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MASTER PROBLEMS People and Society Why you should appreciate racial diversity?
Why you should appreciate racial diversity?
Published on Saturday, April 08, 2017
Racial differences—how they have plagued human beings!
But think for a moment: Is the real problem racial differences?
Or is it the way men react to the differences?
Some have used this reaction as a hurtful political tool.
Politicians know that only have to channel racial reactions to gain political ends.
How can you to tell if you are racist
Does prejudicial talk about racial differences sweep you along?
Could it cause you to stop judging individuals on their own merits?
Do you view the high crime rate and the filth in many “ghetto” areas as evidences of racial inferiority?
Or does prejudice take a more subtle form?
Might you outwardly appear to have no racial bias, yet inwardly feel yourself indulgent for having been kind to a person of another race?
When you hear a report of wrongdoing, do you immediately identify the wrongdoer by his race?
On the other hand, if you believe you are a victim of prejudice, do you retaliate by developing prejudice of your own?
Do you believe that the only reason for your oppression is racial?
Are there no bad personal habits you may have that could be improved to gain more respect from others?
Why are there different races?
It is apparent that a better understanding of racial differences is needed to help us to temper our reactions.
An examination of how these differences originated will help us to react in a realistic and moral way, rather than to be swayed by extremists.
You might reasonably ask at this point, ‘Where did the races with their clearly defined characteristics, so different from one another, come from?
How do you explain the tall Scandinavians with their fair skin and blond hair, or the stocky Eskimo with their thick black hair, flattened noses and slanted eyes, or the black-skinned Negroes with their short, curly hair and full lips?’
In answer, scientific studies have shown that differences among living things is basically a matter of genetics (genes are minute particles that determine heredity).
The potential for variety is inherent in all living things, including man.
Zoologist Ernst Mayr says:
To speak of ‘pure’ races is sheer nonsense. Variability is inherent in any natural population.”
Now to help understand how the races developed from this variability, let us illustrate:
Did you know that horticulturists (plant scientists) have been able to isolate certain variations in plants, such as exceptional size?
They can then develop strains of those plants that all have that same feature.
To apply this illustration to humans, suppose a group of people were isolated geographically from the rest of the human family, just as the horticulturist isolates a strain of plants with which he is working.
Certain characteristics among those people would become stronger, or “dominant,” throughout the group’s descendants.
Eventually a new “race” would develop, yet it would remain human.
That this is exactly what happened is documented scientifically and historically.
Professor S. A. Barnett, zoologist at the Australian National University, defines race as:
a group which shares in common a certain set of genes, and which became distinct from other groups as a result of geographical isolation.”
Professor of Zoology L. C. Dunn says that there “may have been a time when the human race was actually one marriage community, because even today all races have many of their genes in common, as though they had all obtained them from a common source.”
A question that may come up here is:
“Have the races become so different from one another that each one is another ‘species’?”
Zoologist Mayr makes this comment in answer:
All the different kinds of living man on the face of the earth belong to a single species. . . . As a matter of fact, the various races of man are less different from each other than are the subspecies of many . . . animals. Yet a few misguided individuals have . . . divided him into five or six separate species by using such artificial criteria as white, yellow, red, or black skin color. Such a division . . . is completely contrary to the biological species concept"
Relationship between race and intelligence
Some persons argue that there is a direct relation between race and intelligence.
Therefore, they say, those that have an appearance that goes with “inferior” mentality should be separated from others.
They presume that this will avoid genetic weakening of the “superior” race.
However, Professor Mayr calls it a “fallacy” to claim “an association between a particular color of the eyes or the hair and certain traits of the mind or the character. All available evidence negates the existence of such [correspondence].”
What does the evidence really show as to racial variety?
Is any race “superior” to another?
Theodosius Dobzhansky of Rockefeller University in New York says:
The striking fact—which not even the racists can conceal—is that the race differences in the averages are much smaller than the variations within any race. In other words, large brains and high I.Q.’s of persons of every race are much larger and higher than the averages for their own or any other race.”
What can we conclude from the foregoing?
If some persons argue for the segregation of people because of claimed “inferior” mentality or culture, would it not be far more consistent to segregate all people, regardless of race, who fall below set “standards,” rather than to separate them by their color?
Thus they would be compelled to segregate many of their own race, and for exactly the same reasons that they wish to segregate others!
Is that really what they want?
Appreciating racial diversity
Everything around us bespeaks abundant variety.
What if this were not the case?
Would you like to eat the same food every day?
What if there were just one kind of animal, or bird, or tree in the forest?
Suppose all flowers were the same color.
Would you like that kind of world?
This variety provides never-ending stimulation to delight our senses.
It brings fullness to life.
As Professor Dobzhansky points out:
Genetic diversity is a blessing, not a curse. Any society . . . has a multitude of diverse vocations and callings to be filled.”
Fortunately, there are people who really appreciate the variety among humans.
They find it stimulating and beneficial.
What would happen if we had many of their kind in the society?
Then within our societies, all people, without regard for their race, would find fulfillment and opportunity to use their abilities to the full.
This would further enhance the variety of personalities, culture, language, clothing, homes and food among people of all races.
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Freak-Out Word Game for Kindergarten
These High Frequency Word Games are like BINGO except they use high frequency words instead of numbers. The kindergarten game worksheets will consist of a 3 by 3 grid with nine words. You may select one of the sets or enter nine words yourself. The children may use tokens to cover or mark each word as they are called out and the first one with a row, column or diagonal covered or marked calls out, "Freak Out!" to win. You may require the child to read back the words to win. By passing all game boards to the right after each winning game, the game continues to hold excitement as they play again! No special emphasis or prizes are given for winners.
To vary the game, students can call out the first 4 words of each "new game".
To help a heterogeneous grouping, teachers may elect to call out and spell each word (or ask various students to) which helps each child "find" the word.
Game boards do not have to be laminated. They may just target the words for a specific lesson. This game works well using crayons to mark each word in a different way for each game played.
Round 1 -
Everyone uses a yellow crayon to underline the words as they are called out.
They use a green crayon to draw a circle around each word as it is called.
They use a red crayon to draw a box around each word that is called.
Children enjoy "Taking the words home" at the end of the game to review with parents.
Freak-Out Word Game for First Grade
These High Frequency Word Games are like BINGO except they use high frequency words instead of numbers. The first grade game worksheets will consist of a 4 by 4 grid with sixteen words. You may select one of the sets or enter sixteen words yourself. The children will mark each word as they are called out and the first one with a row, column or diagonal calls out "Freak Out!" You may require the child to read back the words to win.
Freak-Out Word Game for Second Grade
These High Frequency Word Games are like BINGO except they use high frequency words instead of numbers. The second grade game worksheets will consist of a 5 by 5 grid with twenty five words. You may select one of the sets or enter twenty five words yourself. The children will mark each word as they are called out and the first one with a row, column or diagonal calls out "Freak Out!" You may require the child to read back the words to win.
Concentration Word Game for Kindergarten
These High Frequency Word Games are like a Concentration word game that uses high frequency words instead of pictures. You can create up to a maximum of 98 double word sets from 56 preselected and 42 user entered words. You can do any combination of selecting for the list and/or entering your own words. Make sure you create enough words to support the grid size for the game. This kindergarten word game may be a 4 by 4 grid, or any grid size you wish to use. You will shuffle the cards and then deal them in a 4 by 4 grid. The children will take turns turning over the cards to find the matches. You may require the child to read back the matched words to keep them. You will need 16 words for a 4 by 4 grid and 20 words for a 4 by 5 grid.
Concentration Word Game for First Grade
These High Frequency Word Games are like a Concentration word game that uses high frequency words instead of pictures. You can create up to a maximum of 168 double word sets from 128 preselected and 40 user entered words. You can do any combination of selecting for the list and/or entering your own words. Make sure you create enough words to support the grid size for the game. This first grade word game may be a 4 by 5 grid, or any grid size you wish to use. You will shuffle the cards and then deal them in a 4 by 5 grid. The children will take turns turning over the cards to find the matches. You may require the child to read back the matched words to keep them. You will need 20 words for a 4 by 5 grid and 25 words for a 5 by 5 grid.
Concentration Word Game for Second Grade
These High Frequency Word Games are like a Concentration word game that uses high frequency words instead of pictures. You can create up to a maximum of 168 double word sets from 128 preselected and 40 user entered words. You can do any combination of selecting for the list and/or entering your own words. Make sure you create enough words to support the grid size for the game. This second grade word game may be a 5 by 6 grid, or any grid size you wish to use. You will shuffle the cards and then deal them in a 5 by 6 grid. The children will take turns turning over the cards to find the matches. You may require the child to read back the matched words to keep them. You will need 30 words for a 5 by 6 grid and 36 words for a 6 by 6 grid.
Go Fish Word Game for Kindergarten
These High Frequency Word Games are like a Go Fish word game that uses high frequency words instead of playing cards. You can create up to a maximum of 98 double word sets from 56 preselected and 42 user entered words. You can do any combination of selecting for the list and/or entering your own words. Make sure you create enough words for each child to start with four cards and have 20 or more cards in the draw pile. Just play Go Fish with whatever rules or variations you wish to play. You may require the child to call out and spell the word for the request.
Go Fish Word Game for First Grade
These High Frequency Word Games are like a Go Fish word game that uses high frequency words instead of playing cards. You can create up to a maximum of 168 double word sets from 128 preselected and 40 user entered words. You can do any combination of selecting for the list and/or entering your own words. Make sure you create enough words for each child to start with five cards and have 30 or more cards in the draw pile. Just play Go Fish with whatever rules or variations you wish to play. You may require the child to call out and spell the word for the request.
Go Fish Word Game for Second Grade
These High Frequency Word Games are like a Go Fish word game that uses high frequency words instead of playing cards. You can create up to a maximum of 168 double word sets from 128 preselected and 40 user entered words. You can do any combination of selecting for the list and/or entering your own words. Make sure you create enough words for each child to start with six cards and have 40 or more cards in the draw pile. Just play Go Fish with whatever rules or variations you wish to play. You may require the child to call out and spell the word for the request.
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Argentine bishop and friend of Pope Francis charged with sex abuse of seminarians
The Vatican claimed that it didn't know about the allegations against Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta until last year, but internal documents suggest otherwise.
Mon Jun 10, 2019 - 5:19 pm EST
By Martin M. Barillas
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, June 10, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, one of Pope Francis’ first episcopal appointments, has been formally charged with alleged sexual abuse of two seminarians in the Diocese of Oran in northern Argentina.
According to the prosecutor’s office in Oran, Zanchetta was charged with “aggravated continuous sexual abuse committed by a minister of a religious organization.” He has been forbidden to have contact with the seminarians in question or their family members.
In 2015, Zanchetta was accused of engaging in “strange behavior” when a diocesan official discovered pornographic images on the archbishop’s cellphone. Pornographic images of men were found, allegedly sent to unknown parties, as well as Zanchetta’s nude selfies. Reportedly, there were no images of children found.
Vatican authorities have twice stated that they had no knowledge of Zanchetta’s alleged crimes until 2018. However, Fr. Juan José Manzano (the former vicar general of Oran) disagrees, saying he reported the pornographic images in 2015 and again in 2017.
A complaint was raised against Zanchetta in 2016, accusing the archbishop of “problematic behavior” with seminarians. He is alleged to have entered their bedrooms at night and requested massages. Also, he is alleged to have offered alcohol to the seminarians. Internal church documents suggest that Pope Francis knew of accusations against Zanchetta before transferring him to Rome.
In 2017, Zanchetta unexpectedly resigned his see without explanation. However, Pope Francis, a fellow Argentine, gave him a job created for him at the Vatican’s Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA). The latter oversees the financial holdings of the Vatican and serves as a central bank.
Prosecutor Monica Viazzi’s office said Zanchetta was silent during his court appearance on Thursday. Zanchetta’s passport has been confiscated and he is prohibited from leaving Argentina. Also, he has been ordered to obtain a permanent address in the country and attend all future hearings in his case.
On June 12, Zanchetta will be subjected to psychological evaluation as part of the official investigation. He will be jailed if he violates any of these demands. If convicted, Zanchetta could face two or three years in prison.
Oran is a city of about 82,000 in the province of Salta, near Argentina’s border with Bolivia.
#PapaFrancisco habla del proceso a Mons.Gustavo Zanchetta, obispo argentino acusado de presuntos abusos sexuales y de poder.#EntrevistaExclusiva @NTelevisa_com pic.twitter.com/HrxHa8hfNN
— Valentina Alazraki (@valealazraki) May 29, 2019
Pope Francis recently revealed to a Mexican journalist that Zanchetta is facing a simultaneous canonical trial at the Vatican. “Before I asked for his resignation, there was an accusation, and I immediately made him come over with the person who accused him and explain it,” Pope Francis told Valentina Alazraki.
Zanchetta claimed that his cellphone had been hacked, the Pope said.
“Evidently he had, some say,” Pope Francis said, “despotic treatment of others – he was bossy.”
The Pope said he understood that Zanchetta was “not completely clear in dealing with finances” that have yet to be proved. “But certainly, the clergy didn’t feel well treated by him,” the Pope said. “They complained until they made an allegation as a body to” the Vatican’s embassy in Argentina.
After hearing from the papal diplomatic representative in Argentina that there were “serious” allegations of mistreatment of seminarians in addition to an “abuse of power,” the Pope sent Zanchetta for psychological treatment in Spain while asking for his resignation from his see. As for any allegations of misusing Church money, the Pope denied that there was any substantial evidence.
While Zanchetta was not orderly in handling money, the Pope said, Zanchetta had a “good vision.” Having decided that Zanchetta should be tried in a canonical court, the Pope turned the case over to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Should Zanchetta be found guilty of the abuse of minors or vulnerable adults, he may face laicization.
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Aromasin 25 mg coated tablets.
Active substance: exemestane
Each coated tablet contains 25 mg exemestane.
Excipients with known effect
Each tablet contains 30.2 mg of sucrose and 0.003 mg of methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E218).
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
Coated tablet
Round, biconvex, off-white coated tablet marked 7663 on one side.
Aromasin is indicated for the adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with oestrogen receptor positive invasive early breast cancer (EBC), following 2 – 3 years of initial adjuvant tamoxifen therapy.
Aromasin is indicated for the treatment of advanced breast cancer in women with natural or induced postmenopausal status whose disease has progressed following anti-oestrogen therapy. Efficacy has not been demonstrated in patients with oestrogen receptor negative status.
Adult and elderly patients
The recommended dose of Aromasin is one 25 mg tablet to be taken once daily, preferably after a meal.
In patients with early breast cancer, treatment with Aromasin should continue until completion of five years of combined sequential adjuvant hormonal therapy (tamoxifen followed by Aromasin), or earlier if tumour relapse occurs.
In patients with advanced breast cancer, treatment with Aromasin should continue until tumour progression is evident.
No dose adjustments are required for patients with hepatic or renal insufficiency (see section 5.2).
Paediatric population
Not recommended for use in children.
Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients listed in section 6.1.
In pre-menopausal women and in pregnant or lactating women.
Aromasin should not be administered to women with pre-menopausal endocrine status. Therefore, whenever clinically appropriate, the post-menopausal status should be ascertained by assessment of LH, FSH and oestradiol levels.
Aromasin should be used with caution in patients with hepatic or renal impairment.
Aromasin tablets contain sucrose and should not be administered to patients with rare hereditary problems of fructose intolerance, glucose-galactose malabsorption or sucrase-isomaltase insufficiency.
Aromasin tablets contain methyl parahydroxybenzoate which may cause allergic reactions (possibly delayed).
Aromasin is a potent oestrogen lowering agent, and a reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) and an increased fracture rate have been observed following administration (see section 5.1). At the commencement of adjuvant treatment with Aromasin, women with osteoporosis or at risk of osteoporosis should have treatment baseline bone mineral health assessment based on current clinical guidelines and practice. Patients with advanced disease should have their bone mineral density assessed on a case-by-case basis. Although adequate data to show the effects of therapy in the treatment of the bone mineral density loss caused by Aromasin are not available, patients treated with Aromasin should be carefully monitored and treatment for, or prophylaxis of, osteoporosis should be initiated in at risk patients.
Routine assessment of 25 hydroxy vitamin D levels prior to the start of aromatase inhibitor treatment should be considered, due to the high prevalence of severe deficiency in women with early breast cancer. Women with Vitamin D deficiency should receive supplementation with Vitamin D.
In vitro evidence showed that the drug is metabolised through cytochrome P450 CYP3A4 and aldoketoreductases (see section 5.2) and does not inhibit any of the major CYP isoenzymes. In a clinical pharmacokinetic study, the specific inhibition of CYP3A4 by ketoconazole showed no significant effects on the pharmacokinetics of exemestane.
In an interaction study with rifampicin, a potent CYP450 inducer, at a dose of 600 mg daily and a single dose of exemestane 25 mg, the AUC of exemestane was reduced by 54% and Cmax by 41%. Since the clinical relevance of this interaction has not been evaluated, the co-administration of medicinal products, such as rifampicin, anticonvulsants (e.g., phenytoin and carbamazepine) and herbal preparations containing hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort) known to induce CYP3A4 may reduce the efficacy of Aromasin.
Aromasin should be used cautiously with medicinal products that are metabolised via CYP3A4 and have a narrow therapeutic window. There is no clinical experience of the concomitant use of Aromasin with other anticancer medicines.
Aromasin should not be coadministered with oestrogen-containing medicines as these would negate its pharmacological action.
No clinical data on exposed pregnancies are available with Aromasin. Studies on animals have shown reproductive toxicity (see section 5.3). Aromasin is therefore contraindicated in pregnant women.
It unknown whether exemestane is excreted in human milk. Aromasin should not be administered to lactating woman.
Women of perimenopausal status or child-bearing potential
The physician needs to discuss the necessity of adequate contraception with women who have the potential to become pregnant including women who are perimenopausal or who have recently become postmenopausal, until their postmenopausal status is fully established (see sections 4.3 and 4.4).
Exemestane has moderate influence on the ability to drive and use machines.
Drowsiness, somnolence, asthenia and dizziness have been reported with the use of exemestane. Patients should be advised that, if these events occur, their physical and/or mental abilities required for operating machinery or driving a car may be impaired.
Aromasin was generally well tolerated across all clinical studies conducted with Aromasin at a standard dose of 25 mg/day, and undesirable effects were usually mild to moderate.
The withdrawal rate due to adverse events was 7.4% in patients with early breast cancer receiving adjuvant treatment with Aromasin following initial adjuvant tamoxifen therapy. The most commonly reported adverse reactions were hot flushes (22%), arthralgia (18%) and fatigue (16%).
The withdrawal rate due to adverse events was 2.8% in the overall patient population with advanced breast cancer. The most commonly reported adverse reactions were hot flushes (14%) and nausea (12%).
Most adverse reactions can be attributed to the normal pharmacological consequences of oestrogen deprivation (e.g., hot flushes).
The reported adverse reactions from clinical studies and post-marketing experience are listed below by system organ class and by frequency.
Frequencies are defined as: Very common (≥1/10); Common (≥1/100 to <1/10); Uncommon (≥1/1,000 to <1/100); Rare (≥1/10,000 to <1/1,000); Very rare (<1/10,000); Not known (cannot be estimated from the available data).
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Depression, insomnia
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Hepatic enzyme increased, blood bilirubin increased, blood alkaline phosphatase increased
Hepatitis (†), cholestatic hepatitis (†)
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Fracture, osteoporosis
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Pain, fatigue
Oedema peripheral, asthenia
(*) Includes: arthralgia, and less frequently pain in extremity, osteoarthritis, back pain, arthritis, myalgia and joint stiffness.
(**) In patients with advanced breast cancer thrombocytopenia and leucopenia have been rarely reported. An occasional decrease in lymphocytes has been observed in approximately 20% of patients receiving Aromasin, particularly in patients with pre-existing lymphopenia; however, mean lymphocyte values in these patients did not change significantly over time and no corresponding increase in viral infections was observed. These effects have not been observed in patients treated in early breast cancer studies.
(†) Frequency calculated by rule of 3/X.
The table below presents the frequency of pre-specified adverse events and illnesses in the early breast cancer study Intergroup Exemestane Study (IES), irrespective of causality, reported in patients receiving trial therapy and up to 30 days after cessation of trial therapy.
Adverse events and illnesses
(N = 2249)
Sweating increased
66 (2.9%)
Vaginal haemorrhage
Other primary cancer
Visual disturbance
Osteoporotic fracture
In the IES study, the frequency of ischemic cardiac events in the exemestane and tamoxifen treatment arms was 4.5% versus 4.2%, respectively. No significant difference was noted for any individual cardiovascular event including hypertension (9.9% versus 8.4%), myocardial infarction (0.6% versus 0.2%) and cardiac failure (1.1% versus 0.7%).
In the IES study, exemestane was associated with a greater incidence of hypercholesterolemia compared with tamoxifen (3.7% versus. 2.1%).
In a separate double blinded, randomized study of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer at low risk treated with exemestane (N=73) or placebo (N=73) for 24 months, exemestane was associated with an average 7-9% mean reduction in plasma HDL-cholesterol, versus a 1% increase on placebo. There was also a 5-6% reduction in apolipoprotein A1 in the exemestane group versus 0-2% for placebo. The effect on the other lipid parameters analysed (total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein-B and lipoprotein-a) was very similar in the two treatment groups. The clinical significance of these results is unclear.
In the IES study, gastric ulcer was observed at a higher frequency in the exemestane arm compared to tamoxifen (0.7% versus <0.1%). The majority of patients on exemestane with gastric ulcer received concomitant treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents and/or had a prior history.
Reporting of suspected adverse reactions
Reporting suspected adverse reactions after authorisation of the medicinal product is important. It allows continued monitoring of the benefit/risk balance of the medicinal product.
Healthcare professionals are asked to report any suspected adverse reactions via the Yellow Card Scheme at: www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard or search for MHRA Yellow Card in the Google Play or Apple App Store.
Clinical trials have been conducted with Aromasin given up to 800 mg in a single dose to healthy female volunteers and up to 600 mg daily to postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer; these dosages were well tolerated. The single dose of Aromasin that could result in life-threatening symptoms is not known. In rats and dogs, lethality was observed after single oral doses equivalent respectively to 2000 and 4000 times the recommended human dose on a mg/m2 basis. There is no specific antidote to overdosage and treatment must be symptomatic. General supportive care, including frequent monitoring of vital signs and close observation of the patient, is indicated.
Pharmacotherapeutic group: steroidal aromatase inhibitor; anti-neoplastic agent
ATC: L02BG06
Exemestane is an irreversible, steroidal aromatase inhibitor, structurally related to the natural substrate androstenedione. In post-menopausal women, oestrogens are produced primarily from the conversion of androgens into oestrogens through the aromatase enzyme in peripheral tissues. Oestrogen deprivation through aromatase inhibition is an effective and selective treatment for hormone dependent breast cancer in postmenopausal women. In postmenopausal women, Aromasin p.o. significantly lowered serum oestrogen concentrations starting from a 5 mg dose, reaching maximal suppression (>90%) with a dose of 10-25 mg. In postmenopausal breast cancer patients treated with the 25 mg daily dose, whole body aromatization was reduced by 98%.
Exemestane does not possess any progestogenic or oestrogenic activity. A slight androgenic activity, probably due to the 17-hydro derivative, has been observed mainly at high doses. In multiple daily doses trials, Aromasin had no detectable effects on adrenal biosynthesis of cortisol or aldosterone, measured before or after ACTH challenge, thus demonstrating its selectivity with regard to the other enzymes involved in the steroidogenic pathway.
Glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid replacements are therefore not needed. A non dose-dependent slight increase in serum LH and FSH levels has been observed even at low doses: this effect is, however, expected for the pharmacological class and is probably the result of feedback at the pituitary level due to the reduction in oestrogen levels that stimulate the pituitary secretion of gonadotropins also in postmenopausal women.
Clinical efficacy and safety
Adjuvant treatment of early breast cancer
In a multicentre, randomised, double-blind study (IES), conducted in 4724 postmenopausal patients with oestrogen-receptor-positive or unknown primary breast cancer, patients who had remained disease-free after receiving adjuvant tamoxifen therapy for 2 to 3 years were randomised to receive 3 to 2 years of Aromasin (25 mg/day) or tamoxifen (20 or 30 mg/day) to complete a total of 5 years of hormonal therapy.
IES 52-month median follow-up
After a median duration of therapy of about 30 months and a median follow-up of about 52 months, results showed that sequential treatment with Aromasin after 2 to 3 years of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy was associated with a clinically and statistically significant improvement in disease-free survival (DFS) compared with continuation of tamoxifen therapy. Analysis showed that in the observed study period Aromasin reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 24% compared with tamoxifen (hazard ratio 0.76; p = 0.00015). The beneficial effect of exemestane over tamoxifen with respect to DFS was apparent regardless of nodal status or prior chemotherapy.
Aromasin also significantly reduced the risk of contralateral breast cancer (hazard ratio 0.57, p = 0.04158).
In the whole study population, a trend for improved overall survival was observed for exemestane (222 deaths) compared to tamoxifen (262 deaths) with a hazard ratio 0.85 (log-rank test: p = 0.07362), representing a 15% reduction in the risk of death in favour of exemestane. A statistically significant 23% reduction in the risk of dying (hazard ratio for overall survival 0.77; Wald chi square test: p = 0.0069) was observed for exemestane compared to tamoxifen when adjusting for the pre-specified prognostic factors (i.e., ER status, nodal status, prior chemotherapy, use of HRT and use of bisphosphonates).
52 month main efficacy results in all patients (intention to treat population) and oestrogen receptor positive patients
Events /N (%)
(95% CI)
p-value*
Disease-free survival a
All patients
354 /2352 (15.1%)
0.76 (0.67-0.88)
ER+ patients
Contralateral breast cancer
20 /2352 (0.9%)
Breast cancer free survival b
Distant recurrence free survival c
194 /2023 (9.6%)
Overall survival d
* Log-rank test; ER+ patients = oestrogen receptor positive patients;
a Disease-free survival is defined as the first occurrence of local or distant recurrence, contralateral breast cancer, or death from any cause;
b Breast cancer free survival is defined as the first occurrence of local or distant recurrence, contralateral breast cancer or breast cancer death;
c Distant recurrence free survival is defined as the first occurrence of distant recurrence or breast cancer death;
d Overall survival is defined as occurrence of death from any cause.
In the additional analysis for the subset of patients with oestrogen receptor positive or unknown status, the unadjusted overall survival hazard ratio was 0.83 (log-rank test: p = 0.04250), representing a clinically and statistically significant 17% reduction in the risk of dying.
Results from the IES bone substudy demonstrated that women treated with Aromasin following 2 to 3 years of tamoxifen treatment experienced moderate reduction in bone mineral density. In the overall study, the treatment emergent fracture incidence evaluated during the 30 months treatment period was higher in patients treated with Aromasin compared with tamoxifen (4.5% and 3.3% correspondingly, p = 0.038).
Results from the IES endometrial substudy indicate that after 2 years of treatment there was a median 33% reduction of endometrial thickness in the Aromasin-treated patients compared with no notable variation in the tamoxifen-treated patients. Endometrial thickening, reported at the start of study treatment, was reversed to normal (<5 mm) for 54% of patients treated with Aromasin.
After a median duration of therapy of about 30 months and a median follow-up of about 87 months, results showed that sequential treatment with exemestane after 2 to 3 years of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy was associated with a clinically and statistically significant improvement in DFS compared with continuation of tamoxifen therapy. Results showed that in the observed study period Aromasin significantly reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 16% compared with tamoxifen (hazard ratio 0.84; p = 0.002).
Overall, the beneficial effect of exemestane over tamoxifen with respect to DFS was apparent regardless of nodal status or prior chemotherapy or hormonal therapy. Statistical significance was not maintained in a few sub-groups with small sample sizes. These showed a trend favouring exemestane in patients with more than 9 nodes positive, or previous chemotherapy CMF. In patients with nodal status unknown, previous chemotherapy other, as well as unknown/missing status of previous hormonal therapy a non statistically significant trend favouring tamoxifen was observed.
In addition, exemestane also significantly prolonged breast cancer-free survival (hazard ratio 0.82, p = 0.00263), and distant recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio 0.85, p = 0.02425).
Aromasin also reduced the risk of contralateral breast cancer, although the effect was no longer statistically significant in this observed study period (hazard ratio 0.74, p = 0.12983). In the whole study population, a trend for improved overall survival was observed for exemestane (373 deaths) compared to tamoxifen (420 deaths) with a hazard ratio 0.89 (log rank test: p = 0.08972), representing an 11% reduction in the risk of death in favour of exemestane. When adjusting for the pre-specified prognostic factors (i.e., ER status, nodal status, prior chemotherapy, use of HRT and use of bisphosphonates), a statistically significant 18% reduction in the risk of dying (hazard ratio for overall survival 0.82; Wald chi square test: p = 0.0082) was observed for exemestane compared to tamoxifen in the whole study population.
Results from a bone sub-study indicate that treatment with exemestane for 2 to 3 years following 3 to 2 years of tamoxifen treatment increased bone loss while on treatment (mean % change from baseline for BMD at 36 months: -3.37 [spine], -2.96 [total hip] for exemestane and -1.29 [spine], -2.02 [total hip], for tamoxifen). However, by the end of the 24 month post treatment period there were minimal differences in the change in BMD from baseline for both treatment groups, the tamoxifen arm having slightly greater final reductions in BMD at all sites (mean % change from baseline for BMD at 24 months post treatment -2.17 [spine], -3.06 [total hip] for exemestane and -3.44 [spine], -4.15 [total hip] for tamoxifen).
The all fractures reported on-treatment and during follow-up was significantly higher in the exemestane group than on tamoxifen (169 [7.3%] versus 122 [5.2%]; p = 0.004), but no difference was noted in the number of fractures reported as osteoporotic.
IES 119-month final follow-up
After a median duration of therapy of about 30 months and a median follow-up of about 119 months, results showed that sequential treatment with exemestane after 2 to 3 years of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy was associated with a clinically and statistically significant improvement in DFS compared with continuation of tamoxifen therapy. Analysis showed that over the observed study period exemestane reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 14% compared with tamoxifen (hazard ratio 0.86, p = 0.00393). The beneficial effect of exemestane over tamoxifen with respect to DFS was apparent regardless of nodal status or prior chemotherapy.
Exemestane also significantly prolonged breast cancer-free survival (hazard ratio 0.83, p<0.00152), and distant recurrence-free survival (hazard ratio 0.86, p = 0.02213). Exemestane also reduced risk of contralateral breast cancer; however, the effect was no longer statistically significant (hazard ratio 0.75, p = 0.10707).
In the whole study population, overall survival was not statistically different between the two groups with 467 deaths (19.9%) occurring in the exemestane group and 510 deaths (21.5%) in the tamoxifen group (hazard ratio 0.91, p = 0.15737, not adjusted for multiple testing). For the subset of patients with oestrogen receptor positive or unknown status, the unadjusted overall survival hazard ratio was 0.89 (log-rank test: p = 0.07881) in the exemestane group relative to the tamoxifen group.
In the whole study population, a statistically significant 14% reduction in the risk of dying (hazard ratio for OS 0.86; Wald chi square test: p = 0.0257) was observed for exemestane compared with tamoxifen when adjusting for the pre-specified prognostic factors (i.e., ER status, nodal status, prior chemotherapy, use of HRT and use of bisphosphonates).
A lower incidence of other second (non-breast) primary cancers was observed in exemestane-treated patients compared with tamoxifen only-treated patients (9.9% versus. 12.4%).
In the main study, which had a median follow-up in all participants of 119 months (0 – 163.94) and median duration of exemestane treatment of 30 months (0 – 40.41), the incidence of bone fractures was reported on 169 (7.3%) patients in the exemestane group compared with 122 (5.2%) patients in the tamoxifen group (p=0.004).
Efficacy Results From IES in Postmenopausal Women With Early Breast Cancer (ITT)
30-Month Median Treatment and 34.5-Month Median Follow-Up
Disease-free survivala
0.69 (95% CI: 0.58-0.82)
Breast cancer-free survivalb
<0.00001
Distant recurrence-free survivalc
Overall survivald
30-Month Median Treatment and 52-Month Median Follow-Up
0.85 ((95% CI: 0.74-0.98)
30-Month Median Treatment and 119-Month Median Follow-Up
CI = confidence interval; IES = Intergroup Exemestane Study; ITT = intention-to-treat.
a. Disease-free survival is defined as the first occurrence of local or distant recurrence, contralateral breast cancer or death from any cause.
b. Breast cancer-free survival is defined as the first occurrence of local or distant recurrence, contralateral breast cancer or breast cancer death.
c. Distant recurrence-free survival is defined as the first occurrence of distant recurrence or breast cancer death.
d. Overall survival is defined as occurrence of death from any cause.
Treatment of advanced breast cancer
In a randomised peer reviewed controlled clinical trial, Aromasin at the daily dose of 25 mg has demonstrated statistically significant prolongation of survival, Time to Progression (TTP), Time to Treatment Failure (TTF) as compared to a standard hormonal treatment with megestrol acetate in postmenopausal patients with advanced breast cancer that had progressed following, or during, treatment with tamoxifen either as adjuvant therapy or as first-line treatment for advanced disease.
After oral administration of Aromasin tablets, exemestane is absorbed rapidly. The fraction of the dose absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract is high. The absolute bioavailability in humans is unknown, although it is anticipated to be limited by an extensive first pass effect. A similar effect resulted in an absolute bioavailability in rats and dogs of 5%. After a single dose of 25 mg, maximum plasma levels of 18 ng/ml are reached after 2 hours. Concomitant intake with food increases the bioavailability by 40%.
The volume of distribution of exemestane, not corrected for the oral bioavailability, is ca 20000 l. The kinetics is linear and the terminal elimination half-life is 24 h. Binding to plasma proteins is 90% and is concentration independent. Exemestane and its metabolites do not bind to red blood cells.
Exemestane does not accumulate in an unexpected way after repeated dosing.
Exemestane is metabolised by oxidation of the methylene moiety on the 6 position by CYP3A4 isoenzyme and/or reduction of the 17-keto group by aldoketoreductase followed by conjugation. The clearance of exemestane is ca 500 l/h, not corrected for the oral bioavailability.
The metabolites are inactive or the inhibition of aromatase is less than the parent compound.
The amount excreted unchanged in urine is 1% of the dose. In urine and faeces equal amounts (40%) of 14C-labeled exemestane were eliminated within a week.
No significant correlation between the systemic exposure of Aromasin and the age of subjects has been observed.
In patients with severe renal impairment (CLcr <30 ml/min) the systemic exposure to exemestane was 2 times higher compared with healthy volunteers.
Given the safety profile of exemestane, no dose adjustment is considered to be necessary.
In patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment the exposure of exemestane is 2-3 fold higher compared with healthy volunteers. Given the safety profile of exemestane, no dose adjustment is considered to be necessary.
Toxicological studies
Findings in the repeat dose toxicology studies in rat and dog were generally attributable to the pharmacological activity of exemestane, such as effects on reproductive and accessory organs. Other toxicological effects (on liver, kidney or central nervous system) were observed only at exposures considered sufficiently in excess of the maximum human exposure indicating little relevance to clinical use.
Exemestane was not genotoxic in bacteria (Ames test), in V79 Chinese hamster cells, in rat hepatocytes or in the mouse micronucleus assay. Although exemestane was clastogenic in lymphocytes in vitro, it was not clastogenic in two in vivo studies.
Reproductive toxicology
Exemestane was embryotoxic in rats and rabbits at systemic exposure levels similar to those obtained in humans at 25 mg/day. There was no evidence of teratogenicity.
In a two-year carcinogenicity study in female rats, no treatment-related tumours were observed. In male rats the study was terminated on week 92, because of early death by chronic nephropathy. In a two-year carcinogenicity study in mice, an increase in the incidence of hepatic neoplasms in both genders was observed at the intermediate and high doses (150 and 450 mg/kg/day). This finding is considered to be related to the induction of hepatic microsomal enzymes, an effect observed in mice but not in clinical studies. An increase in the incidence of renal tubular adenomas was also noted in male mice at the high dose (450 mg/kg/day). This change is considered to be species- and gender-specific and occurred at a dose which represents 63-fold greater exposure than occurs at the human therapeutic dose. None of these observed effects is considered to be clinically relevant to the treatment of patients with exemestane.
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Sugar-coating: Hypromellose; Polyvinylalcohol; Simeticone; Macrogol ; Sucrose; Magnesium carbonate, light; Titanium dioxide(E171); Methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E218); Cetyl esters wax; Talc; Carnauba wax.
Printing ink: Ethyl alcohol; Shellac; Iron oxides (E172), Titanium oxide (E171)
This medicinal product does not require any special storage conditions.
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Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
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Please join us on Thursday, January 23, 2020 for our Noon Time Talk at 12:20 P.M. Brian Byrn, Director/Curator discusses the new installation of works on paper from the MMAA collection. Admission
Please join us on Thursday, January 23, 2020 for our Noon Time Talk at 12:20 P.M.
Brian Byrn, Director/Curator discusses the new installation of works on paper from the MMAA collection.
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Brian Byrn discusses the new Spotlight exhibit of ceramic works by the Kalamazoo-based artist. Jana Hanka will give an art performance on February 1, during the Mid-Winter Blues Party.
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BIONIC MAN MEETS.. THE BIONIC WOMAN
ARMS MOVE BY THOUGHT
Ann GripperExecutive Editor
BIONIC man Jesse Sullivan greets bionic woman Claudia Mitchell with a high five.
The duo are the first amputees in the world to be fitted with artificial limbs which they can control by thought alone.
Former US Marine Claudia, 26, lost her left arm in a motorbike accident two years ago.
She read about Jesse, 59, who had both his arms severed when he was electrocuted while working on power lines in 2001, and wrote to the pioneering doctor who fitted him with his bionic left arm.
She too was treated by Dr Todd Kuiken and last year became the first bionic woman.
"This arm has allowed me to return to a life that is more rewarding and active than I ever could have imagined," she said.
"Before the surgery I doubted that I would ever be able to get my life back."
The revolutionary technique at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago involves grafting the old shoulder nerves on to the chest. Within three to six months they take root.
The re-routed nerves are still connected to the brain and send impulses back to the muscle.
That activity is picked up by electrodes which send messages to the bionic limb's computer, triggering motors to move the arm.
For Claudia and Jesse that means everyday simple tasks like picking up a cup or peeling a banana are quick and easy.
The procedure is more difficult in women because the surgeon has to avoid damaging the breast.
Jesse, whose right arm is an old-fashioned false one rather than a bionic one, is awkward and jerky.
But he said: "When I use the new prosthesis, I just do things. I don't have to think about it."
Four other men have now received the limbs and Dr Kuiken is hoping to develop a bionic leg.
Claudia mentors other military amputees. The US military has joined the project and it is hoped the technology could help their 448 troops who have lost limbs in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Cooktown Region Aboriginal Culture
Wujal Wujal | Yuku Baja Muliku | Cooktown | Laura | Hopevale
A visit to Cape York and the Cooktown region will enable any visitor to immerse themselves in our region and countries Aboriginal culture. On Cape York we have a representation of two distinct indigenous cultures, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander. Around 50% of the population is believed to be Indigenous. Here we have and practice true reconciliation in our work our play and live alongside each other (European & Aboriginal Australians) in harmony.
Inseparable from the natural heritage the area is also recognised as a series of living cultural landscapes being the homelands of the Aboriginal people. Their lives customs and beliefs are intricately entwined in plants, animals, waterways and seasons which have provided food, shelter and way of life to the Aboriginal people of this region for thousands of years. It is recognised that Aboriginal people have been living here for the past 40,000 years making them the oldest living culture.
As Today’s Custodians of the Mungumby Estate (TC’s) we are honored to be the custodians of this free hold property. We respect the Traditional Owners (T.O’s) of the surrounding Aboriginal Nations; the nation of the Kuku Yalanji people where our property is located and who are our neighbours, friends and work colleagues. Directly west of Mungumby Lodge the Kuku Thaypan people towards the Quinkan Country and Laura; the Gungarde people from the Cooktown area; the Guugu-Yimidhirr people of the Hopevale region north of Cooktown.
All visitors are welcome and we ask in turn visitors respect the culture of the T.O’s of these different nations and the cultural wishes of the Aboriginal people of Australia. Below is a break down of these distinct areas that we live and work within. We keep this information concise yet informative to help you plan your time here. Mungumby Lodge offers packages that introduce visitors to these regions spoken of below. For the self drive client we are able to book at no extra cost to their selling price, the below Aboriginal Tour operators. Alternatively you can contact each separately yourself if you prefer
28th Sept 2008
“We thoroughly enjoyed our meeting on our traditional lands (Bubu). It was great making decisions about Yalanji business on Yalanji land. Your staff are very professional in their hospitality towards the traditional owners of this area! Thank you, culturally yours Dilora Friday – Kukunambal, Traditonal owner.”
Wujal Wujal
Wujal Wujal is the Kuku Yalanji name given to the area and waterfalls. Wujal Wujal is a coastal Aboriginal Community 45 minutes south of Mungumby Lodge. Originally founded in 1886 by Lutheran Missionaries, the Community became too difficult to administer due to its isolation and the missionaries of the time withdrew from the area. The Community was again opened in 1957 and was administered by the Hopevale Mission Board which was an arm of the Lutheran Church of Australia. In 1979 following representations from the Community Council the name was changed from Bloomfield River to Wujal Wujal. Wujal Wujal consists of only one clan group. Today a flourishing community grows on the banks of a beautiful river.
Bana Yirriji Silk
Bana Yirriji Art
Bana Yirriji Art Center is a professional gallery space which offers visitors a taste of what Wujal Wujal Aboriginal artists have to offer. A beehive of pottery, printmaking, jewellery and other arts workshop areas showcase the artists at work – a fantastic opportunity to get to know each individual as they put their creativity in motion. As a facility that promotes and supports artists and cultural development in the region, you won’t be disappointed with this neat package of arts and cultural learning.
Take a tour with the Walker Family and learn more about the Kuku Yalanji way of life. A 30 minute walking along the river bank to the falls with a Walker Family member, learning about bush foods, medicines and way of life for the people of Wujal Wujal.
Walker Family Tours
www.walkerfamilytours.com
Yuku Baja Muliku (Archer Point)
The Yuku Baja Muliku people are the Traditional Custodians of Archer Point, which is located 20km north of Mungumby Lodge. These traditional lands border two of Australia’s world heritage areas – the Wet Tropic & World Heritage Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. After many decades of pastoral leases the Yuku Baja Muliku people were successful in claiming this land back, which was returned to thesepeople in 2002. It is now assisted by the Queensland Aboriginal ranger program, so the responsibility of these people is to ensure sustainable management of this region, which is rich in coastal biodiversity. Since this successful land claim was made the land has been thankfully opened up by the Yuku Baja people for all Australia’s to enjoy. Make sure you look after this country and respect the traditional owners wishes.
Yuku Baja country covers 22,500 hectares and is rich in cultural sites, which are entwined with fringing coral reefs, beaches, rainforest, woodlands, mangroves, saltpans, and sea grass beds. The biodiversity of the region includes turtles, dugongs, bennetts tree kangaroos, and striped possums. Furthermore, the region includes some pristine fringing coral reefs and is the convergence zone between the healthy and stable turtle and dugong populations of Cape York and the declining populations to our south. This area is made up of conservation reserves, National Park, resource reserves, nature refuge areas, Aboriginal freehold and freehold land. At Archer point there is a Turtle rehabilitation centre (not open to the public) and ocean side camping is allowed. We all ask people to take their rubbish with them and respect country. Please consider donating to the turtle rehabilitation centre.
Yuku Baja Muliku Land Trust
E-mail: coral.hale@archerpoint.com.au
PO Box 1011, Cooktown QLD 4895
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Cooktown/Gungarde
Gungarde is the community of people who live in and around the area of Cooktown. Cooktown was established in 1873 as a port for the Palmer River gold rushes. As a result of approximately 30,000 prospectors flocking to the area the toll of disease and virus were shocking to this population of Aboriginals.
In the early 1870’s there were an estimated 1,000 Aboriginal people in the Cooktown area alone, with this number reduced to about 100 by 1897. The establishment of the mission at Hopevale contributed to the survival of these people. There is a Gungarde community centre located in Cooktown and many tributes in Cooktown to the reconciliation of white and Aboriginal people. Don’t for get to visit the Milbi Wall (The Story Wall) built by Gungarde at Bicentennial Park
Cape York History
Laura is a small remote township 130 kilometers west of Mungumby Lodge and sealed all the way allowing all vehicle access. Laura is the gateway to Cape York and Lakefield National Park. A township that typifies the Australian outback and what Cape York is all about. The birds feeding in the Mango trees, the native police prison, the traction engine and railway steps in front of the general store and post office. All remaining European tributes to the Palmer gold rush and the Cooktown to Laura railway days. The Aboriginal people from this region were greatly affected by the arrival of the miners and colonising of Queensland. Their history and connection with the land is some of the regions oldest.
Quinkan Cultural Centre
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In the Centre of town is the Quinkan Regional Cultural Centre an excellent experience for Aboriginal art on the rocks and culture. Lex Bloomfield is the manager of the centre. The cultural centre is a region Visitor Information Centre (VIC) and offers a well presented insight to the Pioneering history of Cape York and its rich Aboriginal culture. Whilst visiting the centre, considering booking at tour of the Aboriginal rock art within the sandstone shelters on the escarpments surrounding Laura. Guided tours are conducted with traditional elders such as Johnny Ross (KuKu Thaypan speaker) and Steve. At the centre you can pay and book for self walk options and Aboriginal guided tours. Visit www.quinkancc.com.au for more information. The Ang-Gnarra Aboriginal Corporation is responsible for the Quinkan reserve management.
The Laura Dance Festival is a premier celebration of Aboriginal culture in Cape York. It is a biennial event held every uneven year (ie 2015 with the next event 2017) show casing the culture of the Aboriginal people of Cape York through song, story telling and dance ceremony performance.
The Festival enables the wider community to witness and gain insight into the uniqueness of Aboriginal culture. Festival spectators witness the story telling of Aboriginal culture through dance, language and art.
Guided Aboriginal tours to Split Rock, Mushroom Rock, Giant Horse and others are available at the centre. Please call Lex to arrange or at no extra cost you can book with us online or ask your travel agent.
Quinkan Regional Culture Centre
Lot 2 Peninsula Development Rd
Laura, QLD 4871
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Hopevale
The community was initially intended as a refuge for the Guugu-Yimidhirr people as a result of the Palmer River gold rush. Hopevale is a diverse community comprised of traditional owners (T.O’s) and a mix of people moved into the area.
Hopevale was established as a Lutheran Mission in September 1949, for Aboriginal people from Cape Bedford and Hope Valley settlements. It is located a rough 46 kilometers north of Cooktown.
At the outbreak of the Second World War the Guugu Yimithirr people, along with the local missionary Pastor Schwarz, were interned at Woorabinda, near Rockhampton. In just one month, twenty-eight people lost their lives with nearly a quarter of the people dying over the next eight years from disease and virus.
In 1986 the community of Hope Vale became the first to receive a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) and formed the Hope Vale Aboriginal Council.
Each trust area became a local government area. Incorporated Aboriginal Councils, which elected representatives every three years, manage the community’s affairs which are overseen by an appointed CEO.
The Councils are able to make bi-laws, appoint community police and are responsible for maintaining housing, infrastructure, the Community Development Employment Program (similar to work for the dole), licenses, hunting and camping permits.
Where to see Indigenous Rock Art in Cooktown
Language groups for this region:-
Guugu Yimithirr Gaamay Warra Dhanil Warra Ngurrumungu Warra Dingal Warra Gulaal Warra Darrba Warra Binhdni Warra Nguaagdha Warra Dhiidharr Warra Burrnga Warra Gambaar Warra Dhuubi Warra Nugal Warra Nguymbarr Nguymbarr
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Political Habitat: Notes from an Earth Day realist
Being eco-minded on Earth Day is like being merry on Christmas. It's to be expected. But here are seven things you can actually do to wake you from your eco-slumber.
Peter Dykstra
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I have a really, really hard time getting into the spirit for Earth Day. I think it may be because I don’t think that being green for 0.273% of the year is really going to fix the ozone hole, save the coral reefs, de-acidify the oceans, re-freeze the Arctic, and save the black rhino.
Setting aside Earth Day for a once-a-year symbolic gesture for Mother Nature is sort of like being merry on Christmas Day, then being an absolute jerk the other 364 days of the year.
It won’t get the job done. In some ways, it may even hurt, because Earth Day allows a lot of people to create the illusion that the job is getting done. So go ahead, make my Earth Day and plant a tree. But it may be more important to make all of us better-informed citizens on what’s going right -- and what’s not -- with the environment. Here are a few suggestions.
1) Watch a really smart series of videos from Robin Beck and Brea Morgan at the Rainforest Action Network’s website. Last year, they tackled some of the most egregious examples of Greenwashing -- reaping a public relations reward by making dubious, or outright phony, claims of environmental progress. Robin and Brea take on everything from those infamous “clean coal” ads to Mattel’s efforts to market a girls’ apparel line made from recycled Barbie parts. Barbie, you will recall, is an unrealistically-proportioned tiny woman made entirely from petroleum products.
2) Read a remarkable piece from last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. Reporter Jon Gertner examined “Why the Brain Isn’t Green,” and how we may not be wired to conclusively deal with problems like climate change. While it’s getting more real and present-day all the time, the worst is yet to come -- and we’re societally much better at fixing existing problems than we are at preventing new ones. Gertner also points out that 98% of federal research dollars on climate deal with the science of what our future may look like. Nearly nothing goes into the social science of studying why people don’t seem to care.
3) Get familiar with how your congressmen and senators are performing. The website for the League of Conservation Voters maintains a scorecard of legislators’ performances on key votes. To track who may be purchasing those votes, the Open Secrets site of the Center for Responsive Politics follows the money. You will find, for example, the biggest climate change deniers, like Rep. Joe Barton or Senator Jim Inhofe, are up to their ears in fossil fuel money.
4) Listen to the skeptics. They’re wrong about a lot, and they’re dangerously wrong about some things. Often, they’re wrong for reasons of blind ideology, or simply because they’re compensated to be wrong. But the environmental movement isn’t, and never has been, perfectly right, and the blind ideology thing works both ways.
5) Be skeptical of the good guys. You should donate if you can, but make sure your worthy cause is really worthy. The Charity Navigator website is a good place to start. And for all the good things that are promised out of the economic stimulus for renewable energy, mass transit, science, and more, does anyone really believe that it’s possible for billions of dollars to change hands completely ethically and efficiently? The Open Secrets site is also a good first stop for tracking how well your money is being spent.
6) Think about consumption. Driving five miles to the recycling center to drop off a few dozen bottles, cans, and newspapers may help your conscience, but it’s probably not helping the planet a whole lot: It’s literally a guilt trip.
7) Don’t let the media off the hook. Be skeptical there, too. If environmental coverage seems skewed, or nonexistent, let the editors and news directors know. A site that’s been consistently good at critiquing environmental coverage is mediamatters.org.
Hope this helps. And have a Merry Earth Day.
Peter Dykstra is the former executive producer of CNN's Science, Tech and Weather Unit. He writes three columns for MNN: Media Mayhem on Mondays, Political Habitat on Wednesdays, and Green States on Fridays. (Yes, he writes a lot.)
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17.12.2005 Crime & Punishment
Tema police arrests nine persons for criminal activities
Tema, Dec. 17, GNA - The Tema Police have begun mounting operations at strategic areas in the municipality to rid off drug peddlers and other criminals to enable citizens go about their yuletide festivities without interferences.
In the process, three drug peddlers and six commercial drivers were arrested on Tuesday for illegal possession of narcotic drugs and obstruction of traffic respectively, Chief Inspector Yaw Nketia-Yeboah, Tema Regional Police Public Affairs Officer told the GNA on Friday. Those arrested for possessing drugs were Cornilies Fianoo, 25-year-old "shoemaker", Ibrahim Nuhu and Amadu Nuhu.
He said while Fianoo was arrested in a plantain farm at Ashaiman, the other two Nuhu's were apprehended at the Tema Community Two Mexico Basic School.
They were found with 27 small and five big wrappers containing dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, a pair of scissors, knife and a bicycle.
The six drivers were also arrested in front of the Tema Municipal Assembly for various traffic offences.
Chief Inspector Nketia-Yeboah said they would be prosecuted after investigations.
He said the operations would continue to clamp down on the undesirables before and after the Christmas holidays and appealed to the public to be law-abiding and cooperate with the police in order to achieve their objective.
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The heavily used field had been a hot issue on campus for the past few years. "The old turf had really worn out two or three years before we had been able to replace it," Ms. Dalhmann explains. "Students were most definitely aware of the condition of the field and in an extraordinary way were very vocal about wanting to replace it with the best commercial artificial turf on the market."
Stankowski Field is strategically located at the very center of Mizzou's Columbia Campus. Students feel a sense of ownership of the field, which stands to reason: It really belongs to them. The field is part of the university's recreational department, rather than the athletics and physical education departments.
From morning well into the night, you can see students out on the field for activities ranging from pick-up soccer games and flag football to Frisbee and hacky sack. It's also a place where students can work off excess energy or simply throw a ball around. Activity on the field gets under way at 5:30 most mornings when ROTC training begins and the lights aren’t turned off until 1 am. Attempts to close earlier were met with howls of protests from the students.
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It was important for Ms. Dahlmann that students had a voice in the decision of what surface would be used. "We travelled to a number of installations, compared products, brought samples back for our students to look at, and received their input. Of course they made, in my opinion, the obvious choice with the Mondoturf." Installation was completed by the first week of July and everyone is delighted. On a campus of close to 30,000 students, Ms. Dahlmann hasn't heard a single complaint. "Quite honestly, students pay the fees, their rave reviews are all I need." Did the students have environmental concerns? “When you have a product that's called Ecofill®, it speaks to them.
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New Wi-Fi enabled robot vacuum is Neato’s smartest and best cleaning robot yet
Anywhere/anytime mobile app, legendary navigation and superior cleaning power distinguish new Neato Botvac Connected
Newark, CA—September 1, 2015—Neato Robotics today announced the Neato Botvac™ Connected robot vacuum, calling the new Wi-Fi enabled model the best cleaning robot the company has ever designed.
In addition to enhanced features that maximize the robot’s ability to quickly and thoroughly pick up debris on both carpet and hardwood floors, Botvac Connected can be operated right from the users’ Apple or Android smartphone, using an easy to use mobile app to start, stop, schedule and monitor the vacuuming run. See Botvac Connected in action here.
“Picture this: you’re at work when you learn that unexpected company is on the way to your house,” said Nancy Nunziati, Neato’s vice president of marketing. “You grab your smartphone, access the Neato app and with a couple of taps your Neato robot immediately starts cleaning. Your floors – at least – are clean when your guests arrive.”
According to Neato, Botvac Connected cleans twice the area in the same amount of time and has twice the airflow of competitors. And when cleaning carpet, Neato picks up 50% more fine dust and cleans four times closer to walls.
“Add to this our unique laser-guided navigation and the ability to vacuum your home right from your smartphone and it’s easy to see why Botvac Connected is setting a new standard for robot vacuums,” said Giacomo Marini, Neato’s chairman and chief executive officer.
The new Botvac Connected features:
Anytime/anywhere vacuuming: When Botvac Connected is paired with a home Wi-Fi network and the Neato app, users can remotely set up a regular vacuuming schedule, start a full house or spot clean, stop or pause the robot and get instant notifications about the status of the vacuuming run.
Remote control from the Neato app: Users can direct the robot’s vacuuming path right from the Neato app when connected to the home network, moving Botvac Connected to clean wherever the user chooses.
High capacity Lithium Ion battery: Improves the robot vacuuming experience with increased run times and a longer life span than a conventional battery.
Two new cleaning modes: Users can choose between Eco Mode for a longer, quieter energy saving clean, or Turbo Mode for super-powered cleaning, with maximum pick up. Eco Mode will clean for up to 120 minutes while Turbo Mode has a run time of up to 90 minutes.
Ultra performance filter: Botvac Connected features a new filter that captures up to twice the small particles (0.3 microns) compared to competitors. A new filter design makes it easy to pop out when emptying the dirt bin, and a new mesh screen keeps dirt from accumulating on the filter, making it easier to clean.
All Neato robots use the company’s patented Neato Botvision™ technology that combines laser scanning, continuous room mapping and real time object detection to plan the most efficient course to clean a home. This means Neato alters its navigation instantly when a new obstacle enters its path. It can work in the dark, moves from room to room, and knows when to return to its base for recharging — and then automatically goes back to the exact spot where it left off to finish the job. Unlike round robot vacuums that randomly bounce around a room, Neato moves in a methodical, straight-line path.
Neato’s advanced SpinFlow™ Power Clean system combines powerful suction and precision brushes to clean all types of floors. Neato’s unique D-shape and patented CornerClever™ technology means Neato moves deftly into corners. With the largest brushes and dirt bins on the market, Neato covers more square footage and picks up more debris than any other robot vacuum.
Botvac Connected is part of the well-regarded Neato Botvac™ Series of robot vacuums. Along with the popular Neato XV™ Series, the robots are available at all major online and brick and mortar retail partners. Botvac Connected will be available starting in the fourth quarter of 2015, with a suggested retail price of $699.
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29 years of helping you with your finances
Average mortgage fees rise by 17%
Cathy Adams
The average mortgage fee has risen by £151 over the past year, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk.
An average arrangement fee now stands at £1,030, an increase of 17% year-on-year.
The most expensive fee comes from Accord Mortgages at £3,800, while Precise Mortgages charges the highest percentage fee at 2%.
Moneyfacts.co.uk found that only 12% of mortgages charge no arrangement fee.
Drop in mortgage rates
News of higher arrangement fees comes as the average five-year fixed-rate mortgage drops under 5% for the first time.
The average rate on a five-year fix now sits at 4.99%, with Chelsea Building Society recently launching a five-year fixed product at a record low of 3.39%.
In addition, the average two-year fixed rate has fallen to 4.24%, while a three-year fixed rate has slipped to 4.74%.
Recently, Nationwide Building Society slashed its two-year fixed-rate products by 0.25% and selected three-year mortgages by 0.5%, while Skipton Building Society has cut rates on its three-year fixes by up to 0.3%.
David Hollingworth, mortgage expert at independent broker London & County, says the slashed rates come with the expectation that an increase in interest rates is unlikely in the near term. "However, the attractive pricing of fixed rates is a real boon to those that want to take out uncertainty in their mortgage payments," he adds.
Michelle Slade, spokesperson for Moneyfacts.co.uk, says that lenders are "offsetting" the low rates with higher fees.
"Unfortunately too many borrowers still focus their initial attention on getting the best rate, without taking full consideration of the true cost of the deal. In many cases a low rate with a high fee can work out more expensive than opting for a slightly higher rate, but with a lower fee."
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moovel acquires Validated, a technology platform that offers mobility incentives through loyalty programs
moovel (becoming REACH NOW), the leading provider of mobile ticketing solutions in North America, announced Wednesday that it has acquired Validated, a technology company that allows businesses, universities, retailers and restaurants to subsidize transportation for customers and employees and helps drive retail traffic to brick-and-mortar stores by offering ride subsidies to users of shared mobility services.
Digital mobility budget: MaaS pioneer moovel helps companies make employee mobility more flexible
The moovel Group GmbH has launched an app-based mobility budget for more than 3,000 Daimler Financial Services employees in Germany: The ”Mobility Budget" includes a credit, which employees can use according to their personal preferences and book and pay for various mobility services using moovel's multimodal apps. The services include bus and train, the car sharing services car2go and DriveNow, the ridehailing service mytaxi and rental bikes. All offers can be booked and paid for directly via moovel apps - depending on availability in the respective city.
