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Intermission Review
By Jesse Hassenger
Intermission, a gritty ensemble comedy about a bunch of gritty Irish folk, bears some resemblance to late-nineties indie crimedies like Trainspotting, Go, and Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, and fans of those movies should certainly check this one out--it's practically made for those "if you liked [that], check out [this]" shelves at the video store.
What Intermission resembles just as handily, though, is an Irish Love Actually, which is to say it's like Love Actually with a lot more drinking and violence. This is unlikely to placate anyone who truly hated Love Actually and, as such, would require something on the order of a soccer riot to feel fully cleansed. But if you (like me) merely thought a few of those charmingly stammering Englishmen could use a good deck, Intermission is the punch-throwing, rock-chucking romantic comedy for you.
Yes, romantic comedy. The occasion for this low-key mayhem is, in most cases, loneliness. John (Cillian Murphy) breaks up with Deirdre (Kelly MacDonald), who takes up with Sam (Michael McElhatton), an older man who has left his wife Noeleen (Deirdre O'Kane), who seeks to feel attractive again. Also, Deirdre's sister Sally (the appealingly surly Shirley Henderson) is depressed after her last relationship ended horribly (naturally, it sounds sort of hilarious when we hear about it secondhand), and defiantly nurses her growing facial hair.
Explaining the ins and outs of these relationships (and there are several characters I haven't mentioned), I'm at a loss as how for how to account for the subplot about a blowhard cop (dependably unlikable Colm Meaney) and the ambitious TV producer (Tom O'Sullivan) striking an awkward alliance. It's a useful means of tying these storylines together, I suppose, and provides some chuckles, but its lack of thematic connection to the rest of material, and its minor (yet heavy-handed) satire of television documentaries bear little post-movie scrutiny.
A lot of Intermission is like that: Entertaining as it goes along, leaving you wanting more of this (the offbeat, offhand humor), less of that (the male characters' haplessness), satisfied but not elated. Yet strictly in terms of storytelling, the constant cross-cutting works; you're out the door before you have much of a chance to suss out which subplots didn't pay off.
Accordingly, it's hard to tell how much of the picture's considerable charm is based in shrewd organization by newcomer John Crowley or just an eye for casting; Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later) and Kelly Macdonald aren't playing particularly likable or interesting characters, but we like them anyway. Mark O'Rowe's script is generous with funny details, like the way the contents of a botched petty theft quietly turn into a minor culinary trend. And I'm grateful to the filmmakers for not creating any of the precious small-town eccentrics that so many post-Waking Ned Devine British comedies cling to for dear life.
Which reminds me: Colin Farrell is in this, too, returning to his native Ireland with gusto as Lehiff, a petty, heartless crook with ties to several of the main characters. Farrell has no trouble with the kinds of roles Tom Cruise used to take in the eighties, but he's a lot more fun on the opposite side of the law. Adorned with gold chains and looking like he tore his sweater from Bill Cosby's back, Farrell muscles through Intermission as the movie's loveless id, the only character without any sort of maudlin streak. His Lehiff isn't as frightening or funny as, say, Trainspotting's irrepressibly psychotic Begbie, but he gets the movie's first--and possibly its most memorable--scene all to himself. From that propulsive opening to his goofy crooning of "I Fought the Law" over the closing credits (it's also on the soundtrack), Farrell chases his heroic roles out of the room -- and the twee out of Ireland.
Up the beatdown on DVD, with deleted scenes rounding out the disc.
Time out... for a Harp!
Run time: 105 mins
In Theaters: Friday 29th August 2003
Box Office USA: $0.8M
Box Office Worldwide: $4.9M
Budget: $5M
Distributed by: IFC Films
Production compaines: Portman Film
Contactmusic.com: 3.5 / 5
Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
Fresh: 70 Rotten: 26
IMDB: 6.9 / 10
Director: John Crowley
Producer: Neil Jordan, Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley
Screenwriter: Mark O'Rowe
Starring: Colin Farrell as Lehiff, Colm Meaney as Jerry Lynch, Kelly Macdonald as Deirdre, Cillian Murphy as John, Brían F. O'Byrne as Mick, Kerry Condon as Café Waitress, Tom Murphy as Brian - Video Store Manager
Also starring: Colm Meany, Shirley Henderson, Neil Jordan, Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley
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Hogslayer: The Unapproachable Legend
by Christian Williams
Anyone familiar with motorcycle drag racing has heard of Hogslayer, the famous dual-engine Norton dragster. And it’s only appropriate that the most successful drag racing bike of the 1970s have its story told through a sharp-looking documentary film.
Thanks to a post on the Motorcycle Classics Facebook page by fan Steve Becker, we’ve got the promotional trailer for the film, aptly titled “Hogslayer: The Unapproachable Legend.” The film is still being put together and the production company, The Edge, Ltd., is still looking for more documentary materials. What they’ve already put together for this trailer looks pretty cool, though.
We did a little more digging and found the following description for the film on the Hogslayer Documentary Facebook page:
“‘Hogslayer’ documents the story of the origin of the Sunset Motors Race Team including the design, development, and racing of the famous Hogslayer dragster winning multiple world championships in the 1970s. ‘Hogslayer’ is bench racing at its best as told by TC Christenson and John Gregory from the original Sunset Motors in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This is a David and Goliath story of the Sunset Motors Team taking command of motorcycle drag racing through their brilliant innovation and raw courage racing a dual-engine Norton dragster against the best the world had to offer.”
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A photo of a surveillance camera monitoring AI WEIWEI’s house in Beijing, posted on the artist’s blog in June 2009. Courtesy Ai Weiwei.
Ai Continues Activism Against China; Government Responds
News BY Katherine Grube from Sep/Oct 2009
On New Year’s Eve 2008, during a conversation with curator Hans Ulrich-Obrist at Vitamin Creative Space’s Beijing branch, artist-provocateur Ai Weiwei predicted: “2008 was the first year that China safeguarded legal rights; it’s when people started to wake up. But in 2009, I think China will confront greater problems.”
These words now seem unnervingly prescient, given that the first six months of 2009 in China were marked by politically sensitive anniversaries and often-violent protests including riots by members of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang province. From his Beijing studio, Ai continued his calls for a more responsible government even as China stepped up its response to the artist’s efforts.
After tense interactions with Chinese authorities in May, which culminated in the closing of his Sina.com blog and a visit by police to his mother’s home, government antagonism continued in June and July. Ai re-opened his blog on servers located outside of China [http://blog.aiweiwei.com], writing new blog posts, both humorous and irate. On June 7, Ai posted grainy photographs of surveillance cameras installed outside his house and unmarked vans stationed on the street. The following day, black-and-white portraits of the artist and his large, well-fed belly appeared under the title, “It’s getting bigger every day.” The portraits present a portly man unaffected and, if anything, amused, by the government’s activities. Posts later in the month adopted a more serious tone, listing the government’s more heinous offenses: “Selling AIDS-infected blood, corrupt coal pits, fake news, those who should be administering justice violating it, widespread corruption, rights violations, internet censorship; all you need to ask is a question for you to be anti-China.”
In late June, Ai’s activism broadened to include protests against Green Dam-Youth Escort, web-censoring software that filters content and limits access to certain websites. The government planned to require that the software be installed on all computers sold in China after July 1 to block access to pornography. Ai objected to the software as an intrusion upon individual liberties and went so far as to call for an internet boycott on the launch date. According to Ai, the web-boycott was observed by 6,000 people.
Ai’s efforts were part of a larger outcry; the United States warned that the software would violate free-trade agreements and pressed China to reverse the decision. On June 30, the government postponed the mandatory software installation.
Although minor provocations comprise many of Ai’s daily blog entries, his long-term focus remains the Sichuan Earthquake Names Project, an effort conducted by more than 50 researchers and volunteers to collect the names of the deceased students in towns across Sichuan province. On July 28, Ai declared the project “basically complete,” after researchers collected the names of 5,194 students who died in collapsed schools during the May 12, 2008, earthquake. Project volunteers confirmed that 4,803 children perished; the remaining 391 children’s deaths are unlikely to ever be confirmed because of incomplete school registries and logistical impediments. Ai’s researchers tallied 141 fewer student deaths than the government’s official number of 5,335, and their research refutes the official claim that 1,300 students died in Beichuan Middle School. Instead, Ai’s team confirmed 786 student deaths.
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Tony Kay • March 17, 2017
There’s undeniably something elemental about The Maldives’ sound. After all, roots music, folk, and country—sub-genres that, at their best, have always evoked the Earth and the elements—form the band’s bedrock. But like so much that’s elemental, The Maldives’ longevity (13 years and counting) and dependably awesome live presence can be taken for granted with alarming ease.
Once anyone hears Mad Lives, it’s unlikely they’d ever take The Maldives for granted again. The band’s latest long-player isn’t just the finest record in their reliably sturdy discography. It’s the kind of fully-realized, sustained, unerringly brilliant work around which cults are born.
Two of The Maldives’ undeniable calling cards—their chemistry as musicians, and lead singer Jason Dodson’s unaffected tenor voice—remain cornerstones of their sound. From there, though, Mad Lives frequently sails into uncharted waters. You won’t hear a lot of the patented roots-rocking Maldives here, the epic force of “The Fight” notwithstanding. You will hear a nervy but astonishingly consistent merger of earthy roots influences, chamber-pop sumptuousness, near-gothic atmospherics, and psychedelia.
The Maldives. (photo: Tony Kay)
The uncharted waters that Mad Lives explores are often dark ones. I have no idea if (or how much of) this record was composed under the dark shadow of Donald Trump’s ascension, but there’s no denying that the album plays like a search for enlightenment and truth in a world gone merciless and insane.
“No Sense in a Slow Death,” the record’s opening track, establishes that mood at the outset. With its purposeful acoustic strums, distant slide-guitar moaning, and steady but languid tempo, it moves along like a weary traveler fighting to continue on through an arid, blindingly bright desert. Dodson’s lyrics reinforce the weariness as his words turn in on themselves with each successive footfall in the proverbial sand (“I believe that we are fearless when we’re free/I know we are not fearless, we’re not free”).
Mad Lives | On Comes The Night | Official Album Teaser #1 [HD] from The Maldives on Vimeo.
That headlong walk into adversity takes an almost apocalyptic turn with “The Fight.” Faustine Hudson’s tribal pounding hovers beneath Adam Bily’s whirring dark-church keyboards, then dramatic blasts of horns and strings burst in at the song’s three-minute mark, only to drop off like they’ve fallen from a cliff a minute later. Dodson’s dread-informed croon and Tim Gadbois’ fragile-sounding acoustic guitar are left standing alone before the menacing toms and electric guitar melody thrum beneath them to a fading, uneasy end.
The sheer gorgeousness and heartfelt execution of Mad Lives’ songs, and Randall Dunn’s lush production, are what make the album a compulsive repeat listen despite its often harrowing lyrical turns. There’s redemption in the soaring harmonies, grandiose instrumental build-up, and exhilarating dynamic shifts of “Staring at the Sun.” “A Day at the Beach” edges towards straight-up sensuality with its dirty fuzztone guitar, sweet wah-wah, and playful sixties groove. Atmospheric, tinkling keyboards, spectral backing vocals, and elegant grand piano even augment the album’s folkiest track, “House of Flames.” The rough-hewn, enchanting end result sounds like Appalachian bluegrass music played by ghosts.
Dunn’s George Martin-meets-Nigel Godrich production work reaches its zenith on “2 Know You is 2 Love You,” an honest-to-God pop symphony replete with pillowy Beach Boys harmonies, chiming bells, marimbas, and gently-plucked, angelically sighing strings. And at several points Mad Lives is almost as beholden to Dunn’s boardwork and violinist Eyvind Kang’s orchestral arrangements as it is to the band and its songs.
Mad Lives | The Boat That Never Touches Water | Official Album Teaser #2 [HD] from The Maldives on Vimeo.
Kevin Barrans of The Maldives. (photo: Tony Kay)
Slight emphasis on almost. The building, nocturnal strings and regal French horn on “The Boat that Never Touches Water” would mean nothing if Dodson’s voice wasn’t at the forefront, reaching for falsetto notes with tremulous beauty. And the psychedelic bluegrass of “Reckoning” stands on the figurative shoulders of Hudson’s heartbeat percussion and Kevin Barrans’ richly organic banjo.
