1 (which a $14.99 per month renewal that follows).
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Real Madrid Luka Modric Decides To Stay At Real Madrid
Following a swift bout of speculation regarding his future luka modric has elected to stay at real madrid, as understands from sources close to the croatia midfielder. after winning the golden. Modric: five reasons why he has decided to stay at real madrid afp as presents the five main reasons why luka modric has decided to end his career at the santiago bernabéu. Official website with detailed biography about luka modric, the real madrid midfielder, including statistics, photos, videos, facts, goals and more. Real madrid has a plethora of quality players to choose from in the midfield, which causes headaches for manager zinedine zidane. on tuesday night in the champions league, the boss will have to decide whether or not toni kroos and luka modric should return to playing together once again. Real madrid will have kroos at 100% and modric off the bench against psg on tuesday, and they have all three points in the bag against a dangerous sociedad side. it looks like zidane deserves a clap for his decision, with the round of applause going to modric for a statement making display.
Real Madrid Set To Offer Inter Target Luka Modric New Deal
The start of a new year brings a host of uncertainties at real madrid for the next 12 months. from the club captain to struggling youngsters and possible transfer targets, we look at 10 people. Emilio butragueno said there is no luka modric situation at real madrid and that the croatian midfielder "couldn't be happier" to be playing for the club amid links to a move to inter milan. Real madrid midfielder luka modric has said he does not think cristiano ronaldo will leave the bernabeu despite speculation that he will join italian champions juventus. portugal captain ronaldo. Real madrid: players likely to return and leave; martin odegaard, luka modric and more football news let us look at some of the prominent players who could depart from real madrid, while also looking at some loanees who are expected to return to the club. Zidane confirms bale will stay at real madrid. zidane decided against bringing on james rodriguez from the bench. madrid lost luka modric to a red card after benzema had opened the scoring.
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Real madrid returned to training on tuesday without their internationals, but with luka modric who trained normally with the group. gareth bale, thibaut courtois and eden hazard are expected to. Luka modric has been rumoured with a move away from real madrid for quite some time now. ever since the world cup final in which the croatia international took part, the media are moving him away from his current club. he was then rumoured to be moving to inter milan, and join marcelo brozovic, sime. Real madrid midfielder and 2018 ballon d'or winner luka modric has reportedly reached an agreement with the club over a new contract that will extend his stay at the bernabeu until 2021. by 90 min. Luka modric has reportedly decided to stay at real madrid and urge the club to give him an improved deal, according to reports in spain. the croatian is said to have received a number of tempting. Real madrid star luka modric is in good company after winning the prize for the world's best among players of a certain vintage the toe poke daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has to offer, all in one place.
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Real madrid cf replica jersey and replica uniforms at us.shop.realmadrid.com. enjoy quick flat rate shipping on any size order. browse real madrid store for the latest real madrid cf jerseys, uniforms, kits and more for men, women, and kids. Facebooktwitterfacebook messengerpinterestemailreal madrid midfielder luka modric has said he does not think cristiano ronaldo will leave the bernabeu despite speculation that he will join italian. Web oficial con la ficha detallada de luka modric, centrocampista del real madrid, con su estadísticas y las mejores fotos, vídeos y noticias. Luka modric came on as a substitute in real madrid's loss to atletico madrid in the uefa super cup. mb media/getty images. madrid are more likely to buy players than sell them at this point with the start of the league around the corner. Real madrid midfielder luka modric has said he does not think cristiano ronaldo will leave the bernabeu despite speculation that he will join italian champions juventus. portugal captain ronaldo has spent nine years at madrid, but speculation over a potential €100 million transfer caused juve's share price to soar last week.
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Exploring Durban
Reine, November 21, 2019 in Travel.
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After being away from civilization for a while, the city of Durban would be a sight for sore eyes. But even though one may be fooled by the pristine beaches and tall buildings, the urban area can be deceptively rough around the edges. I usually love to discover new cities on foot, but this time I felt a bit uneasy with the surroundings. I would not recommend other travelers to do a casual stroll through the dodgier parts, such as the quarters near Juma Masjid.
The southern end of Africa
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I finally found myself on the edge of Africa. Cape Town is often called the Mother City, and after having seen the view from Table Mountain I can understand why. But in terms of geography, the main price lies a bit south of the city.
Eating my way through Basque country
"Not too bad to wash it all down with a local Txakoli, the young white wine typical of the Basque country."
Memories of Skye
"The countryside is charming and some places even have coffee."
Reliving history in Washington D.C.
"As I entered the heavily guarded Rotunda in the center, some of the most famous documents in the world laid before me."
On the Trans-Siberian
"Since the toilets were locked during the seven hour stop, we had to bribe the provodnitsas to use the facilities. Then came the Mongols."
Vineyards of southern France
"Not far from Sauternes is the village of Saint-Émilion, also a famous wine region but what got me hooked was their impressive limestone caves."
The fairytale castles of Sintra
"The Portuguese town of Sintra is famous for many beautiful castles. Palácio Nacional da Pena is arguably the most stunning of the lot. "
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Clarifying piston balancing with a few words from Kaase
by moore1 | Feb 16, 2018 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins, Racing Matters, Top Stories | 0 comments
By Titus Bloom: “It’s hard for me to be persuaded on the merits of piston balancing,” said a leading oval track engine builder recently. “While operating, the piston is being thrust up against one side of the cylinder wall,” he continued, “wedged in one direction on the even bank and in the opposite direction on the uneven bank. Besides, there’s the action of the connecting rods, their weights, their lengths and where they’re connected to the piston. Then, you might consider combustion forces, and piston domes being assaulted by wedging forces—to say nothing of the degree of tumult in the crankcase. I think you’re splitting hairs,” he argued convincingly. “Fine piston balance is neither here nor there.” But from a piston maker’s approach, there are two types of balancing. First, the conventional balance is used to reduce the prospect of significant piston weight variation in large-bore engines. The objective is to maintain bearing loads within the design range, that is, main bearing loads, as they are the focus of engine crank balancing and also of vibration levels. In addition, crank pin and piston pin loads must also be held within their respective design loads. So, in truth, these efforts are more focused on durability than performance. This is why some engine builders see little value in it. However, certain engines will be more sensitive to piston weight variation than others, so it can be important for engines where bearing capacity or vibration levels are reaching their upper limits. The second type of piston balancing is embraced by those engineers ardently seeking any slight advantage and involves manipulating the mass distribution of...
Unique buttons: piston pin retention designs for Pro Mod and big turbos
by moore1 | Feb 14, 2017 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins, Tech How-To | 0 comments
By Freddie Heaney: Denver Colorado: Gibtec Pistons has announced unique piston pin retention buttons. Their latest design for Pro Mod and big turbo racing engines incorporate a radial locking feature. The advent of the piston button and its subsequent popularity came about because of the convenience it offers. Changing pistons with buttons not only reduces the time taken to replace pistons at the race track but also ends the frustration of fiddling about with round wire locks or the double spiral types. “Some years ago when we were developing the original concept,” says Gibtec Piston’s Robbie Giebas, “the button seemed to offer a further advantage. Where the piston pin bore breaks into the oil control ring groove, we thought the button would prevent the expander in the oil control ring from distorting around the half-moon opening, a deficiency particularly prevalent in power adder engines.” Though partially true, they later discovered the button could, in fact, damage the oil control ring by pushing upward or rotating against it or a combination of both. Now with an innovative radial locking mechanism, Gibtec has filed a patent to protect the design. The patent, apparently, is more extensive than a utility patent but also includes concept coverage. Rob Giebas and Gibtec’s ascension by agility and intellect It was a decisive moment when in 2013 the then 40-year-old Detroit native founded his piston-making venture in Denver, Colorado. The formation of any new business is almost always a protracted struggle, and Gibtec Pistons’ prospects were no less challenging; how could it survive in a diminished market? In fact all markets were dealing with vast cultural changes but...
