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Karamba Security Survey: Consumers Hold Vendors Accountable for Their Devices’ Cybersecurity
By BN Staff 1 month ago
A 1,000-User Poll Exhibits Public Pressure on Vendors of Connected Devices
Karamba Security will unveil at CES 2020 a product and service portfolio that enables vendors to seamlessly cyber-protect their connected devices throughout the device lifecycle
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. & HOD HASHARON, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Karamba Security, a world-leading provider of embedded cybersecurity for connected devices, today released a report revealing that nearly three quarters of consumers expect manufacturers of connected IoT devices to protect their devices from hacks. This view is in sharp contrast to today’s datacenter best practices, which require users to deploy their own measures of cyber protection, such as antivirus software.
The report, “Consumer Attitude Towards IoT Security,” surveyed 1,000 consumers in the United States on connected device security ahead of the CES 2020 conference, which in an average year reveals hundreds to thousands of new connected devices. The survey results show consumers are increasingly concerned about hacks of such connected devices and demand manufacturers embed high-level security in their connected products.
In the survey, 87% of respondents said they believe connected device manufacturers should be responsible for securing products from hacks. Nearly three-quarters of the respondents went a step further: 72% said they would refuse to use a connected IoT device if they found out it wasn’t equipped with embedded security.
“The survey results clearly show that consumers aren’t willing to compromise when it comes to securing connected devices,” said Ami Dotan, Karamba Security CEO and Co-founder. “As connected devices like Amazon Alexa, smart homes, and connected cars become more popular, hackers grow more and more sophisticated, finding ways to exploit vulnerabilities and infiltrate their targets for economic gains. Manufacturers need to step up to the challenge and provide their customers with the protection they deserve.”
The Karamba Security survey showed most consumers are concerned about the future of IoT security. A total of 81% think IoT devices will become more of a target for hackers in the next five years. When asked whether they were more concerned about a thief breaking into their home or a hacker breaching one of their connected devices, responses were even – 50% for each.
Karamba Security will unveil at CES 2020 a portfolio of products and services that enables vendors to seamlessly protect their connected devices. The portfolio covers the entire device lifecycle, from design to post-production. The portfolio does not require changes to R&D processes and has a feather-light footprint on the device itself, in order to not derail the device performance.
“Device manufacturers need to be armed with powerful tools to meet connected device security threats to consumers head-on,” Dotan said. “Customers are demanding security that is embedded into the connected device itself. Our research reflects this sentiment, and to help both the device manufacturers and consumers, we plan to announce new products at CES that provide a comprehensive solution that seamlessly and automatically embeds tamper-proof cybersecurity from the design through the post-production stage for connected devices. It’s a win-win for manufacturers and consumers of their products.”
Karamba Security will present this portfolio of security solutions at CES 2020, North Hall, Booth #5931, January 7-10, in Las Vegas. Joining Karamba’s portfolio of runtime integrity in production, the new product suite will arm manufacturers with the security validation they need to ensure that their connected devices are secured during the design development phase. Another part of the offering will communicate with the cloud and will continuously detect threat indicators. This intelligence alerts the security operations center of suspicious behavior on the device and fleet level.
About Karamba Security
Karamba Security is the embedded security powerhouse, providing industry-leading embedded cybersecurity solutions for connected systems. Connected device manufacturers in automotive, Industry 4.0, enterprise edge, and IoT rely on Karamba’s portfolio and experts to protect their connected devices against Remote Code Execution (RCE) and Command Injection. After over 50 successful engagements with Fortune 100 companies, automotive OEMs, tier-1 providers and other device manufacturers, connected device providers worldwide trust Karamba’s award-winning solutions for compliance and brand competitiveness when protecting their customers against cyberthreats.
More information is available at www.karambasecurity.com and follow us on Twitter @KarambaSecurity.
Karamba Security Business Contact:
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Kyle Tildsley
Karamba@pancomm.com
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Caltech-Armed Forces meteorology training course
Students inflating pilot balloon. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
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Students inflating pilot balloon and leveling theodolite. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Observer and recorder waiting for buzzer signal to release pilot balloon. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Beginning of pilot balloon run. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Students observing and recording pilot balloon. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Practice in keeping theodolite cross-hair centered on pilot balloon. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Practice of following and reading of vertical and horizontal angles of theodolite. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Observing pilot balloon. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Practice in use of clinometer for measuring ceiling of clouds. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Demonstration in principles of ceiling projector. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Equipment for cloud observations and recording. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Gimbal nephoscope for cloud observations. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Polarus and topographical chart used for determining local points for visibility check. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Sunshine duration electrical transmitter. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Student measuring amount of precipitation in eight inch rain gauge. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Reading of sling psychrometer by student. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Venturi tube aspirated psychrometer used by student. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Top deck of Caltech meteorological station. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
Interior of Caltech meteorological station. Photograph from the portfolio compiled to acquaint fully “the Army Air Corps, the Navy and the Weather Bureau with the curriculum offered to students in Government sponsored courses at the California Institute of Technology.” (Historical File A12.4)
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Review Date: Monday, July 30, 2012
Since our good readers have been coping as best they can with the recent heatwave, Good King Leonardo has decreed that we try to beat this never-ending summer heat with some refreshing new comic books. So let's check-out some of the latest cool offerings from the new comic book shelves:
Scott Snyder: Writer
Greg Capullo: Pencils
Jonathan Glapion: Inks
Fco Plascencia: Colors
The multi-issue "Night Of The Owls" storyline that's been unfolding in The New 52 reboot of Batman concludes in this month's issue #11. I reviewed an earlier installment in the saga, which introduces to the Batman storyverse a seemingly omnipotent evil organization called The Court Of Owls, which has been secretly operating in Gotham for several generations, using costumed operatives known as "Talons," as a kind of anti-Batman group of costumed evildoers. The storyline is the creation of A-list writer Scott Snyder with pencils by Greg Capullo, inks by Jonathan Glapion and colors by Fco Plascencia.
The issue #11 wrap-up story segment unfolds in two parts. Part One presents a final battle confrontation between Batman and a powerful Talon who is revealed as Gotham politician Lincoln March. March is under the belief that he's actually Thomas Wayne, Jr. the long-lost brother of Bruce Wayne who Bruce believes died in a childhood accident. Part two of the tale takes place in the aftermath of the big battle; as Bruce recuperates from major injuries, he and Dick Grayson/Robin hold an extended dialogue regarding the vagueness of Lincoln's claim as well as the mystery of Lincoln disappearing at the end of the mega-fight. The discussion concludes with the dynamic duo making peace regarding some lingering issues between the pair, as well as leaving the threat of the Court Of Owls and the mystery of Lincoln March's true identity open for consideration in future issues of Batman.
Since I've only read one previous Court of Owls story, I was concerned that issue #11 wouldn't hold-up as a stand-alone issue to read. Happily, the issue works very well both on its own and as a satisfying conclusion to the ongoing saga. During the past few years, writer Scott Snyder has contributed some major new lore to the Batman storyverse and he's hit another homerun here with the concept of "The Owls." I loved the twist of a potential evil Wayne brother confronting Bruce Wayne/Batman, and enjoyed very much the ambiguity of the situation; there's a nice emphasis here that the lost brother story could be true or false, and it will be up to future Batman issues to either put Lincoln's belief to rest as a grand allusion or alternately welcome him to the extended Batman family as the latest bad sheep of the family (maybe he can be roommates with the bratty Damian version of Robin!).
Its important to also acknowledge a second story in this issue, scripted by the writing partnership of Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV. Entitled "The Fall Of The House Of Wayne," its an elequent and emotional tale alternating present-day and flashback scenes that connect Batman's faithful butler Alfred as well as Alfred's father Jarvis to the multi-generational struggle between the Batman family and The Owls. So a definite thumbs-up positive review recommendation for The Good DC Reader to enjoy this high quality issue #11 of Batman both as a satisfying conclusion to the current Owls storyarc and as an entertaining standalone Batman comic tale.
Batman Annual #1
Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV
Jason Fabok: Art
Peter Steigerwald: Colors
DC's latest Batman Annual features a story in which Batman fights his well-known supervillain foe Mister Freeze. The plot also connects somewhat with the ongoing Night Of The Owls event that concludes in the regular monthly issue #11 reviewed above. Scott Snyder writes this story in partnership with James Tynion IV, with art by Jason Fabok and colors by Peter Steigerwald.
The story in this Annual issue, entitled "Night Of The Owls-First Snow," is bracketed front and end with flashbacks to an event in Mr. Freeze's childhood during a snowy winter in Lincoln, Nebraska. The bulk of the tale consists of a traditional-style confrontation between Freeze and The Caped Crusader. After an extended thriller scene in which our villain escapes from the infamous Arkham Asylum, Freeze has an even lengthier confrontation with Batman, Nightwing and the bratty Damien version of Robin. The goal of Freeze's effort is to seize from control from Bruce Wayne of the frozen body of Freeze's terminally ill wife Nora so she can be thawed, cured and restored to life with an antidote that Freeze initially developed for The Court of Owls. I don't want to be a story spoiler and reveal how this plan concludes, beyond mentioning that there's a very interesting surprise plot twist that concludes the storyline. The Annual plotline wraps-up with a two-page return to the childhood flashback that began the story, also providing an unexpected plot twist to the backstory segment of the tale.
The creative team does an excellent job of providing us with a feature-length annual story that works well on three counts. First, we're treated to a solid story addition to the long-running set of tales featuring Batman's battles with one of his more traditional foes. There's even a brief appearance by The Penguin in the midst of this situation that adds an additional nice retro flair to the story. Secondly, the art team's style and coloring is pitch perfect for portraying the impact of Batman's cold warrior foe. I actually felt cold reading some of the more visually frosty scenes in this issue. And third but hardly least, the writing team's surprise plot twist is both unexpected and among the best story surprises that I've read in any comic book over the past few years. I actually fell for the deliberate writer's trap of sympathizing for Freeze's longing for his lost wife while wondering why Bruce Wayne was seemingly in the wrong in this scenario, until the plot twist revealed the true meaning of the storyline.
So another worthy thumbs-up recommendation is due for this new issue comic book that succeeds on three counts: providing an entertaining Batman tale, presenting top-notch graphic visuals and perhaps most importantly, giving us all a chilled Mr. Freeze feel that we could all use in the middle of The Great Heatwave of 2012!
Sunset: First Look
Publisher: Image Comics/Top Cow Productions, Inc.
Christos Gage: Writer
Jorge Lucas: Art
Image Comics and Top Cow Productions have just published a comic issue offering a first look at a portion of a new graphic novel entitled "Sunset." The creator-owned production is written by Christos Gage with art by Jorge Lucas. For the affordable price of $1.00, the comic book apparently presents the first 22 pages of a book-length tale that is also currently available in original hardcover format.
The plot centers on Nick Bellamy, a California retiree who, together with his housekeeper, cares for his apparently Altzeimer-afflicted aged wife. The stoic Nick clearly sees society as having declined in civility, as on a trip to the local supermarket he encounters several crass and extremely rude younger folk. Nick's errand is interrupted by three mobsters who confront him to collect money that he supposedly took from their boss decades earlier. The story explodes into a slaughterfest, as Nick kills his attackers in an unexpected display of sharp reflexes and visciousness, then returns home to slaughter more bad guys who had killed his wife and the housekeeper while waiting for Nick's return. The preview issue concludes with Nick torching his house and setting-off to confront the mobster responsible for the attack.
I was not entertained by this comic book, for a few reasons. First, in characterization and story concept, Sunset is a carbon copy of the acclaimed 2008 movie "Grand Torino," which starred Clint Eastwood as an aged loner in a very similar life circumstance, i.e., American society has declined to sucky incivility and only one senior citizen continues to comport himself with personal grace and dignity. Secondly, after viewing the high quality of the Eastwood film, its jarring to see the same tale painted-over with heavy layers of blood and gore. And third, the black-and-white art combined with Jorge Lucas's particular graphic style is a very uncomfortable viewing experience. It didn't take long for me to dread turning the page to continue squinting at this difficult visual presentation.
I'm a huge fan of Worcester native Chris Gage's prolific and high quality comic book scripting, particularly his excellent work at Marvel. But while Gage's scripting here is professional and strong, the negatives outlined above tip the balance in this instance into a negative review recommendation. If you're a fan of Gage's work in general, feel free to add this comic book and/or the accompanying graphic novel to your collection as another example of his body of work. But if you're just looking for a stand-alone, summertime thriller or noir-style comic book read, I'd recommend searching further along the new issues shelves for another title.
The Massive #2
Brian Wood: Writer
Kristian Donaldson: Art
Dave Stewart: Colors
Dark Horse Comics is in the middle of publishing a three-issue premier story arc for a new science fiction series entitled The Massive. The series follows the dramatic struggles of a band of seafaring environmentalists struggling to survive in a post-crash world. Issue #1 kicks-off the three-part story entitled "Landfall," establishing the concept that the global environment and world social order has collapsed following a series of unexplained environmental mega-disasters. The Ninth Wave oceanic activist group is patrolling the Bering Strait searching for their lost sister ship called The Massive when they're attacked by Siberian pirates. Sub-plots established in issue #1 included the pirate attack and mysteries surrounding both the fate of The Massive and the cause of the world-wide collapse. The series is scripted by Brian Wood with art by Kristian Donaldson and colors by Dave Stewart.
Issue #2 advances the plot in three alternating storythreads. A new subplot focuses on the struggles of The Ninth Wave activists one year ago at the start of the world-wide collapse. Group leader Israel Callum leads the battered team into Hong Kong harbor in search of fuel and supplies within the partly-submerged city. Action ensues as the team has a deadly confrontation with local residents struggling to establish a new social order. The additional two subplots continue story elements from issue #1, further progressing the Siberian pirate confrontation and the slow revealing of the details of the world-wide collapse. By issue's end, the crew has discovered a bit more about the origins of the pirate attack, while a few of the environmentalists begin crossing the Bering Strait to seek help in what's left of Alaska.
This is a suspenseful and entertaining sci-fi adventure series that works well for several reasons. The best thing that this series has going for it is the strong writing skills of A-list scripter Brian Woods. Woods avoids the easy trap of environmental preachiness, using the main event of worldwide collapse as an always close backdrop while he focuses on unfolding a traditional thriller adventure tale. His cast of characters are diverse and well-rounded, from group leader Israel Callum through the main and supporting cast members. I particularly enjoyed the air of mystery saturating this tale; at every twist and turn there are one or more mysteries thrown at the reader, from the origins of the world disaster to the mystery of the missing ship, all the way down to the vague personal backgrounds and hidden secrets of just about every crew member.
There's a lot of engrossing entertainment in the first two issues of this series, so much so that I'm wondering how the creative team is going to give us any sense of story arc completeness with only one more monthly issue remaining in this brief kick-off three-part story arc. But in the hands of this skilled creative team, I'm confident that the initial story conclusion in next month's issue #3 will establish enough goings-on to carry this title into worthwhile additional monthly story adventures. So get on down to That's Entertainment and add this very enjoyable science fiction adventure series to your always-growing summertime new issues reading pile!
Our latest contest challenged you to correctly identify the few players in Major League Baseball history who have actually played all nine (9) field positions in only one game. And our contest winner is (drumroll, please)...Ray Loughlin III, who correctly identified the five following players who have achieved the rare feat: Bert Campaneris (A's, 1965), Cesar Tovar (Twins, 1968), Jose Oquendo (Cardinals, 1988), Scott Shelden (Rangers, 2000) and Shane Halter (Tigers, 2000). Congratulations to Ray, who wins our first prize $10.00 gift certificate to That's Entertainment!!!
Since we're in the middle of the baseball season, let's stick with baseball for our new contest. Our latest contest challenge is an off-beat Red Sox trivia question suggested by Ray Loughlin, Jr., father of our contest winner above. Your new challenge is to e-mail us at Gordon_A@msn.com no later than Wednesday, August 8 listing as many Red Sox players as you can find in the history of the team whose last name is the same as a Massachusetts city or town. Whoever correctly lists the most players in this category will win our first prize $10.00 gift certificate to That's Entertainment. In the event of multiple entries of lists with the same number of correct players, the winner will be selected from among those entries via a roll of the dice. Please note that our first prize $10.00 gift certificate to That's Entertainment is redeemable for regular retail merchandise or in-store ongoing specials, only.
That's all for now, so have two great 2012 London Olympics-watching and comic book reading weeks and see you again on Friday, August 10 Here In Bongo Congo!
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Biff's Mystery Theatre Ep 6 - Suspense - Hitchhike Poker, 3 Skeleton Key & Evening Primose
Gregory Peck stars in Hitchhike Poker, where he hitches a ride but it's more then he bargained for when the driver wants to play games.
3 Skeleton Key has master suspense actor Vincent Price fends off a hoard of vicious rats while trapped in a lighthouse.
Evening Primrose is about a young writer who seeks to live in the...
Biff's Mystery Theatre Ep 5 - Escape - Earth Abides
This week we explore what it would be like to live in a post-apocalyptic 1950's United States. A terrible virus has killed off the majority of the planet and one man tries to make a new way of life in this strange new world. This is the only 2 part story Escape ever produced and is one of their most exciting and...
Biff's Mystery Theatre Ep 4 - Escape - Elementals, Second Class Passenger, The Abominable Snowman
Episode 4 has 3 stories from the radio series Escape. Elementals is a story that tests whether or not true love can withstand anything. Second Class Passenger puts a beta male on a cruise into an alpha male murder mystery. The Abominable Snowman deals with a hunt for a deadly mythological creature high in the snowy...
90 - Two If By Pond w @BiffsWerd
This is a lost episode I recorded a few months ago by Alexandra Palace in a swan shaped pedal boat with my wife. We talk some shit and it ends abruptly.
Biff's Mystery Theatre Ep 3 - Suspense - ABC Murders, The Most Dangerous Game, August Heat
This week on Biff's Mystery Theatre I'm bringing you 3 more tales from one of my favourite shows, Suspense. First up is the story from Agatha Christie called The ABC Murders. A killer is riding the rails around the outskirts of London killing. Next is a classic that has been adapted a thousand times over entitled The...
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Hawks Nest State Park, located along the rim of the New River Gorge in central West Virginia, features breathtaking overlooks, strenuous hiking trails, an aerial tramway, jet boat rides, and a lodge with spectacular views. The park also offers a museum and a rail-to-trail.
Before the advent of the state park, Hawks Nest was the site of a trail used by Native Americans. Later, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway was completed through the New River Gorge below the Hawks Nest overlook, followed by the completion of the Hawks Nest Dam and Tunnel to generate hydroelectricity and prevent downstream flooding. It was not until 1935 that the state acquired land for what became Hawks Nest, and a lodge and other amenities were added in 1963.
There are over 4½ miles of trails at Hawks Nest, ranging from strenuous single track paths to paved walkways. Three of the best trails at the park include:
The rugged 1.7-mile Cliff Side Trail starts at the Midland Trail Shelter near the lodge and ends near the Hawks Nest Overlook. It traces alongside Nutall sandstone cliffs and connects to a waterfall along Turkey Creek and views of the Hawks Nest Dam and Tunnel.
The steep ¾-mile GSYP Trail begins at the lodge and descends through hardwoods, ferns, and rock outcroppings as it winds is way down to the New River.
Beginning on Hawks Nest Road in Ansted, the 1.8-mile Hawks Nest Rail Trail follows the path of a former Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad branch. It passes by several waterfalls along Mill Creek and the remains of a coal mine.
Overview Trail Map (PDF)
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49 Hawks Nest Park Rd, Ansted, WV, 25812
A view of the New River gorge from Hawk’s Nest at sunrise.
A view of a railroad bridge over the New River at the base of Hawk’s Nest.
A view of the Upper Mill Creek Falls at Hawk’s Nest State Park.
A view of cascades along Mill Creek at Hawk’s Nest State Park.
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BMW Eyes Tesla As It Launches Electric Car
posted 30 Jul 2013, 11:34 by Mpelembe [ updated 30 Jul 2013, 11:35 ]
Reuters Business Video Report - The electric car market is showing some spark.
The latest entry: BMW which has been promoting its new i3 electric vehicle in a massive global marketing push. CEO Norbert Reithofer:
NORBERT REITHOFER, CEO, BMW :
"It's really fun to drive and its a true BMW. That means its a real ultimate driving machine."
BMW is going where many have stalled out.
Ford recently cut the price of its Ford Focus Electric by 10 percent- in the first half of this year it sold just 900 cars.
GM is now offering incentives of up to $5,000 on its Chevy Volt- and Nissan cut its Leaf price by $6,000.
REPORTER BRIDGE: BOBBI REBELL, REUTERS REPORTER:
"BMW has the advantage of learning from the mistakes of their rivals- that being practical is not enough when it comes to getting people to buy an electric vehicle. So they focused on style and design and of course their luxury brand name. "
That luxury is key for BMW- because rather than target buyers of mainstream electric cars- who don't want to pay up for electric- BMW says it wants to emulate Tesla- which is selling about 20,000 of its $70,000 electric sports cars a year.
"Tesla is very important for us as a competitor but as well as an example that electric mobility will be important in the future. "
Sales of electric and plug in cars more than doubled during the first half of the year- but they still represent less than one percent of overall U.S auto sales according to hybridcars.com.
BMW's i3 will be out in November and will start at $41,350- plus a few thousand more for an optional range extender. That's a small premium that Bill Visnic from Edmunds.com thinks will appeal to the luxury minded buyer with a mainstream budget:
BILL VISNIC, SENIOR EDITOR, EDMUNDS.COM:
"If you are going to try to convince someone in the US to buy an electric car and it needs to have certain attributes that those buyers think line up with the price that they are paying- I'd much rather be a BMW trying to make that proposition than maybe a Ford or a Toyota or a mainstream sort of a car company."
He adds that BMW's well established network of dealerships and its offer to lend buyers SUV's when they need to take long trips- could also appeal to buyers considering a Tesla. And for those who do want a sports car- BMW will release the i8 early next year.
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The Lady and the Lingcod
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The Lady and the Lingcod is an informative and entertaining cookbook by first-time author, Beverly Seltzer, retired commercial fisherman and life-long sportfishing enthusiast. She cleverly weaves short stories of her fishing adventures, along with fishing techniques, tips and humor, among her collection of recipes for Pacific saltwater fish that she’s targeted over the years.
“I’ve come to realize there are still a lot of people who know relatively little about fish,” Beverly says. “The average person can correctly name a fraction of the many species of fish served, and many restaurant patrons cannot even point out the fish they are eating when shown a pictorial lineup of the different species.”
This book presents recipes for albacore, bluefin tuna, blue marlin, cabrilla, Chilean seabass, dorado, halibut, lingcod, mako shark, petrale sole, rockfish, salmon, sand dab, sierra, wahoo, white seabass, yellowfin tuna, and yellowtail; citing substitutions for about 30 others. Some of these are familiar species that are widely fished commercially, while others you’d only get by going out and fishing them for sport. Besides the recipes, the book is chock full of anecdotes and useful facts to help you catch them, pick them, or just get to know a bit more about the fish. Readers will not only learn how to prepare the fish they’ve bought — or caught — but will also have some fascinating stories and facts about the fish they’re serving up.
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Mythology Competition
So, the Mythology Competition has moved to the new Primary Latin Course website. I'll be keeping the results pages and archived work on this site for the time being. Daedalus and Icarus/Herakles and the Hydra are the next subjects!
Primary Latin Project website
The Project now has its own website, distinct from the Minimus website. This is where you'll find grant information and other teaching resources. At the moment, there's a lot of overlap, but eventually the Minimus website will have a much-needed tidy up and trim!
Click here to visit the PLP site
Mythology competition results
The results from the 2019 Mythology competition are posted! Click through from the report to see winning artwork, creative writing and animation.
http://www.minimus-etc.co.uk/MiniMyth/MinimusMythComp.htm
Minimus weekend at Vindolanda!
euge! The first ever Minimus weekend at Vindolanda is on 25th and 26th May 2019
Join us at both Roman Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum for a weekend celebrating the little mouse that made Latin cool again!
Minimus and the gang have lots of adventures at Vindolanda. Come and learn about what they get up to on our Minimus tours- find Minimus' favourite spots! Create your own mouse character with Minimus artist Helen Forte! Have a family Latin Lesson with Minimus author Barbara Bell. At the Roman Army Museum get dressed up and stand in front of our Green Screen and be transported into Minimus' world!
This event and all the activities will be free to attend with admission to the site!
Minimus Secundus workbook!
The new Workbook is out! It’s full of exercises and activities to accompany Minimus Secundus, and it costs £1.50.
There will be an updated order form soon: meanwhile, please email Nick to find out how to order.
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Mrs Jayne Treasure, Director
The Primary Latin Project
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@minimus_Latin
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Newsletter 64 – September 2018
Dear supporter,
Message from the Director of the Primary Latin Project
A warm welcome to my first Newsletter. I shall start with a news update: I am delighted that the Primary Latin Project has its first Patron, Lindsey Davis; without doubt a familiar name to all who receive the PLP Newsletter. Lindsey writes:
"We didn’t have Minimus in my day – but I have known of him for a long time now and he sounds such fun! I am delighted to be a Patron of this gallant mouse."
(Lindsey Davis - photograph by Fergus Noone)
I am also really delighted that Dr Catharine Edwards has agreed to become a trustee of PLP.
As you will have read in the last Newsletter and seen on the website, after many years of tireless work Barbara Bell and Jeremy Paterson have stepped down as the Director and Chair (respectively) of the Primary Latin Project. On behalf of everyone involved in the Project, I want to acknowledge the huge debt of thanks we owe them both. As the new Director, I certainly have big shoes to fill. However, as you will see below, I am very glad to say that Barbara is not going far and will remain as PLP’s Honorary President. As I add the final contributions to this Newsletter, Barbara and Helen Forte are hard at work writing a workbook to accompany Minimus Secundus. You will be alerted when it is ready.
My first half year as Director has gone in a flash. As well as the day-to-day running of the project, I have been involved in a number of events. It was a great privilege to represent PLP at the memorial service for Lady Belinda Morse in March – a beautiful service in a beautiful setting (St Stephen Walbrook, London). I also spent a very enjoyable afternoon at Bristol Grammar School in June; Sally Knights and I adjudicated the plays at Bristol’s 27th Annual Festival of Latin Drama, organised by the Bristol Classical Association, in partnership with the Bristol Classics Hub and Bristol Grammar School. Congratulations to all who took part and, in particular, to St Augustine’s Primary School, Bristol, on their success in the Junior section and to the Royal High School, Bath, in the Senior section.
You will see from the reports below that our Minimus trainers have been busy. I have also been involved in training in Cardiff (Primary PGCE students), Bristol (English, History and MFL PGCE students) and the Cotswolds (Chipping Campden School). We have trainers throughout the country and, thanks to the generous support of Classics for All, training can usually be offered freely to any maintained school. The demand for training is high. Please contact me if you would like more information on becoming a trainer.
Finally, my thanks to the PLP committee, the trainers and to Rachael Jones, PLP Administrator, for all their hard work and enthusiasm.
We are always keen to hear your news. Any items for the next Newsletter should reach me by December 1st, 2018.
Jayne Treasure
Message from the new Chair of the Primary Latin Project
At the November meeting of the PLP board, I was delighted and honoured to be welcomed as the new chair of the board. In my work with Classics For All for the past few years I have seen for myself the enormous difference that Minimus can make to primary school children’s literacy and vocabulary- and I have also seen the sheer enjoyment that the little mouse is able to generate in classrooms. While it will not be easy to follow in Jeremy Paterson’s footsteps, I am very much looking forward to working with Jayne Treasure, the new Director of the project, and with the wonderful team of dedicated members, to support the study of Latin in our primary schools. The board of trustees has also acquired a new member, Professor Catharine Edwards of Birkbeck College, University of London, who is the president of the Roman Society. We are very lucky to have Barbara Bell’s continued support, now in her new role as the Honorary President, and we are delighted that the historical novelist Lindsey Davis has agreed to be our patron. (Her new novel, Pandora’s Boy, is just out and you can catch her talking about at the Salisbury Festival of Archaeology in July or at Fishbourne Roman Palace on 6 October.
That’s it from your new chair for now! Do follow Helen Forte on twitter for news from Minimus himself (@minimus_latin), and stay in touch with us.
Dr Elena Theodorakopoulos, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham
Report from the Honorary President of the Primary Latin Project
After 20 years of working at the heart of the Primary Latin Project, life with a much smaller mouse felt very odd indeed. Nevertheless, my decision to step down was definitely the right one. I have very much enjoyed hearing news of Minimus activities - whether from the PLP committee under the new leadership of Jayne Treasure (Director of the Project) and Elena Theodorakopoulos (Chair of the PLP committee) or from the terrific group of Minimus trainers who are doing splendid work across the country. I feel very honoured to be the Honorary President of PLP.
Vindolanda has also clearly had a marvellous year in terms of excavations and we are very much looking forward to a visit in September to see the new finds, including the new room of wooden artefacts. We will be staying with Catherine and Nigel Jarvis at their excellent B & B ‘Four Wynds’ which is only 10 minutes from Vindolanda! Catherine is a trained guide as well as a Minimus trainer and member of the PLP committee; she also runs her own ‘Hands-on Latin’ courses. The newly refurbished B & B could not be better in terms of comfort or location and the food is simply delicious. If you are looking for a good base from which to explore Hadrian's Wall, look no further!
I am still doing a little training, particularly for individuals who have been unable to access training events in their own areas. I very much enjoyed speaking at Assembly recently at Elmlea Junior School in Bristol - nearly 400 pupils and staff. They will be starting to use Minimus on the timetable for Year 4 in September but are already offering it as an after-school club for Year 3. A parent kindly emailed to say how excited her young daughter is at the prospect of learning Latin.
That's what it's all about- and has been throughout my 40 year career!
This term I am again training PGCE students at Bristol University to teach Minimus. As usual these are not Classicists, but MFL and English graduates and this year we have been joined for the first time by a small group of Historians. I am sharing the teaching with Jayne. She is teaching those who have already studied some Latin and I have the Beginners' group. It is a rewarding experience to be training teachers for the future. Again, I was so pleased when one of my group spoke of the fantastic opportunity to learn a subject which had never been on offer to him at school.
Minimus - Future Writing
I am very much looking forward to spending a few days in Bury St. Edmunds in July where Helen Forte and I plan to collaborate on a new Minimus workbook. This will be targeted to accompany Minimus Secundus. We hope it will provide valuable further practice in the grammar covered in the Book 2. We hope to create a useful addition to the Minimus resources.
Barbara Bell
bmbellmini@aol.com
Minimus in Africa!
Collaboration at Stellenbosch University
News from the Minimus Trainers
Dr Masters and Dr Holmes-Henderson
Minimus trainer Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson (Oxford) and Dr Samantha Masters (Stellenbosch) have begun a research collaboration which seeks to explore opportunities to extend the learning and teaching of Classics in South African schools. There are significant barriers to literacy development for children in South Africa. Concerned by this, Dr Holmes-Henderson and Dr Masters are working together to investigate whether Latin could help bridge the literacy attainment gap. With a travel grant from the Africa-Oxford fund , Dr Masters visited the UK in March 2018 and Dr Holmes-Henderson made a reciprocal visit to the Western Cape in April 2018. Many fruitful relationships have been made and follow-up plans include an application for funding to run a pilot programme of Latin for Literacy in the Western Cape, together with Latin-specific pedagogical training for teachers in elementary schools. Minimus will be the textbook used.
Dr Arlene Holmes- Henderson
I am still working with Hexham Middle School/Minimus/Classics for All. They introduced a Latin Minimus club very soon after I trained six teachers to teach Minimus at the end of April. More details for Latin enrichment activities are to follow in the next newsletter.
Blackpool, Leeds, Liverpool and Sheffield
Blackpool: Following the training I gave in 2016 and 2017, Peter Wright from Blackpool Sixth Form College reports that there are now five primary schools in his area in which teachers are delivering Latin as part of the curriculum. Three of those schools have started to deliver the Minimus course through from Year 3 to Year 6. There are also five high schools involved where staff are either delivering Ancient History / Classical Literature as part of the curriculum and/or offering Latin lunch clubs.
Latin training for Leeds: Classics for All has agreed to fund training for Brighouse School in Leeds. Maria Haley, Leeds Classics Hub coordinator, and I have been trying to set up Latin training for the school where they plan to use Minimus and the Cambridge Latin Course. Hopefully, we can arrange training before the end of term so that the school can begin to teach Latin in the new academic year.
Minimus in Liverpool: I have continued to support the work of Alice Case, Liverpool Classics Hub coordinator. Schools that received training last summer have begun to teach Latin with Minimus. At one school, a HLTA is teaching Year 4 and Year 6 classes for 35 minutes per week.
Alongside Charlie Andrew, who has developed the Maximum Classics materials for CfA, I delivered Minimus training to teachers from 5 more primary schools in Liverpool on May 18th. Veronica Poulter, Primary English Coordinator at Hope University, joined us and we have arranged to schedule Minimus training for PGCE students in October 2018. Similar sessions in 2016 were very well received.
CfA has agreed funding for Sandbrook Primary School on the Wirral, where the Headteacher aims to adopt Latin as the Key Stage 2 language across the school. We are trying to arrange training dates for her staff before the end of the summer term so that the teachers can start in September.
On June 12th I trained two teachers from Liverpool College. They wish to start a Minimus club for all year groups in KS2 as part of a timetabled weekly enrichment slot (60 minutes per week).
Sheffield training: Teachers from Sheffield who participated in Minimus training last summer are teaching Latin to all year groups (35 minutes per week).
Classics Hubs: Classics for All kindly invited me to attend a meeting of the Regional Classics Hubs in November. It was helpful to gain a picture of how the hubs are progressing and data regarding pupil access to the Classics. Although we have Vindolanda on our doorstep, very few state schools in the northeast of England offer Latin or Classical subjects. That is disappointing so I am working with Justine Wolfenden, Assistant Professor (Teaching) in Classics at Durham University, to initiate a plan of action. We are enlisting the support of museum staff and local teachers who offer Latin. We have a meeting with Hilary Hodgson from CfA on June 18th.
Sue Balmer
On Tuesday 27th February, I was invited to do some Minimus training at St Mary’s Church of England Junior School, Baldock, Hertfordshire. A very enthusiastic class teacher, Virginia Di Noia, was keen to start up a Minimus after-school club (or 2!), with 18 interested pupils. As she speaks Italian, I’m sure the Latin will sound wonderful!
Shona Shahryar
London, Suffolk and Norfolk
This year I have done two return visits to follow up on initial training. They were very different, one being William Tyndale Primary School in Islington and the other the Consortium Multi Academy Trust, a group of rural primary schools in Suffolk.
My other training session was also interesting as it was for a school which had originally declined to take part in the initial Norfolk project. They now wish to introduce Latin into their curriculum. They were joined by teachers from three other local schools which had taken part in the first project but who had lost the original teachers we trained.
In the same small Norfolk town (Aylsham) there is an exciting dig going on at a Garden Centre. Roman kilns and numerous pieces of pottery have been found and it is thought to be the site of a major settlement. At their summer fayre in August we are going to have a session on learning Latin, designed to possibly attract enough adults to establish introductory classes in the autumn.
Norfolk is losing a staunch supporter of Minimus as Colly Mudie, Learning Manager at Norwich Castle Museum, is retiring. Colly has been enormously helpful in establishing Latin as an integral part of their Roman Days for schools and facilitated a Latin Celebration Evening as well as hosting a PLP meeting in the castle. We are hoping her successor will continue the links.
Jane Maguire
Grant Report
Since the last Newsletter, I am delighted to report that twenty-two schools have received grants from PLP. They are: Lady Boswell’s Church of England VA Primary, Sevenoaks; Lynsted and Norton Primary, Faversham; Kelmscott School, London; Sudbury Primary, Middlesex; All Saints Church of England Primary, Fulham; Miles Coverdale Primary, Shepherd’s Bush; Rose Hill Primary, Oxford; Harris Academy Chafford Hundred Primary, Essex; Rooks Heath College, Harrow; St Michael’s Church of England Primary, Abingdon; Hele’s School, Plymouth; Gateway Academy, London; Kennall Vale, Truro; St Just Primary, Penzance; William Tyndale Primary, London; Hexham Middle School, Northumberland; Aldborough Primary, Norwich; Leicester Prep School, Leicester; Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary, Bristol; Chipping Campden School, Gloucestershire; Bullwell St Mary’s Church of England Primary, Nottingham; Lincoln Manor Leas Junior Academy, Lincoln.
My grateful thanks to Diana Sparkes and Bob Bass for their speedy decisions and eye for detail, and to Rachael Jones for dealing with all matters so swiftly.
Mythology Competition and Results 2018
It’s been another very successful year for the competition. The stories of Pyramus and Thisbe and the Marriage of Peleus and Thetis have been beautifully drawn and painted, skilfully modelled in clay, cake and lego, enthusiastically dramatised and imaginatively described in poetry and prose. It was very satisfying to welcome new schools to the competition this year, and to continue to receive entries from America and Australia. Good news, too, that there were more entries overall this year, particularly for the drama category and for the Level Two topic. Animations have also become very popular and accomplished. As ever, the PLP is hugely grateful to the Jowett Trust for generously funding the costs of running the competition. Well done to all the children who have risen to the creative challenge again this year and to the teachers for encouraging their students and making time in their busy schedules to submit the entries. As the newsletter goes to press, the judges have finished their task and the results, which have been sent to schools, are listed on the website, look out for the winners work - and details of the 2019 competition!
Linda Soames
My thanks to Linda and all the judges and to all the schools for participating (JT).
Minimus et cetera
Our best sellers in recent months have undoubtedly been the Minimus Workbook (grammar practice) and the three sets of Minibooks (extra readers). This is especially true of orders from the USA. It is as if there has been a piece of national publicity recommending the Minibooks! Whatever the source, the word is spreading, and it is lovely to think of children in Virginia, Florida, Texas etc. enjoying the little books.
Minibooks for Sale
The three sets of Minibooks used to be sold either individually (£2 each) or in sets of ten for £18 + P & P. Nowadays, we only sell them in complete sets of ten for £18, plus P & P. Please note there are 3 different sets.
We have a large number of incomplete sets and are proposing to sell individual books at half price - i.e. £1 per book, in order to clear them. You may have some gaps in your own collection which need filling, or you could use them as prizes etc.
If you would like to buy some please email Nick Bell (bmbellmini@aol.com) stating clearly which books you would like and how many. Nick will add the appropriate P & P & send you an invoice. If you live outside the UK we can send a Paypal invoice and you can pay in your own currency. First come first served!
Here are the numbers of the books we still have (I-XXX) and the quantity which are available:
Please note the following points about our business and how we operate:
We do not sell the main Minimus textbooks (Starting out in Latin and Moving on in Latin). Best to contact the Hellenic Bookservice in London who will post them anywhere in the world (info@hellenicbookservice.com) or your regular bookseller.
There are three sets of Minibooks. Set 1 works best with Starting out in Latin and Set 3 with Moving on in Latin. Set 2 can be used with either. They are a useful source of extra reading for the classroom but do not advance the grammar at all. They can also be used for drama or as special prizes in competitions.
We can also post our Minimus items anywhere in the world.
Those of you who live outside the UK can request a Paypal invoice so as to pay in your own currency.
We don’t have facilities for card payment so please pay by BACS transfer or send a cheque.
If you have any queries about our products or payment, including postage, please contact Nick Bell at: bmbellmini@aol.com
Thanks very much for your custom.
Nick & Barbara Bell
With many thanks for your support,
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Mythology Competition 2018
Here are the results for this year's Mythology Competition. Congratulations to the winners, and well done everyone who took part!
LEVEL 1 – Pyramus and Thisbe
Zachariyah Babar
Manchester Grammar School
SPECIAL PRIZE
Alexander Chakraborty
Keble Prep
INDIVIDUAL PRIZES
Loucas Louca
Sahansa Udawatta
St Michael’s Collegiate Hobart
Samia Karalan
RUNNER UP PRIZES
None Awarded
CLASS DRAMA – Pyramus and Thisbe
Hollymount School with King’s College, Wimbledon
JOINT RUNNERS-UP
North Ealing Primary with Notting Hill and Ealing High School
Ealing Primary with Notting Hill and Ealing High School
SPECIAL PRIZE for ANIMATION
Moreton Hall
HIGHLY COMMENDED PRIZE for ANIMATION
Lucas Page
Thomas Brough-Byatt
Terra Nova Prep
LEVEL TWO – Marriage of Peleus and Thisbe
Alexandra Balog
Abbotsleigh NSW
Camille Murray
Rosie Dymock
Heath Mount
RUNNER-UP PRIZES
Sophia Chi
Sally Liu
Phoebe Lim
Annelise Cormack
Indra Catolico
Chicago Grammar
Niara deWit
Sanya Sujdak
Isla Harrison
Millfield Primary North Walsham
Kushi Rao
Northwood College
Daniela Paminello
St Augustine’s, Bristol
Nikhel Mandalia
St Hugh’s Prep
Georgiana Back
Roxy Davies
Nehemiah Hill
Alicia To
INDIVIDUAL PRIZE
Tegan Hicks
Millfield Primary, North Walsham
Clara Thomson
Amelie Hotton
Katherine Ly
Jasmine Hing
Grace Fisher
Isha Patel
Neeti Sinha
Ashleigh Serle
DRAMA – Marriage of Peleus and Thetis
NO PRIZE AWARDED
WHOLE SCHOOL PRIZE for Best Set of Entries: Abbotsleigh
WHOLE SCHOOL PRIZE for Creative Writing: St Augustine’s Bristol
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FamilySearch Indexing Find for Saturday Soldier: Charles Stevenson
On Sunday, 12 September 2010, more than one million records were indexed by over fourteen thousand volunteers for FamilySearch. That's pretty amazing. While I was indexing this morning, I came across a sad story. It was the about the death of Charles E. Stevenson.
Charles Stevenson was born 14 February 1900 in Washington, DC to William and Emily Stevenson. At some point in young adulthood he joined the United States military. By the time of his death on 22 June 1930 in Los Angeles, California, Charles was occupied as a musician.
On his death certificate, Charles's death was described as Carbon Monoxide Poison, Suicide. More details were found on his body removal and burial permit. His death there was described as violent... "Carbon monoxide poisoning - Suicidal - Automobile motor operating with tube connected to muffler and placed into car." I wonder if his parents were alive at the time of his death, as the informant for his biographical information was the Welfare American Legion.
Charles was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. He is located in Section W ENL, Site 21680. His military service is given as "HQ 3rd DC INF." I hope he is at peace.
Nurses Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery about 1995.
© S. Lincecum
FamilySearch Memorials Military Saturday Soldier Stevenson
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MUS = Musician
Cheryl's Grave Radiates Love (Tombstone Tuesday)
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Black Granite Art (Wordless Wednesday)
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Korchnoi's Career 1946-1977, Long Events
Continuing with Viktor Korchnoi's Tournament, Match, and Exhibition Record (TMER; 1946-2015), in my previous post, Korchnoi's Career 1946-1977, Major Events, I wrote
The 'On Paper' post (also used in 'Three Views') would appear to be the most promising area for further analysis.
That post was Korchnoi's Career 1945-1977 on Paper (January 2017). In that post I started to analyze the content of 'Korchnoi's Chess Games' by Levy & O'Connell by scanning the index of opponents.
According to a preliminary analysis, the book has 1663 games played against 486 opponents. I'll delve further into this record for my next post.
Delving further, I counted 215 events, of which 111 (about half) had more than five games. Of these events, 33 had more than 15 games. These events are shown in the following table.
The second column ('Venue') is the code used by Levy & O'Connell (L&O). The third column ('Ct') is the number of games I identified from their book's index. The last column is the name of the event used in the TMER, which also lists Korchnoi's final score in W-L-D format. That final score allows a quick calculation of the number of games played by Korchnoi. In events where that doesn't match the 'Ct' column, I've flagged the discrepancy in square brackets ('[]'). For example, in the 1954 Bucharest tournament I counted 16 games in the L&O book, but the TMER gives Korchnoi a final score of +10-1=6.
Since a discrepancy can arise from a number of situations -- an error in the book, an error in my manipulation of the data, or an error in the TMER index -- each discrepancy needs to be examined further. I looked at the last one, the 1977 match vs Spassky and discovered that one game in the book used a different code to identify the venue. This little exercise gave me some additional confidence to continue with the data.
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Korchnoi's Career 1946-1977, More of the Same
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Follow-up Closure
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Korchnoi's Career 1946-1977, More Discrepancies
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Hijab Wrapup
A Short History of CCL
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Branching Investigations
Kitchen Sicilian
Blog Search Tool
March 1967 'On the Cover'
Korchnoi's Career 1946-1977, Major Events
Paved with Questions
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Amherst Runs Fourth at Branwen Smith-King Invitational
MEDFORD, Mass. – Amherst College was one of fourteen men's indoor track and field teams to compete at the inaugural Branwen Smith-King Invitational at Tufts University, and the Mammoths placed fourth overall on Saturday afternoon at Gantcher Center.
Amherst scored 76 points, finishing behind overall winners Stonehill, host Tufts University and third-placed MIT.
Cosmo Brossy '19 won the 5,000 meters, topping two runners from UConn with a final time of 14:36.84
Theo Bates '20 was the overall champion in the 60 meter hurdles. Bates completed the dash in 8.48
The Amherst 4x400 team of Harisson Haigood '18, Vernon Espinoza '19, David Ingraham '18 and Ryan Prenosil '21 won the relay finals in 3:22.68
Espinoza took third in the 400 meter dash with a time of 51.41
Jacob Silverman '19 and Andrew Swenson '21 went 3-4 in the 600 meters
Spencer Ferguson-Dryden '18 placed fourth in the mile run, finishing in 4:23.44
Field Results
Sam Amaka '19 placed fifth in the weight throw, tossing a finals score of 15.86 meters
Amaka also took 12th place in the shotput with a throw of 13.06 meters
The Mammoths will return to Medford next weekend to participate in Saturday's Tufts Invitational.
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Studies of organizational culture are almost always based on two assumptions: (1) senior leaders are the prime determinant of the culture, and (2) culture is related to consequential organizational outcomes. Although intuitively reasonable, the evidence for these remains mixed, and almost no research has jointly investigated these assumptions and how they are linked. Using data from more than 1,000 respondents from 32 high technology companies, we examine the effects of CEO personality on organizational culture and the subsequent effects of culture on organizational performance. Results show that CEO personality affects a firm’s culture and that culture is subsequently related to a broad set of organizational outcomes including a firm’s financial performance (revenue growth, net income, Tobin’s Q), reputation, and employee attitudes. We discuss the implications of these findings for future research on organizational culture. CEO Personality 3 In the late 1970s and early 1980s the topic of “organizational culture ” captured managers and scholars interest. A series of poplar books (e.g., Davis, 1984; Deal & Kennedy, 1982; Ouchi, 1981; Peters & Waterman, 1982), academic conferences, and special issues of scholarly journals
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GRSM Becomes First National Park to Install Public Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Equipment
Gatlinburg, TN – On September 30, 2015, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) held not one but two ribbon-cutting ceremonies to unveil over 10 new pieces of alternative fuel equipment. The events were held at Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee in North Carolina and at Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg in Tennessee.
GRSM has completed the implementation of three new facets of the Park’s Climate Friendly Parks program, with funding from a joint U.S. Departments of Interior (DOI) and Energy (DOE) initiative called the “Clean Cities National Park Initiative.” And in this case the new equipment does not just help the Park leave a smaller footprint – it allows the public to join in the effort.
In partnership with its two neighboring DOE “Clean Cities” coalitions—the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition (ETCleanFuels) and the Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition—GRSM has put in use these new pieces of equipment to improve air quality in the Smokies:
1. Five gasoline mowers were converted to run on propane autogas – These mowers operate near visitors on a regular basis as they mow diverse areas from along roadways to fields in Cades Cove. Additionally, the new mowers performed so well over the summer that the Park has already purchased two additional propane mowers. All of these mowers now run exclusively on propane.
2. Three new low-speed electric vehicles for localized use – These vehicles replaced larger gasoline vehicles and emit no pollution at the tailpipe in the Park. The vehicles are mostly providing service in campground areas like Smokemont and Elkmont, as well as in Cades Cove. These vehicles’ fuel economy goes from around 20 MPG to over 100 MPGe (equivalent).
3. Two kinds of electric vehicle (EV) recharging equipment were installed on both sides of the Smokies – Both 220V “Level 2” charging and 208V “DC Fast Charging” (DCFC) equipment have been added at Sugarlands and Oconaluftee Visitor Centers to allow visitors with EVs to enjoy more mobility within the Park while creating zero tailpipe emissions. Future Park EVs will also be able to utilize this equipment for their own recharging needs.
GRSM Superintendant Cassius Cash said during the event, “Putting this equipment in use will help us meet our goal of reducing our greenhouse gas emissions from 2006 levels by 20% by 2020, and you will hear more from us in 2016—the 100th anniversary of the National Park System—on our continued efforts towards this goal.”
ETCleanFuels Director Jonathan Overly noted, “We really enjoy doing anything we can to help the Smokies. We are even more proud of this partnership now that we have enabled Smokies’ visitors to get in the game by using the EV charging equipment, or even reducing their idling time.” Overly is referring to the addition of some signage in certain parking areas requesting that visitors not idle their personal vehicles unless necessary.
Bill Eaker, Coordinator of the Land of Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition said “Air quality has greatly improved in the park and region due to emission reductions from power plants, industries and motor vehicles. The Park is a clean transportation leader within the National Park Service and is setting a great example for other parks and fleets across the nation. We are thrilled to be a part of this partnership.”
The joint DOI/DOE funding is helping multiple national parks across the country advance their goals towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from park operations and maintenance vehicles and improving air quality overall in and around the parks. Learn more here: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/national_parks.html
Captions: ABOVE – Great Smoky Mountains Association, Nissan and DOE and Clean Cities partners join Superintendant Cash for the ribbon cutting; the new DCFC (l) and Level 2 (r) equipment are in photo. BELOW – The new idle reduction signs in the Park; Park staff and others join Cash with one of the new propane mowers; Park staff and others help show off the new low-speed EVs in use in the Park.
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Club Josh
Quality-ish since 1995
The Club House at Club Josh
Josh in 2012
Josh Catalfo was born and raised in California and has produced Club Josh since 1995. He attended UC Davis where he received his BA in Physical Geography. A thirst to learn more about the cultures and the people of the world, has sent Josh around the world with his Gorn action figure taking photos.
Josh has been a cartographer, surveyor, web designer, site developer, project manager, ride operator, and guest service manager. He has many hobbies and passions including photography, movies, popular culture, hazards geography, and cars. Josh basically tries to keep up with the goings on in the world, especially when there is a natural disaster.
Mr. Catalfo currently is driving a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek and hopes to once again get a BMW Z3 in the future.
Josh has been featured in the following publications:
The Albuquerque Journal’s AlbuQuirky News
The Las Vegas Sun (Jan. 8, 1998, “Boldly going… and going… and going…”)
Animation World Magazine (Issue 2.8, Nov 1997, “The Life Cycle of DVD”)
Josh has written for the following web sites:
Ahwatukee Life
Josh has received several awards from the following organizations:
Themed Entertainment Association(TEA)
The Story of Club Josh
I started Club Josh the web site back in 1995, quite simply, because I was egged on by people at work and I really wanted to have my own page on the then brand-new world wide web. It was really taking off, despite the fact that most people had just a 14.4 or 28.8 modem (56k didn’t hit until a few years later – weren’t we lucky??).
I started with just a simple text page with some backgrounds and then over time added more and more content. As the years progressed, my interest and time available to keep up the site has waxed and waned. I think the peak in terms of diversity of pages was in 1998 or so and it was in 1999 when I moved to clubjosh.com that content started dropping off the site (mostly as a necessity as upkeep became burdensome).
The advent of a “Daily Update” in 2000 pre-dated most blogs, but sadly I was never prolific enough to make it more than just a hobby. One thing that has remained constant: My Gorn Page, which started in 1995, still receives new pictures whenever I travel. I also still write a travel diary whenever I travel. It’s usually posted on my regular Daily Update blog, and is now in it’s own Trip Diaries blog. One day, I will integrate photos into the travel blog completing a vision I have had for over 15 years. In 2014, I committed to an entry a day and with the exception of a week in October was successful. I managed to keep it up until March 2015. I hold out hope I can do it again..
What does the future hold? I don’t really know. It is my dream that Club Josh will outlive me, and I just hope that when it does, certain pages of the site won’t still be showing a last updated date back in the 1990’s!!
–Josh 5/28/2015
Current Sections of Club Josh
Index: Most Recent Daily Updates and Twitter Entries and Links to Sub Pages
The Gorn Page: World Travels of an Action Figure (a 1995 original)
Trip Diaries: Later addition – Trip Diaries from the Late ’90s to today as well as links to my travel photos. This site swallowed the separate Disneyland Paris site when I moved to the new server and still causes a bunch of 404 errors from sites that have not updated since the 1990’s. Today it is missing my Disney photos, and I still haven’t decided if I will bring them back or not.
Jarrepalooza: Small Corner of the site that contains my Jean Michel Jarre collection – dates from the mid ’90s and recently updated
Doingworld: A place holder site. Used to have a mapping project from College here, but now its a landing page.
Club House: Basically the About page, but fancier. Launched in 2002 and not much was done with it until 2011. Used to link to old party photos and such.
What’s New Archive: All of the changes to the site dating back to 1995 for all the different versions (Mobile, Lite, PDA, Web)
Evolution: What the home page has looked like through the years. I only wish I still had the code for the older versions!!
External Sites with my content:
Weibo – In case I travel to China I can post here..
Charo.info
Archive Sections of Club Josh
Long gone, but not forgotten sections of the site
Movie Czar Reel Reviews: I used to write Movie Reviews and send them via email to my friends. I actually won awards for them.
Charo’s Party Pics: The forerunner of Charo.info, a small section that had photos from Cuchi-Cuchi Hawaiian Style
Friends and Family Photos: This section was the first to have my party photos in it and eventually led to the Club House after years of not being online. Now, most of these photos are not online, but a select few were revived on my Flickr site.
SeaGranite Video Archive: Back in the 1990s, I had my complete video collection listed with my notes for each movie. Seemed like a good idea at the time
Guestbook: Remember when web sites had Guestbooks??
Statistics: Remember when web sites had Hit Counters??
Resume: Remember when people just put their Resume online with all their contact information?
Cyber Surfin’ Safari: A list of web links when bookmarks where a thing.
I love new cars! It’s part of the reason I used to work for Edmunds.com, so here are pictures of the vehicles that I have driven.
1987 Toyota Corolla FX I wrote a blog about this car..
1996 Honda Accord LX
2000 Nissan Xterra SE 4×4
2012 Toyota Prius v Level 2
The views and opinions expressed on this web site are mine and do not necessarily represent or reflect those of The Walt Disney Company, Edmunds.com, or any other employer not specifically named here. Basically, this site is about Josh and Josh’s opinions and no one else. Any sites linked to do not count as an endorsement of any kind and should not be taken seriously under any circumstances.
We don’t store or track anything you do on this website. I do use Google Analytics and the Charo site does have some Amazon ads for Charo merchandise. Those sites have their own separate privacy policies and I recommend you read their own policies.
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Margaret Chardiet was born and raised in New York City. She has been making power electronics / death industrial music under the name Pharmakon for five years. As a founding member of the Red Light District collective in Far Rockaway, NY she has been a figurehead in the underground experimental scene since the age of seventeen. Several projects emerged from the Red Light home/ venue during the four years Chardiet lived there including Yellow Tears, and Halflings amongst others. She points out that the environment there amongst so many other experimental artists inspired her to keep pushing herself and making increasingly challenging work. She describes her drive to make noise music as something akin to an exorcism where she is able to express, her “deep-seated need/drive/urge/possession to reach other people and make them FEEL something [specifically] in uncomfortable/ confrontational ways.” The project is also an opportunity to exorcise her own demons and examine her own wild thoughts by pushing them outside of her head. Engineered by Sean Ragon of Cult of Youth at his self-built recording studio Heaven Street, Abandon is Pharmakon’s 1st proper studio album and also her first widely distributed release.
Unlike other experimental projects, Pharmakon does not improvise when performing or recording. She is concise and exact and each song/ movement is linear with a clear trajectory. Perhaps more than any other style of music, noise is a genre almost exclusively dominated by male performers. Spin Magazine is apt to point out that her, “perfectionism might explain why her recordings are few and far between — a rarity in a scene where noise bros are want to puke out hour after endless hour of stoned basement jams into a limitless stream of limited-edition tapes. Her music may be as cuddly as a trepanning drill, but it’s also just as precise: She glowers in measured silence as often as she shrieks, and every serrated tone cuts straight to the bone, a carefully calibrated interplay between frequency and resistance.” The songs on this album were all written and recorded during a turbulent three month time period during which several fundamental life changes forced her to begin living in a completely new way and in a new space. She describes the lyrical themes of this album as being about, “Loss. Losing everything. Relinquishing control. Complete psychic abandon. Blind leaps of faith into the fire, walking out unscathed. Crawling out of the pit.”
More from Pharmakon
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Akko to Tel Aviv distance, location, road map and direction
Akko is located in Israel at the longitude of 35.08 and latitude of 32.93. Tel Aviv is located in Israel at the longitude of 34.78 and latitude of 32.09 .
Driving Distance : 114 KM and 452 meters / 71.1 miles.
Straight Line Distance : 98 KM and 400 meters / 61.1 miles.
Direction and bearing : South side, 196 degree.
Distance between Akko and Tel Aviv
The total straight line distance between Akko and Tel Aviv is 98 KM (kilometers) and 400 meters. The miles based distance from Akko to Tel Aviv is 61.1 miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Akko and Tel Aviv may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road .
The driving distance or the travel distance between Akko to Tel Aviv is 114 KM and 452 meters. The mile based, road distance between these two travel point is 71.1 miles.
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The sun rise time difference or the actual time difference between Akko and Tel Aviv is 0 hours , 1 minutes and 12 seconds. Note: Akko and Tel Aviv time calculation is based on UTC time of the particular city. It may vary from country standard time , local time etc.
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Akko is located around 98 KM away from Tel Aviv so if you travel at the consistent speed of 50 KM per hour you can reach Tel Aviv in 2 hours and 14 minutes. Your Tel Aviv travel time may vary due to your bus speed, train speed or depending upon the vehicle you use.
Midway point between Akko To Tel Aviv
Mid way point or halfway place is a center point between source and destination location. The mid way point between Akko and Tel Aviv is situated at the latitude of 32.509199762923 and the longitude of 34.931708964027. If you need refreshment you can stop around this midway place, after checking the safety,feasibility, etc.
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Tel Aviv is located nearly South side to Akko. The bearing degree from Akko To Tel Aviv is 196 ° degree. The given South direction from Akko is only approximate. The given google map shows the direction in which the blue color line indicates road connectivity to Tel Aviv . In the travel map towards Tel Aviv you may find en route hotels, tourist spots, picnic spots, petrol pumps and various religious places. The given google map is not comfortable to view all the places as per your expectation then to view street maps, local places see our detailed map here.
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JAGUAR F-TYPE TO DEBUT IN PARIS
August 10, 2012 Tony Dewhurst Leave a comment
The F-TYPE, Jaguar’s all-new aluminium two-seater sports car, will make its global debut in production form at the Paris Motor Show on 27th September.
Adrian Hallmark, Global Brand Director, Jaguar Cars, said: “The unveiling of the F-TYPE in Paris will be a truly significant day in Jaguar’s history as it will mark the company’s return to the sports car market, a market it originally helped to create.
“As its sporting forebears did in their era, the F-TYPE will break new ground by delivering stunning sports car performance while vividly demonstrating Jaguar’s cutting-edge engineering technologies and world-class design excellence. The next step in Jaguar’s sporting bloodline is about to become reality.”
The F-TYPE will be launched as a convertible with a choice of three petrol engines: 340PS and 380PS versions of Jaguar’s all-new 3.0-litre supercharged V6, and a new derivative of its existing supercharged 5.0-litre V8. All will drive the rear wheels through an eight-speed transmission and will be equipped with Stop/Start technology.
Prototype test programme
After we spotted all three variants of the F-Type testing around Gaydon in UK.
Following the F-TYPE’s ‘camouflaged’ public drive at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in June of this year, testing of the final verification prototypes has continued in some of the harshest environments in the world.
As its name suggests, this test programme is designed to verify the staggering amount of design work that was carried out by Jaguar’s engineers in the ‘virtual world’, a process in which the company is an industry leader.
More than half-a-million separate F-TYPE design analyses were carried out comprising 10-million CPU hours of processing, creating more than 300TB of data. Had that same amount of initial design analysis been completed on physical cars, the number of prototype F-TYPEs built would have filled the majority of the UK’s motorway network bumper-to-bumper.
The result of all that ‘virtual’ design work is that Jaguar’s engineers are currently concentrating on honing the performance of the physical verification prototypes, to ensure the production F-TYPE delivers truly focused sports car driving reward.
Said Ian Hoban, Jaguar’s Vehicle Line Director: “When you are working on a Jaguar sports car the expectations of the world are huge. We’re really pleased how the attributes have translated from the virtual simulation work we’ve done into the physical world.
“Now, we’re refining and adding those last few percentage points – that true element of honing which the Jaguar test team are delivering – which will turn a great sports car into an exceptional one.”
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Jaguar, Spy Shots
Jaguar’s F-Type R Spyshots
June 29, 2012 Tony Dewhurst Leave a comment
Here are the latest spyshots of not one but two different specifications of the rumoured Jaguar’s F-Type R which can be distinguished by the quad exhaust layout compared with the center mounted twin pipes on the lesser powered model.
Also spotted was one of the earlier mules of the F-Type which can be identified by the enlarged wheel arches.
Jaguar have confirmed the roadster will be available with a 3.0-liter V6 supercharged engine in two different power outputs one with 380HP with 460Nm and 340HP with 450Nm.
This car seems to be housing something slightly more powerfull from its V8 ForceFed Growl so rumour is a foot that this car could be housing the “R” family engine the supercharged 5.0-liter V8.
Jaguar F-Type R + Mule
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Liberty Baptist vs. Lenoir-Rhyne
Ktoyi
THE NCCAA IS ALIVE AND WELL
The NCCAA is alive and well in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is a
miracle organization. In ten brief years an idea has become a reality,
providing Christian athletes in Christian colleges across America the
opportunity to become national champions.
With its purpose to provide national competition among Christian
colleges, the National Christian College Athletic Association was
born in Canton, Ohio, in 1966. Emanating from that meeting were
plans to conduct a national basketball tournament. Detroit, Michi
gan, became the site of that first NCCAA National Basketball Tour
nament.
At the initial tournament, the NCCAA adopted a constitution and
voted to move the tournament to Chattanooga, Tennessee. During
the ensuing years an eight team tournament format has been insti
tuted.
In 1973, the NCCAA launched into other national sports competi
tion. Cross-country, track, and soccer were sanctioned for national
honors.
In 1974, the Kenneth and Clara Murchison Foundation e.stab-lished
an award to the outstanding Christian basketball player in the
nation. The purpose of the NCCAA Murchison Award is to enhance
the Christian purpose of athletics and to perpetuate the Christian
philosophy and faith in the evangelical colleges and universities
across the nation.
The Brainerd Optimist Club of Chattanooga voted in 1974 to
sponsor the National Basketball Tournament. This highly successful
civic group has enhanced the stability of NCCAA.
Bible colleges, which had competed well against the liberal arts
Christian colleges, submitted a plan to add a second division to the
NCCAA for basketball competition. The NCCAA coaches adopted
their proposal in 1975 and thus Division II was born. Division II
sponsors Its own national basketball tournament and awards.
Under the direction of President Howard Nourse of John Wesley
College (Michigan) and Executive Secretary E. C. Haskell, Jr., the
NCCAA is moving forward. It is very much alive and well. Christian
colleges across America can rejoice in the strides being taken to
provide an outlet for athletic competition on a national scope.
AIAW
The Association for intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW)
provides a governing body and leadership for initiating and main
taining standards of excellence in women's intercollegiate athletic
programs. In addition the AIAW conducts seventeen national
championships in twelve sports, for junior/community colleges,
small colleges and large colleges.
Active AIAW membership and membership in the appropriate
Region are required for an institution to be elegible to participate in
AIAW national championships and regional qualifying events for
AIAW national championships.
To qualify for active membership an institution must meet certain
requirements. First, the institution must be an accredited, or in the
process of becoming accredited, college or university of higher
education in the United States or its territories. Second, the institu
tion must provide an intercollegiate athletic program for women.
Third, the institution must be willing to abide by the policies of the
AIAW. Fourth, the institution is required to join the appropriate
regional organization.
Liberty Baptist College is an active member of the AIAW, Region 2
of the AIAW; which includes Kentucky, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; and the Virginia AIAW. The
women's athletic program at LBC has a competitive schedule
basketball, Softball, and volleyball.
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Title Liberty Baptist vs. Lenoir-Rhyne
Subject Liberty Baptist College
Tom Dowling
Jerry Falwell Sr. Sr.
A. A. Pierre Guillermin
Description Media guide for the October 28, 1978 football game Liberty Baptist played against Lenoir-Rhyne.
Creator Liberty Baptist College
Publisher Liberty Baptist College
Source Liberty Baptist vs. Lenoir-Rhyne.pdf
Relation LU 32-12-3 Folder 1A; LU 32:12 Box 1
Folder LU Record Group 32 Subgroup 12 Series 3 Folder 1A
Description Media guide for the October 28, 1978 football game Liberty Baptist played against Lenoir-Rhyne
Transcript Ktoyi THE NCCAA IS ALIVE AND WELL The NCCAA is alive and well in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is a miracle organization. In ten brief years an idea has become a reality, providing Christian athletes in Christian colleges across America the opportunity to become national champions. With its purpose to provide national competition among Christian colleges, the National Christian College Athletic Association was born in Canton, Ohio, in 1966. Emanating from that meeting were plans to conduct a national basketball tournament. Detroit, Michi gan, became the site of that first NCCAA National Basketball Tour nament. At the initial tournament, the NCCAA adopted a constitution and voted to move the tournament to Chattanooga, Tennessee. During the ensuing years an eight team tournament format has been insti tuted. In 1973, the NCCAA launched into other national sports competi tion. Cross-country, track, and soccer were sanctioned for national honors. In 1974, the Kenneth and Clara Murchison Foundation e.stab-lished an award to the outstanding Christian basketball player in the nation. The purpose of the NCCAA Murchison Award is to enhance the Christian purpose of athletics and to perpetuate the Christian philosophy and faith in the evangelical colleges and universities across the nation. The Brainerd Optimist Club of Chattanooga voted in 1974 to sponsor the National Basketball Tournament. This highly successful civic group has enhanced the stability of NCCAA. Bible colleges, which had competed well against the liberal arts Christian colleges, submitted a plan to add a second division to the NCCAA for basketball competition. The NCCAA coaches adopted their proposal in 1975 and thus Division II was born. Division II sponsors Its own national basketball tournament and awards. Under the direction of President Howard Nourse of John Wesley College (Michigan) and Executive Secretary E. C. Haskell, Jr., the NCCAA is moving forward. It is very much alive and well. Christian colleges across America can rejoice in the strides being taken to provide an outlet for athletic competition on a national scope. AIAW The Association for intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) provides a governing body and leadership for initiating and main taining standards of excellence in women's intercollegiate athletic programs. In addition the AIAW conducts seventeen national championships in twelve sports, for junior/community colleges, small colleges and large colleges. Active AIAW membership and membership in the appropriate Region are required for an institution to be elegible to participate in AIAW national championships and regional qualifying events for AIAW national championships. To qualify for active membership an institution must meet certain requirements. First, the institution must be an accredited, or in the process of becoming accredited, college or university of higher education in the United States or its territories. Second, the institu tion must provide an intercollegiate athletic program for women. Third, the institution must be willing to abide by the policies of the AIAW. Fourth, the institution is required to join the appropriate regional organization. Liberty Baptist College is an active member of the AIAW, Region 2 of the AIAW; which includes Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; and the Virginia AIAW. The women's athletic program at LBC has a competitive schedule basketball, Softball, and volleyball. 'Bmiiiu. C]R.HUDGINSPLATIKGlfC WISHES FOR A GREAT SEASON-LBC! sBoriuerfcley ,o f cuosftfoemr eorusr r saenrgveic fers ofomr n matainonya tly cpoensc oefrn mse ttaol t fhien lioschailn gm ,a eclheicntrec svnhloatpin^n' ^- Our presen^t industrial Finishes • Chromate Finishes • Anodizing Electro Still — Barrel Plating Cadmium, Chrome, Copper, Nickel, Silver, Gold, Zinc Tin 4510 MAYFLOWER DRIVE J LLYYNNCCHHBBLURG, V TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE PLATING BUSINESS IRGINIA 24506 DIAL 847-6647 P. O, BOX 1 1 286
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Do you live in a city, or in the country?
by Shelby 3 hours ago
Da Azian Boi
I live in the suburbs!
Zibbys Mind Is In the Gutter Today
Almost dead center of Tampa. So City for me, although I prefer the country.
Brian I
In a village of about 200 houses.
idne
I live in a small town that is connected to other small towns and cities. There is also a lot of country very near here. It's the best of all world's really.
I live in a town.
In a residential area in the city.
natzter the bionic has a broken hand
in the country.
Out in the country about 4 miles from a small village. There are 3 families that live up here on this hill. There are woods and streams and ponds all around. I grew up in the suburbs and lived at the beach but nothing beats the country for us.
tomsims
We used to call it Rurbia - the suburban/urban/rural fringe of a large city. City is encroaching, but we still have ranches, vinyard, fruit groves, lakes, and large lots surrounded by a growing number of subdivisions. I can be in downtown Fresno in about 20-25 minutes.
I live in a small village just on the edge of a City, it is surrounded by countryside , so I have the best of both worlds.
BrokeDog
I live in the city, now, but I miss the country so bad it hurts.
SonicSand
We live on what we like to call a "City-farm", two acres just outside the suburbs of a City of 600,000.
I live in a city in a country. lol
Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger
Nothing like a city. Considered a suburb, just over 5,000 people on the countryside.
Indielauper
MG1942 Has a Life Penguin
Being from NYC originally, I wouldn't exactly call Harrisburg a city, but it is a rather large burg.
PerfectlyFlawed.
In the city http://www.visitmexico.com/wb/Visitmexico/Visi_Guadalajara
kitten is smiling...
I live in the biggest little city in the world.
asweetguy4u2know says R.I.P Nelson
busy city one thanks
sawdustissexy
busy city... and then maybe a quiet country life when I'm old.
I love the bustle of the city and weekends in the country.
TheMan---
Busy city...at least your busy!
Blueclay
I would get bored in the country, the city is the place for me!
City life, all the way. I'm never more than a mile from the action.
i live in the city, but i would love a quiet country life.
If i had the moola, i'd move straight to the country.
city but not busy...I live a quiet existence in the middle of a large city.
buxtonite ..back from the brink
had both ...grew up in Australias biggest city and had a rage ...partied hard for quite a few years , now in the country ...still party and rage but slower and this suits me now
AnonymousGirl
I live in a city.
I don't live in either - in common with a lot of other people who contribute to this site I don't live in the United States or indeed any part of the continents of North and South America.
Lovehearts
I don't live in either. I'm British.
A seaside community of about 15,000 people.
DeeBabii
I live in a rural area in Louisiana. Country Girl. lol
Talimze wins the prize
I technically live in a city, but my house is right across the street from three farms, soooo....
I live in upstate New York 5 miles from a small village up in the woods. There are only 3 other houses up here.
Do you live in the country, city or town?
What country, state, province, or city do you live in?
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What city do you live in?
In what country do you live?
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Velo Birmingham is set to return in Spring 2019 after a successful inaugural event, on 12th May 2019
Birmingham’s Premier Closed Road Cycle Event 2019
Birmingham is the UK’s second largest city with a population of over one million, expanding to almost three million across the wider West Midlands area.
It is therefore surprising to learn that there are so few sportives available for cyclists in Birmingham. A quick look on the British Cycling website shows just six sportives within a 30km radius of Birmingham. These include; Bike for St Basils, The Swan Cycle Worcestershire Sportive, Tommy Godwin Challenge, Mad March Hare Sportive, The Lapierre Tour of the Black Country and Round the Wrekin.
In addition to these sportives, Bloodwise hold their annual Birmingham Bikeathon in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham. Unlike the Wirral Bikeathon, the Birmingham event is more akin to a sportive, with a choice of three routes; 26m, 52m or 100m.
It was this tremendous gap for a good sportive in the Birmingham area that led to the first Velo Birmingham event in 2017, giving not only cyclists in the West Midlands area a great cycling event but also those further afield across the UK.
The event organisers aimed to attract 15,000 cyclists on a 100 mile closed road sportive and they achieved this within 4 days of tickets going on sale, despite the higher than normal cost for a sportive. The 2019 Sportive has availability for 17,000 cyclists – let’s hope they get the feed stations right this time!
Velo Birmingham Key Facts 2019
Name: Velo Birmingham & Midlands Sportive Organiser: CSM Active Sport
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands Event Website: link to event website
Date: 12 May 2019 Cost: £75 or £115
Event Type: Sportive Start Time: 06:00am onwards
Distance: 42m / 100m Feed Stations: 25m, 50m, 65m, 85m
Climbing: 4,260ft Ride Profile: Closed Roads, flat urban
GPS Route: view and download route Map: see map below
It is unclear what has caused the organisers to not repeat the event in 2018, instead favouring a return in 2019, but their announcement of a new route and a date move from September to May may give clues.
Following the initial pre-registration period in 2017, around 45,000 cyclists expressed an initial interest, although this was prior to the cost of the event being known. Whilst some cyclists expressed disgust at the high cost of the Sportive, Velo Birmingham sold out it’s full 15,000 capacity within just 4 days. They are also stating that 2019 has sold out to 17,000 cyclists so there is clearly demand.
Pre-Registration for Velo Birmingham 2020 isn’t open yet but keep your eyes on the official Velo Birmingham website for further information on sign-up for 2020
Velo Birmingham Route Map 2019
If your looking to download the official route map in GPX or TCX file format, just head back up to the link in the table above.
The 2019 Birmingham Velo route sets off from behind the Bull Ring and after some early morning well-wishers cheering us on, the route travels East towards Chelmsley Wood and Coleshill. As we pass the 25km mark, we reach Nether Whitacre and the first of the day, although an incline of 110m over the next 7km should be too much of a demand. The gradient averages 5% with a tiny 6% kick at the end.
The route then goes towards Bentley Park Wood, Arley Wood, Fillongley and New Park Wood in Astley for what should be a scenic section. From here there is a gentle 20km descent into Coventry and a pleasant meandour through the closed streets of the City. Once riders leave Coventry and pass through Coundon Hall Park and Brownshill Green, we encounter the second climb. The ascent is just 80m over 9km so nothing to worry about on this one either and most riders should be comfortable at this halfway stage.
The second half of the route starts around Corley Moor and passes Meriden, Balsall Common, Kingswood and Cheswick Green to take us up to the 120km marker and on to the final 40km.
The section from just south of Shirley to Rubery covers around 16km and is a steady rise of 70m, with a few 4% gradients to stretch the legs. From here it’s onto Halesowen and the rapturous applause of the Birmingham City Centre folk who don’t mind their roads being closed for the day!
Velo Birmingham Feed Stations 2019
For those that rode the inaugural Birmingham Velo, the feed stations are likely to be the least favourite part, with the majority of cyclists receiving no food whatsoever as the organisers ran out of food, which is pretty poor for a £75 entry fee. Let’s hope they learned their lesson and have resolved this for this year’s event.
There are 3 feed stations on the 100-mile route, and they are placed at the following intervals; 30-miles (Fillongley), 65-miles (Kingswood) and 85-miles (Rubery). The first one makes sense but be warned, it’s likely to be a very busy one coming after less than two hours cycling. It might be worth skipping this and heading straight for the second pit stop at Kingswood.
In what appears to be a new introduction based on the previous Velo, are the five water stations, which are evenly spaced out through the course.
Velo Birmingham FAQs
What Date is Velo Birmingham 2019?
Velo Birmingham 2019 will be held on 12th May 2019.
What is Velo Birmingham?
Velo Birmingham is a 100-mile closed road cycling sportive that is due to take place on May 12, 2019. The event sees 17,000 cyclists ride across four counties on closed roads, something rarely seen for non-professional sporting events.
How much does Velo Birmingham cost?
There are two ticket types, General Entry and Fast Track Entry. The primary difference is that with the Fast Track ticket, you are guaranteed to set off with your friends in the first three waves, especially useful if you don’t want to get stuck behind 17,000 other cyclists. The Rider Packs will also be sent out in advance, meaning you won’t have to collect it in-person, the day before the event. Fast Track entry also gives you access to the car parks near the start, which is pretty useful.
What you have to decide, is if this is worth the extra cost. General Entry tickets are £75 and Fast Track tickets are £115, both are subject to a £3.75 booking fee.
Can I still enter Velo Birmingham 2019?
Yes. Whilst General Entry and Fast Track tickets sold out within days of going on-sale, there are some charity places still available.
What’s the Velo Birmingham route?
The route starts & finishes in Birmingham City Centre and passes through several counties. See the above map and route for full details.
What time does the event start?
Velo Birmingham starts at 7:00am but given that there are 17,000 cyclists, starting times are likely to be staggered over one or two hours. Cyclists paying for the Fast Track Entry should be allocated an earlier starting time.
Where does Velo Birmingham start from?
Velo Birmingham will start from Bordesley Street, Birmingham, which can be found in the heart of Birmingham City Centre.
Are the roads closed?
Yes, absolutely. The key feature of this sportive is that the roads are closed, all 100-miles of them!
Does Velo Birmingham have any climbs?
The overall elevation gain is 4,290 feet over the 100 mile route, which equates to a pretty flat circuit.
Velo Birmingham on Social Media
Backed by CSM Active, Velo Birmingham is well represented on the primary social networks, so keeping up to date with news shouldn’t be difficult – just choose your preferred social media.
Facebook – VeloBirmingham
Twitter – @velobirmingham
YouTube – velobirmingham
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Ron Stuart on September 20, 2016 at 1:02 pm
I wouldn’t buy a car without knowing the spec would you?
Douglas Waddell on September 20, 2016 at 5:34 pm
Would like to register my interest in the event.
Mark Taylor on September 21, 2016 at 9:20 pm
@Ron. We do know some key elements; 100 mile route, all of which are closed roads, in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands, and up to 15,000 cyclists. However, we don’t know the actual route yet. There’s no harm in pre-registering as there’s no commitment required at this stage.
@Douglas. You can pre-register on velobirmingham.com
Entry opens on Sept 29, 2016 for cyclists who have pre-registered.
Simon Potter on September 28, 2016 at 10:20 am
A small cycling group are wanting to take part in the event but we are concerned we may not all get in. Is there a way to enter a number of riders to ensure all of us have a place. Thanks
Mark Taylor on September 29, 2016 at 7:53 am
@Simon. There’s no way to guarantee it but there are a couple of things you can do. Register a Team Name and ensure each person enters using this name. Tickets go on sale at 8:00am today (29/09) but British Cycling are offering priority access to members.
Mark Taylor on October 4, 2016 at 8:02 pm
Velo Birmingham has officially sold out, after just 4 days on-sale.
Mark Taylor on March 7, 2017 at 10:56 pm
The Velo Birmingham official route map, GPX files, gradients and elevations are now available to download.
Andy on March 26, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Why have you not said about charity rides?
Mark Taylor on March 30, 2017 at 8:38 pm
@Andy, really good point. We are aware that there are some places available for cyclists who are willing to ride for a charity. We will amend our article shortly with news and information on this. Thanks for the heads-up.
Derek Treen on April 12, 2017 at 4:53 pm
Is there a cut off time?
Mark Taylor on April 12, 2017 at 5:14 pm
@Derek, yes there is. As you know, riders will be given staggered start times and the last rider to cross the start line will have to average 12mph (19kph) to cover the 100 miles in 8.5hrs. However, this time includes all stops, whether at the feed stations or simply for a quick rest.
Velo Birmingham will be using a Pace Car to follow behind cyclists who are at the rear of the pack. Riders who are caught by the Pace Car and where the driver feels that you won’t be able to maintain the average speed for the remainder of the ride, will be asked to get into the Pace Car, which will take you back to the Start / Finish venue.
There will be a number of official Domestiques doing all they can to help riders stay in front of the Pace Car. For those without a Garmin or GPS device to pace them, you will need to have left each Feed Station by the following times:
Pit Stop 1 – 10:40am
Pit Stop 2 – 1:00pm
Richard Banks on June 28, 2017 at 4:00 pm
Some of us are doing the ride purely to raise charity funds. That might mean we’re not super-human, so will need to get away from the start early to stay ahead of the broom wagon! How will things be organised so that charity riders who may not be elite cyclists will be able to get away good and early so as to be able to finish the course?
Mark Taylor on June 29, 2017 at 8:09 am
@Richard, when you completed the entry form, you will have given an indication of your expected time to complete the course. The organisers will use this to set your start time, the idea being that those that expect to take longer, will need an earlier start time. There will be many cyclists doing Velo Birmingham for Charity so you will be in good company. Good Luck.
Richard Banks on June 30, 2017 at 11:09 am
Thanks for that Mark, very helpful. I hear that the route has changed, will now no longer enter Herefordshire. Reading the comments on the website of the Hereford Times, it’s clear that some people in some of the places through which the race would have passed warned of (i.e. were inciting) violence towards the participants. Some of the comments are simply anti-cyclist, some moan about the part-day road closures, some exaggerate the ‘disruption’, just a very few welcome the excitement and opportunity. Such a shame that Herefordshire has, on the collective, been so negative. There is similar negativity from some people in Worcestershire. Thanks to Staffordshire for making the race welcome.
Mark Taylor on July 9, 2017 at 2:31 pm
@Richard, as cyclists, we do face anti-cycling sentiments frequently but the thought of ‘some’ people prepared to take actions, is concerning. If this is behind the route change, then we are indeed to be thankful to everyone involved for making this happen.
david on August 22, 2017 at 8:38 pm
Are there any special trains from london which we can bring our bikes?
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Tyneside Story
Published in Fiction
They were gathered together in the rehearsal room - actors, directors, backstage workers for an out of the ordinary meeting.
Alf Simpson was there, in his 40s now, not leading man material, but he had been with the People's Theatre for ten years or more. He had a moustache - not so fashionable at that time, but it suited him, and he had a strong handsome face. He had played many roles and contributed in many ways to the company. Because of this he was someone whose opinion mattered. Like many others, Alf had married because it seemed what was expected after a courtship, and only later found th at his wife and he had little in common. There was a son, and people made the best of things, but the camaraderie and shared efforts in the theatre were highlights in his life.
There was also Mary, also part of the theatre company, she was now such an important part of his life. Mary was an educated woman, a teacher and with her he could share ideas and discuss things. Jean, his wife, hadn't had the benefit of higher education . Mary was unmarried, more or less the same age, and they made the most of what they had, knowing that Jean would never agree to divorce, at that time just as shameful for the "wronged" party.
The People's Theatre amateur company was already by 1940 an established part of the Newcastle arts scene, and having moved away from the overtly political focus of its early years, provided a home to a variety of Tyneside folk, many of whom continued to embrace a socialist philosophy. Several were involved in other enterprises, such as the Bensham Settlement in Gateshead, over the river, where talents for drawing, painting and sculpture were developed. Though some were middle class professionals, many were working people who had had to leave formal education in their teens.
It was now the second year of the war, but many men were in reserved occupations, and of course some were too old for active service. Morale at home was important, so the company did not see as frivolous the continuation of their performances.
Some months earlier their Director had broken the news which lay behind the suppressed excitement which they all felt. The Ministry of Information had commissioned them to produce a short film aiming to convince ex-shipyard workers of the need to return to their trade, as vessels of all types were needed for the war. Tyneside had long been shorthand for shipbuilding, but a downturn five years earlier meant layoffs and men had either picked up new work or remained on the dole.
Filmmaking was a new venture, but they had discussed how they could plot a simple story with some of them taking acting roles, and combine this with documentary footage of shipyards at work.
The story was to begin with two lads weeding some waste ground with scythes . Their work is interrupted by a smartly dressed man - they have just turned over a rectangular board about a yard long with the numbers 1066 on it. He explains that this has nothing to do with William the Conqueror. He is the shipyard manager, and tells them the board is the number of the last ship to be built in the yard. When it re-opens, they'll start again with number 1. The next scene he is in his office bemoaning the difficulty of getting workers back into the shipyards. One of his clerks who is listening, immediately volunteers. Next, other brief scenes show a window cleaner, a mechanic, a driver, all former ship builders working in their new trades, and then film sections showing the yard back at work with the men seen earlier back at their old trades.
Not any outstanding parts, but this would be a new challenge. Luckily, one of the directors was friendly with Jack Common, a writer who had published a series of essays about the lives of everyday workers - not to outstanding success, but his CV would impress the Ministry of Information, and more to the point, he was an ordinary Geordie from a similar background to many of the company members. Most were also familiar with the name of George Orwell, a friend of Jack's. And he was interested in going into film script writing - he needed to, as his other writing wasn't making any money.
Jack was a slight figure - his right forefingers already yellowed with constant cigarettes, one lit seemingly before the previous one's expiry. Alf had heard him talking to the director before the meeting started.
"He just looks like an y one of us " whispered Alf to Mary. " And talks the same way, not posh by a long shot"
"Well, Jack", the director asked, " Can you tell us how the script's coming along?"
"I've got a draft here - ah've got to say it deviates a bit from what you suggested, not the basic outline mind, that's there, but ah've taken the liberty of putting a bit of a message in."
"What d'you mean, Jack - the Ministry want a propaganda film, that's what we have to deliver".
"Ah just think it'd be a shame to waste the opportunity to spell out what a working life on Tyneside can be like- not exactly a bed of roses."
There was some muttering as the company tried to fathom what he was on about.
"Let me explain", said Jack," and I can read through the script so you can hear what it's like and mebbe see yourselves in a part."
He pulled the draft out of a faded briefcase and started reading the typed lines.
The first pages stuck to the brief they all were familiar with:- the boys weeding, the shipyard manager, the window cleaner, driver and mechanic answering the patriotic call. But then:
"Now we have something different", said Jack," the scenes up to now show the former workers from the yards wanting to return and do their bit, but the next scene is a man beside a cement mixer, obviously now a builder, and he's being told by his employer that he'll have to go along with the call to return to shipbuilding:- these are his lines:-
"To hell with the shipyards. They've no right to play fast and loose with men like us. Not so long ago they threw us out of the yards to starve or scrounge. Skilled men, mind you, brought up to a trade, and nobody cared. Now they want us back - there's a war on - next thing you know, the war'll be over and out again you go, you mugs. Ah well, not for me, ah've got a good job here and the missus has got a nice little home together. What - go back to the shipyards? Ah'll see them in hell first!"
" Why, those are sentiments we all agree with" Alf called out to chuckles and nods of agreement.
"Right, good, well like your outline, next there's film of back to work, men riveting, cranes lifting heavy ship sections and so on, all just what the Government wants, back in full production."
"The End?!" a voice suggested,
"Why no, ah've got another good bit. The same chap from earlier speaking direct to camera:
"Tyneside's busy enough today,auld and young uns making good ships. But just remember what the yards were like 5 years ago; idle , empty, some derelict,and the skilled men who worked in them forgotten..........Will it be the same for them 5 years from now? that's what we on Tyneside want to know."
" Now that's the end." Jack said.
The men in the group could all see themselves in this plum role.The director knew he would have only one satisfied actor - the one declaiming this plea to camera for the ord nary working man .
" D'y think that last speech 'll be allowed in? The film's supposed to be persuading men to do their bit for the war effort, not a recruitment ad for the Communist Party" asked Alf.
"Well, the main message is clear enough," replied the director, " and y'know, the Ministry might not be that bothered, after all the film's just being shown up here, in News theatres."
Some weeks later the cast list went up - Alf was to be the shipyard manager! Not exactly contributing to his working class credentials, still, he looked the part in his smart overcoat and trilby.