BMW Group and Daimler AG invest more than one billion euro in joint mobility services provider
The BMW Group and Daimler AG are pooling their mobility services to create a new global player providing sustainable urban mobility for customers. The two companies are investing more than €1 billion in total to develop and more closely intermesh their offerings for car-sharing, ride-hailing, parking, charging and multimodal transport. The cooperation comprises five joint ventures: REACH NOW for multimodal services, CHARGE NOW for charging, FREE NOW for taxi ride-hailing, PARK NOW for parking and SHARE NOW for car-sharing.
Mobility-as-a Service pioneer moovel: 6.5 million users, growth rate of 69%
moovel Group GmbH has a customer base of 6.5 million people as of 31 January 2019, reflecting a growth rate of 69 percent in the last 12 months. Apps such as "Mobil in Düsseldorf" underline the innovative strength of the tech company. In the USA, moovel cooperates with 18 transportation companies, underscoring its market leadership in the field of mobile ticketing solutions for local transportation companies.
moovel and BART to Pilot New Mobile Ticketing App for Airport Trips
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and moovel, announced today the launch of a new mobile ticketing app that will provide discounted fares for groups riding to and from Bay Area airports.
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German Design Award: the moovel lab children's book "Where Do Cars Go at Night?" receives a prize from the German Design Council
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Award-winning moovel lab project: "Roads to Rome" has been acknowledged with three prizes
The moovel lab "Roads to Rome" project was presented with the "Kantar Information is Beautiful Award" in London yesterday.
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Exclusive! Tom Fletcher: ‘Dougie Rapped To Get Baby Buzz To Sleep Once’
Section: Toddler Development & milestones
The hunting habits of the T-Rex. A slightly unorthodox baby-sleep trick. How to enlist a massive US actor as a super fan. Yep, M&B learnt a lot during a 15-minute interview with Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter
As well as being in a band and – in Tom’s case – enjoying new dad life with five-month-old son Buzz, the McFly-turned-McBusted pair are behind a series of kids’ books, the third of which has just been released.
The Dinosaur That Pooped The Past sticks with the key themes of the first two stories – dinosaurs and poo – but adds in a bit of time travel that toddlers will love.
M&B caught up with Tom and Dougie to find out why dinosaurs make them tick and how Buzz is getting on.
Q: So, what’s your writing process?
Tom: There are fields at the back of my house and one of them has a fallen tree. If it’s sunny, we just go and sit there to write. It’s like we’re pretending to be in Winnie The Pooh – all that’s missing is a picnic basket. Although last time we were there, a massive swarm of bees flew really closely past us. I was like “Dougie, don’t move”. It was one of the weirdest moments of my life.
It’s like we’re pretending to be in Winnie The Pooh – all that’s missing is a picnic basket. Although last time we were there, a massive swarm of bees flew really closely past us
Q: What is it about dinosaurs that make them good for children’s books?
Dougie: Dinosaurs are rad. Although apparently the T-Rex wasn’t actually a hunter – he was a giant scavenger that probably had feathers. If you think about it, all the hunters we have these days are pretty epic, fast and agile, but the T-Rex was huge with tiny puny hands and bad vision.
Tom: We both grew up loving dinosaurs, like Dougie used to breed reptiles…
Dougie: Which aren’t dinosaurs.
Tom: No, but they’re in the same vein.
Dougie: I loved Denver, the Last Dinosaur growing up. My mum took me to the Natural History Museum for the first time when I was three because she was trying to explain to me what Denver and dinosaurs were. I was blown away.
With Tom, Dougie... and Dinosaur
Q: Tom, what’s it like being able to read the books to Buzz?
Tom: Really, really cool. He can’t completely understand what the stories are about – he just likes the pictures and the fact that I read them stupidly. But I actually want to stop reading them to him, so that when he’s old enough to understand, he won’t know what’s coming and will laugh. It’s like if I tell him every day that Darth Vadar is Luke’s dad, he won’t have the shock moment when he sees The Empire Strikes Back.
Q: How’s he getting on?
Tom: He can sit up on his own now and grab things. We’ll start him on solids soon, too – I sit with my cereal bowl on his highchair and he watches my mouth as I eat and practices chewing… like he’s working it out.
I sit with my cereal bowl on Buzz's highchair and he watches my mouth as I eat and practices chewing… like he’s working it out.
He can’t crawl yet, but if you put him on the floor on his front, he’ll suddenly end up here and facing the other way. I don’t know how. It’s like when you watch a snail: it doesn’t move, but as soon as you turn your back…
Q: Dougie, are you the best with Buzz out of the boys in the band?
Dougie: Because there’s nobody else here I’m going to go with ‘Yes’. Actually, I’m better than Tom with him.
Tom: Dougie rapped Buzz to sleep once. I think it was an N.W.A one. Completely inappropriate… but it worked.
Q: Tom, the YouTube wedding and pregnancy videos you made with your wife Giovanna were massive hits. Have you got plans for any more?
Tom: Not at the moment. We want to do more but since having Buzz, and of course everything with the band, I just haven’t had time. We couldn’t believe how popular they were, though.
Dougie: Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad was a fan. A few months ago, I was hanging out with him and he asked what I did. I explained I was in a band and must’ve said something that made him realise it was with Tom. He knew the video and was totally stoked, a massive fan of Tom . I was like “I know that guy. He’s not as cool as you think… I wrote it all for him”.
Q: Tom, do you have a parenting tip for new dads?
Tom: The first month is hard as it’s so brand new. But the mum carries the baby, gives birth, and generally has that instant bond.
Aaron Paul knew Tom's video and was totally stoked, a massive fan. I was like “I know that guy. He’s not as cool as you think…"
And dads don’t start really getting that until about a month in – when your baby recognises you coming into a room, gives you smiles and you’re the one making them laugh.
So, I’d say it’s about patience and, for those first few weeks, looking after mum and making sure she can care for your baby the best she can.
Q: Finally, do you both have a favourite moment in the new book?
Both: The poo bit.
Tom: Actually, my favourite part is when they loop-the-loop on the swing to go back in time.
Dougie: It’s never been proven that once you do that you won’t time travel. So who knows?
Tom: And if anyone has done it, they probably haven’t come back.
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AraVita bubble tea café cools off Cape Coral, Marco's Pizza opens in Lehigh
AraVita, a Miami-based bubble tea café, opened its second location in Cape Coral last week, plus more food news in A La Carte.
AraVita bubble tea café cools off Cape Coral, Marco's Pizza opens in Lehigh AraVita, a Miami-based bubble tea café, opened its second location in Cape Coral last week, plus more food news in A La Carte. Check out this story on news-press.com: https://www.news-press.com/story/life/food/2019/05/07/aravita-bubble-tea-cools-off-cape-coral-marcos-pizza-opens-lehigh/3618865002/
Ashley Collins, Fort Myers News-Press Published 7:00 a.m. ET May 7, 2019 | Updated 11:59 a.m. ET May 7, 2019
AraVita, a Miami-based bubble tea café, is bringing a cool new vibe to south Cape Coral's dining scene.
Featuring a variety of iced and blended bubble teas, the modern eatery opened for business April 29 near Lobster Lady Seafood Market & Bistro on Cape Coral Parkway W.
The shop's signature drink is the bubble or "boba" tea — a cold Taiwanese fruit or milk tea loaded with chewy tapioca balls. The menu also includes smoothies, coffee drinks, hot or iced teas, and baked goods.
Bubble teas, the Taiwanese-inspired drinks made with chewy tapioca balls, are served at the new AraVita in Cape Coral. (Photo: Submitted)
The idea to open a second location in Cape Coral came from a desire to attract a younger crowd to the area, says James Shannon, assistant manager at the Cape shop. Shannon also owns Breaking Bread Bakery and bakes the sweet treats, cookies and cupcakes found at AraVita.
The new shop also caters to night owls, staying open to 10 p.m. six days a week.
"We plan to have board games, a TV projector and are working on attaining a beer and wine license," Shannon said.
James Shannon opened Breaking Bread Bakery shortly after graduating from Cape Coral High School. (Photo: Courtesy Breaking Bread Bakery)
AraVita's menu features about 16 milk teas, with flavors including coconut, avocado and lavender, plus 12 fruit teas (blueberry, mango and hibiscus). Even the tapioca balls, which sink to the bottom of the cup, come in different flavors such as mango and passion fruit. Sizes include 16, 24 or 32 ounces ($4.99, $5.99, $7.99).
There's also a variety of coffee drinks from Narrative Coffee Roasters, also based in Cape Coral.
Shannon said the shop has something for everybody. Parents can enjoy a glass of wine or coffee while their children drink bubble tea.
There's even a wall for taking Instagram photos made of blue-colored wood where social media savvy customers can share their treats with friends.
AraVita is open 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday to Saturday at 1715 Cape Coral Pkwy W., No. 26. For more, visit aravitacoffee.com or call 239-282-2538.
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CoinBundle Launches Bundled Crypto Investment Platform and Takes the Lead Towards Bringing the Next Billion People to Cryptocurrencies
SAN FRANCISCO, September 20, 2018 (Newswire.com) - CoinBundle launched its investment platform today that enables users to buy bundles of cryptocurrencies easily instead of single coins. Users can invest in curated bundles based on their risk profiles and investment strategies with one click for the first time. Investments will be stored securely with a qualified custodian and insured against theft by Lloyds of London, making CoinBundle the only bundled crypto investment platform to get this distinction.
The company is backed by several of the earliest investors of crypto-unicorn CoinBase, including Y Combinator, Initialized Capital and Funders Club. Switch VC and Joe Montana’s Liquid 2 are also backing the company.
Going forward, CoinBundle will focus on enabling the next billion users from emerging markets to take full advantage of investing in cryptocurrencies, participating in the New Internet (Web 3.0), and build an open eco-system for crypto ETFs. Users can invest in 3 bundles initially, developed by the in-house finance team after extensive qualitative and quantitative research: Conservative (CNS2), Aggressive (AGR10) and Emerging (EME10). Each bundle represents a unique investment strategy and philosophy for investors. The company has also developed additional thematic bundles that are in final stages of testing and will be added on the platform shortly, such as the Eco-Friendly, Halal and Asian Tigers Bundles.
More features, such as iOS and Android apps, advanced trading for experienced investors, auto-investing and limit orders will be released shortly. In addition, investors and influencers will be able to create custom bundles and publish, promote and sell them in an open marketplace to earn commissions.
CoinBundle also added a global finance leader Katherine Hensel to its Board of Advisors. Katherine previously founded and was the Managing Partner at Sage Asset Management, a hedge fund with over $1 Billion in assets. She has also served as Chief Investment Officer at several multi-billion dollar financial institutions and family offices. She joins Sir Michael Barber (former head of McKinsey and Company’s Education Practice, Chief Education Advisor at Pearson) and Michael Sinclair (Executive Director of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program) on the board.
CoinBundle has also partnered with several leading tokenized and decentralized projects to give users from 165 countries their first taste of Web 3.0 products through its BundleRewards platform. The team believes this is a true leapfrogging opportunity for emerging markets to adopt the decentralized internet and its associated tokens rapidly at scale.
The CoinBundle team is in conversation with national level governments and is on track to have the world's first cryptocurrency ETF listed on a national exchange. It has already received approval for a cryptocurrency exchange license in the Philippines alongside only a handful other leading blockchain projects globally.
Saad Rizvi, CEO of CoinBundle said “CoinBundle is enabling the next billion users from emerging markets to participate in the cryptocurrency revolution and in Web 3.0. We are achieving that mission by creating the easiest on-ramp for new investors to participate in these technologies, educating them about crypto through our award-winning resources, and enabling them to earn and utilize their first tokens in return for their time through our BundleRewards platform.”
Garry Tan, Managing Partner of Initialized Capital, said “CoinBundle is building an on-ramp for people in emerging markets to invest in baskets of tokens that match their own risk profiles. They are paving a way forward for cryptocurrency infrastructure that's accessible to the next billion users.”
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CoinBundle is a cryptocurrency platform which is bringing the next billion people to invest in CryptoCurrencies and participate in Web 3.0. The company gives new investors the easiest way to build their crypto-portfolios based on their unique preferences and invest responsibly, while minimizing risk through diversification. CoinBundle also enables new crypto-enthusiasts to earn crypto by investing their time in its BundleRewards platform.
The company provides a wealth of educational resources for first-time investors, its Medium Blog being listed as one of the ‘Top CryptoCurrency blogs’ in the world. CoinBundle is backed by top Silicon Valley VCs and investors such as Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Tuesday Capital, Switch VC, Liquid2 Ventures, FundersClub, and Amino Capital.
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Kanye’s gone Godly – but which artists have made the most heavenly tunes of the devil’s music?
Gary Ryan
Kanye West new album is almost here.
O come all Ye’s faithful! Such have been the messianic pronouncements of Kanye West in the past that you might have expect Jesus himself to be asked: ‘Do you have a Kanye complex?’ But now, since the beginning of the year, he’s affirmed his commitment to his religion by hosting regular ‘Sunday Service’ events in the US performing gospel versions of his hits backed by a choir and has composed an album of Christian music entitled ‘Jesus Is King’. To celebrate, here are 10 god-centric tracks that prove the devil doesn’t always posses the best tunes.
Kanye West, ‘Jesus Walks’
What’s the good word? Taken from his debut album ‘The College Dropout’, released 15 years ago, ‘Jesus Walks’ drew praise for addressing Kanye’s religion in hip-hop, silencing doubters who advised him that rapping about his faith would prove a barrier to chart success.
Most godly bit: ‘So here go my single, dog, radio needs this/They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus/That means guns, sex, lies, videotape/But if I talk about god my record won’t get played, huh?’
The Beach Boys, ‘God Only Knows’
What’s the good word? This divinely perfect love song graced The Beach Boys 1966 masterpiece ‘Pet Sounds‘.
Mostly godly bit: It was one of the first pop songs to include ‘God’ in its title; and the band fretted it wouldn’t receive airplay – and be viewed as “square” – because of this.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, ‘Into My Arms’
What’s the good word? Written in the wake of the break-up of his long term relationship with Viviane Carneiro and his brief one with PJ Harvey, this aching, haunting love song opens Cave’s 1997 album ‘The Boatman’s Call’. A paean to loss and sorrow, he played it at the funeral of his friend Michael Hutchence.
Most godly bit: The powerful opening: ‘I don’t believe in an interventionist God / But I know, darling, that you do / But if I did I would kneel down and ask him / Not to intervene when it came to you.’
Morrissey, ‘I Have Forgiven Jesus’
What’s the good word? Taken from his 2004 ‘You Are The Quarry’ album, notorious grudge-hoarder Morrissey turns the other cheek – while keeping his tongue firmly in it. Channelling his Irish Catholic upbringing, it tells the story of repressed lust – as Mozza forgives Jesus for filling him with desire but shackling him to celibacy. Mind you, while he may have absolved God Jr of his sins, given Morrissey’s increasingly problematic views, it wouldn’t be a surprise if even Jesus (holy) ghosted him.
Most godly bit: The video – released in the run-up to Christmas for maximum piss-taking points – where Morrissey dresses as a priest, replete with clerical collar and rosary beads.
The Source ft. Candi Staton, ‘You Got the Love’
What’s the good word? Known as the disco diva behind ‘Young Hearts Run Free’, Candi Staton’s best days were considered behind her when she originally agreed to record ‘You Got The Love’ for a 1980s documentary about a morbidly obese man trying to lose weight. Fast-forward to 1991 and the track became an unexpected UK Top Five hit and has remained a ubiquitous rave anthem. Her gospel-tinged vocals – coupled with the fact she re-discovered God in 1982 and has released religious albums in parallel to a career in secular music – makes it sound like she’s appealing to a higher power. Florence and the Machine covered it in 2009, going all Grammarly on its ass by tweaking the title to ‘You’ve Got the Love’.
Most godly bit: The euphoric, spiritual lyrics: “Sometimes I feel like saying Lord I just don’t care/ But you’ve got the love I need to see me through’. Even Richard Dawkins would be helplessly throwing his hands up in the air.
Kiss, ‘God Gave Rock ‘N’ Roll to You II’
What’s the good word? One of the persistent (but debunked rumours) about Kiss was that their name was an acronym for ‘Kids in Satan’s Service’. This blustery power ballad – which soundtracked the 1991 film Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey – was a cover of 1973 song by Argent. Out of greasepaint, Gene Simmons and co genuflect at the alter of rock: ‘God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you/put it in the soul of everyone!’. Famously, you can purchase Kiss koffins, to aid that journey to meeting your rock ‘n’ roll-bestowing maker.
Most godly bit: Paul Stanley’s bonkers sermon at the denouement raises the ludicrousness to Biblical proportions. ‘I know life sometimes can get tough!,” he hollers. ‘And I know life sometimes can be a drag! But people, we have been given a gift, we have been given a road and that road’s name is… rock and roll!” Lighters in the air!
The Byrds, ‘Jesus Is Just Alright’
What’s the good word? One of The Byrds’ best known songs, 1965’s ‘Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)’ contains lyrics taken from the chapter three of the Book of Ecclesiastes. In 1969 they ramped up the Ned Flanders-isms by covering this 1966 ode to the son of God, originally by The Art Reynolds Singers.
Most godly bit: ‘Jesus is just all right with me/Jesus is just all right, oh yeah’ repeated.
Ministry, ‘Jesus Built My Hotrod’
What’s the good word? Appearing on Ministry’s 1992 album ‘Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs’, ‘Jesus Built My Hotrod’ sounds like the Crazy Frog gone speed-metal – with nonsensical lyrics like ‘ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long’.
Most godly bit: The beginning: ‘Soon I discovered that this rock thing was true/Jerry Lee Lewis was the devil/Jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet’, which sounds like a spam email you’d receive before the charming African Prince asks you to transfer £500 into his account.
John Lennon, ‘God’
What’s the good word? The man who once proclaimed that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus declared ‘the dream is over’ in ‘God’, the penultimate track on 1970’s ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ album. Written while he was undergoing primal scream therapy, it’s a kiss-off to the optimism of the decade before and a sour sayonara to The Beatles, as he offers up a Christmas card list of things he doesn’t believe in, including magic, the Bible, Hitler, Jesus, Buddha, Elvis and Zimmerman – adding: ‘I was the Walrus but now I’m John’.
Most godly bit: The title. And the curtain-raising line ‘God is a concept/By which we measure/Our pain’ certainly sets the tone.
Johnny Cash, ‘Personal Jesus’
What’s the good word? Johnny Cash hailed his 2002 cover of the Depeche Mode classic as “probably the most evangelical gospel song I ever recorded”, stripping it of its synth-pop sheen and transforming it into an evangelical turning it into a quest for spiritual fulfilment. You might assume the only Bible that ‘Mode singer Dave Gahan owned was a hollowed out one for passing through customs, but the Man In Black sells it as devotional.
Most godly bit: “Lift up the receiver/I’ll make you a believer”, sounding like he should be commanding a cult of sackcloth-and-ashes disciples.
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Four years ago Jacky and I visited Tampere for the first time and were impressed with what we saw. We resolved to come back again and after years of dilly-dallying we stayed true to our word and visited the city again. Tampere, situated in south-central Finland (I always chuckle when most locals from the south call it central Finland when the country stretches far beyond) is nearly equidistant from Turku and Helsinki which are located to the south-west and south-east of the city. Tampere is one of the prettiest cities in all of Finland and would rank as our second favorite city (Turku natives would give me hell for saying this) in the ‘Land of a Thousand Lakes’. Founded in 1779 as an industrial outpost, the city’s population has now swelled to over 225,000 which makes it the largest inland city in the Nordic region. It is conveniently located at the confluence of two lakes, viz. Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi, which are joined by the Tammerkoski, a stretch of rapids.
Tampere has been at the heart of Finnish industrialization since the very beginning and was aptly bestowed with the moniker ‘Manchester of the North’. Over the years though, Tampere has reinvented its image from that of a center of heavy industry to a hi-tech research, education, business and culture hub. The city is very tourist friendly and all the main attractions are at a walking distance from each other. Here are some of the highlights of this vibrant city.
The charming central square (Keskustori) of Tampere is situated adjacent to the bridge where Hämeenkatu, the city’s principal street crosses the Tammerkoski rapids. The roomy boulevard is approximately one kilometre in length and is filled with bars, boutiques and restaurants. The architectural style of most of these buildings dates back to the late 19th century. The streets of Tampere are dotted with beguiling old red-brick buildings which are a reminder of the city’s industrial past but have now been converted into swanky offices, places of culture and restaurants. In the centre square you will find the Old Church (Vanha Kirkko) and the enchanting Tampere city hall (Tampereen Raatihuone), a neo-renaissance edifice.
Alexander Church in Tampere.
The Finlayson historic factory complex is a collection of historic buildings gradually extended from a textile mill started by Scotsman James Finlayson in 1820. It is the ‘old town’ of Tampere and a crucial part of the national landscape. An interesting tidbit is that the first electric light in the Nordic countries was also lit in Finlayson’s weaving hall in 1882. One of the museums inside the Finlayson complex is the Finnish Labour Museum Werstas which connects the steam engine museum and the textile museum.
The highlight of the steam engine museum is naturally the massive steam engine which powered the Finlayson factory. The textile museum has ample memorabilia, machines, and fabric samples on display. It provides a great insight into the city’s history of Swedish and Russian rule, the Civil War of 1917 and the rise and decline of textiles in Finland is explained in displays and through audio. We were both pleasantly surprised at how good the museum was and also that entrance was for free.
The Finlayson Factory Complex in Tampere.
The original steam engine in the Finlayson factory complex.
Folks who crave an aerial glimpse of Tampere should proceed to the Pyynikki observation tower which offers spectacular views of Tampere and the surrounding lakes. For us it is a definite must-see! The tower, despite being only 26m in height sits on the world’s largest esker over 150m above sea level. The eponymous cafe at the bottom of the tower is responsible for making what presumably are the best doughnuts in Finland. The price is rather steep at 2€ a doughnut but they are worth the money and are popular with tourists and locals alike.
View over Tampere from Pyynikki Observation Tower.
View from Pyynikki Observation Tower in Tampere.
While we’re on the topic of food, no visit to Tampere can be complete without sampling mustamakkara or ‘black blood sausage’. This local delicacy is prepared by mixing pork, blood and grinded rye and served with lingonberry jam and milk. The dish while not aesthetically pleasing to look at vindicates itself with its pleasing taste.
If that is not exactly up your alley, you could opt for a plate of chicken wings instead. Apparently, the citizens of Tampere consume about 1/3 of all hot wings eaten in Finland alone. Many restaurants in the city are now serving the American fast food which may be due to the fact that many ice hockey players returning from the States had nothing other than wings on their mind. Who knew?
Mustamakkara from one of the many stalls in the Tampere Market Hall.
Other attractions worth seeing in Tampere include the Orthodox church which is a lovely showcase of Byzantine architecture, the bohemian Pispala neighbourhood with its eclectic villas resting on a slope, Rajaportin Sauna which is the oldest public sauna in Finland and the Pispala Shot Tower.
The orthodox church in Tampere.
Pispala Shot Tower in Tampere.
Okay, Tampere might not be your go-to historic “castle and palaces” town, but what we personally love most about the city are its ample green spaces. You may think it’s Finland so there must be more than enough green anyway and in a way you’d be right. Nonetheless, some of the bigger cities should cut themselves a slice of what Tampere has to offer in terms of well-kept parks and inviting well-developed hiking trails. If you want to stay local, roam around the forests of Pyynikki. Or, if you want to explore further or happen to find yourself in the area, the neighbourhood of Hervanta has several great hiking trails to offer.
Pyynikin Kirkkopuisto, one of Tampere’s many green spaces.
If after all that you still have energy left or you’d rather trade the museums for some action, visit the iconic Särkänniemi Adventure Park. We opted out of this, but a combination of thrilling rides, an aquarium, Angry Birds land, and last but not least the Näsinneula observation tower, will get you a day well spent, especially when travelling with children. Have fun!
Näsinneula Observation Tower in Särkänniemi Adventure Park, Tampere.
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Our final verdict: Tampere is best enjoyed in 1-2 days!
Now, what do you think? Is there anything we have missed? Do you have tips on what else to see or do in Tampere? What was your favourite sight? Share your thoughts and pictures with us. Let’s stay in touch!
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About Mihir
Hi there, I'm Mihir! I was born in India, raised there and in Australia before spending nearly a decade in Finland. I suffer from chronic fernweh and am always looking forward to a new adventure. Besides traveling, my other loves are my beloved cats, architecture, art, beer, classic movies, history, cricket, and Australian Rules Football. Oh, there's also my partner in crime Jacky who's not too bad either 😉
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Tim says
Ah, you really make me miss Tampere. It’s a great city, indeed. Your post is a really good read.
I have to say, though, that you need more than two days to see all the places in and around Tampere, at least if you enjoy nature and doing things outside.
Other beautiful locations to visit are the public sauna in Rauhaniemi, the lakeside in Kaukajärvi (sauna there, too, of course) and the paths leading around Pyhäjärvi which begin already just a little outside the city center (behind the stadium). They all are stunning in both summer and winter.
The Vapriiki and Amuri museums are interesting places to visit and the people with a particular sense of humor certainly will enjoy the spy museum and the tiny Lenin museum.
Mihir says
Hei Tim!
Thank you for your input. Indeed Tampere has a lot to offer which even we are yet to explore! And hey, you can always spend more or less time in any place, but we agree that especially if you want to explore Finnish nature a bit more, 1-2 days will not cut it 🙂
– Mihir
Tapio Suominen says
You missed public art, art museums, theaters, the university, the Tampere Cathedral – – but it is understandable, if you have only 1-2 days.
Hey Tapio!
Thank you so much for your feedback! It’s true, we still have a lot to explore in Tampere 🙂 Unfortunately we were limited in terms of time, but I am sure we will be back soon and we’ll take you up on your suggestion and look into some of the museums in particular.
Aleksi Stenberg says
Thanks for the article! A small correction, if I may:
Despite its name, the Old Church is not the oldest one in Tampere. It was built in 1825, but the old church of Messukylä, some five km to the east, predates it by about 300 years, having been built sometime around 1510–1530.
Hey Aleksi!
Wow, thanks for the info! We’ll make sure to rectify the mistake 🙂 Hm, I think we’ll have to check out Messukylä church the next time then!
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The branch states it received a report from the district about Zatylny frequently yelling and getting “visibly angry” in front of his Grade 4 students.
In one example, he used a gym whistle that was so loud, some students had to cover their ears.
In another, he was reported to have become angry with the class, hitting the wall and desk with his fist and raising a rod as if he was going to hit the wall with it.
The district suspended Zatylny for 10 days without pay, issueda disciplinary letter, and required him to take part in a behaviour management plan.
He was suspended again for 15 days without pay in February 2018 after he approached an education assistant and “questioned” her about the investigation into his conduct. The assistant reported feeling “threatened.”
The teacher regulation branch suspended Zatylny’s teaching licence for three days from Nov. 12-14, 2019, noting multiple previous incidents he had been involved in.
He had previously been suspended for about three weeks in early 2015 and again for three days in March 2016. It was not clear why. He was required to attend anger management counselling and directed to leave his classroom door open at all times, as well as take a course on boundaries through the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.
Zatylny resigned from the Peace River South School District on June 30, 2018.
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Drinking Water and Health,: Volume 1 (1977)
Chapter: APPENDIX C: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX C: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY." National Research Council. 1977. Drinking Water and Health,: Volume 1. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1780.
APPENDIX C Executive Summary The Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (PL93-523) required the Admin- istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to arrange for a study that would serve as a scientific basis for revising the primary drinking- water regulations that were promulgated under the Act. The Study was conducted by the Safe Drinking Water Committee of the National Re- search Council. A thorough study of the scientific literature was undertaken in order to assess the implications for human health of the constituents of drink- ing water in the United States. Assessment of the health benefits and the economic or technological feasibility of achieving a given level of contaminant control was outside the scope of the study, although the beneficial effects of some constituents of drinking water were considered. The risk to man of contaminants ingested in drinking water was evalu- ated on the basis of both epidemiological studies and studies of toxicity in laboratory animals. The theoretical and experimental bases for extrap- olating estimations of risk to low levels of dose were reviewed, and some principles to guide the conduct of this and future studies were defined. Five classes of contaminants were examined: Microorganisms, Partic- ulate Matter, Inorganic Solutes, Organic Solutes, and Radionuclides. A great reduction in the incidence of gastroenteric diseases has re- sulted from the control of pathogenic microorganisms by the standard drinking-water treatments (coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection) adopted early in this century. However, in 1975, more 917
918 Appendix C than 10,000 cases of waterborne enteric disease were reported, but in- only about 10% of these cases were causal agents identified. There are reasons to believe that many cases go unreported. Improved detection and reporting systems are needed to determine more accurately the nationwide incidence and causes of these diseases. Chlorine is the stan- dard disinfectant against which others are compared. While it is not ideal in every respect, much more research is required before any of the pro- posed substitutes can be recommended to replace it in water treatment. Questions concerning effectiveness of disinfection, toxicity of by- products, and residual in the distribution system must be answered for proposed substitutes, as well as for chlorine. Finely divided solid particles are found suspended in many drinking- water supplies, particularly in those not treated by coagulation and filtra- tion. While certain particles may indirectly reduce the efficiency of dis- infection treatments, and act as carriers of some other contaminants, only in the case of particles derived from asbestos minerals are there grounds for suspecting that direct effects on human health may result. Inhalation of asbestos dust for long periods of time has been shown to produce toxic effects, but evidence of the toxicity of ingested particles of abestos minerals is not conclusive. Further research is necessary to resolve this problem. Health eRects associated with 22 inorganic solutes were reviewed. Most were judged to present little or no threat to human health, either because of low concentration in drinking water, minimal potential tox- icity, or both. Thirteen are essential nutrients. Their potential toxicity at high levels and nutritional role at lower levels complicate the issue, but none of them poses a threat to health at the concentrations normally found in drinking water. The inorganic contaminant with the greatest potential for toxicity is lead. The present standard may not provide an adequate margin of safety, especially for infants and young children. The data presented justify reexamination of the current standards for arsenic and selenium. The preponderance of evidence supports an inverse cor- relation between the incidence of cardiovascular disease and water hard- ness, but the underlying causal relationships are not clear. On the basis of their relevance to the purpose of the study, 129 organic compounds (including 55 pesticides) were selected for detailed examination. A list of the compounds in drinking water that are known or suspected carcinogens was prepared after a detailed analysis of the available data. Estimates of cancer risk to man from a lifetime exposure were made
Appendix C 919 when sufficient data were available to permit a statistical extrapolation. These projections were made for 22 compounds judged to be either known or suspected human or animal carcinogens. Of these only vinyl chloride is confirmed to be a human carcinogen. The available data on mutagenicity and teratogenicity also were summarized. Although the carcinogenic effects of the compounds were of primary concern, evidence of other effects was considered. An "Acceptable Daily Intake" (ADI) was calculated for 45 compounds that were judged to be potentially toxic but not carcinogenic. The ADI is an empirically derived value that reflects a particular combination of both knowledge and uncertainty about the relative safety of a chemical. It is the level at which exposure to a single chemical is not anticipated to produce an observable toxic response in man. The ADI does not repre- sent a safe level in drinking water because it does not specify what frac- tion of the potential contaminant intake may come from water. Data were insufficient to calculate an ADI for 61 of the compounds that were considered. The radiation associated with most water supplies is a small propor- tion of the normal background to which all human beings are exposed. Consequently, it is difficult, if not impossible, to measure with certainty any adverse health effects that may be due to radionuclides in water. In a few water supplies, however, radium can reach concentrations that pose a higher risk of bone cancer for the people exposed. Subgroups within the population have been identified that are more susceptible to the adverse effects of certain constituents of drinking water than would normally be expected of the population-at-large.
Index absorption of chemical agents, 29 absorption rates differences between species, 32, 53 At antham`'eba species, 113 acceptable risk, 24 acculturation and hypertension, 407409 acetaldehyde, 686-687 effects on animals, 687 effects on man, 686 acetylsalicylic acid toxicity, 37 acicular crystals, 144-147, 158-159 acrocyanosis, 324 Acrolein, 553, 554-556, 798 toxicity, 554-555 acroosteolysis, 784 acrylaldehyde (see Acrolein) additives, food, 15 ADI (acceptable daily intake), 15-16, 492, 701 factors in calculating, 15 toxicological evaluation standard, 15 adenoviruses, 3, 88, 90, 96, 108 adrenal glands degeneration, 724 necrosis, 724 adsorption and pathogenic transport, 13 catalysis, on clays, 141 adverse dose response, defined, 802 921 aerosols, 140 air pollution, 373 interaction with cigarette smoking, 50 Alachlor, 525, 527-530 dose effects, 527-528, 796 toxicity data, 529 alcohol, ethyl (see acetaldehyde) interactive effects, 50 aldehydes, 553 aldicarb, 635, 637-643 carcinogenicity, 641 effects in animals, 639-640 effects in man, 638-639 toxicity data, 643 Aldrin (see cyclodienes) algae, 63 removal, 185 alkaline earth elements, isotopes of, 868 alkaline earth metabolism, 868 alkylmercury compounds, 274-275, 278 alpha activity. gross, 870 aluminum, 210-212, 218 sulfate, 106 amebiasis, 113, 120-121 amebic cysts, 113, 185 Amercide (see captan) American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 23~231 American Water Works Association, 206
922 Index Amiben, 519-521 ADI, 520, 796 amides, 525-533 (see also Alachlor, Butachlor, Propachlor, propanil) amosite, 144, 151-152, 162, 165 amphiboles, 145-150, 184 Ancylostoma duadenale, I 15 anemia, 238, 249 aplastic, 586 hemolytic, 682 myelocytic, 688 angiosarcoma, hepatic, 784 animal effects, application to humans, 15, 19, 22, 27-39, 52-54, 55-56, 165-168, 490, 791-792 absorption rates, 33-34 cellular barriers, 34 correlating, 15, 22 distribution rates, 33 excretion rates, 33 metabolic differences, 30 animals, test design of laboratory experiments, 34-37, 5~57 homogeniety of, 30-31 lifetime feeding studies, 19 number, 32 selecting, 34-35 size, 31 design of laboratory experiments, 34-37, 56-57 anions, inorganic, 138- 140 anisole, 142 antagonistic interactions of water solutes, 15 anthophyllite, 144- 151, 152 Anticarie (see HCB) anticholinesterase effects, 605 Aphelenchus species, 116 argyria, 290-291 arrhythmia, 782 arsenic, 28, 54, 212, 316-344, 428-430 absorption, 319 beneficial effects, 340-341 biotransformations, 320 carcinogenicity, 326-331, 336, 339, 429 430 chemical interactions, 340 mutagenicity, 331-333, 339, 429 teratogenicity, 339-340, 429 toxicity, 320-326, 333-336, 429 arsenic compounds arsenates, 319-320 arsenic trioxide, 319, 328 arsenites, 319-321 arsines, 321 arsonium, 321 asbestiform, 144 asbestos, 13, 144-168 analysis, 155-159 concentrations in water and air, 152- 153, 189 dust and cancer deaths, 160-163 emission factors, 153 health effects including cancer, 160-168, 189-191 occurrence, 151-155, 189 redistribution, 152- 155 solubility, 150- 151 UICC reference samples, 147, 150, 151 asbestos fibers, experimental studies, 163-168 sampling and analysis, 155- 159 asbestosis, 160 asbestos minerals, 135 mineralogy, 145-150 Ascaris lumbricoides, 1 15 atherosclerosis, 244 atomic-absorption analytical method, 226, 227, 235 Atrazine (see triazines) attapulgite, 137 Aureobasidium pullulans, 177 azinphosmethyl, 604-608 carcinogenicity, 606 effects, 605-606 toxicity data, 608 Bacillus species, 67, 85 back-flushing, 117 bacteria, 13, 63-64, 66-88, 119-120, 179- 181, 186 coliform count, 75-76, 119 controlling in water supplies, 119- 120 correlations with viruses, 110- 111 disease potential estimation, 69-70 dose required for infection, 67-69 enteric, 67-68 gastrointestinal tract, 33 nitrate-reducing, 417
Index 923 standard plate count, 120 Balan (benefin) (see dinitroanilines) baritosis, 230 barium, 207-208, 210-212, 218, 220-221, 229-231, 302-305 base exchange capacity, humic sub stances, 170 beer, cobalt additive in, 248 beidellite, 142 BEIR. See National Academy of Sciences Benefin (see dinitroanalines) benzene, 28, 54, 142, 688-691 carcinogenic risk estimates, 690, 794 effects on animals, 689 effects on man, 688-689 benzene hexachloride (see BHC) benzidine, 731 Benzo(a)pyrene, 691-694 carcinogenic risk estimates, 692, 794 effects in animals, 691 effects in man, 691 toxicity data, 694 Benzoics, 519-525 (see also Amiben, Di camba) Beryllium, 211-212, 218, 220, 231-235, 302-303, 305 beryllosis, 234 cancers, 234 pulmonary sarcoidosis, 234 beta activity, gross, 870 BHC (benzene hexachloride), 583, 585-594 carcinogenicity, 588-590 carcinogenic risk estimates, 591, 794 effects in animals, 587-588 effects in man, 586 toxicity data, 593-594 Bi.fidobacterium species, 75 bioassays, 10, 15, 48, 55, 791 biological receptors, 29 bipyridl, 543, 544-546 birth defects, 389-395 1,2-bis(chloroethoxy)ethane, 799 bis(2-chloroethyl) ether, 710-712 carcinogenic risk estimates, 712, 794 toxicity data, 714 bis(2-chloroisopropyl ether, 799 blackfoot disease, 325 Bloom's syndrome and cancer incidence, 43 bone cancer and radium, 17, 894-896, 898 disease, 282 brain disorders, 784 breast cancer, 50-51 Bromacil, 537, 540-543 ADI, 541-542, 796 dose levels, 540-541, 543, 796 toxicity, 543 bromamine, 109 bromination, water, 109 bromine, 119, 171 bromobenzene, 693, 694-695, 793 bromochlorobenzenes, 799 bromodichloromethane, 799 bromoform, 695-697 bronchi, constriction of, 782 bronchitis, 238 brucite-gibbsite materials, 139 burns, chemical, 699 Butachlor, 525, 527-530 dose effects, 527-528, 796 toxicity data, 529 I-butanol (see butylalcohol, tert-) tert-Butyl alcohol, 697-698 Cadmium, 207-208, 211-213, 218, 220-221, 236-241, 302-303, 305-306 health effects, adverse, 238-239 Itai-Itai disease, 237-239 poisoning, 237-239 Calcium hypochlorite, 4 cancer, 20, 160 (see also carcinogenesis, . . . . . carclnogenlc, carclnogenlclty, car- cinogens, dose-response, risk and in- dividual herbicides, insecticides, met- als, somatic effects) bone, 17, 894-896, 898 dose-response models, 47-48 from asbestos, 13 from fluoridated water, 381-389 gastric, 422, 438 gastrointestinal, 162, 165- 167 lung, 288 mechanisms causing radiation-induced, 885-889 skin, 43 specific, estimating, 889-894 stomach, 387, 422 theories, statistical models, 39-47 cancer incidence, 13, 55 asbestos, 13-14
924 Index fibers, 161, 189 radionuclides, 1~17, 894-896, 898 rates, 40, 49, 55 e-caprolactam, 698-700 Captan, 657, 660 666, 793 ADI, 796 dose levels, 796 effects in animals, 662-663 effects in man, 661 toxicity data, 665-666 carbamates, 635-649 (see also Aldicarb, Carbaryl, Methomyl) Carbaryl, 642, 644-649, 793 ADI, 796 carcinogenicity, 647 dose levels, 796 effects in animals, 645-646 effects in man, 645 toxicity data, 649 Carbon-14, 858-859, 862 carbon activated, 186, 224-225 filters, 107 carbon disulfide, 700-703, effects in animals, 701-702 effects in man, 701 carbon, powdered, in water treatment, 186 carbon tetrachloride, 703-707 carcinogenic risk estimates, 705-706, 794 effects in animals, 704 effects in man, 703-704 toxicity data, 707 carcinogenesis, 25 and ionizing radiation, 38, 885-892, 894-896, 897-898 and synergistic effects, 32 assays, 20, 22 factors in predicting, 22 latency periods, 42, 189 possible thresholds, 38 tests to predict, 22 theories of, 39-47 . . carcinogenic effects, 25 initiators, 15 interactions, 15 mechanisms, 15 modifiers, 15 nitrosamines, 33 pollutants, nonthreshold approach, 21 promoters, 15 sensitivity of tests to detect effects, 27 . . . carclnogen~clty and chemical structure, 791 animal related to human, 53 correlation with mutagenicity, 20, 22, 37-38 carcinogens, 15, 19, 54 additive effects, 49-50 asbestos, 13 chemical in drinking water, 793 definition, 80~802 direct-acting, dose-response relation ship, 39 exposure and cancer development, 21, 30 fibers, 166 167 ingested, 15 listing of, 794 nitrosamines, 416, 438 oral administration of test, 48-49 "positive" controls, 56 carcinoma, bronchogenic, 160 cardiac sensitization, 781 catalysis by clays, of organic species, 140- 143 catalytic alterations, 141 - 142 cation exchange capacity (CEC) and binding of organisms to particles, 181 of soils, 171 cations, inorganic, 138- 140 CDC (National Center for Disease Con trol), 12, 63, 64, 65, 66, 118 cell-culture systems, to detect viruses, 95-97 central nervous system, depressants, 693, 710, 724, 761, 777 cesium-137, 862, 871 cestodes, l l 5 Cheilobus species, 116 chemical agents. (see also arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, selenium, sulfate, and individual herbicides, insec ticides, metals) additive effects, 49-SO and cell interactions, 23 animal testing of, 29-37 distribution by circulatory system, 33 excretion, 29 interactions, 15
Index 925 metabolism, 29 radioactive, 16-17 reabsorption, 29 reactions, 29 reaction with biological receptor, 29 variations in reaction to nutrition and physical environment, 32 radionuclides, 858-865 chemicals AD1 values, 15- 16 effects of injuries, 23 intoxication, 736, 747 safety and risk assessment, 19-62 structure and carcinogenicity, 791 toxic effects, 23 chemiso~ption, removing trace metals, 220 chloracne, 502 chloral, 708-709 Chloramben (see Amiben) Chlordane (see cyclodienes) Chlordeone (see Kepone) chlorinated hydrocarbons, 21, 556-604 See also BHC, cyclodienes, DDT, Kepone, Lindane, Methoxychlor, Toxaphene chlorination, water, 4-6, 21, 65, 86, 87, 93, 105, 108-110, 112, 117, 119, 185, 186 effect on bacteria, 119 effect on viruses, 108-9 history, 4-6 protozoa resistance, 120-121 chlorine cyanide (see cyanogen chloride) chlorine dioxide (Cl02), 109, 119 chlorobenzene, 709-710 chlorodibromomethane, 799 chloroethene (see vinyl chloride) chloroethyl methyl ether, 799 chloroform, 21, 185, 713, 715-718 carcinogenicity, 715-716 carcinogenic risk estimates, 716, 794 product of chlorination water treatment, 21, 179 toxicity data, 718 chlorohydroxybenzophenone, 799 chloromethane (see methyl chloride) chloromethyl ethyl ether, 799 chlorophenoxys, 493-519 (see also 2,4-D; 2,4,5-T; TCDD; 2,4,S-TP; MCPA) chloropropene, 799 cholera, 1-3, 7, 78 cholesterol levels, 442 cholinesterase, 26, 610, 630, 638, 646 chromium, 171, 207, 210-214, 218, 220-221, 241-246, 302-303, 306-307 atherosclerosis, 244 lung cancer, 246 chromosomes aberrations, 875-877, 882 changes in number of (ploidy), 87~877, 882-883 chronic effects, defined, 22 chrysotile, 144-152, 164, 165, 184 cigarette smoking, effect on dose- response, 50 circulatory systems, differences between species, 33 cirrhosis, 26, 330 clay minerals in soil, 169 clays, 135-143 adsorption on, 137-145 classification, 137 removal, 184-185 Clostridium perfringens, 75, 120 coagulation chemical, to remove trace metals, 217- 223 water treatment, 106, 185-186 Cobalt, 139, 208, 211-213, 218, 22~221, 24~250, 302-303, 307-308 beer additive, 248 thyroid impairment, 249 coccidomycosis, disseminated, 495 coliform counts, 75-84 coliform organisms, 67, 71-84 as indicators, 71-74 counting, 75-78 health significance of, 80-84 standards, 78-79, 84, 119-120 MPN technique, 72 MF technique, 72 color, water, 183 community fluorosis (mottling) index, 395 Community Water Supply Survey, USEPA, 77 congenital malformations and dose, 25 contaminants in drinking water (see also chemical agents, pollutants, and indi- vidual items) critena for selection, 9-11, 13 organic solutes, criteria for determining, 14-15
926 Index particulate, where found, 13 problems in assessing, 10- 11 radioactive, 16, 858, 870-872 varied susceptibility, 17 control groups, 28 copper, 139, 171, 207-208, 210-212, 214- 215, 218, 220-221, 250-254, 302-303, 308-309 gastrointestinal tract irritant, 252 glucose-6-phosphate dyhydrogenase, 253 Wilson's disease, 252 coproantibodies, 68 corrosion, piping, in water systems, 206 coxsackie viruses, 89-90, 100, 101 virus A, 95, 96, 100 virus A2, 108 virus B. 96, 100 virus B5, 103-104 "crib deaths," 409 critical dose, 23 crocidolite, 144-152, 164, 165 crotonaldehyde, 799 cummingtonite-grunerite mineral series, 144-149, 154 cummingtonite, 149 cumulative effects, 25 Curie, 899 Cyanazine (see triazines) cyanogen chloride, 717, 719-720 cyanosis, 418 cyclodienes, 556-573 carcinogenic risk estimate, 567-568, 794 effects in animals, 564 effects in man, 563 food, residues in, 559-561 milk, residues in, 559, 561 occurrence, 557-558 standards, 558 toxicity data, 569-573 Cyclops, 115 cytopathic (liquid overlay) method, 95 cytopathology, 96 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), 493499 carcinogenicity, 496-497 dose, no adverse affect, 496, 498, 796 mutagenicity, 496 teratogenicity, 497-498 toxicity, 495-496, 499 Damage, fractional, 24 DBP (di-n-butylphthalate), 720-723 toxicity data, 723 DDE (see DDT) DDT (2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)- 1,1,1 trichloroethane), 178, 568, 574-580 and diet, 575 carcinogenicity, 577-578 carcinogenic risk estimates, 578-579, 794 dose effects, 576-577 in milk, 575 toxicity data, 580 DDT-T (see DDT) debris, organic, 177 deficiency interactions of chemical agents, 51-52 DEHP, di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, 726 729 toxicity data, 729 deletions, gene, 876-877 demineralization, by reverse osmosis, 225 dermatitis acute, 535 chronic, 288 contact, 244, 699 subacute, 535 desalination, by reverse osmosis, 225 developmental effects, 16 diarrhea, 66, 90, 112, 282 diatomaceous earth filters, 107 diazinon, 607, 609-614 toxicity data, 614 dibromobenzene, 799 dibromodichloroethane, 799 Dicamba, 521-525, 526 dose levels, 522-524, 796 toxicity, 526 3,4-dichloraniline, 173 p-dichlorobenzene (see PDB) 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 799 dichlorodifluoroethane, 799 1,2-dichloroethane, 723 effects in animals, 724 effects in man, 724 dichloroiodomethane, 799 dichloromethane (see methylene chloride) 2,4-dichlorophenol, 725-726 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (see 2,4-D) 1,2-dichloropropane, 799
Index 927 1,3-dichloropropene, 799 dichotomous response models of car cinogenesis, 48 Dieldrin (see cyclodienes) dietary intake, daily, and radionuclides, 859-861 differential thermal analysis of asbestos, 159 1,2-dimethoxybenzene, 799 dimethylbenzene (see xylenes) 2,4-dimethylphenol, 730-731 4,6-dinitro-2-aminophenol, 799 dinitroanilines, 547-553 AD1, 552, 796 dose effects, 549-550, 796 toxicity, 551-553 dioctylapidate, 799 dioxins, 493 diphenylhydrazine, 731-733 risk estimate, 794 toxicity data, 733 Diplogaster species, 116 Diquat, 140 diseases chronic, 20 irreversible, 20 progressive, 20 transmission of, 63 disinfection methods, 5, 10, 107-111, 119, 121 (see also chlorination) disinfection, sensitivity to, 73, 118 distribution of chemical agents, 29 disulfoton (see phorate) Di-Syston R (see phorate) Dithane M-45, 655, 657 dithiocarbamates, 650-660 carcinogenic risk estimates, 656-657 no-adverse effect levels, data, 655, 796 toxicity data, 655, 658-660 DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), 19, 27, 51, 88, 37, 38 and 2,4-D, 497 xeroderma pigmentosum and ultraviolet-induced skin cancer, 43, 51 dose rates and mutations, 877-889, 894 evaluation of high animal, extrapolated to low human, 15, 55-56 dose-response adverse, defined, 802-804 curves, 24, 26, 37-39, 51 models, 47-48, 51, 59, 879-896 relationship, 15, 35, 37-49, 51, 58, 802, 872, 886 dose animal related to human, 31 annual, estimated from natural radiation in U.S., 858 critical, 23 duration, 36-37 effective, 41 estimation for heterogeneous popula tions, 25 exponential model of retention of radionuclides, 866 high, of carcinogens, extrapolation to low, 47-49 high, relevant to human carcinogenesis studies, 55 interactive effects, 49-52 low, effects of chronic exposure, 21 maximum tolerated, 54, 56-57 "no effect," 24, 43 "no-observed-adverse-effect," 15, 24, 25, 28, 54, 490 power function model of retention of radionuclides, 866 "safe," 24, 27, 53, 54, 56-57 selecting for experiment, 34-35 threshold, 15, 25 dosimetric models, 866 Dracunculusmedinesis, 115 drinking water (see also chemical agents, contaminants, water systems, water treatment) effects of pollutants, 20 European standards, 78-79 evaluating epidemiological information from health authorities, 12- 13 inorganic solutes, 14 microbiology of, 63-134 organic solutes, criteria for selection, 14-16 origin of constituents, 11 per capita consumption daily, 11 radionuclide content, 859-862 selecting for study, 10 standards, purpose of, 22 U.S. standards, 6-9 dysentery, amebic, 112 dysentery, bacillary, 69
928 Index echoviruses, 90, 100 101 edema, myelin, 737, 739 Edwardsiella species, 67 effects in animals, application to humans, 15, 19, 22, 27-39, 52-54, 55-56, 165-168, 791-792 effects, types of health, 24-27 (see also irreversible, reversible, self propagating) effluents medical, 862-865 nuclear fuel, 865 electron microscopy, asbestos fibers, 156-158 embryolethality, 872 embryotoxicity, 873, 874 emphysema, 238 encephalitides, 118 Endrin (see cyclodienes) Entamoebahistolytica, 112-113, 117 enteric cytopathic human orphan (ECHO) viruses, 90 Enterobacter aerogerzes, 72 enterobacteriaceae, 67, 71-84 Enterococci species, 73 enteroviruses, 88- 108, 120 detecting, 95-96, 100 epidemiology, 91-94 groups, 88 history, 89-91 identifying, 94-101 health effects, 101- 104 recovery from water, 96-97 removal from water, 104- 110 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), v-vi, 9, 12, 63, 75-78 epidemiologic studies of water, 12, 13, 19, 20, 83, 87, 90 human factors, 28-29 limitations of data, 13 epidemiology, 2, 19, 24-29, 58-59, 63-66, 91-94, 112, 118-119, 16~163,795 asbestos, 13-14 infectious hepatitis, 90, 91 epitheliomas, 327 erythema, 697 erythromelalgia, 325 Escherichia roll (E. Coli), 66, 67, 71-73, 100 75,80,81,93, 108 enteropathogenic, 67-68, 93 enterotoxigenic, 66 ethylene dichloride (see 1,2 dichloroethane) ethylmercuric chloride, 275 etiology, disease, 64-66, 120 ETU (ethylenethiourea, see dithiocarba mates) European Standards, for drinking water, 78-79 excretion rates, differences between species, 33-34, 53 exponential model, of radionuclide reten tion, 866 exposure, 24, 27, 28 chronic, 21, 22, 52 dose rate and effects, 53-57 effects, 29 free recovery periods, 24 occupational, 160 plateau period, 899 procedures, 35-37, 47~9 false-negative results, 27, 54, 74 false-positive results, 27, 54, 74 fecal coliform test, 76 fecal pollution, 69, 72 feeding studies, experimental on animals, 19 fenuron, 172 Ferbam (see dithiocarbamates) ferric chloride, 106 "fertile ground" interactions of chemical agents, 51 fiber length and carcinogenic response, 166-167, 189 fiber-length distributions, 150 fibrous crystals, 144- 145 filters, sand, 3 f~ltration, water, 87, 106, 112, 121, 183, 185 membrane, 78, 79, 87 rates, 117 filtration plants, 5 flatworms, 115 Flav`'bacterium species, 85, 86 Flit 406 (see Captan) flec, 106, 186 flocculation, water, 87, 112, 121 flowthrough method, virus recovery, 97, fluorescent antibodies test, 75 fluoride, 369-400, 433-435 birth defects, 389-395
Index 929 cancer and, 381-389 epidemiology, 398, 434 intolerance, 377-386 mongolism, 377 mottling, 376, 395-396, 434 mutagenesis, 389-395 renal dysfunction, 379-381 sensitivity, 377-379 teratogenesis, 389-395 toxicity, 376-377, 434 fluorosis dental, 396 skeletal, 377, 380 Folpan (see Captan) Folpet (see Captan) "food poisoning," 238-239 Francisella tularensis, 67 free radicals associated with soils, 171-172 Freon II (see trichlorofluoromethane) fulvic acid, in soil, 169-170, 185 fumigant, 681-686 fungicides, 650-681 (see also dithiocarba- mates, hexachlorobenzene, pen- tachloronitrobenzene, phthalimides) fungi, pathogenic, 63 gastroenteritis, 7, 8, 65, 66, 83, 90-94, 96, 111, 120 gastrointestinal illnesses, 64, 66, 118, 238 irritation, 252, 295 radiation syndrome, 37 gastrointestinal tract absorption of chemical agents, 32 bacteria affecting absorption, 33 first exposure to toxic pollutants, 31 genetic alterations, 875-877, 884-885 deletions, 876-877 diseases, 16 heterogeneity/homogeneity differences between species, 30, 32, 55-56 makeup and risk, 35, 55-56 risk, estimating, 877-884 germ theory of disease, 2 germ cell mutations, 26, 875-878 Giardialamblia, 93, 112, 114-115, 117-118 giardiasis, 64, 65, 114-115, 120-121 glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase defi- ciency, 253 glucose tolerance, human, 242 granulomatosis, 682 guaiacol (see o-Methoxyphenol) guinea worm, 115 Guthion (see azinphosmethyl) halloysite, 137 haloform formation, 179 halomethanes, 185 hardness, water, 223-224, 439447 cardiovascular effects, 439-447 cholesterol level and, 442 defined, 439, 441 removal by lime softening, 223-224 trace elements and, 442, 446 Hartmanella species, 113 HCB (hexachlorobenzene) 667-674 effects in animals, 669-671 effects in man, 668-669, 671 toxicity data, 673 HCE (hexachloroethane), 734-735 HCP (hexachlorophene), 735-740 effects on animals, 73~737 effects on man, 736 toxicity data, 739 health effects, 22-27 (see also individual microorganisms and solutes) adverse, 9, 10, 13, 16 and need for drinking water standards, 22-26 animal extrapolated to man, 29-37 biological on humans, 20 chronic, 22 no-observed-adverse, 11, 15 predicting adverse, 23 reversible, 23, 24, 26, 28, 53 types of, 20 heart failure, congestive, 323 hectorite, 137 helminths, 112, 115-118, 121 heme synthesis, 258 hepatic excretion rates, differences be tween species, 33 hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis), 8, 88, 90-96, 101, 120 epidemiology, 91-94 from contaminated shellfish, 92 hepatitis amebic, 112 hepatotoxicity, 715 Heptachlor, 556-568
930 Index epoxide, 556-568 herbicides, 140, 493-556 (see also indi vidual herbicides) ADI criteria, 492 evaluation methodology, 490-492 herpes simplex, 326 herpes zoster, 326 hexachloro-1,3-butadiene, 799 hexachlorocyclopentadiene derivatives (see cyclodienes) high LET radiation (see LET and radia tion, high LET) hit-theory models of carcinogenesis, 40-46 hookworms, 115-116 hornblende, 149 humic acids, 169- 174, 177- 179, 185 chemisorption by, 173 DDT and, 178 haloforms from chlorination of, 179 ion exchange capacity, 170 mechanisms of reaction, 173- 174 metal complexes, 171 reaction with organic species, 171 humin, 170 humus, soil, 169 hydrocarbons chlorinated, 21 polycyclic aromatic, 691 hydroxides, 139 Hymenolepis nana, 1 15 hypomagnesemia, 264 hypernatremia, 409 hyperpigmentation, 325 hypertension, 403-409 hypochlorous acid, 108 illite, 137 immune mechanisms, 42 immunochemical methods for virus iden- tification, 97 indicator organisms, 70-75, 97-100 false-negative and false-positive results, 74 industrial waste disposal, 174-176 infantile paralysis, 89 initiator-inhibitor interactions of chemical agents, 50 initiator-promo/or interactions of chemical agents, 50 . . . . mutes, c. 1emlca cumulative, 25 nonreversible, 23-24, 26 reversible, 23, 26 self-propagating, 25-26 types of, 22 inorganic contaminants of water, 14, 138 140 (see also arsenic, beryllium, cobalt, copper, fluoride, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, ni trate, selenium, sodium, sulfate, tin, vanadium, zinc) insecticides, 556-680 (see also chlorinated hydrocarbons, organophosphates, carbamates) interactions of chemical agents, 49-50 (see antagonistic, deficiency, "fertile ground," initiator-inhibitor, initiator-promo/or, organic-clay, synergistic) International Agency for Research on Cancer, vi, 163 ICRP (International Commission on Radiological Protection), 857, 865 868, 874, 878, 887, 889 International Standards for drinking water, 78-79 in vitro tests, 22, 88-89 iodination, water, 109 iodine, 109, 119, 863 I-125, 864 I-129, 865 I- 131, 862-865 ion exchange, trace metal removal, 225 226 iron, 207, 210-212, 218 irreversible health effects, 23-26, 52 assessing, 53-58 congenital malformations, 25 self-propagating, 26 irreversible toxicity, 27, 52 isodecane, 799 Itai-Itai disease, 237-239 kaolinite, 137, 142, 185 kaopectate, 137 Katadyn process, 289 Kepone, 592, 596-599 carcinogenicity, 596-597 carcinogenicity risk estimates, 597-598, 794 effects in man, 595-596
Index 931 poisoning, 595 toxicity data, 599 keratoses, 327 kidney failure, 406 tubular necrosis, 243 Klebsiella species, 75 group, 75 K. pneumonias, 72 krypton, 865 lactose fermentation test, 71 reactions, atypical, 74 latent period, 22 defined, 899 laxative effect, 263, 426 lead, 171, 207, 210-212, 214, 218, 220-221, 254-261, 302-304, 309-311 bone storage of, 257 heme synthesis effect, 258 lead arsenate, 320 Pb-210, 861 Leptospira species, 67, 70 leptospirosis, 67 LET (linear energy transfer, high LET, low LET) see also radiation cancer induction, 38, 888-892 definition, 899 high, sources of, 858-861 low, sources of, 858-859 lethal dose (LD), 37 (see also individual items) leukemia, 586-587, 688 acute myeloblastic, 683 benzene-induced, 690 chronic lymphoid, 683 leukemogens, 688 leukopenia, 688 lime softening, 107, 223-224 Lindane (see BHC) lithium, 442 liver damage, chronic, 586 toxins, 757 log-probit method, of high to low dose extrapolation, 47 low-blood-pressure populations, 407 low LET radiation (see LET and radiation, low LET) lung congestion, 788 lung disease, beryllium, 234 magnesium, 210, 221, 261-265, 302, 303, 311 malathion, 620-628, 793 ADI, 626, 793 effects in man, 622 toxicity data, 627 Maneb (see dithiocarbamates) manganese, 207, 210, 212, 214-215, 218, 220-221, 265-270, 302-303, 311-312 manganism, 269 MCPA (2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid), 509-519 carcinogenicity, 515 dose levels, 513-515, 796 mutagenicity, 515 teratogenicity, 515-516 toxicity, 513-515, 516, 518-519 mechanisms, carcinogenic, 15 membrane filter (MF) bacterial assay, 70, 72, 76, 78-79, 87 membranes, effects on toxic substances, 34 meningoencephalitis, 113 mental retardation, 259 mercury, 207, 208, 215, 220-221, 270-279, 302-303, 312-313 analytic methods, 277-278 ingestion, effects of, 275-276 kidney impairment, 275 Minamata disease, 276 Merkuran, 275 Merpan (see Captan) mesothelioma, 160 metabolism alkaline earth, 870 animal rates, 31 differences between species, 33, 53 factor in dose-response models, 46 glucose, 242 of chemical agents, 29, 33 metachloronitrobenzene, 799 metallic cations, interactions with clays, 138-139, 142 metal oxides, in soil, 169 metals allowable concentrations of, 14 essential, 302 metals, trace, in water systems, 170-171,