Competition piston rings and what the OEMs taught us
by moore1 | Jun 2, 2016 | News, Pistons/Piston Pins, Racing Matters, Tech How-To | 2 comments
By Sam Logan: In our racing world we tend to think of ourselves as the elite corps. But in pistons and more particularly piston ring design, it is not our racing brains that are the driving force but those of the Original Equipment Manufacturers. It would be a glum glimpse of the US racing industry if nothing changed. But it has and nothing could be more illustrative of change than ring development. In fact, if we’re not careful our tow vehicles will operate with 1 x 1 x 2mm ring packs before our race cars. And it’s not just skinny rings that’s been pioneered by the OEMs, the enduring cast iron top and second rings have been replaced by stronger and lighter steel types. Furthermore, thermal face coatings are being applied to top rings by high-velocity oxygen-fueled spray guns at supersonic speed. The force of the collision causes the face coating to become embedded in the rings. What are they seeking? Well, with regard to the thermal face coating, they are pursuing bond-integrity. Second, they are also constantly looking for improvements in overall strength and toughness of the top ring. And third they seek to lower the ring’s coefficient of friction; that is the ratio between the force necessary to move one surface over another and the pressure between the two surfaces. The high-velocity oxygen-fuel technique that applies the thermal face coatings allows the OEMs to run high-tech rings in their latest turbo applications. These are subjected to countless detonation incidents. Tod Richards, a ring specialist at MAHLE, a racer and a race engine builder marveled, “The rings...
Gibtec Pistons: Guide to top ring placement from Pro Stock to Street
by moore1 | Mar 5, 2016 | Pistons/Piston Pins, Racing Matters, Tech How-To | 1 comment
By Sam Logan: Denver, Colorado: Though piston maker Gibtec was established a mere two and a half years ago, the individuals behind it have specialized in Pro Stock billet piston development since 2003. Notably, during this period their skills contributed to approximately 80 percent of the championship-winning Pro Stock engines. Recently, Tom Prock, the general manager of Venolia Pistons for thirty years said, “Currently, Gibtec is making some of the best Pro Stock pistons I’ve seen.” On the subject of top ring placement, Gibtec Pistons’ head, Rob Giebas explains, “On forced induction and on nitrous applications, which encounter extreme shock loads, we move the top ring down from the piston crown to around 0.300in. However, the top ring could be moved down by as much as 0.450in, depending upon valve size and configuration, as well as the positioning of the valve pockets, the radial width of the top ring and the piston pin height, “Often it’s the intake valve pocket, which is always bigger than the exhaust that determines the position of the top ring. Compact rings and therefore small ring grooves provide more potential for variation in ring placement than larger ring grooves. For example, a naturally aspirated engine with a top ring of 0.6mm (0.0236in) axial depth and 0.110in radial width, which requires a ring groove width of 0.115in, offers more pocket clearance than the top ring spec of a nitrous engine, which might measure 0.043in axial depth and 0.173in radial width. “But on most small-block applications with a standard in-line valve pattern and a power adder, lowering the top ring to around 0.300in protects it and...
Flatness: How gas ports and flat ring grooves succeed with lightweight racing rings
by moore1 | Nov 19, 2015 | Pistons/Piston Pins, Racing Matters, Tech How-To | 0 comments
By Sam Logan: A great many modern drag racing engines are equipped with lightweight piston rings. These rings require combustion pressures delivered through gas ports to achieve complete ring seal. Horizontal gas ports are used in oval track racing pistons to avoid carbon ingress while vertical gas ports are the preserve of the drag racing engine. In either case, the gas ports direct pressure downward and behind the ring to seal the ring to the bottom surface of the ring groove and also to force it outward and seal its thin outer perimeter face to the cylinder wall. To achieve this, it is essential to decide the correct diameter of gas port and to allocate the correct number of gas ports and to equally space them around the piston. Harnessing gas volume and evenness of pressure to a flat ring groove and flat piston ring accomplishes cylinder seal. “So, the number of gas ports, times their diameter creates a volume number,” explains Gibtec’s Robbie Giebas. “On smaller pistons we reduce the diameter of the gas ports and increase their number. To prevent flutter, pressure must be evenly dispersed around the ring. “Also the advent of flatter rings and ring grooves means you can run tighter ring-to-groove tolerances—often as close as 0.0004in to 0.0005in. A decade ago tolerances were significantly greater, probably twice this amount.” Having functional gas ports and perfectly flat rings and ring grooves—with tolerances of 0.00005in to 0.0001in—promote effective ring sealing. But also this sequence of events relies on the fact that every action is the product of a previous action. Gibtec Pistons (PRI Booth #501)...
Custom Pistons
by moore1 | Nov 12, 2015 | Pistons/Piston Pins, Published Stories, Tech How-To | 0 comments
Any experienced racing man knows that the components of a successful race car should be compatible—all working in concert. But this formula is never more critical than with engine builders. Professional race engine builders are profoundly aware of how engine parts affect one another and have to be developed as an efficient group. For them, the key to successful race engine building lies in maximizing a power plant’s performance by creating a combination of components that complement each other. In most cases, developing complimentary components requires modifying readily available parts or creating custom ones. Off-the-shelf engine components are often acceptable to builders seeking modest performance gains, but they are hopelessly inadequate when summoned to generate significant power. Click here to read the full article as published in Australia’s Street Ford...
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Review: Doctor Who Series 12 – Episode 3 ‘Orphan 55’
Well to say Series 12 started with a massive game changing two part story in ‘Spyfall’ would be an understatement to say the least. Not only did with have a new threat in the form of an inter-dimensional race known as ‘the Kasavin’ but also the return of The Master. But the biggest chance came in the reveal that The Master personally destroyed Gallifrey, leaving it in a ruined state due to discovering that the very foundation of the Time Lords is a lie, leaving the 13th Doctor in shock and anger.
But now episode 3 ‘Orphan 55’ will take the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryanand the Doctor to a luxury holiday on an alien planet. But their stay at Tranquillity Spa becomes a fight for survival against terrifying monsters and following Spyfall setting such a high benchmark for this new series, it has a lot to live up to.
Orphan 55 has a rather nice lighthearted start to the story with a little exposition to give us some insight that The Doctor is still processing the end of Spyfall as Yaz comments that The Doctor has been in a mood to which The Doctor almost angrily denies, no doubt still reeling from the revelation that The Master has destroyed Gallifrey. Graham completes a “coupon cube” which teleports the team to a 2 week holiday on ‘Tranquillity Spa’ resort, which leaves the Doctor to explore on her own before it is revealed that the resorts systems are being damaged by a system virus. It all feels a little rushed to get to the monster part of the story.
Ryan infected with a “hopper virus” which the Doctor manages to remove from him leaving Ryan a little discombobulated for some light comedy fun, standard Doctor Who “hide behind the sofa” story. Speaking of Ryan, romance definitely seems to be his focus for series as 12 as he meets a young woman named Bella, who Ryan takes a shine too and actually flirts back with him. This is a nod back to Spyfall where Yaz warns Ryan off from trying to chat up her sister, and she even teases Ryan when The Doctor interrupts a little chat Ryan and Bella are having later in the story.