The film was made, it is called Tyneside Story. Jack Common wrote two book about Tyneside, semi autobiographical, but never achieved much success. However, sculptor Lawrence Bradshaw used Common's brow as a model for his bust of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetery, saying that he found there a similar patience and understanding. Mary went to teach at a college in Durham where women were doing teacher training. When Jean died, Alf and Mary married. The People's Theatre, lauded in its heyday by George Bernard Shaw continues to entertain. To view the 13 minute film, search for Tyneside Story in the North East Film Archive:- Film number 19637
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The Children of the Nation: An Anthology of Working People’s Poetry from Contemporary Ireland
John Storey
John Storey is Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, UK. He has published extensively in cultural studies, including twelve books. He is currently working on a thirteenth book, Refusing to be Realistic: Cultural Studies and Utopian Desire, to be published with Routledge.
A common treasury for all: Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers
Mark Perryman
Mark Perryman is a writer and the co-founder of Philosophy Football.
London is drowning – but keep the faith
Christine Lindey
Until she recently retired Christine Lindey was an Associate Lecturer in art history at the University of the Arts, London and at Birkbeck College, University of London. She is a visual arts critic for the Morning Star and her fifth book, Art for All: British Socially Committed Art c.1939 - c.1962, will be published in the near future.
'The future of art hangs on the future of civilisation': The Artists' International and the Spanish Civil War
Derek Wall
Derek Wall is International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales and writes for the Morning Star. His latest book, Economics After Capitalism, was published by Pluto in 2015.
Culture is ordinary: the politics and letters of Raymond Williams
Salena Godden
Salena Godden has been described as ‘The doyenne of the spoken word scene’ (Ian McMillan, BBC Radio 3’s The Verb); ‘The Mae West madam of the salon’ (The Sunday Times) and as ‘everything the Daily Mail is terrified of’ (Kerrang! Magazine). She is also the lead singer and lyricist of SaltPeter, alongside composer Peter Coyte.
Megan Behrent
Education, literacy, and the Russian Revolution
Chris Rowland
Christopher Rowland is the Dean Ireland professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture Emeritus at the University of Oxford.
Building Jerusalem
Roland Boer is a distinguished professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, Beijing.
Capitalism, Communism, Christianity - and Christmas
Phil Brett
Phil Brett is a primary school teacher, who has written two novels (Comrades Come Rally and Gone Underground) set in a revolutionary Britain of the near future. In between planning lessons and marking, he is writing the third.
Gone Underground: imagining revolution in Britain
David Betteridge
David Betteridge is the author of a collection of poems celebrating Glasgow and its radical traditions, 'Granny Albyn's Complaint', published by Smokestack Books in 2008. He is also the editor of a compilation of poems, songs, prose memoirs, photographs and cartoons celebrating the 1971-2 UCS work-in on Clydeside. This book, called 'A Rose Loupt Oot', was published by Smokestack Books in 2011.
After the Latest Defeat
Jean Turner
Jean Turner studied at Kingston School of Art and worked for thirty-five years as a local authority housing and schools architect. She was General Secretary, then Honorary Secretary, of the SCR/SCRSS from 1985–2013 and is currently Honorary Treasurer.
Pic: Vaughan Melzer
The Russian Revolution and Avant-Garde Architecture
Lynn Mally
Lynn Mally is Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Irvine. She has published on Soviet cultural history, US/Soviet cultural exchange, and American culture in the 1930s. See www.americanagefashion.com
'Culture is not a luxury!': the Proletkult in revolutionary Russia
Jenny Farrell
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A deep and compassionate humanism: the 150th anniversary of Ernest Barlach
John Green is a journalist and broadcaster. He has authored and edited several books and anthologies on a wide range of subjects including political biographies, labour history, poetry, natural history and environmental affairs.
Socially engaged, internationalist and critical: the destruction of GDR culture since reunification
Gareth Edwards is a socialist based in Portsmouth. He teaches on the Sports Journalism degree course at the University of the Arts in London. He blogs infrequently at https://inside-left.blogspot.co.uk
Sport and the Russian Revolution
Sabby Sagall
Sabby Sagall is a former senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of East London.
A wave of creativity: music and the Russian Revolution
Sophie Coudray
Sophie Coudray is a PhD student in drama studies at Lyon University, a member of the External Editorial Board of Période, and an activist.
The Theatre of the Oppressed
Amy Skinner
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Spotlights and Searchlights: Theatre and the Russian Revolution
Andy Byford
Andy Byford is Professor of Russian at Durham University in the United Kingdom. He has published on the history of the human sciences in Russia across the late tsarist and early Soviet periods.
Revolution and Science under the Bolsheviks
Carolyn Pouncy
Carolyn Pouncy, a historian specialising in Muscovite Russia, writes fiction under the pen name C. P. Lesley. Two of her novels—Desert Flower and Kingdom of the Shades—explore themes from the classical ballets Giselle and La Bayadère. See http://www.cplesley.com.
Dancing Up a Storm: the 1917 Revolution and Russian ballet
Dennis Broe
Dennis Broe is a culture critic whose latest work is Birth of the Binge: Serial TV and The End of Leisure. His art and architecture criticism appear on Arts Express on the Pacifica Network in the US, on Breaking Glass on Art District Radio in Paris and at Culture Matters and People’s World.
Red Vienna: the architecture of socialist hope
Andrew Warburton
Andrew Warburton is a writer and editor in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a member of Labour International (the international section of the British Labour Party) and Momentum.
Defending the freedom of artists
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Andy Byford, Anoush Ehteshami, Abir Hamdar, Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián & Dušan Radunović.
What’s Left? A Century in Revolution
Alain Badiou is a French philosopher, formerly chair of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure and founder of the faculty of Philosophy of the Université de Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault and Jean-François Lyotard.
Communism by way of the poem
James Crossley
James Crossley is Professor of Bible, Society and Politics at St Mary's University, Twickenham. He writes mainly on religion and politics in the twentieth and twenty-first century and the historical Jesus in the first century.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Good Samaritan
Nick Grant
Nick Grant recently retired from school teaching and a place on the national executive of the NUT. He's the drummer in his own band, Public Sector.
Snarky Puppy: a temporary utopia of deeply humanist music
John Ellison
John Ellison is a writer and a retired solicitor.
Dreaming of communism: News from Nowhere by William Morris
Keith Flett
Keith Flett is convenor of the socialist history seminar at the Institute of Historical Research and has been a member of CAMRA since 1975.
The election: brewing, pubs and beer in Labour's Manifesto
Andrew Brown is a religious naturalist, Unitarian minister in Cambridge, hermeneutic communist, jazz bass player, photographer, cyclist and Thoreauvian walker.
Jesus, tribune of the people, ascends to heaven
Alan Morrison
Alan Morrison is a Brighton-based poet and editor of The Recusant, and Militant Thistles.
The election: Statement by 117 poets in support of the Labour Party
Jeremy Dibble
Jeremy Dibble is Professor of Musicology at Durham University.
Jerusalem: A Hymn To Women's Suffrage
Mark Abel
Mark Abel is a musician and a trade union activist. He teaches history and philosophy at University of Brighton.
Music and Marxism: Part Two
Peter Frost is a journalist for the Morning Star.
Lenin didn't have Facebook and never watched the telly
Nick Wright
Nick Wright is an editor at Manifesto Press, blogs at 21centurymanifesto and is responsible for the Communist Party’s media work.
Art, politics, anti-semitism and anti-Corbynism
Mike Sanders
Mike Sanders is Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Writing at the University of Manchester.
The Song of the Low: The Chartist Ernest Jones advises the Labour Party
Will Stone is news editor for the Morning Star and freelances for various other national newspapers. He has written for online theatre review site What's On Stage, music magazines and has produced and presented several series on post-punk/industrial for ResonanceFM, an arts radio station in London.
Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain
Chris Jury
Chris Jury is an award winning actor, writer and director. A regular contributor to the Morning Star, he is also the cofounder of the Tolpuddle Radical Film Festival and a member of the TV Committee of the Writers Guild Of Great Britain.
The cult of Shakespeare: a provocation
Melissa Oldham
Melissa Oldham is a PhD student and tutor in the department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Liverpool.
How the media shapes our cultural ideals of body shape
Henry Giroux
Henry A. Giroux currently holds the McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the English and Cultural Studies Department.
We are called to speak for the weak: A manifesto for critical pedagogy
Gabriel Egan
Gabriel Egan is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at de Montfort University, Leicester. He is the author of Shakespeare and Marx, Oxford University Press 2004.
Is Shakespeare Universal?
Catherine Graham's work has appeared in magazines and anthologies in the UK, USA and Ireland. Her first full collection, Things I Will Put In My Mother's Pocket, is published by Indigo Dreams Publishing (2013.
A protest march
Sarah Clancy
Sarah Clancy is a poet from Galway, Ireland. Her last two collections of poetry are ‘Thanks for Nothing, Hippies' and ‘The Truth and Other Stories’ published by Salmon Poetry. In 2015 she was named the Bogman's Cannon People's Poet.
What a Bomb Hits
Anne Duggan
Anne E. Duggan is a Professor of French and Chair of Classical & Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Wayne State University, Michigan. She is also Co-Editor of Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies.
Reactionaries and Revolutionaries: Classical Fairy Tales and Class
Alex Simpson
Dr. Alex Simpson is a Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Applied Social Science at the University of Brighton.
Steve Griffiths
Steve Griffiths spent his working life in welfare rights, community work and researching and campaigning on health and social policy, from neighbourhood to national scale.
National Poetry Day: Futures in Finance
PL Henderson
PL Henderson is a writer, reviewer, art historian/researcher, feminist activist and artist. She is creator/curator of #WOMENSART, see https://womensartblog.wordpress.com.
'Marxism will heal the sick': Frida Kahlo and Karl Marx
Walter Wolfgang
Adrian Chan-Wyles
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When Karl Marx Practised Buddhism
Andy Summers is a writer based in Birmingham.
The Responsible Bomb
Sheree Mack
Dr. Sheree Mack is a writer and artist, with expertise in Black British Women's Poetry. She's currently working on a creative non-fiction novel as well as a poetry collection about Rewilding.
We'll show you you're a woman
Vicky Sparrow
Vicky Sparrow is a Ph.D student working on the poetry of Anna Mendelssohn, at Birkbeck College, London.
'A poem of objects that live by magic': the poetry of Anna Mendelssohn
Paul Victor Tims
Paul Victor Tims is a writer and a magician.
Culture Punch: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and righteous anti-capitalist violence
Kevin Higgins is a Galway-based poet, essayist and reviewer, and satirist-in-residence at the alternative literature site The Bogman's Cannon, www.bogmanscannon.com.
What They Don’t Know Is
Rita Ann Higgins
Rita Ann Higgins is a Galway-based poet and playwright. She has published ten books of poetry.
It Suits a Narrative
Lisa Kelly is a freelance journalist and Chair of Magma Poetry. Her first collection, 'A Map Towards Fluency' is forthcoming from Carcanet this summer.
This poem has a title
Chris Guiton
Chris Guiton is a copywriter, and founding member and Associate Editor of Culture Matters. He can be contacted at Wealden Wordsmith.
The Good Soldier Svejk: or How to Stay Sane in an Insane World
Gerald Horne
Gerald Horne is an African-American historian who currently holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.
Paul Robeson: The Artist As Revolutionary
William Rowe
William Rowe is Anniversary Professor of Poetics at Birkbeck College, London. His most recent book is nation (Knives Forks and Spoons Press, 2016).
Two Poems by William Rowe
Deborah Price
Deborah Price lives in Deri. She has written four books for children and collaborated on and published another ten. They include poetry anthologies/collections and a 30th anniversary commemoration of the 1984 Miners' Strike.
Aberfan and the Free Wales Army
Martin Brown is a retired teacher, a member of the National Education Union and Unify (a cross-union body campaigning for one union for all education professionals) and former editor of 'Education for Tomorrow'.
Is There a Marxist Perspective on Education?
Kimberley Reynolds is the Professor of Children’s Literature in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University in the UK. Recent publications include Children’s Literature in the Oxford University series of Very Short Introductions (2012) and Left Out: The Forgotten Tradition of Radical Publishing for Children in Britain, 1910-1949 (Oxford University Press, 2016).
'Heed the truth/Spoken by the youth!' Stories of political activism by young people at the Battle of Cable Street
Steve Johnson is London District Secretary of the Communist Party and a social worker by profession. He has a keen interest in music, politics and real ale and is a regular festival attender
Dylan Goes Electric
Steve Pottinger
Steve Pottinger is a performance poet who's passionate about the power of poetry to create connections between people. He believes in making an audience laugh and think and decide that poetry isn't so bad after all.
Jim Aitken
Jim Aitken is a poet and dramatist living and working in Edinburgh. He is a tutor in Scottish Cultural Studies with Adult Education and he organises literary walks around the city.
The election: Voices of The Dispossessed
Gordon Parsons
Gordon Parsons is an arts reviewer for the Morning Star.
Theatre and Politics: Book Review
Mary Vincent
Animal Farm: a powerfully written allegory but an untruthful, gender-blind analysis
Helena Sheehan
Helena Sheehan is an author and activist. She is emeritus professor at Dublin City University where she taught history of ideas, science studies and media studies. Her books include: Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History, Irish Television Drama : A Society and Its Stories, Has the Red Flag Fallen? and The Syriza Wave. She is an active contributor to mainstream, alternative and social media.
A brief and breathtakingly brilliant life: Christopher Caudwell, activist and intellectual
Keith Armstrong
Keith Armstrong has worked as a community worker, librarian, publisher and poet, and has performed his poetry throughout the world.
The Divided Self: a poem for Burns Night
Paul Foley
Paul Foley is a trade union activist and arts reviewer for the Morning Star.
A Terrible Beauty: The Cultural Impact of the 1916 Easter Rising
Richard King
Richard King is Professor of Buddhist & Asian Studies, Head of Religious Studies and Programme Convenor for Asian Studies, Kent University.
Marxism, Buddhism and socialism
Sandy Grant
Sandy Grant is a philosopher at the University of Cambridge and tweets at @TheSandyGrant
The Power of Poetry in Dark Times
Graham Stevenson
Graham Stevenson is a political and trade union activist, and has held many senior posts in the labour movement.
Peaky Blinders and the Real Jessie Eden
Michael Flynn and Julian Germain
The Pitmen Painters and the Ashington District Star
Fran Lock
Fran Lock is a poet, illustrator, and political activist. She has written several collections of poetry, the most recent being 'Muses and Bruises', published by Culture Matters.
Marc James Leger
Marc James Léger is an independent scholar living in Montreal. He is editor of The Idea of the Avant Garde – And What It Means Today (2014) and author of Brave New Avant Garde (2012), The Neoliberal Undead (2013) and Drive in Cinema: Essays on Film, Theory and Politics (2015).
Unknown Knowledge: Richard Hamilton's Last Works
Lucy Pearson
Dr. Lucy Pearson is Lecturer in Children's Literature at Newcastle University.
The child colonisers: fanfiction and young people’s reading power
Dr Anthony Sullivan lectures in Cultural and Historical Studies at the London College of Fashion.
Why Fashion Matters
Robert Minto
Robert Minto is a writer and philosopher. He blogs and tweets.
A smuggling operation: John Berger's theory of art
Mike Jenkins is an award-winning Welsh poet and author and unofficial poet for Cardiff City FC. His new book of political poetry, Nobody's Subject, is published in Summer 2016.
To A Different Country
Dave Rogers
Dave Rogers works for Banner Theatre and is a political activist and campaigner.
Banner Theatre: Building Communities of Dramatic Resistance
Esther Leslie is Professor of Political Aesthetics at Birkbeck, University of London.
'The murderous, meaningless caprices of fashion': Marx on capital, clothing and fashion
Steve Redhead
Steve Redhead is Professor of Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia.
When Pep Met Jose: From Northern Powerhouse to Northern Bauhaus
Bruce Wilkinson is an occasional contributor to the football magazine When Saturday Comes, generally writing about social issues affecting fans, and his team, Blackburn Rovers.
Hidden Culture, Forgotten History
Ian Birchall
Ian Birchall is a writer and translator; see his website at http://grimanddim.org.
Book Review: Comrades Come Rally
Paul Donovan
Paul Donovan is a freelance journalist, who reports on football for the Morning Star. He has also contributed across the British media on a variety of issues across the political and cultural sphere over a number of years.
Is football still the game of ordinary working people?
Heathcote Williams
It Ain't Me, Bob
Mark Stephens
I, Daniel Blake demands a political response
Mohja Kahf was born in Syria. She is a widely published poet and author.
Little Mosque Poems
Daniel Rosenberg
Dan Rosenberg teaches history at Adelphi University, just outside New York City.
Jazz and Justice
Dr Peter Doran is a lecturer at the School of Law at Queens University Belfast and a life-long activist on issues ranging from the arms trade to the circular economy.
Towards a mindful cultural commons
Jane Kallir is co-director of the Galerie St. Etienne, New York.
A weapon in the class struggle: American artists and the Communist Party
Tony Collins is a professor of history at De Montfort University. His books include 'Sport in Capitalist Society' and 'The Oval World'.
What's Happened to Sport?
David Cromwell and David Edwards
David Cromwell and David Edwards are co-editors of Media Lens, medialens.org.
Distortion and groupthink
Joanne Entwistle
Dr Joanne Entwistle is Reader in the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College, London. She has written extensively on fashion, dress and the body.
The everyday creative activity of clothing ourselves
Haydn Greenway
Haydn Greenway is a recently retired nuclear medicine technologist, having worked for the NHS for over 30 years.
The Music of Imperialism: Berlioz's The Trojans
Emma Boyland
Dr Emma Boyland is a lecturer in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Liverpool since 2012.
A Culture of Overconsumption: Portion Control
Peggy Deamer
Peggy Deamer is a professor of architecture at Yale University and a practicing architect. She is the founding member of the Architecture Lobby, an activist organisation that argues for the value of architectural work within and without the profession.
The architect as activist
Tayo Aluko
Tayo Aluko is the writer and performer of the multi-award-winning CALL MR ROBESON which he has been touring worldwide since 2008. His new play JUST AN ORDINARY LAWYER has also started being performed internationally since February 2017.
Art as a weapon to defend the oppressed
Paul Simon is a reviewer for the Morning Star.
The Handsworth Times
Norrie Paton
Norrie Paton is a writer and Burns scholar. He grew up in the shipbuilding town of Port Glasgow and served a five-year apprenticeship as a draughtsman.
Robert Burns the Democrat
Sarah Alderton
Sarah Alderton is an Assistant Nutritionist at Consensus Action on Salt, Sugar & Health.
Fast Food Fury: time to overhaul our takeaway culture
Geoff Bright
Dr Geoff Bright is a Research Fellow in the Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University. With a background as a rail union activist and community educator in the UK coalfields, his research focuses on the intersection of class, place, gender and affect as it impacts on the political imagination of working class communities.
Social haunting in the Brexit coalfields
Doug Nicholls
Doug Nicholls is General Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, and the author of numerous books on history, politics, poetry and culture.
Burning Books
Greg Godels
Greg Godels wrote cultural commentary for the US Communist publication, The Daily/Weekly World. Today, he writes political and economic commentary from a Marxist-Leninist perspective.
Coltrane's revolutionary musical journey
Andy Croft
Andy Croft has written and edited over 80 books, including poetry, biography, teenage non-fiction and novels for children. He writes a regular poetry column for the Morning Star, curates the T-junction international poetry festival on Teesside and runs Smokestack Books. He lives in North Yorkshire.
Mobilise the books! A review of Shabbigentile
Sean Ledwith
Sean Ledwith is a Counterfire member and Lecturer in History and Politics at York College, where he is also UCU branch secretary.
Finnegans Wake, fascism, and the essential unity of the human race
Martin Cloake
Martin Cloake is a journalist, award-winning author, editor, trainer and project manager.
Killing the FA Cup by the pound
Daniel Clarkson Fisher
Danny is an essay filmmaker whose work has been featured in numerous outlets. See danielclarksonfisher.com.
Dunkirk: Keep Calm and Carry On?
Gerry Cordon
Gerry Cordon is a retired FE college lecturer, blogging at gerryco23.wordpress.com.
Blood and Roses: The concert marking the centennial of Ewan MacColl
Dr Rebecca Hillman
Rebecca Hillman is a writer, theatre maker and activist. Her teaching and research at the University of Exeter, where she works as a Drama lecturer, are informed by her involvement in trade union and community campaigns. Her research explores the role of art in social and industrial movements past and present, and the way in which the history of political art and creative protest has been documented. Please contact Rebecca if you are interested in helping build a cultural wing of the labour movement at r.a.hillman@exeter.ac.uk
Rebuilding Culture in the Labour Movement: collaborations for the future and celebrations of the past.
Matt Bruce
Matt Bruce is an architect who moved to Lewis in 1987 and worked in both public and private sectors and then on housing development in the islands' council. He is now retired but active in a number of community organisations.
Cuimhneachain nan Gaisgeach - Remembering the Heroes
Marc Nash is a novelist and short story writer, and works for the freedom of expression charity Index on
Censorship.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Peter Schlemihl
Susan Jones
Susan Jones is a published writer, researcher and consultant on contemporary visual arts matters, at www.padwickjonesarts.co.uk. She is a specialist in artists’ livelihoods, professional development and employment patterns, and was Director of a-n The Artists Information Company 1999-2014.
Art, activism and the cultural food chain
Gerry Rowe
Gerry Rowe is a writer, disgruntled minor functionary, and a Labour councillor in Chepstow.
John Smith is an award-winning avant garde film-maker, based in London.
Steve Presence
‘Bomb the river’: space, class, and masculinity in Shane Meadows' films
Rab Wilson
Rab Wilson is a Scottish poet who writes mainly in the Scots language. His works include a Scots translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. His latest collection is Zero Hours.
Burnsiana
Steve Willey
Steve Willey is a poet, researcher and critic. He is lecturer in Creative and Critical Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London. Elegy, his most recent book of poetry, was published by Veer in 2013.
A Poetics of Struggle: An Introduction to the Poetry of William Rowe
Monique Charles
Monique Charles is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Warwick.
Grime helps launch a revolution in youth politics
Stuart Cartland
Dr. Stuart Cartland is a teaching Fellow at Sussex uni.
The Tory election victory: control of the national narrative through culture
Peter Branson is a full time poet, songwriter, traditional-style singer and socialist whose poetry has been published around the world. His latest collection, ‘Hawk Rising’, is due out early 2016.
Believe!
Paul Dovey
Paul Dovey is a trade unionist who sometimes gets angry and writes things. He strongly believes that the act of creativity itself is empowering and that working class culture should make its own space and use its own voice.
On the Up
Tony McKenna
Tony McKenna is a writer, his latest book is 'Angels and Demons: A Radical Anthology of Political Lives' (Zero Books).
Lively, incisive and erudite: Marxist Literary Criticism Today, by Barbara Foley
Fred Voss
Fred Voss, a machinist for 32 years, has had three collections of poetry published by the UK’s Bloodaxe Books. His latest booklet is The Earth and the Stars in the Palm of Our Hand, published by Culture Matters.
National Poetry Day: Hammer Blow and Heartbeat
Zita Holbourne
Zita is a poet, artist, national vice president of PCS Union, and National Chair and co-founder of Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC) UK.
The election: we need equality at the heart of politics
Muhanned Mohamed Khorshid
Muhanned Mohamed Khorshid is an Iraqi born artist and writer, living and working in Helsinki.
Short Story: Ark of Salvation
Julia Mickenberg
Julia Mickenberg is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States and co-editor (with Philip Nel) of Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature.
Radical Children's Literature
Matt Abbott is a spoken word poet from West Yorkshire. Having started a few weeks before his 18th birthday, his career has so far ranged from a major record deal with the band Skint & Demoralised, through to political activism, education work and forming spoken word record label Nymphs & Thugs. He is an ambassador for Trinity Homeless Projects and CRIBS International, as well as Poet-in-Residence at the National Coal Mining Museum for England.
Pick up a pen and speak out
Amir Darwish
Amir Darwish is a poet, born in Syria and now living on Teeside. His poetry has been published in the USA, Pakistan, Finland, Morocco and Mexico, and he is a graduate of Teesside University and the University of Durham.
Cultural beheading: art from Syrian refugees
Martin Hayes
Martin Hayes has worked in the courier industry for 30 years. His latest collection is The Things Our Hands Once Stood For, published by Culture Matters.
The election: the intern
Niall McDevitt
Niall McDevitt is an Irish poet and activist. He leads epic psycho-geographical walks through London, about Shakespeare, Blake, Rimbaud, and Yeats.
The Western Wall Plaza
Jon Tait
Jon Tait is a postal worker and writer from Northumberland who lives in Carlisle.
Measure Twice, Cut Once
Fran Lock and Jane Burn
Fran Lock and Jane Burn are poets and Associate Editors of Culture Matters.
IWD 2019: Eighteen working women poets
Trish Lavelle
Trish Lavelle is the Head of Education and Training at the CWU.
Refreshing the culture of working class education
Michael Lavalette
Dr Michael Lavalette is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy,
and Head of School of Social Sciences, Liverpool Hope University
Hillsborough and the policing of working class sport
Len Phelan
Art of Solidarity
Prue Chamberlain
Prudence Chamberlain is a Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing. Her first collection is forthcoming with Knives, Forks and Spoons Press, while her collaborative work with SJ Fowler, on Disney, will be released later this year. She is currently writing a book on affect and the fourth wave of feminism for Palgrave Macmillan.
The Argonauts: Book Review
Peter Raynard
Peter Raynard is a writer and editor of Proletarian Poetry: poems of working class lives. He has been widely published and his debut collection Precarious will be published by Smokestack Books in April 2018. His poetic coupling of the Communist Manifesto will be published by Culture Matters in May, 2018.
The election: Violence Decides
Sanjiv Sachdev
Sanjiv Sachdev is a Senior Lecturer at the University of West London. Formerly a trade union research officer, one of his interests is political art.
Photos of a divided society
Boff Whalley
Boff Whalley is a songwriter, fellrunner and former postman, previously in the troublesome pop group Chumbawamba. He has worked extensively in theatre and arts projects, collaborating on choral pieces at Manchester Museum, Tate Britain and Somerset House, London.
A Manifesto for a Choir
Amarjit Chandan
Amarjit Chandan is a noted Punjabi poet and essayist.
Thank you John; thank you
Stephen Pritchard
Dr. Stephen Pritchard is an artist and academic, researching and practising activist art projects in community settings in order to create spaces for community empowerment, resistance and liberation.
Caught Doing Social Work? - socially engaged art and the dangers of becoming social workers
Mollie Brown
Mollie Brown is an activist, student and mother, and an Associate Editor of Culture Matters.
The Bread and Roses Songwriting and Spoken Word Award 2020
Rebecca researched and drafted the report on Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing, 2017 for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing,
Promoting creativity: towards a socialist cultural policy
Alan Dunnett
Alan Dunnett is a poet, active union member and former theatre director who now works at Central Saint Martins, London. His poems have appeared in magazines and ezines including Dead Ink, The Recusant, Militant Thistles and Communist Review.
At service or brexit
Emma Carboni
Emma Carboni works for Accumulate.
Alfredo Jaar's Garden of Good and Evil
Dermot Foster
Dermot Foster lives in Oldham and recently retired from teaching in Further Education, in colleges, communities, mental health facilities, and HMP Manchester.
Trouble In Store
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee is a poet, writer, occasional translator and political science scholar. He teaches poetry at Ambedkar University, New Delhi.
Staring Back
Rip Bulkeley
Rip Bulkeley is a semi-retired research historian and non-retired poet.
Grenfell Day
Luke Callinan
Luke Callinan is a Left Republican from south County Roscommon, Ireland. His main interests are Irish literature and history.
Jonathan Edwards's first collection, My Family and Other Superheroes (Seren, 2014) received the Costa Poetry Award and the Wales Book of the Year People's Choice Award.
From Aberfan t Grenfell
Michael Roberts is Festival Producer of the Cornwall Film Festival.
Dunkirk - a visceral account of the Allied retreat
Mike Templeton
Mike Templeton is a freelance writer and independent writer from Cincinnati.
Public Art and Public Image in the World of the Spectacle
Linda Hirst
Dr Linda Hirst is Head of Vocal Studies at Trinity Laban Conservertoire of Music and Dance in Greenwich, London.
IWD 2016: Women of the World
Robb Johnson
Stop consuming and do it yourself
Michael Rosen is a freelance writer, teacher, journalist, performer and broadcaster. He supports Arsenal Football Club.
Ross Bradshaw
Ross Bradshaw runs the radical Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham.
Nathan Akehurst
Nathan Akehurst is a socialist activist and freelance writer, working in campaigns and communications.
Take back control: inspiring revolutionary architecture from 1917 Russia.....and 2017 London
Stephanie McMillan is an artist, cartoonist, communist organiser and cultural activist. See http://stephaniemcmillan.org
The American Ruling Class
Scott McLemee
Scott McLemee is a critic and essayist living in the United States who writes for a variety of cultural and political journals.
200 years young
Glenn Bradford
Glenn Bradford is a poet and short story writer based in Sutton-in-Ashfield. He works for Royal Mail, and takes inspiration from the people and places he sees whilst out delivering the post. In some ways he genuinely is a man of letters.
The Miner
Robert Farrell
Robert Farrell lives and works in the Bronx, New York, as a librarian.
Aftersong
Darren Pih
Tracey Emin meets William Blake
Nadia Drews
Nadia Drews is a playwright, director, poet and performer. Thirty years of repressed rhymes mean she writes long poems - but she reads them fast.
National Poetry Day: Fingered
Tony Walsh
Tony Walsh, also known as Longfella, is an English poet, performer and writer.
This is the place
Owen Gallagher
National Poetry Day: The Truth about the Arms Trade
Luna Williams
Luna Williams is a theatre graduate and political correspondent at the Immigration Advice Service.
One Night in Miami
Sam DeLeo
Sam DeLeo is a widely published writer of poetry, fiction, plays and cultural commentary. He lives in Denver, Colorado.
Culture's Nice Try
Tom Walker is Production Editor at Red Pepper.
A people's algorithm? Facebook and the rise of surveillance capitalism
Jack Newsinger
Jack Newsinger is Assistant Professor in Cultural Industries and Media at Notts. Uni.
‘Dreams to live on’: The Acting Class and working-class diversity in the arts
Mina Boromand & Chris Bird
Mina Boromand and Chris Bird create art and cartoons for 'The Morning Star' newspaper and trade union pubIications, hoping to connect political action to creativity and imagination. They have organised exhibitions and displays at the Marx Memorial Library and other events such as the annual Red Star conference.
Kathryn Keane
A student of English and history, Kathryn Keane's poetry has appeared in in 'Silver Apples Magazine', the 'NY Literary Magazine', 'Bitterzoet Magazine', and the 'Stanzas: An Evening of Words' chapbook.
An Irish Politician Speaks
Owain Holland
Owain Holland is an environmental worker in Cornwall, a shop steward and trade union activist and a member of the Cornish language community.
The Profit Motive
Phil Mellows
Phil Mellows is a freelance journalist who has been writing about pubs and brewing for more than 30 years.
Healthy drinking behaviour vs. neoliberal capitalism
Susan Millar DuMars
Susan Millar DuMars is the author of four poetry collections, all published by Salmon Poetry. The most recent, Bone Fire, appeared in 2016.
Dirty word
Alexis Lykiard
Alexis Lykiard was born in Athens. His books include 9 novels, translations from French, 2 memoirs of Jean Rhys, and numerous poetry collections – most recently Schooled For Life (Shoestring 2016). His website is www. alexislykiard.com
Ballad of Credulity: a Brechtian poem
Ed Edwards
Ed Edwards is a playwright based in Manchester, has written extensively for TV and Radio and currently lectures in Theatre and Creative Writing at a small northern university.
The theatre, the working class and the need for revolution
Harry Giles
Harry Giles is a writer and performer from Orkney who lives in Leith; their latest book is Tonguit (Freight 2016). www.harrygiles.org
Provocations for a Culture Strategy
Jane Rosen
Jane Rosen is a librarian and has worked in a number of specialist historical and cultural libraries including the Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies and the Marx Memorial Library.
Thou Shalt Teach Revolution
Mike Wayne
Mike Wayne is a Professor in Screen Media at Brunel University.
Sorry We Missed You: how capitalism is destroying working-class families
S O Fasrus
S. O. Fasrus is a published poet and has written articles for national newspapers and magazines. She's a social research interviewer and a social justice activist.
A Double Act
Eoin Ó Murchú
Eoin Ó Murchú is a communist journalist, now retired. He was a senior member of the Official Republican Movement in Ireland and then the Irish Communist Party.
Cré na Cille: a comedy and a bald statement of unacceptable class rule
Jane Burn
Look at me, lingering outside this murdered church
Helen Pheby
Helen Pheby is Senior Curator of Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Cultural Fellow at York St. John University, and was an advisor to the Arts Council Collection 2016-17.
Yes we can! The role of artists and art galleries in changing the world
Adam Shehada
Adam Shehada is a hyperrealistic pencil artist based in Gaza.
Al Nakba: Disaster
Phill Jupitus
Phill Jupitus is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster.
Poetry on the Picket Line
Anthony Squiers
Anthony Squiers is a political philosopher and poet. He is the author of An Introduction to the Social and Political Philosophy of Bertolt Brecht: Revolution and Aesthetics and co-editor of Philosophizing Brecht: Critical Readings on Art, Consciousness, Social Theory and Performance.
Who is Bertolt Brecht? and Why We Should Care in our Dark Times
James Martyn Joyce
James Martyn Joyce is a poet from Galway, where he is a member of The Talking Stick Workshop.
Dilemma of Politeness
Chip Grim
Chip Grim is a poet on the picket line.
Poetry on the Picket Line: real people and real poetry in the real world
Deirdre ONeill and Mike Wayne
Deirdre O'Neill and Mike Wayne are film educators and writers.
Tackling class-based discrimination in British culture
Reuben Bard-Rosenberg
Reuben spent four years putting on radical folk gigs up and down the country, and likes socialism.
Badass Jewish women: Chanukah Lewinsky, 120 Years from Grodno
Len McCluskey
Len McCluskey is General Secretary of Unite.
We Will Be Free! Bread and Roses Poetry Anthology 2018
Elizabeth Gibson is a poet from Wigan. She was announced as a New North Poet at the 2017 Northern Writers’ Awards.
Things that can fly
Martin Gollan
Martin Gollan paints but also works with print and video. He recently has been working with local charities and their beneficiaries to dynamically illustrate the impacts of austerity and welfare reform.
The election: Childcare
Alejandro is an instructor at Carleton University, Canada, a PhD candidate in sociology, and a Vanier Scholar.
Robert J. Gallagher
Robert Gallagher is a radio playwright and former soul music journalist for Melody Maker and Black Music magazine.
Aretha Franklin: the sound of vulnerable, hopeful, defiant, precious humanity
Ira Lightman
Ira Lightman occasionally appears on BBC Radio 3's The Verb and is a professional proofreader and copyeditor who makes public art now and then.
Helen Burke
Helen Burke is a poet and artist from Yorkshire.
Craig Campbell is a freelance writer from Hartlepool.
Saints Not Servants
Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie
Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie is a refugee from Iran, currently a student and living in Liverpool.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 25 November
Jan Woolf
Jan Woolf is a playwright, writer and reviewer. Pic: Roelof Bakker.
Shrinking Brexit
Alan Dent
Alan Dent is the founder and editor of The Penniless Press and its successor MQB.
The Things Our Hands Once Stood For: Introduction and Review
Nicholas Tucker
Nicholas Tucker was formerly Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex. Before that he was first a teacher and then an educational psychologist. He is the author of nine books about children, childhood and reading, and has also written six books for children.
Secrets, crimes and the schooling of the ruling class: how British boarding school stories betrayed their audience
Deirdre ONeill
Deirdre O'Neill is a film educator and writer.
Culture by and for the working class – Inside Film and cultural democracy
Edward Mackinnon
Edward Mackinnon's fourth collection is "The Storm Called Progress", published by Shoestring Press.
National Poetry Day: Symptomatic
Jim Mainland
Jim Mainland is a graduate of Aberdeen University and until his recent retirement was Principal Teacher of English at Brae High School, Shetland.
The election: A Slip of the Tongue
Dave Russell
David Russell is a writer of poetry, literary criticism, speculative fiction and romance.
Shabbigentile: a radical challenge to poetry, politics and economics
Martin Hayes and Jamie Thrasivoulu
Martin Hayes is a poet and works in the courier industry. Jamie Thrasivoulu is a lyricist, educator and official poet for Derby F.C.
Pigeon problem
Peter Knaggs
Peter Knaggs is the author of two poetry collections. 'Sunburnt Bollock,' is forthcoming.
Doc Ritchie
Doc Ritchie is the founding editor of Comedy Studies Journal and the author of The Idler & Dandy In Stage Comedy and Performing Live Comedy.
Don't just spectate, agitate! Bury, Bolton, and the capitalist takeover of football
Jowonder
Jowonder is a visual artist and performer.
The Giant's Mirror
Carl Joyce
Carl Joyce is a photographer from Co. Durham.
Durham Miners' Gala 2019
Ian C Smith
Ian C Smith is a poet who writes in the Gippsland Lakes area of Victoria, and on Flinders Island, Tasmania.
National Poetry Day: Suffer the Wretched
Rita Di Santo
Rita di Santo is a film critic and reviewer.
Blow It to Bits
Kate Potts
Kate Potts is website and marketing manager for radical independent publisher Lawrence and Wishart.
'I am a human and I will be seen': the anti-imperialist power of the photographic image
David Susswein
David Susswein writes from the bottom of England, in a town called Eastbourne.
Capitalism Aggressive, At Its Best
Sam Swann
Sam Swann is an actor and sits on Equity's Young Members Committee.
Theatre for the many, not the few
Paul Summers
Paul Summers is a Northumbrian poet, performer and literary activist.
National Poetry Day: Re-union
Peter Clive
Peter lives on the southside of Glasgow with his wife and three children. He is a scientist working in renewable energy, and in addition to writing poetry, he enjoys writing and performing piano music.
Marilyn Francis
Marilyn Francis lives and writes poems in Radstock, which was once a mining town in the Somerset coalfield.
Joan Jobe Smith Voss
Joan Jobe Smith's poetry was recently published in SCHIZZO; she last read in UK in 2017 at the Hull Literature Festival.
IWD 2019: My Mother Margie & Rosie the Riveter
Kevin N Jelf
Kevin N Jelf is 54 and works preparing parts for painting in the aerospace industry. He has
previously been published in The Cannon's Mouth Quarterly, Here Comes Everyone and The Angry Manifesto.
Trump's Creed
Bianca Idelson
Bianca Idelson's main fields of interest are medical theories and contemporary art.
Absurd colours for absurd people: an exhibition ridiculing the right wing, by Heidrun Thate
Narbi Price
Narbi Price is a painter. He was the Journal Culture Awards Visual Artist of the Year 2018, and the winner of the Contemporary British Painting Prize 2017.
Against the day
wendy young
Northerner/Londoner: Cut teeth at Survivors Poetry. Performs London and beyond. Part-time NHS Worker.
Entrailpreneur
Chad Norman
Chad Norman's poems have appeared for the past 35 years in literary publications around the world.
Messiah for the Misled: to Trump
Sally Flint
Sally Flint lectures in creative writing and co-edits Riptide Journal at the University of Exeter, and is a tutor with The Poetry School.
The election: Free for All
Becky Bone
Becky Bone is a mature student, studying a Creative Writing and English BA at Birkbeck University. She works part-time with children as a creative arts facilitator.
Moya Roddy
Moya Roddy is a working-class writer from Dublin, who has written novels, short stories and poetry.
Philip Bounds
Philip Bounds is a historian, journalist and critic. He is the author of a number of books, including Orwell and Marxism (2009), British Communism and the Politics of Literature (2012) and Notes from the End of History (2014).
The Beatles and British culture: chippy class warriors to eternal spiritual explorers
William Hershaw
William Hershaw is a poet, playwright and folk musician. He is the founder and leader of the Bowhill Players, a group who perform the poems and songs of Cardenden miner writer Joe Corrie (1894 - 1968).
Green Shadows
Ray Miller
Ray Miller is a socialist, Aston Villa supporter and faithful husband. Life's been a disappointment.
Sutputra Radheye
Sutputra Radheye is a young Indian poet for whom poetry is a medium of protest against authority.
My Blood
Michael Jarvie
Michael Jarvie is a working-class writer from Darlington in County Durham. He is the author of The Prison, a collection of short stories, and Black Art, a novel.
The election: Stockholm Syndrome
Tom Hubbard
Tom Hubbard is a novelist, poet, and literary historian.
By the folk, of the folk and for the folk: Joe Corrie and the Bowhill Players
Josiah Mortimer
Josiah Mortimer is a political writer from Cornwall and now based in London. He has written for the Poetry Society, Creative Countryside and Culture Matters.
In a Failing State
Linda Burnett
Linda Burnett, born in West Yorkshire and a former teacher in Nottinghamshire, is a recent poet, who has had several of her poems published in anthologies.
A Very Northern Inheritance
Michal Boncza
A History of the Many, not the Few
Mair De-Gare Pitt
Mair De-Gare Pitt worked in Community Education for many years and is now semi-retired, running Creative Writing classes. She attends a poetry group at The Capel in Bargoed and is one of the Red Poets.
The election: Irises along the canal
Mike Bryson and Colin Gardner
The election: A map of Tory Britain, 2019
Chris Nash
Chris Nash writes international ‘poetry without borders’ and is now working on a collection of ‘songs’ for species threatened by extinction called ‘Is this Goodbye?’. See www.chrisnashpoetry.com.
Jack Brindelli
Jack Brindelli is a journalist and critic living and working in Amsterdam.
Rob Walton
The Buttering of the Bread
Robert Phoenix
Robert Phoenix is a spoken word artist/front person of performance group Anarchy Dada, based in Hull.
The Tory Cake
Roaa Ali
Roaa Ali is Research Associate (Cultural Production and Consumption), University of Manchester.
You’re great, just don’t get too big for your boots
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Synergistic adsorption of Cd(II) with sulfate/phosphate on ferrihydrite: An in situ ATR-FTIR/2D-COS study
Liu, Jing, Zhu, Runliang, Liang, Xiaoliang, Ma, Lingya, Lin, Xiaoju, Zhu, Jianxi, He, Hongping, Parker, Stephen C. and Molinari, Marco (2018) Synergistic adsorption of Cd(II) with sulfate/phosphate on ferrihydrite: An in situ ATR-FTIR/2D-COS study. Chemical Geology, 477. pp. 12-21. ISSN 1872-6836
PDF (Supporting Information) - Accepted Version
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.12.004
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.12.004
Elucidation of the co-adsorption characteristics of heavy metal cations and oxyanions on (oxyhydr)oxides can help to better understand their distribution and transformation in many geological settings. In this work, batch adsorption experiments in combination with in situ attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) were applied to explore the interaction mechanisms of Cd(II) with sulfate or phosphate at the ferrihydrite (Fh)–water interface, and the two-dimensional correlation spectroscopic analysis (2D–COS) was used to enhance the resolution of ATR-FTIR bands and the accuracy of analysis. The batch adsorption experiments showed enhanced adsorption of both sulfate (S) and phosphate (P) on Fh when co-adsorbed with Cd(II); additionally, the desorbed percentages of Cd(II) were much lower in the P + Cd adsorption systems than those in the S + Cd adsorption systems. The spectroscopic results suggested that in the single adsorption systems, sulfate primarily adsorbed as outer-sphere complexes with a small amount of bidentate inner-sphere complexes, while the dominant adsorbed species of phosphate were largely the bidentate nonprotonated inner-sphere complexes, although there was significant pH-dependence. In the co-adsorption systems, the synergistic adsorption of Cd(II) and sulfate was dominantly attributed to the electrostatic interaction, as well as the formation of Fe–Cd–S (i.e., Cd-bridged) ternary complexes. In contrast, Fe–P–Cd (i.e., phosphate-bridged) ternary complexes were found in all of the co-adsorption systems of phosphate and Cd(II); furthermore, electrostatic interaction should also contribute to the co-adsorption process. Our results show that in situ ATR-FTIR in combination with 2D–COS can be an efficient tool in analyzing the co-adsorption mechanisms of anions and heavy metal cations on iron (oxyhydr)oxides in ternary adsorption systems. The co-existence of Cd(II) with sulfate or phosphate can be beneficial for their accumulations on Fh, and phosphate is more efficient than sulfate for the long-term immobilization of Cd(II).
Cadmium; Phosphate; Sulfate; Ferrihydrite; Synergistic adsorption; ATR-FTIR; 2D-COS
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Engineer (00137758);2/7/2003, Vol. 291 Issue 7620, p20
Reports that victims of accidents and sudden illness could be given a better chance of survival with a communications system linking hospitals to emergency call center workers and paramedics. Development of the technology by Qinetiq and Australian company HAS Solutions; Ability to view personal information and treatment records for ambulance patients.
Who you gonna call? // Australia's Parents;Apr/May98, Issue 104, p37
Presents information on the kids health info line, an interative infoline which was launched by the Royal Children's Hospital in December 1997, which gives information on common topics relating to the health of young children and adolescent. Cost of calls; Contact information; Information on...
NHS England announces inquiry into ailing 111 service. Iacobucci, Gareth // BMJ: British Medical Journal;5/11/2013, Vol. 346 Issue 7907, p1
The article reports that National Health Services (NHS) England has launched an inquiry into the management and implementation of the new 111 urgent care telephone service, which has faced several problems since its launch on 1 April 2013. Barbara Hakin, deputy chief executive of NHS England,...
'Nurses and paramedics should be the only call handlers at NHS 111'. Kendall-Raynor, Petra // Nursing Standard;2/3/2016, Vol. 30 Issue 23, p8
A mother whose baby son died of sepsis following 'missed opportunities' in the NHS has called for the 111 hotline to be staffed solely by clinicians.
24 Hour Emergency Hotline available. // Edgewood Enterprise (TX);7/16/2009, Vol. 102 Issue 28, p1
The article announces the availability of the 24-hour emergency hotline in Texas.
Canadian Transport Emergency Centre. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009);2009, Issue 21, p343
An encyclopedia entry for the telephone hotline Canadian Transport Emergency Centre is presented.
National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline. // Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (2009);2009, Issue 21, p1543
An encyclopedia entry for "National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline" is presented.
STUCK IN THE MUD. MCGINNIS, KEVIN; Jackson, Donny // Urgent Communications;Aug2008, Vol. 26 Issue 8, p68
A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience on the development of emergency medical services (EMS) system.
Dial Up Free Health Advice. L. S. // Prevention;Mar2011, Vol. 63 Issue 3, p16
The article relates the use of 24-hour nurses hotlines for non-urgent medical questions.
Treatment help for those on the frontlines. Rose, Joan R. // Medical Economics;02/23/98, Vol. 75 Issue 4, p36
States that the United States federal government launched a medical hotline, to assist doctors with the treatment of health care workers who have been exposed to infected blood. Name of hotline; Information on the operation of hotline; Reference to the sponsors of the hotline.
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A SMALL-TOWN SAMPLER
By Eric Pooley Monday, Dec. 08, 1997
Reasons to Move There: Depot Plaza, where Amish shoppers park their horses and buggies, is a downtown meeting place and festival site. Nice mix of old and new: John's Butcher Shop uses 500 meat lockers to store food for the Amish, who shun electricity at home; sports agent Mark Simpson, who lives here, shows his clients the money via fax or modem.
Reason to Have Second Thoughts: A devout town. Hell-raisers need not apply.
PONTIAC, ILL.
Median Housing Price: $72,000
Why It Didn't Die: It has been called Pontiac's Second Rebellion (the first began in 1763, when the eponymous Indian chief made war against the English). People here rose up against high-volume discounters draining the life from downtown. The old city hall was turned into a low-rent "business incubator" for successful niche shops that went on to colonize Main Street.
Reasons to Move There: Brick-paved streets, canoes in the Vermilion River beneath a swinging wooden bridge that leads to the town park. And gooseberry pie at the Appletree Restaurant.
Reason to Have Second Thoughts: 1,600-inmate, maximum-security Pontiac Correctional Center.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WIS.
Why It Didn't Die: Once home to one of the world's largest sawmills, the town moved from wood chips to microchips, attracting supercomputer maker Cray Research.
Reasons to Move There: It's Annie Hall's hometown. After hours, computer mavens snowmobile across Lake Wisotta and drink Leinenkugel Beer, a small regional brand founded in 1867. Want to live downtown? An old shoe factory is now a sparkling, affordable apartment building.
Reason to Have Second Thoughts: If you're not a Packers fan, you'll be awfully lonely on Sundays.
HANNIBAL, MO.
Why It Didn't Die: Mark Twain's "white town drowsing" on the banks of the Mississippi was regularly swamped by floods until a breakwater was built in 1992. When it held during the Great Flood of 1993, downtown's comeback was assured.
Reasons to Move There: Twain Memorial lighthouse anchors a grand riverfront park; next to the bronze Tom and Huck statue is the Twainland Cheesecake Co., a booming business (producing 110 varieties) run by a formerly homeless woman and staffed by onetime welfare moms. Requisite latte bar just opened downtown.
Reason to Have Second Thoughts: That big river could jump its banks again.
OKMULGEE, OKLA.
Why It Didn't Die: When the oil refinery closed down in 1982, this boomtown went bust--22,000 of its 30,000 residents moved away, J.C. Penney and other retailers shut down, and arsonists torched parts of downtown. But in 1986 it joined the Main Street program, began renovating 200 buildings and cashed in on the "heritage tourism" craze (Okmulgee is the capital of the Muskogee Indian Nation).
Reasons to Move There: Trophy bass in Dripping Springs Lake, trophy pies at the Pecan Festival. The town is watching The Grapes of Wrath in reverse as Okies from California--whose families left here in the Dust Bowl '30s--come streaming home.
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Edinboro Wizardfest 2019 (Multi-Day Event)
Celebrate the 9th year of Edinboro Wizardfest (aka Edinboro Potterfest). We remain focused on family fun and education from the Harry Potter saga in book and film, but we also celebrate the new J.K. Rowling wizard world: Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them.
Wizardfest is a collaboration of campus and community. Nearby businesses and organizations contribute a lot to the success of Edinboro Wizardfest. We strive to promote Edinboro University and to give a boost to our surrounding, support communities.
ALL WEEK
Corn Maze & Harry Potter raffle (Wooden Nickel Buffalo Farm Gift Shop & seasonal Corn Maze)
Earthshine Coe Secret Message House Hunt raffle
Butter beer and treats at Flip Cafe and Mugs & Muggles - Coffee, Tea, & Smoothie Shoppe
Earn College Credit with CLEP exams!
Earn College credit with CLEP exams. With a qualifying score, you can: earn 3 or more credits place out of intro-level courses save on tuition, fees and books. For more information about CLEP, contact: cleptesting@edinboro.edu or call (814) 732-1735
Getting Involved Tea Talk
Sit down with Student Success Ambassador Brandon and pick his brain about what there is to be involved with on campus! As an upperclassman involved in numerous activities, he’s surely got something to tell you about that would spur your interest!
Wizardfest: Wizard Cosplay Promenade
(Edinboro campus)
Wizard Cosplay Promenade from Edinboro campus to downtown. Edinboro: 4:30 p.m.
UPB presents "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald"
University Programming Board presents "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald"
Edinboro University's ART 100 Pop Up Gallery
Celebrate 100 years of art at Edinboro University with the first ART 100 Pop up Gallery, History of the EU Animation Program, on Friday from 7-10 p.m. at 23 W. 10th St, Erie, Pa.
See works from the University's permanent collection, including original pieces by Warner Bros. animator Chuck Jones, pieces from Disney studios and work by local animators and current Edinboro faculty. Admission is free, and refreshments will be provided.
Wizardfest: Crimes of Grindelwald
(Pogue Student Center)
Crimes of Grindelwald, Scot Cinema.
UPB presents "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" (Multi-Day Event)
Wizardfest: Crimes of Grindelwald (Multi-Day Event)
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Stamp Out and About
Too Heavy to Hug
Ms Bartronica , a nostalgic arcade bar experience
One Electric Day
The Deck Geelong
With fresh faces, a fully refurbished bar, taps primed and ready to pour, and a kitchen firing up the ovens, The Deck has had a major make over and is ticking all the boxes with what the new owners have in store.
Formally known as Geelong’s Max Hotel, it was when the team behind Shepparton’s The Deck (a restaurant/bar for diners and party-goers alike) saw the space on the market, that they sent manager Jarrad Anders down to offer Geelong a brand new watering hole with a difference.
Originally from Sydney, Anders previously helped get The Deck in Shepparton up and running, making him the perfect candidate for this new venture and complete remodel of the live music venue along the Waterfront. “We took over end of January and then we started renovating a couple of weeks into February and it’s sort of still ongoing, but the main chunk of it is done now,” he says.
In a historical hotel dating back to 1854, it was given the ultimate refresh with the brand new wooden style décor, bigger fridges (which means more room for beer), and patched up floors, all in the hopes of making it more manageable and more inviting to the public.
With a change in looks also comes a change in the offerings with longer opening hours, crazy good themed Thursday Uni Nights, open mic nights, RnB Friday Nights, and massive Saturday night events. “Saturday night is when we are starting to do events, we have a few Melbourne DJs coming up, but then we also have a few bands booked as well,” Anders says.
DJ’s who have already been spinning the decks at the venue include both local and Melbourne acts including Myles Mac, Planet D, Duckfat, Marley Swain, and more recently Teddy Cream and Brad Smit, with upcoming talents Courtney Mills and Josh Shoe this weekend.
Image from The Deck socials
Already looking to upscale their current DJ booth to cater for live bands and even bigger DJ acts, the guys at The Deck have big plans in motion, with talk of a ‘Drag Bingo’, hosting a ‘Social Salsa’ dance event, weekly functions, and even interstate events. “We’ve been talking to a hip hop group from Sydney and bringing their One Day Sunday here which has been pretty big in other cities. It looks like 99 per cent it will be coming here, so that will be a Sunday thing.
“We are just sort of testing the waters at the moment. We are still very much in the trial and error stage right now and just trying to see what people want. We didn’t come here to bring Shepparton to Geelong because that’s just not how it works – we are just trying to find our own niche at the moment.”
While located directly across the road from Deakin’s Waterfront Campus, don’t be fooled. The Deck is not just a uni pub, also offering after-work drinks to Geelong CBD workers just as much as any other patron of Geelong. “Uni students only have so much to spend each week, and the same with the office people. They don’t go to work 9-5 to spend every cent of it here. We’re just trying to find something sustainable so tapping into each market each day and finding other demographics as well is our aim.”
As for the food, the guys at The Deck are offering the good stuff. With $10 lunch specials Monday to Friday, along with a few different dinner specials, the meals are complimentary to the laid back vibe and drinking experience. “At the moment we are doing cheap Tuesday night with a $10 menu, Wednesday night burger and fries night and Thursday night Parma night,” Anders says, “We might have a look at changing it up and shuffling the nights around a little bit, but it’s pretty much where we are going with it.” The guys are also offering their time-poor customers the chance to pre-order their lunch break simply by giving them a call first.
With the food hot, rest assured the beers are cold – and cheap, with the guys getting drink specials for before and after Geelong Home Footy games, along with $5 Coronas to sit by several big screens to watch the AFL and NBA games (with an even bigger screen soon to be on its way). And don’t sweat it about having to go home early, with the guys licensed to 3am every night – “for better or for worse”.
Get your hands around frosty pints of beer, pop in for a look and cheers the boys for giving the people a sweet new spot to go.
Where: 2 Gheringhap St, Geelong
When: Mon 11am – 7pm, Tues 11am – 10pm, Wed 11am – 10pm, Thurs 11am – 3am, Fri & Sat 11am – 3am, Sunday 11am – 9pm
Online: www.facebook.com/thedeckgeelong
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ROYAL ALBERT HALL 21/10/19
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Post subject: ROYAL ALBERT HALL 21/10/19
Had a great time last night at RAH as Janie and Steve Gold from The Last Experience introduced the premiere performance of the "holy grail" although Gold said it was a rough cut and there were no credits at the end. After watching bootleg snippets over the years this is the real deal with some astonishing footage although I noticed SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE and BLEEDING HEART are missing. Highlights for me were LITTLE WING and ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS and it was great to see a few thousand fans there with rapturous applause. Cannot wait for a DVD release?
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No Hear My Train... either. Jerry also said it will be released all over the world for everybody to see, and that it was a rough mix (as well as rough cut). Interesting to see two Hound Dogs - so at least two takes. The second, which runs to the end, was shown as a smaller image after the main movie. I'm sure it was said that the film crew also followed Jimi in Scandinavia as well as Austria etc.. I was disappointed that it did not flow as a concert. After Stone Free, for example, it was back to off stage footage. I think just 3 times 1 number was followed by another. However the glimpses of the other footage they have, including the soundcheck, gives me hope of a fantastic box set. It didn't look like it had been painstakingly restored to me.
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Even though I wasn’t there to see the film last night, I’m really pleased the event happened because - with all the legal wrangling a over the years - I was still expecting this never to happen at all right until the very last minute due to some legal motion. Let’s hope it does get a full worldwide release of some kind soon then
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Re-organize our perceptions of time, space and materiality
“We understand media because we learned to understand them.”
Eric Joris develops intriguing methods for connecting state-of-the-art technology with artistic forms, often exploring and questioning the human senses, particularly our perception of sound, movement and space particularly. His company CREW generates live-art projects that can be described as immersive theatre, yet those projects move and shapeshift continuously, always operating on the borders between art and science, or beyond the limit of either.
The works of Eric Joris are frequently co-produced and/or sponsored by pioneering institutes for technology, such as Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Max-Planck-Institutes. He has received eminent prizes and fellowships from the French and Flemish government, as well as from various foundations. CREW is participating in the prestigious program 2020 3D Media, which has secured the backing of the European Commission.
Eric Joris has an elaborate knowledge of scientific and technological history, a singular curiosity and a remarkable capacity for forming lucid discourses and bringing them into a flow. Since 1998, Eric Joris has been working with Kurt Vanhoutte in various contexts, such as performing arts, installations, exhibitions, academic workshops, scientific research programmes and joint publications. Kurt Vanhoutte will join at Forecast, too.
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We like to understand Scientific/Science Fiction not as a literary or cinematic genre but as a method. However far speculation about possible events, technology or dimensions which are based on scientific methods can take us, it implies mapping oneself into a changing culture of time, space and materiality. In its efforts to look ahead, it defines where we are now more than anything.
Practising Scientific Fiction as a method enables us to imagine new instruments and settings, new media, new paradigms and tools through which we can then project actions and thoughts that again lead us to new realities, principles and eventually to new dimensions.
When the first lens systems came into existence, would it have been possible to imagine the microscope, to imagine ahead of time what such a tool could reveal: micro-organisms below the surface which in no way resemble the world above, would it have been possible to speculate if/how this would provoke a new understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe?
If it is impossible to map the unknown (is it?), we feel that one role of art could be to look, feel, perform, ‘map’ through that window of speculative perception.
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Delicious soup made from dried white mushrooms, cowberry and blueberry pies, pickled milk mushrooms and saffron milk cap mushrooms with sour cream, soaked cowberries, mushrooms with horse-radish, milk mushrooms with onions and oil - this is just a few dishes which our ancestors tasted in pre-revolutionary Russia.
The strategic objective for the company Ecoproduct is to revive these ancient traditions of the Russian cuisine and to make them accessible to urban residents. Nowadays, the holding Ecoproduct includes three plants producing canned mushrooms, berries, fruits and vegetables. All goods are produced only at these plants under two main brands "Ecoproduct" and "Melen". The union of the modern technology and an ancient recipe allows us to expand the range of products regularly. At the present moment the list of the products consists more than 160 items, many of which are unique, produced only by us.
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Besides the production of canned goods, the company exports fresh, salted and dried mushrooms, fresh and frozen berries. All details you can find in other sections of the website.
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Trophic transfer of organochlorine pesticides through food-chain in coastal marine ecosystem
Seung-Kyu Kim
Kim: Trophic transfer of organochlorine pesticides through food-chain in coastal marine ecosystem
Seung-Kyu Kim1, 2, †
1Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
2Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
†Corresponding author: Email: skkim@inu.ac.kr, Tel: +82-32-835-8862
Received January 1, 2019 Accepted January 29, 2019
The present study was designed to characterize the bioaccumulation of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in marine organisms (zooplankton, oyster, crab, and goby) on different trophic level. In the present study, sedentary bivalve (oyster) showed strong correlations in OCPs levels with surface sediment in the study area. This indicates the two compartments can be used as alternative for pollution monitoring of OCPs even in narrow scale in space. Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of OCPs was strongly associated with their hydrophobicity (i.e., KOW). HCHs with log KOW < 5 did not show any enrichment through food-chain. However, log BAF values of OCPs with log KOW > 5 positioned over the 1:1 lines of log BAF and log KOW of the top predator, indicating the greater fugacities in the higher trophic level and thus the occurrence of biomagnification via ingestion. Based on trophic transfer factors (TTF), more hydrophobic OCPs with log KOW > 5 were enriched by several to several ten times in the highest trophic level relative to the lowest trophic level. This finding can be used in the establishment of marine environmental water quality criteria by considering biomagnification factors (TTF in this study) of OCPs.
Keywords: Bioaccumulation, Food-chain, Incheon North Harbor, KOW, Organochlorine pesticides, Trophic level
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have been categorized to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) which is controlled under the international convention [1]. These OCPs, legacy POPs, have been considered to be well controlled and thus nearly phased out in real environment in Korea because their sale and use had been prohibited several ten years ago [2]. Recently, OCPs became a big issue in Korea because DDTs over environmental guideline were found in Korean poultry and soils. This social issue raises awareness of that OCP contamination is still unsolved in Korea.
The pollutants categorized in “POPs” represent that they are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic. Particularly, bioaccumulative property is an important factor when establishing environmental quality guideline as organism in higher trophic level including human can be exposed to enriched amount through food-chain [3–5]. Bioaccumulation means the phenomenon that body residue of pollutants exceeds the concentration in surrounding environment and occurs through all exposure routes including respiration and diet ingestion [6–7]. As a special case, biomagnification means the enhancement of pollutants over the thermodynamic equilibrium with surrounding water in aquatic environment and is derived by ingesting contaminated diet [8]. Bioaccumulation and biomagnificaiton is a critical factor in establishing the environmental guideline such as water and sediment criteria. To identify the bioaccumulation and biomagnification of substances, several indices such as bioconcentration factor (BCF), bioaccumulation factor (BAF), and biomagnification factor (BMF) has been suggested [9].
In an earlier work of Kim et al. [10], the characteristics of OCP contamination of sediment and seawater were investigated in Incheon North Harbor basin, which was one of the most contaminated sites in Korea. The present work focuses on the contamination of biota and examines the occurrence of trophic transfer and its characteristics as influenced by main OCP uptake route, the presence/absence of superhydrophobicity in trophic transfer and bioaccumulation of OCPs, and the degree of bioaccumulation with respect to equilibrium with seawater. We investigated OCPs in selected marine species, including zooplankton (primarily Paracalanus spp. and Acartia spp.), pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas (C. gigas)), shore crab (Hemigrapsus penicillatus (H. penicillatus)), and goby (Acanthogobius hasta (A. hasta)), to address these questions. These organisms were selected because they were plentiful and represent different trophic positions in the aquatic ecosystem.
2.1. Study Area
Incheon North Harbor is a part of the Kyeonggi Bay (Fig. 1). The details of the study area were described in a previous study [10]. In brief, the harbor has mainly supported anchoring for fishing and transport vessels as well as various industrial activities. The harbor basin with a total area of 5 km2 has a width of 1 km from inner to outer part of the harbor. A major water channel in the harbor basin, formed by by tidal currents and intermittent dredging operations, is connected with several tributary waterways for wastewater discharge. A wide tidal zone has been developed by high tidal range (8–10 m) in this area where its overall slope is less than 1%. Strong semi-diurnal tidal currents (1.2–2.3 m/s and 0.9–1.9 m/s during neap tide and spring tide, respectively) run between Youngjong Island and the harbor. Seawater in the harbor basin flows to south during neap tide. Conversely, the spring tide flowing to north fills in the harbor basin.
Many environmental pollution sources have been in operation around the harbor area including a thermoelectric power plant in the north, an industrial complex including steel-manufacturers and pulp factories in the south, and a municipal wastewater treatment plant in the east. The wastewater treatment plant and the industrial complex discharge their wastewaters into the harbor basin through Gajwa Wastewater Storage Reservoir (GWSR) and Gajwa stream, respectively.
2.2. Sample Collection
The sampling locations for target marine organisms and seawater are shown in Fig. 1. The partitioning and spatial distribution characteristics of OCPs in abiotic media including surface sediment and suspended particulate matter were described in previous studies of the same study area [11, 12]. So, the present study focusing on biotic media was also designed to validate and compare with the distribution features of OCPs in abiotic media.
Zooplankton samples (primarily Paracalanus spp. and Acartica spp.) were collected using a Bongo net with a 333-μm mesh with horizontal tows for 10 min at 2 knots at inner and outer parts of the harbor (near W2, W3 and W4 in Fig. 1). After removing excess water via filtration through a 333-μm mesh and centrifugation for 10 min at 1,500 rpm, the bulk samples were homogenized and analyzed. Oyster (C. gigas) as a filter-feeder, shore crab (H. penicillatus) as benthic feeder, and goby (A. hasta) as a pelagic feeder were collected with an iron chisel, by hand picking, and by fishing, respectively, near sites W2 and W3. All samples were collected in pre-cleaned amber glass jars or wrapped in combustion-cleaned aluminum foil, then immediately frozen and transported to the laboratory. Approximately 15 g of soft wet tissue were used for analysis of oyster (n = 25) and crab (n = 20 for male and n = 30 for female). For two sizes of goby (12.9 ± 0.5 cm, n=7; 16.4 ± 1.0 cm, n = 9), we collected and analyzed muscle tissues.
2.3. Chemical Analysis
15 L of water sample was filtered with pre-extracted glass-fiber filters (0.7 μm). Dissolved water of every 1 L was extracted with 120 mL of methylene chloride (pesticide grade, Burdick & Jackson) in 2 L glass funnel, to which surrogate standards were added. Extraction was repeated totally three times by shaking with KM shaker (Iwaki Sangyo Co., LTD., Japan) at 200 spm for 10 min. After combined, all of extracts were dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and finally concentrated to 2 mL after solvent exchange with hexane.
The tissue samples (15 g) were ground with a Tekmar tissuemizer (Cincinnati, OH, USA) and extracted in a 200-mL glass tube. Both 50 g of sodium sulfate and 100 mL dichloromethane were then added to this tube. The extraction was repeated twice with fresh dichloromethane. Additional details regarding the extraction and cleanup procedures of biota and water samples and of gas chromatography are available elsewhere [10–12].
OCP measured in this study includes four group: Hexavchlorobenzene (HCBz), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs; sum of alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-isomers), chlorodanes (CHLs; sum of trans-chlordane (trans-CHL), cis-chlordane (cis-CHL), trans-nonachlor (trans-NCL), cis-nonachlor (cis-NCL), and heptachlor epoxide (HepEpox)), and DDTs (sum of o,p′-DDE, p,p′-DDE, o,p′-DDD, p,p′-DDD, o,p′-DDT, and p,p′-DDT).
Average recoveries of surrogate standards (4,4′-dibromooctafluorobiphenyl, PCB 103 and PCB 198), which were spiked into the samples before extraction, were 75%, 76%, and 89%, respectively, in dissolved phase; and 68%, 84%, and 80%, respectively, in biota. The method-detection limits were 0.33 pg/L to 1.25 pg/L in dissolved water and 0.03 ng/g to 0.99 ng/g in biota on a dry-weight basis. As standard reference materials, we used AEA 142/OC (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria) for biota. The analytical values varied within ±35% of the true values. Mean relative standard deviations for standard reference material were 5.9%. No target compounds were detected in procedural blanks which were run together with every 8 samples.
2.4. Bioaccumulation Factor (BAF) and Trophic Transfer Factor (TTF)
The trophic-level (TL) position for individual organisms can be determined using stable isotopes of nitrogen (i.e., increase in 15N from the diet to the consumer, δ15N) [13]. However, measurements of such stable isotopes was not available in this study and then trophic position of each biota group was arbitrarily assigned based on their nominal eating habits: Zooplankton as a primary consumer, oyster (in pelagic) and crab (in benthic) as a secondary consumer, and goby (in pelagic) as a top predator/consumer. Oyster and crab investigated in this study are known to ingest suspended organic materials such as zooplankton and detritus in water column and sessile organic materials (mainly microalgae, bacteria and detritus) on the surface of stones, respectively, as a food source [14]. On the other hand, goby as a carnivorous predator ingest zooplankton, lugworm, and small benthos.
Bioaccumulation phenomenon reflects the uptake of chemical via both respiration (i.e., passive diffusion between dissolved phase of water and cell of biota) and food intake (i.e., active advection) [6, 9]. BAF (dimensionless or L/kg) is calculated as below.
BAF=Cor ganismCDW
where, Corganism and CDW indicate lipid-normalized concentration of chemical in tissue of organism (unit; ng/kg-lw) and chemical concentration in dissolved phase of water (ng/L), respectively.
TTF can be used to determine biomagnification extent, which indicates the enrichment of chemical accumulated in higher trophic level relative to lower trophic level. So, TTF is calculated as below:
TTF=CHL_or ganismCLL_or ganism
where, CHL_organism and CLL_organism indicate lipid-normalized concentration of chemical in relatively higher and lower level organisms (unit; ng/kg-lw), respectively. In the present study, body residue of zooplankton was assigned to CLL_organism. Thus, TTF values calculated in this study indicate the biomagnification factors of OCPs at each trophic level (oyster, crab, or goby) against zooplankton.
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Concentration and Spatial Distribution of OCPs
Water (sites W1 to W4) and oyster (site B1 to B9) were collected from inner part to outer part of the harbor to investigate the spatial distribution in OCP contamination. W1 is the site for the freshwater (i.e., wastewater) discharged from nearby industrial factories and W2 to W4 are the sites for seawater. Overall, all of OCPs showed the highest concentration in site-W1, indicating that GWSR plays a role of significant input source (Fig. 2(a)). Among three seawater samples, two inner sites showed clearly higher levels than outer site for HCBz (0.27 ng/L at W2 and 0.56 ng/L at W3 versus 0.06 ng/L at W4) and CHLs (0.18 ng/L at W2 and 0.82 ng/L at W3 versus 0.06 ng/L at W4), while HCHs and DDTs exhibited relatively uniform distribution along the three sites (2.48 ng/L at W2, 3.75 ng/L at W3, and 2.40 ng/L at W4 for HCHs and 0.07 ng/L at W2, 0.10 ng/L at W3, and 0.16 ng/L at W4 for DDTs).
Except for HCBz, spatial distribution pattern of OCPs body residue measured in oyster was similar with that in seawater (Fig. 2(b)). That is, lipid normalized concentration of CHLs (sum of CHL isomers) declined gradually from inner (190.4 ± 60.6 ng/g at B1–B3) to outer part (113.0 ± 61.8 ng/g at B4–B9) of the harbor and to reference sites outside the harbor (34.3 ± 8.55 ng/g at B10–B12). On the other hand, such a gradually decreasing trend was less clear for DDTs (479.5 ± 75.7 ng/g vs. 456.8 ± 217.5 ng/g vs. 262.7 ± 126.6 ng/g, respectively) or reversal for HCHs (13.4 ± 5.5 ng/g vs. 22.3 ± 6.9 ng/g vs. 35.1 ± 5.7 ng/g, respectively). It may be because HCBz in most of oysters other than B8 and B10 were detected near the detection limit a that the spatial distribution of HCBz was not clear. Because of its water soluble and volatile properties compared with other OCPs, seawater current and/or atmospheric deposition might be more important contributor to its transport and distribution of HCHs. For example, substantial amounts of HCHs can be transported from Chinese rivers [15–17] or atmospheric deposition [18] into the Yellow sea and then current might move HCHs to the Korean peninsula. The greater HCHs level was observed in the Yellow Sea offshore than the East Sea offshore [19] and relatively uniform levels were found along the Korean coastal sediment or sedentary bivalves which was contrast to distributions of other OCPs [20, 21]. Differently from HCHs, CHLs and DDTs had shown the most polluted pattern around the harbor and population/industry-dense bays [21–23]. Relatively uniform distribution of DDTs in oyster might be due to ubiquitous sources including input from surrounding tributaries [10]. In short, OCPs in the study area seems to be influenced by different sources: for example, strong input from GWSR for CHLs, several input sources for DDTs, and transport from outside of the harbor for HCHs.
A previous study reported the spatial distribution of OCPs in both subtidal and tidal surface sediment which had been collected in the same sampling time [10]. In the present study, we compared OCPs levels in oyster of this study with and those in tidal surface sediment of a previous study [10] since oyster has habitat in tidal zone. There were significant correlations in spatial distribution of CHLs, DDTs, and HCHs between surface sediment and oyster when their concentrations were normalized by organic carbon for sediment and lipid content for oyster (Fig. 2(c)). Both sediment and sedentary organisms (i.e., bivalve) has been used for mussel watch program since 1975 to define the spatial and temporal trends of environmental pollutants because both matrices tends to accumulate certain contaminants and thus to reflect their recent contamination status [24, 25]. Most studies for mussel watch program has based on nationwide monitoring [21–23] but there are very few studies to compare two monitoring matrices (i.e., sediment versus bivalve) within such a narrow harbor with this study. The finding of this study indicates that two monitoring matrices can be used complementarily for monitoring contamination, even at a narrow space scale.
3.2. Trophic Transfer and Bioaccumulation of OCPs
It is noticeable that although CHLs showed a gradual decreasing trend from inner to outer part of the harbor, the difference of average concentrations between inner (B1–B3) and outer sites (B4–B9) of the harbor were within two times as for all OCP groups. Furthermore, the composition patterns of isomers were very similar among the sites in the harbor (Fig. 3). This might be caused by strong tidal circulation in this area and so we can conclude that OCPs distributed homogeneously in space in the harbor.
Fig. 4 shows a brief picture of different trophic transfer and bioaccumulation extent of OCP groups in that dominant OCP changed along the trophic positions. HCHs was a predominant component in seawater (approximately 80% of total OCPs) followed by CHLs, HCBZ, and DDTs. In zooplankton as a primary consumer, DDTs was the most prevalent but HCHs still accounted for 17% of total OCPs. However, relative composition of OCPs dramatically changed along different trophic positions, which showed an increasing trend for CHLs but decreasing trend for DDTs on higher trophic position. HCHs was a minor component of OCPs in organisms of higher trophic positions from secondary consumers (i.e., oyster) to top predator (i.e., goby), indicating non- or less bioaccumulativity of HCHs.
Further qualification of bioaccumulation, we compared OCP body residues in organisms of different trophic levels in Table 1 and Fig. 5 to 6. Compared with a female crab (pooled sample of n = 30), a male crab (pooled sample of n = 20) contained somewhat higher concentrations for HCBz, HCHs, and CHLs but similar level for DDTs. Of different two sized gobies, HCBz and CHLs were a little higher in smaller goby (pooled sample of n = 7) but HCHs and DDTs were higher in larger goby (pooled sample of n = 9) reversely. Difference of OCP levels were within two times between male and female of crab and between two size classes of goby. Barni et al. [26] observed no clear difference in POPs body residue between male and female of shallow lake fish species. Sex differences were found just for inorganic compounds such as arsenic and cadmium with higher in female crabs than in male crabs [27], as a possible cause of which the authors suggested the dilution by the faster growth of male crab. No influence of sex was observed in the body residue of flame retardant both Lake Trout and Walleye, while a reversal result about size effect existed for different fish species (a positive linear relationship for Lake Trout versus negative linear relationship for Walleye) [28]. Accumulation of pollutant occurs when total intake overpass total output through growth dilution, metabolism, fecal egestion, and egg egestion (for female only). As for less- or non-metabolized pollutants such as POPs, a slow growth can cause an increasing body residue with age in male and a regular reproduction can alleviate a body residue in female [29]. In real environment, the effect of sex and size on bioaccumulation of pollutants can be more complicated because of temporal and spatial variation in physiological condition, food chain, and exposure concentration, and/or their co-variation. Gweurtz et al. [30] detected the significant differences between fish sexes in less than 25% of the tests conducted for mercury/total-PCBs. A pooled sample for each size and each sex in our study did not allow further statistical analysis. However, observed narrow difference and inconsistent trend with different OCP compounds was consistent with the results of other field studies mentioned above. Thus, sex or size effect was ignored in trophic transfer calculation since their effects could not be defined clearly.
In all calculation for BAF and TTF, the mean concentrations of seawater (W2 to W4), zooplankton (W2 and W4), oyster (B1 to B9), crab (male and female), and goby (muscle tissues of different two sized fishes) were used assuming that homogeneity in concentration distribution was established in the whole harbor area as discussed earlier.
Three OCP groups (i.e., HCBz, CHLs, and DDTs) exhibited a dramatic accumulation along the trophic level from zooplankton to goby (Table 1 and Fig. 5). Similar bioaccumulation was observed for most of individual isomers of CHLs and DDTs. However, such a trend was unclear for HCHs. Particularly, HCHs did not show any accumulation trend through trophic level and the relatively low level of alpha-HCH were found in the higher trophic level. Bioaccumulation extent is controlled by both hydrophobic (or lipophilic) potentials, which is represented by organism-water partition coefficient (i.e., BAF or KOW as a surrogate of BAF), and metabolism in body [6, 9]. Normally, OCPs are known to be persistent and thus difficult to be metabolized. So, hydrophobic potential could be a major factor to control their bioaccumulation. The target OCPs show a wide range of KOW value from 103.72 (for HCHs) to 106.91 (p,p′-DDT). HCHs have the lowest KOW values among target OCPs in this study (log KOW of 3.72 to 4.14). Therefore, we can infer that the bioaccumulation or trophic transfer of HCHs is less significant than other OCPs with greater KOW values.
The dependency of BAF and TTF on KOW was further investigated in Fig. 6. Overall, a good linear correlation was established between measured log BAF and log KOW. This means that KOW values can be a good surrogate for bioaccumulation extent of OCPs within at least a range of log KOW of 3.72–6.91. However, it is noticeable that most of BAF values from the goby, nominally the highest trophic level, positioned over the 1:1 line of log BAF and log KOW while those from the lower trophic levels (particularly, zooplankton and oyster) were in lower zone below the 1:1 line (Fig. 6(a)). This indicates that the greater fugacities could be established in the higher trophic level. Therefore, biomagnification via food intake might occur in higher trophic levels.
TTF values, representing enrichment relative to zooplankton along food-chain, were similar among two secondary consumers (oyster and crab) and even some OCPs with log KOW below 5 did not show any enrichment (Fig. 6(b)). As for goby which is arbitrarily assigned to the highest trophic position (i.e., top predator), log TTF values of most hydrophobic OCPs (> 5 of log KOW) ranged from 0.5 to 1.5 of log unit; that is, these OCPs were magnified by over 3 to 30 times relative to zooplankton. When CLL_organism in Eq. (2) is assigned to oyster or crab, TTF values indicate the biomagnification factors (BMFs) of OCPs from oyster or crab to goby. The TTF values ranged from 1.04 (DDTs) to 90 (HCBz) for oyster-to-goby and from 0.68 (HCHs) to 2.9 (CHLs) for crab-to-goby.
In this study, it was not possible to clarify the prey-predator relationship because stable isotope ratio or gut content were not analyzed and thus it is limited in explaining the biomagnification extent of target OCPs from prey to predator. Nevertheless, the plot of BAF and TTF values observed in this study against KOW confirmed the occurrence of biomagnification with increasing trophic level, although the nominal trophic positions based on their main food source were used. So, nominal trophic levels assigned in this study seem reasonable though it is not perfect for prey-predator relationship. TTF values based on nominal trophic level are not exactly the same as BMFs which is based on the accurate prey-predator relationship. However, TTF values can be used as an alternative metric for BMFs, in cases that ecosystem-specific prey-predator relationships were not known.
Laboratory-based test results have been conventionally used in establishing water quality criteria since it is not possible to test biomagnifcation extent through food-web in the laboratory condition. Such a laboratory-based bioaccumulation can represent BCF which reflect the intake via respiration only. When based on TTF measured in this study, more hydrophobic OCPs with log KOW > 5 were enriched by several to several ten times in the highest trophic level relative to the lowest trophic level. This means that water quality criteria originated from BCF (assuming that BCF is calculated from zooplankton and water) cannot protect the predators (goby in this study) in the higher trophic position. Thus, biomagnification factor (TTF in this study), which can be improved by accurate assessment of prey-predator relationship using stable isotope analysis, should be considered in the establishment of water quality criteria.
Another one to be discussed is that the slopes of log TTF (or log BAF) against log KOW were not significantly different among trophic levels. This means that more hydrophobic chemicals did not more magnify at least for OCPs with the range of maximum 7 of log KOW. This finding supports that it might take longer times for more hydrophobic chemicals to reach equilibrium or to overpass the equilibrium because the penetration across cell of more hydrophobic chemicals with bigger molecular size can be limited. Thus, biomagnification extent as a function of KOW could appear less obvious for more hydrophobic pollutants in a real environment if life span of organism is not long enough to overcome the hindrance of cell penetration.
The present study was designed to characterize the bioaccumulation of OCPs in marine organisms (zooplankton, oyster, crab, and goby) on different trophic level. In the present study, sedentary bivalve (oyster) showed strong correlations in OCPs levels with surface sediment in study area. This indicates the two compartments can be used complementarily for pollution monitoring of OCPs even in narrow scale in space. Four OCP groups showed dramatic change in relative composition profile along the trophic positions; for instance, relative enrichment of CHLs were the greatest with increasing trophic position while HCHs did not any bioaccumulative feature. Although nominal trophic position was arbitrarily applied, most of BAF values from higher trophic level positioned over the 1:1 line of log BAF and log KOW while those from lower trophic levels were in lower zone below the 1:1 line, indicating the greater fugacity in the higher trophic level and thus the occurrence of biomagnification via ingestion. TTF values investigated in this study showed that more hydrophobic OCPs with log KOW > 5 were enriched by several to several ten times in top predator (goby) of the study area.
This work was supported by Incheon National University Research Grant in 2014.
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Study area and sampling sites (oyster, B1–B12; water, W1–W4; crab and goby from dotted area around W2&W3). Sampling sites are assigned to inner (W1–W3 and B1–B3) and outer parts (W4 and B4–B9) of the harbor and outside of the harbor as reference sites (B10–B12).
Spatial distribution of OCPs in water (a) and oyster (b), and the relationship of OCPs levels between oyster and sediment (c) from study area. Sites at left-side of solid vertical lines in each panel (i.e., W1–W3 and B1–B3) indicate inner sites of the harbor, sites between solid and dotted lines (i.e., W4 and B4–B9) indicate outer sites of the harbor, and sites at the right-side of dotted line (i.e., B10–12) indicate reference sites. OCPs in sediment was cited from Kim et al. [10].
Homogeneity of spatial distribution of OCP isomers.
Change of relative composition of OCPs in different trophic levels.
Comparison of bioaccumulation extent among OCP groups (a) or isomers (b), (c), and (d).
Bioaccumulation factor (BAF) (a) and trophic transfer factor (TTF) (b) as a function of octanol-water partition coefficient (log KOW). All TTF values were calculated against zooplankton.
Concentrations of OCPs in Seawater and Marine Organisms Used to Calculate BAF and TTF
Seawater (ng/L)
Zooplankton (ng/g lw)
Oyster (ng/g lw)
Crab (ng/g lw)
Goby (ng/g lw)
HCBz 0.29 ± 0.25 21.62 ± 3.80 1.64 ± 3.80 99.17 ± 35.73 148.24 ± 20.04
HCHs 2.88 ± 0.75 48.87 ± 13.26 19.29 ± 13.91 44.88 ± 26.49 30.57 ± 10.19
alpha-HCH 0.54 ± 0.14 12.10 ± 4.14 10.03 ± 2.77 2.75 ± 3.89 < MDL
beta-HCH 1.02 ± 0.12 23.36 ± 5.87 0.74 ± 2.21 41.28 ± 23.82 18.52 ± 5.89
gamma-HCH 1.19 ± 0.82 9.23 ± 1.87 8.22 ± 8.01 < MDL 12.06 ± 4.30
delta-HCH 0.13 ± 0.12 4.19 ± 1.39 0.31 ± 0.92 0.86 ± 1.21 < MDL
CHLs 0.35 ± 0.41 37.94 ± 13.79 131.77 ± 62.24 178.78 ± 79.49 518.76 ± 124.72
trans-CHL 0.11 ± 0.11 11.65 ± 3.76 41.56 ± 25.40 16.08 ± 5.13 56.83 ± 22.13
cis-CHL 0.16 ± 0.17 11.83 ± 4.49 40.52 ± 20.07 12.54 ± 0.84 137.55 ± 45.31
trans-NCL 0.08 ± 0.13 9.00 ± 3.66 31.34 ± 12.81 109.43 ± 66.00 230.71 ± 38.20
cis-NCL < MDL 5.45 ± 1.88 18.36 ± 5.72 40.73 ± 19.45 93.67 ± 19.08
DDTs 0.11 ± 0.05 184.75 ± 73.40 464.36 ± 141.91 460.38 ± 3.14 482.68 ± 32.08
o,p′-DDE < MDL < MDL < MDL < MDL < MDL
p,p′-DDE 0.06 ± 0.05 71.35 ± 30.49 187.11 ± 57.00 279.44 ± 31.37 335.98 ± 31.47
o,p′-DDD < MDL 22.09 ± 6.21 37.16 ± 10.94 15.94 ± 2.97 0.00 ± 0.00
p,p′-DDD 0.02 ± 0.03 48.20 ± 15.98 99.45 ± 32.57 43.08 ± 6.59 45.08 ± 0.40
o,p′-DDT 0.03 ± 0.04 < MDL 31.17 ± 15.12 69.14 ± 7.61 < MDL
p,p′-DDT < MDL 43.11 ± 20.71 109.47 ± 63.37 52.78 ± 11.06 101.62 ± 0.22
[i] HCH is the sum of concentrations of four HCH isomers
[ii] CHLs is the sum of concentrations of four CHL isomers
[iii] DDTs is the sum of concentrations of six DDT isomers
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2020 Filter Photo Festival
Evening Speaker – Rodrigo Valenzuela
Roaming Reviews
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About Filter Photo
Svetlana Bailey: once there was there wasn’t
Svetlana Bailey supposes that objects, places, and events that occur in separate times and spaces can coexist psychologically. This coexistence is reconciled with photographs, which, although normally fixed to particular times, places, and stories, are nevertheless able to travel in boxes, or as mental images on overlapping currents.
Until the age of eight, Bailey’s childhood summers were spent at her grandmother’s house in the Russian countryside. It was an influential period in which she discovered the world on her own, where many things happened for the first time and her earliest memories were formed. Sixteen years ago her grandmother passed away and now the house stands empty. For this body of work, once there was there wasn’t, Bailey returned to her grandmother’s empty house to examine those early impressions. Through this journey of return, she was transported in time, as if opening a time capsule. Here Bailey discovered layers of image fragments captured in stories, old objects, images in albums and magazines. They pointed to the invisible marks, the impressions and mental images that remain, and perhaps for this reason— besides the dust, spider webs and the thicket of birch and cherry trees that had enjungled the outside— the house did not seem abandoned.
Using still life techniques, Bailey constructed installations within and around the house that included the objects that she found on location with photographs that she brought with her of her life after leaving Russia. She followed a similar process with images from her parents home in Germany and her own home in the US, constructing photographs that visualized times and places that are in reality far apart yet exist together psychologically. Similar to the act of carrying pictures in wallets or pendants, on coffee mugs or lock screens, displaying pictures in living rooms or as tattoos— an impulse for continuity, where separate events are rebroadcast into the present through a jumble of images.
Svetlana Bailey was born in St Petersburg in 1984, and after the fall of the Soviet Union emigrated to Germany with her family. Commencing studies at FH Dortmund, Bailey moved to Australia to complete her BFA at the College of Fine Arts in Sydney. In 2011, she undertook a residency in Beijing at the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, which shifted the focus of her practice to China, and she has, inter alia, been photographing there since. Bailey recently graduated with an MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design, and lives in New York and Sydney.
Exhibition Dates: December 1 – December 30, 2017
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A Bay of Fundy Treasure - Ganong Nature Park Needs You Today!