932 Index 175-176, 205-316 (see also specific metals, e.g., copper) analysis of, 226-229 decaying vegetation and, 205 finished water, 209-210 in piping systems, 206-209 in raw water, 210-216 tap water, 206-209 removal, 217-226 me/hemoglobin, 416, 417-418, 424, 437 methomyl (see Aldicarb) Methoxychlor, 579, 581-584 carcinogenicity, 583 dose effects, 582, 796 o-methoxyphenol, 740-741, 798 methyl chloride, 741-743, 798 methylene chloride, 743-745, 798 methylmercury compounds, 221, 272, 274-279 methyl methacrylate, 745-748 effects in animals, 746 effects in man, 746 toxicity data, 748 methyl parathion (see Parathion) methylstearate, 799 microbiological contaminants, 12-13 (see also bacteria, protozoa, viruses) microbiology of water, 63-134, 179-183 bacteria, 67-88, 119- 120 epidemiology, 63-66, 91-94, 112, 118-119 helminths, 115-117 protozoa, 112-115 viruses, 88- 111, 120 water treatment practices and parasite removal, 117-118, 120-121 Micrococcus species, 85 microorganism-particle interaction in water, 179-183 microorganisms in water, action of, 179 183 bacteria, 180- 181 disinfection, difficulty of, 179-180, 182 hydroxide gel coated, 186 microbial aggregates, 179 viral aggregates, 179-180 viruses, 181- 183 microscopy (see electron microscopy, optical microscopy) milk of nursing mothers, 575, 758 Mills-Reincke theorem, 7, 8 Minamata disease, 276 mineral fibers (see also asbestos) identification, 155-159 occurrence, 151-155 removal, 184 miticides, 172 molybdenum, 210-212, 218, 220-221, 279- 284, 302-303, 313-314 bone disease, 282 diarrhea, 282 gout, 283 toxicity, 283-284 mongolism, 377 monobromobenzene (see bromobenzene) monochlorobenzene (see chlorobenzene) montmorillonite, 137, 143, 185 monuron, 172 morbidity minor, 26 major, 26 MPN (most-probable-number) procedure of quantification, 70, 72, 79, 80 multievent theory of carcinogenesis, 40-41, 43, 45, 48 municipal waste disposal, 174-176 mutagenesis, 25, 53 assays, 20 chemical, 38 effects, 25, 52, 87~878 measuring in humans, 30, 877-884 mutagenicity, correlation with car- cinogenicity, 20, 22, 37-38 mutagens, 15 (see also individual items) definition, 802 mutations cell, 47 change in chromosome number, 876-877 chromosome aberrations, 875-877 definition, 875 from toxic chemicals, 23 germ cell, 26, 875 induced, 877-884 in offspring, 23, 875-877 rate and dose, 879, 884-888 risk estimates, 879-881 somatic cell, 875, 884-889 mycoplasma, 63, 64 Nabam (see dithiocarbamates) nacrite, 137 Naegleria species, 113 narcosis, 772
Index 933 NAS (National Academy of Sciences), v, 9, 25 Committee on Biological Effects of ionizing Radiation, 38, 857, 872-874, 878-883, 886, 889, 892 Safe Drinking Water Committee, vi, 911 NCRP (National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements), 857, 861, 865-866, 878, 886 Necator americanus, 11 5 necrosis centrilobular, 704 tubular, of kidney, 243 nematodes, 115-118, 121 neoplasms, 21 nephrosis, toxic, 334 neuropathy, peripheral, 757 nickel, 139, 207, 210-212, 215, 218, 220- 221, 285-289, 302-303, 314 health effects, 287-288 nicotine, 747. 749 nitralin (see dinitroanalines) nitrates 41 1-425, 436-439 analytical methods for, 423-424 carcinogenicity, 416, 420-422, 425, 438 toxicity, 416-420, 437 nitrites, 414-416, 418-420, 424, 438 nitrosamines, carcinogenic, 33, 416, 438 N-nitroso compounds, 421, 424, 438 no-effect doses, 24 nomenclature asbestos, 144-145 bacteria, 68 nonane, 799 noncarcinogens, 15 dose evaluation for, 57-58 thresholds, 58 nonmutagens, 57-58 nonreversible effects. 23, 24, 26 nonthreshold approach, 21 nontronite, 137, 142 no-observed-effect doses, 24, 25 divided by safety factor, 54 ''Norwalk agent," 93 NRC (National Research Council), v, 9 N-substituted acetanilides (see amides) nuclear fuel effluents. 865 nuclear weapon testing, 862 octyl chloride. 799 oil pollutants in sediments. 175 one-hit dose response model of car- cinogenesis, 39-40, 45 optical microscopy, asbestos fibers, 156 organic debris, effects on water, 177 organic particles in soil, 135 organic particles in water, 135, 168-179 health effects, 19~191 in municipal and industrial wastes, 174- 176 in soil, 169-174 removal, 185 organic pollutants and clays, 140-143, 169 organoleptic test, 802 organophosphates, 604-635 (see also azin- phosmethyl, diazinon, disulfoton, malathion, methyl parathion, para- thion, phorate) Orthocide (see Captan) oxime carbamates (see Aldicarb) Oxychlordane, 568 ozonation, water, 109 ozone(O3), 109-110, 119 palygorskite, 137, 142 Paracide (see PDB) Paraquat, 543, 544-546 toxicity, 544, 545, 546 parasites, 112-118, 120-121 nematodes, 115- 1 16 protozoa, 1 12-1 15 removal from water, 117 parathion, 626, 629-636 ADI, 796 dose levels, 796 effects in animals, 630-32 effects in man, 630 toxicity, 633-636 Parkinson's disease, 269 particles in water microorganism interaction, 180-183 removal, 188 solid suspended, 179-188 viral interaction, 181-182 particulates, contaminants in water, 13-14 (see also asbestos) particulates, removal from water, 183-186 carbon, 186 clay, 184 mineral fibers, 184 metal hydroxides, 186 polyelectrolytes, 186
934 Index parvoviruses, 88, 101 pathogenic fungi, 63 yeast, 63 pathogens, 67-69 affected by chlorination, 21 bacterial, 69-70 detection in finished water, 69-88 parasites, 117 transport, 13 PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), 756-762 carcinogenic risk estimates, 760, 794 effects in animals, 758-759 effects in man, 757-758 toxicity data, 762 PCNB (pentachloronitrobenzene), 673-681 carcinogenicity, 677-678 carcinogenic risk estimates, 679, 794 effects in animals, 676-677 PCP (pentachlorophenol), 750-753 effects in animals, 751 effects in man, 750-751 toxicity data, 753 PDB (p-dichlorobenzene), 680, 682-686 ADI, 796 effects in animals, 683-684 effects in man, 682-683 toxicity data, 685 pentachlorophenyl methyl ether, 799 perchloroethylene (see tetra- chloroethylene) Pesticide Accident Surveillance System (PASS), 661 pesticide reactions, clay catalyzed, 142 pesticides, 14, 140-142, 493-686 (see also fumigant, herbicides, insecticides) Phaltan (see Captan) pharmacokinetic, 36, 58, 494 phenylacetic acid, 754-755 phenylamide herbicides, 172, 173 phenylmercuric acetate, 275 phorate, 613, 615-620 dose effects, 616-617, 796 poisoning, 616 toxicity data, 619 photosensitization, 669 phthalic anhydride, 755-756 phthalimides, 657, 660-666 (see also Cap- tan, Folpet, HCB, PCNB) picornaviruses, 88 Planavin (nitralin) (see dinitroanilines) plankton, 183 plaque-forming unit (PFU), 89, 94, 100- 101, 103, 182 plaques, 89, 96 definition, 89 plaquing (agar overlay) method, 95 plasma cholinesterase inhibition, 26 pleural plaques, 160 plumbism, 258 plutonium, 865 pneumonoconiosis, 230 poliomyelitis, 89, 91, 102-103 virus, 89 polioviruses, 89-90, 93, 96, 100-105 poliovirus 2, 93 pollutants (see also contaminants, micro- biology, particulates, radioactivity, solutes) air, 373 assessing in drinking water, 19 carcinogenic, nonthreshold approach, 21 effects, 20 fecal, 69, 72 methods of study, 19 oil, 175 predicting effects, 35-37 polonium-210, 858 polyelectrolytes, 106 polyelectrolytes, organic in soils, ion exchange capacity, 171 in water, 177- 179 water treatment, 186 Polyram, 655 porphyria, 502 potassium-40, 858, 859, 871, 896 potassium fixation, 139 power function model, of radionuclide retention, 866 procarcinogens, 421 Propachlor, 525, 527-530 dose effects, 527, 528, 796 toxicity data, 529 Propanil, 528, 532-534 Propazine (see triazines) propylbenzene, 761, 763 Proteus mirabilis, 422 protozoa, 13, 63 parasitic, 121 pathogenic, 112-115, 117-118 removal, 117, 120-121
Index 935 Proteus species, 67, 85 Pseudomonas species, 75, 85, 86 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 67 Public Health Service, U.S., 76, 78 pulmonary diseases, 160 sarcoidosis, 234 Rad, definition, 899 radiation, ionizing, 16, 38, 359, 857-858 adverse health effects, 16-17, 872, 874, 884, 892-898 background, 857-858, 892 carcinogenesis (see somatic effects) carcinogenetic thresholds, 38-39 developmental and teratogenic effects and risks, 872-874, 897 dose estimates, 865-872 dose effectiveness factors, 887-892 genetic effects and risks, 874-884, 894, 897 high LET, 38, 858, 859-861 low LET, 39, 858-859, 873, 878, 886-887 mutagenesis, 37, 877-884 somatic effects and risks, 16, 884-892, 894-896, 897-898 radioactive contaminants in water, 16- 17, 857-903 health effects, 896-898 radioactive CO2 test, 75 radioactive fall-out, 862 radionuclides in water, 16- 17,858-865,870 872 artificial, 862-865 cancer incidence, 16, 894-896, 898 dose factors, annual, 867, 871 hypothetical activity, 870-871 natural, 859-861 radionuclides, retention models exponential, 866 power function, 866 radiopharmaceuticals, 862-865 radium and bone cancer, 17, 894-896, 898 Ra-223, 861 Ra-224, 861 Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, v, 9, 905 Ra-226, 858, 860-861, 866, 869-871, 896, safety, 12, 27, 56 898 definition, 801 Ra-228, 858, 860-861, 896, 898 evaluation of, 801 radon inhalation and cancer, 50 Rn-220, 858 Rn-222, 858, 861 Raynaud's syndrome, 324, 325 receptor sites, differences between species, 34 red-cell cholinesterase, 630 protoporphyrin, 258 rem, defined, 899 renal function, impaired, 379, 380 insufficiency, 704 stones, 238 reoviruses, 88, 90, 96, 100, 108 reverse osmosis water treatment, 97, 225 reversible health effects, 23, 24, 26, 28, 53 Rhabditis species, 116 riebeckite, 144 risk absolute, 899 acceptable, 24 nonthreshold approach, 21 relative, 54, 879, 899 risk assessment factors limiting, 19 procedures, 12, 15, 19-62, 792 risk-benefit, 56-57 comparisons, 21, 57 methods of determining, 12 risk estimate, evaluation, 15, 27-29, 48-49 risk estimating, 19-20, 39, 55-56, 490-491, 890-891 background radiation and, 879, 885, 892-894 genetic effects and, 872-889, 894, 897 radioactive drinking water, 892-894 specific cancers, radiation induced, 889-892 RNA (ribonucleic acid), 88 roentgen (R), definition, 900 ronnel, 142 roundworms (see nematodes) rubidium-87, 858 safe doses, 24, 27-28, 37, 54 and exposure, 28 definition, 54 thresholds, 54 safety factors, 20-21, 24, 27, 54, 801-802 evaluation of, 49-52
936 Index Salmonella species, 67-68, 70-72, 80, 83, 93 S. enteritidis, paratyphi A, 67-73 S. enteritidis, paratyphi B. 73 S. enteritidis, typhimurium, 73, 83, 86 S. typhi, 3, 66-68, 72-73, 81, 93 S. typhosa, 81, 93 salmonellosis, 65, 67, 78 sand filters, 3, 115- 116 for removal of protozoan cysts, 117 saponite, 137 sarcoidosis, pulmonary, 234 sauconite, 137 sediment in water, 86 sedimentation, water, 87, 94, 117, 183 selenium, 212, 344-369, 430-433 absorption, 349, 431 beneficial effects, 364-365 biotransformations, 352 carcinogenicity, 359 chemical interactions, 362-364 distribution, 349-351 mutagenicity, 361 toxicity, 354-359, 431-432 sepiolite, 137 serologic methods for virus identification, 97, 100 serpentine minerals, 144 Serratia species, 67 serum fluoride concentration, 373-374 serum-neutralization test, 97 sewage systems, 175 Shigella species, 69, 70, 71, 73, 80, 93 S. dys`~ntc~riac,, 67-69, 73 S. dysenteriae I (Shiga strain), 69 S. dysc~nt`~ria`, A-1, 68 S. dysenteriae M- 131, 68 S. c~ntc~ritidis, paratyphi A, 73 S. c~ntc~ritidis, paratyphi B. 73 S. c~nt`,ritidis, paratyphi D, 73 S. flexnc~ri, 67-68, 73 S. flexneri, 2A #, 68-69, 71 S. flexneri, 2A ##, 68 S. flc~xnc~ri, type 6, 65 S. sonnc~i, 64-65, 66. 67, 73, 93 S. typhi, 73 shigellosis, 64, 65. 66, 78 sickle-cell disease, 300 silica, 210 silicate minerals (s<~, asbestos) silver, 207, 210-212, 215, 218. 220-221, 289-292, 302-303, 314 Silvex (see 2,4,5-TP) Simazine (see triazines) skin diseases, 326 pigmentation, 50 slime deposits in water, 86 smectite, 137, 139, 142 sodium, 212, 400-411, 435-436 analytical methods for, 409 daily intake, 401-402, 435-436 epidemiology, 406-409 hypertension and, 403-409, 411 softening, water, 183-184 (see also hard- ness) soil particles in water, 169-174 solutes, inorganic, 205-488 defined, 14 solutes, organic, 849-857 defined, 14-16 somatic cell mutations, 884-892, 894-896 somatic effects, 16, 884-889, 894-895, 897-898 self-propagating effect, 26 SPC (standard plate count), 85-88, 120 spermatogenesis, alterations in, 258 standards for drinking water U.S., 6-9 European, 78-79 stannous fluoride, 293 Staphylo~ oc c us species, 75 sterility, 596 Streptococci, 73 fecal, 75 S. b`'vis, 73 5. `~cluinus. 73 Streptr~my~ `~s species, 85 Strongyloid`~s species, 116 Str`'ngyl`'id`~s st<,rc`'ralis, I 15 strontium-90, 862, 866, 869-871. 896 styrene, 763-765 effects in animals, 764-765 effects in man, 764 toxicity data, 766 subchronic toxicology, 21 sulfates, 425-428 laxative effect, 426 removal, 425 sulfhydryl-arsenic reactions, 319, 332 surface water, treatment of, 206 synergistic interactions, 15, 32, 36
Index 937 2,4,5-T (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), 499, 500-513, 796 ADI, 509 carcinogenicity, 506 dose levels, 501-506 esters of, 503 mutagenicity, 505 teratogenicity, 508 toxicity, 500-510 taconite ore tailings, 154 tapeworms, 115 TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p dioxin), 498, 500-513 acceptable daily intake, 509, 796 carcinogenicity, 506 dose levels, 501-506, 796 mutagenicity, 505 teratogenicity, 506-508 toxicity, 500-509, 512 technetium-99m, 865 teeth, mottled, 395-396 terata, defined, 23 teratogenesis, 53 teratogenic effects, 16, 53, 897 teratogens, 15, 793 definition of, 800 effect on water supplies, 16 1,1,3,3-tetrachloroacetone, 799 I, I,1,2-tetrachloroethane, 765, 767-770, 798 effects in animals, 768 effects in man, 767-768 tetrachloroethylene, 769-770 tetrachloromethane (see carbon tet rachloride) Thimet R (see phorate) Thiram (see dithiocarbamates) Thorium, 858, 860 Th-232, 859 threadworms, 115-116 threshold actual, 42, 46 dose and long-term exposure, 27 dose concept, 15, 21, 24-25, 27, 37-47, 54-55, 58, 873 dose-response curves, effects showing, 37 practical, 42 radiation doses, 21, 865-872 thyroid function, decreased, 249 time-to-response models of car cinogenesis, 48 tin, 221, 292-296, 302-303, 315 toluene, 770-773 effects in animals, 772 effects in man, 771-772 toxaphene, 600-604, 796 effects in animals, 601-602 effects in man, 601 toxic effects, mechanisms, 58-59 toxicity, acute, 29 toxicity, 12, 30, 57-58 chronic, assessing in animal testing, 22 data selection criteria, 15 definition of, 803 environmental variables affecting, 36 extrapolation from animals to man, 12, 19, 27-37 laboratory studies, 19 reversibility, 23-27, 53 studies of water, criteria for, 12, 16, 19 synergistic, 36 tests, laboratory animal, 29-37, 55-56 tests, standardized conditions, 30-31 toxicology studies, extrapolation to humans acute, 21, 29 subchronic, 21 toxic substances, criteria for testing suspected, 16 toxification, 58 2,4,5-TP (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxypropionic acid), 509-519 carcinogenicity, 515 dose levels, 513-515, 796 mutagenicity, 515 teratogenicity, 515-516 toxicity, 513-515, 516-517, 519 trace elements, concentrations, 218, 220 trace metals in drinking water (see metals, trace) Treflan (see dinitroanilines) tremolite, 144, 151 actinolite mineral series, 148-149 triazines, 533, 535-539, 796, 798 ADI, 796 dose levels, 796 toxicity, 535-536 tribromomethane (see bromoform) trichloroacetaldehyde (see chloral) trichlorobenzene, 773-775
938 Index 1,1,2-trichloroethane, 775-777 trichloroethylene, 777-781 carcinogenic risk estimates, 779-780, 794 effects in animals, 778 effects in man, 777-778 toxicity data, 781 trichlorofluoromethane, 781, 782-783 trichloromethane (see chloroform) 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, 799 Trichuris trichiura, 115 Trifluralin (see dinitroanilines) Trilobus species, 116 trimethylbenzene, 799 tritium, 858, 862, 871 tumors growth time, 40 malignant, 23 turbidimetry, 187 turbidity, water, 94, 183- 188, 190, 217 causes of, 183 measuring, 187- 188 two-hit dose response model of car- cinogenesis, 45 typhoid fever, 3-4, 6-7, 64, 78, 82-83 UICC (Unio Internationale Contra Can- crum), asbestos reference samples, 147, 150-151 ultrafiltration method to recover entero- viruses from water, 97 ultraviolet radiation, 50 uncertainty factor (see safety factor) UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation), 857, 858, 859, 861, 878, 886, 889 Uracil (see bromacil) uranium concentrations in water, 858 U-238, 859 urea, 142 vaccines, oral, 101 vanadium, 210-212, 216, 218, 220-221, 296-298, 302-303, 315 Vancide 89 (see Captan) Vanguard K (see Captan) variable-threshold model of car- cinogenesis, 45, 46 vermiculite, 139, 142 Vibrio cholerae, 2, 67-68, 70, 73 vinyl chloride, 783-787 carcinogenic risk estimates, 785-786, 794 effects in animals, 784-785 effects in man, 784 vinyl bichloride (see trichloroethane) viruses, 13, 63, 88- 111, 120, 179, 181- 183, 186 correlations with bacteria, 110- 111 detecting waterborne, 94-95 epidemiology, 91-94 health effects in drinking water, 101-104 history of enteric, 89-91 recovery from water, 94- 101 resistance to disinfection, 104-110 water treatment to remove, 104-111 viruses, enteric (see enteroviruses) waste disposal, 174- 176 wastewater, reclamation of, 104 waterborne disease (see epidemiology) water consumption volume, human, 11 water distribution systems, 65-66, 77, 91 water hardness (see hardness, water) water-softening (see lime softening) water supplies inorganic solutes in, 205-488 monitoring of, 76, 86 on ships and waterborne disease, 65-66 organic particulates in, 168- 179 safety, 7 sampling, 76-78 U.S. standards, history, 6-8 well, 93 water systems individual and waterborne disease, 65 typhoid fever outbreaks, 64 municipal and waterborne disease, 65 semipublic and waterborne disease, 65 typhoid fever outbreaks, 64 water treatment (see also chlorination, coagulation, filtration, sedimentation) history, 2-8 indicator organisms, role of, in, 70-71 parasite removal, 117-118, 120-121 particulates removal, 184- 186 trace metals removal, 217, 220-226 transmission of hepatitis A, 91 virus removal, 104- 111 water uses, 17
Index 939 whipworms, 11 3- 1 1 6 ~lson's gases, 252-253 Todd Head Own, 78 xeroderma pigmentosum, 4], j 1 x-ray dieact1On, asbestos analysis, 139 xylenes, 787, 788-789 xylenc1 isomers, 7]0 yeast, phrenic, O If Or, ad, Yusho disease, 738 zinc, 1]9, 17 1 , 207-208, 211-212, 216, 218, 220-221, 299-]~, ]16 Zineb Q~ dithioca~m~es) Zimm 0~e dithioca~amates)
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The N1 is an Android (Jelly Bean) smartphone from the Chinese manufacturer - Oppo. It features a 5.9" FHD IPS LCD with capacitive touch screen giving ~373 PPI pixel density. It has a 13 MP swivel camera with dual-LED flash, used as both front and rear camera. It is powered with a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdraon 600 processor. The smartphone has 2 GB RAM and 16/32 GB of internal storage. Connectivity options includes GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC & USB. The device has 3610 mAh battery on board.
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As mentioned earlier, the N1 is an Android based smartphone from the Chinese vendor and manufacturer - Oppo Electronics. N1 is the company's first device which was launched in the International market on December 10th and in India on January 30th. Below are the detailed features and specifications of the device as per official announcement.
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«Lord of the Mysteries (Web Novel) - Chapter 851: Dwayne Dantès’s New Business
Chapter 851: Dwayne Dantès’s New Business
Leonard stared intently at the portrait of Sherlock Moriarty. His brain had just imagined what the latter would look like without glasses or a beard.
Although this could be quite different from the actual situation and was more of a product of imagination, Leonard increasingly found Sherlock Moriarty very familiar, as though he had known him before.
“How is that possible? He’s long dead! And I buried him with my own hands!” Leonard couldn’t help but shake his head as he muttered with a scoff.
Just as he said that, his expression froze because the person in his memories held a huge secret.
This person had strangely escaped the influence of 2-049 without the help of others!
This person used 2-049’s uniqueness to finish off a Sequence 7 Beyonder, and back then, he was only a Seer who isn’t good at combat!
This person had managed to summarize the acting method within a very short amount of time, and he had advanced to Sequence 8 at an extraordinary pace!
This person possessed a High-Sequence Sun domain charm and had used it with Captain Dunn Smith who wielded a saint’s ashes, successfully finishing off Megose who was pregnant with an evil god’s spawn!
This person’s Sequence 8 Beyonder characteristic had been taken away by Ince Zangwill, but Captain Dunn Smith’s Sequence 7 Beyonder characteristic was left behind!
Perhaps, it wasn’t because Ince Zangwill had taken away the Beyonder characteristic which had appeared, causing it to be missing from the scene, but that it had never formed to begin with! Leonard Moriarty suddenly jolted to his senses as he observed Sherlock Moriarty’s portrait again.
Ten seconds later, he squeezed the words through his clenched teeth: “Klein Moretti…”
He found that the mysterious detective, Sherlock Moriarty, looked more and more like his former teammate, the hero who saved Tingen, Klein Moretti!
And this was under the scenario of him being without the clear discrepancies of glasses and a beard!
Leonard’s had fingers clenched tightly at some point in time as his joints suffused with a whiteness. After a moment, he let out a clear pant as he picked up Sherlock Moriarty’s dossier again.
This time, he flipped with a target in mind, roughly to the time when Sherlock first appeared in Backlund: Early September!
And this wasn’t long after Klein Moretti had been buried!
Leonard Mitchell’s green eyes turned dark as he instinctively flipped through the dossier.
Then, he saw a name: Lanevus!
This was one of the masterminds behind the evil god’s descent in Tingen City. He was one of the main murderers who led to the death of Dunn Smith and Klein Moretti, and the other Nighthawks.
And Sherlock Moriarty’s second record in Backlund was his investigations at the dock for a serial murder; thus, bumping into the disguised Lanevus!
After this, the True Creator’s plan of descending was foiled, and Lanevus died in the sewers. His body was scattered with tarot cards, making it identical in style to the subsequent Hero Bandit Black Emperor.
He didn’t forget the harm that swindler brought… Leonard whispered silently, his expression softening.
He quickly flipped through the documents and sat in his chair, motionless for an extended period of time. It was as though he had fallen asleep from the shadows brought about by the light.
After a few minutes, Leonard finally moved. He leaned into the chair and said in a deep voice, “Old Man, do you think this detective, Sherlock Moriarty, resembles my teammate back in Tingen City, Klein Moretti?”
In his mind, the aged voice said after some hesitation, “The one who joined the Nighthawks because of the Antigonus family’s notebook?”
“Yes…” Leonard answered in a heavy voice.
In his body, the Parasite said after two seconds, “There’s some resemblance.”
After receiving the reply, Leonard once again fell silent. After a long while, he took out a gold pocket watch and snapped it open to determine that it was still morning.
Leonard snapped the pocket watch closed and stood up, nearly overturning the stack of documents.
He hurriedly reached out his hand and held onto the documents. Then, he left behind a note, saying that he had found certain clues and planned to head out to do some investigations; thus, making it possible that he would return very late.
Let me see if someone is pretending to be Tingen City’s hero, or if you’ve always been wearing masks—a secret organization member who sneaked into the Nighthawks. Your true motives aren’t much loftier than Ince Zangwill. You were also targeting something behind Chanis Gate… Leonard no longer had that aloof attitude as his eyes narrowed as he quickly left Saint Samuel Cathedral’s basement.
In Hillston Borough, outside a building with quite a unique architecture.
Dwayne Dantès got off his carriage and saw the building that was built in the style of the late Fourth Epoch.
The building was mostly comprised of huge stone slabs, creating a total of four stories. The windows on each level were like a door and it was matched with a tiny balcony.
Its entire facade had been weathered by the elements, revealing a sandy-yellow color. The stone columns and arches held up a refined porch that made it seem rather magnificent.
This was the East Balam Military Veterans Mess.
Klein waved his cane and pointed at the building before him and said with a smile, “It has quite a historic feel.”
Member of Parliament Macht nodded in reply.
“It’s actually a building built in an ancient style, but it has more than a hundred years of history…”
As he spoke, he led Dwayne Dantès into the club and said to the lady at the reception, “Dwayne Dantès, unofficial member. I’ll be his recommender.”
With that said, he turned to the tycoon and explained, “Not only have you not served in East Balam, but you have never participated in the wars that happened there. You don’t even have a military background, so there’s no way for you to be an official member.
“However, even being an unofficial member will allow you free entry and the use of the various facilities. You will be able to enjoy the delicious food and alcohol, and get to know different friends.”
“That’s exactly what I was hoping for.” Klein nodded with a smile.
After the beautiful lady who was of Southern Continent descent finished the registration, Macht added, “There’s no admission fee. It’s 60 pounds a year for the membership.”
With that said, he chuckled and said, “It’s not expensive, even more so for you. Here, you will get to come into contact with all kinds of weapons. There are enough shooting ranges to provide you with shooting practice. You can even learn horse-riding…”
At a club of this level, 60 pounds really isn’t expensive. After all, generals often appear here, and they have many famous chefs… Klein didn’t speak further as he took out his wallet. He counted 60 pounds and gave it to the receptionist, obtaining a badge with the logo of a forest, ocean, and blades.
“This is a place filled with glory. I’m deeply impressed with your contributions in East Balam.” As Klein wore the badge with a number on its back, he said to Macht, “If I wish to contribute to the cause, who should I look for?”
Macht pointed at the receptionist.
“Just give it to her.
“She will jot it down and announce it on the notice board over there.”
Klein nodded slightly and said, “Alright.”
He then turned his head and made Richardson take out the 500 pounds he had already prepared.
After giving the donation, Klein passed through the beautifully decorated foyer with Macht, arriving at a room that resembled an activity room. As for his valet, Richardson remained outside in the break room. There were snacks, tea, and coffee there.
In the small room, through Macht’s introductions, Klein got to know five officers who were either still in service or were retired. Apart from a particular House of Commons member of parliament, the highest-ranking epaulet was Colonel Calvin. He was presently working at the Loen Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense. However, his actual position was unknown.
According to what Klein knew, for quasi-high-ranking members of the military at the rank of colonel, they were mostly Beyonders—Mid-Sequence Beyonders!
Macht, Calvin, and company quickly began chatting. Klein didn’t interject as he seriously listened to their conversations, occasionally echoing a sentence or two.
In this relaxed atmosphere, Calvin suddenly turned his head and said to Dwayne Dantès, “I heard you were often active in West Balam?”
The colonel had a long face like a donkey’s, but it didn’t look comical at all. His gaze was rather deep.
Klein smiled and replied, “Yes, that place is more chaotic than East Balam.”
Calvin laughed when he heard that.
“Of course. Intis made too many mistakes over there.”
He paused and continued asking, “How is your relationship with the people from Intis over there?”
Klein didn’t understand the colonel’s motive as he bit the bullet and said, “It’s alright. They’re all very greedy.”
In fact, he didn’t know a single one. He had only heard Anderson mention a few names and their corresponding matters.
Calvin nodded and raised another question.
“Are you familiar with the tribes over there, as well as the Resistance?”
“…I know some,” Klein answered vaguely.
He only knew one Intis military leader of the Resistance. It was the former Intis princess, Queen Mystic Bernadette.
Calvin laughed as he took a sip from his cup of red wine.
During this process, no one spoke, including Macht.
After putting down his cup, Calvin looked at Dwayne Dantès again and said, “This is the thing: every year, we would obsolete many rifles and cannons. And directly destroying them or processing them is too much of a waste or costs too much. It’s not a good solution.
“I’m not sure if you’re interested in buying a batch and selling it to West Balam. You can sell it to the regions ruled by Intis, selling them to the tribes and Resistance.
“Trust me. This is definitely a very lucrative business. Of course, it’s also very dangerous. If you’re caught by Intis in West Balam, we will disavow you.”
This… is making me an arms dealer? This is one of the most lucrative businesses… Although I’m not familiar with West Balam at all and lack any connections, I can sell it to Queen Mystic or the Resistance at the Rorsted Archipelago… Klein was tempted as he deliberately wore a mixed and hesitant expression.
“I’ve never done such things before, but it’s definitely attractive enough.”
Calvin laughed and said, “There’s no need to rush to a decision. This is a very important matter that requires serious thought.
“Just give your answer to Macht before the end of the week.”
Klein secretly heaved a sigh of relief and nodded with a smile.
Tingen City. Raphael Cemetery.
Although the afternoon sun was rather strong, this place remained gloomy and cold.
Leonard was standing in front of a grave, staring silently at the tombstone.
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North West farmers are grateful for the generosity of fellow Aussies after driving away from a Carroll property with hay to keep their cattle alive. More than 200 farmers registered with Rural Aid collected an allocation of hay on Tuesday and Wednesday, many of them noting it would help the dire situation greatly. For some, the situation was worsened after bushfires hit their properties. For others, they were down to only about 20 head of cattle after having to cull the rest. Read also: Moonbi farmer Denis Wood is down to 150 usable acres from 1150 acres after fire burnt through his property. He now has about 15km of fencing that needs repairing. "There's a lot of good people ... offering to help," Mr Wood said. "This [hay] is great because I haven't got anything left to feed cattle; I haven't had anything for a long time. "Thank you everybody for all the help. It's very hard and so many people want to help it makes me feel like crying happy tears." Somerton's Jenny O'Sullivan has had farming running through her family's veins for more than 100 years, and has just made the decision to destock some of her herd. "We're going to wean our calves off our cows to give our cows a chance, and this will come in most handy because we don't have any hay," Ms O'Sullivan said. "This will let us ... put the calves in a small feedlot situation and the hay can help feed them, so it's marvellous." Nundle farmer Gary Heggs said his cattle would be happy with a good feed, too. "I've been carting water, and yesterday I took the water cart off and they heard the tractor and they were thinking they were going to get fed," he said. "They won't miss out now." Mr Heggs said he was very grateful to receive the aid, as he was unable to receive other government support. "They reckon I've got too much off-farm income because I pick up part-pension, so I can't get any loan assistance through them to do any infrastructure - so this certainly does come in handy," Mr Heggs said. "I'm on part-pension because my assets are too high to get a full pension, but unfortunately the assets aren't making any money." Farmers who aren't registered with Rural Aid are urged to sign up now. Rural Aid business development manager Craig Marsh said on Wednesday even if farmers didn't need help urgently, it was important to register sooner rather than later. "If it gets to the point where they need aid, we can switch on things pretty quickly," Mr Marsh said.
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December 8 2019 - 3:00PM
North West farmers very grateful for hay relief
Jessica Worboys
Photos: Jessica Worboys
North West farmers are grateful for the generosity of fellow Aussies after driving away from a Carroll property with hay to keep their cattle alive.
More than 200 farmers registered with Rural Aid collected an allocation of hay on Tuesday and Wednesday, many of them noting it would help the dire situation greatly.
For some, the situation was worsened after bushfires hit their properties. For others, they were down to only about 20 head of cattle after having to cull the rest.
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Moonbi farmer Denis Wood is down to 150 usable acres from 1150 acres after fire burnt through his property. He now has about 15km of fencing that needs repairing.
"There's a lot of good people ... offering to help," Mr Wood said.
"This [hay] is great because I haven't got anything left to feed cattle; I haven't had anything for a long time.
"Thank you everybody for all the help. It's very hard and so many people want to help it makes me feel like crying happy tears."
Somerton's Jenny O'Sullivan has had farming running through her family's veins for more than 100 years, and has just made the decision to destock some of her herd.
"We're going to wean our calves off our cows to give our cows a chance, and this will come in most handy because we don't have any hay," Ms O'Sullivan said.
"This will let us ... put the calves in a small feedlot situation and the hay can help feed them, so it's marvellous."
If it gets to the point where they need aid, we can switch on things pretty quickly.
Rural Aid's Craig Marsh
Nundle farmer Gary Heggs said his cattle would be happy with a good feed, too.
"I've been carting water, and yesterday I took the water cart off and they heard the tractor and they were thinking they were going to get fed," he said.
"They won't miss out now."
Mr Heggs said he was very grateful to receive the aid, as he was unable to receive other government support.
"They reckon I've got too much off-farm income because I pick up part-pension, so I can't get any loan assistance through them to do any infrastructure - so this certainly does come in handy," Mr Heggs said.
"I'm on part-pension because my assets are too high to get a full pension, but unfortunately the assets aren't making any money."
Farmers who aren't registered with Rural Aid are urged to sign up now.
Rural Aid business development manager Craig Marsh said on Wednesday even if farmers didn't need help urgently, it was important to register sooner rather than later.
"If it gets to the point where they need aid, we can switch on things pretty quickly," Mr Marsh said.
Farmers can sign up by visiting ruralaid.org.au
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29 Best Mickey Mantle Baseball Cards: The Ultimate Collectors Guide
If you collect Mickey Mantle baseball cards then you know one thing is for certain:
they aren't cheap.
He was one of the most popular players of his era and an icon for one of the game's all-time great franchises.
Mantle put up absolutely incredible numbers over his career...
And we'll always wonder just how much better he might have been had he not suffered that fateful knee injury in the 1951 World Series.
Regardless, the Yankees icon and won the hearts of many fans. And that puts his baseball cards in very high demand.
And in this guide we'll look at all his mainstream cards and some of my favorite oddball issues.
Let's jump right in!
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Mainstream Mickey Mantle Cards
First let's take a look at Mantle's key mainstream cards from Topps and Bowman before we talk about some of his oddball cards.
These are the ones that most collectors are familiar with.
There are 21 in total (counting the white letter 1969 Topps variation) so putting together his "base" set can take some time...and money...
But, if you're up for the challenge, it's an extremely rewarding pursuit and his cards should remain in high demand for quite some time.
1951 Bowman #253 Mickey Mantle Rookie Card
Estimated PSA 8 Value: $125,000
This is the true recognized Mickey Mantle rookie card despite his 1952 Topps issue being commonly misinterpreted as a rookie card.
I've always liked the look of this card with its horizontal layout, the artwork and the depiction of Mantle wearing number 6 as he did very early in his career.
Along with the Willie Mays rookie card, this is one of the keys in the set to own.
Interestingly, although it is his rookie card, this is one of those rare instances when a player's rookie card is not necessarily his most expensive.
That distinction would go to his 1952 Topps card.
1952 Bowman #101
Estimated PSA 8 Value: $11,000
Bowman created another great-looking Mantle card in its 1952 set although it would go with a vertical layout this time around.
Personally, I think this is probably his best-looking Bowman issue due to the colorful artwork, Yankee pinstripes, and facsimile signature across his chest.
I also think this is one of his more undervalued cards.
1952 Topps #311
The 1952 Topps #311 is by far Mantle's most popular baseball card and one of the most recognizable in the entire hobby.
Some would argue it has even overtaken the T206 Honus Wagner as the face of the baseball card world.
Either way, the demand for this card remains sky high. And that has driven up prices making it easily one of the most valuable baseball cards in the hobby.
Mantle's career would start rolling in the 1952 season as he'd go on to make his first of 20 All-Star appearances that year.
1953 Bowman Color #59
Estimated PSA 8 Value: $7,000
In 1953, Bowman would issue its first set to feature full-color photography.
The design of the front were nothing more than that, just a picture of the player with no name, position, or team listed anywhere.
Despite that simplicity, these cards are favorites of many collectors.
Mantle's 1953 Bowman card is instantly recognizable as the young Yankee slugger is shown following through on a monster cut.
1953 Topps #82
If you ask me, this is easily one of Mantle's best-looking cards. The artwork on the 1953 Topps design is incredible.
The image of the young Mantle looking back over his shoulder, stadium in the background and the red nameplate in the lower left all combine to create amazing eye appeal.
Centering and chipping along that red border are two of the biggest condition challenges with these cards.
So, in top grade, these can easily go for five figures.
1954 Bowman #65
The 1954 Bowman #65 is another Mantle card that I think could be a bit undervalued.
The imagery is great due to the blue sky, his bright smile and the facsimile signature along the bottom.
By 1954 Mantle had really settled in and his production at the plate was incredibly steady.
Next up is one of the more unusual but unique designs of any Mantle card.
For their 1955 set, Bowman would choose a layout that looked like a television set.
It was definitely innovative and you can't argue with its creativity.
Those brown borders, however, are very susceptible to showing wear and tear so finding these in high grade can be tough.
After not appearing in their 1954 set, Mantle was back again with Topps for their 1956 release.
And during that year, Mantle would turn in an absolutely monster season that would earn him a Triple Crown Award and his first of three MVP honors.
For that reason, along with its beautiful design, this card remains extremely popular with collectors.
It's the key to the set, with centering being the toughest challenge with this one.
Topps would use full-color photography for the first time in its 1957 set.
Because of that, this card is a favorite among many Mantle collectors.
The view of Mantle following through on a swing is great but I've always felt the card felt a little drab due to the dark lighting.
Regardless, it's still a great one to own but finding them centered can be difficult.
Mantle would win his second MVP award for the 1957 season and that helps boost the value of this important issue.
Opinions on Mantle's 1958 Topps issue can be mixed because of the orange background but to me it's a great-looking card.
I actually think that background gives the card some nice pop.
However, sometimes you will see them with print markings which can drag down the appeal.
The set overall had its fair share of errors and variations but the Mantle card escaped all of that.
Amazingly, he would lead the league in runs scored (127), home runs (42) and RBI (129) all at the same time during the 1958 season.
To round out the 1950's, Topps produced cards that looked very similar to the year before but with enough tweaks to set them apart.
The names on the front were all lower case and tilted, players were encircled, facsimile signatures were added, and the team and position info at the bottom were rearranged.
I do prefer the red background of this one to the orange in his 1958 Topps release.
Centering and print marks in the background are two primary condition challenges with this card.
I always liked the dual-panel design of the 1960 Topps baseball cards.
This one features a black and white pose of Mantle at bat along the left side and a nice color photo of him on the right.
The yellow name plate along the bottom is a great touch and keeps this card nice and bright.
Mantle put up a solid stat line in 1960 and finished second in MVP voting behind Roger Maris that year.
The 1961 season saw Mantle and Roger Maris going head-to-head trying to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.
Maris would go on to set the new record, finishing with 61, while Mantle turned in 54 of his own and would again finish second in MVP voting to Maris.
The 1961 Topps set came with much better print quality than other sets of the era so finding these in top condition is relatively easier.
Still, rough cuts, print bubbles along the nameplate at the bottom and centering can be common condition issues.
One of the most condition-sensitive Mantle issues of the 1960's due to the woodgrain borders, this one can be tough to find in high grade.
The woodgrain design of 1962 Topps is definitely unique but can easily show wear and tear.
Mantle would win his third and final MVP in the 1962 season so that also adds to the value of this card.
It's a rather plain-looking card overall compared to some of his others.
This is one of my favorite Mantle cards of the 1960's.
I've always loved the dual imagery with the smaller black and white shot of Mantle encircled in the lower right corner.
The design of this card really stands out among the rest.
And the green nameplate at the bottom gives it nice balance.
However, those green borders are very susceptible to showing wear and tear while print dots also commonly show up in that area.
The Pete Rose rookie card is the key to this set and one of the few times Mantle's is not the most expensive.
1964 was another one of Topps' better years in terms of print quality making these relatively easier to find in top grade.
The bold, red block lettering of the Yankees team name across the top gives this card a very solid appearance.
And the demeanor in which Mantle is posing during batting practice also adds to a very serious tone.
Centering is probably the biggest issue you'll find with this card.
The 1964 season would be the last time Mantle would surpass 30 homers, 100 RBI and hit above .300 which helped him finish second in MVP voting that year.
Byt the time the 1965 season rolled around, age and injuries were taking a toll on Mantle and his production would start to diminish rapidly.
But, that didn't stop him from producing some great-looking baseball cards, especially this one.
The 1965 Topps design is also one of my favorites of that decade because of the imagery, color schemes, and that team name pennant at the bottom.
Centering and tilt can prevent these cards from achieving higher grades.
Like his 1964 Topps card, I have always thought this is another case where his card has a very serious look and feel overall.
I think the concentration with which he poses and the red team banner and nameplate are what drive that.
After being named to 14 straight All-Star teams, Mantle would miss out on that honor for the 1966 season.
Estimated PSA 8 Value: $900
Although it may seem a bit plain in design, the 1967 Topps Mickey Mantle issue is bright and full of pop.
The beaming smile on Mantle's face and the bright blue background make for a great-looking card.
This is one of his cheaper mainstream cards as it can be easier to find in top condition.
But, still, cheap is a relative term as with any Mantle card you're going to have to pay up for it.
This is another one of those rare instances in which Mantle's card is not the most expensive in the set--that distinction would go to the Tom Seaver rookie card.
The 1968 Topps is Mantle's cheapest mainstream card as this set was arguably the easiest in terms of print quality.
Centering and wear along the burlap borders can be issues but overall, they're much easier to find in high grade than his other cards.
I want to say this is the only other set in which his card isn't the most valuable due to the Nolan Ryan rookie card also being in the 1968 Topps set.
Opinions are mixed on this card because of the burlap borders but I still think it's a great card.
Yellow Letter Estimated PSA 8 Value: $1,450
White Letter Estimated PSA 8 Value: $14,000
The 1969 Topps Mickey Mantle issue is the one time where you can find his card in one of two variations.
The one with his last name in yellow is by far the most common but it still isn't cheap in top grade.
It's the variation in which his last name appears in white that's far more rare and prices can become sky high for top grade specimens.
Even though the Reggie Jackson rookie card is probably the most recognized in this set, the white letter variation Mantle is more expensive.
My Top 7 Favorite Oddball Mantle Cards
1952 Berk Ross
Notice anything familiar with this card?
Yes, that's the same image that was used on the 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie card.
Although, this time the clarity isn't quite as good as you can tell.
The 1952 Berk Ross "Hit Parade of Champions" cards were thought to have been distributed around the New York area due to the heavy volume of Yankees, Mets and Brooklyn Dodgers players in the set.
Many other teams either had one or no team members represented.
Players like Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio are also included in this 72-card set but Mantle is the most sought-after.
1953 Stahl-Meyer Franks
These 3-1/4" x 4-1/2" cards with rounded corners are some of the rarest Mantle cards in the hobby.
Packaged along with their hot dogs, the Stahl-Meyer company released this set in 1953.
Only nine cards were included, three cards each for each of the regional teams, the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers.
You can imagine how condition-sensitive these cards can be given they were packaged with hot dogs.
Regardless of their condition, just finding one at all can be quite a challenge as these are rarely seen.
1954 Dan-Dee Potato Chips
Another important regional food issue, the 1954 Dan-Dee Potato Chip Mantle features the same image as the 1953 Stahl-Meyer card.
They are a bit smaller, though, measuring in at 2-1/2" x 3-5/8" and they don't come with rounded corners.
These are also very condition-sensitive due to the fact that the oils from the chips with which they were packed often produced a lot of surface stains.
1954 Red Heart
Here is another food issue card, except this time these were offered in exchange for mailing-in labels of Red Heart dog food.
There are 33 cards in the set overall, broken into three series of blue, green, or red background cards.
Mantle may not have been included in the 1954 Topps set but as you can see, that didn't stop him from making deals to appear on oddball issues.
1959 Bazooka #14
1959 would be the first time that Bazooka would print baseball cards as these appeared on the bottoms of Topps bubble gum boxes.
They were also surrounded by dotted lines in order to guide any collector who wanted to cut the card out of the box.
You'll frequently find these with cuts that aren't so straight or that have cut beyond the dotted lines.
Despite how condition-sensitive these are, collectors love them in almost any shape.
Of the 23 cards in this set, Mantle's card is considered the key and this is likely his most beloved of any of his Bazooka issues.
1959 Yoo Hoo
The New York Yankees endorsed many Yoo Hoo products throughout the 1950's and 1960's but this is still one of the more obscure Mantle issues out there.
The black and white image of Mantle give the card kind of a boring look and feel but the facsimile signature and company slogan "Me for Yoo hoo" at the bottom are a nice touch.
You just don't see this surface too often but if and when you do, you'll have to pay up to own one.
1961 Topps Dice Game
The 1961 Topps Dice Game set is one of the company's rarest test issues.
The card actually looks pretty decent overall featuring a nice shot of Mantle in his batting stance.
These cards were never issued to the public and it is believed there are only two examples of the Mantle card known to exist in any condition.
\Because of that rarity, you can see that even in poor condition (PSA 1), this card will fetch a monster price tag into the six figures.
This is just another example of how rarity can drive up the price of cards in this hobby very quickly.
Mickey Mantle's Legacy
Mickey Mantle is one of baseball's most iconic players and this article was an absolute joy to write.
Because he was so popular, there were so many oddball and regional Mantle cards produced.
So, it was difficult to come up with my top favorites for his oddball issues. I may even have to come back and edit this in the future to add more.
What can't be argued, though, is Mantle's status among Yankee legends and other great ballplayers of the Major Leagues.
Throughout his career, he would put up some fantastic achievements that included:
7x World Series Champion
Triple Crown Winner (1956)
3x MVP
20x All-Star
And when you consider he did all that after suffering that devastating knee injury during the 1951 World Series, it's even more impressive.
Mantle goes down in history as one of the greatest Yankees to ever play, and in 1974 he would be immortalized after being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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5 Nutrition Lessons We Can Learn from Olympians
By Kimberly Boyd
In 2008, Michael Phelps made Olympic headlines with eight gold medals — and his breakfast: three fried-egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions, and mayonnaise; a five-egg omelet; two cups of coffee; a bowl of porridge; three chocolate-chip pancakes; and three slices of French toast.
A fascination with foods that fuel Olympic athletes is nothing new. Food historians have found ancient documents describing Olympic feats — and feasts — of epic proportions. In a 15-volume tome from 200 C.E., Milon of Croton, a wrestler who won six Olympic medals, was described as eating 20 pounds of meat and 20 pounds of bread and washing it down with three pitchers of wine (if his food intake is to be believed, Milo would have consumed about 57,000 calories per day!).
Contrary to Milon’s mythical tale, most athletes competing in the 2012 London Games will not be following this kind of eating regimen. In fact, some judo players, wrestlers, and boxers trying to make weight may restrict their calories and minimize fluid intake. Unhealthy patterns of restriction can also happen in sports with higher rates of eating disorders, such as gymnastics, running, rowing, swimming, and diving. Other athletes have found that they feel and perform best when following specific vegan or gluten-free diets. Ten-time Olympic track medalist Carl Lewis as well as tennis stars Martina Navratilova and Venus Williams attribute enhanced strength, endurance, and athletic longevity to a plant-based diet. For swimmer Dana Vollmer, who won London gold in the 100-meter butterfly, her lifelong stomachaches improved and she felt leaner and stronger in the water when she eliminated gluten and eggs from her diet.
Olympic athletes’ diets may seem as varied as the events in which they perform. But as you watch the svelte bodies compete in London, here are some unifying nutrition principles that are helpful take-homes for all of us.
1. Eat to Fuel Your Activity Level
Consider the context for the high caloric intakes of some athletes. Michael Phelps may have a piled-high breakfast plate, but he also burns around 1,000 calories per hour during his workouts. In contrast, the average weekend warrior burns about 400 to 700 calories per hour of exercise. Athletes must eat to keep up with their energy expenditures; marathoners and distance cyclers describe feeling weak after workouts and having unusually sore muscles the next day if they don’t fuel themselves adequately ahead of time.
As athletes move out of periods of intense training, their diets adjust accordingly. Standard daily guidelines are 1,800 to 2,200 calories per day for adult women and 2,200 to 2,500 for adult men (with variation based on physical activity). While calorie-counting shouldn’t be a major focus for a healthy diet, eating appropriate portions when you are hungry is an important principle. In a recent interview, Phelps joked that when he eventually retires from swimming and switches to other activities, like golf, his diet will need to change.
2. Eat Mindfully and Make Good Food Choices
Even when athletes eat maximal calories to match their rigorous training schedules, they’re still intentional about the foods that they choose. Their diets must provide the protein needed for strength and muscle building, and the carbohydrates necessary for energy. Generally speaking, vegetables, fruits, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats are the pillars of Olympic nutrition.
Highly processed foods, refined sugars, and alcohol don’t provide building blocks that are helpful for optimal athletic performance. Some young athletes describe chowing down on pizza and fast food to keep up with caloric needs, but they’re in the minority; most athletes stick to a more meticulous diet. Olympic beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh focuses anti-inflammatory foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables, lean protein, and seafood to avoid causing added inflammation to her joints. Lolo Jones, a world-champion hurdler, allows a weekly splurge to help keep temptation at bay; “One meal a week, I have whatever I want. During the last Olympics, it was wings. This year, it’s burritos.”
3. Eat Healthy Snacks
Athletes deal with hectic schedules, traveling, and varying workout demands. Not skipping meals and eating well-timed snacks helps them stay at their best for workouts and competitions. Soccer star Mia Hamm, now a mother of twins, recommends planning ahead and making sure you bring healthy snacks with you. Trail mix, energy bars, and vegetables with hummus are good options. Olympic gymnastics balance beam champion Shawn Johnson names Greek yogurt a favorite snack; 11-time Olympic swimming medalist Natalie Coughlin prefers making her own dried-plum energy bars. When athletes eat before workouts, they typically choose foods that will be easy to digest and avoid potentially gassy foods like beans or broccoli.
4. Keep Hydrated
Water is an essential component of the human body and plays an important role in the function of cells, tissues, and organs. During exercise, sweating is the body’s primary way of controlling temperature; failing to hydrate appropriately can lead to muscle fatigue, loss of coordination, decreased energy and athletic performance, and other potential adverse health consequences. Even if you aren’t exercising, staying hydrated helps you function at your best. According to decathlete Trey Hardee, “Even if you don’t change your diet but pay more attention to how much water you drink, it will make a difference. You’ll be surprised at how good you feel.”
Olympic athletes hydrate before, during, and after exercise. And they adjust their fluid intake based on heat and exercise intensity. During hot weather, marathon runner Ryan Hall starts his day with 20 ounces of water and drinks at least eight ounces of water before and after meals to help with his digestion. Hall acknowledges, “Water plays a key part in the digestive process. I’ve found that sometimes when I have stomach issues after meals, it’s more related to my hydration level than the food I’ve just taken in.” During runs, he continuously hydrates with an electrolyte beverage. Sports drinks that contain electrolytes help replace sodium lost in sweat and reduce the chances of developing hyponatremia, a condition (in which the level of sodium in your blood is lower than normal) that can be life-threatening. Drinking when you’re thirsty is one basic, intuitive guide to staying hydrated, and having pale-colored urine is another way to ensure adequate hydration. One note of caution, however: If you’re exercising, you may need more fluids than your thirst indicates.
5. Be Smart About Supplements
Some athletes use dietary supplements to try to increase energy, maintain strength, enhance performance, reduce inflammation, and stay healthy. Dara Torres, who, at 45, narrowly missed making her sixth Olympic team at the US swimming Olympic Trials in early July, took amino acids, black licorice, Indian and American ginseng, rhodiola (aka Arctic root), and B vitamins in an attempt to gain an extra edge for recovery and performance. Other athletes take fish oil and basic minerals such as calcium, zinc, and iron to support their bodies through the rigors of training.
Athletes must be very cautious about the supplements they use. Many of the supplement claims haven’t been substantiated by research, and the purity of nutritional supplements can’t be guaranteed. In one report commissioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a quarter of the 600 over-the-counter nutritional supplements that were analyzed contained non-labeled banned substances that could lead to a positive drug test. Although most of us aren’t likely to be subjected to doping tests for gym workouts and neighborhood runs, we should still be wise about what we take. It’s also important to realize that even when athletes take supplements, they still emphasize a foundation of a well-balanced, healthy diet and appropriate hydration for peak performance.
Kimberly Young
Kimberly Boyd
Kim takes a comprehensive, integrative approach to healthcare and values developing long-lasting partnerships with her patients. A compassionate listener and thorough physician, she enjoys helping patients alter their lifestyles for optimal health and wellness. As a former elite gymnast, Kim is also particularly interested in musculoskeletal conditions. She received a bachelor's degree in human biology from Stanford University and continued at Stanford for her MD. After doing her residency training in family medicine at Oregon Health & Science University, Kim completed a fellowship in integrative medicine in a joint program through Andrew Weil's Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona and Oregon Health & Science University. Kim is certified with the American Board of Family Medicine. Kim is a One Medical Group provider and sees patients in our Chicago offices.
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20 Coolest TED Talks for Engineers
With new technology and innovation rapidly changing how we live our lives, practice health care, communicate, travel and even attend college, there has never been a better time to enter the field of engineering. Whether your interest is in designing new life forms or creating innovative computer architecture, there are classes and majors you can follow to suit your passion. In the meantime, here are some lectures that may help to inspire your engineering ideas, from the microscopic to the massive, from some of the world's leading thinkers, builders and engineers.
Kwabena Boahen on a computer that works like the brain: Your brain works faster and more efficiently than even the most complex computers in the world today. For this reason, engineer Kwabena Boahen wants to use the organ as a model for building the next generation of computers.
Eric Giler demos wireless electricity: We're all familiar with devices that can connect to the internet wirelessly, but what about the ones that don't need a plug at all — even to charge? That's the idea presented in this amazing lecture from Eric Giler, a breakthrough that could change how we interact with our electronics.
R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products: While we tend to think of super low-cost products as throwaways, that's not always true. In this lecture, you'll see how some savvy engineering helped make necessities like prosthetic limbs and cars available to even those with lower incomes.
Dennis Hong: My seven species of robot: Robots have long fascinated engineers, whether from a desire to fulfill sci-fi prophecies about human-like automatons or just to see how much can be done to have machinery imitate life. In this talk, you'll get a chance to see some of the basic types of robots that exist in the world today and where they might go in the future.
Saul Griffith's kites tap wind energy: Dreaming up new, low-cost, green ways to create energy will be one of the biggest businesses for engineers in the coming decade. Here, you'll see one way that an engineer is turning a simple design into an amazing way to create a large amount of renewable energy.
Robert Lang folds way-new origami: You might not think of origami when you think of engineering, but it's no different than any kind of product or structural design. Watch this talk to see how one man has used the power of mathematics and engineering to fold impossibly complex forms out of paper, taking the ancient art to a whole new level.
Frederick Balagadde: Bio-lab on a microchip: It can often be difficult to help those who need it most when you're limited by space, resources and budget. That's part of what makes the innovation behind the microscopic lab in this talk so amazing– not only is it an engineering breakthrough, but it's one that has the potential to save lives.
Adam Sadowsky engineers a viral music video: Sometimes, engineering can be pretty fun– or at least entertaining to watch. Listen to this talk to hear how engineers devised a way to make a huge Rube Goldberg machine for a music video.
Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting: There are some marvels of ancient engineering, like the pyramids, that modern man simply doesn't even know how to begin replicating. These water management systems, first designed centuries ago, are also an example, performing their purpose more efficiently than any modern innovation has been able to do.
Robert Full on engineering and evolution: If you're looking for inspiration in your engineering, why not look to the animal world? As Robert Full explains, the bioengineered animal kingdom offers up a wealth of tricks scientists and developers can use rather successfully in their own designs.
David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion:" As you'll get a chance to see in this lecture, robots that show emotion and look more human may not be as far away as you think.
Amy Smith shares simple, lifesaving design: You probably weren't away of the danger that indoor cooking fires pose to children in the developing world, but over 2 million die each year– a very saddening statistic to say the least. Yet, as Amy Smith shares, there is a simple solution that shows the true power of engineering at work.
Joshua Prince-Ramus: Building a theater that remakes itself: Famous for his work on the Seattle Central Library, this architect and engineer shares how he thinks his contemporaries and successors should change how they work through design to create buildings that are dynamic and versatile.
Bertrand Piccard's solar-powered adventure: Where would innovation be without adventure? In this talk, you'll hear how one man wants to use the latest engineering in solar powered aircraft to fly around the world.
Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkable: We often take for granted the ready availability of clean, safe water to drink. Yet many people in the world aren't so lucky. This engineer has a solution with a filter that can turn even the most disgusting water into something drinkable in only a few minutes.
Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?: Mushrooms can be for more than pizza toppings, as you'll see in this lecture, with new innovations helping to turn the fungus into a completely biodegradable replacement for styrofoam.
Mathieu Lehanneur demos science-inspired design: Designer Lehanneur shares some of his favorite innovations in this talk, from miniature fish farms to an antibiotic course in one pill, showing how all of these great designs were inspired by the work of scientists.
Kevin Surace invents eco-friendly drywall: For the most part, construction materials haven't changed drastically in the past century. In this talk, you'll get a chance to see how one man wants to change that, creating a much more environmentally-friendly drywall.
Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives: Every year, millions of premature babies die — something that could be prevented by simple access to an incubator. Jane Chen explains how a new design for this lifesaving device can be inexpensive and effective.
Peter Haas: Haiti's disaster of engineering: Learn from Peter Haas on why Haiti's earthquake was so devastating, and what better engineering can do to help prevent another deadly disaster like it in the future.
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Francis Xavier's arrival in Japan in 1549 initiated an approach to mission that distinguished the Jesuits from all other Europeans for the next two hundred years. In a highly readable and stylishly written book, Andrew Ross shows how the Jesuits' sensitivity to Japanese and Chinese culture contradicted the imperialism of the Spanish and the Portuguese, and allowed the possibility of dialogue between East and West. It is a richly detailed account, exploring the first attempt by western European Christians to realize the universality of Christianity outside European culture, and will be welcomed by students of Japanese and Chinese History, Church History, Religious Studies and Missiology.
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Iron will needed to overcome allies' double game, beat ISIS
By Charles Krauthammer
WASHINGTON — During the 1944 Warsaw uprising, Stalin ordered the advancing Red Army to stop at the outskirts of the city while the Nazis, for 63 days, annihilated the non-Communist Polish partisans. Only then did Stalin take Warsaw.
No one can match Stalin for merciless cynicism, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey is offering a determined echo by ordering Turkish tanks massed on the Syrian border, within sight of the besieged Syrian town of Kobani, to sit and do nothing.
For almost a month, Kobani Kurds have been trying to hold off Islamic State fighters. Outgunned, outmanned and surrounded on three sides, the defending Kurds have begged Turkey to allow weapons and reinforcements through the border. Erdogan has refused even that, let alone intervening directly. Infuriated Kurds have launched demonstrations throughout Turkey protesting Erdogan's deadly callousness. At least 21 demonstrators have been killed.
Because Turkey has its own Kurdish problem — battling a Kurdish insurgency on and off for decades — Erdogan appears to prefer letting the Islamic State destroy the Kurdish enclave on the Syrian side of the border rather than lift a finger to save it. Perhaps later he will move in to occupy the rubble.
Moreover, Erdogan entertains a larger vision: making Turkey the hegemonic power over the Sunni Arabs, as in Ottoman times. The Islamic State is too radical and uncontrollable to be an ally in that mission. But it is Sunni. And it fights Shiites, Alawites and Kurds. Erdogan's main regional adversary is the Shiite-dominated rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad. Erdogan demands that the U.S. take the fight to Assad before Turkey will join the fight against the Islamic State.
It took Vice President Biden to accidentally blurt out the truth when he accused our alleged allies in the region of playing a double game — supporting the jihadists in Syria and Iraq, then joining the U.S.-led coalition against them. His abject apologies to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey notwithstanding, Biden was right.
The vaunted coalition that President Obama touts remains mostly fictional. Yes, it puts a Sunni face on the war. Which is important for show. But everyone knows that in real terms the operation remains almost exclusively American.
As designed, the outer limit of its objective is to roll back the Islamic State in Iraq and contain it in Syria. It is doing neither. Despite State Department happy talk about advances in Iraq, our side is suffering serious reverses near Baghdad and throughout Anbar province, which is reportedly near collapse. Baghdad itself is ripe for infiltration for a Tet-like offensive aimed at demoralizing both Iraq and the U.S.
As for Syria, what is Obama doing? First, he gives the enemy 12 days of warning about impending air attacks. We end up hitting empty buildings and evacuated training camps.
Next, we impose rules of engagement so rigid that we can't make tactical adjustments. Our most reliable, friendly, battled-hardened "boots on the ground" in the region are the Kurds. So what have we done to relieve Kobani? About 20 airstrikes in a little more than 10 days, says CENTCOM.
That's barely two a day. On the day after the Islamic State entered Kobani, we launched five airstrikes. Result? We hit three vehicles, one artillery piece and one military "unit." And damaged a tank. This, against perhaps 9,000 heavily armed Islamic State fighters. If this were not so tragic, it would be farcical.
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No one is asking for U.S. ground troops. But even as an air campaign, this is astonishingly unserious. Obama has committed the U.S. to war on the Islamic State. To then allow within a month an allied enclave to be overrun — and perhaps annihilated — would be a major blow.
Guerrilla war is a test of wills. Obama's actual objectives — rollback in Iraq, containment in Syria — are not unreasonable. But they require commitment and determination. In other words, will. You can't just make one speech declaring war, then disappear and go fundraising.
The indecisiveness and ambivalence so devastatingly described by both of Obama's previous secretaries of defense, Leon Panetta and Bob Gates, are already beginning to characterize the Syria campaign.
The Iraqis can see it. The Kurds can feel it. The jihadists are counting on it.
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Summer on the cheap: Family fun in Marion County
Jun 6, 2018 at 12:20 PM Jun 6, 2018 at 1:13 PM
Family fun, from free to pretty darn cheap
In Marion County, the hotter the days, the smaller the entertainment calendar. But there are many events and activities this summer that are cheap, if not downright free.
Here are some summer family some options that will not overheat the budget:
Regular stops
Silver River Museum, 1445 NE 58th Ave., Ocala: Accessible via the south entrance to Silver Springs State Park, this museum features artifacts, fossils, historic memorabilia and a recently restored wooden glass bottom boat. Nearby is the Cracker Village. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Admission: $2, free for ages 5 and younger. (236-5401 or silverrivermuseum.com)
Discovery Center, 701 NE Sanchez Ave., Ocala: "Tropical Odyssey," through July 28, is an interactive exhibit with a maze, a butterfly zipline, life-size spider web, a walk-through caterpillar, interactive cocoons and more. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Admission: $6 or $20 for a family of four. (401-3900 and www.mydiscoverycenter.org)
Appleton Museum of Art, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala: “Medieval to Metal: The Art and Evolution of the GUITAR” on display through Sept. 2. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $5-$10, free for ages 5 and younger. (291-4455 or appletonmuseum.org)
African American Heritage Arts and Music Festival: Rescheduled arts and cultural festival is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Webb Field, 1510 NE Fourth St., Ocala. Free. Entertainment will include Christian rapper DKing, ShowTime Band, Jonathan Vickers and speakers. (425-8049)
Family Water Fun Day: Water slides, dunk tank, food, games and more, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Abundant Life Fellowship, 10345 SW 27th Ave., Ocala. Free. (233-1225)
Doggone Good Reading Program: Ages 5 to 13 can read to a Humane Society dog at 11 a.m. Saturday, Humane Society of Marion County, 701 NW 14th Road, Ocala. Registration required. Visit thehsmc.org.
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Velvet Caravan will headline. Jazz band Left on Broadway will open. Music runs 6 to 9 p.m. June 15, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
Reading With A Ranger: Stories with a park ranger, 11 a.m. June 22, Tom’s Park, 2300 NW Magnolia Ave., Ocala. Free. (368-5535 or ocalafl.org/recpark)
Movie Night: "Dunkirk" (PG-13) will be shown at 12:45 p.m. June 22, Parish Hall, Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 6455 SW State Road 200, Ocala. Offerings accepted. Light lunch included. (854-2181)
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Mariachi band Flor de Toloache will headline. Alex and Jenny Duo will open. Music runs 6 to 9 p.m. June 22, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
Doggone Good Reading Program: Ages 5 to 13 can read to a Humane Society dog starting at 11 a.m. June 23, Humane Society of Marion County, 701 NW 14th Road, Ocala. Registration required. Visit thehsmc.org.
Reading With A Ranger: Stories with park rangers, 11 a.m. June 29, Fort King National Historic Landmark, 3925 E. Fort King St., Ocala. Free. (368-5535 or ocalafl.org/recpark)
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Blues singer-guitarist Selwyn Birchwood will headline. Dan Signor Project will open. Music runs 6-9 p.m. June 29, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
Reading With A Ranger: Stories with park rangers, 11 a.m. July 6, Fort King National Historic Landmark, 2825 SW 24th Ave., Ocala. Free. (368-5535 or ocalafl.org/recpark)
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Blues performer Nick Schnebelen will headline. Honey Hounds will open. Music runs 6-9 p.m. July 6, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
After Dark in the Park: Movie “Wonder Woman" will be shown at 8:30 p.m. July 6, Jervey Gantt Recreation Complex, 2200 SE 36th Ave., Ocala. Free. Bring chair and/or blanket; popcorn and drinks available for purchase. (668-5517 or ocalafl.org/recpark)
Reading With A Ranger: Stories with park rangers, 11 a.m. July 13, Martin Luther King, Jr. Recreation Complex, 1510 NW Fourth St., Ocala. Free. (368-5535 or ocalafl.org/recpark)
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Honey Island Swamp Band will headline. Jeff and the Jarretts will open. Music runs 6-9 p.m. July 13, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
Doggone Good Reading Program: Ages 5 to 13 can read to a Humane Society dog at 11 a.m. July 14, Humane Society of Marion County, 701 NW 14th Road, Ocala. Registration required. (thehsmc.org)
Cops, Kids and Firefighters Day: Family activities with law enforcement and firefighters run 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 19, Martin Luther King Recreation Complex, 1510 NW Fourth St., Ocala. Free. (401-3916)
Reading With A Ranger: Stories with park rangers, 11 a.m. July 20, Heritage Nature Conservancy, 2005 NE Third St., Ocala. Free.
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Orchestra Fuego will headline. Eduardo Fuentes will open. Music runs 6-9 p.m. July 20, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
Owls and Bats: Discover the World of Night Flyers: Walk and talk for all ages, 8-9 p.m. July 21, Heritage Nature Conservancy, 2005 NE Third St., Ocala. Free. Wear walking shoes and bring water. (368-5533)
Reading With A Ranger: Stories with park rangers, 11 a.m. July 27, Tuscawilla Park, 829 NE Sanchez Ave., Ocala. Free.
Movie Night: The family movie "Wonder" starts at 12:45 p.m. July 27, Parish Hall, Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 6455 SW State Road 200, Ocala. Offerings accepted. Light lunch included. (854-2181)
Levitt AMP Music Series: Latasha Lee and the BlackTies will headline. Ecliff Telford will open. Music runs 6-9 p.m. July 27, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
Back to School Bash: Family activities run 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 28, E.D. Croskey Recreation Center, 1510 NW Fourth St., Ocala. Free.
Doggone Good Reading Program: Ages 5 to 13 can read to a Humane Society dog starting at 11 a.m. July 28, Humane Society of Marion County, 701 NW 14th Road, Ocala. Free.
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Gedeon Luke and the People will headline. Shema Shine will open. Music runs 6-9 p.m. Aug. 3, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
After Dark in the Park: Movie “Captain America: Civil War” be shown at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 3, Jervey Gantt Recreation Complex, 2200 SE 36th Ave., Ocala. Free.
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Pop-swing band Squirrel Nut Zippers will headline. Miranda Madison will open. Music runs 6-9 p.m. Aug. 10, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
Doggone Good Reading program: Ages 5 to 13 can read to a Humane Society dog starting at 11 a.m. Aug. 11, Humane Society of Marion County, 701 NW 14th Road, Ocala. Registration required. (thehsmc.org)
Levitt AMP Ocala Music Series: Funk band Dumpstaphunk will headline. Locochino will open. Music runs 6-9 p.m. Aug. 17, Webb Field, 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Free. (629-8220)
Nature Games and Tracking: Activities run 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 18, Fort King National Historic Landmark, 3925 E. Fort King St., Ocala. Free. Bring water and sunscreen. (368-5535)
Movie Night: “Same Kind of Different As Me" (PG-13) starts at 12:45 p.m. Aug. 24, Parish Hall, Queen of Peace Catholic Church, 6455 SW State Road 200, Ocala. Offerings accepted. (854-2181)
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Yanks land ace Cole on record $324M, 9-year deal
RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer
SAN DIEGO —The New York Yankees landed the biggest prize of the free agent market, adding Gerrit Cole to their rotation with a record $324 million, nine-year contract on Tuesday night, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced.
Cole’s deal established marks for pitchers in total dollars, topping the $245 million, seven-year contract Stephen Strasburg finalized a day earlier to remain with the World Series champion Washington Nationals.
Its $36 million average is a record for any player, beating the $35.5 million in outfielder Mike Trout’s $426.5 million, 12-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels that started last season. Cole gets an even $36 million annually and can opt out after the 2024 season. He also has a full no-trade provision.
Agent Scott Boras negotiated the deals for Cole and Strasburg.
A 29-year-old right-hander, Cole was baseball’s most dominant pitcher for much of 2019 and helped the Houston Astros come within one win of their second World Series title in three seasons.
“Obviously, when you are talking about a player at the level of Gerrit Cole, in a lot of ways that’s a game-changing type talent,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said earlier in the day. “This is a guy that’s really hungry, really driven.”
New York has not won the World Series since 2009 and sought an ace to head a rotation that already includes Luis Severino, Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton and J.A. Happ or Domingo Germán, who may be suspended at the season’s start under baseball’s domestic violence policy.
General manager Brian Cashman executed the move out of his same playbook he used after the 2008 season, when he gave CC Sabathia a $161 million, seven-year deal to lead a staff and establish a clubhouse presence.
Cole will compliment a young core of hitters that includes Aaron Judge, Gleyber Torres and Gary Sánchez, entering a window when New York thinks it can compete consistently for championships.
Cole was drafted by the Yankees in the first round with the 28th overall pick out of high school in 2008 but chose to go to UCLA, then was drafted first overall by Pittsburgh three years later. Traded after the 2017 season, he transformed his career in two seasons with the Astros.
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Smart, Masse named Varsity Blues Athletes of the Year
Varsity Blues track and field standout Sacha Smart and women's swimming star Kylie Masse were named the 2016 T-Holders' male and female athletes of the year during the University of Toronto's annual athletic banquet awards ceremony on Saturday, April 9 at Chestnut Residence.
Tennis player Zain Manji and badminton sensation Rachel Honderich took the second annual Frank Pindar male and female athlete of the year awards, which is given annually to athletes competing in a sport whose official season concludes with either an OUA or other university recognized championship event.
The Blues also honoured track and field graduating seniors Darnell Girard as the George M. Biggs Trophy award winner, as well as Rachel Jewett, who was awarded the Dr. Clara Benson Honour award, for their outstanding athletic achievement, scholarship and community service during their tenure at the University of Toronto.
In addition, swimmer Osvald Nitski and women's volleyball phenom Alina Dormann took home the sixth annual Varsity Blues male and female rookie of the year awards.
A second-year kinesiology major, Masse was named the OUA and CIS female swimmer of the year in leading the Blues to their third consecutive OUA title and first national banner since 1996-97.
On the national stage, the LaSalle, Ont., native collected seven podium finishes in as many events, including four gold medals, three long-course meet records and a new Canadian standard. She set CIS long-course records in all three backstroke finals, including a Canadian-record time of 27.84 seconds in the 50-metre swim. She also triumphed in the 400 freestyle relay and added a trio of silver medals in the 200 IM, 800 free and 400 medley relay.
At the provincial championships, Masse won all six OUA finals in record time, while also adding her name in the Canadian record book thanks to her times in the short-course 50 and 100 backstroke.
This past Wednesday night, Masse qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She broke her own Canadian record and touched the wall with the second fastest time in the world this season in the 100-metre backstroke.
Smart had a breakout season and led the Varsity Blues to their first national medal in over 20 years. The fourth-year kinesiology major from Toronto earned CIS track athlete of the year honours and won one gold and two silver medals at the national meet.
A CIS first team all-Canadian, Smart claimed the men's 1000m title and the silver medal in the 600m. He also led Toronto's silver-medal winning 4x400 relay team with a result that catapulted U of T two spots in the standings to earn the team bronze.
Smart was awarded the OUA Hec Phillips Trophy as the province's overall most valuable performer after capturing four medals, including three gold, to lead the Blues to a fourth-place finish at the OUA championships. An OUA first team all-star, he won the 1000m and 4x400 relay in OUA record time, while also earning gold in the 600m and silver in the 4x800 relay.
Manji was honoured as the OUA men's tennis player of the year and an OUA all-star after he helped U of T capture their first provincial title since 2011. A third-year computer science student from Ajax, Ont., Manji went undefeated at the championship, opening the tournament with an 8-1 doubles victory over UOIT's No. 1 pair and a 6-0 victory over UOIT in singles action.
Along with partner Sasha Obucina, Manji went on to defeat Montreal's No. 2 doubles team, before defeating the Montreal Carabins' No. 1 singles player. When his team needed him the most, Manji capped off the championship with an 8-6 victory over Western's No. 2 doubles pair, while also defeating their No. 1 player 6-2, 6-4 in singles action.
First-year badminton player, Honderich earned both OUA female most valuable player and rookie of the year honours in leading the Varsity Blues to their fourth OUA title in program history this season.
A two-time medalist at the 2015 Pan American Games this past summer in Toronto, Honderich went undefeated over eight matches at the provincial tournament, winning four mixed doubles, three women's doubles and one women's singles match. The Toronto native and kinesiology major was also named an OUA all-star for her efforts, and earned OUA peak performer of the week honours following the championship.
Girard has been a member of both the Blues football and track and field teams during his time at U of T. The human biology major from Toronto earned CIS academic all-Canadian honours in 2014-15. He served as the Varsity Board co-chair in 2015-16 and also sat on the Council of Athletics & Recreation as an ex-officio member this year.
He was a member of the Varsity Board community service subcommittee and led in the organization of the Holiday Toy Toss in support of the CP24 CHUM Christmas Wish foundation and UTSU Toy Drive. Girard served as a U of T Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative (SAMHI) ambassador and also volunteered his time with the Blues Buddy Up program.
Jewett, a master's of exercise science candidate, is a four-time CIS academic all-Canadian and was honoured as the 2015 U of T CIS top female scholar athletes. The five-time OUA first team all-star and four-time CIS first team all-Canadian was named the 2012 OUA female field events most valuable performer and is a member of two national championship teams.
The Toronto native has twice won the OUA student-athlete community service award. Jewett volunteers weekly at CAMH and organizes U of T's annual holiday baked good drive for the Yonge Street Mission. She also volunteers with Toronto Cat Rescue and from 2011-13 gave her time at the Toronto Humane Society.
Nitski was named the CIS men's swimming male rookie of the year in helping the Varsity Blues to their third national title in the past four years in 2016. At the national meet, the mechanical engineering major from Hamilton, Ont., won CIS gold medals in the 200 butterfly and 400 individual medley. The CIS first team all-Canadian also helped the Blues to a bronze-medal finish in the 800 freestyle relay.
At the provincial championships, Nitski won five medals, including OUA titles in the 1500 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay, a silver medal in the 200 butterfly, and bronze medals in the 400 freestyle and IM events. He was named an OUA first team all-star in helping the Blues to their 13th straight OUA banner.
Dormann, a first-year right side hitter and life science major, had an incredible rookie season with the Varsity Blues women's volleyball team. The Ottawa native was named the CIS rookie of the year, a CIS second team all-Canadian and a member of the CIS all-rookie team in helping the Blues to a perfect 25-0 record and their first-ever national title.
She ranked second in the conference with 4.1 points, and third with 0.56 service aces per set, while also contributing a team-high 3.08 kills per set. Dormann notched double-digit points in all but three conference matches and was honoured as the OUA East player of the year, rookie of the year, a first team all-star and a member of the all-rookie team. She led the Blues to their second straight provincial title this season.
2015-16 Varsity Blues Major Award Winners
T-Holders' Athletes of the Year
Presented annually to the male and female student T-Holder - the U of T Athlete of the Year - for exhibiting the highest degree of excellence in athletics.
Male – Sacha Smart (Track & Field)
Female – Kylie Masse (Swimming)
Frank Pindar Athletes of the Year
Presented annually to a male and female varsity athlete competing in a sport whose official season concludes with either an OUA or other university recognized championship event, who exhibits the highest degree of excellence while representing the University of Toronto at competitions during the team's intercollegiate schedule for the current academic year.
Male – Zain Manji (Tennis)
Female – Rachel Honderich (Badminton)
George M. Biggs Trophy
Awarded to the graduating male student-athlete who has contributed most to university athletics from the standpoint of leadership, sportsmanship and performance.
Darnell Girard (Track & Field)
Benson Honour Award
Awarded to the female student-athlete in her graduating year for outstanding ability in athletics and scholarship.
Rachel Jewett (Track & Field)
Rookie of the Year Award
Awarded to a male and female Varsity athlete in their first year of post-secondary eligibility that exhibit outstanding athletic performance.
Male – Osvald Nitski (Swimming)
Female – Alina Dormann (Volleyball)
May 11, 2016 University of Toronto Varsity Blues Women's Volleyball named OUA Team of the Year
May 2, 2016 Toronto’s Masse named CIS athlete of the year at 24th Annual BLG Awards
April 18, 2016 Masse, Maar named OUA Athletes of the Year, nominees for 24th annual BLG Awards
April 12, 2016 Guelph's Van Moerkerke heading to Olympics
April 11, 2016 Smart, Masse named Varsity Blues Athletes of the Year
April 7, 2016 Toronto's Kylie Masse qualifies for Rio in record breaking fashion
March 24, 2016 Hébert and Schouten named Laurentian Athletes of the Year
March 2, 2016 Varsity Blues' Masse named ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS female athlete of the week
February 29, 2016 Masse, Wall named OUA Athletes of the Week
February 29, 2016 Toronto sweeps both Speedo CIS swimming championship titles for the first time in 23 years
February 28, 2016 Toronto distance themselves from UBC at the Speedo CIS swimming championships:
February 27, 2016 Toronto men first, women second after Day One of the 2016 Speedo CIS Championships
February 25, 2016 Varsity Blues enter 2016 Speedo CIS swimming championships as the top ranked teams
February 17, 2016 Gaels crack CIS Top 10 after victory in OUA Showcase on NBA Centre Court
February 17, 2016 Reigning champion Ravens return to No. 1 in CIS Top 10 rankings
February 17, 2016 Varsity Blues' Masse named ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS female athlete of the week
February 16, 2016 Masse, Squires named OUA Athletes of the Week
February 13, 2016 Varsity Blues defend OUA Men's and Women's Swimming Championship banners
February 12, 2016 Toronto stays on top after Day Two at the OUA Swimming Championship
February 11, 2016 Varsity Blues dominate on Day One of the OUA Swimming Championship
February 10, 2016 OUA teams holding strong in latest CIS Top 10 rankings
February 9, 2016 Varsity Blues look to defend team titles at OUA Swimming Championship
February 2, 2016 Nine OUA teams ranked No. 1 in latest CIS Top 10 rankings
January 26, 2016 Rams men's basketball team earns the first No. 1 CIS Top 10 ranking in school history
January 23, 2016 AROUND OUA: Toronto-Guelph Dual Meet
January 19, 2016 OUA teams continue to hold eight of twelve No. 1 rankings in CIS Top 10
January 17, 2016 AROUND OUA: Eastern Cup
January 17, 2016 AROUND OUA: Toronto Invitational
January 13, 2016 Eight OUA teams ranked No. 1 in latest CIS Top 10 rankings
January 11, 2016 Schultz, Murphy named OUA Athletes of the Week
January 11, 2016 AROUND OUA: Western-Toronto Dual Meet
January 10, 2016 AROUND OUA: Guelph Invitational
January 9, 2016 AROUND OUA: Toronto-Western Dual Meet
December 7, 2015 AROUND OUA: Western Invitational
December 2, 2015 McGill men’s hockey, Brock men’s wrestling move up to No. 1 in CIS Top 10 rankings
December 2, 2015 Toronto men top last CIS Top 10 rankings of fall semester
December 2, 2015 Varsity Blues' Masse named ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS female athlete of the week
November 30, 2015 Masse, D'Agostini named OUA Athletes of the Week
November 30, 2015 AROUND OUA: Fairweather Divisional Swimming Championship
November 30, 2015 AROUND OUA: deBray Divisional Swimming Championship
November 24, 2015 Brock women's wrestling opens at No. 1 in CIS Top 10 rankings
November 18, 2015 Grpyhons women's hockey one of four OUA teams ranked first in CIS Top 10 rankings
August 18, 2015 Pair of Golden Hawks swimmer shine at Parapan Am Games
2019 ONTARIO UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
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Posted by Odey Owojela on April 04, 2019
The National Judicial Council has concluded investigation into the petitions written against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the acting CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad.
A statement by the Director, Information, NJC, Mr Soji Oye, said on Wednesday that the council had sent its report to President Muhammadu Buhari.
It, however, said the NJC considered it inappropriate to share the report with the public before Buhari received it.
It said before communicating its findings to Buhari, the NJC held an emergency meeting on Wednesday where it reviewed the report of the five-man committee headed by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice S.A. Akande, which investigated the allegations of misconduct levelled against the two top judicial officers.
The allegations were contained in the petitions, including the one sent by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against Onnoghen.
EFCC, through its acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, had sent two petitions dated February 4, 2019, and March 5, 2019, to the NJC, accusing Onnoghen of “financial impropriety, infidelity to the Constitution and other economic and financial crimes-related laws.”
Two other petitions by a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), and the Actions Peoples Party were sent against Muhammad, accusing him of illegally submitting himself to be sworn in by President Buhari as the acting CJN.
The NJC, however, said it did not investigate the petition containing allegations relating to asset declaration levelled against Onnoghen.
The petition, which the NJC refrained from considering, was by a civil society group, the Anti-Corruption and Research-Based Data Initiative, and its Executive Director, Mr Dennis Aghanya.
The NJC said it refrained from considering the petition because it would be sub judice to do so because it was the subject matter of the ongoing trial of Onnoghen at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The council’s statement partly read, “The Council reached a decision on the petitions written by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and others and conveyed its decision to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR.
“The Council also resolved that, by the nature of the decision reached, it would be inappropriate to publicise it before conveying it to Mr President.”
The NJC had at its February 13, 2019 meeting reviewed the pre-assessment report on the petitions written against Onnoghen and Muhammad and considered the complaints worthy of being investigated.
The council then set up the five-man panel led by Akande to investigate the petitions and issued queries to the judicial officers.
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Sakura: The Legend of the Cherry Blossom Tree
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I honestly don't like pink 'cause I badly loved it. Yet since cherry blossoms tree are pink and it is really calm and pleasant, I guess this is one factor why I easily get my ass to have an interest to sakura. In short Sakura is fantabulous. Last December 2012, a friend told me to design his office, actually the whole station (Petron) for their annual Christmas Decor contest (nationwide). The first thing that bumped my brain was the cherry blossoms tree yet I end up with big stars and colorful native products since my friend and I ideas collide. Now here's a very good entry about cherry blossoms for our I Made This contest. Hope you enjoy as much as I do.
by: Gian Carlo Cagaanan Licanda
Akihiro sat underneath the apricot tree, enjoying all of the beauty and smells of spring time. It was a bright evening. The moon was hovering in the starless night sky, and its beams were passing through the gaps of the flowers of the apricots, washing everything in an enthralling and magical glow. Paper lanterns were hung on the branches of the trees to add elucidation to the ground of the Daigoji Temple.
Watching and marvelling the beauty of the flowers of the apricots was Akihiro’s favourite way of letting the time pass as inevitable as the flow of the water of the river to the sea. They never failed in making him caught his breath with awe and pleasure. He stood up and ran his fingers all over his kimono to tidy his appearance again. He closed his eyes and breathe in, loving the serene feeling he devours every time he was standing under the canopy of the apricot trees. He opened his eyes and released a fulfilling sigh.
Nothing could ever surpass the beauty of the apricots, he thought.
The newly blossomed apricots were swaying as the crisp wind of February blew in whirls. They were like long drapes hung over an open window. As the petals cascaded through the wind from the dancing trees, Akihiro reached his hand, palm up, and caught a single petal. It was the colour of the sky when the sun kisses the sea during sunset.
“Aren’t they just breathtakingly beautiful?” a voice of a lady behind Akihiro said and he almost jump in surprise for he did not notice somebody came behind him.
He turned to his back and held his breath as he stared of such beauty that instantaneously held his heart captive. Standing in front of him was a lady around his age. She got deep brown eyes, and as he stared at them, he feels like being lured. He felt like the world had seemed stopped running around him. Her lips were as rosy pink as her cheeks, like they were still in the grasps of the winter chill. Akihiro wanted more than anything to touch and caress them. She was wearing a kimono a pale hue of crimson. Her hair billowed with the wind, and Akihiro thought for a moment he might like to run his fingers in delight over her hair. She looked at him, and for a moment, he felt like his heart was going to jump out of his chest as she smiled at him a bewitching smile. Ethereal. He finally found something that surpassed the beauty of the apricots, only she wasn’t a thing.
“May I have the pleasure of knowing your name, my dear lady?” he said, and curtsied.
“Sakura.” She said, and handed him a beautiful pink flower. “My name is Sakura.”
Akihiro stared at the beautiful and velvety pink flower that was rested in the palm of his hand. Its petals were elliptical and as pink as her cheeks and lips. Never did he ever see that flower before. A flower that, like Sakura, was far more beautiful than the apricot’s. He looked up. His mouth gaped as he realized that Sakura was gone. He let his gaze travel around him, to the trees and to the bushes, but she was nowhere in sight.
Sakura. He kept on thinking about her as he lied that night to sleep. Sakura, he kept on muttering under his breath, loving the feeling of her name on his lips although it made nothing to fill the huge gaping hole of longing he felt for her in his heart. That was a night full of thoughts about her, and Akihiro was oblivious that the sleep was lurking around until it claimed him.
The next days after the night of their meeting, Akihiro had searched for Sakura. He’d gone back into the temple and onto the ground that was packed with people. But she’s nowhere to find. He had searched everywhere, high and low, but it seemed Sakura was refusing to reappear again. He’s hopeless, searching for a lady he barely knew. He almost give up until one day, he finally found her.
Akihiro was getting into a caving stone archway that led to the ground of the temple. In the distance, he could see the people were gathering on the grounds. Others were already settled underneath the apricot trees, eating and drinking, and children were running and playing. The apricots were in full bloom now, and its flowers were like flames decorated all over the tree. Despite the distress he was feeling, his lips curved into a weak and tired smile. But that smile was ephemeral, for it turned into a hopeful smile as his gaze darted into a single pink flower that lied peacefully on the grass. It was the same flower that Sakura had given him the night they met.
“She is here,” he said in a whisper, picking the flower from the embrace of the grass. He went half-running to the ground, unable to suppress his excitement of the thought that he had a chance of seeing Sakura again.
Akihiro found her sitting on the edge of the fountain, running her fingers in its water and humming a very enchanting lullaby. She was staring at a tree that I’d never seen grow; bear fruits or leaves or flowers before. It was the only unattractive and distracting thing among all of the beauty there was in the temple’s ground.
“Isn’t it very distracting?” Akihiro said the moment he was standing beside her. Sakura didn’t even flinch or cringe in surprise. But instead, she gave him a puzzled look when she looked at him. “I mean the tree. It’s out of place here in this beautiful ground. How unfortunate. It should be cut down and make firewood.”
Sakura shook her head before turning to look at the tree. Then she stood up beside Akihiro.
“It’s beautiful. Just because it doesn’t have leaves and flowers and fruits doesn’t mean it’s unsightly. We must look inside and deeper because sometimes, what we see with our eyes is deceiving. Some beauties are hidden. Just like this tree.” She said. She slowly walked towards the tree and Akihiro followed behind her. She stopped a few feet away from the tree’s trunk. She reached up her hand and pressed her palm on the trunk, and then closed her eyes. “Feel it.”
Akihiro did the same. He pressed his palm just beside Sakura’s, and reluctantly closed his eyes, feeling foolish. Akihiro was stunned, for he felt like the tree was shuddering by his palm. It seemed like it had its own heart and was pulsating and beating. They took their hands away, which left Akihiro in a bewildering moment.
“Did you feel it, Akihiro?” Sakura asked, smiling at him. Her hair was ornamented with those beautiful pink flowers. He reproduced the one he got from the grass and tucked it back on her hair, where it truly belonged.
“Yes. It was shuddering however that happened. Or maybe it was just my imagination.” He replied, shrugging his shoulders.
“Maybe,” she said and started walking off.
“Sakura, how did you know my name?”
“The people said you have searched for me. Have you?”
“Yes. I mean…uh … It’s just that…” he stammered.
He stopped struggling to find some words to say when Sakura held his hand, and entwined her fingers with his. “Then I will stay and never leave you again.”
That was the spring time when their love started growing in their hearts. Akihiro never dreamed that the day would come he’ll find a lady that would capture his heart. All of those days that he was just chasing down a daydream; all of those days that he was living in a blur have come to an end. For there came Sakura who made his life clearer than a crystal.
Summer time came, and the two became inseparable. The love they felt for each other had bloomed, emanating a fragrant that nothing could ever be compared. Autumn came, when the flowers were starting to wilt and leaves were starting to fell off from their branches, yet their love had never wilted nor fell off from their hearts. It was still entrenched in there, irremovable, for forever.
But when the snow of the winter had just started to fall, Sakura was tainted with a terrible sickness. She was constantly visited by a high fever, and sometimes she was retching blood if not through her nose. Akihiro was very anxious, for he didn’t know what to do. His heart was being tortured and tormented every time he heard Sakura groan in pain. He dreamed that if only he could take away her pain, he would ache herself just for her. But he can not. And he didn’t know what to do about her. He was sorrowful every time he played in his mind what Sakura had said to him one night that she’s destined to die on the time of the winter solstice. He knew she could be strange some times. But he chose not to believe her. He cannot lose her.
“I’m leaving,” Sakura said in a weak and tired voice.
“No. you are not leaving. You’re too weak to go out.” Akihiro said, squeezing her cold hands. He dried the perspiration that was forming on her forehead with a cloth, and then threw the blanket to keep her warm.
The snow was still falling lightly outside. The chill of the winter was grasping Akihiro’s heart, turning it into an ice, and he didn’t know what to do to give it warm again.
“It’s winter solstice. I’ll leave now,” Sakura rested her head on Akihiro’s chest, loving his smell and the warmth he was emanating.
Akihiro threw his arms around her and released a heavy sigh as he realized what she really meant about her leaving. “I thought you are staying with me forever.” Akihiro struggled not to cry, but the tears were starting to form, stinging his eyes. “I thought you will never going to leave me.”
“Don’t worry. I will come back for you.” She looked on his face, and dried the tears that were now flowing to his cheeks with her fingers. “I will.”
“When?” he asked between sobs, although he knew she wasn’t coming back ever again once she’s gone.
“On spring. And every spring since. I will ”
Akihiro didn’t really understand what she was saying, but he agreed anyway, not wanting to wear her out. He hummed the lullaby she taught him until she fell asleep. She fell asleep in his arms. And she knew that she will never wake up forever. The winter chill that was grasping his grief-stricken heart thawed and its water flowed out through his eyes into something that he knew would never end cascading.
He never knew why, but when spring came, he waited for her, convincing himself that she’s coming back. He knew that she was gone, but a tiny flame of hope was still flickering inside his heart. Everyday he was dreaming of having her again; caressing her rosy pink cheeks and kissing her little soft lips.
It was blooming season again, and this time, the apricots failed in making him happy. He wandered as lonely as a wind all over the ground of the temple, until he came into the flowerless, fruitless and leafless tree that Sakura had admired for a reason that was too bewildering for him to understand. The memories of them had come ringing through the air, and Akihiro sat down, and leaned his back on the tree’s trunk. He gazed around him, feeling like he was reunited with Sakura again. He could hear in the breeze the lullaby that Sakura loved to hum. Akihiro found himself smiling again since a long time that he wasn’t as he hummed along with the breeze, closing his eyes, hoping Sakura would appear when he opened them again.
When he opened his eyes, his mouth gaped in awe. Right before his eyes, a magical moment was happening. The beautiful pink flowers of Sakura were emerging one after another on the branches of the tree; from velvety buds until they dramatically open, revealing their surrealistic beauty. She had lived with her promise, and Akihiro can’t help himself not to smile. He stood up and kept his gaze onto the beautiful flowers above him. Then he reached his hand and pressed his palm on the trunk of the tree. Now, he will never be bewildered again. But he would believe that the tree was pulsating and beating Sakura’s heart.
The fruitless, leafless and flowerless tree was now the most beautiful thing in his eyes.
“Aishiteru, Sakura.”
Author's Footnote:
There was this time when I have gotten obsessed with the cherry blossom tree. That obsession had led me to do some research about it. I studied the cherry blossom tree and had found a lot of things about it. The basic things like when does it bloom; their scent; their colors and the like. You see, I have never seen a cherry blossom tree, let alone its flower, in person. I wanted more than anything but to go to Japan where the best kind of this tree grows. I wanted to feel it, touch it, see it and smell it. But of course, that was definitely a costly obsession and it is needless to say that I am broke. So I decided to write a story about it. In this way, I give honor to the Sakura tree which I admire most. I just hope that a day would come that I came face to face with the cherry blossom tree. I hope you would like and enjoy my story. Thank you!
Sakura: The Legend of the Cherry Blossom Tree Reviewed by Gem Tadefa on 1:00 PM Rating: 5
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Norwich City Premier League A-Z: More Brighton fun and games await
Michael Bailey
michael.bailey@archant.co.uk
@michaeljbailey
PUBLISHED: 12:12 08 June 2019 | UPDATED: 14:34 10 June 2019
Gary Doherty scores Norwich City's late winner over Brighton at the Withdean Stadium back in 2010. Picture: Alex Broadway/Focus Images
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Norwich City will renew acquaintances with BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION next season - but for the first time in the Premier League. Michael Bailey looks at some previous encounters.
Norwich City fans pour out of Carrow Road following the postponement of their FA Cup tie against Brighton in 2003, due to a power cut. Picture: Keiron Tovell
Norwich City 7-2 Brighton
The final score is even more striking when you consider the Canaries were 2-1 down at half-time, in their third-round tie at Carrow Road. One of the club's most prolific forwards Les Eyre was the hero of the day, hitting five goals and admitting afterwards: "It was just my day - another 15 minutes and I'd most likely have scored another three."
Norwich's victory over Division Three South counterparts was their FA Cup record win until hammering non-league Sutton United 8-0 at Carrow Road in January 1989. City's 7-0 win at non-league Paulton Rovers in November 2009 is the only other time in the competition Norwich have hit at least seven goals.
Norwich City players try to digest conceding a fouth at Brighton in 2016 - without the knowledge a fifth would soon follow. Picture: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images
Brighton 1-0 Norwich City
Another FA Cup meeting - no surprise given Norwich have faced Brighton in the competition more times than anyone else. For the record, it's 10 meetings and four wins each.
It was Albion who won this one; a Goldstone Ground quarter-final where City couldn't follow up beating Ipswich in the previous round.
Alex Pritchard celebrates extending Norwich City's lead over promotion Brighton at Carrow Road, back in 2017. Picture: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images
More to the point, City's narrow defeat was a painful one - missing a host of excellent chances before Jimmy Case scored the game's only goal, despite the forward being penalised by the linesman for a foul. The referee opted to overrule him.
Albion went on to the FA Cup final at Wembley before losing to Manchester United in a replay - all in the same season as being relegated from the top flight.
Out of interest, the clubs' last FA Cup meeting came in 2003 - City winning 3-1 but only after the initial fixture was postponed due to a Carrow Road power cut.
David Stockdale lies on the floor dejected after Alex Pritchard's shots gave Norwich City victory over Brighton in 2017 - even though both goals were credited to the Albion goalkeeper after they went in off him via the woodwork. Picture: Paul Chesterton/Focus Images
A League One clash at the picturesque but atmosphere-less Withdean Stadium came at a crucial time for Paul Lambert's Canaries - and they picked up victory in iconic style.
First Elliott Bennett gave Gustav Poyet's hosts a lead midway through the first half - an intervention that may well have helped convince the City boss to eventually take the winger to Carrow Road.
Glenn Murray then saw two efforts cleared off the line, before City produced two goals in the final 10 minutes to seal a vital three points - Grant Holt and Gary Doherty the goalscorers. With Leeds being held at Leyton Orient, the win extended City's lead at the summit to four points, Lambert adding: "What's said in the dressing room stays there, but the lads came out and responded brilliantly. We had to win the game and I'm absolutely delighted, but it's the lads that do it."
Only City's second competitive visit to the Amex Stadium - but it will take a lot of effort for Norwich to produce something more painful. Just 15 games into the Championship campaign with hopes Alex Neil's men could muster another immediate return to the top-flight, Chris Hughton got one over his old club - a win he later acknowledged was up there with his best.
Glenn Murray bagged a hat-trick, although it was only 1-0 come the hour mark; the Canaries' capitulation littered with hideous defensive errors that saw Neil admit: "It was my worst defeat as a manager. Humiliating. The way we ended the game I don't associate with my teams."
Captain Russell Martin went on to question the commitment of his own team-mates. It was another four and a half months until Neil was sacked - but it was on the south coast in October where the damage was done.
Hughton's side pushed on in impressive style from that home thrashing of Norwich, arriving at Carrow Road towards the end of April already promoted to the Premier League for the first time. And this was supposed to be the night Albion would secure the title - the "champions" scarves were already on sale around the ground before kick-off in anticipation.
You imagine someone somewhere still has a lot of boxes of those scarves sitting around, given defeat to Norwich played its part in Brighton effectively handing the trophy to Newcastle.
In a rather surreal game where Hughton picked up stick from his former supporters, City forward Alex Pritchard was roundly booed by the visiting fans for having chosen a move to Norwich over Albion in the summer.
Pritchard ultimately had the last laugh, scoring twice from range - although goalkeeper David Stockdale was credited with both, after they went in off the goalkeeper via the woodwork.
- Manager: Graham Potter
The 44-year-old hasn't had a game in charge yet, given he was appointed at the end of the season following the sacking of Hughton.
Potter was a bit of a journeyman as a player starting at Birmingham and taking in the sights of Stoke, Southampton, West Brom, York and Boston United, as well as a number of loans.
He came to the public eye as a manager with Swedish club Ostersund, where he took over in December 2010. Three promotions and a trip to the knockout stages of the 2017-18 Europa League followed, where Ostersund beat Arsenal in London - but went out on aggregate.
Potter was appointed Swansea manager just 12 months ago and while his transitional side played with style, they finished midtable.
- Last season
Brighton survived - just - finishing 17th and two points ahead of Cardiff. It wasn't particularly pleasant viewing either, although many thought the decision to axe Hughton the day after the final game was a little unreasonable.
Albion's big results were an early win over Manchester United and victories over relegation battlers Huddersfield (twice) and Newcastle. But they finished the season with just three points from their final nine games.
- New season
Much is now expected of Potter, who did an intriguing job at Swansea last term. Brighton fans should note that at Ostersund and Swansea, he made things work on a minimal budget. They pass and keep the ball - the Swans completed the most passes per game of any Championship team (537) while no one made more short passes or played fewer long balls.
So Brighton supporters will and should expect something different to the cautious approach of Hughton.
Senior players may well leave too, given Potter is the sort of manager who loves to sign young players and mould them into a team in his style. It may take time and bookies may tip them for another struggle, but this is where Brighton's management need to do the right thing and stick with their man through thick and thin. Sometimes it pays off.
- HEAD TO HEAD
NC wins - Draws - Brighton wins
Last 10 league games:
2016-17 - CHAMPIONSHIP
Friday, April 21:
Norwich 2 Brighton 0
Brighton 5 Norwich 0
Friday, April 3:
Saturday, November 22:
2009-10 - LEAGUE ONE
Saturday, February 13:
Tuesday, November 24:
Tuesday, February 14:
Saturday, October 1:
2002-03 - DIVISION ONE
Thursday, December 26:
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Audio CD 2018
Doctor Who: Rose
Imprint: BBC Digital Audio
9th Doctor Novelisation
Camille Coduri (Read by)
Camille Coduri reads this brand new novelisation of the Ninth Doctor’s debut TV adventure. “Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!”
In a lair somewhere beneath central London, a malevolent alien intelligence is plotting the end of humanity. Shop window dummies that can move – and kill – are taking up key positions, ready to strike.
Rose Tyler, an ordinary Londoner, is working her shift in a department store, unaware that this is the most important day of her life. She’s about to meet the only man who understands the true nature of the threat facing Earth, a stranger who will open her eyes to all the wonder and terror of the universe – a traveller in time and space known as the Doctor. This is the story that relaunched Doctor Who for the 21st Century, novelised by showrunner Russell T Davies from his original script. Running time: 4 hours 10 mins.
? BBC Worldwide 2018
© BBC Worldwide 2018
Novelisation copyright © Russell T Davies 2018
Original script copyright © Russell T Davies 2005
Cover illustration by Anthony Dry
BBC logo © BBC 1996
Doctor Who logo © BBC 2014
For BBC Worldwide:
Reading produced by Neil Gardner
Recorded at Ladbroke Audio Ltd
Sound design by David Darlington
Executive producer: Michael Stevens
TARDIS sound effect composed by Brian Hodgson
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Editorial Director: Albert DePetrillo
Project Editor: Steve Cole
Cover design: Two Associates
Cover illustration: Anthony Dry
Doctor Who: Rose first published by BBC Books in 2018
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Russell T Davies is one of the UK's foremost writers of television drama, creating groundbreaking shows such as Queer As Folk, Bob & Rose, and The Second Coming. He has been Head Writer and Executive Producer of Doctor Who since it returned to the BBC in 2005 and has written many of the new series' most memorable episodes. He was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to drama. He divides his time between Cardiff and Manchester. Benjamin Cook is a journalist and regular contributor to Radio Times and Doctor Who Magazine. He has also been published in TV Zone, Cult Times and The Stage and is the author of Doctor Who: The New Audio Adventures - The Inside Story. He lives in London.
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Esha Deol’s CAKEWALK gets standing ovation
Kolkata, Feb 17: Esha Deol Takhtani’s short Hindi feature film CAKEWALK, directed by journalist Ram Kamal Mukherjee, received a standing ovation, among the select celebrity invitees, reviewers and close friends who attended the premiere at the INOX Insignia, at Atria Mall in Worli, Mumbai.
The film is produced by Dinesh Gupta, Shailendra Kumar and Aritra Das. Produced under the banner of Assorted Motion Pictures and SS1 Entertainments the film also stars Tarun Malhotra and Anindita Bose.
"I am glad that I signed the film immediately after Radhya was born and now it's releasing when I am expecting my second baby," says Esha Deol Takhtani who walked in with her husband Bharat and Takhtani family on Saturday.
Dreamgirl Hema Malini was the cynosure of everyone eyes draped in a beautiful saree, as was Ahana Deol Vohra who came in along with her husband Vaibhav Vohra. The Takhtani’s too were present to support Esha, in her first foray into a new age digital medium.
The screening began with tributes paid to the brave martyrs of the Pulwama attack by cowards. The entire cast and crew observed a minute silence before the screening of the movie.
"It's a beautiful film, short and sweet. I have known Ram Kamal as a journalist, but all credit goes to my daughter Esha for introducing him to me as a filmmaker. I am very happy for Esha and Ram Kamal" said Hema Malini at the event.
Esha Deol, whilst speaking to the media, told the female journalist present on how the film will connect to them, especially, since it related to women empowerment and having an identity, besides being a housewife post marriage!
The celebrities who were present to support Esha & director Ram Kamal Mukherjee were Hema Malini, Riteish Deshmukh, Vidya Balan, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Sanjay 'Dhoon' Gadhvi, Soham Shah, Raj Nayak, Nikhil Dwivedi, Bharat Takhtani, Ahana Vohra, Madhoo, Chef Cheenu and Sudhanshu Pandey.
Vidya Balan wished Ram Kamal Mukherjee on his directorial debut and wished him to become one of Bollywood premier directors in the future! Many senior journalists and editors graced the occasion in support of former journalist and award winning author.
Earlier, to go along with the thematic crux of the film, Hema Malini & Esha Deol cut a beautiful cake, among cheers from the song, ‘Life is not a Cakewalk’ a beautiful track composed by Shailendra Sayanti and rendered by Rupali Jagga. (UNI)
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Jul 15 2014 Posted by Samantha Marsh
Midlanders go mad
Glaswegians most spontaneous
Rise of the solo camper
Holiday booking habits released today by outdoor accommodation specialist Pitchup.com show that those living in the Midlands are keenest of all to embrace the Great Outdoors this summer and that more people are going camping and caravanning alone. Figures suggest that those living in the East Midlands are the least spontaneous - booking up to two months in advance - whilst the residents of Glasgow, London, Edinburgh and Cardiff are among those most likely to make a last moment decision to book a few days away.
Pitchup.com’s sales of camping, caravanning and other outdoor holidays more than doubled year on year (based on January to June figures), but the site saw bookings by those living in Leicester boom with a 158% increase; Nottingham followed with 147% growth and Coventry saw 142% more bookings than in January to June 2013.
Dan Yates, founder of Pitchup.com, said: “The people of the East and West Midlands are showing an insatiable appetite for outdoor holidays this year, perhaps because their central location means they can reach the majority of our English and Welsh sites within two or three hours.”
When it comes to getting away from it all on a whim, the most spontaneous travellers hail from Glasgow, whose citizens book a getaway on average 26 days prior to travel, with residents of the UK capital cities of Cardiff (34 days ahead), Edinburgh (33 days), and London (32 days) proving their busy capital lives inspire more impulsive travel.
Those living in Northampton and Hull plan the furthest ahead, booking 59 and 56 days in advance respectively, whilst the national average is booking 42 days prior to travel, up from 38 days in 2013 which Yates attributes to the Great British weather: “Last year we had a very hot and sunny spring and early summer which encouraged outdoor holidays, and I believe this year people are booking sooner to ensure they get the site they want.”
Yates added: “Many of our sites actually offer availability right up until the evening of the stay, so for those seeking an impromptu getaway to the countryside camping and caravanning are ideal.”
Whilst 37% of Pitchup.com customers travel with school-age children, 50% of bookings are adult-only and in the past 12 months there has been a 115% growth in solo travellers. Yates explained: “Many of our solo travellers enjoy rural pastimes such as bird watching or rambling, but feedback from our suppliers suggests that quite often friends will gather at a site from around the country, each having made their own booking. So while we may be seeing a boost for those seeking solace from their urban lives on a solo break, many of the single adult bookings may in fact be people joining friends and extended family.”
Highlighting the affordability of domestic tourism, Yates said: “Government figures show that foreign holiday trips in 2013 were down 17% from their 2008 peak*. With an average holiday price on Pitchup.com of only £90 for three nights for three people, it’s clear to see the attraction of holidaying closer to home.”
* Figure 15: UK residents’ visits abroad by purpose. Source: National Statistics (http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ott/travel-trends/2013/rpt-travel-trends--2013.html#tab-Commentary--UK-residents--visits-abroad)
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Cass Helstrip, Samantha Marsh or Rob Bates at White Tiger PR
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Founded in 2009 by former lastminute.com man, Dan Yates, multi-award winning Pitchup.com is a free guide to all types of outdoor accommodation in the UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Luxembourg, Austria, Poland and Switzerland. Pitchup.com, which currently lists over 5,800 sites, provides users with a simple platform in which they can search and book an outdoor holiday with total ease: the customer experience from landing on the homepage through to booking a holiday can be completed in as little as four pages. The site also goes beyond traditional searches by allowing users to search for accommodation based on more than 80 criteria, such as adults only and campfires allowed, and view nearby events, Good Pub Guide pubs and VisitBritain attractions. It’s also possible to check out water bathing water quality in the surrounding area with data provided by the European Environment Agency. Users can also search on the offers page to find the best deals available.
In 2013 Pitchup.com became the first business of its type to launch a bookable mobile site and app, making the site easily accessible to users of iPhones and other mobile and tablet devices. The mobile site, m.pitchup.com, now accounts for 15% of bookings.
Pitchup.com enables users to search for all types of parks and sites from the major brands right through to one-off campsites and unique outdoor accommodation options, which may not have previously had a web presence.
Awards include Best UK Travel Website of the Year at the British Travel Press Awards 2011, and most recently best Travel / Leisure / Sports / Mobile Strategy / Campaign at the Marketing on Mobile Awards 2014.
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As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, Robert A. Iger (@RobertIger) is the steward of one of the world's largest media companies and some of the most respected and beloved brands around the globe. Since becoming CEO in 2005, Iger has built on Disney's rich history of storytelling and innovation with the acquisitions of Pixar (2006), Marvel (2009), Lucasfilm (2012) and 21st Century Fox (2019), and the landmark opening of Disney's first theme park and resort in Mainland China, Shanghai Disney Resort in 2016.Always one to embrace new technology, Iger has created an ambitious direct-to-consumer strategy that leverages Disney's unparalleled creative content across new platforms, including the new Disney+ streaming service, ESPN+, Hulu, and Hotstar.Iger serves on the boards of the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum and Bloomberg Philanthropies. He is a graduate of Ithaca College.His new autobiography is titled The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, which offers stories and lessons about structuring, dealmaking, leadership, and optimizing fear metabolism.Please enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by 99designs, the global creative platform that makes it easy for designers and clients to work together to create designs they love. Its creative process has become the go-to solution for businesses, agencies, and individuals, and I have used it for years to help with display advertising and illustrations and to rapid prototype the cover for The Tao of Seneca. Whether your business needs a logo, website design, business card, or anything you can imagine, check out 99designs.You can work with multiple designers at once to get a bunch of different ideas, or hire the perfect designer for your project based based on their style and industry specialization. It's simple to review concepts and leave feedback so you'll end up with a design that you're happy with. Click this link and get $20 off plus a $99 upgrade.This podcast is also brought to you by HumanN's BeetElite, the endurance superfood and nitric oxide activator. HumanN's BeetElite can help extend endurance, improve energy and stamina, and increase oxygen delivery throughout the body. It provides the nitric oxide equivalent of six whole beets, and BeetElite is trusted by hundreds of elite teams, athletes, and organizations all over the world, so you know you're getting a top-notch performance product.BeetElite is Informed-Sport Certified, and the team at HumanN is making an offer exclusive to my listeners: Take your performance to the next level with BeetElite by going to LiveHuman.com/Tim to get 20% off your first purchase!***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the form at tim.blog/sponsor.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
#405: Penn Jillette on Magic, Losing 100+ Pounds, and Weaponizing Kindness
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Signs You Might Be An Atheist and Other Magic Tales, spent six weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list.His weekly podcast, Penn's Sunday School, was the number one downloaded podcast on Apple Podcasts during its debut week, and was named a Best New Comedy Podcast by Apple Podcasts.On the big screen, Penn produced the critically lauded 2005 documentary The Aristocrats, which features over 100 of the biggest names in comedy telling their versions of the dirtiest joke in history. He produced Tim's Vermeer, which follows the journey of an eccentric inventor determined to solve one of the art world's oldest mysteries. The Sony Pictures Classics release was nominated for a BAFTA and was shortlisted for the 2014 Oscars. 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#404: Books I've Loved — Steve Jurvetson
20 days ago25m 39s
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I'm doing called "Books I've Loved." I've invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books — the books that have influenced them, changed them, and transformed them for the better. I hope you pick up one or two new mentors — in the form of books — from this new series and apply the lessons in your own life.Steve Jurvetson (@jurvetson) is an early-stage venture capitalist with a focus on founder-led, mission-driven companies at the cutting edge of disruptive technology and new industry formation. Steve was the early VC investor in SpaceX, Tesla, Planet, Memphis Meats, Hotmail, and the deep learning companies Mythic and Nervana. He has led founding investments in five companies that went public in successful IPOs and several others that were acquired for a total of over a $100 billion in value creation.Before founding Future Ventures and DFJ before that, Steve was an R&D engineer at Hewlett Packard and worked in product marketing at Apple and NeXT, and management consulting with Bain & Company. He currently serves on the boards of Tesla, SpaceX, and D-Wave.Please enjoy!You can find all books mentioned in this episode in the show notes.This podcast is brought to you by Four Sigmatic. I reached out to these Finnish entrepreneurs after a very talented acrobat introduced me to one of their products, which blew my mind (in the best way possible). It is mushroom coffee featuring Lion's Mane. It tastes like coffee, but there are only 40 milligrams of caffeine, so it has less than half of what you would find in a regular cup of coffee. I do not get any jitters, acid reflux, or any type of stomach burn. It put me on fire for an entire day, and I only had half of the packet.You can try it right now by going to foursigmatic.com/tim and using the code Tim to get 20 percent off your first order. If you are in the experimental mindset, I do not think you'll be disappointed.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the form at tim.blog/sponsor.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
#403: Tony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity
28 days ago2h 1m
“Get bored. Just put away all of your things. Maybe go clean up the garage or whatever it is. Right? Through that, you're going to start to think differently. You're going to act slightly differently and your mind might open up to other sources of inspiration, other problems...” — Tony FadellTony Fadell (@tfadell), sometimes called "the father of the iPod," is an active investor and entrepreneur with a 30+ year history of founding companies and designing products that profoundly improve people's lives. As the Principal at Future Shape, a global investment and advisory firm coaching engineers and scientists working on foundational deep technology, he is continuing to help bring technology out of the lab and into our lives. Currently, Future Shape is coaching 200+ startups innovating game-changing technologies.Tony founded Nest Labs, Inc. in 2010 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until his resignation in 2016. He joined Apple Computer Inc. in 2001 and, as the SVP of Apple's iPod division, led the team that created the first 18 generations of the iPod and the first three generations of the iPhone. Tony founded the Mobile Computing Group at Philips Electronics and served as its Chief Technology Officer and Director of Engineering 1995 to 1998, responsible for all aspects of business and product development, including the award-winning Philips Velo and Nino PDAs. From 1998 to 1999, he served as Vice President for Philips Strategy & Venture focused on building out its digital media strategy and investment portfolio. From 1992 to 1995, he served as a Hardware and Software Architect at General Magic, which created the precursor to the iPhone 15 years earlier.Tony has filed more than 300 patents for his work. In May 2016, Time named the Nest Learning Thermostat, the iPod, and the iPhone three of the "50 Most Influential Gadgets of All Time." Tony graduated with a BS degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1991.Please enjoy!This episode is also brought to you by SuperFat Nut Butters. These little beauties are great. I’ve been using them as quick mini-breakfasts and on-the-go fuel for a few months now. They’re 200–300 calories each, depending on which ingredient cocktail you eat (MCT, protein, macadamia, caffeine, etc.); 3–5g of net carbs per pouch; keto- and Paleo-friendly; and easy to throw in a backpack or pocket. The first time I tried SuperFat, I finished the entire box in a few days, so watch your portion control.I suggest ordering the Variety Box and you can try all 5 SuperFat flavors in one box, and it has 2 pouches of each flavor. Get 15% off your order by going to SuperFat.com/tim.This podcast is also brought to you by Four Sigmatic. I reached out to these Finnish entrepreneurs after a very talented acrobat introduced me to one of their products, which blew my mind (in the best way possible). It is mushroom coffee featuring Lion's Mane. It tastes like coffee, but there are only 40 milligrams of caffeine, so it has less than half of what you would find in a regular cup of coffee. I do not get any jitters, acid reflux, or any type of stomach burn. It put me on fire for an entire day, and I only had half of the packet.You can try it right now by going to foursigmatic.com/tim and using the code Tim to get 20 percent off your first order. If you are in the experimental mindset, I do not think you'll be disappointed.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the form at tim.blog/sponsor.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
#402: Books I've Loved — Seth Godin and Esther Perel
Dec 16th, 201926m 58s
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books — the books that have influenced them, changed them, and transformed them for the better. I hope you pick up one or two new mentors — in the form of books — from this new series and apply the lessons in your own life.Seth Godin (@thisissethsblog) is the author of 19 bestselling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. He writes about the way ideas spread, marketing, strategic quitting, leadership, and — most of all — challenging the status quo in all areas. His books include Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, Purple Cow, This Is Marketing: You Can’t Be Seen Until You Learn to See, and What to Do When it’s Your Turn (and it’s Always Your Turn). Seth is also the founder of the altMBA, an intense four-week online leadership and management workshop.Esther Perel (@estherperel) is a psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author of Mating in Captivity, which has been translated into 26 languages, and The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity. On her podcast Where Should We Begin? Esther brings you into her office to listen to real life couples therapy sessions, and her newest Spotify project, How’s Work?, brings lessons from couples therapy to the corner office.Enjoy!You can find all links from this episode in the show notes.This podcast is brought to you by Hu. Founded by family trio Jason Karp, his wife Jessica, and his brother-in-law Jordan Brown, Hu started as a paleo-inspired restaurant in NYC in 2012, and now they make amazing, plant-based healthy snacks, including their award-winning paleo/vegan dark chocolate. Their Simple Bar, of which I’ve devoured several in one sitting without crashing, has only three ingredients: organic cacao, organic cocoa butter, and organic coconut sugar, without any soy or other junk.The Hu tagline is “Get Back to Human” because they believe people can feel and perform better when they eat foods with cleaner, simpler, less-processed, and less-industrial ingredients. Hu avoids emulsifiers, palm oil, dairy, soy or sunflower lecithin, and sugar alcohols. And all of Hu’s products are Certified Gluten Free, kosher, and Non-GMO. Get 15 percent off your Hu order by visiting hukitchen.com/tim and using discount code TIM at checkout. Make haste, as their holiday shipping cutoff is December 18!***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the form at tim.blog/sponsor.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
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Home > Schools and education > Schools and colleges > Hillbourne Primary School Consultation
Hillbourne Primary School Consultation
This consultation closed on 4 January 2019.