The Doctor begins to investigate what is going on at the resort, using her Physic Paper to convince the resort staff that she is a Resort Inspector, trying to get to the bottom of what is happening as security guards exchange gunfire and guests are running scared with creatures attacking from the shadows. We soon learn that the resort has been built on what is classed as an ‘Orphan Planet’, a planet that has been abandoned and unfit for habitation and that those in charge have built the resort in order to fund the terraforming of the world What is happening to the resort. The monsters are in fact the native life form known as Dreggs, an apex level predator capable of adapting to any environment and they are rather unhappy with the unwanted presence of this resort and its guests.
For me the running issue of having so many characters on board the TARDIS shows its head again as the team is simply sent off in different directions so they can all meet guests at the resorts to be their vehicle to be brought all together. Another problem with this episode is that even the guest stars have very limited moments in the episode, James Buckley players the resort’s maintenance engineer who is seemingly rubbish at his job and requires his young son, the actual engineering genius, to pretty much tell him what to do. Laura Fraser has a bigger role as the person in charge of the resort operation but the extremely unbelievable story-line for her and Bella was never convincing throughout.
So much of this episode is just made up of different story genres all blended together that you can visibly notice when the story switches from one to the other. We go from an Aliens type hiding from the monsters to suddenly having to go on a rescue mission where everyone has to tag along in order to recover one of the guests lost outside the resort and all before it then becomes a survival story as the group then has to retreat back to the resort whilst the Dreggs are all hunting them down. There was clearly a budget restriction as well following the epic opening Spyfall as a lot of devices were used to explain how something worked without relying on heavy special effects such as each person having an oxygen tank to breath outside the protection of the dome and was just accepted so the actors did not have to wear protective suits or even oxygen masks which made it all feel very silly.
Ultimately and the very thing that killed the episode for me was how it all boiled down to something that made Series 11 so painful to watch at times when the truth about the planet Orphan 55 is revealed to be that is in fact, Earth in the future, an earth where following a Vulcan Timelord Mind Meld with a Dregg, The Doctor learns about what happened and the story just devolves into social commentary about how if humanity does not stop arguing and being selfish and does nothing about Global Warming, it could lead to a possible future whereby the Earth’s natural resources are used up resulting in a World War and Nuclear apocalypse. The Doctor gives a speech to Ryan, Yaz and Graham about how Orphan 55 is just one possible future, and that people can make a difference if they started now.
It just made the ending feel completely flat and very heavy handed way of delivering social commentary which is never a bad thing if it is done in the right manner but this is an episode that could easily have featured in Series 11 and is a stark contrast to Spyfall which showed some much needed reactions to feedback of the last series. This episode had all the elements I just did not like from Chibnall’s first series and a lot of my complaints about it are on display here with too many characters for the story to focus on. Whilst Yaz commentating that the Doctor has been in a mood goes someway to show the Doctor is still impacted by what The Master has done, the rest of the episode is what I would call filler and felt more like a middle of the series episode rather than the follow up to Spyfall.
Following Spyfall I had hoped for something more substantial but for the first non Chibnall written story, it sadly was nothing more than a blend of multiple Sci Fi elements leading into a “if humanity does not stop arguing and focus on saving the planet together it will be destroyed” lecture, whilst the intention is honourable, the execution left the episode with a tired and lame finish and makes this the first very forgettable episode of series 12, which is disappointing after how promising Spyfall left me for Series 12.
I also hope that this whole ‘just leave the TARDIS behind as we go on an adventure’ that annoyed me in Series 11 and happens again in this episode quickly stops becoming a thing..it is the TARDIS for crying out loud, The Doctor and the TARDIS, I mean you wouldn’t want Batman without the Batmobile would you?
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Adv Quant: Statistical Features of R
Ward and Barker (2013) traced back definition of Volume, Velocity, and Variety from Gartner. Now, a predominately widely accepted definition for big data is any set of data that has high velocity, volume, and variety (Davenport & Dyche, 2013; Fox & Do 2013, Kaur & Rani, 2015. Mao, Xu, Wu, Li, Li, & Lu, 2015; Podesta, Pritzker, Moniz, Holdren, & Zients, 2014; Richards & King, 2014; Sagiroglu & Sinanc, 2013; Zikopoulous and Eaton, 2012). Davenport et al. (2012), stated that IT companies define big data as “more insightful data analysis”, but if used properly companies can gain a competitive edge. Data scientists from companies like Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn, use R for their finance and data analytics (Revolution Analytics, n.d.). According to Minelli, Chambers and Dhiraj (2013) R has 2 million end-users and is used in industries like health, finance, etc.
Why is R so popular and have that many users? It could be that R is a free open-source software that works on multiple platforms (Unix, Windows, Mac), and has an extensive statistical library to help conduct basic statistical data analysis, to multivariate analysis, scaling up to big data analytics (Hothorn, 2016; Leisch & Gruen, 2016; Schumacker, 2014 & 2016; Templ, 2016; Theussl & Borchers, 2016; Wild, 2015). Given the open-sourced nature of the R software, many libraries are being built and shared with the greater community, and the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN), has a ton of these programs as part of R Packages (Schumacker, 2014). Other advantages of R, is the customizable statistical analysis, control over the analytical processes, extensive documentation, and references (Schumacker, 2016). R Packages allow for everyday data analytics, visually aesthetic data visualizations, faster results than legacy statistical software that the end-user can control, drawing upon the talents of leading data scientists (Revolution Analytics, n.d.). R programming features include dealing with a whole suite of data types, (scalars, vectors, matrices, arrays, and data frames), as well as impetrating and exporting data into multiple other commercially available statistical/data software (SPSS, SAS, Excel, etc.) (Schumacker, 2014 & 2016). All the features of R related to big data analytics, statistical, and programming features are listed in Table 1 (below). Given all the R Packages listed below and the importing and exporting features to other big data statistical software illustrates how useful R is for analyzing big datasets of various types (Schumacker, 2014, 2016).
Finally, R is the most dominant analytics tool for Big Data Analytics (Minelli et al., 2013). Big data analytics is at the border of computing science, data mining, and statistics, it is natural to see multiple R Packages and libraries listed within CRAN that are freely available to use. Within the field of big data analytics, some (but not all) of common sets of techniques that have R Packages are machine learning, cluster analysis, finite mixture models, and natural language processing. Given the extensive libraries through R Packages and extensive documentation, R is well suited for Big Data.
Table 1: Big Data Analytics, Statistical, and Programmable features of R
R Programming Features (Schumacker, 2014) Input, Process, Output, R Packages
Variables in R (Schumacker, 2014) number, character, logical
Data Types in R (Schumacker, 2014) scalars, arrays, vectors, matrices, list, data frames
Flow control: Loops (Schumacker, 2014) Loops (for, if, while, else, …)
Boolean Operators (and, not, or)
Visualizations (Schumacker, 2014) pie charts, bar charts, histogram, stem-and-leaf plots, scatter plots, box-whiskers plot, surface plots, contour plots, geographic maps, colors, plus others from the many R Packages
Statistical Analysis (Schumacker, 2014) Central tendency, dispersion, correlation test, linear Regression, multiple regression, logistic regression, log-linear regression, analysis of variance, probability, confidence intervals, plus others from the many R Packages
Distributions: population, sampling, and statistical (Schumacker, 2014) Binomial, Uniform, Exponential, Normal, Hypothesis testing, chi-square, z-test, t-test, f-test, plus others from the many R Packages
Multivariate Statistical Analysis (Schumacker, 2016) MANOVA, MANCOVA, factor analysis, principle components analysis, structural equation modeling, multidimensional scaling, discriminant analysis, canonical correlation, multiple group multivariate statistical analysis, plus others from the many R Packages
Big Data Analytics: Cluster Analysis (Leisch & Gruen, 2016)
hierarchical clustering, partitioning clustering, model-based clustering, K-means clustering, fuzzy clustering, cluster-wise regression, principal component analysis, self-organizing maps, density based clustering
Big Data Analytics: Machine Learning
(Hothorn, 2016; Templ, 2016) neural networks, recursive partitioning, random forests, regularized and shrinkage methods, boosting, support vector machines, association rules, fuzzy rules based systems, model selection and validation, tree methods, expectation-maximization, nearest neighbor
Big Data Analytics: Natural Language Processing (Wild, 2015)
Frameworks, lexical databases, keyword extraction, string manipulation, stemming, semantic, pragmatics
Big Data Analytics: Optimization and Mathematical Programing (Theussl & Borchers, 2016)
optimization infrastructure packages, general purpose continuous solvers, least-squares problems, semidefinite and convex solvers, global and stochastic optimization, mathematical programming solvers
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Schumacker, R. E. (2016) Using R with multivariate statistics. California, SAGE Publications, Inc.