The Ganong Park Legacy Fund
Honouring the memory of Whidden and Eleanor Ganong
by maintaining the Ganong Nature Park and providing free access to the Park grounds.
Donate online at CanadaHelps.org or contact us at the address below.
It's sad but true.
It costs money to operate a park!
It was candy maker Whidden Ganong's wish that someone would take this magnificent 350 acre historic Todd's Point and make it available to the public as a "nature park". Well, we stood up to the plate and took it on when others had failed. With the help of a host of donors and volunteers, our staff managed to raise the $350,000 needed to buy the property from Whidden's Estate after he bequeathed it to us in his will.
As we had promised, we sought and received funding to prepare a development plan which was presented to the public and which became our blueprint for the future. Ultimately, this study became the foundation of a 1.3 million dollar ACOA grant matched by our investment of an additional $700,000 dollars to round out a 2 million dollar investment in the Park and its beautiful interpretive centre, the Quoddy Learning Centre. New trails, grooming, interpretive nodes, signage and renovations to the Ganong cottage turned a once overrun and decaying property into an important regional asset that can be enjoyed by everyone.
Driven by insurance concerns, SCEP was required to close the park during construction, resulting in a flood of local criticism about the closure and on reopening, additional complaints were made in public about the need for fees to cover weddings, meeting, reunions, and other special events at the Quoddy Learning Centre and adjacent park grounds. Well, it takes money to run a park and we must, like all other venues charge for our services since our discretionary funds are usually nonexistant. It is not possible for us to subsidize private events.
Nevertheless, it is our hope that we can keep the trails and grounds of the park groomed, in repair, and freely open to visitors who wish to walk, hike, bike, snowshoe and ski the many beautiful fields and trails.
And it depends on you.
Our calculations are that it costs $40,000 to $60,000 annually just to keep the park grounds open and free for use. Funds are used to pay insurance and other overhead, groom trails, affect repairs, service equipment, provide security, collect and remove waste, mow lawns and fields and pay maintainance staff among other things.
This is the Ganong Park Legacy Fund honouring Whidden and Eleanor Ganong.
SCEP is the custodian of that legacy and you are the beneficiary. The annual target is $50,000. So please ...
We need you to help us keep the Ganong Nature and Marine Park freely open to the public.
Go right now to
CanadaHelps.org
and donate what you can.
Times are difficult and the need is urgent.
JOIN,
Complete our online form for members and volunteers.
More at www.quoddyfuturefoundation.org/legacy.html
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Turning Tides - Opportunities and Challenges for Ecotourism in the Bay of Fundy
By Frances Figart
More at Seascape web site, www.seascapekayaktours.com
How can people know that they need to protect a place unless they experience it fully and gain an understanding of its inhabitants?
A kayak is an excellent vehicle from which to experience a marine ecosystem. And here in the Quoddy Region of the Bay of Fundy, marine life is as diverse as the famous Fundy tides are dramatic.
The Quoddy Region is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy on the Border between Maine, USA, and New Brunswick, Canada. The eco-economy here approaches one billion dollars annually, employs thousands of individuals, and includes whale-watching, birding and kayaking as well as a number of well-known tourism staples: St. Stephen, famous for Ganong Chocolates; St. Andrews, a spectacular resort town; Campobello, where FDR's summer cottage and International Park are located; Black’s Harbour, home of the world's largest sardine factory; and Grand Manan, an island known around the world for its spectacular scenery.
Close by and lesser known, but all the more precious because of its remoteness, is Deer Island, where TIES member Seascape Kayak Tours has its base of operations May through October. The Seascape residence and shop – where wilderness first aid and introduction to sea kayaking courses are taught – look out over Northwest Harbour on the Bay of Fundy. Twice a day, the water comes right up to the rack where stable fiberglass tandem kayaks are housed, and then several hours later, recedes 26 feet or more, revealing rock formations, seaweed and hardy intertidal invertebrates. Vacationers coming into this environment have the opportunity to experience a unique ecosystem that supports over 2,000 species of plants and animals.
Bruce Smith built Seascape 14 years ago on the philosophy that small group travel is imperative to minimize any environmental impact on fragile coastal ecosystems and to allow for a more authentic and enriching personal connection to the biodiversity of the Bay of Fundy. Group size rarely exceeds eight, and the guide-to-client ratio is one to four or less. Launching from the protection of the harbor, paddlers on Seascape’s half- or full-day trips are certain to see Bald Eagles that nest on many of the Fundy islands, and groups of curious and playful Harbor Seals and Grey Seals. Most of July through September, sea kayakers also encounter vast charms (not a familiar term to me – school or pod?) of Harbor Porpoise, listed as a "species of concern" by the Canadian Government; a prime porpoise nursery is nestled at the mouth of the Head Harbour Passage area. And, during much of the summer, Seascape’s ecotourists are also graced with Finback and Minke Whale sightings. All these animals are here to feed on copepods, krill and other planktonic species that comprise a complex food web that supports what scientists have identified as one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
“We see so many amazing creatures from our kayaks, but we keep a respectful distance from the animals to minimize their stress,” said Smith, whose Fundy paddling trips have also crossed paths with Northern Right Whales, of which only some 300 still survive. This species comes here each year to feed and raise their young, and there is a Right Whale Sanctuary off Grand Manan. Although Right Whales have been protected from hunting since 1935, they are still on the brink of extinction due to being hit by ships.
And that threat could be heightened if plans proceed to allow huge tankers carrying liquidified natural gas (LNG) to sail right down Head Harbour Passage. Three separate proposals to build gargantuan marine terminals on the Maine shoreline threaten to turn a traditional tourism, fishing and aquaculture economy into an industrial zone fraught with the emission of six tons of greenhouse gases and toxic chemicals on a daily basis. Gigantic tankers, each accompanied by a gunboat to protect the potentially hazardous cargo, could soon change the land and seascapes for tour operators, fishermen and fish farmers who depend on the pristine nature of the area.
“These massive boats would have a devastating effect on the wildlife in the area and the presence of this huge offloading facility in our backyard would have an enormous environmental impact,” said Smith. “Seascape would be a part of the exclusion zone, so every time a tanker comes through we would have to be off the water for at least a 90-minute period, not that we would want to be out there in the bay with something this size.”
Indeed the size of the tankers is hard to imagine, but they would be about the size of the Queen Mary (1,000 feet long and 12 stories high) and these monsters would pass through whale and porpoise feeding areas, breeding grounds and nurseries, as well as through aquaculture sites and fishing grounds for salmon, haddock, cod and pollock.
Highly controversial, fish farming began in 1979 on Deer Island. It has since grown into a major industry that employs large numbers of coastal residents. Patural International on Deer Island is the world's largest shipper of lobster. “The local fishery has sustained generation after generation and is worth about $173 million on the Canadian side alone,” says Art MacKay, director of the Quoddy Futures Foundation, which seeks to steer the local community away from industrial initiatives such as the LNG tanker proposals and back to its original eco-economy and sustainability. “This is an economic contest with a huge environmental backdrop. It's a choice: an economy based on our natural resources or heavy industrial development and loss of autonomy.”
Seascape’s tours take visitors past a series of herring weirs, a traditional method of fishing traced to the ancient Passamaquoddy Tribe that involves catching herring in a trap made from poles, brush and nets. These weirs formed the foundation of the Connors Brothers plant in Black's Harbour, the world's largest producer of sardines. Educating visitors about the local fishing culture in the Quoddy Region is an essential part of Seascape’s commitment to providing opportunities for contact between visitors and coastal inhabitants as a means of involving local communities in tourism. But the values of an ecotourism kayak tour operator and a traditional fisherman are often in conflict, says Smith, who has suffered through seal shootings by fishermen who do not want to share their potential catch with opportunistic marine life.
Part of Seascape’s environmental approach to waste management includes collecting and strapping onto sea kayaks trash and fishery debris left on the islands or in the ocean, which goes back to headquarters to be recycled. The company is also involved with local conservation efforts, spearheads marine ecosystem education initiatives and organizes annual beach sweeps and coastal cleanups for school groups and the community. A partnership with the Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station is afoot to raise funding to protect the endangered Harbor Porpoise.
“Protection is an element of ecotourism that desperately needs attention here,” Smith said, pointing out that in Costa Rica, where Seascape has made its winter base of operations for the past 13 years, the national parks system preserves 27 percent of land mass in protected areas and national parks. “The Quoddy Region in the Bay of Fundy – a marine environment every bit as diverse as a rainforest ecosystem – is crying out for such protection.”
And that’s precisely why Seascape places an emphasis on interpretation of the natural and cultural history of the Quoddy Region – and on its current challenges. “As an ecotour operator, we have an incredible opportunity to give folks who paddle with us an authentic understanding of all the living things in this unique marine ecosystem,” said Smith. “But this understanding has to include not only the marine mammals, coastal birds and beautiful scenery, but also an awareness of the conflicts, challenges and threats to the health of this special marine environment, as this is the only way to engage visitors in its future protection.”
Many facts and statistics in this article were provided by Art MacKay, Director, Quoddy Futures Foundation. To read more about the proposal to bring liquid natural gas tankers into the Passamoquoddy Bay, see the LNG slide show on the Links page of the Seascape web site, www.seascapekayaktours.com
Labels: Adventures, Ecotourism, Kayaking
Bee part of the Spell-ebration !
Teachers!
There's still time to register your school for Canwest Canspell 2009!
The deadline for school registration has been extended to November 30, 2008.
And thanks to the generous lead sponsorship of Canada Post - it's a Free Bee! - with no cost to schools or students.
To register now, click here
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Seascape Kayak Tours Inc. Launches New Website and Newsletter
Tthe first digital issue of Seascapes, your paddling community newsletter, in "on the shelf". This past summer has been a very busy one at Seascape’s headquarters on Deer Island. Not only did we have an awesome paddling season despite the high fuel costs and some foggy weather, but we unveiled our new logo and launched our new web site, where you can find tons of information about our offerings. This newsletter will give you the inside scoop on what we’ve been up to in Canada – and what’s in store for the exciting winter season in Costa Rica.
More ... http://www.seascapekayaktours.com/media-center/newsletter/
Labels: Adventures, Kayaking
Good News at Quoddy. Quoddy Bay LNG Application Dismissed
Superport Fundy lost one industrial development in Passamaquoddy Bay today when FERC dismissed the application of Quoddy Bay LNG. Two applications remain in the pipe so to speak; Downeast LNG with a proposed terminal at Robbinston, Maine directly across the St. Croix from the resort town of St. Andrews-by-the-sea and Calais LNG even further up the river at Devil's Head near the International Historic Site at St. Croix Island and across from the Ganong Nature and Marine Park at Todd's Point.
While Quoddy Bay LNG at Sipayak/Pleasant Point made little sense, the two remaining proposals make even less sense. The most frequent question around the Bay is "Why would they continue to waste money on a dead issue?" If anyone has an answer to this, we would appreciate your opinion right here.
More information on this news release at groups.google.ca/group/quoddy
Labels: Bay of Fundy, Fundy, LNG, Quoddy, Quoddy Bay LNG
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RTVE, Chilevision and Boomerang TV produce series based on novel by Isabel Allende
Free to Air | OTT / VOD | Agustin Bertran | June 25, 2019
RTVE, the Chilean FTA TV channel Chilevision and the Spanish TV production company Boomerang TV will co-produce together ‘Ines del alma mia’, novel written by Chilean writer Isabel Allende, which has been translated into more than 30 languages. The author, involved from the beginning in the project, closely follows the adaptation process of this international co-production that will have eight episodes. The premiere on FTA TV will be on TVE and Chilevision, and will be available on Amazon Prime Video in Spain, the US and Latin America (except from Chile).
Alejandro Bazzano, together with Chilean Nicolas Acuña, will be the co-production directors. The project which will feature the scripts of Paco Mateo, and the setting will be developed in Chile, Peru and Spain. The filming process will begin in early September in Extremadura and Andalucia, to later move to Latin America and make 71 filming days in Chile, more specifically in the Atacama Desert, Santiago de Chile, Valdivia or Araucania. In Peru, filming will take place in Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Pikillacta or Pisac, belonging to the Cuzco department.
‘Ines del alma mía’ is not the first novel by Isabel Allende that arrives on TV. Other texts written by her, like ‘La casa de los espiritus’ and ‘De amor y de sombras’ were taken to the cinema, while others have inspired plays, ballet and operas.
Cartoon Network has for the first time a cycle on Free-to-Air TV of Chile through Chilevision
Chilevision shows the best quarterly results of the last three years
Chilean Football League won’t be on FTA
Boomerang streaming service launches Spanish language version
Chilevisión premieres series on science produced by VTR
Turner lanzaría en Latinoamérica TV Everywhere de TBS, I.Sat, Boomerang y CNN en Español para 2015Turner would launch a Latin American TV Everywhere option with TBS, I.Sat, Boomerang and CNN en Español
Telefonica to produce original series in Latin America
Isat and Boomerang will be in Telefónica of PeruIsat y Boomerang estarán en Telefónica de Perú
Chilevisión and TVN increase losses
Mediapro increases its international expansion with Chilevision
Tags: Amazon Prime Video, Bumerang TV, chile, Chilevisión, De amor y de sombras, Ines del alma mia, Isabel Allende, La casa de los espiritus, Latin America, OTT, Perú, RTVE, Spain, US, writer
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ANIMANIACS (HULU)
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previously in development (2019-2020 season)
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ordered to series
two-season straight-to-series order
(from Hulu's press release, January 2018) Hulu, Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation today announced a new deal to create and premiere a brand-new version of the iconic family friendly cartoon franchise Animaniacs. Under the two-season straight-to-series order, Steven Spielberg will return as executive producer of the series, with Sam Register, President, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series, and Amblin Television Co-Presidents Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank also serving as executive producers. The series marks the first Hulu Original made for families, and with the legacy of these beloved characters, is intended to provide a co-viewing opportunity and experience for families to enjoy together. New episodes are set to premiere on the premium streaming service in 2020. The Warner brothers, Yakko and Wakko, and the Warner sister, Dot - three inseparable, irascible siblings - have a great time wreaking havoc and mayhem in the lives of everyone they meet. They have been locked away in the Warner Bros. water tower for a very long time, but they have found a way to escape. And escape they do - every day! Causing chaos and comic confusion, Yakko, Wakko and Dot run loose in the city, turning the world into their personal playground. And fan-favorite characters Pinky and the Brain will also return to make appearances in each episode.
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· Darryl Frank as EP
· Justin Falvey as EP
· Sam Register as EP
· Steven Spielberg as EP
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· comedy (all)
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Darth Malice
7th May 2014, 12:10 AM
"*looks around*"
.... Wait... Am I the first one here?
Zoro's going to have that reaction a lot I think before this fight is done...
I kind of want to start a story time- like I'm obligated to.... But I can't think of something-
OH! I know! I cast summon Raxon!
Or do I have to say Raxon's name three times, like beetlejuice. Not sure...
Raxon.
Emily is clearly compensating for a lack of something here. Why Emily, my dear, do I detect a hint of freudian envy?
You see, Cory may have three swords, but that's just wish fulfillment... Come to think of it, I suupose that's what it is for Emily, as well.
"Eureka!"
Summon Raxon succeeded :)
It looks like. And I got here pretty fast.
"Oh wait I've got one-"
Tell a story about how you bought an expensive piece of gear that other players thought was a waste of money...
Until they saw it in action.
In Star Wars, my mercenary had money to burn, so I bought a jet pack. The other players told me I was nuts and wasting money and could have easily bought a grappling hook. Cue us in a swamp- their grappling hooks weren't working because they couldn't make their rolls to get us out of the muck. I just smirked, kicked in my jet pack, and waited on the high ground for them to ask for help while eating an apple :)
Of course, it's the same reason I always buy the miniaturized long range encrypted hologram com links- why give your game master open license to screw you over by having less capable gear?
Wandering Mask
7th May 2014, 3:56 AM
Kudos to you for your good fortune, but shame on your GM for not having your jetpack ignite the swamp gases and blow you all to kingdom come. No ill will meant to you, but I can't stand to see a perfectly good opportunity for a giant explosion wasted like that.
I agree :) I would have rode it out like a badass
As my old scoutmaster used to tell me, it's not the size that matters, it's how you use it!
Tell a story about big things that came from *ahem* small packages.
"Poor, poor Gyaros."
Protip: If you use a jar of elemental fire as a summoning focus, then jam it deep into the spinneretes of the gigantic monstrous spider god, said deity won't be very happy when the Phoenix errupts 5 rounds later.
I was kinda hoping you did that to Lolth. Can you imagine the look on her face when a lowly mortal dares impose a magical butt plug on her?
7th May 2014, 1:03 PM
It was a home-brewed deific manifestation of the evil moon, and had to be fought on the material, ethereal and shadow planes all at once. As unhappy as Gyaros was when the phoenix first arrived, I think it got really pissed off when my kept casting grease and making charge attacks to ram more jars in. It was, to say the least, the campaign finale, after which the entire moon melted to slag.
Vividly.
As for my story... Hmm. The best I have is my tsundere Pixie Knight (tweaked racials from being a Transmitter's unwilling experiment), who could throw orcs at each other despite being a 6" tall fey with wings. I prefer a friend's story, though, wherein a Druid wildshaped into a rodent played havoc with the Thieves' Guild that had the gall to try holding her captive. Rather than waiting to be rescued, she shrugged off the knockout poison and disappeared into a wall. After a lucky Wild Empathy check on a cat, she chewed through strings on their traps and straps on their unattended armor, soiled the fruit bowls and the larder, persuaded the aforementioned cat to puke in the guildmaster's shoes, and relocated some very expensive earrings to retrieve later. Only then did she bother escaping. And the moral of the story is that a Druid with a rogueish skill selection is not a good lady to piss off.
fox61524
"Dust of Dryness"
I ran a 3.5 one shot to get some practice DMing, and one of my players asked for some slightly used dust of dryness.
For those unfamiliar with the item, dust of dryness can be sprinkled in a body of water to cause a very large volume of that water (roughly a small lake) to condense into a single, small bead. At any time after that, you can throw the bead against a hard surface to release all of the water at once. (slightly used, by the way, meant he got a bead that he didn't need to create)
The party confronted the boss down at the docks. It was intended for them to have a fight and then the boss would get away so they could confront him again at the finale.
The first player up pulls out his bead of water and smashes at the boss's feet. Washes him straight off the wharf and into the water. Of course, I couldn't have had a more beautiful opportunity for the boss to escape if I planned it, so the mid-session fight was a little ati-climactic, but I tried to make up for it later.
"Small packages huh?"
What if your entire character is the package? Pathfinder has a race called wyrwood- they're animate wooden doll people who turned on the mages who were misusing them and stole the secret of how to make more. Depending on your class- like, say, a rogue- they're also tiny little combat machines that are super hard to deal with.
Short version if the story? I solo wrecked an Orc chief with a sneak attack/called shot to the eyes. No penalties cause I was as small as them :)
"Biiig Bada-boom"
I once played a Halfling Monk that took down a Grey Render single-handedly. It had me dead to rights. I was currently being 'grappled' (in its mouth), and was down to my last hit point. I had gotten ahead of the rest of the party, and there was no way they were going to be in time to bail me out. I knew my character was going to die the next round. So, rather than try to escape from the thing's jaws, I instead rolled one final defiant attack.
Aimed at myself.
Or rather, at the Necklace of Fireballs I was wearing.
If I remember correctly, the ensuing chain-reaction did about 35d6 of damage. I immolated myself, the monster, and pretty much everything in a 10-foot radius.
Hmm... I wonder if I can make necklaces of fireball, and put each bead on a piece of body jewelry...
I could have the single most horrifying bard in existence. I would need to make him a dragonkin or something immune to fire.
"I drop my pants and lift my junk for all to see."
"WHAT."
"I'm not finished! I lift my junk and tear a red bead from one of my piercings, then shove in down his pants."
"...What have you done?"
"Remember when I made those fireball earrings? Well I made about five hundred of them, and put them all over my body."
"Find. You just burned the necromancer to death with a penile piercing. Is there anything else you would like to add?"
"I open my shirt and reveal over fifty more on my chest. I reach up and delicately grasp the ones dangling from my nipples, with an evil grin on my face."
"You are a dragon man. You don't have nipples."
"Remember when I asked about cosmetic surgery, and you said it was rather expensive?"
"No. You didn't. Please, no."
"They're prehensile."
"Nope. Game over. All of them explode and you are crushed to death by the blast pressure."
"Aww, but they had eyes in the tips and everything!"
"Oh dear crap! That's where you had that extra pair of eyes implanted?"
I love the reference to Zoro's original backstory.
Never got that far in the actual manga. Dare I ask for details?
In the series,Zorro was origally supposed to be part of Buggy's crew.You know, the crew of the guy with "warpaint" at his face and elfen shoes? De crew full of jugglers and lion tamers?
I believe Zorro was even supposed to be a recurring villain!
I don't know why Oda mad him a good guy, but I'm very very happy about it. He's still one my favorit characters of the team.
Knowlessman
Pretty sure that last rounded rectangle should be blue, if it's DM's.
"I'm probably wrong but..."
When it comes to weapons, my experience is that you get what you pay for... but sometimes "inexpensive and disposable" is what you need.
Investing in a single, expensive weapon is just begging for said weapon to get lost, stolen, or damaged... even if the GM isn't trying to target it (initially).
I mean, disarming enemies is the typical "good guy" tactic while if you really are the villain and the hero has a good weapon, you steal it. The GM avoiding that for too long when you've got that Sword of Awesome makes your foes artificially "nice" and/or stupid.
Now if this is a system that offers "protection" for your weapons, like GURPS with the Signature Gear advantage... go ahead. With how Mihawk's weapons perform in the actual one piece, I am assuming the risk of theft or damage is so negligible, it isn't an issue. Zoro's swords on the other hand...
Spoilers! That happens! Repeatedly!
Yet more evidence of Mihawk using Legacy champion. There's a feat that allows them to Sacrifice excess treasure to buff their signature weapon.
Evan Miller
"SunBlade"
so one of the games I was running a while back had a guest appearance from one of my coworkers. He decided to run a paladin in the game I was running and had spent almost all of his starting gold on a sunblade. The rest of the party was unimpressed. Until of course they had to fight a grave knight and his army of undead minions.
Later when I ended up building a Gnome paladin I remembered the sunblade and invested in one, since it counted as a short sword as well I was able to wield it quite effectively.
Zok72
"Reduce Object"
+ Reduce Object
+ Bag of Holding
+ Stone to Flesh
= Instant Hydra
kokuou
"Instant Fortress"
[thought of this story when I saw the name above me]
I was playing a gnome wizard in a epic level pathfinder game, named Zok. Zok was well... poorly designed for this game since I batmaned him out with all sorts of craft magical items and got thrown into a dudgeon with no downtime and all that to use them with, but zok continued to do his wizardly business, in the background letting the fighters and such melee.
well that was until I was grappled by an illithid. illithids or mindflayers like to eat brains and with my tasty 25+ int Zok was a prime choice. so as I was held grappled in the creatures tenticles, a round away from having my brain ripped out of my skull I resorted to my last defense.
Zok reached into his bag of holding and pulled out a tiny cube that housed an instant fortress. now the instant fortress is nothing to scream about. its an armored house you activate to get a good nights sleep without worrying about things trying to eat you by becoming a giant iron tower. well last round of my life Zok decided that if he was going to die, he was going to take the creature out with him, and so he held the cube directly over the illithid's head and activated it having a giant tower spring into being in a 5x5 corridor squashing it flat. Zok survived though, since the wording on the item said that 'the door opens facing you' Zok just strolled into his fortress. or well tried too. sadly the walls of this particular dungeon were indestructible, so my instant fortress had an instant explosion as it tried to reach maximum size.
and that's why I will always have an instant fortress. be it to crush my enemies moments from death or for the look on people's faces when I activate the fortress within the dragon's mouth.
"I'm totally stealing that idea."
My group's GM has us in an alternate reality/timeline event and is dropping hints that we're going to have to fight Io to force him to split into Bahamut and Tiamat.
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Buried Truth: Pete Hill’s family roots run long and deep in Virginia soil, part 2
By Zann Nelson on Monday, June 25, 2018
Photo of Reuben W. Hill believed to be the father of John Preston “Pete” Hill courtesy of West Virginia archives
William and Betty Hill of Madison County, perhaps members of the well-known, lighter-skinned Hill family of Culpeper and Madison, settled in the Buena area as early as 1870. Migrating with them were numerous sons and daughters, including Robert (believed to be Pete Hill’s uncle on his father’s side), born in 1851.
Historical maps, oral histories and field surveys reveal a network of roads that crisscross Cedar Mountain between the White Oak Church area on Route 15 and the heart of Buena. It was along these now-abandoned cart paths on the slopes of the mountain that the Hills established their home place and began their life of freedom.
On the mountain side, one can still find the simple artifacts of a life long since abandoned. A stone foundation, the artwork of a hand-dug and stone-lined well and a fence-enclosed graveyard all remain as ghosts declaring, “We were here.”
Did Lizzie Seals live here with her sister and brother-in-law? Was Pete’s birth an event at one of the evident homesteads? Did he spend his early childhood on the mountainside above Buena?
During his lifetime, Robert H. Hill married three times (the second being Pete’s aunt, Ella), fathered several children and acquired a considerable amount of wealth.
Upon his death in 1914 and the subsequent death of his third wife, only two of his children would inherit his estate. His daughter would receive about 21 acres and the “valuable house,” while the son received a larger tract of land and the carriage house. Granddaughter Ruth was to have the piano.
On one excursion into the woodlands of the remote side of Cedar Mountain searching for clues to life in the late 1800s and early 1900s, we came upon an extraordinary find. Almost hidden from sight beneath trees laden with the leaves of late summer rose a two-story frame house that spoke of a once grand nature. There was another hand-dug well and a few remaining outbuildings.
My colleague was legitimately concerned about the wisdom of venturing within the house, but for me, I knew the not knowing would haunt me forever. Gingerly testing each board beneath every next step, I examined each room upstairs and down. Despite having been abandoned for decades, the house hummed softly to me of prosperity and a life well lived, at least for a while.
As I entered the parlor on the ground floor, my heart began to pound and then sank in sadness as I realized I was standing before the ruins of Rose’s inheritance: a once magnificent piano. Perhaps it was the ghost of songs played on those ivory keys that I was experiencing as a gentle melodic breeze floating through the failing structure. I could imagine how the wind might have carried those pleasing tunes throughout the forest and nearby homes, bringing smiles to faces in another time.
My research, combined with the previous work of the baseball historians, was conclusive: the great Negro Leagues’ baseball player and Hall of Fame inductee was a man named John Preston Hill, born in Culpeper County, Va. with family roots in nearby Orange and Madison counties.
But could I convince the authorities at the National Hall of Fame that what they had was incorrect? All I could do was give it my best effort.
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By Nick Lasinsky on December 6, 2019
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One morning after fall break, when the air was getting colder and the leaves were starting to turn, I found myself working at the arboretum with horticulturalist Charles Bone, removing tropical plants from a bed by the fieldhouse to be stored in their greenhouse for winter. Charles can be a quiet guy, but if you get him talking he’s purely wonderful. All of the horticulturalists at Haverford’s arboretum are. Often, I’ll ask them about anything at all plant related, and they’ll explain with a certain patience and quiet enthusiasm which is quite unlike anything else on campus; they have a sort of unspoken dedication about them, unadvertised and largely unknown, but constantly humming away in the college’s background. On that particular morning, I started asking Charles about his future plans, what he liked about his job, how he got here, and somehow we ended up on the topic of legacy. He told me about how he sometimes thought about the work that had come before him, the effort that had created the plants he tended to now. “That’s something I’ve always loved about this campus. If you look around you realize that there have always been caretakers here, since the very beginning.”
Think about planting a tree. You might say that you dig a hole, toss the sapling in, let it go, and voila! You have a tree. Of course this isn’t how the process actually works. You plant a tree, and often it just immediately dies. Sometimes you can dig it up and plant it again, and then it dies again. Maybe the third time’s the charm, and the tree sticks. But now you have to guard the tree. It needs mulch every spring to make sure nobody crushes it while walking. You need to haul water to it in dry times for at least a year, categorize its species for future care, stake it up, protect it from the wind, and then, maybe, the tree will survive. Congratulations: you’re now playing the long game. The adult tree still needs a lot of help. You have to prune and shape the tree, cordon it off during construction, increase the mulch ring to protect its roots, divert foot traffic around it, convince administrators that the tree even deserves to be there – and the kicker is that you have to do all of this constantly for decades, maybe centuries.
Consider the Burr Oak by the library ramp. It’s one of the very few trees left on campus that was planted right at Haverford’s founding, nearly two hundred years ago. When that tree was planted, slavery was booming in America. The Battle of the Alamo hadn’t happened yet. Andrew Jackson was president. And through every event after, through every change that overtook Haverford, someone has cared. Someone watered and pruned and nurtured that tree. Then someone else defended it, mulched around it. And somebody else argued that the library ramp should be built around the tree, that it shouldn’t be knocked down in the name of progress. Now, if you look up into it, you’ll see massive cables stretching the entire breadth of its canopy, placed there and holding it together against the weight of its own enormity. Decade after decade, through every progress and failing of most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, somebody’s kept an eye on that oak you probably walk by every day. Isn’t that kind of beautiful? It’s not ostentatious – that’s the point. It’s a deeply understated accomplishment of this campus, won not in a single salvo of money and prestige and construction, but earned, day after day, person after person, decade after decade. The new library’s beautiful, but I’ll always be marveling more at the tree.
I applied to be the Students’ Council librarian because I want to be a librarian myself, and I like libraries. I had no clue what I was getting into. The Student’s Constitution was pretty messy and out of date; I had to fix it. But it wasn’t the extent of the damage that shocked me. It was the depth of the bedrock that was below it. I read through every word of that Constitution. I met with the past Honor Council Librarian Riley Wheaton ‘20, the present Honor Council Librarian Nicole Haas-Loomis ‘22, chatted with Director of Web Communications Jenn O’Donnell, and consulted Franklyn Cantor ‘12, Special Assistant to the President, as to what I should do. Each and every one of them was absolutely wonderful. They gave me the combined institutional memory of the constitution without hesitation. They cared, on a deep level, that things were fixed. I asked them questions about precedents or formatting, and they each responded with a certain patience and quiet enthusiasm, which struck me as entirely familiar.
Consider the Students’ Association Constitution. It’s a document that had to be created from scratch, and built to last for decades. This isn’t some dead piece of paper – the Constitution and the Honor Code which makes up a large portion of it affects campus life in innumerable ways. But once it was created, it had to be updated. Students had to care about it, at Plenaries stretching back decades and decades, and after reading through Plenary packet after Plenary packet, it became clear to me just how much care lurked beneath the surface of the document. After it survived, it had to be changed, updated or sometimes pruned for its own good. It had to be defended, by students and officers, against the idea that it was anything less than a document with real power. And, of course, the kicker is that you have to do this year after year, with new students bodies – you have to teach them the power that they possess, impress upon them just how much editing and argument and effort has gone into giving them the framework they operate under today. Somebody has to care about these things, and pass on that care again and again, or they’ll die almost immediately.
When tour guides of the college emphasize the Honor Code and Plenary, or remark on how beautiful the curated trees that cover campus are, they are directing prospective students to gaze at the tip of a gargantuan iceberg. Year in, year out, person after person has worked to give us the beautiful, diverse, and entirely unique Haverford that we enjoy today. And they’re still there, working in the background, preparing for change – and it’s an open invitation to join them, to contribute, apply for a committee, write a resolution, demand change…or, simply plant a tree. If you do it right, you’ll be dead before you can ever truly appreciate the investments you’ve made. But you can rest assured that you’ll have made a genuine difference, and joined a legacy that stretches exceptionally far back. I think Charles is right. That’s something to love about this campus. If you look around you realize that there have always been caretakers here, since the very beginning. Perhaps you will be one of them.
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Assessment of tumor heterogeneity using unsupervised graph based clustering of multi-modality imaging data
Katiyar, P., Divine, M. R., Pichler, B. J., Disselhorst, J. A.
European Molecular Imaging Meeting, 2015 (poster)
ei Katiyar, P., Divine, M. R., Pichler, B. J., Disselhorst, J. A. Assessment of tumor heterogeneity using unsupervised graph based clustering of multi-modality imaging data European Molecular Imaging Meeting, 2015 (poster)
Novel segmentation of dynamic [18]F-FDG PET bypasses the need of arterial plasma input function, delivering a robust quantification of the tumor microenvironment
World Molecular Imaging Conference, 2015 (poster)
ei Katiyar, P., Divine, M. R., Pichler, B. J., Disselhorst, J. A. Novel segmentation of dynamic [18]F-FDG PET bypasses the need of arterial plasma input function, delivering a robust quantification of the tumor microenvironment World Molecular Imaging Conference, 2015 (poster)
Kernel methods for dependence testing in LFP-MUA
Gretton, A., Belitski, A., Murayama, Y., Schölkopf, B., Logothetis, N.
35(689.17), 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience), November 2005 (poster)
A fundamental problem in neuroscience is determining whether or not particular neural signals are dependent. The correlation is the most straightforward basis for such tests, but considerable work also focuses on the mutual information (MI), which is capable of revealing dependence of higher orders that the correlation cannot detect. That said, there are other measures of dependence that share with the MI an ability to detect dependence of any order, but which can be easier to compute in practice. We focus in particular on tests based on the functional covariance, which derive from work originally accomplished in 1959 by Renyi. Conceptually, our dependence tests work by computing the covariance between (infinite dimensional) vectors of nonlinear mappings of the observations being tested, and then determining whether this covariance is zero - we call this measure the constrained covariance (COCO). When these vectors are members of universal reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, we can prove this covariance to be zero only when the variables being tested are independent. The greatest advantage of these tests, compared with the mutual information, is their simplicity – when comparing two signals, we need only take the largest eigenvalue (or the trace) of a product of two matrices of nonlinearities, where these matrices are generally much smaller than the number of observations (and are very simple to construct). We compare the mutual information, the COCO, and the correlation in the context of finding changes in dependence between the LFP and MUA signals in the primary visual cortex of the anaesthetized macaque, during the presentation of dynamic natural stimuli. We demonstrate that the MI and COCO reveal dependence which is not detected by the correlation alone (which we prove by artificially removing all correlation between the signals, and then testing their dependence with COCO and the MI); and that COCO and the MI give results consistent with each other on our data.
ei Gretton, A., Belitski, A., Murayama, Y., Schölkopf, B., Logothetis, N. Kernel methods for dependence testing in LFP-MUA 35(689.17), 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience), November 2005 (poster)
Rapid animal detection in natural scenes: Critical features are local
Wichmann, F., Rosas, P., Gegenfurtner, K.
Journal of Vision, 5(8):376, Fifth Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), September 2005 (poster)
Thorpe et al (Nature 381, 1996) first showed how rapidly human observers are able to classify natural images as to whether they contain an animal or not. Whilst the basic result has been replicated using different response paradigms (yes-no versus forced-choice), modalities (eye movements versus button presses) as well as while measuring neurophysiological correlates (ERPs), it is still unclear which image features support this rapid categorisation. Recently Torralba and Oliva (Network: Computation in Neural Systems, 14, 2003) suggested that simple global image statistics can be used to predict seemingly complex decisions about the absence and/or presence of objects in natural scences. They show that the information contained in a small number (N=16) of spectral principal components (SPC)—principal component analysis (PCA) applied to the normalised power spectra of the images—is sufficient to achieve approximately 80% correct animal detection in natural scenes. Our goal was to test whether human observers make use of the power spectrum when rapidly classifying natural scenes. We measured our subjects' ability to detect animals in natural scenes as a function of presentation time (13 to 167 msec); images were immediately followed by a noise mask. In one condition we used the original images, in the other images whose power spectra were equalised (each power spectrum was set to the mean power spectrum over our ensemble of 1476 images). Thresholds for 75% correct animal detection were in the region of 20–30 msec for all observers, independent of the power spectrum of the images: this result makes it very unlikely that human observers make use of the global power spectrum. Taken together with the results of Gegenfurtner, Braun & Wichmann (Journal of Vision [abstract], 2003), showing the robustness of animal detection to global phase noise, we conclude that humans use local features, like edges and contours, in rapid animal detection.
ei Wichmann, F., Rosas, P., Gegenfurtner, K. Rapid animal detection in natural scenes: Critical features are local Journal of Vision, 5(8):376, Fifth Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), September 2005 (poster)
Learning an Interest Operator from Eye Movements
Kienzle, W., Franz, M., Wichmann, F., Schölkopf, B.
International Workshop on Bioinspired Information Processing (BIP 2005), 2005, pages: 1, September 2005 (poster)
ei Kienzle, W., Franz, M., Wichmann, F., Schölkopf, B. Learning an Interest Operator from Eye Movements International Workshop on Bioinspired Information Processing (BIP 2005), 2005, pages: 1, September 2005 (poster)
Classification of natural scenes using global image statistics
Drewes, J., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K.
The algorithmic classification of complex, natural scenes is generally considered a difficult task due to the large amount of information conveyed by natural images. Work by Simon Thorpe and colleagues showed that humans are capable of detecting animals within novel natural scenes with remarkable speed and accuracy. This suggests that the relevant information for classification can be extracted at comparatively limited computational cost. One hypothesis is that global image statistics such as the amplitude spectrum could underly fast image classification (Johnson & Olshausen, Journal of Vision, 2003; Torralba & Oliva, Network: Comput. Neural Syst., 2003). We used linear discriminant analysis to classify a set of 11.000 images into animal and non-animal images. After applying a DFT to the image, we put the Fourier spectrum into bins (8 orientations with 6 frequency bands each). Using all bins, classification performance on the Fourier spectrum reached 70%. However, performance was similar (67%) when only the high spatial frequency information was used and decreased steadily at lower spatial frequencies, reaching a minimum (50%) for the low spatial frequency information. Similar results were obtained when all bins were used on spatially filtered images. A detailed analysis of the classification weights showed that a relatively high level of performance (67%) could also be obtained when only 2 bins were used, namely the vertical and horizontal orientation at the highest spatial frequency band. Our results show that in the absence of sophisticated machine learning techniques, animal detection in natural scenes is limited to rather modest levels of performance, far below those of human observers. If limiting oneself to global image statistics such as the DFT then mostly information at the highest spatial frequencies is useful for the task. This is analogous to the results obtained with human observers on filtered images (Kirchner et al, VSS 2004).
ei Drewes, J., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K. Classification of natural scenes using global image statistics Journal of Vision, 5(8):602, Fifth Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), September 2005 (poster)
Comparative evaluation of Independent Components Analysis algorithms for isolating target-relevant information in brain-signal classification
Hill, N., Schröder, M., Lal, T., Schölkopf, B.
Brain-Computer Interface Technology, 3, pages: 95, June 2005 (poster)
ei Hill, N., Schröder, M., Lal, T., Schölkopf, B. Comparative evaluation of Independent Components Analysis algorithms for isolating target-relevant information in brain-signal classification Brain-Computer Interface Technology, 3, pages: 95, June 2005 (poster)
47, pages: 88, 47. Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen, April 2005 (poster)
ei Drewes, J., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K. Classification of natural scenes using global image statistics 47, pages: 88, 47. Tagung Experimentell Arbeitender Psychologen, April 2005 (poster)
8, pages: 88, 8th T{\"u}bingen Perception Conference (TWK), February 2005 (poster)
The algorithmic classification of complex, natural scenes is generally considered a difficult task due to the large amount of information conveyed by natural images. Work by Simon Thorpe and colleagues showed that humans are capable of detecting animals within novel natural scenes with remarkable speed and accuracy. This suggests that the relevant information for classification can be extracted at comparatively limited computational cost. One hypothesis is that global image statistics such as the amplitude spectrum could underly fast image classification (Johnson & Olshausen, Journal of Vision, 2003; Torralba & Oliva, Network: Comput. Neural Syst., 2003). We used linear discriminant analysis to classify a set of 11.000 images into animal and nonanimal images. After applying a DFT to the image, we put the Fourier spectrum of each image into 48 bins (8 orientations with 6 frequency bands). Using all of these bins, classification performance on the Fourier spectrum reached 70%. In an iterative procedure, we then removed the bins whose absence caused the smallest damage to the classification performance (one bin per iteration). Notably, performance stayed at about 70% until less then 6 bins were left. A detailed analysis of the classification weights showed that a comparatively high level of performance (67%) could also be obtained when only 2 bins were used, namely the vertical orientations at the highest spatial frequency band. When using only a single frequency band (8 bins) we found that 67% classification performance could be reached when only the high spatial frequency information was used, which decreased steadily at lower spatial frequencies, reaching a minimum (50%) for the low spatial frequency information. Similar results were obtained when all bins were used on spatially pre-filtered images. Our results show that in the absence of sophisticated machine learning techniques, animal detection in natural scenes is limited to rather modest levels of performance, far below those of human observers. If limiting oneself to global image statistics such as the DFT then mostly information at the highest spatial frequencies is useful for the task. This is analogous to the results obtained with human observers on filtered images (Kirchner et al, VSS 2004).
ei Drewes, J., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K. Classification of Natural Scenes using Global Image Statistics 8, pages: 88, 8th T{\"u}bingen Perception Conference (TWK), February 2005 (poster)
Efficient Adaptive Sampling of the Psychometric Function by Maximizing Information Gain
Tanner, T., Hill, N., Rasmussen, C., Wichmann, F.
8, pages: 109, (Editors: Bülthoff, H. H., H. A. Mallot, R. Ulrich and F. A. Wichmann), 8th T{\"u}bingen Perception Conference (TWK), February 2005 (poster)
A psychometric function can be described by its shape and four parameters: position or threshold, slope or width, false alarm rate or chance level, and miss or lapse rate. Depending on the parameters of interest some points on the psychometric function may be more informative than others. Adaptive methods attempt to place trials on the most informative points based on the data collected in previous trials. We introduce a new adaptive bayesian psychometric method which collects data for any set of parameters with high efficency. It places trials by minimizing the expected entropy [1] of the posterior pdf over a set of possible stimuli. In contrast to most other adaptive methods it is neither limited to threshold measurement nor to forced-choice designs. Nuisance parameters can be included in the estimation and lead to less biased estimates. The method supports block designs which do not harm the performance when a sufficient number of trials are performed. Block designs are useful for control of response bias and short term performance shifts such as adaptation. We present the results of evaluations of the method by computer simulations and experiments with human observers. In the simulations we investigated the role of parametric assumptions, the quality of different point estimates, the effect of dynamic termination criteria and many other settings. [1] Kontsevich, L.L. and Tyler, C.W. (1999): Bayesian adaptive estimation of psychometric slope and threshold. Vis. Res. 39 (16), 2729-2737.
ei Tanner, T., Hill, N., Rasmussen, C., Wichmann, F. Efficient Adaptive Sampling of the Psychometric Function by Maximizing Information Gain 8, pages: 109, (Editors: Bülthoff, H. H., H. A. Mallot, R. Ulrich and F. A. Wichmann), 8th T{\"u}bingen Perception Conference (TWK), February 2005 (poster)
Automatic Classification of Plankton from Digital Images
Sieracki, M., Riseman, E., Balch, W., Benfield, M., Hanson, A., Pilskaln, C., Schultz, H., Sieracki, C., Utgoff, P., Blaschko, M., Holness, G., Mattar, M., Lisin, D., Tupper, B.
ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 1, pages: 1, February 2005 (poster)
ei Sieracki, M., Riseman, E., Balch, W., Benfield, M., Hanson, A., Pilskaln, C., Schultz, H., Sieracki, C., Utgoff, P., Blaschko, M., Holness, G., Mattar, M., Lisin, D., Tupper, B. Automatic Classification of Plankton from Digital Images ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 1, pages: 1, February 2005 (poster)
Bayesian Inference for Psychometric Functions
Kuss, M., Jäkel, F., Wichmann, F.
In psychophysical studies of perception the psychometric function is used to model the relation between the physical stimulus intensity and the observer's ability to detect or discriminate between stimuli of different intensities. We propose the use of Bayesian inference to extract the information contained in experimental data to learn about the parameters of psychometric functions. Since Bayesian inference cannot be performed analytically we use a Markov chain Monte Carlo method to generate samples from the posterior distribution over parameters. These samples can be used to estimate Bayesian confidence intervals and other characteristics of the posterior distribution. We compare our approach with traditional methods based on maximum-likelihood parameter estimation combined with parametric bootstrap techniques for confidence interval estimation. Experiments indicate that Bayesian inference methods are superior to bootstrap-based methods and are thus the method of choice for estimating the psychometric function and its confidence-intervals.
ei Kuss, M., Jäkel, F., Wichmann, F. Bayesian Inference for Psychometric Functions 8, pages: 106, (Editors: Bülthoff, H. H., H. A. Mallot, R. Ulrich and F. A. Wichmann), 8th T{\"u}bingen Perception Conference (TWK), February 2005 (poster)
Global image statistics of natural scenes
Bioinspired Information Processing, 08, pages: 1, 2005 (poster)
ei Drewes, J., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K. Global image statistics of natural scenes Bioinspired Information Processing, 08, pages: 1, 2005 (poster)
Kernel-Methods, Similarity, and Exemplar Theories of Categorization
Jäkel, F., Wichmann, F.
ASIC, 4, 2005 (poster)
Kernel-methods are popular tools in machine learning and statistics that can be implemented in a simple feed-forward neural network. They have strong connections to several psychological theories. For example, Shepard‘s universal law of generalization can be given a kernel interpretation. This leads to an inner product and a metric on the psychological space that is different from the usual Minkowski norm. The metric has psychologically interesting properties: It is bounded from above and does not have additive segments. As categorization models often rely on Shepard‘s law as a model for psychological similarity some of them can be recast as kernel-methods. In particular, ALCOVE is shown to be closely related to kernel logistic regression. The relationship to the Generalized Context Model is also discussed. It is argued that functional analysis which is routinely used in machine learning provides valuable insights also for psychology.
ei Jäkel, F., Wichmann, F. Kernel-Methods, Similarity, and Exemplar Theories of Categorization ASIC, 4, 2005 (poster)
Experimentelle Psychologie. Beitr{\"a}ge zur 47. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, 47, pages: 225, 2005 (poster)
ei Wichmann, F., Rosas, P., Gegenfurtner, K. Rapid animal detection in natural scenes: critical features are local Experimentelle Psychologie. Beitr{\"a}ge zur 47. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, 47, pages: 225, 2005 (poster)
The human brain as large margin classifier
Graf, A., Wichmann, F., Bülthoff, H., Schölkopf, B.
Proceedings of the Computational & Systems Neuroscience Meeting (COSYNE), 2, pages: 1, 2005 (poster)
ei Graf, A., Wichmann, F., Bülthoff, H., Schölkopf, B. The human brain as large margin classifier Proceedings of the Computational & Systems Neuroscience Meeting (COSYNE), 2, pages: 1, 2005 (poster)
Natural Actor-Critic
NIPS Workshop " Planning for the Real World: The promises and challenges of dealing with uncertainty", December 2003 (poster)
ei Peters, J., Vijayakumar, S., Schaal, S. Natural Actor-Critic NIPS Workshop " Planning for the Real World: The promises and challenges of dealing with uncertainty", December 2003 (poster)
Texture and haptic cues in slant discrimination: Measuring the effect of texture type on cue combination
Rosas, P., Wichmann, F., Ernst, M., Wagemans, J.
Journal of Vision, 3(12):26, 2003 Fall Vision Meeting of the Optical Society of America, December 2003 (poster)
In a number of models of depth cue combination the depth percept is constructed via a weighted average combination of independent depth estimations. The influence of each cue in such average depends on the reliability of the source of information. (Young, Landy, & Maloney, 1993; Ernst & Banks, 2002.) In particular, Ernst & Banks (2002) formulate the combination performed by the human brain as that of the minimum variance unbiased estimator that can be constructed from the available cues. Using slant discrimination and slant judgment via probe adjustment as tasks, we have observed systematic differences in performance of human observers when a number of different types of textures were used as cue to slant (Rosas, Wichmann & Wagemans, 2003). If the depth percept behaves as described above, our measurements of the slopes of the psychometric functions provide the predicted weights for the texture cue for the ranked texture types. We have combined these texture types with object motion but the obtained results are difficult to reconcile with the unbiased minimum variance estimator model (Rosas & Wagemans, 2003). This apparent failure of such model might be explained by the existence of a coupling of texture and motion, violating the assumption of independence of cues. Hillis, Ernst, Banks, & Landy (2002) have shown that while for between-modality combination the human visual system has access to the single-cue information, for within-modality combination (visual cues: disparity and texture) the single-cue information is lost, suggesting a coupling between these cues. Then, in the present study we combine the different texture types with haptic information in a slant discrimination task, to test whether in the between-modality condition the texture cue and the haptic cue to slant are combined as predicted by an unbiased, minimum variance estimator model.
ei Rosas, P., Wichmann, F., Ernst, M., Wagemans, J. Texture and haptic cues in slant discrimination: Measuring the effect of texture type on cue combination Journal of Vision, 3(12):26, 2003 Fall Vision Meeting of the Optical Society of America, December 2003 (poster)
Sparse Gaussian Process Tooblox - Demonstration
Csato, L.
16, December 2003 (poster)
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ei Csato, L. Sparse Gaussian Process Tooblox - Demonstration 16, December 2003 (poster)
A unifying computational framework for optimization and dynamic systemsapproaches to motor control
Mohajerian, P., Peters, J., Ijspeert, A., Schaal, S.
10th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation (JSNC 2003), 10, pages: 1, May 2003 (poster)
ei Mohajerian, P., Peters, J., Ijspeert, A., Schaal, S. A unifying computational framework for optimization and dynamic systemsapproaches to motor control 10th Joint Symposium on Neural Computation (JSNC 2003), 10, pages: 1, May 2003 (poster)
A Unifying Computational Framework for Optimization and Dynamic Systems Approaches to Motor Control
13th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting 2003, 13, pages: 1, April 2003 (poster)
ei Mohajerian, P., Peters, J., Ijspeert, A., Schaal, S. A Unifying Computational Framework for Optimization and Dynamic Systems Approaches to Motor Control 13th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting 2003, 13, pages: 1, April 2003 (poster)
Phase Information and the Recognition of Natural Images
Braun, D., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K.
6, pages: 138, (Editors: H.H. Bülthoff, K.R. Gegenfurtner, H.A. Mallot, R. Ulrich, F.A. Wichmann), 6. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), February 2003 (poster)
Fourier phase plays an important role in determining image structure. For example, when the phase spectrum of an image showing a ower is swapped with the phase spectrum of an image showing a tank, then we will usually perceive a tank in the resulting image, even though the amplitude spectrum is still that of the ower. Also, when the phases of an image are randomly swapped across frequencies, the resulting image becomes impossible to recognize. Our goal was to evaluate the e ect of phase manipulations in a more quantitative manner. On each trial subjects viewed two images of natural scenes. The subject had to indicate which one of the two images contained an animal. The spectra of the images were manipulated by adding random phase noise at each frequency. The phase noise was uniformly distributed in the interval [ ;+ ], where was varied between 0 degree and 180 degrees. Image pairs were displayed for 100 msec. Subjects were remarkably resistant to the addition of phase noise. Even with [120; 120] degree noise, subjects still were at a level of 75% correct. The introduction of phase noise leads to a reduction of image contrast. Subjects were slightly better than a simple prediction based on this contrast reduction. However, when contrast response functions were measured in the same experimental paradigm, we found that performance in the phase noise experiment was signi cantly lower than that predicted by the corresponding contrast reduction.
ei Braun, D., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K. Phase Information and the Recognition of Natural Images 6, pages: 138, (Editors: H.H. Bülthoff, K.R. Gegenfurtner, H.A. Mallot, R. Ulrich, F.A. Wichmann), 6. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), February 2003 (poster)
Constraints measures and reproduction of style in robot imitation learning
Bakir, GH., Ilg, W., Franz, MO., Giese, M.
6, pages: 70, (Editors: H.H. Bülthoff, K.R. Gegenfurtner, H.A. Mallot, R. Ulrich, F.A. Wichmann), 6. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), February 2003 (poster)
Imitation learning is frequently discussed as a method for generating complex behaviors in robots by imitating human actors. The kinematic and the dynamic properties of humans and robots are typically quite di erent, however. For this reason observed human trajectories cannot be directly transferred to robots, even if their geometry is humanoid. Instead the human trajectory must be approximated by trajectories that can be realized by the robot. During this approximation deviations from the human trajectory may arise that change the style of the executed movement. Alternatively, the style of the movement might be well reproduced, but the imitated trajectory might be suboptimal with respect to di erent constraint measures from robotics control, leading to non-robust behavior. Goal of the presented work is to quantify this trade-o between \imitation quality" and constraint compatibility for the imitation of complex writing movements. In our experiment, we used trajectory data from human writing movements (see the abstract of Ilg et al. in this volume). The human trajectories were mapped onto robot trajectories by minimizing an error measure that integrates constraints that are important for the imitation of movement style and a regularizing constraint that ensures smooth joint trajectories with low velocities. In a rst experiment, both the end-e ector position and the shoulder angle of the robot were optimized in order to achieve good imitation together with accurate control of the end-e ector position. In a second experiment only the end-e ector trajectory was imitated whereas the motion of the elbow joint was determined using the optimal inverse kinematic solution for the robot. For both conditions di erent constraint measures (dexterity and relative jointlimit distances) and a measure for imitation quality were assessed. By controling the weight of the regularization term we can vary continuously between robot behavior optimizing imitation quality, and behavior minimizing joint velocities.
ei Bakir, GH., Ilg, W., Franz, MO., Giese, M. Constraints measures and reproduction of style in robot imitation learning 6, pages: 70, (Editors: H.H. Bülthoff, K.R. Gegenfurtner, H.A. Mallot, R. Ulrich, F.A. Wichmann), 6. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), February 2003 (poster)
Study of Human Classification using Psychophysics and Machine Learning
6, pages: 149, (Editors: H.H. Bülthoff, K.R. Gegenfurtner, H.A. Mallot, R. Ulrich, F.A. Wichmann), 6. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), Febuary 2003 (poster)
We attempt to reach a better understanding of classi cation in humans using both psychophysical and machine learning techniques. In our psychophysical paradigm the stimuli presented to the human subjects are modi ed using machine learning algorithms according to their responses. Frontal views of human faces taken from a processed version of the MPI face database are employed for a gender classi cation task. The processing assures that all heads have same mean intensity, same pixel-surface area and are centered. This processing stage is followed by a smoothing of the database in order to eliminate, as much as possible, scanning artifacts. Principal Component Analysis is used to obtain a low-dimensional representation of the faces in the database. A subject is asked to classify the faces and experimental parameters such as class (i.e. female/male), con dence ratings and reaction times are recorded. A mean classi cation error of 14.5% is measured and, on average, 0.5 males are classi ed as females and 21.3females as males. The mean reaction time for the correctly classi ed faces is 1229 +- 252 [ms] whereas the incorrectly classi ed faces have a mean reaction time of 1769 +- 304 [ms] showing that the reaction times increase with the subject's classi- cation error. Reaction times are also shown to decrease with increasing con dence, both for the correct and incorrect classi cations. Classi cation errors, reaction times and con dence ratings are then correlated to concepts of machine learning such as separating hyperplane obtained when considering Support Vector Machines, Relevance Vector Machines, boosted Prototype and K-means Learners. Elements near the separating hyperplane are found to be classi ed with more errors than those away from it. In addition, the subject's con dence increases when moving away from the hyperplane. A preliminary analysis on the available small number of subjects indicates that K-means classi cation seems to re ect the subject's classi cation behavior best. The above learnersare then used to generate \special" elements, or representations, of the low-dimensional database according to the labels given by the subject. A memory experiment follows where the representations are shown together with faces seen or unseen during the classi cation experiment. This experiment aims to assess the representations by investigating whether some representations, or special elements, are classi ed as \seen before" despite that they never appeared in the classi cation experiment, possibly hinting at their use during human classi cation.
ei Graf, A., Wichmann, F., Bülthoff, H., Schölkopf, B. Study of Human Classification using Psychophysics and Machine Learning 6, pages: 149, (Editors: H.H. Bülthoff, K.R. Gegenfurtner, H.A. Mallot, R. Ulrich, F.A. Wichmann), 6. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), Febuary 2003 (poster)
A Representation of Complex Movement Sequences Based on Hierarchical Spatio-Temporal Correspondence for Imitation Learning in Robotics
Ilg, W., Bakir, GH., Franz, MO., Giese, M.
Imitation learning of complex movements has become a popular topic in neuroscience, as well as in robotics. A number of conceptual as well as practical problems are still unsolved. One example is the determination of the aspects of movements which are relevant for imitation. Problems concerning the movement representation are twofold: (1) The movement characteristics of observed movements have to be transferred from the perceptual level to the level of generated actions. (2) Continuous spaces of movements with variable styles have to be approximated based on a limited number of learned example sequences. Therefore, one has to use representation with a high generalisation capability. We present methods for the representation of complex movement sequences that addresses these questions in the context of the imitation learning of writing movements using a robot arm with human-like geometry. For the transfer of complex movements from perception to action we exploit a learning-based method that represents complex action sequences by linear combination of prototypical examples (Ilg and Giese, BMCV 2002). The method of hierarchical spatio-temporal morphable models (HSTMM) decomposes action sequences automatically into movement primitives. These primitives are modeled by linear combinations of a small number of learned example trajectories. The learned spatio-temporal models are suitable for the analysis and synthesis of long action sequences, which consist of movement primitives with varying style parameters. The proposed method is illustrated by imitation learning of complex writing movements. Human trajectories were recorded using a commercial motion capture system (VICON). In the rst step the recorded writing sequences are decomposed into movement primitives. These movement primitives can be analyzed and changed in style by de ning linear combinations of prototypes with di erent linear weight combinations. Our system can imitate writing movements of di erent actors, synthesize new writing styles and can even exaggerate the writing movements of individual actors. Words and writing movements of the robot look very natural, and closely match the natural styles. These preliminary results makes the proposed method promising for further applications in learning-based robotics. In this poster we focus on the acquisition of the movement representation (identi cation and segmentation of movement primitives, generation of new writing styles by spatio-temporal morphing). The transfer of the generated writing movements to the robot considering the given kinematic and dynamic constraints is discussed in Bakir et al (this volume).
ei Ilg, W., Bakir, GH., Franz, MO., Giese, M. A Representation of Complex Movement Sequences Based on Hierarchical Spatio-Temporal Correspondence for Imitation Learning in Robotics 6, pages: 74, (Editors: H.H. Bülthoff, K.R. Gegenfurtner, H.A. Mallot, R. Ulrich, F.A. Wichmann), 6. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), February 2003 (poster)
The importance of phase information for recognizing natural images
Gegenfurtner, K., Braun, D., Wichmann, F.
2003 (poster)
ei Gegenfurtner, K., Braun, D., Wichmann, F. The importance of phase information for recognizing natural images 2003 (poster)
Models of contrast transfer as a function of presentation time and spatial frequency.
Wichmann, F.
Understanding contrast transduction is essential for understanding spatial vision. Using standard 2AFC contrast discrimination experiments conducted using a carefully calibrated display we previously showed that the shape of the threshold versus (pedestal) contrast (TvC) curve changes with presentation time and the performance level defined as threshold (Wichmann, 1999; Wichmann & Henning, 1999). Additional experiments looked at the change of the TvC curve with spatial frequency (Bird, Henning & Wichmann, 2002), and at how to constrain the parameters of models of contrast processing (Wichmann, 2002). Here I report modelling results both across spatial frequency and presentation time. An extensive model-selection exploration was performed using Bayesian confidence regions for the fitted parameters as well as cross-validation methods. Bird, C.M., G.B. Henning and F.A. Wichmann (2002). Contrast discrimination with sinusoidal gratings of different spatial frequency. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 19, 1267-1273. Wichmann, F.A. (1999). Some aspects of modelling human spatial vision: contrast discrimination. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University of Oxford. Wichmann, F.A. & Henning, G.B. (1999). Implications of the Pedestal Effect for Models of Contrast-Processing and Gain-Control. OSA Annual Meeting Program, 62. Wichmann, F.A. (2002). Modelling Contrast Transfer in Spatial Vision [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 2, 7a.
ei Wichmann, F. Models of contrast transfer as a function of presentation time and spatial frequency. 2003 (poster)
Real-Time Statistical Learning for Oculomotor Control and Visuomotor Coordination
Vijayakumar, S., Souza, A., Peters, J., Conradt, J., Rutkowski, T., Ijspeert, A., Nakanishi, J., Inoue, M., Shibata, T., Wiryo, A., Itti, L., Amari, S., Schaal, S.
(Editors: Becker, S. , S. Thrun, K. Obermayer), Sixteenth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), December 2002 (poster)
ei Vijayakumar, S., Souza, A., Peters, J., Conradt, J., Rutkowski, T., Ijspeert, A., Nakanishi, J., Inoue, M., Shibata, T., Wiryo, A., Itti, L., Amari, S., Schaal, S. Real-Time Statistical Learning for Oculomotor Control and Visuomotor Coordination (Editors: Becker, S. , S. Thrun, K. Obermayer), Sixteenth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), December 2002 (poster)
Surface-slant-from-texture discrimination: Effects of slant level and texture type
Rosas, P., Wichmann, F., Wagemans, J.
Journal of Vision, 2(7):300, Second Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), November 2002 (poster)
The problem of surface-slant-from-texture was studied psychophysically by measuring the performances of five human subjects in a slant-discrimination task with a number of different types of textures: uniform lattices, randomly displaced lattices, polka dots, Voronoi tessellations, orthogonal sinusoidal plaid patterns, fractal or 1/f noise, “coherent” noise and a “diffusion-based” texture (leopard skin-like). The results show: (1) Improving performance with larger slants for all textures. (2) A “non-symmetrical” performance around a particular slant characterized by a psychometric function that is steeper in the direction of the more slanted orientation. (3) For sufficiently large slants (66 deg) there are no major differences in performance between any of the different textures. (4) For slants at 26, 37 and 53 degrees, however, there are marked differences between the different textures. (5) The observed differences in performance across textures for slants up to 53 degrees are systematic within subjects, and nearly so across them. This allows a rank-order of textures to be formed according to their “helpfulness” — that is, how easy the discrimination task is when a particular texture is mapped on the surface. Polka dots tended to allow the best slant discrimination performance, noise patterns the worst up to the large slant of 66 degrees at which performance was almost independent of the particular texture chosen. Finally, our large number of 2AFC trials (approximately 2800 trials per texture across subjects) and associated tight confidence intervals may enable us to find out about which statistical properties of the textures could be responsible for surface-slant-from-texture estimation, with the ultimate goal of being able to predict observer performance for any arbitrary texture.
ei Rosas, P., Wichmann, F., Wagemans, J. Surface-slant-from-texture discrimination: Effects of slant level and texture type Journal of Vision, 2(7):300, Second Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), November 2002 (poster)
Modelling Contrast Transfer in Spatial Vision
Journal of Vision, 2(10):7, Second Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), November 2002 (poster)
Much of our information about spatial vision comes from detection experiments involving low-contrast stimuli. Contrast discrimination experiments provide one way to explore the visual system's response to stimuli of higher contrast, the results of which allow different models of contrast processing (e.g. energy versus gain-control models) to be critically assessed (Wichmann & Henning, 1999). Studies of detection and discrimination using pulse train stimuli in noise, on the other hand, make predictions about the number, position and properties of noise sources within the processing stream (Henning, Bird & Wichmann, 2002). Here I report modelling results combining data from both sinusoidal and pulse train experiments in and without noise to arrive at a more tightly constrained model of early spatial vision.
ei Wichmann, F. Modelling Contrast Transfer in Spatial Vision Journal of Vision, 2(10):7, Second Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), November 2002 (poster)
Pulse train detection and discrimination in pink noise
Henning, G., Wichmann, F., Bird, C.
Much of our information about spatial vision comes from detection experiments involving low-contrast stimuli. Contrast discrimination experiments provide one way to explore the visual system's response to stimuli of higher contrast. We explored both detection and contrast discrimination performance with sinusoidal and "pulse-train" (or line) gratings. Both types of grating had a fundamental spatial frequency of 2.09-c/deg but the pulse-train, ideally, contains, in addition to its fundamental component, all the harmonics of the fundamental. Although the 2.09-c/deg pulse-train produced on the display was measured and shown to contain at least 8 harmonics at equal contrast, it was no more detectable than its most detectable component; no benefit from having additional information at the harmonics was measurable. The addition of broadband "pink" noise, designed to equalize the detectability of the components of the pulse train, made it about a factor of four more detectable than any of its components. However, in contrast-discrimination experiments, with an in-phase pedestal or masking grating of the same form and phase as the signal and 15% contrast, the noise did not improve the discrimination performance of the pulse train relative to that of its sinusoidal components. In contrast, a 2.09-c/deg "super train," constructed to have 8 equally detectable harmonics, was a factor of five more detectable than any of its components. We discuss the implications of these observations for models of early vision in particular the implications for possible sources of internal noise.
ei Henning, G., Wichmann, F., Bird, C. Pulse train detection and discrimination in pink noise Journal of Vision, 2(7):229, Second Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS), November 2002 (poster)
Phase information in the recognition of natural images
Perception, 31(ECVP Abstract Supplement):133, 25th European Conference on Visual Perception, August 2002 (poster)
Fourier phase plays an important role in determining global image structure. For example, when the phase spectrum of an image of a flower is swapped with that of a tank, we usually perceive a tank, even though the amplitude spectrum is still that of the flower. Similarly, when the phase spectrum of an image is randomly swapped across frequencies, that is its Fourier energy is randomly distributed over the image, the resulting image becomes impossible to recognise. Our goal was to evaluate the effect of phase manipulations in a quantitative manner. Subjects viewed two images of natural scenes, one of which contained an animal (the target) embedded in the background. The spectra of the images were manipulated by adding random phase noise at each frequency. The phase noise was the independent variable, uniformly distributed between 0° and ±180°. Subjects were remarkably resistant to phase noise. Even with ±120° noise, subjects were still 75% correct. The proportion of correct answers closely followed the correlation between original and noise-distorted images. Thus it appears as if it was not the global phase information per se that determines our percept of natural images, but rather the effect of phase on local image features.
ei Braun, D., Wichmann, F., Gegenfurtner, K. Phase information in the recognition of natural images Perception, 31(ECVP Abstract Supplement):133, 25th European Conference on Visual Perception, August 2002 (poster)
Detection and discrimination in pink noise
Wichmann, F., Henning, G.
5, pages: 100, 5. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), February 2002 (poster)
Much of our information about early spatial vision comes from detection experiments involving low-contrast stimuli, which are not, perhaps, particularly "natural" stimuli. Contrast discrimination experiments provide one way to explore the visual system's response to stimuli of higher contrast whilst keeping the number of unknown parameters comparatively small. We explored both detection and contrast discrimination performance with sinusoidal and "pulse-train" (or line) gratings. Both types of grating had a fundamental spatial frequency of 2.09-c/deg but the pulse-train, ideally, contains, in addition to its fundamental component, all the harmonics of the fundamental. Although the 2.09-c/deg pulse-train produced on our display was measured using a high-performance digital camera (Photometrics) and shown to contain at least 8 harmonics at equal contrast, it was no more detectable than its most detectable component; no benefit from having additional information at the harmonics was measurable. The addition of broadband 1-D "pink" noise made it about a factor of four more detectable than any of its components. However, in contrast-discrimination experiments, with an in-phase pedestal or masking grating of the same form and phase as the signal and 15% contrast, the noise did not improve the discrimination performance of the pulse train relative to that of its sinusoidal components. We discuss the implications of these observations for models of early vision in particular the implications for possible sources of internal noise.
ei Wichmann, F., Henning, G. Detection and discrimination in pink noise 5, pages: 100, 5. T{\"u}binger Wahrnehmungskonferenz (TWK), February 2002 (poster)
Application of Monte Carlo Methods to Psychometric Function Fitting
Proceedings of the 33rd European Conference on Mathematical Psychology, pages: 44, 2002 (poster)
The psychometric function relates an observer's performance to an independent variable, usually some physical quantity of a stimulus in a psychophysical task. Here I describe methods to (1) fitting psychometric functions, (2) assessing goodness-of-fit, and (3) providing confidence intervals for the function's parameters and other estimates derived from them. First I describe a constrained maximum-likelihood method for parameter estimation. Using Monte-Carlo simulations I demonstrate that it is important to have a fitting method that takes stimulus-independent errors (or "lapses") into account. Second, a number of goodness-of-fit tests are introduced. Because psychophysical data sets are usually rather small I advocate the use of Monte Carlo resampling techniques that do not rely on asymptotic theory for goodness-of-fit assessment. Third, a parametric bootstrap is employed to estimate the variability of fitted parameters and derived quantities such as thresholds and slopes. I describe how the bootstrap bridging assumption, on which the validity of the procedure depends, can be tested without incurring too high a cost in computation time. Finally I describe how the methods can be extended to test hypotheses concerning the form and shape of several psychometric functions. Software describing the methods is available (http://www.bootstrap-software.com/psignifit/), as well as articles describing the methods in detail (Wichmann&Hill, Perception&Psychophysics, 2001a,b).
ei Wichmann, F. Application of Monte Carlo Methods to Psychometric Function Fitting Proceedings of the 33rd European Conference on Mathematical Psychology, pages: 44, 2002 (poster)
Optimal linear estimation of self-motion - a real-world test of a model of fly tangential neurons
Franz, MO.
SAB 02 Workshop, Robotics as theoretical biology, 7th meeting of the International Society for Simulation of Adaptive Behaviour (SAB), (Editors: Prescott, T.; Webb, B.), 2002 (poster)
The tangential neurons in the fly brain are sensitive to the typical optic flow patterns generated during self-motion (see example in Fig.1). We examine whether a simplified linear model of these neurons can be used to estimate self-motion from the optic flow. We present a theory for the construction of an optimal linear estimator incorporating prior knowledge both about the distance distribution of the environment, and about the noise and self-motion statistics of the sensor. The optimal estimator is tested on a gantry carrying an omnidirectional vision sensor that can be moved along three translational and one rotational degree of freedom. The experiments indicate that the proposed approach yields accurate results for rotation estimates, independently of the current translation and scene layout. Translation estimates, however, turned out to be sensitive to simultaneous rotation and to the particular distance distribution of the scene. The gantry experiments confirm that the receptive field organization of the tangential neurons allows them, as an ensemble, to extract self-motion from the optic flow.
ei Franz, MO. Optimal linear estimation of self-motion - a real-world test of a model of fly tangential neurons SAB 02 Workshop, Robotics as theoretical biology, 7th meeting of the International Society for Simulation of Adaptive Behaviour (SAB), (Editors: Prescott, T.; Webb, B.), 2002 (poster)
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One day of employment a week is all we need for mental health benefits: study
As automation advances, predictions of a jobless future have some fearing unrest from mass unemployment, while others imagine a more contented work-free society.
Aside from economic factors, paid employment brings other benefits—often psychological—such as self-esteem and social inclusion. Now, researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Salford have set out to define a recommended “dosage” of work for optimal wellbeing.
They examined how changes in working hours were linked to mental health and life satisfaction in over 70,000 UK residents between 2009 and 2018.
The study, published today in the journal Social Science and Medicine, shows that when people moved from unemployment or stay-at-home parenting into paid work of eight hours or less a week, their risk of mental health problems reduced by an average of 30%.
Yet researchers found no evidence that working any more than eight hours provided further boosts to wellbeing. The full-time standard of 37 to 40 hours was not significantly different to any other working time category when it came to mental health.
As such, they suggest that to get the mental wellbeing benefits of paid work, the most “effective dose” is only around one day a week—as anything more makes little difference.
“We have effective dosage guides for everything from Vitamin C to hours of sleep in order to help us feel better, but this is the first time the question has been asked of paid work,” said study co-author Dr. Brendan Burchell, a sociologist from Cambridge University who leads the Employment Dosage research project.
“We know unemployment is often detrimental to people’s wellbeing, negatively affecting identity, status, time use, and sense of collective purpose. We now have some idea of just how much paid work is needed to get the psychosocial benefits of employment—and it’s not that much at all.”
Supporting the unemployed in a future with limited work is the subject of much policy discussion e.g. universal basic income. However, researchers argue that employment should be retained across adult populations, but working weeks dramatically reduced for work to be redistributed.
“In the next few decades we could see artificial intelligence, big data and robotics replace much of the paid work currently done by humans,” said Dr. Daiga Kamerāde, study first author from Salford University and Employment Dosage researcher.
“If there is not enough for everybody who wants to work full-time, we will have to rethink current norms. This should include the redistribution of working hours, so everyone can get the mental health benefits of a job, even if that means we all work much shorter weeks.”
“Our findings are an important step in thinking what the minimum amount of paid work people might need in a future with little work to go round,” she said.
The study used data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study to track the wellbeing of 71,113 individuals between the ages of 16 and 64 as they changed working hours over the nine-year period. People were asked about issues such as anxiety and sleep problems to gauge mental health.
Researchers also found that self-reported life satisfaction in men increased by around 30% with up to eight hours of paid work, although women didn’t see a similar jump until working 20 hours.
They note that “the significant difference in mental health and wellbeing is between those with paid work and those with none”, and that the working week could be shortened considerably “without a detrimental effect on the workers’ mental health and wellbeing”.
The team offer creative policy options for moving into a future with limited work, including “five-day weekends”, working just a couple of hours a day, or increasing annual holiday from weeks to months—even having two months off for every month at work.
They also argue that working hour reduction and redistribution could improve work-life balance, increase productivity, and cut down CO2 emissions from commuting. However, they point out that reduction of hours would need to be for everyone, to avoid increasing socioeconomic inequalities.
“The traditional model, in which everyone works around 40 hours a week, was never based on how much work was good for people. Our research suggests that micro-jobs provide the same psychological benefits as full-time jobs,” said co-author and Cambridge sociologist Senhu Wang.
“However, the quality of work will always be crucial. Jobs where employees are disrespected or subject to insecure or zero-hours contracts do not provide the same benefits to wellbeing, nor are they likely to in the future.”
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History of JGR
Game Name: Silent Hill
Platforms: PlayStation
Publisher(s): Konami
Developer(s): Konami (Team Silent)
Genre(s): Psychological horror
Release Date: Jan, 1999
Availability: PSN is your best (cheapest) bet. This one never ported to PC, unfortunately.
Prior to the Silent Hill series, I can count true psychological horror games on four fingers – The Lurking Horror, Dark Seed, Dark Seed II, and Sanitarium (I’m sure I missed one, and feel free to correct me in the comment section). Horror up to this point focused on tangible, physical threats that you fought, investigated, or tried to avoid. Capcom masterfully combined all three with Resident Evil, which would go on to define the shape of horror games for much of the first PlayStation’s life. But it was a creepy little project from Konami, likely influenced by a recent genre of 90’s films that included Jacob’s Ladder and Ringu, that would end up crafting the look of video game horror for the next decade.
I think we might be stuck.
Silent Hill starts simply enough. You play as Harry Mason, a father and “everyman” who his driving with his daughter Cheryl to the remote mountain town of the game’s name. A young girl appears in the road. Harry swerves to avoid her, and blacks out when his car crashes off an embankment. Upon waking, he finds the town empty of its residents, covered in an unseasonable snowstorm, and Cheryl running ahead into thick fog. You’re given control, and asked to give chase.
What transpires from here is what makes Silent Hill so memorable. While they’re certainly present (to give the game some necessary action), this isn’t a game about monsters. Instead, this is a game about playing with your perceptions and expectations. Like the movies cited above – especially Jacob’s Ladder, or perhaps The Shining – much of the game is about wondering what’s actually real. This is a game that famously traps and “kills” your character at the start, setting the tone for a mind-bending journey through the secluded town and the dark magicks seemingly released within. Five endings await you based on your choices and ability to find a few special items.
Silent Hill also gained notoriety for being a modern “survival horror” game with a true 3D engine, instead of pre-rendered 2D backgrounds. This allows the camera to be exceptionally dynamic, with more than a few tilts, pans, and intentionally disorienting angles. A great example is a monstrous spiral staircase the camera follows Harry down, some wild Dutch angles in the alleys, or scripted moves like the camera lowering down to frame objects on a table in the foreground. In general, the camera trails loyally behind Harry, but does so lazily, allowing it to turn a corner a few beats after Harry has, or even flip in front of him to observe him moving forward.
Skinned dogs and some kind of flying demons mark your first opposition. They get worse from here.
Thankfully, a press of the L1 button almost always resets the camera behind Harry, and it’s rare that the showy angles cause any real trouble in action scenes or with navigation. It does mean you’re faced with the infamous “tank controls,” where Up moves forward relative to the character, not the environment, but as I’ve said before, I’ve never felt these to be the hindrance others have made them out to be. Also, one nice advancement is that you’re no longer locked in place while aiming. You can even move freely with gun at the ready, and Harry will auto-aim at the closest baddie in the vicinity.
The game’s trademark, oppressive fog (and a similar effect used for pitch black areas) was born out of technical restrictions, but is masterfully used in service of the atmosphere. It’s not a simple fade, but actually has some layers to it that allow shapes to become visible before full details emerge. The moments where you’re following a road, only to end abruptly in torn out section that seems to extend down forever are a great example of the many startles that the fog slowly reveals, and certainly helps give the vibe that you’ve just stepped into a Stephen King novel. The only possible complaint is that the outdoor fog is so thick that it can be disorienting – you can end up in open areas devoid of any landmarks – but then, that’s almost the point. It’s you alone on the “ocean,” and keeping a line of buildings for reference, or using the in-game map helps keep you on track.
The final piece is the game’s nightmare world. Like a terrifying version of Link to the Past, every major location has a dark world counterpart you will travel to. This is a world of darkness, metal, barbed wire, and rust, that vaguely follows (and mocks) its real world twin. In one area, a gruesome painting of tortured bodies guarding a door turns out to be an actual scene at the same location in the mirror world. Real world places like an elementary school and a hospital take on a twisted, sinister reflection. Geometry shifts beyond the bounds of the “real” location, so you’re finding yourself walking down endless tunnels or stairs that couldn’t possibly exist in the building you entered, and naturally wondering where the hell you’re going! All the while, strange machines or yet more bodies sit just barely out of sight, blocked by rusting grates or fences.
If you don’t get stabbed to death in this world, you’re definitely getting tetanus.
Crucially, you’re never in control of when the switch happens. At best, the change will be announced by a wailing air raid siren, portending the bad time you’re about to have. Yet other times, it’s as simple and subtle as climbing a ladder. One brilliant moment has you entering an elevator to find a new button for a non-existent 4th floor that doesn’t appear on your maps. Often, there’s gradual bleed between reality and the mirror world, making you wonder in retrospect when the shift actually occurred. And after solving puzzles and ultimately slaying a boss creature, Harry usually finds himself back in the real world with the next piece of the puzzle, no other signs of what just transpired, and real questions from you as to whether Harry is losing his damned mind.
Monsters exist in both realms, and as stated, they really just run interference. You gain nothing from fighting them – they don’t even drop supplies – so they’re best avoided when possible. A radio item helps here, turning the presence of nearby monsters into unique warbles of static. You can pick out what types are nearby by their specific tone, and it crucially helps you know when creatures you’ve knocked down are just playing dead. You can also switch off your flashlight to become harder to find, though at the cost of stumbling through near darkness. Monsters don’t follow you through doors, so if you can just make it to the next room, you’re golden – unless there are more in there too!
Fighting is never preferred, but that’s not to say you’re ever at a complete disadvantage, as ammo is not too difficult to find. You get a pistol from the start, with ammo boxes laying around everywhere (even in an elementary school and a church). A shotgun and a rifle round out the ranged arsenal, though these are best saved for boss battles. What is rare are the health packs, and even on the “Normal” difficulty, monsters take surprising swaths of health away if they connect. A choice between your precious health and a few bullets should be no choice at all. There’s also a token melee option, but this is more dangerous than it’s worth until you get the giant hammer.
Yes. Yes, I want the shotgun.
As a survival horror game, comparisons were immediately made to Resident Evil, and its influence is certainly noticeable. Puzzles play a key role, and follow the same pattern of reading an obscure poem or note, and then manipulating a mechanical device. Here, you’ll need to translate a story about birds into piano keys, count the number of limbs on astrological signs, and replicate patterns to unlock doors – standard Resident Evil tropes. There’s no selectable puzzle difficulty in this version; that comes later in the series, and what’s here isn’t usually that obscure. Even if it looks like you’re going to need to read music or know chemistry, you won’t. And naturally, there’s still the annoying prompt “Would you like to pick up this item?” every time you examine something you can collect. Well, since I have an unlimited inventory in this game, YES.
I can’t say there are too many design flaws, but certainly some things that stand to annoy. A big one is forced exploration. You’re updated with a location to go to within the town, but the direct path is always blocked. This leads to some minor searching around for the alleyway (and likely puzzle) to proceed. Similar story indoors, where a combination of locked rooms or blocked hallways have you searching damn near every door for the path to bypass. I was searching for supplies anyway, so I never found it annoying – and a map that auto-updates which doors are locked or obstructed is a godsend – but I can see how the artificially slowed pace could frustrate. There’s also moments (namely, the doghouse) where you can’t investigate an item until you find the clue to prompt you to do so. Cue some needless backtracking, or the following revelation that you now need three keys to move on. Back into the town you go!
The translation is a bit dodgy, and seems like it was taken word for word from the Japanese without any localization massaging. All characters have very stilted dialogue, and Harry is the master of one-sentence lines. It rarely causes a serious issue, but there are points where a better translation might have made something more clear; “Can’t use the phone,” for example, is probably supposed to mean “The phone is unplugged.” I also feel like the game’s explanation of events was a little light, and I’m not sure if that’s intentionally left to interpretation, or if some clarity was cut. There’s definitely some scenes in the intro cutscene (a fever dream of CG clips from later in the game, possible outtake renders, and actual prequel story clips) that are omitted from the English manual.
Lighting looks fantastic, and doubly so for a PSX game.
Finally, it’s worth noting that Silent Hill 2 played with ideas of a personal nightmare, or the town itself acting as a distorted mirror to your darkest secrets. That doesn’t happen in the first. There’s still some great atmosphere here, even if the plot is a little less psychologically weighty, and even if the resolution relies a little too much on a defined villain and the general message “black magic is bad.” Still, Harry’s motivation to search through, well, Hell for his daughter feels legit, and the horrifying images you come across aren’t entirely without context either.
Graphically, things work pretty well. As said, the fog is extremely effective, along with the dynamic camera. Lighting is done well too, with a convincing flashlight effect for Harry’s pocket torch, and a fun sense of straining through the darkness to see who might be coming. Texture work is great for the PS, with minimal warping and details sharp enough to read street signs. Monsters are suitably misshapen, and if you’re playing right, you’ll only get effective glimpses of them as you run far, far away (I’m still not sure if those things with the knives are faceless children or some kind of monkeys). There is a pretty substantial amount of dithering, seen as white crosses throughout the screen, and all animations are pretty stiff, but these were signs of the time.
Sound effects hit the right marks, with beefy, squishy sounds for knocking monsters away and a nice echo to Harry’s footsteps in moments of creepy silence. The radio is both a useful detector and a fine source of dread itself – much like the motion tracker in Aliens, as those tones get louder you know nothing good is about to happen. In-game music is just about perfect, relying mostly on ambiance that ramps up to industrial sounds when monsters converge. The crashing machinery matches the visual look of the mirror world, and ads a nice discomfort as you cheese it out of whatever danger you’re in.
Cutscenes are a mix of pre-rendered CG and in-game scripts. There’s only music over the CG, though voice acting does appear for the in-game work. These are… on the level of the mid 90’s. I don’t think the actors can be faulted, as again, this script seems translated mechanically from Japanese. I also wouldn’t be surprised if they were handed a list of lines, smashed out a take of each, and then pushed out the door – they’re paid by the day, after all. Still, you know enough of what’s going on, and it doesn’t affect the atmosphere. They also avoid any regretful “master of unlocking” lines.
At the time, there was a lot of comparing between Silent Hill and Resident Evil. The franchises have definitely gone down different paths since, but even here, the tone and style of Silent is refreshingly different. While Resident Evil seemed to enjoy its camp, Silent Hill is purely about clawing around in your head, which its perception-warping gameplay does with aplomb. Even after finishing, I couldn’t say for certain what Harry actually experienced versus what he imagined, and that’s a refreshing place for a horror series to go. Silent Hill 2 may be the series apex, but the original is definitely a delightfully terrifying time.
Some fine PlayStation graphics, with some exceptional fog and lighting effects. Brilliant use of two different worlds to question what is and isn’t “real.”
Basic translation from the Japanese doesn’t offer much flavor or acting. Some forced backtracking. Not completely divorced from Resident Evil standards yet.
Too Scary For Rik?
Most assuredly.
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The J Man loves him some video games, of all eras and types. Finds them, plays them, then writes about them here for curious future generations. Follow him on Twitter at @BurningStickMan for even more musings and questionable life decisions.
Mr Creosote says:
“I can count true psychological horror games on four fingers”
The Hound of Shadow?
The J Man says:
Maybe? I read your review of it, and I’m not sure if it’s more of a scary adventure. Does the game make you question its reality? To be honest, it’s been so long since I’ve played Lurking Horror that it might not qualify either.
DreamWeb should probably be on that list though. And I need to play it.
” Does the game make you question its reality?”
It depends which character you’re playing.
i’ve got another one for you, though: Harvester. If there ever was a game which fits the above quoted description, it’s this one!
Yoda says:
Alone in the Dark?
4rhcoming says:
Good one, thought of that during this review.
ShadowAngel says:
I remember when my older brother and me bought the game, the game store owner who was a good friend of us even told us to play it in the night. So we did (it was a friday) and despite the grainy graphics of the Playstation it scared the crap out of us. It had such a unique atmosphere at the time, going away from brightly lit rooms with jump scares you know 5 minutes before they happen (Resident Evil) or thinking that horror just means darkness with monsters appearing (Doom 3 later)
And it took inspiration from some horror classics, mostly the light and color plays Dario Argento used in his movies (i read that Suspiria was a big influence on the game designers)
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Entries with the tag: alex burrows
The Ottawa Senators Are Buying-Out Alex Burrows
#Sens Alexandre Burrows is on unconditional waivers for the purpose of a buyout. Since the contract is a 35+, the #Sens receive no cap hit savings; however, the club will save 1/3 of the remaining cost and free up a contract spot.https://t.co/0TPJMDK8ww pic.twitter.com/sO0HU2bLvg
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) June 26, 2018
Filed in: NHL Teams, Ottawa Senators, | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: alex+burrows
Video- Alex Burrows Suspended For 10 Games
The NHL with the explanation- serving as an aggressor/ kneeing New Jersey’s Taylor Hall.
Video- Haven’t Seen Much Of This From Alex Burrows Lately
via Chris Ryan of NJ.com,
Loss aside, the biggest moment of the night came in the second when Burrows went after Hall following a check by the Devils forward.
Hall delivered a big hit to Burrows along the left wall in the Senators' zone, and Burrows immediately began retaliate. He landed a cross check on Hall before being separated while the play ended. He then went after Hall again, taking him down to the ice while landing punches and a few knees to the head.
"I thought it was a clean hit," Hall told media after the game. "He was losing his mind and I think he kneed me in the back of the head at one point."
Burrows was hit with a second minor following the post-play altercation, and he went to the penalty box for four minutes for cross checking and roughing.
Watch the incident below...
added 8:03am,
Word out of OTT is that Burrows has been offered an in-person hearing with @NHLPlayerSafety. No word yet on whether Burrows will accept the offer or waive his right and do it by phone.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) February 7, 2018
added 10:43am,
Ottawa’s Alexandre Burrows has waived his right to an in-person hearing for aggressor/ kneeing New Jersey’s Taylor Hall. A hearing will be held via telephone. Date and time TBD.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) February 7, 2018
Filed in: NHL Teams, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators, | KK Hockey | Permalink
Tags: alex+burrows, taylor+hall
Alex Burrows Did Vancouver Proud
from Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province,
At his peak with the Canucks, he averaged 28 goals a season over a five-year stretch, but he was about so much more than numbers. He burned for the game. He was willing to do anything and everything to make a difference. That didn’t make him the most likable character and there were times it was difficult to defend Burrows, but he was our Rudy and if the rest of the hockey world didn’t see the things we saw in Burrows, we didn’t care.