Have your say on the proposal to dispose of school playing field land to facilitate the development of the Hillbourne Masterplan
Why propose to dispose of playing field land at Hillbourne Primary School?
Hillbourne is a 420 place primary school that was created in 2006 by amalgamating Hillbourne First School and Hillbourne Middle School. This has resulted in the site being considerably larger than is needed for a 2 form entry primary school, with the school playing field being approximately 3 times the size recommended by the Department for Education and the school being located in 3 separate buildings. The relative size of the site and the separation of the buildings present significant management issues to the school. Together with the school we have invested in the school buildings, but significant investment is required to bring them up to a condition that meets the needs of the school. For these reasons, it is a long term aspiration of the school leadership that Hillbourne Primary School be accommodated in a single building.
The Hillbourne Masterplan
On 13 November 2018, we approved a masterplan for the redevelopment of the Hillbourne Primary School site. The masterplan considered a number of options for addressing the issues affecting the school and concluded that the least disruptive, safest and most cost effective option, that would also bring value to the community as a whole, would be to construct a new 420 place primary school in the centre of the site.
The leadership of Hillbourne Primary School was heavily involved in the compilation of the masterplan and are confident that the recommendations present the best opportunity to improve outcomes for pupils.
Using the Department for Education guidelines for school areas, we have identified the amount of playing field land required by the school and propose to dispose of the surplus land for the development of housing in order to fund the building of the new school. The surplus playing field land would be disposed of under a Section 77 application, where we have to apply for approval from the Secretary of State. All of the money generated by this disposal would be invested in the construction of the school building and sports facilities.
The designs of the proposed new school building and external areas in the masterplan allocate a playing field area in excess of the recommended minimum size. A formal football pitch that meets Sport England requirements and a floodlit multi-use games area are proposed, that we consider would be a significant improvement on the school’s current sports facilities.
As part of the scheme, the existing Waterloo Youth Centre building would be demolished, following the completion of the new school building. Twin Oaks Pre-school would be accommodated in a purpose built pre-school attached to the school building. It proposed that a positive activity offer for young people would be operated out of the new school building.
During construction of the new school, the existing buildings would remain in operation and once the new school is open, the existing buildings would be demolished. A playing field would be available throughout the construction process and a safe walking route would be established between the 2 existing school buildings.
As part of this process we are consulting with:
Hillbourne Primary School
Waterloo Youth Centre
Twin Oaks Pre-school
parents and carers of pupils at Hillbourne Primary School
parents and carers of children at Twin Oaks Pre-school
the local community
local secondary schools
anyone else who has an interest in this issue
Feedback to the consultation will be summarised as part of the Section 77 application.
You can give your views using our online form.
Please refer to the cabinet report if you would like additional details on this scheme.
If you would like a paper copy of the consultation document, please contact Jason Moors on 01202 633091 or j.moors@poole.gov.uk.
Please note that this consultation is related to the disposal of school playing field land and not the proposed design proposals for the school and the housing. A separate consultation would be undertaken by planning and regeneration when a planning application is received should the playing field land be disposed for development.
Come to a drop-in information session
You are also invited to attend an informal drop-in information session to view the current proposals. This is an opportunity to speak with school governors, ward councillors, the headteacher and council officers about the proposals and to give your feedback.
On: 6 December 2018
Between: 3.30pm and 6.30pm
At: Hillbourne Primary School
The deadline for consultation responses is midnight Friday 4 January 2019.
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Age at Father's Death
At 72 years 147 days, George W. Bush was the oldest president when his father, George H.W., died.
Three presidents were born after their father died - Andrew Jackson, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Bill Clinton.
Two presidents died before their father - Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy.
John Quincy Adams was the first president whose father lived long enough to see him become president.
Millard Fillmore's father was the first to live through his son's entire term in office.
The average age of a president at the passing of their father is about 30 years old.
1 43 George W. Bush 72 years 147 days
2 13 Millard Fillmore 63 years 80 days
3 6 John Quincy Adams 58 years 294 days
4 30 Calvin Coolidge 53 years 257 days
5 45 Donald J. Trump 53 years 11 days
6 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 51 years 147 days
7 18 Ulysses S. Grant 51 years 63 days
8 4 James Madison 49 years 348 days
9 25 William McKinley 49 years 299 days
10 41 George H. W. Bush 48 years 118 days
11 28 Woodrow Wilson 46 years 24 days
12 21 Chester A. Arthur 46 years 22 days
13 23 Benjamin Harrison 44 years 278 days
14 12 Zachary Taylor 44 years 56 days
15 37 Richard M. Nixon 43 years 238 days
16 16 Abraham Lincoln 41 years 339 days
17 14 Franklin Pierce 34 years 129 days
18 8 Martin Van Buren 34 years 124 days
19 27 William H. Taft 33 years 248 days
20 11 James K. Polk 32 years 31 days
21 33 Harry S. Truman 30 years 178 days
22 40 Ronald Reagan 30 years 101 days
23 15 James Buchanan 30 years 49 days
24 36 Lyndon B. Johnson 29 years 57 days
25 39 Jimmy Carter 28 years 294 days
26 38 Gerald R. Ford 27 years 219 days
27 2 John Adams 25 years 208 days
28 10 John Tyler 22 years 283 days
29 44 Barack Obama 21 years 112 days
30 26 Theodore Roosevelt 19 years 105 days
31 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 18 years 312 days
32 9 William Henry Harrison 18 years 74 days
33 22 & 24 Grover Cleveland 16 years 197 days
34 5 James Monroe 15 years 294 days
35 3 Thomas Jefferson 14 years 126 days
36 1 George Washington 11 years 50 days
37 31 Herbert Hoover 6 years 125 days
38 17 Andrew Johnson 3 years 6 days
39 20 James A. Garfield 1 year 166 days
40 7 Andrew Jackson -14 days
41 19 Rutherford B. Hayes -76 days
42 42 Bill Clinton -94 days
- 29 Warren G. Harding Died before father
- 35 John F. Kennedy Died before father
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Councillors asked to reject plans to expand village development at former hospital site
by Joshua King
Councillors have been asked to reject plans to expand a housing development on the site of a former north-east hospital.
The developer behind the Ladysbridge Village project has applied to build a further 15 homes at Boyndie near Banff.
The scheme would take the total number of houses built or under construction at the former Ladysbridge Hospital to 90.
Members of the Banff and Buchan area committee will debate the proposals when they meet this morning[TUESDAY] after councillors Mike Roy, Glen Reynolds and John Cox raised concerns.
The application for planning permission lodged by Ladysbridge Village Ltd has sparked two local objections. The main issue raised by local councillors and residents is that by expanding the existing housing scheme the developers will take away green space originally included in their plans.
In a report to councillors, council infrastructure chief Stephen Archer recommends members refuse the application on the grounds it is an “unacceptable reduction” in the open space which was initially earmarked on the site.
He said: “It is deemed that the proposal does not comply with all of our policies and is therefore recommended for refusal.
“The proposed addition of 15 houses on this site is not considered to maintain the integrity of the area, originally identified for a community use.”
The original deal to build the project set aside 40% of the land for community space but if this latest application to expand the scheme were approved the space would be slashed to 32%.
In a letter to council planners David and Elizabeth Richard-Jones, who live in the Ladysbridge scheme already, said: “We wish to object to the planning application because it will result in an increase in housing density and loss of central open space and amenity ground – well beyond that indicated to us when we purchased our home.”
A spokesman for the developer’s agent Knight Frank said: “The applications are not contrary to the open space policy in that there will be a large net gain in the area of open space provided within the Ladysbridge village development.”
He added that the way the new houses are laid out will add a new “informal” green space to the overall scheme.
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Neighbours delighted as controversial housing scheme for Aberdeenshire village is rejected
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Don’t confuse respect for police with confidence in them
Americans’ respect for local police is apparently much higher than their confidence in the police in general.
by Wendy Sawyer, October 26, 2016
Good news from Gallup this week that “surging” numbers of Americans respect the police needs a gentle reminder that this is only a small part of the picture.
Gallup asks Americans two similar-sounding questions about attitudes towards police every year that get very different responses. In the fall, Gallup’s poll asks about respect specifically for local police; in the summer, another question asks about confidence in the police as an institution in American society.
The positive responses reported this week were for the question “How much respect do you have for the police in your area?” Americans’ respect for local police is apparently much higher than their confidence in the police in general.
Last year, the Prison Policy Initiative’s Rachel Gandy charted confidence in the police, which showed that in 2015, just 52% of Americans had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the police as an institution in American society. This June, Gallup reported that confidence went up only 4% from last year’s 22-year low, and just “a slim majority of Americans have confidence in the police as an institution.”
Jesse Walker on Reason.com offers a quick analysis of cultural conditions in 2016 that may account for the increase in respect for police, and points out the important differences between the measures of respect and confidence.
Most obviously, when Gallup asks about respect for police, it asks about local police, who may be familiar faces to many Americans – even neighbors and relatives on the force. This question also comes at a time when the memories of the shootings of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge are still fresh. Respect for police is a given. It dominates presidential debates and is a common refrain used to denounce critics of police brutality.
Of course Americans respect the police. But do they trust them? That is the question of confidence.
Wendy Sawyer is the Prison Policy Initiative Research Director. (Other articles | Full bio | Contact)
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Academic journal article Economic Inquiry
Secret Santa Reveals the Secret Side of Giving
By Duncan, Brian
At Christmas, large families and groups of friends often organize secret Santa gift exchanges in which each participant gives and receives one gift rather than giving and receiving gifts from everyone. Participants typically draw names from a hat to assign each persona secret Santa. Organizers claim that a secret Santa gift exchange will benefit participants in two ways. The first is obvious: buying and wrapping one large gift is easier than buying and wrapping several smaller gifts. This benefit suggests that a secret Santa gift exchange lowers the cost of gift giving, and so we would expect to see a corresponding increase in holiday spending. However, organizers also claim that a secret Santa gift exchange will save participants' money, while allowing them to give and receive more meaningful gifts. This benefit suggests that a secret Santa gift exchange will reduce holiday spending, as a participant who would otherwise give ten gifts worth $12 each will be inclined to give one gift worth something less than $120. (1) While this behavior seems reasonable, it raises some revealing questions about the nature of generosity--questions that conventional models of generosity cannot answer. For example, why would a secret Santa gift exchange reduce holiday spending, and if it does, why would a reduction in holiday spending benefit participants?
A secret Santa gift exchange is essentially a cooperative gift-giving agreement. In conventional models of generosity, cooperation benefits participants because giving carries a positive externality. This externality occurs because giving brings enjoyment to the giver, the receiver, and (possibly) third parties. For example, when a grandmother gives her grandchild a new bicycle, both benefit. In addition, the child's parents may benefit from their child receiving a bike that they did not have to pay for. In models with positive externalities, cooperation makes everyone better off by increasing the total amount of giving. Conversely, cooperation in a secret Santa gift exchange makes everyone better off by decreasing the total amount of giving. By doing so, a secret Santa gift exchange may reveal a hidden aspect of giving: negative externalities.
The idea that giving could be associated with a negative externality may seem somewhat unphilanthropic. However, this article shows that several reasonable philanthropic assumptions, such as impact philanthropy and social comparison, unavoidably lead to negative gift externalities. For example, the grandmother's gift of a new bicycle might diminish the impact of the parent's gift. One cousin might give a larger gift to avoid being labeled as the cousin who gives the smallest gift. A husband might buy an expensive gift for his wife fearing that his wife will buy him an expensive gift. All these motives imply a negative gift externality.
For the purposes of this article, the important feature of a secret Santa gift exchange is that it concentrates each person's gift rather than spreading it around. This gift concentration is unique, in that it is done without eliminating recipients. For example, agreeing to give Christmas presents only to the youngest children in a family would concentrate gifts but not in the same way as a secret Santa gift exchange. Rather, a secret Santa gift exchange concentrates gifts not by eliminating recipients but by restricting the way gifts are allocated among recipients. In fact, the idea of restricting the way gifts are allocated among a group of recipients is not limited to the secret Santa gift exchange. It is also seen in common fund-raising strategies, such as a children's organization that allows a donor to sponsor an individual child rather than contribute to a general fund. Setting aside the possible motives for this fundraising strategy, sponsoring children raises an interesting philanthropic question. If, at the end of the day, 1,000 needy children are fed, does a donor feel more satisfied if he or she fed one child or if he or she provided each of these thousand children with a single grain of rice? …
Publication: Economic Inquiry
Duncan, Brian
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Academic journal article Teacher Education Quarterly
Predictions and Performance on the PACT Teaching Event: Case Studies of High and Low Performers
By Sandholtz, Judith Haymore
Performance assessments are becoming an increasingly common strategy for evaluating the competency of pre-service teachers. In connection with standards-based reform and a focus on teacher quality, many states have moved away from relying on traditional tests or university supervisors' observations and have developed performance assessments as part of licensing requirements or accreditation of teacher education programs (Pecheone, Pigg, Chung, & Souviney, 2005). In California, legislation requires that teacher certification programs implement a performance assessment to evaluate candidates' mastery of specified teaching performance expectations (California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2006). The concerns about traditional tests used in licensing decisions center on the extent to which the tests are authentic and valid in identifying effective teaching (Mitchell, Robinson, Plake, & Knowles, 2001). Relying on university supervisors' classroom observations of candidates for summative judgments is also problematic due to issues of validity and reliability. A potential advantage of university supervisor assessments is that judgments are based on observation of candidates' actual teaching in classroom settings. However, observations may be conducted too infrequently, training of supervisors may be insufficient to achieve inter-rater agreement, and observation forms may not be tailored to specific disciplines or levels (Arends, 2006b). Researchers who investigated how teacher candidates were evaluated in student teaching across multiple types of teacher preparation institutions in the U.S. reported that summative judgments made from student teaching observation forms were unable to differentiate among various levels of effectiveness (Arends, 2006a).
When performance assessments include evidence from teaching practice, they can provide more direct evaluation of teaching ability than pencil-and-paper licensure tests or completion of coursework (Mitchell et al., 2001; Pecheone & Chung, 2006; Porter, Youngs, & Odden, 2001). But, as with traditional tests and supervisor observations, concerns about the reliability and predictive validity of performance assessments must be resolved (Pecheone & Chung, 2006). Other concerns about performance assessments center on the effects on curriculum and the richness of teacher education programs, potential harm to relationships essential for learning, competing demands, and the significant amount of human and financial resources required (Arends, 2006a; Delandshere & Arens, 2001; Snyder, 2009; Zeichner, 2003). A particularly pressing issue is the high cost of developing and implementing performance assessments during periods of funding shortages (Guaglianone, Payne, Kinsey, & Chiero, 2009; Porter, Youngs, & Odden, 2001). The ongoing costs, in terms of financial support and faculty time, lead teacher educators to question if resources could be better spent in other ways (Snyder, 2009). If performance assessments provide little information beyond what university supervisors gain through formative evaluations and classroom observations of candidates, then the high costs, in combination with other concerns, may seem less justifiable.
In an earlier study, my co-author and I explored the extent to which supervisors' perspectives about candidates' performance corresponded with outcomes from a summative performance assessment (Sandholtz & Shea, 2012). We specifically examined the relationship between university supervisors' predictions and candidates' performance on the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT) teaching event. We found that university supervisors' predictions of their candidates' performance did not closely match the PACT scores and that inaccurate predictions were split between over- and under-predictions. In addition, supervisors did not provide more accurate predictions for high and low performers than other candidates. …
Publication: Teacher Education Quarterly
Publication date: Summer 2012
Sandholtz, Judith Haymore
Student teachers--Licensing, certification and accreditation
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Performance-based assessment--Case studies
Teaching--Testing
Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education: Case Pedagogies and Curricula for Teacher Educators By Suzanne E. Wade Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000
How Accreditation Influences Assessment By Martin Kramer; Edward S. Lubinescu; James L. Ratcliff; Maureen A. Gaffney Jossey Bass, 2001
Productivity Measurement and Improvement: Organizational Case Studies By Robert D. Pritchard Praeger Publishers, 1995
Student Teachers' Needs in Blended Piano Studies for Clinic Style Face-to-Face Guidance By Hietanen, Lenita Enbuska, Jukka Tuisku, Vesa Ruokonen, Inkeri Ruismäki, Heikki European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences, The, Vol. 23, No. 3, August 2018
Preparing Teachers for Educational Renewal within Current Contexts of Accountability: Reflecting upon John Goodlad's Twenty Postulates By Paufler, Noelle A. Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 67, No. 4, September-October 2016
Investigating Student Teachers' Conceptions of Social Studies through the Multi-Dimensional Structure of the Epistemological Beliefs * By Dinç, Erkan Üztemur, Servet Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri, Vol. 17, No. 6, December 2017
The Case against Teacher Certification By Ballou, Dale Podgursky, Michael The Public Interest, No. 132, Summer 1998
Analyzing Public Issues - Clarification through Discussion: A Case Study of Social Studies Teachers By Byford, Jeff Russell, William Social Studies Review, Vol. 46, No. 1, Fall 2006
Motivations for Case Study Selection in GCSE Geography By Darlington, Ellie Dunn, Karen Teaching Geography, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring 2015
Woodland Hills Student Jasson Hart Said Few People Initially Believed That His Former Principal Threatened Him and Used Racial Slurs [Derived Headline] By Martines, Jamie Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 10, 2018
Teacher Candidates Get Jump on Tutoring; College Program Helps to Boost Student Reading Levels By Dickson, Terry The Florida Times Union, February 21, 2014
Measure Solves Part of Schools' Problems By Gladstone, Becky The Register Guard (Eugene, OR), October 30, 2002
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New Statesman (1996), September 1, 2003 | Go to article overview
Win vouchers to spend at any TESCO store
Competition No 3794
Set by Brendan O'Byrne, 11 August
You were asked for sayings from a made-up person of two names bound together by a common thread, eg, Dirty Harry Potter: "Go ahead, Draco. Make my fortnight!"
Report by Ms de Meaner
The number of cheats I've had to shoot down! Mark Anthony Blair, Marie Claire Short, Spencer Tracy Emin, Mother Theresa May, Frankie Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and so on. I also thought those who sent in Prince Charles and Martin Luther King had a bit of a nerve. Finally, I banned any version of Oliver Hardy Amies's "this is a fine dress you got me into" on the grounds that Ollie never said "fine", but "nice". A rennet for every winner, in addition to the Tesco vouchers, which go to Gervase MacGregor.
Nicolas Walter Mitty: I know there is no God; he told me so himself. Just William Blake: I don't know whose feet did it, but it jolly well wasn't mine.
Douglas Bader-Meinhof: I'm from the RAF.
BILL GREENWELL
Prince Albert Einstein: She thinks it's relatively amusing.
GEORGE CARR-HILL
Muhammad Ali G: I is the greatest.
Bob Dylan Thomas: Do not go gentle into that hard rain.
Horatio Nelson Mandela: Kiss me, Mbeki.
L P Hartley Shawcross: The past is a different country; we were the masters then.
NICHOLAS HODGSON
Robert Falcon Scott Fitzgerald: In a real dark night of the soul, it is always Antarctica in midwinter.
Rachel Carson McCullers: The heart is lonely in the silent spring. …
Publication information: Article title: Competition. Contributors: Not available. Magazine title: New Statesman (1996). Volume: 132. Issue: 4653 Publication date: September 1, 2003. Page number: 41. © New Statesman Ltd. COPYRIGHT 2003 Gale Group.
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Sifting Through The Racks: Week of 2/17/16
All comic reviews by: Josh Rushinock, Paul McIntyre
Every week, Josh Rushinock and Paul McIntyre sit down with a combination of the week's comic releases, and one classic comic run, and attempt to sift the good from the bad. Effectively sifting through the trash to find the best work of the week, and the greatest runs of all time, every Friday these two writers come together to share their impressions on the comic book industry they both so thoroughly love.
Welcome to this week's edition of Sifting Through The Racks!
This week's releases:
Carnage #5
Carnage has been an incredibly solid series thus far, really highlighting both the insanity of the book's main character and antagonist with great success. It's also been a haven for unique and odd ideas to be taken quite seriously, and, in that effect, it's worked terrifically too. Characters that haven't seen the light of day in years or who have been poorly handled have managed to find a niche for themselves in this odd but well-written and claustrophobic series, and that mix between a tight story and well-handled character interaction has allowed this series to shine as a terrific example of a short, concisely handled series.
What becomes of a book like this, however, when it starts to press beyond that first arc?
The supposed final showdown is at hand as Eddie Brock fully embraces Toxin in order to best Carnage, but Carnage now has an army in the form of the church's members turned into symbiotes that work at his beck and call, all thanks to the book that they church seemed to protect and kill for. As Toxin attempts to hold off this rather ominous numbers game, the rest of the agents retreat into the remnants of the church in search of the cause, and find Gleeson, one of their own who had been working with the church all the while, escaping with the book.
After casting a spell to set Manny on fire, he retreats, and, in the chaos, Jameson turns back into Man-Wolf in order to save her and fight of a Carnage offshoot but quickly loses control. After threatening Manny as Man-Wolf, he's slowly coaxed back into his normal form, and they give chase to Gleeson who's exited topside from a Church's hidden tunnels. On the surface, the team find themselves faced with a hard choice: set the Sonics to full charge and bury Carnage and his new pawns under the rubble and kill Eddie in the attempt, or allow Carnage to escape and chase the book that gives him such power.
This is a hectic issue with a lot going on in it, so much so that it's hard to follow in the first ten pages or so. With context, it makes sense, but picking the issue up after a couple weeks wait is a little tough unless you do a reminders course on what happened before by grabbing the last issue. I've said this before, this series is a perfect example of a wait for the trade, mostly because the story as a whole outweighs its singular issues, but it's starting to become necessary to read them in order so you can keep up with the plot. I do, however, worry that now that we're out of the mines that have set such a terrific mood for the story that the book might wane a bit, but that's a very minor worry in the face of what has been a solid series.
Rating: Wait for the Trade.
This is just the right amount of heartbreaking and good art to feed my black soul.
Extraordinary X-Men #7
In the strange switch in attention that the X-Series has gotten, Extraordinary X-Men seems to be the leading series, the one with the most forward momentum for the X-Men and mutant-kind as a whole. Usually, that type of lead would be put in the Uncanny series but, alas, is strangely has not. While the first arc in this series was off on extremely shaky legs, the first issue in its new arc last issue was an absolute delight to read, this issue has a lot to live up to to prove the book is heading in a positive direction, considering it's now seemingly lead role in the X-Books.
As the bulk of the team break through Weirdworld and find the mutant stragglers that were trapped behind a sea of flame, it's revealed that Sunfire had been protecting the kids. He'd managed to grab a handful of mutants from the riots all across Asia and escaped with them, but hit a pocket of unusual energy in the Atlantic and found his flock trapped in Weirdworld. As the team come head to head with Sunfire, who was last seen aiding Scott Summers in his attempts to fire back at the Inhumans and therefore damned his entire kind, they reach an extremely shaky agreement to rid Weirdworld of whatever was bombarding them and bring them back to the mansion in limbo Meanwhile, Storm and Jean Grey delve deep into the warped and hurt mind of Kurt in an attempt to bring him back to the world proper, and are forced to fight through layer after confused layer of Kurt's fears, before coming to the shocking revelation of what was done to the mutants around Kurt during the M-Pox riots.
This issue gets off to a shaky start for me, mostly because it falls into the atypical trap of making Jean Grey some sort of young messiah, it quickly makes up for it with some decent character work and, more importantly, great art direction. We have a new artist on the book this week, and, while his impact on improving the art is very meager, the way he layers his panels and structures his book is nothing short of genius. The scenes in Nightcrawler's mind are incredibly tricky and allows you to move the book and look at them from any angle to get a slightly different perspective.
That being said, it's not so outside the ordinary that it makes the singular issue worth the buy. The last few panels of the issue are genuinely heartbreaking and also manage to put a bit of light on some real-life issues in the world today before giving a scene so sad it instantly makes you feel for why Kurt has mentally shut down. In the end, were it not for the last few pages of this book, it would have been dropped down to a trade, but I feel confident in saying that the entirety of the Kurt story arc is worth the full buy, no issue whatsoever.
Rating: Buy it.
Batman & Robin: Eternal #20
I've heaped a lot of praise onto this series for managing to come back every week with a bit more story, a bit more intrigue, and a secret or two hidden about, and that's very much true. It's incredibly rare for an every week series to be of any quality because it's just too much pressure for a series over five or six issues. Rightfully, praise should be given to the team that has managed to keep the guesses and content coming for twenty straight weeks and twenty straight issues and that I will never take away.
Last week, however, I did mention that without Batman's portion of the story there to prop up some of the comic, the quality did suffer a bit, and the focus shifted too much from Harper's revelation of Cassandra having killed her parents, and the book's revelation that Harper was created by Mother to be Batman's perfect Robin, to the fight outside. This issue delves a bit into these issues again, but is it handled as well as before?
A pier four brawl opens this issue with Harper, under the control of Scarecrows fear toxin, attacking Cassie and attempting to reap her vengeance upon her for killing her parents. Dick attempts to stop her, but quickly gets pulled aside by a somehow alive cannibal Poppy, leaving Red Hood to have to attempt to quell the attack, but ends up knocked out. Meanwhile, Tim manages to overcome the fear gasses and shut down the systems, managing to save the teenagers who had been taken over by the toxin and the Spyral satellite to serve the Mother. Dick and the Matron are knocked out after lengthy battles by the power of the strange followers of Mother and somehow shut down Sattelite, and, in the chaos after the shutdown everyone is apparently too knocked out to notice, off panel, Cassie and Harper get kidnapped.
Oh, and stop here if you don't want spoilers. I'll wait. Skip to the next review.
Still here? Delightful.
So in an attempt to clear up the existence of the satellite that controlled peoples minds, Matron explains that it was meant to wipe the world from knowing who Nightwing was, so that Dick had an out at any given time to return to his life as Nightwing... except, why would they do this? First of all, we're so far past Dick being in Spyral in all the other series that there's no point to this late term revelation. Secondly, the entire point of Dick's standalone comic was always that Spyral was never going to let him go of his own free will because he'd been outplayed the moment Batman told him to infiltrate them. Why would the people above the Matron allow this? You could say she's simply lying, but what would be the point of that? We're pretty much past Spyral's involvement in this storyline at this point, presumably, so it seems like a loose end they just scrambled to cover up. Why? All they had to do was have Dick walk away from the Matron shaken and boom, done. He doesn't trust them.
Additionally, the entire Harper and Cassie dynamic starts off so solidly that it makes no sense for it to end on a non-plussed note and an off-panel kidnapping. It's a poor attempt to push on a storyline nearing its end further past where it should end, and it's so obvious it's painful. If they really wanted to prolong it, there were a hundred different ways to do it like having Harper walk away swearing that she'd hunt down Cassie to the ends of the Earth after she manages to escape or simply have her walk away to get her head straight, and from there she can find out on her own who she was meant to be. Or, you know, you could have just shown the goddamned kidnapping.
I want to like this comic, because this series has been good, but too much was handled too poorly this issue for me to even suggest it in the form of a trade, just so you can keep reading. Damian Wayne appears at the end here, and it's possible that the inclusion of the actual current Robin might fill in the gap Batman's flashbacks have left, but I doubt it will be that serious a dynamic. Worse yet, I worry that the team has so many balls in the air that they simply cannot wrap this storyline up in a way that makes sense.
I want to believe in this team, and I still sort of do. But, at the end of the day, this was a terrible, terrible issue, and I can't simply let that go because I like the rest of the series. Hopefully my fears are incorrect, and it's made up next week.
Rating: Burn it.
Power Man and Iron Fist #1
I've always loved the stories of street-level superheroes far more than I have the ones with grand power and dominion over the entirety of the world. There's just something about the struggle to clean up a street filled with gangs or mafia that appeals to me, and it also helps that the majority of these types of comics tend to take villains that are treated like jokes and add a sense of validity to them. No series in the history of comics has done that better than Power Man and Iron Fist.
This is an age-old series that is being rekindled in today's market, with the idea put forward that the characters are a little bit older if perhaps not wiser. While the old series always seemed to walk a fine line between serious and silly, the Heroes for Hire branch of the two's combined efforts history was always a little darker, a little grittier, and more self-aware than old issues. So, this series walks into the door with a question of, which will they go for? Gritty retellings or a bit more fun?
Danny and Luke find themselves together as a team, temporarily, at least, for the first time in years, to take care of a job that went wrong back in their Heroes for Hire days. Picking up Jennie Royce, the former secretary of said company from five years in prison serving time for having murdered a hero-type that wasn't necessarily on the up and up while possessed, they take her out to eat and are tasked with finding her grandmother's necklace which was apparently given up in debt years ago to the Tombstone. Iron Fist and Luke go and meet with Tombstone as Luke has a sordid history with the man and finds that perhaps not all that Jennie told them was the full truth as the meeting escalates into a fight.
I'm on the fence for this issue. On one hand, the art is pretty awful, and the character work isn't especially great. The thing this issue seems to do well is write the idea of Luke Cage as an aged father out of the superhero game, but all the other characters suffer. Danny Rand isn't especially well-written, played off far, far too silly, and Jessica Jones, who sneaks in and out in flashbacks and phonecalls, is literally not Jessica Jones at all, but instead some characterized stay at home mom. I mean, Jessica did want to take that step in recent years, but actions such as chastising Luke for cursing because the baby heard it are so far outside her character that it makes you wonder if the writers have ever even read the series.
On the other hand, there's a bit of fun to be had. The entire meeting with Tombstone is so heavily foreshadowed that you know before the characters that things are going bad, but the fight is fun and the dynamic between the two main characters is good, at points. It's just the mixed handling of characters and light tone that make me question this. As a first issue, this isn't much to look at, and honestly until I see more, I don't see it being worth your time though I hope rather desperately that it improves just due to my love of both characters.
Rating: Skip it.
How delightfully seventies.
Silver Surfer #2
It's been a while since I've read a book specifically for Silver Surfer, but this series immediately caught my eye after just seeing the cover of the first issue. And that issue didn't disappoint. There's something just so retro about how they've gone about recreating this series. It beckons back to a much simpler time in comics where the threats were grand and the heroes even grander, yet there wasn't a forcefully dark tone lingering over the story. Instead, the style of those types of books is just pure hope and good defeating evil, or redeeming it, and, as much as I love a gritty tale or two, I still miss those types of simple stories.
This issue opens with the Surfer remembering his time as Norrin Radd and describes how he was told that his people were not the peaceful people he'd been taught to think. Then, the Surfer awakens and finds himself wanting to move on. Dawn Greenwood, his companion, attempts to show him the little things about Earth after he insists he knows all that the planet has to offer, and, in the process, he finds there's more to the world than he even realized, just before a cataclysmic event threatens the Earth in the shape of those same fleets of ships that had shown him the true nature of his people. He attempts to reach the Fantastic Four but finds them gone then the Avengers but discovers they've relocated, and, in a final attempt to find help, he goes to Alicia Masters, causing jealousy from Dawn, before going off to face a surprise in the invader's champion, a bent to the aliens way of life Thing, under the control of a puppet master the man known as Norrin Radd is all too familiar with.
What can I honestly say here? I'm a sucker for this run, even two issues in. The art style is so delightfully old-school it puts me at ease and allows me to enjoy each moment without overthinking character arcs, but, even if I had, there wouldn't be a weakness to find. It's a grand adventure for a grand character with a grand plot twist, and it's done with such a well meaning old school style that it begs to be in your collection.
Rating: Buy it!
God have I missed you, Nightwing-senpai.
Titans Hunt #5
I've said it before, but, to reiterate, the Teen Titans have bee treated like utter crap by the New 52. The entire history of the team was thrown aside in an effort to start new with recastings of familiar characters and attempts at new mainstays. Over the last year or so, DC has been trying desperately to play damage control with the team, starting a run of the Titans team with a few caveats thrown in to make it at the very least seem familiar to what the product originally was. The results have been mixed, but at least the attempt has been made.
With Titans Hunt, this is a more complete attempt to fix the mistakes made up to this point. The entire bulk of the newest major characters came out of that team, and, without that memory of being a Titan, they've all been lesser for the experience. Titans Hunt's entire purpose was to put that history back into place, but, with a more recent history, bring back an old Titans storyline and rewriting it to bring back some of the original run Teen Titans and have them chase the memory they can no longer remember fully but plague their minds as familiar. It's an honest attempt to restore something that's been lost and buried with the relaunch, but, as of yet, it has not really shown its best side.
In his attempt to bring the Titans together in order to regain his physical form, Tornado has captured and tortured Mal Duncan, the man who has only just found out he was once The Herald, and forced him to let out repeated, bellowing calls that only the other Titans can hear. He manages to get inside his mind and control his actions well enough to bend him to his will while Mal's pregnant wife is approached by a mysterious stranger who remembers the Titans and wants to save her and the others lives. Meanwhile, Hawk and Dove go to Lilith in an attempt to help Hawk cope with the calls, but Gnnark and and Roy appear just in time to find Hawk in a vicious fit. The group brawls while Lilith passes out in the background, all while Dianna, Nightwing, and Garth attempt to chase down leads as to what they were all doing four years ago that forced them to so rewrite their minds.
This was the first issue in this series to really click with me and make me say it was worth the time put into it. Everyone seems to either play to their role or hint at their original role well enough to make me actually want to see the team back in its current format which was an issue previously. A lot happens in this issue, and there are a ton of moving plot threads. Also, I'm not quite sure if I have faith they'll be properly resolved, but, as it stands, this issue bolsters the series and gives us a reason to care. For that, as well as great pacing and content, it's worth a trade copy.
Rating: Wait for the Trade
The Mighty Thor #4
Over the last two years, Marvel has gone above and beyond in their attempts to take their flagship characters and shake them up in some way, and, in several cases, that has meant full replacements. While the Captain Falcon McDouchePunchs and sentient evil machine Iron Men of this charge for change have been met with... well, mixed results, there have been just as many cases of character changes that have worked tremendously. The Old Man Logans and Miles Morales, for example.
However, if I had to point out a series that has garnered the most from these changes, it would be without a doubt Thor. Since day one of Jane Foster donning the hammer and cowl, there hasn't been one bad main issue (One absolutely terrible annual though. Thanks, CM Punk.) to come out in either the eight issue Thor series nor this Might Thor run. Every book has somehow managed to add to the mythos of Thor and the nine realms with very little holding it back, and it's been truly my pleasure to keep up with it along the way.
Jane Foster finds herself opening this issue helpless, cancer-ridden, and falling from the skies of Alfhiem, the world of the Light Elves, surrounded by Roxxan bombs. The hammer she wields is not far from her and, with it, the halting of both the cancer killing her and the chemotherapy that is saving her. With one hand, she reaches out and takes the burden Thor left behind in hand once more but is stopped just before tearing into the Evil Council's army. The Queen of the Light Elves takes King Malekith into her chambers to discuss peace. As a chained Loki introduces the new Thor to his half-father Laufey, the Queen is tricked by the magics of the Enchatress, and her attempt to stall for time as her people escaped into the bifrost to the land of dwarves is thwarted by a false marriage. Thor is forced to leave before she can unfurl this mystery, however, as it's brought to her attention that Odin is putting his wife on trial for treason, and a rebellion is stirring amongst the warriors of Asgard who look to be lead by the All-Mother and the Thor who would stand against the All Father.
This issue is a thing of beauty. From the absolutely haunting first panel of Jane Foster falling from the heavens to the ultimate face-off that is teased at the end, this is perhaps the best issue to come out of the Foster Thor series yet, and that's certainly saying something considering how every issue has been absolutely superb. I cannot find one, singular complaint to make here. Consider me impressed and ready for the next issue.
Unf.
Dragon Age: Magekiller #3
Well here is just the brand of different I'm in need of.
Dark Horse as a company have always been an absolutely superb company to bring any ideas into and allow them to build an extended world for you. They famously expanded Star Wars out of the unfortunately bleak and awful comics of the late eighties and created a universe off of it, and every movie-maker with a world in mind or game company with a world to flesh out has ended up in their laps. Their best work is when they're given a bit of creative freedom, and that's offered in droves in a world as vast as Thedas.
After narrowly escaping from Tevinter Empire's wrath after sparing an ex-lover, the stoic and quiet Marius finds himself and Tessa stuck in the middle of the skies opening and the rifts releasing demons into the world. Their attempts to escape assassins quickly turn into missions to save villagers from the end of the world. As Tessa corrals the enemy and tries to pull them away from the citizens, Marius seems to welcome death in the face of the dozens of demons as he finds himself trapped after an explosion. Managing to survive, Tessa and Marius stay in the town's inn with the express intent on leaving as soon as Marius is healed up, but a mysterious and familiar assassin might just have other planes for the Mage Killers...
The two issues before this were so bulky and filled with content and a series of events that just kept coming that this issue ended up feeling extremely thin but not necessarily bad. The little things done here added a lot of character to Marius especially who hadn't had much character development beyond hints of a past, and the story being told from Tessa's perspective once again makes her the stories moral anchor despite Marius being the one who turns down the jobs that might seem wrong. I'd say this is an issue that would be perfect in a trade as it'll be good character development in between other issues that quickly move along the story.
Well that cover is... just all around awful.
Character is something Marvel is (usually) terrific with, and that has been more than proven over and over again since the company has taken over Star Wars. It does, however, have a bit of trouble creating and maintaining new characters in this day and age, and that also seems to show in its new Star Wars collaboration. They can take and expand upon characters that already have a wealth of history to them, but the creation of new characters with new character motives is something they struggle with in most cases. It's something the company has improved over the last few years but haven't exactly fixed altogether. It does however shine rather brightly in the Star Wars mythos as their additions thus far have been somewhere around adequate.
Leia and the Rebels are still in possession of Dr. Aphra, Vader's hired thug and something of a mastermind. After repeated failed attempts to convince her to talk, it's been decided that she be moved to the only proper high security prison the Alliance can offer, orbiting a sun so closely that the heat is near uncontrollable. Leia and Sana seem to disagree on her treatment especially after it's revealed that Sana has a history with Aphra who also seems to finally be cracking in terms of sanity after the months with Vader but still won't talk. With Han and Luke outside of the system, the new prison seems secure... but are they secure from Vader's legions of hired Bounty Hunters hunting down his chosen lieutenant?
This book does one thing well: make Dr. Aphra stand out. She slowly has become interesting in Vader's book but, without him leaning over her every action, it finally seems as if she actually might not be right in the head either which adds more to her character than just being the intimidated but loyal lackey of Vader.
The rest of the book, however, is hit and miss. Luke and Han get about three pages of work that basically amounts to cheating at sabac. Leia doesn't seem to be herself here or at least the character that she's been portrayed in this series, the uncompromising protector of the rebels. Sana also continues to lack any character beyond 'manipulative smuggler' and has no real reason to stick around or be on this particular mission especially if her mark is still Han.
Honestly, this is just a thin book coming off of a bigger event, and, since the series has been a little hit or miss from the start, I can't suggest picking this issue up because, despite Aphra shining and me personally being a fan of her here, there's really nothing else to hold this book up for even waiting for the trade.
Classic Comic Review of the week:
DAREDEVIL: YELLOW
Jeph Loeb is a somewhat divisive figure in the comic book industry.
His work is inconsistent in nature, subtlety, and, most importantly of all, quality. He is responsible for some of the best and some of the worst comic book issues I have ever had the experience of reading.
The Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum, for example, are complete abominations that I would gladly erase from the human consciousness without a second thought.
And yet, the man who wrote those horrifying narratives is also responsible for perhaps my favourite Batman story arc of all time, The Long Halloween. But then, on those particular issues, Loeb was working with Tim Sale.
A frequent element of Loeb's better works is the presence of Tim Sale. Collaboration is the essence of success in the medium of comic books, and these two complement each other outstandingly.
Today, I'm here to pay tribute to another of their great works, focusing on the hero who in my opinion is the greatest character in the superhero genre.
This review is Daredevil: Yellow.
The idea of the colour-themed Loeb/Sale comic books was to explore the genesis and early years of Marvel's most famous super heroes: Spider-Man, The Hulk, and Matt Murdock himself, Daredevil.
How, then, to approach the early days of Marvel's most depressing superhero?
Daredevil, the character who Frank Miller crucified on a cross of depression and misery with nails made of doubt, self-loathing and atonement?
Refreshingly, Yellow subverted this familiar approach to the character in favour of an homage to the Silver Age.
In a way this could have and should have been difficult, given that Stan Lee's version of Daredevil was nothing short of a substandard Peter Parker before Frank Miller reinvented the character.
If anything, Loeb and Sale managed to make tribute to everything good about that era of comic books and fuse it with the progress that had been made in comic boom storytelling in all the decades since.
This is such a tonic for Daredevil, and, for those that have watched the Netflix series and enjoy the dynamic between Matt, Karen and Foggy, look no further than the pages of Yellow to see that familiar rapport, affection, and slight romantic tension surrounding the trio.
It's no coincidence that Loeb, who wrote Yellow, is also the head of Marvel television and no doubt had influence on the creative direction of Netflix's Daredevil.
Yellow is a wonderfully retro comic book that reflects the innocence of the Silver Age without compromising the very bleak origin of its protagonist.
We begin with the death of Matt's father, the formative moment of Daredevil. Matt's blindness in a chemical accident is what gave him powers, but Battlin' Jack's murder gave him the desire to use them for justice.
And thus we bear witness to the birth of The Man Without Fear, in a six-issue series that sees him battle his father's killer, Electro, The Owl and The Purple Man; sees him establish his law firm with best friend Foggy, and sees him fall in love with Karen Page.
It is an emotional, heartfelt story that is elevated by Sale's beautiful artwork.
There is not a lot to spoil about this series unless you don't know of Daredevil's origins; this is just that, a reimagining of his earliest moments and the moments in which he emerged as amateur hero and slowly learned the meaning of being a professional superhero.
The framework and context of the issues could be considered spoilers, however, as it is Matt himself recalling these early days in the form of a letter.
A letter written to one particular person in response to what was at the time a major canonical event in the character's history.
Beware of that. But if you're willing to risk it, give this a read.
It's not a groundbreaking reinvention that changes your entire perception of Matt Murdock or influences your very idea of what comic books are and can be, but it is most definitely a compelling, loving, and intimate look at a great character that isn't afraid to present him in an atypical way.
I truly enjoyed reading this again. I forgive you for The Ultimates 3, Loeb.
But I may need to read The Long Halloween again in order to forgive Ultimatum.
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Rail News: High-Speed Rail
UP set to pre-qualify bidders for Illinois HSR Tier 2 bid package
Union Pacific Railroad plans to soon issue a request for proposals for the Tier 2 bid package for the Illinois high-speed rail project. Firms now can begin the pre-qualification process. The work is being completed as part of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s effort to launch 110-mph service between Chicago and St. Louis.
Work would be conducted between mileposts 203 and 230 on the Springfield Subdivision between the Auburn and Shipman stations near Virden, Girard, Nilwood and Carlinville, Ill. The package will be split between two construction areas: one that calls for building a second mainline track and access roads between milepost 206 and 214.5, and a second that includes reconstructing the Carlinville siding and constructing access roads between mileposts 223.1 and 226.7. Both packages include replacing culverts and improving bridges, and reconstructing roadway crossings.
For more specific information on the pre-qualification and bidding processes, as well as a work summary, visit the project’s website at www.idothsr.org.
Contact Progressive Railroading editorial staff.
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Advanced Educational Practice
UCL - University College London · Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment
GradDip
An ordinary degree or level 5 equivalent qualification (e.g. Cambridge International Education Professional Development Qualification studied in English) as this is an Honours level award (i.e. level 6).
If your education has not been conducted in the English language, you will be expected to demonstrate evidence of an adequate level of English proficiency.
The English language level for this programme is: Good.
Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.
January, September
This Graduate Diploma has been developed to enable participants to reflect on their own educational practice, taking a professional academic approach. The programme's presentation is either fully online for individual students or mixed mode for those joining a school-based cohort group (minimum of 20 participants for the whole programme which includes MA participants).
Through an established virtual learning environment, students follow directed tasks including reading, video and audio clips and full lectures presented by IOE academics. Responses are then shared with the online community and students are encouraged to respond to each other.
Students are supported in exploring their practice through engagement with research including academic and professional literature, so examining updated knowledge about theories and practices in education.
The study is expected to support the everyday educational practices students are involved in through engagement in reflection and critical analysis of those practices.
Please see UCL website for full information about fees and costs for this programme.
Online learningis available for this qualification
This programme is delivered through a combination of workshops and tutorials to school-based cohort groups or fully online through our virtual learning environment (VLE) Moodle, to individuals. All participants are assessed by coursework (which may be an essay, portfolio or presentation) on completion of each module and receive both formative written assessment on a draft and summative written assessment following final submission.
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Communication, English Language, Literature, Punctuation
by Helen Johns
I find people often have trouble using apostrophes in the right way. Here are three examples of incorrect usage –
Microsoft Windows was launched in the 1980’s
More people expect to be working into their 70’s
He went to the mens room
In the first two, the words in bold are plurals and plurals don’t need apostrophes. In the third, mens is possessive and means ‘the room of the men’ so it should have an apostrophe. The correct versions are –
If you’re interested to know when you should use apostrophes, The Plain English Campaign instances three main occasions when they should be used –
When there are letters missing, as in ‘’I’m going out’ (where ‘I’m’ is short for ‘I am’)
To show possession, as in ‘The company’s management’ (where ‘company’s’ is short for ‘the management of the company’)
In expressions of time such as ‘We have been given a week’s notice’ (where ‘a week’s notice’ means ‘notice of one week’)
Land’s End or Lands End?
But things are seldom straightforward: there are often exceptions to times when you should use apostrophes. Many relate to place names. In September last year Cornwall County Council decided, as part of a review of electoral boundaries, to change the spelling of Lands End to Land’s End. Whether or not you agree with this depends on your point of view and whether you believe Land’s End is correct, denoting possession – ‘the end of the land’ – or you think it’s the unique ID of a place called Lands End. Just to complicate matters, Visit Cornwall is still showing Lands End without an apostrophe, and Lands’ End, the American casual clothing brand, makes Lands plural in its brand name.
Looking at place names elsewhere, there’s little consistency about the use of apostrophes. For example, correspondents on this language forum instance the city of St Albans in Hertfordshire but St Alban’s Head on the Dorset coast. If you’re travelling on the London underground you can go to Earl’s Court using an apostrophe, or Barons Court without using an apostrophe. And King’s Cross is commonly spelt both with and without an apostrophe.
The apostrophe should be cherished!
In 2013, Mid-Devon County Council caused public outrage when it proposed removing apostrophes from street signs. The public outrage was echoed by no less than the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). A spokesman said, ‘Whilst this is ultimately a matter for the local council, ministers’ view is that England’s apostrophes should be cherished’.
I know text-speak commonly ignores apostrophes – and other punctuation – but I don’t think that means apostrophes should be swept away across the board. I’m with the DCLG’s spokesman – I think using apostrophes assists our understanding of the English language and removing them would leave our language the poorer. However, decisions about when (and if) you should use apostrophes is not in our collective gift: the English language has always evolved organically and not as the result of decisions made by regulatory bodies – and that’s why it’s such a delightfully rich and versatile language.
If you love the English language …
If you’d like to know more about how our language has evolved, read Emma Bates’ (with an apostrophe!) excellent article Why I Love the English Language. As she says, ‘The only effective way to influence the language is to be good at using it’.
Business, Career, Coaching, Communication, Networking, Sales
Last week I took part in a webinar given by Steve Mills, a business results coach. During the webinar he described the ten keys to growing your business. In order to achieve better results, he said, we need to do things we aren’t doing now. One of these is making phone calls. But some people don’t like using the telephone, Steve said, so for them it’s about overcoming call reluctance.
In order to increase your sales, you need to be comfortable calling people in your network – people you’ve met through networking or connect with on social media, including current prospects and past clients. Steve emphasized how important the telephone (well, smart phone these days) is as a business tool. He calculated he’d achieved business worth about £60k over a year as a result of speaking to people on the phone.
Fear of rejection can increase call reluctance
A basic human fear of rejection lies behind call reluctance, it seems. After Googling the term, I saw that various organisations offer training to help with overcoming call reluctance. There are positive steps you can take to reduce it, as Connie Kadansky at Hubspot explains in her blog on cold calling.
So far, so good. But what would you say to someone who won’t use the phone? Indeed, they have no experience of using it, because they communicate solely by text messaging? A friend of mine who works for a local county council interviewed a nineteen-year-old for a job recently. During the interview the subject of making calls came up. This was because the job involved using the phone regularly. The candidate should have been ruled out if they couldn’t overcome call reluctance and use the phone as part of their work.
Texting vs making phone calls
Being a person of mature years, call reluctance is foreign to me: in my teens and into my twenties, I remember being on the phone to mates and friends endlessly. It used to cause arguments at home because nobody else could use the phone for hours while I was on it! OK, we didn’t have smart phones then. But if you’re used to communicating by phone, overcoming call reluctance may not be as big a problem as it obviously is for a nineteen-year-old with no phone experience.
What’s the solution? I’m guessing this isn’t an isolated case and there are plenty of nineteen-year-olds who text all day long but don’t phone at all. Texting is a very different type of communication with its own linguistic characteristics; so for them it’s a big step overcoming call reluctance and developing a confident telephone manner.
People buy from people
Perhaps there’s a need for more focused coaching, in school and through career and employment organisations, to help young people overcome call reluctance and become confident making telephone calls? Of course, you can read books about increased prospecting but that’s a stage beyond offering advice on using the telephone to prepare yourself for work.
Steve Mills is right – the phone’s an essential verbal tool because ‘people buy from people’. We need to build relationships, so talking on the phone is next best to having a one-to-one meeting. Once you’ve established rapport, the other person should feel confident enough to buy from you, whether it’s a window-cleaning service or something else.
Verbal skills are vital
Don’t get me wrong – text messaging has its place, just as emailing or posting on social media do. But human beings are social animals and we need to use our verbal skills too, so we don’t lose them. That’s why overcoming call reluctance and being able to communicate by phone – whether to increase sales or just make somebody smile – is vital.
Our story has a happy end – my friend saw that the nineteen-year-old candidate had many great attributes and she was taken on. This friend then spent time teaching the new employee how to overcome call reluctance and become confident on the phone.
Business, Communication, Networking
I’ve been a member of The Oxfordshire Project (TOP), a collaborative networking group that extends across Oxfordshire, for a little over a year now, and rate it as one of the best networking groups I’ve become involved with. It certainly inspires people, so that they’re achieving greater things in Oxfordshire.
TOP run meetings at attractive venues in Thame, Witney, Didcot, Abingdon, Bicester, Oxford Central, Banbury and Faringdon every month. There’s a lively talk by a TOP member at each meeting, helping listeners achieve greater things in business in Oxfordshire. I’ve learnt something useful from every talk I’ve heard so far.
Supportive connections
Unlike some networking groups, there’s no pressure to provide referrals and the atmosphere is friendly, uplifting and collaborative. The TOP mission statement is ‘To support, connect and inspire great people so they achieve greater things’, and you do feel supported, connected and inspired. As a member, benefits include a complimentary mentoring session with a member of your choice (or with one that’s been recommended) and a coaching session with a member having expertise in an area you’d like help with.
A new initiative is the TOP Business Spotlight, and I was chosen as one of the first twenty businesses to be in the spotlight. You can read my spotlight feature here on Linked In. After having to think quite hard about some of the questions I was asked, I’m really pleased with it – it’s a great idea to help build awareness of your business, inspiring you to achieve greater things in Oxfordshire.
TOP say their members have a giver’s ethos based on ‘how can I help?’ rather than ‘what’s in it for me?’. In a world where, it seems, there’s a lot of focus on ‘me, me, me’ I find it refreshing to belong to an organisation that places emphasis on reaching out to others to improve business, personal life, and community at home and abroad.
Badly worded signs are misleading. There are plenty of examples of such signs. But, mostly, the errors are all too obvious to the reader. You can look at pictures of these badly worded signs on the internet – they often make us laugh. After all, a sign that has obvious errors in it can still be understood – it won’t do any harm other than raise the occasional eyebrow.
But sometimes a sign can be perfectly spelt and still be completely misleading. The author of the sign knew what he or she meant to convey but failed to make that meaning clear.
Business, Communication
It’s time to start composing that important document! But once you start, it’s tempting to ‘go for it’ and write as much as you possibly can. The thoughts are coming thick and fast, and you’re intent on capturing them all before they vanish again! Then it’s done, and a weight is lifted from your shoulders! Your document’s finished – or is it?
No, in most cases it isn’t. This first draft is a long way from being the finished version.
Most of us try to do our best when we’re asked to carry out a task or respond to an enquiry – whether this is from customers, clients, colleagues or our nearest and dearest. But how do we know when we’ve done our best? Were we given any constructive feedback? Could we have performed better? Were there aspects we could have improved if we’d been aware they were required?
There’s usually some learning to be taken on board, no matter how experienced we think we are. The only way we can really improve is by receiving feedback. But this is mostly not given unless specifically requested.
Business, Communication, CV writing
Overcoming fear of blank paper
Overcoming fear of blank paper is something most of us have wondered how to do at some stage. We have sat in front of that blank sheet or screen, wondering what on earth to write and where to begin.
Some people find it easier to handwrite initially, others prefer the keyboard or tablet. It doesn’t matter which medium you use, just choose the one you feel most comfortable with.
Switch on the light!
Perhaps you’ve been asked to write a job description or a difficult letter, a marketing strategy or business proposal, or simply summarise outcomes from brief (and now difficult to make sense of!) notes you made at a meeting? Time ticks by and you still haven’t written a thing!
But there’s no need to feel defeated by the blank paper (or screen) in front of you. Just start somewhere.
Business, Communication, Literature
Engaging with readers
I love reading articles by many different writers because every one of them has his or her own style and vocabulary. Each writer has their own way of engaging with readers. No-one writes in the same style as the next person, which to me is part of what makes us unique as human beings.
Sometimes a writer will use a word I’ve not come across. Being a wordsmith, I usually do a Google search to find out what it means! The writers I’m talking about write for newspapers and magazines. Their aim is to entertain as well as stimulate interest, engaging with the reader and capturing their attention. Good writers succeed in doing this. The best writers are those whose articles provide a pleasurable reading experience. They write well about things that interest us.
Business, Communication, Online
How to avoid email misery
I expect you, like me, have received unpleasant or disagreeable emails. These emails were often sent on the spur of the moment, without thought of the hurt they might cause when the recipient read them. If only the senders of badly worded emails had thought twice about how to avoid email misery at the receiving end before pressing ‘send’.
Email messages are a great way to communicate quickly, but the speed and ease with which they can be sent means they are also easily abused. When you’re writing a report or proposal, it’s going to be checked before it gets sent anywhere. But emails are exchanges of dialogue between two or more parties. They’re like having a live conversation with someone, but it’s silent.
Business, Communication, Direct marketing
Mail is better handwritten for uplifting response
I was half-listening to a programme on BBC Radio 4 recently, during which the reporter remarked, ‘…ripping open envelopes feels like such an old-fashioned thing to do’. This comment struck me as bizarre. I half-wondered if the reporter had removed his letterbox on the grounds that he no longer received post – whether impersonal direct mail or personalised handwritten letters. However, I feel sure he won’t have done so. Any more than he employs a private letter-opening assistant so that he doesn’t have to undertake such a menial task.
While it’s true that we receive much less personalised handwritten mail these days – birthday cards and Christmas cards are major exceptions – business mail isn’t in decline with the rise of the internet, contrary to what some may believe.
Darren M on When should you use apostrophes?
Steve Mills on Overcoming call reluctance
robert bullard on Your document’s finished – or is it?
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73rd Legislature
CHAPTER 173--S.F.No. 1165
An act relating to motor vehicles; providing for
registration, taxation, and special license plates for
classic motorcycles; proposing new law coded in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.
Section 1. [168.105] [CLASSIC MOTORCYCLES.]
Subdivision 1. [DEFINITION.] A "classic motorcycle" is a
motorcycle that is at least 20 years old, original in
appearance, and owned solely as a collector's item and used in a
classic motorcycle club activity, exhibition, tour, parade, or
similar use. A classic motorcycle may not be used for general
transportation purposes.
Subd. 2. [AFFIDAVIT FOR REGISTRATION AND TAXATION.] A
classic motorcycle must be listed for taxation and registration
by executed affidavit stating (1) the name and address of the
owner, (2) the name and address of the person from whom
purchased, (3) the make of the classic motorcycle, (4) the year
and number of the model, (5) the manufacturer's identification
number, (6) that the motorcycle is owned and operated solely as
a collector's item and not used for general transportation
purposes, and (7) that the owner has one or more motor vehicles
with regular license plates.
When the registrar is satisfied that the affidavit is true,
correct, and complete and that the owner has paid a $10 tax, the
registrar shall list the vehicle for taxation and registration
and shall issue special number plates.
Subd. 3. [LICENSE PLATES.] The registrar shall issue
number plates of the same size as standard motorcycle license
plates and inscribed "collector" and "Minnesota" with the
registration number but without a date. The plates are valid
without renewal as long as the classic motorcycle exists and may
be issued for the applicant's use only for the classic
motorcycle. The registrar may revoke the plates for
noncompliance with this subdivision.
Subd. 4. [DUPLICATE PLATES.] If the classic motorcycle
plates are lost, defaced, or destroyed, the registrar shall
issue duplicate plates upon receiving and filing the owner's
sworn statement setting forth the circumstances of loss,
defacement, or destruction, together with any defaced plates and
a payment of a $2 fee. The registrar shall then note on his
records the issue of the new plates and shall proceed as he
deems necessary and advisable to cancel and call in the original
plates.
Subd. 5. [ORIGINAL PLATES.] Instead of being issued
special classic motorcycle plates, a classic motorcycle
registered under this section may display original Minnesota
number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the
motorcycle on which they are displayed. The number of the
original plates must be provided to the registrar.
Original Minnesota number plates may not be used if the
number on the original plate is identical to the number on a
current collector's plate issued by the registrar.
