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How should we take refuge in Allah from the wickedness of jinn?
We are face to face with a creature that we know nothing about. In that case, we are supposed to take refuge in Allah, who created both humanity and them, so that we are protected from their wickedness and from the harm they can give. There is one way for it: prayer and supplication. Since prayers that should normally be a part of our lives will make us close to Allah, demons and jinn will not be able to disturb us. They also have groups, communities and organizations. Because their good ones will benefit from our prayers, they will also struggle against wicked ones and will try to prevent them and even fight and punish them. Therefore, prayer and supplication are very important for protection from jinn and devils.
If a person is on wudu (ablution) in his daily life, he will be protected from them; if he performs daily prayers and reads other prayers, he will be guaranteed for protection. The following is reported from the Prophet (by Haris al-Ash'ari ): “God demanded you to mention Allah’s names (dhikr). Its example is a man followed by an enemy. That man gets into a safe stronghold and protects himself from the enemy. The servant (man) is the same. He can protect himself from demon by dhikr (mentioning Allah’s names). (Tirmizi, Amthal, 3, (2867).) Now I want to show some examples of the prayers which the Prophet and his companions read.
Auzu – Basmala
The following is mentioned in the Quran about that: “If Satan tempts you, seek refuge in Allah” (41:36.) That is, say “Auzu billahi mina’sh-shaytani’r-rajim” (I seek refuge in Allah) from the accursed Satan) It is also recommended to take refuge in Allah with the verses in surah al-Muminoon “Rabbi auzu bika min hamazati’sh-Shayatin wa auzu bika Rabbi an yahdurun” It means; O Lord! I seek refuge in you from the evil suggestions of the Satans. And I seek refuge in you, O my Lord, from their presence. .”(23:97-98.)
While getting into the house
Another hadith reported from Jabir about Basmala points to the importance of saying basmala while getting into houses and before having a meal.” The Prophet said: “If a person says basmala, when he returns his house, gets into house and before the meal, Satan says to his friends ‘you cannot stay overnight here and there is no food for you’ However, if the person says it before getting in but does not say it before dinner, Satan says: ‘You can have dinner but it is impossible to stay overnight’ However, if the person does not say basmala while getting into the house and before eating, Satan says ‘You can have dinner and stay overnight here.” ( Muslim, Ashriba, 103, (2018); Abu Dawud, At'ima, 16, (3765).)
While getting out of the house
Saying basmala before getting into the house protects us from the wickedness of the Satan and keeps him away from the house. It is clear that a man needs to be protected in the street too. Saying auzu basmala is necessary for it. However, the Prophet was not contended with just auzu basmala and added some other prayers. In a hadith reported by Abu Hurayra, the Prophet says: “If anyone who goes out of his house says:”in the name of the Allah I seek refuge in Allah, He has the power”, he is replied: “Go ahead you are led to the right way and you are protected”. The Satan stays away from him.”(Tirmizi, Daawat, 34, (3422) Surah Al-Baqara: ayatul-kursi and amanar-rasulu In a hadith reported by Abu Hurayra, The Prophet says: ”do not turn your houses into graves, The Satan runs away from the house in which surah al-Baqara is read” (Muslim, Misafirin, 212, (780) In another hadith it is told that those two verses are “Amana’r-rasulu, the last two verses of surah al-Baqara.(Tirmizi, Sawabu’l-Qur’an, 4/2882)
In bed, before sleeping
There are several prayers that the Prophet read in bed before sleeping. In a hadith about the issue reported by Burayda, the Prophet says: “O the Lord of the seven Heavens and those shadowed by Heavens, the Lord of the Earths and those that live on them, the Lord of the demons and those tempted by demons! Protect me from the wickedness of all those creatures. Protect me so that none of them can attack me suddenly. One who is protected by you surely becomes great. Your praise is great, there is no God but you and you are the only God (Tirmizi, Daawat, 96, (3518).)
When scared in the sleep
According to a report from Imam Malik, Khalid Ibnu Walid asked the Prophet: “I get scared in my sleep (what do you suggest me to do?). The Prophet advised to him to pray like this: “I seek refuge in Allah from the wrath and anger of Him, from the wickedness of people, from the suggestions and from the temptations of the demons” (Muwatta, Shi’r, 9, (2, 950).)
While getting into the toilet.
Toilets, dumps, baths, cemeteries, ruins are places frequently haunted by jinn and demons. The Prophet would read this prayer while getting into the toilet: “Allahumma inni auzu bika mina'l khubthi ve'l-khabaith. (O Lord I seek refuge in you from filth and from wicked creatures (like jinn and demon). (Bukhari, Wudu, 9
Takbir, tasbih, tahmid Tasbihat (glorifications)
Following daily prayers can be done in a mosque or in any place where we perform prayer and can also be done while walking in the street, while driving, in the bed before sleeping. The following is mentioned about the issue in the Quran; “Those who remember Allah, standing, sitting and lying down on their sides and meditate upon the creation of the heavens and the earth." (Aal-e-Imran, 3/191.)
Tasbihat should never be abandoned and should be done wherever we are. The Prophet says that the Satan makes people remember their daily works and make them perform the prayer quickly and haphazardly and make them go straight to their work or fall asleep without doing tasbihat.
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la-sharika lah,
It is one of prayer tasbihat in the level of supplication. The Prophet said in a hadith reported by Abu Hurayra “A person who says the prayer: ‘La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la-sharika lah, lahu'l mulku wa lahu'l-hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadir’ one hundred times a day gains the reward of setting ten slaves and gains one hundred good deeds and one hundred sins of hisher are erased. It also protects himher from the Satan for three days until evening. (Bukhari, Daawat, 54)
Surah al-Ikhlas against suggestions of the Satan
In a hadith, a suggestion of the Satan is mentioned and it is advised to read surah al-Ikhlas and spit three times towards the left side.
Muawwizatayn (Surahs an-Nas and al-Falaq)
It is said that The Prophet read surahs al-Falaq and an-Nas and advised his companions and his wife Aisha to read them in order to be protected from the wickedness of jinn.
A hadith reported by Hazrat Aisha is as follows: “When the Prophet got into his bed blew into his hands and read Muawwizatayn and al-Ikhlas and rubbed his hands his face and his body with his hands and repeated that three times. When he got, sick he demanded me to do the same thing to him.” (Bukhari, Fazailu'l-Qur'an, 14)
Can jinn possess men?
Can the jinns strike the humans?
Did the Prophet see the jinn?
How can we take refuge in God?
I am afraid of darkness and jinn. What would you advise me to do?
What are the ways of protection from Satan?
asking about jinn
Is it permissible to apply to a hodja in order to break a spell?
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Portuguese Abroad
José Mourinho’s all-conquering Porto
Maybe it’s the Champions League hype, maybe it’s Monaco’s overachieving efforts reminding me of their last great campaign, maybe it’s me reminiscing of the times in which Portuguese sides got much further in the world’s most renowned club competition than they generally do nowadays…
I’ve been thinking a ton about the iconic Portuguese teams that reached great heights in Europe, and I will now try to apply the style that I use to tactically analyse the teams on PortuGOAL’s Liga NOS series, to some of the most legendary squads that ever came by.
What better way to start than with the last team in Portugal to reach the highest of achievements in European football: the 2004 FC Porto. At a time when there is clear underappreciation for Mourinho despite his outstanding work with Manchester United, this is a reminder of how much he revolutionised the game we all know and love.
So, Mourinho arrived at the “Invicta” half way through the 2001/2002 season and would stay for the exact duration of his two-and-a-half-year deal with the club. Mourinho wasn’t 39 yet, and while his work in charge of União de Leiria impressed many, the early enthusiasm was followed by scepticism and a lot of doubt, that grew as the first few months went by.
The team finished third, behind Sporting and Boavista, who were the previous two champions – in January Porto was also behind Leiria, still coached by Mourinho. He’d only be known as the Special One upon his famous first press conference as Chelsea’s new boss, but he sure was special from the start. One of his first press conferences as Porto coach has not been so well documented but was just as punchy in terms of sending out a message. Banging his fist on the table, Mourinho promised Porto would be champions the following season – his first half-season made it three seasons without Porto lifting the title.
He delivered that and more, achieving the treble in 2002/2003 – Uefa Cup, Portuguese Cup (beating his former club in the final) and League title (seven points ahead of Benfica and 17 ahead of third place Sporting), then the league and the Champions League double the following season. Obviously, the Champions League winning campaign is an absolute fairy-tale, and it’s impossible today for a Portuguese side to repeat the feat, achieved thanks to the combination of tactical mastery and innovation, some luck and an underperforming display from what you would call the bigger favourites. Arsenal, Real Madrid and AC Milan all fell in the quarter-finals and Porto ended up facing Lyon, Deportivo and finally Monaco, after that all so iconic night in Manchester.
Many trophies, many victories, let’s look at Mou’s first big job...
So, during the majority of this time up north, Mou had his side playing in a 4-4-2 with a diamond midfield – even if he still played 4-3-3 during the Uefa Cup winning season. One of the standout characteristics of the way JM approached his Porto project was the way he managed to breathe life into the careers of so many players that were already somewhat past their peak or at their peak. It’s an extremely tough task to absolutely revolutionise a player’s style and form when they are no longer youngsters. It shows how smart, how different and how ahead Mou was communication-wise: a 26 or 27-year-old would only let himself be taught and transformed by a manager if he thought his coach was intelligent enough to earn his trust. Even more so if we are talking about a manager of a young age.
As for transfers, another important factor to take into account is that the manager wasn’t backed by major signings, instead taking advantage of country’s smaller clubs with well-calculated purchases.
Golden partnership at the heart of defence
In a career divided between Porto and Barcelona, Vitor Baía won 33 titles and is one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the sport. Keeping him was a no brainer as long as his injuries kept away from him, but it was ahead of him that a golden partnership was forged: Ricardo Carvalho and Jorge Costa. The latter was the typical, tough tackling centre-back that characterised FCP so well, and who Mourinho did well to rescue. Costa had been sent on loan to Charlton in England due to his rocky relationship with Otávio Machado, Mourinho’s predecessor. Beside him, the suave side of the duo, Carvalho, who was playing his first Porto season after a sequence of loan deals and who would eventually win 89 caps for Portugal, some considering him Portugal’s greatest ever defender. Good on the ball, always perfectly positioned and with an amazing sense of timing, Ricardo was one of the few Mou chose to take to London with him.
The play of Porto’s fourth goal in what many consider “the match” of the Mourinho era, in which they come back from 1-0 down to beat a fantastic Lazio (Simeone, Chiesa, Stankovic, Mihajlovic) 4-1 at home in the Uefa Cup semi-final.
Vitor Baía hits a long goal-kick to the entrance of the final third. Derlei drops deep and drags his man who he beats to the header, while Postiga sits on the shoulder of his defender. Alenichev moves forward overloading the right side of a broken defence where him and Postiga would combine for the goal.
Porto’s pressure right after losing the ball in the final third not only left Lazio’s men out of solutions and unable to start a counter, it also pushed the man in possession back and allowed the rest of Porto’s players to reorganise.
Here we observe Porto’s pressure even better. After a couple of aerial duels, as soon as Monaco get the ball on the floor, Costinha approaches his man while the rest of Porto’s players close all possible passing lanes. Monaco’s midfielder tries to get out of it by passing to the man closer to Pedro Mendes but the Portuguese midfielder recovers it and FCP transition into an attack.
More often than not the team defended in a 4-3-1-2, attacking in a narrow 4-1-3-2. When defending the two deeper lines of players tend to have a short distance between them, but at times the spaces between Costinha and his two midfield partners can create issues defending the half-spaces.
Here we see the best example of a Porto counter with the 2-0 v Monaco in the final. With Monaco pressuring after being down 1-0 halfway through the second half, we see Porto defending very narrow and with a lot of men pressuring the Monaco ball-carrier. As soon as FCP win it back, there’s a 3v3 with Deco leading the line with Derlei and Alenichev. Instead of passing it quickly, Deco overcame a defender first before doing so, therefore making it a deadly 3v2 that would end in his goal. A couple of minutes later a very similar play ended the match.
Complementary full-backs
The team was known for its offensive width, which was given largely by the duo of full-backs. Nuno Valente on the left and Paulo Ferreira on the right. Both were picked up in the manager’s first summer at the club from two smaller Portuguese sides. José knew Valente well after coaching him at Leiria, while Paulo Ferreira had been a consistent performer for Vitoria Setúbal up until then. Valente was the more offensive of the two, which is normal since we’re all aware Mou tends to only allow one full-back to offensively overlap at a time - with the team’s balance always in mind. Ferreira was more complete, solid defensively and didn’t make many headlines while always being crucial for Porto and then Chelsea, where he retired and is now a Director.
Pedro Emanuel - brought from Boavista in the 2nd summer, now Estoril manager - and Ricardo Costa added defensive depth, with the former especially going on to play extensively for Porto long beyond Mourinho’s departure.
Legendary midfield trio
Just ahead an iconic midfield trio rose to the occasion under the young coach. ‘O Ministro’ (The Minister), Costinha, was the balancing point of the side. Arriving at Porto after winning the French League with Monaco, he was mentored by Mourinho who improved his game massively. Positionally very aware, comfortable in possession and off the ball, he never really settled elsewhere after his Porto stint. Further ahead Deco was the main man, who got even closer to a number 10 role in the UCL season, the creative force. His ball-control combined with his capacity to slice divine passes to the forwards was what made the team tick in the attack. Only a few could dribble through tight spaces the way he managed to and added danger to every single set-piece as he stood to take them all. In between them, an odd signing that came good: Maniche wasn’t getting minutes at rivals, Benfica but after making the move north, he completed the trifecta. He added energy in the centre and firepower, both from long range and after penetrating runs due to his box-to-box-ish role.
Pedro Mendes was brought in from Vitoria Guimarães, for the UCL season and was often the chosen fourth midfielder. Taking some of the defensive strain off Costinha. Alenichev, more incisive, was always another option when fit and finally Carlos Alberto came in for the second season as a 19-year-old that could play as the more advanced midfielder or behind the main forward and ended up starting in the final versus Monaco.
Attacking options
The options in the attack were all of Mou’s making. He brought in Derlei, who he coached at Leiria just like Valente, and Jankauskas, the Lithuanian International who had been on loan at rivals Benfica the previous year. While Derlei was a success, Jankauskas was one of the few transfers not to make too much of an impact. He still played a ton, but didn’t have the expected end product and a 20-year-old Postiga took advantage to become a starting option more times than I’m sure he thought he would. Tottenham came in for Postiga in between the two seasons and striker reinforcements were the main necessity to attack the Champions League. In came Benny McCarthy on loan again – the South African forward was on loan at the Dragão in the year of transition from Otavio Machado to Mourinho – to score 25 goals throughout that 2003/04 season.
In this team, forwards needed to be extremely mobile to compensate for the lack mobility elsewhere and to pressurise opposition defences. More so in the first season, Porto became known for their entertaining football, relentlessly (but in organised fashion) pressing opponents in their own half. The forwards’ mobility and work rate was useful for this and to make lateral movements from the centre into wide positions to try and escape their markers.
When it came to their build-up play, they still had a very direct passing style – the long passes would usually come from the full-backs or Carvalho – with frequent narrow long-balls onto forwards who either dropped in between lines and then could combine with the incoming midfielders or ran in behind the opposite defences. Maniche and Alenichev, the sides of the diamond, were charged with being ball-carriers, unlike Deco and mostly Costinha who were more static even in possession.
Shift in style
In the second season Mou got Porto playing a more cautious, narrow style, that didn’t get opened as easily nor did the team press as high as often (despite keeping an intense middle block press). Many considered their style less entertaining but if this approach had not been adopted, it wouldn’t have been possible to reach the latter stages of the Champions League, let alone win it.
As with every Mourinho side, this Porto frequently adapted to the opposition. It was common to see differences between pressure zones, distances between sectors, even slight differences in player roles and movements from match to match, especially in Europe. Let’s not forget Mou was one of the first to analyse opposition in depth and adapt his findings to his game plan.
So there you have it. The greatest two-year spell in the history of FC Porto, and the start of the legend that is the coach José Mourinho. Barring one Portuguese Cup (lost in the final) Mourinho’s Porto won literally everything it was possible to win both domestically and internationally in 2002/03 and 2003/04. A feat that will surely never be equalled.
By Tiago Estêvão
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Home Magazine No Comment: Ah the Sport of It!
No Comment: Ah the Sport of It!
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has moved to rescind Obama-era restrictions on hunting on public lands in Alaska. Guys and gals with guns will henceforth be allowed to lure bears to their death with bacon and donuts, use spotlights to shoot mother bears and cubs hibernating in their dens, and kill swimming caribou from motorboats.
Ah, the Sport of It!
One Step Away from ‘No Guns’
Pro-gun activists are taking aim at banks that refuse to do business with gun makers. Warned Michael Hammond, legal counsel for Gun Owners of America, “If a few banks say, ‘No, we’re not going to give loans to gun dealers or gun manufacturers,’ all of a sudden the industry is threatened and the Second Amendment doesn’t mean much if there are no guns around.”
Getting (Too) Personal
Stacy Bailey, an elementary school teacher in Texas, was suspended from her job and transferred to a secondary school after showing students a photo of her future wife during a “Get to Know Your Teacher” event. A parent accused her of pushing a “homosexual agenda” and the school district agreed she had improperly “use[d] the classroom to transmit personal beliefs regarding political or sectarian issues.” Bailey has filed a lawsuit in federal court.
Their Aim Isn’t True
A federal school safety commission formed by President Trump following the deadly mass shooting at a high school in Florida has pledged to look at every possible solution—except anything having to do with access to guns. “That is not part of the commission’s charge per se,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the committee chair, told lawmakers in June.
We Don’t Need No Thought Control
Conservative lawmakers in Michigan purged references to civil rights, gay rights, Roe v. Wade, and climate change from that state’s proposed new social studies standards, and removed the word “democratic” from the term “core democratic values.” According to Republican state senator and gubernatorial candidate Patrick Colbeck, these terms are “not politically neutral.”
Lock Him Up!
President Donald Trump, who as a candidate declared that Hillary Clinton should be imprisoned for using a private email server, refuses to abide by security protocols to prevent his cell phone communications from being hacked, which could allow foreign governments or terrorists to listen in on his conversations or track his precise location.
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Bruce Rauner: Republican for Cancer
Republican Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner proposed funding cuts to, among other things, the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP) in his state budget, as well as cuts to programs designed to encourage Illinoisans to end their addiction to tobacco products.
These cuts are strongly opposed by the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), which issued this statement in opposition to the proposed cuts:
IBCCP helps thousands of women get their doctor-recommended mammograms every year, connecting uninsured and underinsured Illinois women with potentially life-saving screenings. From 2007 to 2012, the state program detected 727 invasive breast cancers and 1,490 cervical cancers and precancerous lesions.
Maintaining funding and eligibility for IBCCP will preserve a critical safety net for thousands of women in our state who will not qualify for Medicaid this year. It’s our hope the General Assembly will restore cuts to this program for the sake of all Illinois women.
Illinois’ tobacco prevention and cessation programs have made great strides in reducing youth and adult smoking rates. However, the state currently spends only nine percent of the Centers for Disease Control’s recommended funding level, jeopardizing lives that could be saved by reducing tobacco use.
Tobacco not only leaves a serious mark on our state’s physical health. It also places a heavy burden on its economic health. This year, smoking will cost Illinois more than $8.3 billion, further straining its already difficult financial situation. Maintaining funding for tobacco prevention and cessation would be a wise use of state dollars. It would help prevent needless tobacco-related deaths and reduce the excessive costs of tobacco use.
We understand Illinois continues to face tough financial choices, but fighting cancer should always be a top policy priority. We look forward to reviewing Governor Rauner’s complete budget proposal and working with lawmakers to restore funding to these critical programs.
Make no mistake about it, Bruce Rauner’s barbaric budget would result in more Illinoisans being diagnosed with cancer due to a lack of state funding for programs that make it easier for Illinois women to receive breast and cervical cancer screenings, as well as encourage Illinoisans to end their addiction to cancer-causing tobacco products. Bruce Rauner is not compassionate, and he apparently doesn’t realize how devastating cancer can be to those who are affected by it.
I hope that the Illinois General Assembly restores funding to breast and cervical cancer screening programs and tobacco cessation programs, and, if necessary, overrides any kind of Rauner veto to these programs.
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Dust and Gold
Just thought I'd write a few lines about new Dust and Gold album...
Really pleased and excited about the new product...
Child in the Sun
Turnaround Town
She's OK
Digging Song
Leaning On Nothing
Somewhere In Copenhagen
Sing It Out
As an album Dust and Gold is stand alone but also makes up part 3 of a colour themed trilogy of work, (previous releases being my debut, Brilliant Blue and the follow up Red Tree.)....
The Title Dust and Gold is taken from track 11, but in my mind the rootsy overtones of banjo scattered through some of the songs makes for the dusty image while the jazzier sounds of the soprano sax and piano create the shiny gold texture- and this comes together for the very last song with banjo, sax and piano in ‘Waiting for You.
The album has been recorded, mixed and mastered by Dylan Fowler at his studio Felin Fach in Abergavenny here in Wales- it's a beautiful place, an old converted Mill surrounded by trees and a river running alongside. The studio itself was rustic with sloping ceilings (as Bill saw straight away- no straight lines!) Dylan and his wife Gill were exceptionally hospitable and made the whole experience feel more like some creative retreat rather than the time limited pressure of recording that could have been the case! Dylan also took on the role as producer working closely in collaboration with me on arrangements of the songs. We recorded all of my lead vocal with either guitar, banjo or piano parts as ‘live takes' and a number of tracks were jammed and improvised live with percussion/ accordion/ piano adding on additional overdubs later.....
The style and content of the material draws upon folk, roots, blues, americana, jazz, gospel and singer songwriter genres, and is very much a crossover integration of all the above.
Instrumentation includes, acoustic guitars, mandocello, banjo, soprano sax, piano, percussion, cello, accordion, electric guitar, bass, layered vocal harmony, harmonica and more…
visit the Hushland Label Shop to pre- order CD's (pre- orders include limited edition bonus EP) and take a listen- to some of the tracks in the Hushland Listening Lounge www.hushland.com
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Stone's Throw Lament Of The Selkie Review and Feature on Folk Radio UK
Delighted to announce a that the new album has received a wonderful review on Folk Radio UK from David Kidman... see below
Rachel Taylor-Beales is one of the true originals in the singer-songwriter world, a doggedly and proudly independent spirit whose extraordinary life-experiences thus far have undoubtedly shaped and defined her talents. Her early years involved a bewildering succession of relocations between Australia and the UK: a situation which any child would find unsettling. By the age of 12, she’d lived in 13 different homes, and the difficulty of coming to terms with this somewhat nomadic existence must have made quite a mark on her psyche, giving her a high degree of resilience and no doubt subconsciously encouraging her to forge a distinctive creative personality. This would also likely have stemmed from the presence of several artists in her family, for, always finding a spare guitar to hand in the household, Rachel started writing songs very early on. The Nottingham folk scene of her late teens was both her proving ground and the venue for a fortuitous meeting with her future husband Bill, a visual artist with whom she was to relocate back to Australia, where, forming a dedicated arts company, they spent four years touring and performing in all manner of venues and situations. Since 2000, however, Rachel and Bill have been based in Cardiff, setting up their own record label, with Rachel rapidly establishing herself as a solo performer with a strongly individual character, along the way greatly impressing master s/s Martyn Joseph and gaining an increasing number of critical plaudits through the production of a series of richly inventive studio albums firmly grounded in her own songwriting. These albums – 2004’s Brilliant Blue, 2008’s Red Tree and 2011’s Dust And Gold – together formed a fantastic “colour trilogy”, over the course of which Rachel’s narratives uncompromisingly recounted her own experiences and ongoing emotional journeys, linking these literately within the context of the universal life struggle and common spiritual quest.
Stone’s Throw, Lament of the Selkie engages directly with these themes too, taking the form of a kind of song-cycle. Some three years in the making, its creation both accompanied and was informed by a series of life-struggles that Rachel had personally undergone, including the effects of injuries sustained from a serious fall from stage, her fears of its impact on her then unborn child and the long and painful period of recovery. And it has turned out a tremendous achievement. Rachel herself describes Stone’s Throw as a dark folklore concept tale based around Selkie (Seal-Folk) mythology from the Orkney Isles, and here – following the scene-setting device of the cycle’s initial song (Seaside), with its wonderful, playfully wry observational character-study of the Selkie and what she has had to become in trying to fit into land-based society – the tragic narrative is related almost exclusively from the first-person viewpoint, addressing the listener directly from the mind of the Selkie herself and its inconsolable reflection, wherein every recalled and experienced emotion draws her back to her unavoidable loss. For her dream of living a life on land with her land-bound partner had become unsustainable, due, she realised, to their incompatible lifestyles, leaving her with no option but to return to the sea whence she came and in doing so leave that partner similarly grief-stricken. Rachel’s unique vocal personality beguiles and mesmerises; its cadences connive and convince, drawing us deep into the Selkie’s character through a timbre that’s breathy but tough and yet betokening a seductive, careful enunciation that lingers and caresses for its natural expressive effect and entices us into full sympathy with her plight while invoking the shifting-quicksand nature of her mental state.
Rachel begins the cycle in a state of relative calm and solace, with the Selkie’s body drifting and glistening in the sun, lazing almost carefree in the pursuit of summer Somersaults (nice wordplay here) when it’s Summer Again and the landscape is beguiling and dreamy. At this point, we sense, the Selkie can almost cope with her landlocked situation – until, that is, the call of the sea is too strong and she cannot but surrender plaintively to its siren-song, its sinuous beckoning reel (which neatly links the track onward into the cycle’s postlude). And May It Be signals the Selkie’s more abrupt recognition of her loss, with the first instance of the cycle’s depiction of her wandering mind. Uneasy string arabesques form a telling counterpart to piano chords that threaten to anchor her thoughts. The “voiceless voice” of the (hitherto unvoiced word) Restless takes over for the next song, adopting that very word as its title in a torrent of suffocating imagery and rumbling keyboards invoking the protagonist’s powerlessness in the face of her situation. Stone’s Throw (the title song itself) seems to bring this situation into sharp focus, a desperate perception of rootlessness and an all-too-abundantly-clear realisation for the Selkie that “this beach I sit upon I can’t call home”, a beach that even then is being submerged by the sweeping tides. Her acute desolation may up to this point have been partly assuaged by the sharing of a common experience through a mutual identity with her struggle and loss.
Yes, the initial effect of the Selkie’s intimate confessional may be therapeutic, but by the time we cross over past the cycle’s central point, into the heart-rendingly sensuous, kantele-dappled plea of Selkie’s Song with its wholly inevitable realisation that “the skin won’t fit like it used to, these bones won’t hold it so well”, there is infinitely more pain than gain in the process, and thereafter, things are never quite the same for the Selkie. The strangely warmly glacial winter-scenario In The Cold depicts the defeated Selkie left emotionally out in the bitter, cruel climate with hackles and voices “raised, like banners”. In a masterstroke of emotional seesawing, the Selkie’s vulnerability is conveyed in the ensuing would-be-comforting hymnal of Fall Into You, enveloping and cocooning her delicate voice in a veritable sea of voices and violins. Its uncontrollable ecstasy is short-lived however, as it almost suffocates before the mournful Until The Snow brings a step back into a fresh perspective of detachment in the Selkie’s necessary separation from her partner. This freshness is cleverly conveyed by the introduction of the limpid, crystalline-clear tones of harp into the texture, before the forward-driven chorus section takes over with its determined mantra of “we’ll play and we’ll play And we’ll play these chords Until the snow, until the snow”. After which, Turning The Day is a kind of summation and epilogue, a wishful, outward-probing prayer that chases the light and eventually, via a cathartic chord-change, turns the corner into the fearless resolve of its final section, declaring the Selkie’s deeply-harboured desire to bend space and time just to see her partner’s face again. On the brief instrumental reprise-cum-postlude (Ghost Of A Reel), we hear the fiddler playing for the dance at the end of time, fading from our consciousness as if to signify the cycle beginning over again perhaps? It’s a powerful yet transient image, that’s for sure.
Throughout the album (as indeed had been the case with its predecessors), Rachel’s music commendably refuses to acknowledge specific allegiance to any defined genre or sub-genre but is undoubtedly influenced and inspired by many: among them folk, roots, indie, blues, jazz and even (I’d venture to suggest) a pronounced element of pop-psych from the late-60s/early-70s. Rachel’s highly-developed singing, writing and multi-instrumental talents both seem to know no bounds and observe no boundaries, as she shape-shifts with consummate ease between modes and idioms. And yet, while this tendency renders her music indescribable in the absolute, literal sense, her vision is invariably as clear-sighted as her bewitching vocal delivery. The mildly unconventional (at least by recognised genre standards) structures of the songs may be deceptive in this regard, for there’s always a clear sense of direction to Rachel’s writing, and her imagery is both precise and tantalising in its expression.