Templ, M. (2016). CRAN task view: Official statistics & survey methodology. Retrieved from https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/OfficialStatistics.html
Theussl, S. & Borchers, H. W. (2016). CRAN task view: Optimization and mathematical programming. Retrieved from https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Optimization.html
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Wild, F. (2015). CRAN task view: Natural language processing. Retrieved from https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/NaturalLanguageProcessing.html
Zikopoulos, P., &Eaton, C. (2012). Understanding Big Data: Analytics for enterprise class hadoop and streaming data. McGraw-Hill Osborne Media.
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Quant: Compelling topics
Most Compelling Topics
Field (2013) states that both quantitative and qualitative methods are complimentary at best, none competing approaches to solving the world’s problems. Although these methods are quite different from each other. Simply put, quantitative methods are utilized when the research contains variables that are numerical, and qualitative methods are utilized when the research contains variables that are based on language (Field, 2013). Thus, central to quantitative research and methods is to understand the numerical, ordinal, or categorical dataset and what the data represents. This can be done through either descriptive statistics, where the researcher uses statistics to help describe a data set, or it can be done through inferential statistics, where conclusions can be drawn about the data set (Miller, n.d.).
Field (2013) and Schumacker (2014), defined central tendency as an all-encompassing term to help describe the “center of a frequency distribution” through the commonly used measures mean, median, and mode. Outliers, missing values, and multiplication of a constant, and adding a constant are factors that affect the central tendency (Schumacker, 2014). Besides just looking at one central tendency measure, researchers can also analyze the mean and median together to understand how skewed the data is and in which direction. Heavily skewed distributions would heavily increase the distance between these two values, and if the mean less than the median the distribution is skewed negatively (Field, 2013). To understand the distribution, better other measures like variance and standard deviations could be used.
Variance and standard deviations are considered as measures of dispersion, where the variance is considered as measures of average dispersion (Field, 2013; Schumacker, 2014). Variance is a numerical value that describes how the observed data values are spread across the data distribution and how they differ from the mean on average (Huck, 2011; Field, 2013; Schumacker, 2014). The smaller the variance indicates that the observed data values are close to the mean and vice versa (Field, 2013).
Rarely is every member of the population studied, and instead a sample from that population is randomly taken to represent that population for analysis in quantitative research (Gall, Gall, & Borg 2006). At the end of the day, the insights gained from this type of research should be impersonal, objective, and generalizable. To generalize the results of the research the insights gained from a sample of data needs to use the correct mathematical procedures for using probabilities and information, statistical inference (Gall et al., 2006). Gall et al. (2006), stated that statistical inference is what dictates the order of procedures, for instance, a hypothesis and a null hypothesis must be defined before a statistical significance level, which also has to be defined before calculating a z or t statistic value. Essentially, a statistical inference allows for quantitative researchers to make inferences about a population. A population, where researchers must remember where that data was generated and collected from during quantitative research process.
Most flaws in research methodology exist because the validity and reliability weren’t established (Gall et al., 2006). Thus, it is important to ensure a valid and reliable assessment instrument. So, in using any existing survey as an assessment instrument, one should report the instrument’s: development, items, scales, reports on reliability, and reports on validity through past uses (Creswell, 2014; Joyner, 2012). Permission must be secured for using any instrument and placed in the appendix (Joyner, 2012). The validity of the assessment instrument is key to drawing meaningful and useful statistical inferences (Creswell, 2014).
Through sampling of a population and using a valid and reliable survey instrument for assessment, attitudes and opinions about a population could be correctly inferred from the sample (Creswell, 2014). Sometimes, a survey instrument doesn’t fit those in the target group. Thus it would not produce valid nor reliable inferences for the targeted population. One must select a targeted population and determine the size of that stratified population (Creswell, 2014).
Parametric statistics, are inferential and based on random sampling from a distinct population, and that the sample data is making strict inferences about the population’s parameters, thus tests like t-tests, chi-square, f-tests (ANOVA) can be used (Huck, 2011; Schumacker, 2014). Nonparametric statistics, “assumption-free tests”, is used for tests that are using ranked data like Mann-Whitney U-test, Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, Kruskal-Wallis H-test, and chi-square (Field, 2013; Huck, 2011).
First, there is a need to define the types of data. Continuous data is interval/ratio data, and categorical data is nominal/ordinal data. Modified from Schumacker (2014) with data added from Huck (2011):
Statistic Dependent Variable Independent Variable
One way Continuous Categorical
Single Sample Continuous
Independent groups Continuous Categorical
Dependent (paired groups) Continuous Categorical
Chi-square Categorical Categorical
Mann-Whitney U-test Ordinal Ordinal
Wilcoxon Ordinal Ordinal
Kruskal-Wallis H-test Ordinal Ordinal
So, meaningful results get reported and their statistical significance, confidence intervals and effect sizes (Creswell, 2014). If the results from a statistical test have a low probability of occurring by chance (5% or 1% or less) then the statistical test is considered significant (Creswell, 2014; Field, 2014; Huck, 2011Statistical significance test can have the same effect yet result in different values (Field, 2014). Statistical significance on large samples sizes can be affected by small differences and can show up as significant, while in smaller samples large differences may be deemed insignificant (Field, 2014). Statistically significant results allow the researcher to reject a null hypothesis but do not test the importance of the observations made (Huck, 2011). Huck (2011) stated two main factors that could influence whether or not a result is statistically significant is the quality of the research question and research design.
Huck (2011) suggested that after statistical significance is calculated and the research can either reject or fail to reject a null hypothesis, effect size analysis should be conducted. The effect size allows researchers to measure objectively the magnitude or practical significance of the research findings through looking at the differential impact of the variables (Huck, 2011; Field, 2014). Field (2014), defines one way of measuring the effect size is through Cohen’s d: d = (Avg(x1) – Avg(x2))/(standard deviation). If d = 0.2 there is a small effect, d = 0.5 there is a moderate effect, and d = 0.8 or more there is a large effect (Field, 2014; Huck, 2011). Thus, this could be the reason why a statistical test could yield a statistically significant value, but further analysis with effect size could show that those statistically significant results do not explain much of what is happening in the total relationship.
In regression analysis, it should be possible to predict the dependent variable based on the independent variables, depending on two factors: (1) that the productivity assessment tool is valid and reliable (Creswell, 2014) and (2) we have a large enough sample size to conduct our analysis and be able to draw statistical inference of the population based on the sample data which has been collected (Huck, 2011). Assuming these two conditions are met, then regression analysis could be made on the data to create a prediction formula. Regression formulas are useful for summarizing the relationship between the variables in question (Huck, 2011).