Most importantly, the songs at the foundation of Mad Lives are uniformly strong enough to stand on their own. The album’s closing track,“Blind (Wish You Well),” unequivocally confirms that assertion. It’s little more than Dodson singing over a quietly restless, flamenco-informed guitar, forming a dark coda to the album’s recurring preoccupations with light and darkness, sight and (metaphoric and literal) blindness. It’s also Dodson’s finest recorded moment as a singer to date, his voice moving from mournful moans to high notes to bitter crooning with quietly-absorbing suspense, nuance and drama. It’d likely be the kiss of death for most bands to close out a record with their most eerie, haunted, and misanthropic song. The Maldives possess the courage to go there, full-on.
That bravery extends throughout the entirety of Mad Lives, a record that’s alternately intimate and grandiose, elegiac and heart-swellingly romantic, carefully-crafted and nakedly emotional. If that doesn’t describe a classic right out of the gate, damned if I know what does.
Mad Lives officially drops on March 31, and the band plays their record release party one night later, April 1, at the Triple Door.
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AYRSHIRE GOLF ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DINNER - Friday 26th February 2016
Tickets are now available for the 2016 Ayrshire Golf Association Annual Dinner, which will be held at Loudoun Gowf Club on Friday 26th February.
Tickets, priced at £17.50 each, are available from the Area Secretary, on a first come first served basis.
As well as a guest speaker, still to be confirmed, and honoring the county winners from 2015, the attendees at the forthcoming dinner will have an opportunity to see the magnificent Scottish Area Team championship Trophy as well as the West Of Scotland Area Trophy which were both won in 2015 by the Ayrshire County Team.
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JACK MCDONALD - Honorary membership of Kilmarnock (Barassie) for Walker Cup star
Following the success of this year’s triumphant Walker Cup team, Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club has marked the historic victory by awarding honorary life membership to one of the heroes of the GB&I squad.
(Report & pictures courtesy of the Scottishgolf.org website)
Scotland international Jack McDonald, who also played an integral part in Ayrshire's victories in the Scottish Ara team championship and the West Of Scotland Area Championship this year, became the third Barassie member to lift the trophy when the team regained golf’s blue ribbon amateur event at Royal Lytham & St Annes in September.
The recognition is especially significant as this is only the ninth time in 45 attempts that the GB&I team has won the Walker Cup. As a consequence, it is believed Barassie is the only club in the UK and possibly the world to produce three Walker Cup-winning team members.
At a celebratory dinner held at Barassie’s clubhouse last month, McDonald’s astonishing year was marked by the presence of the Walker Cup, the European Team Championship trophy and the Scottish Team Championship cup, all of which the Barassie member helped secure. The club also announced that it would rename one of its main dining rooms to honour its association with the Walker Cup.
Jack McDonald, Gordon Sherry and Jim Milligan with the Walker Cup
“Barassie has a long and proud tradition of nurturing elite golfers,” said Ian Johnstone, Captain of Kilmarnock (Barassie). “Jack joins Gordon Sherry and Jim Milligan as Barassie members who have lifted the Walker Cup which is quite a record of achievement. We believe Barassie is the only club in the UK and possibly in the world to produce as many Walker Cup winners and we felt duty bound to mark this achievement with some kind of permanent tribute.”
Barassie’s new Walker Cup Lounge will be adorned with priceless memorabilia from the event including a signed flag from McDonald’s winning performance.
“It’s an unbelievable achievement for a golf club especially as the GB&I team has only won the event nine times, so having members from the same club winning it three times is pretty special,” said McDonald after the dinner. “
“It comes from the club; the set-up here is great, we have 27 holes, the practice facilities are brilliant and it’s very friendly; they tend to help juniors a lot which is good. It’s a great club to be a part of.”
Following in the footsteps of his grandfather who also played in the Walker Cup, McDonald played a key role in the team’s triumph this summer. “The Walker Cup was an amazing experience – it’s hard to beat that in golfing terms but as highlights go, being given honorary membership at Barassie is also fantastic,” added the 22-year-old, who has been a member at Barassie since he was 13. “Being so young, honorary membership is a great achievement and a great highlight at the end of the year.”
Also on display in the new Walker Cup Lounge will be the wedge used by Milligan in 1989 to seal the biennial tournament for the first time on US soil. “We’ve always had good players at Barassie,” commented Milligan. “From juniors to seniors and onto internationalists, there have been a lot of good golfers at the club. It’s hard to say why, but we have good facilities and a tough course.”
Considered by many as one of Scotland’s most charismatic golf clubs, Barassie is also widely regarded as one of the country’s most challenging layouts. Final qualifying for the Open Championship and the Seniors’ Open Championship have been played over the links, as has the Ladies Amateur Championship and the Boys Amateur Championship, the later no less than six times.
This latest chapter in Barassie’s history places the emphasis firmly on the sporting achievements of its members rather than the accolades decorated on the course. “To have three members playing key roles in successful Walker Cup-winning teams is remarkable,” noted Johnstone. “It says a lot about the club and the dedication of our members. Barassie is a special place to enjoy golf.”
2016 AYRSHIRE ORDER OF MERIT PROGRAMMES - Clubs invited to nominate additional counting events
Preparation is underway to finalise the 2016 Ayrshire Golf association fixture programme, and we would like to give all member clubs the opportunity to consider putting forward their open competition or junior open for consideration for inclusion as a counting event in the mens and boys Order Of Merit programmes.
The Doc Thom Ayrshire Order Of Merit encompasses a number of counting competitions including national championships and local open events.
The broad criteria for consideration of inclusion in the list of counting events are :-
1. Competition Open to any member of an Ayrshire club, subject to any general handicap restriction.
2. Only one counting competition nominated by any member club
3. A minimum of two scratch prizes included in the prize list.
A number of local clubs have reported an increase in the number of lower handicap players entering their events following inclusion as an order Of merit counting event.
The only commitment required from the club is to provide details of the best 7 scratch scores returned in the event, following completion of the competition, on a form provided for the purpose.
The following clubs already have counting events in the Doc Thom Ayrshire Order Of Merit
Royal Troon, Ayr Belleisle, West Kilbride, Ayr Seafield, Ballochmyle, Ardeer, Troon Welbeck, Brunstton castle, Loudoun, Girvan, largs and Prestwick St Nicholas.
Likewise the criteria for consideration for inclusion in the Ayrshire Junior Order Of Merit criteria is similar, though only one scratch prize need to be available within the prize list.
The following clubs have counting events in the Ayrshire Junior Order Of Merit
Royal Troon, Troon Welbeck, Largs, Loudoun, Turnberry, West Kilbride, Prestwick St Nicholas, Kilmarnock (Barassie), Brunston Castle, West Kilbride, Ballochmyle, Ayr Belleisle and Prestwick St Cuthbert.
Should any member club who does not presently have an event included, and would like to put forward a competition for inclusion, then it is requested that they make contact with the Area Secretary at the earliest opportunity with details.
All the results in the four Ayrshire Scratch Leagues which were contested in 2015 have now been confirmed and the final tables completed.
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Entry forms four the 2016 competition were distributed by email or post to the Secretaries of all member clubs recently, along with entry forms for the 2016 Ayrshire Fourball and Ayrshire Champion Of Champions competitions.
Any club secretary who does not yet have the relevant forms shoud contact the Area Secretary as soon as possible.
STUDIO GOLF AYRSHIRE - Golf comes inside as Ayrshire's first indoor golf practice facility opens its doors
A new and much needed addition to the local golf scene will soon be available when Ayrshire’s first indoor golf practice facility opens to the public on Tuesday 17th November, providing an exciting new option for local golfers to keep their game up to scratch over the winter months and beyond.
The putting green area
Studio Golf Ayrshire is located in in the Stevenson Industrial Estate, just a couple of minutes drive from the Ardeer roundabout on the A78 near Kilwinning.
Short game area and bunker
Facilities included within the 3,000 square feet floor space include a Top of the range Golf Simulator offering 14 top courses, Driving Range Area and Kids 3-D golf software. A Short Game Area allowing pitching, chipping, bunker and putting practise. Practise Putting Green. T-Line Netted Hitting Area including a kids area for full shots, chipping and putting. A Terrace & Refreshment Area to sit back enjoy and soak up the atmosphere.
David Rushbury addressing guests at the opening event
The latest in a number of pre-opening promotional events took place on Thursday evening, 12th November, with attendees seeing the full benefit of the indoor facility as Storm Abigail raged outside. Inside the studio golfers and non-golfers alike enjoyed a couple of hours trying out the various facilities and testing their skills, or otherwise, in various aspects of the game.
The short game chipping area
For anyone wanting to try out the facility, there is an open weekend on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November from 10.30 am until 4.00 pm, where anyone is welcome to drop in and experience the new concept in golf in Ayrshire.
Practice bays
|Studio Golf Ayrshire is owned and will be run by PGA golf professional David Rushbury. David began his professional career as Assistant at Troon Municipal Golf Courses for three years before qualifying in 1982 at Lilleshall Hall.
Since then, David's career path took him to the continent of Europe where he enjoyed 20 years working in Holland, Sweden, Germany and Spain, where he coached golfers of all ages and abilities,
The golf simulator
The intention of Studio Golf Ayrshire is to provide an atmosphere that will be will be welcoming, vibrant and relaxed for all, be it the beginner or seasoned golfer, creating a friendly and relaxed atmosphere for its customers, where the beginner and experienced golfers will feel very welcome and comfortable to visit and want to return to.
David has also created a dynamic coaching programme that will excite and encourage golfers to improve their golf games by participating in Studio Golf Ayrshire's coaching programmes.
David Rushbury is to be congratulated for bringing this concept and facility to Ayrshire for the golfing community to utilise, and the studio is well worth a visit for local golfers if they are in the area, and will undoubtedly be an asset over the winter months and throughout the year in the West Of Scotland’s variable climate.
Everyone at Ayrshiregolf wishes David every success with this new and exciting venture.
Anyone wishing to visit Studio Golf Ayrshire or discuss their requirements with David and his staff can do so as noted below :-
Studio Golf Ayrshire Ltd.
Building 10, Unit 14/15
Stevenston Industrial Estate
KA20 3LR
Tel – 07825 411244
Email: david@studiogolfayrshire.com
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Worlds of Andre >
Andre's Series >
The Beast Master Series
(aka) Hosteen Storm
Portrait as Andre saw the Beast Master ~ It used to hang in her living room.
He was a beast master in the now-defunct Patrol. The military (and the need for his talents) was reduced after their defeat of the Xiks, which came only after those aliens had destroyed Terra. All Terrans are being repatriated to other human colonies including Arzor where Storm has arrived. With him he has brought his Team, a Dune Cat, an African Eagle, and two Meercats. These are creatures developed and trained to work in concert with the telepathic beast masters. The eagle is the scout from the air, the meercats the saboteurs, and the cat provides muscle and cunning on the ground.
NOTE: Unbeknown-st to most people, there were two full length feature films, a TV show (that ran for three seasons) and one “Made for TV” movie produced. All claim to be based on this Andre Norton Novel. While some Critics thoroughly hated all – some people loved them. All three movies were released in many countries around the world. As for the TV shows there is evidence that they also were released internationally once they were put on DVDs. There are even CDs of the Original Movie Soundtracks available.
For your pleasure we have chosen to add a few interesting things about the spin-offs,
Check out the Movie and TV Show galleries listed below.
View a PDF of the original Movie-rights Agreement signed by Andre.
View a PDF of the TV Series Option Agreement signed by Andre.
Beast Master, The ~ 1959;
Hosteen Storm, an Amerindian, whose home planet Terra had been destroyed in an interplanetary war by the ruthless and nonhuman Xiks, was forced to seek a new life elsewhere. His Navajo Indian ancestry had endowed him with the rare trait of communicating with animals so that, during the recent war, he had become Beast Master, one of a handful of scouts who commanded a trained and loyal animal team.
Arzor, the planet to which Storm emigrated, was like Terra in some aspects, but that was not his only reason for choosing it. Unknown to anyone else, he had another purpose – a mission of revenge – to face at last the man who had killed his father.
How Storm slowly works toward his goal, how he is almost drowned by a flash flood when on a survey trip, how he discovers a hold-out pocket of Xiks, and how – armed only with a knife – he meets the Xik leader in hand-to-hand combat, suggest the exciting adventure in this novel that grips and holds the reader from beginning to end.
Andre Norton, acknowledged as one of our leading science-fiction writers, has written a vividly imagined, chillingly taut story that will take its place with her popular Star Gate and Star Guard.