On a purely musical (production) basis, Stone’s Throw often exhibits a partly elusive, slightly opaque quality in its rich and aromatic mixdown, imparting an engaging aura of other-worldliness, a feeling of inhabiting a slightly off-kilter alternate universe. This brilliantly mirrors the slightly queasy collation between the worlds of the everyday, Rachel’s own life-story and the time-honoured folklore of the central Selkie legend, and the nature of the lyrics, which are replete with joyously inventive wordplay, as rewarding as they are successful in conveying the essential magic and mystery of the tale. The distinctive conjured soundscapes come courtesy of Rachel’s trusty eclectic collective group of musicians, with a special tonal signature that’s largely characterised by the weaving, keening, almost spectral lines of Lucy River’s violin and the burnished embellishments of Rachel’s own electric guitar and some atmospheric guitar playing from Dylan Fowler and Bill Taylor-Beales, with further important contributions from Rosy Robinson (cello), Paul Gray (bass) and guest appearances from Rachel’s brother Shane (percussion) and Angharad Evans (backing vocals). I’d swear you can hear and feel those Orkney seascapes, the rushing and foaming and ebbing of the waves. Ethereal yet very much present; masterfully conceived and presented, and (is it fanciful to suggest?) this is very probably the sound of space and time bending (if only?… but hey now, be careful what you wish for, Rachel…).
Review by: David Kidman
See link below to view on Folk Radio UK
http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2015/08/rachel-taylor-beales-stones-throw-the-lament-of-the-selkie/
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Joan Didion on self-respect
Posted on February 20, 2018 February 20, 2018 by Rachel Wheeley in Inspiration
I’ve just re-read an essay by the American writer Joan Didion on self-respect.
The dismal fact is that self-respect has nothing to do with the approval of others — who are, after all, deceived easily enough; has nothing to do with reputation, which, as Rhett Butler told Scarlett O’Hara, is something people with courage can do without.
This is a bit of a problem. The world is shouting very loudly that we should make ourselves unique, work on our #branding, tell our story and build our reputation. And indeed this seems to make sense. There are a lot of us about.
But if we Gen Xers and Millenials are intent on building our brands and telling our stories, Didion warns to at least not get trapped into it too early. On the 24 year old singer, Joan Baez:
Baez was a personality before she was entirely a person. And, like anyone to whom that happens, she is in a sense the hapless victim of what others have seen in her.
It’s heartening to know that it would be disastrous to be too good, too soon, and that it isn’t actually necessary to have a reputation at all.
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johnnymachine says:
If, as Joan Didion writes elsewhere in that essay, there are devastatingly well-lit back alleys where we keep assignations with ourselves, she is there in mine, preternaturally awake and alert, my own steel-rimmed mental Auntie Joan, scorning my need for the approval of others, and my attempts to blame failures on the disapproval, or lack of interest, of others. Oh, Auntie J, gimme a break, pleease! I’m only human after all.
If I have a criticism of ‘On Self-Respect’, it’s that there’s not enough psychology in it. It’s the doctrine of the stiff upper lip expounded in perfect, unforgiving, sharp-edged prose. Maybe it took an American to say it; no Brit in possession of it could, perhaps, explain it, or think it worth explaining; if you’ve got it, you’ve got it, and that’s all that matters. But how to get it? Buck one’s ideas up? Pull oneself together?
And yet, there are clues: she writes of the ‘willingness to accept responsibility for ones own life.’ Which is almost a rejection of psychology, when you think about it. The search for causes and effects in the psyche; for self-knowledge. We assume that’s a good and necessary quest. Could be wrong. Or, truly complete self-knowledge could involve accepting the limits of all those parental, life-circumstance causes and effects. Scary, Auntie Joan.
Rachel is a small comedian from Mordor, South London.
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Rach has written for Newsjack, The News Quiz and Listen Against. She has appeared on the Reasons to be Cheerful, Worst Foot Forward and Thank Book For podcasts, as well as her own comedy/science pod, Level Up Human.
Rach has chaired for the Royal Institution, gigged for the British Film Institute’s ‘Comedy Genius’ tour and performed at Glastonbury festival with the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
In 2018 she was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Award.
★★★★★ “Slick and quick-witted…genuine tears of laughter” DIVA magazine
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Sonia Simone: Hey there. I am so glad to see you again. Welcome back to Copyblogger FM, the content marketing podcast. Copyblogger FM is about emerging content marketing trends, interesting disasters, and enduring best practices, along with the occasional rant. My name is Sonia Simone. I’m the Chief Content Officer for Rainmaker Digital, and I like to hang out with all the folks who do the real work over on the Copyblogger blog. We’re going to be talking, as we always do, about lots of different resources and ideas. We always have additional links for you in the show notes. If you just go to Copyblogger.FM, you will get access not only to the notes for this show, but to the total archive for the program.
This week, I’m joined by our VP of Marketing, Jerod Morris. Jerod, how are you doing today?
Jerod Morris: I’m doing very well, Sonia. It’s wonderful to be here talking with you back on this podcast.
Sonia Simone: Exactly. Those of you with good memories remember that Jerod was a co-host on this podcast. He’s also got, gosh, he’s hosting The Showrunner, The Digital Entrepreneur, which he co-hosts with Brian Clark, he’s got some passion podcasts, so pretty much Jerod lives behind his mic, is what we’re saying with Jerod there.
Jerod Morris: Basically.
Sonia Simone: Like everybody at Copyblogger and at Rainmaker Digital, Jerod’s job description changes, I calculated, and I think it’s about every 10 days.
Jerod Morris: Seems about right.
The Business Reasons Behind Diversifying Your Traffic Sources
Sonia Simone: Lately, something he’s been working on is something really important and cool, a new growth engine for us, which is the world of advertising and marketing funnels. It’s a funny thing. I was talking with Brian Clark about this at our company meeting. I was saying everyone else in digital business does that first, while they’re trying to figure out how to do a really strong content play.
Jerod Morris: Mm-hmm.
Sonia Simone: We just sort of, I don’t know, we did it backwards. Brian described it over on the Digital Entrepreneur as what we have been doing as “brute strength authority marketing.” I thought that was a wonderful turn of phrase. Diversification is smart, you know, in any business. It’s just not a great idea to only have one source of traffic, so we have been adding ads into the mix. Jerod has really been, I don’t know, leading that charge or herding those cats. I’m not sure what the best description is.
Jerod Morris: Yeah, you know, working with our team, Loryn Thompson, who we brought in, has been doing some great work with learning Facebook ads and helping us put that in. What’s interesting about it is that it’s such an integrated effort because you can have this idea for a funnel and start the funnel with some paid advertising, but that means that you need good design on an image. You need good copy written. You need someone who is there to analyze the data.
You need people on the back end who can make sure that when people sign up and give you their email address, that they’re getting the right opt-in bonus, and all of this. It’s interesting because it really is such an integrated part now, and there’s so many people on our team who have a hand in a piece of this as we go. It’s been a great experience, something new. That’s the best part about the constantly shifting job description, is getting to learn a lot of new things, which I always enjoy.
Sonia Simone: Yeah. It’s really good. I think probably at least half of the folks listening are going to be pretty familiar with marketing funnels, and with this idea that you buy traffic, essentially, to go to those funnels. Can you kind of just give us a capsule view of what that means for people who haven’t really done it yet, or might not be quite as familiar?
Jerod Morris: If you haven’t done it yet and if you’re not familiar, then you’re really like I was not too long ago, actually, when I first started learning about content marketing, Sonia. And a lot of what I’ve learned is since I joined Copyblogger several years ago.
I guess I just thought, and I don’t know exactly why this was, but my understanding just kind of came to be that it was almost like you did content marketing or you did paid advertising. It was almost like they were kind of separate things. I think part of that is because that’s just kind of how we operated.
Like Brian was talking about with the ‘brute force authority,’ we had built this authority, built these lists, and so when we’re getting ready to sell a product, we would send an offer out to our lists, and it worked really well. Obviously it sustained the company enough to the point where we grew to as big as we are now and allowed us to continue to develop more products and do all of the things that we’ve done.
Now, as I get into it more and learn more about paid advertising, and learn more about how paid advertising and content marketing integrate, they really aren’t two separate things at all. In fact, they are obviously different disciplines, but they come together. The fundamentals of them are so similar and they work so well together.
You’ve got to think of it this way. If you’re going to succeed with content marketing, that means that you’re putting out really good, valuable content, and that when people see that content, they want to engage with you more, and they subscribe, and you take them along these circles of belief, like we’ve talked about.
If you’re doing a good job with content marketing, what do you need? You need more people in your target audience to come see your content. The most efficient way to do that is to simply go someplace that will allow you to target the specific people you’re looking for and pay to put your content in front of them. That’s what paid advertising is. That’s what social advertising is all about.
If you look at it on the flip side, if you’re looking to get into paid advertising, and you have the best strategy, and you know everything to do to develop a good ad with a great image, and you know how to write the copy for it, and do all this stuff, and you know that you can convert and target the exact, right people, what do you need? You need to send people to content that converts. You need to be good at content marketing.
These two different disciplines, these two different activities, really work very well together. They compliment each other so well. That’s what we’re learning, because obviously we have developed a treasure trove of good content over the years at Copyblogger. Now, as we get into the paid advertising side of it, we’re really seeing the value of that, and we’re really seeing the value of not just sending someone from, let’s say, Facebook to a sales page.
Sonia Simone: Right.
Jerod Morris: But sending someone to a piece of content, giving them some value, getting them on the list, nurturing them, just like you would if someone came to Copyblogger.com. When you have those two and they can work together so well, it really allows you to super-charge your content marketing efforts if you’re coming at it from a content marketing angle.
Sonia Simone: Yeah, one of the earliest posts I wrote for Copyblogger, back in the days when Copyblogger was a brand — because that was a time, not that long ago really, in the scheme of things — I wrote a post called “The Harpoon or the Net.” It was really about what at that time were maybe more separate ways, but yeah. It used to be that a certain kind of marketer bought ads and sent them to these landing pages, sometimes to sales pages. The sales page, if you were doing it right, you could spend ten, twenty, thirty thousand on a sales page because it had to convert this absolutely ice cold traffic.
Jerod Morris: Yep.
Sonia Simone: You had to be at the top of your game to be able to make that work. A few people made a lot of money. A lot of people lost a little money. It was hard. The content marketing model was more ‘create the environment, build the audience.’ I love that now both disciplines have matured enough that we realize there’s nothing wrong with buying traffic.
Certainly, there’s nothing bad about buying traffic at all. It’s just so much smarter to pull them into some kind of a sequence, something made with content that creates a relationship, rather than just slam it and run into a sales pitch. That is a thing you can do. It’s just not necessarily the thing that is the smartest way to go.
Why This New Strategy Isn’t as New as We First Thought
Jerod Morris: Yeah. It’s being smart about things, like a retargeting pixel, for example, on Facebook. We can put an ad on Facebook to a piece of content on Copyblogger, just a straight piece of content, an article. It may have a call to action at the bottom. In fact, it should have a call to action at the bottom.
If the person doesn’t convert at that moment, which we know that most people won’t on their first time, or maybe even their second time or their third time, you haven’t lost them. Number one, maybe they haven’t bought, but maybe you converted them onto an email list.
Or when it comes to advertising, you’ve set what’s called that Facebook retargeting pixel, so now we can actually start a sequence of ads on Facebook. Maybe you clicked on this ad here about meaningful content. Now, we can actually show you an ad that kind of takes the next step on the content journey that you might be going on.
You can set up and you can almost treat the people on Facebook — and Brian and I talked about this on the Digital Entrepreneur — you can treat the people that you’re targeting on social media sites with paid advertising, almost like someone who’s inside of your email sequence, where you’re sending them a sequence of emails.
You can send people a sequence of messages on social media and kind of walk them through a process. And of course, you’re nurturing them along the way, you’re warming that traffic to some sort of eventual end. But again, you’re really seeing the fundamentals of what you want to do merge. Obviously, there are specific elements to content marketing and elements to social advertising that you need to understand, specific strategies. You’ve got to get comfortable with the tools. The fundamentals are a lot closer and a lot more related than I initially thought. That’s probably been the biggest eye opener of this whole experience for me.
Sonia Simone: Yeah, I think for me too. I could sort of see it coming for quite a while because a few of the very, very smart people on paid traffic have been talking for a long time about sending traffic into sequences, but the tools just keep getting better. I’m really impressed by how relevant you can make your marketing message, and therefore get a higher quality. You’re actually talking to people about what they care about, instead of just spewing endless irrelevant pitches at them.
Sonia Simone: I’m really, really impressed with the way the tools enable that now, in a way that’s not creepy or pushy, because you have to be pushy when you don’t have the right message. Then you just have to turn up the volume. This lets you have a smarter message instead of just a louder message. I really think it’s very cool.
Jerod Morris: Yeah.
Sonia Simone: You mentioned Facebook, and it seems to me that right now, so we’re recording this in May 2016, things do change. Right now, Facebook really seems to be such a strong platform for this kind of work. Would you agree with that?
Jerod Morris: Oh yeah. It’s great. Here’s the thing, even if you’re not going to put an ad out on Facebook, if you’re never going to buy an ad, I really encourage everybody to just go in and get comfortable with the Facebook power editor, and look at what it allows you to do from a targeting and an audience perspective. Even if you never pay for an ad, you can actually get some pretty interesting information about the potential size of markets just by going in there and kind of fiddling around and looking. There are so many different ways that you can segment and target. Just doing that can be really instructive.
With everything else that Facebook allows you to do, once you get in and learn the tools. And look, you don’t have to know — because there is so much to know when it comes to Facebook, and it can be really intimidating when you get back in there and it’s like, “Oh man. Do I optimize for clicks, do I optimize for impressions? Now I’ve got to do a desktop ad and a mobile …”
There’s a lot, and it can feel overwhelming, but what I’m starting to find is it’s like anything else. There’s about 20 percent of it that gives you 80 percent of the results. When you can identify that, and get good at that, and really zero in and spend the majority of your time in the right areas — and I will say, make sure that you have a culture of testing, either if it’s just yourself or among your team.
That’s one really big step that we’re taking that is allowing us to be more successful at this than we otherwise would be, is really making sure that we’re testing, figuring out which ads work, optimizing landing pages and conversion pages, and all of that. When you do that, then you can really get the results from it.
I think that for people listening to this, you’re probably like I was, where you’re good at the content stuff, you understand the content stuff, you probably have a pretty nice archive. You’re ready to now take the best pieces of that and start getting some highly targeted traffic to it. Facebook is really, once you get in and learn that 20 percent that’ll give you the majority of the results, it can be a little bit scary because you are paying some money, and obviously, you can spend a lot of money really quickly if you want to, but if you’re smart about it, you can also make a lot of money really quickly, too.
Sonia Simone: Yeah. I think that’s such an important success principle. Anytime you’re paying for social media platform advertising, pay-per-click advertising, you really want to make sure it works before you throw a billion dollars at it.
Sonia Simone: That’s what’s great about it, is that you can actually invest a pretty modest, manageable amount of money to do your experiments with. And then when you know it’s working, that’s when you turn the faucet up a little more.
The First Steps if You Want to Try This Strategy Out
Sonia Simone: I know that right now, Brian Clark is like, “Why won’t this faucet open any further?”
Jerod Morris: Yes, he is ready to turn on the faucet. That’s the thing, we’re working on some tests right now. For instance, we’re doing one particular content funnel where we’ve taken three or four different old posts from Copyblogger, a couple of them are from you, actually. I think one of them is your Digital Sharecropping post. We’ve taken those, and those are at the top of the funnel. We’re putting those out to a targeted audience.
Again, the level of granularity that you can get with the audience is really cool. You can do look-alike audiences, and you can do people who have visited your site before, you can do people who like such and such, someone who does something similar to you and has a big profile, so many different ways that you can target. We’re putting out those three or four different pieces of content. Just general pieces of content, and a little call to action at the end, but really, we just want people to see this content.
They see it, we can set that Facebook re-targeting pixel, and the goal of this is to actually get people to see the Rainmaker Platform, because it’s among the many things it does, it’s obviously a great platform for putting your content out there. People see these posts, and then we retarget them with a content-focused testimonial about the platform. So now they’ve seen the second part. They’ve seen content talking about the importance of content that relates in some way to the platform. They see this testimonial, and then, only then, will we show them an actual link to a conversion page for the platform, that talks more about the platform.
It’s a step-by-step process. We’re testing this. What’ll be interesting is we’ll be able to see, which pieces of content do we get the most clicks for for the least amount of money? Now we can put these other ones away, we can double down on this one, and really kind of allow this funnel to go work its magic — it’s not really magic, what I really mean is just to do its work — and then we can start with another one. You test a bunch of different ones. You see what works best. You do limited, smaller tests, and then double down on what works.
For us, it’s just been a process of getting processes in place to do it, finding the content to get out there, but it makes it so much easier that we have this great treasure trove of tested, proven content, where we can see what really resonated with an audience in the past. And a lot of that content, whether it was a year ago or a couple of years ago, so much of it is still relevant today on some of these fundamental topics. You put it out there, and you know it’ll be useful to people. You’re just paying to make it a much faster process of getting it in front of the people that you want to get it in front of, instead of being a little more passive and waiting.
Sonia Simone: Yeah.
Jerod Morris: The money that you’re paying just kind of shortcuts that for you.
Sonia Simone: Yeah. It’s such an interesting strategy. A couple of things I want to recommend to people. First is you did a neat interview, I thought, with Brian Clark over on the Digital Entrepreneur podcast about the myth of ‘set it and forget it.’ I thought that was great, because I think this idea of buying traffic on a platform like Google or Facebook, and then sending it to a sequence, I think people think of that as the kind of ‘make money while you sleep,’ quick and dirty kind of business model. You can make money while you sleep, but that’s because you’ve been doing plenty of work while you’re awake.
Jerod Morris: Right.
Sonia Simone: There’s nothing wrong with that, right? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. I would recommend that episode to people. I will give you guys a link in the show notes, because Brian and Jerod kind of just explored some additional facets. This is one of those topics, and I think content marketing is this way as well, it’s not that it’s hard, but there are a lot of steps. There are a lot of pieces. All of the pieces are something that anybody who’s listening to this can master. It’s just that there are quite a few of them that you need to stitch together, and you need to see how they go together.
Jerod Morris: Yeah, it’s like we always say, it’s the difference between simple and easy.
Jerod Morris: It’s not easy because there is a lot to keep track of, and there is a lot of work involved. When you line them up, and when you can kind of follow a proven workflow and a proven format, a proven framework, then it is relatively simple, but it’s an important distinction to make.
Sonia Simone: Yeah, certainly that’s one of the great things about content marketing. There are so many little pieces that a lot of our competitors will just say, “Well that seems kind of hard,” and they won’t do it.
Sonia Simone: They’re all manageable and they’re all learnable. You’ve just got to walk through it step by step.
Sonia Simone: We do have some resources for people. We do have, of course, that Digital Entrepreneur podcast. Great podcast. Get your feet wet with some of the ideas. But you have also been putting something together, is that correct?
Jerod Morris: I have, yes, for Digital Commerce Academy. When Digital Commerce Academy launched, we had two courses in there — one from Brian about building your online training course the right way, and then another course from Chris Garrett and Tony Clark on building automated marketing funnels that work. Obviously, then we also have the coaching Q&As in there, and we have the community, and we have all the case studies, kind of the ongoing education that is constantly being updated with new events.
I’m really excited that we have our next two courses coming. And so Chris Lema, who I’m sure most of the people listening to this know and know well, has done a course inside of Digital Commerce Academy on developing WordPress products. Obviously, Chris is an expert in that area. He is going to be speaking at Digital Commerce Summit. He and I even did a case study inside of the Academy on that. He’s developed a great course to walk you through the process of the smart way to develop and sell WordPress products, to enter the premium WordPress marketplace, whether it’s a plugin, a theme, anything like that.
I am actually creating another course called Savvy Social Advertising. A lot of the concepts that I’ve hinted at today we’re going to talk about in there. The big idea is for folks who do have probably a content marketing background and have some digital products that they’re ready to sell and get out there, but they just need to get more people into their funnel, to get more subscribers, to get more people to see their stuff.
We’re going to show you some simple methods. It’s not going to be for the super advanced person, who already knows everything and wants to get just that one percent gain, but it’s for people who have only barely started, who haven’t even really given this much thought, and want to learn the fundamentals, and want to learn that 20 percent that’ll give them 80 percent of the results. That’s what we’re going to do. We’re going to really talk about Facebook, really get into LinkedIn and Twitter, and show you those fundamentals, give you the tools, and give you a roadmap so you can make this work for you too.
Sonia Simone: For those of who you haven’t seen our Digital Commerce Academy, it’s quite a cool model. You pay one membership fee, and then you can take all the courses that are relevant to you. You can take all of the courses if you want to, or you can really focus on one and really make traction on that one. The price is very advantageous. It’s about to become slightly less so.
Jerod Morris: Yes.
Sonia Simone: You can still get in on what I think is the launch price, which was $395 a year. Is that correct?
Jerod Morris: The launch was $295, and then we raised it once to $395, but it’s been there for a while.
Sonia Simone: Again, all the courses that Jerod mentioned, as well as, because this is how we do things, all the things that we add. We’re just going to keep adding to it, keep making it more robust. However, that price expires on May 27, 2016, and then it will hop on up to $595 a year, which is still, considering how much material is in there, it’s still a good value. There’s nothing wrong with that.
Jerod Morris: Oh yeah. What’s funny, Sonia, is that we were doing an episode of the Digital Entrepreneur, and I had my call-to-action all ready, “the price is going up,” and I thought it was $495, because that’s what we’d talked about. I say that, and Brian’s like, “No. I’m changing my mind. It’s going up to $595.” He’s like, “There’s too much stuff in there.” I guess what I hadn’t realized is that for the individual courses, we will eventually sell those courses individually for $595, so if you just want Brian’s course, it’ll be $595. Basically for that same price, you can get everything else. It’s a pretty remarkable value all told when you see everything that’s in there.
Sonia Simone: Yeah, I really like the synergy, to use an overused word, of the courses that are in there right now, because really, it is about you’ve got the course on “courses.” If you need a product, you don’t have a product yet, it walks you through exactly how to create a product, and a product that has the marketing built into it, so that you don’t have to be like a super-advanced marketer to get people to understand the value of your product.
Sonia Simone: Then you’ve got your marketing funnels course, and that really helps you create and craft the sequences that will walk people through why they want to buy your wonderful thing. Then we’ve got the new social advertising course, and that helps you get the traffic to those funnels. Of course, if you are in that WordPress world, you know Chris Lema. He is a wonderful guy, a smart guy.
Jerod Morris: And a great teacher. That’s what’s so great about Chris is he is a great teacher.
Sonia Simone: Yeah, it really comes through because he’s just a generous person, so I think that that’s kind of what informs that. Just like our business is composed of all these pieces that fit together, the pieces of the course really fit together. I think you guys are going to dig it. It’s Rainmaker.FM/DCA. DCA is for Digital Commerce Academy. Do hop on that. If you are interested in it, hop on it now. Just might as well get the best price on it.
Jerod Morris: Exactly.
Sonia Simone: No sense in waiting. Yeah, I’m proud of it. It’s sort of maybe the latest and greatest in some of the things that we’ve been playing with, some of the things that we’ve been seeing really work in our business, and we want to share them with you guys because we like to do that.
Jerod Morris: Hey, and you know, I’ll throw this out there, too. If you have seen any great examples of just great social ads, sequences, anything like that, even if it’s your own, Tweet them to me @JerodMorris because I know part of what I’m going to do in the course is just put together some great examples for people to see, and I’d certainly be happy to feature anybody who’s listening who has a great example or one that you’ve seen. Again, just send me a Tweet @JerodMorris because I’m always on the lookout for good examples.
Sonia Simone: That’s really cool. All right, well we’re at the 25-minute mark, so I’m going to leave it there so I’m not over-soaking people’s brains with stuff. Again, that’s Rainmaker.FM/DCA if you want to check that out. I really would encourage you to. There’s a lot there if you are putting together, whether you’re already a digital business owner and you want to just do better with that, or you want to just launch something. Very appropriate for either profile. Jerod, it’s just always a pleasure to talk with you.
Jerod Morris: Same thing, Sonia. I always appreciate our time when we get to chat.
Sonia Simone: All right, good stuff. Take care, everybody, and I will catch you next week.
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Various embodiments of the present invention are methods for welding a workpiece (660), wherein a first weld is created at a first location on a workpiece by a high energy beam (605); Deflecting the beam with at least one deflecting lens (640) to create a second weld at a second location on the workpiece; and at least one focusing lens (630) with the high energy beam on the workpiece. And focusing the high energy beam on the workpiece with at least one astigmatism lens (620) so that the shape of the high energy beam on the workpiece is parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam, And shaping so as to be longer than the direction perpendicular to the direction of deflection of the high energy beam. On. The invention also relates to the use of an astigmatism lens and a method of forming a three-dimensional article. [Selection] Figure 6
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to methods of welding workpieces and methods of forming three-dimensional articles.
Free-form fabrication or additive manufacturing (additional manufacturing technology) is a method of forming a three-dimensional article by continuous fusion of selected portions of a powder layer applied to a work table. A method and apparatus according to this technique is disclosed in Patent Document 1.
Such an apparatus comprises: a worktable on which a three-dimensional article is formed; a powder dispenser arranged to deposit a thin layer of powder on the worktable to form a powder bed; A light gun for supplying energy to cause powder fusion, and an element for controlling the light emitted from the light gun over the entire powder bed for forming a cross section of a three-dimensional article by fusing parts of the powder bed. And a control computer in which information about a continuous cross section of the three-dimensional article is stored. Three-dimensional articles are formed by continuous fusion of continuously formed cross-sections of powder layers that are successively deposited by a powder dispenser.
There is always a need to reduce or minimize the time for fusing powder materials in additive manufacturing or when welding pieces. One way to increase efficiency and speed in welding in AM or in general is to increase the energy beam power while simultaneously increasing the energy beam deflection speed. Thereby, the power applied per unit surface area is kept constant but can be distributed more quickly over the surfaces to be fused or welded. However, this only works until a predetermined output and deflection speed of the energy beam is reached. If the power is increased beyond a predetermined value, the deflection rate will be too high, so that the heat from the energy beam will not have enough time to penetrate the material to be fused or welded. If the output becomes too high, and thus the deflection speed of the energy beam becomes too fast, the surface temperature becomes too high and the material to be fused or welded will instead evaporate.
There is a need in the art to exceed predetermined power and deflection rates in welding without evaporating the material to be fused or welded.
US Patent Application Publication No. 2009/0152771
With this background, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of welding or additive manufacturing with improved efficiency. The above objective is accomplished by the features according to the claims contained herein.
Various embodiments provide a method of welding workpieces. The method includes creating a first weld with a high energy beam at a first location on the workpiece and generating a high energy beam at a second location on the workpiece with at least one deflection lens. Deflecting to create two welds, focusing the high energy beam on the workpiece by at least one focusing lens, and the shape of the high energy beam on the workpiece is the shape of the high energy beam. Shaping the high energy beam on the workpiece with at least one astigmatism lens such that the high energy beam is longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction than a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam; And in the parallel direction and the perpendicular direction of the high-energy beam The ratio of the kicking length varies as a function of the output of said high energy beam on the workpiece.
The advantage of the present invention is that the beam power can be increased significantly or very greatly as the astigmatism and scanning speed are increased while the powder is fused to a sufficient depth while preventing evaporation due to excessive temperatures. Or the pieces can be welded. This can also result in a reduction in build time. Another advantage of the present invention is that the fusion accuracy or melt width perpendicular to the scan direction can be kept constant regardless of the beam power and scan speed used.
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the high energy beam is a laser beam or an electron beam. At least a non-limiting advantage of this embodiment is that the present invention does not depend on the energy beam source used.
In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the vertical direction may also be a function of the position of the high energy beam on the workpiece. Can be changed. At least a non-limiting advantage of this embodiment is that the beam spot stretching can be made not only beam power dependent but also dependent on the pattern to be fused.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an astigmatism lens in additive manufacturing for forming a three-dimensional article by continuous fusion of at least one layer of a powder bed provided on a worktable with a high energy beam. Usage is provided, wherein the portion corresponds to a continuous cross section of a three-dimensional article, and the astigmatism lens is configured to cause the size of the high energy beam on the layer of the powder bed to be Can be used to be longer than in the direction perpendicular to the deflection direction, and the ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel direction to the direction perpendicular to the direction of the output of the high energy beam on the workpiece. It changes as a function.
At least a non-limiting advantage of this embodiment is that the use of an astigmatism lens makes its original shape because the beam spot shape is distorted between the energy beam source and the target surface introduced into the lens system. It can be expanded from normal usage, which is modified to return to. According to the present invention, the astigmatism lens system can be an actual lens system in the case of a laser beam and an electric coil system in the case of an electron beam, and the beam size can be adjusted in a direction parallel to the deflection direction. The beam can be shaped to be stretched and used in a direction parallel to the scanning direction to give a longer beam shape compared to a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction. The extent of the stretching varies at least as a function of the energy beam output.
In yet another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of forming a three-dimensional article by sequentially depositing individual layers of powder material that fuse to form a three-dimensional article, said method comprising: Providing at least one high energy beam source for emitting a high energy beam for at least one of heating or fusing the powder material, and deflecting the high energy beam over the powder material Providing a deflection source for providing a focusing lens for focusing the high energy beam on the powder material; and a shape of the high energy beam on the powder layer is the high energy beam. In a direction parallel to the deflection direction of the high-energy beam so as to be longer than a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. Shaping a high energy beam on the powder layer using at least one astigmatism lens, wherein the ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel and perpendicular directions is , Varying as a function of the power of the high energy beam on the workpiece.
A non-limiting advantage of the various embodiments of the present invention is that the output can be increased significantly or very significantly, the larger the output, the greater the astigmatism and the faster the scanning speed. This also results in reduced build time for the additively manufactured part. Another advantage of the present invention is that the fusion accuracy or melt width perpendicular to the scan direction can be kept constant regardless of the power used and the scan speed, which is additively produced by the present invention. It also means that accuracy is not affected when shortening the construction time of the part.
