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Economic impact of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia 2014 to 2017
Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 23, 2017
This statistic shows the macro-economic impacts of the Ebola virus disease in Liberia from 2014 to 2017. In 2014, the estimated GDP loss in the low Ebola scenario in Liberia was 105.3 million U.S. dollars whereas the GDP loss in the high Ebola scenario was 135.7 million dollars.
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* The high Ebola scenario was the current situation at the time of publication in 2015.
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UNDP (United Nations Development Group). (March 11, 2015). Macro-economic impacts of the Ebola virus disease in Liberia from 2014 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 19, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/764072/ebola-impacts-on-macro-economics-in-liberia/
UNDP (United Nations Development Group). "Macro-economic impacts of the Ebola virus disease in Liberia from 2014 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 11, 2015. Statista. Accessed January 19, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/764072/ebola-impacts-on-macro-economics-in-liberia/
UNDP (United Nations Development Group). (2015). Macro-economic impacts of the Ebola virus disease in Liberia from 2014 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 19, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/764072/ebola-impacts-on-macro-economics-in-liberia/
UNDP (United Nations Development Group). "Macro-economic Impacts of The Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia from 2014 to 2017 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Mar 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/764072/ebola-impacts-on-macro-economics-in-liberia/
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First home buyers shacking up with parents to achieve home ownership dream
With 2.2 million Aussies intending to purchase their first home in the next five years, more than one third (35%) of first home buyers are turning to their family or friends to help them get a foot in the door.
Australians vote ‘yes’ to financial equality
While the votes for marriage rights are still being tallied, it’s a yes vote for financial wellbeing, with 7 in 10 Aussies saying financial products are designed for traditional relationships.
St.George becomes Australia’s first dementia friendly bank
In an Australian first, St.George has partnered with Alzheimer’s Australia to become officially acknowledged as a Dementia Friendly Bank in a bid to help those living with dementia to remain financially independent for as long as possible.
St.George abolishes ATM withdrawal fees
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New research reveals half of Aussies don’t know exactly what it means to be a home loan guarantor
New research from the 2017 St.George Home Buying Survey has revealed half (50%) of all Aussies, and 68 per cent of first home buyers[1], are not familiar with concept of a home loan guarantor. In addition, almost one in three (29%) Aussies either don’t know what it means at all or have never even heard of it.
St.George Bank in Port Macquarie to become Australia’s first dementia friendly branch
In an Australian first, St.George Bank’s Port Macquarie branch will be able to recognise, respond and make banking easier for local customers living with dementia.
St.George announces changes to interest rates
St.George Bank today announced an 8 basis points reduction in variable interest rates for new and existing customers paying principal and interest on their owner occupier home loans. This will take the standard variable rate for owner occupiers to 5.22% p.a.
St.George Foundation grants over $300,000 to eight Australian children's charities
St.George Foundation is delighted to grant over $300,000 to support eight community organisations that help brighten the lives of disadvantaged Australian children.
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Almería province Carboneras
Beaches Nature & outdoors
Visiting Carboneras, in the Cabo de Gata
by Carol Byrne
30. Jun 2015 (Updated 6. Jul 2018)
in Carboneras Beaches Nature & outdoors
The Cabo de Gata is one of the most visited natural parks in Spain - and yet still remains an undiscovered treat for many of us. With a wild and rugged landscape that is almost too beautiful, the beaches and fishing villages that hug this part of the Almería coastline always deserve a second or third look.
It's clear to see, the Cabo de Gata is one of those places that once visited, you'll continue to bookmark as a Spanish holiday destination always worth returning to.
Discovering the villages and coastline
Previously, we had spent time visiting San José and Nijar, as well as several lazy afternoons on the many spectacular stretches of sand along the Cabo de Gata. Recently, we returned to explore in-depth a couple of resorts on the Cabo de Gata that we had previously driven past, vowing to return and take a closer look, one of which was the fishing village of Carboneras.
It doesn't take a lot of convincing to return to any Cabo de Gata destination. Then of course there's always the promise of a decent fish lunch along this superb coastline - how many excuses did we need to take a trip to see more of Carboneras?
Where is Carboneras?
Set at just 10 metres above sea level in the driest province of Spain, Carboneras is just over 60kms from the city of Almería itself.
What's in a name? Carboneras produced charcoal as the main industry in the past, thus the name. Today you'll spot more signs of the busy fishing industry that Carboneras is famous for, a fleet of coloured boats bobbing in the harbour, having organized lunch for the day.
What's to see there?
The superb beach of Los Barquicos (below) should be enough to cast a net around you and pull you down for a much needed rest.
But around town, there's a wealth of local history to discover, should you feel the need to do anything other than relax on the aforementioned beach.
See the castle of San Andreas (you can park around it too). There a sweet little park right behind it, and a very impressive 19th century house known as Patio Andaluz.
The promenade is long and sweeping, making for walks with a view to San Andreas island. Due to the special marine eco-system, the surrounding waters are teeming with sealife.
Take a walk to the Mesa Roldán, which is an extinct volcano right next to the sea going west on the borders of the principalities of Carboneras and Nijar. Built on top is the artillery watchtower, Torre de Mesa Roldán, completed in 1766. There'll you'll also find the lighthouse - naturally a great viewpoint!
What about that lunch?
And so to the serious business of something to eat. Like a plate of good fish? Then pull up a chair. It's futile to resist. Carboneras is first and foremost a fishing village - and the evidence is all around you, from the colourful boats upturned and resting on the sand, to the delicious aromas wafting from pot-clanging kitchens of the beach-side restaurants and tapas bars.
Try the excellent Sea Bass, which is a speciality of Carboneras.
Best advice? Forget your watch. Your nose will let you know when it's time to eat - so give in and drag yourself off that beach around 2pm, when you can sample some of the morning's catch.
Get as close to source as possible and try a seat at Chiringuito J Mariano located right on the beach.
What's so special about this area?
So, what is so special about the area known as the Cabo de Gata?
You'll already be aware that Andalucía is a vast and varied place - the sheer diversity always takes first time visitors by pleasant surprise.
The Cabo de Gata Natural Park is the largest coastal protected area - and comes with a bonus of a desert climate.
It's made up of coves and magazine photo-shoot beaches, cliffs and areas of desert landscape and volcanic rock. The Mediterranean shows her best Spanish side here to the first time visitor - who can only be swept away by the beauty of the clear waters and coral reefs. Snorkelling fan? Jump on in...
Who does the area appeal to?
First and foremost, nature lovers. Birdwatchers will be twitching with happiness with a visit to the Cabo de Gata, particularly in Spring or Autumn with the bird migration patterns. Even a winter's day proves rewarding.
Much of the flora and fauna is indigenous to the Cabo de Gata, spring is when it's at its best - with the added fragrant herbs and flowers to dress up an already stunning location.
Walkers love this space. Cliff and coastal walks from place to place - going where the car cannot means you'll get to see it all up close and personal.
Families adore the Cabo de Gata beaches. Fine sand and clear shallow waters make a safe and memorable holiday with little ones.
Water babies will be in their element - kayaking and snorkelling are just two of the popular water sports in the Cabo de Gata.
Film buffs will find that the Cabo de Gata sets the scene perfectly. For a Few Dollars More and other famous western theme tunes will set you whistling as you cross the desert-like environment.
Around Carboneras?
Other places of note in the area to visit in and around Carboneras are:
San José - Bohemian vibe and arty shops - great beach.
Agua Amarga - Superb resort, slightly more upmarket, lovely beach.
Nijar - Inland town renowned for ceramics and pottery. You'll be 'bowl'-ed over.
Cortijo de los Frailes - where Eastwood meets Lorca.
Los Albaricoques - For movie buffs and fans of Sergio Leone.
Las Negras - To the west of Agua Amarga and a little livelier.
Rodalquilar - The home of a long-deserted gold mine and also a botanical garden.
Too much for just one Cabo de Gata holiday? You see? We just knew that you'd be already planning to come back...!
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History of AQA: How AQA Victoria got its name
AQA Victoria began as a Melbourne office for the Sydney-based Australian Quadriplegic Association. When the parent group demanded that its Melbourne branch sever ties, founding CEO Ian Bennett cheekily adapted its branding.
The organisation that was to become AQA Victoria Limited was established in late 1982 as the Victorian office of the Australian Quadriplegic Association, a group founded in Sydney 15 years earlier.
That group had been formed to promote the interests of people with spinal cord injuries, and in particular to advocate for people with high spinal cord injuries. In Sydney it operated an accommodation centre, and an office that employed several people with quadriplegia.
The Victorian branch was set up by a welfare worker, Paul Werner, who had been supporting residents at the former Yarra-me group home in Croydon.
Sheltered workshop
Leasing premises at 413 High Street, Northcote, it hired some people with quadriplegia to compile road accident statistics for VicRoads forerunner the Road Traffic Authority, among other activities.
“It was funded at the time as a sheltered workshop,” Bennett recalls in the language of the times. “They were all on pensions, and the work was supplementing their pensions by a small amount.”
One of the first employees, Mark Waterman, was recruited by fellow Yarra-me resident John Simpson, who had been recruited by Werner. Waterman had a C4-5 spinal cord injury, received in a motorbike accident at the age of 19.
‘I found it fulfilling’
“I was looking for something to do because I was doing a lot of physio and stuff at the time,” Waterman says, “just trying to keep myself occupied and busy.
Early days at Station Street: Mark Waterman and receptionist Cathy Callaghan.
“It had been seven years since I last had a job. I had started work at 15 in the railways, and I’d been having a ball there.
“I found the work at AQA, for want of a better term, fulfilling. I left for work about 8am and wouldn’t get home until six at night.
“A lot of people at Yarra-me would get up at 11 and would be back in bed by three in the afternoon.”
From bookkeeper to CEO: Ian Bennett in 2007.
Facing closure
About 1986 the Melbourne office faced a loss of funding, and the Australian Quadriplegic Association, under its able-bodied CEO at the time, Bill Saville, decided to shut it down.
Bennett, who had incomplete quadriplegia from a road accident when he was 21, but could walk, had been recruited to serve the Melbourne branch as its bookkeeper. By then it had relocated to 70 Station Street, Fairfield.
Bennett had previously operated two businesses, and he believed that the branch could survive. Motivated by a wish to preserve the jobs of his less able colleagues, he had won it a six-month reprieve and had restored its funding.
As the reprieve period drew to a close, and established as general manager, Bennett had been given a further three months to separate the branch from its parent. After that it would operate – or not – on its own.
Clash over branding
“We agreed at that time, through the management committee, that we would call it AQA Victoria Limited,” Bennett recalls.
“The CEO rang me and said we could not call an organisation AQA. He said that was their logo in New South Wales, and it was an acronym.
“I said, ‘I hate to tell you Bill, but that’s what it is.’
“I had studied marketing for 12 months, and I knew the benefit of branding and keeping that name.
“He wrote to me and said he was very disappointed that we had pinched his name, AQA. I wrote back to him and said: ‘You’ve got the name Australian Quadriplegic Association; we’ve got the name AQA.’
“We incorporated in 1987 as AQA Victoria Limited.”
‘We’re all quads’
The Australian Quadriplegic Association rebranded in 2003 as Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (SCIA).
“There were people in NSW who were doing the same work as our guys down here,” Bennett remembers of the years before the break. “Our guys had got on well with those guys – they would talk and chat on the phone. That sharing of the knowledge worked well.
“Even though the CEO had basically severed ties with us, the guys still kept communicating after the breakaway. They were quads, and they communicated in the background. There was a little bit of, ‘We’re all quads, so we’ll all work together.’”
Author Ian Baker is a content writer with AQA/Spire.
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A History of Pictures for Children: From Cave Paintings to Computer Drawings (Hardcover)
By David Hockney, Martin Gayford, Rose Blake (Illustrator)
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David Hockney is one of the world’s most popular artists. He lives in Los Angeles. Martin Gayford’s many books include Rendez-vous with Art with Philippe de Montebello. He lives in Cambridge, England. Rose Blake is an illustrator and the daughter of famous artist Peter Blake. She lives in London.
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"A brilliant, knockout collaboration—one that will continue to excite, provoke, and engage kids and their grown-ups."
"A lively, curious, and deeply informative book about art"
— The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"The authors’ knowledge and insight, shared in clear, straightforward language, helps readers understand how various artistic techniques and tools have been similar through the ages."
— School Library Journal
"Famed contemporary painter Hockney, along with art critic Gayford, offer an inviting, pleasant stroll through art history in this colorful, winsomely illustrated volume . . . Blake’s genial, bright cartoonish art, scattered throughout the page, adds to the welcoming atmosphere . . . the tools Hockney and Gayford use to talk about everything from prehistoric handprints to iPhone photography will spark kids thinking about what constitutes art."
"Contemporary British artist David Hockney and art critic Martin Gayford join forces to look at art using a fresh spin . . . This is an appealing new way of looking at artwork."
— School Library Connection
"A History of Pictures for Children offers a captivating survey of art that ranges from cave painting to Neolithic times to the modern self. Blake's engaging design forms the background--great works of art constitute the foreground--for an accessible yet highbrow conversation between artist David Hockney and art critics Martin Gayford."
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication Date: October 2nd, 2018
Juvenile Nonfiction / Art
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Juvenile Nonfiction / Photography
Hardcover (Korean) (October 15th, 2018): $56.10
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BANGKOK, Thailand – The Thai Government Department of Rural Roads is responsible for maintaining the roads that connect to the country’s main highways—this enables them to set up bypasses where necessary to improve traffic flow. To assist them in responding quickly to provide information across the vast network of roads, the Department has now set up its own radio station—initially for internal broadcasting before it becomes a full FM / AM broadcast channel, streaming digital information for the benefit of the general public. To help facilitate live broadcasts and flag up immediate alerts, HARMAN’s Studer’s Bangkok-based distributor 101 Technology (part of the Mahajak Group) has supplied a compact Studer OnAir 1500 production desk. Fitting a tight budget, the desk will be multi-functional, enabling the station to handle live broadcasts and record live sessions—while operating as a dedicated production mixer.
101 Technology reports that this is the first OnAir 1500 to be sold in the country. The company’s Wiboon Lertkultanon explains, “We put all the Studer OnAir 1500 launch information up online. The people involved in the radio station knew of Studer’s reputation and I was contacted immediately after they saw it on our website.”
In fact the OnAir 1500, configured with 12 faders, was designed to provide the versatile hybrid solution for radio broadcasting and production that the studio required … a compact and cost effective production room console. The additional integrated USB playback and record functions make the OnAir 1500 a highly comprehensive desk.
“After initial concerns about the budget they found they could do everything they needed with the OnAir 1500 and still have funding remaining for room decoration,” reports Wiboon. “The fact that the desk could double as a production mixer was a bonus since they don’t have the budget to build another production studio yet.”
The compact form factor provided another compelling reason for adopting this platform. Converted from a small meeting room, the studio measures just 4m x 3m and can accommodate a host and two guests. Notes Wiboon, “The idea of separating the surface from the DSP held the key to space saving. Also the ease of the flash drive plug and play is another highlight.”
Assigned to the faders are a host and two guest mics, solid state player, CD players, automatic play out, and two off-air feeds, a telephone hybrid and production workstation (plus GPIOs). The host microphone can also send out to record in the production workstation and the mixer takes the input from the production workstation back to the studio monitor.
The outputs feed: Internal broadcast; Radio broadcast; Internet Radio Streaming and Production workstation which runs Adobe Audition, enabling it to record and edit files.
Now up and running, the station is performing a valuable public service —spreading information to road users and enabling them to plot alternative routes. Conversely, drivers are able to phone in live reports to the station, flagging up road blocks, accidents and hold-ups.
In summary, Wiboon says, “The Studer name sells itself for the ease of use, reliability and sound quality. But its legendary quality has never come in such a compact box as this before. This, coupled with the 101 Technology support team, means that the OnAir 1500 is in safe hands.”
And one of the radio hosts added “The OnAir 1500 has met all expectations, showing that it can function as a production mixer within a tight budget.” And the sound remains top quality, even when playing MP3 sound files.
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History- In 1920 acquired the livestock Antonio Flores Tassara, which had been formed by Diego Hidalgo Barquero, and after many transmissions happened to this gentleman, who in 1931 sold it to don Marcial Laland...
History- In 1920 acquired the livestock Antonio Flores Tassara, which had been formed by Diego Hidalgo Barquero, and after many transmissions happened to this gentleman, who in 1931 sold it to don Marcial Lalanda, which was added in 1933 a batch of cows and two stallions Mr. Conde de la Corte and eliminated him from the previous source. In 1945 it was sold to Don Silverio Fernandez Ovies, and in 1952 acquired Fernando de la Camara, the remade with cattle "Carlos Nunez" and "Villamarta" by varying the iron you currently use. The lot acquired in 1960 Don Samuel Flores was later removed, and in 1965 announced the name of his daughter and current owner. In 1991 he acquired a batch of females of the heirs of Jose Luis Osborne.
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With the average price of a house in Dorset soaring 11% above the national figure and reaching 10 times the average UK salary*, Wimborne based Teachers Building Society has moved to help local people onto the housing ladder by offering 90% mortgages.
The offer from the society, which only lends to education professionals and Dorset residents, is a response to the yawning gap between incomes and house prices.
The average house price in Dorset has reached £268,601, more than £30,000 higher than the UK average and far out of reach for many local people earning the average wage of £26,200.
But the dream of owning their own home is an important step closer to being a reality after Teachers moved to lower the financial barrier to Dorset residents buying their own property.
A three-year fixed rate deal is available now with a rate of 4.69% on mortgages of up to 90% loan to value. A two year discounted variable rate deal is also available, with a rate of 4.49%. Both of these products have an arrangement fee of £899 and an application fee of £99.
Alan Gravett, Head of Sales & Marketing at Teachers Building Society, said: “It is really tough for people in a county like Dorset where house prices are outstripping earnings like never before.
“We are deeply committed to helping first time buyers and hopefully this offer means many more young people in Dorset will be able to step onto the housing ladder in the coming months.”
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order follows Cal Kestis, a former Jedi Padawan who must come out of hiding after the horrific fallout of Order 66. As such, the game takes a very linear approach, something we haven’t seen the franchise do in a long time. The storytelling here is easily inspired by other contemporaries like the Uncharted franchise, with Dark Souls being an inspiration for the combat. That’s something that a lot of my peers have noted, but it doesn’t mean that it takes anything out of the experience. Quite the opposite actually.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Cal vs 2nd Sister
Jedi: Fallen Order makes a great case for why we need more games like these. Games that have a razor-sharp focus on storytelling and delivering fine gameplay mechanics. While it’s not technically an open-world game, there are multiple planets to explore here which vary from one another in both design and skill level. After the few introductory missions, you’re left on your own to explore the maps at your own pace. Of course, with the game marrying its storytelling and level system to such an extent, you’ll find it hard to explore certain areas if you don’t have the necessary skills. This, combined with the steady influx of learning new skills as the story progresses also helps in immersing yourself in this galaxy far, far away.
In my first impressions article (and concurrent video), I stated that the traversal reminded me a lot of Prince of Persia. After finishing the game, I can confidently say that the game does much more than that. Having abilities like the Force Pull and Push are not only fun gameplay mechanics, but they also serve a greater story purpose. While we’ve seen similar mechanics in previous Star Wars games like in The Force Unleashed series, here they feel more at home as Cal feels more human than a demigod. After all, while the Force is a powerful ally, its always been at its best when used minimally to further character interactions, much like the movies. Here, Respawn has done a nice job at making the Force feel powerful, but not too powerful as certain obstacles (enemies and environments) will require you to use other skills.
Coming to the story, many have stated their concerns on it getting a tad bit too predictable by the end of it. Personally, I had no qualms with the story. Star Wars at its core has always been about the eternal fight between good and evil. Jedi: Fallen Order does a pretty good job at exploring the middle ground, the grey area between the two with the Second Sister. While I didn’t see the reveal of her identity coming, I can see why some people might have been a bit disappointed by it. After all, it does do a fine job by keeping the story self-contained (that is, until the final moments). Similar to Kylo Ren from the sequel trilogy, the Second Sister is an interesting character who really helps in selling the fact that turning yourself over to the Dark Side can have serious consequences.
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Similar to the Dark Souls franchise, here the level design banks a lot on its assumption that you’ll want to backtrack. Which, of course, I did. Along the way, you’ll discover new shortcuts and overall levels will become more & more familiar to you. The holographic Metroidvania-esque map also is a nice touch, as it never tells you your objective directly. Even navigating the maps feels like a challenge, one which I was happy to confront. If there’s anything other developers (*cough* Ubisoft *cough*) should learn from Jedi: Fallen Order, it’s how to employ good use of a map.
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NEC developing thin battery for bendy screens
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NEC has announced that it is developing a super-thin battery that could be incorporated into credit cards or bendable screens.
The organic radical battery (ORB) could be printed into circuit boards just 0.3mm thick and is flexible enough to be used in the bendy screens we're always seeing in concept designs.
The new battery tech has already been in development for a number of years, with NEC itself having announced the early stages of its development back in 2005.
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Aside from being extremely thin, the ORBs are desirable because they eschew the toxic heavy metals found in most batteries in favour of a reaction of salts contained in a polymer gel.
At present a version of the prototype battery 3cm square and 0.3mm thick delivers 3mAh, which is enough to update a "small screen display" 2,000 times on a single charge. Its charge cycle life is said to be similar to that of lithium ion batteries that are currently used in most phones and other rechargeable tech.
Organic radicals, for the science minded, are molecular entities possessing an unpaired electron. One of the major hurdles facing NEC in bringing the ORB tech to market is converting the radicals into a more stable compound.
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The occasion was Dot’s Big Decision over what to do with her husband of six years, Jim, who’s been vegetating in hospital since October following a stroke. Now though, he’s being thrown out by those nasties in the NHS – and poor Dot had to decide whether to care for him herself or pack him off to a nursing home. This being EastEnders, the only way she could communicate her choice was via a knackered old cassette player the nurses gave her to record happy thoughts for her paraplegic partner.
Anyone familiar with Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape will know the artistic depths that can be plumbed by one morbidly depressed 80-year-old with only a tape recorder for company. And it must be said there were quite a few moments of positively (or perhaps that should be negatively) Beckettian bleakness here as Dot recalled, in painfully vivid detail, how time and time again “life took away everything I ever cared about” and “all that I ever ’ad, I lorst”.
June Brown, as Dot, was mesmerising, catching perfectly the joy of her brief childhood idyll in Wales where she was evacuated during the war, and the subsequent pain of being returned to the “filthy” East End and a drunkard mother who didn’t want her. And, of course, seven decades thereafter of unrelenting misery – apart from what cold comfort the Bible gave her.
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If you ever wanted to know what made Dot such a miserable, and lovable, old bag this was the episode to watch.Overall, though, the feeling couldn’t be avoided that in the greater scheme of things this was a fuss over nothing. Had it been a swan song, it would have been a worthy one. But doubtless Dot will be out and about again tonight, fag in hand, quoting from the Good Book. Enjoyable as this Albert Square indulgence was, I suspect that most fans will be hoping this one-hander remains a one-off.
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B.C.’s public safety minister says the government is working with the RCMP to address a projected $10.7-million budget shortfall in the force’s provincial budget.
In a statement to Black Press Media on Thursday, Mike Farnworth said the RCMP has informed the province about a projected deficit, and that inflation, overtime and other costs have become increasingly difficult to manage.
“This has not impacted significant and continued provincial and federal investments into gangs and organized crime initiatives and prevention,” he said, including the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit.
The RCMP’s provincial budget covers integrated units such as homicide investigation, traffic, and forensics, as well as rural policing. Urban centres, such as Kelowna and Surrey, are largely funded by municipalities.
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Late Thursday, director of B.C. RCMP communications Dawn Roberts emphasized that the cuts are still just a projection, and the first things on the chopping block are travel expenses, overtime, non-mandatory training, and new equipment.
That won’t be enough, however, she added, so senior officers will need to discuss options with the province.
“We’re trying to be as transparent as possible. We do not want to impact front-line policing operations,” Roberts told Black Press Media in a phone interview.
When asked whether integrated units could be affected, she said: “All of us are looking at our spending envelope and seeing whether or not we can make reductions.”
Brian Sauve, president of the National Police Federation, said called the cuts “concerning,” but nothing new.
He said he’s mainly concerned about how to maintain adequate service levels and how to ensure staff receive enough down time. He’s also seen mention of a “possible freeze” in staffing areas like transfers and promotions.
“Whether it has to do with extra work or working harder to get the job done, [Mounties] will still do it,” he told Black Press Media by phone.
The RCMP has not had union representation until now. The federation was finally certified as the official bargaining agent earlier this year following a historic court ruling back in 2015.
Sauve said he hopes to meet with the premier and public safety minister soon. Roberts said she anticipated that the union would be involved in future negotiations.
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Lebanese Protesters Just Delivered a Strong Message on the 18th Day of Revolution
Protesters chose to "execute" their sectarian past and fears
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Nour Abdul Reda · November 03, 2019
The Lebanese revolution started on the 17th of October as a way to bring down a corrupted system. On its third Sunday, November 3rd, a group of three protesters decided to deliver a brutal message that represents what all protesters are desperately trying to fight.
The three protesters literally hung their "execution" ropes in Riad El-Solh and staged a scene of hanging that which they each aimed to represent. All in white shrouds, their heads bowed, their ropes showing from their necks to the execution bar, they each had a poster in their hands.
Via Guitta Mcheik
As indicated in her poster, the young woman represented the Lebanese Civil War of 1975, emphasizing as such the death execution of that 15 year period in the Lebanese History that had divided the nation, and its consequences which the people in Lebanon are still suffering from.
"Sectarianism" was the word that one of the young men carried. It represented the continuous sectarian conflict, fueled by the political leaders of Lebanon's 18 different sects to manipulate the people into their political agenda serving their own power play.
The statement is powerfully clear: The revolution wants to eradicate sectarianism that has been causing sufferings and divisiveness, hence the staging symbolized the killing of sectarianism.
The third "death execution" seemed less intense yet carried also a powerful statement; a message of sacrifice for one's fellow countrymen and countrywomen enduring deprivation because of the political elite, to which he also sent a rebellious message.
Via Marwa Harb
The poster in his hands said, “If I died, donate all my organs to the poor except for my middle finger, give it to the government.”
These three revolutionaries stayed “hanging” all day long in Riad El-Solh. Their persistence to meet the intensity of their message was so strong that they kept their eyes closed and head down all day without moving.
Via Daily Star
“We wanted to show everyone how suffocated we are by these conflicts by suffocating ourselves with them,” said Guitta Mcheik, one of the trio. “We do not want anything they [the politicians in power] are using to suffocate the people anymore. We want to be free from these chains, even if we lost people along the way.”
“Our message was to shed light on the martyrs, as well as to get rid of sectarianism and the [influence of the] civil war.”
Via decineper
It is also significant to mention that these three revolutionaries staged their execution in Riad El-Solh, near Martyrs' Square where Lebanese protesters were executed by the Ottoman rule in 1908. These forefathers of ours had protested to end the Ottoman brutal dominion over Lebanon in favor of nationalist movements.
Kudos to this incredible representation of civil disobedience!
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By Alison Doyle
Actuaries perform complex calculations to determine the likelihood of various outcomes related to accidents, illnesses, consumer demand, and investments. They utilize specialized computer software to crunch numbers and generate tables, graphs, and reports regarding their findings. An actuary is one of the top jobs for graduates who major in mathematics.
Actuaries present this statistical information to insurance executives, marketing managers, underwriters, investment bankers, and pension directors to support their decisions about the pricing of insurance policies, product development/marketing planning, stock offerings, and investment choices.
The actuarial data they generate is essential for the successful enterprise risk management efforts of companies, which must continually modify their business, research and development, and marketing operations to control their overall financial risk exposure and ensure the stability of their business operations.
Actuary Duties and Responsibilities
This job requires candidates to be able to perform duties that include the following:
Collect and compile statistical data for additional analysis
Estimate probability and likely cost of events such as an accident, death, natural disaster or sickness
Design, test, and administer policies to minimize risk and maximize the profitability of insurance policies, pension plans, and to Produce charts and other exhibits to explain proposals and calculations
Explain proposals and findings to various parties, from company executives to clients, shareholders, and government officials.
The majority of actuaries work for companies dealing with life, health, property, and casualty insurance. Others work for pension companies, consulting firms, or government agencies. Many actuaries move into management or executive positions where they direct and supervise work units.
Actuary Salary
An actuary's salary varies based on the employer, level of experience, education, certification, and other factors.
Median Annual Salary: $101,560 ($48.83/hour)
Top 10% Annual Salary: More than $184,770 ($88.83/hour)
Bottom 10% Annual Salary: Less than $59,950 ($28.82/hour)
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017
Education, Training, and Certification
Actuaries need at least a bachelor's degree in a math-related field, and a strong aptitude with numbers.
College Degree: Most actuaries acquire a bachelor's degree in mathematics, actuarial science, or business. Coursework in statistics, economics, computer science, calculus, and corporate finance provide an excellent foundation for actuarial exams and entry-level jobs.
Internships: To maximize their potential to land a fulfilling entry-level job as an actuary, college students should also try to perform at least one internship where they can work in partnership with experienced actuaries. Actuary internships are typically offered by major insurance companies, which often pay their interns between $15 and $22 an hour. Standard requirements for such an internship include completion of at least one actuarial exam and a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Candidates for actuarial internships are also sometimes required to have a good command of Excel and of database / statistical analyses languages such as SQL or SAS. Because actuarial science is such a specialized field, successful execution of an internship may well open doors to immediate employment after college.
Certification: Actuaries can start their career as trainees without any certification. Most actuaries receive extensive mentoring, training, and release time to prepare for exams while on the job. However, for full professional status, actuaries should pursue associate- and fellow-level certification with either the Casualty Actuarial Society / CAS (for actuaries interested in the property and casualty field) or the Society of Actuaries / SOA (in order to work in the life insurance, health insurance, retirement benefits, investments, and finance industries). Once an actuary has finally become certified (after four to six years for associate certification and an additional two to three years for fellowship status), they are still required by the CAS and SOA to complete continuing education requirements.
College students who prepare for and pass one or more of these actuarial exams while in school will have an edge in hiring for entry-level jobs. Titles for preliminary exams for initial actuarial certification include “Probability,” "Financial Mathematics,” “Actuarial Models: Financial Economics,” “Actuarial Models: Life Contingencies,” “Models for Stochastic Processes and Statistics,” and “Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models.”
Actuary Skills and Competencies
While college-level education and training is an important requirement for this position, there are certain "soft skills" that will give individuals an edge when it comes to working with others in an office environment. These include:
Analytical skills: Actuaries must be able to identify trends and patterns in a variety of complex data sets
Computer skills: Using programming languages and developing spreadsheet models, databases, and statistical models is an integral part of an actuary's job.
Communication and interpersonal skills: Actuaries must be able to explain complex ideas and technical data to different audiences, and have the ability to successfully lead teams and work well alongside others.
Problem-solving: Individuals must be able to identify a company's risks, and develop plans for the firm to manage its risks.
Math skills: The main tools used in this job to quantify risk are calculus, probability, and statistics.
Job Outlook
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the outlook for actuaries over the next decade relative to other occupations and industries is much better than the average for all occupations, driven by an increasing need for personnel to help companies manage financial risk, as well as by insurance companies that need to analyze large amounts of customer data.
Employment is expected to grow by about 22 percent over the next ten years, which is higher than the average growth projected for all occupations between 2016 and 2026. Growth for related mathematical science jobs is projected to grow at a higher rate, which is 28 percent over the next ten years.
These growth rates compare to the projected 7 percent growth for all occupations. The number of actuaries employed is small, so even a large increase in employment translates into about 5,300 new jobs over the next decade. Typical employers include insurance companies and financial risk management groups or firms.
Actuaries work mainly for insurance and finance companies, in an office setting. If working for a consulting firm, an actuary may need to travel to client offices.
Most actuaries work full-time in a traditional office setting; about 30 percent work more than 40 hours a week.
How to Get the Job
Apply: Visit job-search resources like Indeed.com, Monster.com, and Glassdoor.com for available positions. You can also visit the online job postings on the Society of Actuaries (SOA) site, or apply directly to insurance company job postings.
Network With Other Actuaries: Look for an opportunIty by joining and participating in an actuarial networking group through online sites such as LinkedIn. You can also check the SOA site for scheduled networking events.
Find an Internship: Get guidance by working with an experienced actuary. You can find actuary internships through the same online job search sites that list open jobs. The SOA also has listings for internships and assistant actuary positions.
Comparing Similar Jobs
People interested in becoming an actuary also consider the following career paths, listed with their median annual salaries:
Accountants and Auditors: $69,350
Budget Analysts: $75,240
Cost Estimators: $63,110
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Barclays bank launched its first Barclaycard or credit card in the UK. In 1977 it introduces its personal bankers and in 1987 it launched its first debit card in the UK. Afterward, in 2004 this bank create its interest in sports programs by introducing the space for it as well as it also supports young to improve their employment and life skills.
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While the Sailor Moon series is generally a challenge in its own right to translate in such a way that not only gets across what’s being said, but the style and nuance as well, my heart truly goes out to those who are tasked with translating the lyrics to the series’ music.
As a wise person (me) once said (right now): 80% of the meaning of music cant be found in the words that go unspoken.
Today we’re going to take a look back at yet another Sailor Moon lyrical mystery, as we try to uncover just what this fanciful song about fruits, pies, and kidnapping children is all about!
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Won’t the real Kaguya please stand up?
The nice thing about writing a blog covering a series that went off the air over 20 years ago is that it’s not like there’s any chance that I’m going to be spoiling the story for anyone. Even with the recent U.S. screenings of the Sailor Moon movies, I’d be willing to bet that the majority of those in the audience had already seen the movie, or at least knew what it was about.
So with that said, I really don’t feel too bad about dissecting story of the Sailor Moon S movie, or peeling back the layers to take a deeper look at the Japanese folktale Ms. Takeuchi based her story on.
If you’ve ever stayed up late at night wondering who the heck Princess Kaguya is, this one’s for you!
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Closing out the story on Sailor Moon S
Whether you love the Sailor Moon S movie or think that it is a lackluster performance in an otherwise excellent brand, I probably won’t be changing your mind through this series. But regardless of which side of the fence you fall on, I think it can be immensely helpful — and even entertaining — to get a little insight into just what the creative minds behind a movie were thinking as they made it.
Today we’re going to continue our journey through Hiroki Shibata’s1 commentary regarding his directorial debut in Sailor Moon‘s theatrical universe. If we’re really lucky, we might even learn something new by the time we’re done!
Aww, it’s okay Luna!
Asking a Sailor Moon fan which of the three movies is their favorite is akin to walking into a crowded room of strangers and asking them all what they think about the latest political hot-button issue: it’s not going to end well.
While I personally prefer the Sailor Moon R movie, all three of the movies are definitely worth watching, and I can understand why they have their fans.
Today we’re going to try to get a little more insight behind the story of the Sailor Moon S movie by looking at some of the director’s notes provided with the Laser Disc release of the Sailor Moon S movie. If anyone can help win my heart over with a deeper interpretation of the movie — putting aside for a second Naoko’s amazing manga version on which it’s based — I’d say the director is probably out best bet!
What Were Ikuhara’s Inspirations for the Sailor Moon R Movie? (Part 3)
Ikuhara (left) trying the “zero-fashion-sense Mamoru” look
It’s been a long road here, but we’ve finally made it to the end of our three part special, where we review Director Ikuhara’s notes explaining his thoughts on the story of the Sailor Moon R movie. You can find Part 1 and Part 2 here, respectively.
If you’re new to this series, a little background: Kunihiko Ikuhara1 was the director and major creative force behind the Sailor Moon R movie. Included with the LaserDisc release of the movie was a six page summary of his “interpretation” – basically, his thoughts and inspirations – of the story, separated by chapter.
Today, I’ll be finishing up with comments 17 through 22! Why don’t you join along?
Fiore and his flower minions
After finishing the first half of my review of Ikuhara’s director’s notes for the Sailor Moon R movie, I have to admit that I feel like I have a bit of a better understanding of what story he intended to tell.
And you know, I think I like the movie even more. Knowing that there’s actual meaning behind scenes I just glossed over adds a new depth to the movie for me, and it’s definitely moved up on my “to watch” list.
That said, join me as I continue on with Director Ikuhara’s notes for chapters 11 through 16!
Flower Garden in the Sailor Moon R Movie
Love him or hate him, Director Kunihiko Ikuhara had a huge impact on the direction that the Sailor Moon anime took and, by extension, could arguably be said to be one of the more influential forces behind the series – especially for those fans who have only seen the anime.
One of his more well-known achievements in terms of Sailor Moon, though, is his work on the Sailor Moon R movie. I’ve written about his thoughts on the movie before, with regard to Usagi and the conflicting representations of motherhood, but today we’re going to take a deeper dive into his thoughts on the imagery of the movie. Come along!
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Eileen Davidson invites the ladies to the Burbank Film Festival to see her in a sci-fi movie. The Film Festival takes place in a mall with a red carpet the size of a bath mat. The ladies indulge in hot dogs and popcorn and watch Eileen in a unitard on screen.
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Cuphead for the Nintendo Switch is playable on April 18th
Nintendo and Studio MDHR will make Cuphead for the Nintendo Switch playable on April 18th
By: Jak Connor from Apr 17, 2019 @ 5:00 CDT
One of the most popular shoot'em up titles is Studio MDRH is Cuphead, and just like the many other shoot'em up titles that have come to the Nintendo Switch Cuphead will no doubt receive a enthusiastic welcome.
Cuphead developers Studio MDRH have taken to their official Twitter page to announce that Cuphead will be becoming available on April 18th. Studio MDRH will be integrating the Xbox Game Stack toolset which will alllow for Xbox LIVE functionality through the Nintendo Switch version. This will mean that players will be able to enjoy cross-play with Xbox players, unlockable achievements, friends lists and more.
Cuphead is truly a work of art and is very well known for its incredible success. Now that it its finally arriving on the Nintendo Switch that success will no doubt continue, as the platform - especially when the Switch is in handheld mode- will complement the game extremely well. Cuphead will be arriving on the Nintendo Switch on April 18th, for anymore information regarding the title, visit the official eShop listing here.
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Katsina government rescues 23 victims from slave camp in Burkina Faso
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IPOB laments ‘disappearance’ of member
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has raised the alarm over an almost two years disappearance of one of its top member, Mr Walter Chidiebere Agbo.
Slavery Remembrance Day: Practice persists despite abolition – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari in an opinion piece published in the Washington Post newspaper to mark the United Nations’ International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on August 23rd, said that celebrating the abolition of the international slave trade was not enough.
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President Buhari marks 400th anniversary of slave trade abolition with article in Washington Post
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the abolition of slavery in all modern forms in a opinion article he published in The Washington Post to mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
Africa rejects racial superiority
Fifty four 54 African Members States, the largest regional group in the United Nations, has denounced and rejected any form of racial superiority.
Tijjani Bande: Africa’s descent abroad should trace their roots
In his speech at the Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Nigerian’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Tijjani Bande, challenged people of African descent to reconnect with their roots.
Man set to drag parents to court for giving birth to him
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Prophet Nwoko: Nnamdi Kanu is anti-Christ, deceitful
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Ghana urges people of African heritage to ‘come home’
Sicley Williams was ready to escape what she found an unfriendly climate in the United States and take a leap of faith, leaving her native Chicago for Ghana.
UN: Nigerian migrants face ‘unimaginable horrors’ in Libya
The United Nations has released a new report, which detailed the unimaginable horrors Nigerian migrants were being subjected from the moment they entered Libya and throughout their stay in that country.
UN report finds women migrants in Libya often face gang rape
The "overwhelming majority" of women and older girls who passed through Libya as migrants reported being gang-raped by traffickers or witnessed others taken away to be abused, the United Nations said 0n Thursday in a report based on hundreds of interviews.
UN: Unimaginable horror faced by African migrants
Migrants and refugees are being subjected to “unimaginable horrors” from the moment they enter Libya and throughout their stay in that country, a UN report has stated.
2019: SDP candidate urges Nigerians not to monetize their votes
Precious Elekima, Social Democratic Party governorship candidate in Rivers on Monday urged Nigerians not to monetise their rights to vote in 2019 general elections.
Owolabi Salis: Theatre practitioners are direct influencers of the society
Lagos State governorship candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD), High Chief Owolabi Salis, has described theatre practitioners as direct influencers of the society.
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Gossip Girl Sites Tour in New York, NY
On Location Tours • 51st Street & Madison Avenue (in front of The Palace Hotel) • New York, NY 10018
Offered by On Location Tours, the Gossip Girl Sites Tour lets guests enjoy a three-hour guided bus tour to famous Gossip Girl sites, led by a local actress. Guests can board a luxury coach bus, where they’ll see Grand Central Terminal, the Vera Wang boutique, Constance Billard & St. Jude’s schools, The Empire Hotel, Henri Bendel, the Metropolitan Museum Steps, and more.
Visit Grand Central Terminal where Serena returned to NYC in the first episode.
Get spotted at Constance Billard & St. Jude's schools.
Hold court at the Met Steps while you stop for a photo op.
Go on location at Henri Bendel where Blair and Serena shop
3 hour guided bus tour.
Restrooms available on bus.
Bring a camera.
from Gossip Girl Sites
Enter the playground of your favorite Upper East Siders!
Featuring over 40 locations including:
-Pass the Vera Wang boutique where Blair tries on her wedding gown
-See the candy store where Dan helps Vanessa buy presents
-Visit Grand Central Terminal where Serena returns to NYC in the first episode
-Get spotted at Constance Billard & St. Jude's schools
-Hold court at the Met Steps while you stop for a photo op
-Visit The Empire Hotel, the site of Chuck Bass’ newest home and business
-Go on location at Henri Bendel where Blair and Serena shop
Hop on this 3-hour guided bus tour led by a local actress. Check out the New York City spots where hot young actors like Blake Lively (Serena van der Woodsen), Leighton Meester (Blair Waldorf), Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass), and Chace Crawford (Nate Archibald) take on the roles of young socialites living in Manhattan. Venture into Gossip Girl’s elite society on this fun guided bus tour!
Tours take place on luxury coach buses, which are air-conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter. Buses are equipped with onboard restrooms.
Please note children under 9 years old, including babies, are unfortunately not allowed on the tour, as the content of the tour is not suitable for young children. Additionally, any person under the age of 15 must be accompanied by a person at least 15 years of age or older at all times.
Meeting point: In front of the gates of The Palace Hotel located on Madison Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets.
Have you been to Gossip Girl Sites ? Share your knowledge and be the first to review this.
ChristinaL3361
"Best Movie and TV Tour in NYC!"
This was the 3rd time I have taking this tour, and it gets better every time! Updated movie and TV info, amazing stops, and awesome guides!
amartin812
Mountain Top, Pennsylvania
"Mrs. Maisel's Marvelous Tour of NYC"
If you are a fan of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, this tour is a must! Our tour guide, Mrs. Stephanie, was incredible! She was not only knowledgeable about so many facts and details from the show, but she was very entertaining! It was a lot of fun visiting different locations from the show and we loved being able to stop, take pictures, and grab drinks/snacks at some of the businesses where Midge, Susie, Joel, and other characters have been known to frequent. Do yourself a favor and take one or more of the tours offered by On Location Tours. You definitely will not be disappointed!
CPeck18
"Mrs. Maisel's Marvelous Tour of New York City is Simply Marvelous!"
I took the tour Saturday, January 11th, 2020 and it was one of the best tours I have ever experienced! Stephanie was a "marvelous" tour guide - informative, funny and accommodating. The numerous sites we saw were delightful and relevant and I loved that we got to get out at several places and actually experience them. On Location Tours never disappoints! Carole P, Pennsylvania
eumendes92
"Definitely worth it!"
The tour was incredible. Not that much of a walk and we got to the end exactly the time the tour guide said we would. My tour guide, George Hampton, was very kind and presented the movies very well. Recommend 100%. You get a tour of the Central Park and hear about movies. What else could you want?
Reiskerk
"Mrs. Maisel’s Marvelous Tour"
Our fabulous guide, Stephanie Windland, transported us back in time into Midge Maisel’s world on this amazing tour. Stephanie shared a wealth of fascinating information about the show and the locations which we toured all over Manhattan on a very comfortable bus. We had a great time. Definitely worth it!
Gossip Girl Sites is located at On Location Tours • 51st Street & Madison Avenue (in front of The Palace Hotel) • New York, NY 10018
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel New York - Times Square South
The New Yorker, A Wyndham Hotel
Courtyard by Marriott New York Manhattan/Times Square
The Paramount - A Times Square, New York Hotel
Frequently Asked Questions about Gossip Girl Sites
Where does the tour end?
Near Grand Central Station.
Are we on the bus the whole tour?
Absolutely not. The tour takes place on a coach bus since the locations are spread out all around Manhattan. But we get off the bus at a number of locations along the way, giving you the opportunity to experience the locations and take pictures. Whenever you leave the bus, it is with the tour guide. The tour includes a mix of on-the-bus viewings of locations and stops to get off the bus to explore, all woven into the story of how they relate to the hit series Gossip Girl!
Is there ever a circumstance when a location is omitted from the tour?
While it is extremely rare, we do sometimes need to skip or modify certain locations that usually are part of the tour. Since the tour is visiting real-life locations all around Manhattan, the tour's itinerary can sometimes be impacted by traffic conditions, store hours, etc. On Location Tours assumes no liability or responsibility for: traffic conditions, access to sites, or other conditions beyond its control.
Is there an age limit on this tour?
Children under 9 years old, including babies, are unfortunately not allowed on the tour, as the content of the tour and several of its stops are not suitable for young children. Additionally, any person under the age of 15 must be accompanied by a person at least 15 years of age or older at all times.
Should I tip the tour guide?
Gratuities are not included in the price of the tour ticket. A tip for exemplary service is always appreciated, but never required.
Is this a good sightseeing tour?
Yes. The tour travels through much of Manhattan while highlighting the specific Gossip Girl locations that are the tour's focus. As a result, families and friends often find this tour an ideal way to tour the city. While the tour does not visit such Manhattan landmarks as the Statue of Liberty or Empire State Building, you will be visiting neighborhoods such as Meatpacking District, the Lower East Side, and the Upper East Side.
Are food and drink included on the tour? Can I bring my own?
No food or drinks are served on the tour, but you can feel free to bring something of your own if it is neat and you're sure to remove all garbage from the bus at the end of the tour. There may be a few quick stops where you can grab something during the tour. Alcohol is completely prohibited on the bus.
Are the tours conducted in English only?
Yes, the Gossip Girl Sites tour is only conducted in English at this time. Since so much of the tour is visual, however, visitors from countries such as Japan, Germany, France, Spain and many others have enjoyed the tour just the same!
What type of bus is used?
The tour is conducted on a closed coach bus. It is heated in the winter and air conditioned in the summer.