Lord of Thunder ~ 1962;
Why --- at the height of the great dry season when neither man nor beast can long survive away from shelter and water -- should all the native tribes on the planet Arzor be gathering in the sinister and almost unknown country of the Peaks? To find the answer, Hosteen Storm, a Beast Master relocated here after Terra's destruction in a galactic war, is sent into the Peaks on a mission of utmost danger. With his great cat Surra and his African Eagle Baku, a perfect scouting team, Storm and two companions discover a fantastic world underground and an uprising planned against the off-worlders. How can total disaster be averted?
The solution forms the dramatic climax of this superior science fiction by one of its foremost exponents, the author of such previous successes as The Beast Master and Sea Siege.
Beast Master's Ark ~ 2002;
Beast Master Hosteen Storm has endured great perils to carve out a life for himself on Azor, the colony planet he’s called home since the destruction of Earth by the alien Xil. On a planet with alien life forms and untold secrets from its pre-human past, there are always dangers in the wild, especially in the vast desert and rugged mountain region known as Big Blue.
But nobody has ever experienced a threat like the devastating scourge the natives call Death-Which-Comes-In-The-Night. Something is killing grazing animals, and has begun to attack humans as well, leaving nothing behind but the bones of its victims.
Hosteen, aided by his telepathically linked animals, knows that if he can’t stop the killings Azor will be decimated. His only ally is a young woman who has beast master ability, but was raised to mistrust others with such a power. At stake is the safety of all those on Azor and on other colony planets as well. Because Death-Which-Comes-In-The-Night is a scourge that if not stopped here, could spread...
Beast Master's Circus ~ 2004;
Someone is kidnapping the animals of beast masters' teams. On planet after planet, telepathically gifted people are being attacked - some of them murdered - by a conspiracy to take their precious animals.
Laris, an orphan who trains exotic alien creatures for an interstellar circus, knows that somehow her employer is connected to the deadly plot. She also knows that those involved will kill her if she talks.
Beast master Hosteen Storm has heard about the plot, but when the circus comes to Arzor, he doesn't realize his mortal peril. The circus, with its many colorful acts, is danger cloaked in the swirling excitement of the show. Laris loves all animals, and is herself able to communicate with them. When she meets Hosteen and becomes friends with him and his family, she desperately wants to warn him, to save him and his animals. But as the circus nears the end of its stay on Arzor, the deadly plotters prepare to strike at those Laris cares about ... and at her, if she interferes!
Beast Master's Quest ~ 2006;
Laris is a young orphaned ex-refugee, gifted with the beast-master ability allowing her to communicate with animals. Her closest companion is a remarkably intelligent and enigmatic catlike creature named Prauo, whose origin is shrouded in mystery. Laris, having made a home for herself with the Quades, a family of Arzor ranchers, has also become friends with beast masters Tani and Hosteen Storm, who help her develop her beast-master skills.
When Laris inherits a spaceship from a distant relative, she realizes that she might now fulfill her dream of finding Prauo's home planet. But it won't be easy, and she is relieved when she is able to convince her new extended family to embark with her on a journey into the unknown depths of space.
What Laris and her friends find in space, however, tests their beast-master abilities and threatens their lives. Prauo's home world is beset by dangers that the intrepid travelers could not have anticipated. It will take all of their talents and experience to get back to Arzor alive.
Beast Master's Planet ~ 2005;
Omnibus featuring The Beast Master and Lord of Thunder
Beast Master Team ~ 2004;
Omnibus featuring Beast Master's Ark and Beast Master's Circus
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Dean Sims
On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, Dean Paul Sims, husband, retired electronics technician, active volunteer and father of 5 children, passed away at the age of 92.
Dean was born on November 11, 1926, in Highland Park, MI to Dean and Esther (Richards) Sims. Following graduation from high school, Dean joined the Navy on December 21, 1945. He proudly served in the Asiatic Pacific, the European Occupation following World War II and in the Korean War.
After his retirement in 1983, Dean began to volunteer with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. He applied to serve on a trail crew when ATC was developing a volunteer trail crew program in the Southern Region. It’s mission: to assist trail maintaining clubs in their effort to tackle major construction and reconstruction projects in the wake of a major federal effort to purchase lands that would allow hundreds of miles of relocations to routes that better fulfilled the desires and expectations of a National Scenic Trail. Over the last 35 years the Konnarock Crew, as it came to be known, and local volunteer clubs moved hundreds of miles of Trail off of paved public road shoulders and unsustainable grades onto routes that have fulfilled the dreams of millions of hikers. Dean volunteered with the Konnarock Trail Crew for over 30 of those years.
Dean was always a boost to crew morale, keeping spirits high even when the weather or the work was not cooperating. A master storyteller, Dean occupied others’ spirits while toiling together on projects. Dean not only worked on Konnarock crew weeks building relocations, he was essential in working to open the basecamp at the start of crew seasons. Dean skillfully sharpened and rehandled tools before the start of each season, first for Konnarock and then also for Rocky Top Trail Crew.
Dean left many friends. He will be missed.
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THE PEACEMAKER Complete Score - Hans Zimmer / Gavin Greenaway
01. Bosnia (0:47)
02. Train (6:01)
03. Chase (7:43)
04. Nuclear Foult (1:38)
05. Kodoroff... (1:50)
06. ...Is Alive (0:37)
07. Evidence (0:41)
08. Password (2:34)
09. Outside Line (2:04)
10. The Real World (0:59)
11. Sarajevo (0:55)
12. Piano Teacher (0:55)
13. The Frontier (0:52)
14. Impass (0:22)
15. I Need More Time (3:25)
16. Devoe's Revenge (5:49)
17. I Never... (2:25)
18. Your People Need You (1:01)
19. I'm Not a Monster (2:43)
20. Piano Sereno (Chopin) (1:14)
21. I Must Go (2:38)
22. Russia's Dangerous (0:46)
23. Peacemaker (11:28)
24. Encounter (1:58)
25. Family (1:29)
26. Inflection Point (3:34)
01. La Guardia (1:42)
02. Searching (1:11)
03. Where? (4:59)
04. The Target's Missing (1:22)
05. You Can't Stop This (9:41)
06. Prelude (1:39)
07. 00:00:59 (3:25)
08. You Okay..? (1:20)
09. Finale (2:08)
10. Peacemaker [Alternate] (9:48)
11. Chase [Alternate] (16:18)
12. Devoe's Revenge [Alternate] (5:15)
13. Finale / End Credits (4:55)
Total Time - 02:10:09
Libellés : BOOTLEG, FILM MUSIC, FULL ALBUM, Gavin Greenaway, Hans Zimmer, LOSSLESS
Merci bcq pour cet up Chief, ça faisait un moment que je cherchais cette OST. Joyeux Noël et bonne fin d'année à toi :)
roonil_wazlib89 a dit…
do you have the ost of 'it's a wonderful life' by dimitri tiomkin? i've been looking for that one for ages!
@ Nicolas: Merci et joyeuses fêtes à toi aussi!
@ roonil_wazlib89: Here you go: It's A Wonderful Life (1946) / A Christmas Carol (1951) / Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
3 track pour black sheep
http://www.victoriakelly.co.nz/black_sheep.html
i'm in a christmas vibe:P do you also happen to have the original recordings of Miracle On 34th Street by Cyril Mockridge from the intrada/Percepto label? (the one with the 36 tracks) thanks a lot again!!!
JasonBourne a dit…
Greeeeeeeeat scoreee .. one the best .. thnx alooooot .. I was looking for his score of the Movie Nine Months .. if you have any link to the score plzzzzzz share :$ desperatly wanting it :$ .. thnx again .. you're the best
@ MAX2304 : Merci à toi!
@ Roonil_wazlib89 : Sorry, I don't have it...
@ JasonBourne : Nine Months is still available and worth the $6.95. http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/6724/NINE-MONTHS/
Aggelos a dit…
Hello Chief!
Peacemaker is one of my very favourite scores. So much brass in there. So much orchestral sonority.
This score has thunderous, bombastic, pompous, trilling, sonorous, noisy, arresting, resplendent cues!!!!
Plenty of roller-coaster, helter skelter moments in there as well.
It's a great oppurtunity to have such a score in lossless.
This is a score that someone has to play loud and let the neighbours call the police!!
Play it loud and enjoy it!
I was wondering if you have the "The Peacemaker Alternate & Unused Cues" in lossless???
http://www.raresoundtracks.net/cd_covers/hz/Peacemaker-Unused-Front.jpg
http://www.raresoundtracks.net/cd_covers/hz/Peacemaker-Unused-back.jpg
I only have it in MP3. Are you still interested?
Ya sure, why not?
There you go: http://www.mediafire.com/?4h34v91g0u05muu
Thanks Chief!!!!!!!!!!!
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Memo to NPR: Fact Checking is a Wonderful Thing
Posted on April 30, 2008 by Robert C.J. Parry
Yesterday, the DN linked to an NPR story that was billed as a profile of Officer Jennifer Grasso, the first woman to enter the LAPD’s SWAT school. Interestingly, the only thing it said about Grasso was that she refused to be interviewed. Some profile.
That may be the only thing the report got right. Top to bottom, the story is riddled with factual errors, blatantly stereo-typed prejudice and gross omissions (for instance, trumpeting an officers $2 million jury verdict, while failing to mention said verdict was overturned on appeal).
Here, then, is the commentary in response that I have prepared for NPR. They’ve not seen fit to get back to me. I’m shocked.
The Politically Incorrect Truth About LAPD’s First Female SWAT Officer:
NPR’s recent profile of Los Angeles Police Officer Jennifre Grasso, the first female selectee for the renown LAPD SWAT team, left out numerous key facts and advanced patently false misperceptions and liberal stereo-types.
Let’s stipulate now that Jennifer Grasso is an outstanding cop. Those who have worked with her say she’s far better than most male officers. SWAT officers I know were disappointed when she failed their stringent 2006 selection.
This doesn’t change a simple fact: If Grasso is passes SWAT school, it will only be because she’s a woman, and Police Chief Bratton wants a woman on SWAT, capable or not.
NPR failed to mention that Grasso recently committed a violation of weapons’ safety so egregious that most present SWAT officers would have been removed from the team for the same. She accidentally fired an MP-5 submachine gun, without even having the weapon in a firing position.
Before now, SWAT officers were expected to arrive with the finest weapons handling traits. Just as diamonds can be cut and polished only to standards their chemical traits permit, so too are weapons skills limited. By choosing only officers with the finest innate traits – those with skills that need to be honed, not learned – SWAT has amassed a remarkable record – killing less than 1% of the extremely dangerous suspects they confront and only one hostage ever – and arguably not even her.
In past years, dozens of male and female candidates have been disqualified for even placing a finger on the trigger at the wrong time. Every professional weapons handling standard starts with “never put a finger on the trigger unless you are ready to fire.” Grasso went one better, spraying rounds into the dirt in front of her.
She literally could have killed someone, yet is still in school.
Does anyone really believe no SWAT standards have been lowered, as CPT Jeff Greer asserted?
This is no minor matter to current SWAT cops. Would you want to confront an armed suspect knowing the officer behind you had accidentally fired the same machine gun that is now inches from your back? If you’re a hostage, is that officer your first choice of rescuer?
NPR also failed to tell you that the selection procedure that picked Grasso used only five of the 18 standards that were previously used to evaluate candidates. Among the eliminated tests, was a simulated hostage rescue that very closely mirrored the 2005 incident in which SWAT is believed to have accidentally killed a little girl – the Suzie Pena case which supposedly led to this change. It is that same test that former officer Nina Acosta barely passed in the early 1990s before suing the City for discrimination. Contrary NPR’s report that she wasn’t selected because of her gender, officers who testified in the trial say Acosta hesitated for three or four seconds inside that room while fumbling with her weapon. Most police gun battles are over in half that time.
That is why Acosta’s $2 million verdict was thrown out by an appeals court, another fact NPR left out.
NPR also was quick to quote LAPD observer Joe Domanick, a journalist who’s never carried a gun, much less served as an LAPD officer. According to him, blacks and Latinos were only admitted to SWAT following a consent decree, and the unit is still largely a bastion of whites.
In fact, this is false. Among the very first SWAT officers were several highly regarded officers of a variety of ethnicities. One black sergeant is regarded by old timers as a key to the team’s early growth. A large number of the team was Hispanic. Today, African American officers make up a greater percentage of SWAT than the LAPD as a whole – something that was true before Randal Simmons was murdered in Winnetka earlier this year.