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the high energy beam is a laser beam or an electron beam. At least a non-limiting advantage of this embodiment is that it does not depend on the energy beam source used by the present invention.
In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel and vertical directions is also a function of the position of the high energy beam on the workpiece. Also changes. At least a non-limiting advantage of this embodiment is that the stretching of the beam spot not only depends on the beam output, but also on the fused pattern.
In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the average spot size in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction on the workpiece for the entire scan length, the entire cross-section and / or the entire three-dimensional article is the workpiece. It is smaller than the average spot size in the direction parallel to the upper scanning direction. At least a non-limiting advantage of this embodiment is to select for which part of the structure the average spot size in the direction parallel to the scanning direction is longer than the average spot size in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction. Be able to.
In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, any of the described methods can be implemented at least in part through the execution of one or more computer processors.
In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided for forming a three-dimensional article by successively depositing individual layers of powder material that fuse to form a three-dimensional article. Is done. The apparatus includes at least one high energy beam source for emitting a high energy beam for at least one of heating or fusing the powder material, and a high energy beam on the powder material. A deflection source for deflecting; a focusing lens for focusing the high energy beam on the powder material; at least one astigmatism lens; and a high energy beam on the powder layer on the powder layer. The at least one non-energy beam is shaped so that the shape of the high energy beam is longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. At least one controller configured to control a point aberration lens, the high energy The direction parallel to the ratio of the length of said perpendicular direction of the beam changes as a function of the output of said high energy beam on the workpiece.
In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for welding workpieces is provided. The apparatus includes, in certain embodiments, a high energy beam configured to create a first weld at a first location on the workpiece, and a high energy beam at a second location on the workpiece. At least one deflecting lens configured to deflect the high energy beam so as to make a second weld, and at least one focusing lens configured to focus the high energy beam onto the workpiece. And at least one astigmatism lens and the high energy beam on the workpiece, the at least one astigmatism lens causes the shape of the high energy beam on the workpiece to be deflected in the high energy beam. Longer than in the direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. At least one controller configured to shape, wherein a ratio of lengths of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the vertical direction is a ratio of the output of the high energy beam on the workpiece. And at least one controller that varies as a function.
In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer program product for forming a three-dimensional article by sequentially depositing individual layers of powder material that fuse to form the article. The The computer program product comprises at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code portions stored therein. The computer-readable program code portion is configured to provide at least one high energy beam source for emitting a high energy beam for at least one of heating or melting the powder material. A feasible part, a workable part configured to provide a deflection source for deflecting a high energy beam onto the powder material, and a focusing lens for focusing the high energy beam onto the powder material A viable portion configured to provide a high energy beam on the powder layer and at least one astigmatism lens so that the shape of the high energy beam on the powder layer is In a direction parallel to the deflection direction, the high energy beam is perpendicular to the deflection direction. A feasible portion configured to shape the length of the high energy beam so that the ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel direction to the vertical direction is the high energy on the workpiece. It varies as a function of the beam output.
In yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a computer program product for welding workpieces is provided. The computer program product comprises at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code portions stored therein. The computer readable program code portion includes an executable portion configured to produce a first weld with a high energy beam at a first location on the workpiece, and deflecting the high energy beam with at least one deflecting lens. A feasible portion configured to make a second weld at a second position on the workpiece, and configured to focus a high energy beam on the workpiece by at least one focusing lens. The viable portion and the high energy beam on the workpiece by at least one astigmatism lens so that the shape of the high energy beam on the workpiece is parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam, Longer than in the direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam A feasible portion configured to shape, wherein a ratio of the lengths of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the perpendicular direction is a ratio of the output of the high energy beam on the workpiece. It changes as a function.
Having described the invention in general terms, reference is now made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale.
2 shows a schematic graph of beam output as a function of scan speed. Figure 2 shows a top view of the additive manufacturing process and an enlarged view of the beam spot structure. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a freeform fabrication or additive manufacturing apparatus that can implement the method of the present invention. 1 shows a beam spot structure according to the prior art. 1 shows an exemplary embodiment of a beam spot structure according to the present invention. 1 shows one of three different beam spot structures for different beam outputs. 1 shows one of three different beam spot structures for different beam outputs. 1 shows one of three different beam spot structures for different beam outputs. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment for achieving an appropriate beam spot shape in a laser beam based system. 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment for achieving an appropriate beam spot shape in an electron beam based system. 1 shows a schematic flowchart of a method according to the invention. FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an example system 1020 in accordance with various embodiments. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a server 1200 according to various embodiments. FIG. FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of an exemplary mobile device 1300 in accordance with various embodiments.
Various embodiments of the invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all, of the invention are shown. Indeed, embodiments of the invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly known and understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention pertains. The term “or” is used herein to mean both alternative and connected unless specifically stated otherwise. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.
To further facilitate the understanding of the present invention, a number of terms are defined below. Terms defined herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the areas relevant to the present invention. Terms such as “a”, “an”, and “the” are not intended to refer to only a single entity, but specific examples may be used for illustration. Includes general classes. Although terminology is used herein to describe particular embodiments of the invention, their use is not intended to limit the invention except as described in the claims. Absent.
As used herein, the terms “three-dimensional structure” and the like refer to a three-dimensional structure of interest (eg, a structural material or a plurality) intended to be used for a particular purpose. Of structural materials). Such a structure can be designed using, for example, a three-dimensional CAD system.
The term “electron beam” as used herein refers to any charged particle beam in various embodiments. Examples of the charged particle beam source include an electron gun and a linear accelerator.
FIG. 3 shows a freeform fabrication or additive manufacturing apparatus 300 that can implement the method of the present invention. The apparatus 300 includes an electron gun 302, two powder hoppers 306 and 307, a start plate 316, a build tank 312, a powder distributor 310, a build platform 314, a beam management optical system 305, and a vacuum chamber 320.
The vacuum chamber 320 can maintain a vacuum environment using a vacuum system, which can include a turbomolecular pump, a scroll pump, an ion pump, and one or more valves, which are known to those skilled in the art. Are well known and need no further explanation in this regard. The vacuum system is controlled by the control unit 340.
The electron gun 302 generates an electron beam that is used to melt or fuse the powder material 318 provided on the start plate 316. The electron gun 302 can be provided inside or connected to the vacuum chamber 320. The control unit 340 can be used to control and manage the electron beam emitted from the electron beam gun 302. The beam management optics can comprise at least one focusing coil, at least one deflection coil, and at least one astigmatism coil, which can be electrically connected to the control unit 340. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the electron gun can generate a focusable electron beam with an acceleration voltage of about 60 kV and a beam power in the range of 0-10 kW. The pressure in the vacuum chamber can range from 1 × 10 −3 to 1 × 10 −6 mBar when building a three-dimensional article by fusing each powder layer with an energy beam.
One or more laser beams for melting powder material or welding pieces in accordance with the present invention using one or more laser beam sources instead of using one or more electron beam sources Can be generated.
The powder hoppers 306, 307 comprise powder material that is fed onto the start plate 316 in the build tank 312. The powder material can be, for example, a pure metal or a metal alloy, such as titanium, a titanium alloy, aluminum, an aluminum alloy, stainless steel, a Co—Cr—W alloy, or the like. Instead of using two powder hoppers, one powder hopper can be used. In another exemplary embodiment, another known type of powder feeder and / or powder storage device may be used.
The powder distributor 310 is arranged to deposit a thin layer of powder material on the start plate 316. During the work cycle, the build platform 314 will be sequentially lowered with respect to an electron beam based or laser beam based light gun after each layer of powder material is added. In order to allow this movement, the build platform 314 is arranged to be movable in the vertical direction, ie, the direction indicated by the arrow P, in one embodiment of the invention. This means that the build platform 314 starts from an initial position where the required thickness of the first powder material layer is deposited on the start plate 316. The build platform is then lowered in connection with the deposition of a new powder material layer for the formation of a new cross section of the three-dimensional article. The means for lowering the build platform 314 can be, for example, by a servo engine equipped with gears, adjustment screws, and the like.
A three-dimensional article formed by continuous fusion of portions of a powder bed, which corresponds to a continuous cross section of the three-dimensional article, includes a step for providing a model of the three-dimensional article. The model can be generated via a CAD (Computer Aided Design) tool.
The first powder layer can be provided on the worktable 316 by distributing the powder uniformly on the worktable by several methods. One way to distribute the powder is to collect the material falling from the hoppers 306, 307 by a rake system. The rake is moved on the build tank, thereby distributing the powder on the starting plate. The distance between the lower part of the rake and the upper part of the starting plate or the previous powder layer determines the thickness of the powder distributed on the starting plate. The thickness of the powder layer can be easily adjusted by adjusting the height of the build platform 314.
An energy beam is directed onto the worktable 316 to fuse the first powder layer at a selected location to form a first cross section of the three-dimensional article. The energy beam can be an electron beam or a laser beam. The beam is directed onto the work table 316 according to instructions given by the control unit 340. In the control unit are stored instructions regarding how to control the beam gun for each layer of the three-dimensional article.
After the first layer is complete, i.e., after the fusion of the powder material to create the first layer of the three-dimensional article is complete, a second powder layer is provided on the worktable 316. The second powder layer is preferably distributed in the same manner as the previous layer. A powder distributor in the form of a single rake system, ie one rake that captures powder falling from both the left powder hopper 306 and the right powder hopper 307, can change the design of such a rake. .
After distributing the second powder layer on the worktable 316, an energy beam is directed onto the worktable and the second powder layer is fused at a selected location to form a second cross section of the three-dimensional article. To do. The fused portion in the second layer can be bonded to the fused portion of the first layer. The fused portion of the first layer and the second layer can be melted not only by melting the powder in the top layer, but also by remelting at least a portion of the thickness of the layer immediately below the top layer.
FIG. 1 shows a schematic graph 175 of beam power as a function of scan speed. For beam powers below a predetermined value, an essentially circular beam spot can be used to fuse the powder material or to weld the pieces together. If the beam power increases beyond a predetermined value, thereby increasing the scan speed beyond a predetermined value, the material will begin to boil instead of melting. The cause of this boiling of the material is that the deflection or scanning speed of the energy beam is too fast and the heat from the energy beam does not have enough time to penetrate the material to be fused or welded. If the power of the energy beam is too high, and thus the deflection speed is too fast, the surface temperature will be too high and the material to be fused or welded will instead evaporate.
The present invention solves this problem by stretching the spot, i.e., by extending the spot dimension parallel to the scanning direction and essentially keeping the dimension perpendicular to the scanning direction. In FIG. 1, basically circular spots can be used for beam powers and scanning speeds less than P1 and S1, respectively. For beam powers and scanning speeds exceeding P1 and S1, respectively, the beam spot is stretched parallel to the scanning direction. By stretching the beam spot parallel to the scanning direction, the output in the beam is distributed over a larger area, so that the surface temperature can be lowered. Because of this beam power distribution over a larger area, the heat from the beam spot has sufficient time to penetrate into the material, thereby minimizing the energy radiated from the melting pool. This minimizes material boiling or evaporation. By stretching the beam spot parallel to the scanning direction, a larger beam output can be used to maintain the fusion or welding resolution compared to when a circular spot is used. The stretched beam spot can travel the target scanning path so that the longer dimension of the beam spot travels the beam path, i.e. perpendicular to the scanning direction, regardless of the direction of the target beam path. The dimension is smaller than the dimension parallel to the scanning direction.
FIG. 2 shows a top view of the additive manufacturing process and an enlarged view 200 of the beam spot structure. In FIG. 2, a cross section 270 of the three-dimensional article is constructed by melting the powder material inside the build chamber 290 with the energy beam 210. The energy beam 210 melts the material according to predetermined instructions stored in the control unit. In FIG. 2, the scanning direction is indicated by an arrow 240. In order to build a cross section of a three-dimensional article, a number of scan lines 250 have already been provided on the powder material. One scan line 220 is provided on the powder material, and the enlarged view 200 of the beam spot 230 shows the actual length L parallel to the scan direction 240 of the beam spot 230 as H of the beam spot 230 perpendicular to the scan direction. It indicates that it is larger than the specified size.
FIG. 4A shows a beam spot shape when a beam output lower than a predetermined value is used. In FIG. 4A, the horizontal size L1 parallel to the scanning direction of the beam spot is basically equal to the vertical size H1 perpendicular to the scanning direction of the beam spot.
FIG. 4B shows a beam spot shape when a beam output higher than the predetermined value is used. In FIG. 4B, the horizontal size L2 parallel to the scanning direction of the beam spot is significantly larger than the vertical size H1 perpendicular to the scanning direction of the beam spot. As can be seen, the vertical size H1 perpendicular to the scanning direction of the beam spot is the same in FIGS. 4A and 4B. Any scanning direction, that is, not only the horizontal scanning direction shown in the figure but also any scanning direction can be used. The beam spot size for a beam output larger than a predetermined value can be made larger for a given scanning direction in a direction parallel to the scanning direction than in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction.
5A-5C illustrate three different beam spot structures for three different beam outputs. The first beam spot 510 of FIG. 5A has a first beam output. The second beam spot 520 of FIG. 5B has a second beam output that is higher than the first beam output. The third beam spot 530 of FIG. 5C has a third beam output that is higher than the second beam output. The first length L3 of the first beam spot 510 is shorter than the second length L4 of the second beam spot 520, which is shorter than the third length L5 of the third beam spot 530. The first, second and third beam spots all have the same size H1 perpendicular to the scanning direction. 5A-5C, the beam spot shape is shown to be elliptical. However, any stretched shape of the beam spot, e.g. a rectangular or polygon stretched in the scanning direction compared to a size perpendicular to the scanning direction, or any other suitable mathematical function Can be used.
FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of beam management optics in a laser beam based system. A laser beam 605 is emitted from a laser beam source 610. Before reaching the target surface 660, which can be a powder layer in a layer-based additive manufacturing process or a solid piece just before being welded, the laser beam 605 is directed into an astigmatism lens system 620, a focusing lens system 630, a deflection It passes through a lens system 640 and an optional reflective surface 650. The control unit 680 can control the laser beam source 610 and the lens systems 620, 630, 640. The focusing lens system 630 can comprise one or more lenses that can be rotatable and / or tiltable and / or translatable (movable along the optical axis) relative to the optical axis. The focusing lens system 630 can generate a predetermined beam spot size on the target surface 660. The lenses in the focusing lens system 630 can be fully or partially transparent. The deflection lens system 640 can include one or more lenses that can be rotatable and / or tiltable and / or translatable (movable along the optical axis) relative to the optical axis. The deflection lens system 640 can place the beam spot at any predetermined location within a given limit defined by the maximum deflection of the beam spot at the target surface 660.
Astigmatic lens system 620 can comprise one or more lenses that can be rotatable and / or tiltable and / or translatable (movable along the optical axis) relative to the optical axis. . When the beam is deflected, a specific aberration depending on the degree of deflection is introduced into the beam spot. The beam may be slightly distorted depending on the degree of deflection, which can be compensated by the astigmatism lens system 620. In accordance with the present invention, not only can the beam spot be compensated for distortions that can be introduced by other lens systems, but the astigmatism lens system 620 can also stretch the beam spot in a direction parallel to the direction of beam deflection. The shape of the beam spot can be intentionally distorted. The degree of distortion in the direction parallel to the deflection direction can depend at least on the beam output of the energy beam. In one exemplary embodiment, the shape of the beam spot is stretched parallel to the deflection direction as a linear function of the beam output above a predetermined beam output. In another exemplary embodiment, the shape of the beam spot is stretched parallel to the deflection direction as a polynomial function of beam output above a predetermined beam output.
FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of beam management optics in an electron beam based system. An electron beam 750 is emitted from an electron beam source 710. Prior to reaching the target surface 760, which can be a powder layer in a layer-based additive manufacturing process or a solid piece just before being welded, the electron beam 750 is converted into an astigmatism lens system 720, a focusing lens system 730, A deflection lens system 740 can be passed. The control unit 680 can control the electron beam source and the beam shaping optical system. The focusing lens system 730 can comprise one or more focusing coils. The focusing lens system 730 can generate a predetermined beam spot size on the target surface 760.
The deflection lens system 740 can comprise one or more deflection coils. The deflection lens system 740 can place the beam spot at any predetermined location within a given limit defined by the maximum deflection of the beam spot at the target surface 760.
Astigmatism lens system 720 may comprise one or more astigmatism coils. When the beam is deflected, a specific aberration depending on the degree of deflection is introduced into the beam spot. The beam may be slightly distorted depending on the degree of deflection, which can be compensated by the astigmatism lens system 720. In accordance with the present invention, not only is the beam spot compensated for distortion that may be introduced by other lens systems, but the astigmatism lens system 720 also stretches the beam spot in a direction parallel to the direction of beam deflection. The shape of the beam spot can be intentionally distorted. The degree of distortion in the direction parallel to the deflection direction can depend at least on the beam output of the energy beam. In an exemplary embodiment, the shape of the beam spot can be stretched parallel to the deflection direction as a linear function of the beam output above a predetermined beam output. In another exemplary embodiment, the shape of the beam spot can be stretched parallel to the deflection direction as a polynomial function of beam output above a predetermined beam output. In an exemplary embodiment, multiple astigmatism lenses can be used to generate any orientation of the stretched beam at any location on the workpiece.
In laser beam based systems and electron beam based systems, stretching parallel to the deflection direction can depend not only on the output of the energy beam but also on the position of the target surface. More specifically, the stretching of the energy beam can depend on the actual fusion or welding position of the energy beam spot on the target surface in addition to the energy beam output. In the additive manufacturing process, the stretching can be due to the actual position of the energy beam spot relative to the pattern to be fused, i.e., more stretched compared to the start and stop positions of the scan line in the middle part of the scan length. A beam spot can be used. When melting a contour, the stretching can be changed during the contour melting depending on the contour derivation and the distance to the contour derivation. In one exemplary embodiment, the beam spot stretching, power and scan speed on the workpiece can be selected to optimize build time.
FIG. 8 shows a schematic flow chart of the method according to the invention for welding workpieces or for fusing powder materials according to a predetermined scheme for building a three-dimensional article layer by layer. In a first step, indicated at 810, a first weld is made by a high energy beam at a first location on the workpiece or powder surface. In a second step, indicated at 820, the high energy beam is deflected by at least one deflecting lens to create a second weld at a second location on the workpiece or powder surface. In a third step, indicated at 830, the high energy beam is focused onto the workpiece by at least one focusing lens. In a fourth step, indicated at 840, the high energy beam is caused by at least one astigmatism lens on the workpiece or powder surface so that the shape of the high energy beam on the workpiece is parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. In the direction perpendicular to the direction of deflection of the high energy beam, where the ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel and vertical directions is the length of the energy beam on the workpiece. Varies as a function of output. Increasing the power of the beam spot on the workpiece will require a higher scanning speed of the beam spot on the workpiece.
The ratio of the length in the parallel direction and the length in the vertical direction to the deflection direction of the energy beam can be one of the group of 5, 10, 15 or 20. In an exemplary embodiment, the lengths in the parallel and vertical directions are for beam powers below a predetermined value that will fuse at a given weld or fusion width without causing evaporation of the material. Essentially the same because the speed and power of the beam spot on the workpiece do not cause evaporation of the workpiece material.
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the average spot size in the direction perpendicular to the scan direction on the workpiece, for the entire scan length, for the entire cross-section and / or for the entire three-dimensional article, is in the scan direction on the workpiece. Smaller than average spot size in parallel direction.
Fusion or welding with stretched beam spots can have the effect of using higher beam spot power and higher beam scanning speed. The stretched beam spot can reduce the surface temperature for a given scan speed compared to a circular spot having the same power and a diameter equal to the smaller dimension of the stretched beam spot. The stretched beam spot may allow a higher scanning speed that maintains the resolution in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction compared to a circular spot having a diameter equal to the smaller dimension of the stretched beam spot. it can. The stretched beam spot can allow heat to penetrate into the material instead of evaporation of the material that can occur in the case of a circular spot. The stretched beam spot can reduce the production time of an additively manufactured three-dimensional article compared to a circular spot having the same power and a diameter equal to the smaller dimension of the stretched beam spot.
In another aspect of the invention, when executed on a computer, a method of forming at least one three-dimensional article by continuous fusion of portions of a powder bed that are portions corresponding to successive sections of the three-dimensional article. Providing a model of at least one three-dimensional article, applying a first powder layer on the worktable, and applying a first energy beam from a first energy beam source to the worktable. Upwardly, fusing the first powder layer at a first selected location with a corresponding model to form a first cross-section of the three-dimensional article, wherein the first energy beam is Forming a first cross-section configured to fuse at least a first region of the first cross-section with two or more parallel scan lines in the direction of: The distance between two adjacent scan lines of two or more parallel scan lines used to fuse the layers is a function of the length of at least one of the two adjacent scan lines A program element configured and arranged to implement a method is provided. The program element can be installed in a computer readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium may be any control unit described elsewhere herein, or another separate and separate control unit. Program elements that can comprise a computer readable storage medium and computer readable program code portions embodied therein can further be included in a non-transitory computer program product. Further details regarding these features and configurations will now be given below.
As mentioned above, various embodiments of the invention can be implemented by various means including non-transitory computer program products. Computer program products include applications, programs, program modules, scripts, source code, program code, object code, byte code, compiled code, interpreted code, machine code, executable instructions, etc. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing executable instructions, instructions for execution, program code, etc. used interchangeably in the documentation. Such non-transitory computer readable storage media include any computer readable media (including volatile and non-volatile media).
In one embodiment, the non-volatile computer readable storage medium includes a floppy disk, a flexible disk, a hard disk, a solid-state storage (SSS) (eg, a solid state drive (SSD), a solid state drive). A card (SSC: solid state card), a solid state module (SSM), an enterprise flash drive, magnetic tape, or any other non-transitory magnetic medium. Non-volatile computer readable storage media may further include punch cards, paper tape, optical mark sheets (or any other physical medium having a hole or other optically recognizable pattern of marks), compact disk read-only memory ( CD-ROM: compact disc read only memory, rewritable compact disc (CD-RW: compact disc compact disc-rewritable), digital versatile disc (DVD: digital versatile disc), Blu-ray disc (BD: Blu-ray (BD) Disc), any other non-transitory optical media, and the like. Such non-volatile computer readable storage media further include read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM). : Erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory (eg, serial, NAND, NOR, etc.), multimedia memory card (MC: multimedia memory card), secu Digital (SD: secure digital) memory card, smart media card, compact flash (CF: CompactFlash) card, such as a memory stick can be mentioned. Further, non-volatile computer-readable storage media include conductive bridge random access memory (CBRAM), phase-change random access memory (PRAM), ferroelectric random access memory (PRAM). FeRAM (ferroelectric random-access memory), non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), random random access memory (MRAM), resistance random access memory (MRAM) Memory (RRAM), silicon-oxide-nitride-oxide-silicon memory (SONOS: Silicon-Oxide-Nitride-Oxide-Silicon), floating junction gate random access memory (FJG RAM: floating junction) gate random access memory), milliped memory, race track memory, and the like.
In one embodiment, the volatile computer-readable storage medium includes a random access memory (RAM), a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), and a static random access memory (SRAM). First page mode dynamic random access memory (FPM DRAM: extended data-out dynamic random access memory), extended data output dynamic random access memory (EDO DRAM: extended data-out dynamic random access memory) Dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), dynamic random access DRAM (DDR2) double data rate type synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR3 SDRAM: double data rate type) free synchronous dynamic access memory (RAMD): Random dynamic random access memory (RDRAM), twin transistor RAM (TRAM: Zero-transistor RAM), zero-transistor RAM (TRAM) RAM: Zero-capacitor), Rambus in-line memory module (RIMM), Dual in-line memory module (DIMM), Single in-line memory module (SIMM) A single in-line memory module (Video RAM), a video random access memory (VRAM), a cache memory (including various levels), a flash memory, a register memory, and the like. When embodiments are described as using computer readable storage media, it should be appreciated that other types of computer readable storage media may be used in place of or in addition to the computer readable storage media described above.
It should be appreciated that the various embodiments of the invention may also be implemented as methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, etc., as described elsewhere herein. Thus, embodiments of the invention may take the form of an apparatus, system, computing device, computing entity, etc. that executes instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium to perform a particular step or operation. However, embodiments of the present invention can also take fully hardware embodiments to perform specific steps or operations.
Various embodiments are described below with reference to block diagrams and flowchart illustrations of apparatuses, methods, systems, and computer program products. Each block in the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations can each be implemented in part by computer program instructions, for example, as logical steps or operations performed on a processor in a computing system. These computer program instructions are loaded into a computer, such as a dedicated computer or other programmable data processing device, and the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable data processing device are within the block or blocks of the flowchart. Specially configured machines can be created that perform specified functions.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer readable memory that may direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to function in a particular manner, resulting in a flowchart block or blocks. The instructions stored in the computer readable memory including the computer readable instructions for performing the functions specified in the blocks of the product produce the article of manufacture. The computer program instructions are also loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device to generate a computer-implemented process such that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing device. As a result, instructions executed on a computer or other programmable device result in operations for performing the functions specified in the block or blocks of the flowchart.
Accordingly, the blocks in the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations support various combinations for performing specific functions, combinations of operations for performing specific functions and program instructions for performing specific functions. . In addition, each block in the block diagram and flowchart explanatory diagram, and combinations of blocks in the block diagram and flowchart explanatory diagram are computer systems based on dedicated hardware that executes specific functions or operations, or dedicated hardware and a computer. It can be implemented by a combination of instructions.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an exemplary system 1020 that can be used with various embodiments of the invention. In at least the illustrated embodiment, the system 1020 includes one or more central computing devices 1110, one or more distributed computing devices 1120, and one or more distributed handheld or mobile devices 1300. Which are all configured to communicate with the central server 1200 (or control unit) via one or more networks 1130. Although FIG. 9 illustrates various system entities as separate independent entities, various embodiments are not limited to this particular architecture.
In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, one or more networks 1130 may be connected to a number of second generation (2G), 2.5G, third generation (3G), and / or fourth generation (4G) mobiles. Communication according to one or more of communication protocols and the like may be supported. More specifically, one or more networks 1130 may support communication over 2G wireless communication protocols IS-136 (TDMA), GSM, and IS-95 (CDMA). Further, for example, one or more networks 1130 can support communication over 2.5G wireless communication protocol GPRS, Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), and the like. Further, for example, one or more networks 1130 can be configured to support a universal mobile telephone system (UMTS) that utilizes a 3G wireless communication protocol, such as Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) radio access technology. Communication via a Telephone System) network can be supported. Some narrowband AMPS (NAMPS), as well as TACS network (s) are also used with dual or higher mode mobile stations (eg, digital / analog or TDMA / CDMA / analog phones). Similarly, benefits can be obtained from embodiments of the present invention. As yet another example, each of the components of the system 1020 may be a technology such as, for example, radio frequency (RF), Bluetooth, infrared (IrDA), or wired or wireless personal area network (PAN). Many personal or wireless networks, including: Personal Area Network (LAN), Local Area Network (LAN), Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), etc. Either can be configured to communicate with each other.
Although device (s) 1110-1300 are depicted in FIG. 9 as communicating with each other over the same network 1130, these devices can communicate over multiple separate networks as well.
In accordance with one embodiment, in addition to receiving data from server 1200, distributed devices 1110, 1120, and / or 1300 can be further configured to collect and send data on their own. In various embodiments, the devices 1110, 1120, and / or 1300 may include one or more input units or devices, such as a keypad, touchpad, barcode scanner, radio frequency identification (RFID). Data can be received via a reader, an interface card (eg, a modem, etc.) or a receiver. Devices 1110, 1120, and / or 1300 can further store data in one or more volatile or non-volatile memory modules, and via one or more output units or devices, For example, the data can be output by displaying the data to a user operating the device or by sending the data over, for example, one or more networks 1130.
In various embodiments, server 1200 provides various systems according to various embodiments in accordance with the present invention to implement one or more functions, including the functions more specifically shown and described herein. Including. However, it should be understood that the server 1200 may include a variety of alternative devices for performing one or more similar functions without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, as may be desirable for a particular application, at least a portion of server 1200, in certain embodiments, distributed device (s) 1110, 1120, and / or handheld or mobile device (s) Multiple) 1300. As described in more detail below, in at least one embodiment, the handheld or mobile device (s) 1300 can include one or more mobile applications 1330, all of which are also described below. Can be configured to provide a user interface for communication with the server 1200.
FIG. 10A is a schematic diagram of a server 1200 according to various embodiments. Server 1200 includes a processor 1230 that communicates with other elements within the server via a system interface or bus 1235. In addition, server 1200 includes a display / input device 1250 that receives and displays data. This display / input device 1250 can be, for example, a keyboard or pointing device used in combination with a monitor. Server 1200 further includes memory 1220, which preferably includes both read only memory (ROM) 1226 and random access memory (RAM) 1222. Server ROM 1226 is used to store a basic input / output system (BIOS) that includes basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within server 1200. Various ROM and RAM configurations have already been described herein.
In addition, server 1200 may include at least one storage device or program storage device 1210, such as a hard disk, for storing information on various computer readable media, such as a hard disk, a removable magnetic disk, or a CD-ROM disk. Includes a drive, floppy disk drive, CD ROM drive, or optical disk drive. As those skilled in the art will appreciate, each of these storage devices 1210 is connected to the system bus 1235 by a suitable interface. The storage devices 1210 and their associated computer readable media provide a non-volatile storage device for a personal computer. As those skilled in the art will appreciate, the computer readable media described above can be replaced with any other type of computer readable media known in the art. Such media include, for example, magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, digital video disks, and Bernoulli cartridges.