That might explain the reaction to Monday’s trade that sent Burrows to Ottawa for prospect Jonathan Dahlen. From a hockey point of view it was a good deal for the Canucks. But it also gave the faithful a chance to savour Burrows’ career here; to appreciate the player he became and those shimmering moments he provided.
In time, he will go up in the Canucks’ Ring of Honour and will be remembered in this town. But this is Burrows’ greatest triumph.
We tell our kids if they want something badly enough and they’re willing to work hard enough for it, they can do anything. We have a hard time believing that a lot of times, but then along comes someone like Burrows and he makes us believe it’s possible, that you can believe in the power of the dream.
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Alex Burrows Could Soon Be In An Ottawa Senators Sweater
With Ottawa...
Hearing, Alex Burrows agrees on a 2 year extension. #TSN
— Aaron Ward (@NHL_AaronWard) February 27, 2017
Looks like 2 x 2.5 for burrows in Ottawa. #canucks
— Dan Murphy (@sportsnetmurph) February 27, 2017
added 5:01pm, Vancouver release is below.
Is Alex Burrows A Fit With The New York Rangers?
from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,
The Blueshirts are talented and resolute enough to win regularly when they get the goaltending they expect from Henrik Lundqvist. There is no doubt about it. This is a nice team.
But nice hockey gets you only so far in the playoffs, and so does tic-tac-toe hockey that is dependent on time and space. If Gorton is going to rent a top-six, better the GM find an abrasive personality than a pure-skill winger.
Which brings us to the semi-notorious Alexandre Burrows, the soon-to-be 35-year-old who spent much of his career in Vancouver playing with and riding shotgun for the Sedins (Henrik and Daniel) while Vigneault was behind the bench. This season, he most often has played with talented young studs Bo Horvat and Sven Baertschi.
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Video- Alex Burrows Doing What He Does
from Ian MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun,
Of his altercation with Lehner, which occurred after the goalie hooked Burrows, who responded with a shove, the veteran Canuck said: “I didn’t think it was that much. I know there’s an unwritten rule that you don’t fight a goalie. I was kind of backing up in a defensive position, asking what he was doing. He looked pretty angry; he’s a big man. Then he gave me a good shot, and then I saw a six-foot-five defenceman charging at me, not looking too happy.”
more on Vanvouver's 4-2 win over Buffalo...
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Tags: alex+burrows, robyn+lehner
Alex Burrows Is Still A Member Of The Vancouver Canucks
from Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province,
“I’m still around.”
In those three words, Alex Burrows tried to summarize and justify his wild rollercoaster ride the last four months when it appeared his days as a long-serving Vancouver Canucks winger were numbered. The first hint came in early March when he was told by the coaching staff that younger players were a roster priority. But he wasn’t moved at the trade deadline and wasn’t bought out last month.
And when Canucks general manager Jim Benning was asked if the 35-year-old National Hockey League survivor would be part of any off-season transactions, his reaction was quick, concise and somewhat confusing: “No,” he said. “He’s going to be part of our group.”
“It means a lot,” said Burrows, who has a no-trade clause in his contract. “It means I can still be an asset to the team and still help the young guys and be good leader in the room.”
Alex Burrows With An Apology To Patrick O’Sullivan
from Frank Servalli of TSN,
Vancouver Canucks pest Alexandre Burrows apologized Thursday to former NHL player Patrick O’Sullivan for stepping over the line with an offensive on-ice comment from some “eight or 10 years ago.”
The incident came to light after O’Sullivan alleged on Twitter that Burrows was the only opponent to taunt him for the well-documented physical and emotional abuse O’Sullivan was subjected to as a child from his father.
“Burrows (was the) only guy who said he wanted to hurt me like my father did,” O’Sullivan tweeted on Thursday. “(That’s) why I can’t stand him.”...
Burrows owned up to the remarks after the Canucks’ loss to the Flyers.
“I apologize if I offended him back then. I did say some stuff that may now, looking back ... I could see how it would’ve offended him, like a lot of things I said back in the day,” Burrows said. “I read his story on The Player’s Tribune. It’s tough to see.”
Tags: alex+burrows, patrick+o'sullivan
Patrick O’Sullivan On Remarks Alex Burrows Made To Him
from TSN,
Former National Hockey League forward Patrick O'Sullivan tweeted on Thursday that Vancouver Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows mocked O'Sullivan's abusive relationship with his father during on-ice altercations.
O'Sullivan, 30, detailed his years of physical and emotional abuse under his father - a former minor-league hockey player himself - in Breaking Away, his memoir released in October, and again this month in an essay on The Players' Tribune.
In a discussion with his followers on Thursday morning about the place of fighting in hockey, O'Sullivan revealed his his interactions with Burrows.
I would like to hear from Burrows on this topic before passing judgment, but it sure does not sound good.
Video- Alex Burrows Says Hello To The Blues
Was Burrows trying to get out of the way or just had a brain freeze?
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Alex Burrows Taken To The Hospital
Burrows sustained an upper body injury & was taken to hospital after practice this morning for precautionary reasons. Will not play tonight.
— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) April 21, 2015
During practice earlier today, Burrows was seen grabbing his wrist and asking for help while he skated off.
added 3:40pm, Mark Spector of Sportsnet was on the scene and followed a video report, watch below...
Broken rib for Alex Burrows. He's out of danger. #canucks #tvasports
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) April 21, 2015
Video- Alex Burrows Take A Skate To The Face
Johan Franzen's skate caught the face of Alex Burrows who did return to the bench after going for repairs.
Filed in: NHL Teams, Detroit Red Wings, Vancouver Canucks, | KK Hockey | Permalink
Evening Line
“I’m really excited because it’s a fresh start for everyone and you want a team where everybody pushes each other to be better and compete for jobs. It’s going to be interesting. I want to show what I can do and log some good minutes and start having some good games.
“For me at this point of my career, it’s about winning games and getting to the playoffs. We’re in a tough division and a tough conference, but if we can stay healthy and have 20 guys buying into Willie’s game plan and get good goaltending, you can compete with the best teams in the West.”
-Alex Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks. More on Burrows from Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province.
Rangers lose Ryan McDonagh to hit by Vancouver’s Alex Burrows
by George Malik on 04/02/14 at 12:06 AM ET
Twitter chatter can be the sign of something significant in the hockey world, and when you read the words "Alex Burrows" and "hit," you know something's happened, and in this case, near the conclusion of the New York Rangers' 3-1 win over Burrows' Vancouver Canucks...
In which John Tortorella was captured saying a naughty word by CBS Sports' Adam Gretz...
Eff. http://t.co/BmuuLRwprm
— Adam Gretz (@AGretz) April 2, 2014
This happened:
Tags: alex+burrows, new+york+rangers, ryan+mcdonagh, vancouver+canucks
Alex Burrows Out After Jaw Surgery
via Luke Fox of Sportsnet,
The ideal Christmas gift for the Vancouver Canucks will be a healthy Alex Burrows.
The under-producing forward’s season took a turn for the worse Sunday, when teammate Chris Tanev hit Burrows in the face on a clearing attempt and broke his jaw during the second period of the Canucks’ 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. (Watch the injury at the 1:40 mark of the video above.)
Burrows’ agent, Paul Corbiel, confirmed to Vancouver radio station News 1130 that his client underwent successful jaw surgery Monday night in Dallas.
Alex Burrows In A Season-Long Slump
If anyone is emotionally and contextually ready to write some hurtin’ lyrics for country music, it’s Vancouver Canucks winger Alex Burrows. Alas, neither of his official languages has twang.
The 32-year-old from Quebec, where there are many cows but few cowboys, is hobbling under a 22-game goal-less slump that has gotten silly.
Burrows has no goals in 17 games this season, but at least has one save after guiding the puck off the Canucks’ goal-line to preserve Vancouver’s 3-2 win Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes. His regular-season scoring famine extends to the final five games of last season.
In these 22 games, when Burrows has averaged 18 minutes a night and played largely on the first line beside former National Hockey League scoring champions Henrik and Daniel Sedin, the winger has fired 61 shots on target without scoring.
Video- Burrow’s Shootout Goal Would Have Counted
McKenzie: NHL says if Burrows scored, it would have counted. Puck was still "in motion."
— Jason Botchford (@botchford) January 29, 2013
Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy with the video evidence.
Alex Burrows Re-Signs For Four Years With Vancouver
Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks President & General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that the Canucks have re-signed left wing Alex Burrows.
Burrows, 31, collected 52 points (28-24-52) and 90 penalty minutes in 80 games played in 2011.12. He also set a career high for most game-winning goals in a season with seven, ranking 11th in the League in this category. Following the conclusion of the season, Burrows represented Team Canada at the World Championships.
Can The Canucks Sign Burrows Before He Hits UFA Status Next July
from Gord McIntyre of the Vancouver Province,
He’s 31 and entering the fourth and final year of a contract that gives rise to a whole new definition of “hometown discount,” at $2 million a season.
In the past six seasons Burrows has missed only 11 games, so he’s durable.
He has leadership qualities, understands the game extremely well and, should his goal scoring start to decline, he could still play a major defensive role in the likes of a Guy Carbonneau or Mike Keane.
Burrows, who has averaged just under 30 goals the past three seasons, could garner $4.5-$5 million for four or five years on the open market and that’s probably too rich for the Canucks.
Here’s what some comparable players make: Andrew Ladd, $4.4 million, four more years; Johan Franzen, $3.95 million, seven more years; Erik Cole, $4.5 million, three more years.
Burrows is head-and-shoulders the best winger the Sedins have had. It’ll be interesting to watch this develop over the course of the season (calls to the Canucks and Burrows agent were not returned, this being the dog days of August and most normal people thinking cottage, not Canucks).
more on the Canucks…
A Long Road To The NHL For Burrows
from Brad Ziemer of the Vancouver Sun,
About a six-hour drive southeast of Nashville, where Alex Burrows will play his 500th NHL game on Tuesday, is Greenville, South Carolina.
It’s a million miles from the NHL, but it’s where Burrows’ improbable professional hockey journey began nearly a decade ago.
Hockey wasn’t big in Greenville, or for that matter Baton Rouge, La., or Columbia, S.C., the other two stops Burrows made in the East Coast Hockey League.
He remembers long bus rides, punctuated by stops at places like McDonald’s and Subway to help the players stretch their paltry per diems. And he remembers that all anyone seemed to care about in those places was college football and basketball. A hockey puck was a foreign object.
It was a tough environment in which to chase your NHL dream, especially for a player like Burrows who had been passed up in the NHL draft.
“It was always a dream to play in the NHL and it was really a big dream sometimes with those long bus rides,” Burrows said before the Canucks departed Monday for Nashville. “You are going to games where there are no scouts and no one really cares about hockey. It’s all about college football, college basketball, that’s all people really care about. It’s tough to get out of there.”
Is It Time We Put An End To the Finger Taunting?
I vote yes!
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Video- A Different Look At The Burrows OT Goal
Be sure to check out Canucks & Beyond for all the game and post-game coverage.
Goalie Contact Calls Getting Clarification Today
From Eric Duhatschek at the Globe & Mail:
Burrows took four penalties in the opener and coach Alain Vigneault suggested one - a goalie interference call on Tim Thomas - was largely unwarranted. The contact, in that case, did appear to be incidental and the Canucks have said that between games, they have contacted the NHL to get a clarification about why those calls are made, if Thomas is always leaving the crease to stop the puck. Thomas’s counterpart, Roberto Luongo, changed his style this season, to play deeper in the net, and Vigneault implied it had to do with avoiding incidental conduct.
According to Burrows, the answers were expected to come later Friday.
“At the same, I’ve got to be aware, around the net, to make sure I can’t bump the goalie. That’s his ice if he’s already there. I have to be smarter and make sure I don’t put my team down a man.”
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Bite Or Not?
Alex Burrows and Patrice Bergeron discuss the incident.
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Burrows Takes A Major, Coyotes Score Twice
The Vancouver/Phoenix game was tied 0-0 with about 9 minutes left in the 3rd when Alex Burrows was assessed a five minute major for boarding, plus a ten and game misconduct.
The final score, Yotes 3, Canucks 1.
Watch the hit along with a few players discussing it, including Burrows. Have to chuckle at Luongo saying he never saw the hit, the replay doesn’t lie Roberto.
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Kevin Bieksa & Alex Burrows Share A Chat In The Dressing Room
ESPN captures the moment.
Yes, I had Kesler in the headline instead of Bieksa and now fixed. Told you folks I need to recharge, I could feel it and this proves it.
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Burrows Continues To Rehab Shoulder
from Brad Ziemer of PuckWorld at the Vancouver Sun,
Winger Alex Burrows has spent the past several days in Vancouver doing some rehab work on his surgically repaired shoulder.
Burrows had surgery to repair a torn labrum back in early June. The Canucks aren’t saying when Burrows will be ready to play, but this type of injury generally requires anywhere from four to six months of recovery time.
“At this point he’s working through his therapy program, he’s progressing and he’ll be evaluated again closer to the start of training camp,” assistant general manager Laurence Gilman said Thursday.
The Canucks are not making Burrows available for media interviews.
“We don’t mind facing anyone, but as far as Detroit, the only thing I dislike is having to fly there and having to stay there, to have to spend a couple of days in that city.”
“Hockey-wise, they’re a good team, but they’re very beatable. The last time we were at their building, we won 6-3.
“All the teams in the West are good, and any team you play is a tough challenge. No one is a walk in the park.”
-Alex Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks when asked about playing the Red Wings in the playoffs. More on playing the Wings from Tom Mantzouranis of NHL Fanhouse.
Did Burrows Do It Again?
from Michael Russo of Russo’s Rants,
It’s hard to say the Wild got the shaft after referees Dennis LaRue and Brad Meier awarded them eight power plays, of which the Wild only scored on the final one, BUT, the Wild got the shaft.
After the Wild shockingly forced overtime on goals by Cody Almond and Antti Miettinen 23 seconds apart in the final 42 seconds of the third period, Alex Burrows, the king embellisher in the NHL, drew a bogus penalty in overtime when he lifted Greg Zanon’s stick into his own face and then shot his head back like he was nailed by a Matt Cooke elbow.
Zanon was called for high-sticking even though Burrows essentially high-sticked himself. It’s clear as day on video.
The refs bit, the Canucks got a 4-on-3 power play and the Canucks won it on Sami Salo’s blast through traffic. So, basically, Burrows—as is his reputation—once again made a pair of refs look bad.
Now, this was not an easy call. In real time, the refs see Zanon’s stick in Burrows’ face, so it’s hard to blame LaRue and Meier. So here’s the solution: Burrows is a known diver, an embellisher and really I’m amazed refs ever give him the benefit of the doubt.
continued and I looked for a video of the play but no luck. Did anyone see it and if so, do you agree with Russo?
added 8:38am, You can watch the game recap at TSN which shows the penalty, although brief.
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Burrows Take A Shot To The Throat
from Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province,
First reports from the medical room indicated Burrows was hit in the trachea area. There was no need for him to be taken immediately to hospital. Not long after the shot, he was upright and breathing fine. The concern was with the swelling. In 2007, when Roberto Luongo was hit in the throat in Montreal, the swelling forced him to spend a night in hospital.
more on Vancouver injuries…
via Ben Kuzma of The White Towel,
“Obviously, there’s a rivalry,” understated (Alex) Burrows. “I know a lot of guys in this lockerroom don’t really like their players and we’re not big fans of them. But at the same time we’ve got to play smart.”
Puck drops just after 10:00pm ET tonight, Chicago vs. Vancouver, I’ll be watching, need a hockey fix quick…
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Burrows Accused Of On-Ice Incident
Vancouver Canucks forward Alex Burrows could be facing charges for an on-ice incident in a Montreal summer league game.
According to a report on RDS.ca, an investigation is underway in response to a complaint filed on July 21 that states Burrows violently struck the face of a goaltender with his stick during a game at the Excellent Ice Arena in Kirkland, Que.
The report said the family of the goaltender, 19-year old Koray Celik, would not comment about the incident on the advice of lawyers.
Burrows Finally Arrives
from Teryy Jones of the Edmonton Sun,
Alex Burrows sits beside Roberto Luongo in the Vancouver Canucks dressing room. And he plays on the same line as Daniel and Henrik Sedin.
When you’ve recently played for the Baton Rouge Kingfish, Columbia Inferno and the Greenville Grrrowl in the ECHL, this is the kind of stuff you don’t even dare dream about.
When you are a bigger name in ball hockey than an actual hockey, playing on the No. 1 line on a top team in the Stanley Cup playoffs and sitting beside the great goalie/captain is pretty heady stuff.
“I was making $425 a week and living the dream,” said Burrows when he came off the ice for the morning skate prior to Game 2 of the series against the St. Louis Blues.
Burrows Fined
from Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province via Faceoff.com,
When Colin Campbell called Alex Burrows on Monday, the NHL’s disciplinarian didn’t wish the feisty winger good luck in the postseason. He wished Burrows would stop pushing the envelope.
In that regard, Campbell gave Burrows a slap on the wrist by slapping him with a $2,500 US fine for reaching out from the bench Saturday and punching Oilers enforcer Zack Stortini in the final minute of play at Edmonton. Burrows got a 10-minute misconduct.
“I wasn’t too happy about it [fine], and I let him know,” said Burrows. “He said I was on his watch list for a while, and he said there were two incidents from last year and with my reputation, he was watching me. But I told him I’ve been good lately, and I don’t know why I should be on that watch list….”
Blackhawks Talk Hair Pulling Incident
via Chris Kuc of Icing at the Chicago Tribune,
During the melee, Vancouver’s Alex Burrows and the Hawks’ Duncan Keith got tangled and Burrows yanked Keith to the ice by his hair and continued pulling on the defenseman’s mane as they wrestled on the ice.
“That’s not something I’ve ever had happen to me,” Keith said. “My little sister never even pulled my hair when I was a kid. It’s kind of comical when you have a grown man trying to pull your hair on the ice.”
“I don’t know what the ruling is,” Keith said. “I don’t know if the league reviews that or not. It’s pretty blatant he was pulling my hair.”
The pulling of hair is prohibited and normally would draw a match penalty. However, none of the officials on the ice saw it as they were tending to ther other fights on the ice.
“I think it’s silly,” Hawks forward Adam Burish said. “There’s no spot for that. I think that’s stupid the way he was pulling [Keith’s] hair. Especially a nice haircut like Duncan has. I didn’t see it at the time [but] I’m sure I would have been more mad than I was already.”
The video of the whole incident was posted on KK early today if you missed it.
Burrows On The NFL
Alex Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks breaks down the NFL Conference Championship games.
from the Vancouver Province,
In a telephone conversation with NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell following practice, the Vancouver Canucks winger was informed his pre-game incident with Detroit Red Wings pest Aaron Downey at centre ice Saturday at GM Place has not escaped closer scrutiny.
“I thought we had moved on from that incident and I don’t know how much [the fine] will be and I’ll probably get a letter,” said Burrows. “Hopefully, the next pay cheque will be in.”
When Burrows checked in for work Saturday, he and Downey sparked a brief scrum during the warm-up.
“He wanted to get his team going and he said he was going to take care of me,” recalled Burrows. “I was ready for him. I asked him how his potato farm was doing. He probably likes the french fries the most because he’s a little chubby.”
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News // April 8, 2019 //
The Central Bank has slightly reduced its estimates for economic growth this year, amidst an ongoing weakening of the international trading and economic environment.
In its latest Quarterly Bulletin, the Central Bank expects GDP growth of 4.2% this year, down 0.2% since its January forecast.
It is all just a little bit weaker than even three months ago.
The forecast for both output and exports is down 0.2%, while consumer spending is forecast at just over 2% this year and next, compared with 3% last year.
It is due to a mixture of a weakening of the international trading and economic environment in which Ireland trades, and softer sentiment in the domestic economy, fueled by concerns over Brexit.
“This is mainly due to heightened uncertainty surrounding the global economy, including the risks in relation to trade disputes, higher protectionism, more stresses in international financial markets and already growth has slowed in the major economies,” said Mark Cassidy, director of economics and statistics at the Central Bank.
“Over recent years unemployment [in Ireland] has been gradually falling… and as the economy gets closer to a position of full capacity then there is diminishing scope for output growth due to less labour supply.”
Mr Cassidy also said some of the softness in the economy at present may be due to companies and individuals holding back on spending, as they wait to see what the outcome of the ongoing Brexit negotiations are.
Still the economy is set for strong growth this year of just over 4%, with unemployment set to average 5.4% for the year, dropping to 5% next year, and wages rising over the two years by 7%.
But that is based on Brexit being an orderly affair, with a deal and two year transition period.
In a disorderly no deal scenario, economic growth would be just 1% this year and next year.
“I would emphasise the inherent uncertainty surrounding any estimates in relation to a no-deal Brexit. It would be an unprecedented event,” Mr Cassidy said. “Our estimates indicate that economic growth could be of the order of 4 percentage points lower in the first year, and a further 2 percentage points lower in the second year.
“That would leave some positive growth, perhaps 1% to 1.5%, over those two years.”
Part of the Central Bank’s no-deal calculations include a significant further depreciation in the value of sterling, which it sees falling by 10% against the euro should Britain leave the European Union without a deal.
That would see one euro buy somewhere in the region of 97p – which represents an extremely unfavourable exchange rate for exporters.
“We think financial markets are currently pricing in a reasonably strong likelihood that a deal on Brexit will be agreed; it would be a shock to financial markets if there was no deal,” Mr Cassidy said. “Tariffs would come into effect also in the event of a no deal, and you would also get other disruptions to trade – difficulties in moving goods into and out of the country.
“All of those on top of each other would underlie the negative consequences for growth and employment across many parts of the economy.”
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Ji Hyun Woo Confesses to Yoo In Na at the Episode 16 Viewing for Queen In Hyuns Man
Posted on June 7, 2012 by ockoala
OMG whut was that all about!?! Imma going to pretend the completely nonsensical (even within the mythology of the drama) episode 16 of Queen In Hyun’s Man didn’t exist. Episode 15 was all sorts of heartbreaking, but if the payoff is the stupidity of 16, then imma going to pretend both episodes pfft evaporated into thin air. This drama was so intelligently written for so long, having it completely go off the rails in terms of whys-and-hows at the very end is certainly disappointing. On a happier note, Ji Hyun Woo confessed to Yoo In Na at the finale viewing party for QIHM. His exact words were “I wanted to say this in front of fans who love this drama. I like Yoo In Na, and I hope for your blessings.” Apparently it was a surprise to Yoo In Na, and her response was this will need to be discussed privately. Ergh, girlfriend, the correct response was to kiss this adorable boy senseless right then and there. He just turned your real life into an actual K-drama! Gosh, this just tickles me pink with glee.
I suppose the expectations being so high makes for the disappointment to feel even more keen. QIHM was not like Rooftop Prince, where the time-travel happened completely nonsensically and was never discussed again until they magically zapped back in the end. In QIHM, the time-travel mechanism was dissected ad nauseum and used often to enable Boong Do to travel back and forth. The talisman was the key, the life-and-death moment was the trigger. For the writer to suddenly make the CELL PHONE the new talisman was such a WTF slap to thinking fans who appreciated the carefully crafted mythology only to be told anything goes as long as it brings Boong Do back to Hee Jin.
I’m a huge sci-fi and fantasy geek, and I can buy all sorts of explanations for magic and hoodoo and weird doohickeys that conjure up incredible and impossible happenings, as long as it stays consistent within its own explanations. I despise it when the writer creates a mythical structure only to leap outside of it, which ultimately only burst the mythology that was created. Of course the original talisman was magic, but the story tried to explain how and why it worked. To have the magic cell phone become a time-traveling magic trigger made no sense within QIHM because it doesn’t have any of the established reasons for why the original talisman allowed Boong Do to time-travel. So the cell phone becomes the deux et machina, and oh how I hate that. I sorta feel like I was manipulated for this final two-episode arc, and unnecessarily at that. The drama should have ended at 14. Boong Do and Hee Jin got their catharsis, gave up quite a lot to be with each other, and settled all their affairs to pave the way for their future. The final two episodes now feels like crafting one final separation and reunion for the sake of jerking my feelings around, but in a way that made no sense so I can’t even feel like it was worth it. If the talisman was burned, that should have been it. A new talisman is possible, but not some magical cell phone that apparently has a lifetime supply of battery.
This wasn’t the worst ending ever for a drama, but it was a letdown on an otherwise great story that was enchanting to watch. At least Ji Hyun Woo might get himself a girlfriend out of this, which is all sorts of swoony. After confessing, Ji Hyun Woo admitted that this was really shocking, but said that the PD told him that he wanted Ji Hyun Woo to become more extroverted after shooting this drama. So this was Ji Hyun Woo’s way of being honest and outspoken about his own feelings. So in conclusion before I put this drama to bed – overall drama was excellent, ending sucked donkey balls, Ji Hyun Woo and Yoo In Na need to get married and have perfect perfect babies.
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Ji Hyun Woo Confesses to Yoo In Na at the Episode 16 Viewing for Queen In Hyuns Man — 138 Comments
PJupiter on June 7, 2012 at 9:55 AM said:
So it is true! I was waiting for someone reliable, such as yourself Ms. Koala, to confirm this news! YAY! My shipping-heart is so happy 😀 I was rooting for them from the start ;D
Whoops! I was too excited by the title that I didn’t read your comments on it. Well, I certainly hope it’s not a publicity stunt! I’ll be rooting for these two! 🙂
PJupiter on June 7, 2012 at 10:04 AM said:
Double whoops! Sorry Ms. Koala!! You said no such thing…. I hope! -_- At this point I’m too flustered to think straight! I sincerely apologize, and I sincerely thank you for the news! 🙂
coolrepublica on June 7, 2012 at 10:02 AM said:
I am so happy right now and so sad at the same time. I thought their chemistry is amazing. They should date because you can’t fake that. But I am worried that his feelings was because of the shooting of the show. Give it a month. If he still feels the same way and she wants too I say they waste no time and get married. lol
Usi on June 7, 2012 at 10:07 AM said:
He will have two years soon. That is a very long time for young love if YIN should accept.
hartofseeker on June 7, 2012 at 10:14 AM said:
about ep 16.. i said it elsewhere but i’ll say it here again:
“it’s not about them getting back together or not (i wished that sincerely at the end of ep 15) but how the writer did it… I’m seriously questioning who the heck actually wrote the script for ep 16… if it was Song either the writer was friggin high on something, or she’s bipolar (i know this is harsh of me to say this but it just DOESN’T MAKE SENSE) like how did it come to this? did she implode after running out of ideas? because she went too far in terms of pushing the story to realistic tragedy in the previous episode but she loves her characters too much not to bring them back together so she wrote this in desperation without a thought? or did someone kidnap her, write this as though she did, and passed it on to the director?
Maybe i’m one of the few and maybe what i said would offend some… but a HUGE part of why I LOVED this drama so much was it’s INTELLIGENCE. I loved Boong Do because he was a truly intelligent character that was virtuous and kind (not mean-spirited), made possible by the context of a truly intelligent drama… so for it to end this way, with all logic and sense thrown to the back seat, I’m sorely disappointed (that’s an understatement at the moment)
I’m really really really mad… in fact I think i just feel utterly heartbroken… snifflesniffle* it’ll take a while for the shock to wear off”
and for the news? as if the last episode wasn’t enough to make my head spin… so i’ll just sit back and wait first to see how it unfolds =P
Germaine on June 8, 2012 at 8:12 AM said:
I think Episode 16 is like the ending dream sequence in Brazil, it’s a fantasy within a fantasy for those of us who must have a happy ending. We just didn’t cut back to Boong Do as he dies hanging.
and i’ll add that i’ll wipe ep 15 and 16 out from my memory (though ep 15 was absolutely amazing)– with that, this will still remain my most favorite drama of this year… otherwise… *image of ROARING dark flame of anger*
1lostbear on June 7, 2012 at 10:25 AM said:
OMG! How can she not like him back?! I agree with your version of what she should’ve done. Pretty sure there’s a huge line of fan girls who wouldn’t think twice if he ever said that! Also, I didn’t read the entire thing because it seems like it contains spoilers, and I haven’t yet watched episode 16. Here’s to hoping for a good ending.
Saima on June 7, 2012 at 12:36 PM said:
hmm, am thinking that public confession came out of the blue. Sadly for K-celebs they have to publicly act/behave in accordance to their agencies’ liking.
For instance, last year HJW was promoting some jewelry brand or something and during promotions (for a movie?) she was wearing a ring on her ring finger. There was a lot of brouhaha if she was in a committed rel’p or not….after that she’s confessed that her agency’s vigilantly monitoring her whereabouts. THIS offends me on so many levels considering she’s an A-lister and is 35 y.o.
Hence, I try to stay away from K-celeb’s personal lives. It’s just so much simpler.
oi on June 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM said:
the actor Ji Hyun Woo, he didn’t confess just out of the blue, did he?
I feel he will become a monk, if Yoo In Na refuses him
btw…..LOL……you have been #$%^^ quick to mine my cutie pie Shin *looking at the header*
ockoala on June 7, 2012 at 10:36 AM said:
Mine Mine, all Mine. Perfect boy is perfect. I knew it in about a millisecond when I saw him. XD
I know, it must have been that millisecond, when I was not watching
LizzyD on June 7, 2012 at 2:22 PM said:
Since I bugged you many times to watch this, I get first dibs, okay?
I don’t care who he dates in real life because he’s MINE in…. erm… umm… KDramaLand!
ockoala on June 7, 2012 at 2:29 PM said:
Wait? Are you talking about Ji Hyun Woo or Shin Won Ho. Cuz oi and I were talking about Shin, but I think you’re trying to MINE JHW. Go right ahead on the latter. I thought my baby boy Shin isn’t your type anyway, heh.
But isn’t your plate rather full, with boyfriends, yeobos, and husbands? I can’t believe you are bailing on Big, AFTER all the excitement and subbers and Gong Yoo moon-calfing you’ve been doing for months now. Don’t let a little teacher-student romance squick you out. It’s in the body of Gong Yoo! That is no student I’ve ever seen. 😀
myweithisway on June 7, 2012 at 3:02 PM said:
Did you see him in his band’s new MV? I’m pretty sure it’s a jailbait ad.
No no, I don’t want the funny little boy with a squishy face.
It’s hurtful of you to mention Gong Yoo when you know how I feel about noona high school romances. I’m still clinging to the hope that they’re confusing us on purpose and we’ll find out adult Gong Yoo is the true hero. Otherwise I’ll have to pretend he’s ANOTHER stint in MS along with Lee Min Hot, and my Seukkie. I’d add Oppa to the list except he didn’t even want to go the first time. hahahah
Boy with squishy face is all MINE. Just like you can have your yeobo, his face weirds me out.
Ahh, I’ll make it up to you at a dinner, how about three soju shots as my apology for mentioning your Gong Yoo in your hated teacher-student trope? 😉
You just want to get me drunk and take advantage of me…. by stealing all my bfs!!
Also, as much as I hate PDA and public confessions, I have to admit that this was incredibly sweet. Boong Do confronts death in the form of evil politicians and sword-wielding lackeys for his true love, while the real life actor does the same only he’s fighting nasty media people and a controlling management agency. I imagine the sword is an easier opponent.
dramacafe on June 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM said:
I’m happy for both and wish to God this is not a publicity stunt. In my mind, they’re already dating for real and found the screening a perfect way to sort of make it public.
On another note, I abhor the ending! At the very beginning of EP16. I already felt like this wasn’t the drama I’ve loved. I wanna scream, “Give me back my QIHM, the one that makes sense!” Now I’m wondering did the writer suddenly lost her talisman as well in EP15 that’s why we got a crappy finale with EP16?
Kiara on June 7, 2012 at 10:37 AM said:
I hope its not a publicity stunt but you never know. I’m glad they both gave this show their best and I wish them well. I am looking forward to Ji Hyun Woo’s next project. He totally made a crazy fan-girl out of me.
I’m scratching my head and wondering what the hell happen to the last 2 eps. They could have end it at eps 14 and I’d say bravo because that was a more solid ending. I get the talisman and how it was working but a cell-phone ringing in Joseon a year later?. Sigh…..
yann_cy on June 7, 2012 at 10:30 AM said:
Omg, the confession only makes me adore jihyun woo even more. I love it and I am super happy for these two. YOU GO JIHYUN!!!!!!!
Rainee on June 7, 2012 at 10:54 AM said:
Squeeeeeeeel!!! i have been giggling nonstop since i read this post and smiling stupidly to myself… i didn’t know how much i worship them together, but now i know so i had to write this comment painstalingly through my phone..
i didn’t read the rest of the post cuz i was avoiding spoilers for eps 16 and soompi since this morning… anyway thank you for this lovely news 🙂
Lila on June 7, 2012 at 11:09 AM said:
I totally didn’t care about whether the ending made sense or not. My journey with this drama was all totally about the love. My world is just filled with rainbows and monkeys in suits knowing that the two ended up happily ever after. The kisses at the end perfectly wrap up the love story of the two. I also busted a gut at the sort of epilogue at the end with the third repetitve interogation. Hyun woo and In ah characters are the second this year after the Ahha couple for me to love them as a couple, not just as awesome individuals. I also second the vote for them to have pretty babies together!!
butterfiy on June 7, 2012 at 11:14 AM said:
I disagree. I thought the ending was beautiful and made a lot if sense. Although Boong Do used the talisman as a vehicle for his time travel it wasn’t the physical paper that allowed him to travel but Yoon Wol’s loyalty, love and commitment. By burning the talisman he had changed the future again which made Hee Jin forget him. But when he wrote the letter to Hee Jin that was his loyalty, devotion and commitment to Hee Jin, the very source that brought him to her in the first place. He still remembers everything (like Hee Jin did the first time around) so the burning of the talisman only changed the future not what he went through so the remnants of the talisman still existed because he did time travel and it already occurred. The letter to Hee Jin is key. The letter made it into written history thus the essence of his loyalty to Hee Jin was maintained through the years and finally passed onto Hee Jin during the filming. When she read the letter, the talisman essence was resurrected. So when she finally remembers and Boong Do was in the process of giving up his life and dying, she saved him and brought him back to life and to her with the phone call. It was his only link to her. When she remembered the number and dialed it, she dialed a number that didn’t exist because Boong Do never happened to Hee Jin. The number dialed existed only when she was with him previously, dialing a number that didn’t exist pierced the veil of the present with that of the other universe which allowed him to transport to her. To die is to live but their 300 years span love saved them.
if that’s what it’s supposed to be, then the writer still did a terrible job explaining that…. tbh
nothing personal twds you!
Maxjia on June 7, 2012 at 11:48 AM said:
Honestly I adore your explanation. It felt like such a desperate moment when he was about to die, her heartbreaking cry(which no matter how many times I watch it, brings me to tears) it felt like everything was at a breaking point and I loved how the phone became the talisman. Before Yoon Wol gave him the talisman and once she died the whole thing went down hill. But the cellphone was a “talisman” per say give by Hee Jin. Each woman gave him a talisman, but each worked one at a time i guess. lol.
I agree. After YW died I learned that the talisman was just a tool for the “magic” to work but the real magic was YW. It makes a lot sense that the phone became the new tool.
You are very good. I never could have said it that logical :).
Jomo on June 7, 2012 at 12:01 PM said:
I’ll buy that!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who like the ending =)
Kat on June 7, 2012 at 2:30 PM said:
I think the frustration lies in the fact that the drama failed to make clear how and why the talisman worked, when it’s done so well with explaining how everything else has happened.
Your reasoning sounds right, but one question…..
How exactly did Boong Do get to keep the phone? The show didn’t explain how exactly BD kept the phone, even after he burned the talisman. But Remember when the talisman was first cut? BD’s amnesia and the creation of the alternaverse weren’t the only changes – there was also an effect on Boong Do’s sword. It was returned to the past after the talisman was cut. This clearly indicated that objects that are not from that time must be returned to its original place, just as when the assassin that came after Boong Do in the earlier episodes disappeared after BD killed him off.
So going by your logic that all the events change after the talisman burns (save Boong Do’s memory), then shouldn’t the phone disappear, just as Boong Do’s sword did? (Cuz without the phone there wouldn’t be a link at all)
butterfiy on June 7, 2012 at 6:57 PM said:
After reading your post it made me go into a frenzy because I believe in the writer and the intellect behind her choices. So I tried my best to be in her mind and connect all the dots. So here is my painful attempt to break down what I hope was in the writer’s mind and answer your question.
*deep breath
The talisman had letters that he had to recite. Cutting one of the letters changed the course of history for the two of them; one forgets and the other loss of memory. But his loss of memory was largely in part due to his injury. It was a momentary shock not an permanent loss of memory where she never existed because the occurrence of the incident didn’t alter anyone else’s fate in the past. YW, the monk, and his sidekick all remember her and they were the one that reminded him of her existence which brought back his memory of her and he once again traveled forward to reunite with her.
You’re right, the first time the sword returned to its “original place” because in the alternaverse Hee Jin earned her own money so there was no need for the sword. The assassin returned to the past because he belonged in the past. When the talisman was burned the cell phone couldn’t return to the “original place” because the original place existed only when Hee Jin bought him the cell phone. In the new alternaverse she never bought him one so there was no original place for it to return to but it can’t disappear because it means that BD and HJ never happened and she never gave it to him. BUT it did happen, not in HJ alternaverse but in BD’s Joseon time nonetheless. Bringing it back to when HJ read the letter and then dialed the number that never existed bc she never bought the phone for him but did exist because he has the phone bc she bought it for him. When she called this nonexistent and existed number to a phone that is nonexistent and existed she brought him back.
*wipes sweat
I say think of it like a solar eclipse, it’s night but day and day but night.
Cynthia on June 7, 2012 at 9:57 PM said:
Really good detailed reasoning – this reminds me of all the hypotheses we use to have online after each episode of “LOST” – explanations would go on for days…..
It’s funny – with the use of cellphones being the link between OTPs and butterfly’s@ comment of a solar eclipse, I immediately thought of the ending of MGIAG!
kiki on June 7, 2012 at 2:42 PM said:
i really like how u analyse in depth of what the writer is trying to tell us.. it’s sad that some people take things at face value and wants everything to be presented like crystal-clear (ugh couldn’t find the right expression). but well, i think that if i’m not invested in this drama, i would certainly complain to.. 😀
but i do think that the plot will be executed well, ONLY if the writer, no, the drama itself has more time.. =)
Let me beg to differ. The talisman was a Buddhist holy charm as written by the Monk. It was meant to protect Boong Do. When it was given to him by Yoon Wol, her wish for it to protect him made it magical. But the talisman itself was not any random object, we’re borrowing Buddhist principles of life, death, reincarnation, and accepting there are magic within that theology which could be tapped into if one has faith. Yoon Wol has faith, we see how religious she is when praying to Buddha for Boong Do. That is why the talisman makes sense as a time travel device, its words of “In death do you live” enchantment becomes real.
Yoon Wol couldn’t have used her love, loyalty, and commitment and handed Boong Do a magic rock and let it protect him and voila, it helps him time travel. The drama posited the Monk who wrote the talisman had spiritual powers, hence the talisman was no ordinary paper and was able to receive the faith of Yoon Wol and make it alive with magic.
The cell phone makes no sense in this narrative. Hee Jin’s love for Boong Do – how the hell did that transform a cell phone into a time travel trigger? Yes, it was used between them, but so what? That doesn’t fit into the original narrative about why and how the talisman became a time travel mechanism. Don’t even get me started about the forever battery in the cell phone and how it rang in Joseon. Yes, yes, magic. Yeah right. If the paper talisman started talking and singing and dancing at some point, maybe I would be fine with a magical cell phone that not only suddenly became a time travel trigger AND defied all laws of electricity and signal waves.
I wish the writer wouldn’t stretch her mythology to such edges that it burst through and then implodes her own story narrative to manufacture a final two episodes worth of angst. She literally shot herself in the foot on this one. Still a lovely drama, but feels like stupidity set in at the end.
And I don’t buy the argument that the writer needed more time to develop her story. She knew she was getting 16 eps, she can’t fail at the end and then claim she needed more time. That’s like taking an essay test and writing a great paper until the last two paragraphs where you failed to use punctuation and started using run-on sentences. When I dock you points for that, you claim it was because you ran out of time, and if you had enough time it would read perfectly. Well, sorry kiddo, tough noogie. That’s life, deal with it.
well koala eonnie, while i appreciate your counterback arguments about the whole thing, please don’t blame the writer for writing such crappy ending (which i speculate would be much better, had the drama runs more episodes). the-ending-would-be-better-had-the-writer-have-more-time argument is merely my naive thought. yes, i’m a kiddo whom arguments are so much crappy that it can’t even worth your rebuttal, and for that, i’m sorry.
the drama is already ended, let’s remember it as a wonderful ride. =)
No, no, my “kiddo” remark for for the writer, not you! I like your argument, because you are right. The writer probably could do better with more episodes. What I was saying was that real life doesn’t give you a pass because of that. We have to assess the drama based on its merits within the constraints of 16 episodes, live shoots, etc.
lalalychee on June 7, 2012 at 3:20 PM said:
Yeah… if they were to go the whole talisman route, why didn’t Hee-jin go pray at a temple and procure another one to give to Boong-do? Just sayin’. I SO would have thought of that.
I suppose she bought the cell phone with her LooooooVe, but it so doesn’t count when held against extreme religious faith + selfless love.
jomo on June 7, 2012 at 4:51 PM said:
Well, it could have been worse.
What if it was a whispering voice that called BD to the present? The same one that drew JH to the top of building so he could find BS in M2F. HA! Much much worse!
I agree the forever battery and signal waves were nonsensical. But I didn’t mean that the cell phone was a time trigger or negate the fact that it was a Buddhist talisman. I meant that the essence of
talisman never completely disappeared. Like you said it’s a blessing from a spiritual monk and a blessing doesnt just end. BD didnt have faith at first when it was just a physical paper given to him by YW, but YW faith carried through for him. But then he gained faith and retained the blessing because the magic of talisman was made specifically for him. It just used a different vehicle now, the cell phone. So what im trying to say is that maybe all it takes is being there at the right place at the right time with the right cell phone and the right provider, maybe just maybe magic can happen. Lol 🙂
joystar on June 8, 2012 at 10:37 PM said:
what wasn’t shown on screen was that at the end of ep15, when BD burned the talisman, the cellphone was also on the table, so the smoke and perhaps some particles from the burning talisman somehow got transferred to the cellphone, making the phone the “new magical tool” carrying the same “original charm” intended for the talisman. 😉
so in ep 16, actually, the cellphone was off throughout, but its “magical” power, as passed on by the original talisman, made it last for at least 1 more year, up to the time when its “magic” is needed again, that is, when BD dies, he should live again in another world.
thus, the cellphone being a modern tool also, connected both worlds (the old and modern world), in a new way, like sending some signal to the modern world for the need for a call-back when it’s not on BD’s body, thereby making HJ recall BD’s number, make the phone in the old times ring again, and finally bring BD back to life, to send him to the modern world as soon as he unlocks it to answer the call… 😀
and so, the director should have just put that “magical smoke” element as scene effects shown as part of the explanation in ep 16, right?
i guess with an establishment of such “magical smoke transfer” to use a new tool as talisman, ppl wouldn’t be trying to make sense out of the totally disconnected idea of having the specially-made talisman/magical tool (originally the paper) lost forever, and yet its charm somehow got transferred to another form (the cellphone) without due explanation. =)
“magical smoke” scene effects on the works:
– ep15 scene with talisman burning on table,
its “magical smoke” touches/reaches BD’s cellphone,
making the latter the new “modernized talisman”
– HJ finally recalls BD, and dials his number due to
the “magical smoke” coming out from the HJ’s cellphone
(since it’s the partner of BD’s now-magical cellphone)
– BD’s cellphone ringing again as the “magical smoke”
works on its ways to send him to the modern world
hello on July 9, 2012 at 4:22 AM said:
I appreciate dramas for their entertainment values and thus, they do not have to be perfectly logical at all times.
If you are hinging on the failed illogical twist at the end, you might as well pointed out the many illogical plot holes in the story throughout the entire drama.
Like how the main characters were always alone at the phone booth.., how no one in present time ever saw Boong disappeared in broad daylight. how easy our hero could enter and leave a hospital twice to treat his near-fatal injuries etc..
So my point is that you should probably sit back enjoy and appreciate the last episode for its entertaining ending and maybe avoiding excessive thinking which will allow you to enjoy the drama for what it is for. If you are looking for more realistic plots, you can easily find it in real life =)
anais on June 7, 2012 at 3:17 PM said:
I totally thought the same thing. From the beginning, the emphasis was on the human devotion. When the talisman was cut but Heejin retained her memory of Boongdo while all others forgot him, viewers critiqued that as an inconsistency whereas I thought it was the key. Same thing. I don’t think of the phone as the talisman. Heejin is. When the talisman was cut, I thought she was merely feeling the effects of it. Then, the recent episodes made it clear that her visceral reactions were not the mere effects of the talisman but her connection to Boongdo himself.
zhill on June 7, 2012 at 6:39 PM said:
very well said, and i agree. i think at that moment when HJ and BD were exactly at the same place 300 yrs. apart, in that quarter of a second when she walks past him, their soul becomes one and their heart reconnected and remembered everything about Boong Do.
Kat on June 7, 2012 at 10:47 PM said:
@Butterfly
Okay, I think you worked that out quite fine. But then that brings up another question. (I’m having questions, as I JUST finished reading all the recaps. Before, I was only asking questions based on the little information out on the internet).
If she pierced that veil of the present by just calling him at the end…then why didn’t her call reach him the first time around? Like…after YW’s death and he was immediately transported back into the past (and with the blackening of the talisman). They both kept trying to call each other but to no avail. Their loyalty to each other hasn’t changed either…
2) I read your other comment about how blessings don’t end. Well, as you’ve said, it was YW’s constant faith and devotion that gave power to the talisman. But the drama has shown over and over that the talisman is what embodies the magic and is necessary for time-travel to occur: the talisman has to be on BD’s body, when he confronts death; and he has to recite the chant when he returns to the past. This was all ritualistic. But what happened with the phone was not – there was no faith, no ritual involved.
And when YW died and the talisman blackened, it clearly showed that the power to save via time-travel faded (especially clear when he tried to go back to the future and got pulled back to the past). What remained was the power that linked the two times, which was severed the moment he burned the talisman and allowed the future to reset itself. Bringing back the time-travel magic in the form of a phone really seems like a deus ex machina. It’s like saying that the magic decided to possess another object, but without any of the restrictions and requirements it had before – that BD doesn’t need to be near-dead to travel. Srsly, BD died almost every episode in order for this to happen. This “change of rules” made him seem silly for having done all that, when all he needed was an upgrade to a cell phone.
Anyway, the show has done wonderfully in keeping things consistent. Like with Sukyung and Boong Do. I don’t think I’ll ever forget their Tell-Me-About-Yourself conversations. Same reactions elicited every time. Just…not very consistent with the time-travel mechanism.
But all in all, I still love the show for making OTP so winning in my eyes.
Ginko on June 8, 2012 at 3:43 AM said:
@Kat, I’m not Butterfly but I’d love to share my mind here, hope you don’t mind.
I agree with you about the frustration when the scriptwriter failed to make clear how the magic power worked. And I completely agree Ep16 was the let down after 15 amazing episodes. But I tried to put my mind from the writer’s POV, and I think her choices at the ending made sense, or at least acceptable.
I want to emphasize about the multiverse, or the parallel universes.
HJ’s call didn’t reach BD the first time when the talisman became black. I believe although the talisman didn’t work at that time, the connection of BD – HJ and the talisman, aka YW’s devotion was still there, meaning the alternaverse of the talisman was the main universe. There was no rule (that’s why people felt frustrated) to indicate two magic things can’t exist in the same alternaverse, but I assumed the writer wanted to express that, if YW’s talisman worked in that alternaverse, then HJ’s magic phone can’t work.
Then the talisman was burnt = the YW’s talisman’s universe disappeared.
In Joseon time, BD was living in another alternaverse, which was slightly different to YW-talisman’s universe in that the power of the talisman didn’t exist.
In the alternative reality where HJ was living, she forgot about BD.
But in the multiverse, their LOVE exists, the frequency, the energy, the quantum mechanics of their love exist, transversing through multiverse.
When HJ and BD were standing at the same spot at different time, that was when the energy of their love meet, duplicating or triggering the power, creating a new probability distribution (heck, I’m not even a physicist or philosopher!), their worlds split into a new alternaverse, again, slightly different to their former worlds. It was the butterfly effect, wasn’t it? The cause and effect that the scriptwriter has been emphasizing.
So if we go on like this, at least we can understand the scriptwriter’s intend. However, I do agree she completely messed up religion, physics, philosophy and fantasy altogether.
I really don’t know what I’m writing anymore 🙁
anais on June 8, 2012 at 9:26 AM said:
You should check out Joonni’s recap of 16 for the discussion there (Koala, I hope you don’t mind my referring readers there, but I don’t want to rehash the good points made there.):
Threeangels on June 8, 2012 at 4:59 AM said:
@butterfiy I totally agree w/u and ur thoughtful perspectives about the
drama and the tailsman. Thank you for putting into intelligent words
what I wanted to say. Who cares what the naysayers say! On a side note
I hope JHW and YIA get together in real life cuz they
r so cute together 🙂
Kat on June 7, 2012 at 11:22 AM said:
OMG, I found a fancam of his confession! The quality isn’t good, BUT YOU CAN TOTALLY tell when he confessed. HINT: everyone gasps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Un_de4gB4n8
Jomo on June 7, 2012 at 11:54 AM said:
Doesn’t he say “I love you” at the end?
estel on June 7, 2012 at 12:46 PM said:
It’s not 100% clear, but I’m pretty sure he did say “saranghamnida” and not “chohamnida”. The second can be more literally translated as “like” but is sometimes translated in context (appropriately) as “love”, but there’s no way other than “love” to translate “saranghamnida”. Holy cow.
Oops, I romanized that wrong and missed a syllable – it should be “cho-ah-ham-ni-da” (좋아합니다).
Yep that was definitely “I love you”
ester on June 7, 2012 at 5:22 PM said:
i had a feeling this was going to happen!!!
when i saw the stills for ep16, his body language towards yin in the pictures was bit more intimate than the usual pictures that drama casts take together ^^
congrats to them~~ they look so cute together.
mtoh on June 7, 2012 at 11:58 AM said:
OK, who has this on English…thank you…
gahhhh!! SO. AWESOME!!! lkdsfjslkfjslfjzlzdjzslj
Coming from someone who didn’t even watch this show!! hahaaaa…..Luffs it!! <3
YIN is a YGE'er (of BigBang and 2NE1). She definitely has a bright future ahead of her since YG's legit. I do know that he's had a dating ban placed on the 2NE1 girls which I don't think is the real deal. Most of those idols are dating on the d-lo. But that's just my thoughts.
I hope YIN gives dating JHW a shot (if they aren't already dating, that is)….cause that boi's perfect!! I'm also thinking JHW may be enlisting for his MS soon…so hopefully they'll be able to resolve this 'elephant in the room' situation. It's beautiful when actors meet whilst filming and fall in love!! *swoooooooons*
Sorry for a double post. But I think they should’ve made a fricking Tardis. It would make a WHOLE LOT OF SENSE, since Boong Do always calls Heejin from a phone booth. But I guess that would be copying Doctor Who.
Maybe…that’s why they went for a phone instead….
My2Girls on June 7, 2012 at 12:15 PM said:
Hot tea shot out my nose reading this!! The Tardis that is funny.
J.J. on June 7, 2012 at 1:06 PM said:
I concur with the Dr. Who… But tVn doesn’t want BBC litegation team on them. Lol
Denali on June 7, 2012 at 11:33 AM said:
I was just happy that the onscreen couple got their happy ending. Whether or not they date, break up, marry or have babies irl is none of my concerns. Who’s to know, after all? 🙂
Then I also felt dumb for my ignorance of the implementation of cell antenna going as far back as Joseon’s time. But I should have known better, having experienced first-hand how well-advanced South Korea has been with 4G when this homeland only manages 3G in most areas. So, writer-nim, thank you for shedding this new light on the past. *ironic*
off to maybe watch the finale
Player!!!
YES! Completely. **sigh**
Mgirl on June 7, 2012 at 11:54 AM said:
i’m actually scare….
what if she reject him….
she just got into her first lead role so she must be want to work out her new beginning of acting first
and he will enter military this year…
even if she accept him,she will be alone for the next 2 year
but what will happen to JHW
he will be embarrassed if she do not accept him
and this whole drama might or will be avoided by me because i know out OTP do not real…..
YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!
IT HAS TO BE HIM SINGING THE RING TONE!
PICK UP THE PHONE!
By the way, don’t care, don’t care, don’t care cheesy or not, love the end (that they are together.)
My take is Yoon-Wol’s spirit that was in the amulet entered the phone to call him,
with the assistance, of course, of the monk who wrote the talisman in the first place.
The MONK was the supercharger who brought the battery to life, and SHE actually acted as the reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally long and tall wireless tower that straddled 300 years of coverage.
Pshaw! So OBVIOUS!
OMG <3 I hope Ji Hyun Woo and Yoo In Na get married and have perfect perfect babies, too.
mtoh on June 7, 2012 at 12:44 PM said:
I think I wrote in earlier recaps something like, If those two don’t date they should…
And this happens…wow…didn’t see this coming…Man is the man!
MJP on June 7, 2012 at 9:38 PM said:
Amberscube on June 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM said:
I am so disappointed… Episode 16 is a complete letdown.
Sure, i want a happy ending but it has to make sense at least.
It’s like 49 Days all over again.
Episode 14 is the finale.. That’s it. Or i will just make my own version of episode
I will make my own version of episode 16.
cindy on June 7, 2012 at 12:45 PM said:
But 49 days did make sense, lol people keep saying it didn’t, but I think it is just because they wanted their OTP together.
Yes, totally made sense, it was never about our OTP’s as much as we wanted…
topper on June 7, 2012 at 2:22 PM said:
Yup 49 Days made sense definitely. Not fanservice pleasing, but thoughtful.
Amberscube on June 7, 2012 at 5:31 PM said:
I have high expectations with both 49 Days and Queen Inhyun’s Man.
I expected Hang Kang to have his happy ending in 49 Days.. I did accept later on that the writer have other intention. And you’re right, the ending made sense.
With QIHM, i expected a happy ending that made sense. How could i not expect an intelligent ending when writer did an awesome job with episode 1-15?
mtoh on June 8, 2012 at 2:05 AM said:
I hate when people do stupid things, and ruin their ‘photo’ in my eyes, the same goes for writers…
OMG I really should rewatch 49 days… It has been mention a lot these days…
My heart will broke again. ¤omo
Anvesha on June 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM said:
OMG!! What?
Is it really real.. wow.. I don’t think it’s out of blue. I mean it’s not possible for an actor to do so (no matter what drama laws say). It would be embarrasing for him and also kind of sad. May be they are seeing each other and it’s the announcement before everyone that was surprising. And she can’t just accept without discussing and whatnot.
I haven’t seen the last episode, but I liked 15, it wasn’t completely off the rails.
cv on June 7, 2012 at 12:51 PM said:
Wow! it would be so awsome if they did date for real. Who knows, she may turn him down. That’ll be so sad though.
sy on June 7, 2012 at 12:59 PM said:
Thanks for sharing Ms K!
I agree that the show should have ended at episode 14 eventhough I think the episode 16 did have its beautiful moments. The scene where Boong Do & Hee Jin’s paths crossed at the courtyard was well-captured and meaningful. Sigh but it went haywire with the neck-tie suicide & handphone fiasco… with one commentator even deducing that the phone must have been “solar-powered” LOL.
Kudos to JHW for confessing his feelings but I have to say that it was totally out of the blue that it left many reeling in its wake. Apparently the organisers had to cancel the celebrations/afterparty after the viewing session as the stars had left for home immediately after the interview. Sigh the presscon tomorrow should reveal more details about the confession.
Ivoire on June 7, 2012 at 4:10 PM said:
That’s one thing I didn’t understand. Why did the after party event had to be canceled? How did his confession affect the rest of the evening? I don’t expect you to have the answers (I am assuming you weren’t there), but I just wanted to put these questions out there…
Is this what is to be expected if a Korean star confesses at a drama’s finale screening?
I would also say that what he did (considering how shocking it was to everyone) was brave. I don’t know if she knew how he felt beforehand, but he still took a chance at being rejected (publicly) and I don’t think it is easy to say in front of people you don’t know (even if they are fans) that you love someone, especially without that person’s knowledge that you are about to do so.
I hope he doesn’t feel (too) bad about the after party event canceled and that his confessing won’t have negative consequences (professionally and otherwise) for him. I wonder how he felt after doing that (confessing publicly) and later on that night.
rillakm on June 7, 2012 at 1:02 PM said:
After all the touchy scenes and the great bts atmosphere. It’s kinda understandable they fall for each other. I reckon, he said that because he doesn’t want to get separated when all these ended so that he can keep in touch with yoo in na without bothering about the paparazzi. Naw, just so cute. What I imagine, after the confession they all went backstage many crews were “ooh aaah” but managers are stressed. Both YIN and JHW are slightly awkward. I really want to know what’s happening back there?! Aaaaa
pointing out the manager, i suddenly be reminded of the stunt hee-jin did during the airplane scandal.. how the managers tried to make damage control.. it’s kinda amusing that it might really happens in reality…
What about the stunt DM threatened to play at the award’s ceremony.
Can an actor take the chance on another actor’s career and announce something like that unilaterally? I hope it’s reciprocal.
Jomo : seems like i can’t reply to you..
yes i hope that their feelings are mutual..
JHW must be very thoughtful when he decided to drop the “bomb”. (he himself said that he is prudent).
and i hope YIN’s reaction is due to the unexpected announcement, not because she’s shock/can’t accept his feelings..
Let’s cross our fingers for good news from their agencies/productions tomorrow (it’s due at afternoon, korean time, right) =)
cv on June 7, 2012 at 2:06 PM said:
I actually liked the ending. 🙂 It was sweet and the kiss…welll…. ^_^ Like it a lot~
They should get together, both are not young anyway. Guy’s a hung and girl’s a babe.
The ending of the drama is kinda forced to me though.
*hunk*. LOL
Kiara on June 7, 2012 at 2:33 PM said:
Hahaha my eyes was like what the…… Glad it was a typo but you could be right either way lol.
topper on June 8, 2012 at 7:32 AM said:
And I can’t blame autocorrect. Ok maybe I can. LOL
Kiara on June 8, 2012 at 8:01 AM said:
Lol I was going to ask if you have x-ray vision or something and that you are one lucky bastard.
i usually despise it when drama gets extension, because they tend to drag with the unnecessary plot.. I think, if the writer really want to use the phone-becomes-talisman-thingy as a plot, she needs to make strong base/foundation to make it clearer to the viewers..
it’s not that i’m not satisfied with the ending (i’m all for happy endings and rainbows), in fact i’m among those who keep insisting the wonderful execution of the writing. it’s just that i’m quite sad that after the wonderful ride (ups and downs) with all people during 15 episodes, some people point out the (big) hole in the finale. (though i concede that it feels lacking in my part)
yes, i do think that the ending could’ve been better (if we want a happy one), but the writer needs MORE TIME to carry out the plot.. (which, unfortunately the thing that the drama doesn’t have).
let’s just enjoy the drama and remember it as one wonderful ride..
Hahahahah~! I like was hung? errr.. okay. 😀
mtoh on June 7, 2012 at 2:47 PM said:
Your ‘hung’ give us other perspective of JHW…haha
OMG, dying of laughing…LOL
*hung*
I can’t believe my eyes when I read that, ha ha ha 🙂
Tamara on June 7, 2012 at 2:55 PM said:
I will try to make every effort to wipe out ep 15 & 16 from my memory. It was a complete let down…fine with having the phones be the “new talisman”, but you need to explain it. Gaping plot hole. It’s almost as if the writer didn’t have enough time to think it through. Argh. ARGH. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
mizweng on June 7, 2012 at 3:02 PM said:
OMOOOOOOOOO what a pleasant bomb is this!!!!!! wow!!!! I am so happy that am teary-eyed for JHW’s confession!!!! it was such a romantic thing to do…I applaud his courage in doing this…no matter what. i pray that YIN accepts his feelings and be brave to weather whatever storm that may come their way….
thank you madam K for bringing this news to us… 🙂 🙂 🙂
WHAT! Sadness. Public confession meets lame sub-rejection. He could do better. He could have me, for example. 😉
When your handsome puppy shouts it from the rooftop, you lay one on him for the fans. 😉
lulu on June 7, 2012 at 3:19 PM said:
I am soo happy for the ending and I think it does make sense that the mobile bring back BD to the new world since HJ is from the new era since YW’s died and the tailsman became unuseful anymore. so many times in every episode we saw the use of telephone and then the mobile phone to show us it was not only the tailsman that brought them together but their telephone calls in the new world that connect them together.
I salute JHW for his brave confession for Yoo In Na in public and I hope Yoo In Na will say yes since they are both perfect and loving couple!!
While it would be awesome if Ji Hyun Woo’s feelings were reciprocated, his confession showed poor judgment and lack of consideration. He effectively turns Yoo In Na into the bad guy if she refuses. And, even if YIN liked him a bit prior to this, I wouldn’t be surprised if she considered this a red flag and shied away.
goodange on June 7, 2012 at 3:33 PM said:
I was so excited that I didn’t even think about that. Good call. It’s romantic, but it definitely put her in a compromising position.
Rice on June 7, 2012 at 3:35 PM said:
I completely agree with you on this.
In Na has a right to decline him if she doesn’t return his feelings; she shouldn’t have to accept him just because fans would like to see her and Hyun Woo together in real life.
Nah. Rumors from insiders are saying that they’ve been dating. This was all planned so they could go public, and make it a romantic gesture to boot. We’ll see. Regardless, a guy can confess however he wants. Why would she be a bad guy if she refused. Feelings are the one thing that has no right and wrong. Fans might be sad, but hey, it’s their love life, they can do whatever they want. I’m saddened that K-actors are so constrained by what they can say and when. If this was a spur of the moment thing by JHW, I totally love him even more for it. Finally! Someone showing passion and spontaneity, screw the consequences. K-actors are groomed like perfect automatons with managers watching their every move, and that is really so dispiriting. This gives me hope.
PJupiter on June 7, 2012 at 3:44 PM said:
Amen! I completely agree with everything you said, Ms. Koala. Regardless of whether JHW’s confession was pre-planned or a spontaneous declaration, I applaud him. More K-actors should follow suit! I hope this inspires all those who have been holding back 😉
Right one! He just made clear path to everyone else. Secret relationships come to sun…
Aisling on June 7, 2012 at 4:03 PM said:
thank you… I want to marry this comment
Well, I say keep your private life private if you can but thats just me.
“a guy can confess however he wants”
If you mean that, as a celebrity, JHW should have the right to confess in public if he desires to do so, public reaction and strict rules from management be damned, then I agree that as a human being, he should have that autonomic right. But to me, his public confession poses a problem because this does not place only him in an awkward position, but YIN as well. If they are already dating, then that’s wonderful; I think this was pretty much the perfect way to publicly announce it and celebrate with fans. But if the two of them didn’t discuss their feelings for each other prior to his public confession, then I think this is really incredibly awkward.
That being said, I do hope the best for both actors.
Well, as long as she wasn’t put on the spot, then, it’s all cool.
I mean, in the end, as long as she was okay with it, then, maybe his public declaration wasn’t so bad.
Maidenelle on June 8, 2012 at 9:04 AM said:
If this was really planned, then why did YIN react the way she did? I love the boy, but I think it is still somewhat manipulative to announce this in public without talking to YIN first. Her reaction makes it seem like she was highly uncomfortable with it.
oi on June 7, 2012 at 3:27 PM said:
I haven’t watch the ending yet
but could it be that the ending is no good, because the writer changed the original ending to please the fans = happy ending for the OTP, because of the unexpected (?) popularity of this drama?
I think the ringtone that she uses from the beginning, that actually says “Pick up the phone” and the fact that he picks up the phone the same way from the early episode – 3? 2? shows this was planned.
But from paper to phone…don’t work for me….
Weeee! I hope their private talk won’t be a heartbreak for him.
Iviih on June 7, 2012 at 3:31 PM said:
Hum, I find it interesting, I mean most of people here accepted how the talisman worked before, and didn’t complain or said it didn’t make sense at all.
But now another magic element/factor appears again and people can’t accept it and says it doesn’t make sense.
I believe the talisman only worked because YW’s feelings and love for BD was very very strong and so pure. She wished for him be safe and happy. It was because of YW’s true feelings that the talisman turned in something magic/special. That is why just YW could make the talisman works, and the talisman could only work for BD.
So now we have this same situation in the end of episode 16. But this time, it happened to HJ and BD.
Like YW, HJ too loves BD a lot. Her love for him is very strong, so strong it surpass 300 years, and neither the time could stop/end it. So, I believe when HJ remembers BD in the end of episode 16, her feelings and strong love turns the cellphone in a magical object that saves BD. Just like the talisman YW gave, the cellphone HJ’s gave to BD also turned in something special/magical when BD was almost dying!
I guess the writer wanted to show that just like YW and the talisman situation, this could also happen with Hee Jin. She loves BD so much that her love turned the ”cellphone” in a magical instrument that saved BD. (Just like YW’s love turned the talisman in something magical)
I think that because the writer chose the cellphone that it is bothering some people.
I wonder if instead of a phone, HJ gave BD a talisman or a letter saying how much she loves him and it turned magical and saved BD, I think people would accept it being magical and all.
So, for me, BD was saved because of HJ’s love! Just like he was saved before because of YW’s love!
I think this is is pretty beautiful! A love so strong that challenges everything that goes against it!
Even if it is time or death, or even fate!
And I have a question, why you thought the talisman YW gave BD made sense and accepted its magical factor, but you can’t accept the cellphone HJ’s gave BD can also turn in something magical/special? And since it turned in something magic, that is why it worked, and the battery wasn’t dead, because it is magical now.
If you can’t accept the magical factor from the final episode, why and how can you accept the magical factor of the talisman? After all this drama was told to be a fantasy-romance drama…
So, IMO the end made sense.
I can understand why some people are disappointed but saying it didn’t make sense… err I have to disagree, at least I think it made sense. To be honest I, myself, thought the first half of the episode a bit slow and I wished more exciting things would happen, but I enjoyed the other half a lot, and I’m happy with the end! And it isn’t because the OTP is together that I’m happy – sometimes I enjoy and prefer sad endings that makes more sense than my OTP being together – I enjoy well sad ends well made!
I understand some people here wished fpr something more from the writer who did amazing episodes and amazing plot twists. And, also after episode 15 (that was really good) I undertand why some expected more of the end and aren’t that happy. Well, I’m happy so eveything is ok, and JHW confession just made my day, so yeah, nothing can put me down today (unless In Na rejects JHW! Nooo!)
So3 on June 7, 2012 at 4:26 PM said:
oh I don’t think the new talisman was the cellphone – my interpretation is that because Hee Jin remembers BD and therefore breaks whatever last remaining effect of the old talisman (which was making HJ lose her memory and reset things), their love and memory becomes their one and only connection, no longer bound by the power of the talisman.
Which makes me think that the purpose of setting up a talisman is to ultimately destroy it by the power of love.
But basically the perfect ending was JHW making his confession publicly LOL
See, enough people regard Heejin and her memory as the new talisman. The show did go on about remembering. The power of memory. Memory as key to existence. Even of one’s own subjectivity (think Alzheimer’s / Thousand Day Promise). I love it.
Yes, yes, yes. I love the ending.
There. I said it.
Agree, the show emphasized on the power of memory, and the CAUSE and EFFECT.
I wrote this at Soompi, I re-wrote it here.
I also understand where the disappointing came from, I myself also felt disappointed with the first half of the episode, but the later half made me happy again. And what did people say? We already said that we didn’t care how the writer did, we just wanted them to be together. And the writer did, and her explanation totally made sense. Ep15 was pivotal because we need to clean cut the power of the talisman, so today we need another driving force to pull BD to 2012. What was the force of the talisman at the beginning? It was YW’s LOVE to BD.
And so does Hee Jin. Remember her question in episode 6? “If us becoming LOVERS is the cause, then what is the effect?” In episode 15, HJ narrated the same question again. To emphasize, LOVE is the CAUSE, what is the EFFECT? Of course the effect is to bring BD back to her. They have to wait one year after the aftermath of burning the talisman because HJ had forgot BD. But their LOVE always exists, it’s just the matter of time before LOVE causes the magic power for them.
When they share another “same spot, different time”, it was their souls made the connection, and when she remembered him, it was triggering the existing power. The power of memory!
If we accepted the talisman power, of course the mobile phone was just another transporting device- a portkey for them ^^. The magic power lies inside their LOVE.
Or may be there was a Ministry of Magic did help them? ^^
Lulybunny on June 7, 2012 at 4:54 PM said:
Agreed. Donkey balls, episode 14 was the real ending. However, I enjoyed the last two episodes, just yeah right at the end….what?
Also, I had entered contest for that fan meeting. SO ANNOYED I DIDN’T WIN A TICKET. I would have had no clue he confessed but WHO CARES! Gah! So epic.
siu on June 7, 2012 at 4:57 PM said:
When I read this post and the first few comments I felt uneasiness, wondering if QIHM, which started out so great, had somehow managed to end badly. I was going to resist watching it until the subtitles came out but couldn’t and have to admit I’m quite OK with the ending, not just because the couple got to be together but because it did make a sort of sense.
I’ll simply believe the magic as being created purely from the heart and desire coming from those who loved Boong Do deeply. The talisman and mobile (thank goodness they’d moved on from using the red phone box, can’t see that being kept in BD’s pocket) were tools for BD to hold and be transported between time, without the person wishing for the safety of BD they wouldn’t work anyway. The talisman was appropriate for the Joseon era as something someone would give to wish for the safety of a loved one and the mobile appropriate for the 21st century because that’s the first thing you would reach for to check if your love ones are safe after hearing bad news or separations, and we already knew how important the phone is for BD to contact HJ every time he lands in modern Seoul. So this time round HJ’s desire to reach BD, to hear his voice and hoping to find him safe, was so great that the mobile became the talisman, piercing time to reach him. Just as much as YW’s desire to have BD safe made the talisman transport him to a place where he could be saved even when he’s at death’s door.
We somehow ended up thinking the monk was a mystical person with magic powers only because he wrote the talisman but I don’t think that was it at all. The talisman worked because the monk, inspired by YW’s devotion, wished for the talisman to work for YW and BD’s sake. So again the magic came about as a result of someone’s heart and desire. I believe the monk chose to write time as a safe place for the owner of the talisman after doing the fortune telling style reading of BD’s name and birth date was because BD was destined to experience endless suffering and would find it hard it to save his life in this (Joseon) time. Is that a cause and effect?
Since the mobile has become the new talisman I hope HJ doesn’t die before BD or it breaks otherwise he’ll be in trouble again. All I can say is BD is one lucky man, both women gave him something that through their love turned into magical time transports that can save him from death in the nick of time!
Travelista on June 7, 2012 at 7:13 PM said:
I felt the same way:)!
Lazy Goose on June 7, 2012 at 5:54 PM said:
Koala, you just spoiled it for me! I was reading this article for the confession, not to know about the finale!!
hartofseeker on June 7, 2012 at 7:28 PM said:
ok final comments: see, here’s the difference.. if you watch this expecting “perfection”– directing, acting, writing a smart, meticulous story, then you’ll be sorely disappointed for the last part– like infuriating disappointment
this is clearly super tight writing losing steam at the end, having run out of plot developments but having a 16 episode quota to fill… EXTREMELY rare in kdrama when this happen only with extensions, but this one did not get extensions. now if you watch it the other way around, anticipating it to be a flop and failure, then… it was alright — barely made sense, with some very… glaring loopholes (why did BD not keep his hat on ALL THE TIME, why did he not escape on his source but LEAVE it and ran away from the soldiers at the temple on his legs??? we can tell you have long legs– as you saved yourself from the noose later, but still! and dying like that would not have helped ANYONE since your body would still be there along with your suit and cellphone!! how do loyal BD expect the king to explain THESE away after you leave like that?? and on the side HOW MANY FRIGGIN VARIATIONS HAVE WE SEEN BD’S NAME IN HANJA ALREADY?? 鵬圖<– in the annals in all the episodes before, 鵬到<– grave stone ep 14, 鵬道<– in the official's journal entry ep 16… but this one's… neglible)
but with still-awesome directing and acting, ep 16 was… meh, palatable– i'll give it credit for TRYING with the "you (literally) called me back (from teh brink of death)" idea =P
i'd still just settle for the ending of ep 14… wasted ep 15… sigh
i STILL love the story 1-14 though– for an engaging, smart story, with a smart main character, that was courteous, dash of humor, and VERY responsible… at least they kept his character of always putting others before himself till the very end
for ep 1-14 the director is also a VERY smart person with the camera angles and background music: it was good tight plot-writing with equally good-tight directing so you can't bear to miss a detail cuz then it'd turn up again to move the plot
that's what i liked about 1-14, and why i'm so disappointed in 16– why it felt messy. if it was any other drama i honestly would not have cared and would have even said that it was a very smart and good ending… but for what I saw for 1-14… i can't say the same here.. =/ all in all, this will still be my fave drama for 2012 =P
jun choong on June 8, 2012 at 3:00 AM said:
i really don’t understand why is it important about the phone’s battery life and so. This show is about magic, power of love to transcend through space and time isn’t it?
read more about the phone..
http://malariamonsters.tumblr.com/post/24658744361/some-stuff-about-phones
his horse*
jun on June 7, 2012 at 8:05 PM said:
Ok I have a few questions to ask. Do y’all remember the very first scene from Episode 1 where Hee Jin and Boong Do were speeding towards each other in their respective modes of transport i.e. car / horse? How does that fit with the ending?
Also, why why did Boong Do decide to commit suicide while in jail?
Lastly, it’s one thing for Boong Do to teleport back to the future, but how did he manage to locate Hee Jin in that building, in that room when it wasn’t even their usual meeting spot? Sure, perhaps he had asked around, but still I thought it would have been more significant if Hee Jin had seen the missed calls on her phone and called him back.
Can there be a special episode to fill in the gaps? Having been used to the usual QIHM style of analysis/flashback, it would be great to have an explanation for the Joseon scenes and last scene in ep 16.
dazzle95 on June 8, 2012 at 7:31 AM said:
Which building –> GPS on his phone?
rashdiah on June 7, 2012 at 8:46 PM said:
What i can say – just watch the finale with open heart. Dont judge too much. Its a fantasy drama anyway. As long itS a happy ending I dont care how BD&HJ can be back together again. From ep 1-16 – i just can say – DAEBAK!
itna on June 8, 2012 at 6:12 AM said:
i agree with you…^_^
ck1Oz on June 7, 2012 at 9:33 PM said:
Thank you. I’ve avoided the recaps so fall but the bombshell of the confession has drawn me out. Does anyone have any news about what’s happening now? Cos’ I am going crazy waiting. So, the ending, I can live with it.
The real life story. OMG 🙂
nyt nurse on June 7, 2012 at 10:31 PM said:
I don’t care who JHW ends up with, as long as he’s happy and contented…..i feel that he’s really a nice guy, honest and sincere, and deserves a woman that will love him no matter what…
Jenny on June 8, 2012 at 1:07 AM said:
Awwwww! He is a perfect gentleman, why can’t I meet someone like him!
There were rumors circulating a while ago so I’m also guessing they have been dating for a period of time and now was the perfect opportunity to make it public and get extra pr for the series.
I’m just happy he made a good comeback after that terrible drama that I will not name and hopefully he’ll continue to get good roles.
Mei on June 8, 2012 at 4:40 AM said:
Here we go again. Mleh.
Amanda on June 8, 2012 at 5:21 AM said:
I just keep thinking about dramabeans recap of episode 2, where they listed out the individual characters that were on the talisman…..時道通來間必 救人…..Time, road, communication, call, space, need, rescue, man.
I don’t think it was a lame ending. I actually like it very much. In episode 15, we saw that KBD managed to transport back to Hee Jin at the park when he was about to kill himself. This happened even when the talisman was already blackened with the death of Yoon Wol.
The way I see it why KBD disappeared shortly after calling Hee Jin at the park thereafter was because he called her rather than she called him.
The phone call from Hee Jin in episode 16, seconds before KBD passed out from hanging himself works like the talisman concept. The talisman was written by someone who loves him, in this case in Yoon Wol, to protect him when he is in danger (near death). Hee Jin made that phone call when she recollected her memories and all the love that she had for him.
It’s the power of LOVE that saves KBD:).
anime1234 on June 8, 2012 at 1:44 PM said:
Thank you for the fun update. I hope that they are together otherwise my image of Ji Hyun Woo has been ruined because otherwise he just pulled a “Dong-Min”.
bubujinxinaddict on September 26, 2012 at 11:53 PM said:
i thought it was great!
and he prob confessed to her since he’s going to army soon
Stuart on September 2, 2013 at 3:50 PM said:
Every time I read criticisms of the cellphone being the trigger I wonder why the significance of its earlier calls is overlooked. Right from Episode One, it was established that the phone was a link between them across the time gap, so I see no inconsistency in it calling him back.
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The Worshyp ~ In Praise of Toronto Metal
written by Rustyn Rose January 20, 2011
When frontman Marz Nova sets about building a metal band, he doesn’t fuck around. Nova named the band The Worshyp as a salute to how heavy metal fans love, and often worship, their music as if it were a religion. He’s quick to point out that the moniker has no ties to any real organized religion. Well, metal’s a religion in my book, so praise be, and horns up!
In the spring of 2010, Nova recruited Danish guitarist Thor Rune as well as bassist Mig Diablo and KK Devina, both from Peru and former band members of ex-Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno. If you’re gonna do it, do it right.
The Worshyp‘s chemistry is based on strong melodic vocals sung over driving guitar riffs set to today’s lower tunings. The band’s website says, “if you’re a fan of Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Anthrax and Black Label Society,” you’re going to like what you hear from them. That’s a pretty accurate statement, though the most identifiable influence I hear throughout the band’s dynamic debut album, Kingdom Earth, is the Megadeth influence.
The Worshyp released Kingdom Earth this week, and it’s already topping the Reverb Nation charts in Canada, where the band hails from.
The nine track debut offering kicks off with the 4-track mini-concept taken from the album’s title, and includes the songs, “Crop Circles”, “Under Surveillance”, “My World”, and “The Sewers”. The concept evolves around an Earthly visit from extraterrestrials.
“Crop Circles,” is the album’s longest track, clocking in at just over seven minutes. The intro starts off with a an opening reminiscent of Ace Frehley‘s “Fractured,” before the hammer comes down with crunching riffs and pounding skins. I waited patiently while listening to this one, anticipating the vocals, but alas they never came. While I have no problems with the song or instrumentals in general, a seven minute epic to start off a nine song album felt like overkill. The error of this seemed magnified when the next track, “Under Surveillance,” began with another minute sans vocals. Interestingly, I could hear a vocal melody for “Crop Circles” and I intend to ask vocalist Marz Nova why he kept it as an instrumental. That said, it’s still a great tune. Just be prepared to go a solid 8 1/2 minutes before you get to hear him sing.
“Under Surveillance” is the first track released from the record, and the instant it kicks off you can hear the Megadeth influence, and still there are moments that seem to hark back to a NWOBHM (new wave of British heavy metal) vibe. This song has perhaps the most catchy chorus on the album.
The third track of the 4-song Kingdom Earth arc is “My World” which again fires off with a riff reminiscent of Megadeth‘s stronger works. Aurally it’s a sound for sore ears, but I worry that the band is not fully developing their own signature style. Still, I love the song.
“Sewers” has a slight Judas Priest feel, but overall, sounds like it might have been on any Frehley’s Comet album. This is one of my favorite tracks on the record for that reason.
Next up is the track “Ganglords” which feels like early Metallica colliding with the classic Judas Priest sound. The first time I listened to this it brought to mind Priest’s “Exciter” from their Stained Class classic. The next time around I heard Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All album. So you, dear reader, will have to decide for yourself.
“The Manic’s Mantra” is another solid chunk of melodic metal, followed up by the riff rampage of “Left For Dead”. The song sounds like the bastard child of Ace Frehley and Megadeth. You can really hear Nova’s love for Dave Mustaine in this one. At one point I can hear Mustaine’s trademark grimace. Is that possible?
Listen to “Left for Dead”:
“Never Afraid,” has a classic thrash vibe ala Metallica, while “Spirit Keyz” has a NWOBHM power riff that brings back good memories of my misspent youth.
The album was recorded at Street Hammer Studios in Hamilton, Ontario, and produced by Anthony Vaughn, with help from Nova.
Overall, The Worshyp have crafted a very solid debut indy album. As a listener I’d have hoped for another track or two, but I am pleasantly surprised at how good this unsigned debut is. Sonically the album is very solid. There are points where I feel Vaughn might have pulled a bit more out of Nova vocally. That said, these guys have the potential to do something special with the right opportunities if they continue to build on Kingdom Earth. To think they got together and developed this in six months. Imagine where they might be a year from now!
Under Surveillance
The Sewers
Ganglords
The Manic’s Mantra
Left For Dead
Never Afraid
Spirit Keyz
This is a debut worth owning, and I highly recommend you visit their site and hear and learn more: www.theworshyp.com
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Wes Derby January 23, 2011 - 12:15 pm
Great review…And definitely one of my top albums of 2011…The year’s early, but this one will be there. I discovered The Worshyp when I saw that they’d followed me on Twitter…Marz is one of the coolest guys in music. We’ve been playing them since “Under Surveilance” was released as a single last summer, and I hope for big things for these guys. One of my favorite new bands.
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From humble beginnings, it started with a vision from Captain Wm. E. Meyer, who in 1876, created Wm. E. Meyer & Co. Limited, a shipping and coal-bunkering agency based in the historic Town of St. George, Bermuda.
The company also owned and operated work boats, water barges, coal barges and tug boats, which allowed them to offer a comprehensive list of services to the all-important shipping industry serving Bermuda.
Almost a century later in 1951, the company commenced operation of a machine shop specialising in ship repairs and related services. This business segment was expanded and later leased out to a private operator.
When it comes to the history of Meyer Travel Agency, it all started in 1907 after chartering the Prince George. A 19-knot vessel, the Prince George was dubbed the “finest ship in Bermuda waters” at the time, sky rocketing this newly formed company to notoriety. The vessel ran between Bermuda and New York, carrying the mail and 100 passengers who paid $40 for a round trip ticket.
In 1946, the Meyer Group's agency operations expanded to Hamilton with the opening of its Reid Street office, offering port agent services to incoming vessels and travel agent services to the Bermuda public. Meyer became one of the first members appointed to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Pan American World Airways and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC).
In 1980 in conjunction with Michael Freisenbruch, Meyer Agencies Ltd., helped develop Bermuda’s largest local insurance intermediary, the Freisenbruch-Meyer Group.
In 1972, the parent company amalgamated Meyer’s ship, freight and travel agency operations to form Meyer Agencies Ltd. As the agency operations became more specialized over the next decades, operations were separated as Meyer Shipping, a division of Meyer Agencies Ltd., Meyer Freight Ltd., Meyer Tours Ltd. and Meyer Travel Ltd..
In 1986, Meyer Agencies Ltd moved into the newly purchased Waverley property on 35 Church Street. The location offered convenience and a central point to service customers.
Today Meyer Agencies Ltd. operates from St. George’s, Hamilton and Dockyard with its offices servicing Bermuda’s regular and occasional callers. Meyer Freight Ltd. represents two of the three dedicated freight lines serving Bermuda: Bermuda International Shipping Ltd. out of Salem, New Jersey, and Somers Isles Shipping Ltd. out of Port Fernandina, Florida.
In 2002, the Meyer Group joined with its IT manager to form Meyer Technologies Ltd. Today, Meyer Technologies Ltd. or MyTec, as it is also known is the fastest growing company within the Meyer Group, led by our now vice-president of Information Systems, Gary Levon.
This same year, 2002, that Meyer Travel Ltd. and Franklin Travel Ltd. merged to form the separate company Meyer-Franklin Travel Ltd., with a team of 30 including leisure and corporate travel teams, shore excursions and accounting, and partnered with over 40 preferred airline, cruise, tour and hotel vendors across the globe. In 2013 Meyer-Franklin Travel Ltd. merged with Worldview Travel Ltd. The new travel agency, operated by a third party, continues to be located at the Meyer Group’s Hamilton location.
Throughout the mid-2000s the Meyer Group expanded its property division, Meyer Properties Ltd., through acqusition and capital renovations including the refurbishment of historic ‘Hunters Building’.
In 2010 the Meyer Group, in association with its VP of Finance and Administration formed a forensic accounting firm, Forensic First Ltd.; and in 2014 the Meyer Group helped form and took an equity stake in Island Waste Management Ltd., a waste disposal company.
As Bermuda evolves the Meyer Group continues to diversify, with expanding businesses and an eye for continued growth.
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JOHN WICK (2014)
ROLE: Russian mobster Viggo Tarasov
GENRE: Action Adventure Thriller
US RELEASE: October 24, 2014
When a retired hit man is forced back into action by a brutal Russian mobster, he hunts down his adversaries with the ruthlessness that made him a crime underworld legend. After the sudden death of his beloved wife, John Wick receives one last gift from her, a beagle puppy named Daisy and a note imploring him not to forget how to love. But John's mourning is interrupted when his 1969 Boss Mustang catches the eye of sadistic thug Iosef Tarasov. When John refuses to sell the car, Iosef and his henchmen break into his house and steal it, beating John unconscious and leaving Daisy dead. Unwittingly, they have just reawakened one of the most brutal assassins the underworld has ever seen.
John’s search for his stolen vehicle takes him to a side of New York City that tourists never see, a hyper- real, super-secret criminal community, where John Wick was once the baddest guy of all. After learning that his attacker is the only son of a former associate, vicious Russian crime boss Viggo Tarasov, John turns his attention to vengeance. As word spreads that the legendary hit man is after his son, Viggo offers a generous bounty to anyone who can bring John down.
With a veritable army on his trail, John once again becomes the remorseless killing machine the underworld once feared, launching a pitched battle against Viggo and his soldiers that could mean the end of them both.
Keanu Reeves - John Wick
Michael Nyqvist - Viggo Tarasov
Alfie Allen - Iosef Tarasov
Willem Dafoe - Marcus
Adrianne Palicki - Ms. Perkins
Ian McShane - Winston
John Leguizamo - Aurelio
Dean Winters - Avi
Directors - Chad Stahelski & David Leitch
Screenplay - Derek Kolstad
Cinematography - Jonathan Sela
Music - Tyler Bates & Joel J. Richards
Interview with Michael
Interview with Alfie Allen & Michael
Filming began on October 14, 2013 in NYC and nearby Rockland County.
Director Chad Stahelski - "We went through so many meetings to cast the role of Viggo. But Michael brought something very odd and interesting. He came at it from a really different angle. His quirkiness is a good match for Keanu’s stoicism."
Michael: "I found the relationship between John and Viggo to be interesting. Viggo has always liked John because he was brilliant at his job. They have the kind of love and respect you might see between a father and son, but it breaks down when John comes for Iosef."