Is there assigned seating on the bus?
Seating is first come, first serve. If you have a number of people in your party that want to sit together, you should make sure to arrive 15-20 minutes early. Guests that arrive late or right at the starting time are much more likely to have to split up their group.
Is there a bathroom on the bus?
Almost all of the buses used on the Gossip Girl Sites tours have bathrooms.
Are the buses handicapped accessible?
Yes, but you need to contact On Location Tours directly before booking your tickets to arrange a wheelchair accessible bus, if needed. Buses are not equipped with lap or shoulder belts or harnesses. We are committed to providing accessible tours to persons with disabilities and are able to provide accessible vehicles for passengers with mobility impairments. Notice of the need for an accessible vehicle at least 24 hours in advance is strongly recommended so as to guarantee the timely provision of an accessible vehicle. The wheelchair lifts can accommodate up to approximately 600 pounds total. However, If you will be using a fold-up wheelchair and will be traveling with someone who can provide assistance on and off the bus, you do not need to inform us ahead of time as all of our buses have room in the luggage compartment to store it.
Are cameras allowed on the tour?
Yes. While photography and filming are not allowed on the bus portion of the tour, there are some great spots for taking photos and videos at our numerous stops along the way.
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University of Ioannina
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The education offered to students of the Department of History & Archaeology aims at teaching them the methodology of resolving old and new scientific problems, guiding them to identification and search of archives, providing them any necessary knowledge on the basic specializations of History & Archaeology Studies and Folklore. Graduates are mostly employed in Secondary Education, both in public and private schools. However, there are many who continue their postgraduate studies in Greece or abroad or in relevant research institutes.
For this reason, the undergraduate course offers both core and syllabus modules (compulsory and elective), foreign language modules (English, French, German) and modules offered by faculty members from other Departments. Teaching methods also include seminars-conferences, lectures by Greek and foreign scientists, projects and special courses (design – photography). Students may further participate in excavations, field research, museum visits, archive collection projects and assignments, field trips etc.
Compulsory minimum period of study: eight (8) semesters.
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a) Byzantine Studies,
b) Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Course in Modern History and Folklore Tradition , and
c) Postgraduate Course entitled “Ancient World: History and Archaeology”.
Doctoral Study applications are welcome from holders of a Master’s (MSc) Degree. Under exceptional circumstances, and following a substantiated decision by the Special Composition General Assembly, non-holders of a Master’s Degree may be accepted as doctoral students. Graduates of Technological Educational Institutes, the Higher School of Education and Technical Training, or equivalent Schools may only be accepted as doctoral students provided they hold a Master’s Degree.
An applicant who is interested in writing a doctoral dissertation must submit a relevant application to the Department’s Secretary by filling in a special form.
The following supporting documents must be attached to the application:
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Holders of a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree from a foreign university must submit a confirmation from the National Academic Recognition Information Centre (DOATAP) certifying equivalence to those granted by Greek universities.
Please note that we will not consider applications that do not include all necessary supporting documents.
The provisions of law 3685/2008 are applicable to all other matters.
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SANITY AND URBANITY
Show Me the Studies! Environmental Design Research and Historic Preservation
By Tom Mayes, vice president and senior counsel for the National Trust, USA
What scientific evidence supports historic preservation? We study the economics of historic preservation and know that it supports a vibrant and sustainable economy. We research the environmental and energy impacts of historic preservation and know that the greenest building is the one that is already built. We research what people like and know that they prefer old places. But what about the so-called “softer” benefits of historic preservation? What studies support those notions of belonging, continuity, memory, and identity that we all feel?
Memorial Union Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin. How do everyday people perceive and value historic places? | Credit: Tom Mayes
Although there is abundant anecdotal evidence indicating that older and historic places provide a sense of belonging and identity that is beneficial for people’s emotional and mental health, the health benefits of retaining and reusing such places have not been studied extensively. In four decades of research about the impacts of place attachment and place identity, very little has focused specifically on the factor of age of place or the distinction that age provides. Although I don’t doubt the deeply held attachments people feel for old places, I do think we will be more influential with policymakers if we have solid scientific studies to back up the perceived softer benefits of preservation. Or, as one of the other fellows at the American Academy in Rome said to me, “Show me the studies!”
It helps to go to the source. At the invitation of Jeremy Wells, professor of historic preservation at the University of Maryland and incoming chair of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), David Brown, chief preservation officer at the National Trust, and I spoke at a plenary session of EDRA’s annual conference in Madison, Wisconsin, in June. EDRA’s purpose is to advance and disseminate research, teaching, and practice toward improving an understanding of the relationships among people, their built environments, and natural ecosystems. The theme of the conference, “Voices of Place: Empower, Engage, Energize,” sounds exactly like a preservation conference theme. And, in addition to a historic preservation track, the conference also featured tracks about cities and globalization; health and place; cultural aspects of design; and sustainable planning, design, and behavior—among others. Jeremy has long been an advocate for conducting more scientific research about people’s relationships with old places. He invited us to speak expressly for the purpose of spurring EDRA members to conduct more research that could help us shape preservation practice to better meet people’s needs.
Period Garden Park in Madison, Wisconsin. People appreciate the layering of historic communities and the associated sense of discovery and mystery. | Credit: Tom Mayes
The timing of the EDRA conference couldn’t have been better. This spring the National Trust released Preservation for People: A Vision for the Future, which, as David Brown said, “signals a philosophical shift toward using preservation to serve people and help them flourish.” Preservation for People recommends that the preservation field “support and publicize research on the health, economic, community, and sustainability benefits of preservation,” including through partnerships with entities performing environmental health research to study the impact of older and historic places on human health. And in November, when we gather in Chicago for PastForward 2017, an entire track of sessions dedicated to health and historic preservation will include a panel on environmental psychology and historic preservation.
At the EDRA conference, David and I shared information about what preservationists say and believe about historic preservation, beginning with the ideas of continuity, memory, and identity from the “Why Do Old Places Matter?” essays and highlighting key themes from Preservation for People—especially the idea that historic preservation should be about helping people flourish. Jeremy discussed which aspects of historic preservation have been studied from a social science point of view and which haven’t. He focused on the following ideas:
People prefer older buildings (with some caveats).
People prefer the more complex design of older architecture over the simple design of contemporary architecture.
People prefer historicized design in the blending of old and new.
People appreciate the layering of historic communities and the associated sense of discovery and mystery.
People can distinguish between real and “fake” historic architecture.
A sense of patina or decay is necessary for perceptions of authenticity.
For more information about these, see Jeremy’s article in the spring 2015 issue of the Forum Journal or his website.
Jeremy Wells, incoming chair, welcomes attendees to the Environmental Design Research Association conference (EDRA 48) at Momona Terrace, the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed convention center in Madison, Wisconsin. | Credit: Tom Mayes
Jeremy also raised a number of questions about historic preservation, hoping to spur additional research:
How does the age (evident from decay or patina) of place affect people?
What makes a place “historic” to most stakeholders?
How do everyday people perceive and value historic places?
How does the historic environment affect people?
How do most stakeholders describe historic places and their importance?
The audience was engaged. People who spoke to us afterward said that they hadn’t thought that preservation focused on people, only on buildings—and that they were pleased with this forward-looking direction. From my perspective, this ties directly to the concepts in Preservation for People. How do we find out more about what people value in our work? How do we shape our preservation tools to be more responsive to the values that help people? How do we hear what they value?
We must be open to the possibility of reshaping preservation practice in response to what we hear. For example:
If people prefer old places only when they’re well maintained, should our policies and practices place greater emphasis on maintenance—such as through maintenance credits and repair grants?
If people prefer traditional design for infill, should the current standard that “new work will be differentiated from the old” be further refined?
If people prefer historic buildings with rich detailing, how do we shape the preservation of buildings that do not have those characteristics, such as many Midcentury Modern buildings?
Additional research could guide the field in answering these questions from a people-centered and evidence-based point of view.
Carillon Tower at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. | Credit: Tom Mayes
In addition to the plenary session on historic preservation, the conference included a meeting of the Historic Environment Network and a full historic preservation track. Here are some key, relevant ideas I heard while attending some of those sessions:
In a presentation reporting on “The Livability Audit: A Tool for Measuring Perceptions of Urban Design Qualities,” which is still under review, Deni Ruggeri and one of his co-authors, Chester Harvey, noted that general perceptions of age contributed to greater perceptions of livability and that a general feeling of age was more indicative of the perception than the specific details of a historic building.
In “An Analysis of Aesthetic Quality of Buildings and Urban Scenes,” the authors Antonio Reis, Maria Seadi, and Camila Biavatti concluded that people preferred buildings and scenes that were ordered with complexity from an aesthetic perspective and that people generally preferred historical buildings because they were ordered and complex, but not because they were historical.
Anna Marie Bliss presented a paper comparing social media reactions to three interventions at historic places, looking at online “boldness” and identity and at how historic and adapted architecture is portrayed and understood online—that is, with some amazingly harsh criticism.
Finally, Jeremy shared the results of a recent content analysis of six months of historic preservation job announcements, concluding that preservation job skills should better reflect an understanding of how environments impact people’s perception, behavior, and values.
These are only a sampling of the papers and ideas presented, and sessions from other tracks were also relevant to the work of preservation. Preservation for People encourages greater partnerships and research to bend the work of preservation more forcefully in the direction of benefiting people. In the past, the practicing preservation field has not generally participated in the meetings of EDRA or considered the potential impact of social science research on our work. I’m grateful to EDRA for inviting us to present, and I hope that this session will spur more research in the field. We will further explore the health aspects of preservation further at PastForward 2017, where Jeremy will be moderating a Learning Lab titled “Old Places, Healthy Minds.”
This post originally appeared on the Preservation Leadership Forum blog. Preservation Leadership Forum is a network of preservation professionals brought together by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Forum provides and curates cutting edge content, offers online and in person networking opportunities, and brings new, diverse perspectives to the business of saving places.
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Reading, seeing, thinking and doing urban design to improve mental health.
We welcome your blog posts on urban design and mental health.
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REPORT – CHERNOBYL ZONE OF ALIENATION – 5 DAYS IN THE COLD – WINTER 2018
Posted on 2019-01-28 2019-02-03 by GK
The three of us are crouched, huddled on the icy roof of apartment block number 15, watching the sharp torch beams of the Ukrainian police department scan the buildings of Lenina Avenue, downtown Pripyat.
I’m not sure if they are looking for us, or are just beginning a routine patrol of the city but our earlier close call has me expecting the former.
A distant guard dogs bark bites through the frozen air as I light another cigarette and wait.
I don’t know why I wanted to go to Chernobyl. Having an abandoned city all to yourself sounds pretty cool; until you think about the decaying Cesium 137 and other atomic nuclei that litter it’s streets and fields. The very cause of it’s abandonment. Maybe it’s just a draw to some kind of adventure which has brought me here. That instinct to be alive; to see life and do all I can with it has brought me to a place that only breeds death.
A clean energy; a technology that had been used in the past for destruction had been secured by the workers and its power was being distributed to industry and homes for the greater good of all. Almost a Utopian metaphor for the communist ideals of the unions governance something terrible was about to happen.
At 01:23 am on the 26th of April 1986 an accident occurred during a scheduled experiment resulting in fire, explosions and the release of at least 5% of reactor number fours core – some 5200 PBq of radioactive materials – into the environment. The vast majority of this was deposited around the power plant, an area now known as The Chernobyl Zone of Alienation, which spans two countries of the former Soviet Union, countries now known as Ukraine and Belarus.
The driver pulls up adjacent to an apartment block – one of the ubiquitous ‘Panelny Dom’ buildings, utilitarian, mass produced housing units built in the latter days of the Soviet Union that spill across the suburbs of Kiev. The car windscreen is cracked in two places and the brakes squeal like a dying cat as the car comes to a stop on the icy back road. The driver introduces himself in broken English and calls Alex, our Stalker contact who we will accompany on this trip.
Introductions are brief as Alex hauls his backpack into the tailgate of the car, my cigarette scatters red incendiaries across the tarmac like an asteroid hitting the earth’s crust as I push myself into the back of the silver sedan. It’s close to 10pm when we set off from the Ukrainian capital, through the window the dark edges of the city limits give way to bleak villages, Grechka fields and scattered shops with men drinking vodka outside for the rest of our two hour drive. Clint Mansell’s soundtrack to Requiem for a Dream ominously plays through the car stereo as we approach the small village of Cheremoshna at the edge of the exclusion zone.
From here the road patters out into a rough sandy track through pine forests. The exhaust scrapes the ground as we pass the last houses at close to midnight. I ask what the locals think of us. “If you are on foot they will call police, in a car we could be anyone, we could be the police” I doubt the logic of this statement as we grind along the track in a clapped out old Lada but before long we are parked up in the icy grass next to a derelict dairy farm.
It’s good to be moving after the nervous tension of the car journey, without lights and under a starless sky we make our way across the floodplain of the Uzh river. A bed of marsh grasses and weeds surrounds us as we quickly approach the first section of river. We remove our boots and strip down to boxer shorts in the sub zero temperatures and tentatively make our way across the first section of frozen river.Alex warns that the main body of water is yet to come – over the sandy island in front of us – and luckily the ice holds as we each carry our heavy backpacks over the frozen river. The next section of river is faster moving; only an island of ice, attached to some reeds, sits in the middle of the crossing.
Alex goes first and breaks the ice island brandishing a stick, but a few steps on the river deepens and he’s submerged almost to his chest – the bottom of his rucksack under the ice cold water.
He quickly crossed to the other side, looking miserable as Nick and I hitched our jackets up to our armpits and held our bags above our heads. I’m not sure how much he’s downplaying it but Alex says his bag isn’t too wet and we dry off as quickly as we can and move off along an old dirt track through the disused sluces and flood pans.
The ground is frozen with crystalline droplets of ice settled on the grasses as we march onward towards the first buildings of the exclusion zone. Huge warehouses and a water tower mark the end of a dirt track and the start of an old tarmac road. The buildings are the remains of one of the collective farms built in the reclaimed areas of the Polesie Marshes during the 1920’s when thousands of acres of marshland were drained to aid food production for the soviet people. From here the old maps I have show a shorter route through the woods to a small village; so we take that and head into the darkness.
It’s striking how slowly things grow here, I don’t think it’s due to the radiation but rather the intense cold and lack of rainfall. Back home an abandoned space is webbed with ivy and fast growing deciduous trees within a few years but here, especially in winter with the leaves stripped, the forlorn old branches spread slowly across the tracks and through the windows of the collapsing buildings.
Our first night is spent in an old farmhouse. A dusty old shell and it’s cold.. oh so cold. Alex hangs his wet fleece out to freeze and we offer him spare clothing but he says he’s OK. The cold here is different to back home, not such a bitter cold but a deep cold. A cold that gradually seeps into everything, freezing your boots solid overnight and your water bottles as you walk. There isn’t much left in the village. This close to the perimeter everything of value has been striped – copper wire or electronics are long gone and all that remains are shoes, posters or books. Belongings with no monetary value. Left in the dry buildings they don’t decay and fall apart to the touch but you are always aware of the dust collecting in every corner. One grain of the Cesium 137, Strontium 90 or Americium-241 which were expelled from the reactor 4 fire and spread across northern Europe could be lingering somewhere and the constant awareness is not conductive to sleep.
The next morning we set off early from the farm to head further into the exclusion zone.
During the day the roads are risky but by sticking to forests and frozen bog we could move through the zone with impunity. It’s a slightly longer hike today but the ground Is easy, the basin of the Pripyat river is incline free and the soil a soft sand. We cover ground quickly following the footprints of wolves through the pine forest. Although we don’t see much wildlife we see it’s presence everywhere we walk through the tracks of deer, Elk, Przewalski’s horse and grey wolf. At one point the wolf tracks condense around a few droplets of red blood in the white snow. A kill site.
A few hours into the woods we cross an area of grassland and approach a road. One of the main thoroughfares between a 30km checkpoint and and town of Chernobyl, where most of the zones working inhabitants live. We wait in the bushes as a car passes and listen for a few minutes until we are sure we are alone.
A quick dash up the embankment and across the road, all I can hear now is my heart beating at a thousand miles an hour so we run for another hundred meters into long grass and well out of sight of the road.
We joined a raised track above the frozen bog and stop to rest next to a small village so explored a few houses. Exploring in the zone is still possible; beyond the photo perfect setups of gas masks and rusty ferris wheels the villages on the periphery of the zone provide a real frozen in time snapshot of village life in the CCCP – We’re probably in the most traveled section but looking at the maps i’m drawn to return to see villages hidden deeper within the zone.
As we explored the dull thud of a car door broke the silence of the overgrown buildings and after a hushed discussion we set off across a barren area towards the deep pine forests.
Our aim for the day was to reach a remote group of buildings which functioned as a pig farm. Not far from the farm is the large Duga radar array built by the Soviet military to detect missile launches from the west. The huge construction built of rusty metal stands approximately 150 meters high and is one and a half kilometers long. We wanted to climb to the top at sunrise the next day, to sit on this colossal relic of the cold war and see the zone from above.
After miles of hiking through the snow blanketed forest we reached the farm and sat around a table outside the main barn. The small cluster of buildings are used by other intruders to the zone and a few benches and a roof have been erected. We boiled water and ate our dehydrated ration packs with bars of chocolate and a bottle of brandy.
Just a few hundred meters from the barn lie the remains of a Krug antenna circle. A few years ago the steel obelisk like antennas were chopped from their bases and when the buildings were abandoned they were torched but we spend a while exploring the remains. We are starting to run short of water and the basement levels of the building hold many gallons of rainwater so we collect a few bottles and return to our new home to filter the water.
One of the derelict rooms of the farm had been commandeered with black plastic sheeting on the floor and a dangerous looking wood burner sat in the center. We decided to forgo the potentially radioactive warmth of a fire inside the building, although Alex did make a small fire outside to dry his remaining damp clothes, and bedded down in subzero temperatures.. the rotten door a hopeful barricade to any wolves.
At 5 am we awoke, packed and headed towards the Duga array. At one end is a guardhouse with Ukrainian police and dogs but we figured with our alpine start we could ascend from the far end and be down before they noticed. With a bit of luck it worked.
Stashing our bags behind a fence near a guard tower we pulled on work gloves and nervously set off as the sky began to brighten. Breaking through the last of the trees the rusting metal mesh towered above us like a patagonian cliff face. Free climbing the first few meters of ice cold steel wire got us to the start of some rusty ladders that went up, and up, and up, and up. Not looking at the welds, not thinking about the distance we climb and climb and climb and climb. The first few take forever but the last line of ladders are quickly passed and we are on top of the ‘Russian Woodpecker’ the radar that sent an incessant chirp across european radio airwaves.
I spent a few minutes just sitting there taking in the vast expanse of contaminated land around us and looking across to the containment structures of the power plant and tower blocks of Pripyat – but quickly time is passing and we climb down, hands clasping the frozen iron rungs, until we reach the base and quickly dash into the cover of the forest.
The start of our day had been incredible and there was lots more to come. Our aim by the evening is to reach the city of Pripyat, passing by the power plant and red forest.
The red forest is an area of pine plantation directly adjacent to the reactor which became so contaminated that the pine trees turned red from the radiation. Hiking through the forest is far from advisable so we had to walk the busiest stretch of road in the zone to reach our destination.
A contact of ours had left a food package for us near the Duga guard hut so we quietly walk through the forest and Alex retrieves the cache. From there we follow the power lines, walking in the cleared areas below them, until at midday we reach an abandoned missile base.
The missile base was built to protect the radar installations. Situated far from any passable roads few visitors to the zone manage to see it. The S-75 Volkhov was a surface to air missile launch site and has sat unused for many years. We had to wait until dark to walk on the road to Pripyat so had plenty of time to explore the old missile base. The large barrack block had an impressive mural in the mess hall and we found diagrams of the missiles used and old posters explaining the duties of the guards. A large buried hanger is surrounded by concrete launch pads with earth embankments.
There were loading bays for the missiles with tracks and the trolleys used to carry the S-75 missiles.
Around the base there were a lot of abandoned vehicles, far too radioactive to be used again we had some fun with the geiger counter measuring the trucks and aircraft parts.
After exploring the base in its entirety we head back to the barracks to begin packing up our kit.
Nick goes for a shit in the woods. I’m sat in the stillness and am sure I can feel a bass thud.
“I’m sure I heard a fucking radio” Is all I need to hear when he returns – quickly our bags are packed and we’re off.
After walking through miles of grasslands, seeing the hoof prints from wild horses, we reach the ‘Stalker Bus’ a derelict tram carriage on some farmland daubed with graffiti with a guestbook to sign. ‘Stalker’ is the name illegal entrants to the zone have given themselves inspired by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s ‘Roadside Picnic’ and Tarkovskys film adaptation ‘Stalker’. The stark depiction of an area forbidden to enter but with an ethereal draw has become synonymous with the Chernobyl exclusion zone and many parallels can be seen.
Sitting in the bus waiting for dark. It’s so cold. Nick ran in circles around the bus to keep his circulation pumping and we are all eating nuts and drinking coffee to keep our energy levels up. The bass beat that we heard earlier has become more prominent and we are no longer questioning our ears. Somewhere there is a fucking rave. To begin with i’d thought the noise could be works at the power plant, industrial machines, and Nick’s mid shit radio clatter could have been from the Ukrainian armies border guards searching for intruders, but things were starting to make sense and Alex’s spot of internet access confirmed it – An ‘Art Rave’ was happening in Pripyat.
It was dark but still early – the cold was too much so we had to move. The sound stopped at 6pm and we started walking towards the road by 7. An advantage, for us, of the relatively flat, straight roads is that you can see a car’s headlights in the distance long before they see you, so walking in single file and constantly glancing behind we marched along the road that separates the power plants from the red forest for miles. A few times we saw lights ahead and dashed into the bushes beside the road. A few cars and a big truck. The roads were far busier than we had anticipated and the constant alerts are tiring, but eventually we reached the large concrete sign proclaiming the entrance to Pripyat.
Nick and I stop for photos and as we take them Alex shouts from the other side of the road – and we see headlights not too far away. We dive for cover in the grass beside the sign, and it’s barely cover at all. Covering camera lenses for fear of reflection a stream of cars and vans pass, 10, 12, and somehow no one notices the camouflaged lumps just meters away from the road.
Adrenaline glands are fully active and we are edgy as we cross the bridge and silently walk behind the main guards checkpoint for the city, but before long we reach buildings and take shelter in the cells of the police station. It’s been such a long day and we chat shit about other explores across Europe and Russia as we crunch on the last of our frozen water.
We discuss our objectives for the next few hours and days, we need water, and we need a place to stay. Of the livable apartments in the city center many are known to the guards but if we went to a safer apartment on the city limits we’d leave a trail of easily followable footprints in the snow. We decide on a good apartment in the city center and head there to make it our home for the next few days. Being careful not to leave obvious prints we find the flat and deposit our bags. The previous illegal occupiers have made it quite homely with furniture scavenged from around the city, the floors have been cleaned well and it’s relatively dust free.
Water in Pripyat is a rare commodity. The safest, and it’s far from safe, place to acquire it is from the tunnel system beneath the Jupiter Factory. Jupiter was built by the Soviets to construct equipment for the KGB and new city of Pripyat, deep in the forests of the western USSR was a perfect location. After the disaster the factory was thoroughly cleaned and the robots used in the clean up operations were built here. We walked to the derelict factory and found a manhole cover on a path. Beneath this cover was a rusty ladder and, surrounded by asbestos clad pipework, flooded tunnels of stagnant rain water. I did say it’s far from safe.
The next few days are a blur of rooftops, abandoned streets and frozen nights. We explore the tourist hotspots when it is dark and in the day avoid the roads to visit the more forgotten parts of the city.
We find an outbuilding in a contaminated wasteland that contains hundreds of plans from across the Chernobyl region – plans of a pioneer camp now left to rot a few miles away and many others. At 2AM we climb to the top of a 16 story tower block and clamber on rusty iron to touch the Soviet star. We test soil samples left in the Radek laboratory, where scientists researched contamination for years after the disaster. We make a quiet getaway when we hear voices late at night near the ferris wheel and quickly head back to our apartment for a few hours sleep. The nights are reaching -7 and we awake to frosty sleeping bags and rock hard boots. Near the school with its stage set gas masks and empty television sets we narrowly avoid a group of tourists in the day. They pass unaware, feet crunching in the snow, a few meters away from us.
The next night we spend a few hours in the hospital and the morgue before walking towards some unfinished surgery buildings close to the power plant boundary. Suddenly a torch beam reflects off the snow and points towards us along a road. We quickly turn and run a few hundred meters before stopping to listen. Hopefully we haven’t been spotted but it’s rare for the guards to leave their hut on cold winter nights – maybe they have seen our footprints or a stray torch beam earlier in the long evening. We silently cross through some woodland and run across another road before climbing a tower block for a better view. After half an hour of nervously waiting for the torch lights to disappear back towards the checkpoint we make our way back towards our apartment, hoping we won’t be discovered overnight.
The next morning we figure we’ve begun to outstay your welcome in the city and should leave before pushing our luck further. The prospect of being arrested after such a successful few days is not an appealing thought so Alex rings a contact, we pack our bags and walk as the sun rises through the radioactive dumping grounds that live at the edge of the city and along the railway lines to the end of a track near the station.
We are glad to be back in Kiev, traveling to our hotel on the busy metro covered in dust and filth, but even then I’m planning a return trip. We’d only scratched the surface of what is there, enough to get me hooked, a draw to return to the zone.
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Of the planned or under construction generation projects tracked by GenerationHub for the period between 2015 and 2017, 95 percent of the projects, which total 135.3 GW, are either natural gas, solar or wind facilities, Kent Knutson, director of Hub Services for PennWell, said on Feb. 19.
Speaking during GenerationHub’s Quarterly Market Update, Knutson noted that of the 135.3 GW of planned projects, natural gas accounts for 63 percent, wind accounts for 20 percent and solar energy accounts for 12 percent.
He added that this trend follows last year’s figures and will continue next year, except wind power development will likely decrease in 2016 if the production tax credit (PTC) for wind power does not extend into 2015.
Knutson noted that the solar investment tax credit (ITC) will expire next year, and without extensions of the PTC and ITC, both solar and wind power will struggle to compete. He said that with the ITC, solar power became the second most developed capacity in 2014, behind gas and ahead of wind.
Currently, there are about 31 GW of solar power under construction or development, with photovoltaics accounting for about 89 percent of the 31 GW, he said.
Knutson said that GenerationHub is tracking about 127 GW of new natural gas projects, representing a $128 billion investment, of which about 13 GW are repowering and refueling projects. In addition, GenerationHub is tracking 16 GW of solar projects expected to come online over the next three years and 29.8 GW of wind projects expected to come online over the next four years, with the majority of those wind projects expected to come online this year.
Knutson noted that 2015 is a landmark year for renewable portfolio standards (RPS), with four states: Texas, New Mexico, Montana, and New York, due to comply with their RPSs.
“Ohio last summer voted to delay their RPS, and recently West Virginia voted 95 to 4 to repeal its RPS of 25 percent,” Knutson said.
Utilities with nuclear generation are fighting to keep the 99 U.S. commercial nuclear reactors operating, Wayne Barber, chief analyst for GenerationHub, said during the Market Update.
“The demise of Dominion’s Kewaunee plant in Wisconsin and Entergy’s Vermont Yankee plant in the past couple of years really spooked the nuclear industry,” Barber said. “These operating plants were forced to shut down because of economic conditions, but there has been a major campaign in the industry — and the organized markets especially — to reflect the value of carbon-free base load generation.”
Nationally, the nuclear fleet performed well in 2014, with an average capacity factor of about 92 percent, Barber noted.
“With the scheduled retirement of Oyster Creek, and with five new units under construction, the national nuclear fleet would stand at about 103 in 2019,” Barber said, noting that it is an old fleet overall, and other retirements could come after 2025.
Barber noted that there have been a couple of developments relating to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan that could drive development of the changing generation portfolio.
“One of [EPA] Administrator Gina McCarthy’s top lieutenants recently hinted at some significant tweaks that the EPA could make to its Clean Power Plan before the final version is issued,” Barber said. “One item under review regards the interim CO2 reduction targets for 2020.”
Barber noted that critics have been very vocal about having the carbon reduction timetable so front-loaded that it makes it very hard to comply and would erode reliability and dramatically drive up prices.
According to Barber, Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, hinted recently that the agency has been listening to these complaints about the so-called 2020 cliff and might be open to doing something for the industry on this issue.
Barber also noted that Ameren recently proposed an alternative carbon reduction plan that would eliminate the interim 2020 targets and building blocks and extend the overall compliance deadline to 2035 to make the utility’s carbon reduction plan more affordable.
“Another major point that Ameren is making is that improvements in the general reporting and the data on CO2 levels of reductions need to be made by the EPA because some of the data that went into the front end is incorrect,” Barber said.
Barry Cassell, chief analyst for GenerationHub, said during the Market Update that GenerationHub is tracking 28 plants that are repowering or refueling, totaling 53 units, of which 14 units are expects to go online in 2015.
Some of these repowering projects tend to be shorter term, he said, noting that switching from coal to gas, for example, will probably account for about five to eight years of extended life.
“These are interim projects to get the utilities through the Clean Power Plan compliance, and then they will likely shut those plants down and go with some other generation resource,” he said.
Cassell also said that GenerationHub is tracking 42 pipelines, with an estimated investment of $21.6 billion. The majority of those pipelines are planned to come online between 2016 and 2018, he added.
The current trend toward projects that will export liquefied natural gas is driving those pipeline developments, he said.
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Innocent lives have been lost as a result of the US-Iran standoff
Iraqis will be the first to pay for escalating US-Iran tensions
The new five-year visas will be especially great for families of residents
Wonderful that volunteers come together to help animals
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New Alfa Romeo
New Lincoln
New Maserati
New Subaru
Volvo Cars Mt. Kisco Merger
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR ALFA ROMEO, MASERATI, SUBARU, AND VOLVO DEALERSHIPS
Elmsford, NY - The Premier Collection partook in a groundbreaking ceremony on August 20th, 2018 at 10:30am for new Volvo, Subaru, Maserati and Alfa Romeo Sales Facilities. In addition to the four showrooms, the new facility will feature an indoor, climate-controlled, 120 car storage and display area on the second floor, giving customers an opportunity to shop like nowhere else in the area. The new facility will be located at 258-262 East Main Street in Elmsford, NY. It is anticipated that it will open for business in about a year.
Leading the groundbreaking ceremony were Chairman & CEO Thomas J. Coughlin, President & COO, Sean T. Coughlin and Vice President & Group Manager, Jeremy A. Abramson. Members of the Elmsford Town Council that attended were: Mayor Robert Williams, Village Manager, Michael Mills, and Village Engineer, Anthony Capicotto.
"We thank Mayor, Robert Williams, Village Manager, Michael Mills, and Village Engineer Anthony Capicotto for being so welcoming and professional in their thorough approach to reviewing and approving our project. Elmsford is a Village that works, and it is very business friendly. The Village Management appreciates that we chose to make a large investment in Elmsford that will increase the Village's tax base and its attributed sales tax revenue. We thank our Architect-Builders, President, Phil Clark and Project Manager, Justin Miller, of Claris Construction, and our Site Engineer, Chuck Utschig, Jr, PE of Birdsall Services Group, for their exceptional design work. We also thank our Construction Manager, Tom Kriz, for helping us make this extraordinary project happen," said Tom Coughlin.
"Our Company has always been customer focused, and we appreciate the many thousands of customers and wonderful employees that have supported The Premier Collection over our 23 years in business. We think we do a good job of providing exceptional value and putting the fun back into buying a car." In Elmsford, this new facility will be better able to serve our Westchester, Rockland, and Fairfield County customers by offering covered customer parking, and a unique shopping experience for new and pre-owned Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Subaru, and Volvo vehicles. We are extremely excited about what the future will bring to our company and the entire community," said Sean Coughlin.
"The groundbreaking for this project and its positive effects will extend well beyond just a new facility for us. This project will supply construction jobs over the next year as the facility is built, and, upon completion, this family of dealerships will provide many new jobs for members of the local community. The Premier Collection is growing, and we will need more dedicated, hard-working team members to continue our company's success. The Premier Collection presently employs approximately 300 people," said Jeremy Abramson.
The Premier Collection
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All Motors
WHEELY BIG
Bizarre stretched Range Rover that was used to ferry Mike Tyson could be yours for £24,000
James Gratton
Updated: 29 Oct 2019, 17:04
A BIZARRE stretched Range Rover that was used to ferry heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson is up for sale for £24,000.
The former heavyweight champion rode in the unique motor before his fight with Lou Savarese at Hampden Park, Glasgow in 2000.
The Range Rover was transformed into a 10ft long limousineCredit: Bournemouth News
The 1994 Range Rover Classic LSE was originally transformed into a 10ft long limousine by a specialist company, with the work commissioned by the Sultan of Brunei.
The leader ordered the strange modification so his younger brother, Prince Jefri, could travel in style.
After being stretched out an additional 40 inches, the huge rear cabin was fitted with three luxurious seats, full air conditioning, a high quality stereo system and two TV sets.
Two additional doors were also added in the centre and the roof was raised by around eight inches.
It took nine months to extend the Range Rover an extra 40 inchesCredit: Bournemouth News
The car was fitted with three massive seats, a stereo system and air conditioningCredit: Bournemouth News
But the ridiculous modifications weren't cheap, with it costing £135,000 to complete.
The vehicle was bought by a Danish collector in 2008, before recently returning to the UK where it will go under the hammer for the first time.
The automatic motor has only covered 16,800 miles and has a 4.2-litre V8 engine.
It will go up for auction on November 9.
Joe Watts, classic car specialist at Silverstone Auctions, said: "It took a lot of money to create this - about £135,000 - and now it is possible.
It even features two TV sets so passengers can ride in comfortCredit: Bournemouth News
It cost more than £135,000 to complete the bizarre modificationsCredit: Bournemouth News
FISH, BASH, BOSH!
Ford Puma's boot doubles up as everything from an aquarium to ice box
Drivers can now reduce their back pain with a seat that replicates walking
DROVE ALL NIGHT
Incredible Roadster owned by Roy Orbison could be yours for just £20,000
ROAD HOG
Driver caught hogging middle lane forces other drivers to dangerously undertake
CAR-STIFF
Motorists who visit Cardiff could be charged £2 to drive in city
Millions of Brits could be fined £60 for driving with icy windscreens
"It was created by the go-to guys at the time who specialised in Range Rover conversions, so it has been professionally created and has since been very well looked after.
"This is actually quite a tasteful machine, certainly more so than a Hummer.
"Whoever buys it will own a Range Rover that has been created and looked after by specialists in this marque."
Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson rode in the stretched 4x4 before a fight in Glasgow
It was originally owned by the Sultan of BruneiCredit: Getty - Contributor
Former private jet plane converted into £760,000 limo is the ultimate 'club on wheels'
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True stories that will intrigue older kids
The more we can help kids think critically, the better they will be equipped to think objectively and creatively.
True stories that will intrigue older kids The more we can help kids think critically, the better they will be equipped to think objectively and creatively. Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: https://bwne.ws/2KP7B3V
Published 9:04 a.m. ET July 5, 2018
Really good, well-written true stories help kids think outside of the box. That’s always been important, but in today’s cultural climate, that’s especially so. After all, young and old alike are bombarded with varying points of view, and real news and fake news. Contradictions abound, and the more we can help kids think critically, the better they will be equipped to think objectively and creatively.
The books reviewed today hit on this topic in three distinctive ways. Take a look for yourself; I think you’ll agree.
Then following book is available at many public libraries.
“Robespierre: Master of the Guillotine” by John DiConsiglio, illustrations various credits, Franklin Watts/Scholastic, 128 pages
Read aloud: age 9 and older.
Read yourself: age 9 – 10 and older.
As a young country lawyer in a small town on the outskirts of Paris in 1781, Robespierre defended the poor and aided those who suffered. In 1789, Robespierre made his way to Paris, helped overthrow the king of France, and was instrumental in creating a new government. His belief in freedom for all people made him the most powerful man in all of France and he was hailed as a hero of the common man.
Then, the killings began. Robespierre began to suspect enemies everywhere, and under his direction, at least 15,000 were beheaded. At first the people cheered. Then they began to realize that Robespierre had gone too far. On July 28, 1794, thousands of people lined the streets of Paris to see Robespierre executed by the very machine that had made him famous – the guillotine.
Part of the series, A Wicked History, this fascinating and superbly written book chronicles the life of Maximilien Robespierre. Historically accurate and brimming with facts, this fast-paced biography will have readers contemplating the abuse of power.
Librarian’s Choice
Library: St. Clair County Library System, 210 McMorran Blvd., Port Huron
Library Director: Allison Arnold
Head of Children’s Library Services: Tarri Ryan
The following books are available within the County Library System: “French Fries” by Fejto; “42 is Not Just a Number” by Rappaport; “That’s What You Think: A Mind Boggling Guide to the Brain” by Holleben, Madeja, Naie
Books to Buy
The following books are available at favorite bookstores.
“Harry Potter: Diagon Alley: A Movie Scrapbook” by Jody Revenson, photos and artwork © J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Candlewick, 2018, 48 pages, $19.99 hardcover
Read aloud: age 10 and older.
Read yourself: age 10 – 11 and older.
How did filmmakers so accurately re-create J.K. Rowling’s mesmerizing visions she gave to the world through her writing of Harry Potter? Prepare to be amazed and dazzled by this engrossing look behind the scenes of where Harry Potter first encountered the world of wizarding – the magical Diagon Alley.
This phenomenal scrapbook takes readers on a tour-de-force of Diagon Alley and more. Included are profiles and photographs of the Leaky Cauldron, Gringotts bank and the goblins who work there, each of the shops on Diagon Alley and their contents, and how the set director and her crew executed it all with precision and magical results. With loads of interactive components such as a map of Diagon Alley and flaps to lift, Hogwarts Students Wand Index, a page of cool stickers and other fun bonuses and information, this is far more than a scrapbook – it’s a must-have for Harry Potter fans of all ages.
“The Ultimate Book of Sharks” written and photographed by Brian Skerry, contributing writers Elizabeth Carney and Sarah Wassner Flynn, National Geographic Kids, 2018, 192 pages, $19.99 hardcover
Read aloud: age 9/10 and older.
Read yourself: age 10 – 12.
Everyone has heard about sharks and knows they can be fierce predators, but most of us don’t know much beyond that. All of that changes when readers take this fascinating adventure under the ocean with National Geographic explorer-photographer Brian Skerry in “The Ultimate Book of Sharks.”
There are roughly 500 species of sharks in the world’s oceans, and more species are discovered all the time. Learn about the eight orders of sharks (sharks with common features) and their similarities and differences. Discover sharks that live in complete darkness, sharks that live in freezing waters, sharks with snouts that look like a chain-saw blade, sharks that look truly prehistoric, the largest sharks and the smallest. Learn how sharks navigate, how they hunt for prey, their anatomy, how sharks have survived since before the time of the dinosaurs, strange facts, and so much more.
Stunning photographs on every page and lively, informative writing combine to create a book that will have readers and listeners astounded by these amazing predators.
Nationally syndicated, Kendal Rautzhan writes and lectures on children’s literature. She can be reached at kendal@sunlink.net
Read or Share this story: https://bwne.ws/2KP7B3V
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Are Turnstiles Worth Their Cost?
August 17th, 2009 | 30 Comments
As Los Angeles installs its first devices, their value is worth considering.
At four of Los Angeles’ subway stations, Metro has installed turnstiles at entrances in a demonstration project. The gates are intended to ward off fare evaders and enhance the safety of the system, and if they prove valuable, they will be installed elsewhere in the network. Putting in the devices will require a significant expenditure on the part of Metro, but with millions lost annually to non-paying riders on the relatively high-ridership system, the price is right, since the machines will last for decades and the transit agency will save money by reducing the labor cost of fare checking. Whether other cities would benefit similarly from these devices, however, is an open question.
Currently, Los Angeles fines passengers $250 if they’re unable to produce a ticket, but these random checks have not been able to reduce the 6% fare evasion rate, which means that Metro loses roughly $5 million each year in tickets not purchased. If the demonstration program goes right, at a cost of $46 million, 387 turnstiles will be installed by early 2010 at many of the system’s stations. The program will be expanded to encompass all stations on the Red, Purple, and Green Lines, which are entirely grade separated, and some stops on the Blue, Gold, and (future) Expo lines, each of which has some street-running segments. Controlling access to the stations along these light rail lines is difficult because they’re often located within the public right-of-way; Metro doesn’t plan on blocking off access to the Long Beach transit mall, for example.
Los Angeles is saving costs by not installing turnstiles at every station, and it could be argued that by installing them only at high-ridership locales, the agency will be eliminating most of the fare evasion. But doing so may in fact produce a negative effect: it may well increase the rate of passengers choosing not to buy tickets at the stations without fare gates, since they would be more assured of their not being fined by a roving fare checker. In the long term, in other words, a fully fare-controlled system may be a good idea.
Metro argues that one of the advantages of the fare gates is that they will “reduce the threat of terrorism,” a specious claim since terrorists, like everyone else, could easily buy tickets and pass through turnstiles if they wanted to get into stations. Apart from this nonsensical claim, the fare gates would pay for themselves in just over nine years if fare evasion ceased and ridership remained constant. After that, Los Angeles would improve its finances by collecting more fares; in addition, it would benefit from reduced labor costs since it would no longer need to hire people to check train tickets. This in itself is a relatively good reason to put in the devices.
There are several problems with this, however: installing turnstiles doesn’t prevent fare evasion — it will be perfectly possible to jump over the gates Los Angeles is installing. Second, the city’s ridership is likely to suffer at least some decline as a result of the need to pay. Even so, fare collections are probably going to increase and fare evasion will decrease.
How would a similar investment stack up in other cities that might be considering transit gates? Vancouver, which opened its new Canada Line today, will have fare gates put in all its SkyTrain stations by 2012 at a cost of C$100 million.
In relative terms, the installation of turnstiles has a fixed investment cost, so the price increases linearly based on the number of stations in a system, not based on the number of riders or the length of a route. As a result, it makes more sense to install them in cities where each transit station handles a high number of users.
The chart below compares a fare gate installation in Los Angeles at all stations with hypothetical installations in eight cities with rail systems and New York City (which of course already has turnstiles in its subway). The spreadsheet demonstrates that most cities would be unwise to invest in the devices, as it would take at least 30 years to make up their cost in all cities except for L.A. (16 years), Vancouver (9), or New York (7). An average of 5,000 daily riders/station seems like a prudent minimum number of users needed to justify the use of turnstiles. While they are designed to last several decades, they likely would not make it past their 30th anniversary before needing replacement. It might make sense for some systems to install the turnstiles at only a few of their highest-ridership stations.
Los Angeles’ plan, in other words, is at the cusp of justifiability, because turnstiles shouldn’t be installed unless they’ll ultimately save transit systems money in the long run.
How Cost-Effective Are Fare Gates?
Total daily riders
Avg. riders/ station Lost revenue/ station @ $16.4/ rider, 94% paying*
Years to make up cost @ $1.25 m/ station**
Los Angeles (all stations) 62 305 k 4,900 $80 k 16
Charlotte 15 22 k 1,500 $25 k 50
Denver 36 70 k 1,900 $31 k 40
Houston 16 40 k 2,500 $41 k 30
Jersey City 23 38 k 1,700 $28 k 45
New York City 468 5,226 k 11,200 $184 k 7
Phoenix 28 33 k 1,200 $20 k 63
Portland 64 107 k 1,700 $28 k 45
St. Louis 37 62 k 1,700 $28 k 45
Vancouver***
33 271 k 8,200 $134 k 9
* The $16.40 per rider loss comes from the data we have from Los Angeles. The city loses roughly $5 million a year in non-paying customers; it has about 305,000 daily riders. ($5,000,000/305,000 = $16.4). Around 6% of riders are assumed to be non-paying, based on L.A.’s information.
** In Los Angeles, the turnstile installation is costing about $1.25 million per station ($46 million, 40 stations). The assumption in this spreadsheet is that ridership levels remain constant with or without fare gates.
*** Except the Canada Line, because its future ridership is unclear at this point.
By Yonah Freemark on August 17th, 2009 | Listed: Finance, Los Angeles | 30 Comments
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17 August 2009 at 20:43 · Reply
So those turnstiles will pay for themselves in a decade if they take fare evasion to zero and none of the people currently evading will decrease their use of Metro. Sounds pretty damn unlikely. The turnstiles will, however, set up a real and symbolic barrier that will inconvenience every single person who goes through those stations.
This looks like one of those “tough on crime” approaches that benefits no one. If this were a 25% evasion rate I could understand, but 6% sounds like a very low rate to me, and one that may represent various marginal portions of the community that would not necessarily respond like the average transit rider would.
(Back of the envelope calculation: inconveniencing 305K riders a day for 3 seconds each = about 1 million seconds a day, or about 100,000 hours a year.)
I disagree, Michael. Turnstiles will provide a real and symbolic barrier: if you jump over it, you are committing fare evasion. That alone would deter some number of fare evaders, and it would also stop inadvertent fare evaders, for example people who think that LA has free transfers between lines like every other city in the world. And remember, the alternative to faregates is continuing to pay the sheriffs to check fares, which they do rather ineffectively, preferring to stand around and socialize instead. And hey, I for one would prefer a turnstile that tells me I don’t have a valid fare rather than an angry cop writing me a ticket for $250 which can only be paid in person at the county jail.
Also, on cost effectiveness terms: if the MTA just puts in gates on the Red Line, that’s 14 stations with a ridership of 160,000, or about 11,500 daily riders per station.
EngineerScotty
Use of turnstiles may be one more arrow in the “broken windows” quiver. There are probably some classes of rider that transit systems would be better off without–whether they pay the fare or not.
In a somewhat related development, last week Tri-Met (the transit authority in the Portland, OR metropolitan area) voted to discontinue its downtown free-fare zone (“fareless square”) for busses; only trains would continue to be fareless in the downtown zone (which, despite the name, hardly resembles a square). The stated reason for this is not recapture of fares from short-trip bus riders, but reduction of fare evasion–as the busses run on a pay-as-you-board basis, it is easy for scofflaws to board in the Square and inform the driver that they are making a trip within the fare-free zone, and then simply remain on the bus as it travels outside. Without the requirement that they be in possession of a valid fare instrument; enforcement of this is difficult. The rail lines–MAX and the Streetcar–both operate on a proof-of-payment system; so fare enforcement (using fare inspectors only; no physical barriers to boarding) is not made more problematic by the Square.
That $5 million figure is based on Metro’s flawed analysis. Former Metrolink CEO explains it here: http://www.thetransitcoalition.us/largepdffiles/TC-Metro-2008-01-31-01a-FaregatingAnalysisReport-RichardStanger.pdf
“What the analysis has done is take
Metro’s annual rail ridership and multiplied it by 6%, then multiplied the result by the base $1.25
fare (74.3 million annual riders x 6% x $1.25 = $5.6 million). But the average Metro fare is not
$1.25, but 60¢ (from the 2005 National Transit Database) because most riders use monthly, weekly,
day or other type of passes variously discounted from the full fare. The estimated revenue loss
should be $2.67 million, at most.”