A person currently using classic motorcycle plates issued
under this section, shall return those plates to the registrar
before substituting original plates.
The registrar may charge a fee for registering the number
on original plates.
Subd. 6. [ISSUANCE.] The registrar shall begin issuing
classic motorcycle plates on January 1, 1984, and thereafter.
Approved May 19, 1983
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The Harper Effect Cover Reveal - by Taryn Bashford
I have the absolute honour of helping one of my dear writing friends, Taryn Bashford, launch the new cover of her upcoming YA novel, titled The Harper Effect. I met Taryn through my SCBWI group and regularly catch up with her at writing conferences. She has been a great support to me and it is fantastic to be able to likewise support her. Here's Taryn to tell us more about her novel and your sneak peak of the new cover!
I wrote the very first draft of The Harper Effect over thirty years ago when my 15-year-old brother was playing at Wimbledon and won a scholarship to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida. At the time, I was training for the Olympics in the 400m track event. Sport was and still is an important part of my life, and even as a teen, I could see how it helped me through the usual teen angsts that we must all survive.
I hope that my novel, The Harper Effect, will do two things for my readers: firstly, be that helping hand, that metaphorical hug that any coming of age story provides, and secondly, represent sporty women as normal, cool, admirable and successful so that teen girls can aspire to a new type of role model. If girls can see themselves represented as strong, powerful and athletic, they will be more likely to participate in sport.
Instead of bombarding girls with images of external beauty that they should live up to, let’s bombard them with confident, healthy female role models. To prove the point, those girls who haven’t dropped sport in high school have more positive body images than non-athletes (Sabo & Veliz’s study, Go Out and Play; Youth sport in America).
I know that when I’m training – I’m now doing triathlons – I feel strong and fit and confident and this in turn, makes me feel powerful and full of positivity, yet when I’m ill or not training, being physically weaker and less fit affects my self-esteem and my ability to cope with the challenges in life.
The Harper Effect shows that through dreaming big, working hard, and believing in yourself, you can achieve anything. Let our teens, both boys and girls, see that women can play sport—they can be confident, they can be winners, they can be star athletes. Let them see their sister or best friend or cousin can be involved in professional women’s sport.
Let’s present girls with alternate choices for their future. Let’s empower them and help them find self-realisation. Sport can help girls to BE SOMEBODY.
I’m thrilled to finally be revealing the cover for my characters who are dying to get out into the world.
So, want to know more about the novel?
The Harper Effect is the story of a girl who learns to win from a boy who has lost everything.
Harper Hunter doesn't know how it came to this.
Her tennis dreams are collapsing; her coach says she doesn't have what it takes to make it in the world of professional tennis.
Her new doubles partner is moody, mysterious and angry at the world. What is he hiding?
Harper's in love with Jacob, her neighbour, but he is her sister’s boyfriend. Or, he was. Harper could never betray Aria with Jacob ... could she?
As her heart and dreams pull her in different directions, she must figure out exactly what she wants. And just how hard she's willing to fight to get it.
An excerpt from The Harper Effect:
The dining room is where the ghosts and monsters play. That’s what Jacob said when I was five and he was six, necks curling around the half-open door, our eyes blurting fright. On a dare, we’d tiptoe into the room, dash around the table then jump through the French windows into the garden, screaming with delighted terror. Nearly twelve years later, it’s still my least favourite room in the house. Maybe that’s because it’s where the recent pep talks have taken place and the grandfather clock seems to count down the seconds to the end of life as I know it.
To pre-order THE HARPER EFFECT:
https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760552091/
https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=the+harper+effect&productType=917504
Taryn lives the typical writer’s life, with characters from her books insisting they help make dinner. This can be disconcerting as many of them can’t cook. The first draft of The Harper Effect was written when Taryn was 14 years old, and evolved over many drafts to include details from the real life of a professional tennis player and coach, her brother.
www.tarynbashford.com
Photos used under Creative Commons from keithalexander, aliwest44, Kuba Bożanowski, neil conway, kencf0618, Celestine Chua, mayrpamintuan, baynado1978, angelocesare, MacBeales, itsdannie., Unhindered by Talent
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Rediff.com » Business » Broadcasters slam Trai's latest tariff order
Broadcasters slam Trai's latest tariff order
Source: PTI - Edited By: Nandita Mallik
In the second major change in a year, Trai had capped individual channel subscription at Rs 12 per month, down from the earlier Rs 19, and capped channel bundle discount to 33 per cent, among other moves.
In an unprecedented move, top honchos from fiercely competitive TV broadcast industry on Friday came together against regulator Trai's new tariff order, saying pricing caps on channels will stifle content creation, impact jobs and pull down growth.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) move aimed at reducing charges for subscribers is micro-regulation and puts the industry's future in "jeopardy", the lobby grouping Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) said.
The moves are effective from January 1 and analysts had opined this will reduce cable TV subscription charges by 14 per cent.
"We want a stable and consistent regulatory regime for us to strategise better," N P Singh, the IBF president and the head of Sony Pictures Networks India, told reporters.
He added that such a move will stifle content creation, impact jobs and also economic growth.
He said Trai has come out with 36 tariff orders in the 15 years of its existence, and termed a few of the recent decisions as "arbitrary" taken without any data or consumer insights.
The new set of guidelines is biased against bouquet offerings and the regulations should be non-discriminatory, he said.
Singh said the industry had fully supported last year's pricing move by Trai, incurred an expenditure of Rs 1,000 crore in stakeholder education efforts and also lost over 12 million subscribers.
Expressing surprise at a change in regulation, he said Trai had itself in the past promised for a two-year moratorium on prices.
"Future of the sector is in jeopardy with such micro-regulation," Discovery Asia-Pacific's Megha Tata said at the same news conference, which had 10 top executives representing various networks on the dais.
TV Today's Aroon Purie said broadcasting is not an essential commodity such as cereals and pulses, and pricing should be left to market forces.
He asked the government to "encourage" this important sector and not to "suppress" it.
Star India chairman Uday Shankar said such a move will lead to a dip in investments in content and also shuttering of the small channels.
The industry executives, however, declined to quantify the financial impact of the new Trai order.
Singh was unsure if it will indeed lead to a reduction in prices for end consumers.
Singh said only a fourth of the charges paid by the consumers come to the broadcasters who invest in content and a bulk 65 per cent is taken by the distributors.
Zee Entertainment chief executive Punit Goenka questioned if such a move by the regulator is in consonance with the Narendra Modi government's ease of doing business agenda and also raised doubts if it will benefit the end consumer.
Dismissing that the news conference was a show of strength, Shankar said the last time the industry had come together in such force was in 2010 during the digitisation drive, and underlined that it was for a "constructive" purpose.
Alleging that the latest move is "funny" because it has been necessitated to cover up for earlier "mess", he termed parts of the new move as "ludicrous".
Apart from the persuasion efforts, the industry will be using all its "constitutional rights" to pursue the matter, Shankar said when asked about the way ahead.
Photograph: Jumana El-Heloueh/Reuters
Source: PTI - Edited By: Nandita Mallik© Copyright 2020 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
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‘Don’t Mess With Me!’ Pelosi Completely Loses It on Reporter James Rosen When Asked If She Hates Trump
Posted at 4:00 pm on December 5, 2019 by Nick Arama
Democrats are losing it all over the place today.
Check out Streiff’s take on Joe Biden’s meltdown on a voter, calling him a liar and basically implying he was fat, saying he would take him on in a push-up contest or an IQ contest to test that he was fit to be president.
Looks like the pressure may be getting to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as well.
Pelosi had just announced how they were going to move ahead with articles of impeachment.
Sinclair News’ James Rosen started to ask her a question as she was leaving, “Do you hate the President, Madam Speaker? Because Rep. Collins aid…”
Talk about triggered.
She completely lost it, flipped around, began pointing in his face and insisting she couldn’t hate anyone because she was a Catholic. “I don’t hate anybody. I was raised in a Catholic house. We don’t hate anybody. Not anybody in the world,” she exclaimed.
Q: "Do you hate the president?"@SpeakerPelosi: "I don't hate anybody…As a Catholic, I resent your using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. I don't hate anyone…So, don't mess with me when it comes to words like that."
“Don’t you accuse me!” she continued, pointing at him. “I did not accuse you,” Rosen replied. “You did. You did,” she insisted.
“I asked a question,” Rosen explained. “Rep. Collins yesterday suggested that Democrats are doing this simply because they don’t like the guy [meaning President Donald Trump].”
“That has nothing to do with this. Let me say this,” Pelosi insisted, as she returned to the podium to try to sell it again. “I think the president is a coward when it comes to helping our kids who are afraid of gun violence,” she said, waving her arms wildly and showing her bracelet, without explanation. She seemed so angry she could barely hold it together. “I think he is cruel when he doesn’t deal with helping our Dreamers, of which we are very proud. I think he’s in denial about the climate crisis. However, that’s about the election. Take it up in the election. This is about the Constitution of the United States and the facts that lead to the president’s violation of his oath of office. As a Catholic, I resent your using of the word “hate” in a sentence that addresses me. I don’t hate anyone. I was raised in a way that is a heart full of love, and always pray for the president. And I still pray for the president. I pray for the president all the time. So don’t mess with me when it comes to words like that.”
What utter bunk. She herself said any impeachment proceeding would have to be “ironclad” in facts and bipartisan. None of that is true. So she’s disturbed she’s asked about her lack of sincerity? Good, she should be called on it.
Perhaps the wrong person to say “don’t mess with me” too. Democratic president Barack Obama spied on Rosen, even collecting phone records of his parents. So saying “don’t mess with me” isn’t an idle threat. Amazing that Democrats can say that and do things like that, absolutely without consequence, but we’re talking about an impeachment over a phone call that doesn’t support anything they’re claiming.
What an incredibly horrible look.
Rosen asked best Q which exposed her. This IS based on hate. Everyone knows it. Pelosi answer was basically “we don’t hate anyone,” but then called Trump “a coward.”
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) December 5, 2019
Looks like the Democrats need an intervention and a long rehabilitation program. https://t.co/8iMY6dCJ2c
— Devin Nunes (@DevinNunes) December 5, 2019
Trump responded:
Nancy Pelosi just had a nervous fit. She hates that we will soon have 182 great new judges and sooo much more. Stock Market and employment records. She says she “prays for the President.” I don’t believe her, not even close. Help the homeless in your district Nancy. USMCA?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 5, 2019
What did Democrats and media see? They actually thought that she looked good. Oh, and Christian.
Oh, and just like Jesus. Just with being okay with abortion and hating people mixed in.
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Here’s Katie Couric.
Great response from Speaker Pelosi after she was asked if she hates President Trump. "As A Catholic, I resent you using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. I don't hate anyone. I was raised in a way that is heart full of love, and I always pray for the President." https://t.co/W7zPFlV36t
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) December 5, 2019
But remember, media doesn’t take a side.
Remember when her daughter Christine described her? “She’ll cut your head off.” Pro tip, Nancy? That’s not very Catholic.
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RMHF Celebrating National Philanthropy Day
This article first appeared in the Rushville Republican on November 15, 2016.
We all have the capacity to give. Money, time, talents, and influence can make differences in people’s lives. National Philanthropy Day is Nov. 15, 2016. One local young lady’s generosity is making a difference to children in this community and surrounding communities.
Prior to the Rush County Fair hog show, Kassie Herbert spoke to Brian Ripberger asking him if she could donate her hog premium to the Jake McKee Heart of Gold Fund. As Jake’s cousin, this fund was very special to Kassie and she wanted to do something to help the fund grow.
During the auction, Brian spoke to the attendees about Jake’s fund and what the plans would be for the fund to offer free pediatric cardiac screening once the fund was established and sustainable. The original bid for Kassie’s pig was $850. After the auctioneer sold the pig for $850, additional community members began to donate money towards the fund. The final total when Kassie walked out of the ring was $5,550. With the donations received that evening at the Rush County Fair hog show, the fund would be deemed established because this money would bring the total to over $10,000. Due to the large amount of money and the numerous donations, Annette Niehoff from Wells Fargo offered to collect the money and then turn the money over to the Rush Memorial Hospital Foundation. When Kassie learned that Wells Fargo was collecting the money, she took a step further and asked Wells Fargo to match the money that she collected. Wells Fargo Representative Annette Niehoff spoke to her boss (Brent Yohey) and found out the steps that needed to be taken to pursue this request. With the help of Kassie’s mom, Michelle, they sat down and wrote a grant to Wells Fargo requesting match money. Due to the timing of the request and the amount of money Wells Fargo had available, they weren’t able to match the money, but Wells Fargo was able to donate $1,000 to the Jake McKee Heart of Gold Fund.
Recently, after all of the pledged money had been received, Wells Fargo Store Manager, Brent Yohey, and representative Annette Niehoff presented the check to Kassie Herbert who then presented the check to Rush Memorial Hospital Foundation Director Faith Mock and Niki McKee, Jake’s mom, for the Jake McKee Heart of Gold Fund. This is an amazing example of community and support that has been and continues to be overwhelming and graciously appreciated.
“Kassie’s unselfish act of kindness and support motivated many people in this community to donate. Today we are happy to announce that the first pediatric echocardiograms are scheduled with a second date filled and a third date is being established. Thank you so much for sharing your philanthropic heart with the children that will be visiting Rush Memorial Hospital for their free screening,” RMH Foundation Executive Director Faith Mock said. “With the financial support of donors to the RMH Foundation we can support Rush Memorial Hospital’s vision to provide emerging health services for our community. You do make a difference in lives with your tax deductible gifts.”
Celebrate National Philanthropy Day and give a tax deductible monetary donation of any size to the RMH Foundation. You have three ways to make a donation: 1) Mail a check (made payable to the RMH Foundation), at 1300 North Main Street, PO Box 215, Rushville, IN 46173, 2) donate online at www.rushmemorial.com/foundation, or 3) stop by the RMH Foundation Office at 1230 North main Street and personally drop off your gift. Feel free to contact the RMH Foundation at 765-932-7568 with any inquiries and thank you for your support.
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Sports reports - hockey
News from the term's final hockey fixtures.
U11 v Rose Hill: On Wednesday the U11s played their last hockey match at Russell House, against two teams from Rose Hill. The first team were very good and even though we played our hardest, we were losing 6-0 at half time. However, we still had half a match left against the second team to pull it back and that was what we did. In the end we won 9-6! Well done Russell House. An excellent end to the hockey season.
U10A v Rose Hill: On Wednesday we went to Rose Hill to play two matches. In the first game unfortunately we lost. We had lots of opportunities to score, but their defenders were very good. Obviously we were all a bit disappointed, but we picked ourselves up and in the second match we won 5-0. Alyssa, Isobel and Elizabeth scored one goal each but Freja, who is usually a defender, came to play left wing for a change and she scored 2 goals - the first goals she had ever scored! Well done girls on such a super end to the hockey season.
U10 B v Rose Hill: The B team match began with Rose Hill scoring two goals and Russell House only scoring one. As the match progressed Rose Hill gained three more goals with Russell House scoring two more. Russell House played amazingly, Martha, Maisy and Florence hit some great shots to each other and also directly into the shooting circle where Alice was waiting to score a goal. Matilda and Isabella in defence hit a great shot, which made its way from defence to attack. Overall Russell House lost 5-3, with Alice as player of the match. Well done Russell House for great team work!
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Be A Sport: Getting Involved In The SEA Games
A look at the efforts to get Singaporeans involved in the year’s biggest sporting event.
It was a day to remember: the assembly hall of Tanjong Katong Girls’ School (TKGS) was packed with 800 screaming schoolgirls who cheered and clapped as two old girls – national sailors Savannah Siew and Kimberly Lim – and seven other Team Singapore athletes came onstage.
“The crowd went wild,” Ms Siew recalled of that morning in October 2014. “[Kimberly and I] were introduced as ex-students and given a really warm welcome.”
National sailors Savannah Siew (left) and Kimberly Lim with TKGS students during the “50 Waves of Cheer” roadshow in October 2014.
The nine athletes shared their experiences and played games with the audience, and were quizzed on how they balanced schoolwork with their sporting pursuits. The two sailors even rigged a sailboat on the school grounds. Their main agenda though, was to talk about the upcoming 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in June 2015, and to urge the students to get involved, whether as a spectator or a volunteer.
This meet-the-athletes session was part of the “50 Waves of Cheer” roadshow, which brought more than 100 athletes to 43 secondary schools and junior colleges. It was one of the many community outreach programmes created by the Singapore SEA Games Organising Committee (SINGSOC) and its partners, such as the Ministry of Education, to encourage Singaporeans to root for their local athletes at the Games.
Former and current athletes, residents and students from secondary schools near Nanyang Polytechnic marked the start of the 50-day countdown in April.
Ms Lee Huei Chern, SINGSOC’s Head of Community Engagement and Merchandising, said: “We may not realise it [but] for some of our athletes, this is probably their first, or even the last time they will compete on home ground… so it is very important that we show them our support.”
The SINGSOC began to court the public as early as February 2014, with a launch party. Other activities followed, including a one-year countdown, a four-month schools outreach programme, and a three-month countdown at Orchard Road where hundreds turned up in red to rally behind Team Singapore.
Athletes and officials carried the Team Singapore flag down Orchard Road at the three-month countdown ceremony in March 2015.
“When we designed these programmes… we wanted [people] to be involved meaningfully, and contribute in one way or another to the Games,” said Ms Lee, who started planning the engagement efforts in late 2012.
Volunteers, including students and families, helped to sew and stuff thousands of NILA plush toys.
So instead of unveiling countdown clocks, which she described as “passive”, her team involved the community more intently. For the final 50-day countdown, Sport Singapore (SportSG), through an open invitation, called for groups to “adopt” a number and to come up with creative numeric displays. The countdown, which started in mid-April, featured a school that formed the number 48 with school bags while an army unit created “41” with its soldiers and armoured vehicles.
The organisers also worked with artists and community groups for the “Torch Up!” project to create 30 art installations in the lead-up to the Games.
Ms Lee’s personal favourite was the “Make-a-NILA” activity. An estimated 10,000 people signed up to make 5,000 unique NILA (the 28th SEA Games mascot) plush toys over several months. The toys will be presented to winning athletes.
Five thousand bespoke NILA plush toys, made by 10,000 volunteers, will be presented to winning athletes.
“The level of engagement was deep and meaningful,” observed Ms Lee. “When I went on the roadshows… I would see families creating NILAs together… The parents would do the sewing; the child would do the decoration. Then they would put it together.”
The idea to make each NILA by hand came about after SINGSOC EXCO Chairman and SportSG Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lim Teck Yin – as a former national athlete – expressed his wish for the mascot to be more personalised.
“Think about it: in the last SEA Games, [Singaporean swimmer] Joseph Schooling won six medals so he would have received six owls [the 2013 Games mascot]. So why not something different?” quipped Ms Lee.
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong and national athletes cycled to light up the SEA Games Arch at the 3-month countdown.
Going beyond the Games
Since the roadshow at TKGS, Ms Siew has participated in other lead-up events. More Singaporeans are taking notice of Singapore’s biggest sporting event, she said. “It’s exciting to see more of the country becoming aware… and showing their support.”
It’s exciting to see more of the country becoming aware… and showing their support.
The roadshows also convinced some 10,000 members of the public to sign up as volunteers. Together with those from the Public Service and institutes of higher learning, they make up a total of 17,000 pairs of extra hands.
Ms Lee stressed that the engagement effort is not to merely publicise the SEA Games. The hope is to touch Singaporeans in a bigger way: from introducing and discussing sporting values through skits, roadshows and student activity booklets, to getting “sports onto their radar” by encouraging Games spectatorship with affordably priced tickets as well as free-entry events.
“We hope this… leaves them with some shared experience with their families and loved ones,” said Ms Lee. “My CEO always shares this story: as a child he went to watch the 1973 Games with his father and sports became something important for him forever. I hope as a nation, we could leverage the Games to create a legacy for our youths – to live better through sport.”
In November 2014, Sport Singapore commissioned a short video that illustrated the power of positive words on Team Singapore athletes. Shown on television and cinema screens, the video also garnered 360,000 views online. Since then, social media users have been asked to use the hashtag #OneTeamSG in their tweets or other online posts to show their support.
Watch “Your Voice Changes the Game” at bit.ly/ONETEAMSG
UPCOMING EVENTS TO PROMOTE THE SEA GAMES:
SEA Games Sports Festivals at ActiveSG sport centres every weekend between March and May
SEA Games athletes to attend Community Sports Festivals over two weekends in May; the SEA Games torch will be paraded there
Encouraging grassroots organisations to put up banners with their well wishes and to dress up their housing estates in red from mid-May
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What is a psychic reading?
A psychic reading is a certain way or method to gather, collect and accumulate useful and relevant knowledge and information about certain people with the use of strengthened and enhanced psychic or intuitive abilities or the extrasensory perception.
What is an extrasensory perception?
It is a psychic’s ability that allow them to perceive and collect knowledge through the use of their sixth sense. An average human being has five basic senses: sense of sight, sense of smell, sense of hearing, sense of touch and sense of taste. The sixth sense is considered as the mind’s eye and it enables a psychic to see things that are beyond an average human’s sense of sight.
There are five common extrasensory ability that a psychic can possess and develop throughout their psychic journey:
1. Clairvoyance – clear seeing
2. Clairsentience – clear feeling
3. Clairaudience – clear hearing
4. Claircognizance – clear knowing
5. Clairgustance – clear smelling
A psychic reading is most commonly known as a an appointment or meeting that is related to anything paranormal as it uses energies, auras and even spirits, to gather the significant and beneficial information about a certain person’s life.
A lot of people are actually skeptical about psychics and psychic readings because there is no proof, confirmation or evidence as to where the knowledge and information gathered and accumulated by the psychics. When you ask psychics where they got their knowledge about you, once you have tried having a psychic reading on your own accord, they would just say “I say it in you” or “I just know” or “The spirits told me about it”, then you might find yourself a bit cynical about the information and, probably also about the whole psychic reading process.
But even though there are a lot of negative things and comments about psychics and psychic readings, there are still quite a lot of people who chose to believe and have faith on what they ‘see’ and ‘know’ about other people. Because these people believe in psychics and they are open to the idea that some of us here on Earth are certainly gifted, skilled and knowledgeable with unbelievable abilities and gifts given by God and developed by men.
Yes, there are actually people who were born with psychic abilities, as they can “see” things that normal people do not actually see. They might have gotten this ability from a relative who also used to have intuitive abilities and extrasensory perception. But there are also people who work their way around these abilities and tried to develop and enhance them on their own. It take quite a lot of time, yes, to master one’s psychic ability as you would have to focus and meditate everyday to calm yourself and to balance your life. Also, you would have to make yourself open, your heart, your mind and your soul, to be able to connect to the energies, auras, vibrations and spirits, collect the knowledge and information about other people.
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Is there a thing as Happily Ever After?
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Ciara is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer, actress, and fashion model. In 2005, Ciara began dating rapper Bow Wow and in 2006 they ended their relationship. We don’t know the reason for the breakup, but it was rumored that Bow Wow cheated on her. Fast forward to 2013, when rumors began that Ciara began to date rapper Future which was later to confirm to be true. Once coming out to the public, the pair was spotted seen everywhere with each other. She even went to get his initial “N” tattooed on her finger, which is the letter beginning of his government name.
Later in October, Future proposed to Ciara on her birthday and she said YES and later they announced they were expecting their first child together. Future already have three children from previous relationships. So why is this fairy tale turning out to be so heartbreaking? On August 13, 2014, it was reported that Ciara and Future had called off their engagement, following claims that Future was cheating while on tour. And why am I not surprised, because with a man having 3 children already by 3 different woman, there are already commitment issues. So are you all caught up, now where do you think this relationship will go?
Ciara seems to be in a forgiving kind of mood, but I think this relationship is going to fail and the only one who will hurt is the baby. Pretending that you are not hurt and not dealing with the effects of someone deceiving you will hurt in the long run. She will no longer trust him, she will start to second guess her choices and this will just draw a wedge in the relationship even more.
I think that Ciara so say deuces to Future and wait for that Happily Ever After that her parents and grandparents have shown her does exist. Future cheated once and he will cheat again, but this time it will only get worse.
Hardworking, driven and determined to be the best woman and mother she can be, I think that Ciara is too good for someone who is not ready for a real and serious relationship. Ciara has been raised in a two parent household and has been raised with a great example as to what real love is and should look like. Her parents were married for over 30 years and her grandparents with over 50 years. Now is it reported that Ciara and Future will make it work for the sake of their son. Do you think playing house help this already failed relationship? Ciara thinks this will happen because of what she was taught.
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"Bridge of Culture" (1997) by Stanley C. Wilson
"Bruce Lee" (2013)
"Buffer Zone" (2009) by Hirokazu Kosaka
"Building of the Missions" (1932) by Dean Cornwell
"Bulkhead" (installed 2016) by Harold L. Pastorius
"Buried in Nature" (2013) by Josh Barnes
"Bus Home" (2002) by Dennis Oppenheim
"But When The Thaw Comes" (2002) by Mark Venaglia
"Butterfly Cluster" (2005) by Anita Margrill
"Caballeros Gate" (2003) by Paul Hobson
"Cabrillo's Discovery of California" (1932) by Dean Cornwell
"California Coyote" (2017) by John Mahoney
"California Landscape" (1937) by Milford Zornes
"Cantamar" (2004) by Woods Davey
"Canto 79" (1979) by Joseph L. Young
"Canyon Chess and Checkers" (1981) by Marlo Bartels
"Canyon Preserve" (2006) by Michele Taylor
"Canyon Spirits" (2000) by Ralph Tarzian
"Canyon Walkers" (2018) by Brittany Ryan
"Carlos III" (1976, 1987) by Federico Coullaut-Valera
"Carlsbad Golfers" (2007) by T. J. Dixon and James Nelson
"Celestial Chance" (1995) by Sally Weber
"Celluloid" (1959) by Merrell Gage
"Centennial Bench" (2004)
"Cerritos Air Disaster Memorial" sculpture (2006) by Kathleen Caricof
Cerritos Veterans Memorial (2006) by James T. Russell
Cesar E. Chavez Memorial (2013) by Ignacio Gomez
"Chain Reaction" (1991) by Paul Conrad
"Chandeliers" or "Natural, Technological, Ethereal" (1993) by Therman Statom
"Chicano Gothic" (1987) by Emigdio Vasquez and Sidney Stone
"Children in Flight" (1995) by Tom Farrange
"Children's Mural" (1978) by Daniel Alonzo
"China Alley Memorial" (2004) by Qi Pang and Songyun Guo
"Chinatown Mosaics" (c. 1968)
"Chiune Sugihara" (2002) by Ramon G. Velazco
"Christopher Columbus" (1973) by Francesco Perotti
"Citrus Roots" (2001) by Art Mortimer
"Citrus Traditions" (1997) by Frank Matranga
"City Above" (1991) by Terry Schoonhoven
"City of Dreams" (1996) by Richard Wyatt
Civic Clock Tower (1971)
"Claremont Village Mural" (2000) by Art Mortimer
"Classic View" (2013) by Meghann Nelsen
"Coastal Helix" (2014) by Roger White Stoller
"Coastal Rail Trail Benches" (circa 2004) by Alber de Matteis
"Coffee Cup" (date and artist unknown)
"Cognizance" (1985) by Bill Bedford
"Colors of the Canyon" (2013) by Marsh Scott
"Companions" (1995) by Mineko Grimmer
"Composition in Stainless Steel and Bronze No. Eleven" (1987) by Gidon Graetz
"Compton: Past, Present and Future" (1995) by Eva Cockcroft
"Conductor and Ballerina" (2009) by Hacob Jambazian
"Conductor's Pocket Watch" (1994) by Rod Baer
"Cone" (1995) by Cosimo Pizzuli
"Connector" (2006) by Richard Serra
"Contemplation" (2001) by T. J. Dixon
"Convergence" (2011) by Matt Dehaemers
"Conversations With Michael" (2015) by Giorgio Tuscani
"Coronado Plaza Tower" (2013) by CoSA Students
"Cougar III" (1996) by Gwynn Murrill
"Cougar Intaglio" (2008) by Gwynn Murrill
"Cougar Park Mural" (2015) by Art Mortimer
"Cougars I and II" (1991) by Gwynn Murrill
"Countdown Leader" (2007) by Brady Houghton
"Cradle" (2010) by Ball-Nogues Studio
"Craftsman Village" (2007) by Art Mortimer
"Crenshaw Stories" (1995) by Buzz Spector
"Crossed Currents" (1999) by Don Merkt
"Crown Lair" (1989) by Lloyd Hamrol
"Curved Air 7" (c. 1980) by Alexander
"Cyclist" (date and artist unknown)
Dabah sculpture (1972) by Simi Dabah
"Dai Maru XI" (1978) by Michael Todd
"Dana Point" (2018) by Aleena Malik
"Dance Door" (1978; installed 1982) by Robert Graham
"Dance With the Midnight Moon" (2005) by Kevin Robb
"Dancing Gabrielenos" (1997) by Janet Tuck and Geraldine Waldman
"Dancing Partners" (date and artist unknown)
"Dawn to Dusk in the Estuary" (2005) by Harrison and Cartozian
"Declaration" (2001) by Mark di Suvero
"Defenders of the Union" (1906) by Theodora Ruggles Kitson
"Del Amo Wheel" (1999) by Colin Gray
"Desert Desert" (1989) by Michael Anderson
"Desert Star" (1992) by Robert Perless
"Desertscape" by Vista Elementary School students
"Dewey Weber" (2015) by Phil Roberts
"Different Strokes" (2009) by Paul Tsanetopoulos
"Digital Divide" (2009) by Dan Corson
"Disk Fountain" (1985) by Calvin Abe
"Dissimilar Equals" (1987) by Bill Bedford
"Dissimilar Equals" (circa 1987) by Bill Bedford
"Divine Order: The Manifestation of the Soaring Spirit" (1995) by Charles Dickson and Escudero-Fribourg Architects
"Diving Porpoise" (1962) by John Edward Svenson
"Dogs at Play" (2015) by Karena Massengill
"Dolphin Fountain" (date unknown)
"Dolphins" (1997) by George Lundeen
"Dominguez Field and the Famous Titans of Aviation" (2015) by Faustus Fernandez
"Dorothy" (2018) by Levi Ponce
Dosan Ahn Chang-Ho Memorial (2001) by Community Design Group
"Double Ascension" (1973) by Herbert Bayer
"Dragonfly" (2004) by Kevin Robb
"Dream Catcher" (2017) by Janet Echelman
"Dream Stream" (2001) by Anne Marie Karlsen
"Dreamer" (1991) by David L. Phelps
"Dreaming" (2016) by John Mahoney
"Drive-By Art" (1992) by Lars Hawkes
"Duke Paoa Kahanamoku" (1990) by Jan Gordon Fisher
"Eagles" (c.1999) by Gary Price
"Early Pomona Family" (1962) by Millard Sheets
"Echo Echo" (1996) by Guy Dill
"Edges and Ends" (2000) by Christopher Mercier and Tom Farrange
"Eggs" (1969) by Harold L. Pastorius
"Egremont II" (1972) by Herbert Ferber
"Eiler Larsen (The Laguna Greeter)" (1986) by Guy Angelo Wilson
"Einstein and Beyond" (1998) by Gifford Myers
"El Deseo de Progresar" (2004) by Ricardo Mendoza
"El Monte Legion Stadium Nocturne" (2014) by Vincent Ramos
"El Monte Station Murals" (2014)
"El Niño Perdido" (2009) by Alexandro de la Loza
"El Nuevo Fuego" (1985) by East Los Streetscapers
"El Quetzalcoatl de Xochicalco" (2003) by Roberto L. Delgado
"El Sol - The Sun" (1993) by Francisco Letelier
"Elations" (2017) by Poetic Kinetics
"Electric Fountain" (1931) by Robert Merrell Gage and Ralph Carlin Flewelling
"Elsinore Grand Prix" (2014) by Robin Golden
"Emerald Rings" (1992) by Harold L. Pastorius
"Enagua" (2015) by Ned Kahn
"Endangered Species" (1990) by Emily Winters
"Endangered" (1992) by Mark Stasz
"Endless Miles" (2018) by Rob Ley
"Endless V" (2012) by Jaume Plensa
"Enduring Heroes" (2017) by Christopher Slatoff
"Engraved in Memory" (2012) by Daniel Gonzalez
"Entry Arches" (1986) by R. M. Fischer
"Envisioning the Future" (2004) by Kevin Stewart-Magee
"Ephemeral Views: A Visual Essay" (2012) by Ronald J. Llanos
"Erratic" (2007) by Roxy Paine
"Escena Wind Wave" (2012) by Steve Rieman
"Espejos Abstractos" (1987) by Guy Dill
"Esprit" (c. 1990) by Patty Fiedler
"Eternal Smoke" (1987) by John Jagger
"Eternal Spring" (2000) by James T. Russell
"Eternal Sunset" (2003) by John Barber
"Euclid" (2002) by Victor Hugo Zayas
"Everyday People" (2003) by Pat Ward Williams
"Executive Action III" (2005) by Ed Benavente
"Exhibit A" (1992) by Mary Chomenko
"Extinción" (2015) by DourONE
"Eyes Open, Mind Open" (2017) by Shepard Fairey
"Faces of Elysian Valley" (2017) by Freyja Bardell and Brian Howe
"Facing the Sun" (2018) by Lauren Evans and Margaret Lazzari
"Failed Ideals" (1995) by Jim Isermann
"Falcon" (2002) by Michael Maiden
"Falling Water 3 7 & 5" by Jack Zajac
"Family" (2005) by Bruce Chaban
"Felipe De Neve" (1932) by Henry Lion
"Fields of Light" (2004) by Jacqueline Draeger
"Fiesta at a Mission" (circa 1928) by Albert Herter
"Fiesta" (2007) by Carol Gold
"Film Strip U.S.A." (1981) by Natalie Krol
"Fire Bird" (1986) by Richard Lippold
"Fire Break" (2012) by Garin Baker
"Fire Station 136 Series" (2008) by Jason Greene
"Fire Station 93 Series" (2008) by Jason Greene
"Firefighter Heritage" (2016) by Betsy Schultz
"Fireflies" and "Abby" (1999) by Jane DeDecker
"Five Elements" (2003) by Efrain Olivares
"Flight to Infinity" (1991) by Judith Shea
"Floating Dog and Flying Cat" (2016) by Mark Lere
"Florence Nightingale" (1937) by David P. Edstrom
"Flow" (2005) by May Sun
"Flower Tree" (2016) by Matt Wedel
"Flowers and Flames" (2008) by Christopher Lee
"Flying M" (1995) by Paul Wheeler
"Flying Morrison" (2013) by Jim Coke
"For The Conductor" (2010) by John Neumann
"For Your Intellectual Entertainment" (1995) by Daniel Martinez
"Fork in the Road" (2008) by Ken Marshall
"Forward Motion" (2004) by Gordon Huether
"Founding of the Pueblo De Los Angeles" (1932) by Dean Cornwell
"Fountain of the Rain Forest" (2000) by Sandy Scott
"Fountainhead Rockscape" (2003) by Tomas Lipps
"Four Arches" (1973) by Alexander Calder
"Four Deities" (dates/artists unknown)
"Four Lines Oblique Gyratory - Square IV" (1973) by George Rickey
"Four-Square (Walk Through)" (1966) by Barbara Hepworth
"Frank Augustus Miller" (1999) by Richard Myer
"Freedom" (2014) by Herb Alpert
"Frozen Music, Opus for Pasadena" (2002) by Arthur Stern
"Fusion Series #3" (1998) by Shannon Owen
"Gandhi" (2012) by Jasu Shilpi
"Gateway Beacon" (1989) by David Wilkins
"Gateway to Los Angeles" (2015) by Jenna Didier
"Gateway to the San Gabriel Valley" (2011) by Art Mortimer
"Gear Head 1" (2010) by Kathleen Smith-Schooley
"Gene Autry" (2009) by DeL'Esprie
"General Harrison Gray Otis" (1920) by Paul Troubetzkoy
"Geologica 42" (2003) by Michael C. McMillen
"George Chaffey, Jr." (2018) by John Edward Svenson
"George Washington" (1933) by Jean-Antoine Houdon
"Gestation III" (1991) by Baile Oakes
"ghandiG" (2002) by Peter Shelton
"Giant Binoculars" (1991) by Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen
"Gift of the Valley" (2017) by Tony Sheets
"Gifts of a Lifetime" (2003) by Harry Reese
"Glendora" (2009) by Michael Hillman, Citrus College students
"globe on pedestal" (circa 2004)
"Going to the Olympics" (1984) by Frank Romero
"Gold Line Bridge" (2012) by Andrew Leicester
"Good Friends - Nakayoshi" (1984) by Eiichi Ishida
"Gordon and Lily" by Victor Salmones
"Gorilla" (2013) by Isabelle Alford-Lago
"Grace" (2014) by Terry Thornsley
"Great Gathering Place" (1992) by Jacqueline Dreager
"Grizzly Bear" (2017) by John Mahoney
"Grove" (2007) by Lynn Basa
"Guardian of Water" (1939) by Donal Hord
"Hail and Farewell" [or untitled] (1995) by Richard Turner
"Hammer" (date and artist unknown)
"Hammering Man" (1988) by Jonathan Borofsky
"Hand Holding a Bowl of Rice" (2007) by April Greiman
"Hands With Plane" (2015) by Case Maclaim
"Handstand" (1986) by Milton Hebald
"Hard To Reach" (2003) by Debbie Jane Elmer
"Harlequinade" (2005) by Wayne Healy
"Harmic Arch" (1989) by Guy Dill
"Hawk Raising" (2017) by John Mahoney
"Health is Multi-Cultural" (1997) by JoeSam
"Heat Exchanger" (1980) by Harold L. Pastorius
"Helix" (2005) by James Hill
"Helms Coach Gone A Rye" (2002) by Art Mortimer and Andrea Cohen Gehring
"Hermosa Beach 9/11 Memorial Sculpture" (2012)
"Hermosa's Great Wave" (2015) by John Van Hamersveld
"Hide-n-Seek" (1995) by JoeSam
"High Flying" (2009) by Jon Seeman
"Highland Park Gateway" (2003) by Teddy Sandoval, with Paul Polubinskas
"Historic Flowers of Carlsbad" (2006) by Kim Emerson
"Historical Claremont" (1990) by Merrilyn O'Neill
"History of Electricity In and Around Indio" (2000) by Jim Fahnestock
"History of the Date Industry in the Coachella Valley" (1998) by Chuck Caplinger
"History of the Pico Neighborhood" (1983) by Ann Elizabeth Thiermann
"History of Water in the Coachella Valley" (2003) by Don Gray
"Holey Gates" (2004) by Susan Landau
"Hollywood Gateway" (1993) by Catherine Hardwicke
"Homage to a Starry Knight" (1990) by Rip Cronk
"Homage to Ballona Creek" (1994) by Lucy Blake-Elahi
"Homage to Cabrillo: Venetian Quadrant" (1985) by Eugene Sturman
"Homage to Quetzalcoatl" (1992) by Dora De Larios
"Home" (1992) by Charles Arnoldi
"Hope, Dream" (1993) by Sandra Rowe
"Horizon" (2010) by Blake Rankin
"Horse and Tree" (c. 1962) by Millard Sheets
"Huberth Tree" (2001) by Gülhis Celâyir-Monezis
"Hula Kahiko" (2000) by Lark Grey Dimond-Cates
"Hunter and Hounds" (1925) by Henri Alfred Marie Jacquermat
"Hymn of Life: Tulips" (2007) by Yayoi Kusama
Idaho Gate (1912) attr. Greene and Greene
"I Have a Dream" (1999) by Lisa Reinertson
"Iglecia de Pensamiento" (1978) by Dan Clapp and others
"Illuminated Fig Leaves" (2002) by Kim Abeles
"Illumination" (2007) by Brad Goldberg
"Illuminations" (1993) by Ann Preston
"Illuminations" (2006) by Terry Braunstein
"IMAG_NE" (2019) by Emma Ann
"Image Emergence: Promenade of Clouds" (2011) by Craig Cree Stone
"In Central Park" (1999) by Jerry Rothman
"In the Eye of the Beholder" (2001) by Anne Marie Karlsen
"In The Living Rock" (2004) by Samm Kunce
"In The Meadow" (2014) by Phung Huynh
"Indians and Yuccas" (1968) by Millard Sheets
"Inertia" (2019) by Miguel A. Del Real
"Infinity" (2014) by Cliff Garten
"Innate" (1985) by Bill Bedford
"Inner Dance" (2002) by Mark Leichliter
"Inspired by John Raimondi's "Ceres" " (c. 2013)
"Inspired by John Raimondi's "Dian" "(c. 2013)
"Intercept" (2005) by James T. Russell
"Interface" (1984) by Bill Bedford
"Interface" (c. 1984) by Bill Bedford
"Interlude" (1999) by Gary Price
"Intermittent Constancy" (2015) by Paul Chilkov
"IO" (2015) by Carol Bove
"Iron Works for Paseo Colorado" (2001) by Michael Amescua
"It Takes All Kinds" (2006) by IMO
"It's Your Fault" (2001) by Leah Vasquez
"Jack Herer" (2013) by Brian "TAZROC" Garcia
"Jean De Fiennes, Vetu" (1884-95) by Auguste Rodin
"Jeanne d'Arc" (1895, 1964) by Adolphe Roberton
"Jessica" (1987) by Dee Toscano
"Jet Delivery Airplane" (circa 2008) by Dan Romero
"Jonah and the Whale" (1918; inst'd. 1985) by Carl Milles
"Jose Gaspar De Portola" (circa 1929) by Albert Herter
"Joy of Music" (1996) by George Lundeen
"Juan Bautista De Anza" (circa 1929) by Albert Herter
"Kaikoo IV and XVI" (1987) by Betty Gold
"Kaloseidos" (2003) by Ralph Bacerra
"Karl Benjamin" (2012) by David P. Flores
"Keep It Clean For The Next" (2011) by Sandra Jones Campbell
"Keep It Clean, Malibu" (2014) by Lindsay Carron
"Keeping Watch" (2012) by Steve Farley
"Kinetic Energy" (2003) by Ries Niemi
"Kioku" (2003) by Jun Kaneko
"Kneeling Man With Hammer" (1992) by Viola Frey
"Kosmic Krylon Garage" (2004) by Kenny Scharf
"L'Entreinte" (1980) by Jean Wolff
"L.A. Family Baroque" (1992) by Bill Barrett
"L.A. Freeway Kids" (1984) by Glenna Boltuch Avila
"L.A. Sonata" (2013) by Judithe Hernandez
"La Ballona" (1995) by May Sun
"La Brea" (2011) by Shepard Fairey
"La Caresse d'un Oiseau" (1967) by Joan Miró
"La Gente del Pueblo" (2003) by Roberto L. Delgado
"LA Metro Loteria" (2012) by Jose Lozano
"LA: City of Angels" (1993) by Cynthia Carlson
"Lady America" (2008)
"Lady Liberty" (1973) by David Wilkens
"Lady of the Lake" (1934-35) by Ada May Sharpless
"Laguna Coastline" (2004) by Mia Tavonatti
"Laguna Tortoise" (2003) by Michele Taylor
"Landings" (2009) by Nobuho Nagasawa
"Last Call" (2014) by Allison Renshaw
"LAX Gateway Pylons" (2000) by Paul Tsanetopoulos
"Leaping Lynx" (2017) by John Mahoney
"Legacy of Literature" (2001) by Rosalind Cook
"Levitated Mass" (2012) by Michael Heizer
"Library Steps" (1989) by Lawrence Halprin
"Life Force" (2005) by Dora De Larios
"Life in the Desert" (2013) by S.C.R.A.P. (Student Creative Recycle Art Program)
"Life in the Foothills" (2014) by Miriam Balcazar
"Lifeguards in Hermosa" (2017) by Joanna Garel
"Light Gate" (2015) by Mags Harries and Lajos Héder
"Light of Learning" (1926) by Lee Lawrie
"Light Overhead" (2001) by Sheila Klein
"Light Trap" (2005) by Laddie John Dill
"Light Wave" (2002) by Laddie John Dill
"Lighthouse" (circa 2012)
"Lillith" (2004) by Rosalind Cool
"Lincoln in Meditation" (1962) by Henry van Wolf
"Lincoln" (2005) by Mark Lundeen
"Literary Figures" (2011) by Art Mortimer and local students
"Little Treasures" (2012) by Scott and Naomi Schoenherr
"Local Color" (2016) by Constance Mallinson
"Local Gradient" (2014) by Phillip K. Smith, III
"Local Odysseys" (1994) by Terry Braunstein
"Location" [untitled] (1995) by Rene Petropoulos
"Locus: City Imprints" (1995) by Steve Appleton
"Los Angeles Holocaust Monument" (1992) by Joseph L. Young
"Los Angeles Opens Its Heart of Compassion" (2014) by Cliff Garten
"Los Angeles Teachers" (c. 1997) by Juan Hector Ponce
"Los Molinos" or "Los Molinos Business District" (2011) by Andi G
"Lucy and Desi" (2000) by Francois Bardol
"Luminaire" (2002) by Denny Haskew
"Luminaries of Pantheism" (2015) by Levi Ponce
"MacArthur Park, Urban Oasis" (2010) by Sonia Romero
"Mach Band" (1980) by Jay Willis
"Madison Mansion" (2002) by Linda Pollack, Claudia Reisenberger, Christina Ulke
"Madonna of the Trail" (circa 1929) by August Leimbach
"Magic Carpet Ride" or "The Cardiff Kook" (2007) by Matthew Antichevich
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (2006) by Madan and Aruna Garge
"Making Lemonade" (2006) by Nancy Mooslin
"Makua and Kila" (2001) by Holly Young
"Male Figure of Balzac" (2009) by Christopher Georgesco
"Malevich's Pick-Up Sticks" (2006) by Peter Shire
"Malibu Sweet 16" (2007)
"Mama Watts" (circa 1965) by Bill Watts
"Mandril de Rosa" (c. 2000) by Marsh Scott
"Maravilla Hearts of Token" (2009) by Jose Lopez
"Mark Twain" (2003) by Gary Price
"Marmalade Dragonflies" (2009) by Benbow Bullock
"Matriculated Nature" (2007) by Tom Otterness
"Memorial Flagpole" (1927) by Lee Lawrie and Bertram Goodhue
"Memorial Park Mural" (2011) by Roberto Del Hoyo
"Mer-man" (circa 1962) by Betty Davenport Ford
"Mermaid in the Sea" (2012)
"Messenger of the Puul" (1991) by Curt Mattson
"Mia Chan IV" (2007) by Michael Todd
"Mi Casa Es Su Casa" (1971/2013) by Millard Sheets
"Mind, Body and Spirit" (1986) by Gidon Graetz
"Mine" (Corona Del Mar clock tower) (2005) by Andrew Michael Phillips
"Miner" (1925) by Henry Lion
"Mirage" (2008) by Ted Shaal
"Mission to Masterpiece" (2009) by Betsy Schulz
"Mobius Bench II" (2003) by Vito Acconci
"Modern Screen" (2007) by Erika Rothenberg
"Mojo" (2008) by Christian Moeller
"Molecule Man" (1981) by Jonathan Borofsky
"Monument to Balzac" (1897) by Auguste Rodin
"Monument to Sharing" (2017) by Fallen Fruit
"Monument to the Special Olympics" (2015) by Kent Twitchell
"Moon Bench" (2016) by Andrea Benitez
"Morning Mist" (2014) by Wendy Jann
"Morning Shot" (1991) by Rip Cronk
"Mosaics & Fountains" (circa 2002)
"Mother and Child" (1984) by Harold L. Pastorius
"Mother and Child" (2001) by Lisa Reinertson
"Mother Earth and Father Sky" (1996) by Alber de Matteis
"Mountain Scene" (2008) by Dan Van Clapp and Perales
"Moving Pictures" (2001) by Wick Alexander and Robin Brailsford
"Moving Towards The Future" (2012) by David Ocelotl Garcia
"Msgr. Oscar A. Romero" (2013) by Joaquin Serrano
"Multi-Verse" (2008) by Kipp Kobayashi
"Multiplicity/Various Ways of Seeing" (1992) by Anne Marie Karlsen
"Muse Dancers" by Bruce Thomas
"Music" (1993) by Leonardo Nierman
"Music of the Spheres" (1994) by Nancy Mooslin
"National Humane Alliance Fountain" (1905)
"Native" (2016) by Brian McCutcheon
"Nature Redone" (2018) by Eric Garcia
"Nature Re-Presented" (2014) by Sol Mesz
"Neighborhood Portrait: Reconstructed" (2012) by Jessica Polzin McCoy
"Neons for Pershing Square" (1993) by Stephan Antonakos
"Neptune Water Spouts" (1975) by Betty Davenport Ford
"Night Sail" (1985) by Louise Nevelson
"Night Shift" (1981) by Jim Huntington
"Night Watch" (2017) by John Mahoney
"NoHo Gateway" (2009) by Peter Shire
"North, East, South, West" (1981) by Michael Heizer
"North Wave and South Wave" (2003) by Larry Gill
"Nothing Exists" (2015) by Cyrcle
"Nuestra Reina de Los Angeles" (1934-35) by Ada May Sharpless
"Oasis" (2015) by Douglas Hollis and Anna Valentina Murch
"Oblique" (2001) by Albert Paley
"Ocean Dancer" (1998) by Lyle London
"Ocean Steps" (2011) by Debbie Collette and Patti Linnett
"Ocean" (2018) by Rachel Rodi
"Oceanlife, Sun and Waves" (2002) by Kim Emerson
"Oceans of Time" (1994; 2001) by Eric Orr
"Octopus" (2013) by Isabelle Alford-Lago
"Oculus Sol" (2012) by Buster Simpson
"Of Two Lineages" (2017) by James Dinh
"Oiseau" (1981) by Joan Miró
"Olympiade '84" (1986) by Milton Hebald
"On Saturdays" (2012) by Robbert Flick
"One Sphere Five Arcs" (2005) by William Wareham
"One Voice" (2009) by Phillip K. Smith, III
"Oneness" (1966) by Eino Romppanen
"Ontario Town Square Mural" (2014) by Andrea Benitez
"Oomo Cube" (2014) by Nicole Maloney
"Opus Notem Galateæ Unum" (1991) by Judith Shea
"Orange Grove" (1999) by Meg Cranston
"Orange Lobby" (1991) by Richard Haas
"Origins" (2017) by Debra Scacco
"Orit Haj" (2013) by Jenna Didier and Oliver Hess
Orr sculpture (1991) by Eric Orr
"Our Best" (1998) by Francois Bardol
"Our Lady of DTLA" (2013) by Robert Vargas
"Our Legacy: Forever Presente..." (2004) by José Antonio Aguirre
"Out of Sight" (2006) by Franka Diehnelt and Claudia Reisenberger
"Overcoat" (2009) by Merge Conceptual Design
"Pablo at the Beach" (2013; installed 2015) by Guy Dill
"Palm Trees and Paint Brushes" (2012) by Stephanie Leonard
"Panoramas" (2016) by Abel Alejandre
"Panoramic" (1995) by Barbara McCarren
"Parallel Dance" (2003) by Cheryl Ekstrom
"Parallel History I" (2005) by Charles Fine
"Pasadena Egrets" (circa 1974) by David Wynne
"Pasadena Panorama" (2001) by Margaret Nielsen
"Pasadena Robinson Memorial" (1997) by Ralph Helmick, John Outterbridge, Stuart Schechter
"Passersby" (2005) by MERGE
"Pat Nixon" (1997) by Ivan Schwartz
"Pathways to Freedom" (2002) by Michael Massenburg and Robin Strayhorn
"Paul Revere" (2002) by Dee Clements
"Peace Memorial" (1991) by Márton Váró
Peace Monument of Glendale (2013)
"Peace on Earth" (1969) by Jacques Lipchitz
"Pelican Brown" (2005) by T. J. Dixon and James Nelson
"Perfect Union" (2011) by Jeff Laing
"Perpetual Motion" (c. 1996) by Bruce Stillman
"Photo Collages" (2005) by Anna O'Cain and Richard Keeley
"Pieces Together" (2014) by Lawrence Argent
"Pier Ave. 1924" or "Beautiful Hermosa Beach" (2011) by Art Mortimer
"Pierre De Wissant, Nude" (1884-95) by Auguste Rodin
"Pierre De Wissant, Vetu" (1884-95) by Auguste Rodin
Pioneers Monument 1934
"Pioneros de la Rivera de San Gabriel" (2016) by Robin Brailsford
"Pirate's Cove" (2015) by Art Mortimer
"Playground" (2003) by Tony Smith
"Pomona" (1957) by Jean and Arthur Ames
"Portal to Big Sur" (date unk.) by Aaron Appel and Abe Toke
"Portrait Heads" (2012) by Michael Stutz
"Portrait of Abbot Kinney" (2004) by Rip Cronk
"Portrait Of My People #619" (1995) by Willie Middlebrook
"Portraits" (officially untitled) (2003) by Tony Gleaton
"Postcards From Ballona" (1997) by Francois Bardol, Lucy Blake-Elahi, Lori Escalera
"Pre-Natal Memories" (1976-1980) by Mark di Suvero
"Pride of La Verne" (2003) by Kevin Stewart-Magee
"Pride of the Foothills" (2012) by Michael Hillman, Citrus College students
"Primordial Reflections" (1996) by Albert Paley
"Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana 'ole" (2001) by Sean Browne
"Projections on Lake" (2007) by various artists
"Prometheus Bringing Fire to Earth" (1935) by Nina Saemundsson
"Proud Puma" (2017) by John Mahoney
"Psychic Body Grotto" (2017) by Anna Sew Hoy
"Psychogeographies" (2015) by Dustin Yellin
"Pua'I wai" (1994) by Billy Al Bengston
"Puck" (c. 2003) by Elizabeth MacQueen
"Puka o ka moku" (1994) by Billy Al Bengston
"Punk and Skate in Hermosa" (2018) by Daniel Inez
"Pyramid" (1996) by John Outterbridge
"Quetzalcoatl" (1968)
"Quotation Courtyard" (1995) by Barbara McCarren
"Raccoon Family" (2004) by Betty Davenport Ford
"Raising the Flag at Monterey" (circa 1928) by Albert Herter
"Ram" (1977) by Charles O. Perry
"Raoul Wallenberg" or "Angel of Rescue" (1988) by Franco Assetto
"Raptor Intaglio" (2008) by Gwynn Murrill
"Raymond Starburst" (2003) by Marlo Bartels
"Reach For The Sun" (2000) by Gary Soszynski
"Read, Reach and Realize" (2002) by Wayne Healy and East Los Streetscapers
"real green" (1995) by Kim Yasuda
"Rebirth" (2013) by Nicole L. Ponsler
"Rebuilding of the Palomares Adobe" (1941) by Frank Stauffacher
"Reclining Figure II" (1967; installed 2016) by Edoardo Villa
"Reclining Figure" (1981; inst'd. 1984) by Henry Moore
"Recreations of Long Beach" (1936) by Stanton Macdonald-Wright
"Red Car Man" (2014) by Daniel Stern
"Red Car Woman" (2014) by Daniel Stern
"Red Echo" (2010) by Konstantin Demopoulos
"Red Roses" (2016)
"Redlands Heritage" (1980) by Millard Sheets
"Relief Ship at San Diego" (circa 1928) by Albert Herter
"Rendezvous" (2008) by Tuan
"Resting Raccoon" (2017) by John Mahoney
"Rev. King, Jr. and Dr. Drew" (1998) by Tina Allen
"Reverence for an Era" (2005-2006) by Kerry Zarders
"Rider's Dream" (2003) by Michael Amescua
"Right Above The Right-of-Way" (2016) by Susan Lorgoreci
"Ring Of Fire" (2004) by Peter Erskine
"River of History" (1996) by May Sun
"River of Life" (2000) by Robin Brailsford
"River of Time" (2016) by Cha-Rie Tang
"River" (2001) by Guy Angelo Wilson
"Rivers of the World" (1997)
"Rock Pile Carve" (2000) by George Stone
"Ronald Reagan" (2011) by Miriam Baker
"Rondelle" (2005) by Lyle London
"Rose Abstraction III" (2006) by Alber De Matteis
"Rose Lobby" (1990) by Richard Haas
"Rotunda Ceiling" (1926) by Julian Garnsey
"Route 66 America's Main Street" (2012) [artist unlisted]
"Route 66" (2013) by Phil Yeh
"Route 66" (2014) by Brian Worley
"Running for the Blue Line" (1997) by Elliott Pinkney
"Sage Owl" (2017) by John Mahoney
"Saint John the Baptist" (1878-80) by Auguste Rodin
"Salmon Run" (1982) by Christopher Keene
"San Angelo Landscape" (2015) by Mara Lonner
"Santa Monica" (1934) by Eugene H. Monrahan
"Santiago Park Mural" (2011) by Roberto Del Hoyo
Scanga sculpture (2006) by Italo Scanga
"Scenes From Ivanhoe" (1926) by Julian Garnsey and A. W. Parsons
"Scenes of the Old West" (c. 1979) by Denis O'Connor, Susan Lautmann Hertel
"Science, Arts, Places, Past" (1999) by Antje Hammer
"Sea Breeze" (2015) by Sukhdev Dail
"Sea Passage" (2005) by James Hubbell
"Seagrass" (2011) by Barbara Grygutis
"Searching Squirrels" (2017) by John Mahoney
"Seeds of Summer" (2011) by Guy Angelo Wilson
"Self-Preservation Revised" by Ed Pogue
"Semper Memento" (2011) by Jorg Dubin
"Sentry" (1999) by John Okulick
"Separated United Forms" (2009) by David Schafer
"Sequi" (1985) by Nancy Graves
"Serenade" (2001) by Dee Clements
"Seth Thomas Clock" (1966) by Seth Thomas Clock Company
"Setting the Tables" (2014) by Jeanine Centuori, Russell Rock
"Shard Towers" (2002) by Stanton Hunter
"Ship in a Bottle" (2011) by Mark Dion
"Short Stack" (2005) by Bruce Chaban
"Shoshone" (1982) by Mark di Suvero
"Sierra Leone" (1983) by Woods Davy
"Sign of the Time" (1999) by Jack Sullivan
"Simple Gifts" (2001) by John Fisher
"Siren Call of Filmland" (2003) by Paul Hobson
"Sister Cities Clock" (2019) by Dan Romero and Dina Romero
"Sisyphus" (1985) by Alexander Liberman
"Site Lines Past" (c. 2018) by Jeanine Centouri and Russell Rock
"Sitting Figure on a Short Bench" (2000) by Magdalena Abakanowicz
"sixbeastsandtwomonkeys" (2009) by Peter Shelton
"Skateboarder" (1999) by Studio 2
"Skyspace: Dividing the Light" (2007) by James Turrell
"Sliver" (2010) by Christian Moeller
"Solar Alignment" (1992) by Ernest Shelton
"Solar Shift" (2006) by Roy Nicholson
"Soulful Sunrise Melody" (2016-2017) by Luis Sanchez
"Sound and Sight" (2002) by Raymond Persinger
"Source Figure" (1992) by Robert Graham
"South Central Suite: Slauson Serenade, South Central Codex" (1995) by East Los Streetscapers
"Sower's Dream" (2011) by Guy Angelo Wilson
Spanish American War Memorial, Seventh Regiment Monument (1900)
"Spatio Virtuo Teatro" (2006) by Jason Meadows
"Spine" (1993) by Jud Fine
"Spiral of Life" (1985) by Baile Oakes
"Spires" (2006) by Sylvia Tidwell
"Spirit of American Youth" (2008) by Donald Harcourt De Lue
"Spirit of Freedom" (1993) by Janet Tuck and Geraldine Waldman
"Spirit of Peppertree Square" (2015) by Maureen McProud Wheeler
"Spirit of the Lima Bean" (1980) by Isamu Noguchi
"Spirit of the San Gabriel River" (2016) by Andrea Myklebust and Stanton Gray Sears
"Spiritual Flight" (1976) by Elijah David Herschler
"Sports All Stars" (2012) by Maureen Wheeler
"Sports Cut-Outs" (2005) by Anna O'Cain and Richard Keeley
"Squeeze" (2007) by John Clement
"Starting Over" (2014) by Harold Cohen
"Statue of Freedom" (2006) by Michael Maiden
"Steel Workers" (2003) by Jacquelyn Giuffre
"Stone Tree Inverted Post" (2003) by Jud Fine
"Story Circle" (2012) by Jules Rochielle and Chad Clark
"Street Eyes" (2001) by John Okulick
"Streets" (2010) by Eric Powell
"Strength of the Maker" (2003) by Jacquelyn Giuffre
"Suka: Place of the Bees" (1995) by Meg Cranston
"Sun Glitter" (1932; inst'd. 1985) by Carl Milles
"Sun Ribbon" (1980) by Claire Falkenstein
"Sun Yat-sen" (c. 1961)
"Sunburst" by Bill Ware
"Sundancer" (2001) by Miles Addison Pepper
"Sunday Drive" (2016) by Mike Stilkey
"Sundial Clock" (1968) by Imre Kalinscak
"Sunny Southern California" or "Centennial Mural" (2007) by Neal and Dawn Von Flue
"Sunrise Sunset" (1980) by Jill Casty
"Sunset at Trestles" (2013) by Ashley Keene
"Sunset Dinner" (2013) by Michael Ravetti
"Sunsets" (2016) by Miriam Baker and Rhonda Jones
"Support" (1999) by Louis Longi
"Surfer on a Wave" (2003) by Robert Pashby
"SWAY" (2017) by Nick Petronzio
"Swimmer Solstice" (1998) by Robin Brailsford
"Symphony Mural" (2009) by Kevin Mitchell
"Syncretic Manifestations" (2009) by Paul Botello
"Telltales Wind Ensemble" (2004) by Douglas Hollis
"Temple City Past and Present" (2015) by Art Mortimer and local students
"Ten Soaring" (2007) by Lyle London
"Territorial Dispute" (1995) by Chester Armstrong
"The Art of Surf" (2017) by Roark Gourley
"The Bandstand" (2015) by Carole Choucair Oueijan
"The Big Wave: Gateway to Santa Monica" (1989) by Tony Delap
"The Blessing of the Animals" (1978) by Leo Politi
"The Brea Angel" (2014) by Cheryl Ekstrom
"The Building of a Mission" (circa 1928) by Albert Herter
"The Burghers of Calais" (1884-95) by Auguste Rodin
"The Claremont Stelae" (2001) by East Los Streetscapers
"The Cocoa Bear" (2017) by John Mahoney
"The Conversation" (1987) by Alex McCrae
"The Corazon" (1983) by Erwin Binder
"The Crown Jewel" (1994) by Gifford Myers and Marlo Bartels
"The Dalton Tile Murals" (2008) by Bob Zoell
"The Dinosaurs of Santa Monica" (1989) by Claude and Francois LaLanne
"The Doughboy" (1924) by Humberto Pendretti
"The Drummer" (1990) by Barry Flanagan
"The Elements" (2006) by Jane DeDecker
"The Evolution of Los Angeles" (1988-1989) by Tony Sheets
"The Evolution of Printing" (1988) by Tony Sheets
"The Family" (2000) by Gregory Hawthorne
"The Far Off Summer" (1989) by Carol Miller
"The First Artists in Southern California: A Short Story" (2003) by John Valadez
"The First Experience" (1984) by Erwin Binder
"The Freedom Sculpture" or "Freedom: A Shared Dream" (2017) by Cecil Balmond
"The Great Wall of Los Angeles" (1977-1983) by Judith Baca and Others
"The Greatest" (2015) by Cryptik
"The Hats" (2018) by Michael Davis and Eugene Daub
"The Intimacy of Place" (2012) by Christofer C. Dierdorff
"The Journey" (1999) by Gary Price
"The Landing of Cabrillo at Catalina Island" (circa 1928) by Albert Herter
"The Law Givers" (1960) by Albert Stewart
"The Lion's Fountain" (2004) by Douglas Olmstead Freeman
"The Literate Fence" (1993) by Ries Niemi
"The Location" (2016) by Daniel Stern
"The Lone Sailor" (1984) by Stanley Bleifeld
"The Love That Binds" (2016) by Jose Calderon and Roberto Delgado
"The Moment" (2016) by Dan Romero
"The Motion of the Planet" (1997) by Gifford Myers
"The Movies: Fantasies and Spectacles" (1993) by Joyce Kozloff
"The Muralists" (1995) by Terry Schoonhoven
"The Museum of Space Information" (1995) by Carl Cheng
"The Pasadena Way" (1990) by Robert Irwin, Douglas and Regula Campbell
"The Path of Life" (2003) by De L'Esprie
"The People's Council" (2006) by Linda Brunker
"The Photo Shoot" (1989) by Seward Johnson
"The Preciousness of the Hunt" (2014) by Faith47
"The Raven" (2017) by John Mahoney
"The Riddle of the Sphinx" (2001) by Richard Turner
"The Roots of our Lives" (1994) by Denise Filz
"The Savant Guard" (2006) by Christina Ulke and Ashok Sukumaran
"The Seven Centers" (1993) by Renée Petropoulos
"The Steps We Take" (2014) by Eloy Torrez
"The Stones of Life" (1997)
"The Stop" (2010) by Walter Redondo
"The Sunbathers" (1983; 2016) by Leonard Glasser
"The Swan" (c. 1960) by Jack Zajac
"The Thinker" (1880) by Auguste Rodin
"The Triumph of Civilization" (1926) by Lee Lawrie
"The Unconscious" (2010) by Franz West
"The Walking Man" (1905) by Auguste Rodin
"The Wall: Las Memorias" (2004) by David Angelo, Robin Brailsford
"The Waterman's Wall" (2013) by Randy Morgan
"The Whaling Wall" (1996) by Wyland
"The Wheels of Change" (2003) by Chusien Chang
"Thin Cube With Sphere" (2009) by Dore Capitani
"Three Graces" (1963; installed 1996) by Julie MacDonald
"Three Graces" (2006) by Peter Fink
"Three Moons" (1993) by John Okulick
"Three Pylons" (1989) by Harold Pastorious
"Three Scenes from Shakespeare" (1963) by Millard Sheets, Denis O'Connor
"Three Sheets to the Wind" (1998) by Andrea Cohen Gehring
"Three" (1975) by Charles Perry
"Through the Looking Glass" (2009) by Clement Hanami
"Tide Pool Paddleboard" (2013) by Larry Gill and Gavin Heath
"Tides of Time" (2007) by John Okulick
"Tiger Swallowtail" and "Yerba Santa" (2016) by Lt. Mustardseed
"Tim" (2013) by Michael King and Wade Koniakowsky
Tim Kelly Lifeguard Memorial (1965, 2000) by William Maloney, Chris Barela
"Time and Presence" (1993) by Robin Brailsford
"Time Connected" (2012) by Scott and Naomi Schoenherr
"Time Piece" (2012) by Donald Lipski
"Timekeeper" (2014) by Susan Narduli
"Timeline" (2009) by Alber De Matteis
"Todos Juntos" (2016) by Siobham Burke and Rob Berry
"Tom Bradley" (1987) by Serge Sarkis
"Topiaries" (2012) by Christie Beniston
"Torso" (2003) by Robert Graham
"Tortilla Flats" (2008) by MB Hanrahan and Moses Mora
"Touch of Venice" (2012) by Jonas Never
"Tracinda Deer" (1991) by Joe Fay
"Tracinda Obelisk" (1992) by Joe Fay
"Tractor" (date and artist unknown)
"Transformative Illumination" (2016) by Wenceslao Quiroz
"Traveler" (1993) by Terry Schoonhoven
"Tree for Elijah" (2009) by Italo Scanga
"Tree of Life" (1997) by Dora De Larios
"Tree Trimmer" (2005) by Robert Tolone
"Tree With Birds" (1963) by Helen Richter Watson
"Trench, Shafts, Pit, Tunnel, and Chambers" (1982) by Bruce Nauman
"Triforium" (1975) by Joseph Young
"Trio" (2000) by Jorg Dubin
"Trolley" (date and artist unknown)
"Tropical Sounds" (2000) by Jun Kaneko
"Truth or Fiction" (1995) by Nobuho Nagasawa
"Tsunami" (2001) by Mark Leichliter
"Twelve Principles" (1994) by Joe Lewis
"Two Figures With Ring" (1987) by John Frame
"Two of Hearts" (1997) by Tim Doyle
"Two Open Rectangles" (1977) by George Rickey
"Two Sphinxes" (1926) by Lee Lawrie
"Two Urns" (2009) by Anne Marie Karlsen
"Ultimate Challenge" (1976) by Edmond E. Shumpert
"Ulysses" (1988) by Alexander Libermann
"Under the Sea" (circa 1988)
"Union Passage" (1998) by Guy Angelo Wilson
"Universal Musicans" (1995) by Eva Cockcroft
"Unknowable Origins" (2012) by Tom LaDuke
"Untitled III" (2005) by Mark Lere
"Upland Pride" (2003) by Art Mortimer
"Upland Waiting Station" (2008) by Art Mortimer
"Uptown Rocker" (1986) by Lloyd Hamrol
"Uranus" (circa 1980) by Alexander
"Urban Dualities" (2012) by Samuel Rodriguez
"Urban Light" (2008) by Chris Burden
"Utsurohi 91" (1991) by Aiko Miyawaki
"Vamos Juntos" (2014) by Martin Durazo
"Venice Beach Chorus Line" (2004) by Rip Cronk
"Venice Beach" (1990) by Rip Cronk
"Venice Kinesis" (2010) by Rip Cronk
Venice Public Art Walls
"Venice Torso" (2007) by Robert Graham
"Veterans Are Timeless" (circa 1994) (artist unknown)
"Vibrant Hills" (2013) by Hannah Daly
"Villa-Parke Mural" (c. 1992) by Betty Dore
Ysmael R. Villegas Memorial (1995) by Gary Coutrer
"Volleyball in Hermosa" (2016) by Bo Bridges
"Voyager" (2003) by Linda Brunker
"Wading Pool" (2000) by R. M. Fischer
"Wakeup and Dream" (2018) by Friedrich Kunath
"Walk On Words" (2013-2017)
"Walking Family #2" (date and artist unknown)
"Walking Family" (date and artist unknown)
"Walking Fingers" (2015) by Case Maclaim
"Wall of (Un)Fame" (1995) by Erika Rothenberg
"Wall Play" (2013) by Helle Scharling-Todd
"Wallace Fountain" (1872) by Charles-Auguste LeBourg
"Walter" (1991) by Edna Martinek Henry
"Wanderers" (2012) by Willie Middlebrook
"Warriors United" (2013) by Cheryl Ekstrom
"Water Henge: H20 = Life" (2009) by Kim Emerson
"Water Street: River of Dreams" (2003) by Cheri Gaulke
"Water Tank Mural" (2018) by John Van Hamersveld
"Water Tower" (2000) by John Okulick
"Waterdance" (2012) by James Parkhurst
"Watts Towers" or "Nuestro Pueblo" (1921-1954) by Sabato (Simon) Rodia
"Wave 1" (2009) by Doug Snider
"Wave Dance" (2002) by Marsh Scott
"Waves" (2018) by Gordon Huether
"We Know Who We Are" (1995) by June Edmonds
"We Too Were Once Strangers" (2015) by Richard Turner
"Weather Field No. 1" (2013) by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
"Welcome Home" (2017) by Shepard Fairey
"Welcome to Long Beach" (2011) by John M. Valadez
"West Coast Jazz" or "Hermosa Jazz" (2012) by John Pugh
"Whale of a Mural" (1983) by Daniel Alonzo
"Whale Watch" (1994) by Terrie Bennett
"What Wall" (1998) by Eric Owen Moss
"What We Created" (2015) by Carole Choucair Oueijan
"What You Wore, What You Wear" (2016) by Carmen Argote
"Wheels" (2010) by Anne Marie Karlsen
"When It Comes to Dreams and Visions" (2002) by Mark Venaglia
"White Doves" (c. 2000)
"Who, What, Where?" (1994) by Mark Lere
"Whole Flow" (2009) by Buster Simpson
"Why We Immigrate" (1993) by Dagoberto Reyes
"Wind and Sea" (1970) by Frank Matranga
"Window With Ball" (1991) by John Outterbridge
"Wisdom Given" (ca. 2012) by Alexander Bashta III
"Wish" (2014) by Heath Satow
"Women with Fruit and Grain" (date and artist unknown)
"Wonder" (2012) by PowerOfWordsProject
"Woodside Mural" (2014) by Jason Woodside
"Working Together" (2001) by Ken Sheffer
"Working Woodpeckers" (2017) by John Mahoney
"World Stage Legacy" (2015) by David Flores
"Woven Walk" (2015) by Pae White
"You Are Not Forgotten" (1992) by Peter Stewart
"Zodiac Chandelier" (circa 1926) by Lee Lawrie
Hispanic Heritage of Anthony Quinn as "The Pope of Broadway"
Hispanic Heritage of "Los Angeles Teachers"
Surfing Culture and Public Art
Kinetic Public Art: 20th & 21st Centuries
Guide to Venice Beach Murals
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Queensland Government gazettes containing legal notices, such as legislative changes, and appointments to permanent government positions for May 2009. See gazette index volumes 350 (2009) and 351 (2009) for a list of affected legislation.