Publicity Stills
Film comments
"The coolest thing about it really is the violence. Whether Wick is taking out people at a thudding nightclub, a rain-drenched dock, or a neon-lit bathhouse, everything is presented with a crispness lacking from most lazily cut shaky-cam action movies these days. And there's the refreshing, oddball sense of humor, down to the world-building and Nyqvist's engagingly big performance." ...David Sims, The Atlantic
"Nyqvist, the star of the Swedish Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, brings a little twinkle to the otherwise stock Russian villain, and Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, and Ian McShane are fun condiments on the underworld smorgasbord." ...Robert Horton, Seattle Weekly
"The dialogue is stripped-back and thrifty, with the high-calibre cast left to imbue it with humour, menace, whatever - a simple 'Oh' from the fabulous Nyqvist, for example, is one of the funniest moments." ...Emma Simmonds, The Arts Desk
"The supporting acts each react to Wick’s presence in various, often ambiguous ways, all superbly cast, from Nyqvist as a satisfying caricature, old-school Soviet gangster, Viggo Tarasov, Willem Dafoe as fellow contract killer, Marcus, and Ian McShane as Winston, the shady but wise resident ‘godfather’ at The Continental. Alfie Allen offers the biggest surprise, as the cocky, sadistic Iosef (Tarasov Junior), almost unrecognisable in the part." ...Lisa Giles-Keddie, Heyuguys.com
"John Wick, the retired hit man Reeves is playing, is well-named. He is dormant dynamite, keeping well away from naked flames, and has been ever since a deal with Russian mob boss Viggo (Michael Nyqvist, beautifully bitter) allowed him to step back from the killing game." ...Tim Robey, The Telegraph
"As the Russian mob boss Viggo, Nyqvist plays a gangster that knows he’s going up against unspeakable odds when challenging John Wick. The closer we get to the end of the film, the more unhinged Viggo becomes. It’s such a wonderfully disarming performance that you’re almost disappointed by the inevitable conclusion." ...Brian Walton, Nerdist.com
"Nyqvist gets as much screen time - and way more dialogue - than Reeves, and he's excellent." ...C.J. Johnson, ABC radio, Australia
"Reeves is well cast as the implacable, unstoppable John Wicks, and Nyqvist is outstanding as the wily Viggo. There are some nice darkly comic moments (trust me about that 'Oh,' and a later reprise), but this is all about the stunts, and as pure adrenaline action fodder, this movie delivers the goods." ...Nell Minow, Beliefnet.com
"A hot tub gunfight echoes Viggo Mortensen’s steam room fight in Eastern Promises, but Reeves is about half the tough guy of Mortensen. Swede Michael Nyqvist is great as elder Russian mob boss Viggo (a nod to Viggo in Promises?), producing the best performance in the movie. Perhaps it is because Nyqvist is graced with a better part (the bad guys always get the best parts) or perhaps it is because he simply refuses to play the part straight, instead bringing a sardonic, dark humor to bear on his dual roles of heartless mob boss and frustrated father." ...Ron Wilkinson, Monsters & Critics
"Stealing the movie, however, is Nyqvist. I wouldn't call him 'chilling,' except in the sense that all Russians in the Age of Putin apparently are, but he brings a mordant sense of humor to a role that could easily have been a stock Big Bad." ...Pete Vonder Haar, Houston Press
"The supporting cast is nicely eclectic, with Michael Nyqvist providing a villain who is more urbane that the usual frothing-at-the-mouth bad guy and Adrianne Palicki adding a little black widow sex appeal." ...James Berardinelli, Reel Views
"Nyqvist is terrific as Viggo, resigned once his hand's been forced." ...Laura Clifford, Reeling Reviews
"The only actor with room to breath is Michael Nyqvist, star of the original The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo films, who shines as the vicious but believably human mob boss who grows increasingly, hilariously incredulous at Wick’s refusal to die. More than any other actor in the film, he seems to have grasped the vibe of the film, which is just ridiculous enough for its own good." ...Stephen Danay, Under the Radar
"Along the way to the inevitable showdown—or series of showdowns, actually—other colorful characters appear. The most notable, after Viggo, played suavely by Nyqvist, with an undercurrent of menace just below the surface—is Marcus (the ever-reliable Willem Dafoe), a sharpshooting old colleague of John’s whose motives in the ensuing mayhem remain mysterious for a while." ...Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion
"Unfortunately, Adrianne Palicki fails to make much of an impression as a beautiful assassin who becomes a somewhat forgettable femme fatale, and Alfie Allen’s accent is all over the place as the Russian kid who causes all the trouble in the first place. Far better is Michael Nyqvist as his father. The Swedish actor made his name as the star of the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo flicks, and here he delivers a hilariously deadpan performance and steals pretty much every scene that he’s in, most notably when he delivers what may well be the greatest ‘Oh’ in movie history." ...Chris Tilly, IGN.com
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Lockhart Independent School District » News » What's New » LISD maintenance staff reaching for excellence
Jeff Balandran adds advantage to LISD maintenance department
DISTRICT NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Christina Courson, Public Information Officer
Christina.Courson@lockhart.txed.net
Lockhart Independent School District prides itself on “building a legacy of excellence,” as the school district’s vision statement proclaims. Both students and staff across LISD are expected to operate with high expectations of themselves and each other. Jeff Balandran, HVAC technician for LISD’s maintenance department, is the perfect example of this.
Balandran, a 16-year LISD employee, secured his Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) certification this spring, giving the school district an added advantage in maintaining its facilities for students and staff. He first earned a Refrigeration B license in January, later completing an Environmental Air B license this spring. He tried to secure certification 10 years ago, but he narrowly missed it. Afterwards, he became focused on raising children and working, and many years passed, but he never lost sight of his goal. When he renewed his focus on achieving certification, he diligently studied in early morning, lunchtime, and evening study sessions to prepare for the exams. It paid off for him, and the district is in a better position for it, too.
“I love doing what I do, figuring out what’s not working and how to fix it,” explained Balandran. “It is also an awesome feeling to take care of people.”
Throughout the district, Balandran is well-appreciated for his professionalism and his genuine heart of service. As someone who grew up in the community and attended Lockhart schools, and as the parent three children who are Lions, his dedication is deeply rooted. “Seeing the facilities improve and the district growing is fantastic. I am seeing my kids go to the school I went through,” said Balandran.
“The maintenance department is incredibly fortunate to have Mr. Balandran,” added Director of Maintenance Lee Raspberry. “His certification provides an added level of service in the department to help the entire district. He is always looking to grow his expertise.”
Balandran now has his sights set on earning a license as a journeyman electrician. He is learning alongside Frank Richie, also an LISD maintenance department employee, who has a master’s license as an electrician. The department works intentionally to crosstrain to increase the capacity of the department and enhance service delivery across the district--building a legacy of excellence.
Printable version of the news release.
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Appendix: A brief history of union responses to attacks on workers
What We Face — Threats to Union Solidarity
Since the end of the Second World War Australian Governments have placed restrictions on the right to strike and have attempted to defeat worker solidarity. After the war, left-led unions prepared to fight for collective bargaining in preference to arbitration and conciliation courts. The weapon they used was collective action which is the direct confrontation with employers by workers and their union representatives — never to be confused with the tactics used in enterprise bargaining.
The main threats attacking union solidarity that have been introduced by Australian parliaments are:
The Penal Provisions of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act
The secondary boycott provisions of the Trade Practices Act
The Workplace Relations Act 1996
WorkChoices legislation 2006
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2006
Other laws restricting the right to organise i.e. anti-picketing laws, laws opposing public assembly, so called anti-terrorism laws, laws of contempt, criminal and quasi-criminal laws against industrial action.
Although these are some of the most conspicuous restrictions placed on unions, there are other legal restrictions that have been used against workers and their unions. For example in Queensland Essential Services Legislation was used against SEQEB power workers in 1985. This legislation made it illegal both to strike and to conduct effective pickets outside SEQEB depots against the use of scab labour.
Another example is the ability of an employer to sue a union and its officials for damages under common law in the same way as a company. Damages awarded against unions in legal action have been both large and crippling. One example was the damages and legal bills of over $5 million charged against the Meatworkers Union in the Mudginberri dispute. The union was bankrupted. While initially unions attempted to deny that they were legal entities like corporations, this was soon rejected by the courts.
Finally, laws against conspiracy have been used against unions and their officials. The Waterside Workers Federation (WWF) was taken to court for civil conspiracy in 1956 when it imposed bans on two wharfies, the Hurseys. They were members of the Democratic Labor party (DLP) dominated by the Catholic Church and had refused to pay union dues. These dues were used to fund ALP electioneering and the rival DLP was opposed to this use of funds. The High Court found that the members of the WWF who imposed the bans on the Hurseys were part of an unlawful conspiracy and the court awarded damages against the union.
There follows a summary of struggles in relation to each of the main threats listed above.
1. Penal Provisions (1950s — late 1960s)
Penal Provisions were the original laws to penalise the use of secondary boycotts and other forms of union solidarity by unions in the 1950s and 1960s.
Threat to Union Solidarity
The conservative Menzies Government in the 1950s extended the penal powers of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. The ACTU and the ALP-in-opposition declared themselves against these powers alongside the Communist Party of Australia.
History/Legislation used
In June 1949, the Chifley Labor government introduced special emergency legislation to prevent the use of union funds to assist miners in a general strike they had commenced. Under this legislation seven union officials were sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, one to six months, five other union officials were each fined £100, two unions were each fined £2000 and one was fined £1000.
Resistance where threat has been applied
In 1969, the union movement confronted the penal provisions when Clarrie O’Shea, secretary of the Victorian Tramways Union was jailed for contempt of court. He had refused a court order to produce the tramway financial accounts. These accounts would have shown the union’s sources of funds, including funds from other unions.
One million workers around Australia took strike action. Under pressure of the workers action, a mysterious benefactor paid the fine the following day. Following Clarrie O’Shea’s release, the penal provisions were not invoked for another 20 years. They had been rendered ineffectual by mass action
2. Secondary Boycotts (1970s — 1990s)
The use of the weapon of secondary boycotts against employers and governments is a trade union and workers political right.
Secondary boycotts normally occur when one group of trade unions, not directly involved in a dispute, take industrial action in support of other trade unionists. This action can take the form of strikes, go slows, picketing, bans etc.
Governments and employers have always resisted the basic union right of secondary boycott.
There are various ways in which union boycotts have been attacked. Governments have used the common law of torts to attack union right of secondary boycott. However in 1976 the Trade Practices Review Committee (known as the Swanson Committee) set up by the Fraser government recommended that union boycotts be subject to the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Trade Practices Act).
Underlying the recommendation of the Swanson Committee was a view that the industrial torts were dead letters in practice and that remedies should be provided to businesses affected by secondary boycotts. As a result, 1977 saw the introduction of s 45D to the Trade Practices Act which prohibited secondary boycotts.1
Secondary boycott provisions contained in the Trade Practices Act are modern equivalents of penal powers fought against by the workers' movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The penal provisions applied a system of bans on union activity. If these bans were ignored by unions they would be found in contempt of court and large fines would issue. In the case of the Trade Practices Act the penal provisions took the form of injunctions followed by awards for damages and penalties.2
Injunctions.
The sections banning secondary boycotts are s45D and s45E of the Trade Practices Act. Sections 80 and 82 of the Act allow employers to take injunctions against unions, officials and union members. Since then injunctions have been widely used.
Damages may also be awarded against a union and its members for trade lost as a result of secondary boycotts. The only award of damages under these provisions was in the Mudginberri dispute in the 1980s where the plaintiff was awarded approximately $1.5 million in damages.3
In other cases unions have returned to the negotiation table before damages could be awarded. In one case the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (BWIU) paid $130,000 damages to Odco Pty Ltd in an out-of-court settlement in 1991.4
In another the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) settled its litigation with the Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) before the Federal Court in Queensland. The TWU was engaging in secondary boycotts against transport companies whose drivers were not financial members of the TWU. The basis of the settlement reached between the ACCC and the TWU involved injunctions requiring the TWU not to engage in similar secondary boycotts for two years. The TWU retained the right to ascertain whether drivers are members of the union and to talk to them about becoming members. The TWU was forced into a trade practices compliance program and had to contribute to the cost of the proceedings in the Federal Court.5
Penalties can also be awarded against unions. Currently penalties can be sought by the Australian Consumer Competition Commission (ACCC) in the Federal Court. Under Federal Labour governments of the 1980s and 1990s the Industrial Relations Court of Australia had jurisdiction over enforcement of penalties for secondary boycott activity by unions.6
Resistance where threat has been applied.
The first major use of the secondary boycotts provisions was against the Meatworkers Employees and Industrial Union (AMIEU) in the Live Sheep Export dispute of 1978.
In 1978 meatworkers tried to prevent live export of sheep to the Middle East by pastoralists in South Australia. Live export meant loss of jobs in an industry where meatworkers were already at the mercy of the market, drought and competition in the capitalist economy.
Elders (an exporting pastoral company) together with the Federal Government took action against the union in the federal court and one gained an injunction under the Trade Practices Act. This meant that if the meatworkers continued to picket, the union would be placed in contempt of court.7 Pickets were arrested while farmers stood ready to load cattle on that grey, wet day in 1978. In that case meatworkers and their union took direct action against the loading of the live cattle. One meatworker had his head broken open when he was batoned by Senior Constable John Watt.
Eyewitnesses say that the baton may have been meant for another, Norm Hughes8. One comrade said that if Norm Hughes had gone down, all hell would have broken loose. Norm Hughes was well known and one of the most respected unionists in the district. Senior Constable John Watt with his usual crazy venom could not have calculated for meatworkers armed with their tools of trade sticking by their fallen comrade as he jumped on the roof of a nearby car and attacked the worker pictured.
Police were lucky the worker Watt did hit was young and fit and got to his feet soon after the blow was struck (shown).
The picket was described in the following way by a meatworker present:
"Export the Pigs" says Meatworkers.
The rallying slogan of the meatworkers at the Brisbane waterfront on October 17th. was “export the pigs”, referring to the police. The media played down this political slogan, or in most cases didn’t even report it. Why you may ask? Because as the system goes into further crisis and the working class takes up real class conscious slogans, not empty harmless ones, the capitalist media senses its impending end.
600 militant meatworkers from all sheds within a few hours’ drive of Brisbane picketed Brisbane waterfront, in an attempt to stop the export of live cattle to Japan. The police were out in well organised force and perpetrated violence that even by their own standards was of an unexpected degree.
But meatworkers were undaunted by the bosses’ pigs and have recorded in history a lesson in how the working class is not going to stand idly by and allow itself to be terrorised by the capitalist state machine (in this case, the pigs). Every time the pigs used violence, the workers taunted them with the vocal slogan “export the pigs”. This drove the pigs into a frenzy, as the workers clearly understood which class the pigs were serving.
POLICE TACTICS
First of all, they only arrested youths of both sexes and workers of small stature. But as their violence became an uncontrollable frenzy, they got somewhat braver, and arrested a few larger workers. Their tactic of using five pigs to one worker didn’t change, one to each arm and leg and one to thump the helpless worker. The heroic resistance of meatworkers, before being rendered helpless showed that when we get organised the pigs, and the capitalist state they uphold are nothing but paper tigers, strong in appearance, weak in essence.
Another tactic was not to arrest any union officials, paid or unpaid. But most importantly they left alone most workers who are vocal at meetings. From this you can see how the police state has penetrated the workers’ ranks with police spies. Rank-and-file waterside workers walked off the job for four hours. However, they were bound by their Federal Executive not to support the meatworkers unless their executive had prior agreement with our union. In an attempt to bring their executive in line with other workers who were struggling for their jobs, the waterside workers stopped work. They stopped work because the pigs were at the wharf gate, but then they were directed to load the cattle. Meatworkers and wharfies both felt let down by the mess their respective “leaders” had got them into, particularly as the battle was raging. These “leaders” played into the hands of the bosses who took advantage of antagonism between the union bureaucrats.
At one of the Brisbane main meatworks the following morning, 500 workers voted to stay out on strike for a further 24 hours as a protest at the arrest of our comrades. There was a very angry mood at this meeting and one worker stated that for 40 years he had been a militant at job level, believing that was as far as he should take it. He had never been to a rally or a demonstration before. This time he had been to the picket and had personally witnessed, not on T.V. but for real, the police in action. He stated that if the ALP was elected tomorrow, and didn’t shoot the pigs, they would certainly live to regret it (instant thunderous applause). It may not be a very scientific way of expressing it, but the class sentiment was there.
The inter-union antagonisms were also reflected in the fact that the transport drivers were instructed by their union leadership to drive through the picket lines. Some drivers did this very fast, thus causing worker to fight worker, e.g. smashing the truck windows.9
The Mudginberri Dispute
The Australasian Meatworkers Union (AMIEU) was made bankrupt through use of secondary boycott provisions in the Trade Practices Act.
In 1984-85, Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd, the owner of an abattoir in the Northern Territory run by Jay Pendarvis and backed by the National Farmers Federation sued the Meatworkers union (AMIEU) for damages under s45D of the Trade Practices Act.
Mudginberri workers had negotiated their own employment contracts with Pendarvis without union involvement. It was claimed that the Mudginberri workers were happy with their contracts and refused to support the picket. The union was concerned that wages and conditions at Mudginberri did not comply with standard award entitlements such as minimum pay, sick pay, annual leave and workers’ compensation.
Union officials used pickets to prevent access to Mudginberri station. When Commonwealth meat inspectors refused to cross the picket line, production ceased. Pendarvis sued the union.
The union was fined $144,000 plus costs. Punitive damages of $1.458M were awarded by the court under s82 of the Trade Practices Act for lost export earnings.10
The union movement does its best to avoid the damages that could be awarded under the Trade Practices Act. "…damages have been awarded and assessed by the Court on only one occasion" that was the Mudginberri Dispute.11
Nevertheless injunctions and cost of litigating actions under the Trade Practices Act have been common since bans on secondary boycotts were introduced in 1976.
Actions by employers against secondary boycotts can be taken under other laws with provisions similar to the Trade Practices Act. Some examples were injunctions taken against Ansett Airline Pilots in 1986, against workers at Dollar Sweets dispute in 1985. Court actions were taken against the MUA West Australian Division in 1998 when wharfies had blocked access to Patricks premises on North Quay at Fremantle Harbour.12
New measures to prevent Secondary Boycotts
The Federal Coalition Government proposes to introduce legislation to strengthen the secondary boycott provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA). This move by the government will have a major impact preventing attempts by environmentalists to blockade loggers and picketing of Spotlight by workers when this company tried to introduce Australian Workplace Agreements.
The proposed amendments to the Trade Practices Act is aimed at stopping community groups from supporting unions as occurred during the 1998 MUA dispute.
The defeat of these types of laws is just as important as the defeat of industrial relations legislation such as Work Choices.
Costello said the amendment to the TPA would allow the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to bring representative actions for breaches of the Act’s secondary boycott provisions.
The move will give the ACCC unprecedented powers to stop boycott action by unions and other organisations, including community groups.
The Government says the aim is to help small businesses damaged by boycott conduct but lacking financial resources to initiate private litigation.
Mr Costello said the Government had also been consulting on a separate bill to strengthen the misuse of market power and unconscionable conduct provisions of the Trade Practices Act. These amendments would be introduced into parliament in the near future in a separate bill.13
3. The Workplace Relations Act (1996 to 2006)
Prior to the introduction of the Workplace Relations Act wages and conditions were set under Industrial Relations Acts. This legislation regulated wages under awards that had been fixed centrally in the 1970s. Gradually under the Accord between the Federal Labor government and the unions in the 1980s enterprise bargaining was introduced. Under the Accord in the early 1990s the old awards were stripped of all but minimum wages and conditions and replaced in part by enterprise bargaining agreements between unions and individual employers.
The Federal Government first introduced the Workplace Relations legislation in 1996 to further curb unions' ability to collectively bargain.
State Governments followed with legislation that largely mirrored the federal legislation. The main difference was the Federal Government placed an emphasis on individual agreements called Australian Workplace Agreements. These agreements have remained at the margins of the industrial relations system because the main bargaining model during this period has been a hybrid of the old award system and enterprise based bargaining referred to above.
The main objective of the Workplace Relations Act was to restrict the right of unions to organise.
This was done in a number of ways.
For example the legislation reduced the number of 'allowable matters' that could form the basis of 'protected' industrial action or the 'no disadvantage test'. This means that the issues on which workers could bargain or strike were limited.
Another was the restriction placed on who could take strike action prior to or during negotiations over an enterprise bargaining agreement.
A secondary boycott is not a 'protected' strike under the Workplace Relations Act as s170mm of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 prohibits secondary boycotts. It states that Industrial action must not involve secondary boycott and such action "is not protected action."
Generally speaking the Workplace Relations Act enables employers going to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission to obtain return to work orders before conciliation can commence. This is designed to defeat the purpose of industrial action and to take the pressure off an employer engaged in Enterprise Bargaining with a union.
The secondary boycott provisions of both the Trade Practices Act and the Workplace Relations Act place penalties on the solidarity actions of other workers.
In February 1998 Gordonstone miners were illegally dismissed and were entitled to be re-employed. The Federal Court did not have the power to quash the decision of the Industrial Commission’s Full Bench under the Workplace Relations Act 1996.
The CFMEU won an early round in their unfair dismissal case in the Federal Court. Industrial Commissioner Hodder ruled that when the mine reopened the illegally sacked miners should have preference of employment.
This was overturned by a majority Full Bench decision of the Industrial Commission because of a legal technicality arising from the Workplace Relations Act. Six years later in 2004 the case remained unresolved. [Note: In 2004, only 42 workers from over 8000 cases for unfair dismissal were re-instated by the AIRC under the Workplace Relations Act 1996.]
The AWU made a legal challenge against Electrolux to obtain compulsory negotiating fees from non union members under the WRA 1996. The High Court rejected the application. It also placed further restrictions on the right to strike under the WRA 1996 (see Electrolux case 2005).14
Electrical Trades Union Victorian secretary Dean Mighell, who initiated the use of bargaining agents’ fees, said:
“We think that the bargaining agent’s fee is real and, certainly with a change of government, will be back in town.”
He said many agreements negotiated by the ETU contained such clauses although they had not been activated due to a high level of union membership at workplaces.15
Australian Workers Union (AWU) South Australian branch secretary Wayne Hanson said a fundamental right of workers to advance their interests had been removed.
“The High Court has confirmed what the unions have known for a long time, that is that John Howard’s industrial relations regime is so restrictive it is now unworkable.
It has removed any space to negotiate in the broad arena on IR matters.”16
4. WorkChoices
This legislation is designed to enable employers to take control of the workplace out of the hands of workers and their unions. The legislation is designed to centralise the award system federally and leave the State Industrial Relations Commissions with a limited role. The High Court may make some further pronouncements as to the extent of this centralisation which is lawful.
Some state governments have made a high court challenge against centralisation of their industrial relations regimes. The challenge was based on state's rights and the extent of the use of the corporations' law by the Commonwealth.
Under the legislation the High Court has ruled that state industrial commissions may be forced to relinquish their regulation of workers by the Federal Government exercising its corporations' power in the constitution.
Only those workers not employed by a company or not employed by a Federal Government agency would come within the jurisdiction of the state industrial commissions. Current estimates are that about 85% of workers may come under the new federal system.
The WorkChoices legislation amends the Workplace Relations Act 1996. It is called the Workplace Relations Amendment (WorkChoices) Act 2005 No. 153, 2005 – An Act to amend the law relating to workplace relations, and for related purposes. It is an attempt to further reduce the right of unions to organise.
A Fair Pay Commission would take away the role of wage fixing away from the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC).
Combined with this is the abolition of the 'no disadvantage test' (NDT) in the setting of wages and a further reduction in the number of 'allowable matters' that can be the subject of the NDT.18
A further reduction of the number of 'allowable matters' that can be the subject of a lawful industrial dispute or be the subject of the no disadvantage test. The new allowable matters under the WorkChoices legislation are:
38 ordinary hours per week
plus reasonable additional hours
includes authorised leave
averaged over 12 months
Four weeks annual leave
10 days personal/carer's leave + 2 days compassionate leave
52 weeks unpaid parental leave
Classifications and minimum rates of pay
Above conditions cannot be included in awards except for hours of work.
Streamlining and enforcing procedures to increase the numbers of individual agreements (Australian Workplace Agreements) around Australia thus shutting out union negotiated agreements.
There will be restriction of the right of entry of a union into a workplace.
The Commonwealth Employment Advocate and AIRC to oversee secret ballots of union members prior to industrial action. It may take up to six weeks to jump through all the hoops to have a protected action.
A relaxation of the existing employment laws to permit employers to hire independent contractors on non-union individual agreements that do not provide for sick pay, superannuation, long service leave or worker's compensation.
There are three strategies proposed to resist the legislation:
Accept the laws and wait for change of government. This is the ALP strategy which is sometimes cloaked in rhetoric about a legal, media, industrial and political strategy.
Defy the legislation in a piecemeal way. This includes taking industrial action in a selected dispute to test the laws. ACTU secretary Greg Combet foreshadowed that this approach may be adopted. However few details have been given.
Defy the laws in a concerted way. This is a response organised centrally and with co-ordinated response across the union movement.
Another strategy has been to have EBAs certified prior to the introduction of the legislation.19
5. Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2006 [BCII Act 2006]
Historian Humphrey McQueen said that:
…globalising capital needs the IR laws (WorkChoices legislation). At the core will be its need to discipline labour-time for the maximisation of surplus value. The state is organising the bosses and disorganising the workers. Clarity on what our class enemies are up to is essential for the success of any fightback."20
The Building Industry Unions (CFMEU, BLF, ETU and Plumbers Unions) are a target of this special legislation introduced in 2005 after the Cole Royal Commission into the building industry. This legislation is called the Building & Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 (BCII Act 2005).
Broadly, this legislation attacks:
The right to strike
The right to organise
The right to collectively bargain
The right to freely associate
The BCII Act 2005 included a wide definition of 'building work', specifically made 'building industrial action' unlawful, introduced huge fines, unlimited compensation and injunctive relief to hit parties engaged in unprotected industrial action, expanded the circumstances in which unions would be liable for the conduct of its members, provided for the establishment of the Australian Building & Construction Commission (ABCC) and the office of the Federal Safety Commissioner.
Pattern bargaining used so much by the building unions since 1996 would be banned by the legislation. Pattern Bargaining is broadly defined and made illegal. Under the legislation union attempts to negotiate the same conditions for their members using similar agreements with different employers will be regarded as pattern bargaining.
The government will impose large fines against the union, its organisers and individual members for striking.
Also the Building & Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 (BCII Act 2005) gives the new head, the ABCC Commissioner, great coercive powers:
If the ABCC Commissioner exercises his/her powers to require a person to submit to an interview, they must do so. Penalty is 6 months imprisonment.
In addition, there's the removal of the privilege against self-incrimination in interviews
There is also an express removal of any right to refuse to speak on the grounds that to do so would be against the public interest.21
The BCII Act 2005 quasi-criminalises industrial action (other than protected action). The law specifies:
Fines are up to $110,000 for corporate entities, $22,000 for individuals
Anyone who is 'involved' can be fined
Also expressly provides for, injunctions, orders for compensation (i.e. damages), and sequestration of assets.
Work Place Relations Act 'no costs' provision does not appear to apply to BCII actions.
The strategies discussed for the WorkChoices legislation also apply here.
Industrial Strategy. 107 members of the CFMEU went on strike in Western Australia to get reinstatement of their union delegate. He had been sacked by Leighton Kumagai (LKJV) when the workers and their union tried to fix long-standing safety concerns and excessive working hours issues on the trouble-plagued MetroRail project near Perth.
Their strategy was to take industrial action.
In addition to this strategy some construction unions have attempted to protect union assets that may be confiscated under this legislation.
6. Other laws restricting the right to organise (1940s – 2006)
These laws include anti-picketing laws, powers to stop, question, search and detain, laws opposing public assembly, anti-terrorism laws, sedition, laws of contempt, laws restricting use of finances by unions, criminal and quasi-criminal laws against industrial action.
Most of these laws have been around for over 100 years in one form or another. They have restricted the unions' right to organise especially on the streets and on the picket lines.
In Queensland they have a long history of use against workers of rights to assembly, march, hand out leaflets, posters and the right to picket.
Political marches were banned in Queensland in 1977 when uranium shipments were blocked on Brisbane wharves by anti-uranium activists and the Waterside Workers Federation.
Rights to strike and to defend the workplace from the use of scabs by employers (picketing) were outlawed in 1985 by the Bjelke-Petersen Government under Essential Services legislation.
Similar legislation has been used by both Labor and liberal governments since the second world war against Miners in 1948 (Labor government); Railway workers in Queensland in 1948 (Labor government); Mt Isa miners in 1964 (country party government); all workers in street marches 1977-79 (liberal/national party government); Latrobe Valley power workers in 1978 (Labor government); SEQEB workers (national party government), Waterside workers in 1998 (liberal/national party government).
These laws have often been policed by secret government organisations like ASIO or special branches set up by state police services by various governments. In Queensland the Special Branch worked for years using such laws against union members. They often engaged the assistance of police thugs known as Task Force and the riot squad who went by the official title of public order squad.
A brief summary of the laws and workers response are set out in the following table. Only recent examples have been given because an analysis of all the disputes mentioned above are beyond the scope of this chapter and this book. There are a number of pamphlets, oral histories and books that describe some of these threats to union solidarity. Some examples are: Storm in the Tropics –a story of the Mt Isa Mines dispute of 1964; Under the Hook by Wendy Lowenstein (a writer) and Tom Hills (a wharfie); Not Guilty and Guilt by Association were pamphlets by LeftPress Printing Society that dealt with political and legal defence to charges laid against workers during the repression of the Bjelke-Petersen Government. More recently an article titled Not Guilty outlines how political activist defence was conducted in practice.22
Anti-picketing laws
Powers to stop, question, search and detain
Laws opposing public assembly
Anti-terrorism laws, sedition
Laws of contempt
Laws restricting use flow of finances by unions.
Criminal and quasi-criminal laws against industrial action such as resist arrest, hinder police, abusive language, assault, and wilful damage to property
These are laws that appear in a variety of legislation that include:
Crimes Act 1914
Criminal Code Act 1995
Migration Act 1958
Surveillance Devices Act 2004
Customs Act 1901
Anti-Terrorism Act 2005
Queensland Peaceful Assembly Act 1992
Common types of secondary boycotts in the building and construction industry
The following examples may involve a secondary boycott under the WRA or the TPA:
Picketing23
Picketing may be lawful or unlawful, depending on the nature of the demonstration. However, it often involves unlawful activity, such as preventing or hindering employees, suppliers, or customers from entering a worksite. Where the conduct of the picketers (who are not employees) hinders goods or services being provided to or acquired from the employer by outside parties, there may be an unlawful secondary boycott. The Federal coalition government is to introduce legislation in early 2007 to strengthen the secondary boycott provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA). The new amendments will restrict workers picketing firms like Spotlight when it tried to introduce Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs). It is also aimed at preventing community groups from supporting unions as occurred during the 1998 MUA dispute. Community pickets have been a tactic used by unions in the campaign to defeat WorkChoices. The new legislation will give the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission the power to take actions against workers and their unions on behalf of businesses.
Black-banning24
A black-ban is a limitation or restriction on a person working, or a limitation or restriction of the performance of work at a designated worksite. It may involve harassment or ostracism of the person black-banned or of a person attempting to enter a 'black' site. As with picketing, where this conduct hinders goods or services being acquired from or provided to the employer by outside parties, there may be an unlawful secondary boycott.
In 2005 two union officials were charged under laws that restrict the right to organise.
Under militant leadership, pattern bargaining became one tool for improving wages and conditions for strong unions like the CFMEU, AMWU and ETU in Victoria and elsewhere.
Martin Kingham (CFMEU) was charged with contempt of the Cole Royal Commission into the building and construction industry. He secured ALP support, and was acquitted.
Craig Johnston who was jailed for defending the jobs of locked out AMWU members. Johnston, without ALP support, ended up in jail. Yet five thousand workers stood outside the court with placards claiming Johnston's innocence while inside his lawyers were pleading guilty to charges of affray.25 Such a plea resulted in temporary mercy from the court through a plea bargain with the prosecution. However the lawyers underestimated the resolve of the employers and the establishment in Victoria. They were determined to make an example of him. He was sentenced to two years and nine months’ jail, with nine months to be served prior to parole.
These laws are aimed at boosting profit within the constraints of the Australian economy.
The WorkChoices legislation is designed primarily to assist employers assert control of the workplace. WorkChoices legislation is not merely designed to reduce wages.
Better wages and conditions may flow to workers by their unions asserting control in the workplace. This is especially so in periods of economic growth. In recent years the Australian economy has maintained growth through high employment and increasing working hours. Workers have been unable to resist this increase in working hours. However it is only partly due to the anti-union laws. Employers too have been successful in reducing industrial action. The increased casualisation of jobs has assisted employers in reducing the effectiveness of unions.
At the time of writing the unions' strategy has been to fight for rights at work through public rallies rather than through an industrial campaign. On 30 November 2006 at mass rallies the ACTU even changed its 'Your Rights at Work' slogan from "worth fighting for" and added "worth voting for".
In doing so, the union leadership signalled its purpose to take the campaign from workers fighting for their rights in the workplace to combating anti-union legislation at protest rallies and through election campaigns.
This led to a decrease in the numbers attending the protest rallies because rights at work is what most workers want. This is how one union delegate put it in an email to his organiser after the 30 November 2006 protest rallies:
"To put it bluntly, in most situations, workers hate the boss because of the nature of the power dynamics in a work place.
This is the way it is and always has been.
There is an understanding that the government has provided the conditions for employers to attack workers' rights, and workers hate Howard for this.
It is primarily the employers who do this and it is this that workers have first-hand understanding."
The WorkChoices legislation should be seen as only part of a long history of anti-worker legislation from Labor and Liberal Parties.
During the past twenty-five years many restrictions have been placed on unions. The new legislation should be seen in that light. These changes should not be viewed as some legislative Armageddon which will wipe out unions forever.
Legislation cannot turn the tide of history while the attack is against all unions. History is with the workers. If the attack shifts to one union like the BLF then the result depends on the support that it gets from other unions. It is unlikely that the ACTU will try to save it; the ACTU cast the BLF adrift in the 1980s and may do so again. The ALP has already signalled that it stands with the electorate against unions like the BLF. Yet at May Day in Brisbane in 2005, the current ACTU president Sharan Burrow promised to support the BLF (CFMEU) to the hilt against government attacks.
Will unions make that promise come back to haunt her? Probably not.
The mining division of the CFMEU are happy with the growth in their industry driven by Chinese demand for coal and metals. They feel secure under the existing growth in commodity prices. The Queensland state secretary of the miners union, Andrew Vickers, said:
"the mining sector of the economy is going gang-busters at the moment… the multinationals engaged in mining in Queensland may not like the proposed attack on unions… they may have some disagreement with Howard over the timing of the legislation when skilled labour is needed in the mines because of the high demand for coking coal."26
The fact is so much damage has been exacted over the past twenty years that many unions, already weakened by repression, are no longer true to the principles of solidarity. Much of the leadership have given up and it is left to rank-and-file workers to carry the fight.
It should be remembered that these weapons are only laws that are a fraud upon workers. Such laws that have been overcome through struggle and solidarity.
Use of laws in economic crisis
The WorkChoices legislation is designed for times of economic recession. Australia has had growth in certain sectors of the economy (i.e. in mining, property and construction) during the coalition government of 1996-2007. The legislation is designed for a downturn and a boom. The coalition government has given business the ability to employ workers on AWAs (sometimes with lower conditions and at lower pay) rather than sack them outright. Under WorkChoices when the boom ends the employers can lower wages and conditions or sack workers outright. It will be more difficult to organise workers in times of economic recession. The militant minority movement discovered that during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Unions embraced economic rationalism as a self-perceived survival mechanism. This turned out to be self-defeating. It is easy to see the period 1980-2005 as the worst years for the union movement since the 1890s. The list of defeats is considerable. The list below shows some examples, citing the industrial dispute, the union Involved, a description of union defeat, and the year.
Industrial Dispute Union Involved Description of Union Defeat Year
SEQEB
(Qld) Qld Electrical Trades Union (ETU) Mass sacking of SEQEB linesmen by the Bjelke-Petersen Government. . Loss of the right to picket. Employment of scab labour under contract. State owned electricity utility run down in preparation for privatisation. 1985
Mudginberri
(NT) Australasian Meatworkers Union (AMIEU) Meatworkers Union made bankrupt through secondary boycott legislation. An abattoir owner backed by the National Farmers Federation sued for damages under s45D of the Trade Practices Act. The AMIEU was bankrupted by the court order for damages and costs. 1986
BLF deregistration
(National) Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) BLF lost access to Industrial Relations Commission. Hawke Labor government sought the de-registration of the union. Labor Senator George Georges resigned from the ALP in protest.
[col]1986
Dollar Sweets dispute
(Vic) Confectionery Workers & Food Preservers Union of Australia A common law action, to recover the damages done to a business, was used by the employer against the union in the Victorian Dollar Sweets action. Dollar Sweets sued the union after it led a strike in support of a pay claim; damages of $175,000 were awarded against the union.27 1988
Airline Pilots’ Dispute
(National) Australian Federation of Airline Pilots Airline pilots sought a 30% wage increase. Hawke Labor government. Used military aircraft to break the pilots strike. Damages of $6.48M awarded against the leaders of the Australia Federation of Air Pilots by the Victorian Supreme Court. The ACTU refused to support the Pilots’ Federation. 1989
Nestlé's
(Vic) AMWU Melbourne factory was shut and workers were locked out and told if they didn’t accept a new enterprise agreement, the plant would be closed and chocolate would be imported from Britain. The national secretary of the union, Doug Cameron, advised the workers to accept the deal.28 1996
(NSW) Rural Workers Union 250 miners were sacked in Cobar, NSW when the company closed its mine. This became known as the 'Cobar option', as the company made its employing arm insolvent to prevent its workers from getting their entitlements. Patricks used a similar ploy in the 1998 MUA dispute. 1997
Gordonstone
(Qld) Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) ARCO illegally sacked 312 CFMEU members at Gordonstone. Miners lost jobs and entitlements. The workers have maintained a picket line at the mine for a record period in coal mining disputes to no avail. ARCO sold the mine to Rio Tinto which employs non-union labour. October 1997
(National) Maritime Union of Australia (MUA ) MUA members lost conditions and jobs through redundancies. Labour hire firms were made insolvent by their parent company, Lang Corp. 1998
Skilled Engineering(Vic) AMWU Workers lost their jobs at Johnson Tiles, replaced by scab labour from Skilled Engineering. Many were charged with criminal offences arising out of a picket and subsequent destruction of property. Craig Johnston, state secretary of AMWU, was jailed in 2004 for nine months. 2003
Boeing Australia at Williamtown (NSW) Australian Workers Union (AWU) Maintenance engineers denied the right to collectively bargain by the employer, the courts and the government 2005
1. The Law Relating to Industrial Action prepared by the Faculty of Law at Monash University for the Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry (2002) at page 55.
2. For example s45D & E of the Trade Practices Act (the secondary boycott legislation) was used against the Transport Workers Union and at the same time two rank-and-file members of the same union were facing Federal Court action under the Workplace Relations Act. (B. Dowling in Big Rigs published by Queensland Times on May 1 1998)
3. AMIEU v Mudginberri Station Pty Ltd (1987) 74 ALR 7.
4. Building Workers’ Industrial Union of Australia v Odco Pty Ltd (1991) 29 FCR 104.
5. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission website @ http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/87244/fromItemId/37800....
7. For the bosses account of the strategy used against the meatworkers in South Australia see The Industrial Significance of the Live Sheep Export Dispute by David Trebeck published by the HR Nicholls Society.[/url]
Meatworkers defied the injunction and continued to picket. Elders tried to move the sheep but were unsuccessful.
Farmers did not rely solely on the court to defeat the meatworkers. The exporters moved ships to another port where there were no pickets and farmers loaded the sheep onto the ships themselves.
Meanwhile in Queensland the state government placed 600 police on Brisbane's Hamilton wharf to remove meatworkers and their supporters picketing against live export of cattle. Under orders from the then Premier of Queensland, Bjelke-Petersen, police aided by the special branch arrested 45 picketing meatworkers while truckloads of cattle were driven onto the wharves.From recorded report by Howard Sacre Channel 0 Eyewitness News, October 1977.
8. For a workers account of the live export dispute: “Norm Hughes was Bothwicks shed president (Bothwicks is a meatworks at Murarrie in Brisbane). He was the state treasurer of the meatworkers union i.e. on the executive. Norm was a boner on the job too. Norm understood workers and knew how to iron out anomalies. This rare ability came out of Norm’s long meat industry experience. Even the bosses knew it! Commissioner Gough (from the Arbitration Commission) knew it! In fact it was Gough who advised the bosses whenever they had bottle neck to bring in Comrade Hughes at the bosses’ expense to try to resolve the problems.” — taken from notes by comrade Jim Sharp, retired rank-and-file meatworker and unionist, Brisbane, 2007.
9. Thanks to Jim Sharp, a retired rank-and-file member of the AMIEU, for the Vanguard article reproduced here.
10. Labour Law – an introduction by Creighton and Stewart Federation Press 2000 3rd Edition at p422 in [13.100]
11. Ibid Labour Law
12. Ibid The Law Relating to Industrial Action at page 16.
13. Treasurer Peter Costello: Government amendments to the Trade Practices Act 1974 from National Institute of Accountants Technical Advantage Magazine 16 March 2007
14. Electrolux Home Products Pty Ltd v Australian Workers’ Union [2004] HCA 40 2 September 2004
15. These are fees paid to unions (n this case) for negotiating an enterprise agreement. It was proposed by Mighell that non-union members should paid these fees before getting the benefit of such union negotiations.
16. Union loses fight to charge non-union workers Sydney Morning Herald September 2, 2004
17. The WorkChoices legislation was announced by the Australian Government in October 2005 and enacted in March 2006. This summary of the WorkChoices legislation is taken from Awards, Minimum Standards and bargaining after WorkChoices – a presentation given by Margaret Lee at the Workers or Slaves: Strategies of Resistance against Work Choices at a Brisbane Labour History (BLHA) Conference on 25 February 2006.
18. After her presentation at the above BLHA conference given by Margaret Lee provided the following notes: ‘Under the earlier Workplace Relations Act 1996 there was provision, in theory at least, that unions could always bargain upwards from the wages and conditions set by existing awards which are now regarded as a safety net. Interestingly there was never any test case in the AIRC that defined exactly how the NDT was to be applied. Was no worker to be worse off or were the conditions for workers across the board not to be undercut. In practice there were trade-offs where some conditions were improved at the expense of others despite the power of the AIRC to refuse to certify an EBA where workers would be disadvantaged by the loss of those conditions traded off. During the nine years of its operation under the WRA 1996 AIRC took a conservative stance preferring to stay on side with government and employer than to support the rights of workers.’
19. The advantages and disadvantages of each strategy are analysed in Chapter 5 “Courses of Action”.
20. POISONOUS CAPITAL—the ‘boon’ of the Eight-hour day: 150 years on — a presentation at AHIMSA house in Brisbane on 3 March 2006
21. Destruction of labour rights Changes to industrial action and right of entry laws Terri Butler BLHA Conference, 25 February 2006
22. BushTelegraph @ http://bushtelegraph.wordpress.com/2006/10/28/not-guilty.
23. From Building industry taskforce’s publication on Secondary Boycotts in The Building And Construction Industry
24. Ibid
25. Affray is a charge where there is unlawful fighting or unlawful violence used by one or more person against another, or there was an unlawful display of force by one or more person without actual violence.
26. QLD CFMEU State secretary (Mining division), Andrew Vickers at the Brisbane Labour History Association conference 12 March 2005.
27. Understanding Australian Industrial Relations by Robyn Alexander and John Lewer, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Sydney, 2nd edition 1992
28. Victorian AMWU stewards unanimously back leaders at http://www.greenleft.org.au/2002/506/27611 (URL checked 31 December 2006) and What is Workers First? here (URL Checked 31 December 2006)
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Chapter 1: Wide awake — the rise of union solidarity
Chapter 2: Nodding off to sleep — Unions embrace economic rationalism
Chapter 3: Industrial relations nightmare — Courses of action
Chapter 4: Comatose — Corporate unionism
Chapter 5: Arise ye workers from ye slumbers — New direction for unions
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For about fifteen years the pianist Ciro Longobardi has dedicated himself to studying and disseminating modern and contemporary music with its specific languages. Filled with an insatiable curiosity for making music in all its forms, he pursues a career as soloist and chamber music performer, as well as in multimedial projects and improvisation.
He studied the piano with Carlo Alessandro Lapegna, going on to win a European Community scholarship to attend the APM School in Saluzzo, where he studied piano with Alexander Lonquich and chamber music with Franco Gulli, Maurice Bourgue and Franco Rossi. From 1994 to 1996 he attended masterclasses held by Bernhard Wambach in Darmstadt and Parma.
His first successes came in 1994, when he was a finalist and prize winner as best pianist at the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in Rotterdam, and won the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the 37th Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt. Since then he has performed for many institutions, including Traiettorie Festival Parma (Teatro Farnese), Milano Musica Festival, Venice Biennale, Ravello International Festival, Ravenna Festival, Rai Nuova Musica Turin, Giovine Orchestra Genovese, Festival Pontino, Nuova Consonanza and Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti Rome, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Saarländischer Rundfunk Saarbrücken, Ferienkurse Darmstadt, Festival Synthése Bourges, Festival Manca Nice, Gaudeamus Foundation Amsterdam (Muziekgebouw), ZKM Karlsruhe, Peter B.Lewis Theatre (Guggenheim Museum) New York, Salzburg Festival, as a soloist, a chamber musician and a member of Dissonanzen (Naples) and Algoritmo (Rome).
He regularly works with some of the leading Italian composers. Among them Ivan Fedele, whose complete piano works Longobardi performed and recorded, and Salvatore Sciarrino, with whom he recorded a double portrait Sciarrino/Ravel published by Stradivarius. Furthermore, he recorded for Mode, RAI Trade, Neos, Tactus. He has also had performances recorded and broadcast by RAI-Radiotre, Dutch Radio, Hessischer Rundfunk, Saarlandischer Rundfunk, Croatian Radio, Austrian Radio.
His performances have been presented or reviewed by Amadeus, La Repubblica, L’Unità, Il Manifesto, Alias/Il Manifesto, Le Monde de la Musique, Suonare News, Il Giornale della Musica, The Classic Voice, Fanfare Magazine, Musicweb International, Musical Pointers, Bayerischer Rundfunk online.
He currently teaches at the Conservatorio G. Martucci, Salerno.
Impressive accounts of masterly works of early and late 20 C. As clean and convincing a recorded performance of Gaspard as you’ll find amongst the many rivals; the set of Sciarrino Nocturnes is certainly worth getting to know amongst this elusive composer’s oeuvres….
Peter Grahame Woolf – Musical Pointers
…Ciro Longobardi plays Gaspard, a score I consider to be over played these days, with a refreshing lack of sentimentality and superb clarity. By eschewing theatrics (via taut rhythm and very clean, lightly pedaled texture), he brings us closer to the essence of the score…
Peter Burwasser – Fanfare Magazine – Jan/Feb 2010
…Longobardi keeps Sciarrino’s textures impressively fluid, while clearly demarcating his structural joins and fold-ins…….Again, Longobardi is marvellous, as he plays the wild dynamic extremes Sciarrìno intended and somehow creates the illusion that his written-out structures are, in fact, spontaneous and open-ended. He also delivers a muscular, dramatic Gaspard that unashamedly plays to the house.
Philip Clark – International Piano – Nov/Dec 2009
No romantic suggestion and not even the sensitive involvement of bartokian music of the night in this disc of works by Sciarrino emblematically entitled Nuit, comprising besides the six Nocturnes, the last two entitled cruel by the author, De la Nuit, a more famous page going back to 1971, bloomed by the singular reflection on the Ravelian tryptic Gaspard de la Nuit….A very different night, therefore, a magical phantasmagoria of sonorous gestures….Absolutely personal codes which express in a unique writing, in a pianism of extreme difficulty, for the hyperbolic speeds expected from the author but also for the fineness and mobility of the dynamic range; very few, in effects, the pianists that have carried to term positively this singular challenge (between these Pollini who premiered the V Sonata in Salzburg) which in this disc, released by Stradivarius, is happily overcame by such an interpreter as Ciro Longobardi….Prodigious hands – as also attests the performance of Gaspard de la Nuit placed side by side meaningfully to the pages of Sciarrino – and musical intelligence of rare ductility that seems to translate with naturalness the fires of this restless nocturnal imagination.
Gian Paolo Minardi – La Gazzetta di Parma – Agoust 3rd, 2009
The Algoritmo Ensemble conducted by Marco Angius sees to dominate Ciro Longobardi’s piano in an ” evening at Freud’s house”…..
Annamaria Pellegrini – Amadeus – April 2009
Another speeding up evening… thanks to the presence of three performers of extraordinary bravura (Mario Caroli, Roberta Gottardi, Ciro Longobardi, ndr), never dissociated from that musical understanding poked from the roughness peculiar to the contemporary language….To open it has been Ciro Longobardi….in the proposal of Stockhausen’s ” Klavierstuck IX”, a piece often made light of, therefore made banal because of that interminable sequence of a beaten chord, which the listener receives like a fist in the stomach; on the contrary, Longobardi has left some to mean the sense persecuted from the composer, in the comparison between the materiality of the sound and the infinitesimal relationships with the structures, through an articulation of intense breath.
Gian Paolo Minardi – La Gazzetta di Parma -September 22nd, 2008
Ivan Fedele’s music, under the hands of Ciro Longobardi, seemed as algid and powerful as that of Cecil Taylor, above all Cadenze and Etudes Australes (composed after 2001), even if with inverse procedures to those of the black American pianist……
Giampiero Cane – Il Manifesto -June 25th, 2008
Longobardi’s recording of the “Concord” is powerful, dynamic, and (most of all) dramatic–a “hang-on-by-the-seat-of-your-pants” interpretation. If Cecil Taylor were to play Ives, I think he might sound something like Longobardi. Many pianists capture the improvisatory qualities of the “Concord” in its more meditative moments, but Longobardi finds that same spontaneous, creation-in-the-moment quality throughout, even when he is pounding away on the keyboard, kicking up a storm. I don’t think I’ve ever heard this aspect of the music played so convincingly. Hamelin’s first recording is equally massive, equally attuned to rhythm. But Longobardi’s is “jazzier”–as in contemporary jazz, even avant-garde jazz. And it still sounds very idiomatic, very “Ivesian” to me. This recording is right up there with the very best of them. And the other short works on the disc are fabulous too. I should note that there’s no flute (or viola) here. But never mind. This is essential listening.
Scott Mortensen – Charles Edward Ives – A Survey of Recordings – 2006
Longobardi’s view of Ives is a balanced one. He is as aware of the Romantic side as of the modernist, and delicacy is frequently present. All of this can be heard in the ‘Emerson’ movement of the Second Sonata. The fact that not only does he work well towards a climax, but also that he doesn’t bang when he gets there; more tempting in Ives than in most, I would suspect! Because of all this, the end of ‘Emerson’ hangs magically in the air. Interestingly, parts of ‘Hawthorne’ sound very close to Nancarrow, enabling the long chorale around five minutes in to have a huge emotive effect, simultaneously calming and disconcerting. This movement is an emotional roller-coaster because of Ives’ daring juxtapositions of material, and it is superbly realised by Longobardi. If there is a distinct homely feel to ‘The Alcotts’ – and very lovely it is – it is the peaceful, hypnotic ‘Thoreau’ that will surely linger long in the memory. The enjoyment of the Sonata is enhanced, as are all the works on this lovely disc, by the superb piano recording, clear and accurate. The famous Three-Page Sonata emphasises the work’s contrasts. Slow passages can be like cut-crystal; yet the March verges on the outrageous; as, indeed, is correct. The lovely end is wonderfully realised. Nice to have the Waltz-Rondo of 1911. If the title implies a certain duality, Ives’ writing positively implies schizophrenia! Similarly, Longobardi revels in the quirky Varied Air and Variations, with its Webernesque twists. He clearly enjoys every second – and so should we. A very interesting, and well-presented disc. The booklet notes are at times a trifle clumsily translated from the Italian, but that should not be enough to deter anyone. I hope to hear more from Ciro Longobardi.
Colin Clarke – Musicweb International – 2006
An Italian at the keyboard for the complete piano works of Charles Ives is a first in Italy for a composer who is practically unknown here, and undoubtedly reason to celebrate. All the more so because Ciro Longobardi — founder of Ensemble Dissonanzen, Napoli — proves himself to be an interpreter endowed with great stylistic propriety and instrumental mastery. He can count on a natural predisposition for the virtuosity of modern music, involving a facility (well borne out by the recording, it must be said) for respecting the original features of Ives’s piano writing without needing to take shortcuts: playing chordal blocks and clusters, for example, in such a way as always to allow an interesting colour to emerge, or again hermetic thematic figures, undercurrents and cross-currents (never merely abstract) of tonal argumentation, all the splenetic security and provocatory fantasy with which Ives plunges into and takes flight from the Romantic tradition. Longobardi is at his most commanding in the Concord, Mass. (which is in fact relatively accessible, being the most refined and coherent composition of all the oeuvre, in spite of the characteristic zones of inertia) but he also manages to confer an expressive clarity on the other pieces, notably the ornate and ostentatious intensity of the Three-Page Sonata and the eccentricity, which is anything but ingenuous, he reveals in the cock-eyed Waltz-Rondo.
Angelo Foletto – Suonare News – March 2006
The Sonata No. 2 Concord, the Three-page, the Waltz-Rondo and the Varied Air and Variations are the pieces Longobardi interprets in this excellent record……. He renders this music in all its effervescent dynamism and authenticity, with a fine hard touch, without a trace of sentimentalism, in a scrupulous recording. Among the pieces on offer, the most famous is the Concord, lasting some 45 minutes, with the fantastic second movement “Hawthorne” and the meditative stroll of “Thoreau” with which the Sonata comes to an end. Here however we wish to highlight the unrelenting intensity with which in Varied Air and Variations the pianist alternates the intellectual tension of the abstraction behind the recurrent clockwork-like pedal and the coul‚es of material constantly erupting in the thematic Aria, truly a sublime moment of the mature lves.
Giampiero Cane – Alias/Il Manifesto -February 11th, 2006
…moments of stupefying expressive power, even more in Longobardi’s extraordinarily clear and technically solid interpretation…
Massimo Rolando Zegna – Amadeus – June 2006
A recent contribution to the body of recordings of Ives’s piano music comes from Italian pianist Ciro Longobardi, a dedicated and distinguished interpreter of Ives’s music and champion of 20th- century and contemporary music. In essence, Longobardi’s recording displays a respectful devotion to Ives, and an integration and identification with his music that is achieved through many years of exposure and contemplation, aided by a powerful and extensive array of pianistic capabilities.
Which “Ives“ comes through in Longobari’s interpretation? Longobardi seems to identify with the “Ives“ of Puritan Austerity – where expressions of divinity and transcendence are displayed through a sense of private, prudent and disciplined devotion. Longobardi’s sculpts Ives’s magnum opus, “Sonata no. 2, Concord Mass. 1840-60“ into a work with a classical dramaturgical sense of inevitability, a substantial achievement for a piece that can often seem unwieldy, chaotic and fractious in other hands. In the first movement of the sonata (“Emerson“), Longobardi plots the dramatic trajectory of the piece carefully, reserving the major climax for the golden mean. He avoids excessive opulence, and hysteric exuberance.
Many may find his interpretation a bit restrained, though through this restraint in individual sections of the movement he is able to build an overriding framework that gives the piece the sense of a unified totality. The second movement, “Hawthorne“, is playful and light-hearted. He avoids an affectation and fussiness that many interpreters are prone to, and presents the marches, ragtime-licks, and Presbyterian hymns in a straightforward and energetic way. His third movement, “the Alcotts“ is similar to Ives’s own recording. The music is presented in a strikingly (and perhaps shockingly) simple way, absolutely without pretense or pompousness. His “Thoreau“ delves into the personal nature of Ives’s commitment to Thoreau’s writings, concentrating perhaps more on the role that Thoreau played in Ives’s life after the premature and devastating death of his father, than on a musical translation of transcendental thought, or an onomatopoeic depiction of the natural environment at Walden Pond. Longobardi (like his predecessor John Kirkpatrick- who worked extensively with Ives and premiered the Concord Sonata) decided to leave out the optional flute part, and instead uses his exceptional ability in voicing to conjure up the image of Thoreau playing his flute over Walden Pond at sunset. Also on this recording are excellent interpretations of Ives’s “Three-Page Sonata“, “Waltz-Rondo“ and “Varied Air and Variation“.
Heather O’Donnell – Musical Pointers – 2006
A work which makes outstanding demands on the performer, the Concord Sonata by Charles Ives had in Ciro Longobardi an interpreter of remarkable quality for his capacity to dominate the almost fifty minutes of impetuous, overwhelming music without ever losing the thread of the poetic idea which informs all this turbulent material… … interpretative mastery which was then confirmed…in the magnificent Last Pieces by Morton Feldman… …. Longobardi was a truly intense medium for such a receptive, poetical recreation.
Gian Paolo Minardi – La Gazzetta di Parma – October 7th, 2002
For example, how better to savour the still vital Romanticism of Berg’s Sonata opus 1 than to go on to listen to the Wagnerian Liebestod in Liszt’s essential and visionary paraphrase dating from forty years earlier? In Longobardi’s impassioned performance ….. the two worlds converged with exemplary clarity and poignancy.
Angelo Foletto – La Repubblica Milano – March 13th, 2003
Messiaen’s music was played with brilliant nonchalance by Ciro Longobardi, a pianist who pays particular attention to the composers of the 20th century.
Giampiero Cane – Il Manifesto – March 16th, 2004
Ciro Longobardi…..rendered them (excerpts from Messiaen’s Vingt Regards) with the gentle, limpid force and excellent introspection concerning timbre and emotions which characterise him.
Michele Mannucci – Il Manifesto – January 8th, 2003
On this evening Ciro Longobardi largely stole the show, although he remained as discreet as he was competent, above all when engaged in the delicate task of accompanying …..In the same way, we discovered in the pieces for pianoforte solo a pianist who is highly attentive to the overall effect of each work, performing in particular the music of Satie and Faur‚ with great sobriety.
Massimo Lo Iacono – Roma – May 20th, 2002
…….a pianist of linear precision ……..
Alessandro Rigolli – La Gazzetta di Parma – September 26th, 2003
…..Ciro Longobardi’s masterful control of the instrument.
Alessandro Mastropietro – Il Giornale della Musica – December 2003
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NOT GREAT MEN
THE GANG OF FOUR WEB SITE
Gang Of Four - Live
2005: Gang Of Four reform!
The title says it all really. The original Gang Of Four lineup of Dave Allen, Hugo Burnham, Andy Gill and Jon King are working together again. The reformed band played their first shows together for over 20 years in the UK in January 2005, and followed this with shows in Europe and the USA later in the year. Any lingering doubts about opportunism, cashing in or selling out should be dismissed immediately - I went to the London gig and it was fantastic.
The 2005 tour was previewed by an article in UK newspaper The Guardian on 7th January 2005. You can read the article here.
This page actually serves a dual purpose. Firstly, to try to provide information about upcoming gigs, and secondly to attempt to build an archive of past live performances. This will never be completed without your help, so if you saw Gang Of Four long ago I'd welcome details.
Forthcoming gigs
This information has come from various sources on the web and so may not be 100% correct; any corrections are welcome. For tickets, a web search for the venue name plus 'Gang Of Four' will usually throw up several possible sources.
FRI 18th SEPT 2009: Picture House, Edinburgh (UK)
SAT 19th SEPT 2009: ABC, Glasgow (UK)
FRI 25th SEPT 2009: The Assembly, Leamington Spa (UK)
SAT 26th SEPT 2009: The Forum, London (UK)
At the moment I don't have sufficient information to put the pre-2005 gig list online - please send me your recollections (with dates!) to help with building this archive.
FRI 21st JAN 2005: The Montague Arms, London (UK)
Secret 'warm up' pub gig. Supported by The Young Knives.
Set list: What We All Want / Not Great Men / Ether / Why Theory? / Return The Gift / Paralysed / He'd Send In The Army / At Home He's A Tourist / Anthrax / I Parade Myself / Natural's Not In It / To Hell With Poverty // We Live As We Dream, Alone / A Hole In The Wallet / Damaged Goods
Review 1, Review 2, Review 3.
SUN 23rd JAN 2005: Manchester Academy (UK)
Supported by The Departure.
Set list: What We All Want / Not Great Men / Ether / I Parade Myself / Paralysed / He'd Send In The Army / Return The Gift / At Home He's A Tourist / Anthrax / Why Theory? / Natural's Not In It / To Hell With Poverty // We Live As We Dream, Alone / Damaged Goods / I Found That Essence Rare
Review.
MON 24th JAN 2005: Leeds Uni (UK)
Supported by The Departure / 10,000 Things
Review 1 (scroll down), Review 2, Review 3.
TUE 25th JAN 2005: Bristol Academy (UK)
THU 27th JAN 2005: Birmingham Academy (UK)
FRI 28th JAN 2005: London Shepherds Bush Empire (UK)
Set list: What We All Want / Not Great Men / Ether / I Parade Myself / Paralysed / He'd Send In The Army / Return The Gift / At Home He's A Tourist / Anthrax / Why Theory? / Natural's Not In It / To Hell With Poverty // We Live As We Dream, Alone / Damaged Goods // A Hole In The Wallet / I Found That Essence Rare
Review, comments, photos 1, photos 2.
You may also like to view Dave Allen's tour diary.
SAT 16th APR 2005: Melkweg, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
SUN 17th APR 2005: Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp (Belgium)
Set list: Return The Gift / Not Great Men / Ether / I Parade Myself / Paralysed / What We All Want / Anthrax / Why Theory? / At Home He's A Tourist / He'd Send In The Army / Natural's Not In It / To Hell With Poverty / We Live As We Dream, Alone / Damaged Goods / I Found That Essence Rare
(Thanks to Peter Andersen for supplying this information)
SUN 1st MAY 2005: 6th Coachella Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA (USA)
Review, Photos.
MON 2nd MAY 2005: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (USA)
Supported by Menomena and Radio 4.
TUE 3rd MAY 2005: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA (USA)
THU 5th MAY 2005: McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR (USA)
Set list: Return The Gift / Not Great Men / Ether / I Parade Myself / Paralysed / What We All Want / Anthrax / Why Theory? / At Home He's A Tourist / He'd Send In The Army / Natural's Not In It / To Hell With Poverty // We Live As We Dream, Alone / Damaged Goods // Natural's Not In It / I Found That Essence Rare
(Thanks to Peter Andersen for supplying this information).
FRI 6th MAY 2005: Showbox Showroom & Lounge, Seattle, WA (USA)
SAT 7th MAY 2005: Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)
Supported by Menomena.
TUE 10th MAY 2005: The Quest Club/Ascot Jazz Room, Minneapolis, MN (USA)
WED 11th MAY 2005: Metro - Smart Bar, Chicago, IL (USA)
THU 12th MAY 2005: Metro - Smart Bar, Chicago, IL (USA)
FRI 13th MAY 2005: Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI (USA)
SAT 14th MAY 2005: The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
Set list: Return The Gift / Not Great Men / Ether / I Parade Myself / Paralysed / What We All Want / Anthrax / Why Theory? / At Home He's A Tourist / He'd Send In The Army / Natural's Not In It / To Hell With Poverty // We Live As We Dream, Alone / Damaged Goods // I Found That Essence Rare // Sweet Jane [Velvets Cover].
(Thanks to Jim Dooley for supplying this information).
MON 16th MAY 2005: Avalon, Boston, MA (USA)
Set list: Intro / Return The Gift / Not Great Men / Ether / I Parade Myself / Paralysed / What We All Want / Why Theory? / Anthrax / At Home He's A Tourist / He'd Send In The Army / To Hell With Poverty / We Live As We Dream, Alone / Damaged Goods / I Found That Essence Rare.
TUE 17th MAY 2005: Irving Plaza, New York City, NY (USA)
Supported by Radio 4.
Review, Photos 1, Photos 2.
There was also an after-show private gig at the Tribeca Grand Hotel:
WED 18th MAY 2005: Irving Plaza, New York City, NY (USA)
FRI 20th MAY 2005: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC (USA)
SAT 21st MAY 2005: Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Cancelled SUN 18th SEPT 2005: Hamburg (Germany)
Cancelled MON 19th SEPT 2005: Postbahnhof, Berlin (Germany)
Cancelled TUE 20th SEPT 2005: Live Music Hall, K�ln [Cologne] (Germany)
Cancelled FRI 23rd SEPT 2005: Trabendo, Paris (France)
The above shows were cancelled after Jon King injured his knee. The story, from Hugo:
"Jon hurt his knee on tour in the US in May (...he missed the microwave with the iron pipe and bashed himself...) and exacerbated it in Japan 3 weeks ago in a fit of wild performance abandon. He is not scheduled for immediate surgery... just therapy and resting it, but the rest period enforced by the specialist he saw demands cancellation/postponement of everything up to the Barbican show - which will go ahead. He gives his heart and soul to every performance - he shouldn't have to sacrifice a major joint as well!" [Hugo Burnham, 21st August 2005]
SAT 24th SEPT 2005: The Barbican, London (UK)
Supported by ...?
Part of the Barbican's 'Don't Look Back' series in which bands play one of their best albums in its entirity, Gang Of Four were scheduled to play 'Entertainment!'. Some of these songs were being played live for the first time in 25 years! In the event, though, they fell one track short ('Contract')...
Set List: Return The Gift / Ether / 5.45 / Glass / Not Great Men / Anthrax / Natural's Not In It / Damaged Goods / Guns Before Butter / At Home He's A Tourist / I Found That Essence Rare // Paralysed / He'd Send In The Army / To Hell With Poverty // I Parade Myself / What We All Want
An official live CD was produced for sale after the gig. A few copies may still be available; follow this link.
Cancelled? MON 26th SEPT 2005: Rock City, Nottingham (UK)
Cancelled? TUE 27th SEPT 2005: ABC, Glasgow (UK)
THU 29th SEPT 2005: Lupo's At The Strand, Providence, RI (USA)
(Venue formerly called 'Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel')
FRI 30th SEPT 2005: Pearl Street, Northampton, MA (USA)
SAT 1st OCT 2005: 'Across The Narrows Festival', KeySpan Park (Cyclones Stadium), Brooklyn, NY (USA)
MON 3rd OCT 2005: Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA (USA)
TUE 4th OCT 2005: Mr. Smalls Fun House/Theatre, Millvale (near Pittsburgh), PA (USA)
Supported by Morningwood, Men Women & Children.
Preview (which seems to be dated afterwards for some reason!)
WED 5th OCT 2005: Sonar, Baltimore, MD (USA)
THU 6th OCT 2005: Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC (USA)
SAT 8th OCT 2005: Earthlink Live, Atlanta, GA (USA)
MON 10th OCT 2005: House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA (USA)
TUE 11th OCT 2005: Meridian/Red Room, Houston, TX (USA)
WED 12th OCT 2005: Emo's, 603 Red River, Austin, TX (USA)
Moved from La Zona Rosa, Austin.
THU 13th OCT 2005: Gypsy Tea Room/Ballroom, Dallas, TX (USA)
SAT 15th OCT 2005: Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO (USA)
SUN 16th OCT 2005: The Great Salt Air Show, Magna, UT (USA)
MON 17th OCT 2005: Virgin Megastore, Hollywood Highline, Grand Opening Party, CA (USA)
Intended lineup was INXS, Gang Of Four and Dredg. In the event the live performances were cancelled due to rain.
TUE 18th OCT 2005: Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ (USA)
WED 19th OCT 2005: House Of Blues, San Diego, CA (USA)
THU 20th OCT 2005: The Avalon (formerly The Palace), Holywood, CA (USA)
FRI 21st OCT 2005: House Of Blues, Anaheim, CA (USA)
SUN 25th JUNE 2006: O2 Wireless Festival, Hyde Park, London (UK)
Gang Of Four headlined the XFM stage (the second stage). Depeche Mode headlined the main stage. This was the last day of a five-day festival; unfortunately I only found out about it afterwards.
TUE 16th AUG 2006: Festival de Parades de Coura, Porto (Portugal)
Another one I found out about afterwards - sorry!
Cancelled THU 31st AUG 2006: Koko, London (UK)
This gig was initially postponed to 12th NOV 2006, but then cancelled completely.
FRI 1st SEP 2006: 'Azkena Rock Festival', Vitoria (Spain)
SAT 2nd SEP 2006: 'The Electric Picnic' festival, Stradbally, Co. Laois (Ireland)
SUN 3rd SEP 2006: 'Indian Summer Festival', Glasgow (Scotland)
TUE 5th SEP 2006: Sao Paulo, Curitiba, Brazilia (Brazil)
WED 6th SEP 2006: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
The two dates come from different sources - can anyone confirm which is correct?
Interviews with Gang Of Four to promote the Brazilian gigs can be found online - in Portuguese, of course: Interview 1, Interview 2.
FRI 8th SEP 2006: Florian�polis (Brazil)
SAT 9th SEP 2006: Belo Horizante (Brazil)
WED 11th NOV 2006: Festival Les Inrockuptibles, La Cigale, Paris (France)
Cancelled THU 12th NOV 2006: Koko, London (UK)
Originally booked for 31st August, this gig initially fell foul of the touring schedule which required the band to be in Spain the following day, and also the fact that they'd only recently played at the Wireless festival in London. They also felt that it was too soon to play there again without new material.
SAT 9th DEC 2006: All Tomorrow's Parties, Minehead (UK)
SUN 10th DEC 2006: Dublin Tripod (Ireland)
Supported by Delorentos.
SAT 28th APR 2007: Donaufestival (Austria)
FRI 20th JUNE 2008: Meltdown Festival, Southbank Centre, London (UK)
SAT 19th JULY 2008: Download Festival, San Francisco, CA (USA)
SUN 20th JULY 2008: Download Festival, San Francisco, CA (USA)
SAT 2nd AUG 2008: Indie Rocket Festival, Pescara (Italy)
SUN 31st AUG 2008: Offset Festival, Hainault, Essex (UK)
SAT 16th MAY 2009: The Great Escape, Brighton (UK)
SUN 17th MAY 2009: All Tomorrows Parties (curratedAA by The Breeders), Minehead (UK)
THU 16th JULY 2009: Benicassim Festival (Spain)
SAT 18th JULY 2009: Lovebox Festival, London (UK)
© 2005-9 Phil Hetherington
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Dragon King’s Son-In-Law
Chapter 41: Big Trouble
Translator: Noodletown Translated Editor: Noodletown Translated
The six feet four inches tall Bai Zhixiong didn’t show any signs of fury on his dark face after he got hit. Instead, he shivered at the voice from the outside and looked very obedient.
Likewise, the other members of the basketball team all looked nervous.
With their heads lowered, they filed out of the restaurant silently. Each of them was slapped on the back of the head by the man waiting at the door. He struck Bai Zhixiong with greater force and sent him stumbling several steps forward. However, the six feet four inches tall Bai Zhixiong dared not to utter a word of complaint.
Looking at the magnificent and big body standing at the door, Hao Ren and his buddies couldn’t help but wonder about the man’s great strength. Especially since he could hold this group of big guys in the basketball team in check.
“Get your *sses back to training!” With another shout, the mysterious man escorted the basketball team members to the university, giving the people in the restaurant a magnificent broad back to look at. This man was even half a head taller than Bai Zhixiong!
“He should be Xie Wanjun, the captain of the basketball team. Only he can keep those guys on the basketball team in control,” Yu Rong, who was familiar with the situation at school, said.
From the start to the end of the incident, Hao Ren had never gotten a glimpse of Xie Wanjun’s face; this man was taller than the door when he was standing on the outside, and Hao Ren only got a glimpse of his back when he left.
“Ok, ok! Let’s get back to our dinner!” Hao Ren cleared his head and called out to the others.
With an awkward smile on her face, Xie Yujia joined his efforts.
However, their spirits were dampened by the interruption.
“Your victory over Huang Xujie disgraced him. His friends will probably make more trouble for you. Be careful.”
At Hao Ren’s silence, Xie Yujia continued, “But you don’t have to worry. At most, they will just do something to make you uncomfortable. They won’t do anything outrageous.”
“I’m not worried. They are making trouble out of nothing. And it’s not the first time the seniors bullied juniors in the school. They took basketball courts from Zhao Jiayi and his friends several times, and he had been wanting to summon some of his buddies to fight them,” Hao Ren said.
Xie Yujia sighed, “You’d better not fight, or the school would punish you.”
She thought about talking to her older brother and asking him to tighten his control on the guys on the basketball team. However, she knew it would be little use since it couldn’t eliminate bullying in the school as it was almost a part of the norms in the school. Besides, Huang Xujie, son of the deputy mayor of the city, set up the popular Rock Climbing Club and was close to the other sports clubs in the school. He was especially close with the players on the basketball team, who were the unrivaled tough guys in school.
The basketball team of East Ocean University was well-known all over the country, and it was last year’s champion of National College League, bringing great honor to East Ocean University. That was why the school treasured them despite their terrible academic performances. They triumphed over all the other ordinary students in strength, and more importantly, they had the school behind their backs as long as they didn’t do things that were outrages.
Due to his close relationship with them, Hua Xujie could almost do whatever he wanted.
Anyway, Hao Ren humiliated Huang Xujie by winning the race, and the latter would make trouble for him. Xie Yujia was a bit concerned about this.
While Xie Yujia was troubled with all these concerns, Hao Ren was thinking about something else. He wasn’t too concerned about Huang Xujie’s retaliation, even though the latter was the son of the deputy mayor.
What concerned him was the deep resentment between the so-called celebrity students and the regular students in the junior years. Zhao Jiayi and his buddies were repeatedly driven away from the basketball court by the members of the Rock Climbing Club and some players of the basketball team. This was just one example of the bullying happening on campus. If the situation continued, a huge fight would break out sooner or later.
If a fight broke out, no one would be the winner, especially the weaker ones like Zhao Jiayi. Hao Ren knew Zhao Jiayi had been contacting his buddies and was prepared to fight with those seniors from the Rock Climbing Club and the basketball team if they kept up the bullying.
Hao Ren wondered if it was time for him to dig out Lu Qing’s card and have a pleasant conversation with the vice president of the university.
The party ended in low spirits half another later. Zhao Jiayi returned to the dorm in a bad mood. If Hao Ren didn’t persuade him, he would have summoned his buddies to go after those guys tonight.
“Ren, if they dare to make trouble for you, give me a call!” Zhao Jiayi patted his chest and said.
Hao Ren smiled and replied, “I will be fine. They were just bluffing. They won’t do anything serious.”
In this dorm, Zhao Jiayi was the big brother. Zhao Jiayi had many friends from all circles, so he felt like he should look after his roommates.
However, he would never have guessed that Hao Ren had the school’s vice president Lu Qing behind him. In fact, in the so-called Dragon Tribe, Lu Qing must respect Hao Ren and refer to him as ” Fuma 1 “.
Even without Lu Qing behind him, Hao Ren wasn’t afraid of Huang Xujie. He had always kept a low-profile because he didn’t like to attract attention to himself, but he wasn’t scared by trouble.
The eventful day ended. The next day, everything returned to normal at school while some people still talked about what happened the day before.
In class, Hao Ren immersed himself in preparing middle school English practice questions. Knowing Hao Ren was tutoring the little girl in the evening, Zhou Liren left him alone.
The glory of the long-distance race champion was now just a memory. Hao Ren put the 1,000 yuan prize money into the shared fund’s box of the dorm room; it would be used for Room 302’s future entertainment activities.
To Hao Ren, only those self-important guys would care about such vanities and the girls’ screams. He did his best in the race because he entered his name into it and wanted to repay Xie Yujia for her encouragement.
The sky turned dark in the evening. Hao Ren rode Bus 767 and arrived on time at Zhao Yanzi’s home, a two-story house.
For some unknown reason, after having eaten food cooked by Zi’s mother, Hao Ren’s mouth would water each time he was on his way to Zi’s home to tutor her. Since yesterday was Monday and he didn’t come to tutor Zhao Yanzi, he was suddenly struck by a longing for the delicious dishes cooked by Zhao Hongyu when he was standing at the door.
With papers in hand, Hao Ren pressed on the doorbell.
Suddenly, thunder resonated in the sky, and a storm came instantly.
A downpour commenced. Standing at the door, Hao Ren was half soaked in the blink of an eye.
“Well, hurry in!” hearing the doorbell ring, Zhao Hongyu hurried over to answer it. Seeing Hao Ren getting soaked in the rain, she drew him in immediately.
Boom! Boom… With another string of thunder, dashes of lightning flashed across the sky outside the windows.
Very soon, the high buildings in the distance were engulfed by the white downpour.
Hao Ren put down his papers while he shook his head to get rid of the water in his hair. Zhao Hongyu handed him a white towel and told him in a light tone, “You can stay here tonight. Today, Elder Sun is responsible for the rainfall, and it shall last the entire night.”
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Harry Wilson completes Bournemouth loan move
However, the Reds are hoping to offload him for the season with Liverpool looking for guarantees that the talented Wilson will play.
The Cherries have confirmed that the player will join up with Eddie Howe's side on loan for the 2019-20 season, after they were on the hunt for a replacement for the injured David Brooks.
Bournemouth have brought in Liverpool's versatile 22-year-old Wales midfielder Harry Wilson on a season-long loan, the two Premier League clubs announced on Tuesday. Having impressed in the Championship at both Derby County and Hull City over the last 18 months, the youngster is eager to ensure his career continues on an upwards trajectory.
Wilson said he was excited to get his chance in the Premier League.
"There is no option to buy and Wilson, and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, see his long-term future still at Anfield".
FBI opens domestic terrorism investigation into Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting
Police have identified the man who opened fire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival July 28, 2019, as Santino William Legan, 19. He had a 75-round drum magazine that fit into his weapon, and there were 71 rounds left in the drum when he died.
The Wales global impressed in pre-season for Liverpool, who placed a £25m valuation on his head earlier in the summer, but has been allowed to leave as Jürgen Klopp can not offer the regular first-team football he needs this seaon.
Bournemouth are likely to be asked for a fee and penalty payments if Wilson does not play a set amount of games.
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Reviews for
"For the Birds" [660]
*All ratings are based on a 5 star scale unless otherwise noted.
Review by J P
I enjoyed the episode For The Birds . This episode was great. ,I liked how Eugene and supposedly,Wooten both shaved thier heads in this episode.
Review by Bennett (Town of Odyssey)
There are a few nice scenes in this episode, but it was probably not at the standard I would want it to be. The episode seemed to be, like last week, going back and forth multiple themes: Curses, Responsibility, why should we play, God's will--just a host of different lessons thrown together. Eugene being chased by birds is something I would see used on "rejected storyline ideas" list. Again, there are a few good moments and it has its strengths. But there were way too many weaknesses --even when taking into consideration the age level they were perhaps going for--I do recognize this episode's target audience is "8" year olds in the "8 and above" range.
Review by Catspaw (Town of Odyssey)
I really enjoyed it - it was another great story that could happen to any normal family in a variety of locations. I really liked the emphasis on prayer, but also how praying doesn't mean that we'll get exactly what we want, since sometimes God has other plans. The storyline with Connie and Eugene providing the cover of "Take it from the Top" was fun and provided some comic relief from the baby blue jay story, though there definitely were humourous moments within the family storyline as well. It wasn't perhaps the most realistic thing ever, but hey, what do I know about birds coveting Eugene's hair? Maybe it happens all the time! Wooton was nicely used. I liked the family consensus on how they didn't understand the connection between the meaning of Dexter in Latin and how it applied to his moose being given that name. I love Wooton, and he fit in well without going too overboard on the goofy side, which is what I think he sometimes receives criticism for.
Overall, this was another solid episode that a lot of families will relate to and enjoy again and again! Plus Chris was funny at the end. On the CD they had a little blooper bonus from Chris's wrap-up. It was short but amusing.
Oops, Bennett posted while I was posting. I think I had a higher opinion of the episode than him, but I'm not being quite as analytical, either. It wasn't the best episode ever, but it was good, and I really do think that while it is aimed at kids, there will be parents who are nodding along in sympathy for the poor parents, since they've heard the pleas for pets and gone through similar situations with their own kids. It's the kind of episode a family could enjoy together and relate to together. Maybe us middle-range young adults without kids don't relate quite as much, but think back a few years, or look a few years into the future.
Review by American Eagle (Town of Odyssey)
I like Susie's voice, and good to get to know Camilla.
Wooton was good again.
The whole episode was a bit far-fetched, but still pretty fun.
I loved Camilla's scream when she saw Eugene's (lack of) hair.
Overall, I liked it. Not as much as Target of the Week, but still pretty good.
I really liked this episode. I loved that Wooton was in it. I am glad that we got to get to know more about Camilla and the rest of the Parker family. I loved the father and daughter talk. Eugene getting rid of his hair was hilarious.
Review by Audrey (Blog)
The conversation in the first scene (between Susie and Camilla) was a realistic for two 8 year olds
Eugene being attacked by a dove was... odd
It was kind of strange that David wanted the whole family to hear the pet history, but I'm glad he did because it was really funny!
The "Parker family curse" was a cute title, and a great opportunity for a lesson.
I loved Wooton's part
The line with the Moose was great!
I felt so sorry for Camilla
I still wish there were some older sounding characters.
Poor Eugene, getting his head shaved, but what happened to Wooton?
Review by Freddy Jay (Blog)
Here are some general thoughts.
Eugene gets attacked by a dove? Comical, but realistic? I'm not so sure.
The part where the family is discussing why pets is a bad combination for them is pretty funny. I don't really like Matthew's line "They had a suicide pact." Referring to the fish.
Wooton's part(s) in this episode were great. Quote: Matthew: Hey maybe Wooton knows
Wooton: Wow! Well I never did before, but there's a first time for everything. What is it?.
This episode gives a little more about the Parkers.
I like that this episode doesn't have the expected ending. The baby bird doesn't make it. Also Camilla doesn't get a dog, even though she proved how responsible she is.
We hear the explanation behind the cover of the album.
Camilla's scream when she sees Eugene's shaved head, priceless.
Conclusion: This episode has a good funny side to it. It was good to here more of the Parker family's personality. The theme was good too. Although it seemed to hit several;curses, responsibility, prayer. The theme that they hit the most in a way, and the one I like, is that even if you pray for something, it doesn't guarantee it's gonna happen. Also I liked how they had a serious moment, and then it ended with a funny one.
Review by Marvin (Blog)
First, let me begin by saying this is a great episode. There was humor, just a bit of sadness, and as usual, a good lesson was learned.
We hear some more of the Parkers, particularly Camilla. But somehow, she sounds a bit like a boy, which is what bothered me. We get to hear Wooton! Woot! And as always, he's as goofy as he ever was.
As for EUGENE CUTTING HIS HAIR, that was probably the best part. I never knew birds would be attracted to his hair. Hmm...so that's why it's called for the birds.
There was some of Whit in here, which is good. He's starting to dawn on me some more. And I liked how he explained that there's no such thing as a curse.
Review by Odyssey Blogger (Blog)
For the Birds" is one of the only episodes on album 51 that really has that "Odyssey Feel". One of the reasons i think that is because a lot of the other episodes don't have many bilble references. This one does have biblical references but not as many as i would like. Also, the parkers are in too many episodes. Correct me if i'm wrong, but they have been in every episode on album 51. I would also like to see a lot more of Connie and Eugene in future episodes.
Review by Sapphire (Town of Odyssey)
Review by Jimmy Barclay (Town of Odyssey)
I liked it on the most part. It was good and had some good moments. And she didnt get a dog at the end, like "typical hollywood Ending." She learned some stuff. And we see why Connie cut Eugene's hair.
One Complaint. Matthew's "suicide pact" line. As someone very sensitive to that right now, and seeing a sad story earlier this year, I wish they hadnt included that.
I am warming up to the new Whit, and it was good to see him, Connie, and Eugene. And I like the Parker family.
Review by Anna (Town of Odyssey)
I thought that this show was actually pretty good. I think I'm starting to get used to, and like the new family! I still haven't adjusted to Whit's voice, but I'm sure that I will in time.
Review by Laurie (Town of Odyssey)
I really enjoyed this episode. There was a lot of typical Odyssey humor and I'm really starting to like the Parker family. It had a good lesson that I think a lot of parents and kids will relate to.
Review by King Butter Turtle (Town of Odyssey)
Main Thoughts
It was good. It was a good storyline with some funny lines. But, it was also, nothing to go crazy over, with several flaws.
O.k., so what's going on with Odyssey's birds? They expect us to believe that they're just going crazy attacking certain people because of their hair? That's just, uh... really weird.
The Eugene/Connie part was very shallow, very similar to the Wooton/Whit part last week. It's like half way between a two storyline episode and sprinkling a reoccurring idea for comic relief. I don't like it at all. It seemed like about 70/30 where I was into Camilla's story but, I wasn't into Eugene's problem. It did develop but, it just didn't work. It was almost like a split episode. I would have liked to see (err... hear ) Eugene investigate the problem much more in depth, which leads me to my next point...
The Eugene that I know doesn't just shave his head when he's randomly attacked by birds. Why didn't he set aside an afternoon to read every book on birds he could find, send video to an expert at Campbell College (Since the founder was an ornithologist, [see Truth, Trivia and 'Trina] I would expect the ornithology department to be very good.), or do research on the habits of various species, taking detailed notes, before self-diagnosing, "they like my hair". He was completely out-of-character.
Did Eugene seriously say "baby-making season"? Is "reproductive" more inappropriate or something?
I couldn't believe my auditory cavities when I heard Eugene speak in such an irregular manner.
^That's how Eugene is supposed to talk.
I liked the Jonathan Crowe thing.
Who did that Will Ryan guy play? Apparently, they've worked out a new contract or something.
Review by Crazy 4 Pugs (Town of Odyssey)
I thought the birds-attacking-Eugene thing was pretty dumb. Just unrealistic. And yeah, Eugene's use of "baby-making season" cracked me up. Overall though, I'm enjoying the return of WalkingTextbook!Eugene. I thought they made him a little too "human" and ignored his braininess in the last few albums.
But my favorite part:
"I wanted to name him Dr. Who, but I think that's trademarked."
One of the writers is obviously a sci-fi fan. (See references to The X-Files in other episodes.)
Review by H Tide (Town of Odyssey)
Overall, this was a pretty decent episode. The opening scene was quite fun and engaging, and the story played out nicely. I did think it was quite drastic for Eugene to get his hair cut so quickly. The whole Eugene subplot felt a little contrived. However, I enjoyed the Camilla plot, as it was a relevant lesson that many families can relate to. I also enjoyed the little funny moments in this episode. And Chris's bird talk at the end was quite funny. While this episode certainly wasn't as good as Target of the Week and not quite as good as Clutter, I think it deserves 3.5 stars.
Review by Taq (Town of Odyssey)
I hoping that Eugene would shave his head to give the birds a nest, not to prevent them from nesting. Oh well! I concur with the general consensus that the Eugene plotline was unrealistic. HOWEVER, I absolutely loved Camilla's story. Asking for pets is something very realistic (My younger siblings have recently asked for a dog!), and like American Eagle I really enjoyed getting to know Camilla! She acted well and felt like (was) a genuine kid. Furthermore, Wootton is doing well as a minor character.
Yes, curses are real. Jesus verbally cursed a fig tree and it withered! Stronger than thinking it was "odd," I thought for a sec that I was going to have to disagree with Whit. He said emphatically, "There's no such thing as curses!" and thankfully followed it up with, "no, not the way you mean it," as EMBEE mentioned. The first emphatic statement alone turned heads, but Whit quickly clarified that he was just wanting the Parker kids to avoid misnaming something as they were. Ergo, I'm letting Whit off the hook this time. (The dialogue is at ~13:16 if anyone wants to list again.)
To sum up, I agree with H Tide's rankings. For the Birds, a decent episdoe, is my third favorite of the season behind Target of the Week and Clutter in that order.
Review by Smaug the dragon (Town of Odyssey)
I'll admit I gave a little groan when I first heard Eugene being attacked by the dove, thinking "Oh, no, pleeease don't let it be a case of 'birds are attacking, Connie cut my hair' ". Which it was.
Aside from that, it wasn't bad.
Review by Joanne (Town of Odyssey)
For the Birds wasn't a complete disappointment but came close for me.
First the story. I thought the over all lesson was good, but the part with Eugene...was way too much.
Second the characters. I am really liking Camilla, I think the actress is doing a great job portraying the character. I think Olivia was also a little better, but I still don't like the sound of an adult playing a kid... to polished. I am still getting used to Whit but it isn't bad. Wooten was better than the last one, and had a good role.
Third my rating. This episode was ok, but a little disappointing. Over all I am going to give it 3. Not to bad but not great.
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Investigators Wrap Up Case Against Policeman in Politkovskaya Murder
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Gaitukayev allegedly received his orders from an unidentified mastermind, while Pavlyuchenkov is supposed to have supplied the gang with Politkovskaya's home address.
Pavlyuchenkov, who was previously questioned as a witness in the case, agreed on a plea bargain with investigators and faces a reduced sentence if convicted.
Anna Stavitskaya, a lawyer representing the family of the murdered journalist, said that prosecutors might refuse to examine the case against Pavlyuchenkov.