Although not shown, according to one embodiment, storage device 1210 and / or memory of server 1200 is a data storage device that can store history and / or current distribution data that server 1200 can access and distribution status. Functions can be further provided. In this regard, the storage device 1210 may comprise one or more databases. The term “database” refers to a structured collection of records or data stored within a computer system, eg, via a relational database, hierarchical database, or network database, and thus interpreted in a limited manner. Should not be done.
For example, a number of program modules (eg, exemplary modules 1400-1700) with one or more computer-readable program code portions executable by processor 1230 are stored by various storage devices 1210 and in RAM 1222. can do. Such program modules can also include an operating system 1280. In these and other embodiments, various modules 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700 control certain aspects of the operation of server 1200 with the aid of processor 1230 and operating system 1280. It should be understood that in still other embodiments, one or more additional and / or alternative modules may be provided without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
In various embodiments, program modules 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700 are executed by server 1200, one or more graphical user interfaces that are all accessible and / or transmittable to various users of system 1020. , Configured to generate reports, instructions, and / or notifications / alerts. In certain embodiments, the user interface, reports, instructions, and / or notifications / alerts are accessible via one or more networks 1130 that may include the Internet or other suitable communication network as described above. can do.
In various embodiments, one or more modules 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700 may alternatively and / or additionally (eg, doubly) one or more devices 1110, 1120, And / or can be stored locally at 1300 and executed by one or more of the same processors. In accordance with various embodiments, modules 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700 can be combined into one or more databases that can consist of one or more separate linked and / or networked databases. Data can be sent, data can be received from it, and the data contained in it can be used.
In addition, a network interface 1260 is disposed within the server 1200 for interfacing and communicating with one or more other elements of the network 1130. One skilled in the art will recognize that one or more components of the server 1200 can be located geographically remote from other server components. Further, one or more components of server 1200 can be combined and / or additional components can be included in the server to perform the functions described herein.
While the above describes a single processor 1230, as those skilled in the art will appreciate, the server 1200 operates to cooperate with the functions described herein. Multiple processors can be provided. In addition to memory 1220, processor 1230 can also be connected to at least one interface or other means for displaying, transmitting and / or receiving data, content, and the like. In this regard, the interface (s) refers to at least one communication interface or other means for transmitting and / or receiving data, content, etc., and a display and / or user as will be described in more detail below. At least one user interface can be included that can include an input interface. The user input interface can then include any of a number of devices that allow the entity to receive data from the user, such as a keypad, touch display, joystick or other input device.
Furthermore, although reference is made to “server” 1200, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention are not limited to traditionally defined server architectures. Further, the system of embodiments of the present invention is not limited to a single server, or similar network entity, or mainframe computer system. Other similar architectures that include one or more network entities that operate in concert with each other to provide the functionality described herein also do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention. Can be used. Also, for example, a mesh network of two or more personal computers (PCs), similar electronic devices, or handheld portable devices that cooperate with each other to provide the functionality described herein in connection with server 1200 Similarly, it can be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the invention.
According to various embodiments, many individual steps of the process may or may not be performed using the computer system and / or server described herein. The degree of can vary as may be desirable and / or beneficial for one or more specific applications.
FIG. 10B provides a schematic diagram of an exemplary mobile device 1300 that can be used with various embodiments of the invention. The mobile device 1300 can be operated by various parties. As shown in FIG. 10B, mobile device 1300 provides signals to and from antenna 1312, transmitter 1304 (eg, radio), receiver 1306 (eg, radio), and transmitter 1304, respectively. A processing element 1308 may be included.
Signals provided to transmitter 1304 and received from receiver 1306 are signals in accordance with appropriate wireless system air interface standards for communicating with various entities, eg, server 1200, distributed devices 1110, 1120, etc., respectively. Communication data can be included. In this regard, the mobile device 1300 can operate with one or more air interface standards, communication protocols, modulation types, and access types. More specifically, mobile device 1300 can operate according to any of a number of wireless communication standards and protocols. In one specific embodiment, the mobile device 1300 can include multiple wireless communication standards and protocols such as GPRS, UMTS, CDMA2000, 1xRTT, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, LTE, E-UTRAN, EVDO, HSPA, HSDPA, Wi- It can operate according to Fi, WiMAX, UWB, IR protocol, Bluetooth protocol, USB protocol, and / or any other wireless protocol.
Through these communication standards and protocols, the mobile device 1300 can, according to various embodiments, unstructured supplementary service data (USSD), short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging. Services (MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service), Dual Tone Multi-Frequency Signaling (DTMF), and / or Subscriber Identity Module Dialer (SIM subscriber: Modular Identity etc.) It can communicate with a variety of other entities. The mobile device 1300 can also download changes, add-ons, and updates to, for example, its firmware, software (eg, including executable instructions, applications, program modules), and operating system.
According to one embodiment, the mobile device 1300 can include a location determination device and / or functionality. For example, the mobile device 1300 can include a GPS module adapted to obtain, for example, latitude, longitude, altitude, geocode, course, and / or velocity data. In one embodiment, the GPS module obtains data, also known as ephemeris data, by identifying a predetermined number of satellites taking into account their relative positions.
The mobile device 1300 can also include a user interface (which can include a display 1316 coupled to the processing element 1308) and / or a user input interface (coupled to the processing element 1308 (308)). The user input interface may be any of a number of devices that allow the mobile device 1300 to receive data, such as a keypad 1318 (hard or soft), a touch display, a voice or motion interface, or other input device. Can be provided. In embodiments that include a keypad 1318, the keypad can include regular numbers (0-9) and associated keys (#, * ), as well as other keys used to operate the mobile device 1300. A set of keys that can be activated to yield a full set of alphabet keys or a full set of alphanumeric keys. In addition to providing input, the user input interface can be used to activate or deactivate certain functions such as, for example, a screen saver and / or sleep mode.
Mobile device 1300 can also include volatile storage or memory 1322 and / or non-volatile storage or memory 1324, which can be internal and / or removable. For example, the non-volatile memory can be ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, MMC, SD memory card, memory stick, CBRAM, PRAM, FeRAM, RRAM, SONOS, racetrack memory, and the like. Volatile memory can be RAM, DRAM, SRAM, FPM DRAM, EDO DRAM, SDRAM, DDR SDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM, DDR3 SDRAM, RDRAM, RIMM, DIMM, SIMM, VRAM, cache memory, register memory, and the like. Volatile and non-volatile storage devices or memories are databases, database instances, database mapping systems, data, applications, programs, program modules, scripts, source code, object code, byte code for implementing the functions of the mobile device 1300. Compiled code, interpreted code, machine code, executable instructions, etc. can be stored.
Mobile device 1300 can also include one or more cameras 1326 and mobile applications 1330. The camera 1326 can be configured as an additional and / or alternative data collection mechanism according to various embodiments, thereby reading and storing one or more items by the mobile device 1300 via the camera. And / or can be transmitted. The mobile application 1330 can further provide a mechanism through which various tasks can be performed with the mobile device 1300. Various configurations that may be desirable for one or more users of the mobile device 1300 and the overall system 1020 may be provided.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but many modifications are possible within the scope of the appended claims. Such modifications include, for example, using a different energy beam source other than the illustrated electron beam, such as a laser beam. Other materials other than metal powders, such as, for example, conductive polymer and conductive ceramic powders can be used as non-limiting examples. Indeed, one of ordinary skill in the art, using the information contained in the foregoing sentence, will use substantially the same functionality to achieve substantially the same results, although not literally described various embodiments of the present invention. May be modified in a manner that is encompassed by the appended claims. Accordingly, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed, and that modifications and other embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. I want. Although specific terms are used herein, they are used in a general and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.
A method of welding workpieces,
Creating a first weld with a high energy beam at a first position on the workpiece;
Deflecting the high energy beam with at least one deflecting lens to create a second weld on a second position on the workpiece;
Focusing the high energy beam on the workpiece by at least one focusing lens;
The shape of the high energy beam on the workpiece is longer on the workpiece in a direction parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. Shaping the high energy beam with at least one astigmatism lens;
The ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the vertical direction varies as a function of the output of the high energy beam on the workpiece.
The method of claim 1, wherein the high energy beam is at least one of an electron beam or a laser beam.
3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the deflection source is at least one of a tiltable mirror or tiltable lens.
3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the deflection source is a deflection coil.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the workpiece is a powder material layer in an additive manufacturing process.
6. The ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the vertical direction further varies as a function of the position of the high energy beam on the workpiece. The method according to item.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the high energy beam is at least five times longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the high energy beam is at least 10 times longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction.
The average spot size on the workpiece in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction is smaller than the average spot size on the workpiece in the direction parallel to the scanning direction for the entire scanning length, the entire cross section and / or the entire three-dimensional article. The method of any one of Claims 1-8.
10. One or more of the steps of deflecting, focusing and shaping the high energy beam are performed through execution of one or more computer processors. The method according to claim 1.
A method of using an astigmatism lens in additive manufacturing to form a three-dimensional article by continuous fusion with a high energy beam of a portion of at least one layer of a powder bed provided on a worktable, comprising: The portion corresponds to a continuous cross section of the three-dimensional article;
Using the astigmatism lens to increase the size of the high energy beam on the layer of the powder bed in a direction parallel to the deflection direction than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction. ,
The ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the vertical direction varies as a function of the output of the high energy beam on a workpiece;
A method of forming a three-dimensional article by successively depositing individual layers of powder material that fuse to form the three-dimensional article, comprising:
Providing at least one high energy beam source for emitting a high energy beam for at least one of heating or fusing the powder material;
Providing a deflection source for deflecting the high energy beam on the powder material;
Providing a focusing lens for focusing the high energy beam on the powder material;
The shape of the high energy beam on the powder layer is longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. Shaping a high energy beam with at least one astigmatism lens;
The method of claim 12, wherein the high energy beam is at least one of an electron beam or a laser beam.
14. A method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the deflection source is at least one of a tiltable mirror or tiltable lens.
14. A method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the deflection source is a deflection coil.
16. The ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the perpendicular direction further varies as a function of the position of the high energy beam on the workpiece. The method according to item.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 16, wherein the high-energy beam is at least five times longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction.
The method according to any one of claims 12 to 16, wherein the high energy beam is at least 10 times longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction.
The average spot size on the workpiece in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction is smaller than the average spot size on the workpiece in the direction parallel to the scanning direction for the entire scanning length, the entire cross section and / or the entire three-dimensional article. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 18.
Receiving and storing the model of the at least one three-dimensional article in one or more memory storage areas;
Shaping at least the high energy beam is performed through execution of one or more computer processors;
20. A method according to any one of claims 12-19.
An apparatus for forming a three-dimensional article by successively depositing individual layers of powder material that fuse to form the three-dimensional article,
At least one high energy beam source for emitting a high energy beam for one of heating or fusing said powder material;
A deflection source for deflecting the high energy beam onto the powder material;
A focusing lens for focusing the high energy beam on the powder material;
At least one astigmatism lens;
On the powder layer, the shape of the high energy beam on the powder layer is longer in the direction parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam than in the direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. At least one controller configured to control the at least one astigmatism lens to shape the high energy beam;
apparatus.
The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the high energy beam is at least one of an electron beam or a laser beam.
23. An apparatus according to claim 21 or 22, wherein the deflection source is at least one of a tiltable mirror or tiltable lens or a deflection coil.
24. The ratio of the length of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the vertical direction is further changed as a function of the position of the high energy beam on the workpiece. The device according to item.
25. Apparatus according to any one of claims 21 to 24, wherein the high energy beam is at least 5 times longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction.
25. Apparatus according to any one of claims 21 to 24, wherein the high energy beam is at least 10 times longer in a direction parallel to the deflection direction than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction.
The average spot size on the workpiece in the direction perpendicular to the scanning direction for the entire scanning length, the entire cross section and / or the entire three-dimensional article is greater than the average spot size on the workpiece in the direction parallel to the scanning direction. 27. Apparatus according to any one of claims 21 to 26, which is small.
An apparatus for welding workpieces,
A high energy beam configured to make a first weld at a first location on the workpiece;
At least one deflecting lens configured to deflect the high energy beam such that the high energy beam creates a second weld at a second location on the workpiece;
At least one focusing lens configured to focus the high energy beam onto the workpiece;
The shape of the high energy beam on the workpiece is longer on the workpiece in a direction parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. At least one controller configured to shape the high energy beam with the at least one astigmatism lens;
At least one controller;
A device comprising:
Computer program product for forming a three-dimensional article by successively depositing individual layers of powder material that fuse to form the three-dimensional article, the computer-readable program code stored therein Comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a portion, wherein the computer readable program code portion comprises:
A workable portion configured to provide at least one high energy beam source for emitting a high energy beam for at least one of heating or fusing said powder material;
A workable portion configured to provide a deflection source for deflecting the high energy beam onto the powder material;
A workable portion configured to provide a focusing lens for focusing the high energy beam onto the powder material;
The high energy beam on the powder layer is applied to the high energy beam by at least one astigmatism lens so that the shape of the high energy beam on the powder layer is parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. A feasible portion configured to be shaped to be longer than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction;
Computer program product.
A computer program product for welding workpieces, comprising at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code portions stored therein, the computer readable program code portions comprising:
A workable portion configured to create a first weld with a high energy beam at a first position on the workpiece;
A workable portion configured to deflect the high energy beam by at least one deflecting lens to create a second weld at a second position on the workpiece;
A workable portion configured to focus the high energy beam onto the workpiece by at least one focusing lens;
The high energy beam on the workpiece is caused to be in a direction parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam by at least one astigmatism lens so that the shape of the high energy beam on the workpiece is parallel to the deflection direction of the high energy beam. A feasible portion configured to be shaped to be longer than in a direction perpendicular to the deflection direction of
A ratio of lengths of the high energy beam in the parallel direction and the vertical direction varies as a function of the output of the high energy beam on the workpiece;
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Motivation to repentance
Sinning may be recognized as a hereditary trait, for who resembles his father and does no evil? But if the father is restored after failing, let the emulation of him be at both poles, of the negative and the positive. Adam, may Allah exalt his mention, was struck with remorse and filled with repentance over his past deeds. Any of his children who follows him as a model of sinning only, and not in repentance, is mis-taken.
Dedication to untainted goodness is from the traits of the Angels. Devotion to uncor-rected evil is in the nature of devils. But, returning to good and correctness after slipping into evil and fault is human. So, inherent in man’s nature is a duality of dis-position, two traits joining in him.
Every human being verifies his relationship with the Angel, Adam or the Devil. By keeping to the definition of man; the repentant proves he is related to Adam, may Allah exalt his mention, and the persisting in iniquity proves his relationship to the Devil. Confirmation of relationship to the Angels, however, by being exclusively dedicated to the good, is beyond the realm of possibility; for evil is firmly kneaded with good in man’s nature, and it can only be refined by one of the two fires: the fire of repentance, or the fire of Hell. And it is up to you now to choose the easier fire, and to be prompt in embarking on the lesser discomfort before the choice is with-drawn to give way to the inevitability of either Paradise or Hell.
Since repentance holds such a place within the faith, it must be given the importance it deserves by explaining its true nature, requisites, motivation, manifestation, bene-fit, the difficulties barring it and the ways that facilitate it.
The nature of repentance
Repentance is a concept consisting of three successive and joined elements: knowledge, remorse and action. Knowledge is first, awareness second and action third. The first necessitates the second, and the second postulates the third.
As for knowledge, it is the realization of the magnitude of the sin’s harm and its be-ing a barrier between man and his Lord. If one realizes this with certainty, this reali-zation will stir heartache as a result of the Beloved eluding him—because the heart is pained when it perceives the withdrawal of the Beloved. If the withdrawal occurred through one’s own action, he/she is regretful of that alienating behavior. Such grief of the heart over behavior alienating the Beloved is called Regret.
When this anguish becomes overpowering, another inner state is induced, termed vo-lition and aspiration towards new behavior connected with the present, the past, and the future. Its connection with the present consists of the repudiation of the sin with which he was entwined. For the future, it involves the determination to abandon for-ever the sin which causes alienation from the Beloved. With regard to the past, it en-tails correction of what was omitted by doing good and performing the omitted act—if it is liable to such restoration.
Thus, knowledge is prerequisite and is the starting point of these blessings. By this knowledge I mean faith and certitude. To have faith is to accept as true that sins are a deadly poison. Certitude consists of the assurance of the acceptance of this truth, the removal of all doubt about it and finally its mastery over the heart so that whenever the illumination of this faith shines upon the heart it produces the fire of regret. It will, in turn, bring forth anguish as the heart perceives, through this illumi-nation of the light of faith, that it has become veiled from its Beloved. As one who was in darkness and on the verge of ruin, and, with the dispersal of clouds and the rending of a veil, the illumination of the sun shone and radiated upon him, and he saw his Beloved. Then the flames of love burn in his heart and these flames flare up in his will to rise to correct his ways.
Knowledge, regret, and the intent connected with abandonment of sin in the present and future, and correction of the sin perpetrated in the past are three successive con-cepts within this process. The term repentance refers to this totality. Frequently, the term repentance is used for the concept of regret alone, as if making knowledge a precondition, and abandonment a result and later consequence. It is in this sense that the Prophet, sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam, said as reported by Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him: “Regret is repentance.” [Ahmad and Ibn Majah]
The Obligatoriness and Excellence of Repentance
Proofs of the obligatoriness or wujoub of repentance abound in the Quran and the Sunnah. Allah Says (what means): “And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed,” [Quran; 24:31] And (what means): “And whoever repents and does good has truly turned to Allah with an (acceptable) con-version.” [Quran; 25:71] And (what means): “O you who have believed! Repent to Allah with sincere repentance: In the hope that your Lord will remove from you your ills and admit you to Gardens beneath which rivers flow.” [Quran; 66:8] The word ‘sincere’ in the verse means genuine, faithful and free of blemish. Further, Allah denotes the excellence of repentance by saying (what means): “Indeed, Allah loves those who are constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves.” [Quran; 2:222]
The Prophet, sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “He who repents of sin is like one who has never sinned.” [Ibn Majah and At-Tabarani] He, sallAllahu alayhi wa sal-lam, also said: “Allah is happier with the repentance of His faithful servant than a man traveling through a desert. He has with him his camel with his food and water. At some point of his journey he halts and goes to sleep. He wakes up and his camel is gone. He starts looking for his camel but the heat and thirst are severe. So he says: “I will go back to my place.” He goes back and falls asleep and then lifts his head and his camel is with him with his provisions intact. Allah’s joy at the repentance of the faithful servant is more intense than that of the man on account of his camel.” [Mus-lim] Some versions of this Hadeeth have it that in his great joy and desire to thank Allah, the man exclaimed addressing Allah: “O Allah! I am your master and You are my servant.” And in a Hadeeth narrated by Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, the Prophet, sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “Allah Says ‘O son of Adam! As long as you invoke Me and plead to Me, I will forgive you whatever you have committed, and I will not make much of it. O son of Adam! If your evil deeds reach the borders of the sky, and then you ask Me for forgiveness, I will forgive you. O son of Adam! If you bring forth the earth full of errors, then you meet Me while you do not associate any-thing (or anyone) with Me, I will bring forth for you its fill of forgiveness.” [At-Tirmithi]
If one understands the meaning of obligatoriness of repentance: that it is the means to eternal bliss in the Hereafter; that achieving nearness to Allah is possible only through detaching one’s heart from the vanity of this life, complete responsiveness to Allah, in search of intimacy with Him through constant remembrance and love; and that those enemies of Allah that keep one away from His presence, such as turning from Allah and following the devils’ enchantments, distance man from Allah; then there is no doubt that renunciation of the path leading away from Allah is obligatory in order to achieve closeness to Him.
Renunciation, however, is achieved by knowledge, regret, and determination. As long as man does not know that transgressions are the causes for the remoteness of the Beloved, he will neither regret nor grieve over his travel along the devil’s path. No doubt, these three elements are necessary in reaching the Beloved.
Among the various aspects of repentance are the abandonment of iniquities in the present; resolve to abstain in the future; correction of previous shortcomings. Of the obligation of these there is no doubt. As for regret and sadness over past offenses, surely this is obligatory. It is the very spirit of repentance which includes full rectifi-cation. It is a sort of pain one feels upon realizing how much of his/her lifetime has passed away and was wasted in sinning.
Promptness is essential in fulfilling the obligation of repentance
One should hasten in performing repentance, since repentance is accepted before one faces death. The Prophet, sallAllahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “Allah, the Exalted and Ever-High, accepts the repentance from the slave as long as he did not ‘Yugharghir’ (when his soul reaches his throat at the time of death).” [Muslim] And Allah Says (what means): “And of no effect is the repentance of those who continue to do evil until death faces one of them and he says: ‘Now I repent.'” [Quran 4:18]
Sins are to faith what toxic foods are to the body. They keep accumulating—inside the body—until the component’s elements change, imperceptibly; and until the com-position deteriorates and, suddenly, the man falls ill and dies. So it is with the sin-ner. If a man afraid of ruin in this passing world must, immediately and constantly, abandon toxic substances and harmful foods, so too, and even more so must he who fears eternal perdition.
Hurry, hurry, then, to repent before the toxic sins do their work on the spirit of faith, and the matter transcends physicians and their knowledge. After which seeking shelter will not avail nor will counsel and admonition, and man may be said to be among the damned, as it says in the Quran (what means): “Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads (kept) aloft. And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.” [Quran; 36-8-9]
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Factor structure of teacher ratings of the ODD symptoms in children
- Gomez, Rapson, Stavropoulos, Vasileios, Van Doorn, George
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This study used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to determine the best model for Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) symptoms in children aged 3 to 15 years, as presented in the Disruptive Behavior Rating Scale. Teachers’ ratings of the ODD symptoms of 213 children from general community schools in Australia were obtained. The findings provided most support for a bifactor model based on Stringaris and Goodman’s [1] three-factor model (primary factors for irritable, hurtful, and headstrong). The general factor, but not the group factors in the model, showed high omega hierarchical and explained common variance. Thus, only the general factor in this model can be meaningfully interpreted. Also, the general factor was supported with regard to external validity. Specifically, this factor, but not the group factors, correlated strongly with ADHD inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity symptom groups, and other measures of behavioural and emotional problems. The taxonomic, diagnostic, practical, and research implications of the findings are discussed. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Psychiatric Quarterly Vol. 89, no. 1 (2018), p. 219-234
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Spam Surge Fueled by Health Care Debate, Fake Pharms
By William Jackson
Spam volumes have increased fourfold during the last six months, and the unsolicited -- and often malicious -- messages accounted for a discouraging 94.9 percent of all e-mail delivered so far in August, according to the most recent report (PDF) from online security company MX Logic.
"We don't anticipate any dramatic declines in volume or levels as spam remains a highly popular and profitable delivery mechanism for cyber criminals," according to MX Logic's September "Threat Forecast and Report." The report offers little hope for relief.
Health care was the most common category for spam in August. An increasing number of bogus pharmacies are using image spam, in which the message is included in an image rather in text in an effort to avoid spam filters.
"Although image spam is an old tactic, it's one that spammers like to resurrect occasionally," the report states. "Despite the debatable effectiveness of these campaigns, we don't expect image spam to completely disappear any time soon."
The lure of cut-rate, no-prescription pharmaceuticals appears to be powerful. Spam watchdog groups say that phony pharmacies predominate in online advertising delivered through Microsoft's Bing search engine. According to a report from the anti-spam site KnujOn.com and LegitScript.com, which validates legitimate pharmacies advertising online, nearly 90 percent of Internet pharmacy advertisements delivered on Bing.com that were reviewed were operating illegally.
"The majority of Internet pharmacy ads did not require a valid (or any) prescription," the report states. "We successfully attempted to test buy in two cases, receiving drugs in both cases that appeared to come from India." Some of the drugs received through the ads tested as counterfeits.
Microsoft responded to the report saying that the results were exaggerated and that it had manually reviewed and removed the offending ads. But KnujOn and LegitScript said later that a review of the search engine's advertisers showed that phony ads continued to appear.
MX Logic predicted that Internet pharmacy advertising will not be the only online threat generated by health care concerns.
"As the debate about U.S. health care reform continues to heat up, we believe there's a strong chance this will increase and we'll begin seeing forms of political 'hacktivism' impacting the performance and availability of popular social networking sites," the threat report warned. Attacks against social networking sites advocating either side of the debate could have ripple effects affecting the services hosting the sites.
Malicious e-greeting card notifications remained a popular type of spam in the last month, but phony UPS or DHL invoices were the most popular method for delivering malware directly, accounting for four out of five instances in which malware was attached to an e-mail.
The popularity of social networking sites has resulted in a number of high-profile attacks and exploits in recent months, and this trend probably will only escalate, MX Logic said.
"With the web of trust that users generally have with the people they are connected to on sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, we expect to see an increase in spam and malware disguised as messages from someone the recipient knows," the report states. "Given the popularity of these sites, we anticipate these types of attacks will increasingly become more sophisticated in common in the coming months."
The United States was the top source of spam over the past month, accounting for 13.3 percent, edging out Brazil with 13 percent. Other top sources were India, Ukraine and Poland.
William Jackson is the senior writer for Government Computer News (GCN.com).
Microsoft Offers More Help on Windows Server 2008 Upgrades
Microsoft this week published additional help resources for organizations stuck on Windows Server 2008, which fell out of support on Jan. 14.
Microsoft on Thursday announced a corporatewide carbon reduction effort that aims to make the company "carbon negative" by 2030.
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Longsands RNLI lifeguards help rescue surfer caught in rip current
Lifeguards News Release
RNLI lifeguards were involved in a rescue of a male surfer on Tuesday (12 June) who was caught in a rip current at Tynemouth Longsands Beach.
RNLI/Megan McBride
At 1:20pm RNLI lifeguards at Longsands Beach spotted a male surfer struggling in difficult conditions at the south end side of the beach, an area which can be prone to rip currents. The team immediately launched the inshore rescue boat to assist the surfer.
As the lifeguards were launching, two members of the public who were out surfing were able to get to the casualty and provide support while the lifeguards were en route.
The rescue lasted a couple of minutes and the exhausted male surfer was brought back to shore with no injuries.
During the summer months, beaches are often the main attraction for sun grabbers across the region, and the charity’s lifeguards are there to ensure people remain safe and respect the water.
RNLI Lifeguard Supervisor, Sandy Kerr said: ‘We want everyone to have fun at the beach and enjoy the sun, but we need to ensure that people understand how they can keep themselves and others safe.
‘We actively encourage people to visit a lifeguarded beach and to swim between the red and yellow flags, this way if anyone gets into trouble our RNLI lifeguards are there to assist.’
For more information, please contact Megan McBride, RNLI Regional Media Engagement North East and East, on 0191 5269158 or megan_mcbride@rnli.org.uk
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Debugging Early Program Startup on macOS
25 July 2018 by Robert Sesek
When working on software, it is sometimes necessary to debug very early in a program’s lifecycle (e.g., before the first line of main() when the dynamic loader is running). Often times this is accomplished by loading the target binary into a debugger and running it directly. However there are other times where this is not possible, such as when an intermediate process is responsible for starting the program. This page describes a technique for macOS to attach a debugger in such circumstances.
In order to attach to a program early in its lifecycle, but where we cannot start the program under the debugger, we can make use of “destructive” DTrace operations to pause the process with a SIGSTOP. In order to do this, we need two elements to fingerprint it with a DTrace probe:
A way to identify the process without a PID
A system call issued early in the process’s lifecycle at or before where we want to attach
DTrace is a kernel-side tracing and debugging tool that ships on macOS. In order to be usable, one must reboot into recovery mode and disable System Integrity Protection.
By default, DTrace provides a read-only view of memory and it cannot perform any operations that would alter the behavior of the system. With the -w option, DTrace will permit destructive operations, including the raising of signals.
The Technique
In order to identify the newly started process in the kernel, we need to be able to fingerprint it. Typically just the execname variable should be sufficient to identify the process, but if not, there are several other built-in variables that could be used to identify it (e.g., uid, ppid, etc.).
The second part of the fingerprint requires a system call made by the process, which can be hooked with a DTrace probe. A handy system call is thread_selfid, which is used to get the current thread ID very early in the program startup when dyld is bootstrapping.
Other system calls could be used to find a later point in time, or ones that take arguments that could help further target the process if execname was not enough to deduce it. As an example, the open system call could be used with copyinstr(arg0) to target processes opening specific files.
With the two elements of the fingerprint, we can write a DTrace probe to raise SIGSTOP, signal 17, when the probe matches:
$ sudo dtrace -w -n 'syscall::thread_selfid:entry /execname == "TextEdit"/ { printf("Target PID: %d", pid); raise(17); }'
The above example will match the thread_selfid system call when we launch TextEdit. The probe prints the PID, to make it easier to attach with lldb, and pauses the program with SIGSTOP. Again, the -w flag is required to allow raising the signal.
After this probe matches, the dtrace command should be terminated to avoid sending further SIGSTOPs, and then lldb -p <pid> can be used to attach the debugger. Once attached, breakpoints can be set at the desired locations before continuing the program’s execution.
A Note on LaunchServices
The debugging technique outlined in this page was developed when debugging a behavior that only occurred when an application was started via LaunchServices. Applications on macOS are typically launched through the Finder or the Dock. When this happens, those GUI processes are not actually responsible for starting the application. Instead, the Finder/Dock sends a message to launchservicesd. In turn, launchservicesd sends a message to launchd to start the process, which it does by posix_spawn()ing a new instance of /usr/libexec/xpcproxy. The new xpcproxy process then receives a message from launchd telling it which process should actually be started. It then proceeds calls posix_spawn() again but with the special POSIX_SPAWN_SETEXEC flag that makes it behave like execve(), rather than creating a new process, and the application is actually started.