But, to Domanick and NPR (who apparrently didn’t bother going to look at SWAT), this is a white male bastion.
The fact is, contrary to NPR’s assertions, SWAT is a bastion of excellence of all colors, and diverse in its expertise. Its record proves it rarely uses force, and its ranks include some of the world’s best-trained – and most successful – hostage negotiators.
How could NPR get so many facts wrong and omit so many important points? I’d venture to say NPR is far more prejudiced against folks in blue, than SWAT cops are anyone of any color. Or any gender.
The loser in all of this is Grasso. Frankly, lots of folks can make mistakes with a weapon. Officers who have done so in the past have retested the selection process and made the team, without doubts. Grasso will not be so fortunate. Regardless of the selection standards used, she will now always be known as the woman who had the standards changed for her, and who got away with something no man ever would.
Sometimes when you shatter a non-existent glass ceiling, you still get cut be falling shards.
And, remember, the standards have not been lowered.
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I know Grasso and she is a good cop. But if she does not pull out of the whole thing because of her mistake, which by the way would of failed past officers, i will loose some respect for her. She has to know that they are changing the standard for her so she will make it through. Do the right thing and pull out Grasso!!!Its the right thing to do…
This is another example of the departments stupidity. Wanting a female SWAT Officers is a good thing, but you want one that is fit for the job. Grasso is a fine officer, but she should be held to the same standards as all the other candidates. It should not be about being a female, male, white , black or hispanic. It should be who is the best officer for the job. If she is not it then she should not be placed in SWAT. Try again next time, but dont give it to her just because she is female.
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Symantec calls Apple's iOS more secure than Google's Android
Recently, Symantic came out with its latest report, in which it ranked Apple's iOS as more secure in comparison to Google's Android. The report dubbed "A Window Into Mobile Device Security," includes 23 pages, in which the security approaches used by Apple and Google in its mobile operating systems are described. Apart from this, the report also emphasizes the past and possible future holes found in the iOS and Android platforms.
The report made close comparisons of both the platforms and reached on the conclusion that iOS offers full protection against malware attacks, while its counterpart offers only a little.
The report also ranked iOS higher than Android for protection against resource abuse and service attacks, data loss, and data integrity attacks. Moving further, even the fields like access control, application provenance, and encryption were found to be more securely protected by iOS.
Isolation was the only security category, in which Google's Android was termed as better than iOS. Android received highest marks for this category, while iOS was told to offer moderate protection.
On the whole, the report by Symantec credited the provenance approach of Apple for building a steady security barrier. This because all of the apps, before getting launched on the App store has to undergo vetting procedures. The report said that this avoids malware attacks, data loss attacks, data integrity attacks, and denial of service attacks.
While coming over to Android, Symantec pointed out two major weaknesses in it. The report said, “First, the provenance system in place enables attackers to anonymously create and distribute malware. In addition, its permission system relies upon the user to make the important security decisions, and considering most of Android users are not of high technical capability, this causes problems.”
But the report did term Google's mobile operating system as an enormous improvement over traditional desktop operating systems.
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We caught a repeat of the Undercover Boss episode with Churchill COO Bill Carstanjen recently. I really enjoyed the show to be quite frank. It is fun to see a fish out of water, when the water is a racetrack – a place we all know as horse owners, fans and bettors. He spoke with many at the track – a trainer, a jockey valet, a press person and a cleaning person.
We figured we'd run one of the most popular posts on HANABlog in homage
What if Bill took the job as an Undercover Bettor?
First, Bill would have to wake up really early, or stay up really late, reading the PP's. He would have to work at it, because betting is difficult. Then he and his shadow, Bettor Pete, would have to head to the track, pay for parking, admission and find his spot in the simulcast center. There he would have to track down the changes – always a tough task at a simo-center. And make all necessary adjustments.
Then it would be time to make a bet.
He and Bettor Pete would check the TV monitors and see that an exacta was paying $22 at two minutes to post, but the other track they were following, a similar ex is paying $38.
“Let’s play the $38 one, as it is paying more” COO Bill says.
“Each track decides if it shows payouts in $1 increments or $2 increments. The $22 ex for $1 is actually a better bet than the $38 one for $2. So we should bet the $22 one.” Bettor Pete explains.
"How do you know which track shows $1 and which $2?" asks COO Bill.
"Experience. It took me a long while, though" replies Pete.
"That seems strange, especially for new people racing is trying to attract" says Bill.
"That's the way it works in horse racing, " says Bettor Pete.
The camera would then show Bill looking melancholy-like into the air, scratching his chin, wondering, “Why would racing not show all increments the same, for the good of the customer?”
Then the race would go off, with Bill and the bettor holding a live $2 3-2 ex for $44 smackers if successful. It is looking good. The three horse has a big lead and the two is coming wide…… yes! Victory!
But there is an inquiry. Bill and his bettor are trembling – although it appears there will be no change, after all we saw this type of non-infraction be left up 100 times or more – it is never an easy time for a bettor. Then the tote board goes dim, there has been a change. It is announced, with no real explanation from anyone on camera and the prices are displayed.
“What happened”, says COO Bill. “Is your money just gone?”
“Yes, that’s the way it works” says the bettor. “In places like Australia and Hong Kong they have protocols to handle inquiries so the public is better informed, but here it goes from track to track. Most times your money just changes hands without nary a peep. And rulings change from track to track, so it is a bit of a mystery”
“Well I guess someone wins when you lose, so bettors are still getting paid somewhere”, COO Bill explains.
“Sure” says Pete. “But if you went to work on Friday and found that your paycheck was given to someone else, would you be happy because at least someone got paid?”
The camera would then show Bill looking melancholy-like into the air, scratching his chin, wondering, “why would racing not have a uniform set of inquiry rules, and report it the same way all across the sport, so customers feel that their money is more respected? And no, I don't want Bob Evans to take my salary each Friday and call it even either”
“On to the next race,” says the bettor.
For the second, Bill and the bettor both agree, the seven horse is the play. He is 6-1, and looks like an overlay.
“The only problem I see,” says the bettor, “is that the six horse is trained by a guy who just got caught with a positive test, so we clearly have to watch out for this fella.”
“Positive test?” says COO Bill. “If he has a positive test, why is he training a horse in a race today?”
“That’s the way it works in horse racing,” says the bettor.
As the race draws closer the odds drop to 5-1 on their potential play, but still right in the wheelhouse of the bettor.
“Anything over 4-1 and this bet is King” our bettor tells Bill.
“Gotcha” says Bill. “Let’s go bet”
At ten seconds to post they lay their cash down. They each bet $40 to win.
Any they’re off. The seven horse, their bet, gets an easy lead. $40 at 5-1 is $200 profit, a nice days work. But COO Bill – a numbers guy at heart – notices that at the bottom of the screen the horse, who was just 5-1 at the quarter, is now 5-2 at the half!
“Hey our horse is 5-2 now!” he pleads to bettor Pete.
The horse, all out in a game effort, loses in the last jump.
“Oh well”, says the bettor.
“Oh well!?! What do you mean, oh well?! We just bet a horse at 5-1, and we said we would never bet him at anything less than 4-1. He ended up at 5-2 while the race was being run!!! What the heck is up with that? How can we take the odds board seriously!?”
“That’s the way it works in horse racing,” says the bettor. “Racing probably has the power to do something about it, but we just end up waiting and waiting for fixed odds betting, or something to address it. I think a lot of the tracks are only concerned with slots.”
The camera would then show Bill looking melancholy-like into the air, scratching his chin, wondering, “why would racing not do something to make it better for customers and help grow racing?”
“For our last race of the day, I do like the four at Fair Grounds…...” says the bettor.
Bill jumps in: “Fair Grounds, I like that track!”
“No, I was going to say I do like the four at Fair Grounds, but I have stopped betting that track because this meet there was signal dispute. These things happen time and time again and bettors are left out in the cold. I, and many players here, are stopping playing tracks that do that.”
“I’m sure they have a reason for doing that… " says COO Bill.
"I don't know why they do it, but that's the way it works in horse racing," says Pete. "The customers are kind of an afterthought in these internal squabbles"
The camera would then show Bill looking melancholy-like into the air, scratching his chin, wondering, “why would racing not fix any issues amongst themselves without withholding signals, so the bettors can still play their favorite tracks?”
“Well what about the next at Calder” says COO Bill.
“I don’t play Calder. They raised takeout two years ago to astronomical rates." replies Pete.
"Oh" says Bill.
“Well, it’s been a pleasure Pete” says COO Bill.
“So do you want to be a bettor Billy?” asks Pete.
“If racing makes some changes, Pete, only if they make some changes.” says COO Bill.
At the end of the show when the "boss" gives away really good things, Pete shows up and Bill just kinda shrugs and says "I can't help you Pete, you're up against this yourself." It wasn't the warm and fuzzy feeling we're used to on this show, but alas, as Pete says "it's the way it is in horse racing"
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In Light of Tether’s Fractional Reserve, a Shadow of Fiatcoins’ Future
Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
And Tether is not the only stablecoin that admits that it is backing its tokens with cash and “equivalent assets”; all of its competitors state in their terms of use that they can (and/or do) back tokens with cash-like investments, like government treasury bonds or other securities.
So, are these stablecoins any different than the legacy banking system? In practice, they act the same, but in structure, operations and regulation, they are still largely untamed.
Depending on your take, the news of Bitfinex drawing on Tether’s reserves to cover $850 million in losses — and the follow-up news that Tether is running a 74 percent fractional reserve — was either a spicy bombshell or a blandish nothingburger.
It’s either fraud and insolvency or good faith and responsible operations; proof that the writing is on the wall or that business is being conducted as usual. At the very least, both sides likely agree, it’s fiat banking in a nutshell.
But it was never anything else in the first place. And, moreover, Tether isn’t the only stablecoin with the gumption to run a fractional reserve; many of its competitors have terms of use that grant them this leeway and, while they’ve been more transparent about this fact than Tether from the start, this dependency on fractional reserves has been largely shrouded by Tether hogging the limelight.
In Tether’s shadow, however, rising competitors have shown that they’re more like the top stablecoin — and the precedent it is setting for crypto-banking practices — than they’d care to admit.
Wildcat Banking for the Digital Age
By its very nature, Tether — and other stablecoins like it — have always relied on the old model. That investors are buying into a fractional reserve system with notes that exist in another fractional reserve system is not lost on its defenders. The irony, to them, is that people are worried that Tether is not fully backed, but they don’t seem to worry that their own dollars in the legacy system run the same risk.
As Coinmetrics Analyst and Castle Island Ventures Partner Nic Carter summed it up on Twitter, banks are conducting the same business with “far lower capital ratios than tether has.”
There’s some nuance to extrapolate here, however, in that banks are fully regulated and they (typically) invest capital in highly liquid assets. To back its $900 million revolving credit from Tether, Bitfinex and Tether’s parent company, DigiFinex, collatralized this debt with 60,000,000 shares in itself. This type of incestuous lending raises the questions: How sound is this collateral and how legitimate is the underlying loan?
Carter told Bitcoin Magazine that Tether and Bitfinex “definitely concealed the risk of the loan” when they failed to disclose the credit/shares swap to their users. Seeing as DigiFinex represents both Tether and Bitfinex, which means that the exchange basically took out a loan from itself against its own shares, Carter said that the deal is “worryingly recursive — the value of DigiFinex declines as Tether risks insolvency, causing the collateral to be worth less.”
Banks underwrite assets with liabilities all of the time, Ellie Frost, a former investment banker at Deutsche Bank-turned cryptocurrency professional, told Bitcoin Magazine. Using liquid assets such as securities, government bonds and the like to generate capital in the form of debt is the backbone that makes modern banking possible and currencies elastic, the only difference being that these practices are regulated and are done with a greater degree of transparency than Bitfinex’s deal with Tether.
For instance, intercompany loaning like the $900 million Bitfinex-Tether deal isn’t uncommon in traditional banking, but Frost noted that “a loan connected to a subsidiary would immediately be flagged, have extra vetting and would likely have to go through shareholder approval on the company’s end.” This loan also circumvented the usual risk procedures and “credit process” that banks conduct when signing off on a loan.“There is incredibly stringent regulation around practices like this (particularly post-2008, when banks so royally screwed up their risk management around derivatives like CDOs [collateralized debt obligations]) and banks have shareholders to be held accountable to,” Frost told Bitcoin Magazine. “Banks not only release filings, but every single large debt obligation that is loaned out via investment banking goes through multiple regulation procedures.”