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Published on September 30th, 2018 | by Avery Mack
The Rise of Blue Zones in America
Places that Encourage Healthy Living
by Avery Mack
Dan Buettner’s book The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest launched a movement a decade ago. Sequels include The Blue Zones of Happiness, The Blue Zones Solution and Thrive. Many communities have embraced the principles of this “make healthy living easier” paradigm, resulting in the improved well-being of residents.
“Add more years to your life and more life to your years,” says Nick Buettner, vice president at Blue Zones LLC, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the founder’s brother who spoke with us. “The people around you, the places where you work, live and play, and the social norms in your community have an impact on your health.”
The original U.S. pilot project in 2009, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, is a prime example. Instead of widening a main thoroughfare and raising the speed limit, the city widened the sidewalk and created a path around nearby Fountain Lake, offering safe exercise for bikers, joggers and walkers. The Hy-Vee grocery increased its health market section from two to seven aisles, leading to a 130 percent rise in related sales, and added a Blue Zones checkout lane for healthy grab-and-go options. City workplaces now offer quiet rooms and fruit instead of candy; one business converted a garage to a pickleball court.
The five original BlueZones are Ikaria, Greece; Loma Linda, California; Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Okinawa, Japan; and Sardinia, Italy.
Blue Zone Basics
Move Naturally – Even at work, get up and move at least once every 20 minutes.
Reduce Stress – Take a nap, nature walk or meditate.
Act Intentionally – “People that feel they have a reason to get out of bed in the morning tend to live seven years longer than those who just go through the motions,” says Buettner. A strong sense of purpose defines quality of life.
Eat Healthy – Enjoy the benefits of a plant-based diet. One cup of beans a day adds three to four years in life expectancy. Plant a garden to grow fresher, pesticide free food. Eat meat an average of five times a month and in small-portioned stir-fry, soups and pasta. Consume fewer calories. Drink wine in moderation. Check out BlueZones.com/recipes.
Maintain Relationships – “If you have fewer than three friends, it’s the equivalent of smoking for 20 years,” Buettner maintains. “Growing old in place and staying at home instead of a retirement or nursing home is easier to accomplish when you have a social network.” Meet regularly with friends.
Have Faith – A faith-based life taps into a larger resource far greater than oneself and enhances a sense of purpose, social network and calm content.
Prioritize Family – Amid the busyness of life, make the most enjoyable family time and nurturing activities each day’s first choice.
“Over the last eight years in Florida, our sponsor, NCH Healthcare System, has helped to build well-being infrastructure and sustainability for approximately 400,000 people; that swells to nearly 1.2 million during high season from January to April,” says Deb Logan, executive director of Blue Zones Project-SWFL (Southwest Florida). “We have 33 Blue Zone-approved restaurants that collectively make an additional 176 plant-based menu items available locally; the first half of this year, they sold 130,000 Blue Zones-inspired dishes.”
The healthful community philosophy was vital in Hawaii, when the Kīlauea Volcano spewed lava, sulfur dioxide and acid rain. First-responders staffed checkpoint stations around the clock to protect the public from dangerous areas, exposing themselves to combined sun and volcanic heat. The Hawaiian Blue Zone team delivered smoothies, beverages and paletas—healthy popsicles made with real fruit—to help workers stay cooler. They also delivered them to volunteers and public service groups, including Hope Services Hawaii, which built tiny houses for families displaced by volcanic activity.
“We don’t come into an area and say, ‘This is what you must do.’ We say, ‘This is what you can do.’ The readiness must come from the city level, businesses, schools and nonprofits,” Buettner says. “The right leadership must be committed and prepared to follow through on multiple years of initiatives.”
He remarks, “In the end, my hope for the future lies in the fact that communities care about their health. Blue Zones isn’t about the quantity of years, but the quality of life, and often that adds years, too.”
Connect with the freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com
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Blue Zone-Certified Cities
Certified communities have achieved their predetermined goals (outlined in project blueprints) as attested to via a combination of the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index and community-reported metrics.
California—Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach
Iowa—Algona, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Fairfield, Harlan, Iowa City, Marion, Mason City, Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Sioux City, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Waterloo, Woodbine
Minnesota—Albert Lea
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Cities and other areas transforming to Blue Zone status
Hawaii—East/North/West Hawaii, Kapolei/Ewa, Koolaupoko, Manoa/Makiki/McCully/Moiliili, Wahiawa, Wailuku/Kahului (aka Central Maui)
Oklahoma—Pottawatomie County
Oregon—The Dalles, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Umpqua
Southwest Florida—Ave Maria, Bonita Springs, Estero, Golden Gate, Immokalee, Naples/East Naples
Texas—Fort Worth
Wisconsin—Beaver Dam, Horicon, Juneau, Mayville
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While Madame X gets ready to bring her theatre show to Europe performing dress rehearsals at the Coliseu dos Recreios ahead of the first show in Lisbon on Sunday night, today’s edition of the Evening Standard runs this full size advertisement for the fifteen London dates at The Palladium.
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The one and only Jo Whiley interviewed the inimitable Madonna and talked music, family, the early days and Madame X.
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Madame X on “Today” tomorrow.
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Madonna will be holding an exclusive one-off event hosted by Graham Norton for her fans in London on 13th June at Alexandra Palace Theatre to celebrate the release of her brand new album Madame X. Read More
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At The London Palladium
MadonnaTribe Forum member nito_84bcn and MadonnaFanParty bring you this first look at The London Palladium dressed up to the nines for the unveiling of Madonna’s Madame X Tour shows.
Madonna unveils Madame X Tour London Shows
Following last week’s heralded announcement that Madonna will perform a series of rare and intimate performances exclusively in theatres, Madonna, Live Nation and Maverick today unveiled the dates for her appearances at the iconic London Palladium giving fans the opportunity to see her like never before with shows confirmed on 26, 27, 29, 30 January and 1 and 2 February 2020. Read More
This Saturday! The 25th London Madonna Fan Party
This Saturday! The 25th London Madonna Fan Party.
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Portland, Oregon: White Girls are Unsafe Walking in Their Own Neighborhood in Broad Daylight; Black Suspect Sawsulien Bohannan, 21, was Released from Jail, and Immediately Spent 3 Days Nonchalantly Hunting White Girls in Lent Neighborhood, Before Allegedly Grabbing a 14-Year-Old Off the Street, and Raping Her; He’d Tried to Rape Her Older Sister the Day Before; Father and Older Sister Hunted Him Down on Their Own, and Made Citizen’s Arrest
Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
Thanks to reader-researcher Jerry for this story.
Remind me again, what purpose the police serve, beyond picking the taxpayers’ pockets of their “surplus” assets.
The clock’s ticking, and I’m still waiting for an answer.
And the answer is: Protecting the “right” of the Sawsulien (Sauce-uhl-een) Bohannans of the world to hunt white girls in white neighborhoods in broad daylight unmolested.
No bail for rape suspect
tracked by Dad
Suspect released from jail just three days ago
By Lisa Balick
Monday, October 28, 2013, 5:56 p.m.; updated 7:12 p.m.
KOIN
The man who police say sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in the Lents Neighborhood Sunday appears in Multnomah County court to face charges of rape -- just days after his release from jail.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The man who police say sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Southeast Portland Sunday appeared in Multnomah County court to face charges of Rape in the First Degree, Sex Abuse in the First Degree and Unlawful Sexual Penetration in the First Degree.
The 14-year-old was walking home from a friend's house in the Lents Neighborhood around 5 p.m. Sunday when she was attacked and raped by a stranger, now identified by police as Sawsulien (Sauce-uhl-een) Bohannan, 21.
The teen told police the man was following her on his bicycle, trying to talk to her, then grabbed her and pulled her into a side yard in the 8400 block of SE 87th Avenue. He then sexually assaulted [raped] her.
She ran home and told her parents. While her mom called police, her dad jumped into his car with his older daughter to search for the attacker.
The dad said his older daughter spotted Bohannan walking along SE Flavel. She recognized him as the same man who tried to follow her the day before. The dad says he pulled up alongside Bohannan and told him not to move. Police arrived.
"They brought him out in the middle of the road and had him stand there," said witness Patrick Butterfield. "And then the cop car made a signal, and then they put cuffs on the guy."
Bohannan has a criminal record for theft [hey, that’s a non-violent crime] and possession of meth [but everyone knows that only whites traffic in and abuse meth!]. He was released from jail just three days ago.
In court Monday, the judge ordered him held with no bail. Neighbors in this area say they can't believe this happened in broad daylight:
"It's scary to know that this could happen, especially in the middle of the day, anytime," said neighbor Shelby Grigg. "For a child to not be safe in their neighborhood anymore, this is horrible."
For witness Butterfield, "It's disgusting. I mean my daughter's 12-years-old, she's going to be 13 in January. And I can't imagine. I don't let her go anywhere anyway -- but definitely not now."
Chicago guy said...
Very likely this will leave the child with mental problems for the rest of her life. There's millions upon millions of people out there who have been scarred mentally for life by these types of predators as a result of having been raped, robbed, assaulted. How many people out there stay home after dark or avoid a lot of areas because they don't feel safe? The reason they don't feel safe is because of vermin like this perpetrator. There's plenty of them out there at any given time. It's really amazing how a minority can just ruin the quality of life for everybody else.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at 7:22:00 AM EDT
I am surprised this miscreant did not pull a gun or knife on the father and attack to kill. Someone will chastise the parent for being so protective and taking a risk. The man catching the rapist did very good and I applaud his actions. That is a big rarity.
where's Al Sharpton now to excuse this crime? is this one of Obama's sons?
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 10:33:00 PM EDT
I did some searching around and found some a few different photos of this guy, he's clearly of mixed descent, the african ancestry is clear in the other photos but the one the media put in front made him look lighter skinned than the others and a little more ambiguous. Anyone else notice a pattern of the media doing that with black perps?
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Dear Gabe, just back from 2 days in Atlanta where I saw the Rockwell exhibit this morning, and no mail from you in three weeks. As with Andrew Wyeth, and Robert Frost, the establishment critics are wrong again. In color, composition, lighting, and the human experience, the man was a genius. What Mozart is to music, Rockwell is to art. Regarding your reply above, frankly, I am surpised at your hostility. It's well-known that overexposure to the Internet causes mental fatigue, burn-out, and even divorce. CNN had a segment this week about some young people who were forced to seek psychiatric counseling because of it.
With as much time as you spend on the 'Net, and with your reluctance to get away for a some R&R, you should talk to a specialist about it fast. —Richard
It's all perspective Richard. Your characterization of my dismay with a long string of disappointing collaborative efforts—the swill being a primary failure after a year's run, has all but now been disbanded, thank God and you Richard Waller, the kindly gent who helped me finish it off as a waste of time—as hostile, is in itself nothing less than hostile to my own prerogatives of trying to get at the core of things rather than basking in an aura of self-satisfaction amidst the safety nets of cultural iconography, but then you will probably never see it that way, good intentions and all. By the way, contrary to your conclusions, I don't spend a lot of time ON the Internet, and although I admit I DO spend too much time in front of my computer screen and less time in the lively company of the world of crucial matter, I spend most of my time writing and composing pages, taking snapshots, and imagining myself as someone who really cares about people despite my impotency to impact a world too busy garnishing ego to stop this wholesale assault on itself and as a fellow writer and someone whom one might think would sympathize with the plight of a lonely unrecognized writer, your advice to me is nothing less than mocking, although who would believe it to be intentional since you are indeed such a delightful fellow, and incapable of peering down one's nose.
My attempt at a universalism has failed, even though I never dared relinquish my own staunch individualism so as some might observe to include the fatal flaw inside the experiment itself, but now to score a language which reflects that long haunting failure will be the task of my next one thousand pages.
Yet, I am just a bit astonished that you would have me censor my most intimate thoughts about the world as I see it, since you have no such compulsion to flack on matters which wreck your own sensibilities, such as christian fundamentalism, and let me repeat myself since my own poor taste is no longer a secret, in saying that I agree with you in rejecting as sheer folly the antics of most of those Word of God folks, although I certainly do not share your total disdain of the works of an ancient people that affect so many lives today, and are interesting to me on many levels, not the least being how ridiculous the populations of "true believers" and "disdainers" alike have cannibalized and misjudged them for millennia resulting in atrocities of every sordid kind. The modern Three R's are the very blood offering of controversy and cannot be escaped no matter how finely we slice and dice them or cooly attempt to avoid or abolish them: Race, Religion, and Riches.
Rockwell has always been a favorite of mine, and I am guilty of no small pinch of envy that you can find your happiness among these "friendly" pleasures, but why do you persist in criticizing my own stab at happiness which is generally derived in seeking out and trying to map the motivations of minds great and small in a lifelong attempt to bring order to the chaos of my own mind which has been taught riot by the cacophony of competing shards of literature, art, politics, religion, myth, and mirth for so long that it hurts to feel anything anymore because the voice of opposition is always just around the corner? My attempt at a universalism has failed, even though I never dared relinquish my own staunch individualism so as some might observe to include the fatal flaw inside the experiment itself, but now to score a language which reflects that long haunting failure will be the task of my next one thousand pages.
Most people just turn the noise off, shutting down a part of themselves that threatens to overwhelm them with truth or nonsense however empirically secured...
I can't, but talking to a specialist is no answer. I thought I was talking to one with you. Still I consider you my friend, so I raise my cup to thee, despite your ode to sobriety!
How's that health you recently spoke of?
Gabe, I am misunderstood! I was not trying to mock you, only trying to help. I know how I feel after an hour and a half on the 'net. I can't imagine working on it all day. I'd be as mixed up as if I had been listening to 10 hours of rap. I think your well-written reply above is worth reading again and again. I have not meant to criticise your "stab at happiness" philosophy. I have already said that YOU inspired me to read the history of philosophy as opposed to studying the works of each individual philospher. I can't do that. I'd be reeling from the abstruseness, but if you can do it, more power!
And I do not TOTALLY disdain the works of ancient peoples. Who doesn't like Epictetus and the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius? I also assume you mean the Bible. Ecclesiastes is beautiful, but Thomas Jefferson, God, and I disapprove of the Revelation as coded nonsense. That sentence is a joke. We should lighten up. Great letter you wrote. Regards to Sue. I must stop now and coax sweet sounds from my violin. It has a mellow tone. Did I tell you it was made century before last? It was, by August Gemunder & Sons, New York, 1899. —Richard
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WaveDash [The E-Sports Fighter]
Discussion in 'Other Fighting Games' started by Ninja, Jun 4, 2016.
Ninja [Jazzy Diamonds]
WaveDash is an indie fighter planned to be the very first Fighting Game specifically designed around the huge culture of other games... E-Sports.
Now... take this all with a large grain of salt because there is no pics or videos of the game and the beta is slated to come out in summer 2017.
oh and it's going to be a Melee look a like...
http://www.wavedash.com/#home-section
http://www.wavedash.com/about/
http://www.wavedash.com/blog/2016/4/18/what-we-learned-from-the-wavedash-ama
I'm going to ENJOY this a little too much...
Ninja, Jun 4, 2016
BeatNinja *Sneezes*
da mountains
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Why not just play Melee
BeatNinja, Jun 4, 2016
BeatNinja said: ↑
cause Melee isn't E-Sports Enough.
IT NEEDS MORE.
MORE I TELL YOU.
KaboomKid Sure would be nice. ...TUNA FISH!
When I saw the name, at first I thought this might have been the supposed project that the PM guys were working on. Nope, no way. This is already worse off than Airdash Online. It's like the Chainsaw Incident without a pitch video.
KaboomKid, Jun 4, 2016
Cheesedragon likes this.
LOL... oh man.
I've been bounce ideas off with some friends. That the characters will be sponsored by real life companies. So like a character wearing Doritos spandex or something. I almost want to do "ART" for this game.
aw fuck it. this is too much fucking fun.
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Uhhh... You are WAY too excited for how little information there is.
zarkingphoton, Jun 4, 2016
no i'm excited over the FACT that there is so little information. also it's tailored to E-Sports. because personally I find E-Sports being injected into Fighters to be a very unhealthy thing for the community. So a fighting game like this is just insanely funny to me.
It reeks of the smell of the Chain Saw Indecent only there is no fake prototype footage.
Also there is no artists on the team and they want a beta of the game out NEXT year.
all of that shit right there? Hilarious.
Oh, ok. So, you know this looks like a trainwreck? Carry on, then.
yeah.... come on pull up a chair grab a bin of popcorn.
I want to see just how far this baby goes....
I hope it becomes extremely successful and fantastic so you look like a dork.
Hope in one hand and shit in the other.
Verdant Brave Anti-social
I just hope there are lesbians.
Verdant Brave, Jun 4, 2016
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@BeatNinja
You want this project to succeed just to...spite me?
That's honestly quite dumb.
Now if you said you liked the idea of the game and wanted it to succeed because you believe in this game actually doing good. Then that's fine.
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I'm tired of people who have no idea how fighting games work coming in here and trying to get big
Zidiane, Jun 4, 2016
Zidiane said: ↑
mmmmh. Yeah. I get you there. Good thing they're not asking for money... yet. But really there will always be someone doing this as long as there is a market. So get used to it? Sorry that's the best I can suggest. I know that some people would like to tell these guys down, but that's not going to work. It's just best to sit back and watch. Less Stressful that way too.
Ninja said: ↑
there will always be someone doing this as long as there is a market. So get used to it?
I'm fine with new blood. I just want them to know what they're doing. Rising Thunder didn't know how Fighting Games worked. Beast's Fury. Chainsaw Incident. Varying levels of Capcom games after SF4. Just do some research. Know what you're doing. And if you don't, hire someone who does. That's literally all I want from new heads on that end of games.
ehhhhhhh... not to make a discussion out of this but, Rising Thunder was more like in this grey area were they did have people who know how fighters worked... and they were working on the game to improve on the main core of gameplay... the other two yeah they were just completely blind. pffffttt... But you're right the only guy in WaveDash that would have an iota of knowledge of Fighters would be that guy who hosted Smash Tourneys... only to leave and jump into advertising.
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Wasn't Warchamp supposed to be involved with this? I'll trust that man with anything.
I just really want to believe something can fill the hole in my heart left after Project M died. Please let it be good, please.
missingno, Jun 4, 2016
ehhhhhhh... not to make a discussion out of this but, Rising Thunder was more like in this grey area were they did have people who know how fighters worked... and they were working on the game to improve on the main core of gameplay...
The opponent could move during super freeze. You could block on reaction to supers and jump out of command grab super. Maybe some of their stuff they knew what they were doing, but that's all I think about when I remember RT.
Summer of 2017:
Thank you for your feedback and support. The WaveDash team has been hard at work, and we're now happy to reveal more details about our upcoming e-sports oriented platform fighter.
The official title for our new game will be:
New screenshots here.
For early access, ask yo mama!
Cheesedragon and Zidiane like this.
whata meme.
Come on, Zid. Give these guys some credit. They named themselves WaveDash, fer chrissake. They obviously know what they're talking about.
oh and they know about L Canceling...
so we're like golden right? That's all you need to know about Melee, right? Yeah...
wow...whata meme.
Maaan, we've been passing those around since before you were born!
MegaMix Quality Poster
So like...gameplay? art? title?
MegaMix, Jun 4, 2016
MegaMix said: ↑
None of that. Those links on the first post is all that is there.
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Im reading all this and I can't even grip what kind of gameplay they want. A Melee look-alike? How so? Like...with the Wave Dash and other unintended gimmicks? Or have them as intended quirks and balance it around that. It's not really clear...
Yay another train wreck for all of us to reminisce about and laugh at. Im still not quite over Beast's Fury yet lol.
North888, Jun 5, 2016
CatfishZealot The Lemon Merchant
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All I can think of whenever I hear dash is Dashcon.
CatfishZealot, Jun 5, 2016
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I will just way around to see more updates. I wonder what will come later in the future.
SkullMan, Jun 5, 2016
CatfishZealot said: ↑
I hope there will be a Ball Pit mode.
North888 said: ↑
Im still not quite over Beast's Fury yet lol.
wow you're still not over BF? That's old news baby. I mean come on. There is always a new challenger you know that. Here take this bin of pop corn sit back with me and lets just relax as this car slowly combusts in a glorious fashion as advertisements of Vape Companies, Beer, FightSticks, Food, and other what not junk fly past us.
Well I mean, with an offer like that, who could refuse? Heheh.
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY PEOPLE
UPDATE TIME~!
http://shoryuken.com/2016/07/06/wav...er-ashani-for-their-unnamed-platform-fighter/
OKAY SO FIRST OFF. THAT FACE IS NOT TRUST WORTHY. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE LOOKING INTO HIS EYES AT ALL.
ALSO THEIR CHARACTER DID THE ANIMATION FOR A FALCON PUNCH
I-I CAN'T EVEN.
Oh this is a treat.
Ninja, Jul 6, 2016
Is that an Overwatch character
BeatNinja, Jul 6, 2016
i don't know... YOU TELL ME~!
oh and I quote: "The Game will have different Styles to it."
basically this either means they don't know what art style they want yet... OR, they want characters to be in different Art Styles... on purpose.
Personally I don't think characters with realistic proportions work well or animate well in something like Smash Bros.
Rivals of Aether's doing it right. Be cartoonish and creative.
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So...this is actually becoming a serious thing.
And they're still slating the beta to be summer 2017. Props to them, although I'm personally not a fan of just making another Melee. Though for a fighter that wants to team up with the community, they really don't give people anything to help them with...
Sphealnuke, Apr 1, 2017
http://shoryuken.com/2017/05/02/wav...m-fighter-is-scheduled-for-launch-in-q2-2018/
6 MILLION AND THEY DON'T HAVE A NAME YET.
Anyways, I don't see this turning out well. Most of the Melee players they are targeting won't want to switch over to a game that's just trying to be like it.
Sphealnuke, May 3, 2017
yeh i know. i love watching this wonderful train wreck.
Ninja, May 3, 2017
Well pass that popcorn, cause you aren't alone in this. I can't wait to see what happens when they finally put out actual footage.
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One for the history books
By Bill McMichael on June 10, 2011 Gator Navy, Helicopters, LPD-17, Navy, Photos, San Antonio class, Ships, testing
No, it’s not a doctored photo. That’s two — TWO — San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships operating simultaneously.
The amphibious transport dock ships San Antonio (left) and New York steam alongside while operating together in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia. // U.S. Navy Photo by MC1 (SW/AW) Edwin F. Bryan
To be fair, two of the other three commissioned ships in the class are also at sea. Mesa Verde and Green Bay are deployed. New Orleans just completed sea trials following a scheduled maintenance period. New York took part in the recent Fleet Week event in New York City and, as you can see in the June 9 photo above, is now underway, conducting unit-level training. But let’s face it: This is a rare pic — particularly since San Antonio is in it.
The class has been beset with problems from the day in 2005 when the Navy accepted San Antonio and a mountain of mechanical and electrical problems that have limited it to one deployment in five years as a commissioned ship. It’s now in the second phase of sea trials that follow cancellation of this year’s scheduled deployment and extensive — and expensive — repair work ordered by Fleet Forces Command.
Subsequent ships in the class came to the Navy in better shape than San Antonio, but only slightly. In late 2009, inspectors discovered that a bent crankshaft in one of New York’s four diesel engines, our colleague Christopher Cavas reported. Similar problems had surfaced earlier on Mesa Verde and Green Bay. New Orleans had propulsion, communication and well deck/vehicle ramp issues.
Given the problems, and the prodigious efforts to correct them, the above photo struck us as unique.
The entire program has obviously been a mess. Everyone, from Congress and Big Navy to the waterfront, is pulling for the class, and its hard-working crews, to put the problems in the rear-view mirror and fully join the fleet.
Bill McMichael
Hampton Roads Bureau Chief
Flashback: It’s been 70 years since V-J Day and the kissing sailor
Bob on June 13, 2011 6:57 am
Great ships, and great crews leading them!
kellyj on June 14, 2011 2:36 am
The first of class usually has issues that may take 3 or 4 hulls to correct. Then a ship or 2 of each class are always known for their hard luck. Then you have the notoriously poor work associated with Pasc Shipyard.
Looks like San Antonio got hit with the triple whammy.
First of class built by a shoddy yard with an unlucky streak.
Shooter on June 14, 2011 1:34 pm
It’s not unique; NEW ORLEANS steamed with GREEN BAY in early 2010. American Bluejackets will continue to answer all bells no matter what overpriced, underbuilt ships the Fleet provides them with.
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Spider-Man: The Manga #10
Posted: 2004
Staff: Al Sjoerdsma (E-Mail)
In: Comics & Books
Title: Spider-Man: The Manga
It's the Japanese Spidey! It's a black-and-white five minute read for $2.99 U.S.! It's the longest storyline yet... showcasing the best and the worst of the series in the "Mysterio/Fake Spider-Man" arc.
SM Core Title
Summary: Mysterio
Arc: Part 1 of 'Spider-Man: The Manga Fourth Arc' (1-2-3-4-5-6)
Editor: Glenn Greenberg
Writer/Artist: Ryoichi Ikegami
Retouching and Production: Dan Nakrosis
Translation: C.B. Cebulski, Mutsumi Masuda
Yu Komori threw his Spider-Man costume away last issue, vowing to give up the super-hero life... so who is committing heinous acts dressed as the web-slinger? The bogus wall-crawler's first act is to viciously attack film star Toshio Kayama at the Tokyo Airport (resulting in serious facial injuries to the actor) and soon the whole city is gripped in fear. Yu is initially outraged by this but then laughs it off deciding "I don't care what this imposter does", since he has quit being Spidey himself. Still, it is hard to look away as the phony webhead commits one act of mayhem after another. When his Aunt mentions that Spider-Man was a hero to young people before these recent acts, Yu is so tortured by the situation that his behavior flucuates between despair and an anguished mania. He cheers up considerably when reminded that his friend Rumi is coming to town the next day. It is a tender reunion at the train station.
The first part starts strong, though very little happens in it. What mostly recommends it is the artwork. The first appearance of the false Spider-Man, as he swings in on a web hanging from a helicopter, is quite striking. The attack on Kayama is graphic, even in black and white, with the blood effectively achieved with what looks like only a smudge of charcoal. The whole sequence comes across as cinematic; appropriate given the professions of Mysterio and his victim.
Other images stand out, as well. The double-page spread of Yu on his bedroom floor surrounded by magazines of Spider-Man seems to emphasize his anxiety. The sequence of burning cars and dreadful accidents caused by the fake Spider-Man gives an impression of speed and sudden disaster. And the double-page sequence of small, vulnerable Rumi, alone in the large, fast, noisy city of Tokyo is possibly the best image in the book.
A strong start, let's be optimistic and offer four webs.
Issue: Spider-Man: The Manga #9
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Home » Football Israel » Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Wins Gold, Herzog arrives in Israel, Beer Sheva & Hapoel Haifa ready for Europa League
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter Wins Gold, Herzog arrives in Israel, Beer Sheva & Hapoel Haifa ready for Europa League
Posted on August 8, 2018 by admin in Football Israel, Holyland Hoops // 0 Comments
1) Remember this name, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter. The Israeli runner won the 10,000 meter run in 31:43.29 at the European Championships in Berlin and became the first Israeli woman to win a track Gold Medal at the championships. Chemtai moved to Israel from Kenya in 2008 to serve as a nanny for the children of Kenya’s Ambassdor. While in the Holy Land, Chemtai met Israeli running coach Dan Salpeter and the two fell in love and married in 2014. In 2016, she was granted citizenship and competed for Israel in the Olympics that same year.
Following the race Salpeter said, “I am really happy and very excited. My plan was to win, nothing else. It was a difficult race. I made the move and paced harder because I knew that if I do not do it, they would leave me on the last kilometer. I always watched the Dutch girl behind me on the screen. This medal is an honour for my flag, for my country and for me, for all the hard work I did for it. The people were supporting us a lot like they were saying “keep going”, I liked that. I came here mentally prepared.”
2) Andi Herzog landed in Israel and spoke to the local press for the first time: “I am happy to be here and excited to be named the new Israel National Team Head Coach. We will have some hard challenges but I truly believe in the soccer in Israel and my players. I believe in my abilities to achieve significant progress to the football here in Israel. As the coach of a national team you have to be the biggest fan of your own players. I hope that we will get big support from our fans in the country. Together with Willi Ruttensteiner we will put together a professional staff with top level elite Israeli coaches. El El Israel! Let’s go!”
***Make sure to listen to this week’s Sports Rabbi Podcast for analysis of the Herzog hire and an exclusive interview with Deshaun Thomas***
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3) Hapoel Beer Sheva faces APOEL Nicosia in the first leg of third round Europa League qualifying on Thursday night at 20:00 Israel time at Turner Stadium in Beer Sheva. Head Coach Barak Bachar looked ahead to the challenge that awaits his side, “I don’t know who are the favorites, but we are playing a prestigious club who have participated in both the Champions League and Europa League with experienced players and a deep squad. They are a very strong team but we will come prepared and will do what we need to do because we believe in ourselves. The goal is to reach the group stages but I don’t want to look to far ahead.”
4) Hapoel Haifa will also play in third round Europa League qualifying when they host Atalanta at Sammy Ofer Stadium. Head Coach Nir Klinger spoke about Thursday’s match at 19:00, “We proved that anything is possible in football. I can feel the positive energy from the training sessions and it a good feeling. We are facing a club that is on the border of excellency. This is a very difficult and high hurdle, but from my experience in Europe there is a lot on the line when the first leg is at home.”
Quick Hits – Yovel Zoosman will remain with Maccabi Tel Aviv BC for the 2018/19 season…Daniel Aidan signs with Nes Ziona after playing last season with Hapoel Tel Aviv BC…Jordi Cruyff is the new coach of Chongqing Lifan of the Chinese League for the next 4 months…Almog Bozaglo signs with Hapoel Haifa FC after playing last season for Bnei Yehuda…Maccabi Petah Tikva and Bnei Yehuda drew 0:0 in Toto Cup action…Hapoel Tel Aviv defeated Ashdod 3:0 on goals by Nir Lax, Ahmed Abed and Omer Damari in the Toto Cup…
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
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Let the waterworks flow with TabStart's collection of poetry that is sure to make you cry. Because sorrow, desolation, and despair know no bounds across time and space, the poems here are from a wide variety of authors. Some of the sad poems here are from writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, W.H. Auden, and even Tupac Shakur.
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"Monologue For An Onion" - a Poem by Suji Kwock Kim - While Suji Kwock Kim's "Monologue For An Onion" literally employs imagery of crying whilst peeling and chopping an onion, its blinding, honest anger might just make you cry as well.
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Clarification LETTER 11/10/2010 Dear Editor:
We refer to the commentary that was published in the Nov. 5, 2010 issue of The Daily Tribune which raised the issues on the supposed assassination plot on President Aquino and the terrorist threat in the country as contained in the Travel Advisory warnings of at least five countries.
On the assasination plot which we have disclaimed earlier and which came out in the 28 September 2010 issue of The Daily Tribune, we would like to reiterate that there was never any official statement on the part of the Secretary with regard to any threat on the life of the President. The Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) however maintain that President Aquino, just like any head of state, is always a possible target of such assassination plots and it is more prudent to have that frame of mind at all times, in order to ensure that our President is safe all the time..... MORE
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Cobb, George N. 11
Coffrin, William 2
Colby, C.H. (1850-1895) 3
Cole, B.F. 8
Collier, James 28
Collins, E.M. (Edwin M.) 2
Collins, George E. (fl. 1870-1879) 5
Collins, J.A. (fl. 1870-1879) 2
Conkey & Hultz 1
Conkey, G.W. (George W.) (1837-ca. 1900) 26
Conklin & Kleckner 6
Continent Stereoscopic Company 15
Cook & Friend 23
Cook, A.I. 1
Cook, Geo. L. (George L.) 3
Cook, J.C. (fl. 1880-1889) 2
Cooley, A.A. 2
Cooley, Sam A. 5
Coombs, J.A. 2
Coombs, Philip (fl. 1860-1869) 7
Coon & Mossetter 1
Coon, S.H. (fl. 1870-1889) 1
Copeland & Fleming 1
Copeland, O.H.(Oliver H.) (1836-1876) 22
Copelin & Melander 14
Copelin & Son 27
Corning View Company 1
Cornish, J.J. (fl. 1880-1899) 2
Couch, C.M. (fl. 1860-1889) 16
Cowee 1
Cox, W.A. 1
Crane, T.F. 4
Crater, Isaac W. 1
Crawford, J.G. (James Gilmore) (1850-1929) 17
Cremer, James (1821-1893) 278
Crocker & Co. 1
Crocker, M.N. (1827-1927) 2
Crockett, F.H. (fl. 1880-1909) 9
Cross, D.H. (1836-1918) 2
Cross, W.R. (William R.) 7
Crum, R.D. (fl. 1870-1879) 144
Culver, W.W. (b. 1837) 2
Cunningham & Co. (1880-1889) 1
Cunningham, F.W. (fl. 1870-1879) 2
Currier, Frank (fl. 1890-1909) 3
Curtis, George E. (d. 1910) 360
Curtiss, E.R. (b. 1836) 2
Cushing, Henry (fl. 1860-1889) 1
Cushing, W.H. (fl. 1870-1889) 10
D.P. Thompson & Co. 1
D.S. Camp 5
Daft, Leo (fl. 1870-1889) 3
Daggett, M.L. 1
Dahl, Andreas Larsen (1844-1923) 1
Dakin, C. L. (1848-) 5
Dart, C. (Calvin) (1809-1883) 3
Davis Bros. 20
Davis, E.G. (1846-1913) 9
Davis, G.B. (fl. 1870-1879) 6
Davis, H.J. (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Davis, N.S. (fl. 1870-1879) 1
Davis, Robert M. (b. 1857) 6
Davis, S. (Saul) (fl. 1860-1879) 39
De Lamater, R.S. 31
Dean & Larrabee 1
Dean, Wm. P. (William P.) (b. 1834) 3
Deland, E.J. 1
DeMott, S. (fl. 1880-1899) 3
Dickson, M. (fl. 1870-1899) 3
Dillon, J.W. 1
Dillon, Luke C. (b. 1844 or 1845) 10
Dinsmore, D.C. (fl. 1860-1889) 4
Dobler & Dawson 1
Dockweiler, Michael 3
Doerr & Jacobson 16
Doerr, H.A. (Henry A.) (1826-1885) 17
Dole, A.K. (fl. 1870-1879) 17
Doonan & Co. 4
Doremus, John P. (1827-1890) 16
Douglass, W.F. 2
Dowe, L. (Lewis) 1
Drew, George H. (fl. 1861-1882) 1
Durgan, J.O. (James O.) 18
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) 3
E. Anthony (Firm) 1
E. Bien & Co. 3
E. Borhek & Son 2
E.A. Curtiss and R.R. Thurmond 1
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm) 1
E.G. Weld & Son 1
E.J. Wardwell & Co. 2
E.P. and Wm. Kellogg 3
Eagles, J.D. (Joseph Dunlap) (1837-1907) 30
Easterline, J.W. (Jacob W.) (b. 1857) 1
Eaton, E.L. (Edric L.) (b. ca. 1836) 4
Edwards, J. (fl. 185--186-) 2
Eggert, H.B. (Henry B.) (ca. 1831) 1
Eldridge, A.G. 5
Elkins, Richard 1
Elkins, S. 4
Ellinwood & McClary 7
Ellinwood, John G. 1
Ellis, H. 1
Ellis, Howard 5
Elwell, W.A. (William A.) (1821-1891) 1
Ely, Cook (1847-) 10
Emery, A.G. (Ard G.) (1833-1923) 19
Emery, J.F. (John Fletcher) (1849-1928) 2
Emery, W.H. (William H.) (b. 1840) 2
Empire State Copying House 1
England, W. 1
England, William (d. 1896) 40
Engle & Furlong 2
Ennis, George O. 10
Ernsberger & Ray 3
Evans & Soule 8
Evans, F.E. (Frank E.) (b. 1856 ) 8
Evans, J.G. (James G.) (b. ca. 1835) 5
Everett & Co. 1
Everett, James (James E.) (b. 1834) 21
Everitt, E.F. (Elias Foster) (b. 1837) 2
F. White & Co. 3
F.J. Moulton & Co. 1
Farrar, Charles A.J. (Charles Alden John) (d. 1893) 2
Farrington, Maurice 1
Faulkner, F.D. 2
Fay & Farmer's National Gallery 2
Fearon, R.N. 5
Fennemore, James (1849-1941) 4
Fernald, E.C. 1
Field, J.C. (b. 1845) 4
Field, W.B. 1
Fillmore, L.H. 2
Finley & Sons 1
Fisher, A.J. (Albert J.) (1842-1882) 2
Fisher, S.R. (Samuel Ritter) (1834-1908) 1
Fitzgibbon, J.H. (1816(?) - 1882) 4
Floyd's Studio 1
Follansbee, E.K. 2
Folsom, A.H. (Augustine H.) 19
Folsom, E.S. (Edward Swazey) (1844-1909) 1
Folsom's Photograph Gallery 4
Foss, F.H. 2
Frear, William H. (1836-) 1
Freeman, C.H. 22
Freeman, J. (Josiah) 62
French, D. (David) 5
French, J.A. (1834-1898) 26
Friedgen & Donner 1
Fronti, J. 4
G.A.F. (Firm) 1
G.C. Robinson & Co. 13
G.H. Aldrich & Co. 173
G.J. Raymond & Co. 27
Gage, F.B. (Franklin Benjamin) (1824-1874) 27
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) 46
Gardner, James (b. 1832) 1
Gardner, R.G. 4
Gardner, W.B. 2
Garland, F.G. 1
Gates Brothers 13
Gates, E.R. 2
Gates, G.F. (George F.) 200
Gay, E.F. 9
Gentile, Carlo (1835-1893) 2
Gentile, Charles 1
Geo. G. Johnson 1
Geo. H. Ireland & Co. 18
Geo. Hinman & Co. 1
George & William H. Rau 1
George S. Bryant & Co. 2
Gerould, E.P. 1
Getchell, W.H. 4
Gibson, James F. (b. 1828 ) 5
Giers, Carl (1828-1877) 7
Gifford, Noah 1
Gilbert & Bacon 1
Gilbert & Miller 1
Gill, W.L. (William L.) (1827-1893) 19
Gillingham, C.L. (Charles L.) 7
Goebel, Rudolph (1835-1923) 8
Goff, O.S. (Orlando Scott) (1843-1917) 1
Goldsmith & Lazelle 9
Good Berners & Lant 1
Good, J. 1
Good, J. --(Jonathan) 1
Goodale, George C. 1
Gooding, C.G. 3
Goodrich, C. (Carlisle) 2
Goodwin, J.W. (1836-1910) 4
Gordon, H. 2
Gordon, H.L. 5
Gorham, L.B. 2
Gott, C. 1
Grandy, Z.B. 2
Granniss, G.N. (George N.) 2
Grant, Alonzo G. 2
Graves, C.H. (Carleton H.) (d. 1943) 2
Graves, G.H. 1
Graves, Jesse A. (Jesse Albert) 52
Gray -- photographer 1
Great Southern Photo Company 1
Green, J.F. (Jeremiah F.) (b. 1841) 4
Greene's Gallery 1
Gross, W.H.S. (b. 1831) 3
Gubelman, Theodore (1841-1926) 1
Gurnsey, B.H. (Byron H.) (1833-1880) 98
Gutekunst, Frederick (1831-1917) 26
H. Ropes & Co. 14
H.C. White Co. 5
H.F. Nielson & Co. 2
H.L. Roberts & Co. 5
H.N. Gale & Co. 9
Haas, Isaac 10
Hacker, F. 2
Haines, E.S.M. 5
Hall Bros. (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 16
Hall Photo 20
Hall, H.G. 1
Hall, J. (Julius) (b. 1844) 25
Hall, W.L. 20
Hamacher & Loring 1
Hamilton, S.C. (Samuel C.) 1
Hamor, A.B. (Anderson B.) (b. 1841) 18
Hanaford, S.R. 1
Hansard, J.W. 3
Hardy, F.W. (Francis W.) (b. 1830) 5
Harriman, M.C. 1
Harriman, W.H. 1
Harrling, James C. 1
Hart, Alfred A. (1816-1908) 25
Hart, E.H. (Edward H.) ( fl. 1887) 1
Harvey Bros. 1
Hatch, A. 2
Havens, O. Pierre (1838-1912) 147
Hawes, J.J. 1
Haygood, A.J. (Adonirum Judson) (1846-1927) 10
Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay) (1853-1921) 131
Haynes, Fred. E. (Frederick E.) (b. 1861) 1
Haynes, T.C. (Trustum C.) (1835-1899) 1
Hazard, E.W. (Emerson W.) 1
Hazeltine, Martin Mason 1
Hebden, W. (William) (b. 1840) 3
Heister, H.T. (Henry T.) (d. 1895) 4
Hemenway, H. 4
Hemple, A.H. (Alfred H.) 7
Hendricks, Francis 1
Hennigar, George W. 1
Henry, D.A. (David A.) (b. 1852) 19
Hensel, L. (Loudolph) (1849-1927) 27
Herbert, George C. 3
Herrick, F.J. (Frank J.) (b. 1852) 1
Herrick, H.J. (Henry J.) (ca. 1830-1877) 16
Heywood, John B. (d. 1870 ) 200
Hibbard & Larkin 1
Hickox & Co. 2
Hickox, R.A. (Robert A.) (b. ca. 1844) 1
Higgins, J.C. (John C.) (b. ca. 1845) 2
Hill, William Henry (1845-1925) 4
Hillers, John K. (1843-1925) 52
Hillman, W.J. (William J.) (d 1849-) 2
Hills, E.R. (Edgar R.) (b. 1856 ) 4
Hillyer, H.B. 1
Hinckley & Meske 6
Hinckley, A.S. 3
Hinds, A.L. (fl. 1870-1879) 31
Hine, Burton (b. 1842) 7
Hine, Thomas 1
Hoag, A.B. (fl. 1870s) 1
Hoard & Tenney 4
Hobart, D.B. (Delbert B.) (b. 1857) 1
Hobbs, W.N. (William N.) (1830-1881) 40
Hodge, E.B. (Elliott Bernard) (1839-1893) 1
Hodges, Wallingford 2
Hoelke & Benecke 13
Holden, E.B. 1
Holley, J.F. 1
Holly, M.S. 1
Holmes 1
Holmes, William B. 2
Holt, Charles (b. 1837) 1
Holton and Robinson 1
Homon, C. 1
Hook, W.E. 11
Hoover, J.H. (J. Harry) (1842-1897) 2
Hope, J.D. (1846-1929) 36
Hopkins, C.H. 1
Horton, G.W. (George W.) 4
Hotchkiss, A.E. 4
Hovey, George L. 1
Hovey, John F. 2
Howard, A., Jr. 2
Howard, L.B. 16
Howard, S.W.S. 1
Howe, C.L. (Caleb L.) 7
Howe, C.L. & Son 1
Howell, William R. (d. 1890) 5
Hoyer, H. 1
Huffman, L.A. (Laton Alton) (1854-1931) 1
Hull, Chas. (Charles G.) 7
Hunold, F. 1
Huntington, C.J. (d. 1878) 2
Hurd & Smith's Excelsior Gallery 5
Hurd, L.F. 3
Hurn, J.W. (John White) (d. 1887) 2
I. & J.H. Palmer 8
Ide, D.T. (David T.) 4
Illingworth & McLeish 2
Illingworth, W.H. (William H.) (1842-1893) 46
Ingersoll, T.W. (Truman Ward) (1862-1922) 69
Ingraham 1
International Stereoscopic View Company 1
International View Co. 1
Irish, G.S. (George S.) 10
Irving, James E. (1818-1901) 10
Isaacs, A.C. (fl. 187-) 3
Ives, E.B. (Edwin Burke) (d. 1906) 4
J. Ward & Son (Firm) 3
J.A. Green & Son (Firm) 1
J.B. Clark 2
J.G. Mangold & Son 4
J.J. Little & Co. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1
J.L. & H.A. Jordan (Firm) 2
J.W. & J.S. Moulton 199
Jackson & Knight 2
Jackson Bros. (Omaha, Neb.) 2
Jackson, C., photographer 1
Jackson, William Henry (1843-1942) 213
Jacoby, W.H. (William H.) (1841-1905) 9
James Cremer & Co. 2
James W. Queen & Company 1
James, C.H. (Charles H.) 48
James, William E. 15
Jarvis, John F. 88
Jenkins, Harding 2
Jenney, J.A. (James A.) 55
Jennings, W.H. (William H.), photographer 2
Jernegan, E. (fl. 186--187-) 1
Johnson Gallery 4
Johnson, A.A. (Arthur A.) 2
Johnson, E.M. (Elbert M.) (1844-1910) 13
Johnson, Geo. G. (George G.), photographer 1
Johnson, Levi D. (1832-1905) 2
Johnson, N.G. 65
Johnson, T.H. (Thomas H.) (b. 1821) 2
Johnson, W.S. (fl. 185--189-) 1
Johnston, J.S. (John S.) 1
Jolly, D. 2
Jones, N.P. 1
Jones, O.M. 4
Jones, W.S., photographer 25
Jones, William (fl. ca. 187-) 1
Joslin & Phillips 2
Judd, C.S. (fl. 188-) 3
Judd, J.L. (Jesse L.) 3
Judd, M.E. (Myron E.) 5
Judkins, L.D. (Lorenzo Dow) (1833-1890) 3
Keen, L.W. 2
Keet, A.G. (Asahel Gunn) (1826-1888) 1
Kelley, J.C. 1
Kellogg, E.P. (Edwin P.) 20
Keniston, J.F. 1
Kennedy, J.F. 16
Kenney 1
Kenyon, F.P. (Franklin P.) (b. 1824) 2
Ketchum, W.G. (William G.) (b. 1843) 2
Keyes & Chiverton 1
Keystone View Company 42
Kilburn, B.W. (Benjamin West) (1827-1909) 446
Kilgore, H.L. (Henry L.) (b. 1841) 2
Kimball, A.W. 1
Kimball, H.A. (Howard A.) (1845-ca.1930) 20
Kimball, W.G.C. (Willis G.C.) (1843-1916) 13
King & Pearson 3
King, M.F. 34
Kinney, B.C. 1
Kinsey, Darius (1869-1945) 1
Kirk, H. 1
Kirkland, C.D. (Charles D.) (1851-1926) 2
Kitchell, George W. 1
Klauber, E. (Edward) (1836-1918) 7
Kleckner, M.A. (Moulton A.) (1844-1922) 87
Knapp & Marble's Photograph & Portrait Gallery 1
Knecht, R. (Reuben) (1826-1887) 6
Knight, W.M. (1841-1881) 4
Kreider, Chas. D. (Charles D.) 1
Kuester & Wyer 1
Kuykendall & Whitney 2
La Barre, I.D. 3
Labarre, I.D. 7
Lamberson & James' Fine Art Gallery 1
Lamprey, M.S. (Maurice S.) 12
Landon, S.C. (Seth C.) (b. 1825) 15
Lane, A. H. (Asa H.) (b. 1832) 34
Lane, Wm. V. (William V.) (1849-1903) 4
Langdon & Tallman 2
Langenheim, Frederick (1809-1879) 30
Langenheim, Loyd & Co. 71
Larkin, J.E. (John Edward) (1836-1924) 1
Latourette, A.V. 15
Launey & Goebel 4
Launey, A.R. 2
Law, G. 1
Lawrence, C.A. 3
Lawrence, Frank 11
Lea, George 1
LeBeau & Lavigueure 2
Leck, George H. 2
Lee, Chas. F. (Charles F.) (1843-1917) 1
Leedham, J.S. 10
Leeson, W.H. (William H.) 1
Lefavour, J.S. (John S.) (1831-1892) 11
Leidloff, H. (Herman) 1
Leonard & Martin 4
Leonard, J.H. 5
Lewis Emory Walker 1
Lewis, Edward (fl. 1860-1880) 6
Lewis, T. (Thomas R.) (d. 1901) 86
Libby, E.P. (Evelen Porter) (ca. 1830-1895) 6
Liebich's Art Gallery 14
Lilienthal, Theodore 15
Lindsey, Charles H. 1
Linn, J.B. 19
Liscomb, W.C. 8
Littler, J.C. 1
Lloyd (fl. 187-) 21
Lock, James G. (James Gardner) (1862-1938) 73
Locke & Robbins 4
Locke & Rogers 1
Locke, A.H. (Amos H.) (b. 1838) 2
Locke, E.F. 3
Lockwood & Ely 2
Lockwood, W.M. (William M.) 3
Loeffler, J. (John Jacob) (1834-1901) 103
Lombard, Wm. W. (William W.) 3
Long, W. 6
Loomis, E. 1
Loomis, F.E. 7
Lord, R.E. 10
Lovejoy, E. (Edward) 6
Lovell & Knowlton 5
Lovell, J.L. (John Lyman) (1825-1903) 88
Lucas, George L. (George Luzerne) (b. 1849) 1
Luck, T. 4
Ludwig, Frank, photographer 1
Luke, W.O. (Wellington O.) (b. 1847) 1
M. & H.W. Smith 2
M.E. Beckwith & Son (Firm) 1
M.M. & W.H. Gardner (Firm) 5
Macurdy, J.C. 1
Manchester Bros. 8
Mangold, J.G. (Jonas G.) (1826-1894) 12
Manville, C.B. 1
Marsh, C.M. 21
Marshall, A. 1
Marston & Prince 1
Marston, C.L. (1826-1895) 8
Martin, Alex (Alexander) (1841-1929) 22
Martin, F.T. 1
Martin, I.R. (Isaiah R.) 1
Mason, Samuel (Samuel J.), photographer 19
Masterson, E.P. 1
Mather & Lyon 12
Mather, H.S. (1836-1908) 1
Mather, J.A. (1829-1915) 5
Matthews, James (fl. ca. 187-) 2
Mayer, Adolph 1
Maynard 2
McAllister & Brother 13
McAllister, W.Y. (William Y.) 3
McClary, Charles F. 1
McColl, J.A. 4
McDonald, James A. 1
McFarland 1
McIntosh & Camp 1
McIntosh, A. (Ansel) 3
McIntosh, R.M. (b. 1823) 38
McIntyre, A.C. 75
McKernon, P.H. 9
McLellan, photographer 2
McMullin, S. (Samuel) 4
McPherson & Roloson 1
McPherson & Sons 5
McPherson, Roloson & Graves 1
Mead & Beard 1
Mears, J.F. 9
Meinerth, Carl 2
Melander and Henderson 1
Melander, L.M. 1
Mellen, George E. 1
Melven, L.B. 1
Menns, W.K. 1
Merrill, C.L. 1
Merrill, N.L. 1
Merriman, O.G. 4
Meske, Gilman & Rawson 2
Miller & Brown 1
Miller & Tankersly 2
Miller, H.H. 1
Miller, R.A. 8
Miller, William E. 1
Mills, H.A. 45
Minard, William E. 2
Mitchell, J.S. 7
Monroe, George H. --(Hibbard) (1851-1916) 25
Monroe, M.H. 2
Montano, A.A. 1
Moore, F.J. 21
Moore, George W. 10
Moore, J. Robert 65
Moore, J.W. 5
Moran & Storey 13
Moran, John (1831-1903) 73
Morehouse, M.A. 6
Morgan, N.D. (Nathan D.) 1
Morris, S. Hall 2
Morrow, Stanley J. 17
Morse & Fronti 17
Morse & McIntosh 5
Morse & Simmons 1
Morse, A.F. 8
Morse, S.R. 20
Morton, H.Q. 16
Mote Brothers 1
Mould, M. 1
Moulton & Dopp 4
Moulton, B.S. 1
Moulton, F.J. 1
Moulton, J.C. 25
Moulton, John S. (b. ca. 1820) 96
Mr. & Mrs. C.V.D. Cornell 6
Mugnier, George F. 19
Muhrman, C.H. 8
Mundy & Williams 4
Munger, A.P. 3
Munger, D.G. 10
Munson & McKay 1
Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904) 35
N.H. Hammond 8
Naramore, D.H. --(Davis Hamish) 1
Newberry, C.S. 1
Newell, R. (d. 1897) 26
Nichols, C.W. (Carlos W.) 11
Nickerson, G.H. (George Hathaway) (1835-1890) 51
Nims, F.A. (Franklin A.) 9
nman, William H., photographer 2
Noble, E.A. 3
Norman, Henry C. (1850-1913) 12
Norton, G.H. 1
Noss, H. 1
Notman, William (1826-1891) 18
Nowack, M. 27
Nye, J.L. 9
O'Sullivan, Timothy H. (1840-1882) 102
O’Sullivan, Timothy H. (1840-1882) 55
Oakley, A. Newton 4
Ober Brothers (Fernandina, Florida) 4
Ober, E.R. 14
Odiorne & Co. 2
Oldershaw, T.S. (Thomas S.) 1
Oldroyd, L.K. 8
Oldroyd, W.M. 2
Oliver, F.W. 1
Oliver, H.W. 1
Orvis, F.H. 1
Osborn, D.C. 3
Osgood, Henry W. 2
Osgood, Z.B. 9
Pach Brothers 6
Pach, G.W. (Gustavus W.) (1845-1904) 237
Page, W.F. (Wilbur F.) 1
Palace R.R. Photograph Car Co. 2
Palmer, A.A. 13
Palmer, C.A. 1
Palmer, J.H. (1836-1899) 1
Parker, Everett Edward 1
Parker, G.W. 2
Parker, J., Jr. 3
Parks, J.G. 5
Parlmer, C.W. 1
Parlow, Geo. F. 1
Patch, J.K. 1
Pattee, H.M. 1
Patterson, J.B. 1
Patterson, U.H. 1
Peabody, Edwin N. 20
Pease, Charles H. 1
Pease, F . O. 1
Pease, N.W. (Nathan W.) (1836-1918) 267
Peck Brothers 4
Peck, A. 1
Peck, H.S. (Henry S.) 8
Peebles, O.M. 2
Pendergast Brothers 1
Perkins & Lefavour 2
Perrigo, O.M. 1
Perry & Bohm 1
Perry Mason & Co. 1
Phelps, George C. 5
Phillips & Warren 1
Phillips, Harry 2
Phillips, J. 2
Pierron, Geo. (George) (b. 1816) 22
Pine Bros. 2
Pittman, J.A.W. 3
Platt, A.C. 2
Platt, S.L. 2
Plimpton 9
Plimpton & Ruggles 2
Pollock, Charles (1832-1910) 27
Pond, C.L. (Charles L.) 28
Pond, F.L. 3
Poole, R. (Rodney) (1837-) 5
Popkins, B.F. 3
Porter, J.R. 1
Powers, J.D. 1
Pratt, D.C. (Dewitt C.) 1
Prescott & White 40
Prescott, D.K. 1
Pressey & Hodge 2
Preston, James E. (Esson) 1
Preston, William G. 11
Procter Brothers 63
Proctor, G.K. 29
Prudden, B.E. 1
Purviance 2
Purviance (New York, N.Y.) 3
Purviance Photo 1
Purviance, W.T. (William T.) 262
Putnam, George T., 1851- 13
Putnam, S.A. 3
R. Rive 1
R. Ruehlman & Co. 2
R.B. Lewis 1
R.M. & J.B. Linn 1
RA Miller 1
Ragan & Shannon 10
Rand & Bird 2
Rand & Latto 2
Randall & Whiteman 5
Ranger & Austen 2
Ransom, H. 4
Rau, William Herman (1855-1920) 21
Rawson, D.W.S. (d. 1869) 2
Recher, E.M. (Elias M.) (1828-1887) 6
Record & Epler 4
Reed & McKenney 5
Reed, D.T. 12
Reed, H.J. 4
Reed, J.H. 2
Reed, S.C. 35
Reid, J. Jefferson 8
Reid, John, II (1835-1911) 4
Reiff & Arenson 1
Reilly, John James (1839-1894) 32
Rice, D.S. 3
Rich, J.E. 1
Richardson Bros. 1
Richardson, L.A. 2
Richardson, T.G. (Thomas G.) 19
Richardson, W.T. 4
Rideout & McFadden 1
Rider, J.A. 1
Rinehart, F.A. (Frank A.) 9
Ripple Bros. 1
Ritton, E.D. (Edward D.) 6
Robbins, Frank (1846-) 23
Roberts, D.H. (fl. ca. 1860s) 4
Roberts, H.L. 3
Robinson, Frank P. 1
Robinson, Godfrey Clive 11
Robinson, H.N. 2
Roblin, Frank F. 10
Roche, T.C. 109
Rockwood and Co. 1
Rogers, A.A. 2
Rogers, C.H. 35
Rogers, Early 2
Rogers, I.L. 4
Rogers, John S.E. 15
Rogers, S. 2
Rollins, E.G. 15
Roloson 1
Rominger, J.T. 1
Rood, F.M. 1
Root, Samuel (1819-1889) 47
Rose, P.H. 10
Rose, R.H. (Royal Hunting) 2
Rossiter, H.J. 1
Rothengatter & Dillon 2
Rumsey, H.D. (fl. 187-) 4
Russell, photographer 2
Russell, R.J. 1
Rust, T.D. 2
Rutherford & Co. 2
Ryan, D.J. (1837-) 44
Ryder's Photographic Landscapes 2
S.S. Vose & Co. 7
S.S. Vose & Son 4
S.T. Davenport & Son 3
San Antonio View Co. 5
Sanborn, N.C. 2
Sanderson, I.H. (Isaac H.) (1833-1891) 2
Sanftleben, John 1
Sargent, F.V. 2
Savage, C.R. (Charles Roscoe) (1832-1909) 73
Sawtelle, E.E. (Edward E.) 11
Schadde, P. Joseph 5
Schaub, J.L. 9
Schaub, J.T. 15
Scholfield, E.A. (Everett Augustus) (1843-1930 ) 1
Scholten, J.A. (1829-1886) 3
Schurch & Co. 2
Scidmore 1
Scofield, C.H. 14
Scripture, G.H. (George H.) (1839-1929) 30
Scripture, J.C. (John Calvin) (1808-1929) 2
Seaver, C. (Charles) 69
Seely, Walter Fredrick 1
Seward, H.W. (H. Walton) (d. 1871) 21
Shackford, A.W. 5
Shanahan, W.T. 1
Sharp, P.T. 2
Shaw & Chamberlain 2
Shaw & Lord 14
Shaw, J.W. 2
Shaw, L.D. 1
Shay, G.B. 3
Sheldon, K.T. (King T.) 7
Shepherd, C.F. 2
Sherburne, A. P. (Alden P.) 1
Sherman, W.H. 19
Shumway, H.L. 10
Shute, R.G. 28
Simon, A.W. 12
Simons, M.P. (Montgomery P.) 3
Simpson, photographer (fl. ca. 1880s) 6
Sinclair, James 15
Singley, B.L. (Benjamin Lloyd) 143
Sission, G.R. 1
Skinner 2
Skinner, F.A. 2
Slee Bros. 12
Smillie, T.W. (Thomas William) (1843-1917) 50
Smith & Sayles 3
Smith, D.E. (fl. 1860-1890) 3
Smith, Edward F. 6
Smith, George, photographer (fl. ca. 1871) 5
Smith, H.G. 8
Smith, R.H. (Rollin H.) 5
Smith, S.B. 1
Smith, Washington G. (1828-1893) 43
Smith, William Morris 2
Soule Photograph Company 1
Soule, John P. (1827-1904) 836
Spafard, E. 7
Sparhawk, L.T. (Luther T.) 2
Spooner, J. Pitcher (John Pitcher) (1845-1917) 3
St. Joachim 1
Stacey, C.A. 2
Stacy, G. (George) 11
Staniford, G.E. 3
Stanton, I.B. 1
Stark & Horton 13
Stauffer, William H. 10
Stebbins, A.B. 1
Stereo Photo Co. 1
Sterro-Photo Co. 1
Sterry 1
Stiff, C.W. (Charles W.) 1
Stiles & Bach 1
Stoddard, Seneca Ray (1844-1917) 245
Stone & Company (Firm) 1
Stone, N.L. 4
Storer & Reed 2
Storey, J. 2
Storrs, J.W. (John W.) 11
Strohmeyer & Wyman 8
Styles, A.F. (Adin French) (1832-1910) 103
Sumner's Gallery 1
Susong, Joseph D. 2
Swain, E.C. 1
Swan, W.H. 1
Swasey, H.J. 1
Sweeny 1
Sweeny, Thomas T. 17
Sweeny's Photographic Landscapes 10
Sweet, J.L. 5
Taber, I.W. (Isaiah West) (1830-1912) 2
Taft, Frank M. (Frank Miller) (1851-) 2
Taft, P.W. 21
Talbot, C.W. 5
Tallman, C.W. (1833 - 1896) 3
Taylor, George W. 1
Taylor, S.M. 1
Taylor, T.W. (Thomas W.) (1838-1904) 1
Tebbetts, G.H. (fl. 1872-1890) 3
Tennant, P.W. (fl. 1877-1879) 4
Tenney, Charles A. 2
Terhune, A.D. 1
Thayer, L.E. 4
Thomalen, E.A. 2
Thomas Houseworth & Co. 10
Thomas, G.S. 4
Thomas, William C. (fl ca. 1880) 3
Thompson -- photographer 1
Thompson & Atwood 2
Thompson, W.C. 9
Thomson, J. (John) (1837-1921) 3
Thorn, G. 4
Thorne, G.W. (George W.) 2
Thum, M. (Mandeville) 33
Thurlow, J. (1831-1878) 59
Tice, A. Wurts 1
Tinkham, A. 1
Tipton, William H. (1850-1929) 33
Tirrell, George W. 14
Tomlinson, C. (fl. 1874-1890) 19
Tooker, T.D. (b. 1833) 9
Totherick, E. 33
Tousley, H.S. (1825-1895) 11
Towle, S. (Simon) 31
Townsend, A.C. 2
Townsend, C.H. (1859-1944 ) 1
Trask & Birth 1
Trask, M.G. (Manly G.) (1836-1919) 3
Trenham, N.J. 1
Trowbridge & Jennings 3
Tucker & Perkins 1
Tucker, W.M. 5
Turner, A.M. 6
Turpin, Earle 2
Tuttle, W.C. (William C.) 14
Tyler, A.D., Jr. 1
U.S. Stereoscopic Co. 6
Udall, Horace D. 1
Udell, H.D. 2
Underwood & Underwood 31
Union View and Copying Co 1
Union View Co. 21
Upton, B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818 or 1824-after 1901) 81
Usher, John, Jr. 14
Vail Bros. 3
Vail, J.G. (James Gardner) (1842-1929) 7
Van Aken, E.M. (Elisha M.) 3
Van Ness 3
Van Wagner 22
Vanderwarker & Nally 3
Veeder, Aaron 52
Vermont Stereoscopic Company 7
Vose & Paul 2
W. Grundy? 1
W.A. Prescott & Co. 4
W.D. Fay & Co. 11
W.H. Jackson & Co. 42
Waite, E.O. 1
Wakely, G.D. 84
Wakeman, J.H. 3
Waldack, Charles 70
Walker, Jonathan A. 1
Walker, L.E. (1826-1916) 9
Walzl, Richard 23
Ward, H.D. 10
Ward, Joseph 1
Wardner, W.G. 1
Warner, Milan P. 52
Warren, Joseph H. 11
Warren, Joseph W. 30
Wasgatt, L. (Lycurgus) 1
Washburn, George L. 14
Watkins, Carleton E. (1829-1916) 191
Weaver, P.S. 2
Weaver, W.H. 6
Webber, H.L. 13
Weber Bros. 1
Webster & Albee 27
Webster, A.G. 2
Webster, E.Z. 6
Webster, J.N. (Joseph N.) (1838-1920) 16
Webster, William T. 1
Weed, Charles L. 18
Weeks, J. 11
Weil, P.F. (Peter F.) 3
Weitfle, Charles (1836-1921) 80
Weller, F.G. (Franklin G.), (1833-1877) 64
Wendt, Julius 2
West & Waddell 4
West, J. 1
Weston, Frank C. 2
Wetmore, August, Jr. 6
Wheeler, D.N. (Dansford Noble) (1841-1909) 2
Wheeler, F.W. 1
Wheeler, W.S. 1
Wheeler's Art Gallery 1
Whitaker, G.C. 5
Whitcomb, I.A. 3
White, Franklin (1813-1870) 16
White, Isaac 6
White, Luther (d. 1936) 1
White, T.E.M. 17
White, W.S. (Wallace S.) (1842-1921) 2
Whiting View Company 2
Whiting, R.R. 1
Whitley, J.H. 7
Whitney & Beckwith 2
Whitney & Zimmerman 59
Whitney, Beckwith & Paradice 25
Whitney, J.E. (Joel Emmons) (1822-1886) 3
Whitney's Gallery 4
Whittemore, A.J. 12
Wiggins, Silas T. (1831-1908) 1
Wight, Edward N. 4
Wildey, O.H. 3
Wiley, E. 1
Wilkins, J. 5
Wilkins, O.E. 1
Wilkinson, O.R. 9
Willard, O.H. 1
William Allderige & Son 7
William M. Chase 401
William S. Robbins & Co. 54
Williams, C.C. 2
Williams, J.A. 1
Williams, J.H. 29
Williams, Joshua Appleby 81
Williams, L.B. (1833-1907 ) 7
Williams, William A. (fl. 187-) 2
Wilson & Davis 2
Wilson & Havens 23
Wilson, David W. 12
Wilson, J.N. (Jerome Nelson) (1827-1897 ) 97
Wilson, William E. (d. 1905) 1
Wiltse, G.G. 1
Winder, J.W. 2
Windsor's Photographic House 8
Wing, S. (Simon) (1826-1906) 1
Wires, W.M. 2
Witte, W.F. 7
Wittick, Ben (1845-1903) 13
Wolcott, U.E. 2
Wood & Bickel 15
Woodward & Son 30
Woodward Stereoscopic Co. 2
Woodward, C.W. (Charles Warren) 44
Woodward, G.W. 7
Worden, N.R. (Nicholas R.) 10
Worthley, W.E.G. 2
Wright, B.L. 3
Wyer, Henry Sherman (1847-1920) 11
Young, C.P. (Charles P.) 1
Young, E.J. 26
Zahner, M.H. 1
Zimmerman, Charles A. (1844-1909) 79
Ashmead Bros. 1
Bergquest & Johnson 1
Cremer, James (1821-1893) 7
Davis, James M. 7
J.A. Pierce and Co. 1
James S. Earle & Sons 22
Judd & Rugg 1
Muller Bros. 1
Quaker Oats Company 5
Singley, B.L. (Benjamin Lloyd) 1
Warner, Amos M. 1
Wing & Bush 1
Agriculture Department 1
Battle of 50
Boston 297
Bridge 1
Calif. 295
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etc 16
etc. 1
Ford's Theatre 1
George 21
Gulf of 4
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litigation 1
Mass. 297
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the (Calif.) 71
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African Americans 100
African Americans -- Domestic life -- Georgia -- 1890-1899 1
African Americans -- Men 11
African Americans -- Women 2
Agaves 18
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Agricultural laborers 7
Agricultural machinery industry 1
Aiken (S.C.) 8
Alameda County (Calif.) 14
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Albany (N.Y.) 90
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Alexandria (Va.) 1
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Alien laborers 2
Allées 22
Allegheny Mountains 177
Allegrippus (Pa.) 1
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Alligators 23
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Altars 24
Altoona (Pa.) 37
Amador County (Calif.) 3
Amherst (Mass.) 87
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Ammonoosuc River (N.H.) 22
Amsterdam (N.Y.) 1
Amusement piers 7
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Amusements 1
Anacostia River (Md. and Washington, D.C.) 14
Anastasia Island (Fla.) 15
Andersonville (Ga.) 1
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Anesthesia 4
Angel Island (Calif.) 2
Angels 3
Anglican churches 1
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Animal feeding 1
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Animal teams 5
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Ann 130
Ann Arbor (Mich.) 5
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Announcing 1
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Antiquities & archaelogical sites 1
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Apache Indians 4
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Aqueducts 17
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Architectural & site components 6
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Arenas 13
Arlington (Jacksonville, Fla.) 2
Arlington (Va.) 106
Armchairs 1
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Artists at work 3
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Asbury Park (N.J.) 106
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Atlanta (Ga.) 30
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Bathing 2
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Beaches 256
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Bears 5
Beaufort County (S.C.) 18
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Boathouses 38
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Boston (Mass.) 1540
Boston Common (Boston, Mass.) 158
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Boulder County (Colo.) 27
Boulders 79
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Brattleboro (Vt.) 37
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Brevard County (Fla.) 2
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Bricklayers 3
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Bridge construction 210
Bridge failures 12
Bridgeport (Conn.) 28
Bridges 465
Bristol County (Mass.) 12
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Broadway (New York, N.Y.) 209
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.) 21
Bronze doors 3
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) 351
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) 175
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- 1870-1879 2
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) 45
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Buffalo (N.Y.) 65
Buffaloes 1
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Building dedications 2
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Bumppo 2
Bunker Hill 40
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Burlington (Vt.) 26
Burlington (Wis.) 1
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Cable railroads 12
Cactus 21
Cadets 9
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Cambridge (Mass.) 70
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Campaigns and battles 1
Camps 32
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Canal-boats 2
Canals 24
Canandaigua (N.Y.) 2
Canandaigua Lake (N.Y.) 1
Candelabras 1
Canneries 2
Cannon balls 38
Cannons 52
Canopies 11
Canopy beds 2
Cans 1
Canterbury (N.H.) 1
Canyons 1518
Cape Cod (Mass.) 56
Cape Disappointment State Park (Wash.) 1
Cape Horn (Wash.) 4
Cape May (N.J.) 23
Capes (Coasts) 14
Capital and capitol 501
Capitalists & financiers 1
Capitals (Cities) 2
Capitals (Columns) 2
Capitol Rotunda (United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.) 5
Capitols 603
Capote Band of Ute Indians 8
Card games 6
Cardiff giant 1
Carding 1
Cargo ships 2
Carlisle (Pa.) 12
Carriage and wagon making 1
Carriages & coaches 283
Carroll County (N.H.) 42
Cartagena (Colombia) 10
Carts & wagons 238
Casa Grande National Monument (Ariz.) 2
Casco Bay (Me.) 29
Cass River (Mich.) 3
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Catawissa Creek (Pa.) 20
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Cathedrals 46
Catholic churches 33
Catholic institutions 2
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Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) 346
Cattle 11
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Cattle herding 1
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Cauldrons 9
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Caves 175
Cazenovia (N.Y.) 18
Cedar Key (Fla.) 2
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Cedar Rapids (Iowa) 3
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Cells (Rooms) 1
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Centennial celebrations 63
Center Harbor (N.H.) 44
Centerville (Mass.) 1
Central City (Colo.) 19
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Central Park (New York, N.Y.) 1023
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Chabot 1
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Champlain 12
Chancels 3
Chandeliers 65
Chapels 17
Charcoal making 3
Charitable organizations 3
Charles River (Mass.) 17
Charleston (S.C.) 147
Charlestown (Boston, Mass.) 115
Charlotte (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
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Chautauqua County (N.Y.) 1
Chautauqua Lake (N.Y.) 18
Chelly 1
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Chenango County (N.Y.) 2
Cheshire County (N.H.) 22
Chester County (Pa.) 2
Chesterfield (N.H.) 1
Cheyenne (Wyo.) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 802
Chicago River (Ill.) 2
Chickens 4
Chickies Rock County Park (Pa.) 2
Chicks 1
Child care workers 1
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Child laborers 11
Children -- Clothing & dress -- 1880-1889 1
Children -- Clothing & dress -- United States -- 1880-1889 2
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Children and adults 3
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Chimney sweeps 2
Chimneys 14
Chinatown (New York, N.Y.) 2
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Chittenango (N.Y.) 1
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Christian communities 12
Christian Springs (Pa.) 2
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Churches 420
Cigar industry 2
Cincinnati (Ohio) 97
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Cities & towns 76
City & town halls 100
City Hall Park (New York, N.Y.) 10
City halls 37
City walls 54
Clambakes 4
Clarkstown (N.Y.) 1
Classrooms 5
Clay industries 1
Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.) 69
Clearing of land 1
Cleveland (Ohio) 74
Cliff dwellings 4
Cliffs 316
Clifton (Bristol, England) 1
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Clinton (N.Y.) 32
Clinton County (Pa.) 1
Clock towers 15
Clocks & watches 6
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Clotheslines -- Arkansas 1
Clothing & dress 117
Clouds 16
Coach drivers 8
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Coal miners 7
Coal mining 37
Coastlines 13
Coatesville (Pa.) 3
Cobblestone streets 29
Coconut plantations 11
Coconuts 10
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Coenties Slip (New York, N.Y.) 3
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Coffee industry 1
Coffee plants 1
Cofferdams 3
Coffered ceilings 2
Cohoes (N.Y.) 1
Coke industry 2
Cold 2
Cold Spring (N.Y.) 6
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Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) 6
Geneva (N.Y.) 1
George 250
Georgetown (Colo.) 33
Georgetown (Mass.) 27
Georgetown (S.C.) 2
Gettysburg (Pa.) 94
Geyser Canyon (Calif.) 1
Geysers 108
Giant sequoia 2
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Gilmanton (N.H.) 2
Giraffes 1
Girard (Pa.) 10
Girders 2
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Glaciers 2
Glass industry 3
Glens Falls (N.Y.) 41
Gloucester (Mass.) 61
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Goat carts 20
Goats 5
Gold miners 23
Gold mining 49
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Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.) 17
Gordon (Pa.) 1
Gorges 28
Gorham (N.H.) 3
Goshen (N.Y.) 1
Goverment relations 2
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Grain elevators 6
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Grand County (Colo.) 2
Grand Rapids (Mich.) 17
Grandstands 8
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Granite quarrying 1
Grapevines 10
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Great Fire 398
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Greensboro (N.C.) 26
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Grinding 1
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Grotesques 1
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Gunnison (Colo.) 1
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Haida Indians 3
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Hanalei (Hawaii) 1
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Harlem River (N.Y.) 10
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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 55
Harrisburg (Pa.) 16
Hartford (Conn.) 102
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Harvest festivals 1
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Havana (N.Y.) 73
Haverhill (Mass.) 53
Hawaiians 2
Hawley (Pa.) 3
Hay 7
Haymarket Square (Boston, Mass.) 9
Haystacks 2
Haywards (Calif.) 3
Hazleton (Pa.) 6
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Health aspects 2
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Hedges (Plants) 6
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Herkimer (N.Y.) 2
Hermitages 3
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Holliston (Mass.) 23
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Homer (N.Y.) 2
Homes & haunts 1
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Honesdale (Pa.) 1
Honolulu (Hawaii) 4
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Hunting 10
Hunting dogs 1
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Huntingdon County (Pa.) 12
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Hurricanes 6
Huts 24
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Ice floes 4
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Icebergs 4
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Indian interpreters 2
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Jackson (N.H.) 7
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Jason (Greek mythology) 1
Jefferson (N.H.) 58
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Jewelers 2
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Johnstown (Pa.) 197
Joplin (Mo.) 1
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Jupiter (Fla.) 6
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Kachinas 1
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Kiowa Indians 2
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Landscape architecture facilities 157
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Locks (Hydraulic engineering) 20
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Loggers 15
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Long Beach (N.Y.) 1
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Longshoremen 7
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Looms 6
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Loxahatchee River (Fla.) 1
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Lumber camps 14
Lumber industry 93
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TopCoder problem "CountriesRanklist" used in SRM 270 (Division I Level One , Division II Level Three)
An unnamed international contest just finished. There were exactly four contestants from each of the participating countries. During the contest each of the contestants achieved a non-negative integer score (the higher, the better). The contestants were sorted according to their scores and the first part of the overall results (i.e., the best few contestants) was announced during the final ceremony. The organizers of the contest decided not to publish the remaining, lower part of the results.
In the Countries Ranklist the countries are ordered (in decreasing order) by the total score of their four contestants. If two or more countries have the same score, they are tied for the best place from the corresponding interval, and the places of the lower ranked countries remain unaffected. For example, if the total scores of countries A, B, C and D are 100, 90, 90 and 80, respectively, then B and C are tied for second place, and D is fourth. For further clarification, see examples 2 and 4.
A String[] knownResults will represent the published part of the results, with each of the elements describing one of the announced contestants. The elements have the form "COUNTRY CONTESTANT SCORE", where COUNTRY is the name of the country, CONTESTANT is the name of the contestant and SCORE is his score.
Your task will be to compute the best and the worst possible placement in the Countries Ranklist for each of the participating countries. You shall assume that from each country at least one contestant was announced and that all contestants not in the available part of the results scored strictly less than the worst contestant in the available part of rankings. (For example, if the worst announced contestant scored 47 points, then each of the not announced contestants from each of the participating countries could have scored at most 46 points.)
You are to return a String[] with one element for each country. The form of each element must be "COUNTRY BEST WORST", where COUNTRY is the name of the country, BEST and WORST are the best and the worst position this country could possibly have in the Countries Ranklist. Order this list so that the country names are given in alphabetical order. Note that country names are case sensitive, and that in alphabetical order all uppercase letters come before lowercase letters. The numbers BEST and WORST mustn't contain leading zeroes.
Class: CountriesRanklist
Method: findPlaces
Parameters: String[]
Method signature: String[] findPlaces(String[] knownPoints)
(be sure your method is public)
- All scores (even the unknown ones) are non-negative integers.
- knownResults contains between 1 and 50 elements, inclusive.
- Each of the elements in knownResults is of the form "COUNTRY CONTESTANT SCORE".
- Each COUNTRY and CONTESTANT in knownResults are strings containing between 1 and 10 letters ('a'-'z', 'A'-'Z').
- For each country knownResults contains at most 4 contestants.
- Each SCORE in knownResults is an integer between 1 and 600, inclusive, with no leading zeroes.
{"Poland Krzysztof 101", "Ukraine Evgeni 30", "Ukraine Ivan 24"}
Returns: {"Poland 1 1", "Ukraine 2 2" }
The worst announced contestant is Ivan with 24 points. Each of the contestants that weren't announced had to score strictly less, i.e., at most 23 points. Thus the total score of Ukraine is at most 30+24+23+23 = 100 and Poland surely wins.
{"Poland Krzysztof 100", "CzechRep Martin 30", "CzechRep Jirka 25"}
Returns: {"CzechRep 1 2", "Poland 1 2" }
This time, if the two missing Czech competitors scored 24 points each (and the remaining three from Poland scored 0), Czech Republic could still win. Note the order in which the countries are reported in the output.
{"Slovakia Marian 270", "Hungary Istvan 24", "Poland Krzysztof 100",
"Hungary Gyula 30", "Germany Tobias 27", "Germany Juergen 27"}
Returns: {"Germany 2 4", "Hungary 2 4", "Poland 2 2", "Slovakia 1 1" }
This is an interesting case. Slovakia is sure to win, and Poland is sure to be second. But it is possible that Germany, Hungary and Poland have an equal total score of 100. In this case they are all tied for second place.
{"usa Jack 14", "USA Jim 10", "USA Jim 10", "USA Jim 10",
"USA Jim 10", "usa Jack 14", "usa Jack 14", "Zimbabwe Jack 10"}
Returns: {"USA 2 2", "Zimbabwe 3 3", "usa 1 1" }
Case matters, "USA" and "usa" are two different countries. Contestant names don't matter, i.e., from "USA" there are four different contestants, all named "Jim".
{"A a 9", "A b 9", "A c 9", "A d 9",
"B e 9", "B f 9", "B g 8", "B h 8",
"C i 9", "C j 9", "C k 9", "C l 7",
"D m 1", "D n 1", "D o 1", "D p 1"}
Returns: {"A 1 1", "B 2 2", "C 2 2", "D 4 4" }
All results have been announced, so everything is clear. A is first, B and C are tied for second, and D is fourth.
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Willie Nelson will resume tour next month
topdid.com August 9, 2019
Willie Nelson announced Wednesday he needed to cancel his tour because of a ‘breathing problem.’ But a day later he said on Twitter that he’s feeling better and his tour will resume on Sept. 6 in Gilford, N.H. (Richard Shotwell/Invision via AP)
Willie Nelson, who cancelled upcoming concerts over a health issue earlier this week, now says he’ll resume his tour next month.
The 86-year-old country singer announced Wednesday that he needed to cancel his tour because of a “breathing problem.” But a day later he said on Twitter that he’s feeling better and his tour will resume on Sept. 6 in Gilford, N.H.
Update: Willie is resting and feeling better. The tour will resume on September 6 in Gilford, NH. Thanks to all the fans for the continued https://t.co/o5mhKA6CnE
—@WillieNelson
In addition to resuming his tour, Nelson will also perform at the Farm Aid concert with John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Neil Young and Bonnie Raitt on Sept. 21.
This was not the first time Nelson has cancelled shows. He cancelled his appearance at the Outlaw Music Festival due to illness last summer. He also was forced to cancel several dates in 2018.
topdid.com July 3, 2019
Opposition to oil sponsorships in the arts spreads in London
topdid.com April 21, 2018
Vern Troyer, known for role in Austin Powers, dead at 49
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Ohio State Men Take Over No. 1 Spot in ITA Division I Rankings; 2017 ITA Men's Hall of Fame Class Announced; BNP Paribas Challenge Underway in Indian Wells
New ITA Division I team rankings are out, and Virginia's stay at No. 1 is over for now, with Ohio State claiming the top spot. The ITA rankings, now done by computer, do not care that Virginia beat Ohio State 4-1 in the National Team Indoor Championships final last week. The algorithm used is based on wins over ranked teams, and Ohio State's victory over No. 10 Florida last week pushed them to No. 1, with Virginia not playing this past week. The Cavaliers are not scheduled for a dual match again until March 18th, so they may feel effects from that, but perversely, their win over Ohio State now becomes even better with Ohio State now No. 1, so Virginia could end up back on top next week.
Taking early season rankings seriously, especially those done by the computer, is unwise; I would venture to guess that the USTA poll tomorrow will still have Virginia at No. 1, which is the advantage of having human beings involved in those alternative rankings.
On the women's side, Florida maintains its position at No. 1, no doubt helped by playing and beating two Top 10 teams in the weekend following their Indoor title. Georgia Tech, who beat Georgia and Florida State over the weekend, moved into the Top 10 for the first time, and Cal moved back in after beating USC and UCLA over the weekend.
No individual rankings were released today. To see the full list of team rankings, click on the headings below.
Men's Team Top 10: (previous ranking in parentheses)
1. Ohio State (2)
2. Virginia (1
3. Wake Forest(3)
4. Oklahoma (5)
5. Oklahoma State (8)
6. North Caroline (4)
7. Cal (6)
8. Texas (7)
9. Michigan (9)
10. USC (12)
Women's Team Top 10:
1. Florida (1)
3. North Carolina (3)
5. Georgia Tech (11)
6. Auburn (8)
7. Cal (18)
8. Texas Tech (5)
9. Pepperdine (12)
10. Duke (17)
The ITA also announced the 2017 Men's Hall of Fame Class, with five inductees: coaches Francis Baxter(Central Oklahoma) and Bill Otta(Saddleback College), players James Blake(Harvard) and Matias Boeker(Georgia) and contributor Nick Bollettieri. There was no induction class last year, and especially with skipping a year, this class is a small one. For complete bios of the inductees, who will be honored at the NCAAs in Athens in May, see the ITA website.
The BNP Paribas Challenge, a prequalifying event for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, began today, with draws bigger than ever this year. Although the website says the draws are 128, the men's is actually a 256 draw, albeit with many byes. The winner receives a qualifying wild card into the Premier/Masters event, with the finalist also often receiving one as well. Last year Nick Meister and Taylor Townsend were the winners. Seeding is apparently done using ATP and WTA rankings with 21 women and 14 men receiving seeds. I believe there's a mistake in seeding Kaptan Kaster, who never has had an ATP singles ranking according to the ATP and ITF websites. His ranking is in doubles, which probably shouldn't be used here. I blame the confusing ATP site for that error.
The top 8 seeds:
1. Lucia Hradecka
2. Sonya Kenin (finalist last year)
3. Sesil Karatancheva
4. Jennifer Elie
5. Michelle Larcher de Brito
6. Jovana Jaksic
7. Maria Sanchez
8. Hanna Chang
Also seeded in the women's draw are US juniors Caroline Dolehide, Claire Liu and Allie Sanford.
1. Marcos Giron
2. Michael Geerts
3. Evan Song
4. Clay Thompson
5. Sergey Betov
6. Benjamin Hannestad
7. David Nguyen
8. Farzin Amiri
UCLA recruit Keegan Smith is the only US teen seeded.
The complete list of seeds is here. The women's draw is here. The men's draw is here.
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Labels: College Tennis, ITA, Pro Events
Bryde, Johnson Top ITF Grade 1 International Spring Championships Acceptances; Anisimova Advances to Second Round in Brazil $25K
Trent Bryde and Taylor Johnson head the acceptances for next month's ITF Grade 1 International Spring Championships in Carson California, with strong fields expected for both boys and girls. The tournament is a week earlier than usual, with the main draw March 20-26th for the 18s. The 16s finals are usually on Saturday, which would mean the 25th this year, but the fact sheet currently shows the 26th as the end date for the 16s. Registration is still open for the 16s, until tomorrow, Tuesday February 28th. See the tournament's new website to register.
The 18s registration closed last week, with most of the top US juniors participating. The ISC and the Easter Bowl are huge tournaments for those who want to play the junior slams this summer, and the ITF Junior Masters, which conflicted the past two years has been moved to the fall, eliminating that scheduling problem.
The US girls in the ITF Top 10 --No. 2 Kayla Day, the defending champion, 2016 finalist Claire Liu, ranked tenth, and semifinalist Amanda Anisimova, ranked No. 4--are not participating, but the depth of the US girls now still makes for an impressive group. In addition to Taylor Johnson, ranked 16th, are six more Top 50 girls: Sofia Sewing[22], Whitney Osuigwe[23], Caty McNally[25], Ellie Douglas[26], Natasha Subhash[29] and Hailey Baptiste[50]. Carson Branstine, who is showing as Canadian now on the acceptance list, is entered, as is Emiliana Arango of Colombia, who just won the Grade B1 in South America yesterday.
In addition to No. 11 Bryde, the US boys in the Top 50 entered are Oliver Crawford[17], Gianni Ross[22], 2016 finalist Sam Riffice [24], Danny Thomas[31], Brian Cernoch[47], Patrick Kypson[49] and Alafia Ayeni[50]. Vasil Kirkov is the only US boy in the Top 50 not entered.
Top international players entered include Florida recruit Duarte Vale of Portugal, ranked 16th, and Toru Horie of Japan, ranked 32nd.
The complete entry lists can be found at the ITF junior website.
After Amanda Anisimova won the Grade A Porto Alegre title in Brazil two weeks ago, she stayed in the country for this week's $25,000 ITF Women's Circuit event. Because she is just 15, she has not played many professional events; she won a US Open women's qualifying match last August and two qualifying matches in Midland's $100K this month, but that's been it until Brazil, where she won two qualifying matches without dropping a game, then beat Victoria Bosio of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 in the opening round of the main draw today for her first professional main draw victory.
As an IMG client, Anisimova is likely to receive at least a qualifying wild card into the Miami Open, which is the same weeks as the International Spring Championships and Easter Bowl.
Labels: International Tournaments, Pro Circuit
Emory Defends D-III Men's Team Indoor Title; Andreescu Tops Day in Rancho Santa Fe Final; Sock Wins Delray Beach Title via Walkover
2017 ITA Division III Men's Team Indoor Champions Emory
Top seed and defending champion Emory claimed its seventh ITA Division III Men's Team Indoor title this morning in Cleveland, defeating No. 3 seed Chicago 5-1.
The Eagles had not looked good in doubles in the quarterfinals or semifinals, dropping two of the three doubles points to both Trinity and Carnegie Mellon. But, as they had done the 2016 final between the two teams, Emory swept the doubles, getting the third point by winning a tiebreaker at line 1 and Chicago was in a nearly hopeless position heading into singles. Emory got wins at line 1, from Aman Manji and line 3 from Adrien Bouchet to take a 5-0 lead and clinch the match. After Nicholas Chua collected Chicago's only point with a win at line 2, the remaining matches were abandoned.
Emory has now won seven championships in the 17-year history of the event. The ITA recap, which includes a highlight video, can be found here.