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Kuka sells its ‘North American’ aviation division to Advanced Integration Technology
December 18, 2016 by Mark Allinson
Kuka is selling at least part of its aerospace division to Advanced Integration Technology.
Kuka, which is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of industrial robotics and automation technology, says the aerospace division it is selling to AIT is called “Systems Aerospace North America”.
However, the Kuka website which relates to its aerospace business is called KukaAero.com, and that says “Kuka Systems Aerospace Group is the largest division of Kuka”– no mention of “North America”.
It is not clear whether Kuka’s European aerospace division is included in the deal. The company recently signed a deal with Airbus to extend its contract to supply robotics and automation technology to the aerospace manufacturer, particularly its gigantic “omniMove” assembly platform.
Kuka says its decision to sell to AIT was made “in connection with open regulatory approvals in the United States”, possibly meaning the US government is not keen on China acquiring all of Kuka’s technologies relating to aerospace engineering.
The company says in a statement: “The sale is an important step to fulfil security-relevant requirements of the US authorities CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) and DDTC (Directorate of Defense Trade Controls).
“Both authorities are currently reviewing the takeover offer from Mecca/Midea for Kuka, focusing on Kuka’s activities in military and security-relevant areas in the United States. Both parties agreed not to disclose the sale price.”
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Wildfires Grow In Western, Southcentral Wyoming
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/photograph/6210/0/88873
Low humidity will aggravate firefighting conditions for two blazes in western Wyoming and one in the southcentral part of the state that have burned over more than 70 square miles, according to the interagency inciweb website on Saturday.
The areas are under Red Flag Warnings -- critical fire conditions of strong, low relative humidity and warm temperatures -- for Saturday if not early next week, and the estimated containment dates for the fires are Oct. 15 at the earliest.
The Roosevelt fire about 15 miles south of Bondurant has grown to 36,600 acres -- 57.2 square miles -- with winds pushing the fire south in timber, brush, grass and sage.
This fire with an unknown cause was first observed Sept. 15 and is now 15 percent contained.
The 571 firefighting personnel are building direct lines and bulldozers, and are trying to prevent the fire from moving further into the Rolling Thunder or the Hoback Ranches subdivisions which are still under evacuation orders. Likewise, air resources will continue to support defense of structures and line construction efforts
Crews will continue to create defensible space in the subdivisions and plan for evacuation of the subdivision on the north/east side of U.S. Highway 189/191.
There is high growth potential for the fire Saturday. Diminished winds, slightly lower temperatures and somewhat higher relative humidity will produce more moderate spread and growth potential through Sunday.
Increasing winds and temperatures and lowering relative humidity will cause high spread and growth potential. Shifting wind directions will return the growth potential to the northeastern flank.
On Tuesday, decreasing winds with lowering temperatures and higher relative humidity will produce more moderate spread and growth potential, and shifting wind directions will return the growth potential to the eastern and southeastern flanks.
The Marten Fire in the Bridger-Teton National Forest about 13 miles east of Afton has grown to 5,260 acres -- 8.2 square miles -- is burning in timber and brush with uphill runs, backing, flanking and short crown runs likely in mixed-conifer stands of trees.
The fire, which is human caused, started Sunday and is now 5 percent contained.
The 360 personnel are building a secure line, using aerial resources to slow the fire growth where possible, and are concentrating on keeping the fire from progressing to the east and west of the main fire.
The Greys River Road is closed south of Sheep Creek/McDougal Gap Road, as are other roads in the area.
Red Flag Warnings are predicted for Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures are expected to rise, with continued low humidity and persistent winds over the fire area for the foreseeable forecast.
The Ryan Fire south of Encampment straddles the Wyoming-Colorado border, and has grown to 2,986 acres -- 4.7 square miles -- and is zero percent contained.
It is burning in beetle-killed lodgepole pine and spruce. The pine trees are 40 percent to 50 percent dead, and abundant downed timber is available to support surface-to-crown fires.
The fire started Sunday and its cause is unknown.
The 218 firefighting personnel are focusing on protecting structures.
Evacuations are in effect for campers, hunter camps, and logging operations in the Routt and Medicine Bow national forests.
While the temperatures are moderate in the upper 60s to lower 70s, a dry air mass remains in place with the relative humidity bottoming out in the upper single digits and lower teens Saturday.
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What Can White Teachers Do to Support Black History Month?
On February 8, 2018 By Sarah Ruffing RobbinsIn Blog
The posters for special events tied to Black History Month start appearing several weeks ahead, and I mark my personal calendar. I try out multiple tactics for encouraging my students—most of them white—to attend. But I’m also seeking ways to support learning about Black history and culture at my predominantly white institution (or, in shorthand, a PWI) in more sustained ways, throughout the year. And I’m trying to be attentive, as well, to what not to do.
The Atlantic recently catalogued some negative examples of uninformed (even potentially damaging) teaching about slavery that is going on in some actual classrooms. On the first day of Black History Month, Melinda D. Anderson’s article drew on what the sub-headline referenced as a “new report find[ing] that the topic is mistaught and often sentimentalized,” leaving students “alarmingly misinformed as a result.” A Georgia elementary school circulated math word problems about the beating of slaves. A California high school stages a traumatizing reenactment of a slave ship. Such anecdotes made for a compelling lead paragraph in the Atlantic story.
The image at the head of this sobering essay had already caught my attention, though. A photograph of the Lincoln Emancipation Memorial in Washington, DC, recalled, for me, a visit I’d made to that same park just a few months ago. One of my daughters had recently moved to a row house just a few blocks away. And we’d taken the family’s first grandbaby for a stroller ride to Lincoln Park. Families had gathered to enjoy a sunny day.
Yet, the statue’s design made me uneasy. Positioning Lincoln in a standing (even a looming-over) position above a kneeling slave, its visual rhetoric seemed yet another framing of the white savior figure rescuing the otherwise-helpless Black man. Dedicated in 1876, the statue was certainly in line with many stories about Lincoln as emancipator in his own time. But the pose still rankled.
Seeing Differently:
I commented to my daughter and my husband that I much preferred a companion monument facing the Lincoln one. Depicting Black educator Mary McLeod Bethune with several energetic students, this statue conveyed a tone of confident hope and Black leadership.
My companions weren’t surprised by my preference. After all, I study women educators from the nineteenth century to the current moment. My most recent book, Learning Legacies, includes multiple celebrations of Black and Native American students who themselves became teachers during Bethune’s era and thereafter. The picture I was more eager to take home to share with future classes was not of Lincoln, but Bethune.
After reading Anderson’s thought-provoking Atlantic article earlier this month—Black History Month–I visited the National Park Service’s online discussion of Lincoln Park. The NPS says the park “features monuments to two of the nation’s greatest leaders, President Abraham Lincoln and Civil Rights Activist and Educator Mary McLeod Bethune.” As a feminist teacher aspiring to be a womanist ally, I was glad to see Bethune given her due in the NPS write-up. I also noted the NPS’s report that, when unveiled in 1974, this was “the first monument to honor a black woman in a public park in the District of Columbia.” (The Lincoln statue’s unveiling was almost 100 years earlier, in 1876.) What might my students make, I wondered, of the century-long gap between the installations of these two monuments?
The NPS online overview raised another question for me as well. I was struck by the online account’s describing Frederick Douglass as having expressed both “approval and disapproval of the monument” to Lincoln.
It didn’t long to find an online copy of Douglass’s “Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln,” originally delivered as a speech for the April, 1876, ceremony and then published as a pamphlet. Among the positive aspects of the occasion that Douglass salutes is the mere ability to hold a ceremony including people of his race in a public space—something that would not “have been tolerated here twenty years ago.” Thus, he declares, “That we are here in peace today is a compliment and credit to American civilization, and a prophecy of still greater national enlightenment and progress in the future.”
Nonetheless, Douglass insists, the moment of commemoration, as embodied in the statue, also required that certain truths be told. Accordingly, Douglass reminds his audience, Lincoln “was preeminently the white man’s president, entirely devoted to the welfare of white men. He was ready and willing at any time during the first years of his administration to deny, postpone, and sacrifice the rights of humanity in the colored people to promote the welfare of the white people in this country.” Only then, after insisting on a comprehensive portrait acknowledging Lincoln’s initial unwillingness to serve as an anti-slavery champion, does Douglass also assert the rightness of honoring Lincoln. For Douglass, the President deserved credit for having overcome a strong identity as “a white man” who “shared the prejudices common to his countrymen toward the colored race.” In the end, Douglass avers, Lincoln did become a “zealous, radical, and determined” anti-slavery champion.
Douglass “Reading” White Limitations and Black Honor:
I’ll be sharing Douglass’s speech with my students in its entirety. And I’ll be asking them to think about his call that we remember Lincoln as a man of complexity, as an ally, indeed, but also a man limited by his very whiteness. I’ll ask them to think, too, about the features of the Lincoln Park monument itself that speak out visually about a “savior” role’s limitations. I’ll share Joe Heim’s 2012 article for the Washington Post, which addressed numerous complexities bound up in the Emancipation Memorial’s history—including both the longstanding objections to its design and the pride in race leadership that led Blacks to raise funds for its creation in the first place.
I’ll ask students why they think Douglass chose to end his 1876 speech as he did, The ever-astute orator’s closing sentence merits our attention, and perhaps some debate: “When now it shall be said that the colored man is soulless, that he has no appreciation of benefits or benefactors; when the foul reproach of ingratitude is hurled at us, and it is attempted to scourge us beyond the range of human brotherhood, we may calmly point to the monument we have this day erected to the memory of Abraham Lincoln.”
Joe Heim’s 2012 Washington Post article briefly references the Bethune statue and even points out that, for a while, some locals tried (though unsuccessfully) to shift the name of Lincoln Park to Bethune Park. But the contrast he finds more compelling is between the Lincoln statue and one across town, where the African American Civil War Memorial presents four Black union servicemen: “The looks on their faces are determined, full of purpose,” Heim observes. Unlike the Emancipation Memorial’s portrayal of a kneeling figure, “There is nothing meek about it.”
Honoring Bethune’s Presence as Counter-narrative
I’m grateful for Heim’s reporting. And I look forward to discussing it in my classes. But I confess I find the face-off between Lincoln and the slave, Bethune and her students, at least as important to examine. (When Bethune’s statue was [finally] unveiled, Lincoln’s was rotated to face hers.)
I know there’s more work to do to consider the implications of these this intertextual “monument narrative.” For example, what arguments—similar to and/or different from Douglass’s from the previous century– were made in the speeches when Bethune’s statue was unveiled in 1974? How was her legacy honored? A New York Times article describing the event identifies several speakers, including Shirley Chisholm. But I haven’t (yet) been able to track down full transcripts.
Meanwhile, for some worthwhile topics of discussion this month, the language of the Bethune statue’s physical design—a counter-narrative to Lincoln’s—provides plenty to consider. For example, what does the image of Bethune’s teaching-in-action memorial add to the Lincoln Park site’s representation of Black History? How do the Black children posed with her tell a different story of American Blackness than the kneeling slave in the park’s other statue? What’s to be gained from an art work commemorating Black leadership itself as a pathway to uplift? How does such visual story-telling counter not only the views of Blackness in the earlier monument, but also negative language circulating in our culture today?
Bethune’s own words are well worth remembering in this context. Her memorial presents her “Legacy of Learning” in both the bronze scroll she is offering to two children and the words inscribed on the monument: “I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you a thirst for education. I leave you a respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity. I leave you also a desire to live harmoniously with your fellow man. I leave you finally a responsibility to our young people.”
As a white teacher seeking to build on Bethune’s words and work, I’ll strive to honor that legacy—this month and beyond.
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Paul Schrader erotic thriller scripted by Harold Pinter
Mary (Natasha Richardson) and Colin (Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince) attempt to reinvigorate their flagging relationship with a romantic trip to Venice. Soon though, they find themselves drawn into a complex web of deceit, passion, perversion and sexual intrigue, subtly spun by mysterious Robert (Christopher Walken), who resides nearby in palatial splendour with his wife Caroline (Helen Mirren).
Adapted from Ian McEwan’s haunting novel by famed playwright Harold Pinter, The Comfort of Strangers is chillingly directed by Paul Schrader (First Reformed), and will lead you on a shadowy, dreamlike journey towards the darkest realms of human experience.
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Pinot Perfection
Wine grapes can be an incestuous little bunch. Genetic mutations and cross-breeding varieties can spring forth entirely new and delicious fruit (a famous example being the marriage of Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Franc to produce the illustrious Cabernet Sauvignon grape), and considering winemaking and viticulture have been progressing steadily for millennia, it’s no wonder we have such an abundance of varieties to choose from today.
One of the most intriguing family trees (or vines…) is that of the Pinot family, with the noble Pinot Noir reigning supreme at the head of the table. This dark-skinned grape was one of the first to be cultivated for the purpose of making wine, with records dating as far back as the first century AD in Roman-occupied Gaul (France). From these humble beginnings, the grape has mutated over generations to produce a number of clonal offspring, including Pinot Gris and its more elusive sibling, Pinot Blanc. Here at the Castello, we are fortunate enough to offer all three of these delicious family members in our tasting room, and call two of them by their Italian names of Pinot Grigio and Pinot Bianco.
The names of these three Pinots are in many ways referring to the color of the berry’s skin, with Noir (French for “black” or “dark”) clusters having dark-skinned berries, Gris (“grey”) traditionally ranging from pinkish-grey to deeper purple berries, and Blanc (“white”) having light-skinned berries. In fact, due to Pinot Gris’ darker color, it can also be made as a rosé-style wine, though it is most commonly fermented without skin contact, and so is seen primarily as a white wine.
Our Pinot Grigio (Gris) comes from Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, roughly a two hour drive northwest of the Castello. Here, the cool, coastal climate helps to produce a refreshingly dry and crisp white wine, bursting with zesty notes of citrus and green apple. Light in body and with a racy acidity, it is an excellent accompaniment to light appetizers and soft cheeses.
While not as famous as zesty Pinot Grigio, Pinot Bianco (also known as Pinot Blanc or Weißburgunder) is slowly gaining recognition around the world as an elegant alternative, offering a bit more body and complexity while still showing fruit-forward and refreshing notes on the palate. Because of these characteristics, it can often be mistaken for a lighter-styled Chardonnay. We try to craft our Pinot Bianco in the style of the Pinot Bianco wines from the Alto Adige region of northeastern Italy where it is most commonly grown, striking a balance between creamy and crisp, and allowing the fresh fruit flavors of apple, pear, and white flower to shine through.
Pinot Noir (Nero in Italian) is a beautiful yet tricky grape to cultivate, with its thin skins demanding a cooler climate and more attention than its lighter skinned relatives. For this reason, we source our Pinot Noir fruit from a variety of vineyards that all have a coastal influence on their climate and soils. We make a number of limited production Pinot Noir wines from these vineyards, including the family-owned Terra de Promissio vineyard in the famed Petaluma Gap of Sonoma County (for more, see Mary Davidek’s blog post: “Terra de Promissio: Checkmate Castello”). We also source from several of our own estate vineyards, located in Anderson Valley, Los Carneros, and Green Valley of Russian River Valley near the Sonoma coast. Each of these locations can lend subtle nuances to the finished wine, which is why we also produce our Il Rubino Pinot Noir, which combines the best characteristics of these locations into a beautiful “ruby”-colored blend.
Pinot Noir is also one of the main grapes used in making the sparkling wines of Champagne, along with Chardonnay and, to a lesser extent, Pinot Meunier. We have recently released a new sparkling wine named Spumante del Castello in honor of our 10 year anniversary which is made in the methode traditionelle (formerly champenoise) and is comprised of 25% Pinot Noir and 75% Chardonnay from our vineyards in the southern end of Napa Valley.
With so many options to choose from, it’s no wonder that the Pinot family is so well-loved and respected throughout the wine drinking world. We are proud to feature this clonally diverse clan here at the Castello, and look forward to welcoming Pinot enthusiasts and novices alike to our tasting room to get to know our Pinot famiglia.
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Kick Ass Games That Should Have Been Remastered on Xbox One and PS4
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11 Kick Ass Games That Should Have Been Remastered on Xbox One and PS4
This article had started with some long winded intro about how fucking disappointed I’ve been with the current console cycle.
But honestly, that’s not why you clicked on this link.
You’re here to read about a list of kick ass games that Sony and Microsoft should have remastered or remade on their four-year-old systems. Because at first, that’s all the Xbox One and PS4 were good for, remastering games that were barely out of diapers.
And besides the obvious reasons for why that pisses me off—chiefly, that game companies already siphoned enormous sums of money out of me for games like Grand Theft Auto 5, Skyrim, The Last of Us, Gears of War, and Uncharted to name a few—now you expect me to get excited to play the same (great) games again but with “updated” graphics?
Look, I loved Skyrim. I loved Uncharted and Grand Theft Auto 5. But if I buy a new system, I expect new games, not a bunch of games I played just a couple years ago. That’s not how nostalgia works.
Instead of trying to get gamers dick hard about games that were the best games of 2011 or 2009, you—Sony and Microsoft (even Nintendo)— failed to remaster games that would’ve excited old school gamers (drowning them under a tsunami of nostalgia) and made them want to buy your new-fangled consoles.
Damn it. I said this wasn’t going to be a long intro and here I am 260 some words deep and not to the point. Fine.
Here are the 11 kick ass games Sony and Microsoft should have remastered.
1. Road Rash
Technically, a spiritual successor to Road Rash called Road Redemption has been in development since 2013.
After a Kickstarter campaign, the game was supposed to be released in the summer of 2014. It was not. And as of now, it is still TBA for 2017.
I’m not a developer, and I don’t understand all the tech that goes into making a game happen. So I’m just mouthing off as a fan and gamer.
But what the fuck is taking so long?
We’ve seen four different Call of Duty’s in four years—each one selling less than its predecessors year after year—and remakes of games that were already HD. So why am I not able to drive a motorcycle and bash people in the face with a sledgehammer?
The gameplay footage of Road Redemption below is enough to take me from six to midnight. So, um. Yea, gaming industry. You’re failing. This should have been done years ago.
2. Mutant League Football
This is hands down the greatest—and most fun—football game ever made. So why has this game not been remade in over 25 years?
NFL Blitz was an amazing game, there’s no doubt about that. But MLF allowed you to play in space with aliens, skeletons, robots, and trolls. And to make the game even more awesome, each stadium had its own special hazards that could kill members of your team or the opponents.
And each team had crazy ass audibles that you could call which were far dirtier than deflating a few footballs to beat the Colts. Including the option to bribe the refs, where they’d call a “fake” penalty on your opponent, like a 5-yard penalty for crying.
Here’s what made Mutant League Football the best game ever: you could win the game by killing the opposing team’s players. Yes, you didn’t even need to outscore the other team. You just needed to tackle more of them into landmines, fire pits, off the edge of the field and into space, or call your team’s special audible that killed the QB in one hit.
Below is some video of a pre-alpha build for Mutant Football League—supposedly—due out on PC in 2017 and 2018 for Xbox One and PS4.
25 years after the first game, is far too long to wait. This should have been done ten years ago.
3. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Back in the day, Lucasarts created some of the best video games on Earth: Secrets of Monkey Island, all the Star Wars games, and Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
Zombie games are one of my favorite genres. Left 4 Dead was amazing. Dead Rising was a lot of fun. But neither of them compare to the ridiculousness of Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
My cousins and I couldn’t stop playing this game. We may have played it more than Mario Kart and Zelda combined. And though you can download the original on Nintendo’s Virtual Console, I still have no idea why this hasn’t been remade?
Oh, right. I know why.
Because Disney shut down the video game development side of Lucasarts. And I doubt The Mouse will want to release any game that involves zombie, werewolf, and vampire murder. Goddamn it Mickey.
4. Battletoads
I don’t have kids. But if I did, I wouldn’t send them to time out for punishment. I’d sit them down in front of Battletoads, with implicit instructions that the only way to get out of timeout is to beat the game.
They’d either stay in timeout forever, or they’d apologize and beg for the torture of this game to stop.
A remastered Battletoads would be huge. And yes, I know Rare released it on their compilation, Rare Replay, for the Xbox One. But the game only took up half the screen; plus, that border is obnoxious. And though the original is fun, in a sadistic kind of way, I’d rather have a remastered Battletoads to play than another broken ass Gears of War.
5. Conkers Bad Fur Day
Since I’m already on the Rare bandwagon, we can’t forget about Conker. This is still, hands down, the most expensive N64 game you can buy on Ebay. Not kidding, I’ve seen this game sell for damn near $200 before.
And yes, Microsoft and Rare did remake the original 64 game in 2005 for the original Xbox, but it deserves to be re-released in HD—with none of the original humor censored.
So I guess this would be a remake of a remake? But who cares. Conkers Bad Fur Day is the most ridiculous game ever made. Not only for its adult humor or smart ass wise cracks that Conker makes to the player as he breaks the fourth wall, but the multiplayer was, next to Goldeneye, the best on the 64.
It deserves to have a modern remake for the Xbox One.
6. X-Wing vs Tie Fighter
I don’t need to say much more here. This is one is pretty much a no-brainer. But it won’t happen. And if it did, EA would probably muck it up. So maybe it’s best left as a fond, but distant memory.
7. Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
There were a ton of amazing games that disappeared into the background on the Gamecube. But Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was a literal mind fuck.
You can read what the story is all about here. But what made this game such a mind fuck is that the game employed what it called, the “sanity meter.” And as you roamed through the game—the hub of the game being your character’s family mansion—if your sanity meter began to get low, the game would do really crazy shit; it was designed to represent a reflection of the main character’s grip on reality.
The lower the meter dipped, the more health you’d lose.
At the same time, you might notice that all of a sudden the camera angle changed. Or that you’d suddenly hear cries, whispers, or unsettling sounds emanating from the speakers.
The game even broke the fourth wall and would give you a “blue screen of death,” making you think the game/system had malfunctioned. It had not. But it was designed to pull you in and mess with your own sense of reality.
Here’re a few more of the crazy things that could randomly happen in this game:
Your character would enter a new room and be walking on the ceiling instead of the floor
Walls and ceilings would bleed
The game would lower its volume and then put a “fake indicator” on your screen, making you think “something” was controlling your TV.
The appearance of large numbers of monsters that weren’t really there and would disappear when attacked
Statues heads would turn and follow your character.
This game was genius. Terrifying. But genius. And a remake by Nintendo, specifically on The Switch, could grant them a ton of opportunities for even crazier mind fucking moments.
8. Earthworm Jim
Do I even need to go any further here? No. I don’t.
Give us Earthworm Jim. The end.
9. Superman 64
Wait, what? How in the hell could I include (arguably) the worst game ever made? Well, for one, it deserves to be remade. Hear me out, though.
Until Rocksteady came along with Arkham Asylum, Batman games kind of sucked. So who’s to say that someone—cough, Rockysteady, cough—couldn’t make a good Superman game?
Plus there are a ton of Easter Eggs in Arkham Knight that allude to the fact that Rocksteady’s next game might include The Man of Steel.
10. Deer Avenger
I didn’t get a computer until 1999, so I didn’t get to play a lot of PC games. But Deer Avenger was one of a handful of PC games I got to play at my friend Julian’s in the late 90s.
The premise is simple: you assume the role of a deer named Bambo who hunts humans in the same way you’d hunt deer in Deer Hunter. But with a whole hell of a lot more jokes about rednecks.
Five games were made in the series. It was nothing Earth shattering gameplay wise. But it was a whole hell of a lot of fun and one I’d love to see updated, especially, in today’s world.
11. Dr. Mario
Nintendo, why in the name of all things holy have you not remade Dr. Mario?
You probably expected something epic at the end and not Dr. Mario, didn’t you? Well, this is my list after all and I fucking loved some Dr. Mario.
Actually, a remake of Dr. Mario would be a great successor to Mario Run as a mobile game. So, um, Nintendo get on that.
If you had it your way, what games would you want to see remastered or updated for this console generation? Let me know in the comments below.
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One Japanese Company Offers Employees 6 Extra Vacation Days For Non-Smokers
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Asian Money Guide 16 November 2018
Colleagues who smoke take an additional smoking break that lasts for only a few minutes. But when you add up those additional minutes, smoking colleagues actually have additional off time compared to their non-smoking peers. And at one Japanese company, they decided to level the playing field through a policy change of 6 extra vacation days given to non-smokers.
6 extra vacation days given to non-smokers staff
6 extra vacation days given to non-smokers
According to CBNC, smoking is part of one Japanese company’s culture. But a non-smoking employee put forth a complaint that the number of smoking breaks being taken were affecting productivity. In response to this, marketing firm Piala Inc. changed its paid time off policy.
Non-smoking employees were offered six additional days off annually to compensate for the time that smokers have off for their smoking breaks.
On behalf of Piala Inc., Hirotaka Matsushima explained to The Telegraph, “One of our non-smoking staff put a message in the company suggestion box earlier in the year saying that smoking breaks were causing problems”.
The CEO of Piala Inc., Takao Asuka, told Kyodo News that he fully supports this motion in the hope of encouraging employees to stop smoking.
“I hope to encourage employees to quit smoking through incentives rather than penalties or coercion”.
Radical changes bring about positive reactions
Since the policy change, 30 of the 120 staff took advantage of the extra days off, encouraging four colleagues to quit smoking as reported by The Telegraph.
And Shun Shinbaba, one of the newly non-smoking employees, said he used to smoke a pack of cigarettes every couple of days. With the money he saves, he plans to use the additional off days to play tennis, as reported by told CNNMoney
One of those new non-smokers, Shun Shinbaba, 25, he used to smoke a pack of cigarettes every two days, and that he plans to use his newfound vacation time to play tennis.
The reason smoking breaks take up so much time is because the Tokyo-based marketing firm is located on the 29th floor of an office block, which means each cigarette break lasts at least 15 minutes.
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Marshall Allman, born April 5th, 1984 in Austin, Texas, realized his talent for acting at the age of seventeen when he was given his first role in a summer production of Clive Barker's "The History of the Devil". Giving up his pursuits in art and athletics, he moved to Hollywood weeks after graduating from Austin High School to focus his pursuits in acting.
After arriving in Hollywood that he began a deeper study into the craft of acting and soon began working, first in commercials and then guest television spots on the shows Without a Trace and The Practice. It was only soon after, Marshall landed the role of Kevin Kelly, alongside Jonathan Tucker and Ben Foster in the movie Hostage.
Since then he has garnered worldwide attention with his intense role as LJ Burrows on the international hit show Prison Break and has landed roles in various independent films including Winged Creatures costarring with Forest Whitaker and the leading role in acclaimed writer-directors David Russo's feature length debut , "The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle."
Son of James Martin Allman Jr. (b. Travis Co., Texas, 27 April 1950) and wife Idanell Brown (b. Austin, Texas, 14 January 1950).
Appeared with _"Prison Break" (2005)_ (qv) co-star 'Robert Knepper' (qv) in _Hostage (2005/I)_ (qv). They have, however, never shared scenes on the TV show.
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When does the Doctor cease being President of Gallifrey?
The 4th Doctor becomes President of Gallifrey in the Invasion of Time storyline. As far as I can recall, he doesn't explicitly vacate this office, but he certainly isn't President by the time of The Five Doctors.
Does the TV series (or any novels) explain what happens to his Presidency?
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Tony MeyerTony Meyer
I think destroying the Time Lords and Gallifrey effectively ended his Presidency if nothing else had already. – Lekarz Kto May 28 '11 at 17:35
Presidents of Gallifrey have a standard 4-year term limit, which is not at all complicated by their mastery of time-travel 😬 – Paul D. Waite May 9 '19 at 9:24
In short: The Doctor became 407th Lord President of Gallifrey in The Invasion of Time, but most likely lost the presidency at the end of that storyline - he apparently forgot, and so was succeeded by Chancellor Borusa. However, he is again President later, losing the office some unspecified time before The Trial of a Time Lord. He might have been President a third time, but no details are known about that (yet).
In long:
In The Deadly Assassin, the (4th) Doctor is one of two candidates:
GOTH: You're keeping a close watch on the Doctor, I hope?
SPANDRELL: Someone is with him all the time.
GOTH: Good. You know that, apart from myself, he is the only other candidate in this election?
SPANDRELL: Is that so.
This is followed by the events of The Invasion of Time, where the (4th) Doctor takes office:
BORUSA: Doctor!
DOCTOR: I am here to claim my legal right.
BORUSA: What?
DOCTOR: I claim the inheritance of Rassilon. I claim the titles, honour, duty and obedience of all colleges. I claim the Presidency of the Council of Time Lords.
DOCTOR: You don't dispute my claim, then?
BORUSA: No, only the arrogance with which you present it.
BORUSA: I'll do what I can to persuade the Cardinals to accept you as their President.
DOCTOR: I am the President! No persuasion is necessary.
BORUSA: Politeness dictates
DOCTOR: I am the President! Is there another candidate legally?
BORUSA: No. That was an unfortunate oversight.
However, by the end of this story, the Doctor has (seemingly) forgotten about this:
BORUSA: Your Excellence.
DOCTOR: Excellence? Excellence?
DOCTOR: Is this some kind of a joke, Borusa? It's not like you to make jokes.
BORUSA: Have you forgotten your induction?
DOCTOR: My induction?
BORUSA: The Vardans?
DOCTOR: (sotto) Vardans.
BORUSA: The Sontarans?
DOCTOR: (sotto) Sontarans.