When modeling predict the dependent variable based upon the independent variable the regression model with the strongest correlation will be used as it is that regression formula that explains the variance between the variables the best. However, just because the regression formula can predict some or most of the variance between the variables, it will never imply causation (Field, 2013). Correlations help define the strength of the regression formula in defining the relationships between the variables, and can vary in value from -1 to +1. The closer the correlation coefficient is to -1 or +1; it informs the researcher that the regression formula is a good predictor of the variance between the variables. The closer the correlation coefficient is to zero, indicates that there is hardly any relationship between the variable (Field, 2013; Huck, 2011; Schumacker, 2014). It should never be forgotten that correlation doesn’t imply causation, but can help determine the percentage of the variances between the variables by the regression formula result, when the correlation value is squared (r2) (Field, 2013).
Creswell, J. W. (2014) Research design: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed method approaches (4th ed.). California, SAGE Publications, Inc. VitalBook file.
Field, A. (2013) Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (4th ed.). UK: Sage Publications Ltd. VitalBook file.
Gall, M. D., Gall, J., & Borg W. (2006). Educational research: An introduction (8th ed.). Pearson Learning Solutions. VitalBook file.
Huck, S. W. (2011) Reading Statistics and Research (6th ed.). Pearson Learning Solutions. VitalBook file.
Joyner, R. L. (2012) Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation: A Step-by-Step Guide (3rd ed.). Corwin. VitalBook file.
Miller, R. (n.d.). Week 1: Central tendency [Video file]. Retrieved from http://breeze.careeredonline.com/p9fynztexn6/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Author mkhernandezPosted on July 22, 2017 July 29, 2019 Categories Quantitative AnalysisTags Central Tendency, Compelling Topics, Hypothesis Testing, modeling, Quantitative Analysis, statistical inference, Statistical Significance, Statistics, Variables3 Comments on Quant: Compelling topics
Quant: In-depth Analysis in SPSS
This short analysis attempts to understand the marital happiness level on combined income. It was found that marital happiness levels are depended on a couples’ combined income, but for the happiest couples, they were happy regardless how much money they had. This, quantitative analysis on the sample data, has shown that when the happiness levels are low, there is a higher chance of lower levels of combined income.
Mulligan (1973), was one of the first that stated arguments about money was one of the top reasons for divorce between couples. Factors for financial arguments could stem from: Goals and savings; record keeping; delaying tactics; apparel cost-cutting strategies; controlling expenditures; financial statements; do-it-yourself techniques; and cost cutting techniques (Lawrence, Thomasson, Wozniak, & Prawitz, 1993). Lawrence et al. (1993) exerts that financial arguments are common between families. However, when does money no longer become an issue? Does the increase in combined family income affect the marital happiness levels? This analysis attempts to answer these questions.
Crosstabulation was conducted to get a descriptive exploration of the data. Graphical images of box-plots helped show the spread and distribution of combined income per marital happiness. In this analysis of the data the two alternative hypothesis will be tested:
There is a difference between the mean values of combined income per marital happiness levels.
There is a dependence between the combined income and marital happiness level
This would lead to finally analyzing the hypothesis introduced in the previous section, one-way analysis of variance and two-way chi-square test was conducted respectively.
Table 1: Case processing summary for analyzing happiness level versus family income.
Table 2: Crosstabulation for analyzing happiness level versus family income (<$21,250).
Table 3: Crosstabulation for analyzing happiness level versus family income for (>$21,250).
Table 4: Chi-square test for analyzing happiness level versus family income.
Table 5: Analysis of Variance for analyzing happiness level versus family income.
Figure 1: Boxplot diagram per happiness level of a marriage versus the family incomes.
Figure 2: Line diagram per happiness level of a marriage versus the mean of the family incomes.
Discussions and Conclusions
There are 1419 participants, and only 38.5% had responded to both their happiness of marriage and family income (Table 1). What may have contributed to this huge unresponsive rate is that there could have been people who were not married, and thus making the happiness of marriage question not applicable to the participants. Thus, it is suggested that in the future, there should be an N/A classification in this survey instrument, to see if we can have a higher response rate. Given that there are still 547 responses, there is other information to be gained from analyzing this data.
As a family unit gains more income, their happiness level increases (Table 2-3). This can be seen as the dollar value increases, the % within the family income and ranges recorded to midpoint for the very happy category increases as well from the 50% to the 75% level. The unhappiest couples seem to be earning a combined medium amount of $7500-9000 and at $27500-45000. Though for marriages that are pretty happy, it’s about stable at 30-40% of respondents at $13750 or more.
The mean values of family income to happiness (Figure 2), shows that on average, happier couples make more money together, but at a closer examination using boxplots (Figure 1), the happiest couples, seem to be happy regardless of how much money they make as the tails of the box plot extend really far from the median. One interesting feature is that the spread of family combined income is shrinks as happiness decreases (Figure 1). This could possibly suggest that though money is not a major factor for those couples that are happy, if the couple is unhappy it could be driven by lower combined incomes.
The two-tailed chi-squared test, shows statistical significance between family combined income and marital happiness allowing us to reject the null hypothesis #2, which stated that these two variables were independent of each other (Table 4). Whereas the analysis of variance doesn’t allow for a rejection of the null hypothesis #1, which states the means are different between the groups of marital happiness level (Table 5).
There could be many reasons for this analysis, thus future work could include analyzing other variables that could help define other factors for marital happiness. A possible multi-variate analysis may be necessary to see the impact on marital happiness as the dependent variable and combined income as one of many independent variables.
SPSS Code
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DATA: hapmar=col(source(s), name(“hapmar”), unit.category())
DATA: incomdol=col(source(s), name(“incomdol”))
DATA: id=col(source(s), name(“$CASENUM”), unit.category())
GUIDE: axis(dim(1), label(“HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE”))
GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label(“Family income; ranges recoded to midpoints”))
SCALE: cat(dim(1), include(“1”, “2”, “3”))
SCALE: linear(dim(2), include(0))
ELEMENT: schema(position(bin.quantile.letter(hapmar*incomdol)), label(id))
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MISSING=LISTWISE REPORTMISSING=NO
DATA: MEAN_incomdol=col(source(s), name(“MEAN_incomdol”))
GUIDE: axis(dim(2), label(“Mean Family income; ranges recoded to midpoints”))
ELEMENT: line(position(hapmar*MEAN_incomdol), missing.wings())
GSS (n.d.) SPSS data file [DataSet]. Retrieved from https://classroom.coloradotech.edu/app/classResourceRedirect.html?id=2931693&url=/lms/class/95707/document/2931693/open
Lawrence, F. C., Thomasson, R. H., Wozniak, P. J., & Prawitz, A. D. (1993). Factors relating to spousal financial arguments. Retrieved from https://www.afcpe.org/assets/pdf/vol-46.pdf
Miller, R. (n.d.). Week 3: Crosstabs. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://breeze.careeredonline.com/p1xi2oe0rfo/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Miller, R. (n.d.). Week 4: Exploring. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://breeze.careeredonline.com/p2nqdtzebk5/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Miller, R. (n.d.). Week 6: Parametric Tests. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://breeze.careeredonline.com/p7xq8uo99cm/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Miller, R. (n.d.). Week 8: Chi-Square Test. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://breeze.careeredonline.com/p47dupnqy1q/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal
Mulligan, W. (1973). Family Law Quarterly, 7(1), 123-128. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25739046
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Creswell (2014), stated that inquiry procedures come in three flavors: quantitative, qualitative, mix. Mostly under the inquiry procedures of quantitative methodologies, action research is a style of participatory research (Creswell, 2014). It is the action research methodology that Appreciative Inquiry began (Holmber & Reed, 2010). Appreciative Inquiry, usually asks what went well, or what was done well rather than what went wrong (Hammond, 2006). Appreciative Inquiring works on a psychological concept of “Framing”. Especially, since words not only have definitions but can also have an emotional connotation (Hammond, 2006). Words with these emotional connotations can influence people. Therefore, people’s perceptions and preferences change based on how a question or statement is framed (Prentice, 2007). According to appreciative inquiry, it is easier to sell an idea where the focus is on the positive aspect of that idea. It is usually better to say that a bag of dried plantain chips is 95% fat-free, rather than 5% fat (Hammond, 2006; Prentice, 2007). How statements or questions are worded, can change how people view/frame the issue. But, the goal of appreciative inquiry is not just a matter of framing, but also finding out what has been done that works well and doing more of that (Hammond, 2006).