These things might not even pay for themselves, and won’t allow connecting transit such as Metrolink to offer seamless transfers at no additional cost. That doesn’t bode well for regional connectivity.
Proof-of-payment is not the honor system, and when fare checkers double as officers, it’s the best system to use on any sized rail transit network.
Kopertowki
People who are not willing to pay for the service are just thieves. And such problem exist in every major city, in every kind of mass transit system. Also buses, trams and inner-city train are flawed with such irresponsibility of people who think that they can get something for free and nothing bad will happen. But it does. Local authorities must spend money to avoid free-riders, and less money is spent on needed repairs and investments. People who are not paying for ride are thieves to us all.
If they’re going to do this they need to implement smart card technology.
tom veil
I’ve never been to LA, so someone please clue me in: what is to stop someone from buying one subway token and just holding on to it for months on end until they’re finally approached by a fare checker?
Stephen Rees
There is a basic flaw in the argument about Vancouver. The
installation of turnstiles on the Expo line requires the
reconstruction of the stations in order to meet a basic safety
requirement – evacuation in an emergency. The BC government tried to
avoid that by saying that the Expo stations needed to be rebuilt
anyway so that they could take longer trains – which is specious. They
also tacitly acknowledged that the gates would not pay for themselves
through increased fare revenue by trotting out the “it will make
people feel safer” argument which I notice is missing from this piece.
The claim that “the transit agency will save money by reducing the
labor cost of fare checking” is also false since staff levels are what
provides security, In fact with gates at stations more staff are
needed on SkyTrain because of the need to open a gate manually to deal
with people in wheelchairs, with strollers or heavy baggage: someone
has to be available to do that all the time the station is open. At
present staffing levels for roaming staff are less than what would be
required if turnstiles were installed and all stations manned. The
comparison based simply on capital cost recovery and an assumed rate
of evasion is false and misleading.
Turnstiles do not eliminate fare evasion. Both London and Paris have
completely gated systems and levels of fare evasion comparable to
ungated systems. London also tried that “not all stations need gates”
approach and fare evasion increased significantly.
Ken Ruben
You have to have proof of payment, i.e., a TAP Card that you have tapped, an EZ paper pass (either Senior like I havew) or a regular Metro EZ Pass (not yet on TAP),.
The token will get you a paper pass presently issued by the machines; eventually the machine will issue a ticket that will act as a tap card (with this pass-card-ticket, it is only good for one subsway-rail ride (unlike the EZ Pass)..
I welcome other comments and/or correctionss.
TransitCommuter
It’s reasonsable to expect fare gates. The random LA Sheriff checks aren’t very effective because frequent riders will pick up on the signs when they are there. People will start taking out their passes, and human traffic to the gates will slow down. The LA Sheriffs only end up catching those fare evaders who don’t ride very often.
It would be useful in the context of this debate to have some idea on the effectiveness of the current fare inspection system. How many fare-evaders are caught? How much money is collected through fines? Presumably that goes at least some way towards compensating for the estimated losses caused by fare-evasion.
TransitCommuter, they don’t just check at entrances to stations. They check on trains and after people have gotten off trains.
This is a follow-up to my earlier posting and I apologize for the minor typos that crept in.
I met some of my Metro contacts while heading for the Gold Line at Union Station and since I don’t use the ticket machines at Union Station or anywhere else since I have a Senior EZ Pass, I was informed that those machines DON’T take tokens.
So the poster who wanted to use a token can only use it on Metro buses.
One requirement for a robust POP system, turnstiles or no, is reliable ticket vending machines–the MAX system in Portland is frequently plagued with ticket machines that malfunction, run out of paper, etc. Fare inspectors are correspondingly less zealous than they might be otherwise.
John Coanda
One thing that is not discussed, is the added cost of staffing stations to handle people in wheelchairs, people with strollers, luggage, etc. Currently the status are unstaffed.
This smells an awful lot like a boondoggle to me.
Robert Chang
Spokker, Metro refuted all of Stanger’s points pretty convincingly:
http://boardarchives.metro.net/BoardBox/BB%202008/BB%20020108.pdf
http://www.metro.net/board/Items/2008/02_February/20080228RBMItem36.pdf
It is unfair to show the Stanger letter without discussing Metro’s response.
Tom Rubin
MTA’s analysis of the costs and benefits is fatally flawed for multiple reasons — I highly recommend the outstanding analysis that was done by Richard Stanger that is referenced by “Spokker” in comment 5 above.
Among other things, MTA failed to consider that fare gate systems require attendents at each station (“double-ended” stations, such as at Union Station, you often need more than one). These attendants are required when the gates don’t work and for a variety of other reasons. When you figure that it can take four full-time employees to staff one end of a station, as well as factor in the rest of MTA’s incredibly silly assumptions — such as fare gates will stop ALL fare evastion — and calculations, this idea is a loser from day one.
Except for Cubic Western, which sells (leases, in this case) the fare gates, which managed to convince several MTA Board Members — who have never been known as the starpest knives in the drawer.
I can already see a couple things that are wrong with MTA’s rebuttal.
“Is it clear how the two fare
systems [Metrolink and Metro] will
work together?
UFS was designed to be a regional system
and Metrolink is a TAP participant who
received regional funding to become
compatible. How the systems will work
together is based on business rules and fare
Metrolink is not implementing TAP. They have stated that it is cost prohibitive.
“What will be the fare media costs
and passenger inconvenience to
Metrolink riders.
Fare media costs were not considered as part
of the Faregating Analysis since smartcard
fare media will be required regardless of fare
gates. Fare media is not a deterrent to patron
convenience. Metro pass riders transferring to
Muni operators must carry a separate
interagency transfer today, and vice versa.”
Metrolink riders do not have to carry a separate interagency transfer today. All one-way, round-trip, 10-trip and monthly passes are also EZ-Transit passes which allow full use of Metro Rail on the day or month the ticket is good for.
Since Metrolink is not moving to TAP, they have to utilize resources to get customers who transfer to Metro rail and bus lines on TAP. First, transfers for one-way and round-trip riders are being discontinued and this will go into effect once the fare gates are operational. Second, 10-trip and monthly passholders will have to get TAP cards. On their Metrolink pass there will be a coupon code that can be used to load a monthly Metro pass onto their TAP card for “free” (actually, Metrolink riders partially pay for the cost of transfers in the ticket or pass price whether they transfer or not).
From then on monthly and 10-trip ticket holders will have to carry two passes if they intend to transfer to Metro. One-way and round-trip riders will have to purchase separate one-way tickets or day passes to transfer, further increasing the cost and inconvenience of taking public transit. Metrolink has decided that they can only support their bread and butter passengers, which are monthly passholders. This is good for retaining ridership, but is it good for growing ridership?
We should be working toward a system that is as easy to use as possible. We need interagency cooperation, not a system that is even more fragmented than it is now.
Hahaha, wow, I was under the assumption that TAP wasn’t going to be a Big Brother thing. I actually had faith that Metro wasn’t lying to me when they said that information on where and when you TAP was not going to be accessed by anybody.
“Electronic trip data can be retrieved and provides
evidence of where and when the offender entered the system.”
And drivers throw a fit when anyone suggests installing a GPS tracker on their car to figure out how much they drive for the purpose of a VMT tax. Transit riders take this stuff lying down.
But it’s not like proof of payment systems can ever catch criminals…
http://laist.com/2009/08/17/year-long_murder_suspect_caught_dur.php
Yeah, let’s move from police officers checking fares to blind turnstiles. *rolls eyes*
You note that there is currently a 6% fare evasion rate right now based on spot check systems. But systems that have turnstiles have a similar fare evasion rate, sometimes worse.
From a MetroRiderLA post contributed by Spokker, who also posts here:
A 2007 article puts fare evasion higher, though I wonder if the study was somehow skewed to make fare gates look better.
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/26/local/me-evade26
Blue Line weekdays and Saturday: 5%
Blue Line Sunday: 8.2%
Red Line weekday: 4.4%
Red line weekends 6-7%
Green Line weekday: 6%
Green Line weekend: 8%
Gold Line weekday: 3%
Gold Line weekend: 4%
Orange Line weekdays and Sunday: 5%
Orange Line saturday: 6%
At these levels on POP lines right now, the worst fare evasion rate is 8%. For one thing, this is not a critical level. Second, the fare gates are being installed on the Red Line (subway), which has a lower than average fare evasion rate on weekdays and average on weekends.
Also, I’ve been having a hard time finding a study online about which method was better: fare barriers or proof-of-payment? It had surveyed about two dozen North American agencies, including Los Angeles, with a sample of both fare-enforcement methods.
All the agencies reported had more than 90% rates of compliance. No agency reported 100% compliance.
When fare gates and POP were averaged together, the fare gate systems had an advantage of only 1-2 percentage points over POP. The fare gate systems were not uniformly better, as a few POP systems had better compliance rates than some of the worse gated systems.
The report said the 1-2 percent difference was not statistically significant enough to determine conclusively that one system was better than another. Also, the report implied that switching costs are too high, and advised transit agencies to stick with the systems they have.
No system has ever reported 100% compliance, so Metro is basing calculations on assumptions no agency has ever reached. At best, Metro can only hope to reduce subway fare delinquency to 2.4% — which would likely be one of the best rates in North America. It’s an admirable goal, but ludicrous at the same time.
The Green Line can also be sealed off, since it is entirely elevated. It has worse than average delinquency, yet 2% only pushes it to average or above average. The Gold Line has the lowest fare delinquency rates, and only about half of the stations can be gated.
The Blue Line has higher than average rates, yet there are only 6 or so stations that can be plausibly sealed off with gates. Fare barriers can be easily avoided here, so they’d be useless.
If you used Richard Stanger’s calculations of fare recovery and estimated loss of revenue, and figured a $100 million capital investment for the gates, maintenance and fare-card system integration, Metro would need the gates in place for 37 years to recover the costs of the system.
I think one of MTA’s hopes here is that they will get a better count of ridership in general, not just deal with fare evaders and they may be right. There’s no way to track pass usage, for example. The transit police check, but there’s no count for riders if somebody has a regional pass or an interagency pass. You get data on who purchased the pass, and you can catch these trips on the buses, but you don’t get this data on the trains. So it should help the MTA link up some trips.
Even with TAP cards– I”ve been guilty of this–I hold a monthly pass, but if I am running for the train or being absent-minded that day, I sometimes, don’t bother passing my card over the reader. I will do so on my way out so that the trip is counted somewhere, but it’ll be counted at North Hollywood instead of 7th street. Bad. So the turnstiles will stop me that from happening. Given how many of us wind up running for the train, I have trouble believing I am the only one who does that.
Al Roads
The 6% evasion rate is definitely low. All you have to do is stand one of the fare barriers in Union Station and see how many people try to enter without a valid pass. Some didn’t even know you had to pay to ride the system, which says something about the current fare inspection force.
TAP has been available for about a year now. Granted, most people with TAP cards do not tap on a validator, but that should change with gates. The data the agency collects with TAP enforcement has invaluable worth when it comes to route planning, train frequency, future allocation of resources, etc.
RE: the Stanger report, every point was refuted by MTA. Will there be issues/problems with gates as they are introduced to an open system for the first time? Of course. But Los Angeles is the only subway system in the country without a barrier system. I’m glad we’re taking steps to catch up.
I’m shocked that you didn’t consider a more cost effective system like Toronto’s.
With over 1 million daily riders and only 69 stations… It would only take 5 and a half years to pay that back. If they last 30 years then that is nearly a 6 fold return on investment.
Untrue, Al Roads, lots of systems use the inspection or “fare-check” method besides LA…Seattle’s one. The barrier method might make people feel better, but it’s worth discussing whether it’s truly effective.
A big reason for pushing forward on the Metro fare gate project is to allow Metro to impose zone fares on the rail system. You won’t find this in Board report but only by talking to staff.
Madam_S
Great forum here, with both sides debated. I had read Stanger’s analysis long ago, and thought it was very interesting. I recently read the Metro rebuttal, but was not impressed.
Many points remain:
1. Metro assumes 100% effectiveness of gates;
2. Maintenance and staffing required for gates are ignored, though significant.
3. Metro ignores cost of new tickets (new “fare media”);
4. Fines can be increased.
Also, please stop claiming that LA should do this because other cities do it. This argument is meaningless, since many cities do without it (in N. America and Europe).
It’s interesting that this page says it’ll take 16 years to recoup capital investment, while Metro numbers say 9-10. However, neither accounts for non-capital costs, and neither will be accurate, since these propositions always underestimate costs and overestimate benefits.
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I got my purse caught in a turnstile a few months back and for the life of me, I couldn’t get it out. Took at least 10 mins to get it unhooked and I ended up missing my train.
The article has been written in august 2009. Almost 5 years after it would be curiously to know what the author can say about turnstiles payback in Los-Angeles? Thoughts in the material are right. Is there any information about economic benefit of turnstiles during these 4,5 years?
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Decoding Mission at The Museum of Technology, Cambridge - Year 3/Year 4
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Y5 & Y6 Historic Cambridge Buildings Visit
With thanks to Luther Phillips from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School who not only gave some of our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils a tour of the former Grade II listed Addenbrooke’s hospital building (established in 1766) last Spring term but also imparted some invaluable advice and wisdom:
Always be kind and considerate to others regardless of each other’s status.
Always aspire and persevere to solve local and global issues.
Never be afraid to ask for help.
It was remarked upon that our Vine pupils took notes throughout the tour and were praised for being wonderful and attentive. They learnt about the unique design of the current School which aims to stimulate thought, promotes collaboration and that former alumni include Ebon Upton, Founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. One of our Y5 pupils was pleased to share that Mr Upton was her dad’s current boss.
The afternoon provided the group of Vine pupils with a visit to King’s College Chapel with its magnificent fan vaulting, stained glass windows, Tudor Choir Stalls and the famous painting 'Adoration of the Magi' by Rubens. All members of our group enthusiastically scoured the Chapel from all sides to complete the Chapel Quiz. Well done to our Y6 girls who scored the highest marks – no doubt helped by taking the initiative to quiz the Chapel staff for the answers. Great thinking and teamwork!
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Why Trump Won’t Break Up Silicon Valley Monopolies…
…when the European Union will
Susan Seager | May 30, 2017 @ 4:25 PM
The Trump administration will not try to break up Silicon Valley’s powerful monopolies — Google, Facebook and Amazon.
“I have no hope whatsoever,” said USC dean emeritus Jonathan Taplin, author of the new book, “Move Fast and Break Things: How Facebook, Google, and Amazon Cornered Culture and Undermined Democracy.”
Taplin describes President Trump as “subservient to” the tech giants, but says President Obama was the same.
“Politicians seem to be over-awed by real billionaires,” Taplin told TheWrap. “I don’t even know if Trump is a real billionaire. But I’m certain Peter Thiel, Larry Page and Mark Zuckerberg are real billionaires.”
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Google’s market power is being investigated overseas, however.
In the European Union, antitrust regulators are expected to issue a ruling in the next few months whether Google breached EU anti-trust rules and should be fined.
“The EU is pretty much leading that charge,” Taplin said.
EU regulators are looking at three possible anti-trust violations: squeezing out rivals in internet searches, through Google’s Android mobile operating system, and with Google’s “AdSense for Search” platform, which produces search results that include advertising.
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Google denies the allegations and says it increased competition.
Taplin believes that U.S. anti-trust regulators would take a second look at Silicon Valley companies if voters were to elect Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren as president in four years. “She’s made monopoly the core focus of her work,” Taplin said.
“It’s never healthy in a democracy to have such concentrations of private power,” Taplin said. “We have confronted this problem one hundred years ago, and I am pretty confident that a new progressive resistance is at hand.”
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Google is more than a search engine, Facebook is more than a social media platform, and Amazon is more than an online book store, Taplin said.
Facebook and Google are actually hugely successful advertising agencies. The two giants are locked in a struggle to sell the most ads based on legalized spying on their users and selling the data to advertisers, Taplin said. “For the moment, Facebook seems to be winning,” Taplin wrote in his book. “Whichever company can accumulate the most data on you can then sell highly pinpointed advertising at the highest price.”
Google and Facebook have disrupted the entertainment and news industries by scooping up most of the advertising revenue, not putting the money back into creating content, and Google’s subsidiary YouTube has not adequately policed pirated works, Taplin said.
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In first quarter of last year, 85 cents of every new dollar spent on online advertising was paid to Google or Facebook. “So all providers of content, be they musicians, filmmakers, journalists, or photographers, have to deal with Google or Facebook if they want to attract an audience,” he said.
Taplin has experience in the music and film industries as the former tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band, and a film producer for Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders and Gus Van Sant. He penned a New York Times op-ed about his book last month.
The other Silicon Valley monopoly, Amazon, now controls 70 market share of all online new book sales, whether print or digital, Taplin said.
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Now Amazon is expanding its reach into all kinds of retail sales
“You look at even fashion retail, Amazon’s making unbelievable strides in that,” Taplin said. “You’re seeing what the effect is on the mass market retails like Sears and K-mart and they are probably going out of business in the next year.”
To dilute the advertising market power of Google and Facebook, Taplin favors a federal privacy law that would require users to affirmatively opt-in to data-mining by online companies — which is key to their online advertising services — instead of the current system of requiring consumers to opt-out.
He also proposes a government-ordered break-up of the Silicon Valley monopolies, as AT&T was broken up, and require the licensing of the companies’ patents for free to “create a whole bunch of new firms.”
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Several charities are among organisations working with social networking site Bebo to offer online advice to its community on mental health, social care and general wellbeing.
Bebo's 12 partners on the new Be Well service include Samaritans, ChildLine, Mencap and Beatbullying. The site claims to have 12 million users.
Dr Rachel O'Connell, chief safety officer at Bebo, said: "We recognise that our community socialises online and appreciates easy access to support services from within Bebo which may not be as readily accessible in the real world."
Anthony Langan, public affairs spokesman for Samaritans, said: "Our partnership with Bebo's Be Well platform enables Samaritans to engage with a key target audience of people aged between 15 and 24, one of the most at risk groups."
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Tambuiwal Signs Agric Project Contract in China
Sokoto government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Henan Province of China for the establishment a demonstration farm and boosting of agriculture in the state.
With this agreement, Sokoto has become one of the beneficiaries of the 100 agricultural projects to be sited in developing countries which was announced by the Chinese President, Ji Xinping during the South-South Cooperation meeting held in September 2015.
The deal will see to the application of new technology for cultivation of crops such as corn, wheat, tomatoes and onions.
A statement issued from China by the spokesman of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Malam Imam Imam, said the agreement also provides room for experts from Sokoto and Henan Province to carry out joint analyses and studies of climatic conditions, soil moisture status, crop cultivation techniques and plant protection and quarantine
It will also promote lease investment and promotion of agricultural machinery between the two entities.
Speaking at the signing of the agreement in Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan Province, Governor Tambuwal said as the largest producer of food and agric machinery in China, Henan Provice has a lot to offer Sokoto.
“They have some of the best agricultural machinery industries in the world. From simple ones to the complicated. Having gone round the factories and demonstration farms, we will choose the best one for our state.
“Signing this agreement today has given our decision to embrace mechanised agriculture a huge boost. We will quickly work to set up a joint working group to ensure its implementation,” the Governor added.
While the state commissioner of agriculture, Umar nagwari signed on behalf of Sokoto government, King Xue, the General manager of Henan Holding Industries signed on behalf of the Chinese.
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Bruising year for the High Street as a third of retailers were forced to put out profit warnings in 2019 - and number could rise this year
Sterling plummets to a two-year low
By Simon Duke for MailOnline
Updated: 03:42 EST, 27 August 2008
The pound plunged to a two-year low against the dollar yesterday, putting it on course for its worst month since Britain withdrew from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism in 1992.
Greenback gains: Sterling has fallen dramatically against the dollar in the last month.
Fears that the UK economy is heading inexorably towards recession sent sterling tumbling to $1.8331 yesterday - the lowest level since July, 2006.
Now down over 7% since the start of August, the pound is set for its steepest monthly fall since a near 13% plunge in October, 1992 following its ejection from the ERM.
Yesterday's slide against the greenback also pushed sterling to its lowest since 1996 against a basket of major currencies.
News that the pound is sinking at speeds not seen since Black Wednesday has reinforced concerns that the economy is poised to go into reverse for the first time since the John Major years.
Lengthening dole queues and mounting pressure on households from the credit crunch saw the economy stagnate in the second quarter, cutting short a 16-year winning streak.
Half of the City's leading economists now believe the Bank of England will start cutting interest rates before the end of 2008, despite inflation running at over twice the official target, according to newswire Bloomberg. Three weeks ago only one in four economists expected a reduction in borrowing costs this year.
A rate cut won't come soon enough for the increasingly fragile property market.
The latest British Bankers' Association data revealed that the number of mortgages approved last month plunged 65% to 22,369 from a year ago, and are only marginally above the record lows reported for June. Seema Shah of Capital Economics-said: 'With the economy now teetering on the edge of recession, mortgage demand is likely to remain at current low levels for some time.'
While Britain's prospects are deteriorating rapidly, America is increasingly tipped to beat the UK and Europe out of the credit crunch downturn.
US consumer confidence recovered far more than expected in August as the pullback in the oil price eased inflationary fears over runaway inflation, according to a Conference Board survey.
Hopes the American economy may be on the path to recovery sent the dollar to a six-month high of $1.4630 against the euro.
Confidence in the single currency took another battering on fears that Germany is edging closer to recession.
A key barometer of business confidence in the Eurozone's biggest economy plummeted to a 15-year low this month.
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Sending Children by Parcel Post
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by Jennifer Rosenberg
Jennifer Rosenberg is a historian, history fact-checker, and freelance writer who writes about 20th-century history topics.
It's never easy traveling with children and often it can be expensive. In the early 1900s, some people decided cut costs by mailing their children via parcel post.
Sending packages via the U.S. Parcel Post Service began on January 1, 1913. Regulations stated that packages could not weigh more than 50 pounds but did not necessarily preclude the sending of children. On February 19, 1914, the parents of four-year-old May Pierstorff mailed her from Grangeville, Idaho to her grandparents in Lewiston, Idaho. Mailing May apparently was cheaper than buying her a train ticket. The little girl wore her 53-cents worth of postal stamps on her jacket as she traveled in the train's mail compartment.
After hearing of examples such as May, the Postmaster General issued a regulation against sending children by mail. This picture was meant as a humorous image to the end of such practice. (Picture courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute.)
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Best 15 Lip-Dub Songs for Wedding
Sweety June 14, 2018
New Trend Of Lip-Dub Songs In Weddings...
Who doesn’t like the new ideas for their weddings to be perfect. Everyone loves to have nice videos and shoots of their D-Day. And what if , there comes an innovative and fun way of doing that. Yes, lip-dub songs for wedding are the one which can make your wedding videos more brilliant and memorable.
So, you must be thinking what lip dubs are?? Lip dubs are same as Dubsmash or lip-syncing videos. Lip Dub can make you and your family feel like Pop-stars. Here are some best songs for lip-dub songs for wedding:
Top 15 Bollywood Lip-dub songs for wedding :
1. Radha
This song from the movie STUDENT OF THE YEAR and the artists of this song are Shreya Ghoshal, Shekhar Ravjiani, Vishal Dadlani, Udit Narayan This song reflects the ancient Indian culture and love in Western form. Groom can dedicate this song to the bride in a beautiful way. This is one of the Best songs for Lip-dub. Choosing this song can be probably one of the best ways to make everyone dance and remember your wedding for a long time.
One thing that is more interesting about this song is, that you can have the shots of people during the ceremonies like shots of the hotel staff, the bride getting ready.
2. Punjabi Wedding Song
This song is from the movie HASEE TOH PHASEE and the artists are Sunidhi Chauhan, Benny Dayal. This is the song for everyone on the dance floor. The bride and groom and their families can enjoy the lip dubbing moments and capture them beautifully. Everyone can join the performance and can flaunt their perfect moves. But if you want your lip dub video to be the best, practice as much you can and make it perfect.
3. Cutiepie
This beautiful song is from the movie AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL. The artists of this song are Nakash Aziz, Pardeep Sran. This song can be dedicated from the best friends to the bride. The song is made up with mad antics of Ranbir-Anushka that shows their friendship, you can also do the same in your performance that shows some serious friendship goals. Acting on this song is not that difficult, one can easily go through the lyrics and learn them.
4. Gal Mithi Mithi
This song is from the movie AISHA and the song is sung by Amit Trivedi. And this song can be the better choice for lip-dubbing. This song can rock in Indian weddings and can break the boundaries of awesomeness. The Lip dub video on this song can capture the essence of an Indian wedding filled with colors, songs, music, dance performances and the awesome people.
5. Banno Tera Swagger
This song from the movie TANU WEDS MANU 2 is definitely a perfect choice for a bold bride who can act and lip-dub like an expert. This beautiful song is sung by Brijesh Shandilya, Swati Sharma. This song will be perfect for bride entry where bride can show her bold moves and swag. The bride can act like a an audacious girl who carries herself and her aura in a flawless way.
6. Iski Uski
This song is from the movie 2 STATES. The artists of this song are Akriti Kakkar, Shahid Mallya . This song is for the people who love the Indian culture and tradition. All the guests can enjoy the lip-dubbing part. This song has punjabi tadka right from the first line to the music and the choreography.
7. Nachde Ne saare
This song is from the movie BAAR BAAR DEKHO. The artists of this song are Jasleen Royal, Harshdeep Kaur, Siddharth Mahadevan. This song reflects the love of family members and guests towards the couple. Everyone can step out for the dance on this song. The song is best for a Punjabi couple and whole family can join and dance on this song like a pro. The people who understand the punjabi language can for sure give their best in their lip dub performance but it can be bit diificult for those who don’t understand punjabi.
8. Rab Rakha
This song from the movie LOVE BREAKUPS ZINDAGI. This song is sung by Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Salim Merchant, Shraddha Pandit. It is the perfect song for the rituals like Mehendi and sangeet functions.
9. Gulaabo
The song Gulaabo from the movie SHAANDAAR is the perfect enjoyable and craziest track for the bride and her friends before the wedding. The artists of this song are Vishal Dadlani, Anusha Mani. This song is so exciting, that it can overwhelm everyone present. Everyone can easily act and practice on this song and the performers can easily learn the lyrics.
10. Tukur Tukur
This soundtrack is from the movie DILWALE. The artists of this song are Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar, Kanika Kapoor, Nakash Aziz, Siddharth Mahadevan. This song is the party starrer in which everyone can have fun and dance their hearts out. Everyone can join the couple to share the joy make the wedding even more awesome and interesting event.
11. Badri ki Dulhania (Title Track) -
This song is from the movie BADRI KI DULHANIA . This song is sung by Neha Kakkar, Monali Thakur, Ikka Singh, Dev Negi. This song expresses the fun and the spark between the partners. So this can be definitely in the list of lip-dub songs.
12. Gallan Goodiyan
This song is from the movie DIL DHADAKNE DO. The artists of this song are Farhan Akhtar, Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh, Yashita Yashpal Sharma, Manish J Tipu, Sayantani Das. This track can be the lip-dub song for the typical Indian Wedding with the regular customs.
13. Laung da Lashkara
This song from the movie PATIALA HOUSE is sung by Hard Kaur, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Jasbir Jassi which reflects the traditions and cultures of the Punjabi wedding. And this song is best for the wedding lip dub video and people will love to dance on this song.
14. London Thumakda
This song is from the movie QUEEN. The artists of this song are Neha Kakkar, Sonu Kakkar, Labh Janjua. This songs is perfect to rock the Baraats and sangeet functions. This song totally sounds like a perfect wedding song and a nice wedding dance number that can make the occasion more joyous.
15. Sadi Gali
This song is from the movie TANU WEDS MANU. This song is sung by Lehmber Hussainpuri. Everyone can dance on the beats of this song. This song doesn’t need any description because this is the perfect lip-dub song for everyone present in the wedding.
If you are looking for the Bollywood Lip-dub songs for wedding , so no other songs can be the better choice than these ones. If you are looking for the Bollywood Lip-dub songs for your wedding , so no other songs can be the better choice than these ones.
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Grand Opening of Two of the R Subway Line Stations
The MTA announced the grand opening of two of the R Subway Line Stations, Bay Ridge Avenue and 53rd Street, from its Enhanced Station Initiative Program Facilitator project. VJ Associates provided cost estimating and value engineering services for the development of pilot concept plans for the enhancement of five typical subway stations for the MTA which will be used as a guideline for the future enhancement of 33 stations. The program will focus on changing the public perception of stations to the positive: improving passenger experience, continued responsibility of bringing stations to a state of good repair, and the development of station aesthetics through design innovation. VJA worked with the design team to identify risks/opportunities and minimize unknown problems that could adversely affect the timely completion of the work, classify and rank the possible risks/opportunities and discuss mitigation plans for top risks. The MTA posted a video for the 53rd Street Station Grand Opening, click here to view it.
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Alert neighbor tips off cops to Ventura burglary
Ventura police arrested a 58-year-old man after an investigation found he had broken into a house as part of a burglary, authorities said.
Alert neighbor tips off cops to Ventura burglary Ventura police arrested a 58-year-old man after an investigation found he had broken into a house as part of a burglary, authorities said. Check out this story on vcstar.com: https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/ventura/2019/07/31/man-arrested-ventura-after-neighbor-suspects-burglary/1885859001/
Jeremy Childs, Ventura County Star Published 9:41 p.m. PT July 31, 2019 | Updated 4:36 p.m. PT Aug. 1, 2019
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Ventura police arrested a 58-year-old man Wednesday after an investigation found he had broken into a house as part of a burglary, according to authorities.
The investigation began around noon in the 1500 block of Vista Del Mar Drive.
A witness had spoken to the suspect, identified as Timothy Johnson, when he saw he was standing on the side of his neighbor’s home, according to police. The witness confronted Johnson, who left the scene, police said. The witness then walked around to the back of the residence and found a window screen had been left out of place, according to authorities.
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The neighbor called Ventura police, who arrived and found Johnson near the Pierpont Inn, 550 Sanjon Road. Officers detained him and found he was in possession of property stolen from the residence, authorities said, as well as a concealed knife. Police said they concluded Johnson had burglarized the residence and took him into custody.
Johnson was arrested on suspicion of residential burglary and being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, according to authorities. He was booked into county jail and his bail was set at $100,000. The investigation is ongoing.
Jeremy Childs is a breaking news and public safety reporter covering the night shift for the Ventura County Star. He can be reached by calling 805-437-0208 or emailing jeremy.childs@vcstar.com.
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Prevent Web Application Vulnerabilities by Testing Early
By Evan Wade
An exploit is not an exploit is not an exploit. Though many abusable web application vulnerabilities ostensibly come with the same goal in mind — namely, letting malicious jerks access all sorts of sensitive data — the various roads they take to reach that end are nearly as wide and varied as the types of software they attack.
Here's a look at three well-known web application vulnerabilities, how they work, and why stopping them early (read: during production) is crucial for the security of your users and the reputation of your product and company.
1. Heartbleed: Catchy Name, Nasty Results
If you've been online at all in the last year or so, you've undoubtedly heard the word "Heartbleed" kicked around a few times. There's good reason for that: Major social media sites like Pinterest and Instagram felt the burn of Heartbleed before patching, as did several Google services like Gmail and Google Play. And that's just for starters.
How does a single vulnerability become so prolific? When it rides the coattails of OpenSSL, one of the most popular security toolkits in all of web app development. While the nuts and bolts are (of course) highly technical, here's a good high-level view of the vulnerability from Gizmodo: By continually requesting info from a server via the security toolkit, attackers could eventually get data worth keeping, such as passwords and personal photos.
Worse, the vulnerability lasted about two years from discovery to protection. It's since been patched — and if your products use OpenSSL, they most definitely should be — but countless people saw their personal info breached in the interim. Talk about scary.
2. SQL Injection: Easy, Incredibly Common, and Mean as All Get-Out
A quick Google search of the term "SQL Injection Easy" returns a bunch of results. Moreover, the top link on the subject relays a warning best described as serious: "An SQL Injection can destroy your database."
To put it another way, SQL injection is no joke. At a high level, it looks a lot like Heartbleed in that attackers manipulate a server, causing it to hand out info it's not supposed to share. Here, however, the secret sauce comes in the form of web forms: If a sign-up page or similar input area doesn't include the correct security measures, data on the server an attacker interacts with is potentially at risk.
Protecting against injection once again shows the importance of paying attention to security from the beginning. The big thing is making sure your code is clean and protected before it ever hits the customer side; additionally, "sanitizing user-supplied data before using it in a query or command" is crucial to staying safe, as noted in the tutorial on preventing SQL attacks.
3. Cross-Site Scripting: An Oldie, but Still a Baddie
Cross-site scripting (also known as XSS) is one of those vulnerabilities that has been around forever. It's also a bit different from the previous two attacks listed here in how it works and whom it targets. Instead of going after a server, XSS is about the individual user — and that individual has to click some sort of malicious link in order for it to work. The results of that single click can be devastating.
As Veracode's breakdown of XSS says, an attacker can take remote control of a user's browser after a successful exploit and do a host of damage that includes seizing the victim's accounts and contributing to the spread of web worms.
Age hasn't made XSS any less common, either. At one point, 68 percent of all web apps were somehow exposed. While that number is much lower today, there are undoubtedly still countless variations of it causing trouble for companies and the end users who pay their light bills. That makes fixing it before it becomes a problem critical; anything less could make the people behind the app look like amateurs.
Test Early, Test Often
If there's a common thread among these attacks, it's that they can all be prevented by testing throughout the development of a project. There are countless variations of every security flaw described here — not to mention all the others causing trouble online these days. In a time when everyone's a techie, failing to address a commonly known problem can cause serious damage to a company's rep, deserved or not.
In other words, make sure your code is being tested all the time. Failure to do so will inevitably put everyone involved in a web app's life cycle at risk.
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Audrey Cefaly
Audrey Cefaly is a southern writer and Alabama native based in the DC region. Her plays include The Gulf (Edgerton Award, Lammy Award, Samuel French OOB Fest Winner, Charles MacArthur Award Nominee); Alabaster (2019 NNPN Rolling World Premiere, 2019 Kilroys, 2018 NNPN Showcase, David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize, BAPF Semifinalist); Maytag Virgin (Women's Voices Theater Festival); The Last Wide Open (Cincinnati Playhouse commission); The Story of Walter (adaptation of her podcast by the same name); The Believers (Eagle Theatre commission) and Love is a Blue Tick Hound (a collection of award-winning one-acts).
Cefaly’s play Alabaster will receive a Rolling World Premiere (NNPN) in 2019-2020 to a record-breaking 10 theaters across the country, including Florida Rep, Salt Lake Acting Co, Know Theatre, Cap Stage, NJ Rep, Kitchen Dog Theatre, 16th Street Theater and others.
Cefaly has developed plays with the National New Play Network, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Signature Theatre, About Face Theatre, Vermont Stage, Serenbe Playhouse (New Territories), Aurora Theatre, Florida Rep, Theater Alliance, Quotidian Theatre Company, University of Alabama - Birmingham, and Contemporary American Theater Festival. She is published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus (two volumes of Best American Short Plays), and Applause Books.
Cefaly is a member of the 2019 Playwrights' Arena cohort at Arena Stage and was recently named a Traveling Master by the Dramatist Guild Foundation. She is an outspoken proponent of silence in story-telling and has authored numerous articles on the topic of playwriting for HowlRound and Samuel French’s Breaking Character Magazine. Cefaly is a recipient of grants from the Boomerang Fund for Artists as well as the Alabama and Maryland state arts councils. www.audreycefaly.com
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Google OnHub review: Why you should or shouldn’t buy
Posted on September 1, 2015 November 23, 2015 by Kristoffer Bonheur
Current routers look antiquated. There boxed design and sharp edges remind us of those times when cathode PC monitors and dial-up modems ruled our homes. Not to mention, most routers are horrible. Setting these devices or completing a simple task such as renaming your network of changing your password require a certain degree of computer literacy that are inaccessible to average users.
But Google is simplifying things. With the new OnHub wireless router made in partnership with TP-Link, the tech giant is introducing a powerful, simple, and beautiful home networking device. With this device, Google is solving three biggest drawbacks of current routers—setup, troubleshooting, and coverage.
Of course, with the high price tag that competes with advanced routers in the market, OnHub is up for a heated competition. The question: Should you or should you not buy the Google OnHub? This review provides a detailed rundown of this new device.
Reasons why you should buy the Google OnHub wireless router
1. Fast and seamless Wi0FI coverage and throughput. OnHub has a total of 13 internal antennas—six for a 2.4 GHz network frequencies, another six for a 5 GHz network frequency, and one congestion-sensing antenna to monitor the network performance and automatically tune the radios to the best setting.
By supporting both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies, OnHub is able to provide a Wi-Fi speed of up to 1900 Mbps.
Compared with other routers, OnHub does not separately broadcast the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies. The SSID or network name covers both frequencies and the device dynamically adjusts the network depending on which frequency has the best blend of speed, coverage, and minimal interference. It is a smart wireless router.
2. Easy software and hardware setup and management. Almost all routers out there come with dreadful software. Setting a password or changing the network can be a problem for average users. Google has developed a user interface that is simple and intuitive.
Take note that everything on the OnHub is done through the Google On app available for download on at least Android 4.0 or iOS 7 mobile devices. There is no web interface that is usually available in most routers.
Setting up OnHub is very easy. Plug the device to a power source, download the Google On app on an Android or iOS mobile device, and go through a simple and intuitive setup process that mainly involves holding the mobile device near the router, pairing it via audio signal, and initiating the initial configuration. The entire process can only take around five minutes, including naming the network and setting a password.
It is important to remember that setting up requires a live Internet connection and a Google account. Regardless of what device you use to setup OnHub, users need to first sign-in with a Google account.
There is more to the Google On app than setting up OnHub. The app indicates what devices are connected to your network and which ones are using the most bandwidth. It also allows users to prioritise bandwidth to specific devices. Rebooting OnHub is also done using the app.
The app also has speed test features—both for determining speed between an ISP and the modem, and between OnHub and wireless devices. It also tells users what the measured speed can do.
3. Beautifully designed for convenience and ease of use. Current routers are ugly and most of the time, they are left hidden under the basement, inside a drawer, or somewhere in the deepest and darkest corner of living rooms. The OnHub is gorgeous. It is a sleek cylinder-shaped device with no protruding antennas, ugly ISP logos, and arrays of LED lights.
Google wants users to place this device centrally in their homes—the most ideal position for wireless coverage and range—or somewhere that is not hidden from plain sight. With its minimalistic design, household members or visitors could easily confuse OnHub with a decorative fixture. Plus, the device has a dimmable light ring that uses one of four colour indicators to give feedback.
4. Future-proofing with numerous possibilities. Google says the OnHub is designed to support future smart devices. It supports next-generation technologies including Bluetooth Smart Ready, Zigbee, and the Google Weave platform.
The tech giant also mentioned OnHub will pack more features in future firmware updates. However, it remains unclear what exactly those features or upgrades will offer.
Reasons why you should not buy the Google OnHub wireless router
1. The app lacks futures available in most routers. Although the Google On app provides ease of use, it lacks several important and popular features available in most routers. These features include guest network, parental controls, firewall, dynamic DNS, virtual private network, and content filtering, among others.
There is also some problem in identifying the devices connected to OnHub. The app names connected device after the manufacturer. For example, if an iPhone 6 is connected to the network, the app will show it as “Apple” and there is option for users to rename it. This is problematic if there are users who use several device from same manufacturer.
2. Simplified design means compromising some hardware features. Google left out a few things that are usually available in several routers—especially in devices with the same price point. For instance, there are only two Ethernet ports: one to plug the device in the modem and the other one to use for wired Internet. This single Ethernet connection port for Internet use can be problematic for power users who want wired connection to run their desktop or laptop computers. Of course, there is an option to buy and use a network hub but using this adds complexity and thus, defeats the central concept of OnHub.
There is also a single USB 3.0 port on the OnHub but it is currently inactive at the moment. It is essentially useless because users cannot hook up a networked printer or hard drive. Its sole purpose is for USB recovery in cases when the internal software gets corrupted.
3. Considerably expensive with the availability of alternatives. Selling at $199, OnHub is considerably expensive. There are other wireless routers available in the market with same price point. Consider Airport Extreme from Apple as an example. Both devices have similar specifications and offer the same concept of simplicity. However, the Airport Extreme has three Ethernet ports and a functional USB port.
The high price tag would also compel some users to instead opt for a more feature-rich routers that are more suitable for power-usage and office use.
Verdict: Should you buy the Google OnHub wireless router?
OnHub is a perfectly designed wireless router that is both beautiful and compact. With ease of use from simple setup and management using an app available for download on an Android or iOS device, the device is for users who wants an easy setup and a powerful Wi-Fi signal without fussing around too much on technicalities.
But the high price point and lack of some advanced features available in devices under the same price category can turn off power users. In its current state, OnHub is a wait-and-see device. Future updates might bring forth additional features, especially for future smart devices.
With that said, it seems the trade-off should be worth it for customers who want to gear away from ugly routers with horrible software interface. If you are this person, then Google OnHub is definitely for you. Photo credit: Google, Inc.
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Why the Iran negotiations should stop
Opinion writer covering politics and policy, foreign and domestic
May 6, 2015 at 3:45 PM EDT
The Foreign Policy Initiative puts into context the recent event concerning a Marshall Islands ship:
The Iranian navy’s recent seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz reflects both its longstanding efforts to project power abroad and its distinct status as a symbol of Iranian might. The capture also indicates that ongoing nuclear negotiations have failed to stem Iran’s regional aggression. In fact, by treating Tehran’s belligerence as a distraction from its efforts to secure a nuclear deal, the Obama administration has undercut American influence in the region — and sent Iran the message that it can continue its aggression with relative impunity.
Indeed we already have ample evidence — from President Obama’s reluctance to topple Iran’s junior partner Bashar al-Assad and by his willingness to cede initiative on the ground in Iraq to Iran, ignoring continued threats to Israel, etc. — that desperation for an Iran accord is, at the very least, causing the administration to tolerate a great deal of behavior in the region that threatens our and our allies’ interests. As the FPI noted: In seizing the Marshall Islands-flagged ship, “Iran’s behavior suggests that it sees no contradiction between its efforts to reach a nuclear agreement and its regional hegemonic ambitions.” Iran’s conclusion is perfectly logical:
The reason is clear: The Obama administration also sees no contradiction between Tehran’s aggression and the negotiated resolution of nuclear concerns. Specifically, Washington fears that challenging Iran’s drive for regional supremacy would undermine prospects for a final agreement, and therefore has largely turned a blind eye to its brazen provocations. As White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest has argued, Iran’s naval aggression simply reinforces the need to finalize a nuclear deal in order to prevent Tehran from becoming “even more destabilizing” and “even more dangerous.”
The opposite is the case. By signing an agreement that would allow Tehran to retain its nuclear infrastructure, resume all nuclear activities after 10 to 15 years, and receive sanctions relief prior to full compliance with the deal, the Obama administration would embolden the regime to continue its regional aggression, secure in the knowledge that its growing nuclear capabilities will increasingly shield it from retaliation.
If the administration insists that Iran’s non-nuclear behavior is unacceptable and not linked to the nuclear talks, there should be no problem if Congress insists on a policy to thwart Iran and, if it finds it insufficient, puts additional sanctions on Iran.
But of course the administration would balk, and we already see that Iran is mastering “linkage” — trying to intimidate the United States on other issues with the threat it will walk out of nuclear talks. The Hill reports, “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, vowed on Wednesday that his nation would leave nuclear negotiations if it feels threatened by America’s armed forces. ‘Recently U.S. officials threatened to take military action against Iran,’ Khamenei tweeted. . . . U.S. need for the #talks – if not more – is not less than #Iran’s,’ Khamenei wrote. ‘Negotiators should observe red lines & tolerate no burden, humiliation & threat,’ he added.”
So there you have it. The Iran deal is getting worse and worse, Iran (rightly) believes Obama needs a deal more than it does and can use the prospect of a deal to neutralize U.S. influence in the region. No wonder the Gulf states are panicky and Congress wants to grab the reins on Iran policy. Left to his own devices, Obama would let Iran dominate the region and get on a glide path to a bomb — precisely what he already has done.
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The White House’s latest attack on Mueller reveals an ugly truth about Trump
President Trump (Evan Vucci/AP)
Greg Sargent
Opinion writer covering national politics
May 3, 2019 at 10:37 AM EDT
President Trump’s latest position on the Mueller report is that it both totally exonerates him and is fatally flawed at its very core — because it doesn’t totally exonerate him.
Signs are mounting that House Democrats are reaching a breaking point in the face of Trump’s maximal resistance to any and all oversight. That resistance just took a new turn, when Trump told Fox News that former White House counsel Donald McGahn should defy a subpoena to appear before Congress.
McGahn’s testimony to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III provided the basis for the report’s conclusions on some of Trump’s worst obstruction of justice efforts, and Democrats hope he can shed more light on them. A major confrontation looks all but inevitable.
So the White House is justifying its maximal resistance with a broadened set of claims. These are set forth in a newly released letter that White House lawyer Emmet Flood sent to the Justice Department, complaining bitterly about Mueller’s investigation.
Because the Mueller report disclosed his conclusion that he could not conclusively determine that Trump hadn’t committed criminal obstruction of justice, the letter argues, the investigation is hopelessly tainted.
What’s more, it argues, Trump fully cooperated with that tainted investigation. But now that it’s over, he retains the right to exercise executive privilege to prevent his advisers from testifying to Congress — that is, to resist all efforts to further flesh out Mueller’s conclusions.
The argument is ludicrous but revealing. It shows in a roundabout way that Trump’s real position is that he should be beyond the reach of accountability entirely.
The new White House argument
Flood’s letter takes issue with the Mueller report’s declaration that he could not reach the judgment that Trump didn’t commit obstruction of justice. Mueller said if he could have reached that judgment, he would have, adding: “While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
Flood argues that this violated basic prosecutorial tenets, because prosecutors are either supposed to bring charges or decline to do so. If they decline, that’s supposed to be the end of the matter. By saying Trump is not exonerated, Mueller strayed beyond prosecutorial boundaries, into the “political.”
But importantly, Flood’s letter doesn’t address why Mueller stated that he couldn’t exonerate Trump.
As you’ll recall, Mueller clearly stated that his team accepted the Office of Legal Counsel’s opinion declaring that a sitting president cannot be indicted. Thus, they didn’t explicitly state Trump had committed crimes, because — without an indictment and a trial — Trump would not have been able to defend himself.