BORUSA: Doctor, you saved Gallifrey.
DOCTOR: I have? Oh. Well, what do you think of that, Leela?
LEELA: I think you've gone mad.
BORUSA: He remembers nothing of it. It is the wisdom of Rassilon.
That episode was the end of a season (the final Leela episode), and either he lost the office between then and the next episode, or the writers also forgot. When we (and the 4th Doctor) are introduced to Romana in The Ribos Operation, she says:
ROMANA: My name is Romanadvoratnelundar.
DOCTOR: I'm so sorry about that. Is there anything we can do?
ROMANA: The President of the Supreme Council sent me.
Presumably the "Supreme" Council is the same High Council. The Doctor does say:
DOCTOR: That information is confidential! That President. I should have thrown him to the Sontarans when I had the chance.
I could certainly believe that this is an tongue-in-cheek reference to the himself, so it could be that the Doctor as President sent Romana to himself, except, that in The Stones of Blood (briefly mentioned in The Armageddon Factor as well) we find out that:
DOCTOR: Romana, you were not sent on this mission by the President of the Supreme Council.
ROMANA: What?
DOCTOR: No, no, you weren't.
ROMANA: But, I saw. He told me. ... Well, what am I doing here?
DOCTOR: The voice you just heard and the being you saw in the shape of the President was the White Guardian, or to be more accurate, the Guardian of Light and Time as opposed to the Guardian of Darkness, sometimes called the Black Guardian. They can assume any shape or form they wish.
By the time of Arc of Infinity, Borusa is the 408th President:
BORUSA: You too have regenerated.
DOCTOR: Indeed, President Borusa.
In The Five Doctors, Borusa loses the presidency, and the (5th) Doctor is returned to office as the 409th President:
FLAVIA: You are safe, Doctor. I feared President Borusa had... Where is President Borusa?
DOCTOR: Unavailable. It seems the legend about Rassilon is true.
FLAVIA: You must make a full statement to the High Council.
DOCTOR: Oh, must I?
FLAVIA: It can form part of your inaugural address.
DOCTOR: My what?
FLAVIA: Doctor, you have evaded your responsibilities for far too long. The disqualification of President Borusa leaves a gap at the very summit of the Time Lord hierarchy. There is only one who can take this place. Yet again, it is my duty and my pleasure to inform you that the full Council has exercised its emergency powers to appoint you to the position of President, to take office immediately.
DOCTOR: Oh, no.
FLAVIA: This is a summons no Time Lord dare refuse. To disobey the will of the High Council will attract the severest penalties.
DOCTOR: Very well, Chancellor Flavia. You will return to Gallifrey immediately and summon the High Council. You have full deputy powers until I return. I shall travel in my Tardis.
FLAVIA: Oh, but Doctor -
DOCTOR: You will address me by my proper title. I am President, am I not? You will obey my commands. (To Tegan and Turlough) Into the Tardis. (To the guards) You will escort Chancellor Flavia back to her duties.
At some point after that, he is deposed. He (and we) find this out in The Trial of a Time Lord:
DOCTOR: I am Lord President of Gallifrey. You can't put me on trial.
INQUISITOR: Doctor, since you willfully neglected the responsibility of your great office, you were deposed.
DOCTOR: Oh. Is that legal?
INQUISITOR: Perfectly.
In the 4th part of this storyline, generally known as The Ultimate Foe, the (6th) Doctor is asked to stand again, but declines:
INQUISITOR: Now then, once law and order have been restored, a new High Council will need to be elected. Can I persuade you to stand for Lord President again?
DOCTOR: Ah. Ah ha. I've a better idea.
MEL: He's going to suggest you stand.
DOCTOR: Indeed I am. And were there such a thing as an intergalactic postal vote, you'd have mine.
Later, the 7th Doctor calls himself "President-Elect" in Remembrance of the Daleks:
DOCTOR: Ah, there you are. This is the Doctor, President Elect of the High Council of Time Lords, Keeper of the legacy of Rassilon, Defender of the Laws of Time, Protector of Gallifrey. I call upon you to surrender the Hand of Omega and return to your customary time and place.
EMPEROR: Ah, Doctor. You have changed again. Your appearance is as inconstant as your intelligence. You have confounded me for the last time!
So it's possible that he was President a third time (or possible he was stretching the truth a little, or that in the Dalek's timeline he was still President-Elect, but not in his, or that he was just using the titles the Emperor would be familiar with, since he had regenerated since their last encounter).
In the Collin Baker story (stories?) Trial of a Time Lord, it is revealed that he had been deposed (probably because he wasn't doing his as President).
So... No, they didn't forget it. But let's be honest, he's not a good president. He's never at work.
Philip from AustraliaPhilip from Australia
"But let's be honest, he's not a good president. He's never at work." -- Dunno.. that could be a heck of a president :) Depends on his nature and the support structure around him.. There have been a few I can think of that would have been much better as figureheads that never actually came into the office. :) – K-H-W Jan 12 '12 at 4:25
I was going to say that... but held my tongue. :) – Philip from Australia Jan 12 '12 at 4:36
Thanks. I took this clue and did some more research and added a fleshed out answer. – Tony Meyer Jan 16 '12 at 10:51
Your answer is very good. I have long lost the tapes of those episodes. And not bought all the DVDs. Plus Trial had a wacky ending (and yes, I know why). :) – Philip from Australia Jan 17 '12 at 3:46
I've seen most episodes 1st through 5th Doctors and all 8th+, but hardly any 6th or 7th, so I wasn't aware of the latter parts. The Five Doctors was one of my favourites as a kid, and I watched it many times, but somehow I didn't recall the ending part about the Presidency at all. – Tony Meyer Jan 18 '12 at 12:09
To my knowledge it has never been expressly visited again, this was a story from 1978, they just used it as a plot device and forgot all about it. At the end of the episode The Doctor left along with K-9 MkII, and the next episode opens almost directly after it. Technically I guess he is still president for that period of time unless the title was removed for absenteeism. The finer points of Gallifreyan law aren't my strong point.
Unless some writer picks up on this and ties up that plot point I guess we will never know for sure.
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Technically he never retired, he just left and never came back leaving I think it was Romana as second in charge. With Gallifrey in it's current state, he is still the President, just... with difficulties.
I didn't want to say much more incase someone hasn't seen 'The Day of The Doctor'.
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Tytuł: A method for determining absolute age in the hedgehog
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Journal of Zoology, Lond.
Zasób chroniony prawem autorskim. Korzystanie dozwolone wyłącznie na terminalach Instytutu Biologii Ssaków PAN w zakresie określonym przez przepisy o dozwolonym użytku.
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Reingestion in the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.)
On the life span of the common shrew (Sorex araneus L.)
The abundance and distribution of harvest mice (Micromys minutus) in corn ricks near Oxford
Remarks on the pelage of the sommon shrew (Sorex araneus L.)
The longevity and fertility of the Orkney vole, Microtus orcadensis , as observed in the laboratory
Variation in the maxillary nerve of certain mammals
Some variations in the maxillary nerve of Primates
The infraorbital foramen in the Hominoidea
The yolk-sac of the mole Talpa europaea
Records of british mammals
Observations of the movements of moles (Talpa europaea L.) after weaning
Population characteristics of house mice living in English corn ricks: density relationships
Geographical variation and polymorphism in Chlorophoneus shirkes
Protean displays: a form of allaesthetic behaviour
The skin and nuchal eminence of the white rhinoceros
Studies on the parasitic protozxoa of wild mice from Berkshire with a description of a new species of Trichomonas
The numbers of exhibits, births and deaths in the menagerie at Regent's Park: 1835-1957, and in Whipsnade Park: 1931-1957
Studies of the differences between the fauna of grazed and ungrazed grassland in Tiree, Argyll
Ashby, K. R., 1967, Studies of the ecology of field mice and voles (Apodemus sylvaticus, Clethrionomys glareolus and Microtus agrestis)
Groves, C. P., 1967, The taxonomy of the gazelles (genus Gazella)
Diet, longevity and dental disease in the Sierra Leone chimpanzee
Liat, L. B., 1967, Note on the food habits of Ptilocercus lowii Gray (Pentail tree-shrew) and Echinosorex gymnurus (Raffles) (Moonrat) in Malaya with remarks on "ecological labelling"
Blood studies on the echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus
Measurements of foxes from Scotland and England
Grimm, R. J., 1967, Catalogue of sounds of the Pigtailed macaque
Boyd, J. M., 1959, Observations on the St. Kilda field mouse Apodemus sylvaticus hirtensis Barrett-Hamilton
Hewer, H. R., 1959, Field identification of bulls and cows of the grey seal, Halichoerus grypus Fab
Fiennes, R. N. T., 1960, Studies of a nutritional disease (Osteodystrophia fibrosa) of young lions associated with changes of the skeleton and symptoms of muscular weakness
Fiennes, R. N. T., 1960, Tuberculosis of a puma cub (Felis concolor) accompanied by skeletal deformities resembling rickets
Corbet, P. S., 1960, The food of a sample of crocodiles (Crocodilus niloticus L.) from lake Victoria
Ansell, W. F. H., 1960, The African striped weasel, Poecilogale albinucha (Gray)
1960, Notes on british mammals
Calaby, J. H., 1960, Observations on the banded ant-eater Myrmecobius f. fasciatus Waterhouse (Marsupialia), with particular reference to its food habits
Rowell, T. E., 1960, On the retrieving of young and other behaviour in lactating golden hamsters
Rigg, K. J., 1960, Degenerative arterial disease of animals in captivity with special reference to the comparative pathology of atherosclerosis
Buechner, H. K., 1960, The immobilization of African animals in the field, with special reference to their transfer to other areas (U.S. translocation)
Ansell, W. F. H., 1960, The breeding of some larger mammals in Northern Rhodesia
Hewer, H. R., 1960, A preliminary account of a colony of grey seals Halichoerus grypus (Fab.) in the southern inner Hebrides
Berry, R. J., 1967, The relationships and ecology of Apodemus sylvaticus from the Small Isles of the Inner Hebride
Delany, M. J., 1967, Variation in the Long-tailed field-mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) in south-west England
Moore, W. J., 1967, Muscular function and skull growth in the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Krohn, P. L., 1960, The duration of pregnancy in rhesus monkeys Macaca mulatta
Barnett, S. A., 1960, Social behaviour among tame rats and among wild-white hybrids
Sikes, S. K., 1967, Notes on the adrenal of the African elephant
Bohlken, H., 1960, Remarks on the stomach and the systematic position of the Tylopoda
Marshall, A. J., 1960, The breeding biology of equatorial vertebrates: reproduction on the lizard Agama agama lionotus Boulenger at lat. 0° 01'N
Butler, H., 1967, The giant cell trophoblast of the Senegal galago (Galago senegalensis senegalensis) and its bearing on the evolution of the Primate placenta
Cranbrook, the E. of, 1959, The feeding habits of the water shrew, Neomys fodiens bicolor Shaw, in captivity and the effect of its attack upon its prey
Lowe, V. P. W., 1967, Teeth as indicators of age with special reference to Red deer (Cervus elaphus) of known age from Rhum
Harrison, J. L., 1959, Defaecation in the flying lemur Cynocephalus variegatus
Leitch, I., 1959, The maternal and neonatal weights of some mammalia
Chapman, B. M., 1959, The growth and breeding of the multimammate rat, Rattus (Mastomys) natalensis (Smith) in Tanganyika territory
Venables, U. M., 1959, Vernal coition of the seal Phoca vitulina in Shetland
Cave, A. J. E., 1959, Pneumatic osteolysis in the elephant skull
Marshall, A. J., 1959, The breeding biology of equatorial vertebrates: reproduction of the bat Chaerephon hindei Thomas at latitude O° 26' N
Inglis, W. G., 1961, The oxyurid parasites (Nematoda) of primates
Bowden, R. E. M., 1960, Communications between the facial and trigeminal nerves in certain mammals
Scheffer, V. B., 1960, Dentition of the ribbon seal
1960, Notes and abstracts
Napier, J. R., 1960, Studies of the hands of living primates
Hickman, V. V., 1960, Notes on the habits of the Tasmanian dormouse phalangers Cercaertus nanus (Desmarest) and Eudromicia lepida (Thomas)
Delany, M. J., 1960, The systematics, life history and evolution of the bank-vole Clethrionomys Tilesius in north-west Scotland
Ryder, M. L., 1960, A study of the coat of the mouflon Ovis musimon with special reference to seasonal change
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Butler, H., 1960, Some notes on the breeding cycle of the senegal galago Galago senegalensis senegalensis in the Sudan
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Lyne, A. G., 1959, The systematic and adaptive significance of the vibrissae in the Marsupialia
Spinage, C. A., 1959, An apparent case of precocious tusk growth in a young African elephant
Cave, A. J. E., 1959, The nasal fossa of a foetal gorilla
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Backhouse, K. M., 1961, The mechanism of wave riding in porpoises
Cave, A. J. E., 1961, The retrolingual gland of the elephant
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Bowden, R. E. M., 1961, Comparative studies of the nerve supply of the larynx in eutherian mammals
Cave, A. J. E., 1961, The frontal sinus of the gorilla
Delany, M. J., 1961, Observations on the ecology and life history of the fair isle field-mouse Apodemus sylvaticus fridariensis (Kinnear)
Tong, E. H., 1961, An outbreak of Malignant Catarrh among the Père David Deer
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Pegram, R. G., 1967, Serum iron and total iron binding capacity in feral and domesticated Soay sheep
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Lewis, R. E., 1967, A review of Lebanese mammals. Lagomorpha and Rodentia
Bowra, G. T., 1966, Rectal temperature of the husky under severe winter conditions in the Antarctic
Happold, D. C. D., 1966, The mammals of Jebel Marra, Sudan
Hall, K. R. L., 1965, Ecology and behaviour of the vervet monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, Lolui Island, Lake Victoria
1965, Notes on british mammals - No. 13
Happold, D. C. D., 1967, Biology of the jerboa, Jaculus jaculus butleri (Rodentia, Dipodidae), in the Sudan
Stoddart, D. M., 1967, A note on the food of the Norway lemming
Butler, H., 1967, The oestrus cycle of the Senegal bush baby (Galago senegalensis senegalensis) in the Sudan
Sneath, P. H. A., 1967, Trend-surface analysis of transformation grids
Harrison, D. L., 1967, Observations on a Wild goat, Capra aegagrus (Artiodactyla : Bovidae) from Oman, E. Arabia
Smith, E. A., 1966, Nomenclature for seal research in Britain
Gregory, M. E., 1965, Changes during lactation in the composition of the milk of the African black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
Twigg, G. I., 1965, Studies on Holochilus sciureus berbicensis, a cricetine rodent from the coastal region of British Guiana
Churcher, C. S., 1965, Camelid material of the genus Palaeolama gervais from the Talara Tar-seeps, Peru, with a description of a new subgenus, Astylolama
Ashton, E. H., 1965, Scapular shape and primate classification
Hill, J. E., 1961, Fruit-bats from the federation of Malaya
Delany, M. J., 1961, The ecological distribution of small mammals in north-west Scotland
Sharman, G. B., 1961, The embryonic membranes and placentation in five genera of diprotodont marsupials
Hayward, A. F., 1961, Some observations on the medial lobules of the ears of the long-eared bat Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus)
Lewis, O. J., 1962, The phylogeny of the crural and pedal flexor musculature
Hinde, R. A., 1962, Communication by postures and facial expressions in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Robertson-Bullock, W., 1962, The weight of the African elephant Loxodonta africana
Rowell, T. E., 1962, Vocal communication by the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Boyd, J. M., 1962, Seasonal occurrence and movements of seals in north-west Britain
Lewis, R. E., 1962, Notes on bats from Republic of Lebanon
Wilson, V. J., 1962, Observations on the common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia Linn., based on material collected from a tsetse control game elimination scheme
Coe, M. J., 1962, Notes on the habits of the Mount Kenya hyrax (Procavia johnstoni mackinderi Thomas)
Allbrook, D., 1962, The morphology of the subdermal glands of Hippopotamus amphibius
Hill, J. E., 1962, Notes on some insectivores and bats from upper Burma
Hall, K. R. L., 1962, The sexual, agonistic and derived social behaviour patterns of the wild chacma baboon, Papio ursinus
Boyd, J. M., 1962, Observations on the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) at North Rona in 1960
Harrison, D. L., 1962, A new subspecies of the noctule nat (Nyctalus noctula Schreber 1774) from Lebanon
Hall, K. R. L., 1962, Numerical data, maintenance activities and locomotion of the wild chacma baboon, Papio ursinus
Aschaffenburg, R., 1962, The composition of the milk of the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)
Hewson, R., 1962, Food and feeding habits of the mountain hare Lepus timidus scoticus , Hilzheimer
Graham-Jones, O., 1962, Pregnancy and parturition in a Bornean orang
Morris, D., 1962, The behaviour of the green acouchi (Myoprocta pratti) with special reference to scatter hoarding
Cave, A. J. E., 1962, The pedal scent gland in Rhinoceros
Cave, A. J. E., 1962, Burchell's original specimens of Rhinoceros simus
Senior, M., 1963, Parturition in a Hippopotamus
Fullagar, P. J., 1963, The skomer vole (Clethrionomys glareolus skomerensis) and long-tailed field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire in 1960
Matheson, C., 1963, The distribution of the red polecat in Wales
Boyd, J. M., 1963, Home range and homing experiments with the St. Kilda field-mouse
Southern, H. N., 1963, Notes on breeding of small mammals in Uganda and Kenya
Crawcroft, P., 1963, Social organization and territorial behaviour in the wild house mouse (Mus musculus L.)
Brand, D. J., 1963, Records of mammals bred in the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa during the period 1908 to 1960
Kay, L., 1963, Ultrasonic emissions of the lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bech.)
O'Donoghue, P. N., 1963, Reproduction in the female hyrax (Dendrohyrax arborea ruwenzorii)
Dimelow, E. J., 1963, The behaviour of the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus L.) in the routine of life in captivity
Dimelow, E. J., 1963, Observations on the feeding of the hedgehog (Ericaceus europaeus L.)
Lyall-Watson, M., 1963, A critical re-examination of food "washing" behaviour in the raccoon (Procyon lotor Linn.)
Bishop, I. R., 1963, Life histories of small mammals in the Channel Islands in 1960-61
Boyd, J. M., 1963, The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus Fab.) in the Outer Hebrides in October 1961
Hewson, R., 1963, Moults and pelages in the brown hare Lepus europaeus occidentalis de winton
Shield, J. W., 1963, Population aspects of delayed birth in the quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
Bannister, J. L., 1963, An intersexual fin whale Balaenoptera physalus (L.) from South Georgia
Watson, A., 1963, The effect of climate on the colour changes of mountain hares in Scotland
O'Gorman, F., 1963, Observations on terrestrial locomotion in Antarctic seals
Sharman, G. B., 1964, The life history and reproduction of the red kangaroo (Megaleia rufa)
Ashton, E. H., 1964, Functional adaptations in the primate shoulder girdle
Cave, A. J. E., 1964, The thymus gland in three genera of Rhinoceros
Spaul, E. A., 1964, Deformity in the lower jaw of the sperm whale (Physeter catodon)
Crompton, A. W., 1964, A preliminary description of a new mammal from the Upper Triassic of South Africa
Stephenson, N. G., 1964, On fossil giant wombats and the identity of Sceparnodon ramsayi
Delany, M. J., 1964, A study of the ecology and breeding of small mammals in Uganda
Hewer, H. R., 1964, The determination of age, sexual maturity, longevity and a life-table in the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Dunnet, G. M., 1964, A field study of local populations of the brush-tailed possum Trichosurus vulpecula in eastern Australia
Scheffer, V. B., 1964, Estimating abundance of pelage fibres on fur seal skin
Brown, J. C., 1964, Observations on the elephant shrews (Macroscelididae) of equatorial Africa
Corbet, G. B., 1964, Regional variation in the bank-vole Clethrionomys glareolus in the British isles
Cave, A. J. E., 1964, Craniometric sex determination in the colobus skull
Palmer, E., 1964, The relationship between structure, innervation and function of the skin of the bottle nose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Cave, A. J. E., 1964, The processus glandis in the Rhinocerotidae
Hinde, R. A., 1964, Behaviour of socially living rhesus monkeys in their first six months
Lewis, R. E., 1965, On a collection of mammals from northern Saudi Arabia
Bertmar, G., 1965, On the development of the jugular and cerebral veins in fishes
Corbet, G. B., 1965, The specific characters of the crested porcupines, subgenus Hystrix
Sprinz, R., 1965, A note on the mandibular intra-articular disc in the joints of marsupialia and monotremata
Davis, D. H. S., 1965, The affinities of the south African gerbils of the genus Tatera: corrections and notes
Liat, L. B., 1965, The Malayan whiskered flying squirrel Petinomys genibarbis malaccanus
Rae, B. B., 1965, The food of the Common porpoise (Phocaena phocaena)
Moore, W. J., 1965, Masticatory function and skull growth
Jewell, P. A., 1965, The use of the muscle relaxant suxethonium to immobilize captive animals with the projectile-syringe rifle
Jewell, P. A., 1965, A trial with the projectile-syringe rifle to capture wild red deer on Rhum
Hill, J. P., 1965, On the placentation of Tupaia
Cave, A. J. E., 1965, Traumatic deformity of hippopotamus tusks
Hanney, P., 1965, The Muridae of Malawi (Africa: Nyasaland)
Hall-Craggs, E. C. B., 1965, An analysis of the jump of the Lesser Galago (Galago senegalensis)
Rood, J. P., 1965, Observations on the life cycle and variation of the long-tailed field mouse Apodemus sylvaticus on the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall
Anand Kumar, T. C., 1965, Reproduction in the rat-tailed bat Rhinopoma kinneari
Clegg, T. M., 1965, Albinism of the tail-tip in the house mouse (Mus musculus Linn.)
Southern, H. N., 1965, The trap-line index to small mammal populations
East, K., 1965, Notes on the opening of hazel nuts (Corylus avellana) by mice and voles
Fullagar, P. J., 1965, Marking small rodents and the difficulties of using leg rings
Douglas, M. J. W., 1965, Notes on the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) near Braemar, Scotland
East, K., 1965, Further observations on weasels (Mustela nivalis) and stoats (Mustela erminea) born in captivity
Ashton, E. H., 1965, The combination of locomotor features of the primate shoulder girdle by canonical analysis
Hall, K. R. L., 1965, Behaviour and ecology of the wild Patas monkey, Erythrocebus patas , in Uganda
Lim, B. L., 1966, Land molluscs as food of Malayan rodents and insectivores
Groves, C. P., 1966, Skulls and skeletons of Gorilla in British collections
Ryan, R. M., 1966, Observations on the broad-nosed bat, Scoteinus balstoni , in Victoria
Rudge, A. J. B., 1966, Catching and keeping live moles
Holmes, R. L., 1966, The pituitary gland of the mole in relation to that of other insectivores
Raw, F., 1966, The soil fauna as a food source for moles
Morris, P., 1966, The mole as a surface dweller
Yalden, D. W., 1966, The anatomy of mole locomotion
Cranbrook, E. of, 1966, Notes on the relationship between the burrowing capacity, size and shoulder anatomy of some eastern Asiatic moles
Graziadei, P., 1966, Electron microscopic observations of the olfactory mucosa of the mole
Lund, R. D., 1966, The central visual pathways and their functional significance in the mole (Talpa europaea)
Crawford, B. H., 1966, Perception underground: Review of physical aspects and measurements
Quilliam, T. A., 1966, The mole's sensory apparatus
Mellanby, K., 1966, Mole activity in woodlands, fens and other habitats
Sikes, S. K., 1966, The African elephant, Loxodonta africana : a field method for the estimation of age
Rowell, T. E., 1966, Forest living baboons in Uganda
Stebbings, R. E., 1966, A population study of bats of the Genus Plecotus
Moynihan, M., 1966, Communication in the Titi monkey, Callicebus
Smyth, M., 1965, Harvest mites on bank voles that have lost a leg
Cotton, M. J., 1967, Observations on temperature conditions in vole nests
Milner, C., 1967, Badger damage to upland pasture
Shaw, M. W., 1967, The use of insulating covers for Longworth traps
Corke, D., 1967, The deaths of small mammals in live-traps
Fairley, J. S., 1967, Wood mice in grassland at Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland
English, M. P., 1967, Ringworm in wild mammals
Lewis, J. W., 1967, Observations on the skull of Mustelidae infected with the nematode, Skrjabingylus nasicola
Smith, J. S. B., 1967, Behaviour of a hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus
Brown, J. C., 1967, The rapid cleaning of bones in quantity
Corbet, G. B., 1967, The pygmy moles of Europe and Japan
Ransome, R. D., 1968, The distribution of the Greater horse-shoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum , during hibernation, in relation to environmental factors
Hiiemäe,K.M, 1968, A cinefluorographic study of mandibular movement during feeding in the rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Hewson, R., 1968, Weights and growth rates in the Mountain hare Lepus timidus scoticus
Lewis, J. W., 1968, Studies on the helminth parasites of voles and shrews from Wales
Barnett, S. A., 1968, Influence of females on conflict among wild rats
Watson, J. S., 1950, Some observations on the reproduction of Rattus rattus L
McDougall, E. I., 1968, Transferrin polymorphism and serum proteins of some British deer
Chapman, D. I., 1968, Pregnancy in a Sika deer calf, Cervus nippon
Fogden, S. C. L., 1968, Suckling behaviour in the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and the Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris)
Thurston, J. P., 1968, The frequency distribution of Oculotrema hippopotami (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) on Hippopotamus amphibius
Lewis, R. E., 1968, A review of Lebanese mammals. Carnivora, Pinnipedia, Hyracoidea and Artiodactyla
Chaplin, R. E., 1968, The occurrence of upper canine teeth in Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from England and Scotland
Lloyd, J. R., 1968, Factors affecting the emergence times of the badger (Meles meles) in Britain
Stebbings, R. E., 1968, Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteini) in Dorset 1966-67
Eldridge, M. J., 1968, Some observations on Apodemus sylvaticus and Clethrionomys glareolus using the method of live trapping
Morris, P. A., 1968, Apparent hypothermia in the Wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Walton, K. C., 1968, The distribution of the polecat, Putorius putorius in Great Britain, 1963-67
Lloyd, H. G., 1968, Observations on nut selection by a hand-reared Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Brown, J. C., 1968, Hip dislocation in feral mink
Taylor, J. C., 1968, The use of marking points by Grey squirrels
Berry, R. J., 1968, Age and eye lens weight in the House mouse
Shield, J., 1968, Reproduction of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus , in captivity
Berkovitz, B. K. B., 1968, Supernumerary deciduous incisors and the order of eruption of the incisor teeth in the albino ferret
Cave, A. J. E., 1968, The hyoid arch of Solenodon cubanus
Rowell, T. E., 1968, The social development of baboons in their first three months
Day, M. G., 1968, Food habits of British stoats (Mustela erminea) and weasels (Mustela nivalis)
Dagg, A. I., 1968, Fast gaits of pecoran species
Foster, J. B., 1968, The biomass of game animals in Nairobi National Park, 1960-66
Hewer, H. R., 1968, Embryology and foetal growth of the Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus
Stebbings, R. E., 1968, Measurements, composition and behaviour of a large colony of the bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Mead, R. A., 1968, Reproduction in eastern forms of the Spotted skunk (genus Spilogale )
Ashton, E. H., 1968, The effect of gluteal muscle ablation on the pelvis of the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Cave, A. J. E., 1968, Mammalian olecranon epiphyses
Glover, T. D., 1968, The reproductive system of male rock hyrax ( Procavia and Heterohyrax )
Godfrey, G. K., 1968, Body-temperatures and torpor in Sminthopsis crassicaudata and S. larapinta (Marsupialia - Dasyuridae)
Jefferies, D. J., 1968, Population fluctuations of stoats, weasels and hedgehogs in recent years
Bailey, G. N. A., 1968, Trap-shyness in a woodland population of bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus)
Lloyd, H. G., 1968, Observations on breeding in the Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) during the first pregnancy of the season
Rowe, F. P., 1968, Further records of free-living Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
Stebbings, R. E., 1968, Longevity of vespertilionid bats in Britain
Delap, P., 1968, Observations on deer in north-west England
Walton, K. C., 1968, The baculum as an age indicator in the polecat Putorius putorius
Lewis, J. W., 1968, A method for collecting faecal samples from small mammals over a continuous period
Lloyd, H. G., 1968, Some observations on the breeding burrows of the wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus on the island of Skokholm
Bland, K. P., 1969, Reproduction in the female Indian gerbil (Tatera indica)
Higham, C. F. W., 1969, The metrical attributes of two samples of bovine limb bones
Gilmore, D. P., 1969, Seasonal reproductive periodicity in the male Australian Brush-tailed possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
Chaplin, R. E., 1969, The use of tooth eruption and wear, body weight and antler characteristics in the age estimation of male wild and park Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Happold, D. C. D., 1969, The mammalian fauna of some jebels in the northern Sudan
Delany, M. J., 1969, Variation in the skull of the Long-tailed field-mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus in mainland Britain
Marlow, B. J., 1969, A comparison of the locomotion of two desert-living Australian mammals, Antechinomys spenceri (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) and Notomys cervinus (Rodentia: Muridae)
Kleiman, D. G., 1969, Maternal care, growth rate, and development in the noctule (Nyctalus noctula), pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), and serotine (Eptesicus serotinus) bats
Cave, A. J. E., 1969, Hairs and vibrissae in the Rhinocerotidae
Rahaman, H., 1969, The home range, roosting places, and the day ranges of the Bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata)
Hinchcliffe, R., 1969, Variations in the middle ear of the Mammalia
Lawrence, M. J., 1969, Some observations on non-volant locomotion in vespertilionid bats
Ross, J. G., 1969, Studies of disease in the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Northern Ireland
Fraser, F. C., 1969, Congenital jugal bipartism in mysticetes
Moor, P. P., 1969, Seasonal variation in local distribution, age classes and population density of the gerbil Tatera brantsi on the South African highveld
Armstrong N., 1969, Observations on the reproduction of female wild and park Fallow deer (Dama dama) in southern England
Coutts, R. R., 1969, The reproductive cycle of the Skomer vole (Clethrionomys glareolus skomerensis)
Jefferies, D. J., 1969, Causes of badger mortality in eastern counties of England
Weir, J. S., 1969, Chemical properties and occurrence on Kalahari sand of salt licks created by elephants
Rae, B. B., 1969, Twin seals in Scotland
Berry, R. J., 1969, Competition and extinction: the mice of Foula, with notes on those of Fair Isle and St Kilda
Neal, B. R., 1969, An analysis of the selection of small African mammals by two break-back traps
Ashby, K. R., 1969, Observations on the distribution and activity of Water voles (Arvicola amphibius amphibius) in Old Durham Beck, Durham
Cooper, A. B., 1969, Golden eagle kills Red deer calf
Corke, D., 1969, Notes on the distribution and abundance of small mammals in south-west Ireland
Dunwell, M. R., 1969, The distribution of badger sets in relation to the geology of the Chilterns
Eldridge, M. J., 1969, Observations on food eaten by Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and Bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in a hedge
Stoddart, D. M., 1969, The frequency of unusual albinism in water vole populations
Taylor, K. D., 1969, An anomalous freeze-branding result in a rat
Woodford, M. H., 1969, A case of exudative pleurisy in a wild fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Meese, G. B., 1969, Radio-active tracking of the mole (Talpa europaea) over a 24-hour period
Griffiths, M., 1969, The mammary gland of the echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus , with observations on the incubation of the egg and on the newly-hatched young
Corbet, G. B., 1969, The taxonomic status of the Pygmy hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis , from the Niger Delta
Buckland-Wright, J. C., 1969, Craniological observations on Hyaena and Crocuta (Mammalia)
Short, R. V., 1969, Notes on the teeth and ovaries of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) of known age
Kemp, T. S., 1969, The atlas-axis complex of the mammal-like reptiles
Berry, R. J., 1969, History in the evolution of Apodemus sylvaticus (Mammalia) at one edge of its range
Vilmann, H., 1969, The growth of the cranial base in the albino rat revealed by roentgenocephalometry
Spinage, C. A., 1969, Territoriality and social organization of the Uganda defassa waterbuck Kobus defassa ugandae
Bailey, G. N. A., 1969, A device for tracking small mammals
Chapman, D. I., 1969, The use of sodium perborate tetrahydrate (NaBO3.4H2O) in the preparation of mammalian skeletons
Chapman, D. I., 1969, Unilateral implantation in muntjac deer
English, M. P., 1969, Ringworm in wild mammals: further investigations
Fairley, J. S., 1969, Survival of fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs in Northern Ireland
Fairley, J. S., 1969, Tagging studies of the Red fox Vulpes vulpes in north-east Ireland
Hewson, R., 1969, Couch building by otters Lutra lutra
Springthorpe, G., 1969, Long haired Fallow deer at Mortimer Forest
Stoddart, D. M., 1969, Daily activity cycle of the Water vole (Arvicola terrestris)
Brown, J. C., 1969, Studies on the pelvis in British Muridae and Cricetidae (Rodentia)
Barnett, C. H., 1970, Talocalcaneal movements in mammals
Burns, J. J., 1970, Comparative morphology of the skull of the Ribbon seal, Histriophoca fasciata , with remarks on systematics of Phocidae
Cameron, A. W., 1970, Seasonal movements and diurnal activity rhythms of the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Cave, A. J. E., 1970, Observations on the monotreme interclavicle
Clutton-Brock, J., 1970, The fossil fauna from an Upper Pleistocene site in Jordan
Corbet, G. B., 1970, Vagrant bats in Shetland and the North Sea
Corbet, G. B., 1970, The taxonomic status of British Water voles, genus Arvicola
Crawley, M. C., 1970, Some population dynamics of the Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus and the Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus in mixed woodland
Fairley, J. S., 1970, Foetal number and resorption in Wood mice from Ireland
Fairley, J. S., 1970, The distribution of the Bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus in South-west Ireland
Fisher, H. D., 1970, Reproduction in the Common porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) of the North Atlantic
Flux, J. E. C., 1970, Life history of the Mountain hare (Lepus timidus scoticus) in north-east Scotland
Flux, J. E. C., 1970, Colour change of Mountain hares (Lepus timidus scoticus) in north-east Scotland
Ghobrial, L. I., 1970, A comparative study of the integument of the camel, Dorcas gazelle and jerboa in relation to desert life
Groves, C. P., 1970, Population systematics of the gorilla
Happold, D. C. D., 1970, Reproduction and development of the Sudanese jerboa, Jaculus jaculus butleri (Rodentia, Dipodidae)
Harrison, R. J., 1970, The oesophagus and stomach of dolphins (Tursiops, Delphinus, Stenella)
Hutchison, M., 1970, Artificial rearing of some East African antelopes
Hutchison, M., 1970, Observations on the growth rate and development of some East African antelopes
Medway, L., 1970, Roost-site selection among flat-headed bats (Tylonycteris spp.)