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Queensland Government gazettes 97 (pages 1897–1899) and 1–4 (pages 1–105) containing legal notices, such as legislative changes, and appointments to permanent government positions for 1 May 2009. See gazette index volumes 350 (2009) and...
Queensland Government gazettes 5–10 (pages 107–194) containing legal notices, such as legislative changes, and appointments to permanent government positions for 8 May 2009. See gazette index Volume 351 (2009) for a list of affected...
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Why is Fox News allowing Tomi Lahren to star in pro-Trump PAC’s anti-Mueller video campaign?
A pro-Trump political action committee (PAC) is featuring right-wing talking head Tomi Lahren in its video and in call center recordings aimed at derailing special counsel...
WATCH: Simple question about diversity trips up Sarah Sanders after Omarosa’s departure
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was unable to answer a question related to former Trump administration aide Omarosa Manigault Newman. Reporter Kristen Welker asked...
Fourteen former US officials co-write ‘unusual’ amicus brief refuting key points of Trump’s Russia denial
Former U.S. government officials who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations co-wrote an amicus brief in relation to a lawsuit brought against Donald Trump and...
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MSNBC’s Ruhle sits in stunned silence after watching Trump rant about Muhammad Ali
Bob Brigham
President Donald Trump’s bizarre offer to pardon legendary boxer and civil rights activist Muhammad Ali floored MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle.
On Friday, President Trump repeatedly floated the idea of pardoning Ali during a peculiar chat with reporters before departing Washington, DC for the G7 summit in Canada.
Muhammad Ali’s family rejects Trump’s pardon offer: ‘There is no conviction for which a pardon is needed’ https://t.co/1viTeqyvp6
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 8, 2018
After playing the clip of Trump, Ali Velshi asked his co-host, “why is he thinking about Ali?”
But Ruhle was speechless as she shook her head side-to-side, with a look of bewilderment on her face.
“Yeah, OK,” Velshi said to break the silence.
Finally, Ruhle found her voice, as the pair finished each other’s sentences while explaining to their viewers that the United States Supreme Court had unanimously overturned Ali’s conviction. In 1971.
CNN host Fredricka Whitfield did battle with President Donald Trump's official apologist on the network, Jim Shultz.
Schultz quoted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who said that if Democrats want witnesses, then all witnesses should be available to be called. The problem is that Republicans want to call people that weren't even involved in Trump's obstructions of Congress. Republicans want to call Vice President Joe Biden and his son, there are likely some Republicans who want to call Hillary Clinton to talk about Benghazi again, and they'll likely search for reasons they can randomly call Democratic officials in Congress, who also had nothing to do with Trump's actions.
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Agronomy Geeks, Ep 3: Ellen Sparry
Ellen Sparry, C&M Seeds
Agronomy Geeks (view all)Season 1 (2018) Episode 3
Season 1 (2018)Season 2 (2019)
Agronomy Geeks, Ep: 1 — Peter 'Wheat Pete' Johnson
Agronomy Geeks, Ep 2: You can't drive there: Steve Larocque
Agronomy Geeks, Ep 4: Scott Meers
Agronomy Geeks, Ep 5: Steph Kowalski
Agronomy Geeks, Ep. 6: Clark Brenzil
There are so many different roles in the farming and agriculture industry, it’s rare to find someone who ended up in exactly the job they always thought they’d have. More often than not, a string of opportunities is presented to a person with talents and interests and the wherewithal to pursue them, and — boom — a few decades later, you’re a researcher, or a CEO, or a plant breeder.
Ellen Sparry, general manager of C & M Seeds, didn’t set out to run a seed company, but her interests, abilities, and opportunities conspired to move her into a career that’s sitting at two decades and counting with the company.
As Sparry shares in the Agronomy Geeks below, running a research program, balancing the demands of farmers and consumers, and serving a small geographic area has its challenges, but also its own rewards.
From being open to new opportunities, to the value in international travel and association work, and on to if we’ll we ever solve the fusarium head blight problem, hear that and more in this edition of Agronomy Geeks.
Categories: Agronomy Geeks / Crop Production / Podcasts
5 takeaways from the 2020 Crop Production Show
It was a very frosty week in Saskatchewan, which felt just right at -50 degrees Celsius. Inside the walls of Prairieland Park at the Crop Production Show, famers were in a relatively good mood despite the roughly 10% of the 2019 crop still out in the fields. After three days at the show, I decided…Read more »
Agronomy Geeks, Ep.8: Marla Riekman
Agronomy Geeks, Ep: 1 — Peter ‘Wheat Pete’ Johnson
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STOCKLAND is preparing to launch its latest development, a $121 million masterplanned community in Springfield.
New community for Brisbane growth corridor
Samantha Healy
Artwork – Stockland logo.
Property developer Stockland is preparing to launch its latest development, a $121 million masterplanned community in Springfield.
It comes six months after the developer purchased almost 30ha of residential-zoned land and 10ha of conservation area in the Greater Springfield region, one of Brisbane’s major growth corridors. The area already had pre-approval for 400 new homes.
“This exciting new community presents a fantastic opportunity for buyers at all stages of life, including first home buyers and upgraders,” Stockland regional manager David Laner said.
“Springfield Station is located just 1.8km from the community and a proposed bus stop is positioned a short stroll from future homes.
“With easy access to the Centenary Highway and Ipswich Motorway, this community will truly offer the best of both worlds to buyers seeking a haven that’s close to nature, shops and employment options as well as tertiary education.”
The new community will feature a variety of affordable lots in natural surrounds with easy access to established schools, medical facilities, parks and public transport.
It will be framed by nature conservation areas and will be within easy reach of three childcare centres, four schools, Orion Springfield Central, medical facilities, the Mater Private Hospital and sporting facilities.
Mr Laner encouraged interested parties to register their interest online to receive information about the impending land release.
The Sales and Information Centre is expected to open in June. Upon completion, the community will feature a 5000sq m central neighbourhood park and a dedicated open space corridor including a network of walkways.
Housing market ideal for buyers to get into
Bring colour to outdoors
QLD’s biggest home sales of 2019
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Shakespearian festivities will serenade Sandgate this month, with the annual Brisbane Shakespeare Festival being held throughout Sandgate on 24 and 25 September.
Visitors will feel they’ve travelled back 400 years as they are entertained by Shakespeare’s passionate stories, professional performances and even authentic Shakespearean-era swordplay with Renaissance costumes.
4MBS Marketing Coordinator Wendy Lang says outer suburbs like Sandgate don’t always get to experience the cultural events that inner-city Brisbane does.
“Our General Manager Gary Thorpe grew up near Sandgate so he wanted to give back to the community,” she says.
“ We always receive lovely comments from locals, but we can tell they have a good time because hundreds of people continue to show up each year to Einbunpin Lagoon Park, for our annual production of a Shakespeare play.
“They’ll come along an hour or two in advance to grab their favourite spot in front of the stage and stay until the very end, when the sun is just starting to set.”
Wendy says the event was started 10 years ago with the idea to hold the festival along Bulimba’s Oxford Street, calling it Shakespeare on Oxford.
“The festival became so popular that in 2009 we expanded it to include a Shakespeare by the Bay weekend in Sandgate,” she says.
“We still use the original format Shakespearean-themed events in local venues on the Saturday, followed by a professional production of a Shakespeare play in Einbunpin Lagoon Park on the Sunday.”
The main festivities will kick off on Sunday afternoon where Einbunpin Lagoon Park will travel back in time to the European Renaissance era.
Events will include swordplay by Brisbane troupe Prima Spada, a performance of Shakespeare’s comedy As You Like It and 60-Minute Shakespeare taster readings including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth.
Wendy says children also have the opportunity to be involved in the festivities.
“Bring the kids along to Kids Classic Shakespeare in Sandgate library, where actors put on a fun little display, telling some of Shakespeare’s stories adapted for the littlies,” she says.
For more information on the Shakespeare festival, visit 4mbs.com.au
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Road Runners: A 1922 Horsepower Convoy in a Charger Hellcat, CTS-V, and M5
Each winter, after the tourists leave, the American Southwest returns to its wild, lonely state–the natural habitat for megahorsepower sedans.
By Joe Dematio
Evan Klein
IF WE WERE IN A COEN BROTHERS FILM, this is when the camera would pull way back into the sharp blue afternoon sky, and our cars would be three specks on an asphalt strip in an endless bowl of sand and rust-colored rocks. Instead, this is a Road & Track feature story, which is, arguably, even better. Zoom in and a white BMW M5 is chasing a red Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat and a pearl Cadillac CTS-V at 155 mph.
Our movie script: ditch the Midwest as winter looms for someplace where we can drive as fast as we want, within reason. Figure out who builds the best high-speed supersedan and learn something about the differing natures of German and American performance along the way. So, on a Tuesday morning in December, we're streaking through the vast desert landscape with a 1922-hp fleet.
We've abandoned I-15, the last we'll see of a freeway for the next two and a half days, and are heading out of the oddly named town of Hurricane, Utah. Zion National Park is not far north, but we're storming southeast through the open valleys and plains of the Kaibab Indian Reservation. It's the perfect place to unleash a horsepower parade.
I'm in the M5. For decades, it's been the undisputed king of sport sedans. Limited numbers of M5s in the 1980s and '90s whetted American appetites for a car that can comfortably carry four adults at warp speed across continents. The E39-chassis M5 arrived in 2000 with a 394-hp V8 and six-speed manual and cemented itself as the performance four-door. Many carmakers have attempted to duplicate its magic, with varying degrees of success, but none has really come close.
The current BMW M5, with a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8, brings a not insubstantial 575 hp and 500 lb-ft of torque to this party. Our test car has $9250 carbon-ceramic brake rotors; the standard seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox; and the Competition package, which yields a 15-hp increase. The M5 is the sole car in this trio that is also offered with a six-speed manual. With either gearbox, it's a fine high-speed tourer. The seat doesn't just adjust so much as it contours around your spine. The simple steering wheel—not silly thick as was recent BMW M practice—melds with your hands. The V8, normally luxury-car quiet, comes alive when it spins toward its 7200-rpm redline. BMW has clearly been at this for a long time.
Maybe too long. Whereas 20 years ago there was a performance frontier for BMW to conquer, now the M5's capabilities hide behind the company's EfficientDynamics initiative. The car defaults to its softest, most efficient setting every time it starts. You have to press multiple M buttons to get into attack mode. "You almost have to remind it that it's an M5," says features editor David Zenlea, who's riding shotgun and calmly texting his girlfriend as I pin the accelerator.
The only real indication of our velocity is the speedo needle's sweep. But the vast landscape barely seems to change.
The rush to 100 mph is no rush. The only real indication of our velocity is the speedo needle's sweep. The road tramples underfoot, but the vast landscape barely seems to change. I see 160 mph from the optimistic speedometer. It feels like we can stay here all day, something the M5 would gladly do.
We pull into a gas station in Fredonia, a grim little Arizona desert town just south of the Utah border. As road test editor Robin Warner alights from the Hellcat, he says, "It's shocking how easy these speeds are to achieve in these cars on these roads."
Inside the gas station, Warner asks the clerk if there are any pretty places nearby to take pictures. She pauses, purses her lips, and replies, "No." Okay, then. Onward.
I toss the BMW keys to editor-in-chief Larry Webster and open the big driver's door of the Dodge. Once I'm settled in the wide, flat seat, it's a stretch to reach the handle and pull the door shut. The 707-hp Hellcat is the biggest and heaviest car here, classified as large rather than mid-size by the EPA and weighing a hefty 4576 pounds. The view through the windshield and over the hood and its Mad Max bulge is very different compared with the M5. You feel like you're perched on top of the seat, rather than in it. With the first turn of the wheel, you're aware of the 6.2-liter Hemi suspended between the strut towers.
That sense of mass quickly recedes on Route 89A as it undulates through the desert, rising in elevation. The Hellcat, in typical American fashion, has none of the M5's subtlety. It makes you want to be stupid: peeling away from stop signs, hanging back from the group just to gun it and reel everyone in. Suddenly we are in a different climate altogether, at 6000 feet amid tall ponderosa pines, the ground dotted with snow, the late-autumn setting sun pink behind the treetops. The Charger's ambient-temp display falls below freezing. Warner the Worrier, now my passenger, gets on the radio and warns of the possibility of ice and what that might do to powerful sedans riding on summer tires.
The road twists and climbs through the forest. At 8000 feet, we reach Jacob Lake, the juncture of the sole paved road that leads to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The temperature drops to 22 degrees. Rock walls dotted with evergreens and taller pines loom in the sweet early-evening light. At a scenic overlook, we get out of the cars, shivering in the high-altitude chill. Silence envelops us, and empty blacktop lies ahead. Back in the saddles, we're hustling down to Marble Canyon, Arizona, hoping to make closing time at the Marble Canyon Lodge. Webster, leading the way in the Cadillac, comes over the radio. "Wow. I love how connected the car feels. It just hammers." I keep pace in the Charger, but the connection isn't nearly as clear—the suspension floats and the steering is numb.
We arrive cloaked in complete darkness. They've kept the kitchen open for us at the lodge, and the only other customer is an old Navajo woman who's staying warm with tea and, she notes, a splash of rum. The waitress tells us that the area is known as the gateway to Colorado River rafting through the Grand Canyon. And for fishing. "What kind of fish?" I ask. "Trout," she shrugs. "Just not the trout on our menu. That comes frozen." There's no Wi-Fi in the rooms and the block of a Magnavox TV on my dresser is mostly fuzz, so I slip into bed and am asleep before the wall heater has taken off the chill. Come morning, it's 23 degrees outside my room. Warner remote-starts the Hellcat, and its exhaust pipes rattle the thin windowpane. I draw the curtain to reveal the immense ocher walls of Vermilion Cliffs bathed in brilliant morning sun.
A hard left from our hotel back onto 89A takes us over the Colorado River and then on a fast ribbon across the desert floor, the Echo Cliffs on our left. I'm once again loping along in the Hellcat, which is sucking big gulps of fresh cold air into its huge supercharger, happy as can be. Warner and I utter "Hell, yes!" in unison as we snake through a narrow pass, the red rock walls closing in around us. The mountain passes open to an endless valley. Distant red, brown, and pink cliffs define our amphitheater, and an empty road stretches for miles, the three smokestacks of the Navajo Generating Station visible on the horizon.
This is what we came for. Hammer time for the Hellcat. Its eight-speed gearbox is well calibrated for triple digits, even if some powertrain vibration seeps into the cabin. The supercharger whine reaches fever pitch as I see 157 mph flash, and my grip on the meaty wheel tightens as the desert becomes a red-and-tan blur in my peripheral vision. No surprise, 157 mph in a Dodge is a lot different than in a BMW. At first, it's a little disconcerting to go this fast in something that rides like a water bed, but after a few minutes, it feels just fine. No, it feels great.
After lunch in Page at a café in a visitor's center—where signage warns not to waste the water of the mighty Colorado River—I get my turn in the mighty CTS-V. The seats are supportive but narrow, and I can barely wriggle my hand between the seat bottom and the door to reach the power adjustments. The steering wheel and the cabin trim are too flashy for my tastes, and the CUE infotainment is still a mess. Who cares? I jump to 130 mph as if I'm pulling away from a stoplight, the Caddy's blower whining nearly as loudly as the Hellcat's. No question, the CTS-V, with the same supercharged engine as the Corvette Z06, is the driver's car of the group. At higher speeds, the Cadillac talks to you more than the BMW and inspires more confidence than the Dodge. The steering—surprisingly, the only electrically assisted rack of the bunch—brings more of the road into your hands, and the throttle responds more quickly. You get the sense that Cadillac engineers are still enthralled with the whole notion of driving fast, the same way we are, whereas BMW is kind of bored with it. The pace is slower at a gas station convenience store in Kayenta, Arizona, the heart of the Navajo Nation. An old woman is making her purchase in Navajo, and the clerk responds in kind. On the edge of town, we pass a large man standing on a corner, layers of belly protruding from his sweatshirt. He's hitchhiking, with a whole lot of desert ahead of him. I contemplate this for another mile, then make a U-turn. I pull up beside him.
"Where ya going?" "Just up to Monument Valley." "Hop in." "Hop" is not the correct verb, because it's all he can do to wedge his body into the CTS-V's bolstered seat and pull his thick ankles over the sill. If only I had the Hellcat, with its broad, flat seats.
I tell him my name and he tells me his. Let's say it's Andrew.
"There's something else I need to tell you," Andrew says, leaning toward me unsteadily. "I'm very intoxicated."
The others are waiting up the road for us and fall in behind my Caddy. The radio is conspicuously silent. "Those guys in the BMW and the Dodge are with me," I say. "You and I are in the newest, fastest Cadillac."
Andrew seems not to care about the four-door Z06 but is grateful for the ride. I learn that he's 40 years old and semi-homeless. He'd gone down to Kayenta to help his brother-in-law fix a horse corral but ended up on a two-day bender. His drunken breath fills the cabin, and it occurs to me that he could vomit onto the suede trim. I ask Andrew some questions about the buttes and mesas of Monument Valley as they rise into view. He answers by leaning over me and pointing out my window, his thick arm planted against my chest, his face close enough to kiss. Maybe this wasn't such a great idea.
After I drop Andrew off at the Monument Valley Trading Post, shaking his hand and giving him a ten-dollar bill to buy a fried-chicken dinner, I reunite with the others at the northern edge of the Mitchell Mesa, where they are surveying the massive 20-story-high slabs of reddish-brown stone scattered across the desert floor. We conclude (1) the vista is monumental, just as promised; and (2) we're happy we're not here in the summer tourist season, when RVs and rental cars would have clogged our rapid transit system. Sunset finds us driving out of the valley, the monuments black, outlined by the murky blue sky.
We rush blindly into the night, superchargers whining, HID headlights stabbing into the desert.
We don't know where we're going to sleep tonight. The gazetteer shows 261, a roundabout route toward Glen Canyon, with switchbacks through the Valley of the Gods about 10 miles above Mexican Hat. Seems doable. We rush blindly into the night, superchargers whining, HID headlights stabbing into the desert. Asphalt turns to gravel and, suddenly, into a gnarly hill climb, with no sense of place or space. Hairpin after hairpin, loose gravel, no shoulder, just rock walls on one side and drop-offs on the other. Webster's in the Hellcat churning up a cloud of dirt that I can barely see through, so I hold back in the M5 and fling into the corners when the dust settles.
At the top of the mountain, asphalt returns and the road straightens across a plateau of scrub trees. Webster is burning his way through the dark and his voice, exuberant, crackles over the radio: "I almost hit a cow!"
Open Range signs indicate that we are in a livestock area. Jackrabbits scurry across the road. At a juncture, Webster pulls over in the Hellcat and jumps out.
"Look at the sky."
We kill the engines and extinguish the car lights, leaving us alone with the cold stillness, craning our necks toward the endless stars and constellations. Our L.A.-based photographer practically jumps for joy and scrambles for the correct lens. He's never seen skies like these in light-polluted Southern California.
Glen Canyon is too far, so we turn toward Blanding, Utah, despite its unpromising name. It's an amazing, fast, nighttime run into town: 35 glorious miles of smooth pavement all to ourselves, twisting down a mountain, across washes, and through thickets of pine. Out here, the M5 comes into brilliant focus. I use the wheel-mounted paddles to keep the turbo V8 boiling above 4000 rpm, and every control, every input feels like it's there for one purpose: to allow me to own this road.
Still on a high, we roll into Blanding. The county morgue is on the main drag into town, which doesn't make for the friendliest greeting, but the streetlights have Christmas trim. Another motor lodge. Spartan, but a friendly desk clerk and rooms. The nearby steak house doesn't have alcohol on the menu, not that we need any liquid mood enhancers. Across the room, at a big round table, men in Carhartt pants and wool shirts look up at us. They're not hipsters; they do real work for a living.
The next morning at 6:15, those men are packing up their work trucks in the motel parking lot as we once again fire up our V8s and heated steering wheels. We backtrack up the mountain and across cow country. Webster, in the Cadillac, establishes a 100-mph pace. At the top of the hill we climbed last night, the morning light reveals exactly how foolhardy we'd been to play here in the dark.
Slashing tracks in the gravel show where performance tires have cut way too close to the astounding drop-offs. Looking out over the Valley of the Gods, we're far away from the constraints of civilization. Just four men with three powerful steeds and infinite space to dream and explore. Is that John Wayne stepping out from behind a boulder? He could only wish he'd had a Hellcat.
A utility crew in a white Silverado snaps us back to reality. It's 425 miles to Las Vegas, where we all have flights in the morning, and it's well after dark when we finally hook up with I-15. Our supersedans morph into ordinary family transport, surrounded by the real world of semis and packs of distracted drivers in boring sedans and crossovers.
A radio discussion ensues about our three days in the cars. Webster and Zenlea gush over the Cadillac. "It's more of an M5 than the M5 is," Zenlea says. "Proof again that America now builds the best-driving luxury cars," Webster agrees. Warner, usually so rational, is thinking about putting off parenthood a little longer so he can buy a Hellcat. "It's big, brash, brutish, and brazen. For chrissake, it has 707 hp, seats five, and walks away from a hundred-and-twelve-thousand-dollar BMW at 155 mph."
Me? As much fun as I had driving the Caddy and the Hellcat, and as great as it is that Detroit has produced not one but two luxury sedans capable of hitting 200 mph, every time I got back into the M5, with its amazing seats, perfect steering wheel, and quiet sense of purpose, I felt like I was home. Yes, BMW's been obsessed with high-performance crossovers, seemingly at the expense of high-performance cars, but the M5 is still the real deal. BMW has been making wine for a long time. Although some vintages are better than others, it still has a fine hand with the grape.
The billion points of light of The Strip stretch out horizontally before us as we approach from the north. We're speeding toward it, and with every mile, the lights get a little closer and a little brighter. We start picking out the familiar shapes of the fake Eiffel Tower and the fake pyramid and the gilded casinos. This temple of American wealth and will draws us in like bugs to a giant zapper light, and our feet go down a little harder on the gas pedals.
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Rumbles: Restaurant Construction Updates, Ceci’s Announces Opening Date, Diamond Bear Taps Local Brewer for Top Job
May 31, 2017 Steve Shuler
We’re still awaiting word on what caused the fire early Tuesday morning that destroyed Cotham’s Mercantile in Scott. The restaurant was closed Monday for Memorial Day, so nobody was injured in the fire that started around midnight. The fire did remind us to check on construction progress for several other Central Arkansas restaurants that are rebuilding after fires. Three Sams BBQ Joint has targeted July for its reopening after a fire spread from a smoker in March 2016 and badly damaged the building. Midtown Billiards had originally scheduled its grand opening for June 1 (that’s tomorrow), but so far no official announcement has been made about being ready for tomorrow evening. And Stoby’s in Conway has walls up on its new building. However, somebody using the Stoby’s Facebook account posted that the restaurant like wouldn’t be ready before late July.
Ceci’s Chicken and Waffles has closed its Little Rock location and has announced its grand opening date for its new spot in Conway. Ceci’s will open Tuesday, June 6, at 1600 Dave Ward Dr. Owner Ciceley McDowell chose to relocate when the space that once belonged to Bleu Flame Burger came open. The new restaurant has much more seating and several features in the kitchen that should allow Ceci’s to grow its business nicely. By the way, show your college ID any time at Ceci’s and you’ll receive 10 percent off your meal.
Diamond Bear Brewing Company has kept it local in the hiring of its new head brewer. Nathan Greubel, who was recent making beer with the Central Arkansas Fermenters organization, has taken over brewing duties after Jeremy Whitehead departed for the same position at a brewery in Austin, Texas. Greubel has already started working on Diamond Bear’s signature brews and sent out his first batch of the brewery’s famous pale ale last week. By the way, if you missed it last time, Greubel is bringing back Stripper Sweat, a summer ale brewed with mango and passionfruit and finished with a robust helping of food-grade glitter. That one sold out in 14 minutes last time. It’s back on June 16.
Southern Table should be announcing its reopening date sometime next week. You remember Southern Table is the new wine-and-cheese concept that is taking over for Kent Walker Artisan Cheese on Cross Street in Little Rock. Southern Table is owned by Margie Raimondo of Raimondo Family Winery, who is keeping the cheesemaking business going under the Southern Table name. Walker sold his business to focus on a career that allowed him to spend more time with his family.
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Blackwood Pines
"Seven will go up, will any come down?"
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What would you do to survive?
The Prelude To • Souls Pulled In • The Shadow Of The Mountain • The Intemperance Of Youth • Run Or Hide
A mountain that breeds tragedy should be left to rot in silence...
7 years have passed since the destruction of Blackwood Pines, the subsequent burning of the lodge a catalyst for the downfall of the mountain itself. Though the survivors could spin a different story of why it all got closed down, and never touched again. Despite the search parties and the caution tape, nothing could have been done to find those that were long lost. Years ago the incident was all over the newspapers, headlines shouting "Tragedy on the Mountain!" Eventually, those headlines disappeared and replaced.
That is until this year. After being forced to foreclose and sell the rights to the mountain, a company specializing in "haunted" location tours has bought it out. Intending to rebuild and open the lodge as a pseudo-haunted house. Stocked with fake ghosts, tours of the burnt out lodge and its surrounding locations, as well as other attractions meant to keep guests on their toes. However, before any of that can be done...
A test group of young adults have been invited out to the newly opened lodge, free of expense to be test dummies for the various haunts and scares that are planned. Little did anyone know that smoke and mirrors wouldn't be their only problems.
........Dustyn (Ivisbo) ................... Paxton (CharlotteV)........Morgan (Wiley) ................... Paige (JD)
........Gabriel (Finch) ................... Carter (ShudderFox-)..Remy (Scar.-) ................... Trisha (NPC)
Skeletons & Other Info
This role play is based on the video game until dawn, however you do not need to have played it to be a part of this (Though its a great game and you should play or watch someone play it.) Any necessary information will be going up in the OOC soon, and if you are looking for specific info you can refer there or ask me if you can't find it. Things like in-depth locations, information, and extra things will be in the OOC for easy access. Character reservations should also go there. While this roleplay includes the games monsters there have been a lot of modifications made that will only loosely tie in to the game itself. Former tragedies will be mentioned, but in specific ways. Basically we are utilizing location monsters, and former events without making it centered around the games objective.
Basic Character Info In No Particular Order (You may design your own sheets.)
Age (18-20)
Personality (In Depth)
History (In Depth)
(Rules courtesy of Charlottev....with a few modifications)
Adult Rating For: Violence, Language, Blood and Gore, Sexual Content
--Do not join if under the age of 18
No trolling, spamming, cybering/phonography
Keep the drama IC. Disrespect, hate speech/Intolerance, and continuous arguing between players will not be tolerated (IC DRAMA ENCOURAGED)
Do not godmod
Do not kill other character without permission
All characters are human and therefor must be realistic
If you have to leave, fucking tell me, do not just disappear (Because I WILL destroy you)
If you don't post for over two weeks without letting me know where you are, WE WILL shady bitch kill your character
Reservations are posted in the OOCb]
The GM of this roleplay hasn't created any rules! You can do whatever you like!
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The New Lodge
# 2016-07-18 04:34:02 , as written by Wiley
December 20th, Friday, 4PM
Welcome To The Annual Blackwood Winter Getaway
Morgan Espinoza
Hex || #6d2b2b
Outfit || Warm Clothing
Weather || Light Snowfall
Its not creepy.
In fact there at the base of the lodge, watching the sun light on snow banks and icy trees, she wanders if this weekend is even going to be all that scary. The atmosphere of the place breathes easy, and, to be quite honest even with its history Morgan can't help but feel that this place is more beautiful than eery. Nature always finds a way, and despite the purposely placed fauna around the lodges entrance she knows that beyond the fine cut trees there is a wild expanse of land reclaimed by the mountains spirits. Morgan only hopes to be lucky enough to catch a small glimpse of that natural beauty on this trip. After all, what's a vacation without sightseeing? However, she wanders if that's how the people who died here felt when they first took that long ride up on the cable cars. Did they feel the heavy presence of 'something wrong?' Could they have known the feeling at all.
Morgan knows that she would feel it, that deep gut instinct that took over the rational side of her brain. Sometimes she felt it when her risk taking went a step too far into unknown territory, where death could creep upon her at the slightest step forward. Now, she almost feels at peace. Closed off in a way, as if nothing here were really real. Probably, for the reason that she has never really experienced a trip like this. So far away from home, where anything can happen independent of the lives of her family. Even with Gabe here, she only slightly feels the oppression of rules. Only a small sense of sadness for the tragedies that have claimed this place as its own. The sole reason that this pseudo-haunted house even exists.
She almost feels bad that those lives are being taken advantage of for the sake of entertainment. But at the same time, being her age she cannot contain the enthusiasm from what she will potentially experience here. A once in a lifetime chance; something to bring everyone together before the adult world chews them up and spits them back out. Like her brother said 'It'll be a weekend to remember.' Morgan damn well hopes that's the truth of it.
She's been here for over an hour now waiting for the arrival of the second shuttle bus to the base of the mountain, she had arrived early, alongside a few others including her brother but there were still stragglers. Paige, for one had yet to show her face and it worried Morgan greatly. What if she had backed out? Paige hadn't seemed too enthused about the trip in the first place, but Morgans begging had eventually gotten her to agree. Without cellphone reception she wouldn't know until she saw the blonde. And while she knew that Paige wouldn't let her down the fear of abandonment still laid heavy in her gut. A rocks throw from full blown panic at the thought. She shoves in her earbuds and starts up her playlist, to perhaps belay the sense of anxiety creeping in.
She was determined to make this trip the best it could be. They would not go home disappointed, even if that meant getting reckless. That was what the company wanted though, right? Reckless young adults left alone under minimal supervision to run rampant through the scary 'cabin in the woods' trope. Smoke and mirror scares to keep them on their toes. A friend back home had teased the idea of ghosts, based on the real lives lost here, but she had found that idea utterly insensitive. At best, it would get this whole thing shut down by the families of those lost, if it were the case. But Morgan knows better, or, at least she hopes she does.
Proceeding to turn away from the view and back towards the porch-like area of the station, she takes a seat at one of the wooden bench chairs that's been placed haphazardly against the wall. It seems, despite the amount of work put into this place they hadn't prepared quite as well as they wanted to before their guests arrived. The original Cable Car station still stood on its foundations, but there had been additions and expansions. Even so, there was a clearly a noticeable enhancement to the feel of the place, as if the rusted metal and dingy picnic tables out front were still left over from the tragedy years ago. Morgan didn't care that the place looked to be a bit rushed, that was more the sort of anal thing that Gabriel would be bothered over. She remembers almost fondly when they received their invitations, the application process was long and exhausting to the point that by the end of it neither of them were really sure if they still wanted to bother. The various questions they had to answer were strange and at times unsettling.
Whats your greatest fear? Dying. What is the biggest lie you have ever told? ... Who are you most willing to lose? Myself. Most of the questions went on in a similar fashion that Morgan may or may not have answered truthfully. Divulging so much personal information felt like a trap, or a trick, or simply like she was giving someone leverage even though she knew it was to tailor the experience of the haunt - nobody, nobody needed to know these things. And yet, she found herself answering most of them with the same kind of candid honesty that she so reserves for the people in her life that mattered most. The official invitations came quickly after. An old, yellowing envelope sealed with a red wax, emblazoned with a phoenix. Inside, the letter of acceptance had been written on parchment, handwritten. Gabriel had laughed at how old school it was. Morgan, to say the least had been impressed by the amount of detail they put into it. They had each gotten one, and Morgan the next day had showed it off as if it were a badge of honor - she was actually getting the fuck out of their small town, even if it was just for a vacation.
After that, the packing came, and the excitement died down again as they boarded the flight out of hell. The mountain was not near enough to any large cities or town so they had to take a bus from there. All in all, they had made great time and now here they were - or, rather here Morgan is. Fondling her cellphone between frost nipped fingers and hoping to hell Paige gets there soon. Gabriel was still at the Cable Car station, after finding out that there was no operator hired to take them up; dearest mother would stick around to make sure all his kids got up the mountain safe. Blegh. She didn't want to go in alone either, as fearless as she was she wasn't sure what the extent of this scare fest would be. Would it be right out of the gate? or would they wait until everyone was settled in, thinking that things wouldn't get much worse from there? Whatever the case, she was content to wait, eyes closed and listening to the soft hum of music in her ears.
# 2016-07-19 07:18:47 , as written by mjolnir
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Mother fucking bullshit.
Remy had been kicking herself over this bullshit of a trip since... Well pretty much since she said she'd go. Gabe had to go all 'Don't leave me alone with these people blah blah it'll be fun blah' Then the puppy face. Fucking bullshit. Who in their right mind thinks that it is anywhere in the realm of a good idea to go spend a week in a mother fucking lodge where people died... and stuff!? Well not Remy. But those stupid puppy dog eyes and the single day where her black heart had a shred of warmth in it.
Her mind had been playing an imaginative game of tug-o-war as she tried to come to terms with what exactly she had signed up for. She couldn't very well back out of it... Well she could, but she wasn't a total and complete ass. Not all the time anyways. And somewhere deep down a part of her wanted to go just to make sure nothing happened to the pure and chaste Gabriel. Plus he'd go nuts dealing which the bottle blonde bitch solo.
So what was the logical thing for Remy to do amidst her panic and regret? Force Pax to come along. It's not like he'd tell her no and even if he did, she'd still make him go. They hardly do anything without each other so it's really no surprise. 2 for 1 deal. The bitch and the tard.
Remy probably spent at least 3 times as long packing her things as it should have taken. Between deciding what she should and shouldn't take... Condoms? Lingerie?... A book? Well it's not like she really reads but what all did they really plan on doing up there? Making s'mores and telling ghost stories? That's a whopping 15 minutes out of her sentencing. And when she thought that things couldn't get worse there was the plane flight. Screw planes. If humans were meant to fly they'd have wings.
So now here she was on some god forsaken bus for lord knows how long. After 30 minutes into the drive she gave up on trying to patiently wait out the drive. Remy currently laid with her head in Pax's lap and her legs lying over the armrest and into the aisle of the bus. She had given him one of her earbuds and proceeded to discuss how horribly wrong this trip was going to go. "I give it..." She counted on her fingers, "30 minutes before you and I are sneaking off to a supply closet to make better use of our time than losing brain cells listening to psycho barbie speak."
Then the bus came to a stop. She groaned, "Please tell me that we've died and are now in hell." Remy propped herself up to look out the window, sighing at the sight of Morgan waiting on a bench. "...Well slap my ass and call me Susan. I'm alive." She stood up, wrapping her headphones around her cellphone before shoving it into her pocket. Remy then grabbed Pax's hand and dragged him along with her as she exited the bus.
Remy reluctantly trudged over towards Morgan with Pax still in tow. She stopped before the girl, growling slightly out of frustration. "Where in the hell is Gabe? I swear on Pax's life if he fucking ditched on us, I'm out!" She motioned her free thumb back over her shoulder.
The setting changes from The New Lodge to Blackwood Mountain
Blackwood Mountain
possible wrong location
2016-07-19 23:37:32 by Wiley
# 2016-07-19 22:27:18 , as written by CharlotteV
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Generally speaking, Paxton James was a difficult person on sheer principle alone. His day to day life was simply too boring for him to give people what they wanted straight out of the gate. He argued, bargained, and grinned when he made whoever was asking him for anything squirm and stutter over their uncomfortable irritation.
Remy King was the only exception to this rule. To be fair, she was the exception to pretty much any of Pax’s rules. She asked, he usually gave her what she wanted fairly easily. Even if that meant socializing. They’d been attached at the hip since the day they’d met, where she went he went, and vise versa. A creepy ass haunted house where a bunch of jerk offs had died was no different.
The process had been interesting from start to present. At first he’d thought Morgan had been playing an elaborate joke on them when it came to the actual application. He’d had psych evaluations less invasive than the questions a horror company had handed him. He assumed it was to make the experience more personal, apply to each individual's fears - hidden or otherwise - but he’d still lied through it all. His sheet had been filled out with his usual sarcasm and vague paranoia. No one needed to know him that well. Not even his best friend. He’d been a little surprised when the acceptance letter had come in, and mildly impressed with the authenticity of it.
Then came packing, which was always an adventure as Pax tried to figure out how to get his Triple X rated ass into one suitcase.Sex was a condition to taking him anywhere and he had a problem of overpacking to deal with that. Not that Remy minded, they got along just as well in the bedroom as they did anywhere else.
Then there was a quick plane right - Remy hated planes, Pax didn’t mind them, but it was also a very small space for his nonexistent attention span. He’d probably driven her annoyance level up to murder more than once, but on the upside it’d likely kept her from realizing they were in the air. Job well done, if he did say so himself.
Then there had been a bus, which was better if only because there was scenery to watch. Remy had lost her patience then though, and ended up with her head in his lap, feet in the aisle. That had earned them a few looks, but as a pair their Don’t Fuck With Me vibe was so strong no one had dared to say a word. He took her earbud gratefully when she gave it, then hooked his fingers just under the waistband of her pants when he rested his hand against her stomach.
"I give it...30 minutes before you and I are sneaking off to a supply closet to make better use of our time than losing brain cells listening to psycho barbie speak."
He snorted out a laugh, but had a feeling she was probably right. Pax honestly didn’t have a problem with Paige Hanley himself...she wasn’t his kind of person, but his hatred of her came solely from taking Remy’s side on...well, everything. “I’ll probably cave around fifteen, let’s be real.”
When the bus stopped Pax just found himself shaking his head at Remy’s groaning. He was pretty sure ‘hell’ was actually the feeling the place was striving for, but so far he wasn’t getting it. In fact, if he was the kind of person who cared, he’d likely label it as ‘pretty’. There was snow on the ground, perfectly placed greenery, the usual shit.
It was kind of a goddamn let down.
He let Remy tug him along, only occasionally dragging his feet because he enjoyed the annoyed line of her shoulders. She was too focused to look back at him though, and he understood why. Morgan was alone, which meant Remy's only other friend in the world was conspicuously absent.
He didn't blink twice at his own life being offered up, just dropped his chin comfortably on Remy's head and smiled at Morgan. He liked her, much more than he liked her brother. She was annoying as fuck, but entertaining. "Mom probably got distracted coddling puppies on the side of the road or something. Lord knows he wouldn't let Mor trek all the way up here on her lonesome. What irresponsibility! It'd probably make him sick."
The setting changes from Blackwood Mountain to The New Lodge
# 2016-07-23 04:41:55 , as written by J.D.
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"How about this?"
Paige doesn't turn her head to look, its all the same to her. She opens her mouth, intending on spewing some basic comment but somewhere in translation it becomes every other bitchy thing she's ever said. "Red makes you look like a cheap whore." And, well, it does make the otherwise overly painted Trisha look like shes ready to go out on the streets of the red light district. With her getup she may as well have been screaming 'look at me, aren't I special, I'm showing sooo much skin!' Then again, isn't Paige going about this in the exact same way? Nobody told her it was going to be fucking freezing outside, and even here traveling by way of peasant she may as well be turning hypothermic.
She rubs her legs, not exactly bare with the tights on - the thin material gives little warmth or comfort - and turns to the front of the bus where her least favorite 'classmate' is sitting. Pax, she doesn't mind, he can be an annoying twat at times but at least he's genuinely funny. Remy however, is a pain in the ass she just can't seem to shake off. Not for lack of trying they've both had their fair share of pissing matches and fights aplenty. Paige may not be a great physical fighter but she's willing to go deep and dirty if it means winning against the brute. "Hellooo, earth to Paige." Trisha is waving her hand in front of Paiges face, and all she can do is zero in on the horrible mess of a manicure she had tried to give herself while the bus was rolling. Did she honestly think that would be a good idea? Paige just hopes this trip will give Trish a bit of refinement, maybe clean up those cobweb covered brain cells of hers.
"What?" She replies though half of her wants to keep her mouth closed and ignore the bubbly brunette. She isn't quite in the mood right now, and its becoming harder to keep her teeth from chattering. Why the fuck did she ever think this outfit would be a good idea to wear. Its snowing outside for Christ Sake. Oh right, because apparently the bitch in her wanted to defy even natures most honest law. But damn, on the other hand at least she looks good. "I think red is a good color -"
"Then why did you ask Trish?" Paige stresses her name, condescension clear in tone, practically dripping in rivulets of clarity from the cracks in clenched teeth. God, why did she waste an invite on her - oh right, cause Trisha is her only other friend in the world. The only friend she doesn't want to bang. Hard. Against whatever surface she can find. And because at least with Trisha there she won't be the most hated in the room, at best, she'll be the second or third. Morgan wasn't thrilled about Paiges decision to invite Trisha but what the hell can you do when you only have two friends in the whole wide world? Be a bitch to one and pine uselessly after the other. Because god in heaven knows that Paige would be the very last person to confess all her fucked up feelings. Internal agony be damned, she knows her place when it comes to these feelings, she's more than content with keeping in her little square box.
"Geeze what crawled up your butt and died..." Paige doesn't feel bad at all when Trisha turns back to her cellphone, uselessly scrolling through apps that won't even work without cell service - and lo and behold theres no service up here either. One would think that these people, with their funding would have actually thought to add a cellphone tower. How the fuck would they get in contact with anyone if someone was hurt? A CB had worked so well for those kids seven years ago. Right. After a few minutes of actually working over the fact that she's being unreasonable she tries her hand at distracting Trisha from her earlier comments, which, she knows if she starts chattering loud enough the other occupants will get annoyed - god, she loves annoying the hell out of people. Nothing better than watching someones head about to pop off.
If Morgan hadn't been so excited Paige wouldn't have agreed to this trip. Not only is she not fond of the cold, but she's hell on an airplane and this bus is absolutely no better, poor people transport at best. She had half a mind to ask her parents if she could drive herself; if she weren't so fearful of someone carjacking her while shes at the lodge. Wouldn't that just blow mom and dad over the cliffs edge, a final reason to disown their unruly eldest. Mia, her younger sister, would have an absolute field day when she found out that Paige would be cut out of the will - those fuckers would look for any reason, she was absolutely sure of it. Besides, Morgan insisted that she take the authentic route, "We're taking the flight and bus too! and somehow she hadn't mentioned that she and Gabe were leaving early. Which left Paige stuck with dumb, twat, and bimbo...among others that she didn't quite have an unoriginal name for yet.
All things aside she hadn't quite minded the whole process, despite having to endure one of the strangest application processes ever (and answering a dozen, extremely uncomfortable questions.) She had been truthful, not exactly a rarity in her life. Paige was nothing if not honest, even if it meant being brutally honest. And, while she had every reason to lie, she found that it wouldn't benefit the experience at all. Its a bit thrilling, knowing that somewhere out there someone can actually see the most insane side of her written clear on pen and paper. Another thing that annoyed her, who the fuck uses pen and paper these days. Its all about the Internet baby, and thats the end of it.
"Oh look! I can see Morgan from here." If it was a bit desperate how Paige practically clamored over Trishas lap to get out of the bus, then nobody said anything. She was only a few steps behind Remy and Pax, who approached Morgan quickly. Paige gritted her teeth as loud and noisy made their presence known - couldn't they see the earbud? Though they were talking loud enough that Morgan probably heard them anyways, as Paige was sure anything within a ten mile radius could. "Where in the hell is Gabe? I swear on Pax's life if he fucking ditched on us, I'm out!" Paige almost admired that, if she weren't so intent on hating every word that came out the others mouth. "Mom probably got distracted coddling puppies on the side of the road or something. Lord knows he wouldn't let Mor trek all the way up here on her lonesome. What irresponsibility! It'd probably make him sick." Paige did crack a smile at that, at least she could agree with someone here on something. She could do with or without Gabe, even if he was cool sometimes, he could be extremely lousy other times. Annoying really, especially when Paige was involved. Years of knowing one another seemed to have only grown their discomfort of one another being around.
"One guess, he's in the fancy ass building." Paige shot her meanest look to Remy - she wasn't exactly looking for a fight but the need to assert some sort of dominance was weighing hot and heavy in her gut. Blood rushing to her head at the thought of already starting drama, god, Morgan would be so mad at her if she started a fight right then and there, but fuck it, she loved to get the others riled up. "So why don't you buzz off and find him yourself."
# 2016-07-23 06:03:47 , as written by Bartholomew Finch
Gabriel Espinoza
Its amazing to think that someone would conjure up the grand idea of letting a handful of young adults run rampant on a mountain, practically alone, with no security to back them up besides a few dismal staff members at the actual lodge. Gabriel is certain that one look at the staff roster would leave him foaming at the mouth - where were the protocols, the safety information, did they have no idea that other people had died here? And here he was, practically letting his little sister slip into the devils den. But did he have a choice? Of course not, when Mo set her mind on something she always got it. Gabriel was too much of a softy to stop here, all he could do was make sure he came along so she didn't get herself killed...or worse. He didn't...he didn't want to think about what could be worse. All he knew was that he had read plenty of articles on this place and none of them had anything good to say.
To say the least, he wasn't thrilled at all. Besides, he had no heart for horror, despite some misguided bravery. Whatever this trip held it wasn't worth the process, the flight, the bus. It wasn't worth any of it if it meant having to suffer through getting called a wimp because he can't stand the horror aspect of things. He knew his sister and her blonde bitch of a friend would get a real kick out of it. Why the hell did she even invite Paige, it was clearly obvious at the time that she didn't want to come and yet she came along anyways - and she brought the other dumbass. God, this entire PLACE would be crawling with stupid teenagers that he'd have to look after - cause he knew that they wouldn't look after themselves. No adults? No supervision? Hell, this might as well be heaven on earth for the misguided. At least he had Remy, even if she was a bit extreme at times he knew she had his back, at least when it came to Paige and her copycat.
When they arrived it became apparently clear that this place wasn't up to code yet. Early openings and all that, he should have expected it but it was still extremely annoying. The cable car station itself had been a wreck, the machinery was there to operate the cars but no operator in sight. Besides a sign that said "be back in ten minutes" there was no telling if there had ever been one to begin with. Needless to say, after those ten minutes were up Gabe got increasingly more pissed off. Morgan had refused to wait inside with him, despite his warnings of hypothermia. Being freezing outside, he worried for her, but she only thought about Paige. Always thinking of others and never herself. Gabriel wished he could say differently, but in a way, he's the exact same. At least he doesn't seek out adrenaline like a junkie seeking out a needle. He wished people understood that there was danger everywhere, that at any point in time it would come to bite them in the asses - then again, most people didn't have his drive. Or his ticks...