Mueller also laid out extensive evidence of criminal obstruction. But, because Mueller did not think he had the jurisdiction to indict — which constrained him from declaring outright that Trump committed crimes — Mueller declined to render that judgment, which he felt required him to also reveal that this didn’t mean Trump hadn’t committed crimes.
By arguing that Mueller should not have even revealed that, without addressing why Mueller did so, Flood is creating an absurdity: Mueller could not say Trump committed crimes, because that would have been unfair to him, but Mueller also could not say Trump hasn’t been cleared or reveal the evidence of what he did do.
This construction effectively places Trump beyond accountability. If Trump can’t be indicted, the only mechanism for accountability is Congress — yet according to Flood, Congress should not have been informed as to what Mueller learned about Trump’s misconduct.
“The Flood letter is an extraordinary misreading of the role of a special counsel as Mueller understood it,” Mark Rozell, a professor of government who has written on presidential secrecy and accountability, told me. “Because Mueller chose to follow OLC guidance, he was constrained in the conclusions he could draw. He therefore carefully documented evidence which would allow the legislative branch to take action.”
“Flood’s argument, if accepted, effectively puts the president outside the reach of the law and undermines the whole system of democratic accountability,” Rozell continued.
In fairness, one could argue Mueller didn’t have to follow the OLC opinion and could have indicted if he thought it warranted.
But the White House can’t really amplify this argument, because it would tacitly acknowledge that Mueller did amass extensive evidence that could have provided the basis for indicting.
What’s more, Attorney General William P. Barr himself has said Mueller could not indict. During his Wednesday hearing, Barr said Mueller should have declared whether Trump committed criminal acts and that, if so, an indictment would have to wait until after Trump left office.
Mueller did not make that declaration either way out of an abundance of fairness. Now the White House is exploiting that in bad faith to, in effect, declare that Mueller should not have left open other avenues to accountability.
Trump is above accountability
All this points to Trump’s actual position, which is that he is above accountability entirely. Trump has said the administration will defy “all” subpoenas. The White House letter declares that Trump can defy congressional efforts to further flesh out Mueller’s findings on the basis of executive privilege, such as by blocking McGahn’s testimony.
Rozell tells me that while presidents can legitimately claim executive privilege to protect the secrecy of deliberations, this is “not an absolute or unconstrained power.” Rozell adds: “The privilege weakens substantially when there are allegations of wrongdoing.” Which is the case now.
Meanwhile, Barr still hasn’t said when Mueller will be permitted to testify to Congress. Needless to say, Mueller will be asked why he declined to exonerate Trump, at which point he may well communicate in some way that a good deal of evidence did indeed point to Trump’s criminality.
It is precisely this type of further fact-finding by Congress that Trump is so desperate to close down.
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Spillage and Other Noise
Working in radio, we spend a lot of time worrying about two things: coverage and overspill. Getting coverage of a building is the core objective of the DeafWatch™ system and achieving coverage can often be a challenge.
Concrete buildings reinforced with meshed rebar steel and metre thick floor or walls can cause several difficulties. We’ve even enjoyed covering a military training centre with two-centimetre thick hardened steel on every surface. Our customers do like to set us problems to solve!
We like a challenge here at Wireless Alert, it’s why we’ve designed and built the most powerful fire alarm paging system for Deaf people in the market. With the right output, the right licence and the right antenna, we have cracked all but a handful of buildings with just a single transmitter.
With great power comes great responsibility, however, and we take our responsibilities with signal and overspill very seriously.
To explain, overspill is the consequence of the fact that buildings aren’t a perfect circle with a perfect distribution of dense building materials, interference generating electronic devices and moving people throughout. If only they were.
As a result, ensuring complete radio coverage of a building is very much about putting a square peg in a round hole. Or more accurately it is about trying to cover every part of a complex building while minimising the radio that escapes that building. And most buildings are small but tall, or a semi-circle, or a cluster of different houses right on top of each other.
You can do quite a lot. With our unit we can put it anywhere in the building, adjust the signal to an appropriate output and use complicated antennas to minimise this overspill and focus the signal where you really want it.
The problem is that for every concrete wall the signal must get through, there’s an open window which will let the signal fly. This wouldn’t be such a problem if there weren’t people in the market saying that overspill is a huge problem (it isn’t) and untruthfully saying that only they have the solution (thus defying the laws of physics). This tends to confuse customers. Scooby Doo scare tactics and magical thinking can do that.
To put it simply, having poor signal within a building is the norm. Your phone in your pocket proves that. Providing complete coverage is 90% science and 10% art. And when we say art, we mean the practiced workmanship of knowledge built up over decades on radio behaviour on a specific frequency within and between a variety of complex and varied building constructions.
So if someone starts talking about how they can “minimise the overspill and sculpt the signal to the building” take a pause. So much can be done, but within reason. You cannot break E=MC2, Einstein won’t be happy.
And next time you can hear the fire alarm for the building next door and see the people walking out in the street. Think of our Deaf users, who have a vibrating message saying, “FIRE ALARM GEOGRAPHY BUILDING – EVACUATE TO ZONE 2: LIBRARY SQUARE”.
They are the evacuees leading everyone to the correct evacuation point. And we think that’s better than just a siren.
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Origin: London
Genre: Hip-Hop / R&B
Years Active: 2015 - Present
Label: Wealth Ent
Official Websites: djlondonofficial.com
The producer/rapper Andrew Lyn, also known as DJ London, was born on April 20th,
1992 in London, England. As a child, Andrew was exposed to a variety
of musical influences due to his ethnicity, as well as his father’s past
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as child was reggae and dancehall. His upbringing in South East
London, the birthplace of modern dubstep and UK grime, also impacted
Andrew’s music career in the early stages, and continues to do so today.
Many musicians have also inspired Andrew’s work in various ways, such
as Dot Rotten, Dr. Dre, Timbaland, J Cole, Tupac Shakur, and Biggie.
Once Andrew relocated to Toccoa, GA as a teenager he continued to have a
growing interest for music. With the support of his father Harry Lyn,
who once was a DJ, he was able to pursue his dreams as a musician. His
first placement was with well-known reggae artist Demarco, but DJ London
has also worked with Drumma Boy, 2 Chainz, Will-A-Fool, Luney Tunez, Los Raskas off of Universal Music Latin
and various other artists. Andrew’s passion and determination to become
successful in a very competitive music industry today is shown in his
diverse flavor that he serves in his music. There is much more to look
forward to when it comes to the upcoming Producer/Rapper DJ London, and
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This chart shows the relative humidity at Pa. In the forefield of a trough line as well as at and near fronts (Jets), warmer less dense air is forced to ascend. As the ascending air cooles, the relative humidity increases, eventually resulting in condensation and the formation of clouds.This process is known as frontal lifting.
High relative humidity at 925 hPa - equivalent to ca. 2000 ft a.s.l. - indicates the areas of frontal lifting and thus the active zones of the current weather.
The Global Forecast System (GFS) is a global numerical weather prediction computer model run by NOAA. This mathematical model is run four times a day and produces forecasts up to 16 days in advance, but with decreasing spatial and temporal resolution over time it is widely accepted that beyond 7 days the forecast is very general and not very accurate.
The model is run in two parts: the first part has a higher resolution and goes out to 180 hours (7 days) in the future, the second part runs from 180 to 384 hours (16 days) at a lower resolution. The resolution of the model varies in each part of the model: horizontally, it divides the surface of the earth into 35 or 70 kilometre grid squares; vertically, it divides the atmosphere into 64 layers and temporally, it produces a forecast for every 3rd hour for the first 180 hours, after that they are produced for every 12th hour.
NWP:
Numerical weather prediction uses current weather conditions as input into mathematical models of the atmosphere to predict the weather. Although the first efforts to accomplish this were done in the 1920s, it wasn't until the advent of the computer and computer simulation that it was feasible to do in real-time. Manipulating the huge datasets and performing the complex calculations necessary to do this on a resolution fine enough to make the results useful requires the use of some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. A number of forecast models, both global and regional in scale, are run to help create forecasts for nations worldwide. Use of model ensemble forecasts helps to define the forecast uncertainty and extend weather forecasting farther into the future than would otherwise be possible.
Wikipedia, Numerical weather prediction, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_weather_prediction(as of Feb. 9, 2010, 20:50 UTC).
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Play-off contenders share their thoughts
UEFA.com hears from several of the clubs involved in the UEFA Europa League play-off draw, including FC Anji Makhachkala, FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven and VfB Stuttgart.
The UEFA Europa League group stage moved into sharper focus for 62 teams when the play-off draw was made on Friday.
VfB Stuttgart are looking forward to the return of a former son in Kevin Kuranyi, who is likely to lead the line for FC Dinamo Moskva in the teams' first leg at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion on 23 August. Meanwhile, FC Anji Makhachkala's players will receive all the information they require about opponents AZ Alkmaar from coach Guus Hiddink.
The draw featured seven former European champions, PSV Eindhoven among them. To hear what the Dutch club make of their tie against Monetenegro's FK Zeta and much more reaction from Nyon, watch the video above.
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Number of people switching energy suppliers falling
Despite a huge number of calls by the Government - a supporter of the upcoming Big Energy Week - for householders to shop around for the best possible energy deals, the Scottish National Party has claimed that the tactic isn't working, according to an article published by Scotsman.com
A question in Parliament revealed that even in the face of the Government's calls and the rising tariffs implemented by many energy suppliers, the number of customers switching their suppliers has fallen in the past few years.
One SNP MP claimed this was down to consumers failing to find better deals from other suppliers.
Dr Eilidh Whiteford, said: "Encouraging customers to switch between energy suppliers has been the UK Government's answer to tackling the problems of sky-high bills, but it is clear this strategy is not working. Most people already on a Direct Debit payment are unlikely to make a significant saving by switching. Indeed, research has shown that many of those who have actually ended up on a worse deal."
However, despite her assertion, consumers can shop for a better deal and make savings. Using an energy comparison site helps nine out of ten billpayers save money on their bills.
Energy Minister Chris Huhne has been particularly vocal in encouraging consumers to switch suppliers. Research shows consumers who do switch could save up to £200.
Mr Huhne told the BBC previously: "We should be checking to see whether or not we're on the cheapest tariff. We should be switching if we're not on the cheapest tariff."
Big Energy Week will attempt to help billpayers cope with energy costs - with advice and information on insulation schemes, Direct Debit savings, ways to cut energy usage and details about the savings available when switching suppliers.
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Current: Fidelity assessment of...
This opportunity is now closed.
Funded PhD Opportunity
Fidelity assessment of the Walking fOR Health (WORtH) intervention to increase activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in people with severe mental illness
Subject: Nursing and Health
The PhD student will work alongside the research team (funded by Horizon2020 Cross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN)) to test the feasibility of a Walking fOR Health (WORtH) intervention to increase activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in people with severe mental illness (SMI). The research will address the urgent need to improve the physical health and well-being of people with SMI as indicated in national guidelines (https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mediacentre/adultswithsmi.aspx).
The student will be responsible for developing a framework to assess fidelity of the WORtH intervention. The Medical Research Council guidelines have recommended evaluating treatment fidelity in complex interventions (Craig et al. 2008). Fidelity has been defined as the degree to which an intervention is implemented as intended. There are several sets of guidance which inform methods of assessing fidelity e.g. the National Institutes of Health Behavior Change Consortium (NIHBCC) guidance (Bellg et al, 2004), the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) reporting guidelines (Hoffmann et al, 2014), and recent review papers (Borelli et al, 2011; Toomey et al, 2014; O’Shea et al, 2016). However these guidelines need to be translated into a methodological framework that can be used to assess fidelity of clinical trials within the area of SMI.
Procedures: The intervention will be delivered by clinical staff in Northern and Western Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts in Northern Ireland (NI) and in County Louth Mental Health Services, a border county in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). The intervention will a 17-week programme. Currently there is no manualised training for this programme and so it will be a key responsibility of the PhD student to develop this manual (in collaboration with the research team) as well as develop the fidelity check lists that could be used in the feasibility trial. Appropriate fidelity guidance will be reviewed to develop a methodological framework. We anticipate that a combination of strategies or methods will be used to enhance, establish, and ensure fidelity (eg, intervention manuals) and to assess or monitor it (eg, direct observations). The Borrelli (2011) checklist, based on the best practice guidelines and recommendations (Bellg et al. 2004) may also be used. Outcomes: The development of a framework to assess fidelity of the (WORtH) intervention with respect to intervention training and intervention delivery (both enactment and receipt). References Bellg et al. Health Psychol . 2004;23:443–451 Borrelli, B. J Public Health Dent. 2011;71(suppl 1):S52–S63.–294. Craig P et al. BMJ. 2008 Sep 29;337:a1655. Hoffmann et al. BMJ . 2014;348:g1687. O’Shea O et al. (2016). Physical Therapy Reviews, 21 (3-6). pp. 207-214. Toomey et al. Man Ther . 2014;20:287.
Essential criteria
To hold, or expect to achieve by 15 August, an Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) Degree or equivalent from a UK institution (or overseas award deemed to be equivalent via UK NARIC) in a related or cognate field.
Desirable Criteria
If the University receives a large number of applicants for the project, the following desirable criteria may be applied to shortlist applicants for interview.
Sound understanding of subject area as evidenced by a comprehensive research proposal
The University offers the following awards to support PhD study and applications are invited from UK, EU and overseas for the following levels of support:
Vice Chancellors Research Studentship (VCRS)
Full award (full-time PhD fees + DfE level of maintenance grant + RTSG for 3 years).
This scholarship will cover full-time PhD tuition fees and provide the recipient with £15,000 maintenance grant per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance). This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Bursary (VCRB)
Part award (full-time PhD fees + 50% DfE level of maintenance grant + RTSG for 3 years).
This scholarship will cover full-time PhD tuition fees and provide the recipient with £7,500 maintenance grant per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance). This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fees Bursary (VCRFB)
Fees only award (PhD fees + RTSG for 3 years).
This scholarship will cover full-time PhD tuition fees for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance). This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.
Department for the Economy (DFE)
The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £ 15,009 per annum for three years. EU applicants will only be eligible for the fee’s component of the studentship (no maintenance award is provided). For Non-EU nationals the candidate must be "settled" in the UK. This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.
Due consideration should be given to financing your studies; for further information on cost of living etc. please refer to: www.ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcollege/postgraduate-research/fees-and-funding/financing-your-studies
Institute of Mental Health Sciences funded PhD
The Doctoral College at Ulster University
Ulster University has very enhanced independent learning. I strongly recommend my students to go abroad to broaden their vision to get new motivation. I tell them that when studying at Ulster University, they will receive an abundance of knowledge, new experiences and strong technology to enhance their life.
Professor Stenver Lin - PhD Radiology
I am currently the Director for the Department of Nursing-midwifery and Women's Heath at NTUNHS. I studied at Ulster University for 3 years and it was a very happy time. Ulster is very good for study, not only in academic work but it also shows you how to be a good teacher.
Professor Chein Huei Kao - PhD Health Science of Nursing
Application process for prospective research students
Contact supervisor
Professor Suzanne McDonough
s.mcdonough@ulster.ac.uk
Other supervisors
Professor Mark Tully
Professor Marie Murphy
Dr Catherine McDonough Consultant Psychiatrist Louth Meath Mental Health Services
Related Funded Opportunities
Fatigue management in cancer care
Subject: Nursing and Health|Nursing and Health
Concussion in Youth Rugby
Devloping enjoyable and engaging group-based exercise programmes for older adults: a feasibility study
An exploration of the effectiveness of carer-delivered mirror box therapy for upper limb rehabilitation with stroke within the home setting
An exploration of person-centred practice within the perioperative environment
An evaluation of physical activity induced reductions in epicardial fat thickness and atrial fibrillation incidence
Optimising Pulmonary Rehabilitation for patients with Chronic Obstructiv Pulmonary Disease
An assessment of podiatrists' clinical interpretation of medical images and diagnostic accuracy with the aid of eye tracking technology
Development of an online educational self-management programme for chronic headache
A feasibility study to develop and test the impact of a bespoke reminiscence app on quality of life and wellbeing for people living with dementia in long-term care setting
To co-create and test the face validity of a polysyllabic intervention for 4-year-olds with indicators of persistent phonological disorder
When applying for this PhD opportunity please quote reference number:
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AGE LIMIT FOR STREETWEAR
Elements of streetwear creeps into the fashion consciousness, teens in the mid-1990s,found themselves admiring the Airwalk sneakers and wide-leg jeans of the skate crowd, finding ways to somehow mix Triple Five Soul hoodies into a wardrobe of Seven For All Mankind jeans. From being magnetized to the Vetements rack at La Garçonne, a boutique in downtown New York, known for its exaggerated re-appropriation of the classic grey sweatshirt, with its stretched crewneck and elongated sleeves.
Various luxury brands are now exploring streetwear tropes in their own way, so at age 35, do you need to have enough youthful confidence and cool cred to pull off streetwear. Streetwear might not always be about cred or age, but more about a certain ease with cutting-edge fashion.
Shireen Jiwan, a 41-year-old executive who works in marketing for Lucky Brand, stated, “Do I ever feel like I’m too old to wear something?” said Ms. Jiwan. “No, I don’t ever feel that way about a particular style or genre.” She pointed out that one of her fashion icons is rapper Missy Elliott who maintains her style and cultural relevance at age 44.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to draw lines between a bona fide streetwear brand, high-fashion-minded streetwear labels and luxury brands that borrow sporty, streety bits and pieces, do they actually matter?
Too old? Is there such a thing as being too old for streetwear? Here at UNDERATED, we definitely don't think so, as you grow older your taste in streetwear does change, and that's the beauty The perfect match between styling yourself to fit your age, level of maturity and the overlook you are actually going for. What is actually somewhat of fear into our minds is that people are starting to look at streetwear as just fashion with various high end brands taking in on it and bringing in elements of luxury to it.
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Color and Lights at Smog Shoppe
Our Story My husband, Michael and I live in Los Angeles. He's a screenwriter and I'm an actress. Seven years ago we met at perhaps the most quintessentially "L.A." locale; an acting class. A year after that class, we went on our first date and six years later, we walked down the aisle. Michael is from Chicago and I'm from the Yukon Territory in Canada, so when we started looking for a wedding venue, we wanted to find a place that would perfectly represent our adopted city. The Smog Shoppe fit the bill perfectly; fun, cool, unique and...well...a former smog check station. You can't get more L.A. than that!
Read on to learn more about this amazing wedding!
Wedding Design/Coordination: Amber Gustafson of Amber Events Venue: Smog Shoppe Photography: Picotte Weddings Video: Buckley VideographyDJ: Red Shoe LAFlowers:Holly Flora Rentals: Smart Party Rents Catering: Heirloom LA Cake: Superfine Bakery Bar: Sunseri's
Our Philosophy Because we're both artists, Michael and I really appreciate being trusted to do what we do best and given the freedom to be creative. We gave that license to all the people we worked with. We chose vendors whom we could trust to do beautiful work, we gave them some ideas and parameters, and then said, "do your thing!". I think that approach to the planning process took a lot of pressure off of us and gave everyone we were working with the room to bring their own artistry to the table. The results were better than we ever could have asked for.
Vision Our fantastic wedding planner, Amber Gustafson, helped us develop an aesthetic vision for our wedding and then introduced us to the best vendors to make that vision a reality. We wanted our August wedding be bright, colorful and summery, so we decided to go with a vibrant, sunset palette of pink, orange and yellow. A "riot of colors" as our cake baker, Andrea Boudewijn said. She employed all the colors beautifully in the cake design and Holly Flora created incredible bouquets and arrangements of zinnias, garden roses, wildflowers and succulents that worked like a dream in our eclectic venue.
Amber had the genius idea of having Scott Coppersmith (http://www.scottcoppersmithdesigns.com/), a marquee sign artist, design and create a specific piece for us. We decided on an big ampersand. He also made a very cool Edison-bulb-illuminated cake stand, which Amber herself designed.
Food was one of our biggest priorities and Heirloom LA did a great job. Not only was the food delicious, but it was beautifully presented. People are still talking about the lasagna cupcakes and inside-out s'mores.
Details I am completely in awe of people who hand-make all the details for their big day. That's not me. I did, though, choose a couple of things to create; a "taking the plunge" box into which our guests could put pieces of advice or well-wishes for us and a slideshow of funny, adorable and completely embarrassing pictures of me and Michael that was projected throughout dinner. Michael took charge of choosing the music and it perfectly captured who we are. We had everything from Fleetwood Mac to Sam Cooke to Henry Mancini. It was really cool to see all our choices come together so seamlessly on the big day, thanks to Amber Events and all the great vendors we had.
Photography Photography is one of the few parts of the wedding that you actually get to keep, so we really wanted the images from our day to reflect the spirit of our wedding day. Picotte Photography did a truly inspired job. Suthi Picotte and her husband, Sanjay Nagar, were so warm and fun, they made everyone comfortable and relaxed in front of the camera and they really captured the joy everyone felt on that day. They also caught so many of the day's details that Michael and I didn't get a chance to see, like the tables being set and people from different walks of our lives laughing together. Those images are invaluable to us.
Ceremony We wrote our ceremony and vows ourselves and our dear friend, Eric, officiated, which was really meaningful for us. It was so reassuring, while we standing there, feeling very nervous and overwhelmed, to look at Eric and know that our pal was going to lead us through this important moment in our lives. We also asked two of Michael oldest friends (they've been friends since they were five) to compose and play a song for us. We chose not to hear the song until the actual ceremony and it was so moving to experience it for the first time that day.
Favorite Moment My favorite moment of the day was our last dance. Towards the end of the wedding, everyone was outside in the courtyard, enjoying the warm summer night, and the reception room was empty except for me and Michael. The voices and laughter of our friends and family were floating in from outside and we were just taking in the magic of the day we'd just had when our d.j. put on our last dance song. Love Letters by Ketty Lester. The timing was perfect. It was amazing to have that private moment; just the two of us, dancing alone in the soft candlelight, as husband and wife.
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What Are Private Keys
Learn and understanding what private keys are and how to keep them safe is essential to safely use cryptocurrency.
We recommend using Bitcoin Core for network consensus and Armory to manage private keys.
You can also learn how to export and import private keys.
By now you have most probably heard of the terms public and private keys. But what exactly are they and well, more to the point, what do they actually do.
Well, to put it simply, they are sophisticated form of cryptography and one of the most important aspects of cryptocurrency in terms of user security. Whilst they are described as being keys, they actually tend to look a lot more like this.
In essence, these keys allow wallet to both send and receive transactions. We can imagine a public key as being the location of a postbox. Anyone can put letters into that postbox but they cannot get them back out. Instead, the postman who owns the private key has to come along and open the postbox in order to retrieve the letters.
This is similar to how a Litecoin address works. The public key is usually shown in the form of a Litecoin address which is a random assortment of upper and lower case letters along with numbers from anywhere between 30 and 34 characters in length and starting with the letter L.
Now, you or I can send Litecoins to this address but we cannot retrieve them just like we can’t take letters out of the postbox without the key. Only the owner of this address who has the corresponding private key is allowed to take the money out and spend it.
So just note that if at any point you or in this case the postman here shares his private keys with anyone, the coins in this metaphorical postbox risk being stolen. In fact, this very thing happened live on television to Bloomberg's Matt Miller, when he accidentally showed off his private key from a paper wallet. Within seconds, somebody watching took the coins out of his wallet and into their own. Luckily, for Matt however, they did offer to return them to a new address. What a guy!
Okay. So someone can steal a private key. How do I keep mine secure then or fear not as Matt was using a paper wallet which actually has a private key printed directly on to it. And while paper wallets are great, flashing them about in public isn't such a good idea just like you shouldn't be flashing your real world wallet around in public. Please don't do that.
If however you use a hardware wallet and you have it passphrase protected so these are wallets which are on your computer, phone or whatever device you prefer to use, then it can prove incredibly difficult for intruders to gain access to private keys as they need both physical access to the device and your passphrase.
Okay, so this is all well and good but what's stopping you from just guessing a private key like we could a password if it's just numbers and letters. Well, private keys are generated alongside the public key when you set up a wallet for the first time. So each is wholly unique and no one has ever seen or generated that public or private key before. You are the first person.
Private keys are 51 characters in length and made up of random assortment of upper and lower case letters along with numbers. What this means is that anyone attempting to break into a wallet by guessing the private key would spend roughly 204 tresvigintillion years trying to crack it. Oh! And by the way a Tresvigintillion, that's 10 to the power 72 and it's 204 for those.
So thanks to all this cleaver technology and mathematics behind cryptocurrency it makes it extremely secure for all of its users. So that was public and private keys explained. If you have any questions or suggestions of what you would like to see us cover next, please do not hesitate to leave a comment and if you want to get involved you can find us over at litecointalk.com and Reddit @r/litecoin. So drop by and say hello. Until next time, farewell.
Written by Trace Mayer on October 10, 2016.
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Police make arrest in PNC bank robbery
Police: 18-year-old in Cumberland County Prison charged with robbery
Photo: Cumberland County Prison SOURCE: Photo: Cumberland County Prison
The New Cumberland Police Department has arrested and charged 18-year-old Timothy William McGrath of New Cumberland, for robbing the PNC Bank on Bridge Street, Oct. 21.Police say McGrath is being held in the Cumberland County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4 before Magisterial District Judge Charles A. Clement Jr.
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. —
The New Cumberland Police Department has arrested and charged 18-year-old Timothy William McGrath of New Cumberland, for robbing the PNC Bank on Bridge Street, Oct. 21.
Police say McGrath is being held in the Cumberland County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4 before Magisterial District Judge Charles A. Clement Jr.
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National Popcorn day is fast approaching... but how did it end up as the cinema snack of choice?
Popcorn is a wonderfully durable little snack. Great salted, even better sweetened, and also bizarrely delicious when dusted in sundried tomato and chilli (thank you, Waitrose). It’s magical ‘popping’ ability is due to the moisture hiding inside each kernel, which, when heated, expands and causes the hull to burst. Despite its simplicity, the tiny grain has a huge history.
So where did popcorn originate?
According to Popcorn.org, the oldest ear of popcorn was discovered in a cave called ‘Bat Cave’ in New Mexico in 1948. The kernels were carbon dated and found to be approximately 5,600 years old.
Popcorn had a key place in early 16th century Aztec Indian ceremonies too. Young women would wear a garland of popped corn on their heads and participate in a special ‘popcorn dance’. These headdresses and necklaces would also adorn statues of Tlaloc, the god of rain and fertility.
In the United States, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, popcorn was the breakfast food of choice. Grounded and eaten with milk or cream, the unlikely combination was praised by John H. Kellogg, one of the founders of cornflakes. A healthy whole-grain, it was the inspiration behind the now iconic breakfast food.
Why on earth do we eat popcorn at the cinema?
It’s a weird snack of choice since it’s unbelievably loud, greasy and messy, but a trip to the pictures just wouldn’t be the same without it. Unfortunately, the truth behind its cinema-staple origins is a lot less exciting than you’d imagine. Simply, popcorn was - and is - cheap to make.
Nowadays, buying a carton of popcorn at the cinema, along with your movie ticket, is the equivalent of putting a deposit on a small flat in central London (or so it feels like). However, back in 1885, when the first steam-powered popcorn roamed Chicago streets, popcorn was only five to ten cents (four to eight pence) per bag.
Sold outside movie theatres in portable gas-powered vendors, the tantalising aroma and exciting exploding spectacle made popcorn the perfect pre-cinema entertainment. Kernels could be stored for years, so losses were nil and profits high. Picturehouses soon caught a whiff of this phenomenon and started selling popcorn inside their establishments. And today, the scent of freshly popped corn is synonymous with the movies.
Craving popcorn?
You’re not alone. According to research group Mintel, UK popcorn sales have grown 169% in the last five years. If you’ve got a hankering for the crunchy snack, and you don’t want to sit through a two-hour long unsatisfying rom-com to get a taste of the authentic stuff, take a trip to vouchercloud’s collection of shopping discounts and satisfy your snacking fix for less.
by Jack Buckley
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2013 Volkswagen
2.5L, 5-cyl, 170 hp
It drives every bit like a meticulously crafted German car but the Volkswagen Passat is American where it counts, being built largely of American parts – by American workers – and assembled in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
By Tara Weingarten
OMG! Here’s the big news, the 2012 Volkswagen Passat is fantastic. As a mid-size sedan that seats five comfortably, it’s a triple threat to its competition, taking them on for comfort, handling and value (see: Toyota Camry, Nissan Maxima, Honda Accord.) It comes in several engine types and sizes, so families that want cheap and cheerful can buy the base 4-cylinder model, eco lovers can opt for the turbo-diesel engine (which is the only diesel offered among mid-size sedans in the U.S.) and sport fanatics can zip along in the very quick V6 version. All VWs get three years or 36,000 miles of no-cost maintenance, a feature usually offered only with luxury marques.
The Volkswagen Passat has been around for years, but this latest iteration, completely redesigned last year, is different. It’s assembled in Tennessee, and comprised of 85 percent American-built parts. But beyond the Passat’s workforce benefits, it’s luxurious beyond its price point, is fun to drive and feels roomy in both the cabin and in trunk space.
Again, the 2013 VW Passat wins. Its interior is exemplary. It’s tarted up to the hilt with standard features like power up/down windows on all four doors, two 12V power outlets to recharge your phones, a touch-screen sound system, dual climate controls, and a leather multi-function steering wheel to control the audio and cruise control systems. No matter the trim level, the VW Passat has an upscale vibe.
The VW folks say the 2013 VW Passat has the quietest cabin in its class, thanks to a double-paned windshield and high-tech acoustic sound insulation in doors and roof support panels. I couldn’t tell if all that is true, but I didn’t notice any out-of-the-ordinary annoying wind or road noise.
The American Passat is four inches longer than its European cousin, and three-quarters of that is found in improved legroom. The interior is very comfortable and quiet, with a euro-chic minimalism to the design. Many of the touchable materials are soft-touch rubber and have a luxe, upmarket feel.
Some optional extras are taken directly from VW’s luxury badge: Audi. The optional ambient lighting floods the footwells and doors with a soft light, kind of like a theater. It’s the same posh lighting found on Audi’s flagship A7. There’s also an available remote start button, but I prefer a good old fashion key. A third sidelight window on rear doors gives added natural light inside the cabin.
The 2013 VW Passat was conceived and built especially for the American market. This means that safety features are key. It comes standard with six airbags (including front and backseat side curtain airbags), daytime running lights, and a tire pressure monitoring system.
Should the VW Passat be in a major accident, the Intelligent Crash Response System automatically unlocks all doors, disconnects the battery terminal from the alternator cable, shuts off the fuel supply and turns on the warning hazards and interior lights.
I was able to test all the Volkswagen Passat models, from the base model on up to the VR6 engine SEL Premium. The ride quality is excellent, no matter the engine type or trim level. Handling is confidence-inspiring and fun. I like the tighter steering, which requires fewer turns of the wheel to corner, and feels more precise than other mid-size sedans.
The German-built 3.6L, VR6 engine on the Passat’s 3.6L SEL Premium model is so quick that it boosts the Passat into luxe Audi territory (VW’s luxury brand.) If there hadn’t been a VW badge slapped on the steering wheel, I wouldn’t have remembered that I was driving a VW instead of the pricier brand.
A turbo diesel version turns this ample mid-size family car into an eco-friendly gas sipper, getting a substantial 43 mpg on the highway, while still offering the drive quality of a Euro-built internal combustion engine rather than a softer, less spirited hybrid ride. Though we weren’t able to confirm it, VW states that the Passat TDI (turbo diesel model) can cruise up to 795 miles on a single tank.
All Volkswagens, including the Passat, come standard with no-cost maintenance, which includes oil changes, tire rotations, general tune-ups for three years or 36,000 miles.
An attractive large touch-screen sound system is standard, with a Fender Premium system offered as an option. A leather, multi-function steering wheel gives real-time fuel consumption and remaining mileage.
Bluetooth connectivity for hands-free phone usage is standard, as are dual climate controls, which the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry don’t have.
The 2013 VW Passat is a chameleon. It comes in a base 2.5L S model that is plenty good enough for $20,765. The 2.5L engine tops out in a fully-loaded SEL version for $29,165.
The VW TDI diesel model starts at $26,765 for the SE version, and goes premium with the SEL model for $32,965.
The VW Passat top-of-the-line 3.6L comes in two versions, a very well-equipped SE, which retails for $29,765; and an SEL iteration that is loaded so well, it drives and feels every bit like a much more expensive Audi. It sells for $33,720 - a phenomenal price for such a great car!
VroomGirls loves Volkswagen for its drive quality, style and overall attention to detail. The 2012 VW Passat is no exception. It comes in 15 different versions, so there's bound to be one you'll like.
European drive feel that's fun and confidence-inducing
Roominess and style
Somewhat cheap-feeling interior plastics on the base model
Trunk Space
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VTT develops device for the simultaneous measurement of several gases reducing indoor air quality
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has developed a real-time and reliable device that can be used to measure ammonia and formaldehyde concentrations particularly in indoor air simultaneously, unlike with the meters currently in use. It is also suited to the measurement of emissions reducing outdoor air quality in city centres and traffic.
"The device is capable of measuring the concentrations of several gases reliably and continuously with a sensitivity of less than 10 ppb, and it reports the results rapidly in just a couple of minutes or, if necessary, in seconds. The prototype can be flexibly modified for different purposes", says Senior Scientist Timo Rajamäki from VTT.
One ppb equals one billionth of the gas molecules in the air, so we are talking about extremely minute concentrations. In Finland the limit value for indoor air gas content that does not cause observable health hazards are around 20-30 ppb for ammonia (30-40 micrograms per cubic metre), and around 40-125 ppb for formaldehyde (30-100 micrograms per cubic metre), depending on the indoor climate class.
Emissions from interior design and construction materials are a common cause of indoor air problems. The most typical sources of formaldehyde and ammonia in indoor air are ceiling and wall levelling compounds, adhesives and plastic mats, and particularly the adhesives and solvents used in them.
The measurement method of VTT's sensitive and real-time device is based on the absorption of light from a carefully selected laser into the examined substance. Light travels through the measured air in a multireflection cuvette, achieving several tens of meters of measurement distance and a sufficient sensitivity even with concentrations this small. The computer-controlled device sucks the gas to be measured using its own sampling pump.
An equivalent analyser that is modular and measures several gases simultaneously with such low concentrations has not thus far been in professional use in Finland.
The developed prototype is now technically ready for use, and we are seeking for a productiser and new applications for it.
Photo: Research Scientist Jussi Hämäläinen is measuring ammonia and formaldehyde concentrations in ambient air with a laser-based online analyser.
Rajamäki Timo Senior Scientist +358505732823 timo.rajamaki@vtt.fi
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The Bushcamp Company Wins National Geographic Travel Award
Paul G. Allen is deeply invested in Africa, both for the love of wildlife and his sense of responsibility to protect Earth’s biodiversity. A focus on philanthropy and conservation reaches all of Allen’s investments, including the safari camp he owns in Zambia, which was just awarded the National Geographic World Legacy Award for Engaging Communities.
The company was recognized for the direct and tangible economic and social benefits it has on local livelihoods. The Bushcamp Company consists of the award winning Mfuwe Lodge, as well as six intimate and remote “bushcamps” located along the Luangwa and Kapamba rivers, giving visitors a unique and immersive safari experience. Incredible and diverse wildlife call the South Luangwa National Park home, there is even a herd of elephants that stroll through the lodge on their way to their favorite mango grove. Instead of keeping them out, Mfuwe Lodge has a wide corridor at reception to allow them to pass right through.
The Bushcamp Company received this World Legacy Award honor from National Geographic Travel due to their innovative approach to integrating tourism and community development, benefitting both Zambian tourism and the local community where the lodge operates. Andy Hogg, the longtime head of Bushcamp Company, has been spearheading these conservation and community efforts since 2000. With the support of Allen, Hogg began investing in two local primary schools; the funds covering everything teacher salaries and classroom construction to providing access to clean water, and offering field trip opportunities and game drives for the local students.
In 2010, The Bushcamp Company began a long-term project to improve the infrastructure for the area’s only secondary school, and to date have built classrooms, offices and dormitories. They also launched a school food program, giving school administrators one less expense to worry about in providing quality education. Most pupils in this remote area of Zambia walk up to 10 kilometers to reach school, and since these improvements one teacher reported a 40% increase in pupils’ ability to attend classes as well as increased engagement from students. The Bushcamp Company is the largest employer in the area, and employ almost 200 local people, many in management positions, and continue to focus on training and employing local people.
“We think it’s incredibly important to continue to recruit, train and employ from the community. So many of these words like ‘ecotourism’ are thrown around, but what you’re doing must go back into the community to make it truly sustainable,” said Hogg.
The Bushcamp Company also has a registered charity, which sponsors over 250 local school children, runs a tree-planting program, HIV and AIDS awareness for staff, and human-wildlife conflict mitigation for the surrounding area. Their most recent initiative is to ensure that the communities around Mfuwe Lodge have access to clean water, and have to-date drilled 15 boreholes to provide clean drinking water to over 200 local people each day. In order to help safeguard the wildlife and lands in the area for future generations, Hogg launched the “Luangwa Conservation and Community Fund” a wildlife conservation and community development initiative with support from both tourists and funders such as Paul Allen.
It is no wonder that the most recent announcement from the Great Elephant Census, a Paul G. Allen Project, to count how many savanna elephants remain in Africa, revealed stable elephant populations in Luangwa. In the 1970s and 1980s, the poaching crisis resulted in Zambia losing the majority of its elephant population and all of its black rhino population. According to Census results, conservation efforts in Luangwa are working, but Zambia’s natural heritage is still under threat. The Bushcamp Company supports the South Luangwa Conservation Society, the Zambian Carnivore Programme and the Zambia Wildlife Authority in their anti-poaching and conservation efforts in the Luangwa region. There is an ongoing, coordinated effort to leverage travel and tourism with conservation and community development; resulting in benefits for all. The Bushcamp Company is being recognized not just for their once-in-a-lifetime safari experiences, but because of their commitment to supporting their community.
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EDITORIAL: MCAD board shift on chief appraiser may reflect changing times in Waco
McLennan County Appraisal District board members have been somewhat hesitant to explain not renewing the contract of longtime MCAD Chief Appraiser Andrew Hahn. In formalizing their decision Thursday, board chairman John Kinnard paid tribute to Hahn’s reorganization of MCAD staff and implementation of technology to provide for greater efficiencies, then repeated earlier comments to the Trib that the board “feels that with where we’re moving as a community, a change in chief appraisers has been warranted.”
Given these remarks and the silence of other board members (and Hahn), some speculation is in order. Kinnaird’s remarks referring to the Waco community would seem to acknowledge the recent boom in business and residential ventures exceeding all projections. Along with this, we hear more outcry over rising property values, which can obviously mean higher tax bills if taxing entities — the appraisal district is not a taxing entity — decline to adjust their individual tax rates.
Add the fact some taxpayers are flat ill-informed and quick to vilify — along with reckless employment of social media to spread ignorance and hatred — and one can reasonably speculate that the board seeks someone just as savvy on complicated tax law as Hahn but possibly more capable in community outreach at this juncture. We remember Kinnaird’s own bracing civic club address explaining property-tax appraisals a few years ago. We also recall the epiphanies on the faces of his fellow taxpaying citizens.
We add this: When it comes to anything to do with tax law and appraisals, we’re far more likely to believe Andrew Hahn than, say, Dan Patrick or Greg Abbott. And given that he and his staff are fellow taxpayers and neighbors, one should be able to sympathize to some degree with Hahn. The job he has occupied for 11 years is not only stressful but misunderstood and unappreciated.
For all the torrid criticism of MCAD, it’s important to remember two things: First, the local appraisal district’s valuations must hit a range determined by the state comptroller in Austin, also governed by law. If an appraisal district doesn’t ordinarily get close to market value, consequences loom. The Texas Comptroller regularly performs a “ratio study” of each appraisal district’s values, comparing them to actual sale prices. Surprise: State officials found the McLennan County Appraisal District compliance rate was 99% in 2018.
Which brings us to the second point: While there’s a prescribed process for those who believe their appraisals are excessive — up to and including litigation — certain complaints about the process should be lodged with legislators, the lieutenant governor and the governor. In June Gov. Abbott signed Republican legislation that supposedly will retard property-tax increases. While we wait to see if this makes any difference, let’s hope the next chief appraiser demonstrates a strong sense of community outreach and district responsiveness as he or she pursues the job with propriety, equity and fairness. It might also help if all of us got a little better informed.
Andrew Hahn
EDITORIAL: Marlin's tapping Nelson is shrewd move amid growing school uncertainty
Martin McAllister: Marlin teachers thrown under bus in blame game
LETTERS: Pondering local dog park's future
Roar of the Crowd: Readers largely cheer Nelson's work in Marlin
Bill Whitaker: Path to real consensus means talking and listening
Mike Copeland: Press Waffle Co.; H-E-B ranked No. 1; Ranch dreams; Right at Home ownership
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Extension 411: The Secret to Every Hollywood and Instagram Star’s Perfect Hair
by Kristin Tice Studeman
Photographer: Patrick Demarchelier
Styled: Felicia Garcia-Rivera
Mention hair extensions and what comes to mind are the bad, cheesy ones sported by the tabloid starlets of the early 2000s. There's no need to name names here—you know who I’m talking about.
In recent years there have been plenty of celebrities, from Kylie Jenner to Christina Aguilera, who have been vocal about ditching their extensions. But if you think that the rise of lobs and bobs means that extensions are no longer in vogue, think again. The truth is extensions still abound in Hollywood—it’s just that they look so good that you would never know they are even there. Look at a coffee table full of glossies covered with A-listers and their impossibly shiny, voluminous, and ever-glamorous long hair. You can go ahead and stop comparing your hair to theirs right now because I’m going to tell you a secret: Just about every single one of them has extensions (or a wig, in many cases).
Last year, celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin, who handles the locks of the Kardashians, Jenners, Hadids, and Chrissy Teigen, told me in an interview for W: “It’s 2017. If you’re not born with the hair you want, buy it.” With those words in mind, I decided to shed my expectations and give 2018’s extensions a try.
I have struggled with volume and length since my early 20s and have tried just about every hair-growth supplement under the sun—with no success. So if this is what the celebrity, supermodel, and Instagram starlets are doing to get their luscious locks, why not give it a shot?
I had entertained it before, but I feared ending up with Paris Hilton-esque locks (a great look for her, but not exactly me), plus the hair damage from extensions can be severe. While the idea of having long, luscious locks was most certainly alluring, I was hesitant at first.
Modern Mod Palau applied Redken Satinwear 02 Prepping Blow-Dry Lotion and, after drying the hair, used Redken Pillow Proof Blow Dry Two Day Extender to create a nonchalant “airiness.” “It’s the sexy, outgrown ’60s fringe, à la Françoise Hardy and Jane Birkin,” he says. “It’s boyish in a way, like they hadn’t really bothered—and back then it felt rebellious.”
Enter Amanda Scott at Serge Normant at John Frieda's New York salon.
When I arrived for my consultation at the salon, which counts Sarah Jessica Parker, Julia Roberts, and Blake Lively among its clientele, one of the first things Amanda asked me as she assessed my hair, was: “How committed are you to this? What are your goals?”
Amanda explained to me that extensions are indeed a commitment. (We’re not talking about the kind you can buy in a drug store.) For anyone who is going to get extensions or already has them, it should be a red flag if your specialist does not do a consultation in which they lay out your options in terms of types of extensions and the care they will require, as well as the details of the pricing. (Be warned: They can cost thousands of dollars).
“I think a lot of women dive into the world of extensions without fully thinking about the financial investment required and the amount of maintenance that will be needed,” says Scott. “Also, people should be careful about who they choose to work with. A thorough consultation with a stylist will help determine if that person is right for you. Hair extensions have a bad reputation as damaging, and that can be true if you work with the wrong person.”
I’m not the type of girl who goes for blowouts every other day or even every week. (Who has that kind of time?) My typical hair routine involves shampoo, conditioner, a spritz of sea salt spray, and perhaps a flirtation with a curling iron, so I decided I wanted the hair that required the smallest time commitment on my end and could last for about six months. (You can get them taken out whenever you want, but it’s good to know when deciding what kind you get to know whether you want to have extensions for a year or more, or just a few months). Amanda, who does two types of extensions—Klix, which can last up to six months with consecutive wear, and Easihair Pro, which can last up to a year with good care—patiently listened to my long list of silly questions and wisely suggested that I go with Klix.
At my next appointment, I had the long hair I had always wanted—and had not had since I was probably a teenager—in about an hour. Klix, made of 100 percent virgin Remy human hair, comes in all different shades and Amanda had expertly picked out a blonde that mixed in well with my array of highlights. (Giancarlo Carollo, a hair-color genius at Serge Normant at John Frieda, also worked his magic to blend my colors so it was a perfect combination of ashy and gold tones to make it all look natural.) The hair comes in pieces that are placed discreetly near the scalp and attached to strands of your natural hair with no tape or glue required, meaning they are supposed to be non-damaging.
“Not all hair extensions are created equal,” says Scott. “Individual extensions (like Great Lengths, for example) will most certainly cause damage to the hair. With any type of application like that, as the extension grows out, it can twist and cause breakage because it doesn’t lie flat and isn’t wide enough to prevent rotating. Some names for that kind of application are beads, cold fusion, microfusion, microtips, glue tips, bonds, and strand-by-strand.”
I’ll admit, when Amanda was first putting the extensions in, I was slightly terrified only because the hair comes really long (like Cher-hair long). But after she trimmed my hair and Giancarlo colored it, I was feeling confident in my once-mousy-and-unremarkable-turned-Hollywood-ready hair.
Before I left, Amanda made sure to give me the full run-through on maintenance. “Try to wash your hair in the morning and let it air dry if you can. If you can’t do that, try not to brush it too much when it’s wet; blow dry it first and then comb it out with a Wet Brush just like you would with your normal hair,” she said. (Hair is most elastic when it’s wet, making it more prone to stretching and breaking.) If you don’t have a Wet Brush, she suggests a paddle brush. Avoid a boar brush.` and whatever you do, don’t use a T3 or a Dyson blow dryer, as they produce too much heat, according to Scott.
Will people be able to tell this isn’t my hair? Is it too much? I wondered as I walked down 23rd Street. On my first outing with my new hair, friends instantly commented on how nice it looked, but it was just subtle enough that they couldn’t seem to put their finger on what was different. In my mind, that was a win.
It took some time to adjust to my hair and the care it required. It soon became clear what Amanda meant about commitment.
For starters, blow drying my hair took twice as long as I was used to. I carefully braided my hair each night to protect the hair from tangling or breaking while I slept. I diligently took my 10,000 micrograms of biotin each day to help my own hair, used Snob Girls Body Dense bio-serum conditioning capsules (as Amanda says, extension hair loves leave-in conditioner), and used John Frieda Miraculous Recovery conditioning products regularly. Every four weeks or so, I visited Amanda to have the extensions tightened and adjusted. The process was usually quick and painless and I was out of the salon in about an hour or less. A few times, my hair got knotted around the extensions, but even that was a surprisingly easy fix.