Even though Appreciative Inquiry is a popular model for organizational change, its lack of rigor in its assessment approaches can upset those that are more quantitative in nature. Especially since quantitative methodologist use the quantitative measure to deductively reach a conclusion (Cresswell, 2014). However, Appreciative Inquiry gives researchers a different perspective than what they are accustom to and more researchers are becoming inspired by this model (Holmber & Reed, 2006). For instance, if questions in an assessment instrument were to remove words with negative connotations such as “dysfunction”, “co-dependent”, “stress”, “addition”, “depress”, etc., to words that are more neutral or positive connotations, it can reframe the issue (Brooksher & Brylow, 2014). Using words with negative connotations can trigger a person’s need for loss aversion. Loss aversion suggests that people perceive pain at least two times more than pleasure, and always aim to mitigate the pain (Prentice, 2007). Thus, wording assessment instruments and the results they generate should be heavily considered (Brookshear & Brylow, 2014). This is especially the case when the goal of quantitative research is to remain impersonal and objective in their studies (Creswell, 2014).
Another idea from Appreciative Inquiry that quantitative methodologist could use is the fact that it tries to examine an idea from a different angle. For instance, sometimes conducting a Fermi decomposition of an idea, which is when a researcher is trying to solve a big idea by breaking it up into smaller more tangible and quantitatively measurable set of solutions, is one way of viewing the idea from a different angle (Hubbard, 2010). Also, asking “Why?” iteratively five times, as suggested in lean six sigma DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, implement, and control) process is another way to understand an idea better (iSixSigma, n.d.). Thus, looking at ideas from different angles can help find the cause of an idea or an opportunity for improvement.
Brookshear, G. & Brylow, D. (2014). Computer Science: An Overview (12th ed.). Pearson Learning Solution. VitalBook file.
Hammond, S. (2006). The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry. Thin Book Publishing.
Holmber, L. & Reed, J. (2010). AI research ntoes. AI Practitioners, 12(4), 55-57. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/362704/A_quantitative_approach_to_AI-research
iSixSigma (n.d.). Determine the root cause: 5 whys. Retrieved from https://www.isixsigma.com/tools-templates/cause-effect/determine-root-cause-5-whys/
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Differences between Quantitative and Qualitative Intros and Lit Reviews
Simply put, quantitative methods are utilized when the research contains variables that are numerical, and qualitative methods are utilized when the research contains variables that are based on language (Field, 2013). Thus, each methods goals and procedures are quite different. This difference in goals and procedures drives differences in how a research paper’s introduction and literature review are written.
Introductions in a research paper allow the researcher to announce the problem and why it is important enough to be explored through a study. Given that qualitative research may not have any known variables or theories, the introductions tend to vary tremendously (Creswell, 2014; Edmondson & MacManus, 2007). Creswell (2014), suggested that qualitative methods introductions can begin with a quote from one the participants; stating the researchers’ personal story from a first person or third person viewpoint, or can be written in an inductive style. There is less variation in quantitative methods introductions because the best way to introduce the problem is to introduce the variables, from an impersonal viewpoint (Creswell, 2014). It is through gaining further understanding of these variables’ influence on a particular outcome is what’s driving the study in the first place.
The purpose of the literature review is for the researcher to share the results of other studies tangential to theirs to show how their study relates to the bigger picture and what gaps in the knowledge they are trying to solve (Creswell, 2014). Edmondson and MacManus (2007) stated that when the nature of the field of research is nascent, the study becomes exploratory and qualitative in nature. Given their exploratory nature, in qualitative methods, the researchers write their literature review in the form that is exploratory and in an inductive manner (Creswell, 2014). Edmondson and MacManus (2007) stated that when the nature of the research is mature, there are plenty of related and existing research studies on the topic, a more quantitative approach is more appropriate. Given that there is a huge body of knowledge to draw from when it comes to quantitative methods, the researchers tend to have substantially large amounts of literature at the beginning and structure it in a deductive fashion (Creswell, 2014). Framing the literature review in a deductive manner allows the researcher at the end of the literature review to state clearly and measurably their research question(s) and hypotheses (Creswell, 2014; Miller, n.d.).
To conclude, understanding which methodological approach best fits a research study can help drive how the introduction and literature review sections are crafted and written.
Edmondson, A. C., & McManus, S. E. (2007). Methodological fit in management field research. Academy of Management Review, 32(4), 1155–1179. http://doi.org/10.5465/AMR.2007.26586086
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BRITTANY: Part IV
With Wifi pretty iffy and cell difficult to use at times, I’ll try to keep up with posting but may often be a wee bit behind… this one being a perfect example of such!
ROAD TRIPPING FROM ROSCOFF…
Sunday-Tuesday, June 9-18, 2019
Reading and hearing about Quimper, Finistère’s capital, we knew it was another not-to-be-missed, charming Breton town. And, knowing we couldn’t reach it easily by sailing up the L’Odet River (a future stop further south), we took a bus to Morlaix and rented a car for our journey south.
Yet, before we left we performed our now in-grained exercise of inquiring of the nearest Tourist Office, “What do you think we should see?”
Lo and behold we discovered a flock of religious sites famous in this area: Les Enclos Paroissiaux (Parish Closes).
Defined by a grouping of five structures–church, churchyard (once the cemetary), ossaury-chapel (bone depository when the graveyard became too crowded), calvary (not a horseback troop but a cross watching over the dead), and triumphal arch – all enclosed by a wall – Finistère featured over 20 of these Closes.
Thanks to the demand for leather, hemp and linen/canvas Bretons grew wealthy during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. And, what better way to spend your money than trying to one-up your neighboring village by building the most impressive religious site? Oh, and to give thanks to your Catholic god for your prosperity.
With limited time we managed to do stop-and-go’s at five of the most famous ones.
And, when I say stop-and-go’s, I truly mean running in/peering around/running out. Our visits of each site must have broken the record for the ‘seen-that-been-there-done-that’ touring. Which is why the only way I can recall which is which comes from checking each photo’s GPS location.
So, a quick litany of our Parish Close Sites follows below, beginning with our first: Saint-Thégonnec.
The church glittered and preened with the usual gold-toned altars and pulpits boasting over-the-top decor.
Among all the pomp one piece of furniture stood out due to its simplicty: the Archives Cabinet. To unlock it required the presence of three keys with the priest, the local lord, and the churchwarden each holding one.
Back outside we circled the calvary. As our first exposure to one we were a bit stunned to see the numerous, in some instances cartoonish, figures decorating a multi-sided cross.
However, use of visual storylines made sense considering the lack of literacy during this time. (FYI, with regards to all of the tongues sticking out, I read that it’s a part of the body symbolizing evil in man.)
Guimiliau Parish Close was one of the more beautiful ones, most likely due to its smaller setting and, thus, more intimate feel.