Milner, C., 1970, Factors affecting the distribution of the mole (Talpa europaea) in Snowdonia (North Wales)
Morris, B., 1970, The absorption of antibody by the duodenum and jejunum in young rats
Morris, B., 1970, Serum proteins in young hedgehogs
Morris, P. A., 1970, A method for determining absolute age in the hedgehog
Norman, F. I., 1970, Food preferences of an insular population of Rattus rattus
Okon, E. E., 1970, The effect of environmental temperature on the production of ultrasounds by isolated non-handled albino mouse pups
Okon, E. E., 1970, The ultrasonic responses of albino mouse pups to tactile stimuli
Pennycuick, C. J., 1970, A method of identifying individual lions Panthera leo with an analysis of the reliability of identification
Pye, A., 1970, The structure of the cochlea in Chiroptera. A selection of Microchiroptera from Africa
Ryder, M. L., 1970, Structure and seasonal change of the coat in Scottish wild goats
Scruton, D. M., 1970, The menstrual cycle and its effect on behaviour in the Talapoin monkey (Miopithecus talapoin)
Stebbings, R. E., 1970, A bat new to Britain, Pipistrellus nathusii , with notes on its identification and distribution in Europe
Struhsaker, T. T., 1970, Observations on the behaviour and ecology of the Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) in the Waza Reserve, Cameroon
Tartour, G., 1970, Serum iron and serum iron-binding capacity in the Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)
Van den Bergh, H. K., 1970, A note on eyelashes in an African black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis
Watts, C. H. S., 1970, Long distance movement of Bank voles and Wood mice
Allanson, M., 1971, Observations on the pituitary gland of some members of the suborder Suiformes (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)
Ashton, E. H., 1971, The functional and classificatory significance of combined metrical features of the primate shoulder girdle
Barnett, S. A., 1971, Total reproductive performance of captive house mice at two temperatures
Boyd, J. M., 1971, The Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) at North Rona, 1959 to 1968
Cameron, A. W., 1971, Territorial behaviour in the Western Atlantic Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Dott, H. M., 1971, The collection and examination of semen of the Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
Duncan, P., 1971, On the ecology and distribution of subterranean insectivores in Kenya
Fogden, S. C. L., 1971, Mother-young behaviour at Grey seal breeding beaches
Harrison, R. J., 1971, Gonadal activity in some Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Hyvärinen, H., 1971, Effects of age and seasonal rhythm on the growth patterns of some small mammals in Finland and in Kirkenes, Norway
Jarvis, J. U. M., 1971, Burrowing and burrow patterns of East African mole-rats Tachyoryctes , Heliophobius and Heterocephalus
Jenkins, F. A., Jr., 1971, Limb posture and locomotion in the Virginia opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) and in other non-cursorial mammals
Keymer, I. F., 1971, Blood protozoa of insectivores, bats and primates in Central Africa
Lincoln, G. A., 1971, The seasonal reproductive changes in the Red deer stag (Cervus elaphus)
Machin, D., 1971, A multivariate study of the external measurements of the Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Medway, L., 1971, Observations of social and reproductive biology of the bent-winged bat Miniopterus australis in northern Borneo
Meese, G. B., 1971, Some aspects of energy balance in the Bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus
Okon, E. E., 1971, The temperature relations of vocalization in infant Golden hamsters and Wistar rats
Ransome, R. D., 1971, The effect of ambient temperature on the arousal frequency of the hibernating Greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum , in relation to site selection and the hibernation state
Spinage, C. A., 1971, Geratodontology and horn growth of the impala (Aepyceros melampus)
Weir, B. J., 1971, Some notes on reproduction in the Patagonian Mountain viscacha, Lagidium boxi (Mammalia: Rodentia)
Wilson, D. E., 1971, Ecology of Myotis nigricans (Mammalia: Chiroptera) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone
Windsor, D. E., 1971, The gaits of the Macropodinae (Marsupialia)
Briggs, K. T., 1972, Barnacle orientation and water flow characteristics in California Grey whales
Bryden, M. M., 1972, Body size and composition of elephant seals (Mirounga leonina): absolute measurements and estimates from bone dimensions
Buckland-Wright, J. C., 1972, Radiographic and histological examination of the femur of the fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
Cave, A. J. E., 1972, Palpebral vibrissae in the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicermocerus sumatrensis)
Day, M. G., 1972, Notes on the food of feral mink Mustela vison in England and Wales
Erkinaro, E., 1972, Phase shift of locomotory activity in a Birch mouse, Sicista betulina, before hibernation
Gartlan, J. S., 1972, Polyspecific associations and niche separation of rain-forest anthropoids in Cameroon, West Africa
George, W., 1972, Chromosome studies in some members of the family Caviidae (Mammalia: Rodentia)
Greenhall, A. M., 1972, The biting and feeding habits of the Vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus
Griffiths, M., 1972, The mammary glands of the Red kangaroo with observations on the fatty acid components of the milk triglycerides
Hewson, R., 1972, Changes in the number of stoats, rats and little owls in Yorkshire as shown by tunnel trapping
Hyvärinen, H., 1972, Seasonal changes in the copper content of the liver of the Common shrew, Sorex araneus over a two-year period
Jarman, P. J., 1972, The development of a dermal shield in impala
Jones, C., 1972, Comparative ecology of three pteropid bats in Rio Muni, West Africa
Kruuk, H., 1972, Surplus killing by carnivores
Lewis, J. W., 1972, A study of the internal parasites of small rodents from woodland areas in Surrey
Lewis, W. H. P., 1972, Genetically determined polymorphism of two peptidases in the Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys talarum talarum)
Lowe, V. P. W., 1972, Variation in mandible length and body weight of Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Medway, L., 1972, Roosting associations of flat-headed bats, Tylonycteris species (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Malaysia
Norris, M. L., 1972, The growth of the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus , from birth to maturity
Okon, E. E., 1972, Factors affecting ultrasound production in infant rodents
Paget, R. J., 1972, A case of osteomyelitis in the skull of a badger (Meles meles)
Poole, T. B., 1972, Some behavioural differences between the European polecat, Mustela putorius , the ferret, M. furo , and their hybrids
Reig, O. A., 1972, Sparassocynus (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), a peculiar mammal from the late Cenozoic of Argentina
Robbins, C. S., 1972, A field activity recorder for use with the larger mammals
Roberts, L. H., 1972, Variable resonance in constant frequency bats
Roberts, L. H., 1972, Correlation of respiration and ultrasound production in rodents and bats
Sales, G. D., 1972, Ultrasound and mating behaviour in rodents with some observations on other behavioural situations
Shield, J., 1972, Acclimation and energy metabolism of the dingo, Canis dingo and the coyote, Canis latrans
Smith, J. C., 1972, Sound production by infant Peromyscus maniculatus (Rodentia: Myomorpha)
Stoddart, D. R., 1972, Pinnipeds or sierenians at western Indian Ocean Islands?
Trigg, M. J., 1972, Hair growth in mouse mutants affecting coat texture
Williamson, G. R., 1972, The true body shape of rorqual whales
Bland, K. P., 1973, Reproduction in the female African tree rat (Grammomys surdaster)
Cooper, J. E., 1973, Pasteurellosis in a wild Kenyan rodent, Praomys natalensis
Dansie, O., 1973, Paraurethral glands in Reeves muntjac deer, Muntiacus reevesii
Dott, H. M., 1973, Artificial insemination of Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
Flowerdew, J. R., 1973, A new method for recording the activity of small mammals in the field
Frazer, J. F. D., 1973, Specific foetal growth rates of cetaceans
Griffiths, M., 1973, Observations of the comparative anatomy and ultrastructure of mammary glands and on the fatty acids of the triglycerides in platypus and echidna milk fats
Hanks, J., 1973, Population dynamics of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Hewson, R., 1973, Changes in the numbers and distribution of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) killed in Scotland from 1948-1970
Jarvis, J. U. M., 1973, The structure of a population of mole-rats, Tachyoryctes splendens , (Rodentia: Rhizomyidae)
Jefferies, D. J., 1973, The ecology of small mammals in arable fields drilled with winter wheat and the increase in their dieldrin and mercury residues
King, C. M., 1973, A system for trapping and handling live weasels in the field
Lance, A. N., 1973, Numbers of Woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus) on improved and unimproved blanket bog
Lucas, M., 1973, Chromosomes of Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Mitchell, B., 1973, Conception dates in relation to age and condition in two populations of Red deer in Scotland
Moore, W. J., 1973, Head posture in the Hominoidea
Morejohn, G. V., 1973, Post-mortem studies of Northern elephant seal pups
Morris, B., 1973, The transmission of 125I labelled globulins to the circulation in young rats
Mutere, F. A., 1973, A comparative study of reproduction in two populations of the insectivorous bats, Otomops martiensseni, at latitudes 1ř5'S and 2°30'S
Okia, N. O., 1973, The breeding pattern of the Soft-furred rat, Praomys morio in an evergreen forest in Southern Uganda
Poole, T. B., 1973, The aggressive behaviour of individual male polecats ( Mustela putorius , M. furo and hybrids) towards familiar and unfamiliar opponents
Racey, P. A., 1973, The time of onset of hibernation in Pipistrelle bats, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Rae, B. B., 1973, Additional notes on the food of the Common porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Rae, B. B., 1973, Further observations on the food of seals
Randolph, S. E., 1973, A tracking technique for comparing individual home ranges of small mammals
Rothschild, M., 1973, Factors influencing the breeding of the rabbit flea (Spilopsyllus cuniculi): A spring-time accelerator and a kairomone in nestling rabbit urine with notes on Cediopsylla simplex, another "hormone bound" species
Ryder, M. L., 1973, Structure of and seasonal change in the coat of Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Taylor, K. D., 1973, A mechanical device for monitoring the movements of small mammals that use runways or shelters
Alexander, R. McN, 1974, The mechanics of jumping by a dog (Canis familiaris)
Anderson, S. S., 1974, Grey seals, Halichoerus grypus , of the Dee Estuary and observations on a characteristic skin in British seals
Armitage, K. B., 1974, Male behaviour and territoriality in the Yellow-bellied marmot
Baker, J. R., 1974, Protozoan parasites of the blood of British wild birds and mammals
Baudinette, R. V., 1974, The physiology of chronic water deprivation in the California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi): relevance to natural populations
Berry, R. J., 1974, Vagility in an island population of the House mouse
Berry, R. J., 1974, Field mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) on the Castle Rock, Edinburgh: an isolated population
Bonner, W. N., 1974, Dispersal of Common seals (Phoca vitulina), tagged in the Wash, East Anglia
Cave, A. J. E., 1974, The sacculus epipharyngeus in the Giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Cave, A. J. E., 1974, The epipharyngeal bursa in the Rhinocerotidae
Cave, A. J. E., 1974, Bilocular epipharyngeal bursa in Diceros bicornis
Cotton, M. J., 1974, Observations on a population of the Greenland lemming, Dicrostonyx groenlandicus (Traill)
Dagg, A. I., 1974, The locomotion of the camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Degn, H. J., 1974, Feeding activity in the Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Ferns, P. N., 1974, The effect of laboratory confinement on lipid deposition in Wood mice, Bank voles and Field voles
Fletcher, T. J., 1974, The timing of reproduction in Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in relation to latitude
Frazer, J. F. D., 1974, Species variations in the foetal growth rates of eutherian mammals
Gorman, M. L., 1974, An analysis of the contents of the anal scent pockets of Herpestes auropunctatus (Carnivora: Viverridae)
Grant, P. R., 1974, Reproductive compatibility of voles from separate continents (Mammalia: Clethrionomys)
Handford, P. T., 1974, The origin of island races of Apodemus sylvaticus : an alternative hypothesis
Jefferies, D. J., 1974, Earthworms in the diet of the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Kolb, H. H., 1974, The body size of the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Scotland
Lerwill, C. J., 1974, Activity rhythms of Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) and Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) by direct observation
Lincoln, G. A., 1974, Reproduction and "March madness" in the Brown hare, Lepus europaeus
Lowe, V. P. W., 1974, A re-examination of the subspecies of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) with particular reference to the stocks in Britain
Machin, D., 1974, A multivariate study of the external measurements of the Sperm whale (Physeter catodon)
Moxham, B. J., 1974, The circumnatal dentitions of a gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) and chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Paget, R. J., 1974, Some observations on the sexual activities of badgers (Meles meles) in Yorkshire in the months December to April
Pester, F. R. N., 1974, The parasite load of some African game animals
Poole, T. B., 1974, The effects of oestrous condition and familiarity on the sexual behaviour of polecats (Mustela putorius and M. furo X M. putorius hybrids)
Poole, T. B., 1974, Detailed analysis of fighting in polecats (Mustelidae) using cin‚ film
Racey, P. A., 1974, Ageing and assessment of reproductive status of Pipistrelle bats, Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Racey, P. A., 1974, The temperature of a Pipistrelle hibernaculum
Racey, P. A., 1974, Reproduction in male Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
Ryder, M. L., 1974, Coat colour inheritance in Soay, Orkney and Shetland sheep
Travis, J. C., 1974, Some physiological and behavioural changes associated with oestrus and pregnancy in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
White, G., 1974, Age determination of Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from annual growth layers in the dental cementum
Yalden, D. W., 1974, Population density in the Common shrew, Sorex araneus
Aitken, R. J., 1975, Cementum layers and tooth wear as criteria for ageing Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Alexander, R. McN, 1975, The mechanics of hopping by kangaroos (Macropodidae)
Anderson, S. S., 1975, Behaviour of Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) during a breeding season at North Rona
Ashton, E. H., 1975, The basicranial axis in certain fossil hominoids
Ashton, E. H., 1975, The taxonomic and functional significance of overall body proportions in Primates
Bareham, J. R., 1975, Observations on the use of grottos by Mediterranean Monk seals (Monachus monachus)
Barnett, S. A., 1975, House mice bred for many generations in two environments
Berry, R. J., 1975, Adaptation and adaptability in wild-living House mice ( Mus musculus )
Berry, R. J., 1975, Macquarie Island House mice: A genetical isolate on a sub-Antarctic island
Berry, R. J., 1975, Islands and the evolution of Microtus arvalis (Microtinae)
Bertram, B. C. R., 1975, Social factors influencing reproduction in wild lions
Burton, R. W., 1975, Perinatal activities in the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Cave, A. J. E., 1975, Postcava structure in elephant and rhinoceros
Cave, A. J. E., 1975, The thyroid and parathyroid glands in the Giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Cave, A. J. E., 1975, The morphology of the mammalian cervical pleurapophysis
Cole, L. R., 1975, Foods and foraging places of rats (Rodentia: Muridae) in the lowland evergreen forest of Ghana
David, J. H. M., 1975, Observations on mating behaviour, parturition, suckling and the mother-young bond in the Bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas dorcas)
Dawson, T. J., 1975, Water usage and diet preferences of free ranging kangaroos, sheep and feral goats in the Australian arid zone during summer
Dixson, A. F., 1975, Behaviour of the Talapoin monkey (Miopithecus talapoin) studied in groups, in the laboratory
Godfrey, G. K., 1975, A study of oestrus and fecundity in a laboratory colony of Mouse opossums (Marmosa robinsoni)
Gorman, M. L., 1975, The diet of feral Herpestes auropunctatus (Carnivora: Viverridae) in the Fijian Islands
Gurnell, J., 1975, Notes on the activity of wild Wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus , in artificial enclosures
Jackes, A. D., 1975, Winter whitening of Scottish Mountain hares (Lepus timidus scoticus) in relation to daylength, temperature and snow-lie
Leuthold, W., 1975, Patterns of social grouping in ungulates of Tsavo National Park, Kenya
Lowe, V. P. W., 1975, Hybridization between Red deer (Cervus elaphus) and Sika deer (Cervus nippon) with particular reference to stocks in N.W. England
Cena, K., 1975, Transfer processes in animal coats. III. Water vapour diffusion
Cena, K., 1975, Transfer processes in animal coats. II. Conduction and convection
Cena, K., 1975, Transfer processes in animal coats. I. Radiative transfer
McDougall, P., 1975, The feral goats of Kilderhead Moor
Moors, P. J., 1975, The food of weasels (Mustela nivalis) on farmland in north-east Scotland
Nader, I. A., 1975, On the bats (Chiroptera) of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Olivier, R. C. D., 1975, Aspects of skin physiology in the Pigmy hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis
Poole, T. B., 1975, An investigation of playful behaviour in Rattus norvegicus and Mus musculus (Mammalia)
Roberts, L. H., 1975, Evidence for the laryngeal source of ultrasonic and audible cries of rodents
Skinner, J. D., 1975, A note on foetal growth and development of the giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa
Stoddart, D. M., 1975, Evidence for social difference in the flank organ secretion of Arvicola terrestris (Rodentia: Microtinae)
Summers, C. F., 1975, Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup production at North Rona: A study of birth and survival statistics collected in 1972
Watts, C. H. S., 1975, Vocalizations of Australian hopping mice (Rodentia: Notomys)
Wilkinson, P. F., 1975, The length and diameter of the coat fibres of the Musk ox
Young, B. A., 1975, Some observations on the ultrastructure of the adenohypophysis of certain Cervidae
Ashton, E. H., 1976, The articular surface of the temporal bone in certain fossil hominoids
Ashton, E. H., 1976, The adaptive and classificatory significance of certain quantitative features of the forelimb in primates
Ashton, E. H., 1976, Growth changes in endocranial; capacity in the Cercopithecoidea and Hominoidea
Boonstra, R., 1976, The effect of odour on trap response in Microtus townsendii
Bryden, M. M., 1976, Body size and composition of Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), with observations on tissue and organ size in Ross seals (Ommatophoca rossi)
Cave, A. J. E., 1976, The thyroid and parathyroid glands in the Rhinocerotidae
Cave, A. J. E., 1976, Note on rhinoceros thyroid gland constitution
English, A. W., 1976, Limb movements and locomotor function in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
Flowerdew, J. R., 1976, The effect of a local increase in food supply on the distribution of woodland mice and voles
Forbes, T. O. A., 1976, The contents of fox scats from western Irish blanket bog
Gorman, M. L., 1976, Seasonal changes in the reproductive pattern of feral Herpestes auropunctatus (Carnivora: Viverridae), in the Fijian Islands
Greenwood, J. J. D., 1976, Behavioural changes in Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus): a result of natural selection
Gurnell, J., 1976, Studies on the effects of bait and sampling intensity on trapping and estimating Wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus
Hall-Martin, A. J., 1976, Dentition and age determination of the giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
Hanks, J., 1976, Growth, condition and reproduction in the Impala ram (Aepyceros melampus)
Harris, J. M., 1976, Cranial and dental remains of Deinotherium bozasi (Mammalia: Proboscidea) from East Rudolf, Kenya
Harwood, J., 1976, Branded Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) at the Monach Isles, Outer Hebrides
Hewson, R., 1976, Scavenging on sheep carcases by foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and badgers (Meles meles)
Jackson, J. E., 1976, Mandibular and maxillary dental abnormalities in Fallow deer (Dama dama) from the New Forest, Hampshire
King, C. M., 1976, The fleas of a population of weasels in Wytham Woods, Oxford
Montgomery, W. I., 1976, On the relationship between Yellownecked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) and Woodmouse (A. sylvaticus) in a Cotswold valley
Okia, N. O., 1976, The biology of the Bush rat, Aethomys hindei Thomas in Southern Uganda
Patil, D. R., 1976, Cytology of the pituitary gland of the Plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus)
Poole, T. B., 1976, Underwater predatory behaviour of the American mink (Mustela vison)
Poole, T. B., 1976, An investigation of individual, age and sexual differences in the play of Rattus norvegicus (Mammalia: Rodentia)
Pudney, J., 1976, Seasonal changes in the testis and epididymis of the American Grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
Richardson, B. J., 1976, Biochemical and morphological observations on the wallaroos (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) with a suggested new taxonomy
Spinage, C. A., 1976, Incremental cementum lines in the teeth of tropical African mammals
Staines, B. W., 1976, The use of natural shelter by Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in relation to weather in North-east Scotland
Tapper, S. C., 1976, The diet of weasels, Mustela nivalis and stoats, Mustela erminea during early summer, in relation to predation on gamebirds
Taylor, K. D., 1976, The influence of rainfall on diet and reproduction in four African rodent species
Walton, K. C., 1976, The reproductive cycle in the male polecat Putorius putorius in Britain
Warner, L. J., 1976, Some simple methods for recording wild Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) distribution and activity
Watson, A., 1976, Food remains in the droppings of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the Cairngorms
Wemmer, C., 1976, An analysis of the chuffing vocalization in the Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Wood, B. A., 1976, The nature and basis of sexual dimorphism in the primate skeleton
Wood, D. A., 1976, Squirrel collars
Young, B. A., 1976, Some observations on the ultrastructure of the thyroid of certain Cervidae
Alexander, R. McN, 1977, Fast locomotion of some African ungulates
Bard, J. B. L., 1977, A unity underlying the different zebra striping patterns
Berry, R. J., 1977, Heterogeneous heterozygosities in Mus musculus populations
Broom, D. M., 1977, Developmental changes in several parameters of ultrasonic calling by young Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)
Cave, A. J. E., 1977, Observations on rhinoceros tongue morphology
Cave, A. J. E., 1977, Robert Jacob Gordon's original account of the African Black rhinoceros
Clutton-Brock, T. H., 1977, Primate ecology and social organization
Corke, D., 1977, A combination of extensive and intensive survey techniques for the study of the occurrence of Apodemus flavicollis in Essex
Davis, S., 1977, Size variation of the fox, Vulpes vulpes in the Palaearctic region today, and in Israel during the late Quaternary
Dixson, A. F., 1977, Observations on the displays, menstrual cycles and sexual behaviour of the "Black ape" of Celebes (Macaca nigra)
Dixson, A. F., 1977, Comparative studies of morphology and reproduction in two subspecies of the Greater bushbaby, Galago crassicaudatus crassicaudatus and G. c. argentatus
Fargher, S. E., 1977, The distribution of the Brown hare (Lepus capensis) and the Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in the Isle of Man
Flowerdew, J. R., 1977, Small rodents, their habitats, and the effects of flooding at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
Frazer, J. F. D., 1977, Growth of young vertebrates in the egg or uterus
Goniakowska-Witalińska, L., 1977, Occurrence of microtubules during erythropoiesis in Llama, Lama glama
Green, R. E., 1977, Melanism in the Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
Hewson, R., 1977, Browsing by Mountain hares Lepus timidus on trees and shrubs in north-east Scotland
Hoppe, P. P., 1977, Rumen fermentation and food selection in East African Zebu cattle, wildebeest, Coke's hartebeest and topi
Hyvärinen, H., 1977, Functional structure of the carpal and ventral vibrissae of the squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Jackson, J., 1977, The annual diet of the Fallow deer (Dama dama) in the New Forest, Hampshire, as determined by rumen content analysis
Jenkins, F. A., 1977, Hip structure and locomotion in ambulatory and cursorial carnivores
Kennaugh, J. H., 1977, Seasonal changes in the prepuce of adult Fallow deer (Dama dama) and its probable function as a scent organ
King, C. M., 1977, The effects of the nematode parasite Skrjabingylus nasicola on British weasels (Mustela nivalis)
King, J. E., 1977, Comparative anatomy of the major blood vessels of the sealions Neophoca and Phocarctos; with comments on the differences between the otariid and phocid vascular systems
Laurie, A., 1977, Behavioural ecology of the Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
Lerwill, C. J., 1977, Diurnal variations in the agonistic behaviour of the Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)
Morris, P., 1977, Pre-weaning mortality in the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Pye, A., 1977, The structure of the cochlea in some myomorph and caviomorph rodents
Reig, O. A., 1977, A proposed unified nomenclature for the enamelled components of the molar teeth of the Cricetidae (Rodentia)
Richards, D. F., 1977, Observations on the diet of the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in South Devon
Richardson, E. G., 1977, The biology and evolution of the reproductive cycle of Miniopterus schreibersii and M. australis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Roper, T. J., 1977, Mutual synchronization of diurnal activity rhythms in groups of Red wolf/coyote hybrids
Ryder, M. L., 1977, Seasonal coat changes in grazing Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Shaughnessy, P. D., 1977, A review of the taxonomy and nomenclature of North Pacific Harbour seals
Alexander, R. McN, 1978, Vertical movements in walking and running
Alexander, R. McN, 1978, Optimum walking techniques for idealized animals
Berry, R. J., 1978, The House mice of the Faroe Islands: a study in microdifferentiation
Berry, R. J., 1978, Sub-antarctic House mice: colonization, survival and selection
Cave, A. J. E., 1978, Observations upon rhinoceros cervical lymphatics
Condy, P. R., 1978, The seasonal occurrence and behaviour of Killer whales Orcinus arca , at Marion Island
George, W., 1978, Reproduction in female gundis (Rodentia: Ctenodactylidae)
Gordon, D. H., 1978, Distribution of sibling species of the Praomys (Mastomys) natalensis group in Rhodesia (Mammalia: Rodentia)
Greaves, W. S., 1978, The jaw lever system in ungulates: a new model
Gurnell, J., 1978, Observations on trap response in confined populations of Wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus
Harris, S., 1978, Populations of the ticks Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) hexagonus and Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga infesting suburban foxes, Vulpes vulpes
Harvey, P. H., 1978, Sexual dimorphism in primate teeth
Healing, T. D., 1978, A method for the collection of small volumes of whole blood in the field and their preparation for serological studies
Henry, B. A. M., 1978, A comparison of the winter diet of Roe deer and sheep
Homewood, K. M., 1978, Feeding strategy of the Tana mangabey (Cercocebus galeritus galeritus) (Mammalia: Primates)
Jakobson, M. E., 1978, Winter acclimatization and survival of wild House mice
Jayes, A. S., 1978, Mechanics of locomotion of dogs (Canis familiaris) and sheep (Ovis aries)
Kay, R. N. B., 1978, Coat growth in Red deer (Cervus elaphus) exposed to a day-length cycle of six months duration
Knox, E., 1978, A note on the identification of Melomys species (Rodentia: Muridae) in Australia
Kolb, H., 1978, The formation of lines in the cementum of premolar teeth in foxes
Lerwill, C. J., 1978, Ultrasound and the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus
Lewis, J. W., 1978, A population study of the metastrongylid nematode Skrjabingylus nasicola in the weasel Mustela nivalis
Lusty, J. A., 1978, Oestrus and ovulation in the casiragua Proechymis guairae (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha)
Peaker, M., 1978, The milk of the fur-seal, Arctocephalus tropicalis gazella ; in particular the composition of the aqueous phase
Smuts, G. L., 1978, Age determination of the African lion (Panthera leo)