Gorgeous locks are not only a commitment but also a financial investment. The Klix hair itself costs anywhere from $750 (half pack) to $1,400 (full pack; price includes the hair, initial installation, and a haircut). Depending on how well you take care of it, it can last up to six months (mine did) until it needs to be replaced with a new set of Klix. Plus, the maintenance every four to six weeks costs $200 to $300 each time. If you go with Easihair Pro Tape-in Extensions, which last up to a year, installation ranges from $300 to $700 (price determined by hair length and the amount of hair). Maintenance for those, which is every eight to 10 weeks, costs anywhere from $300 to $700 each time.
Once I got the hang of washing and brushing my hair extensions, (and started allotting the extra time to actually style it), I nearly forgot the hair extensions were there. At least in the sense that they weren’t much more of a struggle than my normal hair. Roughly six months later, it was time to either take them out or put new ones in. I couldn’t bear to part ways with my new long-hair look, so Amanda put in a new set of Klix. As she took out the old set and put in the new set, I was scared to look at the condition of my own hair.
Would it be damaged and thinner than ever?
From day one, Amanda was committed to my bigger hair goals, beyond just the instant fix of hair extensions. I had followed her instructions to help with the growth of my own hair and taken better care of my hair than ever before. All of that effort paid off.
"Look how long your hair is! It’s growing and healthy," Amanda reported.
As she put the new set of hair extensions in, I felt excited about my hair journey ahead. Vain as it may sound, it’s a pretty empowering thing to feel confident in your hair.
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Behind Closed Doors By Susan R. Sloan
by Susan R. Sloan
Does violence beget violence, and does the abused always grow into an abuser? Or can the infernal circle be broken by love?
Behind Closed Doors Summary
Valerie O'Connor comes from a large, close- knit, working class family in Vermont. At the age of eighteen, she marries twenty-five-year-old Jack Marsh. He is a handsome, dashing Korean War veteran, but he is also a damaged man who cannot keep himself from taking his fears and insecurities out on his wife and his five children. To make matters worse, Jack takes Valerie away from her family, and all the way across the country, isolating her from the very people who know her and care about her the most. Too proud to ask for help or admit her failure as a wife and mother, Valerie is unable to protect either herself or the children. One by one, pushed to the extreme, the children escape, in one fashion or another, until they are all gone, even Ricky, the youngest and perhaps the most troubled, and there is only Jack left, and Valerie must face the reality of her marriage and her life. And then, as if out of the ashes, another generation begins. Will history repeat itself? The answer is a message for us all.
Behind Closed Doors Reviews
For Susan Sloan's previous novels: It's all as topical as today's headlines and told at a journalistic gallop, tempered by Sloan's intelligence, humanity and gift for characterisation.' Ireland on Sunday 'An absolutely incredible story of revenge' - James Patterson 'Unputdownable' - DAILY MAIL 'A well-built and very powerful piece of fiction' - COSMOPOLITAN
About Susan R. Sloan
Susan Sloan was a practising defence lawyer on the east coast before the success of her first novel allowed her to 'retire' to an island off the coast of Washington state.
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Southern Farmers Sour To Senate Farm Bill
By editor • Jun 13, 2012
JOSEPHINE BENNETT, BYLINE: I'm Josephine Bennett in Macon, Georgia, and this is peanut country.
(SOUNDBITE OF RAIN)
BENNETT: Georgia produces almost half of the nation's peanut crop, so a little rain like this is a big deal to people like Rodney Dawson, who farms thousands of acres in Hawkinsville.
RODNEY DAWSON: In this county alone, we've been hit five years in a row with drought. So yes, this is music to our ears.
Victim, Witness Testify In Sandusky Trial
By David Greene • Jun 13, 2012
Ariz. Voters Pick Giffords' Aide To Replace Her
By Ted Robbins • Jun 13, 2012
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm Renee Montagne.
From Philippines To Afghanistan: A Soldier's Story
By Tom Bowman • Jun 13, 2012
We continue now with our occasional series Those Who Serve. It's a look at men and women in uniform at a time when less than half of one percent of Americans serve in the military.
SPECIALIST BRYAN MAXIMO: My name is Specialist Bryan Maximo.
Fencing's Father-Son Duo Hones An Olympic Dream
By Krista Almanzan • Jun 13, 2012
When they travel to London to compete in this summer's Olympics, many elite athletes will be joined by family members. But for Alexander Massialas and his father, Greg, it's different. Both of them will represent the United States — one as a coach, and the other as an athlete.
Ruling Could Help Break The Nuclear-Waste Logjam
By Christopher Joyce • Jun 13, 2012
The federal government promised almost 30 years ago to find a place to bury nuclear waste from power plants. It hasn't. So the waste is piling up at power plants around the country.
Now a federal court says the government must prove that this temporary solution is truly safe. The decision could help break the nuclear-waste logjam.
Farmers Split Over Subsidies As Senate Farm Bill Debate Begins
By Jonathan Ahl • Jun 13, 2012
The latest proposal for the farm bill — the law governing everything from food stamps to rural development grants — is being considered by the U.S. Senate this week. It's designed to save more than $23 billion over the next 10 years, in part by getting rid of direct payments to farmers. The direct payment program alone costs taxpayers $5 billion per year.
Why The Farm Bill's Provisions Will Matter To You
By Scott Neuman • Jun 13, 2012
If you think only farmers care about the farm bill currently being considered by Congress, you're very, very mistaken.
The measure will not only set policy and spending for the nation's farms for years to come, but it will also affect dozens of other seemingly unrelated programs — all at a cost of nearly $1 trillion over the next decade. Following are a few questions and answers about the massive legislation:
Why is it called the farm bill, and where did it come from?
Where Are The Democratic Billionaires?
By Mara Liasson • Jun 12, 2012
Democrats knew that they would be disadvantaged under the new campaign finance rules created by the Supreme Court. But the disparity between the amount of money Republicans can raise in unlimited anonymous donations and what the Democrats have been able to raise is huge.
The Salton Sea Fades Away, And A Town With It
In the middle of California's driest desert is the Salton Sea, the state's largest lake. Once a popular tourist destination, the storied salty and toxic lake nestled in the Imperial Valley has been slowly shrinking over the years.
A water transfer deal passed in 2003 could speed up that process, and some are now worried it could be an environmental and health disaster for the region.
Standing near the Salton Sea's receding shoreline on a recent day, 75-year-old Ed Angel points to a ragged patch of desert with dying palm trees.
Roger Clemens Perjury Case In The Jury's Hands
The Roger Clemens perjury case is in the hands of the jury now. The panel of eight women and four men began deliberations late Tuesday, after prosecution and defense lawyers made their final arguments.
While the star pitcher's defense called the case "outrageous," prosecutors charged that Clemens chose to lie, mislead and impede a congressional investigation when he testified about performance-enhancing drugs.
Attorney General Grilled On Security Leaks
By Carrie Johnson • Jun 12, 2012
MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
Will Beer And Brats Break Through Wisconsin's Partisan Divide?
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beat back Democrats' efforts to kick him out of office last week in an election widely seen as a national referendum on labor policies.
To Rehabilitate Young Vets, Go Hunting
Recreational rehabilitation programs have long been a favorite for helping disabled veterans acclimate after war, and the number of young and disabled vets returning who need those services is on the rise.
Two brothers — with nearly 60 years of military service between them — are trying to help with a unique retreat that's free for young vets. The program gets them out of their hospital beds for a few days to hunt in rural Pennsylvania.
Romney Puts Distance Between Him And Himself On Public-Worker Hiring
By Frank James • Jun 12, 2012
Mitt Romney seemed pretty adamant last week when he said taxpayers didn't want any more teachers, firefighters and police officers, suggesting that they wanted to see government at all levels shrink.
But given the chance during a Fox News appearance Tuesday to repeat the bold statement of just a few days ago, the all-but-official presidential nominee essentially took a pass.
Liberal Group Excitedly Eyes Millions Of Potential Latino Voters
It's a given that Latino voters are viewed by both political parties as critical to the the 2012 general election and that polling shows President Obama, and Democrats generally, enjoying a significant advantage with that such voters.
That reality prompted Mitt Romney to tell donors at a closed-door Palm Beach, Fla. fundraiser in April, in remarks overheard by reporters:
"We have to get Hispanic voters to vote for our party." He suggested that if the GOP failed to draw significant numbers of Latino voters away from the Democratic Party "that spells doom for us."
Under The 'Nuclear Shadow' Of Colorado's Rocky Flats
Kristen Iversen spent years in Europe looking for things to write about before realizing that biggest story she'd ever cover was in the backyard where she grew up. Iversen spent her childhood in Colorado close to the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons factory, playing in fields and swimming in lakes and streams that it now appears were contaminated with plutonium. Later, as a single mother, Iversen worked at the plant but knew little of its environmental and health risks until she saw a feature about it on Nightline.
And You Thought You Had Good Attendance
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Alcatraz Escapees Didn't Return 50 Years Later? Says Who?
By Mark Memmott • Jun 12, 2012
Sure, "there was no sign of the men," as Laura Sullivan and Ben Bergman reported on Morning Edition.
The legend was that Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin would reappear Monday on Alcatraz Island — 50 years to the day after they escaped in one of the most daring prison breaks in U.S. history.
The Fed's Tough Job Gets Harder In Election Year
By Marilyn Geewax • Jun 12, 2012
Americans who fear the economy is losing steam would like to see the Federal Reserve turn up the heat.
That might happen when the central bank holds its next meeting June 19-20. The Fed could take steps to drive interest rates even lower, or create fresh piles of cash to stimulate growth.
But with the election season gearing up, the Fed's ability to act boldly may be restrained. That's because the monetary policymakers want to preserve the Fed's credibility as a nonpartisan entity.
JPMorgan Knew Of Risks, 'WSJ' Reports
"Some top JPMorgan Chase executives and directors were alerted to risky practices by a team of London-based traders two years before that group's botched bets cost the bank more than $2 billion," The Wall Street Journal is reporting.
50 Years Later, Mystery Of Alcatraz Escape Endures
By Laura Sullivan • Jun 12, 2012
Fifty years ago three men set out into the frigid waters of the San Francisco Bay in a raft made out of raincoats. It was one of the most daring prison escapes in U.S. history from what was billed as the nation's only "escape-proof prison" — Alcatraz.
Most people assume the men have been at the bottom of the bay or were swept out to sea since the night they broke free, tunneling out of their cells in part with spoons from the kitchen and climbing the prisons' plumbing to the roof.
A Congressional Election In Arizona We All Wish Didn't Have To Take Place
By Ken Rudin • Jun 12, 2012
If Republicans had their way, there would not have been a gubernatorial recall election in Wisconsin. An unnecessary waste of time, many of them said.
Democrats, for the most part, disagree. Scott Walker's policies, they argued, mandated the recall election.
As for today's special election in Arizona's 8th Congressional District, both Democrats and Republicans agree that it shouldn't be taking place at all.
Commerce Secretary Takes Leave After Car Crash
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Ambulance Service A Struggle In Rural Colo. Counties
By Grace Hood • Jun 12, 2012
Massive Wildfire Burns Out Of Control In Colo.
By KUNC-FM: Kirk Siegler • Jun 12, 2012
The legend of the escape from Alcatraz has always held that Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin would return for the 50th anniversary of their famed 1962 prison breakout. Tuesday was that anniversary. And while the men, who would now be in their 80s, haven't been heard from in half a century, family members went to the island for the first time to wait — along with U.S. Marshals — just in case.
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Student selected for Mandela Washington Fellowship Exchange
Jan. 17, 2020 -- Audrey Korte, a Wichita State graduate student studying representation and the news and recent graduate of Wichita’s Civic Engagement Academy, has been selected to participate in the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders’ Reciprocal Exchange.
WSU students win innovation award at Consumer Electronics Show
Jan. 16, 2020 - VivO2 earned a 2020 Innovation Award at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month. ClearObject.com named VivO2 one of its top three things to see at the show, a six-day gathering of industry professionals from around the world. Founder and CEO Tammy Dorsey and co-founder and CTO James Balman are Wichita State Master of Innovation Design students. Both attended CES, which attracted around 170,000 attendees.
Shockers on the Street: would you rather edition
Jan. 13, 2019 -- Have you ever wanted to know the answers to life's important questions? Join Maddie as she hits the streets again asking students the questions we've been dying to have answers to.
WSU students connect with military and private industry to open career paths
Jan. 2, 2020 - At FirePoint, Wichita State University students work with Army officials, private industry and academics. The combination of experience, exposure to those areas and networking puts students in position to consider different career paths.
Meet a Shocker: Eduardo Castillo, communication grad
Dec. 19, 2019 -- Eduardo Castillo won't let anything stop him from being successful. Even though having a speech impediment can make it more difficult to communicate, Eduardo has found a channel that best suits him. By telling his story through video, Eduardo feels like he can finally say what he wants to. Congratulations to Eduardo Castillo for being one of more than 1,100 students who were eligible to graduate this fall.
WSU, Butler create powerful degree pathway in biomedical engineering
Dec. 19, 2019 -- Those interested in a career in biomedical engineering just received another degree option that’s closer to home. Wichita State University and Butler Community College have joined forces to create a 2+2 agreement that articulates a complete four-year plan of study in biomedical engineering.
Wichita State-based cleantech company reaches $2.1 million in seed funding
Dec. 18, 2019 -- Creating eco-friendly refrigeration and cooling technology is one of the top concerns when it comes to fighting climate change. Thanks to resources and knowledge at Wichita State University, a Wichita company is one step closer to finding a solution to that problem.
Three WSU students recognized as new University Innovation Fellows
Dec. 18, 2019 -- Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design has named three Wichita State students as University Innovation Fellows. Jacob Burns, Molly Carlson and Savannah Redfern will join more than 2,000 Fellows at 267 institutions worldwide.
WSU engineering students develop assistive technologies to aid nonverbal individual
Dec. 13, 2019 -- Katlyn, a student at USD 259’s Levy Special Education Center, has cerebral palsy and is nonverbal. Three Wichita State Engineering students have made communication a lot easier for her as a class project this semester.
Meet a Shocker: Stella Yang, economics graduate
Dec. 12, 2019 -- Stella Yang has served in many roles on campus since she enrolled in 2016, including business senator and treasurer of Student Government Association, as well as vice president of Asian Student Conference.
Meet a Shocker: Noah and Shauna Holloway, education grads
Dec. 11, 2019 -- Noah and Shauna Holloway are education majors in the Teacher Apprentice Program at Wichita State. They are parents of two who took classes while teaching full-time. They earned their degrees with help from family and by working with professors when life intervened.
Meet a Shocker: Gavrilla Arya, biology and chemistry grad
Dec. 11, 2019 -- Wichita State senior Gavrilla Arya excelled as a biological sciences major and helped the golf team to the 2016 NCAA regional. A native of Indonesia, Arya earned academic All-American honors four times.
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Manitoba 'open for business' during fiscal renovations, premier tells Toronto audience
CHRISTOPHER KATSAROV / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister speaks to the Economic Club of Canada about the challenges facing his province, the steps his government is taking to address them and how that approach may be an example for other governments facing similar challenges, in Toronto on Friday.
Premier Brian Pallister's sales pitch to the prestigious Economic Club of Canada Friday touted Manitoba's "strategic" central location in Canada, transportation system, clean and low-cost electricity and affordable real estate.
"Manitoba is once again open for business, offering a competitive and business-friendly environment as well as supportive infrastructure for a wide array of industries and sectors," a news release from his office quoted from his address to business leaders in Toronto.
"These attributes have resulted in Manitoba becoming one of Canada’s most diverse and dynamic economies, but a lack of vision has hampered our province’s growth."
The speech was not live-streamed, nor was a written copy available. Pallister's staff said the Economic Club of Canada would be posting the speech online shortly after he finished speaking, but the ECC does not expect it to be available until Monday.
The premier gave an overview of Manitoba’s current economic climate and reaffirmed his government’s commitment to improvement, growth and change, his office said.
Pallister reportedly spoke of Manitoba’s economic challenges — a large budgetary deficit, credit downgrades and past fiscal mismanagement — threatening government services Manitobans rely upon.
It was not clear whether he shared any hints of the austerity measures the he's are considering — such as wage freezes in the public sector or the possibility of opening up existing contracts.
"Our story is far from complete and I firmly believe that our next chapter, though sure to be challenging and certain to require difficult but necessary decisions, will be a tale of determination and of success," another quote from the release read. "It will detail our unparallelled opportunity to rebuild this special province. And it is one that we will write together."
Jan 13, 2017: Pallister cites family relationships in defending Costa Rica trips Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
Jan 13, 2017: Letters and comments, Jan. 13
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Opinion: The Staying Power of Bernie Sanders
Upward Mobility: Bernie Sanders raised significantly more money in the final quarter of 2019 than any other Democratic presidential candidate, but can he win the Democratic nomination? Image: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Wire
Be Prepared for President Sanders
Russia’s parliament confirmed Mikhail Mishustin as the country’s new prime minister after President Vladimir Putin proposed constitutional changes. WSJ explains how the reshuffle could extend Mr. Putin's grip on power after his term ends in 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Reuters
In 2019's James Q. Wilson Lecture, Edward Glaeser addressed the conflict between entrenched interests and newcomers in its economic, political, geographic, and generational dimensions. Image: Manhattan Institute
Opinion: U.S., China Trade Agreement Is a Step in the Right Direction
Opinion: The Democratic Bankruptcy of Identity Politics
Opinion: CNN Backs Warren Claim about Sanders
Opinion: What if Blacks Vote for Trump?
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Superstars host a be a STAR rally in Memphis
Kofi Kingston, R-Truth and Alicia Fox spread be a STAR Alliance's anti-bullying message.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Hundreds of Fairview Middle School students joined Kofi Kingston, R-Truth and Alicia Fox at a be a STAR anti-bullying rally Tuesday before SmackDown. The WWE Superstars were celebrating Anti-Bullying Month, which runs through October! ( PHOTOS)
The Superstars shared their personal stories about bullying and encouraged everyone to be a STAR by standing up to bullies and telling a parent, teacher or guardian when they're having issues with bullies.
One out of every four children is bullied, and a child is bullied every seven minutes, whether it’s cyber, physical or verbal. Through WWE and The Creative Coalition’s campaign, children around the globe are encouraged to “be a STAR: Show Tolerance And Respect.”
For a year and a half, WWE Superstars and Divas have visited more than 40 schools to spread the be a STAR message, affecting 20,000-plus children! This is in addition to the 20,000 people who have taken the be a STAR pledge online at beastaralliance.org.
Be a STAR is made up of more than 50 alliance partners including Scholastic Inc., YMCA of America, Girl Scouts of America, GLAAD, RAINN and STOMP Out Bullying. For more information, visit beastaralliance.org, the be a STAR Facebook page and on Twitter @beastaralliance. Also, log on to beastaralliance.org to take the official be a STAR pledge and to download a free be a STAR teacher’s aide and be a STAR toolkit to start your own local chapter.
Kara A. Medalis
CSR - General
CSR - Diversity
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Finishing Year
Author: Bentley Bryce Finley
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A 48-year-old single father takes a gap year in Europe to finish his university
Can a man change his stars? Can he ever really rise above? These are the questions that plague our mortal souls. Bryce Finley, a 48-year-old Canadian single father with an unfinished university degree, two almost-grown children, a tenuous grip on a middle-class existence, and no visible (future) means of support, is about to find out.
After three years of working at his local university, he decides to hit the books to show his kids he never meant to be a dropout. His eldest has already quit high school, but is there still time to show the youngest one?
But when his university job ends, completing his long-delayed education in art history proves to be financially difficult, so he jumps at the chance to study – with the aid of a small scholarship – as an international exchange student in Europe.
What follows is a life in a cramped student dorm in an industrial town, but one – luckily – that is the ideal jumping off place to tour to all of the great art capitals of Europe. Life-changing experiences follow, along with chances to reflect and improve upon a life that has been called “a financial train wreck,” in which only one of his two kids might ever graduate from high school, and in which our hero realizes he never, ever, once-and-for-all decided what he would be when he grew up.
But that was then, this is now, and class is in session. With style, humour, and cunning linguistics, Finley shows us how he made his way through his last year of university, the great museums of Europe, the social fabric of a handful of European countries, and a few youthful romances to emerge a more-educated and potentially more-employable person.
Born in 1964 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Father of two kids.
Remarried.
Holds an honours degree (with distinction) in History in Art from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Teaches at the Co-operative State University of Baden-Wuerttemberg at Mannheim, Germany.
A former journalist and author of four previous books on health, business, and travel.
Writes personal experience adventure tales about living this life.
Has a passion for Weimaraner dogs and possibly antique European sports cars and wooden sailboats.
DIE GROSSE REISE
Gebhard Deißler
CAFÉ CRÈME SUPRÊME
Das Universum ist ein Arschloch
Andreas Karosser
Freunde in der Fremde
LES CAFÉS DE PARIS
IN LIEBE VERBUNDEN ÜBER RAUM UND ZEIT
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REVIEWING NEW COMICS
The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury Volume 1: Time Runs Out
Writer: Brandon Thomas
Artist: Lee Ferguson
Publisher: Archaia
Reviewer Rating: 4.5 bullets
Author's Note: The Review Originally Ran on Comics Bulletin
For the most part, we conceive time in a linear fashion. What happened a moment ago is what we call the past. What is happening right this moment is what we refer to as the present. The countless experiences we are going to have to endure after this moment, we call the future. But the more we learn about how we conceive of time, the more fluid our definition of it must become.
Why am I beginning a review of the new hardcover collection of The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury from Archaia Comics with a discussion about our understanding of time? Because time is what this book is really all about.
Sure, on his website Brandon Thomas, Miranda Mercury’s writer/creator, will say this about his main character:
She’s the greatest adventurer in this, or any other galaxy, the kind of old-fashioned, classic science-fiction heroine that can successfully defeat The Time Raiders of Xaxium, brave the wonders of The Glass Planet, survive The Perils of Yor, and battle The Infinity Class to a veritable standstill!
And this is a fairly accurate description of the character. Miranda Mercury does, indeed, kick some serious ass. She’s got the moves, the sass, the smarts, and the strategy to make her a great action hero, and the stories in this collection have plenty of action and are really fun to read. I don’t want to make a big deal out of the fact that here we have a comic book hero who is both female and black (although in the wake of recent events this is certainly something that should be acknowledged), but it is truly refreshing to have this character be the sort of hero she is, neither in spite of or because of her gender or race.
What really separates The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury from a typical sci-fi adventure comic, though, is how it deals with the concept of time. To begin with, the subtitle to this collection is Volume 1: Time Runs Out. This is, on the surface, a reference to the fact that the stories in this collection are about Miranda’s last year of life. She has been poisoned by her arch-enemy with a compound that will cause her vital systems to slowly degenerate over the course of a year. A lot of the subplots in this collection are focused on that, both in terms of Miranda’s understanding of her own mortality and what sort of legacy she wants to leave behind, as well as providing an overriding motivation for her sidekick, Jack Warning.
This aspect of the time theme really allows Brandon Thomas to explore his characters and bring them to life, not in a pandering way either. This struggle in particular really allows the characters of Miranda and Jack to be heroes.
The other way time is used in The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury is to structure the narrative itself. Although this is the first collection of Miranda’s adventures, it starts at Episode 295. Thomas and co-creator (and artist) Lee Ferguson did this on purpose. They start Miranda’s adventures in the middle, as it were, respecting the audience enough that they will understand this conceit, as well as to tease the audience into wanting more of a back story. It’s an interesting narrative design, and in lesser hands it could easily disintegrate into chaos. But Thomas and Ferguson have a tight clamp on their story and pull this trick off deftly.
Throughout each self-contained episode in the collection, time is also a toy that the creators play with, especially in Episode #297, which Joe Casey calls “pure storytelling bravura” in his Foreword. It is something that has to be experienced to understand, but this episode is an incredible feat of time-manipulation and narrative ingenuity.
Throughout the book Lee Ferguson’s art is sharp, dynamic, and often times just beautiful to look at. The work of the various colorists should also be noted for its vibrancy and creativity.
All in all, The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury works on pretty much every level. It has everything in it that I love about comics. From dynamic characters to fantastic action, from inventive storytelling to thematic intelligence, there’s something for everyone here.
I think Brandon Thomas himself said it best:
This entire project is an intensely personal, yet very public, love note to the comic book medium. Miranda Mercury is everything that I’ve loved about comics since I was introduced to them in the seventh grade. The kinetic storytelling, the unexpected twists, the intensely complicated partnerships, the crazy villains and gadgets, the imagery, the morality—but more than anything else really, the possibility. Nothing is impossible in comics, and this romanticized notion is at the core of the Miranda Mercury concept…if anything can and will happen, why the hell isn’t it? Why aren’t there more comic books willfully pushing against the walls the marketplace has built up around them? When did we just start accepting everything we’re told—that female characters can’t headline books unless they’re running around half naked, or that titles with minority characters don’t have a chance in hell of making it past their sixth issue. This book endeavors to take the rules and restrictions, expose their lack of validity in public and say with every bit of possible intensity that can be mustered, I DON’T BELIEVE YOU.
The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury Volume 1: Time Runs Out contains the kind of comics that reminds you why you read comics in the first place. I can’t wait to read Volume 2.
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A pair of elk are viewed through the scope of a rifle in the Yukon. Environment Yukon will be doing a third-party review of its hunting lottery system after it discovered a second error with the data used to run the 2018-19 hunting permit lottery. (Jordon Carey/Submitted)
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‘I would hope we get to the bottom of this and come up with a system that all hunters can fully support’
Jackie Hong
Environment Yukon will be doing a third-party review of its hunting lottery system after it discovered a second error with the data used to run the 2018-19 hunting permit lottery — an error that impacted the weightings of 311 applicants.
The department made the announcement in a press release July 23.
Like the error the department flagged at the beginning of the month that led to it retracting and redrawing all sheep, caribou, moose and goat permits, this second error was also related to weighting. This time, officials discovered that the electronic system used by Environment Yukon to collect lottery applicants’ data failed to properly cross-reference some 2018-19 lottery entries with entries submitted by the same people in previous years.
Weighting essentially determines how many entries an applicant receives when they enter the lottery. Applicants’ weightings correspond with the number of years they’ve unsuccessfully applied for a permit, with first-time applicants receiving a weighting of one. The weighting is then increased to the power of seven to calculate the number of times a hunter’s name is entered into the lottery. The longer hunters are unsuccessful in the lottery, the higher their chances are to get a permit the following year.
In this case, the electronic system failed to recognize that applicants who entered the lottery under slightly different names year-to-year — for example, using “John Doe” one year and “Jonathan Doe” another — were the same person. That meant that, for the 311 affected applicants, they received weightings that only corresponded with the exact name they used to apply for the 2018-19 lottery instead of weightings that took all their previous unsuccessful applications into account.
Although only discovered following the redraw earlier this month, the cross-referencing mistake was present from the beginning of this year’s lottery and also affected the first draw. It impacted the lotteries for all species except Kluane sheep, where weighting is not taken into account.
The department will not be doing another redraw due to the short timeframe before hunting season begins on Aug. 1, and, for the same reason, will also not be reissuing any returned permits. It will be refunding all unsuccessful hunters their application fees, and the 311 hunters affected by the cross-referencing error will be awarded an extra year’s weighting the next time they apply to the lottery.
In a media briefing July 24, deputy environment minister Joe MacGillivray said the department “sincerely apologizes” for the error and that it is organizing an independent, third-party review of how the lottery’s data is collected and processed.
“Many of us here at Environment are hunters ourselves, or we come from families with hunters and we understand how important it is to get out on the land and provide for our families,” he said. “We appreciate how significant an impact these errors have had on our clients and on our fellow stewards. This is why we’ve been thoroughly transparent and as fair as possible throughout this year’s challenges.”
The department is in the midst of a multi-year transition from a manual to electronic system to manage hunting permit lottery data, MacGillivray explained, something, once completed would eliminate the possibility of human error impacting the results.
“But like all transitions of this magnitude, it will take time and we need to work through these challenges so that the process improves,” he said. “Our commitment to our clients and our respect for their trust is also why we’ll be conducting an independent review of all data policies and processes for the (permit hunt authorization) lottery. It’s only through this review that we’ll be able to instill confidence (and) integrity in this annual draw once again.”
The department is still currently preparing the terms of reference for the review, MacGillivray said, and whatever recommendations come out of that review are expected to be implemented by next year’s lottery.
He added that the redrawn lottery results were “more fair” than the first, even with the cross-referencing issue, because the department had corrected for the other error it identified shortly after the first round of permits were issued. That error was related to permit returns and reissuances not being taken into account when calculating weighting. Sixty-one applicants who were successful in the first draw were not in the redraw.
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“(I) can understand that mistakes happen and that’s just part of life, but at the same time, (I) would not have expected it to occur the second time around,” he said, adding that “a number” of the association’s members are also “very upset” that no returned permits will be reissued.
“I would hope we get to the bottom of this and come up with a system that all hunters can fully support and endorse.”
In a press release, Yukon Party MLA Wade Istchenko, who had tabled a motion in May 2017 requesting a third-party audit of the permit hunting system, said he was “pleased” that Environment Minister Pauline Frost had decided to do a review, it was “too little, too late.”
“Hundreds of resident hunters and outfitters were affected by this redraw, and if the minister had only listened to us in the first place and taken action over a year ago, these issues could have been prevented,” he said in the press release.
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Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Rule Britain.
Author Topic: Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Rule Britain. (Read 8377 times)
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Re: Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Rule Britain.
Quote from: Rapples on January 31, 2011, 09:23:37 am
Quote from: Wowbagger on January 29, 2011, 10:42:06 am
One of the reasons my kids are so eternally grateful to the head teacher of their primary school was that he expected his pupils to excel, no matter what the opposition. When we took chess teams to National Championships, he actually told them that not only did he want them to "beat the posh kids" but that he wanted them to make them cry.
Do you think instilling that kind of prejudice at such a young age is a good thing?
At my school it was called bullying.
On another note, I'm sick of bright kids being treated as nothing more than fuel for driving the less bright/privileged/whatever kids on to greater things. The bright ones are people too, you know!
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Quote from: Mr Bunbury on January 31, 2011, 09:45:44 am
Prejudice? Bullying? Against the very people having an attitude of entitlement and superiority systematically thrust upon them?
Thank you Rapples for making that point. If I found that a headmaster was encouraging bullying based on who a child's parents are, I would be appalled.
And yes, I was bullied for being "posh" - because I didn't live on the council estate next to school, like many other kids!
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Quote from: Kathy on January 31, 2011, 09:55:06 am
Kids cry when they lose games of chess: I've seen grown men cry when they lose games of chess. They cry when they have been given an unreasonable expectation of their entitlement to something. It's a hard game and there's no escaping the fact that, if you lose, on that occasion your opponent was better than you.
If you are brought up, as many privately-educated kids are, to expect everything on a plate, it comes as a nasty shock when it doesn't happen, especially when it's your supposed inferiors who dish it out to you.
It's nothing whatever to do with bullying.
Making the posh kids[1] cry has long been a tradition of bullies in UK schools. To see WB praising it and to hear of a headmaster encouraging it is shocking.
[1] Usually "posh" meaning intelligent or articulate or just going to a different school.
Quote from: Pancho on January 31, 2011, 10:06:56 am
Bollocks. The rules of chess were applied and overseen by several of the country's top arbiters, at least two of whom were associated with what I believe to be fee-paying schools (Liverpool College and Haberdasher's, London).
Exit Stage Left
We do have in our presence somone well qualified to comment on Grammar Schools and social mobility. The programme was bemoaning the fact that it was now unlikely that anyone from a less moneyed background could now do PPE at Oxford.
But some counties do still have selective Grammar Schools, and their results are good. One factor is that they atrract a high standard of teaching staff. Essex and Kent spring to mind. I remember reading a thread about a debating competition held at Maidstone Girl's Grammar, and the two privately-educated women wo went along to help with the judging of it seemed quite impressed by the standard, as was the proud father of the Head of History at that school.
Poor little overprivileged.
If they are beaten in a formal process such as chess, which knows no class but does discriminate between skill levels, that's just tough.
If they have been told that they will win everything all the time because they are inherently 'better' (and they are), then the cruelty is on the part of their teachers.
Quote from: Exit Stage Left on January 31, 2011, 10:18:07 am
Oh, fantastic! Straight 10s for that personal attack, ESL. Do you actually make notes on ancient threads and posts so that you can use them years later to attack people? You sad individual! (Edited on advice)
I've really riled the right-whingers today, haven't I?
I usually get quite pissed off when grown men talk about how they want to making children cry, especially when it's not because of anything those children have done but because of something they can't control, i.e. their parents' income.
I was also bullied in school for being the dorky nice kid with the funny accent, but at least the bullies didn't pretend to be doing it for the good of class war. Everyone knew they were just being little shits.
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No, you've completely discredited your side of the debate by descending into swearing at someone for what (and I've read it several times now in case I missed something) seems like a perfectly innocuous post.
Quote from: bikesdontfloat on January 31, 2011, 10:38:15 am
It's a thinly veiled personal attack. Given time, I could supply you with the links to demonstrate the fact.
I'll deal with the issues with reasoned debate. Personal attack is something else.
The ironic part is that a whole succession of people have lined up to attack me because they have chosen to misinterpret something I posted earlier as condoning bullying!
But reducing children to tears for going to the wrong school or just being "posh" is something to be cheered, eh?
Compare and contrast:
Go out there and show them that being 'privileged' does not mean they're better than you.
Go out there and make the rich little bastards cry.
I sometimes wonder what people would moan about if Britain did become a 'classless' society.
Point out where anyone said it was.
Well you were. You gave it as an example of why such and such a school or head was so good.
Wowbagger, you quoted this with approval. As someone who escaped school after not a few tears, I hope my kids never come into contact with your headmaster.
he actually told them that not only did he want them to "beat the posh kids" but that he wanted them to make them cry. Chess, of course, tends to be the domain of the Public Schoolboy. There are very few girls.
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The ironic part is that a whole succession of people have lined up to attack me ... <SNIP>
Does this whining make you a left-whinger ?
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What's the alternative? The posh kids turn up to the matches in pristine blazers and tailored trousers to our lot's sweatshirts, jeans and trainers. Mummy and Daddy hover around in sharp suits and rattling jewellery - a bit overdressed for an event taking place at a Pontins' holiday camp! Their whole body language - and, indeed, language, was geared to try to impose their superiority off the board. That's bullying - flaunting your extra wealth, code for saying "Whatever happens in this game of chess, when I'm grown up daddy will see to it that I get a very lucrative job as an investment banker whereas the best any of you will manage is a teacher." They are advertising the fact that they are posh. Why should we not refer to this ostentatious display of wealth in disparaging terms?
As for making them cry, it happens in all competitive arenas. If you don't like it, don't compete.
As an aside, I'm wondering what the catalyst has been for it taking until page 5 of the thread for you to attack me for something I wrote on page 2 when you've posted several times in the interim.
Quote from: mattc on January 31, 2011, 10:53:31 am
No, because you carefully edited out the bit which demonstrated the irony and the fact that I find it funny.
samoture
I think that's a bit harsh on the public school kids. Yes, children cry when they lose, but to say it's mere sense of entitlement is to lose a lot of the background there.
Kids at private school - as I know, having been to one, as ESL has kindly pointed out - don't have as much of a sense of entitlement as you suggest. (Possibly at Eton / Rugby / Harrow, but not at places like the one I went to.) Yes, the parents have to pay, but they don't just push the money in like a parking meter and leave the kids doing nothing.
To get in, you pass some hideously difficult exams (our 11+ paper was based on a GCSE text). If you are willing to work hard enough, there are amazing opportunities there - peripatetic music lessons, a huge art lab, playing fields for miles, drama clubs, teachers who are always willing to spend morning break going over work with you. It's an atmosphere in which it's difficult nott to learn.
But within that hothouse environment, you don't often fail. When you have that much input from parents and teachers, and a classroom full of other kids who are (secretly) keen to learn, you DO get through the 11+ and you DO get brilliant GCSEs and you DO get the grade 8 music and you DO get the sports medals and you DO get good A levels and you DO get your top UCAS place.
You learn that if you just work that bit harder, you can achieve anything.
And then you enter the real world and you're not competing against thirty other kids, there are six billion adults in the world and you cannot, no matter how hard you work, be best any more.
It's not a coincidence that a number of my classmates had a couple of holidays at Rhodes Farm, and almost all of my friends from Oxford have at some stage been provided with Citalopram.
Your little chess players didn't, I suspect, cry because they felt entitled to win, but because losing was synonymous with shame, inadequacy, parental disappointment, and failure. If you're hothoused into winning everything you do, losing is a REALLY big deal.
Hence why I said that the cruelty lies not with the comp side of the equation.
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Quote from: Andrij on January 31, 2011, 10:44:46 am
They'd moan about money, because money has become synonymous with class.
If you don't like your democracy, vote against it.
I stopped apologizing for where my parents chose to send me to school some years ago.
Our experience was that there were different levels of fee-paying schools. There were some who were perfectly decent and gracious in victory or defeat. There was one in particular which was the classical stereotype I've described above. On one famous occasion their teacher was warned by an arbiter for physically threatening me! Whilst the match between our teams was in progress, and it was clearly going against them, each time I tried to get a view of a board, he deliberately stood in my way. I'd move to another board, he would stand in the way again. When I asked him to stop doing it, he rounded on me in a very aggressive fashion.
Oh, we got at them all right. These schools would invest about £100 an hour for a top IM's time and our school had me. The sad part was that when the kids left Temple Sutton and went on (mostly) to Southend High, the secondary school did nothing whatever. That was the point at which the top IM could have made a difference. I'm not a good enough chess player to be able to advance the career of a strong secondary age player - not that Southend High ever asked me.
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The one and only Diana Ross
Diana Ross is getting the lifetime achievement award at Sunday’s American Music Awards (on ABC). I first knew Diana Ross because of “the China Beach song.” Which my horrified father quickly corrected when he heard me calling it that. It’s “Reflections” and a hit for Diana Ross and the Supremes. He showed me the vinyl he had for the group and gave me a little history. Then I realized she was also “Land Before Time lady.” She sings “If We Hold On Together” on that soundtrack and she’s amazing. Then I saw her perform at the Superbowl half time show and my dad had to pull out her solo albums.
Dad has everything on vinyl. :D
I love Diana as much as Dad.
I do not have as much music – and mine’s all MP3s or CDs.
Diana Ross & the Supremes Anthology – featuring their hits on a double disc format
Diana Ross Definitive Collection – I love this and stream it on my phone all the time. Has her Motown hits and RCA hits.
Diana Ross Greatest Hits The RCA Years – not really her greatest hits from RCA – it’s more her ballads and some of them are wonderful
Diana Ross diana which I also listen to on my phone. “Upside Down” and “I’m Coming Out” are great songs but my favorites are “Have Fun Again” and “Now That You’re Gone.”
She has so many hits.
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"Do You Know Where You're Going To" is one of the 19 number one pop songs (BILLBOARD US singles chart) that Diana Ross has sang on (and it's the theme to her hist film MAHOGANY). November 19th, she'll be on the live broadcast (ABC) of The American Music Awards to perform and to receive the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. Motown Classic is issuing DIAMOND DIANA: THE LEGACY COLLECTION November 17th to note this monumental achievement. That's this Sunday and her daughter Tracee Ellis Ross (BLACKISH, GIRLFRIENDS) will be hosting the broadcast.
Moving to Iraq, it's been a slow process but the renewed attempt to lower the age of marriage for girls to 9-years-old is finally get press attention.
Sharia Watch UK @WatchSharia 5h5 hours ago
Nine-year-old girls in Iraq could be forced to marry under new Muslim laws tinyurl.com/yc8ejopy The bill includes provisions that would legalise marital rape and child marriage and ban Muslims from marrying non-Muslims.
IBT's Isabelle Garratsen notes:
Human rights activists are warning that a new Iraqi law could legalise marriage for children as young as nine and set women's rights back 50 years.
They are calling on Iraqi ministers to withdraw a draft of the Jafaari Personal Status Law which would allow Muslim clerics to have control over marriage contracts.
For the earlier attempt, please refer to the April 17, 2014 snapshot.
We first noted the new push for the measure in the November 3rd snapshot. Last week, Mustafa Habib (NIQASH) reported on it, Chris Harris (EURONEWS) has reported on the issue and Karen McVeigh (GUARDIAN) has covered it.
Middle East media has covered this issue throughout the month. One example being Rosie Alfatlawi's report for AL-BAWABA:
Child marriage may soon be legal in Iraq.
Troops have only just liberated the final major ISIS stronghold, but now Iraq’s parliament is voting on changes opponents say are reminiscent of the extremist group.
Baghdad’s House of Representatives voted “in principle” on Wednesday to approve amendments to the Personal Status Law that could allow girls as young as 9 marry.
Currently 18 is the official marriage age, although a judge can allow individuals as young as 15 to wed.
In addition, the amended law would facilitate polygamy, with men no longer needing a judge’s permission to marry multiple wives.
Yet while Middle East outlets have covered the issue, western media has been largely silent. This despite the fact that the US State Dept commented on this issue last week. As KURDISTAN 24 noted:
State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert strongly criticized the Iraqi parliament’s approval, in principle, of a draft law that would allow the marriage of girls as young as nine-years old and restore the authority of religious courts in matters of personal status.
“We are completely against and oppose the idea of children marrying adults,” Nauert said on Thursday, replying to a question from Kurdistan 24 at a Department press briefing.
Nauert likened the pending Iraqi legislation to the practices of the Islamic State (IS.)
“It was not that long ago,” she said, that we condemned “the depravity of [IS] for taking children as brides.”
“We remain firmly opposed to the idea that any adult would attempt to marry a child in that fashion.”
Iraq’s current personal status law goes back to 1959. It was approved in the wake of the overthrow of the Iraqi monarchy in a military coup led by Gen. Abdul Karim Qasim in July 1958.
If you're in the west, especially if you're in the US, grasp this: Day after day, for weeks now, you are part of the daily outrage -- good, healthy outrage -- over the abusive behaviors of Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, etc. What is being proposed in Iraq right now is abuse. And women and men in the west have benefited from global solidarity.
To avoid looking self-involved and hypocritical, it would be good for numerous 'social justice warriors' in the US to try to take a moment or two to recognize proposed abuse even if doesn't involve a famous performer.
Late yesterday, Bethan McKernan (INDEPENDENT) noted:
[T]he UN and various women’s rights groups in the region have condemned the proposed legislation.
“I call upon the Council of Representatives to seize this opportunity of the process to amend the Personal Status Law,“ the UN Secretary General’s special representative to Iraq, Jan Kubis, said in a statement.
The Council of Representatives must “conduct a wider consultation on the draft amendments in a participatory manner to recommit to and ensure the full respect, protection and fulfilment of women and girls’ rights in Iraq in relation to matrimonial and other matters,” he added.
Mina Aldroubi (THE NATIONAL) explains:
Iraq’s current personal status law, introduced in 1959, is considered to be one of the most protective of women’s rights in the region. It is applied to all Iraqis regardless of their religious beliefs and sets the legal age of marriage at 18. In "urgent" cases, however, a judge is allowed to permit girls as young as 15 to marry.
The current personal status law bans forced marriages and restricts polygamy.
Under the new amendments, however, Shiite girls would be allowed to marry from the age of nine in line with the teachings of the Jaafari school of Shiite religious jurisprudence. The school was established by the sixth Shiite imam, Jaafar Al Sadiq.
Belikis Wille, Iraq and Qatar researcher at Human Rights Watch, said that the mooted changes — which were first proposed in an earlier, more extreme bill introduced in 2014 — were "catastrophic".
“The fact that this is not the first time the proposal was introduced is deeply disturbing,” Ms Wille added.
“It’s a step backwards for Iraq, a country where there are many initiatives to improve women’s rights. Now [after ISIL’s defeat] is the time to assert more clearly that everyone in Iraq has equal rights.”
In 2014, the bill was approved by Nouri al-Maliki and his Cabinet of Ministers. Yesterday,voting was halted on the measure by a committee in Parliament. Mohamed Mostafa (IRAQI NEWS) reports:
SNG website quoted Lama al-Halfi, chairman of the Iraqi parliament’s women affairs committee, saying in a press statement on Wednesday that the “personal status” law had been withdrawn from voting and returned to the committee for further deliberation with the endowments committee.
“This (draft) law permits girls between eight and nine to get married, while the Iraqi law 199/1959 sets a girl’s maturity age between 15 and 16,” Halfi said, asking to adopt that age range in the new amendments.
In other disturbing news, Bill Van Auken (WSWS) reports:
An investigative report by the BBC titled “Raqqa's dirty secret” has confirmed earlier charges by Iran, Russia and the Syrian government that the Pentagon has colluded with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the evacuation of ISIS fighters from cities and towns under US military siege.
The BBC story, based on interviews with some of those who organized the evacuation along with truck drivers who were brought in to transport the fighters and others who observed it, describes a four-mile-long convoy that included “50 trucks, 13 buses and more than 100 of the Islamic State group’s own vehicles. IS fighters, their faces covered, sat defiantly on top of some of the vehicles.”
In total, the convoy, which set out on October 12, transported some 4,000 people—ISIS fighters and their families—along with tons of arms, ammunition and explosives. The US military and its proxy ground force, the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces, assured that reporters and cameramen were kept out of Raqqa to prevent images of the long column of trucks, with armed ISIS fighters on top of them from being broadcast around the world.
The story has been largely ignored by the US media. It flies in the face of repeated statements by leading US officials vowing to “annihilate” ISIS to the last man in Iraq and Syria and debunks the greatest “fake news” story of the 21st century—the so-called US war on terror.
ISIS was bussed. Poor thug Hayder al-Abadi. He's been taking victory laps as fast as his tiny legs could carry his portly body while screaming that he'd defeated ISIS. Poor Hayder, always a fool on the western stage.
This false claim has led to the mistaken assumption that the Iraqi forces have vastly improved when that is not the case. The official desertion rate among the Iraqi forces remains as high today as it was in 2014. They are still unable to move into a town unless they have at least 10 soldiers for every 1 suspected terrorist. They have been trained and retrained.
It's probably always going to be difficult to get them to fight for a government propped up by the United States as opposed to a true Iraqi government.
That is only shocking to those who haven't paid attention to what has taken place repeatedly. Of, for that matter, the 2011 brush off of the offer for more US training. (Iraq's 'acting' Foreign Minister -- speaking on behalf of Nouri al-Maliki -- suggested that the US find a better way to spend their money.)
The bussing was also outrageous when you grasp that the US is supposedly fighting ISIS. For many in the Middle East who have long argued that the US created ISIS and did so intentionally, this latest news will only confirm their beliefs.