Time passed slowly, and where any normal person would have entertained themselves with their phone or a book...well, Gabe chose to clean. Yeah, he knew how it looked but he absolutely couldn't stand the state of disarray this place was in. Pristine on the outside and fucked up on the inside. Might as well shove a knife through his eyes to stop the blinding pain of having to see it. Even at home Gabe made sure everything was organized and in order. Everything needed to be in tip top shape to keep him sane, and quite frankly, he couldn't stand the idea of filth. Maybe it was a touch of germaphobia. He never could put a word to his strange behaviors.
When he finally got the place into relative order he checked the clock, knowing that any time now that second shuttle would be coming in hot. He knew that everyone would be damned tired and probably cold, the bus that he and Morgan had taken didn't even have basic heating. And while it wasn't below freezing out they were still quite frosty by the time they reached the stop. So he took a few extra minutes making sure the machines were going to actually work. About four people would fit in the cars at once and he knew that meant delicate arrangements. He didn't want to leave Morgan with Paige - god knows what that girl would get up to in such close quarters. But he wasn't thrilled about riding up with Pax - He really, really, didn't want to deal with that kid today. He could only handle being called mom so many times. But Remy would want to ride with Pax, and he knew that there was absolutely no way he could stick Paige in the same car as Remy, it'd be bloodshed.
And he just got his clothes dry cleaned.
As he went to step outside he noticed that the others had arrived already, and the aforementioned girls were already going at it - well, Paige was going at it by the looks of it. Trying to start shit as usual. He knew this would happen, he TOLD Morgan that this was a horrible idea but she just couldn't see past blind devotion. The bottle blonde was going to ruin this already horrible trip. Oh well, what he doesn't acknowledge can't come back to bite him in the ass. He chose to ignore the potential fight, instead standing awkwardly in the doorway - as he tended to do - until he could catch someones attention and get this damn show on the road.
# 2016-07-23 10:23:21 , as written by ShudderFox-
(i might fix this header later i don't know but it's carter yall)
Carter had his back turned to the window, the chill from the glass making every conceivable effort to freeze him to death through his jacket. He’d had his hands buried in the pockets for as long as he could remember and would have seriously considered making a few petty phone calls and getting someone fired over this glorified meals on wheels if it didn’t require functioning hands and decent reception. Now, Carter wasn’t an outdoorsy person. Didn’t have the first clue about cabins. Was it a selling point to be as cut off from normal society and working communication as possible? Did people actually seek that out? The corner of his lip tightened in contempt and he briefly considered that the kind of people who chose to live in a cabin in the woods were probably the same people who painted their nails crack whore red and rode buses by choice, but of course he had to rethink his stance when he remembered that he was one of those bus riders, sans any kind of crack whore red nail polish.
Still, there was no way he’d make this mistake again. Carter was sure of that as he pulled his legs into the seat, an attempt to get as comfortable as one could be when the word bus was synonymous with just about anything else undesirable you could think of. Carter didn’t like to participate in things like this - applications, being selected, ect. For one, anything built on the premise of dead bodies and ghosts and such was strictly a money grab, and as such, he should be able to throw a fucking check their way and cut out all of this what is your deepest fear bullshit.
But in the end he supposed the application process was as much a part of the trip as the low budget transportation they were destined to ride in on and he gave it about as much effort as he’d give tying his shoes. At one point the invasive questionnaire started to strike a suspicious nerve in Carter (who wants to know your biggest lie unless they plan on holding something against you?) and for a moment his mind started to wonder whether or not this was just a ploy to set up innocent people for something. Rob him. Scam him. After all, that’s what he would do if he owned a supposedly haunted cabin.
However, given that an actual reputable company was throwing this thing together, he buried his paranoia at the time and banked on the fact that he hadn't actually been chosen yet and the odds were probably stacked against him anyway.
But thank God he did get invited to go, otherwise he’d never have gotten the change to alternate between listlessly staring out of the window across from him and picking at a stray thread on his seat. Though, to be fair, the scenery wasn’t that bad. Had he not already known where he was going, Carter probably wouldn’t have guessed there was a creepy cabin out in the woods somewhere. Then again, a winter wonderland probably didn't add very much to the haunted atmosphere or that danger element unless your biggest fear was getting lost in the snow. How cute he thought with a smirk before the bus finally started to slow down and he could make out their destination fairly close by. And if the bus coming to a stop wasn’t evident enough, someone mentioned Morgan and whatever negative energy that was there seemed to dissipate as everyone made their way off and made a beeline toward her spot. Carter followed behind, messing with his phone in a last ditch effort to find a signal and placing names with faces as he cracked a smile a Gabe’s expense.
Still, a haunted cabin retreat wasn't the same without some tension, and it didn't take long before basic teasing gave way to something a little more strained. Carter was always a sucker for a good show and almost forgot about the chilly air and ice on the ground as Paige shot a look Remy's way and all but told her to fuck off.
"You're gonna break an arm jerkin yourself off like that," Carter tucked his hands back into his jacket pockets as he looked over at Paige, a sham of a smile plastered on his face. He couldn't blame anyone for getting excited to start shit, though he didn't know enough not to be surprised that something had flared up this early into the trip.
Not long had passed. Not long at all. She is a fourth of a way through Ante Mi by CRIPTA, not even the strangest song on her playlist, when the arrival of friends and foes become apparent by the sudden – and not entirely unwelcomed appearance of Remy King. She doesn’t mind Remy, not really, in fact she thinks if anything Remy is a lot cooler than her brother. Anybody who can put up with his mom façade for so long deserves to be revered. Morgan only wishes that she weren’t so…loud without warning. "Where in the hell is Gabe? I swear on Pax's life if he fucking ditched on us, I'm out!"
Morgan isn’t exactly startled, but to say she doesn’t jump a little would be a lie. She doesn’t take her earbuds out, but pauses the song and looks up expectantly. About to answer when she spots Paige coming up just behind Remy and Pax. "Mom probably got distracted coddling puppies on the side of the road or something. Lord knows he wouldn't let Mor trek all the way up here on her lonesome. What irresponsibility! It'd probably make him sick." Morgan feels a little bad for only noticing Pax just now. She’s quite fond of him, antics wise he’s a hell of a riot and if things were a little different she could see him being a good friend. But as it stands, their sort of acquaintance/kind of a friendship is almost impossible. If not only because of her own friendship with Paige, and the hatred that’s shared between Remy and Paige. A pity. If everyone just stopped to realize all their similarities they’d figure out there’s nothing to actually fight about.
She couldn’t give a damn about the perceived need to cockblock a potential friendship so she makes sure that she gets as much out of Pax as possible before reality comes crashing back. Maybe they’ll find some crazy adventure on this trip…maybe not. Either way she shoots him an appreciative smile – at least he understands what she goes to. If anything, Gabes as big of a douche to Pax as he is to Morgan about being the mom. Even if it’s a little weird to hear someone refer to her brother as Mom out loud.
"One guess, he's in the fancy ass building." Paige is all too willing to butt heads. Must not see how frustrated she makes Morgan in 0.2 seconds. It’s a little annoying having to always defend a best friend, when nobody else can see who she really is. But then again, Morgans known her since long before the mean-bug got to her. Once upon a time feels like forever ago ; she knows the exact moment that Paige turned dark inside, and it’s only a little more painful than the time she sprained her wrist in gym class, climbing a rope without supervision. Morgan begs in her mind for Paige to just shut up before this escalates. But knows, just as she knows Paige, that its impossible to stop once its happened. "So why don't you buzz off and find him yourself." Where the hell is Gabe anyway? Didn’t he live for this? Breathe for the chance to break up a silly fight before it even starts. This was like… his thing, and yet he was nowhere to be found and all Morgan could do was frown in worry. No fights. Not this early. Not if she had anything to say about it. If that meant breaking character to shut it down – well, no, actually she isn’t sure she’s capable of saying half the stuff that runs through her head.
"You're gonna break an arm jerkin yourself off like that," Before she can even get a lick of input in there’s another comment being spewed forth. She tries really hard to stifle a snort, choosing not to exacerbate the situation any further. Morgan stares, for a long, drawn out moment before she can’t stand it anymore. She tugs the earbuds out, fingers trembling lightly. ”Can we stop measuring dick length already?” She addresses everyone, including Trisha and Pax who aren’t participating in the fight, but being extensions of Remy and Paige it would be bound to happen sooner or later. Even Carter, even though his comment had almost made her lose her shit. Good to know there’s someone else here to make Paige work for her insults. ”We haven’t even made it to the lodge yet, can we maybe all get along for one fucking minute, or are you guys that determined to ruin this?” Woah. Harsher than she intended but both Remy and Paige were used to dealing out worse, she’s sure. If anything, her words will probably bounce right off their thick skin.
It’s the best Morgan can really manage. ”Anyways.” She swings her gaze to the cable car station, where her eyes catch on a more than familiar face then narrow to slits; really Gabe? Not gonna help at all? ”If we don’t get up there now we’ll be late.” She grabs hold of Paiges hand – holding hands was never really a problem until this past year. Paige usually shrugged her off, but Morgan didn’t allow it this time. ”Lets go.” She says, wondering if Paige will even listen – if any of them will listen.
Remy seemed unfazed when Pax rested his chin upon the top of her head. She was more than used to things like this considering her lack in height compared to some others. No doubt her closest friend took advantage of it on a regular basis. "Mom probably got distracted coddling puppies on the side of the road or something. Lord knows he wouldn't let Mor trek all the way up here on her lonesome. What irresponsibility! It'd probably make him sick."
She had completely missed... Potentially ignored the presence of the bitchy blonde that joined the group. It was like Paige's effervescence made her blood curdle. "One guess, he's in the fancy ass building." The gaze psycho sent Remy made her clench her jaw while balling up her fists at her sides. "So why don't you buzz off and find him yourself."
Remy parted her lips about to throw some major shade at the snarky bitch but a voice from behind her piped up. "You're gonna break an arm jerkin yourself off like that."
She looked over her shoulder towards Carter before rolling her eyes back towards Paige. "Bitch better hope I don't break it for her." Remy shot her a death glare while teasingly biting the air towards her. But her attention was quickly drawn towards Gabe who came back outside. She raised her right hand and waved it slightly towards him.
”Can we stop measuring dick length already?” Remy snorted slightly. Of course Morgan would step up to pretend to be a mediator even though everyone knows that she's doing it because her dear best friend would get her ass handed to her.
Remy cleared her throat, raising her hand like a student. "How are we suppose to measure dick lengths if they're all up Paige's bleached asshole." She pursed her lips and shrugged her shoulders.
”We haven’t even made it to the lodge yet, can we maybe all get along for one fucking minute, or are you guys that determined to ruin this?”
She grumbled, crossing her arms over her chest as she shifts her body so that she was facing Pax as she mumbled under her breath, "Ruin what? It's a fucking creepy ass cabin with a bunch of unstable barely adults."
”Anyways... If we don’t get up there now we’ll be late.”
Remy waited until Morgan dragged Paige ahead. The more separation the better. She knew it was only a matter of time before she dragged that blonde bitch by her extensions out into the snow. She sighed softly as she slipped her right arm in the crook of Pax's left. "I don't know what sounds better... Kicking her ass in front of everyone or just letting her put her own foot in her mouth." Her eyes narrowed as she glared after the Barbie slut. "We're on a fucking mountain... And its cold. And she dresses like a prostitute." A growl rolls deep in her throat.
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"Bitch better hope I don't break it for her." Useless posturing. She chose to ignore that bit of bait, if the beast wanted a fight she’d let her throw the first punch. At least then Morgan wouldn't be able to blame her for the resulting violence. Paige knew her limits, knew she’d be no match in a fight but that did nothing to stomp out the fire growing in her gut. Anger had its claws in her, tearing a path from brain to mouth. Where logical thought refused to take place. She glanced at Morgan, feeling stung when she didn't take sides. She should have known better of course, a mediator at heart as usual. Where Paige was fire and doom, she was sunshine and fucking butterflies. Christ.
”Can we stop measuring dick length already?” Morgan asked then, breaking the tension. Paige wanted to deck Remy for snorting but turned her own look on her friend. She as well and truly frazzled if she was reprimanding them all like that. “Not if-“She was effectively interrupted, though her words were meant for Morgan only the loudmouth goth was already talking again. Of course. Paige barely spared a look for anyone else present, her attention was fully on the bitch.
"How are we suppose to measure dick lengths if they're all up Paige's bleached asshole." Paige grit her teeth, almost snarling. Some rational part of her brain stopped her from using denial as a tactic, if she chose argument over insult it’d just cause more of a headache.
“At least I fuck people who have a pulse. I’m sure you have no reservations for the dearly departed.” Back to petty insults. Wash, rinse, repeat until Paige got bored – she was quickly tiring. As if the fight she wanted to start was just too annoying to continue on with. Besides, Morgan’s next words deflated her a bit. She had promised not to start shit early on, and broken that promise before they had even made it to the lodge. Paige bit her tongue when the need to continue on rose up in her. She could behave for now. No fist fights at least. She avoided looking at Remy as Morgan lead her away. The punk wannabe was nothing but an insignificant bug in her eyes.
“Just keep that bitch as far away from me as possible,” Paige mumbled to Morgan, a promise unspoken between them. It would be impossible to keep them from crossing paths, but Paige could pacify her friend with loose promises. So long as she didn't have to see that ugly mug she’d be just fine. As they neared the door she looked at Gabe, disapproving as usual. She sneered, and pressed one manicured nail to his arm. “Morgan and Trish are riding up with me, keep that little monster on your side of things.” Her other hand motioned to Remy.
Feeling at least a little accomplished she shook Morgan off and headed in, her eyes hard set as she took in the state of this building. Gabe’s marks of obsession were all over this place. She ignored it and went to the tracks, where a few cars were waiting to take them up. It looked like each could hold about four people, which meant the group could be evenly split. Then again, things were never that easy with them. Paige rolled her eyes and started towards the first car. The sooner they got up to the goddamn lodge the better.
Gabriel watched the fight brew impassively. He could step in, but that would only cause twice as many problems and he would always be inclined to side with Remy - and that would piss his sister off so he chose to just wait and watch until Morgan resolved things. Gabe let his gaze wander over the landscape around them, to the tree line just beyond where he thought for a split second he saw movement. It wouldn't be unusual really, there were loads of animals out here, and quite a few warning signs about the more territorial ones. Bears, Mountain Lions, and Elk were known offenders in this area. Which, made him more nervous than anything that they would be spending time up here among them.
By the time they were done with their little pissing match he could feel the cold creeping in. Even though he was probably the most practically dressed here. While it wasn't too bad here at the base, Mountain weather usually didn't follow the same patterns. Who knew if it would be worse up near the lodge or not. He had packed extra coats just in case his idiot friends didn't. Maybe, if he felt bad enough he'd offer one to Paige - seriously who thought wearing shorts would be a good option in this weather? Light snowfall or not, it's not that hard to get hypothermia.
Finally, when everyone cut the shit and started heading his way he let out a sigh of relief. The sooner they got up to the lodge the faster they'd all get warm. He was growing sick of the outdoors already, too bad they'd be spending so much time in it. Morgan and Paige were quick to come to a stop near him, Paige, being her usual bitchy self-poking a manicured finger at him. “Just keep that bitch as far away from me as possible,” He had no qualms about separating the two but grimaced anyway.
“Morgan and Trish are riding up with me, keep that little monster on your side of things.” Her other hand motioned to Remy. Gabriel almost considered asking Remy to ride with the blonde if only so that issue would be dealt with. Paige needed her ass handed to her badly. She was simply intolerable. Plus, he didn't much like being poked. He rolled his eyes and smacked her hand away, mumbling under his breath as she walked on ahead. Trish followed at their heels looking a little too interested in Gabe as she passed by - all these girls were going to drive him to an early grave.
He watched Remy and Pax approach and smiled lightly, while he wasn't as fond of Pax's teasing he could tolerate the little shit for a while - and Carter was just behind them. Gabriel couldn't, in good conscious subject him to the stupidity that would result in riding with Paige. "We'll send them up first," He said, knowing that this would only be a short reprieve from the arguments that were sure to fill this holiday. Hopefully, the lodge would be big enough that they could all sort off into their own groups before long.
Not wanting to allow any more room for argument he leads the way into the station and watched his sister and the other two settle into one of the cars. The automatic doors slid into place, and with a mock salute towards Morgan he sent them on up. Once that was settled he threw his spare bags into the other car and beckoned the remaining three to pack in as well. They were up in the air not too long after, heading towards the lodge at long last. The ride wasn't long enough to really leave room for deep conversation, light small talk mostly and Gabes mood didn't allow for much of that on his end anyway.
They were let off at another small building that served as a stop, as well as had the necessary controls for sending the cars back down to the starting station. From there it was a short walk through some trails - thankfully clean and tidy - before they arrived at the lodge. Gabe noted that the place looked significantly less creepy than he initially thought it would. As far as decorations go, it was grand but sparse and lacking the blood spatter he assumed there would be. Well, that in and of itself was interesting enough - he wondered what type of scares were really in place if things weren't going to be so outwardly transparent.
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"Yeah, I'm game for getting fucked up."
Dustyn Asmod
"Lets do something horribly inappropriate tonight"
Remy King
"Because staying the night in a creepy cabin sounds like a smart idea." (WIP)
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House Democrats Release 2019 Legislative Schedule
Calendar reflects accommodations for members with young families, Hoyer says
Katherine Tully-McManus
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Do chatty senators really face jail time during impeachment? Lack of official guidance on impeachment press restrictions causes confusion Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick seeks treatment for alcohol addiction after fall
House Democrats released the legislative schedule for 2019 on Thursday. Above, Georgia Rep. John Lewis, left, and House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer leave the Capitol Visitor Center auditorium Wednesday during a break in the House Democrats’ leadership elections. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
House Democrats have released the chamber’s floor schedule for 2019, which includes 130 days in session over 33 weeks and was tailored to accommodate the influx of lawmakers with young families joining the House next year.
“As we welcome a large class of new members, many with young families, next year’s schedule is focused on balancing time in Washington with time for Members to conduct work in their districts and spend time with their families,” incoming House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland said in a statement accompanying the calendar’s release.
The House will be in recess, or a “district work period,” for at least a week each month, except for June. That will be partially offset by a late summer break from the Capitol that is scheduled to go from July 29 to Sept. 6.
Late-night votes in the House could be a thing of the past, if the Democrats’ vision becomes reality. Late-vote series will be reserved for spending bills. Votes on standard legislation would be kept between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., according to Hoyer.
Fly-in and fly-out day schedules will look similar to what’s been standard under Republican control. The first roll call votes of the week will be held at 6:30 p.m. and final votes of the week won’t be scheduled after 3 p.m., allowing members to maximize time in their districts over the weekends.
The calendar released Thursday has an air of nostalgia to it: the title of the page — which appears on the browser tab — reads January 2007, the last time the Democrats took back the House.
Correction 1:55 p.m. | An earlier version of this story misidentified the part of the calendar that was labeled January 2007. It was the title of the page and not the calendar file.
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‘American Assassin’: Watch Cutthroat Redband Trailer for CIA Thriller
Michael Keaton, Dylan O’Brien, Taylor Kitsch star in new Michael Cuesta-directed film
A CIA black ops recruit and a Cold War veteran team up to stop the nuclear apocalypse in the gripping new redband trailer for American Assassin. The upcoming Michael Cuesta-directed film opens September 15th.
Based on Vince Flynn’s book of the same name, American Assassin stars Dylan O’Brien as Mitch Rapp, a hotshot CIA recruit, who enlists in search of vengeance after his girlfriend is killed in a terrorist attack. Rapp trains under Cold War vet Stan Hurley – played by Michael Keaton – and soon the pair find themselves trying to stop a rogue duo from detonating a nuclear bomb and igniting a new World War.
The American Assassin trailer is packed with plenty of outrageous violence. Hurley takes down Rapp in an early training session, while Rapp later disarms and disposes of three bad dudes holding him hostage in a hotel room. The ridiculousness crescendos when an out-of-control helicopter crashes into a gigantic battleship.
American Assassin also stars Taylor Kitsch, Shiva Negar and Sanaa Lathan.
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MATCH-UP:
Rollins (12-2, 7-2 SSC) vs. Davis & Elkins (1-9, 0-0 G-MAC)
Rollins (12-2, 7-2 SSC) vs. Emmanuel (6-6, 0-0 CC)
Rollins (12-2, 7-2 SSC) vs. Palm Beach Atlantic (10-11, 2-4 SSC)
Rollins (12-2, 7-2 SSC) vs. Southwest Minnesota State (4-0, 0-0 NSIC)
DE: Winter Park, Fla. – Rollins Softball Stadium at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
EC: Winter Park, Fla. – Rollins Softball Stadium at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
PBA: West Palm Beach, Fla. – Simpson Field
SMSU: Winter Park, Fla. – Rollins Softball Stadium at Martin Luther King Jr. Park
DE: Monday, March 4, 2019 – 5:00 p.m. (DH)
EC: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 – 5:00 p.m. (DH)
PBA: Friday, March 8, 2019 – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 9, 2019 – 1:00 p.m. (DH)
SMSU: Sunday, March 10, 2019 – 6:00 pm
DE: Watch | Live Stats | Digital Program
EC: Watch | Live Stats | Digital Program
PBA: Watch | Live Stats
SMSU: Watch | Live Stats | Digital Program
SET-UP:
Rollins is coming off a sweep of Sunshine State Conference foe Tampa. The Tars gave up just one run over the three games against the Spartans, who had been receiving votes in the latest NFCA National Poll. Rollins will now venture outside the SSC again for weekday contests with Davis & Elkins and Emmanuel before picking up conference play against Palm Beach Atlantic. Rollins will then conclude the week by hosting a Sunday doubleheader with Southwest Minnesota State. The Tars will look to continue their hot start to 2019, as they move into the middle portion of the schedule.
WHO TO WATCH:
Rollins:
The Tars hold the second best batting average in the SSC, hitting .278 on the year. Lindsay Gehring is pacing the offensive performers across the conference, batting an SSC leading .474, with five homeruns, and a .974 slugging percentage. The sophomore ranks second in on base percentage and third with 15 RBI. Jordan Davis ranks just behind her teammate with the second highest batting average in the conference at .465. The senior centerfielder also leads Rollins with 11 steals. Freshman Ashley Worrell is batting .375 on the campaign with a team leading seven doubles.
The trio of Worrell, Abby Summers and Grace Street have been dominant in the circle for Rollins. The Tars lead the SSC with a 1.02 ERA. Worrell is 5-2 with a 1.71 ERA in 41 innings pitched. Summers has struck out 62 batters in 36 innings. Street has yet surrender a run in her 19 innings of work.
Davis & Elkins:
The Senators have struggled out of the gate in 2019, picking up just one win in their first ten games, and have lost six in a row. Ryn Boelter leads the squad with a .480 batting average and a .581 on base percentage. Alyssa Cairns is hitting .400 on the year, and leads the squad with 10 RBI on the year. Overall the Senators are batting .301 on the season.
Sara Tobin, Haley Grindstaff, and Jade Allee get the majority of the action in the circle for Davis & Elkins. Overall, the staff has combined to tally a 6.59 ERA. Grindstaff is 0-4 with 15 strikeouts in 22.1 innings.
Emmanuel:
The Lions are an even 6-6 on the year. Emmanuel has rebounded after an 0-3 start, but they are coming off an 8-0 loss to Francis Marion. Noelle Petty is batting .423 on the year, pacing the Lions. Caitlin Parks is leading the team in multiple statistical categories. The catcher has hit four doubles and four homeruns to slug .703, she has also drove in 12 RBI, and scored eight runs. Alannah Long and Isabelle Petty are also hitting above the .300 mark for the Lions.
Madison Abell has tossed 34.2 innings to pace the Lions. The freshman is 5-2 with a 1.21 ERA and 21 strikeouts. Madison Hopper is 1-1 with a 3.68 ERA in 26.2 innings. Overall the staff, which also includes Long, has a combined 3.78 ERA.
Palm Beach Atlantic:
The Sailfish were picked to finish second in the SSC in the Preseason Poll, and have been ranked as high as No. 18 in the NFCA National Poll, but have had a back-and-forth 2019. They have lost both of their SSC series, dropping two of three from Saint Leo and Barry. Palm Beach Atlantic are batting .254 as a team, squarely in the middle of the SSC. Katherine Budnovich is pacing the Sailfish attack, batting .389 on the year, as well as doubles and homeruns, slugging percentage, and 12 RBI. Maddie Bertisch is hitting .345 and has stolen 12 bases to lead Palm Beach Atlantic on the base paths.
Abby Busby has maintained a 2.24 ERA through 72 innings. The sophomore is 7-5, and has tallied 38 strikeouts. Budnovich has thrown 49.1 innings while fanning 53 batters. Those two have combined with Kaylee Winn and Taylor Pennica to register a 3.19 team ERA.
The Sailfish will travel to No. 7 North Georgia and Columbus State to start the week, before welcoming the Tars on the weekend.
Southwest Minnesota State:
The Mustangs head south undefeated on the year, taking each of their first four contests by a combined score of 26-10. The bats have started hot for Southwest Minnesota State, with a .385 batting average and eight players hit above .300. Bailey Johnson is batting .700 with two doubles, a homerun and four RBI. Madison Krog has started the campaign hitting .400 with a team leading 5 RBI. The Mustangs are 9-10 in steal attempts in just four games.
Athena Golling and Megan Cull have each made two appearances in the circle, and each have earned 2-0 records. Golling has struck out 15 in 12 innings, while Cull has sat down 14 batters in 10 innings. The pair lead a rotation that holds a 1.62 ERA.
The Tars will face another busy week, starting with the West Chester Rams at home on Tuesday, March 12, at 1 p.m. They will then face Southern Connecticut State and Florida Southern later in the week.
For the latest news, updates, and information on the Rollins tennis team, fans can visit RollinsSports.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest #TARnation news by following Rollins Sports on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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Book #4 of Seven Deadly Sins
By Robin Wasserman
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Beth was transformed from a nobody to a somebody, but now she's B-list again.
She -- and everybody else -- got played by Kaia, Kane and Harper.
Nobody can comfort Miranda, who feels so betrayed that she's sworn revenge.
Adam is lashing out at anybody who will listen -- or buy him a drink.
And somebody is stalking Kaia; looks like Reed won't stand for sloppy seconds....
Revenge is the name of the game. And for somebody, it's game over.
Robin Wasserman is the author of Girls on Fire, an NPR and BuzzFeed Best Book of the Year. She is a graduate of Harvard College with a Master’s in the history of science. She lives in Los Angeles, where she writes for television.
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If you haven’t figured out how to celebrate Women’s History Month yet (or just aren’t done celebrating), one way to show your support is by heading to important and inspirational locations, like museums, monuments and even women-owned businesses.
Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy for everyone to travel — even within their own city. To help, Lyft is offering $10 off one ride to or from tons of locations in dozens of cities now through March 31.
Participating locations include monuments and museums like the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, The Vietnam Women’s Memorial on the National Mall, Maryland Women’s Heritage Center and Museum and the International Women’s Air & Space Museum. You’ll also find female-owned businesses on the list like Martha Lou’s Kitchen in Charleston, South Carolina, and Habit Doughnut Dispensary in Denver, Colorado. You can find a list of all participating cities and locations by visiting Lyft’s website.
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There is a max of $10 off per ride and only one credit per Lyft account is allowed. The ride must also cost more than $10 and has to start or end at a participating location. The discount does not apply to tips, cancellation fees, damage charges or taxes. Be sure to take note of the promo code for the city you’ll be in, as they’re all different. You’ll need to use the promo code on the Lyft app to get the $10 credit.
“Learning important lessons from the women who’ve made their mark in history, and recognizing so many of them are just everyday people, should empower people to feel like, ‘I can do something, too,'” former White House Obama administration adviser and Lyft board member, Valerie Jarrett, said in a blog post. “That’s why, for Women’s History Month, Lyft is offering ride credit to help make these locations more accessible and affordable for everyone. It’s so exciting because — let’s face it — sometimes the impediment to people visiting these wonderful places is that they simply can’t afford to get there.”
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Stigma is difficult to define, but you know it when you feel it. That was the message which started the second day of the Salzburg Global session, Changing Minds: Innovations in Dementia Care and Dementia-Friendly Communities.
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Adams Premiere Impresses at S.F. Symphony
By Jeff Dunn ,
Wanting to be a composer when your father is a famous one is a tough row to hoe. Few have succeeded in modern times. The worst-case scenario was the career of Siegfried Wagner, whose many mediocre-at-best operas were doubly overshadowed by and constantly compared with those of his father Richard. The son of Harald Sæverud (1897-1992), who for a while was the most famous Norwegian composer after Grieg, even changed his name to Ketil Hvoslef to break the connection with his dad. But Samuel Carl Adams sticks proudly to his name, and lets his music, not a courthouse, declare its familial independence from father John.
S.C. Adams’ Drift and Providence, which received its premiere with Miami’s New World Symphony in April, led off Friday’s San Francisco Symphony concert, with Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas conducting. The music stems from Adams’ feelings of dislocation as he composed the piece in several, not always predictable locations. Its ethos of transition between areas of quasi-stability seems to reflect the angst described on his website:
I want to be a west coast artist. This, unfortunately, is a task more difficult than it sounds (and not for the obvious reason that I spend most of the year in Brooklyn). What I mean is that so much of what westerners are is defined by their non-nativeness, by their displacement after some sort of great migratory journey away from establishment. I am thinking of artists and businessmen alike - pioneers and religious zealots.
Adams structured the piece around three places not in the New England of his father’s birth (or that of composers Charles Ives or William Schuman), but “imagined places” of the “spirit,” according to Scott Foglesong’s excellent and detailed program notes. Two of the places nevertheless have geographic designations in San Francisco, the first section, “Embarcadero,” and the second, “Divisadero.” The third, “Providence,” is not in Rhode Island, but according to the composer “suggests guidance and protection—either human or divine.” Between the three “places” are transitional sections called “Drift I” and “Drift II.”
Since the Embarcadero is a temporary place you leave from, and the Divisadero is a divide or ridge with a view, something you pass over while going from one place to another, a better description of the mentality of the music would be “No Place, Like, No Home,” the seeking of youth in a world of vague eventualities, with Providence as fate. Or maybe just plain “Drift.” That’s what the music sounds like—and I mean it the most positive sense.
The music goes nowhere, that is, there is a certain stasis to it despite its variety, but it does so with a highly original orchestral texture underlain by a satisfying structure, based on periodic repetition of elements. The vagueness of the resultant orchestral coloration over the organizational solidity results in an effect like the Golden Gate bridge in a dense, breeze-blown fog. Without a score, I can’t detail many of the fascinating effects of Adams’ music, but two of the most eye-opening are Adams’ rubbing, not striking, of cowbells, and the judicious use of computer-generated background sounds.
The overall scope of the music is to focus the listener on the multifold transitions of soundscapes with few demarcated boundaries. Three of the four section boundaries cannot be picked out at first hearing, nor does it matter if you do so. Only one real theme, a foghorn if you will, persists—a descending stepwise line of two or three notes. The effect struck me like a Turner painting, with sharpness (of the one simple theme) and blurriness (of the innovative orchestration) at the same time. Drift and Providence heralds a remarkable new voice on the music scene.
The painterliness of Adams’ tone colors got me to thinking: if he’s a Turner, what would Mahler be? His Symphony No. 5 is so wide ranging, embracing the central European world of his time in so many aspects, he’d have to be a turn-of-the-20th-century Breughel, holding many brushes at once and equipped with a vast palette of colors ranging from the mud of a grave to the glitter of a Viennese café, to the white of an alp.
No one is better prepared to convey Mahler than Tilson Thomas, and he did so with such energy and commitment, he brought an unbridledly enthusiastic house to its feet at the conclusion. I’ve reviewed MTT’s exemplary approach to this symphony in his two previous outings, in 2004 and 2009. As in the previous performances, MTT did a great job of bringing sense to the second movement. Even more pronouncedly than in 2009, he indulged in rubatos, most of which worked (though in a couple where drastic changes in dynamics were marked in the score, incorporating an unmarked rubato laid it on too thickly). The powerful treating of dynamics in the Mahler made me wish I had heard the same in the Adams: a fortissimo there seemed only as loud as a forte in the Mahler.
All in all, the interpretation seems to have changed little in nine years, and was demonstrably effective. But when it comes to the most famous of the five movements, the Adagietto, fashion may be changing. I have become convinced by Benjamin Zander’s superb lecture on the symphony (that comes with his Telarc recording on a second disk), that the Adagietto, with ample evidence indicating it’s a love poem to his wife Alma, whom he married during the composition of the symphony, should be played at a less lugubrious tempo. Zander does it in 8:33, MTT took around 11 minutes. (Details on this issue may be found in an article by Jeffrey Ganz.) It sounded too slow and funereal to me.
Interpretive issues paled, however, in the face of the spectacular playing of symphony musicians. Principal trumpet Mark Inouye outdid even his own high standards, delivering the best opening fanfare, and many other solo passages, that I’ve ever heard in the work. The rest of the brass, and everyone else, were almost always in top form. San Francisco has every right to be proud of their accomplishments and leadership. Paint in an A on their report card in 100 colors.
Jeff Dunn is a freelance critic with a B.A. in music and a Ph.D. in geologic education. A composer of piano and vocal music, he is a member of the National Association of Composers, USA, a former president of Composers, Inc., and has served on the Board of New Music Bay Area.
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Following the critically acclaimed music pop art of the 'Semi Detached' album in spring 2015 and the band's first ever instrumental album 'Nil By Mouth' (September 2015), Blancmange return with 'Commuter 23'. This release contains 14 tracks of electronic minimalism, sharp lyrics and wintry romanticism.
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London Records releases a limited edition vinyl boxset of Blancmange's first three albums - Happy Families (1982), Mange Tout (1984) and Believe You Me (1985). Each release includes the original album (remastered), plus B-sides, extended versions, remixes, previously ... read more »
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He took a risk, went through the motions of uncertainty and stress, worked a second job to support his family and his business, grew his customer base, hired other mechanics, sold services (auto repair) as well as products (auto parts), and was ultimately accountable for his own success.
Ask him what he does for a living, however, and he won’t tell you he’s an entrepreneur. He’ll say he fixes cars.
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But in my eyes he is most definitely an entrepreneur, at least according to the definition you get from a quick Google search:
An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
Like my dad, many small business owners don’t embrace their identity as “entrepreneurs”. On the other hand, you probably know someone who wears the title with pride.
Some people exclude those who own side businesses as “real entrepreneurs”. Others talk broadly about entrepreneurs as anyone who starts a new business in any capacity. And let’s not forget the “entrepreneurial tendencies” people can have without owning a business, that many companies today look for in the people they hire.
But is an independent freelancer an entrepreneur? What about a full-time Uber driver? Someone who runs a stall at a fish market? Where do we draw the line, if there is one to draw?
This wide range of interpretations, coupled with all the new ways for people to make money on their own terms, begs the question: What exactly is an “entrepreneur” today?
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What is an “entrepreneur” today?
According to Census Bureau data, from 1978 to 2012 there’s been a more than 44% decrease in new firms being created as a share of total businesses in the United States—the home of the American Dream—a trend that has been interpreted as the decline of entrepreneurship.
Despite that, our overall interest in the "entrepreneur” is still alive and healthy around the world, according to Google Trends.
In fact, a Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report in 2015 revealed that 66% of adults surveyed worldwide see entrepreneurship as a good career choice—over half who are working-age feel they have the ability to start a business.
This is likely due to our evolving interpretation of what an entrepreneur is, one that’s born from new variations and forms of “entrepreneurship”, from the sidepreneur to the infopreneur—emphasizing, above all, the self-starter attitude toward creating value that in turn creates revenue.
So I talked to over 25 “entrepreneurs” from all walks of life—from solopreneurs to tech founders to store owners to creators—to get a range of perspectives on what exactly an entrepreneur is.
What does an entrepreneur do?
“An entrepreneur is someone who prefers a life of boundless uncertainty to that of predictability and chooses to bet on themselves before anyone else.”
— Drew Downs, Co-founder of Nuvango
“An entrepreneur is someone who has made a conscious decision to choose freedom. This freedom doesn't come easy because being an entrepreneur isn't easy, but it will change your life in every way. Many of us spend years of our lives building someone else's dream and following someone else's rules. As entrepreneurs, we get to choose to work on the things that light us up, that motivate us, and that make a big impact for those around us. As entrepreneurs, we get to spend time with our family when we choose to, go on vacation when we choose to and surround ourselves with the people we choose to.”
— John Lee Dumas, Host of Entrepreneur on Fire
“An entrepreneur takes on the risk and seeks to fill a need on her own terms. An entrepreneur doesn't just ‘organize’ a business in my mind, but fuels it, directs it, and creates it. I hesitated to call myself an entrepreneur for a long time because I thought you had to have a Harvard MBA. I was so wrong. Entrepreneurs are scrappy and disruptive, creative and unruly, strategic and unstoppable. Sometimes they make lousy students and difficult employees.”
—Terri Trespicio,Branding & Content Strategist, Writer, Professional Speaker
“An entrepreneur is someone that can sustainably serve an audience because they have a profitable business model.”
—Felix Thea, Owner of TrafficAndSales.com
Aside from the recurring themes of risk, value creation, and rebellion, the answers I got varied from person to person, from business to business.
The definition of entrepreneurship seems to have evolved, and it’s likely the result of two things:
Thanks to technology, the barriers to entry have never been lower to start as an entrepreneur.
There are more paths now to starting a business than ever before.
How technology has changed entrepreneurship
A survey of Inc.com readers in 2015 revealed that the biggest barriers percieved by would-be entrepreneurs are:
“I don’t think I can raise enough money.” (48%)
“I don’t have an idea.” (40%)
“I’m discouraged by the high failure rate of businesses.” (22%)
“I don’t have the right skills.” (21%)
“I worry about balancing business and family life.” (18%)
“I’m worried about taxes and regulations.” (17%)
“The competitive barriers are too high.” (13%)
“I don’t think I could hire people with the skills I need.” (7%)
But a lot of these are what I’d call legacy fears surrounding entrepreneurship—outdated misgivings that have yet to catch up with the technology and platforms that enable us to start things and put plans into motion in ways that weren’t possible before.
A timeline of technology enabling entrepreneurship
In the last 20 years, we’ve seen the emergence of new software, tools and platforms addressing the fears and pain points associated with starting and running a business. And that’s excluding all the other opportunities afforded by social networks and search engines.
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How technology has enabled entrepreneurs:
Quickbooks made accounting more accessible for small businesses.
Alibaba made finding a supplier easier for products you could sell.
Shopify made it easier to start and run a business selling anything online without knowing how to code.
Dropbox enabled file sharing for better, more secure collaboration.
Kickstarter made crowdfunding your ideas a mainstream concept, reducing the financial barrier for execution.
Buffer streamlined the way you schedule social media content across multiple profiles.
Fiverr offered a marketplace for finding affordable talent and human resources.
Zapier made integrating technology possible without a developer in order to automate workflows.
Canva made it possible for anyone to design the visual assets they need without hiring help.
Kit built a “virtual employee” to take on some of the burden of running a business.
These companies—these entrepreneurs enabling entrepreneurship, of which I’ve only highlighted a handful—have created a world where a business no longer needs to be tied to a particular building, where many of them start and are run from home, on a laptop, in a coffee shop, through a mobile phone, with “employees” around the world.
How people become entrepreneurs today
Considering that “part-time entrepreneurship” is now more common than it once was, it’s no longer necessary for you to quit your job to start building something on the side.
Many Shopify store owners run their businesses part-time, during evenings or on the weekend, eventually going full-time if they choose to. Some have a physical location for their store and others operate entirely online.
Businesses can now exist in a variety of forms that just weren’t possible before. So naturally, people are starting them for a variety of reasons.
Build a business around selling products and proving value.
Many entrepreneurs identify an opportunity and then capitalize on it. If there’s demand, they become the one with the supply. Being passionate about the product helps but it’s by no means a prerequisite.
All you need is to be passionate about business, competition, and creating systems that create value, either as a side business or something that replaces your 9 to 5.
Example: Veestro
Build a business around information and empowerment.
The “infopreneur” is typically a teacher who sells information via courses, templates and other resources usually geared towards educating and empowering their audience.
Example: Copyblogger
Build an audience and then build a business around it.
Once, the only way for an artist to survive was to have their work sponsored by a wealthy patron.
Today, creators—writers, vloggers, musicians—build audiences around their talents and cleverly create businesses around them with merchandise, book sales etc. The “patron” is now their audience.
We don’t often look at them that way, but books are physical products and music downloads can be a digital product. If you’re selling these, you’re running a business.
Example: Wait But Why
Build a business around your craft.
The maker applies a specific craft they’ve honed in order to create physical products. Usually a hobby or a past time, they’ve learned how to unearth niche audiences with an interest in owning what they create—whether necklaces, hand-crafted furniture, or scented candles.
This often starts out as a hobby before you find your first customers and decide to become an entrepreneur.
Example: JM&Sons
Build a business around providing services.
This group includes agencies, consultants, freelancers and people with skills or expertise that others need. They might start off alone, only able to make money when they work, but they can develop into more if they want.
Example: Shopify Partners
Build a business around a better way of doing things.
There’s always room for improvement. There are always needs and pain points that have yet to be satisfied.
This is the story behind many tech company founders trying to realize their vision of a better way.
It can also be built around a product or service that you want that simply doesn't exist. Not yet anyway.
Example: Uber
Build a business around social responsibility.
Some entrepreneurs use business as a means of creating a sustainable living that improves the quality of lives through social enterprise. Outside of profit, the value they seek to create is for those in need.
Example: LSTN
These are only some of the intrinsic motivations that lead people down the path of entrepreneurship. It might even be some combination of reasons that inspires you to start a business.
The reasons might be unique to each person, but there are two qualities all entrepreneurs share.
Two things all entrepreneurs have in common
The word "entrepreneur" comes from the French word, entreprendre: to undertake. And despite how entrepreneurship has changed over the years, that part still seems very much intact.
However you or anyone else chooses to define what it means to be an entrepreneur, it almost goes without saying that an entrepreneur can’t become one if he or she has to wait for that validation.
Because there are at least two things every entrepreneur has in common for sure:
They have ambition.
They start.
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Wetherspoons praised for its 'high quality' toilets at Loo of the Year Awards
The awards aim to celebrate the country's best public loos
The toilets at The Duke of Wellington pub in Minehead have been handed a platinum rating at the Loo of the Year Awards (Image: Gillian Evans)
A Wetherspoon pub in Somerset has been praised for its "high quality" toilets in the Loo of the Year Awards.
The Duke of Wellington, based on Wellington Square, Minehead, has been awarded a platinum rating by inspectors.
The awards aim to celebrate the country's best public toilets and highlight and improve standards of away from home toilet provision across the UK.
Loo of the Year Awards inspectors make unannounced visits to thousands of toilets at sites across the UK, in order to judge them.
All of the toilets are graded silver, gold, platinum or diamond with unacceptable toilets not graded at all.
The Duke of Wellington in Minehead charges almost £3 on average for a pint of lager (Image: Google)
The toilets are judged against numerous criteria, namely décor and maintenance, cleanliness, accessibility, hand washing and drying equipment and overall management.
Nathanial Leader, manager of The Duke of Wellington, said: "We are delighted with the award.
"Staff at the pub ensure the toilets are in first-class condition at all times and it is great that this has been recognised by the inspectors.
Mike Bone, The Loo of the Year Awards 2019 managing director, said: "The toilets at The Duke of Wellington have been designed and fitted out to a very high standard and are both clean and well maintained.
"The pub richly deserves its platinum award."
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Winding Okavango | Space Wallpaper
An area covering northern Namibia and southern Angola is pictured in this stunning space wallpaper. Running across this Kompsat-2 image, the Okavango River forms the border between Namibia to the south and Angola to the north.
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An area covering northern Namibia and southern Angola is pictured in this stunning space wallpaper. Running across this Korea Multi-purpose Satellite (Kompsat-2) image, the Okavango River forms the border between Namibia to the south and Angola to the north. Zooming in on the upper left corner, dots of white and other bright colors near a road show rural settlements. The red soil typical of many tropical and subtropical areas of Africa is also evident. In the lower-right corner, we can see large-scale, circular agricultural plots up to about 600 m in diameter. The white lines running through the circle could be maintenance roads. This image was taken on Feb. 25, 2013.
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Fujitsu Debuts Two Lean and Light Laptops
By Lauren Simonds | Posted August 16, 2007
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Fujitsu Computer Systems has introduced two new notebooks, one an update to its popular convertible tablet/notebook and the other an ultramobile PC the size of a day-timer, which has only been available in Japan till now.
The Lifebook U810 weighs a little more than 1.5 pounds and offers a 5.6-inch LCD with touch screen functionality via a stylus. Despite its small size, it's still a functioning PC, which is Fujitsu's selling point.
It also includes a full-function QWERTY keyboard, 1GB of memory and a 40GB hard drive, as well as with Windows Vista or XP Tablet edition. It also supports 802.11g wireless networking and has up to 5.5 hours of battery life.
"More ultramobiles have been like a Blackberry, where you use your thumbs to type," said Paul Moore, the senior director for mobile product marketing at Fujitsu. "This has a fully usable keyboard on which you can type."
Fujitsu's Lifebook U810: A portable with a twist.
He felt the U810 would make an ideal replacement for PDAs, which have fallen on hard times. IDC's Worldwide Handheld Qview report found that during the second quarter of 2007, PDA device sales fell 43.5 percent from the second quarter of 2006. PDAs are falling out of favor, as people move to comprehensive devices, which Fujitsu feels it has.
On a slightly larger scale, Fujitsu introduced the Lifebook T2010, a 3.5-pound notebook with a convertible screen. The 12-inch screen is reversible so when it appears closed, the laptop is actually usable with a pen stylus on its touch screen.
It's light because of the lightweight plastics and lack of CD/DVD-ROM drive. Fujitsu is offering it with two different Core 2 Duo low-power processors, the 1.06GHz U7500 and the 1.2GHz U7600.
The notebooks sport up to 4GB of memory, up to 160GB of hard drive storage, 802.11g wireless networking, the 12-inch touch screen and up to nine hours of battery life. An extended battery, which juts out slightly from the body of the notebook, can get up to 11 hours of life. It runs either Windows Vista or XP Tablet operating systems.
The LifeBook U810 notebook will be available in September for a starting price of $999. The LifeBook T2010 notebook is available now through Fujitsu retailers at a starting price of $1,599.
Adapted from internetnews.com.
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Windsor calls for gay marriage referendum
By Heath Aston
April 29, 2013 — 3.00am
Australians would vote in a referendum on gay marriage as soon as September under a radical proposal by independent MP Tony Windsor, supported by the Greens and other crossbenchers.
Mr Windsor will call on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to take the issue of same-sex marriage ''out of the hands of politicians'' and let the public decide on election day - September 14.
Wants decisions on gay marriage out of politicians' hands: Tony Windsor. Credit:Wolter Peeters
Fairfax Media has learnt the government is set to announce that a referendum on recognising local government in the constitution will be held on election day, at a cost of $80 million.
But Mr Windsor, whose deal to support the minority Labor government included the promise of a local-government referendum, will call for a second question, on marriage equality, to be included.
As New Zealand and France finalise same-sex marriage laws, Mr Windsor said the message he got from Australians was to ''let us have our say and get it away from you idiots [politicians]''.
''Polls on gay marriage say it's what the population wants. A way to resolve it is through a referendum,'' he said. ''It's a bit like the gun debate in America - the politicians appear to be out of step with the people.''
He said it was up to the public to force the issue. ''You get a million people on Facebook and Twitter saying they want a referendum and it will catch fire. The politicians would have to listen,'' he said.
Mr Windsor, who voted against the most recent same-sex marriage bill, said a civil union ceremony he attended last year had been ''possibly the most sincere and meaningful occasion'' he had witnessed and, as a result, his opposition had softened.
''If it came down to my vote [in Parliament] I'd have to have a really hard think about it. But that ceremony had an impact on me. I'd probably vote for it,'' he said.
Greens leader Christine Milne said she was ''certainly in favour'' of a referendum. ''I've been saying for some time that both Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are on the wrong side of history with this.''
Independent MP Rob Oakeshott said he favoured a plebiscite question attached to the local-government referendum, to allow politicians to ''read the tea leaves''.
''It would lower the temperature of the political debate and would provide some back-up support to any politician who takes this thing on in future,'' he said.
George Williams, a constitutional lawyer, said that in his view a referendum would be better than a plebiscite because any law change that stemmed from a plebiscite - which he described as a ''giant opinion poll'' - could still be open to a High Court challenge.
A referendum - which needs the support of a majority of people in a majority of states - could allow a line to be inserted in the constitution clarifying that a marriage can involve partners of the same sex.
Ms Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott are tied to positions against same-sex marriage.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the most appropriate way to consider such an amendment was through a conscience vote in Parliament since any change to allow same-sex marriage would occur by amending the Marriage Act, not the constitution.
Mr Abbott, whose sister Christine Forster is lesbian, has sought to shelve the matter as an election issue, promising Liberal MPs a conscience vote after September.
Political experts say Mr Abbott will be desperate not to ''muddy the waters'' of an election he wants to fight purely on Labor's alleged failures.
Former Liberal minister Peter Reith chided Mr Abbott for giving his in-principle support for the local-government referendum, saying Mr Abbott's ''one priority is to terminate the worst Labor administration in living memory''.
In return for their support for the minority Labor government, the Greens and Mr Windsor extracted a promise for a referendum on local government. Local Government Minister Anthony Albanese has been trying to lock in the support of the states since taking over the portfolio from Simon Crean.
Recognition of local government has become a more pressing concern since a successful High Court challenge to the Commonwealth's school chaplaincy program raised fears that schemes such as the $3.5 billion Roads to Recovery program could be challenged.
An announcement on the local-government referendum is expected within days.
Heath Aston
Heath Aston is the environment, energy and corporate correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
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Electric Cars Information- Electric Vehicles can Help Save Billions on Energy Storage
by The Scientific World on May 23, 2018 in best hybrid cars, electric car charging station, electric cars, electronics, energy conservation, energy efficiency, latest technology trends, technological advances, technology
The design of an electric car is based on an electric motor, an electric control system. A powerful battery can be recharged while maintaining a reduction in weight and can make the price affordable to the buyer. Electric vehicles are more suitable than internal combustion engine cars in terms of environmental protection, as it does not produce harmful residues.
Electric Vehicles Can Help Save Billions on Energy Storage
What Are Electric Cars?
The electric car is a vehicle that uses electric power. There are many applications for its design. One of these applications is replacing the original engine and putting an electric motor in place. It is the easiest way to switch from oil to electricity while maintaining the other components of the car. Electric current. The electric vehicle differs from the electric vehicle as a private car for persons, while the vehicle or electric vehicle is for industrial use or transport of persons in the context of public transport.
Why You Should Buy an Electric Car?
Ten reasons to purchase an electric car
Electric cars have been a violent shake in the automotive world despite their novelty. And we are living close to bidding farewell to the era of regular cars powered by the internal combustion engine (fossil fuels). Here is a list of 10 reasons to think about buying an electric car, bypassing the obvious reason of wanting to try new and dazzling friends and acquaintances.
1. Eliminate the heavy mechanical complexity of internal combustion engines
Do you remember the fault that gets you when you open the hood of your regular car to see the extreme complexity and how you were stuffed with pieces that we do not know its work? In the electric car, you keep that whole complexity.
2. A significant reduction in the cost of maintenance and repair
Due to the lack of mechanical complexity, you will find that the time and money that you put in maintenance and repair will be greatly reduced. You do not have "dispatchers", "candles", "chests", "cranks", "cylinders", "pistons", engine oil, "filter" or "exoset." Do you continue or leave the rest of the list for your mechanic friend?
The electric car charging station-Electric Vehicles could help Save Billions on Energy Storage
3. Enjoy the customs exemption
You will doubt that you are driving the electric car as if it were driving without a motor. We can imagine the calm that will return to the big cities when ordinary cars and the sounds of their engines die.
Many governments exempt electric cars from customs, which usually double the price of the car. Of course, you do not expect this exemption to last long.
4. The torque of the electric motor is much higher than the torque of the internal combustion engine
As soon as you press the pedal you will feel a big difference in the determination given to you by the electric car, which excels at the speed of starting on the best and most expensive ordinary cars. Another happy reminder is that you will completely deposit your car's inability to climb the steep slopes, even if you stand in the middle of the slope and then decide to complete the climb, the car will get you to launch as a wild horse in a smooth way.
5. Electric cars are the future
Major automakers have announced plans for a complete transformation of the electric car industry by 2020 and may even increase their percentage of cars by 2025. Some countries, such as China, have announced their plan to ban full-capacity internal combustion engine cars by 2030.
6. Very practical for use within cities
If your daily travel does not exceed 100-150 km, the electric car is the perfect choice for you. Put it in the electrical socket after you return home to charge during your sleep (4-8 hours) and then ready to take you wherever you want.
7. Goodbye to pollution and fossil fuels
No petrol, no diesel or natural gas! no smoke, no air pollution and no exhaust for the car originally! And welcome the fresh air instead of the smoke of cars, which traps the nose and causes respiratory diseases.
8. Welcome to the tranquility of the engines
9. Accelerated development
Many companies have set up huge budgets to develop the capacity of the battery and accelerate the charging process, so the range of a single cargo trip will double to two or more within two to three years at the latest. Electric charging stations have also begun to deploy, especially on long external routes.
10. Significant reduction in car price and operating cost (the price of "fuel")
Electric cars are rightly nominated to be the people's car. Aside from expensive Tesla cars, look for the Nissan Leaf or Fiat 500 E or Ford Focus or other economical cars at their price. The cost of "fuel" (electric charge) required to operate is less than the cost of fossil fuels. (Total number per 100 km: consume the best 5-liter economical car; the electric car consumes 20 kilowatt-hours).
The electric vehicle could help save energy storage
Electric Vehicle could Help Save Energy Storage - Study Says
In May 2018, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in California made use of electric vehicles (EVs) published in its environmental research papers to create expensive stable grid storage for mobile power storage energy as the main discovery of a new study.
Researchers used the California study as a case study, focusing on the issue of large-scale deployment of renewable letters in the energy grid, with the associated problems of convertibility and controlled charging of mandatory electric vehicles can help in reducing these problems.
Berkeley Lab's Lead Writer Jonathan Conard said: "In California, there are ambitious targets to impair the transport to make the introduction of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles mandatory by 2025, most of which will be EVs. Also, the policy requires 33 percent grid energy from renewable by 2020 and requires 50 percent by 2030. "
An adequate opportunity exists if EVES renewal of JEEV mandate is used to provide grid storage to support integration, by eliminating the need to create new stable grid storage, EVs reduce the capital cost for renewable integration Transport can provide a double benefit of decarbonizing. These benefits are not limited to California, but whenever EVs and renewable production are widespread, they apply worldwide. "Co-author Dr. Jeffrey Greenblatt said, now in the emerging futures LLC.
Researchers have certified using the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) using Net Grid Load Forecasting, how will the increasing number of EVs affect the grid load developed in three scenarios? (1) If EVS was charged in an arbitrary manner (2) If the vehicles were grid-only with controlled (3), then the vehicles with a grid with controlled charging and discharging rates for the worst day of each forecast year -Confirmed.
The results show that California's storage mandate can be completed only with the VEG-enabled vehicles through the ZV mandate. Search is important because V1G is now easily available with low-cost costs compared to uncontrolled charging.
"More importantly, we found that if the EV is used instead of stable storage, then many billion dollars of capital investment can be saved. To accelerate the deployment of clean-savings vehicles and vehicle-grid integration can be redirected, and can also be used to pay EV owners when their vehicles are grid-connected with controlled charging. "Co-author Dr. Sawad Saxena also said in Berkeley Lab.
It will be difficult to prevent yourself from being one of the first users of this new technology, and if it does, it will not last for more than two or three years, as we are expected to witness a rapid acceleration in the development of electric cars to be the first option without competition.
I will leave your imagination fertile with the idea of using renewable electricity from the sun or the wind - which lasts at least for a decade without maintenance - to achieve independence completely from an external source of fuel!
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Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice trailer breakdown
Here’s the new Batman V Superman trailer, but with fun captions!
By Poppy-Jay Palmer 03-12-15 6,092
LET’S START WITH A PARTY! Clark Kent plays the nobody-writer while Bruce Wayne shows up in his fancy vintage car. This is basically the start of Notting Hill.
“Who’s that?” asks Clark Kent. “You must be new,” answers the fella standing closest to him (Jimmy Olsen? Eh?). Seriously, this is how every high school rom com begins. What are you planning, Batman V Superman?
THE FIRST MEETING! And it’s filled with tension. Now it’s more of a romantic drama than a rom com.
“What’s your position on the Bat vigilante in Gotham?” Bruce, could you BE any more obvious?
Clark plays the Devil’s Advocate/hypocrite as he accused Batman of thinking he’s above the law. That’s kind of the point of vigilantism, man.
Bruce calls out The Daily Planet’s hypocrisy. Clark is offended. The Super-rage is starting to brew.
“I have a bad history with freaks dressed like clowns…” SHUT UP, BRUCE. YOU’RE GOING TO GIVE YOURSELF AWAY. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
Lex is far too excited. Although this look at him is a lot more interesting then the whispering, sinister peek we got of him in the last trailer. This version feels more original than the classic deadpan comic book villain.
“That is a good grip! You should not pick a fight with this person.” Does Lex KNOW? Is that a sign? Or is the script just not very good?
Wow, xenophobic much, people of Washington DC?
ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! This basically confirms that Bruce is pissed off about Superman destroying the Wayne Enterprises building. “That son of a bitch brought the war to us,” says Batman.
“The greatest gladiator match in the history of the world.” This film is just going to be one giant VFX battle, isn’t it? Not the emotional superhero drama we yearn for?
“You’re psychotic,” says Lois. “That is a three-syllable word for any thought too big for little minds,” says Lex. Urgh, Lex is the worst.
What the F is going on here? Why is Batman in the desert? Why is he wearing a coat? Are those weird flying things Darkseid’s Parademons?
OH WOW, CLARK, LOOK! YOUR NEW FRIEND BRUCE IS ACTUALLY BATMAN! BET YOU DIDN’T SEE THAT ONE COMING?
So is that the illusion ruined now? Or is it a dream sequence?
Oh hey, Mercy Graves, nice to see you. What’s in the box, my friend?
HOLY SHIT IT’S ZOD. ZOD IS IN THE BOX.
“If man won’t kill God, the devil will do it!” Lex is absolutely off his head and has gone and created Doomsday. Maybe this will be the thing to bring our heroes together.
When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re going to see some serious shit.
All hope seems lost, but then suddenly WONDER WOMAN! Maybe she’ll have more screen time than we previously thought.
Superman: “Is she with you?” Batman: “I thought she was with you.” Aww, look at you two, finally bonding! All it took was a woman.
YAAAASSSSSSS TEAM! YOU JUSTICE THE HELL OUT OF THAT SHIT!
Watch the new trailer here:
Batman V Superman is in UK cinemas from 25 March. Get all the latest superhero news with every issue of SciFiNow.
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Officially Gay: The Political Construction Of Sexuality
by Gary Lehring
In 1993, simply the idea that lesbians and gays should be able to serve openly in the military created a firestorm of protest from right-wing groups and powerful social conservatives that threatened to derail the entire agenda of a newly elected President. Nine short years later, in the wake of September 11, 2001, the Pentagon's suspension of discharge of gay and lesbians went largely overlooked and unremarked by political pundits, news organizations, military experts, religious leaders and gay activists. How can this collective cultural silence be explained? Officially Gay follows the military's century-long attempt to identify and exclude gays and lesbians. It traces how the military historically constructed definitions of homosexual identity relying upon religious, medical, and psychological discourses that defined homosexuals as evil, degenerate, and unstable, making their risk to national security obvious, and mandating their exclusion from the Armed Services. Officially Gay argues that this process made possible greater regulation and scrutiny of gays and lesbians both in and out of the military while simultaneously helping to create a gay and lesbian political movement and helped shape the direction that movement would take.
Publisher: Temple University PressReleased: Jun 4, 2010ISBN: 9781439903995Format: book
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