“We need to be clear this is institutional, not retail banking,” she added, regarding Bitfinex’s actions to cover up the missing $850 million. Bitfinex used customer funds from Tether to pump additional capital into itself without any “of the transparency that is associated with typical retail customer’s investments” or the regulations for capital requirements that banks adhere to.
“It isn’t uncommon for parent companies to bail out subsidiaries,” Frost concluded. “However, you cannot truly compare [Bitfinex/Tether] to a bank because they lack the risk management and regulations.”
So what Tether has done isn’t out of the ordinary for modern banking — but it is a scrappy, less “legitimate” version of it. The question remains, then, could more stablecoins bring this age-old banking model into maturity within the crypto ecosystem?
The Stablecoin Mold
The answer is a mixture of “they will,” and “they already have.” Though Frost argued that, “it isn’t fair to compare the two” for the same reasons that Tether’s banking is so dissimilar to traditional banking: there’s zero regulation.
Still, if you look at the terms of use of Tether’s most popular fiatcoin competitors, they all qualify that their backing is both in cash and reportedly “highly liquid” cash equivalents. Even if they are largely un- (or under-) regulated, their reserves may not be wholly cash-backed.
Poloniex parent company Circle and Coinbase’s stablecoin USDC, for example, “is fully backed by U.S. Dollars or equivalent assets held by Circle with its U.S. banking partners in segregated accounts, on behalf of, and for the benefit of, Users.” The actual benefit here may be up for debate, because, per the terms, “Circle, not the Users, will earn interest on the U.S. Dollars or equivalent assets in such accounts.”
Earning interest and dividends on customer deposits is the business of banks; after all, money isn’t put to work if it’s sitting in one place, so banks invest it to make revenue, some of which (though an arguably paltry amount of around 2 percent in the U.S.) goes back to customer savings accounts.
Most all fiatcoin issuers make no such promises of interest for their customers. Winklevoss-owned Gemini notes that its GUSD “is strictly pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar … correspond[ing] to a U.S. dollar held across one or more omnibus bank accounts,” though “the monies within which are used to purchase money market funds invested in securities issued or guaranteed by the United States or certain U.S. government agencies or instrumentalities.”
The Paxos Standard is the same as well, with its terms of use stating that the “Paxos Trust Company provides cash management for the U.S. dollar deposits backing PAX so that each PAX is backed by an equivalent amount of US dollar deposits or US Treasury bonds.”
TrustToken claims that “each TrueCurrency token is backed by an equivalent amount of fiat deposits,” but that it may “utilize sweep accounts that can protect the deposits through overnight investments in U.S. Government Treasuries” and that, for its GPB equivalent, “U.K. Government Treasuries may be utilized for GBP deposits.”
Sometime after Tether established a credit line with Bitfinex, the stablecoin’s website updated its information to clarify that USDT is backed by “reserves … includ[ing] traditional currency and cash equivalents and, from time to time, may include other assets and receivables from loans made by Tether to third parties, which may include affiliated entities.” The last bit regarding loans from affiliated entities likely refers to the deal in question with Bitfinex.
On the surface, the reserves of Tether’s competitors are diversified with the clients in mind. At least, the common response I received when asking issuers why they held assets other than cash was one of risk mitigation.
“This is another measure we’ve taken to ensure nothing happens to the 100 percent reserves backing TrueUSD,” Tory Reiss, co-founder and head of business development at TrustToken, told Bitcoin Magazine. “There is a cap to FDIC insurance for USD and no FDIC insurance for non-USD fiat. Therefore, instead of relying on the solvency of banks, we decided to mitigate risk by relying on the solvency of governments.”
Paxos’ Global Head of Strategic Business Operations Nancy Dornbush also told us that, in line with Paxos’ “top priority to keep [its] customers’ funds safe,” the company “[secures] them with U.S. government obligations” which are “guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States government.”
USDC also “believe[s] that diversifying reserves across such asset classes allows for greater security of funds by mitigating individual bank failure as a risk factor,” according to Joao Reginatto, USDC’s product lead at Circle — though he added that USDC “is currently backed entirely by cash deposits.”
Like proper banks, these stablecoins have looked toward U.S. treasury bonds as safe harbors for liquidity because, as Frost put it, “Uncle Sam is on the line for that money at the end of the day.” These cash-like assets also help nourish their balance sheets for further growth.
“As reserve balances grow with increasing adoption of USDC, we plan to also hold reserves in highly liquid and low volatility assets such as U.S. Treasury Bonds,” Reginatto said regarding USDC’s plans. Reiss echoed this sentiment when he noted that as “TrueUSD scales, [government bonds] allow [its] protection of the funds to scale as well.”
Justified as it may be as protecting client deposits, this expansionary strategy has the reach and feel of an elastic banking policy. If funds are left sitting in an account, they make no money. But if you invest them, you can accrue revenue on deposits — and if these companies hope to scale, they’re going to need more than redemption/issuing fees to subsist.“I’m not surprised by stablecoins making other investments, but they are not transparent [and do not] give any say to ‘shareholders’ of the coin,” Frost said. “At the very least, they could be up front about what investments they do have and let retail investors judge for themselves if they are comfortable with the risk the coins are taking on.”
To be fair, they list in the terms of use that cash may be allocated into things like treasuries and securities, albeit they are vague about which ones. Each of these Tether alternatives also conducts monthly attestations to prove their reserves, all of which are public and conducted by reputable accounting firms.
But these are not official audits, which, more than just making sure that a company’s bank account is square, allow a firm to evaluate business practices to see how a company generates revenue and what its operations look like.
Paxos told us that it is internally audited by Grant Thorton LLP (which also runs attestations for USDC) and is externally audited by a Big Four firm. These audits, however, are not public, and none of the representatives from the other four stablecoins Bitcoin Magazine spoke with mentioned anything besides attestation reports.
It would also be unfair to compare these stablecoins to Tether. The regulatorily unfettered grandaddy of stablecoins is beholden to basically zero governmental oversight. On the contrary, Paxos and Gemini are subject to New York State Department of Financial Services trust laws and TrueUSD and USDC are federally registered as money services businesses with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
These regulations certainly make these options “safer” than Tether to some, but Frost encourages potential investors to be more critical when evaluating whether or not any of these stablecoins are safe, while also advising for stablecoins to present more “transparency of their risk models and investments.”
Their regulatory legitimacy and corporate trappings may make them an attractive alternative to banks — and may even provide a presage of what the future of banking may look like — but she cautions that, though they may play the part of a bank, they still lack the substance that defines modern banking institutions.
“I in no way think that traditional banking is perfect, but I think that it is important that these stablecoin companies are upfront with their risks and do not try to compare themselves to these ‘safe’ institutional players,” Frost concluded.
До этого Germany’s Second-Top Exchange Börse Stuttgart Lists Ripple and Litecoin-Based ETNs
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Goodyear introduces IntelliGrip and Eagle 360 Urban Concept Tyres
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Goodyear has revealed two of its latest Tyre range, envisioned for the world of tomorrow: the IntelliGrip and Eagle 360 Urban Concept tyres. Both tyres come with the brand’s latest innovations with the purpose of reaching destinations faster. Designed for future-generation autonomous electric ride-sharing vehicles in urban areas, the IntelliGrip Urban and Eagle 360 Urban concept tyres are set to meet the rising interest for on-demand-transportation and the ever evolving Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem.
Valuing the importance for convenience (cost and time saving), the Goodyear IntelliGrip Urban concept tyre is equipped with advanced Sensor-in-Tire technology, and designed to support autonomous vehicle control systems and enhance passenger safety. The concept tire is capable of sensing road and weather conditions. By gathering this critical data and sending it directly to the vehicle’s computer system, it enables the car to optimize speed, braking, handling and stability.
The IntelliGrip Urban would enable fleets to monitor their vehicles and tires in real time, giving them a competitive advantage whilst helping to increase their profitability, supported by following key features: sensor-in-Tyre technology, proactive maintenance, tall and narrow shape and specially-designed tread.
The Eagle 360 Urban is powered by Artificial Intelligence and features bionic skin with a sensor network that allows the concept tyre to check on its own status and gather information on its environment, including the road surface. Via connectivity with other vehicles as well as infrastructure, traffic and mobility management systems, the Eagle 360 Urban also captures information on its surroundings in real-time.
The Artificial Intelligence unit serves as the ‘brain’ of the tire and enables the tyre to continuously sense the road condition and the surrounding environment in real-time and check on its own status in real-time. At the same time, the tyre enables processing of information using neural networks. It has the ability to transform using its own morphing tread and tire/vehicle interface. And, interact with other vehicles and all of the elements making up the Internet of Things to share the information it has captured and lessons learned.
The Eagle 360 Urban’s bionic skin high-sensory capacity tread, with its sensor network, captures information on road and weather conditions and transmits this input to the tyre to optimize the morphing of the tread. The tyre also allows the vehicle’s ‘nervous system’ to improve the car’s braking, handling and efficiency. Lastly. the tyre comprises of all of the elements making up the Internet of Things to inform other tyres and vehicles expected to take the same road. With intelligent morphing, the tyre prepares the vehicle for the unexpected by proactively providing safety under all conditions. Depending on the road and weather conditions, the most appropriate tread pattern appears autonomously with the help of the bionic skin of the tyre. Additionally, the bionic skin allows self-healing repair. And, in combination with the Artificial Intelligence unit, it measures current and predicts future tyre wear to allow automated tyre management, enabling predictive and proactive maintenance. Last but not least, the spherical shape moves in all directions and contributes to comfort, safety and maneuverability to match the demands of autonomous mobility and mobility as a service.
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Alt Hist Issue 6 includes four wonderful alternate history stories, plus a great “straight” historical fiction set in 1914 about a teenage girl accused of war crimes. The alternate history stories cover some classic areas for speculative fiction and of interest to alternate history buffs: what if Hitler won the war, what if the Germans invaded Britain in WW2, who really killed JFK and what if the Cold War turned hot? But none of these tales are just speculation on alternative versions of history. They all share what you have come to expect from Alt Hist: a strong story and engaging characters.
Alt Hist is the magazine of Historical Fiction and Alternate History, published twice a year by Alt Hist Press.
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“B-36”by Douglas W. Texter
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“The Iceberg” by Andrea Mullaney
“When Shots Rang Out” by Lynda M. Vanderhoff
“Hitler Is Coming” by Martin Roy Hill
Set in a world in which the early Cold War grows very hot, “B-36”by Douglas W. Texter tells the tale of what might have happened if the Soviet Union had taken Berlin during the Berlin Airlift. In this world, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal orders a B-36 piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Drummond and a very special mission commander to fly to the Soviet Union with a secret “gimmick” on board. The results of the mission are world-changing.
The next instalment of Battalion 202 by Jonathan Doering: “For all I know, you’re dirty as well.” Christopher felt his chest flare. “Alright then, if you don’t believe me, shoot me.” A worm enters an apple. It is seeking food, shelter. It is only acting on its nature. But sooner or later the apple will turn rotten. Everything will explode. There is a traitor in Pontefract Auxiliary Unit. A traitor who places his own survival and success in the new Nazi state ahead of everything – even the lives of his comrades….
On Boxing Day, 1914, a teenage girl sits in an Edinburgh prison awaiting trial for a war crime. Her lawyer finds himself captivated by her as he tries to establish the truth of the case, whose roots lie in the Titanic disaster two years before. ‘The Iceberg,’ by Andrea Mullaney, is based on an extraordinary true story.
In “When Shots Rang Out” by Lynda M. Vanderhoff JFK was a well known ladies man, but his family has suffered under a curse that is nearly Shakespearian in scope. Could it be that Kennedy upset the wrong person with his philandering, putting in motion the death and bad fortune that would see his family destroyed?
What would the United States be like if Hitler won the Second World War? In “Hitler Is Coming” by Martin Roy Hill protagonist Paul Klee is an OSS veteran and police investigator on temporary assignment to the post-war American SS to stop a plot to kill a victorious Adolf Hitler on his first visit to the U.S. From fascist cabbies to corrupt Party gauleiters, Klee wends his way through an America most Americans today never knew once existed.