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Hey Punk Ass Congress the Iraq War is still going on.
I wonder, does Congress grasp that.
They won’t address the issue or apparently any real issues but they will do a dog & pony show.
From THE HILL, we learn six members of the House of Representatives held a press stunt today to announce they had articles to impeach Donald Trump.
Now they're not introducing them in Congress.
This was all theater.
They have time to play.
They don't have time to end the Iraq War but they have time to play and waste.
To her credit, US House Rep. Maxine Waters wasn't part of this stunt. Maybe she's getting back in touch with reality. That would be great.
Congress needs to get to work.
Wednesday, November 15, 2017. The Iraq War continues, where's THE NATION magazine? Iraqi girls are yet again under attack from the politicians who are supposed to be representing them. And much more.
"Touch Me In The Morning" is one of the 19 number one pop songs (BILLBOARD US singles chart) that Diana Ross has sang on. November 19th, she'll be on the live broadcast (ABC) of The American Music Awards to perform and to receive the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. Motown Classic is issuing DIAMOND DIANA: THE LEGACY COLLECTION November 17th to note this monumental achievement.
And Diana's daughter Tracee Ellis Ross (BLACKISH) will be hosting this year's American Music Awards.
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I couldn't miss the @AMAs honoring my mom @DianaRoss this Sunday... so I'm hosting the show! Don't miss it this Sunday at 8/7c on ABC! #AMAs
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Switching topics, let's note things that don't make sense if you are capable of thought.
Brian Krassenstein 🐬 @krassenstein 11h11 hours ago
If you want to know how Hypocritical the GOP is, consider the fact that there were more investigations into Benghazi than the false intelligence which rationalized the Iraq war, killing 300,000+ People.
This nonsense has been going on forever.
I have no idea why .
This does not reflect poorly on House Republicans (where the bulk of the inquiries took place).
House Republicans -- like Senate Republicans -- voted for the Iraq War and supported it.
In the 2006 mid-terms, promising to end the Iraq War, the Democrats won back both houses of Congress.
From January 2007 through January 2011, Democrats controlled both houses of Congress.
Brian Krassenstein thinks he's saying something amazing.
He's not.
The Iraq War is the biggest blunder/crime/mistake/error/take your pick of the 21st century.
And Democrats campaigned on ending it.
But when in charge of both houses, they didn't do what the promised and they didn't investigate the lies of the Iraq War -- lies that started before the illegal war began and lies that continued after the war started.
So the GOP's not the one looking bad there, it's the craven Democratic leadership in Congress that refused to do (a) what they promised and (b) what the Constitution required them to do.
The ongoing Iraq War will hit the 15 year mark in March.
Has it achieved anything of note?
Is Iraq any safer?
Global Peace IndexVerified account @GlobPeaceIndex 6h6 hours ago
Countries that suffered the greatest impact from terrorism in the 2017 Global Terrorism Index: 1. Iraq 2. Afghanistan 3. Nigeria 4. Syria 5. Pakistan 6. Yemen 7. Somalia 8. India 9. Turkey 10. Libya Read more in the full report: bit.ly/2zFyamh
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14 years and counting and nothing to show for it.
Every so-called "turned corner" leads right back to where they stood before.
Hayder al-Abadi's 'big' difference between thug Nouri al-Maliki?
His personal favorite to persecute is the Kurds and not the Sunnis.
Otherwise, it's the same situation all over again.
He's imprisoning reporters, he's attacking political opponents, he's committing War Crimes.
In fact, he might soon be judged worse than Nouri al-Maliki because it was Hayder who brought the militias into the armed forces despite the Constitutional ban on the militias.
In spite of that ban.
The damage these War Criminals have already done is immense but the effects will be felt for years to come.
That's why Hayder stands a good chance of surpassing Nouri when it comes to thuggish War Criminals.
At the start of 2005, the magazine offered "Iraq's Lost Election" -- an editorial which included:
As long as the occupation continues, any Iraqi government or constitution will be tainted and incapable of producing the compromises necessary for a stable and unified Iraq. Therefore, for the sake of Iraq's future and the safety of our young men and women, the United States must begin an orderly withdrawal, coordinated with stepped-up US and international economic assistance. We recognize that further violence and internal fighting among Iraqis may follow, but to believe that a continuing US military presence can prevent this is naïve or disingenuous; it will, rather, contribute to the instability. The best long-term outcome is for Iraqis to regain control of their own country and sort out their own future.
As we asked at THIRD this week, "What's changed?"
Well, about the only change I'm seeing is that THE NATION no longer makes this argument and lost interest in Iraq in 2009.
Thought I was over the bridge now
Over the bridge now
I'm already in
Circles and circles and circles again, the girls
Circles and circles, got to stop spinning
Circles and circles and circles again, well
Circles and circles, circles again, the girls
-- "Cloud On My Tongue," written by Tori Amos, first appears on her album UNDER THE PINK (live version from her album TO VENUS AND BACK).
Circles and circles and circles again . . .
The US keeps imposing prime ministers on Iraq and then keeping US troops in the country to prop up their puppet.
Nothing's changed.
Elections are supposed to take place in May.
In 2010, the Iraqi people voted Nouri out but Barack Obama overruled them and nullified their votes via the US-brokered Erbil Agreement.
C. Alexander Ohlers (THE HILL) offers:
Another positive development was the emergence of a non-sectarian Sunni-Shiite coalition, the Iraqi National Movement (al Iraqiya), which would win a narrow majority in the 2010 election against Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki’s State of Law Collation.
Although the victors normally have the first opportunity to form a collation government, Maliki influenced the Iraq courts to sanction his party with a prevenient opportunity to form a government. A nine-month standoff ensued as a result, during which time Maliki retained power while Iran pressured wayward Shiite groups to join Maliki’s coalition.
The U.S. Administration was faced with a decision: to reinforce Iraq’s democratic process; or, to support the Maliki government. As reported by Ned Parker in Foreign Affairs and Politico, Vice President Biden and then Ambassador Hill chose to back the politically stronger Maliki as prime minister through a compromise power sharing arrangement, or the Erbil Agreement.
The outcome was dire. After U.S. troops departed from Iraq at the end of 2011, Maliki reneged on the terms of the Erbil Agreement. Instead, he moved to centralized power, exiled several Sunni leaders, and marginalized Sunni groups in what many analysts believe set fertile soil for the rise of ISIS.
Then, tired of Nouri in the summer of 2014, Barack installed Hayder -- a loser no one had heard of before.
Circles and circles? Yet again, there's a bill in Iraq that, if passed, would lower the age of marriage for girls (not boys) to nine-years. If you missed this a few years back, you can refer to the April 17, 2014 snapshot.
This month, the bill was again proposed -- see the November 3rd snapshot. Last week, Mustafa Habib (NIQASH) reported:
“There are serious constitutional and legal violations in this desire of the Islamic parties to amend the law,” one Iraqi MP, Shuruq al-Abaji, told NIQASH.
She points out that Article 41 of the Iraqi Constitution guarantees that Iraqis are free to choose personal status according to their religious beliefs, sects or other choices. Before the amendments can be made to the personal status law, this article would need to be changed, al-Abaji insists.
And there is another legal issue, the politician notes. The proposed new personal status law would refer issues of marriage, divorce, custody and inheritance to the religious endowment authorities – these are the bodies tasked with running and maintaining Shiite or Sunni mosques and shrines and they are very important institutions within their own sectarian communities. But, as al-Abaji argues, that violates not just the principle of the separation of powers but also human rights and international laws around women’s rights.
“The organization of these issues should be the responsibility of the courts and not the executive branch of Sunni or Shiite religious orders,” al-Abaji concludes.
Iraq’s original personal status law and the proposed amendments could not be more different. The first one grants mothers the right to custody and gives wives the right to inherit their husband’s estate. Meanwhile religious jurisprudence tends to say the custody of children is a matter for the father and that women do not have the right to inherit real estate or land.
However these were not even the issues that really riled Iraqis up. The change that most angered locals was the one related to legal marriageable age. Civil law says a couple should be aged at least 18 in order to marry. Meanwhile religious law says puberty means a female is of marriageable age. In some cases, this is considered to be nine years old, in others 12 years old.
“The newly proposed law encourages the marriage of minors and reminds us most of the way that the [extremist group] Islamic State behaved with young girls, how the organisation forced them to marry group members when they were in control in Mosul and Raqqa,” says MP Rizan al-Sheik Daleer.
Once again, civil society and women’s rights organisations rallied around to protests the changes in the law. Many Iraqis on social media used the hashtag #NoToUnderageMarriages and a number of Facebook pages were created to organize the protests and garner support.
Chris Harris (EURONEWS) has reported on the issue:
Iraq has moved a step closer to allowing girls as young as nine to marry, human rights campaigners have claimed.
The proposal is part of a draft law recently approved by 40 MPs that would see the restoration of religious courts, says Equality Now (EN).
Government courts have, since 1959, ruled on such matters, setting the official age of marriage to 18, although a judge can allow it at 15.
But the proposed legislation – which will have to be approved by a full parliament to go ahead – would instead see religious courts decide.
“The nine-year-old thing comes from the different interpretations of the wife of the Prophet Muhammad,” said Suad Abu-Dayyeh, EN’s Middle East consultant.
“Some interpretations say she was married at the age of nine. That is why some religious sects in Iraq are following that.”
UNICEF says one-in-five girls are married as children in Iraq and that the practice often sees them abandon education and fall pregnant. If the mother is under 18 when she gives birth her infant’s risk of dying in the first year is 60% higher. Underage marriage also puts the girl at greater vulnerability to domestic violence, the NGO says.
“Iraqi women are outraged,” Abu-Dayyeh told Euronews. “We’re very concerned and it will affect all women’s issues in their daily lives.
“I think we will see an explosion of child marriage in Iraq if it’s passed. It’s not logical, we’re in 2017 and we’re still going backwards in terms of women’s rights.”
Karen McVeigh (GUARDIAN) noted yesterday:
Public demonstrations were held last weekend by civil society and women’s rights groups against the amendment. The United Nations in Iraq (Unami) called for wider consultations and for women’s rights to be fully recognised and protected.
An earlier, more extreme version of the bill, provoked an international outcry when it was proposed, ahead of the elections in 2014. The earlier version also restricted women’s rights in terms of divorce, parenting and inheritance.
Opposition to the current proposals, which were approved this month, has so far concentrated on their impact on child marriage.
Suad Abu-Dayyeh, of Equality Now, based in Jordan, told the Guardian: “This bill contradicts international conventions and the national law in Iraq. If it is approved, in effect, each and every religious sect will follow their clerics. It will be catastrophic for women’s rights.
“We are outraged, and we will be supporting women in Iraq by issuing alerts about the bill. We are also writing letters to the speaker of [parliament] and the president.”
Circles and circles . . .
Meanwhile, Sunday's earthquake on the Iraq-Iran border continues to receive attention -- it is the deadliest earthquake of this year so far.
Polla Garmiany @PollaGarmiany 1d1 day ago
The Iraqi constitution refers to the region hit by the #earthquake as "Kurdistan Region". The Iranian constitution refers to it as "Kordestan", "Kermanshah" and "Ilam". Using non-official terms such as "Northern Iraq" and "Western Iran" is politicizing a humanitarian catastrophe.
Among those offering sympathy? Enrique Iglesias.
Enrique IglesiasVerified account @enriqueiglesias Nov 13
Everyone please send your love, thoughts and prayers to those suffering from the earthquake in Iran & Iraq….
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Among those still failing to offer leadership? Hayder al-Abadi.
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Thong Le Named New Chairman of WBBA, Replacing Tom Clement
Thong Le, the well-wired venture investor at Seattle-based WRF Capital, is stepping up to become chairman of the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association, the state’s trade organization that represents biotech and medical device companies.
Le will formally replace medical device entrepreneur Tom Clement in the volunteer chairmanship at the WBBA’s annual meeting, which coincides with Gov. Chris Gregoire’s Life Sciences Summit on Nov. 18. Clement, the founder of Kirkland, WA-based Pathway Medical Technologies, is now taking on a new entrepreneurial challenge as CEO of a couple different startups, Aqueduct Neurosciences and Cardiac Insight. He will stay on the WBBA’s executive committee.
Le, 35, has made himself into one of the best-connected people in the local life sciences community since he became a managing director with WRF Capital in 2000. At WRF, he has overseen portfolio investments in Corus Pharma, Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Halosource, Hyperion Therapeutics, Uptake Medical, as well as Accelerator, the venture-backed life sciences startup nurturer. He’s a graduate of Harvard University, and is the Pacific Northwest regional director for the Harvard Alumni Association.
“I’m really thrilled Thong is willing to step up. He’s a very smart guy, a careful thinker and has a lot of energy,” Clement says. Le says he doesn’t see any major strategic changes coming to how the WBBA does business. The role, he says, is about “providing a lot of guidance and support for the president.”
“I’m coming at an exciting time for the organization, with a lot of good things happening in the community,” Le says. “Despite the difficult economy, we’re still a bright spot within the economic ecosystem of the state. Our job is to figure out how we can continue to foster that. We want to help member companies be more successful.”
Clement has been chairman since August 2008, and has overseen the leadership transition at WBBA that occurred later that year when Chris Rivera was brought in as president. Le and Rivera have worked closely for years, not just through WBBA activities, but also through WRF’s investment in South San Francisco-based Hyperion Therapeutics, where Rivera was previously the CEO.
Here’s what Rivera had to say in an e-mail yesterday:
“He is extremely smart, creative and has tremendous industry connections. Since he is an investor in the sector, I think that he brings a different viewpoint to the WBBA. Much of our efforts have been to help support the growth of the sector in WA. We try to do this by the following; 1. Commercialization/Translational research—through our pro-bono consultation, we have helped >55 new companies this year alone, with Chris Porter, Stewart Parker’s and Christiana DeloRusso’s help. 2. Access to Capital—WINGS, VIP Forums and LSINW are our main vehicles. 3. Talent—recruitment, retention and development of the talent needed to grow the sector. 4. Policy—both in Olympia and DC. And, 5. Purchasing Programs—our members have purchased >$30M through our contracts and saved > $4M this year alone.
“Thong is and has been one of our community leaders, will bring some new ideas to the Association, and will help us continue to meet our Mission; help grow life sciences in WA state.
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7 responses to “Thong Le Named New Chairman of WBBA, Replacing Tom Clement”
Kevin Chow says:
Congratulations, Thong! Great news for Pacific Northwest biotech/biomed.
Luke Timmerman says:
Here’s a quick added comment from Carl Weissman, the CEO of Accelerator:
“Thong is the perfect Chairman for WBBA. He is a longtime active Board member, is well networked within Washington biotech community, and puts passion and dedication behind anything that he does. He puts most of us to shame for all of these attributes.”
James Bannon says:
Do you guys know where Aqueduct Neurosciences is headquartered currently?
James—not sure it has a physical headquarters yet, but I intend to gather more from Clement in the not so-distant future.
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"Close To A Standstill": IMF Warns Global Growth Will Be Cut To Lowest Since Lehman
Don't expect any good news next week when the IMF holds its annual meeting and releases its latest World Economic Outlook report due on October 15.
According to the IMF's new head, Bulgarian Kristalina Georgieva, the monetary fund will again cut its growth forecast for both 2019 and 2020; as a reminder back in July, the IMF again cut its projection for 2019 GDP growth to 3.2% this year and 3.5% next year, its fourth downgrade since last October, and the lowest since the financial crisis amid ever-escalating trade war. In fact, according to Georgieva, who apparently was brought in to take the blame for Lagarde's disastrous legacy, global trade growth "is close to a standstill", which last time we checked was 0%.
It means we are about about to have a new entry in the "worst since Lehman" category.
By now it is no secret to anyone that everyone - global institutions, economists and investors - have blamed the U.S.-China tariff war as the main reason for slowing global growth (and catalyst behind upcoming QE). The trade tensions have partly caused manufacturing to tumble and weakened investment, creating a “serious risk” of spillover to other areas of the economy like services and consumption, Georgieva said on Tuesday according to Bloomberg.
"The global economy is now in a synchronized slowdown," she said, noting that the fund estimates that 90% of of the world is seeing slower growth. This is a huge change to the global economy from two years ago, when growth was accelerating across three-quarters of the globe in a synchronized upswing.
To be sure, the IMF - as usual - is among the last to recognize what was already obvious to its peers. The OECD cuts its own forecast last month; on Monday, World Bank President David Malpass said that the lender is also preparing to downgrade its assessment from a projection of 2.6% it made in June.
As one would expect, the IMF's admission of the sad state of affairs is not without a hidden motive, in this case getting Germany to issue more debt and prop up Europe's flailing economy.
A deeper slowdown would require more fiscal support, Georgieva said. “If the global economy slows more sharply than expected, a coordinated fiscal response may be needed,” she said. “We are not there” but it’s better to be too early with it than late.
“Monetary and financial policies cannot do the job alone. Fiscal policy must play a central role,” she said.
Of course, the IMF was quick to blame Trump and Brexit for the slowdown: "Uncertainty -- driven by trade but also by Brexit, and geopolitical tensions -- is holding back economic potential,” Georgieva said. Not only that, but the economic rifts could “last a generation” with possible shifts such as broken supply changes and siloed trade.
What it failed to mention is that the real reason for the economic slowdown has nothing to do with Trump however, and everything to do with China's untenable debt load and Beijing's resulting inability to boost the credit impulse which on every prior occasions succeeded in pushing the world away from the verge of recession. Well, not this time.
We will spare readers the obvious commentary of what would happen to the world's ability to generate another credit impulse if the developed economies actually followed the IMF's advice, and issue even more debt.
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These two are truly the cosmic verses of the Qur’an. For they were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, not on the Earth but up above the seven heavens on the occasion of Me’raaj. Let us try to understand the significance of these two beautiful verses of the glorious Qur’an.
Before you proceed, please Listen to the audio, the beautiful recitation of Ayah 285 and Ayah 286
“The Messenger (Muhammad ) believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in Allâh, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. They say, “We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers” – and they say, “We hear, and we obey. (We seek) Your Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the return (of all).” (Al-Baqarah 2:285)
Allâh burdens not a person beyond his scope. He gets reward for that (good) which he has earned, and he is punished for that (evil) which he has earned. “Our Lord! Punish us not if we forget or fall into error, our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us (Jews and Christians); our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Pardon us and grant us Forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Maulâ (Patron, Supporter and Protector) and give us victory over the disbelieving people.” (Al-Baqarah 2:286)
The Virtue of These Two Verses:
From Ibn ‘Abbas ” who said:
“While Jibra’eel (Gibrael) ” `May Peace be upon him’ was sitting with the Prophet, he heard the opening of a gate above him. So he raised his head and said: `This is a gate from the skies that has opened today, which has never opened before this day.’ So an angel descended from it (the gate). So he Jibra’eel ” said: “This is an angel that has descended to the earth, which has never descended except today. He gave Salam and said: ‘Receive glad tidings (Oh Muhammad!) with two lights which have been given to you, that have never been given to a Prophet before you: The Opening of the Book (i.e. Surat Al- Fatihah) and the end of Surat Al-Baqarah. Never do you read a letter from either of the two (Surahs) except that you are given it.(Which means that you are given its reward (i.e. the reward of recitation)) (Reported by Muslim) (Taken from Mukhtasar Sahih Muslim with Shaykh AI-Albani’s editing, p.553, Hadith no. 2094.)
Read the following from Tafsir Ibn Kathir:
Allah said,
(Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. (They say,) “We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers.”)
Therefore, each of the believers believes that Allah is the One and Only and the Sustainer, there is no deity worthy of worship except Him and there is no Lord except Him. The believers also believe in all Allah’s Prophets and Messengers, in the Books that were revealed from heaven to the Messengers and Prophets, who are indeed the servants of Allah. Further, the believers do not differentiate between any of the Prophets, such as, believing in some of them and rejecting others. Rather, all of Allah’s Prophets and Messengers are, to the believers, truthful, righteous, and they were each guided to the path of righteousness, even when some of them bring what abrogates the Law of some others by Allah’s leave. Later on, the Law of Muhammad, the Final Prophet and Messenger from Allah, abrogated all the laws of the Prophets before him. So the Last Hour will commence while Muhammad’s Law remains the only valid Law, and all the while a group of his Ummah will always be on the path of truth, apparent and dominant. Allah’s statement,
(And they say, “We hear, and we obey”) means, we heard Your statement, O our Lord, comprehended and implemented it, and adhered to its implications.
((We seek) Your forgiveness, our Lord) contains a plea and supplication for Allah’s forgiveness, mercy and kindness.
Allah’s statement,
(Allah burdens not a person beyond his scope) means, Allah does not ask a soul what is beyond its ability. This only demonstrates Allah’s kindness, compassion and generosity towards His creation. This Ayah is the Ayah that abrogated the Ayah that worried the Companions, that is, Allah’s statement,
(And whether you disclose what is in yourselves or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it.)
This indicates that although Allah will question His servants and judge them, He will only punish for what one is able to protect himself from. As for what one cannot protect himself from, such as what one says to himself – or passing thoughts – they will not be punished for that. We should state here that to dislike the evil thoughts that cross one’s mind is a part of faith. Allah said next,
(He gets reward for that which he has earned) of good,
(And he is punished for that which he has earned) of evil, that is, concerning the acts that one is responsible for.
Allah then said, [mentioning what the believers said] while directing His servants to supplicate to Him, all the while promising them that He will answer their supplication:
(“Our Lord! Push us not if we forget or fall into error,”) meaning, “If we forgot an obligation or fell into a prohibition, or made an error while ignorant of its ruling.” We mentioned the Hadith by Abu Hurayrah, that Muslim collected, wherein Allah said, “I shall (accept your supplication).” There is also the Hadith by Ibn `Abbas that Allah said, “I did (accept your supplication).”
(Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which You did lay on those before us (Jews and Christians),) means, “Even if we were able to perform them, do not require us to perform the difficult deeds as You required the previous nations before us, such as the burdens that were placed on them. You sent Your Prophet Muhammad , the Prophet of mercy, to abrogate these burdens through the Law that You revealed to him, the Hanifi (Islamic Monotheism), easy religion.” Muslim recorded that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said that Allah said, “I shall (accept your supplication).” Ibn `Abbas narrated that the Messenger of Allah said that Allah said, “I did (accept your supplication).” There is the Hadith recorded through various chains of narration that the Messenger of Allah said,
(I was sent with the easy Hanifiyyah way.)
(Our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear) of obligations, hardships and afflictions, do not make us bear what we cannot bear of this.
(Our Lord! Put not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear.)
We mentioned that Allah said, “I shall (accept your supplication)” in one narration, and, “I did (accept your supplication),” in another narration.
(Pardon us) meaning, between us and You regarding what You know of our shortcomings and errors.
(And grant us forgiveness) concerning what is between us and Your servants. So do not expose our errors and evil deeds to them.
(Have mercy on us) in what will come thereafter. Therefore, do not allow us to fall into another error. They say that those who commit error need three things: Allah’s forgiveness for what is between Him and them, that He conceals these errors from His other servants, and thus does not expose them before the servants, and that He grants them immunity from further error.” We mentioned before that Allah answered these pleas, “I shall,” in one narration and, “I did,” in another narration.
(You are our Mawla) meaning, You are our supporter and helper, our trust is in You, You are sought for each and every type of help and our total reliance is on You. There is no power or strength except from You.
(And give us victory over the disbelieving people) those who rejected Your religion, denied Your Oneness, refused the Message of Your Prophet , worshipped other than You and associated others in Your worship. Give us victory and make us prevail above them in this and the Hereafter. Allah said, “I shall,” in one narration, and, “I did,” in the Hadith that Muslim collected from Ibn `Abbas.
Further, Ibn Jarir recorded that Abu Ishaq said that whenever Mu`adh would finish reciting this Surah,
(And give us victory over the disbelieving people), he would say “Amin.”
August 2, 2010 - Posted by MuQeet | Reflections, Surah al Baqarah | 2: 286, 2:285, Aamanar Rasoolu, Quran blog, Surah al Baqarah, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, Virtues of recitation, Yassarnalquran
May Allah reward you abundantly
Comment by mulumba oumar naseef | June 13, 2013 | Reply
May Allah accept your du’aa and bless you and your family with His choicest blessings, Ameen.
Reblogged this on DeensisterS and commented:
“We have made the Quran easy for remembrance, is there any that will mind?”
Comment by deensisters | August 25, 2013 | Reply
Jazakallaahu Khayra, sisters, for re-blogging.
Baarakallaahu Feekunna.
Comment by shafik | November 29, 2013 | Reply
Aameen.
Comment by MuQeet | November 29, 2013 | Reply
May Allah reward you of the contribution in terms of the interpretation of the verses from the Holy Quran, May Allah guide us in the right direction & straight path, Aamin
Comment by Mir Ali Shah | January 25, 2016 | Reply
Aameen. Dear brother, I am just a facilitator.
The interpretation was given by one of the greatest scholars of Islam, Allamah Ibn Kathir.
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Jazakumullahu khairan kaseeran. It was very simple and clear explanation.
Comment by Khadija | April 24, 2017 | Reply
Baarakallaah.
The power of this surah as protection against Shaytan is described in different ways in the hadiths. The Prophet (saw) said that Shaytan flees from a house where Surat al-Baqarah is recited. (Muslim 780) He also said that magicians cannot confront this surah. (Muslim 804)
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Iceland's plastic removal may entice new shoppers
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Recently, supermarket chain Iceland hit the headlines for pledging to remove plastic packaging from its own brand products, whilst calling on suppliers and rivals to join them.
At around the same time, the German retailer Lidl was criticised for selling onions, without their natural skin, in plastic packaging.
YouGov Profiles allows us to see how important the issues of sustainability are to people thinking of shopping at Iceland and Lidl.
Looking at those that would consider shopping with Iceland, almost six in ten (59%) say that ‘the plastic bag charge is exactly the sort of thing that the government should be doing – taking action to save the environment in small and simple ways’. Among those who would consider Lidl, this rises to two thirds (66%).
However, around a third (35%) of people thinking about buying from Iceland believe that ‘it [it being the plastic bag charge] is irritating bossing around by the government – a distraction from the issues that deserve attention’. This view is shared by just a fifth (21%) of those who’d contemplate shopping at Lidl.
Added to this, when reflecting on a hypothetical ban on plastic cutlery, eight in ten (80%) potential Iceland customers support the initiative, with just 6% opposing it. Looking at Lidl, the numbers are even greater (87% vs. 5%).
However, one note of caution is that Iceland’s potential customers are less likely than the average to say they only buy products from companies that have ethics and values that they agree with (26% versus 34% of the public). A similar divergence is seen among Lidl’s potential new customers (28% versus 34%).
In the past, Lidl has been commended for its stance on its staff pay structure. YouGov brand tracking data has indicated an upturn in the supermarket’s Impression score (whether someone has a positive impression of the brand) following headlines linked to its policy to pay above the Living Wage.
However, while it is doubtful that the “naked onions” controversy will have much impact on the brand, it will be keen to re-assert itself as a company that has an identity that is distinguishable from its higher-profile and larger rivals.
Iceland on the other hand, will be hoping that the move begins to shift opinion and perception of what the brand stands for, and possibly persuade those who have never shopped there to give it a try.
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I had scheduled the entire Tuesday to tour Queens with Joe DiStefano. We met at a gourmet diner, M. Wells, where I had my first Cuban sandwich in 10 years and Joe had a quite good pickled pork tongue. We then went to the famous Golden Shopping Mall, where we met Jonathan Forester.
Joe took us to the basement, where there were these tiny cramped stalls. We sat down at a table in an alcove next to pictures of Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert and Kelly Choi.
Joe ordered and brought out Chinese lamb spine and something called “skin noodles.” There’s not skin in the noodles. They’re wide and flat, and they tasted like greasy lamby Pad Thai. We each had one plastic glove for the lamb spine, which we sucked all the life out of. It was so good and greasy that the grease penetrated our gloves.
Next was a northern Chinese skewer shop, run by “Bob.” I’ll talk more about this later because I’m saving everything up for a post on Joe’s blog. Just know that it’s true. This place is great, and it’s not intimidating. Everything’s in English, and the proprietors are enthusiastic and nice.
After some mooncakes and more wandering, we drove down to Flushing’s Koreatown. I felt at home in my element. I enjoyed going into these Korean supermarkets and showing Joe and Jonathan things while surprising the Koreans with my Korean.
Even though we didn’t have much room, we sat down at Shikgaek for some seafood. This is where things really turned into something. I ordered grilled shellfsih, salt grilled shrimp and grilled mackerel. After a couple of beers, the soju got out. Then I introduced them to Andong soju, of which quite a few bottles were consumed between us and the staff. Oh, the staff were really liking us towards the end.
Joe called it a night, and Jonathan, who is a distiller and intimately knows the New York cocktail world, took me to PDT, which people told me was THE place to start my cocktail research. I was also told that I wouldn’t be able to get in. But Jonathan said it wouldn’t be a problem. We walked into a restaurant, Crif’s Hot Dogs, and Jonathan entered a phone book. He dialed the rotary dial on an orange phone, and the wall opened up to his left. He told the hostess that he knew the owner, and we were in.
Classic speakeasy.
So we sidled up to the bar, and I took a glance at the cocktail menu. WOW! These things aren’t drinks. They’re stories. Jonathan was my guide for all this. I wanted to try a classic cocktail first. I don’t remember the names. But this one came from the 1930s, was bourbon based, and tasted like an adult cocktail–like something my grandfather would have drunk. Manly and sophisticated.
But I really wanted to try a fat washed alcohol, so he ordered me a drink with some bacon-infused whiskey. That was my favorite of the night. It was like drinking the bacon drippings from the refrigerator. But better than that. I got drunk.
A model from L.A. sat to our right and was talking about how she was pining for this guy from London who was leaving that evening. Other than that, she was pleasant to talk to. Another couple sat down next to us, and the woman ordered a Sapphire Martini. Jonathan talked her out of it into something more interesting, and then they started to have a good time.
After two drinks, we headed out to The Summit Bar, another one in this cocktail renaissance. But I noticed Jonathan was hitting the end. He didn’t bother ordering a drink. I ordered some cured meats to help him out, but he left to go sleep it off. So I had a platter of meat before me and a drink called the Gov’ner.
I decided to go home too. My morning had been hazy since I was still decompressing from the adrenaline of the day before. You know that feeling like there’s cotton in your brain. It had cleared up by Shikgaek, but I was crashing fast. I wanted to try to walk home from the East Village to the West Village. On the way, I saw Katz’s Deli, which was closed. But Ray’s Pizza was open next door. Had a simple Margherita slice, which was the perfect drunk food, and decided to catch a taxi home. Good thing I got the taxi. I found on Google Earth that I was walking south, not west.
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Summary: The Embassy welcomes the Afghan National Cricket Team for iftar.
The Embassy was honored host the National Cricket Team of Afghanistan for iftar in the lead-up to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England and Wales. The team, sporting their matching blue colours, were in high spirits as they were celebrating their victory over Pakistan the day before, which made for a pleasant and jubilant atmosphere. Key members from the Afghan diaspora, senior diplomats and Embassy staff were privileged to meet the team, with whom they discussed the games ahead.
Ambassador Jawad said, addressing the team, that it was a “great privilege” to share iftar with “the national heroes of Afghanistan”, and wished them success in their next warm-up match with England.
Afghanistan bowled out Pakistan for 262 runs in their warm-up match in Bristol on Friday 24th of May 2019, beating them by three wickets. Emboldened, the team now looks ahead for what is likely to be a thrilling installment of the ICC World Cup, the country’s second. Afghanistan will play the defending champions, Australia, for their opening game on Saturday, 1 June.
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Sat, November 21, 2015 8:00 pm at Alwan for the Arts
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Musical styles in Yemen are especially fluid in rhythm with a wide variety of metrical patterns derived from poetry. The musical culture of Yemen has deep historic roots and is extremely rich in genres, repertoires and configurations, and modalities of performance and instrumentation.
The Song of Sana'a is essentially a poetic composition to which instrumental sounds and rhythms correspond. The closer the correspondence the more transcendent the spirit of its expression. It is one of the foremost relevant and eloquent iteration of Yemeni musical styles. It can be described as a traditional urban genre, derived from high literate and poetic traditions dating back many century, which constitutes an integral part of social events, such as the night-long wedding celebrations and the the daily afternoon gathering of friends. Thus, the Song of Sana'a is a major component of the traditional urban elite's culture, made up of musicians, poets and writers. Essential to its urban environment is the virtuosity, and agility of its performance that can equally correspond and respond in return to the mood and differential emotions of its connoisseurs. This immediacy allows the Song of Sana'a to morph, above time and space, all the while preserving the currency of its poetic nature within the novelty of its temper and inevitable reincarnation.
To surmise, the Song of Sana'a shares with other Yemeni melodic styles a reverence for the word, its aesthetics is poetry and its unique mark is contemporaneity. It is not coincidental therefore that the Yemeni dialect today, the quotidian language, is by far the closest, of all other Arab dialects, to the high formal culture of the Arabic language-fusha.
Abdulrahman Al Akhfash's performance style embodies the Yemeni tradition that most often consists of a solo singer with 'oud accompaniment, highlighting rhythms in subtly expressive ways. Renowned across Yemen as a musician and vocalist, Abdulrahman Al Akhfash has contributed significantly over the past 20 years to the natural development and enrichment of the Sanani repertoire. His delivery is expressive, occasionally euphoric, but ultimately poetic.
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Student groups at Harvard Kennedy School to celebrate Kartarpur corridor
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By Neel Kamal
Indians and Pakistanis in faraway USA are planning a solidarity peace programme featuring the Kartarpur corridor as a window of peace between their countries. The corridor allows pilgrims from India to pay obeisance at Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara, Pakistan, where the first Sikh master Guru Nanak Dev spent over 17 years of his life.
The programme titled “Celebrating Kartarpur: The peace corridor between India and Pakistan” will take place at Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Massachusetts, 8 pm, Dec. 4.
The South Asia Engagement Group, Harvard Sikh Students Association, India Caucus at HKS, and Harvard Pakistan Students Group are co-hosting the solidarity event. Students, academics and peace activists will discuss the corridor as an example of how the two countries, despite conflict, can create opportunities to cooperate and find common ground to improve the lives of people.
Speakers at the event include the Sikh Chaplain of Harvard University Harpreet Singh, MP from India Pratap Singh Bajwa and Ambassador for Kartarpur Senator Faisal Javed Khan from Pakistan.
The Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan opened the Kartarpur corridor on November 9 in Narowal district of Punjab, Pakistan. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Hardeep Singh Puri and many dignitaries from India traveled to Kartapur in first Jatha (batch) after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the corridor on the Indian side.
Seventy-two years after partition in 1947, the corridor now enables Indian devotees to visit the Gurdwara at Dera Baba Nanak, a site that many in India could only access through binoculars 4.2 kilometres across the border.
“We are celebrating the peace corridor to show how such initiatives can ease hostilities between two countries”, says Nadia Rehman, co-chair of the Harvard South Asia Engagement Group.
Neel Kamal is a senior reporter with Times of India. This article is adapted from his report in The Times of India. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @NeelkamalTOI
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Tag: Indigenous Rising
Indigenous People to Follow
November 23, 2018 Angela Gonzalez
I want to give a shout-out to some writers, podcasters, photographers, creators, beaders and Native royalty to consider following in honor of Alaska Native and American Indian Heritage Month.
Alice Qannik Glenn (Iñupiaq) started a podcast, called Coffee and Quaq, this summer. She describes it as: “Coffee & Quaq provides a platform for the generation of Alaska Natives who continue practicing cultural traditions, but also enjoy the modern commodities of the millennial era like Mario Kart, iPhones, and Tang. Coffee & Quaq? It’s a great time to be alive.” Her latest episode was, LGBTQ in the Native Community. I’m looking forward to what she’s creating! She is the first Alaska Native podcaster I know of!
Jen Jul (Athabascan) is documenting her life and building up her business in Denmark as a social media strategist on her new blog, My Kind of Jen. She’s trying to make a life for herself with her family and new life. Give her a follow on Facebook too. She’s an excellent photographer too. I worked with her over 25 years ago in a college summer job.
Susie Lee Edwardson (Haida) of Haida Life created a “Native YouTubers” Twitter account @NativeTubers. You may recall she shared a list of Native Vloggers, Gamers and Organizations on the Athabascan Woman Blog a couple years ago. I love how she shares her language journey and teaching Haida. @NativeTubers is a great way to share content of indigenous vloggers/sharers!
While you’re on Twitter, give a follow to Speak Gwich’in To Me. Jacey Firth has been sharing her Gwich’in language journey in Canada. Check out this documentary about her here!
While you are on Twitter, give Indigenous Beads a follow. @IndigenousBeads is a new host every week with about six regulars. I have hosted it a few times over the past year or so. The hosts share beadwork, process, how people can purchase their items, and much more. If you are a fan of beadwork, you’ll want to give them a follow. It’s a great way to converse with other beaders across the Nation.
If you are looking for inspiration from Indian Country, follow up-and-comer Tanaya Winder on Girl On Fire. She is a writer, educator, motivational speaker, and performance poet from the Southern Ute, Duckwater Shoshone, and Pyramid Lake Paiute Nations. Tanaya came up to Alaska earlier this year, and shared her spoken poetry, book and sang with Frank Waln. I love how she uplifts people with her strong voice. She fill people up (especially young Indigenous people) with light in the way they need to be filled up, which is healing. She even has a TedTalk!
Photo by Cordelia Kellie of the Nalliq Blog
Follow Cordelia Qiġñaaq Kellie (Iñupiaq) on Nalliq. She shares her perspectives. Cordelia shared this in her latest post was: Stories in Representation: First figurative sculpture of Dena’ina installed in Anchorage.
“Soldotna Artist Joel Isaak, who is Dena’ina, wrought the bronze statue to represent a well known Dena’ina community member, Grandma Olga Nicolai Ezi from the Tyone Lake, and Copper River regions. Born in 1875, she was the matriarch of her family and was married to Simeon Ezi, a chief of the upper Cook Inlet, including Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley and was known as Cheda, or Grandmother, by the region.”
Here are a few articles to read in the news about Alaska Native people:
Check out the interview with Irene Bedard (Iñupiaq) in the Anchorage Press. Thank you to her sister-in-law, Vera Bedard, for pointing it out. Vera says, she “talks about Pocahontas, Smoke Signals, Native issues advocacy, and really everything else!” According the article, Bedard will spend much of her time in Alaska through the spring as artist-in-residence with Perseverance Theatre, which is celebrating its 40th season, and its first since nearly going under in 2018.
Lt. Gov. Valerie Davidson (Yup’ik) shared her story as a sexual abuse survivor on KTUU, in an article entitled, ‘In my childhood the monsters were very real’ — Lt. Gov. Valerie Davidson talks about childhood trauma. She is using her voice to bring light to this critical issue. She says,”I think it gets fixed by us bringing light to the issue and shining the harsh light of judgement and reality every time that that injustice happens, because we deserve justice, just as everybody else does, and it’s not OK that that continues to happen.” I appreciate and admire her strength in speaking up for so many people who suffer in silence. I’m a Val fan and love seeing an Alaska Native woman as lieutenant governor!
Bob Sam (Tlingit) and other Alaska Native people visited the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. Photo journalist Daniella Zalcman shared the story on the Pulitzer Center, entitled Carlisle and the Indian Boarding School Legacy in America. I was there with the Alaskans. It was a very powerful experience, while I attended the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
Emil Notti (Koyukon Athabascan) said a movie should be made on Percy Blatchford (Iñupiaq). Emil shared some pretty amazing stories of Percy’s life, and it really seemed like he was a Native James Bond in his time. I was happy to see this article by Michael Hankins, which was published in the Last Frontier Magazine and it was republished by the ECHO. It is entitled, Percy Blatchford – Alaska Legend.
Read about two Alaska Native teens, John Fredson and Esaias George, getting official credit for assisting historic Denali ascent in the Anchorage Daily News.
I can definitely go on about awesome people doing great things (or who have done), but I’ll stop here for now. Here’s one last shout-out to the new Miss Indigenous Northern Arizona University, Shondiin Mayo (Koyukon Athabascan/Navajo). Congratulations Shondiin on your new title and I know you will be a great role model!
The new Miss Indigenous NAU 2019 Shondiin Mayo was crowned recently. Photo courtesy of Miss Indian Northern Arizona University
The new Miss Indigenous NAU 2019 Shondiin Mayo was crowned recently. Miss Indigenous NAU 2019 First Attendant Brandi Espuma (Tohono O’odham) is also pictured. Photo courtesy of Miss Indian Northern Arizona University
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THE ASSOCIATION OF RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS OF INDIA RULES & BYE-LAWS
The Association of Radiation Oncologists of India – Registered at Nagpur under Societies Registration Act XX1 of 1860.
The vision of few dozen Radiation Oncologists of India gave birth to the idea of forming the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India, mainly to provide a common forum to the Radiation Oncologists of India to meet and to share experience and research observations in the field of Radiation Oncology.
PART 1 : MEMORANDUM OF THE ASSOCIATION
The name of the Association is “The Association of Radiation Oncologists of India”.
The Registered office of the Association shall be situated at Ludhiana, Punjab for the present.
The Headquarters of the Association shall be at the city of residence of the Secretary General.
Aims and Objectives.
To encourage and advance the knowledge, study and practice of the science of radiation oncology in all way.
To encourage research including experimental work, in the science of radiation oncology.
To organize, establish, conduct, superintendent or control institutions for promoting, whether directly or indirectly, the study of and research in problems relating to radiation oncology.
To hold and organize conferences, exhibitions, study circles, continuing medical education programs or conventions for the study and discussion of problems relating to and allied with the science of radiation oncology.
To make pecuniary grants by way of scholarships, donations, subscriptions, allowances, gratuities, guarantees or otherwise to and for the benefit of deserving students, scholars and other persons who are worthy of receiving such grants by reasons of their skill and proficiency in the science of practice of the science of radiation oncology.
To provide instructions and education to deserving persons in the science of radiation oncology.
To award prizes, medals or other certificates or diploma of proficiency in the science of radiation oncology to persons found deserving after such tests, examination or other forms of scrutiny as may be prescribed from time to time.
To make rules prescribing standards of professional conduct for members of the Association.
To establish and maintain libraries and reading rooms.
To print, publish, distribute or sell books, pamphlets, periodicals newspapers or magazines or any other literature in print or electronic media on any matter concerning or relating to the science or practice of radiation oncology or the life or work of eminent persons in the field of radiation oncology, geauxmaids.com.
To suggest, study, offer opinion and advice on, or take part in the framing of laws affecting the science of radiation oncology, medical education, health policies and health care activities.
To promote esprit-de-corps among persons studying of practicing the science of radiation oncology and good feelings between them and members of the general public or public authorities.
To co-operate with other associations or individuals tp promote the objectives of the Association.
To construct, provide, regulate and maintain buildings, rooms or other structures for the purposes of the Association and to alter, add or remove any of them.
To receive any gift or legacy of moveable or immovable assets with or without conditions for promoting the objectives of the Association.
To acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise any property rights or privileges for the purposes of the Association.
To act as trustees, or agents or managers of property endowed by any person for objectives similar to those of the Association.
To act as trustees, agents or managers of property endowed by any person for objectives similar to those of the Association.
To encourage formation of chapters/branches at regional and state level and to appoint agents and correspondents whether in India or abroad for promoting all or any of the objectives of the Association.
To draw, make, accept, endorse, execute, negotiate, purchase, lend money upon, discount, hold and dispose of cheques, promissory notes, bills of exchange, drafts, and other instruments and to cancel or change such instruments as per statutes of the Government.
To lay out, advance, invest, and deal with the Association’s funds for suc
To engage such officials, helpers or other persons as may be found necessary or useful for the conduct and management of the affairs of the Association, check actionac.net.
To make bye-laws, rules and regulations of the Association and to delete, change, or add to the same as required by the Association from time to time.
To do all such other acts as may be necessary, incidental, conducive, or convenient to the attainment of the above objectives or any of them.
It is hereby declared that none of the objectives or powers enumerated above shall be deemed subsidiary or auxiliary to the objectives mentioned in any one or more of them.
PART II : RULES AND BYE-LAWS
1. DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Unless otherwise in the succeeding paragraphs:
Association means The Association of Radiation Oncologists of India.
HQ means the “Head Quarters” of the Association of New Delhi.
Journal means Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics.
AROICON means the Annual Conference of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India.
Ex-Officio Members shall mean such members as specified under Clause 3.2.9.
Executive Committee means the Executive Committee of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India.
Co-opted members means such members as specified under Clause 3.2.10.
ICRO means “Indian College of Radiation Oncology”.
YROF means “Young Radiation Oncology Forum”.
Organizing Secretary means the “Organizing Secretary of the Annual Conference of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India”.
AGM means the “Annual General Body Meeting” of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India.
2.1 The membership of the Association shall be of four categories, viz.
Life Members Student
2.2 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP
LIFE MEMBERS : Life Member shall be one who possesses a post-graduate degree such as MD/DNB Radiotherapy or equivalent or MSc Medical Physics or BSc Physics with DRP from an University or Institution recognized by the Medical Council of India and/or approved by the Executive Committee, and who has paid the requisite fees including admission fees and is duly accepted by the Association as a life member.
LIFE MEMBER (STUDENT) : All postgraduate students pursuing MD/DNB Radiotherapy from recognized university/institution are eligible to become Life Member (Student); however they shall have voting rights only on completion of their postgraduate degree. They will pay the full membership as well as admission fees.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS : Post-Graduate degree/diploma holders of subjects like radiobiology, radiation medicine, radiation protection as accepted by the Association. They will pay the requisite fees including admission fees.
TRADE MEMBER : Members with at least 3 years standing in trade as accepted by the Association. They will also pay requisite membership fees as well as admission fees.
2.3 MEMBERSHIP PROCEDURE
The membership application shall be in a form approved by the Executive Committee and shall require to be duly proposed and seconded by exiting valid life members. The application shall be accompanied by documentary evidence of eligibility, qualification and prescribed fees along with admission fees.
The Executive Committee will be the final authority for acceptance of membership of the applicant. The executive Committee will accept resignation of members and shall also decide the cessation of membership for any reason.
MEMBERSHIP FEES : Will be decided by the General Body.
RESIGNATION : A member wishing to resign his/her membership shall communicate the same to the Secretary General in writing. Life membership and admission fees shall not be refunded and the name of such member shall be removed from the Membership Register.
CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP : The Executive Committee by a three- fourth (3/4) majority of members present in the meeting may remove the name of any member from the Membership Register for gross misconduct after sending him/her a notice by registered post and giving him/her a proper opportunity to defend himself/herself including a hearing in person. Such action of the Executive Committee shall be subject to ratification by 2/3rd members present at the General Body Meeting of the Association.
2.7 PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS
Subject to the provisions of these rules and bye-laws, all Life-Members, Associate Members and Life Member (Student) shall be entilted to participate in all activities of the Association.