Drawn to its more manageable size we spent the most time here inspecting the elaborate carvings found throughout the interior:
In the churchyard its ornate cavalry beckons you with over 200 statues
and a platform allowing a priest to instruct parishoners on the story of Christ.
Driving into a rougher terrain, we noticed the churches became a bit sterner in appearance. One being the Plounéour-Ménez Close.
Amidst the medieval decor a banner introduced a modern and sobering touch. Later I read the subject was a Polish friar arrested and sent to Auschwitz. After someone escaped from Kolbe’s barracks the Nazis selected ten prisoners to be placed in a chamber and slowly starved to death. Kolbe volunteered to replace one of the chosen men. He ended up being executed after two weeks as one of the four men still alive. He was canonized in 1982 by Pope John Paul II. The man who was replaced survived the war and spent his life touring the world and speaking about Kolbe. He died in 1995.
Commana’s Parish Close appeared to be the ‘roughest’ of the four we’d seen this morning, yet its wooden reredos (ornamental screens placed behind altars) take the prize as Brittany’s most glorious according to a brochure. A placard in the churchyard attributes the ‘technical perfection’ and the ‘exurerance’ of these carvings to the naval sculptors from Brest (when they weren’t building boats).
By now we had visited four of these religious sites in less than three hours, including driving time of an hour. A graduate degree in religious architecture and art would have increased my interest tenfold. Either that or a guide who could explain it all.
Continuing on we began to climb to a bit higher elevation with sweeping views on either side. Atop one hill we noticed a chapel and decided to check it out. Turned out to be perched on one of the four highest peaks in the area: Mont Saint-Michel de Brasparts (1,253 ft).
At first glance the small chapel appears lonely, but determined to stand its ground. And, when we stepped through the small doorway we saw colorful and disparate offerings giving thanks on a wide range of issues. I love the fact the location served as a site for worshipping the Celtic sun god :)
We stopped at one more Parish Close (couldn’t resist), Plebyn, which was undergoing repairs but allowed us a peek of the unusual three-bell tower
and a much simpler and easier to ‘read’ calvary.
By early afternoon we arrived in Quimper and proceeded to yet another church. Begun in the 12th century the Cathedrale St-Corentin stands in the center of town on a lovely square ringed by cafes and begging for lively fairs.
Its dominance, though, diminishes a bit when you enter. Looking straight down the nave to the chancel you notice a slight skewing to the left. This came from a decision in the 19th century to add the twin towers without compromising the 13th-century sanctuary.
They later said it represented the tilt of Jesus’ head on the cross. Nice try.
What this ‘head tilt’ did, though, was bother Max who kept wondering why they screwed up the comforting symmetry of a straight shot to the altar…
Next door we visited the Breton Museum located in the former Bishop’s Palace (built by the Rohans in 1508, the same family whose castle we toured on another road trip). We saw an excellent, temporary exhibit on the Gallo-Roman period following Caesar’s 56 B.C.E. conquering of the Veneti, one of the province’s five Gallic tribes. Armorica became Roman. One of the tribes, the Osismii (meaning ‘the furthest’ in Celtic, probably due to the western-most point of Gaul) occupied what is now considered Finistère, one of Brittany’s four departments (counties).
The Romanizing of the former Gallic culture was evident in finds such as this Iron Age stele rechiseled to show Roman gods. Although, I doubt this stamped out worshipping of Celtic gods entirely…
These Iron Age steles were particular to western Armorica along with underground galleries close to settlements.
Going back even further to the Bronze Age, the huge supply of tin led to a huge production of goods.
Surprisingly, this mound of pristine axe heads was used for exchange and exporting, not for slicing and dicing.
After perusing early history we climbed stairs to the permanent exhibits, which seemed quite small and brief. On display were statues of several of Breton’s beloved saints:
Sainte-Anne (Virgin Mary’s mom and Jesus’ grandmother) with two pilgrimages: Sainte-Anne d’Auray (in Morbihan region) and Sainte-Anne-La-Palud (in Finistère region)
and Saint James (bro of John the Apostle) whose tomb at Saint-Jacques de Compostela in Spain is the second most important pilgrimage after Rome (note the scallop shell on his pouch).
More recent artifacts included: some lovey sculpture by RenéeQuillivic (1879-1969),
the traditional hats depicting the various regions,
the traditional ceramics started in this area in the 1600s,
and, the Swiss-army knife of beds: the lit-clos or box-bed where you can sleep, sit on the bench, and stash clothes or other stuff in the chest under the bench.
Interestingly, even in Brittany, a relatively small geographical area, the design of these beds varied: this one had two sliding doors popular in Cornouaille, whereas in Finistère the lit-clos generally only had one, while in Morbihan the beds were usually curtained off and half-closed with no doors.
We didn’t make it to the Musée des Beaux-Arts located on the square opposite the cathedral but did wander around to soak up the medieval-ness and beauty of this city.
And, to take advantage of you-know-whats ?:)
We left the next day to return to Roscoff back on the north coast. The only site on our to-see list involved a monastary called Landévennec located on the River Aulne. Unbeknowst to us ‘the land of priests’ is one of Brittany’s taglines, or so says one of our books. And, it’s not often we can see a group of live monks.
Set in a lovely wooded area,
we entered a modern church
and enjoyed the 2pm NONE, one of the Horaires des Office. I quietly clicked on recording for a short stint to capture, to me, a special moment. Not because I’m religious (just ask Bobbie, Ellen and Carter about that) but because those sounds create a haunting atmosphere.
We also found ourselves on the continuation of the GR 34, the 133km trail outlining Brittany’s coast.
Ending up on this trail off and on the past three weeks I think it’s a wonderful alternative to getting your scallop shell at Spain’s Santiago de Campostella. Although, in speaking with Cami, a local Breton (who had just finished two months on the Norman Trail) this coastal path may not offer much in the terms of convenient lodging.
On the road again we ended up taking a side tour to Locronan. The Grande Troménie (a 12-km trotting around of religious banners following in the footsteps of the 6th-century founder of the town, Saint Ronan) occurs every six years in early July, 2019 being the sixth year. Although we’d miss it, photos captured previous ones as costumed Bretons exited the church to begin their march.
With a history tied to canvas (supposedly even the Vikings shopped here for their sails) the town grew into a lovely medieval one. And, it’s well worth a stop no matter how brief.
With that, we concluded our road trip in this part of Brittany and traded our wheels for sails.
But, not before one more photo from Roscoff. Now, that’s a head tilt… :)
This entry was posted in 2019, Brittany, COUNTRY, Enclois Paroissiaux, France, Landévennec, Locronan, Quimper, SUMMER CRUISING on July 4, 2019 by margaretlynnie.
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Microsoft release update KB4517211 (OS Build 18362.387) with many improvements and fixes
Sep 27, 2019 at 7:00 GMT 4 months ago
Microsoft has just released an optional update for Windows 10 version 1903. KB4517211 (OS Build 18362.387) can be found under Updates in Windows Update. Here are the highlights as listed on the Microsoft support doc:
Updates an issue that causes vertical fonts to be larger when printing to a PostScript printer.
Updates an issue that may cause you to disconnect from a virtual private network (VPN) on cellular networks.
Updates an issue that may cause audio playback and recording to fail when connecting to a remote virtual machine.
Updates an issue that may prevent older systems from upgrading to the latest operating systems because of a display driver error on older versions.
Updates an issue that may cause the screen colour to turn white on laptops that have built-in, high-dynamic-range (HDR) screens.
Updates an issue that causes audio in certain games to be quieter or different than expected.