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Rex Reed Profiles Elizabeth Taylor by Rex Reed
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For over two decades, the art of the interview was very nearly the sole province of Rex Reed, the Master of the Celebrity Profile. In this long-form journalism article, Reed interviews film legend Elizabeth Taylor. Fans of Miss Taylor will not want to miss Rex Reeds penetrating look into her private world. Rex Reed published four best-selling books collecting his best celebrity profiles, all of which are available as ebooks from Devault-Graves Digital Editions. For this series, Devault-Graves Digital Editions has singled out some of Reeds best profiles and given them a special low price to introduce readers to the art and pleasure of Rex Reed. Rex Reed Profiles Elizabeth Taylor by Rex Reed
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More than a news story
By Jenn Rafael on April 11, 2013 Hero of the week
We have seen it too many times. A news article or quick report on TV about another American killed in Afghanistan. We see the photos, listen to the report, then move on.
SGT. Michael Cable
I remember hearing about a Soldier who had been stabbed while playing with Afghan children. I remember thinking how tragic that was.
Then I moved on.
But the family didn’t. His community didn’t either. One week later, on April 4th, that news story became real for the family of SGT Michael Cable and the community of Owensboro, Kentucky. Cable, the seventh casualty from the area to die serving his country in OIF/OEF, was welcomed home by hundreds of people who lined the streets as his procession drove from the airport to the funeral parlor several blocks away.
Escorting him were 137 bikers from the Patriot Guard, American Legion Riders, and Rolling Thunder. In all, the procession stretched for more than a mile.
There is a face behind every news story we hear, and a grieving family back home trying to somehow cope with the loss of their cherished son or daughter, husband or wife. Entire communities struggle to make sense of it all, wanting to take the pain away from their neighbors, knowing there is nothing they can do except show their support.
That support is far more valuable than most of them realize.
SGT Michael Cable and the hundreds to came out for his homecoming are our heroes of the week.
Sent to me by Michael, a veteran who was there on April 4th to welcome SGT Cable home.
Jenn Rafael
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In Joon Ho Bong’s post-apocalyptic drama Snowpiercer, the world of 2031 is completely frozen, forcing a community of survivors to develop their own hierarchal social system within the confines of a moving train. A corrupt class system, much like what exists today, inevitably grew within this insular population—lower class in the back and upper class in the front—sparking a fire between the oppressed and privileged. This revolution, though set decades from now, is reflective of the current cultural climate, providing a rich, relevant inspiration for rising downtown NYC label PRIVATE POLICY to explore this season.
Founded by Parsons graduates Siying Qu and Haoran Li, the collaborative project is in its second season, this sophomore effort further honing what the two find valuable as designers. They’re constantly looking at youth culture within the city, injecting this energy with a subtle sense of luxury, the balance of high and low echoing Snowpiercer’s narrative. For fall ’16, subversive street elements took root in classic American silhouettes, like bombers or bucket hats, while sly nods to opulence are found in the collection’s fabrics, from wool silks to velvet. This equilibrium is informed by the duo’s eclectic art school background and formal training, providing them with an acute awareness of customer and quality, both of which are essential for a label in its infancy.
We visited PRIVATE POLICY this week in their studio space to shoot some details of the collection and talk about all things collaboration and community.
How did this partnership come about?
Haoran Li: “During our graduating year at Parsons, we were always together because our working tables were next to each other. At the time, she was doing menswear and I was doing womenswear, so it was pretty different. With PRIVATE POLICY, we wanted to make something our friends would wear; our friends want to wear something colorful, something youthful, but it’s very hard to find clothes like that within a reasonable price range.”
Siying Qu: “Our friends represent New York’s creative youth because having gone to art school, we have a lot of communication with other art forms besides fashion, like photography, fine art, music. We hang out downtown and see this market; there are some interesting things to wear, but we feel like we’re not finding enough.”
How do you keep prices “reasonable?”
SQ: “We design backwards, thinking about stores we want to sell in and considering their price point. We’ll then consider what’s reasonable for our customer and think about the fabrics we can afford. We don’t want to compromise quality, either; we’re not trying to do fast fashion. We need quality to attract this creative youth that’s also focused on details.”
HL: “Our fabrics are from Italy and Japan.”
SQ: “Our clothes are made in China, but we specifically chose Shanghai, which is a fast developing city, almost like New York. We found this atelier-like factory that can do small quantities for us, which is very helpful to keep down the price point and maintain quality.”
Who does what in this collaboration?
HL: “Siying specializes in silhouettes and I’m interested in textiles. We’ve been told we’re a unique team because it’s more common to have a designer working with someone more business. Luckily, our brand vision is really singular and both our families are from strong business backgrounds, so we’ve have a business touch even before design.”
Tell me about the collection’s inspiration, Snowpiercer.
HL: “We got all the different color elements from the film. The word, “Takataka,” is a reference to the train is running. With the fur details, we thought about surviving harsh weather. Our silk is shiny, but it still has a wool attached to it—a warm, silky fabric.”
SQ: “The film is about a revolution of people who are on the bottom of this train society and want to get to the front of the train, where there’s all this luxury, high-class life. It felt like a very romantic revolution for us. At the front of the train, we saw pinks, golds and greens, and with the other side of the ‘world,’ more beige and earthy tones. We found this contrast to be beautiful and brought it into the collection.”
I see a strong loungewear presence in this collection, which seems to be taking over fashion. Is this in reference to the film, as well?
SQ: “Loungewear was worn by the leader of the train in this very Italian menswear print. At the same time, it feels very modern, so we wanted to create something that could be worn outside. We do a lot of vintage shopping, not only in New York, but in Austin, and recycled this classic ’50s silhouette to make a lounge shirt with zippers and plackets on the sleeves.”
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Amazon in Good Field Position After NFL Deal
April 6, 2017 By Paul SweetingBlog0 Comments
Amazon won the auction for live-streaming rights to this season’s Thursday Night Football franchise with a bid of $50 million dollars for a package of 10 games. That’s 5 times what Twitter paid last year for essentially the same deal: Amazon will share the games with NBC and CBS and will stream the networks’ feeds, including their ads. Amazon will also be able to sell a handful of ads per game itself.
The games will be available for free to Amazon Prime members.
Although the 5X increase in price is impressive — and was probably too rich for Twitter — $50 million is still pretty small beans, both for the league — whose deals with the broadcast networks run into the billions — and for Amazon, which has $20 billion on its balance sheet. For both, it’s largely an add-on business at this point.
For the NFL, streaming is still largely an experiment aimed at finding a way to reach cord-cutters and out-of-home viewers, and to test the viewership waters outside the U.S., not to supplant its traditional broadcast deals. For Amazon, the NFL deal is a way to enhance the value of a Prime subscription and to attract to new subscribers at a relatively modest price. Read More »
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Viral Marketing for Video Games on Snapchat and Twitch
April 8, 2015 By Paul SweetingHeadlines0 Comments
Forget bus ads or radio spots. Two big video game publishers are using Snapchat and Twitch today to hype new, officially unannounced titles.
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E-sports competition driving live OTT broadcasting
January 14, 2015 By Paul SweetingBlog
Given how much traffic it draws — to say nothing of suitors — it was inevitable that Twitch.tv would attract competitors. And now it has. Paris-based Dailymotion on Wednesday announced the launch of Dailymotion Games, a new live-streaming platform dedicated to gaming (h/t VentureBeat).
According to the press release, gaming content already generates more than 180 million video views per month for Dailymotion, and according to comScore, and attracts more than 11 million unique visitors per month globally. With the new platform, broadcasters will be able to “create live streams, monitor them through a dedicated control panel and monetize their content via user-controlled video advertisements.”
The platform also incorporates a chat system to allow for real-time conversations between live streamers and viewers.
Read More »BlogDailymotion, e-sports, twitch.tv, user-generated content
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Claire Mann
“Scotland's secret weapon.”
Welcome to clairemann.com
I come originally from Newcastle upon Tyne in the north east of England and have performed from a very early age to establish myself as one of the leading exponents of traditional Irish flute, fiddle and tin whistle in the country.
I have won numerous ‘All Ireland’ championships on flute and tin whistle and was honoured to perform for the renowned British Flute Society who described my performance as, “…astonishing.”
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Last week wrapped up the American Trucking Association’s annual TMC National Technician Skills Competition (SuperTech) held in Orlando Florida. For the 3rd consecutive year, we’re pleased to announce that all technicians (5 in total) representing Dickinson Fleet Services advanced to the Finals in their respective divisions. We’re also very pleased to announce that for the 3rd straight year, Jeff Brinkman and Jose Feliciano placed higher than their previous visit.
TMC SuperTech Final Standings
Once again, our technicians exemplified excellence by representing the company among the best of the best at TMC SuperTech . Out of the top 150+ technicians, all 5 racked up enough points to advance to the Finals. Here’s the breakdown…
Heavy-Duty Vehicle Skills Division
Jeff Brinkman, 2016 Top Tech Champion, finished in 82nd place, considerably advancing his 102nd place finish in 2017.
Jeremy Piepmeier, 2018 Top Tech Champion, finished in 51st place in his first year of competition at the national level.
Jose Feliciano, 2017 Top Tech Champion, finished in 40th place, bettering his 44th place finish in 2017.
Trailer Skills Division
Darren Thul, a finalist at the 2016 Top Tech competition was the 2018 Top Trailer Tech Champion. Darren finished in 11th place overall this year, 2 places better than the DFS Top Trailer Tech finished in 2017.
Light/Medium-Duty Vehicle Skills Division
Zach Nikorak, a 2018 Top Tech Finalist qualified as the Company’s Light/Medium Duty (LMD) contestant based on his LMD skill scores in the 2018 Top Tech competition. Zach finished in 6th place in the competition overall. This year was the first ever appearance for the LMD track in the SuperTech competition.
Zach took 1st place in the “Lubricants” skill station was recognized on-stage at the awards banquet. This achievement means that Zach has the honor of being recognized as the very best in the nation at this skill set. What an incredible honor for Zach and Dickinson Fleet Services!
Celebrating Their Achievements
TMC members from across the industry, SuperTech competitors and their spouses were in attendance at the SuperTech awards banquet held at the Marriott World Center Resort in Orlando, Florida, as TMC awarded over $100,000 in cash and prizes to technicians competing from all over the United States. We were all very proud to see our team represented so well among the best of the best.
Getting Stronger Each Year
Each year, our team continues to perform better than the previous year TMC SuperTech. This could not have been possible this year without three members of the Top Tech Competition team, Larry Fowler, Bill Souers and Brennan Elkins serving as Mentors to help lead our technicians into battle. Thank you, Mentors!
And once again, THANK YOU to everyone who played a role in helping during the Top Tech competition all the way to the SuperTech Finals in Orlando. We wouldn’t be able to pull this off year after year without your support. We’re all #DFSPROUD of all of our Top Techs, our Maintenance Excellence leaders, and their performance during the Top Tech competition here in 2018.
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confirmation class, march 22, 1964 (2)
confirmation of marian and jennie stanko, august 24, 1941 (1)
guild postcards - congregational church, newbury, vt. (1)
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slavia depot with stanko store in background, c. 1926 (1)
st. luke's confirmation celebration, oct. 31, 1937 (1)
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st. luke's young adults group with pastor tuhy, c. 1937 (1)
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slavia (fla.) -- history (6)
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Guild postcards - Washington's home, Mount Vernon, Va.
Washington's Home -- Buildings -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon -- Photographs.; Postcards -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon.; Black-and-white photography -- Virginia -- Mount Vernon.
One of seventeen postcards sent to Clara Louise Guild from friends. Black-and-white photographic glossy print postcard of Washington's Home, Mount Vernon, Va. Correspondence on the back in ink, with a one cent stamp.
Slavia Depot with Stanko Store in background, c. 1926
Slavia (Fla.) -- History
The Slavia, FL railroad depot, with the Stanko general store and gas station in the background. The depot was located just north of the current intersection of Slavia Road and SR 426. The Seaboard RR tracks (vacated in 1990's and current route of...
St. Luke's congregation after the first confirmation service, 1924
Congregation gathered outside the original, wooden church after the first confirmation service, July 20, 1924. From left to right: Row one: 1. Paul Lukas, Jr., 2. John Senkarik, 3. Joe Ondic, 4. Paul Packo, 5. Elizabeth Mikler, 6.Anna Mikler, 7....
St. Luke's young adults group with Pastor Tuhy, c. 1937
A group of young adults poses with the new young pastor on the grounds of the original church, c. 1937. Left to right: Front: 1. George Jakubcin, Jr., 2. Mike Mikler, 3. Mary Mikler, 4. Anna Jakubcin, 5. Julia Jakubcin, 6. Anna Mikler, 7....