Only Life Member shall have the right to vote.
All Life member shall have the privilege of registration for the Annual Conference at a concessional rate, membership of ICRO if eligible as per procedure, orations, awards, and official assignments from the Association.
3. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Shall consist of the following members:
Vice President Senior
Vice President Junior
Editor-in Chief of Journal
Joint Secretary (President Nominee)
Joint Secretary (Secretary General Nominee)
Secretary of State/Regional Chapters
Ex-Officio Members
Immediate Past Secretary General
Immediate Past Treasurer
Co-opted Members
Chairman ICRO
Secretary ICRO
Chief Election Commissioner
Organizing Secretary AROICON
Immediate Past Organizing Secretary AROICON
Nominated Member from Head Quarter
3.2.1 TENURE :
Tenure of President is one year.
Tenure of President Elect is one year. On completion of tenure of one year as President Elect, he/she automatically assumes the post of President.
Secretary General has a tenure of two years.
Editor-in-Chief Journal has a tenure of 4 years.
Tenure of Vice-President Senior and Junior is for one year.
Joint Secretary (President Nominee) shall be nominated by the President, with a tenure of one year.
Joint Secretary (Secretary General Nominee) shall be nominated by Secretary General with a tenure of two years.
Treasurer shall be nominated by the Secretary General and shall be from the same city as Secretary General.
3.3 ELECTIONS
3.3.1 ELIGIBILITY
President Elect: To contest for the post of President Elect, the candidate should be a Life Member of AROI continuously for a period of at least 20 years and should have completed at least one full term as a member of the Executive Committee of AROI.
Vice President and Secretary General: To contest for the post of Vice President or Secretary General, the candidate shall be a Life Member of AROI continuously for a period of at least 50 years and should have completed at least one full term as a member of the Executive Committee of AROI.
Editor-in-Chief Journal: To contest for the post of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, the candidate shall be a Life Member of AROI continuously for a period of at least 15 years and should have served in the editorial board of the Journal of the Association, Newsletter or Journal of Any State/Regional Chapter of AROI.
All the Elected Executive Committee Members should be ordinary residing in India during the tenure of their office.
No member shall be eligible to seek election consecutively or otherwise for the post of President Elect and Vice President and more than two tenures of two years each for the post of Secretary General and more than two tenures of four years each for the post of Editor-in-Chief. No member shall remain an Executive Committee member for a total of more than 12 years.
Persons holding the post of President/ President Elect shall not shall not seek election to any post of the Executive Committee in future.
A member shall not contest simultaneously for more than one post i.e. President Elect, Vice President, Secretary General and Editor-in-Chief. Also a member shall not contest any post of ICRO simultaneously.
The President Elect shall automatically become President at the Inauguration of the Next AROICON.
3.4 ELECTION AND ELECTION PROCEDURE
Election for the post of President Elect, Vice President Senior and Vice President Junior shall be held every year.
Elections for the post of Secretary General and elected posts of ICRO (Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary) shall be held every two years.
Elections to the post of Editor-in-Chief Journal shall be held every four years.
Voting shall be carried out electronically. The vendor whose software will be used shall be selected by a committee consisting of the President, President Elect and Secretary General.
The Annual General Body Meeting shall nominate/elect on the floor of the house during the Annual General Body Meeting a Chief Election Commissioner who shall be entrusted with the task of carrying out the elections.
The Chief Election Commissioner shall nominate two Election Commissioners from the same city who shall assist the Chief Election Commissioner. These three members i.e. the Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners shall be the Election Commission.
All election related matters and issues shall be decided by the Election Commission and the decision of the Election Commission shall be final and binding on all members.
The Secretary General will in the month of July (latest by 15th July), inform the Chief Election Commissioner of the vacant posts in the Executive Committee of AROI and ICRO. The Secretary General shall provide the complete voter’s list of AROI and ICRO to the Chief Election Commissioner. The Secretary General shall also clearly indicate the various serial numbers for the cut-off for eligibility for various posts.
The Election Commission shall put out the notification of the Elections including the nomination form on the AROI Website latest by July 31st, indicating the Election Program.
The nomination paper shall set out the candidate’s name and address, LM Number/ICRO Number and the office for which the candidate is nominated and shall be duly proposed by one valid Life Member of AROI (valid ICRO Member for ICRO Post), seconded by another valid Life Member of AROI (valid ICRO Member for ICRO Post), and duly signed by the candidate signifying his/her willingness to stand for election, serve in the Executive Committee and abide by the decisions of the Election Commission. Each nomination form shall be accompanied by the requisite Election fees as decided by the Executive Committee and Election Commission.
Nomination papers shall also be accompanied by a bio-data of the candidate which shall be uploaded to the websites.
All nominations received shall be uploaded to the website as per program, as shall withdrawals and the final list of candidates for the elections, as per program prescribed and notified.
In the event of an election being necessary, voting lines shall be open for at least 10 days and not more than 15 days, as per notification.
On completion of voting the Chief Election Commission shall arrange to do the counting electronically and communicate the results to Secretary General, who shall declare the results as received from the Chief Election Commissioner at least clear 7 days before the Annual General Body Meeting of the Association.
New Office Bearers shall take office from the Inauguration of the Annual Conference of the Association.
Unfilled posts shall be filled up by the General Body and will be conducted by the President, President Elect and Secretary General. Nominations for the unfilled posts shall be invited from the floor and will be decided by the General Body. In the event of an election, voting shall take place on the floor of the house.
All co-opted members and ex-officio members will be announced by Secretary General in the Annual General Body meeting.
All the Secretaries of the State/Regional Chapters shall be announced by the Secretary General in the Annual General Body.
Nomination of Joint Secretary (President Nominee- term one year) and Joint Secretary (Secretary General Nominee- term two years) shall be made in the Annual General Body Meeting by the President and Secretary General respectively.
Nomination of the Treasurer shall be done in the Annual General Body Meeting by the Secretary General.
4. ORDER OF PRECEDENCE AND PROTOCOL
The folllowing would be the order of precedence:
Vice-President Senior
Vice – President Junior
Vice – Chairman ICRO
Secretary – ICRO
Editor-in-Chief AROI Journal
Joint Secretary- President Nominee
Joint Secretary – Secretary General Nominee
4.2 Seating Arrangement on Dias at Inauguration of Annual Conference:
Chief Guest at Center
Guest of Honor- to right of Chief Guest
President at the left of Chief Guest
President Elect to right of Guest of Honor
Chairman ICRO to left of President
Chairman Organizing Committee to right of President Elect
Secretary General to left of Chairman ICRO
Editor-in-Chief to left of Secretary General
Organizing Secretary to right of Chairman Organizing Committee
Editor Sec. Gen Chair ICRO President Chief Guest Guest of Honor President Elect Chair Org Comm Org Secr
5.1 GENERAL BODY
The President shall preside over all the meetings of the General Body. If the President is not present, then the President Elect shall preside. In the absence of the President Elect, the order of precedence shall be followed, and the senior-most functionary in the order of precedence shall preside.
The quorum shall be two hundred members. If the quorum is incomplete, then the house be adjourned and reassemble after 15 minutes, and the meeting shall be held with the members present.
ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING: The Annual General Body of the Association shall be held each year on the second day Saturday) of the Annual Conference of the Association, at 1800 hrs at a place fixed by the Executive Committee. The notice and agenda of the Annual Conference shall be notified in the website at least 30 days in advance of the date fixed for the meeting. The notice for Annual General Body Meeting shall be issued by the Secretary General.
The Secretary General shall present the minutes of the previous General Body Meeting following which the Action taken Report shall be presented.
The minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting shall be presented to the General Body and discussion on the minutes of the Executive Committee shall be discussed.
The audited statement of accounts of the Association, ICRO and Journal shall be presented to the General Body and ratified.
The budgets of the Association , ICRO and Journal shall be presented and ratified.
Appointment of Auditors and Legal Consultant presented to the General Body for ratification.
Acceptance of Membership to the Association for the newly enrolled members in the past year.
Declaration of Results of the Elections by the Chief Election Commissioner.
Nomination of Treasurer, Joint Secretary (President Nominee) and Joint Secretary (Secretary General Nominee).
Nomination of new Chief Election Commissioner for next year and announcement of the two other Election Commissioners.
Any other matter with the permission of the Chair.
The General Body on completion of Agenda shall be dissolved.
First General Body Meeting: On completion of the Annual General Body Meeting, the First General Body Meeting shall be convened with the new President (Previously President elect) in the Chair.
The minutes of the Annual Body Meeting will be confirmed by the General Body.
Bids for the Conference two years hence already from the State Chapter/ Regional Chapter with the host Institution shall be placed before the house for selection.
Welcome by the next Annual Conference Organizing Committee.
The General Body meeting shall then be dissolved.
The President may, whenever he/she thinks fit upon requisition made in writing and signed by not less than 250 life members of the Association, shall convene a Requisitioned General Body Meeting, at such place he/she decades. The requisition must state clearly the reason for calling the Requisitioned General Body Meeting and the request for a Requisitioned General Body Meeting must be addressed to the President.
The management of the Association shall be vested in the Executive Committee, who in addition to the powers by these Rules expressly conferred upon them, may exercise all such powers, and do all such acts and things, as may be exercised or done by the Association, but which are not hereby or law expressly directed or required to be exercised or done by the Association.
Without prejudice to the general powers hereby conferred, the Executive Committee shall have the following powers.
To acquire for the Association by purchase, lease or otherwise, any property, rights or privileges which are Association is entitled to affairs of the Association and to compound and allow time for they may think fit.
To enter into all such negotiations and contracts or rescind and vary them, and execute and do all such acts, deeds and things, in the name and on behalf of the Association, as they may consider expedient for or pertaining to any of the properties, rights and privileges for the purposes of the Association.
To borrow or secure the payment of any sum of money for the purposes of the Association.
To Institute, conduct, defend, compound or abandon any legal proceedings by or against the Association or otherwise concerning the affairs of the Association and to compound and allow time for payment or satisfaction of any debts due and of any claims or demands by or against the Association.
To refer any claim or demands by or against the Association to arbitration and to observe and implement such awards.
To make and give receipts, release and other discharges for money payable to the Association and for the claims and demands of the Association.
To receive donations and any other sum of money and all and any other material, articles, and things due to or intended for the Association.
To incur all necessary expenses for the maintenance and carrying out the objectives and the intention of these Rules and Memorandum of the Association.
To appoint one or more persons, whether or otherwise to constitute a Board or Committee, wherever and whenever necessary; as well as rescind, remove or dissolve any such member, board or committee.
To make, vary and repeal bye-laws pertaining to the regulation of the business of the Association.
7. Property, Money and Accounts
The property, moveable or immoveable belonging to the Association shall vest in the Executive Committee.
No sale, exchange, mortage, lease or other transaction of immoveable property belonging to the Association shall be valid unless the President and Secretary General execute the document concerned.
Accounts and other investments of the Association shall be operated by any two persons out of the following three viz. Trasure, and President or Secretary General.
Duties of Office Bearers : All office bearers of the Association are honorary positions.
President. Shall preside over the General Body, Executive Committee, and all other official meetings and functions of the Association. The President shall guide the activities of the Association and its aims and objectives. The President may allocate all or any of the powers and duties under this or any other clauses of the constitution to any other office-bearer as he/she may deem fit and necessary for the discharge of his/her duties.
President-Elect. Shall be an ex-officio member of all committees appointed by the Executive Committee. He/she will be the Convener of the Scientific Committee of the Annual Conference.
Secretary General. Subject to the control and regulation of the Executive Committee, the Secretary General shall be responsible for carrying out the directions and decisions of the Executive Committee. In particular, the Secretary General shall.
Convene meetings of the Executive Committee whenever necessary or called upon to do so.
Have administrative control over all the affairs of the Association.
Prepare the Annual Report of the Association.
Be in-charge of all the assets of the Association.
Collect all dues of the Association and deposit such amounts into the bank account directly or through Treasurer.
Make disbursements and maintain vouchers.
Perform such duties as are incidental to his/her office.
All notices, communications, letters, memoranda and other papers whether they are acts of the Executive Committee or of the General Body shall be signed or authenticated by the Secretary General and when so signed or authenticated shall be conclusive.
Vice President Senior. He/she shall carry out duties as assigned by the President. Other duties would include being member of the Editorial Board of the Journal and the newsletter. He/she shall be the Master of Ceremonies in all the official meetings/events of the Association.
Vice President Junior. He/she shall carry out duties as assigned by the President. He/she will be presiding over the Young Radiation Oncology Forum.
Joint Secretary President Nominee & Secretary General Nominee. Duties as assigned by the President and Secretary General respectively. They will be responsible for maintaining correct and accurate minutes of the General Body meetings and Executive Committee meetings. They will also be responsible for deciding quorum and also ensuring presence of bonafied members in the General Body and Executive Committee meetings.
Treasurer. Shall maintain true accounts of the funds and other assets of the Association and of funds and other assets connected with or in any way controlled by the Association.
Editor-in-Chief of Journal. Shall be responsible for publication of the Journal of the Association. He shall constitute an Editorial Board consisting of Editor-in Chief, four Associate Editors, five Assistant Editors, and an Editorial committee of ten members (not more than five foreign members) and a Consulting Editor being the Vice President Senior. The Editorial Board is to be ratified by the Executive Committee. Changes in the Editorial Board would need the approval of the Executive Committee.
State/Regional Chapters. Any state or region having more than 10 radiation oncologists who are life members if the Association can form a chapter.
The State/Regional Chapter shall be governed by the Constitution of the Association.
The State/Regional Chapters may frame their own rules and constitution in accordance with the Constitution of the Association.
The Secretary of the State/Regional Chapter shall be a member of the Executive Committee.
Tenure of the office-bearers of the State/Regional Chapters should be corresponding to the tenure as applicable to the Association.
The State/Regional Chapters are authorized to have their Annual Conference as well as host other events like CME, teaching courses etc.
Elections must be held every year, corresponding to the National Association Elections. The Election process must be completed by March 31st every year.
Audited statements of the State/Regional cahpter should be made available to the Secretary General of the Association by October 31st every year.
1/3 of the profits of the Annual Conference of the State/Regional Chapter or at least Rs30.000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) will be paid by the State/Regional Chapter to the Association.
The State/Regional Chapter may bring out their own Journal.
All communication to the Association with respect to events of the Association like hosting of National Conference, National CME, National Teaching Courses etc. shall be routed through the State/Regional Chapters.
The State/Regional chapters are entitled to charge their own fees for admission and membership. All membership to Association shall be forwarded by the State/Regional Secretary.
10. Academic Wing
The Indian College of Radiation Oncology is the academic wing of the Association.
ICRO will have its own constitution and office bearers.
No financial liability shall lie with the Association with respect to ICRO.
11. Young Radiation Oncologist’s Forum
To promote a sense of ownership in the Association the YROF shall comprise if Life Members of the Association, below the age of 45 years.
The Vice- President Junior shall be the Governer of the Forum.
The Forum shall conduct an YROC, a Conference of the Forum. For YROC an Organizing Chairman and an Organizing Secretary shall be selected in the YROC.
The Vice President Junior, Convener YROF along with the Organizing Chairman YROC and Organizing Secretary YROC shall be the Committee that shall take all decisions on matters pertaining to YROC.
No separate membership fees shall be collected for membership of the Forum.
No financial liability shall lie with the Association with respect to YROF.
AMENDMENTS AND REPEAL
Subject to the law in force at the time, the General Body shall have the power to add, vary or repeal any of the provisions contained in the rules. Such additions, variations or repeal can be affected by means of a resolution of which due notice has given as per rule 14.2 (below) and which has been assented to by the vote of at least two-thirds majority of the life-members present at the Annual General Body Meeting.
A life member desirous of bringing forth an amendment (addition, variation or repeal) shall submit the proposed amendment to the Secretary General in the forth of a resolution, duly proposed by the member desirous of bringing forth the amendment and seconded by at least 10 life members, before June 30th. A copy of the proposed amendment must also be endorsed to the President by the member desirous of bringing forth the amendment. The Secretary General shall collect all proposed amendments and put it up for circulation in the Association website by July 15th.
Proposed amendments shall be taken up for discussion in the Annual General Body meeting, after being mentioned in the agenda. The member desirous of bringing forth the amendment shall be given time to explain the need for the amendment and after discussion, the resolution containg the proposed amendment shall be put to vote. An amendment would be said to have been passed if the resolution has been assented by the vote of at least two-thirds majority of the life members present in the Annual general body meeting.
In the event of a proposed amendment to the constitution being rejected on the floor test, the same shall not be brought before the house for a period of at least three years.
Not with standing anything in this Constitution and Rules, the Law of the Land stand supreme. Also, the General Body shall be the ultimate authority in all matters.
AMENDMENTS IN CONSTITUTION & GBM DECISIONS
AMENDMENTS IN CONSTITUTION (November 2003, Cochin)
(a) Saving from Conferences
– Organizing committee take care the internal travel (within India) for two speakers of Orations/lectures.
– The award amount of Dr CD Joseph/ Dr Frank Neel fellowships enhanced to Rs. 10,000/ and Smt. Parwati Devi & Dr JM Pinto best paper cash prize raised to Rs. 5,000/- & Rs. 2,500/- respectivel.
AMENDMENTS IN CONSTITUTION (November 2006, Varanasi) Membership
– Annual membership for AROI to be discontinued and only ‘Active membership’ to be offered as “Life Membership”
Admission Fee raised to Rs 500
Life Membership fee to be raised to Rs 2000/-
Students may be enrolled as “Provisional Life Members” after a payment of Rs 2500 (Rs 2000 fee + Rs 500 admission fee) but without voting right. Once they obtain the Post-Graduate degree they will be considered for “Life Member”.
Overseas members existing fee US$ 300/-.
For SAARC countries. SAARC countries members may obtain membership in the same rates as their Indian counterparts by paying fee in Indian
(b) Roll Call
The word Roll Call to be replaced by ‘signature for attendance’
(c) Quorum
For ‘Annual GBM’ for 25 members other than Central office bearer
For ‘Extra ordinary GBM’ = 25 members other than Central office
Bearers For ‘Requisition GBM’ = 50 Members
(d) Conference
Conference to be given to Chapter/ Institution and not to any
Individual. A chapter willing to host conference to apply before
Registration fee to be decided by local organizing committee and get it approved in preceding year GBM.
GBM 2007
Everybody showed concern regarding declining standards of scientific programme in Annual Conference. It was suggested that to improve scientific tempo of meeting, it would be better to have scientific committee of AROI. This kind of practice is adopted by many associations like ASCO,ESTRO,AMPI,IASO etc.
Proposed members to be:
Chairman and organising Secretary of Conference
Chairman and Secretary of ICRO
President and Secretary General AROI
Editor of Journal JCRT
Members of ICRO
Other members as desired by host
Due to increase demand of initiating new orations at AROI conference, it was proposed to review the of oration in regard to replacement with newly proposed or continuation of oration beyond 10 years.
Dr. Vyas and Dr. Ganguly said this will require a constitutional amendment and need to proposed in due manner.
All correspondence with ASTRO/ESTRO/ or any other organization should be done by the “Secretary General AROI” only after consultation with the President, AROI. Secretary General should remain the nodal person for communication and no other member should directly communicate in this regard. No trade or pharmaceutical presentations should be organized during the AROI conference hours.
1. STATE CHAPTER ELECTION:-
Election of all state chapters should be done before 30th June 2011
2. RANGI PRASAD LECTURE:-
To be chaired be chairman and Secretary of ICRO.
(a) Introducing the fellow of Indian college of radiation oncolgy (FICRO). (b) To revise the fellowship fees to Rs 5000/-. (c) Number of FICRO to be awarded per year is 5. (d) Governing council of ICRO members selected are: Prof S.C.Sharma , Prof G.Kilara . (e) Treasure of AROI is one of member of governing council of ICRO. (f) Fellowship to be awarded in the annual function of AROICON. (g) It was unanimously decided to collect Rs 500/- for ICRO registration fees instead of Rs 1000/-. Proposed by Dr A.K.Anand ans seconded by Dr J.K.Singh.
A template to be finialized and all organizers have to follow the template. The scientific committee shall consists of following members, a. three members from local organizing committee, b. chairman and secretary of ICRO, c. president and Secretary general of AROI, d. editor in chief AROI Journal (JCRT) , e. three members of ICRO (by consensus of ICRO & AROI) f. any members as desire by host “organizing chairman/Secretary.
The oration which was started earlier to be replaced by new one at the end of 15 Yrs in case a request for a new oration is pending Proposed by Dr P. Vijayanad Reddy and seconded by Dr A.K.Anand. At the end of the conference all the audited accounts should be sent to the secretary general before the next annual meeting. If the organizing secretary fails to do this he/she should be suspended from the primary membership of the association for a period of 5 years.
The local organizing committee should pay to the AROI 50% of the profits or 50% of the savings from the conference funds, or Rs 10,00,000 whichever is more. It was proposed for 50% of the savings or 5 lakhs of rupees. Proposed by Dr Mithlish Kumar and seconded by Dr J.K.Singh.
Chapter Elections frequency every 2 years. If not done or deviated, the president, secretary of the state chapter will be suspended from the AROI. It was proposed for suspension for 2 yrs by Dr P.Vijayanand Reddy and seconded by Dr Mithlesh Kumar.
Change of Oration
Soloman Padam Singh Oration has been replaced by Dr. K.A. Dinshaw Oration proposed by Maharashtra Chapter along with TMH Mumbai, lead by Dr. S.K. Srivastava, Prof. and Head Radiotherapy T.M.H Mumbai. The Maharashtra chapter and TMH Mumbai have given the contribution for the same to AROI.
Inaugration of Conference
The Inaugration of the annual conference to be done in the evening of the Day 1 of the conference, after ICRO program – which was carried out in Kolkata. It was proposed not to hold parallel sessions with proffered papers which was also observed in Kolkata. For the 1st time five live members of ICRO were selected by the governing council of ICRO for the prestigious award of Fellow of ICRO. Dr. Subir Ganguly, Dr. Ravichandran, Dr. P G Jayaprakash, Dr. Sushmita Ghoshal, Dr. Manoj Sharma were awarded as FICRO in this year.
New Fellowships has been started for post PG students of <35 yrs age for training in advanced centers with a grant amount of
Rs.50,000 per person for two Persons Rs.20,000 per person for one person
It was proposed to start a new AROI- International fellowship for the members of the age 35-40 yrs, having value of for Rs. 1 lakh. It will be funded by AROI, if association cannot find a sponser.
Collaboration between AROI & FEDERATION OF ASIAN RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS. Report was presented by Dr. Ramesh S. Bilmagga. It was decided that two representatives from AROI, President & secretary or any two of their nominated members will attend as official representatives of AROI for meetings and they will be sponsored by AROI. Dr K.T Bhowmik suggested that for International collaboration as well as foreign exchange we need to get the clearance from ministry of foreign affairs as well as home Department.
Report from ICRO Chairman/Secretary:-
AROI members who have completed 5 yrs as life member, he/she is eligible as ICRO member, instead of 10yrs.
AROI members applying for fellowships above 35 yrs should be ICRO members first.
Suggested to increasing the no. of issues of the Journal from 4 to 6.Rs 1.5 lakhs has to be paid per issues and for 6 nos of issues total 9 lakhs has to be paid for the journal. The house agreed for the same.
Collaboration with AMPI
Proposal of Clinical oriented session in AMPICON and Physics oriented session in AROICON.
Conference Organisers will sponsor AMPI President and Secretary.
Dr Madhu proposed to have more awards for Medical physics.
Dr Reddy proposed Dr Mahajan seconded
President AMPI suggested that dates of Conferences should be fixed after consultation between two organisations.
Dr Kilara proposed Dr Pramod seconded.
Dr. M.C. PANT GOLD MEDAL
Past GBM had decided to substitute old and long running Orations and medals with new ones. This year proposal to replace J M Pinto gold medal with Dr M.C pant gold medal. Dr Ayyagiri asked secretary general to write to family of J M Pinto and Parvati Devi and inform about discontinuation of the medals and thanks from Association. Dr Sanyal asked if the corpus fund for medal has been received and secretary general informed the house that the same has already been received. Duration of the medal will be for 15 years. Some members objected and wanted the duration to be 10 years. Dr M.K Mahajan suggested to form a committee to frame rulesin this matter. Finally it was decided that family will be informed and if agreed medal will be for 10 years.
Dr Kilara proposed Dr Jalali seconded. Passed by house.
AROI Society Registration Certificate
The AROI attaches a very high importance to the academic & research activities in Radiation Oncology with its related disciplines. To improve the overall standards of post-graduate teaching, clinical practice and adequate growth of this discipline the Indian College of Radiation Oncologists was established as a dedicated and integral part of the Association in 1992.
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A louse named Charlie
Ex-pat Kiwis march in the London Lord Mayor’s Show
Haka in the Sand / He Haka He Onepu
Royal Decorations
Trentham Military Training Camp
The declaration of war
Within Our Gates
Distraction from the war – a day at the beach
The walking wounded return home
‘Worst comes to wurst’
All Hostilities Will Cease
A Hero’s Painful Memories
It’s 11 June 1921. In Blenheim, New Zealand the anticipation mounts! Will Dick Arnst defend his world title against challenger Pat Hannan – a champion sculler for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF)?
The race was big news and had been widely reported in local papers. In response a huge crowd gathered on the banks of the Wairau River, near Blenheim to witness Hannan’s challenge. Arnst had first won the world championship in 1908, then he lost it to Ernest Barry in 1912 and retired from sculling in 1915. But he was back on the scene in 1920. The world title reverted to Arnst by forfeit in 1921 and Hannan was the first to challenge. The papers picked a close race. The excitement was building.
Sadly, though, views of much of the action in this film clip of the race have been obliterated by nitrate decomposition. However, a surprising twist at the end of the film is clear – and well worth the wait!
Year:11 June 1921
LocationWairau River, Blenheim
Māori and Pacific Islanders march to war
Peace Loan - Watch for the Aeroplane
Even Major-Generals die in battle
Sydney Marches to Remember
Society Wedding, c.1914
Year: 11 June 1921
Production Company: Department of Agriculture
Credits: Camera: Sydney B. Taylor
Catalogue Reference: F1156 World’s Sculling Championship
People: Dick Arnst, Pat Hannan, Ernest Barry
Location: Wairau River, Blenheim
Tags: 1921, WWI, World War One, Dick Arnst, Pat Hannan, Sculling, Rowing, Wairau River, Blenheim, Sculls race, Blenheim, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, NZEF, New Zealand, New Zealanders, world champion
Subject: Rowing, Wairau River, Blenheim, Sculls, New Zealand
The pride of Tai Tapu, at the foot of Canterbury’s Port Hills, Richard ‘Dick’ Arnst was from a well-known farming family. The family of six sons – Hammy, Will, Jack, Dick, Hewy and Fred – were famous for their success as cycling champions.
After only two years’ in sculling, Dick Arnst won the world championship in 1908. He held it until 1912, when he lost to English sculler Ernest Barry. In early 1912 Barry lost a challenge against Arnst on the Zambesi River (Arnst’s brother preceded the racers, armed with a rifle and ready to shoot any crocodiles that could disrupt the race!). Arnst won the 1921 race – becoming World Champion for a sixth time – but he lost the title to NZEF sculling champion, Darcy Hadfield, on the Whanganui River the following year.
Arnst’s involvement (or lack of) in World War One has been a mystery. A crack shot and world-champion athlete, it was curious that he didn’t appear on any list or file relating to service in the war. The riddle was finally solved, when we searched Papers Past online, we found this reference in The Feilding Star: “Dick Arnst, the ex-New Zealander, sometime world’s champion sculler, is now doing war work with the Sydney Harbour Patrol. He volunteered long since for active service, but was rejected” (The Fielding Star, 4 September 1917). It would be interesting to know on what grounds he was rejected.
The Fielding Star reported, just a year later, that: “Corporal Jack Arnst, killed in action, was widely known throughout Australasia as a champion cyclist and winner of innumerable road races. When he enlisted he was farming in North Canterbury. He leaves a widow. His brother is Dick Arnst, ex-champion sculler” (The Fielding Star, 17 September 1918).
Can you add any information about Hannan or Arnst? Please contact us if you can, we’d love to hear from you.
Read an account of the race printed in the Evening Post, 13 June 1921.
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After Their Kind (DD#2)--Video
In Episode 2, Iguana Don is under the impression that a cow can give birth to a puppy. Thankfully, Digger Doug and Professor Whitecoat teach Iggy about the Law of Biogenesis. Iggy learns that this law is in perfect agreement with what the Bible teaches--plants, animals, and humans reproduce after their own kind.
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Digger Doug and Iguana Don take a trip to the natural history museum, where they meet the museum's owner, Fossil Fred. Fred insists that dinosaurs became extinct millions of years before humans came on the scene, but Digger and Iggy use archaeological evidence to convince Fred of the truth.
EIR6: "The Age of the Universe: Evidence and Assumption"--Audio
by Mike Houts, Ph.D.
One of the greatest deceptions perpetrated by atheists and humanists is that the theory of evolution is somehow “science.” Dr. Houts demonstrates that, in reality, evolution is merely a tenet of the false religion of atheism.
EIR6: "The Age of the Universe: Evidence and Assumption"--Video
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A summary of six laws of science and how they disprove atheistic evolutionary theories, such as the Big Bang and the Theory of Evolution. These six laws are discussed in depth in Dr. Miller's "Don't Look Too Closely: Evolution is Unscientific" seminar.
Evolution: Irrational and Unnatural--Video
While many evolutionists and naturalists/atheists believe that Christians have a blind faith, in actuality, it is the naturalist who holds to a blind faith. Christianity is the option that follows from the scientific evidence.
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Contrary to the claims of much of today's scientific community, the Creation model is in keeping with the scientific evidence--specifically the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics. The atheistic evolutionist's position is not in keeping with the evidence.
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Session 1: What is Evolution, and Why Does it Matter?
Is evolution scientific? Do the laws of science support naturalism or contradict it? Do the commonly cited evidences for Darwinian evolution actually prove it to be true? If the evidence doesn’t support atheistic evolution, why do so many believe in it? Join a credentialed scientist as he explores the answers to these questions in this eight-session series. [Visit our Web store to get a copy of the DVD that contains all eight sessions.]
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Crítica do filme Três Marias no New York Times
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"The Three Marias," directed by Aluizio Abranches, from a screenplay by Heitor Dhalia and Wilson Freire, has the solemn pace and mood of South American westerns, with overtones of Greek tragedy. But its emotional climate is too extreme to invite identification, and its characters are too single-minded in their revenge to evoke pity, terror or even much interest.
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BonTerra Extends Mineralization Over 200 Meters Down Dip at Gladiator Gold Project Second Hole BA-15-02 Intersects 7.2 g/t Au over 7.7 Meters
Vancouver, BC – December 2, 2015: BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSX-V: BTR, US: BONXF) (the “Company” or “BonTerra”) is pleased to announce additional positive drill results of 7.2 g/t Au over 7.7 meters from Hole B-15-02 of its 2015 Phase 1 Exploration Program on its 100% owned West Arena Gold Property, within the Gladiator Gold Project located north of Val d’Or, Quebec and within the world famous Abitibi Greenstone Belt. To date, four drill holes have been completed, with assays pending for the final drill holes BA-15-03 and BA-15-04.
Nav Dhaliwal, President and CEO, stated: “Hole BA-15-02 is significant for BonTerra shareholders and the Gladiator Gold Project. The intersection clearly indicates that the mineralization continues an additional 200 meters down dip, and demonstrates the overall strength of the gold system with the solid grade of 7.2 g/t gold over a width of 7.7 meters. Additionally, it is important to note that this intersection point lies approximately 200 meters below BonTerra’s current 43-101 mineral resource estimate competed in 2012. Finally, we are excited to have also discovered a mineralized and altered felsic porphyritic intrusion grading 0.5 g/t over 155.5 meters, indicating once again a strong mineralized system exists at the Gladiator Project.”
Key Take-Away Points from Recent Assay Results:
Mineralization from Hole BA-15-02 encountered the Main Zone at 400 meters below surface and graded 7.2 g/t gold over 7.7 meters.
Hole BA-15-02 represented a step out of over 200 meters in a down dip direction from the BA-15-01 (announced November 4, 2015) which graded 14.0 g/t gold over 6.6 meters.
The BA-15-02 intersection is located approximately 200 meters below the Company’s current mineral resource depth limit (Snowden July 2012).
A newly discovered Footwall Zone (“FW”) was discovered approximately 60 meters and 100 meters below surface in BA-15-01 and BA-15-02, respectively. Further results from BA-15-01 assayed 9.1 g/t over 3.5 meters and BA-15-02 assayed 4.7 g/t over 2.5 meters (see below table).
Immediately above the BA-15-02 intersection, a mineralized and altered felsic porphyritic intrusion also assayed 0.5 g/t over a core length of 155 meters.
The emergence of multiple parallel zones and especially of a large mineralized felsic intrusive is a great indicator of a very strong system.
All results from the first and second holes of the 2015 campaign are tabled below. A third and fourth hole are awaiting assay.
Drill Hole Length
(m) Zone From
(m) Width* (m) Au
(oz/t) Au
(g/t)
BA-15-01A
BA-15-02 378
501 FW
Main 62.5
483.7 3.5
* Width is expressed as core width, true width has not yet been determined.
Geological Review of Mineralized Zones
Gold mineralization is predominantly contained within quartz-carbonate veining and associated alteration related to shearing, faults, folds and other typical structural controls.
The Main Zone is defined as a highly silicified and altered sheared contact between mafic volcanics and an altered and mineralized syenite, locally exhibiting quartz porphyritic textures. Smoky quartz veining also occurs locally both in the contact zones and the larger felsic intrusive syenite unit. These veins contain the bulk of the mineralization and free gold, as well as tourmaline and chlorite occupying fractures. A third upper or footwall zone also occurs at the sheared contact between mafic volcanics and a mafic intrusive sill or gabbro and displays similar mineralization and alteration as the main zone. Mineralization consists of minor (trace to 2%) pyrite, chalcopyrite and yellow sphalerite throughout but most especially in and near the contacts with the quartz veining.
Please refer to the Company’s website (http://bonterraresources.com/en/2015-drill-program) for detailed cross sections depicting the geology and intersections.
About Gladiator Gold Project and 2015 Drill Program
The Gladiator Project is located in the Urban-Barry Greenstone Belt and is comprised of three properties: West Arena, East Arena, and Coliseum Properties. The Gladiator Project is located approximately 170 km northeast of Val-d’Or. The Barry Gold Deposit and open pit, controlled by Metanor Resources Inc., are located along strike immediately to the west of the Coliseum property. The Windfall Gold Deposit, controlled by Oban Mining Corp., also lies directly north of the Company’s Gladiator Project. The 2015 Phase 1 drilling is targeting the plunge and strike extensions of the Company’s newly-discovered Spartacus Trend gold zones, which are located within the West Arena Gold Property.
The Spartacus Trend is identified as a northeast trending shear zone primarily within mafic volcanic units that host local intrusions of syenite and gabbro. To date, the deposit has been drilled over a 500-meter strike length from surface and consists of a number of parallel, anastomosing and intersecting steeply dipping shear zones. Two additional parallel trends have been identified by a geophysical signature and limited drilling, namely the Crixus Zone to the north and the Gannicus Zone to the south, where each trend is separated by approximately 500 meters. The Coliseum Property is situated immediately to the west along strike from the Spartacus and Crixus trends.
Drill core is split, with half sent for assay at ALS Canada Ltd. located in Val d’Or, Quebec. The other half is secured and retained on site. A program of blank and standard insertion into the sample stream is also conducted. The samples are processed using fire assay with an aa finish, gravimetrics and screen metallics are performed on samples with assays of 10 g/t or higher.
Dale Ginn, P.Geo. has approved the information contained in this release. Mr. Ginn is a Director and Vice President of Exploration for BonTerra and is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
Currently drilling at its 100% owned Gladiator Gold Project to expand current gold resource.
BA-15-01 intersected 14.1 g/t Au over 6.6m (announced November 4, 2015)
BA-15-02 intersected 7.2 g/t Au over 7.7m (announced December 2, 2015)
Located in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt in mining-friendly Quebec.
Using a 4 g/t cut-off grade, the project currently contains an inferred resource of 905,000 tonnes, grading 9.37 g/t for 273,000 ounces of gold. Of note, ~90% of the worlds operating mines have an average gold grade less than 8 g/t.
~36 million shares outstanding and debt free.
Most recent financing: ~$2.5 million (Oban Mining Corp. became largest shareholder at 19% holdings – see news release dated July 7, 2015).
For further information, please contact Nav Dhaliwal, President, at nav@bonterraresources.com.
This press release contains “forward-looking information” that is based on BonTerra’’s current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections. This forward-looking information includes, among other things, statements with respect to BonTerra’s exploration and development plans. The words “will”, “anticipated”, “plans” or other similar words and phrases are intended to identify forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause BonTerra’s actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, but are not limited to: uncertainties related exploration and development; the ability to raise sufficient capital to fund exploration and development; changes in economic conditions or financial markets; increases in input costs; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; technological or operational difficulties or inability to obtain permits encountered in connection with exploration activities; and labour relations matters. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect our forward-looking information. These and other factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking information. BonTerra disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Primal Nature: Animalia by Women in Post-War Claremont
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Jean Ames, The Garden, 1956, enamel on copper
Animals, both real and fantastic, occupied an important place in artistic expression in mid- twentieth-century Claremont, appearing in the work of ceramists, painters, enamelists, and sculptors. Primal Nature: Animalia by Women in Post-War Claremont, curated by Susan M. Anderson, focuses on this phenomenon, particularly in the work of women artists who played a vital role in the development of the arts in Claremont.
Jean Goodwin Ames’s (1903-1986) preferred medium was enamel, but she was also a painter. Ames, who taught at Scripps College and Claremont Graduate School from 1940 to 1962, described her oeuvre as being filled with “enchanted birds and beasts.” Her commitment to enamel contributed to the recognition of the medium as an art form in the years following World War II.
Barbara Beretich’s (1936-2018) ceramic sculptures of cats, which she often finished in bronze, also recall archaic sculpture while being highly polished and stylized. From 1962 to 1965, Beretich attended Claremont Graduate School, receiving an MFA. From 1973 to 1978, she operated Gallery 8 on Harvard Avenue, and, from 1978, Galleria Beretich, located in her home. Both offered important exhibition venues for local and regional artists.
Archaic animal forms recalling Egyptian, Greek, and Romanesque styles were popular among sculptors. The ceramic animal sculpture of Betty Davenport Ford (b.1924) exhibits this historicizing approach. Ford aims to balance the capture of the animal’s essential spirit with sound design. She graduated from Scripps College in 1946 and remained a vital part of the community through her work with the Millard Sheets Studio.
Susan Hertel (1930-1993) mused in a poem that she was “not a person of the people tribe,” suggesting a closer kinship to the animals she often portrayed in her paintings of everyday life. Hertel received her BA from Scripps College in 1952. Working in the Millard Sheets Studio, she subsequently became chief designer and executor of murals throughout Southern California, Texas, and Arkansas, for Home Savings and Loan.
The exhibition, sponsored by Gould Asset Management LLC, will be on view September 21, 2018 through January 6, 2019 at the Claremont Museum of Art, located in the historic Claremont Depot at 200 W. First Street. The museum is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4:00 PM, and during Art Walk, the first Saturday of every month from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. For more information, visit www.claremontmuseum.org.
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Ridden: Ducati Streefighter 848 – grab it while you can
Discussion in 'Bike Reviews' started by Simon, Mar 27, 2015.
The news coming from Ducati is that one of their most capable road bikes is living on borrowed time.
The Streetfighter 848 has never been a massive seller and Ducati sources have indicated that it won’t be getting the 899cc Superquadro engine found on the baby Panigale – which means that this year is likely to be its last in the Ducati line-up.
And that’s a shame, as the Streetfighter’s combination of high-performance 849cc V-twin and sportsbike chassis make this a real weapon on everyday roads.
The Testastretta engine feels punchy – it punts out 132bhp and 69 lb.ft of torque, and uses an 11-degree camshaft, the same as used on the Diavel, to help the engine make plenty of accessible torque in the lower rev range, thus making the bike easier to ride, especially in town.
The bike also features an eight-stage traction control system, a single-sided swingarm, Brembo radial calipers, fully adjustable Marzocchi USD front forks and Sachs rear shock, and it comes wired up ready to play with a basic data-acquisition (DDA) system to read throttle position, revs, speed, gear selection etc. It also comes with the plumbing in place to accept a Ducati Performance accessory quickshifter.
Despite its lack of fairings, the Streetfighter 848 feels very much like a sportsbike, and it shines on twisty B-roads. Handling and steering are accurate and predictable, quickly inspiring confidence, and the fuelling is perfect. There’s no lumpiness, and the torque really stands out – there’s no lag at all.
Ducati have given the Streetfighter 848 a 180/60 section rear tyre to create a larger contact patch, and it gives plenty of feedback, flicking into corners with ease and feeling planted and well-mannered. And all that torque delivers impressive drive through and out of the corners. This is a bike that guarantees big grins while letting you push harder and harder without ever feeling out of control.
It’s comfortable too. The flattish, wide single-piece bars have been raised by 20mm over the previous model, and that’s made a huge difference; the riding position feels much more upright meaning arms no longer feel stretched – I took the bike on a 500-plus round trip to Wales and there were no aches or pains or tired wrists – even when cruising on the motorway. The suspension also feels a lot more real-world usable, especially compared with the 848 Evo’s – yes it’s still on the firm side, but it’s not so firm as to be uncomfortable, only feeling flustered on really bumpy surfaces.
And should things ever threaten to get out of hand the Brembo radial calipers quickly bring things to a standstill without the slightest hint of grab. Yes, they have plenty of bite, but they lack the viscousness associated with the Mono Bloc brakes fitted to Ducati’s superbikes.
So it’s entertaining enough on the road, but the Streetfighter 848 also gets under your skin when you’re off the bike. The styling looks mean without looking menacing, purposeful while still looking exotic. It’s nicely finished too and the attention to detail is exquisite.
The only downsides to the bike are the 16.5-litre tank, which means you’ll be hunting for a petrol station all too soon, and the lack of ABS, which isn’t available even as an option.
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The theme of the next Venice Architecture Biennale has been announced by its curator, Hashim Sarkis.
“We need a new spatial contract,” Sarkis writes. We need to “call on architects to imagine spaces in which we can generously live together: together as human beings who, despite our increasing individuality, yearn to connect with one another and with other species across digital and real space; together as new households looking for more diverse and dignified spaces for inhabitation; together as emerging communities that demand equity, inclusion and spatial identity; together across political borders to imagine new geographies of association; and together as a planet facing crises that require global action for us to continue living at all.”
You can read the full statement at the Biennale website. The Biennale itself will open next year, in May 2020.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on July 16, 2019 August 14, 2019 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Architecture, Design, Hashim Sarkis, Housing, Politics, Venice BiennaleLeave a comment on New Spatial Contract
Prodigal Congress
[Image: Federal lands near Boulder, Utah; Instagram by BLDGBLOG].
The incoming Republican Congress has redefined U.S. federal lands as being “effectively worthless,” making it easier to return those lands to state control, and then to auction them off to private ownership or future industrial use.
“In a single line of changes to the rules for the House of Representatives, Republicans have overwritten the value of federal lands, easing the path to disposing of federal property even if doing so loses money for the government and provides no demonstrable compensation to American citizens,” the Guardian reports.
“Essentially, the revised budget rules deny that federal land has any value at all, allowing the new Congress to sidestep requirements that a bill giving away a piece of federal land does not decrease federal revenue or contribute to the federal debt.”
As such, “federal land is effectively worthless.”
That people who voted for this party to be in power will be amongst the hundreds of thousands of Americans who drive west every summer to experience the natural beauty of the United States is so politically absurd that it is worth pointing out here, however briefly.
This is what those same voters rejected at the ballot box in November: “As a nation, we need policies and investments that will keep America’s public lands public, strengthen protections for our natural and cultural resources, increase access to parks and public lands for all Americans, protect species and wildlife, and harness the immense economic and social potential of our public lands and waters.” Their votes have also made it far more difficult to declare future National Monuments and National Parks, let alone to maintain the ones we already have.
Those same people will come home next summer with their smartphones and digital cameras full of images of extraordinary landscapes their own party just sold off the table for scrap.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on January 20, 2017 January 22, 2017 Categories BLDGBLOGTags American West, Congress, Democracy, Economics, Federal Lands, Industry, Landscape, National Monuments, National Parks, Politics, Power, Public Lands, United States, UtahLeave a comment on Prodigal Congress
Infrastructural Voodoo Doll
For the past few months, on various trips out west to Los Angeles, I’ve been working on an exclusive story about a new intelligence-gathering unit at LAX, the Los Angeles International Airport.
To make a long story short, in the summer of 2014 Los Angeles World Airports—the parent organization in control of LAX—hired two intelligence analysts, both with top secret clearance, in order to analyze global threats targeting the airport.
There were many things that brought me to this story, but what particularly stood out was the very idea that a piece of transportation infrastructure could now punch above its weight, taking on the intelligence-gathering and analytical capabilities not just of a city, but of a small nation-state.
It implied a kind of parallel intelligence organization created to protect not a democratic polity but an airfield. This suggested to me that perhaps our models of where power actually lies in the contemporary city are misguided—that, instead of looking to City Hall, for example, we should be focusing on economic structures, ports, sites of logistics, places that wield a different sort of influence and require a new kind of protection and security.
From the article, which is now online at The Atlantic:
Under the moniker of “critical infrastructure protection,” energy-production, transportation-logistics, waste-disposal, and other sites have been transformed from often-overlooked megaprojects on the edge of the metropolis into the heavily fortified, tactical crown jewels of the modern state. Bridges, tunnels, ports, dams, pipelines, and airfields have an emergent geopolitical clout that now rivals democratically elected civic institutions.
For me, this has incredible implications:
It might sound like science fiction, but, in 20 years’ time, it could very well be that LAX has a stronger international-intelligence game than many U.S. allies. LAX field agents could be embedded overseas, cultivating informants, sussing out impending threats. It will be an era of infrastructural intelligence, when airfields, bridges, ports, and tunnels have, in effect, their own internal versions of the CIA—and LAX will be there first.
There are obvious shades here of Keller Easterling’s notion of “extrastatecraft,” where infrastructure has come to assume a peculiar form of political authority.
As such, it also resembles an initiative undertaken by the NYPD in the years immediately following 9/11—a story well told by at least three books, Peter Bergen’s excellent United States of Jihad, Christopher Dickey’s Securing the City, and, more critically, Enemies Within by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman.
However, there is at least one key difference here: the NYPD unit was operating as an urban-scale intelligence apparatus, whereas the L.A. initiative exists at the level of a piece of transportation infrastructure. Imagine the Holland Tunnel, I-90, or the M25 hiring its own in-house intel team, and you can begin to imagine the strange new powers and influence this implies.