The improvements and fixes are listed as follows:
This non-security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include:
Addresses an issue that causes vertical fonts to be larger when printing to a PostScript printer.
Addresses an issue that causes printing from 32-bit applications to fail with an “Access is denied” error when you select Run as different user for the application.
Addresses an issue that may give write access to a removable USB disk when a user switches from a privileged user to an unprivileged user.
Addresses an issue that causes the lsass.exe service to stop working, which causes the system to shut down. This occurs when migrating Data Protection API (DPAPI) credentials using dpapimig.exe with the –domain option.
Addresses an issue that gives a Windows Hello for Business user two certificates for authentication during certificate renewal instead of one certificate.
Addresses an issue that prevents a web browser from connecting securely to Windows Server. This occurs when using a client authentication certificate, such as a SHA512-based certificate, and the web browser does not support a signature algorithm that matches the certificate.
Addresses an issue that may cause authentication to fail for certificate-based authentication when the certificate authentication includes a cname as part of the pre-authentication request.
Addresses an issue that prevents a Microsoft App-V application from opening and displays a network failure error. This issue occurs under certain circumstances, such as when a system’s battery is low or there is an unexpected power failure.
Addresses an issue that causes a query request of the Win32_LogonSession class for the StartTime to display the value of the epoch (for example, 1-1-1601 1:00:00) instead of the actual logon time. This occurs when a user who isn’t an administrator creates the query request.
Addresses an issue that causes File Explorer to show a regular file icon for files marked with FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE instead of the expected placeholder icon.
Addresses an issue with intermittent virtual private network (VPN) disconnections on cellular networks.
Addresses an issue that may cause audio playback and recording to fail when connecting to a remote virtual machine.
Addresses an issue with MSCTF.dll that causes an application to stop working.
Addresses an issue with the input and display of special characters that occurs when an app uses imm32.dll.
Addresses an issue with resizing Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications; they may not respond to being resized using the mouse until you release the mouse button.
Addresses an issue that may prevent older systems from upgrading to the latest operating systems because of an error in the display driver of older versions.
Addresses an issue that may cause the screen color to turn white on laptops that have built-in, high-dynamic-range (HDR) screens.
Addresses an issue with converting an application from 32-bit to 64-bit architecture.
Addresses an issue that prevents you from running the Active Directory Diagnostics Data Collector Set from the Performance Monitor for Domain Controllers. This causes the Data Collector Set name to appear empty. Running the Active Directory Diagnostics Data Collector Set returns the error, “The system cannot find the file specified.” Event ID 1023 is logged with the source as Perflib and the following messages:
“Windows cannot load the extensible counter DLL “C:\Windows\system32\ntdsperf.dll.”
“The specified module could not be found.”
Addresses an issue that causes audio in certain games to be quieter or different than expected.
Addresses an issue that prevents Microsoft App-V from handling a parameter of the CreateProcess API properly, which prevents the virtual process from opening.
Addresses an issue in which the maximum central processing unit (CPU) performance is not enabled when you select the High Performance power plan.
Provides a way to configure the read buffer size. This allows you to address an issue with slow upload times when uploading a file to a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share using the Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) feature.
Addresses an issue that causes a device to stop working when opening files from a network drive that has client-side caching enabled. This issue may occur when the device has certain third-party antivirus products installed and the drive is backed by a server that is not a Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) server. The error code is, “0x27 RDR_FILE_SYSTEM.”
Facilitates the configuration of devices that are managed by mobile device management (MDM) settings, which are created by ADMX ingestion. You can update a previously ingested ADMX file with a newer version, and you are not required to delete the previous ADMX file. This solution applies to all applications that use ADMX ingestion.
If you installed earlier updates, only the new fixes contained in this package will be downloaded and installed on your device.
Microsoft mentioned this known issue in the document:
Some Input Method Editor (IME) may become unresponsive or may have high CPU usage. Affected IMEs include Chinese Simplified (ChsIME.EXE) and Chinese Traditional (ChtIME.EXE) with Changjie/Quick keyboard.
This is the workaround:
It can be manually download here.
Source: Neowin
OS Build 18362.387
Windows 10 version 1903
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After releasing a series of mixtapes and signing to Cash Money, Atlanta R&B singer Jacquees is ready to break out. His debut studio album, 4275, is a reference to his boyhood home address. It showcases a voice that's suited for the pew, but its party-and-sex themes are strictly for the club and bedroom. Just listen to “Studio” to hear his buttery midrange hit Usher-strength levels of expressiveness. He's confident enough to hold his own alongside heavyweights like Chris Brown (“All My Life”) and Trey Songz (“Inside”). (On the latter, he sings with a rapper's cadence and stays firmly in the pocket.) And, as a bonus, new-school ATL meets old school as Jacquees gets down with late-'90s So So Def icons Jagged Edge on “Special.” This Bonus Version also includes "You."
4275 (Bonus Version) Jacquees
Rodriquez Jacquees Broadnax (Intro)
4275 (feat. Birdman)
I Know Better
B.E.D.
Studio (feat. Young Thug)
Beauty Doesn't Cry
No Validation
Inside (feat. Trey Songz)
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House or Hotel
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Released: 15 Jun 2018
℗ 2018 Cash Money Records Inc.
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Sex S**t (feat. Jacquees) - Single
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Home Top Stories BJP defends electoral bonds
BJP defends electoral bonds
New Delhi, November 21: After the Congress staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha calling electoral bonds a “big scam”, Union Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday said those opposing the new electoral funding system are “corrupt politicians” who don’t want clean money to fund their election campaigns.
“People who are revolting against electoral bonds have grown used to black money and believe in its usage during elections. This is the alliance of the defeated and dejected corrupt politicians who do not want clean, tax-paid transparent money to fund elections,” he said.
“This is the same lobby that had made dubious and wrong charges at the Rafale deal and has been rejected by the people of India. The Supreme Court, too, quashed their false claims,” he added.
Calling the electoral bonds a success, Goyal said it helped in curbing corruption. He added that all the information related to electoral bonds is available in the public domain through RTI.
“Earlier, donations worth Rs 20,000 was allowed in cash. We changed that to Rs 2,000, so that only poor people could help political parties with cash. Honest and clean money has started to come in Indian politics since then,” Goyal said.
“Earlier, there was no record of where the money came from and where it went. The new system will now allow tax-payer’s money with KYC tags to buy bonds,” he added.
He also said that the Centre made sure that whatever money was used in elections by parties came from banks directly.
“By electoral bonds, we have made sure that whatever money is used in election proceedings must come from the bank, through the KYC procedures, and can be issued by selected SBI branches so that the SBI can keep its track,” he added.
Opposition parties, including the Congress, protested in both Houses of Parliament after the matter of electoral bonds was not allowed to be taken up for discussion.
“This is a big scam. The country is being looted. Please allow us to speak,” Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.(Agencies)
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Dad-of-two has hysterectomy
An Indian father of two had a hysterectomy after doctors found a full female reproductive system in his lower abdomen. Ryalu, a farmer, was admitted to a hospital near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, after complaining of severe stomach pains, reports the Daily Telegraph. Doctors suspected a normal hernia, but when they carried out an exploratory operation they were shocked to discover a female uterus, ovaries, Fallopian tubes and a cervix. Dr Pramod Kumar Shrivastava, a surgeon at the Chhindwara district hospital said the patient had external male organs, was fit from working in the fields, and lived a normal life. We have removed the organs through a hysterectomy and repaired the hernia. The sac contained quite developed uterus, both the ovaries, Fallopian tubes, cervix and a tissue which is undeveloped but apparently looks like vaginal tissue, he explained. TG
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