St. Luke's confirmation celebration, Oct. 31, 1937
The entire congregation of St. Luke's church gathers outside the original church building to celebrate the confirmation of three of their young members on October 31, 1937. More than 80 people are gathered for the photo. The young confirmands...
Wedding of Ferdinand Duda to Anna Mikler, June 12, 1938
Wedding of Ferdinand Duda to Anna Mikler, June 12, 1938. The wedding ceremony took place in St. Luke's original wood church. This image is a studio photo of the wedding party. Left to right: REAR 1. Andy Duda, Jr., 2. George Jakubcin, Jr., 3. Katie...
Confirmation of Marian and Jennie Stanko, August 24, 1941
August 24, 1941. Marian Katarina Stanko (left) and her sister, Johanna Blazena (Jennie) Stanko (far right) pose with their uncle and aunt, Juliana and Martin Stanko and their young sisters, Betty (left) and Ann Stanko, in the chancel of the (1939)...
Confirmation Class, March 22, 1964
Eighth grade confirmands gather for a group photo with Rev. Stephen M. Tuhy (far left) and Principal E.L. Bellhorn on March 22, 1964. Left to right: BOYS: Ken Viles, George Bradshaw, Sammy Murphy, Stephen Lukas GIRLS:Mildred Phillips, Susan Duda,...
Guild postcards - Congregational Church, Newbury, Vt.
Congregational Church -- Church buildings -- Vermont -- Newbury -- Photographs.; Postcards -- Vermont -- Newbury.; Black-and-white photography -- Vermont -- Newbury -- Photographs.
One of nineteen postcards sent to Clara Louise Guild from friends. Black-and-white glossy photographic postcard of Congregational Church, Newbury, Vermont. Postcard comes from the studio of Eastern Illustrating Co.and Belfast, Maine. Correspondence...
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Warner Home Video presents
Suspicion (1941)
"What did you think I was trying to do? Kill you?"
- Johnnie (Cary Grant)
Review By: Jon Danziger
Stars: Joan Fontaine, Cary Grant
Other Stars: Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Genre: suspense thriller
A+ A B+ B- C+
Did Alfred Hitchcock hate women? That's certainly a prevalent assumption in much of the critical writing on his work, and while it may be true, men don't always fare a whole lot better. Admittedly, the boys aren't as routinely terrorized in Hitchcock movies the way that the fairer sex frequently is, but it's Hitch's view of humanity generally that seems always to be cloaked in darkness. Whichever side of the proposition you want to argue, you'll find lots of red meat with Suspicion, Hitchcock's second film made in America (after Rebecca), and academic debates aside, you'll also find this to be a ripsnorting good time.
As she was in Rebecca, Hitch's leading lady is Joan Fontaine, who plays Lena, to the manner born, but, according to her family, "not the marrying sort." (In this context, anyway, that's euphemism for "old maid," not "lesbian.") And then along comes Johnnie, the effortlessly charming young man who is the object of all the young ladies' attention, Lena included. Can it be that he feels for her as deeply as she does for him?
The movie charts the relationship between these two—they're soon married, but goodness knows it's a short-lived honeymoon. Suspicion is among other things one of the great extended film exercises in point of view: we know only what Lena knows, we learn what she learns. (In this respect, then, as spectators we are asked intensely to identify with Lena, and I think it's too much to say that Hitchcock hated his audience as viscerally as some contend he hated women.) And what she learns about Johnnie isn't very good, at all: his shady past (a co-respondent in another's divorce?), his gambling, his debts. It's bad enough to learn that your new husband is an embezzler. It's something more than insult to injury to suspect that he's trying to kill you.
That's the central tension of the picture: is the gold-digging Johnnie looking to off Lena for the insurance money, or her inheritance? In modern parlance, Lena would probably be a textbook abused woman, an enabler; she makes one horrid discovery after another about Johnnie, but continues to forgive him. (How's this for an annual review from your boss? "I told Johnnie I wouldn't prosecute.") And it's played with astounding vitality by the two lead actors. Fontaine is marvelous, both steely and delicate, full of the title attribute yet unable or unwilling to follow her intuition to its obvious conclusion. Just as good is Cary Grant, in his first Hitchcock picture. His Johnnie has an obvious menace that doesn't show up in, say, C.K. Dexter Haven, but is startling and present; how can he be both so charming and so venomous? (Because he's maybe the greatest actor in screen history, that's how.) Even if he's not homicidal, he's got the delusions of Biff Loman and the outsized ego of Donald Trump; he may or may not be gaslighting the wife, but he's definitely a player.
And as ever no one is better than Hitchcock in fetishizing props, in using them to externalize his characters' internal conflicts. A pair of ancient armchairs become a powerful symbol of a marriage gone awry; there's danger in Scrabble; and there's no use crying over the most menacing thing in this whole menacing affair, a glass of milk. Some enterprising up and comer from the American Dairy Council ought to see about licensing this clip—imagine the ad: Cary rushing up the stairs with the glass aglow, the pity and terror and acceptance in Joan's eyes, him rushing over with said glass to her bedside, and the graphic comes up: Got Milk?
Rating for Style: A+
Rating for Substance: A
Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 - Full Frame
Anamorphic no
Image Transfer Review: Occasional resolution problems are pointed up by Grant's natty wardrobe—his checkered ties and striped suits occasionally tend to shine, and they shouldn't. But otherwise this is a pretty impressive transfer, with some spectacular black-and-white photography from cinematographer Harry Stradling.
Mono English no
Audio Transfer Review: There are some problems with the dynamics on the mono track; Franz Waxman's score is excellent, but occasionally swallows up the dialogue. The limitation, though, seems to come not from the transfer, but from the source material.
Audio Transfer Grade: B-
Static menu with music
Subtitles/Captions in English, French, Spanish with remote access
1 Original Trailer(s)
1 Documentaries
Layers: dual
Extras Review: Joan Fontaine talks directly to the camera in an original trailer; the only other extra is Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (21m:34s), a documentary that takes its name from the novel on which the film is based. (I haven't read the novel, but for a fascinating compare and contrast, check out the Library of America's volume of the works of Nathanael West; it includes West's screenplay adaptation of the same book, one that seems not to have been used at all for Hitchcock's film.) Among those interviewed are Hitchcock scholar Bill Krohn, the director's daughter Pat Hitchcock O'Connell, critics Robert Osborne and Richard Schickel, and director Peter Bogdanovich; it's an intriguing look at, among other things, the original ending that Hitchcock wanted to shoot, and at the horror of colorization, inflicted on the movie in the 1980s by Ted Turner.
Extras Grade: C+
Hitchcock, Fontaine, and Grant are all in fine fettle, and Suspicion may well be the best and most sustained exercise in point of view in film history. A classic, terrific movie, one of the pictures that rightly earned the director his moniker as the master of suspense.
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Patel: A Life
Rajmohan Gandhi
Navajivan Trust
From Amazon: "“PATEL A LIFE” Tells, for the first time, the full story of the life of Vallabhbhai, the ploughboy who helped liberate India and then, in 1947-9, welded her into one nation. Built from correspondence and diaries, including the Sardar's letter and the remarkable diary kept by his daughter Manibhen, PATEL is as authentic, intimate and complete an account as can be assembled. “That there is today an India to think and talk about,” President Rajendra Prasad wrote in May 1959, “is very largely due to Sardar Patel's statesmanship and firm administration.” “Yet,” added Prasad, “we are apt to ignore him.” If ignored, Sardar Patel is also missed. Troubled times engender a longing for the grip on India's affairs that Patel had. How he acquired that grip is part of PATEL'S story. A quarter-century after the selection of India's first Premier, C. Rajagopalachari recalled the event and wrote: “Undoubtedly it would have been better if Nehru had been asked to be Foreign Minister and Patel made the Prime Minister.”
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Estimated global mortality attributable to smoke from landscape fires
Johnston, FH and Henderson, SB and Chen, Y and Randerson, JT and Marlier, M and DeFries, RS and Kinney, P and Bowman, DMJS and Brauer, M, Estimated global mortality attributable to smoke from landscape fires, Environmental Health Perspectives, 120, (5) pp. 695-701. ISSN 0091-6765 (2012) [Refereed Article]
2012 Reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives
DOI: doi:10.1289/ehp.1104422
Background: Forest, grass, and peat fires release approximately 2 petagrams of carbon into the atmosphere each year, influencing weather, climate, and air quality.
Objective: We estimated the annual global mortality attributable to landscape fire smoke (LFS).
Methods: Daily and annual exposure to particulate matter ≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5) from fire emissions was estimated globally for 1997 through 2006 by combining outputs from a chemical transport model with satellite-based observations of aerosol optical depth. In World Health Organization (WHO) subregions classified as sporadically affected, the daily burden of mortality was estimated using previously published concentration–response coefficients for the association between short-term elevations in PM2.5 from LFS (contrasted with 0 μg/m3 from LFS) and all-cause mortality. In subregions classified as chronically affected, the annual burden of mortality was estimated using the American Cancer Society study coefficient for the association between long-term PM2.5 exposure and all-cause mortality. The annual average PM2.5 estimates were contrasted with theoretical minimum (counterfactual) concentrations in each chronically affected subregion. Sensitivity of mortality estimates to different exposure assessments, counterfactual estimates, and concentration–response functions was evaluated. Strong La Niña and El Niño years were compared to assess the influence of interannual climatic variability.
Results: Our principal estimate for the average mortality attributable to LFS exposure was 339,000 deaths annually. In sensitivity analyses the interquartile range of all tested estimates was 260,000–600,000. The regions most affected were sub-Saharan Africa (157,000) and Southeast Asia (110,000). Estimated annual mortality during La Niña was 262,000, compared with 532,000 during El Niño.
Conclusions: Fire emissions are an important contributor to global mortality. Adverse health outcomes associated with LFS could be substantially reduced by curtailing burning of tropical rainforests, which rarely burn naturally. The large estimated influence of El Niño suggests a relationship between climate and the burden of mortality attributable to LFS.
air pollution, biomass burning, carbon cycle, deforestation, global burden of disease, landscape fire smoke, mortality
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Johnston, FH (Associate Professor Fay Johnston)
Henderson, SB (Associate Professor Sarah Henderson)
Bowman, DMJS (Professor David Bowman)
Menzies Institute for Medical Research
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Bergqvist, Tomas
Umeå universitet, Interaktiva medier och lärande.
Lithner, Johan
Umeå universitet, Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik.
Sumpter, Lovisa
Upper secondary students’ task reasoning2008In: International journal of mathematical education in science and technology, ISSN 0020-739X, E-ISSN 1464-5211, Vol. 39, no 1, p. 1-12Article in journal (Refereed)
Upper secondary students’ task solving reasoning was analysed, with a focus on grounds for different strategy choices and implementations. The results indicate that mathematically well-founded considerations were rare. The dominating reasoning types were algorithmic reasoning, where students tried to remember a suitable algorithm, sometimes in a random way, and guided reasoning, where progress was possible only when essentially all important strategy choices were made by the interviewer.
Dahlgren Johansson, Anna
Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier.
Children’s conceptions about mathematics and mathematics education2010In: Current state of research on mathematical beliefs XVI: proceedings of the MAVI-16 Conference June 26-29, 2010, Tallinn, Estonia / [ed] Kirsti Kislenko, 2010Conference paper (Refereed)
This paper deals with younger students’ (grade 2 and 5) conceptions about mathematics and mathematics education. The questionnaire consisted of three parts: (1) statements with a Likert-scale; (2) open-end questions where the students could explain further their conceptions; and, (3) a request to draw a picture of yourself doing mathematics. The results from the statements were summarised and the pictures were analysed. Most students in grade 2 had a positive attitude towards mathematics whereas a larger proportion in grade 5 gave negative answers. All students presented mathematics as an individual activity with a focus on the textbook. The elder students narrow the activity down to calculating. A post-questionnaire confirmed the results.
Fahlström, Magnus
Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Microdata Analysis.
Stockholm University.
A model for the role of the physical environment in mathematics education2018In: Nordisk matematikkdidaktikk, ISSN 1104-2176, Vol. 3, no 1Article in journal (Refereed)
In this paper, we develop an analytical tool for the role of the physical environment in mathematics education. We do this by extending the didactical triangle with the physical environment as a fourth actor and test it in a review of literature concerning the physical environment and mathematics education. We find that one role played by the physical environment, in relation to mathematical content, is to portray the content in focus, such as geometry and scale. When focusing on teachers, students, and the interaction between them, the role of the physical environment appears to be a precondition, either positive (enabling) or negative (hindering). Many of the findings are valid for education in general as well, such as the importance of building status.