In other notable college tennis results today, the second-ranked Ohio State men defeated No. 10 Florida 4-1 in Gainesville, with the Gators point coming in the doubles competition. The last two NCAA women's champions, Vanderbilt and reigning champion Stanford, met in Palo Alto today, with Stanford winning 4-3, with Emily Arbuthnott winning a third-set tiebreaker at line 5 over fellow freshman Emma Kurtz.
Rain was a problem at the $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit event in Rancho Santa Fe California, but it didn't prove disruptive to 16-year-old Bianca Andreescu of Canada, who defeated top seed Kayla Day 6-4, 6-1. The championship match's start was delayed and there were several interruptions of play, but Andreescu took full advantage of Day's poor serving to avenge her US Open Junior Championships semifinal loss. It's Andreescu's second title, both coming at the $25,000 level.
At the $15,000 Futures in Indian Harbour Beach Florida, No. 4 seed Andrea Collarini took the title, beating No. 8 seed Corentin Dennolly of France 7-5, 7-6(6). Collarini, who reached the final in last week's Futures in Orlando, had needed three sets to take out Dennolly in the first round there.
At the ATP 250 in Delray Beach, Jack Sock won his third career ATP title and second this year when top seed Milos Raonic of Canada gave him a walkover in the final. Raonic is said to have a hamstring injury. Sock should move to a career-high ranking of 18 with the title. The doubles title went to No. 2 seeds Rajeev Ram(Illinois) and Raven Klaasen of South Africa, who beat No. 3 seeds Treat Huey(Virginia) and Max Mirnyi 7-5, 7-5 in the final.
Qualifying is still going on at the ATP and WTA combined events in Acapulco, but Jennifer Brady, Jamie Loeb and Stefan Kozlov have all earned their places in the main draw.
At the Grade B1 in South America, Thiago Seyboth Wild of Brazil[6] defeated Axel Geller of Argentina[7] 6-4, 7-6(3) to take the boys singles title. The girls singles final saw Emiliana Arango[2] of Colombia defeat Maria Osorio Serrano[3], also of Colombia, 6-2, 7-6(6).
At the Grade 1 in Russia this week, No. 5 seed Jurij Rodionov of Austria beat No. 6 seed Nikolay Vylegzhanin of Russia 7-6(2), 6-3 in the boys final. Anastasia Kharitonova of Russia, the No. 7 seed, beat No. 5 seed Karolina Berankova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 4-2 retired for the girls singles championship.
Labels: College Tennis, International Tournaments, ITA, Pro Circuit, Pro Events
Emory and Chicago Meet Again for D-III Men's Indoor Title; Day and Andreescu Vie for Rancho Santa Fe $25K Title; US Juniors Sweep Titles at Grade 4 in Guatemala
The final is set for the ITA Division III Men's Team Indoor and it will be a rematch of the 2016 championship, with defending champion and top seed Emory taking on No. 3 seed Chicago. Chicago had the easier route to the final, defeating No. 2 seed Washington-St. Louis 7-2, while Emory beat No. 4 seed Carnegie Mellon 5-4. For the second straight day, Emory trailed 2-1 after doubles, but they again came through in singles, with Alec Josepher clinching at line 5, winning a three-setter to put the Eagles up 5-3. The ITA recap of the semifinals is here. In last year's final, Emory won all three doubles points in a 7-2 win over Chicago, but they haven't shown that level of doubles dominance this year. Unlike me, the Division III Tennis blog has the expertise to properly preview the final, so read their take on Sunday's 8 a.m. final here.
The final of the $25,000 Women's USTA Pro Circuit event in Rancho Santa Fe California will be a rematch of a semifinal of the 2016 girls US Open Junior Championships, with Kayla Day facing Bianca Andreescu. The 17-year-old Day defeated 18-year-old qualifier Katherine Sebov of Canada 6-3, 6-1, an impressive victory considering the run Sebov has been on since the first of the year. The unseeded Andreescu, 16, also won in straight sets, beating No. 4 seed Sonya Kenin 6-3, 7-6(3). Although Day won their meeting in New York 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, Andreescu had won two of their previous three meetings prior to that, including the 2015 Orange Bowl final.
Day and Caroline Dolehide, who reached the girls doubles final at the US Open, won the doubles title today. The unseeded pair downed unseeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine and Chiara Scholl 6-3, 1-6, 10-7. It's Day's first pro doubles title, with Dolehide having won a title at the $10,000 previously.
The last American was eliminated from the $15,000 Indian Harbour Beach Futures, with Rhyne Williams falling to No. 8 seed Corentin Denolly 6-0, 6-4. The teenager from France will face No. 4 seed Andrea Collarini of Argentina, who beat former Tulane star and No. 7 seed Dominik Koepfer of Germany 7-5, 6-3.
Top seeds Ramkumar Ramanathan of India and Jaume Pla Malfeito of Spain won the doubles title, defeating unseeded Nick Chappell and Hunter Callahan 6-2, 6-7(5), 11-9.
At the $50,000 +H Challenger in Mexico, former Texas A&M stars Austin Krajicek and Jackson Withrow won the doubles title, beating former Georgia Tech stars Kevin King and Dean O'Brien of South Africa 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 11-9. Krajicek and Withrow didn't face a break point in the match, while King and O'Brien saved all five they faced. It's the third title as a team for Withrow and Krajicek, all this year, and the second at the Challenger level.
Today's ATP event in Delray Beach featured a semifinal between two two-time Kalamazoo 18 champions, with No. 3 seed Jack Sock getting past Donald Young 6-4, 7-6(2). It's Sock's second ATP final this year and he will go for his second title of the year against the winner of tonight's match between Juan Martin del Potro and Milos Raonic.
At the ITF Grade 4 in Guatemala, US juniors swept all four titles. Top seed Andrew Fenty won the boys singles, defeating No. 5 seed Marcelo Sepulveda Garza of Mexico 7-6(1), 6-2 in the final. It's the 16-year-old's third ITF singles title.
Unseeded 16-year-old Niluka Madurawe won her first ITF singles title, beating top seed Maria Rivera Corado of Guatemala 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in the girls final.
No. 4 seeds Trey Hilderbrand and Eliot Spizzirri defeated unseeded Blaise Bicknell and Martin Damm 6-4, 6-1 in the all-US boys doubles final.
The girls doubles title went to No. 2 seeds Jordan Harris and Alyssa Mayo, who beat No. 3 seed Fanni Gecsek of Hungary and Oleksandra Gorchanyuk of Canada 6-2, 5-7, 10-6.
My Interview with USTA's Martin Blackman; Top Four Seeds Advance to D-III Team Indoor Semis; All Teens in Rancho Santa Fe Semis
While I was in Florida earlier this month, I had an opportunity to speak with Martin Blackman, General Manager of Player Development at the USTA. This is my third one-on-one interview with Blackman, and I always enjoy discussing the department's initiatives and goals. This tie we talked in detail about the new Lake Nona headquarters, but also about the college tennis pathway and the recent junior competition changes. My current interview with Blackman is available at the Tennis Recruiting Network; if you are a subscriber you can read my previous interview with Blackman in February of 2016 here.
The top four seeds have advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Men's Division III Team Indoor Championships in Cleveland. Top seed Emory defeated No. 8 seed Trinity 7-2, with the defending champions two losses coming in doubles. No. 2 seed Washington-St. Louis got a rare shutout, beating No. 7 seed Kenyon 9-0 in the other morning quarterfinal. The afternoon brought one close match, with No. 4 seed Carnegie Mellon defeating No. 5 seed Case Western Reserve 5-4. No. 3 seed Chicago took out Pomona-Pitzer, the No. 6 seed 7-2. Emory faces off against Carnegie Mellon and Washington St Louis meets Chicago in Saturday's semifinals, both scheduled for 12:30 p.m. The ITA recap of the day's action is here. Case Western's tournament page is here.
All four semifinalists at the $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit event in Rancho Santa Fe California are teenagers, with 18-year-old Sonya Kenin the oldest of the quartet. Only 16-year-old Canadian Bianca Andreescu posted a routine win, defeating No. 8 seed Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal 6-2, 6-1 in 65 minutes. Kenin led 5-2 in the final set, saw 18-year-old Caroline Dolehide win four straight games and serve for the match, but then broke to send the match into a tiebreaker. Kenin trailed 4-3 in the tiebreaker, but won the final four points of the match to earn a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) victory, avenging her loss to Dolehide last week in Surprise. She will face Andreescu in the semifinals.
Top seed Kayla Day managed to do what Dolehide could not, come from a 5-2 deficit in the final set to claim victory. The 17-year-old defeated No. 5 seed Mayo Hibi of Japan 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, in nearly three hours, winning the final five games of the match. She will play 18-year-old qualifier Katherine Sebov in the semifinal, after Sebov took out qualifier Maria Sanchez 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-4 in a match lasting more than three hours. Sebov is now 22-3 in USTA Pro Circuit events this year, including qualifying.
At the $15,000 Indian Harbour Beach Florida Futures, Rhyne Williams advanced to the semifinals, beating top seed Ramkumar Ramanathan of India 6-4, 7-5. Williams will face 19-year-old Corentin Denolly of France, the No. 8 seed, next. The other semifinal will feature Dominik Koepfer of Germany, the No. 7 seed, against No. 4 seed Andrea Collarini of Argentina.
At the ATP 250 in Delray Beach, No. 3 seed Jack Sock defeated No. 5 seed Steve Johnson 6-4, 7-6(4) in the quarterfinals, to set up another all-American match in the semifinals. Johnson is the subject of this ESPN article, which focuses on his continuing efforts to improve his fitness.
Donald Young, who beat Taylor Fritz in the second round, received a walkover from Steve Darcis of Belgium into the semifinals. Top seed Milos Raonic of Canada will face the winner of tonight's quarterfinal between defending champion Sam Querrey, seeded No. 4, and No. 7 seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.
Labels: College Tennis, ITA, Player Development, Pro Circuit, Pro Events, The Tennis Recruiting Network, USTA
Division III Men's Indoor Begins Friday with Emory as Top Seed; D-I All-Tournament Team Announced; New Division II Rankings; Quarterfinals Set in Pro Circuit Events
The Division III Men's Team Indoor Championship begins Friday, hosted by Case Western Reserve at the Cleveland Racquet Club. Unlike the Division I Team Indoor Championships, Division III has eight teams, not 16, so the tournament will be completed on Sunday. Top seed Emory is the defending champion. Friday's schedule:
Emory[1] vs Trinity[8] 8 a.m.
Washington University-St Louis[2] vs Kenyon[7] 8 a.m.
University of Chicago[3] vs Pomona Pitzer[6] 12:30 p.m.
Carnegie Mellon[4] vs Case Western[5] 12:30 p.m.
FloTennis will again be providing live streaming, which requires a paid subscription.
Check out the Division III Tennis blog for previews, predictions and more.
The ITA announced the all-tournament team for the men's Division I Team Indoor, with Mikael Torpegaard of finalist Ohio State named the Most Outstanding Player. Complete tournament results for all those named below can be found here.
No. 1 singles: Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State
No. 2 singles: Thai Kwiatkowski, Virginia
No. 3 singles: Harrison Scott, Texas
No. 4 singles: JC Aragone, Virginia
No. 5 singles: Alexander Ritschard, Virginia
No. 6 singles: Henrik Wiersholm, Virginia
No. 1 doubles: Skander Mansouri and Christian Seraphim, Wake Forest
No. 2 doubles: Thai Kwiatkowski and Alexander Ritschard, Virginia
No. 3 doubles: JC Aragone and Henrik Wiersholm, Virginia
The latest Division II team rankings were released on Wednesday, the first rankings since last November. The top 10s are below, with the full rankings available by clicking on the headings.
Men's Team:
1. Hawaii Pacific
2. Saint Leo
3. Armstrong State
4. Lander
5. Valdosta State
6. Columbus State
7. Barry
8. Lynn
9. West Florida
10. Embry Riddle
Women's Team:
2. BYU-Hawaii
9. St. Mary’s Texas
10. Northeastern State
The quarterfinals are set at the $15,000 Futures in Indian Harbour Beach Florida and the $25,000 Women's tournament in Rancho Santa Fe California.
Rhyne Williams is the only American remaining in singles, after he defeated No. 6 seed Kaichi Uchida of Japana 6-3, 6-3 and 18-year-old Genaro Olivieri of Argentina 6-3, 6-0, with both matches played today due to rain on Wednesday. Wild card Patrick Kypson won his first match, but lost his second match of the day to No. 5 seed Makoto Ochi of Japan 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.
Four US women have advanced to the quarterfinals in California, including top seed Kayla Day, who defeated former WTA No. 5 Daniela Hantuchkova of Slovakia 7-6(3), 6-1. Day will play No. 5 seed Mayo Hibi Friday.
Qualifier Maria Sanchez beat wild card Allie Sanford 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 and Caroline Dolehide, the champion last week in Surprise Arizona, downed Danielle Collins 7-5, 6-3.
Although Sonya Kenin was the seed, at No. 4, she still could claim an impressive victory with her win over qualifier Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine, who is 22-2 (including qualifying) this year, with her only previous loss also at the hands of Kenin. Kenin faces Dolehide next, who beat her in the second round last week in Surprise. Sanchez will take on Canadian teen Katherine Sebov, a fellow qualifier, while 16-year-old Canadian Bianca Andreescu will play No. 8 seed Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal.
Austin Krajicek has advanced to the semifinals of the $50,000+Hospitality Challenger in Mexico, where he will meet unseeded Nicolas Jarry of Chile.
Labels: College Tennis, ITA, Pro Circuit
Bellis Defeats Radwanska in Dubai; French Federation Announces French Open Junior Wild Card Event in US; Eight Americans Advance at Rancho Santa Fe; New USTA D-I Rankings
Seventeen-year-old CiCi Bellis picked up the first Top 10 win of her career today at the WTA Premier event in Dubai, defeating No. 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Bellis, who beat top 50 players Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in the first round and Laura Siegemund of Germany in the second round, called it "the biggest win of my life." An argument could be made that her win over Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in the first round of the 2014 US Open remains the most significant, but certainly getting her first Top 10 win on the heels of two Top 50 wins is an important milestone.
Greg Garber of ESPN.com spoke to Bellis after her win, as did the WTA. Radwanska also was interviewed for the WTA and gives her thoughts on Bellis' game. Next up for Bellis is No. 10 seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. Lauren Davis has also reached the quarterfinals after beating Ekaterina Makarova of Russia today. All three of Davis's wins have come after dropping the first set.
The French Tennis federation is distributing a 2017 French Open Junior Championships wild card via tournaments held in six countries, including the US. The United States event will be at the Boca West Country Club April 19-22 on red clay. The winners will play off against those from Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea and India for a main draw wild card into the junior championships. The USTA will extend the invitations to compete in the event. The release is here.
Heavy rain in Florida kept any tennis from being played Wednesday at the $15,000 Futures in Indian Harbour Beach, with 10 first round matches yet to be finished. Those matches and all second round matches are scheduled for Thursday.
At the $25,000 Women's Pro Circuit event in Rancho Santa Fe California, eight US women have advanced to the second round: Kayla Day[1], Sonya Kenin[4], Claire Liu, Allie Sanford, Danielle Collins, Caroline Dolehide and qualifiers Maria Sanchez and Chanelle Van Nguyen. Dolehide and Collins will play in one second round match Thursday; wild card Sanford and Sanchez will face off in the other all-US second rounder. Also advancing are Canadian teens Katherine Sebov, a qualifier, and Bianca Andreescu, who beat No. 2 seed Catalina Pella of Argentina 6-2, 6-2.
Former USC star Yannick Hanfmann won three matches to qualify for the €64,000 ATP Challenger in Bergamo Italy and was drawn against top seed Andreas Seppi of Italy, currently 72 in the ATP rankings, in the opening round of the main draw. The 25-year-old German picked up his first Top 100 win in a 6-4, 6-2 victory, then reached his first Challenger quarterfinal with a 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 6-3 win over Germany's Daniel Brands today. He will face No. 7 seed Quentin Halys of France next.
The latest USTA Division I team poll came out today, a day after the ITA's first rankings done by computer, and it does not feature the big rises and falls of some teams found in the ITA rankings. For the complete list of Top 25 teams, click here.
Women: (points in parentheses)
1.Florida (150)
2.North Carolina (143)
3.Ohio State (138)
4.Stanford (131)
5.Georgia (124)
6.Oklahoma State (120)
7.California (107)
8.Michigan (105)
9.Texas Tech (104)
10.Pepperdine (98)
1.Virginia (150)
3.Wake Forest (138)
6.Oklahoma (112)
7.UCLA (109)
9.Texas (104)
10.USC (101)
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Labels: College Tennis, International Tournaments, ITA, ITF Grade A Tournaments, Junior Profiles U.S., Player Development, Pro Circuit, Pro Events, USTA
ITA D-I Individual, Team Rankings Released; USTA Schedules Lake Nona College Showcase; Qualifying Complete at Rancho Santa Fe $25K
For all the tennis that's been played in the past few weeks, the changes at the very top of the ITA Division I rankings have been few. In the women's team rankings, the first done by computer this season, Team Indoor champion Florida stays at No. 1 and in the men's team rankings, Virginia, who won the Team Indoor yesterday, remains in the top spot.
The rest of the top 10 did undergo some dramatic changes, probably the most notable being the Stanford women dropping from 5 to 25 and the Baylor women going from unranked to 10. Since the Cardinal did not play the Team Indoor, their only good win was last Friday against Oklahoma State. Although they will move back up once they begin play in the Pac-12, Stanford does pay a temporary price every year for passing on the Team Indoor.
In the men's rankings, powerhouse programs USC, UCLA and Georgia all dropped out of the Top 10, while Michigan and Oklahoma made big jumps. The ITA release for the men is here, the women is here. Full lists can be found by clicking on the link in the headings below.
Women's Top 10 Team: (previous ranking in parentheses)
7. Vanderbilt (12)
8. Auburn (11)
9. UCLA (20)
10. Baylor (NR)
Men's Top 10 Team:
1. Virginia (1)
3. Wake Forest (2)
5. Oklahoma (14)
6. California (4)
7. Texas (11)
8. Oklahoma State (12)
10. Florida (6)
In the women's singles rankings, Ohio State's Francesca Di Lorenzo remains at No. 1, with UCLA freshman Ena Shibahara moving up to No. 2. Although she did not quite crack the Top 10, Florida freshman Ingrid Neel went all the way from 45 to tied for 11th after her outstanding play at the Team Indoor. There's a new No. 1 in the women's doubles, with Michigan's Kate Fahey and Alex Najarian taking over the top spot.
Women's Top 10 Singles: (previous ranking in parentheses)
1. Francesca Di Lorenzo, Ohio State (1)
2. Ena Shibahara, UCLA (3)
3. Hayley Carter, North Carolina (5)
4. Sara Daavettila, North Carolina (2)
5. Astra Sharma, Vanderbilt (4)
6. Luisa Stefani, Pepperdine (7)
7. Sinead Lohan, Miami (6)
8. Melissa Lord, Stanford (13)
9. Viktoriya Lushkova, Oklahoma State (10)
10. Josie Kuhlman, Florida (19)
Women's Top 5 Doubles:
1. Kate Fahey and Alex Najarian, Michigan (3)
2. Christine Maddox and Mayar Sherif Ahmed, Pepperdine (4)
3. Hayley Carter and Jessie Aney, North Carolina (2)
4. Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara, UCLA (12)
5. Adila Sutjiadi and Mami Adachi, Kentucky (1)
The men's singles rankings also saw a big jump for Virginia's Thai Kwiatkowski, who went from 28 to 9, and Gage Brymer of UCLA, who moved from 19 to 10. Petros Chrysochos of Wake Forest and Mikael Torpegaard of Ohio State, who so memorably decided the Team Indoor semifinal on Sunday, ended up in a tie for No. 1 this week. In men's doubles, there were changes in some positions in the top five, but Christian Seraphim and Mansouri of Wake Forest stayed at No. 1.
Men's Top 10 Singles:
T1. Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State (2)
T1. Petros Chrysochos, Wake Forest (1)
3. Hugo Di Feo, Ohio State (8)
4. Nuno Borges, Mississippi State (3)
5. Mike Redlicki, Arkansas (6)
6. Alfredo Perez, Florida (9)
7. Christopher Eubanks, Georgia Tech (4)
8. Skander Mansouri, Wake Forest (10)
9. Thai Kwiatkowski, Virginia (28)
10. Gage Brymer, UCLA (19)
Men's Top 5 Doubles:
1. Christian Seraphim and Skander Mansouri, Wake Forest (1)
2. Filip Bergevi and Florian Lakat, California (3)
3. Jack Findel-Hawkins and Lasse Muscheites, North Florida (2)
4. Arjun Kadhe and Julian Cash, Oklahoma State, (5)
5. Jathan Malik and Kevin Wong, Michigan (4)
The USTA has announced a College Tennis Combine for June 14-16, 2017. The event, which is limited to American players, will be held at the new USTA campus in Lake Nona. As a Tennis Recruiting National Showcase event providing UTR credit, the tournament will give players an opportunity to be seen by college coaches, with USTA Pro Circuit wild cards awarded to the winners. The Combine is being held in conjunction with a USTA/ITA College Coaches Workshop. For more details, see this release from the USTA.
Qualifying for the $25,000 Women's Pro Circuit event in Rancho Santa Fe California is complete with four Americans qualifying: Chanelle Van Nguyen(UCLA), Notre Dame recruit Caroline Dunleavy, Maria Sanchez(USC) and Stanford recruit Michaela Gordon. Pepperdine sophomore Luisa Stefani of Brazil also qualified. Kayla Day is the top seed, last week's Surprise $25K champion Caroline Dolehide and finalist Danielle Lao received special exemptions into the main draw, and wild cards were given to Allie Sanford, Hanna Chang, Sabrina Santamaria and Mishel Okhremchuk of Ukraine.
Labels: College Tennis, ITA, Player Development, Pro Circuit, The Tennis Recruiting Network, USTA
Virginia Claims Sixth ITA Men's National Team Indoor Title with 4-1 Victory Over Ohio State; Sandgren Wins Second Career Challenger Title in Tempe; Bellis Beats Putintseva; Kecmanovic Feature
Photo courtesy ITA
The University of Virginia won its sixth ITA Men's National Team Indoor title on its home courts Monday, defeating Ohio State 4-1. The top-seeded Cavaliers hadn't dropped a point in their previous three matches, but the No. 3 Buckeyes still had an opportunity to win, right up until JC Aragone hit a stunning backhand winner to close out Herkko Pollanen 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) gave two-time defending NCAA champion Virginia its first Indoor title since 2013.
The doubles point ended in controversy, after Matt Mendez and Hunter Tubert had saved two match points from 15-40 down at 5-6. A hindrance call on Tubert, who had heard a call from the crowd and stopped play resulted in the point and the doubles point being awarded to Virginia, with the line 2 doubles match left unfinished. Bobby Knight has more on the controversy at College Tennis Today.
The singles matches were all close with only Ohio State's Mikael Torpegaard at line 1 and Virginia's Henrik Wiersholm at line 6 avoiding a third set and only Alex Ritschard and Martin Joyce at line 5 not playing a tiebreaker. Since that match went unfinished at 5-6 in the third, it too could have required a tiebreaker, but JC Aragone, who saved a match point serving at 4-5 40-40, prevented that drama.
Highlights of the match can be found on the Virginia Cavaliers YouTube channel.
ITA Men's Team Indoor Final:
Doubles:
1. #55 Luca Corinteli/Carl Soderlund (VA) def. #38 Mikael Torpegaard/Herkko Pollanen (OSU) 6-0
2. Thai-Son Kwiatkowski/Alexander Ritschard (VA) vs. #25 Martin Joyce/Hugo Di Feo (OSU) 5-6, unfinished
3. Collin Altamirano/J.C. Aragone (VA) def. Matt Mendez/Hunter Tubert (OSU) 7-5
1. #2 Mikael Torpegaard (OSU) def. Collin Altamirano (VA) 6-3, 7-6(3)
2. #28 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (VA) def. #8 Hugo Di Feo (OSU) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2
3. Carl Soderlund (VA) vs. JJ Wolf (OSU) 6-3, 6-7(3), 3-5, unfinished
4. #64 J.C. Aragone (VA) def. #47 Herkko Pollanen (OSU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)
5. Alexander Ritschard (VA) vs. #77 Martin Joyce (OSU) 6-3, 5-7, 5-6, unfinished
6. Henrik Wiersholm (VA) def. Kyle Seelig (OSU) 7-6(2), 6-2
Ohio State 12-1; National ranking #3 Virginia 9-0; National ranking #1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (6,1,2,4)
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Rain pushed the final of the $75,000 ATP Challenger in Tempe until today, but for Tennys Sandgren, it was worth the wait. The unseeded 25-year-old defeated 21-year-old Nikola Milojevic of Serbia 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 to claim his second career Challenger title. Sandgren, who joins Noah Rubin and Ryan Harrison as American Challenger champions in 2017, moves to a career-high of 161 in the ATP rankings. For more, see the ATP website.
Seventeen-year-old CiCi Bellis returned to the WTA tour last week in Doha, after injuries kept her out of the Australian swing. Although Bellis did not qualify, she did get an opportunity to shake off the rust and today in Dubai, she defeated No. 17 seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-1, 7-5 for her first main draw win of the year. Bellis, now ranked a career-high 70, spoke to WTA Insider Courtney Nguyen about today's win.
Qualifying was completed today at the $15,000 Futures in Indian Harbour Beach Florida, with Mico Santiago, Hunter Callahan(Ohio State) and Raleigh Smith(Northwestern) the Americans earning a place in the main draw. Ramkumar Ramanathan of India is the top seed and Tommy Paul is the No. 2 seed. Gianni Ross, Patrick Kypson, Mark Oljaca and Liam Caruana of Italy received main draw wild cards. Oljaca will face ITF World No. 1 junior Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia in the first round. The 17-year-old IMG Academy product is the subject of this in-depth feature in the New York Times.
Labels: College Tennis, ITA, Junior Profiles Non-U.S., Pro Circuit, Pro Events, YouTube
Anisimova, Bryde Claim Grade A Porto Alegre Titles; Ohio State Wins Thriller to Reach Team Indoor Final Against Virginia; Harrison Claims First ATP Title; Dolehide Wins Surprise $25K
Amanda Anisimova captured her second Grade A title, while Trent Bryde collected his first in the finals of the Campeonato Internacional Juvenil de Tenis in Porto Alegre Brazil.
Top seed Anisimova, who had reached the final last year, defeated No. 7 seed Sofia Sewing 7-5, 6-1 to add the Porto Alegre title to her 2015 victory at the Grade A in Mexico City. The 15-year-old has had her best results on red clay, with the two Grade A titles and an appearance in the final of the French Open last year.
Anisimova and Sewing traded breaks in the fifth and sixth games of the first set, and it looked like Anisimova would again miss an opportunity to consolidate when she broke Sewing for a 6-5 lead, but went down 0-40 serving for the set. She won the next five points however, and Sewing never really recovered. The 17-year-old from Miami held in the first game of the second set but Anisimova raised her level and won the final six games of the match.
Bryde, seeded No. 8, defeated unseeded Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi of Argentina 6-7(4), 6-0, 6-3. Bryde wiggled out of a tough spot in the opening set, breaking the 17-year-old left-hander serving for the set at 6-5, but in the tiebreaker, Grassi made one mini-break stand up to claim the first set.
In contrast to the level he had shown in the tiebreaker, Grassi immediately fell apart in the first game of the second set and Bryde, also 17, had no difficulty rolling through the set. The first four games of the third set went to the server, but Grassi failed to hold serve in his next three attempts, while Bryde held once to go up 5-3, which was enough to add the singles title to the doubles title he won on Saturday.
For more on the finals, see the ITF junior website. The finals can be viewed on YouTube here.
At the ITA Men's National Team Indoor Championships in Charlottesville today, No. 2 seed Wake Forest and No. 3 seed Ohio State battled for nearly four hours before the Buckeyes earned a 4-3 victory. The match stood at 3-3 when Wake Forest's Petros Chrysochos, No. 1 in the nation, won the second set from Mikael Torpegaard, No. 2 in the nation, in a tiebreaker, saving a match point when serving at 4-5 40-40. Chrysochos went up 3-0 in the final set, just as he had in sets 1 and 2, but Torpegaard came back, saving a match point himself with Chrysochos serving at 6-5 40-40 in the third. Torpegaard had been overruled three times in the match and received a point penalty in the tenth game, so he could not afford another overrule, which would have resulted in a game penalty. With all that tension, it was Torpegaard who prevailed, taking the tiebreaker to claim the place in the final with his 7-6,(7), 5-7, 7-6(4) victory.
The rematch of last year's final between No. 1 Virginia and No. 5 North Carolina went to the host Cavaliers. Virginia won the doubles point easily, and while the singles matches were closer, Virginia was able to close out the Tar Heels 4-0. Virginia will compete for its sixth Indoor title beginning at 11 a.m. Monday, while Ohio State is aiming for its second.
A big match in women's tennis saw No. 1 Florida defeat No. 5 and NCAA champion Stanford 4-1 in Gainesville. Florida won the doubles point and got singles wins from Ingrid Neel at 2, Brooke Austin at 4 and Belinda Woolcock at 1. Florida had beaten NCAA finalists Oklahoma State 4-2 Saturday night. Florida has now won 163 straight home matches, (the headline is off), the longest current home winning streak for any NCAA sport.
The last time Florida lost a home match was in 2004, when Ryan Harrison was 12 years old. Now 24, Harrison is an ATP champion, having claimed his first title today at the 250 event in Memphis with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia. Harrison's pro career started with great expectations at the age of 15, but the past nine years have been difficult for him, with bad draws, injuries and confidence issues contributing to his uneven results. Greg Garber at ESPN spoke with Harrison about the ups and downs of his career earlier this week. With the title, Harrison is expected to return to the Top 50 for the first time since 2012.
Brian Baker won his first ATP title, winning the doubles championship in Memphis with Nikola Mektic of Croatia. Baker and Mektic beat Harrison and Steve Johnson 6-3, 6-4 in the final.
The rain in Arizona finally stopped long enough to allow completion of the $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit event in Surprise, with 18-year-old qualifier Caroline Dolehide picking up her first title at that level with two wins today. Dolehide, who has committed to UCLA for 2017, defeated No. 2 seed Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia 6-4, 6-1 in the semifinals, then followed with a 6-3, 6-1 win over wild card and former USC star Danielle Lao in the final. The doubles title went to Duque-Marino and Nadia Podoroska of Argentina, with the No. 2 seeds beating lucky losers Usue Arconada and Sonya Kenin 4-6, 6-0 10-5 in the final.
At the $15,000 Futures in Orlando, top seed Michael Linzer of Austria defeated unseeded Facundo Arguello of Argentina 6-3, 6-0 in the final.
Labels: College Tennis, International Tournaments, ITA, ITF Grade A Tournaments, Pro Circuit
Anisimova and Sewing Reach Grade A Porto Alegre Girls Final, Bryde Advances to Boys Championship Match; Semifinals Set at Men's D-I Team Indoor; Goetz Sweeps ITF Grade 4 Titles in Mexico
ITF Junior Circuit in South America has been good to US girls the past several weeks, with Amanda Meyer winning the Grade 1 in Ecuador and Whitney Osuigwe claiming two Grade 1 titles in Paraguay and Brazil the last three weeks. On Sunday, an American will win the Grade A in Porto Alegre Brazil, with top seed and 2016 finalist Amanda Anisimova taking on No. 7 seed Sofia Sewing.
Anisimova, who lost to Usue Arconada in last year's final, has returned to the final without much drama. She defeated No. 6 seed Maria Osorio Serrano of Colombia, who won the Grade 1 in her home country before the US girls began their recent run, 6-3, 6-4. Sewing got by unseeded Elysia Bolton 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 to reach the biggest final of her career.
No. 8 seed Trent Bryde will represent the US boys in the final, after he defeated No. 3 seed Vasil Kirkov 6-4, 5-7, 6-0. He will face unseeded Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi of Argentina, who defeated No. 7 seed Oliver Crawford 6-1, 6-1.
Both Sewing and Bryde have already collected one winner's trophy, claiming the doubles titles in Porto Alegre. Bryde and Alafia Ayeni won via walkover in the final, while Sewing and her frequent partner Maria Jose Portillo Ramirez of Mexico, seeded second, defeated No. 3 seeds Fernanda Labrana of Chile and Thaisa Pedretti of Brazil 7-5, 6-2.
Streaming of the singles finals will be available at the tournament website.
The semifinals are set at the ITA Division I Men's Team Indoor in Charlottesville after two tense battles and two easy victories. No. 3 seed Ohio State rolled over No. 11 seed Oklahoma State 4-0 in less than two hours, while their semifinal opponent, No. 2 seed Wake Forest, needed more than three hours to subdue No. 10 seed Texas 4-3, with Alan Gadjiev defeating Rodrigo Banzer 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4 at line 6 to clinch the victory.
No. 5 seed and defending champion North Carolina got past No. 4 Cal 4-2, recovering from dropping the doubles point to get singles wins from lines 3, 4, 5, and 6. Ronnie Schneider did not finish his match with Florian Lakat at line 1, but he won the point of the tournament, (and maybe the entire dual match season). It can be viewed at FloTennis (just a brief advertisement preceding the clip, which does not require a subscription to see).
North Carolina will face host Virginia in a rematch of last year's memorable final, after the Cavaliers cruised past No. 8 UCLA 4-0 this evening in less than two hours.
For more on today's matches, see College Tennis Today.
At the ITF Grade 4 in Mexico this week, unseeded Ryan Goetz swept the singles and doubles titles. The 17-year-old New Yorker didn't drop a set in singles, beating No. 6 seed Marcelo Sepulveda Garza of Mexico 7-6(5), 6-2 in the final. Goetz and Canadian Liam Draxl won their second straight doubles title, with the unseeded pair beating No. 2 seeds Sepulveda Garza and Guillermo Castaneda of Mexico 7-6(3), 6-4.
Rain in Arizona today has delayed the semifinals of both the $25K in Surprise and the ATP Challenger in Tempe until Sunday.
At the $15,000 Orlando Futures, top seed Michael Linzer of Austria defeated No. 4 seed Christian Lindell of Sweden 6-1, 6-4 to advance to the final with unseeded Facundo Arguello of Argentina. Arguello ended the run of 18-year-old qualifier Genaro Olivieri of Argentina with a 6-2, 6-3 win.
Sanford Considers Pro Tennis; Six Americans Reach Porto Alegre Semifinals; Only Two Top 8 Seed Lose in D-I Men's Team Indoor First Round; Dolehide, Lao into Surprise Semis
While at the Dow Tennis Classic late last month, I spoke to 18-year-old Alexandra Sanford about the choice she will be making in the next few months to either turn pro or join the North Carolina Tar Heels this fall. For this Tennis Recruiting Network article, I also spoke to Ohio State men's head coach Ty Tucker, who has spent time on court with Sanford over the past several years, about her development and prospects. Last year I had a similar conversation in Midland with Raveena Kingsley, who ultimately decided against joining the college team she had committed to, LSU.
It was another successful day for Americans at the ITF Grade A in Porto Alegre Brazil, with six of the eight semifinalists from the United States.
Top seed Amanda Anisimova had another easy win, beating unseeded Sofia Munera Sanchez of Colombia 6-2, 6-1 and will play No. 6 seed Maria Osorio Serrano of Colombia in the semifinals. Osorio Serrano had another tough three-setter, beating unseeded Anhzelika Isaeva of Russia 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. In the bottom half, unseeded Elysia Bolton downed No. 14 seed Hailey Baptiste 6-2, 7-5 to set up an all-US semifinal against No. 7 seed Sofia Sewing. Sewing outlasted No. 2 seed Amina Anshba of Russia 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. It is the first Grade A semifinal for both Sewing and Bolton. For more on the girls quarterfinals, see the ITF Junior website.
In the boys draw, there was another No. 7 over No. 2 result, with Oliver Crawford taking out Yuta Shimizu of Japan 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Crawford will face Argentina's Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi in his first
Grade A semifinal. The top half will feature an all-US semifinal between No. 8 seed Trent Bryde and No. 3 seed Vasil Kirkov. Bryde defeated unseeded Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida of Brazil 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 and Kirkov won his fourth consecutive three-setter, beating No. 11 seed Gianni Ross 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-2.
Live streaming for Saturday's matches can be found at the tournament website.
The last US player in singles at the $15,000 Orlando Futures, unseeded Jared Hiltzik, bowed out today, falling to No. 4 seed Christian Lindell of Sweden 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Eighteen-year-old qualifier Genaro Olivieri of Argentina continued his fine run, defeating No. 2 seed Juan Ignacio Londero of Argentina 6-4, 6-3 in today's quarterfinals.
Top seeds Connor Smith and Rhyne Williams took the doubles title, beating unseeded Dominik Koepfer of Germany and Boris Arias of Bolivia 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the final. It's Smith's 13th Futures doubles title, and his second with Williams, who has 10 Futures doubles titles and two Challenger doubles titles.
At the $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit event in Surprise Arizona, wild card Danielle Lao and qualifier Caroline Dolehide have advanced to the semifinals. Lao defeated qualifier Jaqueline Cristian of Romania 6-1, 6-0 and Dolehide beat Mayo Hibi of Japan 6-3, 6-2. Lao plays No. 7 seed Sesil Karatantcheva of Bulgaria Saturday, with Dolehide facing No. 2 seed Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia. Duque-Marino defeated 16-year-old Bianca Andreescu of Canada 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in today's quarterfinals.
At the $75,000 Tempe Challenger, unseeded Tennys Sandgren and No. 7 seed Dennis Novikov will face off for a place in the final. Sandgren defeated No. 5 seed Marco Trungelliti 6-3, 7-5 in the quarterfinals, while Novikov took out top seed Ernesto Escobedo 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4.
The first round of the ITA Men's Team Indoor Championships is complete, with many close matches, but only two featuring a lower seed winning. That was No. 11 seed Oklahoma State taking out No. 6 seed Northwestern 4-2. The only match that was decided in the last match on was No. 8 UCLA's 4-3 win over No. 9 USC, with Martin Redlicki defeating Brandon Holt 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4 at line 1 to set up a quarterfinal against No. 1 Virginia. Box scores for all eight matches are available here.
Virginia[1] def. Utah State[16] 4-0
UCLA[8] def. USC[9] 4-3
Cal[4] def. Baylor[13] 4-2
North Carolina[5] def. Georgia[12] 4-2
Oklahoma St[11] def. Northwestern[6] 4-2
Ohio State[3] def. Oklahoma[14] 4-0
Texas[10] def. Florida[7] 4-2
Wake Forest[2] def. Mississippi State[15] 4-0
In a rematch of last year's NCAA women's team final, fifth-ranked Stanford again defeated Oklahoma State, ranked sixth, again coming back from dropping the doubles point. This time it did not come down to the final match, with Stanford winning four singles matches to claim a 4-1 victory at the USTA's National Campus in Lake Nona.
Labels: College Tennis, International Tournaments, ITA, ITF Grade A Tournaments, Junior Profiles U.S., Pro Circuit, The Tennis Recruiting Network
Eight Americans Reach Grade A Porto Alegre Quarterfinals; Neel Heads ITA Women's Indoor All-Tournament Team; Pro Circuit Update
Four US girls and four US boys have advanced to Friday's quarterfinals at the ITF Grade A tournament in Porto Alegre Brazil.
Top seed Amanda Anisimova continues to cruise through the draw, beating No. 15 seed Anastasia Iamachkine of Peru 6-0, 6-1 in the third round. The 15-year-old has lost only six games this week and will play unseeded Sofia Munera Sanchez of Colombia in the quarterfinals. Munera Sanchez defeated Vanessa Ong 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-2. Anisimova is the only American girl in the top half; unseeded Elysia Bolton will play No. 14 seed Hailey Baptiste for a place in the semifinals.
Bolton edged Lea Ma 4-6, 7-6, 7-6(2), while the 15-year-old Baptiste took out No. 3 seed Emily Appleton of Great Britain 7-5, 6-1. This is the first Grade A quarterfinal appearance for both Baptiste and the 16-year-old Bolton. No. 7 seed Sofia Sewing defeated unseeded Moyuka Uchijima of Japan 6-4, 6-2, and will play No. 2 seed Amina Anshba of Russia in the quarterfinals.
Fourteen-year-old Whitney Osuigwe's winning streak on the South American clay ended at 12, when the No. 9 seed was beaten by No. 6 seed Maria Osorio Serrano of Colombia 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
All four US boys remaining are seeded, and they also have one all-USA quarterfinal, with No. 3 seed Vasil Kirkov facing No. 11 seed Gianni Ross. Kirkov got past Alex Geller of Argentina 7-6(1), 1-6, 7-6(5) and Ross defeated No. 5 seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina 7-6(0), 6-2, avenging a recent Orange Bowl loss.
No. 7 seed Oliver Crawford defeated No. 9 seed Francisco Vittar of Argentina 6-0, 6-0 and will meet No. 2 seed Yuta Shimizu of Japan in the quarterfinals. Shimizu downed No. 15 seed Patrick Kypson 7-5, 6-4.
In the top half of the draw, No. 8 seed Trent Bryde has reached his first Grade A quarterfinal, defeating doubles partner Alafia Ayeni 6-4, 6-3 in the third round today. He will play unseeded Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida of Brazil in the quarterfinals.
Live streaming and Friday's order of play is available at the tournament website.
The all-Tournament team for the ITA Women's Team Indoor was announced today, with Florida freshman Ingrid Neel named Most Outstanding Player.
No. 1 singles: Hayley Carter, North Carolina
No. 2 singles: Sara Daavettila, North Carolina
No. 3 singles: Ingrid Neel, Florida*
No. 4 singles: Aliona Bolsova, Oklahoma State
No. 5 singles: Brooke Austin, Florida
No. 6 singles: Kourtney Keegan, Florida
*Most Outstanding Player
In a rare circumstance, none of the three all-tournament doubles teams were from the teams that made the final four.
No. 1 doubles: Christine Maddox and Mayar Sherif Ahmed, Pepperdine
No. 2 doubles: Aliona Bolsova and Sofia Blanco, Oklahoma State
No. 3 doubles: Felicity Maltby and Gabriela Talaba, Texas Tech
For the tournament results of all these players, see the ITA release.
The ITA Men's Team Indoor begins tomorrow in Virginia. Bobby Knight has his preview at College Tennis Today and Granger Huntress looks at the probabilities at Texas College Tennis. FloTennis will provide streaming, which requires a subscription.
The quarterfinals are set for the $15,000 Orlando Futures and the $25,000 Women's event in Surprise Arizona. Only one American remains in Orlando, Jared Hiltzik, who advanced with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 win over qualifier Cameron Silverman.
Qualifier Caroline Dolehide, who today beat No. 8 seed Sonya Kenin 6-3, 7-5, and wild card Danielle Lao are the only US women to advance to the quarterfinals in Surprise. Lao, who beat top seed Tatjana Maria of Germany on Wednesday, advanced to the quarterfinals when Raveena Kingsley retired trailing 6-4, 3-2.
Fifteen Americans Reach Third Round at Porto Alegre Grade A; Virginia Men, Florida Women Remain No. 1; Lao Ousts Top Seed Maria in Surprise $25K
Seven US girls and eight US boys have advanced to the round of 16 at the ITF Grade A in Porto Alegre Brazil.
Top seed Amanda Anisimova, No. 7 seed Sofia Sewing, No. 9 seed Whitney Osuigwe and No. 14 seed Hailey Baptiste were expected to advance given their seedings, but Vanessa Ong, Lea Ma and Elysia Bolton were not. Ong beat No. 8 seed Yang Lee of Taiwan 6-3, 6-0, while Ma and Bolton, who play each other for a spot in the quarterfinals Thursday, both defeated qualifiers today.
There is one all-US boys match on Thursday, with No. 8 seed Trent Bryde facing Alafia Ayeni in a battle of doubles partners. Seeded US boys advancing today are No. 3 Vasil Kirkov, No. 7 Oliver Crawford, No. 11 Gianni Ross, No. 12 Danny Thomas and No. 15 Patrick Kypson. Unseeded Sangeet Sridhar defeated No. 16 seed Ondrej Styler of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-2 today.
The ITA today released its post-Team Indoor rankings for women. Because No. 1 Florida defeated No. 2 North Carolina in the Team Indoor final on Monday, they obviously held their positions. Georgia and Ohio State moved up based on their semifinal showings at the Team Indoor, and Michigan and Texas Tech entered the Top 10 based on their performances at the tournament. This is the last week for team rankings by poll, with the computer taking over next week.
ITA WOMEN'S TOP TEN: (previous ranking in parentheses)
3. Georgia (6)
5. Stanford (4)
7. Texas Tech (12)
8. Pepperdine (3)
10. Michigan (13)
No men's rankings were published this week due to the upcoming Men's Team Indoor.
The USTA's poll was released today with results for both men and women. The full Top 25 list can be viewed by clicking on the headings.
USTA MEN'S TOP TEN: (votes received in parentheses)
1. Virginia (148)
2. Ohio State (143)
3. Wake Forest (137)
4. Florida (130)
5. California (116)
6. Northwestern(113)
7. USC (109)
T8. North Carolina (108)
T8. UCLA (108)
10. Oklahoma (91)
USTA WOMEN'S TOP TEN:
2. North Carolina (144)
4. Georgia (127)
T5. Oklahoma St (124)
T5. Stanford (124)
T7. Cal (108)
T7. Texas Tech (108)
9. Michigan (104)
10. Pepperdine (103)
I'm back in Michigan, so I won't have any more on-site coverage of the $15,000 Orlando Futures, but I'll still be following it with interest for the rest of the week.
Eleven first round singles matches today completed the first round, with 16-year-old wild card Sebastian Korda the youngest player to record a victory. Korda defeated qualifier Mico Santiago 6-2, 6-3 for the fourth Futures win of his career. In order to equal his best Futures showing, a quarterfinal appearance in Weston last month, Korda will need to defeat top seed Michael Linzer of Austria, who is ranked 306..
Three qualifiers advanced to the second round: former Elon star Cameron Silverman, former Texas A&M standout Junior Ore and 18-year-old Genaro Olivieri of Argentina. Olivieri rolled past No. 7 seed Kaichi Uchida of Japan 6-2, 6-0.
The doubles semifinals are set, with top seeds Connor Smith and Rhyne Williams the only seeds in the final four.
At the $25,000 USTA Women's Pro Circuit event in Surprise Arizona, top seed and Dow Tennis Classic champion Tatjana Maria of Germany fell to wild card Danielle Lao 6-1, 6-2. The former USC star will face Raveena Kingsley in Thursday's second round action. Fifteen-year-old qualifier Anastasia Potapova of Russia defeated 16-year-old wild card Taylor Johnson 7-5, 6-2, while two 16-year-olds, Claire Liu and Bianca Andreescu of Canada, set up a rematch of their 2015 Orange Bowl quarterfinal, won by Andreescu. Liu defeated No. 6 seed Catalina Pella of Argentina 6-3, 6-4. No. 8 seed Sonya Kenin and qualifier Caroline Dolehide will meet in a battle of 18-year-olds, with Dolehide having won their most recent match last year. Qualifier Maria Sanchez is the sixth American to advance to the second round.
Labels: College Tennis, International Tournaments, ITA, ITF Grade A Tournaments, Pro Circuit, USTA
Koepfer Wins Futures Opener, Sets Goals for 2017; Pro Events Underway in Surprise and Tempe Arizona; ITA Men's Team Indoor Draw
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Former Tulane All-American Dominik Koepfer has already tasted success in his first months as a pro tennis player. The 22-year-old German, who was ranked No. 1 in the country for most of last year's spring season, won his first Futures title last fall and reached another Futures final last month. This week, he is the No. 8 seed at the $15,000 Orlando Futures, and he began his tournament with a 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1 win over 2012 ITF World Junior Champion Filip Peliwo of Canada today on the Har-Tru courts of the USTA National Campus.
Koepfer trailed 5-2 in the opening set, but got the break back, only to lose the tiebreaker. He regained his focus after the set break however, and by the end of the match Peliwo appeared to lack the motivation to fight back.
"It was the attitude and energy I brought on the court," Koepfer said. "I started out a little slow, kind of lost my mind, but I took my time in between the sets. I came out and played good tennis, had a lot of energy and just fought my way through it."
Koepfer, the 2015 ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate champion, said the Futures level is similar to the top Division I level in college, but the tennis experience is not the same.
"It's definitely different than college," said the 5-foot-11 left-hander. "Traveling by yourself, being by yourself all the time, playing good players every week. In college you already know who you're playing next week, but in pro tennis, it's a different guy every week. It's definitely different, but it's a lot of fun and going well."
Koepfer is now training at Saddlebrook, working with Christopher Williams and Billy Heiser, an arrangement that he credits Tulane with facilitating.
"My head coach at Tulane (Mark Booras) knew someone at Saddlebrook and he got in touch with Billy and Christopher," Koepfer said. "It's a lot of fun. He's a good coach and I like what both guys are doing and it's worked out well so far."
Koepfer, now ranked 481, has set a goal of reaching the qualifying for the 2018 Australian Open.
"The big goal is definitely to go to Australia next, at least qualies," Koepfer said. "I definitely want to reach the Challenger level pretty soon."
Having earned his degree in Finance at Tulane, Koepfer is able to pursue these goals without feeling constant stress.
"There's definitely less pressure than some of the other guys who have done this for a couple of years and don't have a college degree," Koepfer said. "There's always a backup option, which is really nice. And I have a lot of connections through Tulane to help me out whatever happens."
Two other former US collegians also advanced to the second round. Former Tennessee star Rhyne Williams, who has struggled with injuries and is hoping to play his first full year since 2014, won his first match of 2017, beating Fred Simonsson of Sweden 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Former TCU standout Nick Chappell defeated 17-year-old wild card Lukas Greif 6-2, 6-3.
No. 3 seed Andrea Collarini and No. 2 seed Juan Ignacio Londero, both of Argentina, won their first round matches in three sets.
All eight first round doubles matches were played today, with three of the four seeds picking up victories, including top seed Connor Smith and Williams and No. 2 seeds Farris Gosea of Great Britain and Jayme Pla Malfeito of Spain.
Qualifying is now complete at USTA Pro Circuit women's $25,000 tournament in Surprise Arizona, with ITF World Junior Champion and current No. 1 Anastasia Potapova of Russia among the eight earning entry into the main draw with wins today. The 15-year-old Potapova will play 16-year-old wild card Taylor Johnson in the first round. Potapova beat Johnson in the second round at the Wimbledon Juniors last year. Other Americans to advance to the main draw are Caroline Dolehide (UCLA recruit), Sabrina Santamaria(USC), Ashley Kratzer, Maria Sanchez(USC) and Sanaz Marand(UNC). Wild cards were given to Johnson, Danielle Lao(USC) and Megan McCray(Oklahoma State), with Claire Liu using a junior exemption for main draw entry. Tatjana Maria of Germany is the No. 1 seed.
In first round doubles action, lucky losers Sonya Kenin and Usue Arconada took out top seeds Catalina Pella of Argentina and Daniela Seguel of Chile 6-3, 4-6, 10-6.
The ATP has a $75,000 Challenger this week in Tempe Arizona, with young Americans Ernesto Escobedo and Stefan Kozlov the top two seeds. Both have advanced to the second round, as has Michael Mmoh.
The draw is up for this weekend's ITA National Men's Team Indoor at the University of Virginia. Unlike the Women's Team Indoor, all 16 teams are seeded. The schedule for Friday's eight matches:
Virginia[1] vs Utah State[16] 6:30 pm
UCLA[8] vs USC[9] 6:30 pm
Cal[4] vs Baylor[13] 3:30 pm
North Carolina[5] vs Georgia[12] 3:30 pm
Oklahoma St[11] vs Northwestern[6] 9:00 am
Oklahoma[14] vs Ohio State[3] 9:00 am
Texas[10] vs Florida[7] noon
Mississippi State[15] vs. Wake Forest[2] noon
ITF Junior No. 1 Kecmanovic's Climb Through Futures Qualifying; Florida Captures ITA Women's Team Indoor Title; Anisimova Top Seed at Grade A Porto Alegre
Seventeen-year-old Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia is looking forward to the day when Futures qualifying is behind him.
With many of those qualifying draws made up of 128 players, meaning four wins are required just to reach the main draw, the physical and mental grind is considerable. But as a test of fitness, this arduous path has its value, with Kecmanovic already having proven to himself that he can survive nine matches in ten days.
Since winning the Eddie Herr and Orange Bowl titles last year to finish as 2016’s ITF World Junior Champion, Kecmanovic has focused on Futures in Florida this year, claiming his first pro title last month at the $15,000 tournament in Sunrise as a qualifier.
“It was a pretty tough week, but I played very well, better than I thought I would,” said Kecmanovic, who trains at the IMG Academy in Bradenton. “It was a great start to the year.”
Kecmanovic said his off-season consisted of four weeks of fitness, which proved instrumental in claiming his title. “To play nine matches at that level, a couple of tough matches over two hours, I did pretty good. I was ready, and even after, at the following tournaments, I was in good shape.”
Seeded second in qualifying this week, Kecmanovic didn’t drop a set in his four matches at the $15,000 Orlando Futures at the USTA National Campus, needing less than an hour to record his 6-2, 6-0 win over South African Lance Cohen.
With five wins required for just one ATP point in these qualifying draws, Kecmanovic is hoping his stay at this level is brief, although he is trying to stay patient, sticking to the plan he established for 2017.
“My coach and I talked about what we were going to do, to start with Futures,” said Kecmanovic, who lost in the first round of the two Futures he played after Sunrise, although he did win three qualifying matches at Palm Coast . “We are starting with Futures, because I don’t think I’m ready for Challengers yet. Maybe a few more of this, then the second part of the year, the middle of the year, I can start playing some bigger events. I have to get pass this, however much time it takes. I’ll try to play good and just pass this quickly.”
Kecmanovic is one of three teenagers to advance to the main draw, with 18-year-olds Evan Furness of France, the No. 6 seed, and Genaro Oliviera of Argentina, the No. 8 seed, the other two. Furness defeated Michael Zhu 6-3, 6-1 and Olivieri beat Malcolm Harrison 6-2, 6-2.
Top qualifying seed Connor Smith won the only three-set match of the day, beating Lucas Renard of Sweden 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. Played on the Har-Tru Championship Court at the USTA's new tennis facility, the match was a high quality affair, with Smith getting a break at 2-2 in the third set to establish control and another at 4-2 to take the pressure off, although the former Ohio State Buckeye did have to save two break points in the final game.
No. 3 seed Mico Santiago ended the run of 15-year-old Govind Nanda with a 7-5, 6-3 victory and former Elon star Cameron Silverman, the No. 4 seed, bounced 18-year-old Jason Legall 6-2, 6-0. Former Texas A&M standout Junior Ore is the only unseeded player to qualify, beating No. 9 seed Alex Blumenberg of Brazil 6-4, 6-3. No. 16 seed Victor Nunez of Chile advanced with a 7-6(4), 7-5 win over No. 7 seed Hunter Callahan in the day's longest match, despite being only two sets.
Five first round main draw singles matches are on the schedule for Tuesday and all eight first round doubles matches will be played. Qualifiers receive the day off after playing four consecutive days.
The University of Florida women won their first ITA Team Indoor title since 1999 today at Yale, defeating North Carolina 4-2. The top seeded Gators won the doubles point easily, but needed a win from first semester freshman Ingrid Neel to seal the title after the No. 2 Tar Heels cut the Florida lead to 3-2 after freshmen Sara Daavettila at line 2 and Alexa Graham at line 4 won their matches. Florida got wins from Brooke Austin at line 5 and Kourtney Keegan at line 6 to set up Neel's 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 win over friend and fellow Minnesotan Jessie Aney at line 3. For more, see the Florida website.
Complete results can be found at the ITA tournament page.
The second Grade A tournament of the year is underway in Porto Alegre Brazil, with 12 US boys and 17 US girls participating. Some first round matches were played today, with top girls seed Amanda Anisimova advancing. Losing in first round play today were Chloe Hamlin, Chloe Beck, Victoria Hu and Camille Townsend. US girls winning today in addition to Anisimova are Lea Ma, who beat No. 5 seed Emiliana Arango of Colombia, Elysia Bolton, No. 14 seed Hailey Baptiste, No. 7 seed Sofia Sewing, Alexa Noel, Katya Townsend and qualifiers Katie Volynets and Peyton Stearns. Stearns defeated No. 11 seed Fernanda Labrana of Chile 7-5, 6-2. US girls yet to play are Vanessa Ong, Victoria Flores, Ann Li, and No. 9 seed Whitney Osuigwe, who won the two Grade 1 events prior to this week.
The US boys who won first round matches today are Alafia Ayeni, No. 8 seed Trent Bryde, No. 3 seed Vasil Kirkov and No. 12 seed Danny Thomas. Ayeni defeated No. 10 seed Tomas Etcheverry of Argentina 6-3, 6-2. Tomas Kopczynski lost his first round match. US boys scheduled to play their first round matches on Tuesday are Alexandre Rotsaert, No. 11 seed Gianni Ross, Sangeet Sridhar, No. 4 seed Sam Riffice, No. 7 seed Oliver Crawford, wild card Milledge Cossu and No. 15 seed Patrick Kypson.
For more, see the tournament website. Check out the live streaming available here.
Nanda Reaches Final Round of Qualifying at Orlando Futures; No. 1 Florida Faces No. 2 North Carolina in Women's Team Indoor Final; Rubin Wins Launceston Challenger; USA Advances in Fed Cup; Zink Wins Grade 4 in Mexico
Govind Nanda is hoping to give himself an early birthday present on Monday, when he plays in the final round of qualifying at a USTA Pro Circuit Futures event for the first time. Nanda, who will turn 16 in five days, defeated 16-year-old Drew Baird 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 for his third qualifying win this week at the $15,000 Orlando Futures on the USTA National Campus.
Nanda has played in qualifying at four Futures tournaments, with three of those coming this year. He has also managed to squeeze in two ITF junior events in 2017, but decided not to stay in South America after the Grade 1 in Colombia, opting for professional experience instead.
"The level in the ITFs, the Grade 1s, everyone is good in those tournaments," Nanda said. "In Futures, some guys are playing just to have fun, but there's also some guys who are very good, the guys higher up. The level is pretty similar, but the Futures is less pressure right now."
Nanda defeated a 50-year-old wild card in the first round, losing just one game, but in Saturday's second round, he eliminated No. 10 seed Alon Elia of Israel, ranked 968, by a 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3 score.
Nanda had played Baird in the back draw of the Kalamazoo 16s last year and beaten him 7-6(3), 6-2, but Baird ran out to a 3-0 lead in the first set.
"He just came out firing, and I thought if he kept playing like this, it's too good, he should win this match," said Nanda, who has been staying at the USTA National Campus for the past couple of weeks, but usually trains at the USTA's Carson California training center. "So I just tried to stay solid and stay in the match until he started to make some errors and give me chances. Eventually the chances came and I took them."
Nanda got a break in the first game of the second set and held on to it, although he had to save two break points serving for the set at 5-4, with Baird donating two unforced errors on those critical points. In the third set, Nanda again got an early break and Baird, playing in his first Futures, made too many errors to put any pressure on Nanda in the final few games.
Nanda will face 22-year-old Mico Santiago, the No. 3 seed, for a place in the main draw. Santiago advanced with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Illinois recruit Fletcher Scott.
Seven of the top eight seeds have advanced to Monday's final round of qualifying, with Connor Smith[1], Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic[2] and Cameron Silverman[4] all winning their third round matches in straight sets. Eighteen-year-old Jason Legall, a Florida Atlantic recruit, will take on Silverman for a spot in the main draw, with two other 18-year-olds, Evan Furness[6] of France, and Genaro Olivieri[8] of Argentina, also through with third-round wins today.
The University of Central Florida plays their home matches at the Collegiate Center in the USTA's new facility, but today four of the Knights were on the Har-Tru courts, having advanced to the third round of qualifying. As coach John Roddick looked on, Korey Lovett, Kalman Boyd, Enrique Paya Gonzalez and Harrison Richmond all lost, with Richmond's loss particularly tough. The Virginia graduate, now attending graduate school at UCF, battled No. 16 seed Victor Nunez of Chile for over three hours before Nunez took a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) decision.
The main draw is out, with no Americans among the seeded players. Michael Linzer of Austria is the No. 1 seed. Main draw play will begin on Tuesday.
The finals are set for the ITA Women's National Team Indoor Championship, with No. 1 Florida facing No. 2 North Carolina. North Carolina beat Ohio State 4-3, with Hayley Carter defeating Ohio State's Francesca Di Lorenzo 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the deciding match. Florida beat Georgia 4-0 in the other semifinal. Two-time Indoor champion North Carolina has advanced to the finals for the third straight year, while Florida is making its first appearance in the final since 2011, although the Gators have often skipped the NTI in previous years.
For more, see the ITA tournament page.
The same day that Jamie Loeb won the Launceston Australia $60,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament, fellow New Yorker and John McEnroe Tennis Academy player Noah Rubin also won a title in Launceston. The 2015 NCAA finalist, seeded No. 7, defeated unseeded Mitchell Krueger 6-0, 6-1 in the final of the $75,000 ATP Challenger. It's Rubin's second Challenger title and with the win, the 20-year-old former Wake Forest star will reach a career-high ranking of around 163.
At the $100,000 San Francisco Challenger, qualifier Ze Zhang of China won the title, beating No. 7 seed Vasek Pospisil of Canada 7-5, 3-6, 6-2. Pospisil had taken out Reilly Opelka, Frances Tiafoe and Michael Mmoh to reach the final. Top seeds Matt Reid and JP Smith of Australia won the doubles title, beating No. 2 seeds Zhang and Mao-Xin Gong of China 6-7(4), 7-5, 10-7.
The United States Fed Cup team defeated Germany 4-0 in Maui to advance to the semifinals for the first time in seven years. Alison Riske and CoCo Vandeweghe picked up singles wins for the US, with Vandeweghe clinching the victory with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Andrea Petkovic. The tie was marred by rain, which caused delays in the first match and postponement of the second singles match on Saturday, and by the playing of an outdated German national anthem stanza, which is associated with Hitler's Third Reich. The US team will play the Czech Republic in April's semifinals.
At the ITF Grade 4 in Mexico, Tyler Zink earned his second ITF junior singles title after winning his first last year at a Grade 5. The 16-year-old Zink, seeded sixth, defeated top seed Rafael Bejar Levy of Mexico 6-3, 6-1 in the final. Ryan Goetz and Canada's Liam Draxl won the doubles title, beating Francisco Vargas and Ramiro Villalobos Muela of Mexico 6-2, 7-6(5). Neither team was seeded. Unseeded Shelly Yaloz and Taylor Gruber lost in the girls doubles final to No. 2 seeds Dyane Barcena Del Bosque of Mexico and Raphaelle Lacasse of Canada 6-4, 6-0.
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Posted date: July 17, 2010 In: News
British Petroleum has finally plugged the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico by stuffing it full of rolled fifties.
Millions of the notes were delicately forced into the gaping chasm one mile below the surface on Friday, and the oil giant has today reported that the technically ground-breaking operation has succeeded in capping the well.
“It wasn’t cheap, but it looks like it’s worked,” BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward told reporters this morning. “Hopefully now we can move on, because there’s a lot of work still to be done in the Gulf.
“We estimate that there’s about nine billion barrels of oil still to be extracted from this well. The sooner we get drilling the better, I’d say.
“What? What’s that? A moratorium? I didn’t agree to that. Who does Barack Obama think he is?”
Friday’s so-called ‘Cash Containment’ operation involved the use of a steam roller to fuse 175,000 bundles of £50 notes together, forming a super-bundle capable of withstanding the force from a nuclear bomb.
Engineers welded the super-bundle to fit the leaking well – where a blow-out preventer BP had made from toilet paper ‘unexpectedly’ failed on 20th April – and carefully inserted it using an underwater bulldozer.
“This was a really technical, complicated and financially-challenging operation,” explained Mr Hayward. “We’ve spent three months trying everything possible to fix this thing, and it took our engineers at least 35 pints of John Smiths on Tuesday night to finally come up with this ocean floor-breaking solution.
“We know the use of cash bundles may concern our shareholders, but please be reassured, we have just sent letters to all 61,000 remaining compensation claimants telling them to get their diving gear on.”
Now that the oil has stopped leaking, the effort to clean up the mess will continue in earnest. Despite causing the deaths of at least 10,000 birds, hundreds of marine mammals and an infinite number of fish – tragically denied the chance to be served up on the plate of a hungry Texan – BP maintain that oil drilling should continue.
And although the Gulf coast’s many miles of wetland habitat is probably ruined forever, Hayward argues: “Deep-water oil drilling has to be the safest form of energy generation in the world. As bad as this leak looked, it was barely a drop in the ocean.
“Okay, so we killed a few birds. Big deal. Wind turbines kill millions of birds every minute, but I don’t hear anyone complaining about them.
“And what about those bloody solar panels, eh? Have you ever touched one of those things? They’ll burn your fucking arm off. Bloody lethal if you ask me.”
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Bijoy Datta Unanimously Re-Elected As Broome County Republican Chairman
(Binghamton, NY) Bijoy Datta was unanimously re-elected tonight to a fourth term as Broome County Republican Chairman in a vote by local Republican Committee Members. Chairman Datta was nominated by Binghamton Mayor Rich David and seconded by Senator Fred Akshar, Broome County Legislature Chairman Dan Reynolds and Endicott Mayoral candidate Linda Jackson.
“It’s an honor to be re-elected to a fourth term as Republican Chairman,” said Datta. “Throughout my six years as Chairman and 20+ years of being involved with local Republican politics, I’m proud that through thick and thin we’ve worked together cooperatively to build a strong team and win elections.”
“Looking ahead to this fall, 2020 and beyond, we’ll keep working hard to recruit great candidates, run aggressive campaigns, and elect Republicans to office who are focused on keeping taxes down and reducing the size of government.”
Also elected tonight were First Vice Chair Chris Dziedzic, Secretary Benjamin Federman, and Treasurer Laurie Gialanella of Vestal. The Committee also formally nominated Mark Smith to serve as the new Republican Election Commissioner to replace Oliver Blaise III, who recently resigned from the position as he runs for State Supreme Court Justice.
Chairman Datta and the Committee also took time at tonight’s meeting to recognize Paul VanSavage, who is retiring from Party Leadership after serving as First Vice Chair for the past six years. Mr. VanSavage also served as Party Chairman for several years in the 1980s.
More information about the Broome County Republican Committee can be found at www.Facebook.com/BroomeRepublicans and www.BroomeRepublicans.com.
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First Group Of Longlist Artists Announced For The 9th Coopers AMP
For nine years now The Coopers AMP has been listening to, discovering, rewarding and promoting Australian music of excellence, and in 2013 they’re doing it again!
Each year they recruit around 20 business partners to work with to produce a longlist, a Shortlist, a Winner and two unique events.
The first of the longlisted albums to be announced are I See Seaweed by The Drones, Familiar Stranger by Bob Evans, Kiss My Apocalypse by Abbe May, Not Art by Big Scary, The Cold Light Of Day by Dialectrix and Push The Sky Away by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
Bob Evans said upon hearing the news: “What a lovely surprise it is to be longlisted for The Coopers AMP! Being recognised by your peers for your contribution to the common good is always nice and this is certainly no exception as I am very familiar with what the Coopers AMP stands for. Cheers!”
Previous winners Hermitude were announced in March this year as the winner of The 8th Coopers AMP. In addition to collecting $30,000 in prize money, Hermitude join the prestigious list of previous AMP winners The Jezabels (2011), Cloud Control (2010), Lisa Mitchell (2009), Eddie Current Suppression Ring (2008), The Mess Hall (2007), Augie March (2006) and inaugural winners The Drones (2005).
Any Australian artist who has already produced and commercially released an album of music in 2013 – or will be doing so – should send one listening copy on CD to The 9th Coopers AMP.
More longlisted albums will be announced soon. The winner of The 9th Coopers AMP will be announced in March 2014.
For further information check-out the website.
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
Music – any musical style or genre is accepted and judged.
Australian – a minimum of 50% of the artists producing the album of music must be Australian passport holders or have lived in Australia since 01.01.11.
Commercially – the album has or will be made available for sale to the Australian public for a minimum of 20 consecutive days during 2013 (proof may be required especially for digital only releases). Your album does NOT have to have been commercially successful.
Album – defined as having 9 or more separate tracks OR any number of tracks but with a minimum of 33.3333 minutes of music.
Listening Copy - we must receive all albums on CD. If your album is a digital only release please send us a CD-R in correct track order with a track listing. CDs should be sent to: The 9th Coopers AMP, D-Star Digital, Level 2, 233-235 Bulwara Road, Ultimo, NSW, 2007.
Once you have sent us your album please email info@thecoopersamp.com.au to advise the artist name, album title and contact details. If your album is a digital only release please also email us the track listing.
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Review: Mercedes-Benz GLK350 4Matic
July 5, 2010 by Tom Williams 3 Comments
The GLK-series is an all-new model for North America, competing in the growing premium compact SUV market. While some reviewers will have you believe this is Mercedes’ first shot in this niche, the reality is the GLK is less than 2″ shorter than the original ML320, so this is hardly new territory. The M-Class has grown over the years, and Mercedes needed a small SUV to compete against the Audi Q5, Volvo XC60, Infiniti EX35 and Acura RDX. With so many choices-great choices, we should add-what does Mercedes bring to the party?
For a company that has built a reputation for playing it safe, style-wise, the GLK is a rolling contradiction. For a modern, small SUV the GLK is alarmingly upright, with chiseled edges, bulging fender flares, and an in your face front fascia. The upsweeping character line is particularly sporty. Our test car was fitted with the optional Sport Appearance package, which includes impressive 20″ wheels, and oh-so-elegant brushed aluminum roof rails. I tend to think red looks out of place on any Mercedes (except for the SL), but the Mars Red finish on our test car grew on me quickly. The looks of the GLK may not be for everyone, but I applaud Mercedes for deciding to make a style statement rather than offer some lozenge-shaped bore.
The upright, hard-edge look carries into the cabin of the GLK, which, in my opinion, makes the car. Mercedes has taken some knocks for letting interior quality slip a little in recent years. For anyone who still harbors doubts of Mercedes bringing their A-game, step into the GLK. Build quality, workmanship, look and feel of the materials are outstanding. Rich slabs of timber add warmth and richness, and the M-B Tex seats feel better than the real leather hides used by lesser competition.  Every surface you touch or look at is premium-no cut corners here.  Even the cargo area is nicely finished, and the backlit buttons for the power liftgate was a nice touch on a late night grocery store run.
The seats are firm, and although flat, offer decent support. Gauges are clear and easy to read. In spite of slew of buttons on the center stack, the GLK is not a challenge to use. While the COMAND system, which controls phone, radio and nav can’t match Lexus for ease of use, it is more intuitive than BMW’s iDrive. To sum, Mercedes has restored its reputation as the standard in interior quality, which is remarkable, considering the GLK is the second most inexpensive car they sell.
The GLK comes in one trim level-the GLK350, and one powertrain, a 3.5L V-6, rated at 268hp, coupled to a seven-speed automatic. Buyers can choose from rear or all-wheel drive. The Benz surprises again with a little bark on start up from its dual exhaust, just to let the neighbors know you treated yourself, but quickly settles into a near silent idle. The GLK’s V-6 offers adequate power-not fast, but enough to keep you out of trouble when you need it. Shifting of the seven-speed automatic is seamless, with almost imperceptible upshifts.
The GLK offers a Euro-grade firm suspension, and tackled twisty roads with total composure-no heavy roll or pitch changes to upset the car. It’s no sports car, but the GLK does not protest at all if pushed a bit.  While I was expecting steering feel to be a bit on the lighter side (it was), I was not expecting so much communication from the wheel, another pleasant surprise. While the suburban housewife will appreciate the lightness of the steering, kudos to Mercedes for adding in enough steering feel to satisfy the enthusiast. While the GLK looks stunning with the 20″ wheels included in the Sports Appearance package, the Benz crashed and jittered over road imperfections and manhole covers. If I had to live with a GLK on a daily basis, I would seriously consider sticking with the standard 19″ rims.
One nice feature on our GLK was the optional Lighting Package, which included bi-xenon headlamps with active curve illumination. While the GLK’s competition also offers this feature, we haven’t talked about it here at The Garage. This might sound like a frivolous option at first, but while driving unfamiliar twisty back roads in New York State in the dead of night, I cannot overstate how helpful this feature was in helping me get home safely.
To be sure, quality, and the vaunted three-pointed star come at a price. Things start out fairly reasonably-a base, rear-wheel drive GLK350 starts at $34,600USD (add $2,000 for the 4Matic). Typical of German car companies, the price escalates quickly once you start checking boxes on the option list. Our nearly loaded GLK included the Premium Package, Lighting Package, Multimedia Package and Sport Appearance Package for an as delivered price of $48,735-and that is without a leather interior. If you want leather hides, prepare to pay an extra $1,750.
When Mercedes joined the SUV market in North America with the 1997 ML320, it was saddled with a bland appearance and an interior that fell short of expectations for the brand. While the M-Class has moved up a size, I see the GLK as Mercedes’ second crack at the small SUV market. This time around, Mercedes went all in-bold styling, and interior quality that almost puts the car in  a class by itself. A competent drivetrain and a refreshingly sporty ride make this small Mercedes an instant top contender in the small premium sport ute segment.
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Filed Under: New car reviews, New cars Tagged With: GLK, GLK350, mercedes, Mercedes GLK350, mercedes-benz, Mercedes-Benz GLK350
Gunnar says
We can also note that the handsome edginess you describe owes much to the upright style of the perennial Gelaendewagen a.k.a. "G-Class".
Matthew Yates says
I have a 2010 MBZ GLK 350 that has an ongoing issue with the transmission. Has anyone experienced the following… Upon shifting the car from Park to drive, or neutral to drive or finally reverse to drive and steps on the gas the transmission give way to a short burst of hesitation then within that split second it engages and the car leaps forward? Anyone? Have brought it into the dealer a doz. times and although they can feeling and re-enact it, since it doesn't throughout codes, the transmission cannot be repaired. They can only re-adapt the puter and it does nothing to correct the problem.
Review: Infiniti EX35 says:
[…] sportier and aggressive than the traditional boxy style normally expected (think Acura RDX or Mercedes-Benz GLK). Our car’s optional 18″ wheels filled the wheel wells nicely, and there is just enough […]
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Watch a 61 car pile-up unfold in real time
March 25, 2014 by Gary Grant Leave a Comment
Thanks to Hollywood, most people think a car crash creates a glorious, explosive noise coupled with fireballs and flying objects. In reality, it is typically more of a dull thwack, as metal and plastic crumple sections do their job. It is actually a rather sickening sound once you have heard it a few times in real life. You are about to hear it a bunch of times.
Yesterday afternoon an icy Hwy. 55 in Minnesota, became the scene of a 61 car pile-up, as car after car slammed into the stopped vehicles in their path. The incident began when a tractor trailer jack-knifed and blocked the road. One of the early “arrivals” got out of his car and started shooting video with his phone before trying to help out fellow motorists. Typically it is safer to remain in your car, but in this case there was a wide sidewalk behind a barrier and our camera guy helps people over the barrier before running up the road to attempt to slow traffic down.
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Scary yellow flag crash should never have happened
August 9, 2012 by Gary Grant 1 Comment
One of the darkest days of Canadian motorsport came in the early Seventies when Wayne Kelly drove under an emergency vehicle at Mosport and was killed instantly. Forty years later, we should know better!
During a recent German Formula Master race, a very similar incident to the one that killed Kelly occurred. Everyone involved was VERY lucky. It was interesting to note that organizers brought out the red flag after the carnage.
Video after the jump.
Shutter Speed: Tragedy strikes again and again!
November 3, 2009 by Allan De La Plante 8 Comments
During the next two summers we hit the race tracks when we could afford it, but mostly we just hung out and partied. There were three events that hit us all very hard over this period of time. The first involved one of my co-conspirators in the ‘blue movie’ caper in high school. Of the other likely suspects was a lovable character by the name of David Barham. He and I did a lot of things together during our high school years. One was splicing about ten seconds into a geography movie. Everyone knew we were involved as we had been showing the movie in his basement, for a fee, for a whole weekend. Nearly every guy that played sports in our school and several others had seen the movie, yet no one said a thing to the powers that be when it accidentally ended up in an assembly one Friday morning. Needless to say they tried very hard to discover the creators of the excitement, but it eventually faded away. David played right behind me on the defensive line in football. At the time I was the left defensive end. Barney, as he was known, played corner linebacker. Every time there was a play that came around our end there was a blood curdling scream as he came hurtling through the line to make or assist in a tackle. He scared the shit out of me every time it happened! If I went to the Capital Theater on a Friday night you could tell Barney was there by his high distinctive laugh that just went on and on. We skied together in the winter and water skied in the summer. We chased girls together all year long. Barney was also a first class musician. He played bassoon in the school orchestra and sang and played bass in his own group that played all the local high school dances and any other gig they could find. It was on the road trip of one of these gigs that Barney, two of the band members and one of their girlfriends were killed on the way home in Barney’s new Chevy convertible. It was very early on a Sunday morning. They were returning from Gravenhurst where they had played a dance the night before. Just south of Trout Creek, the same town that I had found my three-window-coupe, Barney pulled out to pass several cars. At the end of the line was a yellow school bus. As Barney pulled past the bus it turned left into a side road. The left front fender of the bus caught the right rear bumper of Barney’s car. The slight impact caused Barney to lose control. The car swerved then dove for the left ditch. It stopped dead when it hit a steep culvert next to a driveway. My Mother woke me early the next morning to tell me of the accident. She had heard about it on the radio. It did not take me long to find out Barney was involved. Several of us drove down to the crash site where there was still wreckage in the ditch. We saw the car in a local wrecker’s yard. I could never figure out what a school bus was doing out at two in the morning on a Sunday. The ride home was long and lonely.
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Group theory and symmetries in quantum mechanics
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Dr. Andrey Moskalenko
The course gives a general introduction to the aspects of the group theory in view of applications in quantum mechanics. The underlying formalism will be discussed for both discrete and continuous groups. Relation to general symmetries of quantum-mechanical systems will be illuminated. We will show how these symmetries result in certain selection rules for the transitions between states in atomic, molecular, and solid-state systems. Further applications of group theory that will be considered include:
i) analysis of the electronic and vibrational spectra of atomic and molecular systems as well as defect states in solids,
ii) band structures of crystalline solids,
iii) mesons and baryons as combinations of quarks and antiquarks.
Required: linear algebra, quantum mechanics (can be completed in parallel)
Recommended: solid state physics
1) J. P. Elliott and P. G. Dawber, Symmetry in Physics (Macmillan, 1979).
2) M.S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, and A. Jorio, Group Theory: Application to the Physics of Condensed Matter (Springer, 2008).
3) M. Tinkham, Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics (Dover, 1964, 1992, 2003).
4) W.-K. Tung, Group Theory in Physics (World Scientific, 1985).
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Streamlined Sales Tax: Marketplace Fairness…for whom?
As Back-to-School tax-free weekends make their annual appearance in many states, you can’t help but think about sales tax in general, and a favorite issue for national retailers to commiserate about: online-only and catalog retailers collecting sales tax only in states where they have a physical nexus.
First though, a little history lesson is warranted. The Supreme Court ruled way back in 1967 that out-of state-retailers could not be forced to remit sales tax to the state (National Bellas Hess vs. Illinois). Of course who cared much back then as this was mainly an out-of-state catalog issue… mainly niche businesses like office supplies. Then came a second ruling in 1992 (Quill vs. North Dakota). Again the Supreme Court ruled that the state could not demand taxes be remitted by out-of-state retailers. Unlike the earlier case though in which the ruling was based on both due-process (states’ rights) and interstate commerce, the Quill ruling was based solely on interstate commerce (only the Federal Government can regulate interstate commerce). “What a big breakthrough” thought the national retailers… and what a soon to be timely breakthrough as by the end of the 90’s, the internet (and Amazon) was rearing its ugly head. The ruling meant that all that’s needed now is federal legislation! So, in 1999 the national retailers started to work on the streamlined sales tax project, dubbed Main Street Fairness, and later dubbed Marketplace Fairness.
So why, 16 years later, do we still not have “Marketplace Fairness” legislation? …Maybe because it’s not all that fair? fairness for whom?
- Obviously fair to the large national chains who have to collect sales tax in all states, and cry for a level playing field. This was a big problem with the dramatic growth of Amazon…. Hence the nickname “Amazon tax”. Yet, with Amazon building distribution centers across the country and establishing nexus state-by-state, Amazon tax is becoming a moot point.
- What about fair to the true Main Street retailer? The mom and pop retailer and the entrepreneurial start-up? For them, the internet is the great equalizer. They can sell their unique products to consumers across the United States thanks to the internet and its “long tail”. Is it fair to pass federal legislation requiring these true Main Street retailers to deal with the burden of correctly collecting sales tax for every state, countless municipalities, and not to mention countless Native American reservations?
- And what about the consumer who buys direct from out-of-state Main Street sellers’ websites? Is it fair to them to add another tax? (Well I know the argument that this is not a new tax because the consumer is technically responsible for remitting sales tax if the retailer does not…. but let’s be real here.)
So, we go full circle to back-to-school tax-free weekends. Why do customers come out in droves to shop? Because they hate taxes! If you were in Congress, would you push for “Marketplace Fairness” taxation? In your re-election year? … and think of that poor “mom and pop” and entrepreneurial merchant under Marketplace Fairness trying to figure out for each state, which states have tax free weekends, on which weekends, which products qualify, and what is the dollar limit? No surprise that after 16 years, streamline sales tax remains the large national retail chains’ dream.
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Characterisation of avian isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
Saleki, Khalil (2002) Characterisation of avian isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
The main part of the work was to develop PCR techniques for identification and typing of avian S. aureus. Different primer sets were applied in order to generate reproducible profiles of the PCR amplimers. Of the 86 avian S. aureus studied, 12, 7, 4 and 5 groups were recognised by the use of ribosomal, REP, coagulase gene and protein A gene primers respectively. PCR-ribotyping (method 1) produced a relatively simple pattern which was used for rapid identification of these isolates and for differentiation of these isolates from each other. These PCR fingerprinting methods were simple to perform and reproducible. The majority (80%) of the strains even from different geographical locations had similar “typical avian” profiles whereas 20% had atypical avian profiles.
Results showed that many of the virulence factors characterised in this study in avian S. aureus were likely to be regulated by the agr and sar loci. Sequencing of the agrD region in selected strains suggested that 80% of avian (typical avian) isolates belonged to agr specificity group II and the other (20%) (atypical avian) stains belonged to agr specificity groups I or III.
An investigation by multiplex PCR for eight toxin genes (encoding enterotoxins A-E, exfoliative toxins A-B and toxic shock syndrome toxin-1) revealed that only 5% of the avian isolates produced one or more of these toxin genes and all were atypical by other criteria. A multiplex PCR developed to detect haemolysin (a, g and d) genes showed that all the 86 avian S. aureus isolates had the a and d-haemolysin genes and a majority (86%) of the strains also had the g-haemolysin gene. Many of those that lacked the g-haemolysin gene were atypical by other criteria. Only 5% of the avian S. aureus strains possessed the b-haemolysin gene and, again, these isolates were atypical by other criteria.
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College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation
Parton, Dr. Roger and Coote, Dr. J.G.
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Input properties of four populations of spinocerebellar tract neurons in the cat and the rat thoraco-lumbar spinal cord
Shakya Shrestha, Sony (2012) Input properties of four populations of spinocerebellar tract neurons in the cat and the rat thoraco-lumbar spinal cord. PhD thesis, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology.
The cerebellum receives information from the hindlimbs through several populations of spinocerebellar tract neurons. Although the role of these neurons has been established in electrophysiological experiments, the relative contribution of afferent fibres and central neurons to their input, their organization and mechanisms of control of transmission has only been estimated approximately so far. The present study aimed to investigate the input properties of four populations of spinocerebellar tract neurons: dorsal spinocerebellar tract neurons located in Clarke´s column (ccDSCT) and in the dorsal horn (dhDSCT) and ventral spinocerebellar tract (VSCT) neurons including spinal border (SB) neurons. There were three major aims: (1) to investigate the excitatory inputs to four types of spinocerebellar tract neurons in the cat and rat thoraco-lumbar spinal cord; (2) to analyze the inhibitory inputs to four types of spinocerebellar tract neurons in the cat and rat thoraco-lumbar spinal cord; (3) to determine the origin of excitatory and inhibitory inputs to four types of spinocerebellar tract neurons in the cat and rat thoraco-lumbar spinal cord.
Two series of experiments were carried out. In the first series of experiments in cats, spinocerebellar tract neurons were identified electrophysiologically and labelled intracellularly with rhodamine-dextran and Neurobiotin. In the second series of experiments in rats, cells were labelled by retrograde transport of b-subunit of Cholera toxin (CTb) from the cerebellum. In addition, to address the third aim, reticulospinal (RetS) and corticospinal (CS) terminals were identified by anterograde transport of CTb from the caudal medulla and hindlimb sensory motor cortex respectively in rats along with labelling of spinocerebellar tract neurons by retrograde injection of Fluorogold in the cerebellum. Following this, immunohistochemistry was carried out.
The first aim was achieved by utilizing the difference in the immunohistochemistry of glutamatergic terminals of peripheral afferents and of central neurons with vesicular glutamate transporters, VGLUT1 or VGLUT2, respectively. All SB neurons with dominating inhibitory input from the periphery possessed very few VGLUT1 contacts and remarkably higher numbers of VGLUT2 contacts. In VSCT neurons with excitatory primary afferent input, the number of VGLUT1 contacts was relatively high although VGLUT2 contacts likewise dominated. In contrast, DSCT neurons were associated with numerous VGLUT1 contacts; ccDSCT neurons with strong input from group I afferents had higher density of VGLUT1 contacts than dhDSCT neurons with major input from group II and cutaneous afferents.
In order to fulfill the second aim, quantification of contacts formed by inhibitory axon terminals on spinocerebellar tract neurons along with excitatory terminals was carried out. Inhibitory axon terminals were characterised as either GABAergic, glycinergic or both GABAergic/glycinergic by using antibodies against vesicular GABA transporter (VGAT), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and gephyrin. Similarly, excitatory terminals were characterised by using combination of VGLUT1 and 2. The comparison revealed the presence of much higher proportions of inhibitory than excitatory contacts on SB neurons but similar proportions were found on VSCT, ccDSCT and dhDSCT neurons. In all types of cell, the majority of inhibitory terminals were glycinergic. The density of contacts was higher on somata and proximal in comparison with distal dendrites of SB and VSCT neurons but more evenly distributed in ccDSCT and dhDSCT neurons.
To achieve the third aim, a series of immunohistochemical reactions was performed to characterize contacts that originate from proprioceptors, different types of interneurons and descending RetS and CS pathways. Among the four populations of spinocerebellar tract neurons, ccDSCT neurons had the highest proportion of contacts formed by VGLUT1 terminals double labeled with parvalbumin (PV) which indicated that majority of direct excitatory sensory inputs to ccDSCT neurons are derived from proprioceptors. A small proportion of excitatory and inhibitory contacts on these neurons originated from Calbindin/ Calretinin/ PV expressing neurons. Quantitative analysis revealed that SB and VSCT neurons have significantly higher numbers of appositions from VGLUT2 expressing RetS axon terminals than DSCT neurons. A small proportion of the RetS contacts on these neurons were VGAT positive. In contrast, DSCT neurons had higher numbers of appositions made by CS axon terminals in comparison to SB and VSCT neurons.
The present findings provide a new basis for understanding the organization and functional connectivity of four populations of spinocerebellar tract neurons and strengthen previous indications of their functional differentiation. SB and VSCT neurons principally receive inputs from spinal and supraspinal neurons although direct input from primary afferents is also stronger in VSCT neurons. DSCT neurons have major direct input from primary afferents and also to some extent from the CS pathway but monosynaptic inputs from proprioceptors dominated in ccDSCT neurons and dhDSCT neurons have mixed proprioceptive and low threshold cutaneous afferent input.
College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology
Maxwell, Prof. David J.
Mrs Sony Shakya Shrestha
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Lyric Stage of Boston Presents "Buyer & Cellar" by Jonathan Tolins - Featuring Phil Tayler - A MUST SEE!