In any case, the bulk of the piece is focused on introducing readers to the core group of people behind the program.
There is Anthony McGinty, a former D.C. homicide detective and Marine Reserve veteran, kickstarting a second career on the west coast; there is Michelle Sosa, a trilingual Boston University grad with a background in intelligence analysis; and there is Ethel McGuire, one of the first black female agents in FBI history, who undertook their hiring.
There are, of course, literally thousands of others of people involved, from baggage handlers and the LAX Fire Department to everyday travelers. LAX, after all, is a city in miniature:
At more than five square miles, it is only slightly smaller than Beverly Hills. More than 50,000 badged employees report to work there each day, many with direct access to the airfield—and thus to the vulnerable aircraft waiting upon it. More than 100,000 passenger vehicles use the airport’s roads and parking lots every day, and, in 2015 alone, LAX hosted 75 million passengers in combined departures and arrivals.
LAX is also policed like a city. The airport has its own SWAT team—known as the Emergency Services Unit—and employs roughly 500 sworn police officers, double the number of cops in the well-off city of Pasadena and more than the total number of state police in all of Rhode Island.
However, the actual space of the airport—the built landscape of logistics—is probably the main potential source of interest for BLDGBLOG readers.
For example, at the western edge of the airfield, there is an abandoned suburb called Surfridge, its empty streets and sand dunes now used as a butterfly sanctuary and as a place for police-training simulations. The runways themselves are vast symbolic landscapes painted with geometric signs that have to be read to be navigated. And then there are the terminals, currently undergoing a massive, multibillion dollar renovation campaign.
At one point, I found myself sitting inside the office complex of Gavin de Becker, an anti-assassination security expert who has worked for celebrities, foreign dignitaries, and even U.S. presidents. Protected behind false-front signage, de Becker’s hidden complex houses a full-scale airplane fuselage for emergency training, as well as ballistic dummies and a soundproofed shooting range.
I had a blast working on this piece, and am thrilled that it’s finally online. Check it out, if you get a chance, and don’t miss the speculative “case files” at the end, brief examples of what might be called infrastructural security fiction.
(Thanks to Ross Andersen and Sacha Zimmerman at The Atlantic for the edits. All images in this post from Google Maps, filtered through Instagram).
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on January 9, 2017 January 13, 2017 Categories BLDGBLOG, Los AngelesTags Adam Goldman, Airports, Architecture, Arup, Business, California, Christian Samlaska, Christopher Dickey, CIA, Crime, Economics, Extrastatecraft, FBI, Gavin de Becker, Greg Lindsay, Homeland Security, Infrastructure, Intelligence, Keller Easterling, Landscape, LAPD, LAX, Logistics, Los Angeles, Matt Apuzzo, NYPD, Peter Bergen, Politics, Power, SeaTac, Security, Simulation, Stacey Peel, Surfridge, Terrorism, The Atlantic, Transportation, Transportation Security AdministrationLeave a comment on Infrastructural Voodoo Doll
Covert Cartographics
[Image: Map Measuring Tool, CIA].
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has uploaded a massive set of images from their historic mapping unit to Flickr.
[Image: Triangular 24-Inch Engineering Scale, CIA].
The collections include state-of-the-art graphic tools for producing maps and other measured cartographic products, as well as the maps themselves. Organized by the decade of its production—including batches from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s—“each map is a time capsule of that era’s international issues,” as Allison Meier points out.
[Image: Terrain map of the Sinai Peninsula (1950s), CIA, CIA].
“The 1940s include a 1942 map of German dialects,” Meier writes, “and a 1944 map of concentration camps in the country. The 1950s, with innovative photomechanical reproduction and precast lead letters, saw maps on the Korean War and railroad construction in Communist China. The 1960s are punctuated by the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War, while the 1970s, with increasing map automation, contain charts of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the Arab oil embargo.”
[Images: The Austin Photo Interpretometer, CIA].
But it’s the mapping tools themselves that really interest me here.
On one level, these graphic devices are utterly mundane—triangular rulers, ten-point dividers, and interchangeable pen nibs, for example, any of which, on its own, would convey about as much magic as a ballpoint pen.
[Image: 10-Point Divider, CIA].
Nonetheless, there is something hugely compelling for me in glimpsing the actual devices through which a country’s global geopolitical influence was simultaneously mapped and strategized.
[Images: Rolling Disc Planimeter, CIA].
As the CIA points out, their earliest mapping division “produced some 8,000 hand-drawn maps and 64 plaster topographic 3-D models in support of the war effort. Many of their products played crucial roles in the planning and execution of major military operations in the European, North African, and Asian Theaters. On display here are just some of the many tools that OSS cartographers employed in their production process.”
[Image: Dietzgen Champion Drawing Instruments, CIA].
In a sense, it’s not unlike seeing the actual typewriter with which a particular author wrote her novels, or the battered, handheld sketchbooks a painter once carried with him to a distant mountaintop—only here, in art historical terms, we are looking at the graphic tools and visual documents through which a country’s overseas influence was realized and maintained.
It is a narrative of covert state power as relayed through cartographic objects, the outlines of an imperial nation-state arising from them like a ghost.
[Image: Stanley Improved Pantograph, CIA].
I’m reminded of one of my favorite books on the subject of geopolitics, literally understood: Rachel Hewitt’s Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey.
Among other things, Hewitt’s book reveals the often deeply strange tools—including surreal glass rods—through which British mapmakers and other agents of terrestrial exploration measured their nascent empire, helping to transform landscape into a mathematized system of coordinates and, in the process, conveying to British authorities the exact volumetric extent of their political domain.
There was the empire, in other words—but there were also these exotic objects of measurement through which that same empire was conjured, as if through cartographic magic.
[Image: Keufel & Esser 20.5-inch Slide Rule, CIA].
In any case, check out more at the CIA’s “Cartography Tools” Flickr set.
(Originally spotted via Alessandro Musetta).
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on December 12, 2016 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Allison Meier, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Devices, Drawing, Geography, Geopolitics, History, Landscape, Mapping, Ordnance Survey, Politics, Rachel Hewitt, Tools, United StatesLeave a comment on Covert Cartographics
Transnational Corporate Sovereignty
With the expected nomination of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to the position of U.S. Secretary of State, the recent book Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power by Columbia University dean of journalism Steve Coll seems newly relevant—so much so that, following Friday’s news about the nomination, Amazon has been temporarily sold out.
Coll has also just published a new piece over at The New Yorker looking at Tillerson’s legacy with the global oil firm. There, Coll describes ExxonMobil as resembling “an independent, transnational corporate sovereign in the world, a power independent of the American government, one devoted firmly to shareholder interests and possessed of its own foreign policy.”
Exxon’s foreign policy sometimes had more impact on the countries where it operated than did the State Department. Take, for example, Chad, one of the poorest countries in Africa. During the mid-two-thousands, the entirety of U.S. aid and military spending in the country directed through the U.S. Embassy in the capital, N’Djamena, amounted to less than twenty million dollars annually, whereas the royalty payments Exxon made to the government as part of an oil-production agreement were north of five hundred million dollars. Idriss Déby, the authoritarian President of Chad, did not need a calculator to understand that Rex Tillerson was more important to his future than the U.S. Secretary of State.
Should Tillerson be confirmed, Coll suggests, his new role “will certainly confirm the assumption of many people around the world that American power is best understood as a raw, neocolonial exercise in securing resources.”
The Guardian agrees, suggesting that, “In a very real sense, Tillerson has been a head of a state within a state. Exxon Mobil is bigger economically than many countries. It has its own foreign policy and its own contracted security forces.”
Consider picking up a copy of Private Empire and read more from Coll over at The New Yorker.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on December 12, 2016 Categories AfterstateTags Corporations, Department of State, Economics, ExxonMobil, Geopolitics, Infrastructure, Oil, Politics, Power, Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, Sovereignty, Steve Coll, United StatesLeave a comment on Transnational Corporate Sovereignty
“500 Years of Utopia” Opens
[Image: Thomas More’s Utopia].
There are two quick thing coming up this week that I wanted to post about:
1) At 7pm on Wednesday, November 9, I’ll be moderating a public conversation with an amazing group of Los Angeles-based designers, architects, and critics at USC’s Doheny Memorial Library. This is part of a larger evening, organized around the theme of “500 Years of Utopia.”
2016, after all, is the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s book, and we’ll be launching a small exhibition looking back at More’s influence on political, urban, and even architectural thought—but more on that, below.
[Image: “500 Years of Utopia” title card; design by David Mellen].
Kicking things off at 7pm on Wednesday evening, Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne will be interviewing Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker and author of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century; they’ll be discussing the relationship between émigré composers in Southern California, the music of exile, and “utopian thought.”
This will be followed by a panel discussion featuring urbanist and landscape architect Mia Lehrer; games designer and critic Jeff Watson; architect and writer Victor Jones; and critic Christopher Hawthorne.
We’ll be looking at the role of utopia in contemporary design, with a specific focus on questions of access. We can talk about utopia all we like, in other words—but utopia for whom? In other words, if utopia is already here, who has access to it? Who has the right to design utopia? Who has the right to critique it?
[Image: Early type experiment for “500 Years of Utopia”; design by David Mellen].
Last but not least, we’ll hear from journalist and critic Claire Hoffman, who will introduce us to her newly published memoir Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood.
The event is free and open to the public; however, please RSVP if you hope to attend. More information is available at that link, including parking, street address, and more.
The second thing I wanted to mention, then, is in the same place and on the same evening, but at 5:30pm. We will be kicking off our brand new exhibition, in USC’s Doheny Memorial Library, called “500 Years of Utopia.”
For 500 years, utopia—a word coined by Sir Thomas More to describe the ideal city—has been used as popular shorthand for a perfect world and lies at the heart of the Western political imagination. But what does it really mean today in the context of 21st-century urbanism, especially in a megacity like Los Angeles that has been the setting for utopian and dystopian thinking almost since its founding? A new exhibition of materials from the USC Libraries’ collections explores these questions, the history of utopian thinking, and the fine line between utopia and dystopia.
In addition to a wealth of utopian/dystopian material taken directly from the USC Libraries, we’ve used an interesting graphic approach of overlaid, differently colored exhibition text, one (in red) offering a utopian interpretation of the media and objects on display, the other (in blue) offering a dystopian spin. Decoder glasses will be on hand to assist…
Please stop by for our opening reception at 5:30pm on Wednesday, November 9. It, too, is free and open to the public, and it segues directly into the event that kicks off at 7pm.
More information is available over at USC.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on November 6, 2016 December 7, 2016 Categories BLDGBLOGTags 500 Years of Utopia, Alex Ross, Architecture, Christopher Hawthorne, Cities, Claire Hoffman, Design, Dystopia, Events, Exhibitions, Games, Jeff Watson, Landscape, Los Angeles, Mia Lehrer, Music, Politics, Thomas More, University of Southern California, Urban Speculation, USC, Utopia, Victor JonesLeave a comment on “500 Years of Utopia” Opens
500 Years of Utopia
2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s Utopia. More not only coined the term now used interchangeably with visions of an ideal society, he also linked the concept of just government specifically with the management and administration of a well-designed metropolis: the perfect society in Utopia is also an urban one.
There are many moral, political, and—for that matter—architectural flaws in More’s work, but it has nonetheless, for half a millennium, served as a synonym in the West for a perfect world. What does “utopia” really mean today, however—and who has access to it? Is utopia already here—but, to paraphrase novelist William Gibson, it remains unevenly distributed?
For the next few months, I’ll be working with the University of Southern California’s Doheny Memorial Library, to explore 500 Years of Utopia. An exhibition at the University will open in November 2016, including a gorgeous 16th-century edition of More’s work, and it will be joined by a series of public events discussing the legacy of Utopia today and what it means for the future.
The first of these events takes place this coming Saturday, October 15th, on the subject of “Governing Paradise.”
At 1pm that day, we’ll be hosting Santa Monica city manager Rick Cole, planning historian & USC Price professor David Sloane, and researcher & curator Aurora Tang from the Center for Land Use Interpretation to discuss the peculiar relationship between the city of Los Angeles and the linked concepts of utopia and dystopia.
What role should government play in bringing about a state of Earthly paradise—or is utopia precisely a condition in which government is meant to play no role? From heroic works of public infrastructure to intentional private communities, and from limited natural resources to visions of infinite prosperity, Los Angeles has long been emblematic of the difficulties and rewards of governing paradise.
On November 9, meanwhile, we’ll be hosting “Designing Utopia,” looking at the architecture and landscape of the ideal city, and on February 7, 2017, we’ll discuss “Utopian Representations.” Both of those events are going to be fantastic, and I will have more information about them soon.
So stop by on Saturday—more info here—and please also mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 9, when our exhibition, 500 Years of Utopia, officially opens.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on October 12, 2016 February 5, 2017 Categories BLDGBLOGTags 500 Years of Utopia, Aurora Tang, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Cities, David Sloane, Governance, Los Angeles, Politics, Rick Cole, Thomas More, University of Southern California, USC Libraries, UtopiaLeave a comment on 500 Years of Utopia
Sovereign Flocking Algorithms
[Image: Flocking diagram by “Canadian Arctic sovereignty: Local intervention by flocking UAVs” by Gilles Labonté].
One of many ways to bolster a nation-state’s claim to sovereignty over a remote or otherwise disputed piece of land is to perform what’s known as a “sovereignty cruise.” This means sending a ship—or fleet of ships—out to visit the site in question, thus helping to normalize the idea that it is, in fact, a governable part of that nation’s territory.
It is, in essence, a fancy—often explicitly militarized—version of use it or lose it.
Last summer, for example, Vietnam organized a private tour of the Spratly Islands, an archipelago simultaneously claimed by more than one nation and, as such, part of the much larger ongoing dispute today over who really owns and controls the South China Sea [sic].
Vietnam’s effort, Reuters reported at the time, was a strategic visit “to some of Asia’s most hotly contested islands, in a move likely to stoke its simmering dispute with Beijing over South China Sea sovereignty.”
It made “little attempt to disguise its political flavor, and comes as Vietnam pursues a bolder agenda in pushing its claims in the face of China’s own growing assertiveness.” Indeed, the cruise was apparently just the beginning, a mere “trial run ahead of Vietnam’s tentative plans to put the Spratlys on its tourism map, including scheduled passenger flights, possibly this year.”
Bring the people, in other words, and you bring evidence of governmental control.
Against this, of course, we must place the construction of entire islands by China, including the recent installation of a new primary school there, on an artificial island, a school whose opening lecture “was a geopolitical class that focused on China’s ownership of the sea.”
These sovereign games of Go taking place in disputed waters could sustain an entire blog on their own, of course, and are a topic we’ll undoubtedly return to. (Briefly, it’s worth noting that the sovereign implications of artificial islands were also part of a course I taught at Columbia a few years ago.)
Surprisingly, however, another region seen as potentially subject to future disputes over sovereignty is the Canadian Arctic. As such, arguments over such things as whether or not the Northwest Passage is an “international strait” (open to use by all, including Russian and Chinese military ships) or if it is actually a case of “internal waters” controlled exclusively by Canada (thus subject to restricted access), are still quite active.
Add to this a series of arguments over indigenous political rights as well as the specter of large-scale terrestrial transformation due to climate change, and a series of intriguing and quite complicated political scenarios are beginning to emerge there. (Who Owns The Arctic? by Michael Byers is an excellent introduction to this subject, as is Mia Bennett’s blog Cryopolitics.)
With all this in mind, consider a fascinating report issued by Defence R&D Canada back in 2010. Called “Canadian Arctic sovereignty: Local intervention by flocking UAVs” (PDF), and written by Gilles Labonté, it opens stating that “the importance of local intervention capability for the assertion of Canadian Sovereignty in the Northwest passage is recognized.”
However, Canada presently lacks the ability to deploy at any northern position, on demand, assets that could search a wide area for rescue or surveillance purposes. This fact motivated the exploration we report here on the feasibility of a rapid intervention system based on a carrier-scouts design according to which a number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) would be transported, air launched and recovered by a larger carrier aircraft.
In other words, if Canada can’t send actual Canadians—that is, living human beings—on aerial “sovereignty cruises” by which they could effectively demonstrate real-time political control over the territories of the north, then they could at least do the next best thing: send in a flock of drones.
Doing so, Labonté suggests, would require a particular kind of flocking algorithm, one with an explicitly political goal. “In the present report,” he adds, “we propose a solution to the remaining problem of managing simultaneously the many UAVs that are required by the vastness of the areas to be surveyed, with a minimum number of human controllers and communications.”
Namely, we present algorithms for the self-organization of the deployed UAVs in the formation patterns that they would use for the tasks at hand. These would include surveillance operations during which detailed photographic or video images would be acquired of activities in a region of interest, and searching an area for persons, vehicles or ships in distress and providing a visual presence for such. Our conclusion is that the local intervention system with flocking UAVs that we propose is feasible and would provide a very valuable asset for asserting and maintaining Canadian Sovereignty in the North.
There are “formation patterns” and flocking algorithms, this suggests, that would specifically be of use in “asserting and maintaining Canadian Sovereignty in the North.”
Hidden within all this is the idea that particular flocking algorithms would be more appropriate for the task than others, lending an explicit air of political significance to specific acts of programming and computation. It also implies an interesting connection between the nation-state and behavioral algorithms, in which a series of behavioral tics might be ritually performed for their political side-effects.
For some context, the report adds, “the Canadian Government has had serious considerations of establishing a presence in the north through purchasing nuclear submarines and ice-breakers.” But why not side-step much of this expense by sending UAVs into the Arctic void instead, reinforcing nation-state sovereignty through the coordinated presence of semi-autonomous machines?
Simply re-launch your drones every two or three months, just often enough to nudge the world into recognizing your claim, not only of this remote airspace but of the vast territory it covers.
A halo of well-choreographed aerial robots flocks in the Arctic skies before disappearing again into a bunker somewhere, waiting to reemerge when the validity of the government appears under threat—a kind of machine-ritual in the open three-dimensional space of the polar north, a robotic sovereignty flight recognized around the world for its performative symbolism.
Read the rest of Labonté’s paper—which is admittedly about much more than I have discussed here—in this PDF.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on September 5, 2016 December 4, 2016 Categories Afterstate, BLDGBLOGTags Afterstate, Algorithms, Arctic, Canada, China, Computation, Drones, Gilles Labonté, Mia Bennett, Michael Byers, Nation-States, Northwest Passage, Politics, Rituals, Sovereignty, Sovereignty Cruises, Sovereignty Flights, Territory, UAVs, VietnamLeave a comment on Sovereign Flocking Algorithms
“This is how you can shape a metropolis for generations”
[Image: Robert Moses, via Wikipedia].
I’ve been meaning to post about this since I first heard about it: a competition to design a game based on Robert Caro’s book The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.
As Tim Hwang of the Infrastructure Observatory writes, “we are launching a competition that challenges game designers to adapt The Power Broker into a playable, interactive form that preserves the flavor and themes of the written work, while leveraging the unique opportunities the game medium provides.” They are “seeking submissions both in a video game category, as well in a separate tabletop game category.”
Although I am obviously already biased toward game-creation as a form of urban analysis, the possibilities here are incredibly interesting. If you missed Gothamist’s great interview with Robert Caro, meanwhile, it’s well worth reading, serving as an engagingly free-wheeling introduction to Caro’s now-classic book, including several damning insights into how Moses abused infrastructural design as a new form of political power.
“Moses came along with his incredible vision,” Caro explains, for example, “and vision not in a good sense. It’s like how he built the bridges too low.”
I remember his aide, Sid Shapiro, who I spent a lot of time getting to talk to me, he finally talked to me. And he had this quote that I’ve never forgotten. He said Moses didn’t want poor people, particularly poor people of color, to use Jones Beach, so they had legislation passed forbidding the use of buses on parkways.
Then he had this quote, and I can still [hear] him saying it to me. “Legislation can always be changed. It’s very hard to tear down a bridge once it’s up.” So he built 180 or 170 bridges too low for buses.
We used Jones Beach a lot, because I used to work the night shift for the first couple of years, so I’d sleep til 12 and then we’d go down and spend a lot of afternoons at the beach. It never occurred to me that there weren’t any black people at the beach.
So [my wife] Ina and I went to the main parking lot, that huge 10,000-car lot. We stood there with steno pads, and we had three columns: Whites, Blacks, Others. And I still remember that first column —there were a few Others, and almost no Blacks. The Whites would go on to the next page. I said, God, this is what Robert Moses did. This is how you can shape a metropolis for generations.
You have until April 29th to register for the game-design competition; you can find more information on the competition website.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on April 15, 2016 April 15, 2016 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Cities, Design, Gaming, History, Infrastructure, New, New York City, Politics, Robert Moses1 Comment on “This is how you can shape a metropolis for generations”
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[Image: The same point in Shanghai, shifted between its map and satellite view; via Google Maps].
The slippage between map and territory is made unsettlingly clear by a mandatory geographic offset introduced into digital cartography products operating in China.
Variously known as “_applyChinaLocationShift,” eviltransform, the “China GPS Offset Problem,” and, most interestingly, as “Mars Coordinates,” this algorithmic shifting of GPS coordinates is related to China’s official mapping and survey rules, devised for national and economic security.
I’ve written much more about this in a new article for Travel + Leisure, where everything from trap streets to Jorge Luis Borges gets involved, as well as questions of technology, international borders, and geopolitics. Check it out, and let me know if you’ve had any experience with the issue yourself.
(Thanks to @0xdeadbabe for the tip!)
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on March 1, 2016 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Cartography, China, Geography, GPS, Mapping, Mars Coordinates, Politics3 Comments on _applyChinaLocationShift
Of Artificial Mountains, Revolutionary Politics, and Parisian Supreme Beings
“On 8 June 1794 (20 Prairial Year II) an artificial landscape was erected in the centre of Paris,” Andrew Ray writes at some LANDSCAPES. “This day had been chosen for the first Celebration of the Supreme Being, a new godhead devised by Robespierre, then at the zenith of power… What kind of mountain would be adequate for the Supreme Being? Not, it would seem from contemporary prints, a perfectly shaped one.” If this interests you, meanwhile, check out David Gissen’s project for a reconstruction of “The Mound of Vendôme.”
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on January 30, 2016 May 22, 2016 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Andrew Ray, Artificial Landforms, David Gissen, French Revolution, Historiography, History, Landscape, Paris, Politics, ReenactmentLeave a comment on Of Artificial Mountains, Revolutionary Politics, and Parisian Supreme Beings
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Research ArticleDrug Monitoring and Toxicology
Human Pharmacokinetics of l-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine Studied with Microdialysis
Nil Dizdar, Anita Kullman, Björn Norlander, Jan-Edvin Olsson, Bertil Kågedal
Nil Dizdar
Anita Kullman
Björn Norlander
Jan-Edvin Olsson
Bertil Kågedal
Background: Intravenous and subcutaneous microdialysis was performed to compare the free concentrations and pharmacokinetics of l-3,4-dihyroxyphenylalanine (l-dopa) in blood and tissue in healthy subjects and in patients with Parkinson disease.
Methods: Nine healthy volunteers and 10 patients with Parkinson disease, stage 1.5–2 according to the Hoehn-Yahr rating scale, took part of the study. In the patient group subcutaneous microdialysis and ordinary blood sampling were performed, whereas in the control group intravenous microdialysis was also performed. Microdialysis samples were collected in fractions of 15 min. The first two fractions were collected for analysis of basal concentrations. A blood sample was also taken. The patients were then given one tablet of Madopar® (100 mg of l-dopa and 25 mg of benserazide), and the microdialysis was continued for another 210 min. Blood samples were obtained at 30-min intervals.
Results: The serum samples gave a significantly higher mean area under the curve (AUC; 491 ± 139 μmol · min/L) than that for intravenous dialysates (235 ± 55.3 μmol · min/L), suggesting a protein binding of 50%. The l-dopa concentrations from the subcutaneous dialysates matched those from the intravenous dialysates, indicating rapid distribution of l-dopa to the tissues.
Conclusions: Parkinsonian patients in early stages of the disease have a pharmacokinetic pattern of free l-dopa similar to that of healthy subjects. Comparison of AUCs from microdialysis with ordinary serum analysis revealed data indicating significant protein binding. Microdialysis is a suitable and easily applied tool in pharmacokinetic studies.
Microdialysis has been widely used in different tissues for many years, but only recently have probes for intravenous (i.v.)1 use become available. The technique is based on passive diffusion of substances across a semi-permeable membrane (1). The concentration of substances measured when microdialysis is applied to tissues reflects the concentration in interstitial fluid. Two advantages of the microdialysis technique vs venous blood sampling are that the sample collected is protein free and needs no clean-up and that only the free fraction of the compound of interest is monitored. Microdialysis also allows continuous registration for longer periods, e.g., hours or days, and the samples can be collected in small fractions, e.g., 15 min per fraction, without any blood loss or inconvenience for the patient.
In studies on 3,4-dihyroxyphenylalanine (dopa) products and thiols in melanoma metastases, we applied a microdialysis technique in an experimental nude mouse model (2) and found that the technique is a suitable sampling procedure for estimating interstitial concentrations of metabolites of the melanomas. However, we found that knowledge about the free plasma concentration is necessary for proper evaluation of interstitial data. In the present study, we therefore developed a human pharmacological model by which dopa can be measured as its free serum concentration after i.v. microdialysis, and we compared these data with results obtained by ordinary venous blood sampling as well as with data collected by subcutaneous (s.c.) microdialysis.
In early stages of Parkinson disease, dopamine is continuously released into the synaptic space because the remaining dopaminergic neurons still have the capacity of storing dopamine between doses. With time, the neuronal loss increases, and storage capacity diminishes. From this moment, the tissue concentration of l-dopa becomes more important and must be kept within the therapeutic interval. This interval, however, tends to decrease with time because of the intermittent stimulation of the postsynaptic receptors. Variations of l-dopa concentrations beyond the therapeutic window lead to “on-off” fluctuations and hyperkinesia, which disable the patient. Because of the complexity of the pharmacokinetics of l-dopa, it is of great importance to register and understand the concentrations of l-dopa in the brain. Several methods have been developed for the analysis of dopa in plasma (3). At present, analysis by HPLC seems most appropriate. Using such a technique, Cedarbaum (4) demonstrated a dopa half-life in plasma of 30–60 min. In this situation, microdialysis is an important tool because it enables the measurement of l-dopa concentrations in blood and different tissues, which can serve as models for the brain tissue. The technique is also suitable for free l-dopa because only the free fraction is available for action in the brain. The possibility of protein binding, however, has not been fully exploited, and studies in humans on factors affecting the binding of l-dopa to plasma proteins in vitro are scanty (5)(6).
patients and experimental design
Nine healthy subjects (5 men and 4 women), ages 39–68 years, and 10 patients with Parkinson disease, stage 1.5–2 according to the Hoehn-Yahr rating scale (Table 1⇓ ), were included in the microdialysis investigations. The study was performed with approval from the regional ethics committee for human research at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University. Informed consent was obtained from patients and controls.
Demographics of the patients with Parkinson disease participating in the study.
In the patient group, s.c. microdialysis and ordinary blood sampling were performed, whereas in the control group, i.v. microdialysis was also performed. During the period before this investigation, the patients had been treated with 300–400 mg of l-dopa (Madopar®) per day orally. The l-dopa treatment was postponed from midnight before the study day.
After a protein-reduced breakfast, the participants came to the Department of Neurology. With the subject in a recumbent position, local anesthesia was applied ∼10 cm from the umbilicus by intradermal injection of 1 mL of lidocaine (Xylocaine®). Three to five minutes later, a microdialysis probe (see below) was placed in the abdominal subcutaneous tissue. A Venflon® catheter was placed in a brachial vein, and a microdialysis probe (see below) was inserted into it. This was performed on the healthy volunteers but not on the patient group because the i.v. probes were not available at that time. An ordinary Venflon catheter was placed intravenously in the contralateral arm for conventional blood sampling. The two probes were first flushed with the dialysate solution (Ringer acetate) for 5 min at a flow rate of 10 μL/min and then for 10 min at a flow rate of 1 μL/min. Microdialysis was then started, and samples were collected for 30 min for analysis of basal concentrations. Microdialysis samples were collected in fractions of 15 min during the entire experiment. A blood sample was also taken from the cannula in the contralateral arm. Then one tablet of Madopar (100 mg of l-dopa and 25 mg of benserazide) was administered orally, and the microdialysis was continued for another 210 min. Conventional blood samples were obtained every 30 min. The Venflon catheter was flushed with 1 mL of 100 kIU/L Heparin Lövens® after each blood sampling, and 5 mL of blood was discharged before each blood sample.
chemicals and drugs
Ringer acetate was from Braun, Fragmin® (sodium dalteparin) was from Pharmacia, 5 g/L Xylocaine (lidocaine hydrochloride) was from Astra, and Heparin Lövens (100 kIU/L sodium heparin, 7.5 g/L sodium chloride, 5 g/L sodium citrate) was from Lövens. All chemicals used for analytical purposes were of pro analysi quality.
The microdialysis set was from CMA Microdialysis AB and consisted of a CMA/100 Microinjection Pump with two 1-mL syringes connected to the s.c. and the i.v. probes, respectively. For s.c. microdialysis, we used the CMA 60 probes; for i.v. microdialysis, we used a newly constructed microdialysis probe manufactured by CMA (Fig. 1⇓ ). The new probe was constructed in such a way that it could be inserted through an indwelling Venflon catheter, and the shaft length was such that the microdialysis membrane protruded just out of the tip of the Venflon catheter. The length of the dialysis membrane was 20 mm.
Venflon catheter (A) and the i.v. probe, separate (B) and assembled (C).
The attachment of the dialysis membrane (B:2 and C:3) to the probe (B:1 and C:1) is positioned inside the Venflon catheter (C:2). Membrane length, 20 mm; Ø, 0.6 mm.
The dialysis membranes of the probes consisted of polyamide membranes with a molecular cutoff at 20 000 Da. The use of 20 kIU/L of sodium dalteparin (Fragmin) in the dialysis solution inhibited the formation of fibrin deposits on the membrane. In both the s.c. and i.v. experiments, the samples were collected for 15 min into tubes containing 45 μL of a solution of 10 mmol/L hydrochloric acid and 2 mmol/L sodium EDTA. The samples were injected into the HPLC system without additional clean-up, and they were stored at −20 °C no longer than 3 days before analysis.
Immediately after each experiment, the probes were taken to in vitro recovery determination. The same flow rate (1.0 μL/min) was used as in the in vivo experiments. Recovery was measured for two 30-min periods. With the s.c. microdialysis probe, the mean (SD) recovery was 82.3% (14.3%; n = 19). From these data, a coefficient of variation (CVtotal) of 17% was calculated. Imprecision was calculated from duplicate determinations and gave a mean (SD) of 82.3% (8.3%) from which a CVwithin probe of 10% was obtained. The between-probe variation (CVbetween probe) was 14% as calculated from the equation [CVtotal]2 = [CVbetween probe]2 + [CVwithin probe]2.
In vitro recoveries were also measured with i.v. probes for two 30-min periods at a flow rate of 1 μL/min immediately after each experiment. The mean (SD) recovery was 84.3% (14.1%; n = 9), which was similar to that of the s.c. probes; the CVtotal was 17%. The duplicate determinations gave a CVwithin probe of 8.4%, and the calculated CVbetween probe was 14%.
We also conducted in vivo recovery studies in two separate subjects, 26 and 27 years of age. The study design was similar to that used in the pharmacokinetics studies reported except that immediately after the experimental set-up, we pumped a Ringer acetate solution containing 17–19 μmol/L l-dopa (analyzed concentrations) with Fragmin through the probes (flow rate, 1 mL/min). Microdialysis samples were collected for four 15-min periods. The probes were then flushed for two 15-min periods at flow rates of 10 and 1 μL/min, respectively, and a pharmacokinetics study followed (not reported). In the first subject, the outlet l-dopa concentrations was 1.9–3.1 μmol/L, and in the other subject the concentration was 0.7–1.7 μmol/L in the i.v. experiments, corresponding to extractions of 86% ± 1.8% and 94% ± 2.9% across the dialysis membrane. These results compared reasonably well with recoveries of 75% in both cases obtained in vitro after the pharmacokinetics study. In the s.c. studies, we found extractions of 80% ± 10% and 12% ± 3.4%. In vitro recoveries measured after the in vivo experiments were 82% and 70%, respectively. However, in the two 15-min fractions obtained in s.c. microdialysis after the in vivo infusion of l-dopa in the probe, we also found l-dopa concentrations of 0.51–0.58 μmol/L, indicating a local deposition of s.c. l-dopa during infusion. The deposition of l-dopa around the probe of course invalidates the subsequent s.c. microdialysis studies; the in vivo pharmacokinetics results of these two subjects are therefore not reported.
sampling of venous blood
Venous blood samples were taken from the arm contralateral to that used for i.v. microdialysis. Blood samples were collected in 10-mL vacuum tubes without additives (Becton Dickinson). After coagulation, the samples were centrifuged at 3000g at 4 °C for 10 min within 4 h after collection. Serum was then stored at −70 °C until analysis.
analysis of l-dopa
For analysis of serum l-dopa, 1.3 mL of serum or an aqueous solution of l-dopa (2 μmol/L) used as control was thoroughly mixed with 200 μL of 0.27 mol/L sodium EDTA and 200 μL of 4.0 mol/L HClO4. After centrifugation for 10 min at 3000g and 4 °C, a 1.1-mL aliquot of the supernatant was added to 1.3 mL of 1.0 mol/L K2HPO4. The solution was centrifuged for 10 min at 3000g and 4 °C, and 2.2 mL of the supernatant was then transferred to an Econo-column (0.7 × 4.0 cm; Bio-Rad Laboratories) containing 0.5 mL of a boronate gel (PBA-30; Amicon) equilibrated with 6 mL of 50 mmol/L phosphate buffer, pH 8.0. The column was washed with 3.0 mL of 50 mmol/L phosphate buffer, pH 8.0, followed by 1.0 mL of 50 mmol/L phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. l-Dopa was eluted by adding two 0.75-mL washes of mobile phase, pH 2.3, and the two fractions were collected in plastic vials for analysis by HPLC.
For HPLC, the equipment used was a Constametric III HPLC-pump from LDC, an automatic sample injector model 231 XL from Gilson, and an electrochemical detector with a TL-5A electrochemical cell from BAS. The detector cell, placed in a Faraday cage to minimize electrical disturbances, was connected to an electrochemical controller (model LC-2A) also from BAS.
The analytical column was an Apex II ODS (250 × 4.6 mm i.d.; particle size, 5 μm) from Sorbent, Jones Chromatography and was thermostated at 28 °C with a circulating water-bath.
The mobile phase consisted of 0.2 mmol/L sodium EDTA and 100 mmol/L phosphoric acid in water. The pH was adjusted to 2.3 with 1 mol/L NaOH.
The calibrators were aqueous solutions of l-dopa (1.0, 2.0, 5.0, and 10.0 μmol/L) dissolved in the mobile phase. For quantification, calibrators and eluates from samples and controls were injected into the HPLC, and concentrations were obtained from comparison with the calibration curves and corrected for volume change during clean-up. Microdialysates were injected directly into the HPLC without additional clean-up, and the concentrations were corrected for the dilution when sampled into the hydrochloric acid solution.
The serum l-dopa method was validated by repeated analyses of samples and by recovery experiments. From duplicate analysis of serum samples in the low concentration range (1.1–4.9 μmol/L), a mean (SD) of 2.8 (0.089) μmol/L was obtained, which gave a CV of 3.2%. At higher concentration ranges, the precision was even better. With this procedure, we obtained a recovery of l-dopa added to serum of 93% when 15 μmol/L was added and 75% when 1.5 μmol/L was added. The absolute recovery of a 2.0 μmol/L aqueous solution of l-dopa taken through the clean-up was 85%. The recovery for a control serum prepared by addition of l-dopa to a serum pool and stored at −70 °C decreased to 91% of initial values within 3 weeks and to 80% within 5 weeks.
Pharmacokinetic calculations were performed with Excel 5.0 working under Windows 3.11. The areas under the dialysate concentration-vs-time curves (AUCs) were calculated by multiplying each dialysate concentration by the time period and then adding all of these results. The AUC for the serum concentration-vs-time curve up to the last sample at 240 min was estimated by the trapezoid rule. After visual assessment of the semilogarithmic plot of the same curves, the pharmacokinetic parameters [intercept concentration at time 0 for the dose, elimination half-life (t1/2), and time to peak concentration] were calculated with the same program.
volunteers receiving l-dopa
Microdialysis was performed intravenously and subcutaneously in nine healthy subjects given 100 mg of l-dopa with 25 mg of benserazide. The mean concentrations of l-dopa are summarized in Table 2⇓ , and the logarithmic curves of two subjects are given in Fig. 2⇓ . The l-dopa concentrations in microdialysates and serum from one subject are shown in Fig. 3⇓ . The pharmacokinetic parameters are summarized in Table 3⇓ . There was no significant difference in time to maximal concentrations in serum and microdialysis samples from circulation and subcutaneous tissue, but the mean concentrations (Table 2⇓ ) and AUC (Table 3⇓ ) were higher in serum samples than in microdialysates. The i.v. and s.c. microdialysis curves were rather similar in shape.
Serum and microdialysate concentrations of l-dopa (μmol/L) in 9 healthy volunteers and 10 parkinsonian patients given 100 mg of l-dopa and 25 mg of benserazide.
Logarithmic curves from serum samples (+) and i.v. (▴) and s.c. (♦) microdialysis of two subjects.
(− − − −), β-slope of s.c. microdialysis; (- - - -), β-slope of i.v. microdialysis; (— - — - —), β-slope of serum. The subject in A is the same as in Fig. 3⇓ .
l-Dopa concentrations in serum samples (▴) and in dialysates from i.v. (▪) and s.c. (•) microdialysis from one healthy volunteer.
The appearance of the curves was similar to those from the whole control group. The arrow indicates l-dopa intake.
Pharmacokinetic parameters of l-dopa obtained from ordinary blood sampling and intravenous and subcutaneous microdialysis.
The elimination curves fitted a one-compartment model. Both in the circulation and in the s.c. tissue, the elimination t1/2 was slightly less than 1 h, and from serum samples a mean t1/2 of 72 min was obtained (Table 3⇑ ). The elimination t1/2 from i.v. dialysates differed significantly from that obtained from serum samples (P = 0.049). We could not confirm statistically any difference between s.c. dialysates and serum samples (P = 0.057).
The mean AUC obtained from serum samples was significantly higher compared with that from i.v. microdialysis samples (Table 3⇑ ). This is also obvious from Fig. 3⇑ . These differences remained even if the moderate differences in recoveries were taken into account. Using the AUC, we calculated a ratio between i.v. and serum concentrations of 0.50 ± 0.13, suggesting a protein binding of l-dopa of ∼50%.
There was a good correlation between results from i.v. and s.c. microdialysis (r = 0.73; Fig. 4⇓ A). This correlation was higher than the correlations of i.v. and s.c. results with serum concentrations (r = 0.50 and r = 0.56, respectively; Fig. 4⇓ , B and C).
Comparison of results obtained from analysis of l-dopa in microdialysates and serum after intake of l-dopa.
•, results obtained at the measuring times given in Materials and Methods. (A), i.v. vs sc. microdialysis: y = 0.59x + 0.27; r = 0.73; P <0.001. (B), serum vs i.v. microdialysis: y = 0.26x + 0.30; r = 0.50; P <0.001. (C), serum vs s.c. microdialysis: y = 0.32x + 0.26; r = 0.56; P <0.001.
parkinsonian patients receiving l-dopa
Subcutaneous microdialysis was also performed on 10 patients with Parkinson disease, and the concentrations of l-dopa were analyzed and compared with those of the control group. Although the mean l-dopa concentrations were numerically higher in the patient group compared with the control group in samples obtained from both s.c. microdialysis and ordinary blood sampling (Table 2⇑ ), the differences were not significant. The tendency to higher l-dopa concentrations in parkinsonian patients may be expected because of a lack of total elimination of benserazide from tissues during the withdrawal of the medication and a slower systemic metabolism of l-dopa compared with the control group. The appearance of the curves from the mean values in the patient group was similar to that of the control group. In the patient group, we observed a tendency to delayed peak values compared with the volunteers; however, the difference was not statistically significant. The results may also raise the question of whether a malfunction in gastric emptying could be beginning in the patients. In addition, in this group, we observed a difference (P = 0.028) in elimination t1/2 between s.c. dialysates and serum samples. There was a significant difference in AUC values between dialysates and serum samples, confirming the findings from the control group.
A newly constructed probe for i.v. microdialysis was used in our experiments (Fig. 1⇑ ). The probe was introduced into a Venflon catheter already inserted into the vein. The arm was elevated to the same height as or slightly higher than the heart to control the blood flow, and the connection was sealed properly by a luer lock fitting. In our first pilot experiments, fibrin deposits were sometimes seen on the dialysis membrane when the set was removed after 4 h in a brachial vein. This problem was overcome by adding low-molecular weight heparin to the microdialysis solution.
Microdialysis for in vivo measurement of free drugs in the blood circulation of humans is a rather new technique (7)(8)(9). Several advantages with this technique can be noted, e.g., the sample is free of protein, and if the analyte is chemically unstable, it can be stabilized when collected into the sampling tube. Microdialysis also has several difficulties, such as how to estimate the true interstitial concentration (calibration, tissue gradients) and to evaluate whether the concentrations are obtained by leakage from tissue cells or from equilibrium with plasma.
In the present study, we compared serum l-dopa concentrations as sampled by i.v. microdialysis and ordinary blood sampling. As can be noted from the differences in AUCs, the results imply a moderate protein binding of l-dopa, corroborating the results of O’Connell et al. (7), who found that the dialysate concentrations were 43.4% of the serum concentrations.
After each in vivo experiment, an in vitro recovery study was performed. Stenken et al. (10) showed that such recovery studies are appropriate in in vivo hydrodynamic environments such as blood, bile, and liver. With this technique, the concentration recoveries in the microdialysis experiments were 84% and 82% for the i.v. and s.c. probes, respectively. Because the analytical recovery of the serum method was 85%, we reported the results without correction for recoveries. Recalculations after corrections for the differences in recoveries, however, did not change the results. With the i.v. studies, we also confirmed a high extraction across the membrane in two separate cases. This indicates that our study measures the free l-dopa in serum.
Intravenous microdialysis was performed by Sarre et al. (11) in dogs given i.v. l-dopa. They used probes different from ours (unsuitable for human experiments) and used the internal reference technique for calculation of the free plasma concentration. In separate experiments, their relative loss of l-dopa was 37.8% ± 6.9% (corresponding to a recovery of 62.8%), and with the reference compound α-methyldopa, their relative loss was 33.2% ± 6.3% (recovery, 66.8%). Using this reference in the l-dopa experiments, they recalculated the free l-dopa concentration and found a perfect match with l-dopa analyzed in plasma. However, they administered i.v. injections of l-dopa to dogs and reported plasma concentrations of 0–700 μmol/L, concentrations at which plasma protein binding appears to be negligible as opposed to the moderate binding we saw at l-dopa concentrations of 0–10 μmol/L. Their results, therefore, do not contradict our results indicating moderate protein binding at much lower plasma concentrations. Furthermore, important species differences may exist.
In their in vitro study on protein binding of l-dopa in human plasma, Rizzo et al. (5) used heparin plasma to which l-dopa was added at various concentrations. The free concentration of l-dopa, which was analyzed by HPLC after ultrafiltration, was lower than the total l-dopa concentration in plasma. This indicates a significant degree of protein binding, as Rizzo et al. also pointed out. Free fraction values in these samples increased with increasing concentration, from 68% at 100 μg/L (0.5 μmol/L) to 94% at 5000 μg/L (25.4 μmol/L). In separate studies, they found a free fraction of 55% ± 15%. However, although they concluded that for the purpose of therapeutic drug monitoring and pharmacokinetics studies, measurement of the total concentration of l-dopa is likely to provide meaningful information, they also pointed out that the therapeutic situation in vivo may differ because of interference from concurrent metabolites. In the present studies, we had a limited number of i.v. probes available because of production shortfalls. Those available were therefore saved for the healthy subjects. However, plasma and s.c. l-dopa concentrations in parkinsonian patients were very similar to those of healthy subjects. We therefore believe that the general conclusions drawn in the healthy subjects also may apply to parkinsonian patients.
As shown in Table 3⇑ and in an individual example (Fig. 2⇑ ), the t1/2 of the free fraction was shorter than that of the total serum l-dopa. Although the total concentration of a compound in plasma may be much higher than the free fraction and serve as a depot, increasing the t1/2 of the drug in the body, it is usually expected that the t1/2 values of total and free compound in plasma should be similar because of equilibrium between the free and bound fractions. Obviously this was not always the case in our subjects, and this raises the question of whether there might exist a protein in plasma saturable at low l-dopa concentrations and with such strong binding affinity that it affects the elimination t1/2. This finding deserves further investigation. A similar finding was reported regarding valproate in plasma (12).
The microdialysis technique, both i.v. and interstitially, allows repeated sampling without blood losses and is, therefore, suitable for studies in this patient group. In our study, we wanted to test and develop this model of sampling; therefore, we chose to perform our tests on patients in early stages of the disease. There was a stronger correlation between i.v. and s.c. microdialysis results than between either i.v. or s.c. results and serum results. This might indicate that the i.v. microdialysis concentrations better reflect tissue concentrations than ordinary plasma measurements. One practical advantage may be that with i.v. microdialysis, it is possible to follow small and short variations of the plasma concentrations that could be important in patients with clinical fluctuations. In this situation, it is also important to follow the distribution of l-dopa in tissue and to compare those values with the plasma concentrations because the fluctuations are not considered as correlating to plasma concentrations (13).
In conclusion, we have developed a new i.v. model for studying the pharmacokinetics of l-dopa in patients with Parkinson disease, using the microdialysis technique. This technique may be applicable for studying free concentrations of any drug that can be assayed in very minute fractions. We believe that there is a great potential for i.v. microdialysis because of the advantages reported.
This study was supported by grants from the Research Foundation of the County Council of Östergötland, the Research Foundation of Neurologiskt Handikappades Riksförbund, and the Swedish Cancer Society (Project 2357-B98-13XAC). We thank Johan Ahlner for valuable suggestions.
↵1 Nonstandard abbreviations: i.v., intravenous; dopa, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine; s.c., subcutaneous; AUC, area under the concentration-vs-time curve; and t1/2, elimination half-life.
1 PD, Parkinson disease.
3 Student t-test for i.v. microdialysis vs serum, and s.c. microdialysis vs serum:
4 P <0.05;
5 P <0.001;
6 P <0.01.
1 c0, concentration at time 0; tpeak, time to peak concentration.
3 Student’s t-test for i.v. microdialysis vs serum, and s.c. microdialysis vs serum:
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