Sidenvall, Johan
Jäder, Jonas
Dalarna University, School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Mathematics Education.
Mathematical reasoning and beliefs in non-routine task solving2015In: Current State of Research on Mathematical Beliefs XX: Proceedings of the MAVI-20 Conference September 29 - October 1, 2014, Falun, Sweden / [ed] Lovisa Sumpter, Falun: Högskolan Dalarna, 2015, p. 115-125Conference paper (Other academic)
This paper explores low performing upper secondary school students’ mathematical reasoning when solving non-routine tasks in pairs. Their solutions were analysed using a theoretical framework about mathematical reasoning and a model to study beliefs as arguments for choices. The results confirm previous research and three themes of beliefs are used by the student. These themes are safety, expectations, and motivation. The results also show a connection between beliefs and imitative reasoning as a way to solve non-routine tasks.
A reason to believe: beliefs as an influence on students task solving2008Report (Other academic)
Upper secondary students’ task solving reasoning was analysed, with a focus on what grounds they had for different strategy choices and conclusions. Beliefs were identified and connected with the reasoning that took place. The results indicate that beliefs have an impact on the central decisions made during task solving. Three themes stand out: safety, expectation and motivation.
"...and they lived happily ever after"2015In: Current State of Research on Mathematical Beliefs XX: Proceedings of the MAVI-20 Conference September 29 - October 1, 2014 / [ed] Lovisa Sumpter, Falun: Högskolan Dalarna, 2015, p. 47-50Conference paper (Other academic)
Department of Mathematics, Umeå University.
Beliefs as an influence on mathematical reasoning2004In: Proceedings of the 28th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education / [ed] M.J. Høines and A.B. Fuglestad, 2004, p. 357-Conference paper (Refereed)
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‘Boys press all the buttons and hope it will help’: Upper secondary school teachers’ gendered conceptions about students’ mathematical reasoning2016In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, ISSN 1571-0068, E-ISSN 1573-1774, Vol. 14, no 8, p. 1535-1552Article in journal (Refereed)
Previous results show that Swedish upper secondary school teachers attribute gender to cases describing different types of mathematical reasoning. The purpose of this study was to investigate how these teachers gender stereotype aspects of students’ mathematical reasoning by studying the symbols that were attributed to boys and girls, respectively, in a written questionnaire. The results from the content analysis showed that girls were attributed gender symbols including insecurity, use of standard methods and imitative reasoning, and boys were assigned symbols such as multiple strategies especially on the calculator, guessing and chance-taking.
Current State of Research on Mathematical Beliefs XX: Proceedings of the MAVI-20 Conference September 29 - October 1, 2014, Falun, Sweden2015Conference proceedings (editor) (Refereed)
Four female mathematicians’ collective narrative: reasons to leave academia2014In: Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, ISSN 1465-2978, E-ISSN 1465-2978, no 28Article in journal (Refereed)
In this paper, I explore four Swedish female mathematicians arguments for why they decided not to work in academia after finishing their PhD. These stories were merged into one narrative, the fictive voice of Sarah. Her story describes life as a female PhD student in a mathematics department as a positive experience. The two main reasons to why she decided not to stay at the university were (1) the difficulty of getting a job, and (2) her wanting to work with applications and problem solving instead of working with the development of theories.
Investigating upper secondary school teachers’ conceptions: is mathematical reasoning considered gendered?2016In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, ISSN 1571-0068, E-ISSN 1573-1774, Vol. 14, no s2, p. 347-362Article in journal (Refereed)
This study examines Swedish upper secondary school teachers’ gendered conceptions about students’ mathematical reasoning: whether reasoning was considered gendered and, if so, which type of reasoning was attributed to girls and boys. The sample consisted of 62 teachers from six different schools from four different locations in Sweden. The results showed that boys were significantly more often attributed to memorised reasoning and delimiting algorithmic reasoning. Girls were connected to gamiliar algorithmic reasoning, a reasoning type where you use standard method when solving a mathematical task. Creative mathematical founded reasoning, which is novel, plausible and founded in mathematical properties, was not considered gendered.
Mathematical Reasoning At Pre-School Level2014Conference paper (Refereed)
Dalarna University, School of Education and Humanities, Mathematics Education.
Myten om flickors osäkerhet2009In: Kvinnor och matematik : konferens den 14-16 juni 2009, Göteborg: konferensrapport / [ed] Berith Melander, Catarina Rudälv, Umeå: Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik, Umeå universitet , 2009, p. 83-84Conference paper (Other academic)
On Aspects of Mathematical Reasoning: Affect and Gender2009Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
This thesis explores two aspects of mathematical reasoning: affect and gender. I started by looking at the reasoning of upper secondary students when solving tasks. This work revealed that when not guided by an interviewer, algorithmic reasoning, based on memorising algorithms which may or may not be appropriate for the task, was predominant in the students reasoning. Given this lack of mathematical grounding in students reasoning I looked in a second study at what grounds they had for different strategy choices and conclusions. This qualitative study suggested that beliefs about safety, expectation and motivation were important in the central decisions made during task solving. But are reasoning and beliefs gendered? The third study explored upper secondary school teachers conceptions about gender and students mathematical reasoning. In this study I found that upper secondary school teachers attributed gender symbols including insecurity, use of standard methods and imitative reasoning to girls and symbols such as multiple strategies especially on the calculator, guessing and chance-taking were assigned to boys. In the fourth and final study I found that students, both male and female, shared their teachers view of rather traditional feminities and masculinities. Remarkably however, this result did not repeat itself when students were asked to reflect on their own behaviour: there were some discrepancies between the traits the students ascribed as gender different and the traits they ascribed to themselves. Taken together the thesis suggests that, contrary to conceptions, girls and boys share many of the same core beliefs about mathematics, but much work is still needed if we should create learning environments that provide better opportunities for students to develop beliefs that guide them towards well-grounded mathematical reasoning.
Pre-school mathematics – a gendered activity?2012In: ICME12-Proceedings, 2012Conference paper (Refereed)
The interactions between two pre-school teachers and their students were analysed looking at turn-taking in communication and content in mathematical activities. The results indicate that girls are often placed in the role of help-teachers. Also, the teachers demand more of the girls than the boys. In common talking space boys’ reasoning are more frequently highlighted. Girls are attributed properties such as ‘cute’ and boys ’cool’. The two teachers consider this behaviour as something “that you do”.
Preschool teachers' conceptions about mathematics2015In: Views and Beliefs in Mathematics Education: 19th International Conference on Mathematical Beliefs (MAVI), 25-28 September 2013, Freiburg, Germany / [ed] Carola Bernack-Schüler, Ralf Erens, Timo Leuders, Andreas Eichler, Springer, 2015, p. 55-66Chapter in book (Refereed)
This study looks at Swedish preschool teachers conceptions about mathematics and emotional directions towards mathematics. The results indicate that the preschool teachers are positive towards mathematics. When describing what mathematics is at preschool level, most teachers lists mathematical products such as mathematical concepts and procedures in arithmetic and geometry.
Recreational Mathematics - Only For Fun?2015In: Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, ISSN 2159-8118, E-ISSN 2159-8118, Vol. 5, no 1, p. 121-138 Article in journal (Refereed)
In this paper, I explore recreational mathematics from two perspectives. I first study how the concept appears in educational policy documents such as standards, syllabi, and curricula from a selection of countries to see if and in what way recreational mathematics can play a part in school mathematics. I find that recreational mathematics can be a central part, as in the case of India, but also completely invisible, as in the standards from USA. In the second part of the report, I take an educational historical approach. I observe that throughout history, recreational mathematics has been an important tool for learning mathematics. Recreational mathematics is then both a way of bringing pleasure and a tool for learning mathematics. Can it also be a tool for social empowerment?
Taking a European perspective2015In: The proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematics Education: Intellectual and attitudinal challenges / [ed] S.J. Cho, Springer, 2015, p. 161-165Conference paper (Refereed)
Teachers' conceptions about students' mathematical reasoning: Gendered or not?2009Report (Other academic)
This study looks at how upper secondary school teachers gender stereotype aspects of students' mathematical reasoning. Girls were attributed gender symbols including insecurity, use of standard methods and imitative reasoning. Boys were assigned the symbols such as multiple strategies especially on the calculator, guessing and chance-taking.
Themes and interplay of beliefs in mathematical reasoning2013In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, ISSN 1571-0068, E-ISSN 1573-1774, Vol. 11, no 5, p. 1115-1135Article in journal (Refereed)
Upper secondary students’ task solving reasoning was analysed with a focus on arguments for strategy choices and conclusions. Passages in their arguments for reasoning that indicated the students’ beliefs were identified and, by using a thematic analysis, categorized. The results stress three themes of beliefs used as arguments for central decisions: safety, expectations and motivation. Arguments such as ‘I don’t trust my own reasoning’, ‘mathematical tasks should be solved in a specific way’ and ‘using this specific algorithm is the only way for me to solve this problem’ exemplify these three themes. These themes of beliefs seem to interplay with each other, for instance in students’ strategy choices when solving mathematical tasks.
Upper secondary school students’ gendered conceptions about affect in mathematics2012In: Nordisk matematikkdidaktikk, ISSN 1104-2176, Vol. 17, no 2, p. 27-47Article in journal (Refereed)
This study explores upper secondary school students’ conceptions about gender and affect in mathematics. Two groups of students from Swedish Natural Science Programme each answered a questionnaire; the first with a focus on boys and girls in general and the other with a focus on individuals themselves. The results from two questionnaires were compared. The first questionnaire revealed a view of rather traditional femininities and masculinities, a result that did not repeat itself in the second questionnaire. There was a discrepancy between traits students ascribed as gender different and traits students ascribed to themselves.
Upper secondary school students' gendered conceptions about mathematics2009Report (Other academic)
This study explores Swedish Natural Science students' conceptions about gender and mathematics. I conducted and compared the results from two questionnaires. The first questionnaire revealed a view of rather traditional feminities and masulinities, a result that did not repeat itself in the second questionnaire. There was a discrepancy between the traits the students ascribed as gender different and the traits they ascribed to themselves.
Why Anna left academia2014In: Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 5) / [ed] Nicol, C., Oesterle, S., Liljedahl, P., & Allan, D., Vancouver, Canada: PME , 2014, p. 217-224Conference paper (Refereed)
This paper aims to explain why Swedish female mathematicians decide not to work in academia. The stories of five women were merged into one narrative. Anna describes a struggle with her own self-identity in a gendered structure that most often involved implicit power. One of the main reasons for not working in a mathematics department after finishing their PhD was the difficulty in getting a job without support.
Blomqvist, Anna
Elamari, Ulrika
Grade 2 and grade 5 students' conceptions about mathematics and mathematics education2012In: Proceedings of NORMA 11: The sixth Nordic conference on mathematics education, Reykjavik, 2012, p. 187-196Conference paper (Refereed)
Students’ conceptions about mathematics and mathematics education were investigated with a special focus on emotions and motivation. The results show that both grades describe mathematics education as an individual activity taking place at a school bench with a workbook. But whereas grade 2 students are positively oriented towards mathematics, grade 5 students show a more negative view. Also, the dominance of intrinsic motivation indicated by grade 2 students was not repeated in grade 5, where the responses showed a movement towards extrinsic motivation.
Hedefalk, Maria
Preschool children's collective mathematical reasoning during free outdoor play2015In: Journal of Mathematical Behavior, ISSN 0732-3123, E-ISSN 1873-8028, Vol. 39, p. 1-10Article in journal (Refereed)
This paper illustrates how young children (age 1–5) use mathematical properties in collective reasoning during free outdoor play. The analysis of three episodes is presented. The results from the analysis of the argumentation show that the children used a variation of mathematical products and procedures, to challenge, support and drive the reasoning forward. When needed, they utilise concrete materials to illustrate and strengthen their arguments, and as an aid in order to reach conclusions. The children also use abstract social constructs, such as jokes, as part of their reasoning.
Sternevik, Emma
Prospective teachers’ conceptions of what characterize a gifted student in mathematics2013Conference paper (Refereed)
This paper explores Swedish prospective teachers’ conceptions of what characterise a gifted student in mathematics. This was studied through a qualitative questionnaire focusing on attributions. The results show that a majority of the students attribute intrinsic motivation to gifted students, more often than extrinsic motivation. Other themes were other affective factors (e.g. being industrious), cognitive factors (e.g. easy to learn), and social factors such as good behaviour and background.
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