"Buyer & Cellar" by Jonathan Tolins was a huge Off-Broadway hit last season. When Lyric Stage Company of Boston Producing Artistic Director Spiro Veloudos saw the piece in NYC, his first thought was that Lyric should go after the rights to produce the play, and that Phil Tayler should recreate the role of Alex More. As is usually the case when Mr. Veloudos makes theatrical judgments, he was right on target. The play is a total delight, and Mr. Tayler's performance in this one-man comedy is the finest work he has produced in a career that is already rich with memorable performances.
This play, which runs 90 minutes without Intermission, is a fascinating and hilarious admixture of truth and fiction.
Fact: Barbra Streisand has built in the basement of her Malibu home a mall in which she stores many of the thousands of costumes, antiques, knick knacks and tchotchkes she has acquired over the years of her reign as diva.
Fact: Playwright Jonathan Tolins once had a personal encounter with Ms. Streisand at a play they were both attending. She offered him half of her Kit Kat bar.
Fiction: From that encounter, Tolins began to fantasize about what it might be like to be a lone employee in Barbra's cellar, on call to respond to her every whim. This play is the result of those ruminations.
Phil Tayler as Alex More
"Buyer & Cellar"
Lyric Stage of Boston
The play is brilliantly written, prompting from me spontaneous belly laughs at some of the outrageous lines. Mr. Tolins has a sardonic rapier wit and is a keen observer of culture, the human condition and the potential absurdities of life. He has written this play so that a lone actor plays multiple roles. Alex More is the main character, an out of work actor who is offered a chance to work in Ms. Streisand's basement. As he recounts his experiences, he also portrays Ms. Streisand, as well as the woman who is Ms. Streisand's personal assistant, who supervises Alex. We also meet Barry, Alex's boyfriend, a flamboyant under-employed screen writer who both loves the fact that Alex has access to personal encounters with Barbra, but is also insanely jealous of Alex's good fortune. Finally, we have a brief encounter with Barbra's current husband, James Brolin.
Phil Tayler as James Brolin
This brilliant script needs a very versatile actor to execute the concept and deliver the lines in a variety of vocal styles and physical manifestations, without resorting to cartoonish caricature. The talented Mr. Tayler pulls off this high-wire act with aplomb and panache. It is a marathon challenge for an actor - to keep the audience engaged non-stop for 90 minutes without respite or without benefit of other actors to play off of. When I was not laughing uproariously, I was sitting on the edge of my seat eager to see and hear what outrageous comment might come next. Mr. Tolins has filled the actor's quiver with dozens of zingers that poke fun at the world of divas, Hollywood moguls, politicians, complex relationships and dysfunctional human beings full of insecurities. Mr. Tayler launches Tolins' arrows with flawless precision, hitting a bullseye with each one.
There is a scene in which Alex confronts Ms. Streisand with using him solely for the purpose of figuring out what color throw pillows she should use for her Family Room sofa. Mr. Tayler plays both sides of the argument. Lighting cues designed by Chris Brusberg precisely coordinate with changes in character, so we are never left to wonder who is speaking. Matching these changes in lighting a changes by Mr. Tayler in posture, gesticulation, vocal inflection to match precisely each character. He makes particularly goof use of his hands and fingers to differentiate among characters. Scenic Designer Anthony R. Phelps has created a simple but elegant set that gives Mr. Tayler the latitude to perform his magic. Sound Designer David Remedios pipes in appropriately themed Streisand songs to set the right mood, Costumes are by Rafael Jaen. Director Courtney O'Connor has managed to coax out of Mr. Tayler a praiseworthy performance that is an end-of-the-season MUST SEE. Audience members were quick to leap to their feet in approbation of the incredible performance they had just witnessed.
In the past few days, I was blessed with seeing two different plays that I would have to categorize as near perfect evenings at the theater. The first was "Hamilton" (review to follow). The second was "Buyer & Cellar"! So, to my upscale friends in Weston, Wellesley, Winchester and environs, I say take a break from doing inventory in your well-stocked wine cellar and buy some tickets to see "Buyer & Seller" before it is too late. To my friends at the other end of socio-economic scale, come up for air and leave your basement apartment in Allston or Brighton or Everett and head to Back Bay to the Lyric and take in a performance of "Buyer & Cellar." You won't have a chance to see "Hamilton" for a while, so ring out 2015 or ring in 2016 with one of the funniest plays and finest individual performances of the year!
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"A Christmas Carol" at North Shore Music Theatre - This 25th Anniversary Production Is The Best Ever! Through December 23rd
Treat yourself to an early Christmas present and head to North Shore Music Theatre. If you know me at all, you know that I am a huge fan of anything written by Charles Dickens. His classic story, "A Christmas Carol," has enchanted me since I was a boy. Over the decades that I have trod the earth, I have seen many adaptations and presentations of this tale dramatized on stage and screen. I have never seen any better presentation of this story than the one presently on stage at NSMT. Everything about this production makes it worthy of investing your entertainment dollar. It is visually stunning, theatrically mesmerizing, emotionally gripping, and spiritual uplifting, Under the inspired direction of Artistic Director Kevin P. Hill, all of the elements - staging, choreography, lighting, sound, music, acting, singing, flying, pyrotechnics - all coalesce into a pleasing whole that had me vacillating among a Christmas punch bowl of emotions - joy, wonder, amazement, sympathy, empathy, pity, hope and finally - deep satisfaction. And isn't that the essence of the Christmas experience?
David Coffee has inhabited the role of Ebenezer Scrooge lo these many seasons (22 to be exact), and there is no one better in portraying the dizzying arc of Scrooge's journey through time and turmoil. Mr. Coffee brews an even more satisfying cup of Christmas cheer with each new annual production of this play. His facial expressions and grunting of "Humbug!" are along worth the price of admission. But he also has a wondrous supporting cast backing him up.
Andrew Tighe is the young and erstwhile romantic Ebenezer, in love with life and with Belle (Lenni Alexandra Kmiec). Their chemistry is palpable, and it is heart-rending to watch Belle's heart break as Ebenezer's heart hardens, and she is replaced in his affections by gold and his relentless pursuit of lucre.
In adapting this novella to the stage, writer Jon Kimbell has deftly employed the role of the Narrator to create a context and explication for much of the action. Tommy Labanaris is perfect in this role. In a wonderful plot twist in the final moments of the show, we learn why the Narrator has been leaning upon a cane throughout the proceedings. It is a nice touch.
The Cratchit Family - This struggling little family is at the emotional heart of this narrative, and as portrayed by these gifted actors, we feel their affection and concern for one another. Russell Garrett is Bob Cratchit, pater familias and also beleaguered clerk to Ebenezer Scrooge. Leigh Barrett is a warm mother and very opinionated in her resentment of the parsimonious Mr. Scrooge. Ms. Barrett also doubles as the Ghost of Christmas Past, in which role she is also marvelous. Jillian Furber is Martha Cratchit, Cameron Perrin is Peter Cratchit, Haven Pereira is Belinda Cratchit and Jake Ryan Flynn is the universally beloved Tiny Tim.
Scrooge Observes The Cratchit Family At Table
"A Christmas Carol"
Through December 23rd
The Spirits - In addition to the versatile Ms. Barrett as The Ghost of Christmas Past, Peter S. Adams presents an imposing figure as The Ghost of Christmas Present. berobed and bedecked in traditional holiday colors. The aforementioned Andrew Tighe doubles as the Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come, and is a haunting spectre. He is accompanied by Ignorance (Joshua Gillespie) and Want (Jay Turner). The writer has cleverly created two sprites called The Pearlies who energetically tumble and dance and generally cavort around the stage. Their presence indicates to the audience that we are about to experience the appearance of a spirit from another realm. The first such visit is that of the Ghost of Jacob Marley (Freddie Kimmel) as he flies in (flying effects by ZFX, Inc.) to warn Scrooge that it is not too late to stop forging the kinds of ponderous chains that envelop the spectral former business partner and fellow miser. The Pearlies are played by the enormously talented Nathaniel Brage and Brad Trump. Their presence in each scene serves as a sort of theatrical amuse-bouche for the audience, preparing our palates for the more substantial ghostly offerings to come on the bill of fare.
Freddie Kimmel as Marley
The Scrooge Family - In addition to those already mentioned above, Scrooge's extended family includes Giacomo Favazza as the boy Ebenezer, Bronson Norris Murphy as the irrepressible and ever joyful nephew Fred, Lianne Gennaco as Fred's bride, Meg and Scarlett Keene-Connole as Ebenezer's sister Fan.
The Fezziwigs - J.T. Turner as Mr. Fezziwig and Cheryl McMahon as Mrs. Fezziwig anchor the luminous memories of the young clerk Ebenezer being treated with great affection by his first employer. This joyous couple knew how to throw a party!
Revelers, Townsfolk and Others - Robert Conte as Old Joe, Jake Bassinger and Ian Castracane as London boys, Tim McShea as Dick Wilkins, and Eva Rae Costanza, Lorin Zackular, Meghan Ahern as residents of London.
Adding to the overall effect are spectacular pyrotechnics by Atlas Fireworks, superb Lighting by Jack Mehler, Sound by Leon Rothenberg, Costumes by Paula Peasley-Ninestein, Hair and Wigs by Gerard Kelly and Scenic Design by Howard C. Jones. On the music front, original music was composed and arranged by Alby Potts and James Woodland. Music Director Milton Granger leads a multi-talented group of musicians and singers who perform in every corner of the theatre.
Tickets to this production are always in great demand, so do not delay, and do not disappoint by waiting too long. You will have a Dickens of a time explaining to your family why you did not bring them to this year's production of NSMT's timeless "A Christmas Carol."
God bless us, everyone!
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Fiddlehead Theatre Company Delights With A Perfect Adaptation of "The Little Mermaid" - Through December 6th at the Strand Theatre
I absolutely love the current Fiddlehead Theatre Company production of Disney's "The Little Mermaid." It is delightful in every way - the music, the staging, the scenery, the costumes, the singing, the dancing, the flying/swimming and the squeals of delights from adults and children in the audience. You may be aware that Fiddlehead Theatre Company has announced that this is their last production at the historic Strand Theatre. They will be moving into the Theater District for their next productions of "Rent" at Back Bay Events Center (February 5-21, 2016) and "Show Boat" at The Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre (June 23-July 2, 2016). They are leaving Dorchester on a high water mark, to be sure, as they set sail for new shores.
Director Stacey Stephens has cast a wide net in luring talented actors from local Boston waters as well as from more exotic and distant seas. The resulting company is without a weak link - great voices, terrific and nuanced acting, and memorable stage presence across the board. Alan Menken's lush music, Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater's clever and pun-filled lyrics and a coherent book by Doug Wright allow these talented performers to bait the hook, tell their stories, and reel in audience members so that we are caught up in caring about the destiny of each character - be they mortal landlubber, crustacean, fish, seagull or seagoing merfolk. I will assume that most of the readers of The White Rhino Report are familiar with the basic outline of Hans Christian Anderson's tale that inspired this Disney adaptation. Most of us were enchanted by the animated feature that graced movie screens a number of years ago. This stage version is faithful to that original film in many ways, with some delightful additions.
Cast of Disney's "The Little Mermaid"
Fiddlehead Theatre Company
The Strand Theatre
Through December 6th
PHOTO COURTESY OF FIDDLEHEAD THEATRE COMPANY/ERIC ANTONIOU
Allow me to highlight the performers and numbers that had my heart pumping and my head swimming:
Emerson student Jesse Lynn Harte is superb as Ariel, the mermaid who longs to live in "The World Above." Her voice is reminiscent of Jodi Benson, the original voice of Ariel. That is high praise coming from me, since I adore her singing. Ms. Harte adds layers of pathos to her character, so it is not just her gorgeous and crystal clear voice that lures us - and Prince Eric - but also her vulnerable and saucy spirit that makes her willing to follow her heart and defy her strict father, King Triton to pursue love with a human. She shines in "Part of Your World" and "If Only - Ariel's Lament."
Prince Eric is played masterfully and regally by Jared Troilo. As Mr. Troilo has done in each role I have seen him perform, he uses his lustrous singing voice as a foundation upon which he builds a credible and sympathetic character. We are rooting for the Prince to find his true love and discover the girl who own the voice that enchanted him like a Siren's song. When he sings "Her Voice," we are convinced that he has become hopelessly enchanted by Ariel's angelic voice.
Sebastian the Crab is played to perfection by the talented Jay Kelley, whose Jamaican heritage serves him well in the popular numbers "Under The Sea" and "Kiss The Girl." His is an impressive and memorable performance.
King Triton as played majestically by Andrew Giordano, whose sumptuous bass voice fills the auditorium with resonant waves of sound. He is able to display his vocal prowess to great effect in "If Only - Triton's Lament."
These four voices - Ariel, Eric, Sebastian and King Triton collaborate on a quartet that is the musical highlight of this show: "If Only." The harmonies in this number, and the clever staging with each character having a prominent place to stand and sing, were so pure that I experienced a frisson of chills from the sheer joy of listening. Bravo!
Scott Caron is wonderful as Flounder, the cautious, nebbishy and love-sick companion to Ariel whose love for her is painfully unrequited. It is clear that for his solo number, "She's In Love," sung with Ariel's sisters, this fish has been practicing his scales, for he nailed every note.
As the evil and vengeful Ursula, Shana Dirik is deliciously malevolent. She sweeps onto the stage in her outrageous costume that looks like a sea lily on steroids that has been irradiated with Strontium 90. The outfit has been cleverly designed by Director/Costume Designer Stacey Stephens. Along with her eely henchmen, Flotsam and Jetsam, Ms. Dirik sings a wonderfully sardonic "Daddy's Little Angel" as she plots to entice Ariel into signing a Faustian contract to sell her voice and soul for the chance to live in The World Above. She also delights inthe number "Poor Unfortunate Souls."
Flotsam (Chris Pittman) and Jetsam (Carl-Michale Ogle) are slippery Uriah Heeps, fawning on their mistress Ursula in creepy obsequious and servile humility. They have their moment in the spotlight with the duet "Sweet Child."
Andy Papas as Chef Louis serves up a banquet of comic turns, full-bodied arabesques and operatic phrases as he inadvertently freaks out the about-to-be cannibalistic Ariel a feast of seafood as she is feted by the Prince.
Ariel's Mersisters are a motley crew, played with panache by the talented sextet of Becky Bass, Rebecca Frazier, Kara Nelson, hristy Coco, Ryoko Seta and Sarah Kawalek. They stand out in their number "Daughters of Triton."
Other memorable contributions comes from Bryan Miner as Pilot, Ray O'Hare as Grimsby, Eddie Cavazos as Scuttle, Arthur Cuadros as Windward, Dougie Robbins as Leeward, and Kieron Cindric, Christhian Mancinas-Garcia and Andrew Winans as Sea Creatures and Sailors.
Special note must be given to the flawless flying/swimming effects by Flying by Foy.
Music Director Charles Peltz leads a 22-piece orchestra that captures the spirit of MEnken's music wonderfully, filling the Strand with catchy tunes and background music.
Mac Young has designed a set that works well, with simple but effective effects that allow us to suspend disbelief and imagine much of the action happening Under The Sea.
Choreography by Kira Cowan-Troilo is effective, as is Lighting by Zach Blane and Sound by Brian McCoy.
Jesse Lynn Harte as Ariel
Jared Troilo as PRince Eric
Disney's "The Little Mermaid"
There are only four remaining performances, beginning this evening and running through Sunday afternoon. Set your compass for the Strand Theatre, and give yourself and some special loved ones and friends an early holiday gift. Immerse yourself in the healing waters of this fabulous production of a delightful tale. Don't become one of Ursula's "Poor Unfortunate Souls" by missing the boat on this wonderful show.
Shana Ririk as Ursula
The Strand Theatre in Dorchester’s Upham’s Corner, located at 543 Columbia Road. A free trolley service runs to and from the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel, available by reservation only. Tickets are available at www.fiddleheadtheatre.com with special discounts for seniors, students, and Dorchester residents.
Fiddlehead Theatre Website
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"Invisible Thread" Opens At Second Stage in Manhattan - "Witness Uganda" Re-Imagined
Griffin Matthews and Cast Members
"Invisible Thread"
Second Stage
Through December 27th
A musical that began life at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) with the title "Witness Uganda" is now delighting New York audiences at Second Stage as "Invisible Thread." Director Diane Paulus has pulled out all the stops to help the creative team further refine the telling of this compelling real life story. I have written extensively about the original Cambridge production, so I will try not to repeat myself here. I strongly suggest that you take a few moments to read my original and follow-up reviews of "Witness Uganda." In this review, I will concentrate on changes that have been made to this powerful musical.
White Rhino Report Original Review of "Witness Uganda" at A.R.T.
White Rhino Report Follow-Up "Review of Witness Uganda"
The first change that hit me was that the character of Griffin Matthew's female friend has been replaced by his boyfriend, Ryan. This change makes perfect sense, for it brings the fictionalized telling of Griffin's pilgrimage closer to the actual facts of his real life. In this iteration of the story, Ryan is a stand-in for composer Matt Gould. The actor who plays Ryan, Broadway veteran Corey Mach, has studied Matt's mannerisms and looks remarkably like the composer. He is a wonderful addition to an already strong cast. Returning Matt Gould's presence to this narrative allows us to properly see the elephant that has been there the whole time.
Adeola Role as Joy
Griffin Matthews as himself
The set is beautifully rendered. The stylized hill from Cambridge has now been replaced with reddish dirt that covers the stage and forms an earthen mound that represents the hill that the Ugandan kids claim as their own with a panoramic view of Kampala and Lake Victoria. Elements of the set fly in from above and from the sides to recreate the mission compound and the marketplace, as well as the abandoned library that Griffin uses as a makeshift schoolroom. Ryan's apartment back in NYC sits at a higher elevation downstage right. The remarkable projections have been upgraded and supplemented with images that evoke New York City, Kampala, rural Uganda and the journeys between the two worlds.
The orchestra has been expanded and sits on several levels upstage left and right. The sound combines the pulsating Africans rhythms with several pop and Gospel styles.
I have had the opportunity to see two of the NYC performances to date. New York audiences are responding as enthusiastically as did those in Cambridge. On a recent Sunday evening many members of the casts of "Hamilton" and "The Color Purple" stopped by to take in the show. They led the way in showing their profound appreciation for the rollicking Gospel number "Be The Light" (Bela Musana) with the soaring solo by Melody Betts. This song remains one of the emotional high points of "Invisible Thread." Another musical highlight is the haunting song "Beautiful," in which Griffin and his students compare the different beauties of NYC and Africa.
Please take the time to read the bios of the gifted cast members. They have done yeoman's work in learning Ugandan accents, dance moves and locomotion. The time that the team spent in Uganda this past summer is in evidence for they have brought some of the ethos of that land with them back to Manhattan. Adeola Role as Joy is memorable in showing the vast difference between her everyday voice and the false and affected warmth she shows to visitors to the compound.
Nicolette Robinson as Eden
Jamar Williams as Ibrahim
Tyrone Davis, Jr. as Ronnie
Kristolyn Lloyd as Grace
This Second Stage production and New York Premiere of "Invisible Thread" is being presented in association with The American Repertory Theater of Cambridge.
"Invisible Thread" merchandise is being sold in the lobby to support the continuing efforts of the Uganda Project to sponsor the education of young women and men in Uganda. Each time you attend and purchase items, you are strengthening the invisible thread that was first spun when Griffin headed out on his intrepid first trip to Uganda. The show will run through December 27th. Secure your tickets now.
Second Stage Website
CO-CHOREOGRAPHED BY DARRELL GRAND MOULTRIE
CHOREOGRAPHED BY SERGIO TRUJILLO
MELODY BETTS (Ensemble, u/s Joy) is so ecstatic to join this immensely talented cast in Invisible Thread. Regional Credits include Hairspray, A Christmas Carol, The Color Purple, Ragtime,Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Boys from Syracuse, Seussical the Musical, Once on this Island, Nunsense, Cinderella (TYA), All Shook Up, The Drowsy Chaperone, Short Shakes! Comedy of Errors, Pinocchio, Motherhood the Musical, The Nativity, Smokey Joe’s Café. TV credits include “Chicago Code” (FOX) and “Chicago PD” (NBC). MFA (WIU), AEA, SAG-AFTRA, BMI. Twitter:@melodyabetts. Instagram: @THEEMelodyB. Let's be kinder to one another, daily and randomly. 1 John 3:18.
RODRICK COVINGTON (Ensemble, u/s Jacob) appeared in the world premiere of Witness Uganda at A.R.T. Regional Credits:Miss Saigon (nominated for Best Supporting Actor), Central Avenue Breakdown (Signature Theatre Company; Best Actor and Best Musical), The Brothers/Sister Plays (Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Best Actor Nomination, Best Ensemble Award), Venice(Kirk Douglas Theatre), Pippin (Mark Taper Forum), Jelly's Last Jam (Best Actor Nomination), In the Red and Brown Water(Premiere, Alliance Theatre, Best Ensemble Nomination). International tour include South Africa at The Baxter and Market Theatre. Broadway: The Lion King. National Tour: Fosse. TV: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Chappelle's Show." Film:Mask of the Ninja, Three Verses and Memory Running. Founder and CEO of CORE RHYTHM FITNESS where he teaches hundreds of Artists how to unlock the Core combining Body/Mind/Spirit Work. Love Conquers All Romans 8:29-39.corerhythmfitness.net
KEVIN CURTIS (Ensemble, u/s Ibrahim, Ronny). National Tour: A Chorus Line. NYC: Street Lights, Twilight in Manchego, NYMF; Daniella Uses Dirty Words, Abingdon Theatre Company. Regional: Witness Uganda, ART; A Chorus Line, TUTS Houston; A Chorus Line, Hairspray, The Student Prince, Pittsburgh CLO; Hairspray, High School Musical, North Shore Music Theatre. TV/Film: Take Care, Newlyweeds, “Live from Lincoln Center: Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch.” Proud graduate of AMDA NY and The Baltimore School for the Arts. Special thanks to Matt & Griff, Diane Paulus, TKO and uplifting supportive family. Twitter: @KevinTCurtis.
TYRONE DAVIS, JR. (Ronny). National Tours: Shrek: The Musical (1st Nat’l), The Mystery of King Tut. Off Broadway/NY: Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe, Coriolanus, The Rape of the Lock, The Loves of Mr. Lincoln, The Drunken City, Life on the Mississippi. Regional: A.R.T.: Witness Uganda (dir. Diane Paulus); Baltimore Center Stage: A Civil War Christmas; Goodspeed: Amazing Grace; Dallas Theater Center: Stagger Lee; Vinyard Playhouse: Pure Confidence; Crossroads Theatre Co: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (dir. André DeShields); Classical Theatre of Harlem: King Lear. NY Workshops/Labs: Shuffle Along, Witness Uganda, Amazing Grace, Before Midnight. Education- New World School of the Arts/Univ. of Florida, B.F.A. @tyronedavisjr
NKRUMAH GATLING (Male Swing, u/s Jacob, Ibrahim, Ronny) is excited to making his 2ST debut and overjoyed to be a part of this amazing cast! He was most recently seen in Theatre by the Sea's Little Mermaid as Sebastian, as well as the workshop of August Rush this past fall. Broadway: Hair. National Tours: Hair, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, Miss.Saigon. Regional: Dreamgirls, Miss Saigon, Wonderful Life (TUTS). Much love and many thanks to my Mom, family, and everyone at BRS/Gage. Instagram:nkrumah_g
LATRISA HARPER (Ensemble, Dance Captain). Broadway: The Color Purple, The Lion King. 1st National Tours: The Color Purple, and Motown. A.R.T.: Witness Uganda. Ailey II. "Dance is the hidden language of the soul". -M. Graham. Proud AEA member.
JASON HERBERT (Ensemble) is thrilled to be a part of Invisible Thread! Credits include: National & Concert Tour of the TONY Award Winning Musical FELA! directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones and Artistic Director Maija Garcia. Concert dance companies such as Philadanco!, Forces of Nature Dance Theater, and Kymera Dance. Appearances in Feature Films: Bolden(upcoming) and Freedom. Independent Films: Lifted and Under the Harlem Moon. This is his first Off-Broadway Production, and he would like to thank the entire Invisible Thread team for trusting in him with the opportunity to change and impact lives with Live Art at the fore front.
AISHA JACKSON Ensemble, u/s Eden, Grace) is overjoyed to be a part of this amazing cast! Broadway: Beautiful-The Carole King Musical. Regional: Memphis (Felicia), Once on This Island(TiMoune), and Witness Uganda (American Repertory Theatre). Thanks to God, my family and friends, and BBR for all the love and support! To the House of Uganda, you guys are my heart. Nkwagala nyo Simon. For Vaughn and Amy. Luke 1:37.
KRISTOLYN LLOYD (Grace). Two time NAACP Image Award Nominee for her role as Dayzee Leigh Forrester on the CBS daytime show The Bold and the Beautiful. Her on stage credits include: Paradise Blue (Williamstown), The Liquid Plain (Signature Theatre), Heathers The Musical (New World Stages), Witness Uganda(A.R.T.), Heathers The Musical (The Hudson), Hairspray, Rent (Hollywood Bowl), Once on this Island (Reprise Theatre). TV includes “ER” and “Lie To Me.”
MICHAEL LUWOYE (Jacob) is very proud to be making his Second Stage debut and to continue this journey with this uplifting team of creatives. New York: Empty House (NY Fringe), Fable (NYMF). Regional: Marley (Center Stage): Witness Uganda (A.R.T.), Tick, tick ... BOOM! (American Theater Group), and The Three Musketeers, Once on This Island, Hairspray, Guys and Dolls at Flat Rock Playhouse. B.A. from The University of Alabama c/o 2013.|These shows are performed for my Family, my community of friends, my well-being, the students of Uganda Project, and The River. Peace.
COREY MACH (Ryan). Off-Broadway debut. Completely overjoyed to be a part of this vital, courageous piece of theatre. Broadway: Hands on a Hardbody, Godspell (Jesus/Judas standby). National Tours: Wicked, Flashdance: The Musical, Rent. Regional: Sara Bareilles’ Waitress at A.R.T., Pippin (Pippin), Violet (Monty), Harold & Maude (Harold), Lippa’s Wild Party (Burrs), I Love You Because (Austin). TV: “Codes of Conduct” (HBO; dir. Steve McQueen). Yale Institute for Music Theatre acting company. Proud grad of Baldwin-Wallace. Endless gratitude to Diane, Griff, Matt, Serge, Nicolette, Steve, and CGF. coreymach.com
TIFFANY MANN (Female Swing, u/s Eden, Grace, Joy) is a proud Texas native and is beyond delighted to be making her Off-Broadway debut. Some of her theatrical credits include: Sweeney Todd at the Lincoln Center, Claudio Quest at NYMF, Stagger Leeat Dallas Theater Center, One Night with Janis Joplin at ZACH Theater and San Jose Rep, The Color Purple(Celie), and Ragtime(Sarah's Friend). She has also performed with the Fort Worth Opera Chorus in numerous productions. She received her training as a vocal performance major at Oklahoma City University. Words alone cannot express Tiffany's gratitude, so she offers the gift of song as her thanks. Twitter: @iamtiffanymann
GRIFFIN MATTHEWS (Griffin, Co-Author) graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, in his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. Griffin co-wrote Invisible Thread (Richard Rodgers Award, Harold Adamson Award, and Dean Kay Award). He is working on a commission for Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles to write a new docu-musical about the ever-changing face of the American family. He's directed several readings of the new musical Lempicka for Yale Rep and New Dramatists and has choreographed pieces at Vassar College, Lincoln Center (NYC), Warner Theater (DC), and in Tokyo. Acting credits include New York/Regional: Best of Both Worlds, 1776, Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, Once On This Island. Television: “Law & Order: SVU” (recurring), “Happy Valley” (NBC Pilot), “The Carrie Diaries" (recurring),“The Mentalist,” “Suburgatory,” “Weeds,” “90210,” “Law and Order: LA,” “Cashmere Mafia,” “Numb3rs.” Starring in the upcoming Indie horror, "Screamers." Invisible Thread is based on his organization UgandaProject, which he founded in 2005. Twitter: @GriffinsThread
JEREMY POPE (Griffin). Drama League nominee for his lead role as "Pharus" in Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney(Manhattan Theatre Club). Pope reprised his role at the Alliance Theater and the Geffen Playhouse, all under the direction of Trip Cullman. National Tours include SkippyJon Jones (Theatreworks USA). He is a graduate of The American Musical & Dramatic Academy. Jeremy-Pope.com
JAMARD RICHARDSON (Ensemble) is beyond grateful to continue to share this story with the world. Broadway Credits:The Book of Mormon. Regional Favorites: Witness Uganda,Waitress (reading), The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Joseph…, Hairspray, Ragtime, and Xanadu. Originally from Dayton, Ohio and is a proud alum of The University of Oklahoma. BOOMER!! Thanks to God, The Mine, Stephen Kopel, Matt & Griff, this phenomenal Cast & Crew, OU13, Mom, Dad & Morgynne! Much love to you all! Matthew 19:26. Follow me @jamardrich
NICOLETTE ROBINSON (Eden). Off-Broadway: Brooklynite (Vineyard Theatre). Regional: Witness Uganda (A.R.T.), A Little More Alive (Barrington Stage Company). TV: Plays Jane on Showtime’s Golden Globe Award winning series “The Affair,” also “Hart of Dixie,” “Unforgettable,” “Perfect Couples,” “Cold Case.” Princess Grace Award Winner for Theater and a graduate of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, & Television. Twitter/Instagram: @NicoletteKloe.
ADEOLA ROLE (Joy) is thrilled to be making her Off-Broadway debut as "Joy" in Invisible Thread. Role originated the part of Joy in the world premiere, formerly known as Witness Uganda, at the American Repertory Theater. Role is also known for playing Susan Stewart in the American Repertory Theater's production of Taylor Mac's Liliy's Revenge. The Nigerian-born actress received her BA in Performance Theory with an emphasis on "Postmodern Blackness" from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Acting from A.R.T/M.X.A.T at Harvard University. Role wishes to thank her beloved Mother and Sister for loving her, teaching her, and carrying her to this very moment.
CONOR RYAN(Ryan Standby) was last seen playing Jean-Michel in the Goodspeed Opera House’s production of La Cage Aux Folles. He starred opposite Kate Baldwin in the Off-Broadway revival of John and Jen and has also recently been seen on Broadway in Cinderella and in the Public Theatre's production of The Fortress Of Solitude. Training: BFA University of Michigan, Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Many thanks to all of his teachers throughout the years, his family and friends, 2nd Stage, Katie and Miguel, Becca and Laura, and CESD. Twitter: @conorrrryan, IG:chakaconor. Everything is for Mom.
JAMAR WILLIAMS (Ibrahim). Off-Broadway Debut. NY:Broken Window Theory dir. Michele Shay (Nuyorican). Regional: Witness Uganda (A.R.T); Hairspray, The Piano Lesson (Santa Rosa Rep). Tours: Theatre Works USA. TV: 40th Anniversary Oklahoma! (dir. Terrance Mann), Much Ado About Nothing (PBS). Workshops/Readings: Witness Uganda (A.R.T.), Kill Floor (LCT3), Choir Boy (Manhattan Theatre Club), West Village Swing (screen play by Vincent Mignatti). Graduate from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Special thanks to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, My loving parents and sisters, Matt and Griff, Diane Paulus, Mickey Nelson, and Nicolosi & Co. This show is dedicated to the eternal memory of my Dad; thank you for guiding me, I will love you forever! Twitter: @mjamarwilliams
MATT GOULD (Co-Author, Music Director, Orchestrations, Vocal Arrangements) is a recipient of the Richard Rodgers Award (2012 and 2014), The Jonathan Larson Award, and ASCAP’s Dean Kay and Harold Adamson Awards. His musical Invisible Thread(f/k/a Witness Uganda) had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater under the direction of Tony Winner Diane Paulus. His upcoming original works include The Family Project for LA’s Center Theatre Group, and Lempicka (Yale Rep Commission). He wrote Twilight in Manchego (Directed by Tony Winner Billy Porter) for the NYMF, has written and arranged music for Playwrights Horizons and translated, adapted and directed Romeo and Juliet in Pulaar (Mauritania, West Africa.) Often collaborating with co-writer Griffin Matthews, Matt has performed around the world including Uganda, Mauritania, Japan, South Africa, and across the US including the NY Stock Exchange, Lincoln Center, Summit Series and Royce Hall. A graduate of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, Matt is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at schools and Universities. He is the co-director of UgandaProject.
DIANE PAULUS (Director) is the Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University. Broadway: A.R.T.’s productions of Pippin (Tony Award Best Direction, Best Revival), Finding Neverland, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess(Tony Award Best Revival); The Public Theater’s Hair (Tony Award Best Revival). Also at A.R.T.: Waitress (music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles), Crossing (a new opera by Matt Aucoin), Prometheus Bound (music by Serj Tankian, book and lyrics by Steven Sater), Tod Machover’s Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera, The Donkey Show, Best of Both Worlds, Johnny Baseball. Other: Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna currently on tour in Paris; The Magic Flute (Canadian Opera Company); Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, Marriage of Figaro, Turn of the Screw, and the Monteverdi trilogy (Chicago Opera Theater and BAM). Diane is a Professor of the Practice in Theater in Harvard University’s English Department and was selected as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2014.
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The Vizsla Breed
Vizsla Pictures
The Hunting Vizsla
The Show Vizsla
Home The Vizsla Breed
In order to give you the best information about the history of this great breed, we have used the same information that you will be able to find on the Vizsla Canada website. Our history does not cover the individual types of vizslas (smooth or wirehaired) but just the general breed history. You can visit the Vizsla Canada site for even more breed information.
The Vizsla breed lays a strong claim to being one of the oldest documented sporting dogs in the world. The Magyar tribes which wandered the Russian Steppes and lived in the Carpathian basin during the eighth century, were known to hunt extensively when not breeding cattle. An anonymous scribe of Hungarian King Adelbert III (1235 – 1270) wrote about the history and wanderings of the Magyars, including their use of the yellow pointing dogs called the “Vizsla”. Early illustrations of this dog appear in chronicles written by Carmelite Friars in 1357. Other Hungarian documented references to the Vizsla appear in the 1500’s.
Dogs were created to bring love, happiness and companionship ….
There is little doubt that the basic Vizsla was crossbred throughout the centuries with other breeds, including hounds. The Magyars apparently always took such crosses back to the basic Vizsla because hound noses are black and the true Vizsla nose is brown or flesh coloured. Even today, the resemblance of the Vizsla is closer to the lighter wild dogs of the Russian Steppes in colour and quality of coat. The Vizslas were companion dogs of the early warlords and barons and kings. Their blood was preserved pure for centuries by the land owning aristocracy and held in high esteem by their owners.
The Vizsla has survived the Turkish occupation, the Hungarian Civil Wars, World Wars I and II, and the Russian occupancy. Late in the 19th century, the Vizsla suffered a decline and during the Second World War, came close to becoming extinct. In 1945, when the Russian occupation forces invaded Hungary, many of the wealthy aristocrats were forced to flee their beloved land. Several were able to smuggle their Vizslas and pedigree records out of the country. These owners fled to various parts of Europe and North America with their dogs and from this small, remaining Vizsla stock are descended our present day dogs. Some of these Hungarians came to Canada and the United States in the early 1950’s and brought their dogs with them.
The Vizsla Standard
Essentially pointer in type, the Vizsla is a medium sized, distinguished and very aristocratic looking dog. The tail is docked one-third and dewclaws are removed. The Vizsla is fun loving, lively, gentle, and very affectionate. It is sensitive but demonstrates a fearless protectiveness. Its desire and need to be close to people means it does not make a good kennel dog. These dogs reach their full potential when allowed to live as true family members. Males tend to mature more slowly than females.
This dog excels in the field as a distinguished upland game pointer and retriever:
its intelligence and trainability allow it to shine in obedience
its beauty and structure are evident in the conformation show ring
its superior ability to scent makes it a good tracking dog
its agility and speed serve it well in other areas such as flyball and agility competition.
Vizslas are also used in pet therapy/visitation and as hearing/seeing eye dogs.
A dog is the only thing on EARTH that loves you more then he loves itself.
The Vizsla is one of the most versatile breeds in the world. Did you know that the first triple champion (show, field and obedience) in the history of the American Kennel Club was a Vizsla! It was TC Kutya Kai Costa bred by Marion Coffman and owned by R. Costa. To date, only two purebred dogs are confirmed to be AKC triple champions and the second one is also a VIZSLA. “Chartay” now known as TC Legacy’s DeChartay UDX MH VC, bred by Diane Shearer and Gregory Gollick and owned by Jack and Bettylou Sharkey, became a quintuple champion, first in AKC history.
Is the Vizsla Breed for you?
Vizslas have primarily been bred for hunting, a skill in which they naturally excel. But they are also very loving and wonderful family dogs. The Vizsla is a spirited breed, marked with intelligence and a deep sense of awareness. They are very strongly connected with their caregivers and they are very loyal.
Vizslas love to play, and are very affectionate. They are social dogs, and they need to be encouraged to socialize by taking them to parks, groups, and places where they have a chance to play with other animals. As active hunting dogs they need lots of exercise and activities.
They are sensitive and need to be treated with lots of love, respect, and care, which they return tenfold. Caring, loving discipline, and training are essential in bringing out a Vizsla’s highest potential. I am sure you can see by these pictures that Vizslas are a handsome and attractive breed. Their natural attributes coupled with their attentive, ready-to-please disposition, make them wonderful companions, partners, and show dogs.
Owners need to have a home with a fenced yard and be able to provide a good balance of activities. They are easy to groom and good with children. They are very clean, with no undercoat, and rarely cause allergies.
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MAJORS, MINORS, AAA AND AA
FALL 2019 LOCAL RULES
Unless otherwise noted, rules are specified in the 2019 Official Regulations and Playing Rules published by Little League International. All references to age are League Age as specified by Little League International. The following lists all special exceptions and points of emphasis:
Rules for All Levels
Rule I - Dugout Assignments
The home team will occupy the dugout or player bench along the 3rd base line.
Rule II - Team Duties
The Home Team is responsible for raking all dirt portions of the field before and after each game. If it is the final game of the day, the home team is also responsible for tarps over the pitcher’s mound and home plate.
The Visiting Team is responsible for lining the field prior to the start of the first game of the day. In addition, if applicable, the Visiting Team will designate a scoreboard operator and be responsible for returning the scoreboard control to the proper storage place. Note: If there is no scoreboard, the Visiting Team will be responsible for assisting the Home Team in raking and covering the field.
The Home Team will also provide two new leather “game” balls for each game, and both teams may be asked to furnish an extra “good” ball in case of loss or damage of game balls.
Rule III – Continuous Batting Order
Continuous batting order is in effect for all games (Rule 4.04).
Rule IV – Player Safety, Accessories and Equipment
LLI Rule 1.11(j) states, "Players must not wear jewelry such as, but not limited to, rings, watches, earrings, bracelets, watches, nor any hard cosmetic/decorative items. This rule applies regardless of the composition of such jewelry, hard cosmetic item, or hard decorative item. EXCEPTION: Jewelry that alerts medical personnel to a specific condition is permissible."
In addition, players must be “legally and properly equipped” as defined by Little League International (e.g. protective cups and catchers mitts for catchers, molded cleats, etc.)
Rule V - Base Coaches
Teams have the option of using two adults as base coaches, provided one adult manager or coach remains in the dugout at all times (rule 4.05). Players serving as base coaches must wear a protective helmet.
Rule VI - Umpires
The league shall attempt to provide umpires for each scheduled game. In the event that none are assigned to/available for a particular game, one parent from each team will serve as umpires, with the home team responsible for supplying the home plate umpire (unless otherwise agreed to by the managers).
Parents/spectators who fill in as umpires when regular umpires are not available are entitled to the same respect as regular umpires, and have equal authority as such.
Rule VII - Pitch Counts and Reporting
The home team’s pitch count shall be considered official. Each manager will retain a copy of his/her team’s pitch count totals for each game, and a log of his team’s pitchers’ eligibility throughout the season.
Managers must submit final game results and pitching reports (name of pitchers, number of innings and pitches) to the website no later than noon the next day, but preferably immediately following the game.
Rule VIII – Cheering and Spectators
Only positive cheers directed at members of their own team by players or fans will be allowed. No organized cheers will be tolerated while the pitcher is delivering a pitch. The umpire has authority to request that the manager, coaches, players, or fans cease any cheers or activity that, in the umpire’s judgment, are inappropriate or disruptive to the game. The opposing manager may also request the umpire to control organized cheers deemed inappropriate.
In addition, each team manager is responsible for the behavior of the parents/guardians/spectators of the players on his respective team. The umpire should address any complaints regarding the spectators to the relevant manager.
Rule IX – Gates
All gates, including dugout gates, will be closed during play. If managers do not comply with umpire requests for dugout gates to be closed, umpires will submit warnings to relevant managers and file a report to the division commissioners.
Rule X – On-field Personnel
Team Scorekeeper – The official team scorekeeper shall not be allowed in the dugout or on the bench, unless that scorekeeper is also the team manager, or a coach who is permitted to be present in the dugout.
Players – Players may only leave the dugout/bench area with the permission of the manager or a coach. All players shall remain in the dugout unless on the field during defensive play.
Adult Game Coordinators – If applicable, at least one Adult Game Coordinator must participate in the home plate conference to begin the game.
Rule XI – Player requirements
A minimum of eight (8) players is necessary to start a game. A game also may not be continued with less than eight (8) players, should players need to leave mid-game.
The opposing team with nine (9) or more players shall provide, to the short-handed team, a player to play the outfield position closest to their own dugout. That fielder shall be the last batter who was temporarily placed in the offensive team’s outfield. A team with 10 or more players may also elect to “loan” a player to the team that is short. The loaned player will field and bat as if a full member of the shorthanded team.
One batter prior to the borrowed fielder’s at-bat, that fielder will be substituted with the batter that made the most recent out (if no subsequent outs have occurred, use the last runner that scored).
Rule XII – Questionable Rainout Games/Player Turnout
Should a team not show up because of rain or threatening weather forecasts, and if the coach of that team that did not confirm the cancellation with the opposing manager or league commissioner, the game will be NOT be an automatic forfeit, but be referred to the appropriate league commissioner for a decision.
Rule XIII – Weather and Game Suspensions
Play will immediately be suspended at the first sign of lightning or thunder. All players, managers, coaches, umpires and spectators must go to and remain in cars. Play will not resume until the area has been free of lightning for thirty (30) minutes. After of one (1) hour of cumulative weather delay (one or more suspensions in play), the game will be terminated and declared official, suspended or to be re-started, based on Little League rules.
Rule XIV – Minimum Defensive Play
No player shall sit out defensively for more than two (2) innings in a regular six (6)-inning game in any division. If fewer than six innings are played, please refer to the chart below. If extra innings are required, no player shall sit out defensively for more than one (1) of every three (3) innings. No player may sit out two consecutive innings.
Required Defensive Innings
Total Innings Played
Minimum Defensive Innings
Rule XV – Substitutions
Free substitution, except for the pitcher, will be allowed.
Rule XVI – Minimum Game Attendance
Any player who fails to attend at least 50% of his team’s league scheduled activities is removed from good standing. Only players in good standing are eligible to play in a game. League scheduled activities includes practices and games.
Rule XVII – Player Suspension
For disciplinary reasons only, a coach may request that a player not attend a particular game if both the commissioner and parents have been notified at least 24 hours in advance.
Rule XVIII - Pitch Count Maximum & Rest Requirements
At a minimum, Alexandria Little League follows Little League International’s rules for pitcher workload – e.g. maximum pitch counts, innings limits and rest requirements as found in LLI Regulation VI.
In addition, ALL enforces limitations on pitcher workload beyond these as found in the Division Specific Rules below.
Should a pitcher reach his/her maximum allowable pitches after commencing to pitch to a batter, that pitcher may continue pitching to that batter until the end of that at-bat. Warm-up pitches do not count against the pitcher’s count.
There is no limit to the number of players who may pitch in any game. Once removed, a pitcher may not return to pitch again in that game. No pitcher is permitted to pitch in two (2) games on the same day. This rule applies to all ages eligible to pitch in the various divisions.
In addition to the pitch count limits stated above, no player in any division may pitch in more than six (6) innings per calendar week. For this rule, an inning shall be counted towards a pitcher’s weekly total, even if only one (1) pitch is delivered within a team’s defensive inning. Warm-up pitches are not counted. A calendar week is defined as beginning on Sunday and ending on Saturday at midnight. Innings pitched does not count against a Pitcher pitch count here, just Majors Divisional innings pitched.
Rule XIX – Catcher Eligibility
In addition to the above rules, a player may not play the position catcher if he has thrown 41 or more pitches previously. A PLAYER who catches three or more innings is ineligible to pitch at any point during the game.
Rule XX – Intentional Walk
While allowed by Little League International, Alexandria Little League does not allow them.
Rule XXI – Fake Bunts/Full Swings
A player may not fake bunt and then take a full swing (“slash play”). A violation will result in the batter being called out. No Alexandria Little League manager shall instruct a player to fake bunt; that is stand ready to bunt, and then swing away as defensive players may be charging the ball. Any manager who instructs their players to fake bunt in this fashion will be ejected from the game, and serve a one-game suspensions. Managers shall instruct their players that, when a batter squares away to bunt, the batter, on his own, may decide to swing away. Charging home plate aggressively in advance of the bat and ball connecting can risk injury. A player who stands to bunt and swings away in a fashion that risks injury to the defensive player may be called out, depending on the circumstances. Such a decision will be in the judgment of the umpire.
Rule XXII – Automatic Balls/Strikes
Umpires may call a strike (without the pitcher delivering a pitch) if the batter does not heed his instruction to enter the batter's box. Umpires may also call a ball (without the pitcher delivering a pitch) if the pitcher does not heed his instruction to deliver a pitch. In neither case is this counted toward that pitcher’s pitch count.
Rule XXIII - Safe/Out Calls by Players or Adults
A coach (adult or player) making a "safe" or "out" call in an attempt to influence the outcome of a play is considered by Little League International Rules to be in violation of the Unsportsmanlike Conduct rule and therefore is subject to ejection. It is the objective of this local rule modification to create awareness among the coaches, so that this behavior is eliminated. An umpire witnessing this act will provide one warning to a base or bench coach. On the second offense during that game, the umpire will require that a base coach be replaced. The offending base coach must perform their coaching responsibilities from the bench for the remainder of that game. A coach who receives three warnings in the same game must leave the bench and watch the remainder of the game from the stands. All 2nd and 3rd offenses will be reported to the commissioner for review. (See Rule 4.06)
Rule XXIV – Courtesy Runners for Catchers
In all divisions, with two (2) outs and the offensive team’s catcher on base, use of a courtesy runner is encouraged for that player to prevent delays and enable continuity of the game. This runner shall be the player who made the last out. Courtesy runners are also allowed in the case of injury.
Rule XXV – Inning Changeover Time Limits
During the game, inning changeovers will not exceed two minutes (measured from the time the last out is recorded to the time that the first pitch is thrown to the first batter of the subsequent inning). Umpires will help managers prepare for a timely changeover by providing notice to both managers when two outs have been recorded. If the two-minute changeover is exceeded by more than 15 seconds, the home plate umpire will award a ball to the batter.
Rule XXVI – Rules Violations
Managers who fail to follow the Little League International Rules or ALL Local Rules are subject to reprimand or suspension.
Rule XXVII – Age Eligibility
In order to be eligible to play in the Majors Division, a player must be at least 10 years old and no older than 12 years old.
Division Rules
Pitch Limits:
Until OCTOBER 1, pitchers shall be limited to 45 pitches or two innings of work. If a single pitch is thrown, that shall constitute an inning. After such time, a player is subject to the pitch counts and rest requirements specified by Little League International in Regulation VI:
Players Age 11 or 12 – May throw up to 85 pitches
Players Under 11 – May throw up to 75 pitches.
Innings Limit: There is no innings limit in Majors
Required Rest:
Before returning to pitch, players must adhere to the following rest schedule:
If a player pitches 66 or more pitches in a day, four (4) calendar days of rest must be observed
If a player pitches 51 - 65 pitches in a day, three (3) calendar days of rest must be observed
If a player pitches 36 - 50 pitches in a day, two (2) calendar days of rest must be observed
If a player pitches 21 - 35 pitches in a day, one (1) calendar day of rest must be observed
Note: Should a game be suspended and continued on another day, the legal pitcher at the point of suspension may continue pitching in the continued portion only if he has met his/her rest requirement. And, since the resumption occurs on another day, his pitch count re-starts at zero (0). In this case, a pitcher may pitch beyond his limit (e.g. 85 pitchers for a 12 year old) within the GAME (which occurred over two (2) separate days), but he/she is still limited to the daily limit for each of the DAYS the game is played. All other rules in Little League International Regulation VI are in effect.
Base Running:
Runners may steal any base at their own peril, including home, at any time. They may not leave for a base until the pitch has reached home plate.
Dropped third strike is in effect.
For games played at Brenman, the batter is limited to one (1) base on a dropped third strike, unless the catcher attempts to make a play on the batter-runner.
No new inning may begin after two hours and 10 minutes of game play and the game must stop at two hours and 30 minutes.
The game clock begins at the conclusion of the home plate conference with the umpire.
Maximum Runs:
There is no limitation on runs scored per inning.
Until OCTOBER 1, pitchers shall be limited to 45 pitches or two innings of work. If a single pitch is thrown, that shall constitute an inning. After such time, pitchers in Minors above the age of 9 are limited to a maximum 65 pitches or three innings of work and subject to the rest requirements specified by Little League International in Regulation VI.
Note: Should a game be suspended and continued on another day, the legal pitcher at the point of suspension may continue pitching in the continued portion only if he has met his/her rest requirement. And, since the resumption occurs on another day, his pitch count re-starts at zero (0). In this case, a pitcher may pitch beyond his limit (e.g. 85 pitchers for a 12 year old) within the GAME (which occurred over two (2) separate days), but he/she is still limited to the daily limit for each of the DAYS the game is played
Dropped third strike is not in effect.
Batters freely advancing to first (e.g. walk) must stay at first until the next pitch is thrown.
A team’s fifth and final run of the inning may not be scored via steal of home.
No new inning may begin after two hours of game play and the game must stop at two hours and 30 minutes.
Teams are limited to five runs scored, or one trip through the batting order per inning.
In the sixth, or agreed upon final inning, a team may score an unlimited number of runs during a single trip through the batting order.
Pitchers shall be limited to 45 pitches or two innings of work for the duration of the regular season and the postseason. If a single pitch is thrown, that shall constitute an inning.
Runners may not advance following a passed ball or wild pitch, but can steal any base but home following a clean catch of a pitch as determined by the umpire. This is a judgement call by the umpire and is not subject to discussion or argument by the manager.
Runners may not advance following an overthrow of any base.
No new inning may begin after one hour and 45 minutes of game play and the game must stop at two hours and 30 minutes.
In the interest of saving time, pitchers shall be limited to four warmup pitches regardless of when they enter the game.
Teams are limited to four runs scored, or one trip through the batting order per inning.
Batting, Base Running and Game Play:
Following the fourth free base of the inning (e.g. walk or hit batsman), upon the fourth ball of an at bat or any subsequent hit batsman, a coach shall pitch to the batter until the completion of the at bat.
Runners may not advance following a passed ball or wild pitch.
Runners may not steal.
Batters are encouraged, but not required to wear a helmet with a face mask.
The game must stop after two hours of play.
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Editorial: Start saving your pennies, gang!
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Ryan Pike
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For as long as we can remember, tuition consultation at the University of Calgary has been fairly routine. Every December, university administration has a quick discussion with the Students' Union, asks them how much they'd like to pay and then raises tuition as much as they can. Usually it's a drop in the bucket, an extra five per cent or so matching inflation. This year, it looks to be much, much worse.
The current plan, revealed by the SU in Students' Legislative Council on Tuesday, has three parts. Base tuition is slated to go up 1.5 per cent, the rate of inflation, the most that tuition can be legally raised according to the Post-Secondary Learning Act. In addition, the university is proposing a compulsory fee, estimated to be around $500, that will be levied upon all students. Last, and certainly not least, the university is adopting a differential tuition scheme for professional degrees, similar to that of the University of Alberta -- raising annual fees approximately 40 per cent for business and engineering, $2,000 for law and $4,000 for medicine.
Administration's plan for tuition increases would be merely deplorable if not for a few more factors. First and foremost is the timing. Tuition consultation is typically completed mid-December. That allows institutions to plan their budgets and submit them to the province in a timely fashion, but also allows students to come up with a plan. This year, the Board of Governors will vote on this matter, and it'll likely pass, on April 16 -- Bermuda Shorts Day. Not only will the average U of C student be asked to pony up an extra $600 per year (1.5 per cent plus the $500 fee), if not more, they will have four months fewer to figure out how to get that money.
Not shockingly, the move has the SU fuming. At the weekly SLC meeting, president Charlotte Kingston said that university's proposed hike will "screw their students a little harder" next year. Several other elected officials remarked on the matter, with vice-president external Kay She saying that if students should get mad about anything, it's this. Both noted that the university has a projected deficit for next year that's roughly half that of the University of Alberta yet they're planning for a larger tuition hike. Additionally, the U of A's extra revenue will partially go to the various faculties, while the U of C will funnel the vast majority towards their central administrative deficit, even while continuing to cut jobs. In other words, students will be paying much, much more for the same sub-standard education.
So what can be done about this outrageously awful proposal? Students have a few options. Base tuition is legally tied to the rate of inflation and the institutions that wish to raise professional program fees by more than that are required to get permission from the province to do so. In addition, the law surrounding compulsory fees is wonderfully vague. Students can and should communicate their disgust with the proposal to their MLAs and Alberta's Advanced Education minister, Doug Horner, so that the province doesn't stand idly by and let the cost of education be passed onto us. More importantly, U of C provost Alan Harrison will be part of the SLC meeting on Tuesday, February 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the MacEwan Student Centre council chambers. Every single student that feels strongly about their education should be there.
Fees go up, it's a fact of life. However, the U of C's decision to essentially pass the responsibility to balance their books directly to students is ludicrous. It's time for students to take a stand. Get the government involved and tell them how much this will disrupt your education. Most importantly, come to SLC on February 2 and tell Alan Harrison that students will not take this lying down.
Submitted by Anonymous Cow Herd on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 02:55
> For as long as we can remember, tuition consultation at the University of Calgary has been fairly routine.
Yes, the SU has been horribly ineffective since around 2001.
> Every December, university administration has a quick discussion with the Students\' Union, asks them how much they\'d like to pay and then raises tuition as much as they can. Usually it\'s a drop in the bucket, an extra five per cent or so matching inflation. This year, it looks to be much, much worse.
You\'d be complaining about the lack of equipment, or slow Internet access, or lack of student space, if the university didn\'t peg increases at institutional inflation, instead of the much lower CPI. But go on...
> The current plan, revealed by the SU in Students\' Legislative Council on Tuesday, has three parts.
I hope they didn\'t breach any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements in so doing, as implied by the \"leak\" headline elsewhere in the paper. We can either trust that the SU didn\'t leak the document (the Gauntlet is dishonest to readers) or the SU did leak the document (the SU negotiating in bad faith).
> Base tuition is slated to go up 1.5 per cent, the rate of inflation, the most that tuition can be legally raised according to the Post-Secondary Learning Act. In addition, the university is proposing a compulsory fee, estimated to be around $500, that will be levied upon all students. Last, and certainly not least, the university is adopting a differential tuition scheme for professional degrees, similar to that of the University of Alberta -- raising annual fees approximately 40 per cent for business and engineering, $2,000 for law and $4,000 for medicine.
That would be a mistake. Quality of recent U of C graduates: engineers = MDs > lawyers >> business.
> Administration\'s plan for tuition increases would be merely deplorable if not for a few more factors. First and foremost is the timing. Tuition consultation is typically completed mid-December. That allows institutions to plan their budgets and submit them to the province in a timely fashion, but also allows students to come up with a plan.
And the list of efficiencies gained by the province from submitting in December includes: ?
> This year, the Board of Governors will vote on this matter, and it\'ll likely pass, on April 16 -- Bermuda Shorts Day.
BSD isn\'t fixed in stone like the end of the Mayan calendar...
> Not only will the average U of C student be asked to pony up an extra $600 per year (1.5 per cent plus the $500 fee), if not more, they will have four months fewer to figure out how to get that money.
But you know now that the increase in coming. You just wrote an editorial and a news story about the increase. You even \"leaked\" the exact amount of the increase. The SU is organizing yet another ineffective tuition rally about it. And despite the SU\'s PR department, it made the broadcast and newspaper headlines. If any of the above are effective at communicating with students, the four months are not a problem.
> Not shockingly, the move has the SU fuming. At the weekly SLC meeting, president Charlotte Kingston said that university\'s proposed hike will \"screw their students a little harder\" next year.
Hint: Knowing that tuition consultation is a regularly scheduled process, concluding roughly in early December, the time for the SU to have began fuming effectively would have been in December or early January. Did it really take the SU two months to realize that their annual consultation process was off track and that students would get extra-screwed?
> Several other elected officials remarked on the matter, with vice-president external Kay She saying that if students should get mad about anything, it\'s this.
The time for mad has come.
> Both noted that the university has a projected deficit for next year that\'s roughly half that of the University of Alberta yet they\'re planning for a larger tuition hike.
Clearly, a university\'s system of revenues and expenses may be represented by a simple linear input-output function involving exactly two variables.
> Additionally, the U of A\'s extra revenue will partially go to the various faculties, while the U of C will funnel the vast majority towards their central administrative deficit, even while continuing to cut jobs. In other words, students will be paying much, much more for the same sub-standard education.
Why do you assume that money which goes to faculties IN RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES would correlate with education quality?
> So what can be done about this outrageously awful proposal? Students have a few options.
If you\'re right about the previous assumption, a market-based solution readily presents itself.
> Base tuition is legally tied to the rate of inflation and the institutions that wish to raise professional program fees by more than that are required to get permission from the province to do so. In addition, the law surrounding compulsory fees is wonderfully vague.
So, I suppose the logical, sustainable and durable solution you and the SU are proposing involves a critical examination of the Post-Secondary Learning Act and Regulations pertaining to tuition increases, compulsory fees and market differentials?
> Students can and should communicate their disgust with the proposal to their MLAs and Alberta\'s Advanced Education minister, Doug Horner,
Wait, what? Having pointed out the drawbacks of this action by the university, why would the suggested action to be to (optimistically) fix it for just one year? Why wouldn\'t we peruse a solution that fixes it well so that we wouldn\'t have to come back to this next year?
The SU could also help students escalate the sophistication of their political engagement to beyond that of campus pro-life. They have students as a captive audience for five years. Students are capable of doing more than just write letters or rant in the local campus paper.
> so that the province doesn\'t stand idly by and let the cost of education be passed onto us.
What\'s the super-optimum policy solution you propose which would not increase taxes for some other arguably disadvantaged group for your idea of not passing the cost of education to students?
> More importantly, U of C provost Alan Harrison will be part of the SLC meeting on Tuesday, February 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the MacEwan Student Centre council chambers. Every single student that feels strongly about their education should be there.
Let\'s all sit in unison to fulfill our having been active duty, to avoid doing anything substantial that requires critical thought. Please tell me about market differentials and compulsory fees in other G8 nations.
> Fees go up, it\'s a fact of life. However, the U of C\'s decision to essentially pass the responsibility to balance their books directly to students is ludicrous.
Passing responsibility to balance their books directly to students is not ludicrous. You just asked for students to be able to decide how the university runs its finances in the preceding two paragraphs. The SU\'s tuition protest as advertised is ONLY about about increasing student\'s influence over finances.
> It\'s time for students to take a stand. Get the government involved and tell them how much this will disrupt your education.
The minority of prospective professional students who will be affected by this decision will have almost NINE MONTHS to figure out how to address these entirely predictable increases. There will be hard luck cases, but by the time they take a majority of courses from the affected professional faculties in their second, third or fourth years, they should have figured out basic budgeting and planning on a six-month horizon and not be disrupted in their programs.
> Most importantly, come to SLC on February 2 and tell Alan Harrison that students will not take this lying down.
Right. Students will take it not uncomfortably reclined on decades-old SU bench seating which has been the site of more taking it than you could possibly imagine.
Submitted by Janine Pelletier on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 12:04
Anon Cow Herd,
I agree with a lot of your statements, but I object to the spirit of your post.
\"Having pointed out the drawbacks of this action by the university, why would the suggested action to be to (optimistically) fix it for just one year? Why wouldn\'t we peruse a solution that fixes it well so that we wouldn\'t have to come back to this next year?\"
What are you suggesting instead? Your entire post follows this line of thinking. In addition to tearing down a proposed plan of action, increasing the readers’ helplessness and apathy, why not propose a better action that we (or your fine self) can take instead? Your comments are worse than useless. They’re actively damaging.
You’re clearly an educated person. Ever heard of the Nirvana fallacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_fallacy)? Just because an action isn’t perfect, that doesn’t make it not worth doing. Anything, ANYTHING, is better than nothing. Help, or get out of the way.
Until you or someone else comes up with a better solution, I’m starting a letter campaign. I plan it to be massive. I plan to flood them. I’ll see you all at the rally around 4:45.
@Janine Pelletier:
The logical, sustainable and durable solution would be a critical examination of the Post-Secondary Learning Act and Regulations pertaining to tuition increases, compulsory fees and market differentials, since a positive result would fix the problem for all Alberta post-secondary students for years to come.
Instead of that action, or one of many actions of similar effect including engaging with ministers or political action groups at the policy level, both the SU and the Gauntlet have proposed that students walk or sit around to parrot information which they\'ve not internalized nor fully understood. Such actions do not substantially advance the students\' cause since having participated in a marginal activity morally relieves them of the responsibility to do anything further. See some of the references in http://ssrn.com/abstract=1463018
It is not generally the case that any action is better than no action as actions have known and unknown costs, and known and unknown consequences. From experience, we know that tuition protests as conducted in the manner typical of the last eight years or so have no net effect on the rate of tuition increase. To devote resources to an action with a predictable disfavourable outcome is at best wasteful. To devote those resources instead to a policy process which others (e.g. bottle recyclers, RMTs, etc.) have recently shown to be effective in achieving positive legislative outcomes may not lead to a super-optimum outcome, but would at least lead to a net gain in terms of enhancing the political aptitude of students. At best, a policy or legislative outcome achieves everything students want out of this process, and much more and more direct access to policy makers in the future.
Submitted by Zha on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 14:52
CPL deserves an apology. They appear to play from an effective and coherent multi-year PR plan to advance their position. As seen by the reference above, their brand stands for an identifiable position, and they are reliable in providing their product promised. CPL\'s mission statement is well articulated through its actions.
On the other hand, it\'s not made clear by the SU\'s activities what the SU stands for, why it exists, or the intellectual or political markets in which it intends to compete.
Submitted by Facebook User on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 16:08
Ha! Ha! Editorial fail.
Submitted by Ryan Pike on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 17:22
I\'m very much appreciating the input you guys have had into the editorial. These things are difficult to do for complex issues, such as these:
As far as disclosure goes, I personally received the tuition proposal numbers at Tuesday\'s SLC. I requested and was handed a sheet with a table of the proposed increases. As far as I know, other members of the Students\' Union talked about it on Facebook and Twitter. The implication made to me on receipt was that the numbers were not confidential, given that they were directly handed to a member of the media.
As for the proposed solutions, that\'s tricky. As a university student, what I would like is free education. But that\'s a pipe dream. What I am hoping for during my tenure is cost certainty. It\'s easy to budget my life if I know what my expenses are and when I need to pay them. I imagine it\'s the same for the university, too. They ALSO want cost certainty. Heck, the provincial government is likely in the same boat. But, the provincial government has allocated its money the way that it has. That means that to avoid a deficit, the U of C HAS to do three things: raise tuition to some extent, cut costs to some extent and/or ask the province for more money. Given that the province doesn\'t seem to have the money to give, the U of C is exploring the most readily available options.
From a student perspective, I just want the university to abide by what the province mandated. Is that realistic? No, probably not. But a large public outcry is probably the only thing that will stop such a massive tuition hike/compulsory fee introduction. By no stretch of the imagination is \"stopping\" the hike a permanent solution, but neither is imposing giant fee hikes.
Short of the federal government coming in with a magic parachute of money for post-secondary education, I cannot foresee a permanent solution to this problem. Each of the three sides (students, the U of C, the provincial government) is doing what they feel is best given the circumstances; there\'s just seemingly no tenable middle-ground here, no solution that won\'t leave somebody unhappy. The best we can do, I guess, is pressure the province and try to buy some time for everyone involved to find another way out, if there is one.
Sadly, there probably isn\'t.
A possible super-optimum solution:
Do as medicine and law do for the other professional faculties by giving industry a part of the responsibility for training the professionals who will work for them. That simultaneously: reduces the cost to industry of re-educating graduates to meet the contemporary needs of industry, reduces the cost to the university of bringing in or maintaining some areas of professional expertise and capital in house; reduces job uncertainty for graduates of those programs; provides the province with a more flexible and competent professional workforce on the ground sooner; and reduces uncertainty for the university, province and students about where new human capital are needed. This solution meets the objectives of more efficient use of resources, sensitivity to market value of professional skills, and predictability for students.
This isn\'t rocket science if we\'re willing to lower the height of our ivory towers.
Submitted by bat on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 18:12
No no Pike, don\'t you see? Students, in addition to attending classes, working, and paying for tuition, should all become politically enlightened and solve their problems through legislative outcomes.
Cow Herd is so caught up in his/her own ego-stroking cynicisim that she/he completely bypasses going over his/her own argument with the same fine-toothed comb.
Criticize the SU all you want - lord knows I do, but offering a proposed solution based on a hopeful outcome, without actually offering any plan yourself, is asinine. Why? Because you\'re acting like the idea never crossed the mind of anyone in the SU for the last 8 years.
Go pat yourself on the back, you fucking genius, and let everyone else be ticked off.
Submitted by Anonymous Cow Herd on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 00:15
@bat:
Existence proof that more can be done: The U of C and U of A medical students associations train and send regular medical students to meet with every MLA every year, and provide insightful information on one issue, without media whoring about it. As a result, they have secured in the last eight years (among other achivements):
-increased student spaces at medical schools
-increased access to training for foreign-trained MDs
-better access to financial support
-enhanced incentives for training to become GPs and to practice in rural Alberta
As a result, the medical students have accrued a good deal of social capital and trust with the government, and individual students have gained political competence beyond what the SU is able to offer.
This is a group of perhaps 200 students studying in probably the most mentally and physically taxing post-secondary program in the province, on a budget of ~$20,000 a year. This group of students achieve more policy successes every year than the U of C SU does every decade.
You can be a sheeple and persist in the belief that your protests are effective, despite years of evidence to the contrary, or you can do better for yourself and your fellow students. Heck, CPL are annoying, but as was pointed out, even they are effective in getting their message across.
I've presented some options: Move BSD, become educated on the issues, question the systematic faults. Zha offers a viable plan, but only if the SU become able to plan their lobbying more than two weeks in the future.
Submitted by DO NOT BE DECEIVED on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 09:29
Do not blame the government for tuition increases. The U of C administration is responsible for financial management. See the Open Letter to the Board of Governors by the Faculty Association (Faculty Association website under News and Events). The Faculty Association is demanding that an external forensic audit of U of C finances be conducted. Has this forensic audit been conducted? Demand that this audit is done before administration increases tuition!!!!
Submitted by bat on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 18:06
Did I say these protests would be effective? No. Some are capable of the same level of cynicism without the laughable apologism. Don\'t compare a resume-building undergraduate body with med student associations. The CPL comparison is even worse: the only thing they\'ve succeeded in doing is diluting their \'campaign\' into a rallying cry for \'free-speechies\' and other hard-line right wingers.
If only we had people with all the solutions running our potentially effective SU... my my, all of our problems would be solved.
Submitted by Anonymous Cow Herd on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 21:56
@bat...
I\'m afraid I no longer understand your argument. You seem to want change, think the SU will not deliver, want solutions, but reject sustainable solutions which have already been proven.
Do you have any position on whether low potential income earning graduates in social sciences and humanities should continue to subsidize high potential income earners in professional programs?
Are you just here to complain? Is your position, in fact, solely to justify the SU's continued miserable and ineffective existence?
Submitted by Disappointed student on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 01:17
The campus pro life group are highly relevant to the discussion of SU effectiveness as a lobby. With a budget of under $2,000 per year and perhaps 10 students, they secured infinity% more victories against the U of C administration than the SU did in 2009, this despite having almost no support from students and a generally offensive message and goal. The SU, on the other hand, have a budget exceeding $30,000 for each VP, have the support of the majority of students, and a reasonably sane message and goal but have consistently failed completely to advance their cause with the U of C administration.
Submitted by Gauntlet Websit... on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 09:29
Since the TUCFA letter link gets mutilated: http://webapps2.ucalgary.ca/~tucfa/uploads/Open%20Letter%20to%20the%20Board%20of%20Governors%20fnl.pdf
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THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR A MISSING PLANET
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES AND STUDIES ON PLANET X. IS IT NIBIRU/MARDUK VENERATED IN MESOPOTAMIA?
by Luca Scantamburlo
UPDATING: April 13, 2008
I still respect and trust what the United States of America represent and are, notwithstanding some mistakes done in the past and done recently by the last Administration, especially through some lies directly told - by some politicians and decision makers - to the mass media, the American public and the entire world.
The not well-know "Kay report" is just an example of that: David Kay, a former C.I.A. chief inspector in Middle-East, did not report what the U.S. President claimed he had reported about clues and evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq: as the matter of fact, David Kay resigned to leave a mark of his disdain the day after the State of the Union address (January 2004). Commenting the U.S. President's speech, he said to the media:
<<He should have said, in my view: we were wrong. He did'nt! [...] The worst thing for democracy is to suppress the truth in the interest of the elections.>>
source: <<Le mond selon Bush>>, a film by William Karel, © Flach Film, 2004
with the participation of France 2 and the collaboration of RTBF, TSR, SBS, and of the
Centre National de la Cinématographie.
Previously the former F.B.I. vice-director John O'Neill did the same (again resignation) for other reasons, and unfortunately he died on September 11th at the W.T.C. in New York City, as person in charge of W.T.C. security. It is likely that a hidden and big struggle is in action at every level since year 2001, and perhaps even before. Being under wraps, we can just have some visible clues of it.
I know that there are still many people who - as members of Federal agencies and of U.S. military - are really loyal subject of the American Constitution (1787), the Bill of Rights (1789-1791), and they are aware of what the Declaration of Independence (signed by General Congress on July 4th, 1776) stands still today for all Americans.
So I have decided it is time to speak out and to present to the public some abstracts and excerpts coming from my unpublished book, in spite of I have not finished the first draft yet; an essay I have called:
<<The American Armageddon. From Eisenhower's Secret to the Discovery of Planet X>>.
A book for which so far I did not find a publisher yet. By the way, I foretold my unpublished work on an Italian bi-monthly magazine (UFO Notiziario, pag.43, nr.65, October/November 2006), before that the well-known and brilliant scholar Zecharia Sitchin announced his: <<The End of Days. Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return>>, published in 2007 by William Morrow-HarperCollins Publishers, USA. I did not copy any part of his title; just a curious coincidence about the biblical term used by both of us: Armageddon.
The recent scientific article published by the magazine New Scientist - <<The Mystery of Planet X>>, by Govert Schilling, magazine issue 2638, 11 January 2008 - is a not at all a surprise for me. Several scientists in the past dedicated time and energy to search for Planet X. For example: T. C. Van Vlandern (U.S. Naval Observatory), C. Powell (Teledyne Brown Engineering, Huntsville, Alabama), R.S. Gomes (Observatorio Nacional in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), G.D. Quinlan (Lick Observatory) and many others. Among them, the most famous was Robert Sutton Harrington (USNO).
Now, here you are a short excerpt from the first chapter of my book, entitled <<La vexata quaestio del pianeta X: da P. Lowell a R.S. Harrington>>:
<<[...] Purtroppo l?improvvisa malattia del dr. Robert S. Harrington ? la quale ufficialmente lo condusse alla morte nel gennaio 1993 - ci ha privato di un importante ed autorevole esperto in materia. Uno scienziato che durante la sua carriera aveva già firmato sul pianeta X ben cinque articoli usciti su svariati periodi scientifici.
Eccone i titoli e gli anni di pubblicazione:
- Planet X? (aprile 1986);
- Planet X ? The Current Status (coautore con P.K. Seidelmann, marzo 1988);
- The Location of Planet X (giugno ed ottobre 1988);
- The Search for Planet X (settembre 1989);
- Search for Planet X (1991).
È evidente che lo studio dell?ipotetico pianeta X era stato al centro degli interessi e della vita professionale del compianto scienziato. Perché mai tanta ostinazione?>>
from The American Armageddon. From the Eisenhower's Secret to the Discovery of Planet X,
by L. Scantamburlo © 2006-2008 - unpublished
The text reproduced above is in Italian and is about the courageous Robert Sutton Harrington (Newport, VA, October 21, 1943 ? January 23, 1993), who worked as astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory, in Washington D.C, and died because of an esophageal cancer. Harrington was a recognized scientist: he worked with James Christy who later on discovered the moon Charon, in 1978. They calculated the mass of the Pluto-Charon system, which was lower than the lowest previous estimates.
About R.S. Harrington, there is a nice biography written by one of his collegues - dr. Charles E. Worley - and spread in September 1993; you can find it on Internet searching for <<Robert Sutton Harrington, 1942-1993>>, and Publication: Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society ; vol. 25, no. 4, p. 1496-1497, USNO.
Pay attention to the biographical test and to what there is written about the Harrington's interest in search for Planet X. Then, draw your own conclusions, remembering how many scientific articles were written by him on the same subject (they were 5) before to die (see the list above). It would be helpful to know what there is written in the last scientific work by R.S. Harrington: <<Search for Planet X>>, published in 1991 on Reports of Planetary Astronomy, pag.53 (N92-12792 03.89). On the Web only a short abstract is available.
Moreover, it is very interesting the fact that R.S. Harrington was interviewed by Zecharia Sitchin in August 1990: a few minutes of that interview are available in the outstanding documentary entitled Are We Alone?, and based on Sitchin's Genesis Revisited, 1990-1991 (Paradox Media Ltd. & Why Not Productions, (C) 1992; directed by Franco B. Bottinelli and Marcel C. Kahn).
But as Zecharia Sitchin pointed out in an interview kindly granted to me in year 2006 for an Italian magazine, their conversation was recorded for at least 40 minutes. I am sure that the other minutes, showed by Sitchin to some of his fans during one of his recent seminars in U.S.A., are quite important as well.
Now let's talk about the well-known I.R.A.S. project (InfraRed Astronomical Satellite project): I quote from the second chapter of my book, entiltled <<Le sonde Pioneer 10-11 ed il telescopio Iras a caccia del pianeta X?>>:
<<[...] Ricapitoliamo la cronologia degli articoli e dei fatti principali:
a) 19 giugno 1982: pubblicazione dell?articolo Spacecraft May Detect Mystery Body in Space, New York Times; l?articolo fornisce tre stime della distanza di tre diversi ipotetici corpi celesti non ancora identificati e che potrebbero essere responsabili delle anomalie registrate sui moti orbitali di Urano e Nettuno.
b) 25 gennaio 1983: lancio del satellite all?infrarosso IRAS dalla base californiana di Vandenberg (USAF); si tratta di un ambizioso progetto scientifico congiunto che coinvolge tre diversi enti scientifici (la NASA, l?agenzia spaziale olandese NIVR ed il britannico SERC); costo del progetto: 80 milioni di dollari .
c) 30 gennaio 1983: pubblicazione dell?articolo Clues Get Warm in the Search for Planet X, di John Noble Wilford, New York Times; si discutono le anomalie gravitazionali dei due giganti Urano e Nettuno, dovute probabilmente ad un <<large object that may be the long-sought Planet X>>; inoltre, si sottolinea come gli scienziati della NASA stiano monitorando i percorsi delle sonde spaziali Pioneer 10 ed 11 in modo tale da registrare eventuali variazioni nelle loro traiettorie che fornirebbero in tal caso indizi sulla origine della misteriosa forza perturbatrice.
d) 30 dicembre 1983: pubblicazione del celebre articolo Mystery Heavenly Body Found by Infrared Orbiting Telescope, a firma di Thomas O?Toole, Washington Post; finalmente si ha un primo valore sperimentale, anche se controverso: a 50 milardi di miglia da noi sarebbe presente un oggetto celeste enorme, di tipo gioviano. Gli scienziati del team dell?IRAS non sanno di che cosa si tratti.
C?è un filo rosso che collega questi articoli di divulgazione scientifica, pubblicati su prestigiosi quotidiani statunitensi? Mi sembra palese che esso ci sia e possa essere individuato nell?indagine sull?origine delle misteriose perturbazioni orbitali riscontrate nei moti dei pianeti più esterni, perturbazioni attribuite al celebre pianeta X a lungo cercato da Lowell.
Questo spiegherebbe il progetto internazionale IRAS, finalizzato soprattutto a fare luce su un?anomalia che viene ascritta dunque ad una forza di natura gravitazionale non ancora identificata. Il problema è capire se essa sia dovuta all?influenza di una nana bruna (una compagna oscura del Sole), di un corpo planetario dall?orbita molto ellittica, oppure sia il risultato di un?azione combinata di entrambi. La presenza di un potenziale buco nero non verrà più riesumata dagli studiosi, in seguito.
La clamorosa coincidenza nel valore di 50 miliardi di miglia (quasi che la sorgente infrarossa individuata dall?IRAS fosse già stata desunta se non otticamente, almeno sulla carta attraverso complessi calcoli di meccanica celeste), suggerisce che è molto probabile che il Sole faccia parte di un sistema stellare binario. La sua compagna avrebbe una massa gioviana ma non sufficiente ad innescare reazioni termonucleari di fusione: da qui si comprende la sua difficoltà ad essere vista nello spettro del visibile, non brillando di luce propria e trovandosi ad una remota distanza da noi, molto oltre le colonne d?Ercole del Sistema Solare (qui intese come le orbite dei pianeti più esterni: Nettuno e Plutone). >>
It is obvious that articles of scientific spreading published on prestigious newspapers compose some pieces of a giant scientific riddle, which has meaningful political and religious implications. At this point, I believe the Andy Lloyd's research is another piece which can contribuite to solve the enigma: <<Winged Disc: The Dark Star Theory>> and <<The Dark Star: The Planet X Evidence>>, by Andy Lloyd, © Timeless Voyager Press, 2005.
A. Lloyd is a British author and chemist who lives in U.K.: in the last years has studied Sitchin's books and the problem of Planet X search.
In fact there are strange data - with reference to search for Planet X - published on <<The New Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia>> by H.S. Stuttman Inc., Westport, Conneticut -1987-89 Edition, USA.
On page 2488 there is a discussion about the NASA Pioneer probes and their interplanetary flight (now become interstellar). There is also a diagram which clearly shows the position of "Nemesis", a popular name for our hypothetical Sun's binary companion: the datum reported in the diagram is "Dead Star - 50 billion miles". In this case, of course, when we are talking about a dead star, probably we are referring to a brown dwarf. But what is more interesting is that the chart provides the approximate position of Planet X, indicated as: "Tenth Planet - 4.7 billion miles". So there would be - as members of the Solar System - two more important celestial bodies. Unfortunately no information on the source of the data are included, neither in the text nor in the caption.
Remember that the date of first publication of this encyclopaedia is 1987, while the first Kuiper Belt Object (K.B.O.) was co-discovered only in the following years (precisely in 1992), by David Jewitt and the fellow Jane Luu.
By the way, in the past years the astronomer David Jewitt asserted about Planet X:
<< [...] Summary - There is no convincing evidence for Planet X but "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence". Such an object could exist provided it is sufficiently far away. >>
Planet X, by D. Jewitt, Last updated 2005 August
www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~jewitt/kb/planetx.html
Now, in my opinion it seems that the mysterious data provided by that American encyclopaedia mentioned above is a leak of information from the American scientific community. Is it possible? The first datum, about the possible dark star beyond Neptune and Pluto, is 50 billion miles, the same datum provided by IRAS team, in 1983, and referred to a mysterious celestial object. But what about the so-called "Tenth Planet", and its distance of 4.7 billion miles? Well, a possible answer could be hidden in this statement:
<<In addition, the telescope provided new look at our own galaxy, the Milky Way, and detected many new mysterious objects.>>,
from a NASA press release,
www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/80s/release_1983_1038.html
"Many new mysterious objects", they said; of course new asteroids, comets, ... And is it possible that the IRAS has identified another mysterious celestial body whose existence was put under wraps, because of military and political reasons? What do you think the praxis of scientific spreading is? For instance, the scientist Michael Brown (Caltech) has written something about large objects discovered in Space and about the procedure of their spreading to general public:
<< [...] there is a second reason that we don't announce objects immediately, and that is because we feel a responsibility not just to our scientific colleagues but to the public. We know that these large objects that keep being found are likely to be the result of intensive interest by the public, and we would like to have the story as complete as possible before making an announcement.>>
source: <<The Discovery of 2003 UB313, the 10th Planet>>
by M. Brown, 2005 - www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/#paper
His article is 3 years old, and about the astronomical code mentioned in the title - "2003 UB313" - is not the 10th planet: it is one of the many KBO, and now its name is Eris.
Now, let's give a look to what would have happened in Space in the early 1990's, according to some scientists. On September 28 1999 the BBC news Online made an announcement: <<Old Spacecraft Makes Surprise Discovery>>, by dr. David Whitehouse. It was a news about the Pioneer 10, sent by NASA in 1972 towards Jupiter and beyond the frontiers of the Solar System, and its presumed encounter in deep space with a probable Trans-Neptunian Object, that would have occured in December 1992. In the article the researchers involved in the discovery are some scientists from JPL (NASA, Pasadena) and an Italian scientist: dr. Giacomo Giampieri, from the Queen Mary and Westfield College in London, UK; dr. G. Giampieri said to press: <<We are quite excited that we have found one of these events. It is a very neat signal!>>.
A short passage from that article:
<< [?] On 8 December, 1992, when Pioneer was 8.4 billion km (5.2 billion miles) away, they saw that it had been deflected from its course for about 25 days. The scientists have been looking for such an effect for years and are currently analysing the data using several different methods to confirm their findings.>>
Sci/Tech; Old spacecraft makes surprise discovery
By BBC News Online Science Editor Dr David Whitehouse
Tuesday, September 28, 1999 Published at 21:23 GMT 22:23 UK
NASA has never denied, and as the matter of fact the same news is reported on several institutional websites (included NASA websites), such as:
spaceprojects.arc.nasa.gov/Space_Projects/pioneer/PNStat.html;
spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast02mar_1.htm;
www.tsgc.utexas.edu/archive/characterizations/pioneer10_2.html
The young Italian astrophysicist Giacomo Giampieri was born in 1965 and earned a laurea in astronomy in Bologna (1988) and Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics (Pavia, 1992) with the following thesis: <<Gravitational radiation background: theory and detection with Doppler tracking of interplanetary spacecraft>>; after that, he went to U.S.A. where he worked at the striking Jet Propulsion Laboratory, before to find a job in last part of his career at the Imperial College, in London. Unfortunately he died in September 2006, in Los Angeles, because of a cancer. What about his colleagues and their previous work?
For sure the following article (year 1995) led them to their discovery: <<Search for Kuiper-Belt Flybys Using Pioneer 10 Radio Doppler Data>>, by J.D.Anderson, G.Giampieri, E.L.Lau, & R.T.Hammond, published on Bull. Am. Astr. Soc. 187, # 42.07 (1995). In fact some years later - in October 1999 - another article was published: <<Pioneer 10 Encounter with a Trans-Neptunian Object at 56 AU?>>, by G.Giampieri, J.D.Anderson, & E.L.Lau, Bull. Am. Astr. Soc. 31, # 26.04 (1999).
Do you see any relation? The datum of 56 A.U. (not sure, it is an esteem, and that's why there is a question mark in the article title) is close to what we have from the already mentioned encylopaedia: 4.7 billion miles are 58.22 A.U. (if they are nautical miles, and not statute miles). The new datum - but experimental - is 56 A.U. I presumed that somebody already knew a possible and approximate position, at that time, of Planet X (early 1980's).
Therefore, is it possible that Pioneer 10 has had an encounter with Planet X? Let's see what John Anderson - another scientist who worked with Giampieri - did in the past: in July 1987 John Anderson (JPL, NASA), with Robert S. Harrington (but what a coincidence!) held a press conference in which they talked about the possibile existence of the Tenth Planet. However, they did not suggest a cometary orbit for the Planet X. In Italy the magazine Panorama wrote an article about it, entitled <<Ben trovato, mondo X>>, by Sandro Boeri.
But who John Anderson is and what did he do as researcher?
First of all, dr. John D. Anderson is a Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ph.D. in 1967, he worked as Principal Investigator for Celestial Mechanics on various NASA missions (Mariner, Pioneer, and Galileo). He earned also a medal from NASA for his work on Pioneer 10 and 11. Indeed! You can find that he wrote a scientific article in 1988: <<Planet X - Fact or Fiction?>> (Planetary Report, vol.8, July-August, 1988, p.6-9), but back in June 19, 1982, The New York Times published the already mentioned article: <<Spacecraft May Detect Mystery Body in Space>>:
<< [...] Scientists at the space agency's Ames Research Center said the two spacecrafts, Pioneers 10 and 11, which are already farther into space than any other man-made objects, might add to knowledge of a mysterious object believed to be beyond the solar system's uotermost known planets.>>
Spacecraft May Detect Mystery Body in Space
NYT, June 19, 1982
It means that at NASA someone was already attempting to detect what was responsible for the <<persistant irregularities in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune>>, the article says. Even before the IRAS launch, taken place in January 1983 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base. It is curious what the article suggests about the possible explanations of the anomalies: 5 billion miles for an unknown planet "beyond the outer orbital ring of known planets", 50 billion miles for "a dark-star type ob object", and 100 billion miles for a black hole. And on January 30, 1983, The New York Times published an article entitled <<Clues Get Warm in the Search for Planet X>>, by John Noble Wilford, where John Anderson is mentioned:
<<[...] Moreover, a brown dwarf in the neighborhood might not reflect enough light to be seen far away, said Dr. John Anderson of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.>>
But most significant are the folllowing words, always coming from the NYT article:
<<Its gravitational forces, however, should produce energy detectable by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite [...] Dr. Anderson said he was "quite optimistic" that the infrared telescope might find it and that the Pioneer spacecraft could supply an estimate of the object's mass>>.
So, was dr. Anderson reffering to an extended mission of the Pioneers spacraft? It is enough giving a look to what John Anderson with Michael M. Nieto and Slava G. Turyshev, presented at the 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, in Paris, on July 18-25 2004; their report was: <<The Study of the Anomalous Acceleration of Pioneer 10 and 11>>.
Well, at page 8 of the .pdf file of their work (available on Internet) there is written: <<Mid 1979 (Search for Planet X)>>, and it is also specified <<Search for unmodeled accelerations started (~ 20 AU)>>.
Somebody among the highest levels of NASA - probably since the early 1970's- knew already that there could be some very important celestial bodies not discovered yet in the visible spectrum and belonging to our Solar System.
Some possible answers could be concealed in the ancient texts and traditions, as the scholars Immanuel Velikovsky and Zecharia Sitchin suggested and proved in their books and work.
Are we ready for the unexpected?
© Luca Scantamburlo
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UPDATING: IMPORTANT ERRATA CORRIGE
In the last weeks I have read again my writings over and over, and all of a sudden I realized I made a mistake in changing unit of measurement. I apologize with you. As the matter of fact I had thought of 4.7 billion of miles mentioned by The New Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia - and related to the position of the "Tenth Planet" at the end of the '80s - as statute miles, but if you consider them as nautical miles (knot), they are about 58.22 A.U, and not 50.56 A.U as I had written.
So in this case the scientific data and their implications coming out from the described situation, could be more coherent and deeper than before, because it seems that years later (December 1992) Pioneer 10 was deflected from its course by a trans-neptunian object, when the space probe was at 56 A.U. ...
L. Scantamburlo
1 statute mile (sta.mi.) = 1.61 km
1 nautical mile (knot) = 1.853 km (1.15 sta.mi)
1 Astronomical Unit (A.U.) = 149597870 km.
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