Staines, B. W., 1978, The dynamics and performance of a declining population of Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Staines, B. W., 1978, Observations on food quality in Scottish Red deer (Cervus elaphus) as determined by chemical analysis of the rumen contents
Sutcliffe, A. G., 1978, Scent marking and associated behaviour in captive Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus jacchus) with a description of the histology of scent glands
Thomas, D. W., 1978, Notes on the dry season roosting and foraging behaviour of Epomophorus gambianus and Rousettus aegyptiacus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
Thornton, I. W. B., 1978, White tiger genetics - further evidence
Wallace, G. I., 1978, A histological study of the early stages of pregnancy in the bent-winged bat (Miniopterus schreibersii) in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia (30ø 27' S)
White, P. T., 1978, Haematological studies on wild African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Woods, J. A., 1978, The daily cycle of activity in the mole (Talpa europaea) and its seasonal changes, as revealed by radioactive monitoring of the nest
Alexander, R. McN, 1979, Allometry of the limb bones of mammals from shrews (Sorex) to elephant (Loxodonta)
Alexander, R. McN, 1979, Mechanical stresses in fast locomotion of buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Ashby, K. R., 1979, Age criteria and life expectancy of Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in coniferous forest in North-eastern England
Ashton, E. H., 1979, The results of geographic isolation on the teeth and skull of the Green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus) in St. Kitts - a multivariate retrospect
Berger, J., 1979, Social ontogeny and behavioural diversity: consequences for Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis inhabiting desert and mountain environments
Boness, D. J., 1979, Reproductive behaviour of the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) on Sable Island, Nova Scotia
Braithwaite, R. W., 1979, Natural selection in Rattus molars
Butynski, T. M., 1979, Reproductive ecology of the Springhaas Pedetes capensis in Botswana
Cave, A. J. E., 1979, The rhinoceros faucial and laryngopharyngeal tonsils
Chapman, N. G., 1979, Seasonal changes in the male accessory glands of reproduction in adult Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Cheeseman, C. L., 1979, The population dynamics of small rodents in a tropical African grassland
Churchfield, J. S., 1979, A note on the diet of the European Water shrew, Neomys fodiens bicolor
Davis, R. A., 1979, Unusual behaviour by Rattus norvegicus
Dennis, E., 1979, A chromosomal and morphometric study of Papuan tree rats Pogonomys and Chiruromys (Rodentia, Muridae)
Don, B. A. C., 1979, Gut analysis of small mammals during a sawfly (Cephalcia lariciphila) outbreak
Dubock, A. C., 1979, Methods of age determination in Grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in Britain
Dubock, A. C., 1979, Male Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) reproductive cycles in Britain
Frank, L. G., 1979, Selective predation and seasonal variation in the diet of the fox (Vulpes vulpes) in N.E. Scotland
Freedman, L., 1979, Relative growth rates of limb muscles in the diprotodont marsupial, Setonix brachyurus
Godfrey, G. K., 1979, Gestation period in the Common shrew, Sorex coronatus (araneus) fretalis
Gorman, M. L., 1979, Dispersion and foraging of the Small Indian mongoose, Herpestes auropunctatus (Carnivora: Viverridae) relative to the evolution of social viverrids
Gosling, L. M., 1979, The twenty-four hour activity cycle of captive coypus (Myocastor coypus)
Green, R., 1979, The ecology of Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) on arable farmland
Hall, S. J. G., 1979, Haemoglobin polymorphism in the Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus, in Britain
Harris, S., 1979, Breeding season, litter size and nesting mortality of the Harvest mouse, Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae), in Britain
Hewson, R., 1979, Winter whitening of Stoats (Mustela erminea) in Scotland and north-east England
Howard, R. W., 1979, Perineal sucking by a badger (Meles meles)
Howard, R. W., 1979, Feeding by regurgitation in the badger (Meles meles)
Huson, L. W., 1979, A comparison of fox skulls from Wales and South-East England
Jenkins, D., 1979, Analyses of otter (Lutra lutra) faeces from Deeside, N.E. Scotland
Jenkins, F. A., Jr., 1979, The functional anatomy of the shoulder in the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Jennings, T. J., 1979, A simple technique for the production of reference slides in the study of herbivore diets by faecal analysis
Johns, A. D., 1979, A comparative assessment of methods of individual tracking within a population of Microtus agrestis (Mammalia: Muridae)
King, C. M., 1979, Moult and colour change in English weasels (Mustela nivalis)
Leatherland, J. F., 1979, Thyroid activity in adult and neonate Harp seals Pagophilus groenlandicus
Lewis, J. W., 1979, A method for recording general and feeding activity small mammals
Milligan, A. R., 1979, The copulatory pattern of the Bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) and speculation on the role of penile spines
Montgomery, W. I., 1979, Multiple captures in Longworth traps
Montgomery, W. I., 1979, Seasonal variation in numbers of Apodemus sylvaticus , A. flavicollis and Clethrionomys glareolus
Montgomery, W. I., 1979, Trap-revealed home range in sympatric populations of Apodemus sylvaticus and A. flavicollis
Morris, P., 1979, Rats in the diet of the Barn owl (Tyto alba)
Payne, M. R., 1979, Growth in the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella
Pye, A., 1979, The structure of the cochlea in some mammals
Racey, P. A., 1979, Endocrine aspects of sexual mimicry in Spotted hyaenas Crocuta crocuta
Ratcliffe, P. R., 1979, A Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) kills an infant Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Renouf, D., 1979, Preliminary measurements of the sensitivity of the vibrissae of Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to low frequency vibrations
Roberts, M. S., 1979, Reproduction in Red pandas, Ailurus fulgens (Carnivora: Ailuropodidae)
Sheila, S. A., 1979, Mortality in Grey seal pups: incidence and causes
Skinner, J. D., 1979, Feeding behaviour in Caracal Felis caracal
Stoddart, D. M., 1979, A specialized scent-releasing hair in the Crested rat Lophiomys imhausi
Yokoyama, K., 1979, Growth and LGH isozyme patterns in the pectoral and cardiac muscles of the Japanese Lesser horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus cornutus cornutus from the stanpoint of adaptation for flight
Adams, M. G., 1980, Seasonal changes in the skin glands of Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Ahnlund, H., 1980, Sexual maturity and breeding season of the badger, Meles meles in Sweden
Alexander, R. McN, 1980, Optimum walking techniques for quadrupeds and bipeds
Alexander, R. McN, 1980, Estimates of energy cost for quadrupedal running gaits
Alibhai, S. K., 1980, An X-ray technique for ageing bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) using the first mandibular molar
Beacham, T. D., 1980, Survival of cohorts in a fluctuating population of the vole Microtus townsendii
Berger, J., 1980, The ecology, structure and functions of social play in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Broekhuizen, S., 1980, Behaviour of does and leverets of the European hare (Lepus europaeus)
Brooks, J. E., 1980, Early post-natal growth and behavioural development in the Burmese house rat, Rattus exulans
Buckle, A., 1980, The flea epifauna of a suburban fox (Vulpes vulpes) population
Cave, A. J. E., 1980, The intervertebral ossicles of the Insectivora
Chanin, P. R. F., 1980, The diet of the feral mink (Mustela vison) in southwest Britain
Chidumayo, E. N., 1980, Population ecology of Tatera leucogaster (Rodentia) in southern Zambia
Clarke, M. R., 1980, Cephalopods in the diet of fur seals of the Galapagos Islands
Clutton-Brock, T. H., 1980, Primates, brains and ecology
Condy, P. R., 1980, The fur of the Amsterdam Island fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
Creighton, G. K., 1980, Static allometry of mammalian teeth and the correlation of tooth size and body size in contemporary mammals
Dickman, C. R., 1980, Estimation of population density in the Common shrew, Sorex araneus , from a conifer plantation
Dixson, A. F., 1980, Testicular atrophy in captive gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla)
Dunham, K. M., 1980, The diet of Impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Sengwa Wildlife Research Area, Rhodesia
Ellenbroek, F. J. M., 1980, Interspecific competition in the shrews Sorex araneus and Sorex minutus (Soricidae, Insectivora): a population study of the Irish pygmy shrew
Gasson, P., 1980, An abnormality in the dentition of a fox (Vulpes vulpes) from South Essex
Gosling, L. M., 1980, The duration of lactation in feral coypus (Myocastor coypus)
Gosling, L. M., 1980, Reproduction of the Himalayan porcupine (Hystrix hodgsoni) in captivity
Gosling, L. M., 1980, Diurnal activity of feral coypus (Myocastor coypus) during the cold winter of 1978-9
Green, C. A., 1980, The distribution, identification, and naming of the Mastomys natalensis species complex in southern Africa (Rodentia: Muridae)
Griffiths, C., 1980, The structure of the glands in the angulus oris of the Bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus
Griffiths, J., 1980, Structure of the plantar sweat glands of the Bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus
Hickman, G. C., 1980, Locomotory activity of captive Cryptomys hottentotus , (Mammalia: Bathergidae) a fossorial rodent
Hirst, K. J., 1980, An investigation into the response of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) to the odours of other gerbils
Huson, L. W., 1980, Multivariate geographical variation of the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Wales
Jackson, J., 1980, The annual diet of the Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the New Forest, Hampshire, as determined by rumen content analysis
Johnson, C. E., 1980, An unusual food source of the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Johnson, E., 1980, Age and seasonal coat changes in longhaired and normal Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Lanyon, L. E., 1980, The influence of function on the development of bone curvature. An experimental study on the rat tibia
Mason, C. F., 1980, The winter diet of otters (Lutra lutra) on a Scottish sea loch
McCann, T. S., 1980, Territoriality and breeding behaviour of adult male Antarctic Fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella
Paget, R. J., 1980, Dormancy of a badger (Meles meles) outside the sett entrance
Pye, T., 1980, Feral Brown rats, Rattus norvegicus , in South Georgia (South Atlantic Ocean)
Reig, O. A., 1980, A new fossil genus of South American cricetid rodents allied to Wiedomys, with an assessment of the Sigmodontinae
Smuts, G. L., 1980, Comparative growth of wild male and female lions (Panthera leo)
Suttie, J. M., 1980, The effect of antler removal on dominance and fighting behaviour in farmed Red deer stags
Swift, S. M., 1980, Activity patterns of Pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) in north-east Scotland
Watts, C. H. S., 1980, Vocalizations of nine species of rat (Rattus; Muridae)
Wiig, O., 1980, Methods for sex-identification of subfossil bones
Young, B. A., 1980, Some observations on the ultrastructure of the thyroid gland of the pregnant Plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus)
Alexander, R. McN, 1981, Estimates of the bending moments exerted by the lumbar and abdominal muscles of some mammals
Alexander, R. McN, 1981, Allometry of the leg muscles of mammals
Berry, R. J., 1981, Genetical variation in three Pacific House mouse (Mus musculus) populations
Biewener, A., 1981, Elastic energy storage in the hopping of kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis)
Boyd, I. L., 1981, Population changes and the distribution of a herd of feral goats (Capra sp.) on Rhum, Inner Hebrides, 1960-78
Brodie, J., 1981, Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) on cereal stubble
Broekhuizen, S., 1981, Annual production of young in European hares (Lepus europaeus) in the Netherlands
Canivenc, R., 1981, Delayed implantation in the Beech marten (Martes foina)
Cave, A. J. E., 1981, Observations on the rhinoceros cardiac receptor system
Cave, A. J. E., 1981, On the cardic anatomy of the Sumatran rhinoceros
Clemens, E. T., 1981, Organic acid concentrations and digesta movement in the gastrointestinal tract of the bushbaby (Galago crassicaudatus) and Vervet monkey (Cercopithecidae pygerythrus)
Coulson, J. C., 1981, A study of the factors influencing the timing of breeding in the grey seal Halichoerus grypus
Dixson, A. F., 1981, Parental behaviour and infant development in Owl monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus griseimembra)
Fenton, M. B., 1981, Nycteris grandis (Nycteridae): and African carnivorous bat
Ford, R. G., 1981, Estimating small mammal ages from mark-recapture data
Fulk, G. W., 1981, Rice-field rats of Lower Sind: abundance, reproduction and diet
George, W., 1981, Species-typical calls in the Ctenodactylidae (Rodentia)
Goldspink, C. R., 1981, A note on the mandible length of Red deer, Cervus elaphus from Lyme Park, England
Gordon, K. R., 1981, Locomotor behaviour of the walrus (Odebenus)
Gorman, M. L., 1981, Rodent ecology in northern Ghana
Gosling, L. M., 1981, Climatic determinants of spring littering by feral coypus, Myocastor coypus
Goyal, S. P., 1981, A simple mechanical device for recording the diel activity pattern of small burrowing mammals in their natural habitats
Harcourt, A. H., 1981, Demography of Gorilla gorilla
Harper, R. J., 1981, Sites of three otter (Lutra lutra) breeding holts in fresh-water habitats
Harper, R. J., 1981, Mating behaviour in the European otter (Lutra lutra)
Harrison, R. J., 1981, The ovaries and reproduction in Pontoporia blainvillei (Cetacea: Platanistidae)
Hewson, R., 1981, Scavenging of mammal carcases by birds in West Scotland
Huson, L. W., 1981, Seasonal variability of Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) investation of agricultural premises
Hutson, A. M., 1981, Observations on host-finding by bat-fleas, with particular reference to Ischnopsyllus simplex (Siphonaptera; Ischnopsyllidae) in Great Britain
Innes, S., 1981, Growth in Northwest Atlantic Harp seals Phoca groenlandica
Jenkins, D., 1981, Two dimensional electrophoresis of otter (Lutra lutra) anal gland secretions
Kendall, M. D., 1981, The weight of the thymus gland in a population of wild Bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus , from Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
King, C. M., 1981, The effects of two types of steel traps upon captured stoats (Mustela erminea)
Lockyer, C., 1981, Examination of teeth of Commerson's dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii for age determination
Lucas, P. W., 1981, An analysis of canine size and jaw shape in some Old and New World non-human primates
Macdonald, D. W., 1981, Dwindling resources and the social behaviour of Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) (Mammalia)
Mace, G. M., 1981, Brain size and ecology in small mammals
Marsh, C. W., 1981, Ranging behaviour and its relation to diet selection in Tana River Red colobus (Colobus badius rufomitratus)
Mattlin, R. H., 1981, Pup growth of the New Zealand fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri on the Open Bay Islands, New Zealand
Merchant, J. C., 1981, Reproductive biology of the Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus) and Bennett's wallaby (M. r. rufogriseus) in captivity
Miles, M. A., 1981, Mammal tracking and nest location in Brazilian forest with an improved spool-and-line device
Mitchell, B., 1981, Some properties of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) at exceptionally high population-density in Scotland
Page, R. J. C., 1981, Dispersal and population density of the fox (Vulpes vulpes) in an area of London
Reich, A., 1981, Sequential mobilization of marrow fat in the Impala (Aepyceros melampus) and analysis of condition of Wild dog (Lycaon pictus) prey
Vogel, P., 1981, The construction and use of an artificial nest to study the wild shrew Crocidura russula (Mammalia, Soricidae) in its natural environment
Wallis, S. J., 1981, Notes on the ecology of the Orkney vole (Microtus arvalis orcadensis)
Whitten, J. E. J., 1981, Ecological separation of three diurnal squirrels in tropical rainforest on Siberut Island, Indonesia
Wise, M. H., 1981, A comparison of the feeding biology of Mink Mustela vison and otter Lutra lutra
Wolff, R. J., 1981, Solitary and social play in wild Mus musculus (Mammalia)
Wooller, R. D., 1981, Seasonal changes in a population of the nectar-feeding marsupial Tarsipes spencerae (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae)
Yalden, D. W., 1981, The occurrence of the Pigmy shrew Sorex minutus on moorland, and the implications for its presence in Ireland
Zee, D. van der, 1981, Prey of the Cape clawless otter (Aonyx capensis) in the Tsitsikama Coastal National Park, South Africa
Zuckerman, L., 1981, A discussion on the grammatical competence of apes
Alcock, I., 1982, Cannibalism in the mole (Talpa europaea)
Alexander, R. McN, 1982, The role tendon elasticity in the locomotion of the camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Alibhai, S. K., 1982, Persistence of placental scars in the Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus
Andersen, T., 1982, Epigenetic variation in a fluctuating population of lemming (Lemmus lemmus) in Norway
Barnes, R. F. W., 1982, An elephant cemetry
Berry, R. J., 1982, Colonization by House mice: an experiment
Bester, M. N., 1982, Distribution, habitat selection and colony types of the Amsterdam Island fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis at Gough Island
Biben, M., 1982, Ontogeny of social behaviour related to feeding in the Crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) and the Bush dog (Speothos venaticus)
Blake, B. H., 1982, Reproduction in captive Water voles, Arvicola terrestris
Braithwaite, R. W., 1982, Small marginal groups of Rattus lutreolus in good and poor habitat
Bullock, D., 1982, Weasels (Mustela nivalis) attacking a young and an adult Brown hare (Lepus capensis)
Butynski, T. M., 1982, Ecology of Physaloptera capensis (Nematoda: Spiruroidea) infecting the Springhare Pedetes capensis (Mammalia) in Botswana
Cheeseman, C. L., 1982, Methods of marking badgers (Meles meles)
Clemens, E. T., 1982, The digestive physiology of three East African herbivores: the elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus
Clutton-Brock, T. H., 1982, Winter mortality in Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Clutton-Brock, T. H., 1982, Effects of lactation on feeding behaviour and habitat use in wild Red deer hinds
Corbet, G. B., 1982, The occurrence and significance of a pectoral mane in rabbits and hares
Edwin, N., 1982, Quantitative estimation of islet tissue of pancreas in possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)
Fairley, J. S., 1982, Short-term effects of ringing and toe-clipping on the recapture of Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Fedak, M. A., 1982, The energetics of lactation: accurate measurements from a large wild mammal, the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Funakoshi, K., 1982, Annual cycles of body weight in the Namie's frosted bat, Vespertilio superans superans
Gormally, M. J., 1982, Food of otters Lutra lutra in a freshwater lough and an adjacent brackish lough in the West of Ireland
Gosling, L. M., 1982, Coypu (Myocastor coypus) potential longevity
Goslow, G. E., Jr., 1982, Hindlimb joint angle changes and action of the primary ankle extensor muscles during posture and locomotion in the Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
Harper, R. J., 1982, Moult in the European otter (Lutra lutra)
Harper, R. J., 1982, Food caching in European otters (Lutra lutra)
Hewson, R., 1982, The effect upon Field vole (Microtus agrestis) habitat on removing sheep from moorland in west Scotland
Jayes, A. S., 1982, Estimates of mechanical stresses in leg muscles of galloping Greyhounds (Canis familiaris)
Jenkins, D., 1982, Fertility in European otters (Lutra lutra)
Johnsingh, A. J. T., 1982, Reproductive and social behaviour of the Dhole, Cuon alpinus (Canidae)
Kelly, P. A., 1982, An accessory cusp on the third upper molar of Wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus from the West of Ireland
Langham, N. P. E., 1982, The ecology of the Common tree shrew, Tupaia glis in peninsular Malaysia
Langley, R., 1982, Seasonal variations in infestations of parasites in a Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus population in the West of Ireland
Laurie, A., 1982, Behavioural ecology of the Greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
Lightfoot, V. M. A., 1982, Predation of small mammals inside Longworth traps by a weasel
Lyne, A. G., 1982, Observations on the lateral vaginae and birth canals in the marsupials Isoodon macrourus and Perameles nasuta (Mammalia)
MacArthur, R. A., 1982, Physiological correlates of social behaviour in bighorn sheep: a field study using electrocardiogram telemetry
Maloiy, G. M. O., 1982, Aspects of digestion and in vitro rumen fermentation rate in six species of East African wild ruminants
Maloiy, G. M. O., 1982, Thermoregulation and metabolism in a small desert carnivore: the Fennec fox (Fennecus zerda) (Mammalia)
Mills, M. G. L., 1982, Factors affecting group size and territory size of the Brown hyaena, Hyaena brunnea in the southern Kalahari
Nader, I. A., 1982, New distributional records of bats from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
Nicoll, M. E., 1982, The Sheath-tailet bat, Coleura seychellensis (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) in the Seychelles Islands
Panaman, R., 1982, A life-trap for feral cats
Robinson, D. J., 1982, Ultrasonic calls produced by three laboratory strains of Mus musculus
Sleeman, D. P., 1982, Some observations on fly-worry of deer
Smal, C. M., 1982, The dynamics and regulation of small rodent populations in the woodland ecosystems of Killarney, Ireland
Southern, H. N., 1982, Predation by Tawny owls (Strix aluco) on Bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) and Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Twigg, G. I., 1982, Seasonal and age changes in the thymus gland of the Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
Underwood, R., 1982, Seasonal changes in African ungulate groups
Van der Merwe, M., 1982, Abdominal foetus in the hare (Lepus timidus scoticus)
Woodall, P. F., 1982, An index of male fecundity in live Water voles (Arvicola terrestris)
Albon, S. D., 1983, The influence of climatic variation on the birth weights of Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Alexander, R. McN., 1983, A dynamic similarity hypothesis for the gaits of quadrupedal mammals
Anon,, 1983, Raymond Greene MA, MD, FRCP
Baharav, D., 1983, Reproductive strategies in female Mountain and Dorcas gazelles (Gazella gazella gazella and Gazella dorcas)
Berger, J., 1983, Predation, sex ratios, and male competition in equids (Mammalia: Perissodactyla)
Biewener, A. A., 1983, Mechanics of locomotion and jumping in the forelimb of the horse (Equus): in vivo stress developed in the radius and metacarpus
Brown, J., 1983, The use of church porches by bats
Byers, J. A., 1983, Social interactions of juvenile Collared peccaries, Tayassu tajacu (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)
Caldwell, J. F., 1983, Observations on the autumn and winter diet of Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Carrier, D. R., 1983, Postnatal ontogeny of the musculo-skeletal system in the Black-tailed jack rabbit (Lepus californicus)
Chapman, D. I., 1983, Chromosome studies of feral muntjac deer (Muntiacus sp.) in England
Davis, S. J. M., 1983, Morphometric variation of populations of house mice Mus domesticus in Britain and Faroe
Deag, J. M., 1983, Feeding habits of Macaca sylvanus (Primates: Cercopithecinae) in a commercial Moroccan cedar forest
Durden, L. A., 1983, Sucking louse ( Hoplopleura erratica : Insecta, Anoplura) exchange between individuals of a wild population of Eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus , in central Tennessee, U.S.A
Emmons, L. H., 1983, Community structure of the frugivorous-folivorous forest mammals of Gabon
Fedak, M. A., 1983, Attachment of a radio tag to the fur of seals
Fenton, M. B., 1983, Feeding behaviour of the bats Nycteris grandis and Nycteris thebaica (Nycteride) in captivity
Ferguson, J. W. H., 1983, Social organization and movement patterns of Black-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in South Africa
Fleming, D., 1983, The reproductive biology of Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) ranging free at Whipsnade Park
Garland, T., Jr., 1983, The relation between maximal running speed and body mass in terrestrial mammals
Gipps, J. H. W., 1983, Maturity, castration and behaviour of male Bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus (Mammalia)
Gurnell, J., 1983, Effects of trap position on the capture of woodland rodents
Gurnell, J., 1983, Growth in field and laboratory populations of Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Harlow, C. R., 1983, The relationship between plasma progesterone and the timing of ovulation and early embryonic development in the marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus)
Hearney, A. W., 1983, Annual foods of the Red deer (Cervus elaphus) and the Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the east of England
Helm, R. C., 1983, Intestinal length of three California pinniped species
Hewson, R., 1983, The food of Wild cats (Felis silvestris) and Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in west and north-east Scotland
Lindström, E., 1983, Condition and growth of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in relation to food supply
Mason, C. F., 1983, Some factors influencing the distribution of Mink (Mustela vison)
Moller, H., 1983, An apparatus for anaesthetizing small mammals
Pehrson, A., 1983, Caecotrophy in caged Mountain hares (Lepus timidus)
Peters, S. E., 1983, Postnatal development of gait behaviour and functional allometry in the domestic cat (Felis catus)
Rees, P. S., 1983, Synchronization of defecation in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Renouf, D., 1983, Attachment between Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) mothers and pups
Rowe, F. P., 1983, Reproduction of the House mouse (Mus musculus) in farm buildings
Steyn, D., 1983, Age determination and growth in the hyrax Procavia capensis (Mammalia: Procaviidae)
Suttie, J. M., 1983, The relationship between kidney fat index and marrow fat percentage as indicators of condition in Red deer stags (Cervus elaphus)
Suttie, J. M., 1983, The effect of winter nutrition on growth of young Scottish Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Suttie, J. M., 1983, Jaw length and hind foot length as measures of skeletal development of Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Swift, S. M., 1983, Resource partitioning in two species of vespertilionid bats (Chiroptera) occupying the same roost
Tedman, R. A., 1983, Ultrastructural morphology of the mammary gland with observations on the size distribution of fat droplets in milk of the Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddelli (Pinnipedia)
Thorpe, R. S., 1983, A biometric study of the effects of growth on the analysis of geographic variation: Tooth number in green geckos (Reptilia: Phelsuma)
Thorpe, R. S., 1983, Morphometric studies in inbred and hybrid House Mice (Mus sp.): Multivariate analysis of size and shape
Twelves, J., 1983, Otter (Lutra lutra) mortalities in lobster creels
Valente, A., 1983, Hair structure of the Woolly mammoth, (Mammuthus primigenius) and the modern elephants, (Elephas maximus) and (Loxodonta africana)
Wallis, S. J., 1983, Note on movement of stones by the Common shrew, Apodemus sylvaticus
Walton, R., 1983, The use of radio-tracking in studying the foraging behaviour of the Indian Flying fox (Pteropus giganteus)
Wineski, L. E., 1983, Movements of the cranial vibrisse in the Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)
Alexander, R. McN, 1984, Stride lengths and stride frequencies of primates
Anderson, J. L., 1984, Reproduction in the Nyala (Tragelaphus angasi) (Mammalia: Ungulata)
Baker, J. R., 1984, Mortality and morbidity in Grey seal pups (Halichoerus grypus). Studies on its causes, effects of environment, the nature and sources of infectious agents and the immunological status of pups
Barnett, S. A., 1984, Changes among wild House mice (Mus musculus) bred for ten generations in a cold environment, and their evolutionary implications
Birks, J. D. S., 1984, A note on prey remains collected from the dens of feral mink (Mustela vison) in a coastal habitat
Bothma, J. D. P., 1984, Food niche separation between four sympatric Namib Desert carnivores
Boyd, I. L., 1984, The relationship between body condition and the timing of implantation in pregnant Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
Burton, G. J., 1984, Formation and fate of the corpus luteum in the Dusky leaf monkey (Presbytis obscura)
Cane, A. K., 1984, Histochemistry of the tongue epithelium in four mammals with respect to keratinization
Chapman, D. I., 1984, The periods of conception and parturition in feral Reeves' muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) in southern England, based upon age of juvenile animals
Chapman, D. I., 1984, Observations on hypogonadism in a perruque Sika deer (Cervus nippon)
Churchfield, S., 1984, An investigation of the population ecology of syntopic shrews inhabiting water-cress beds
Churchfield, S., 1984, Dietary separation in three species of shrew inhabiting water-cress beds
Dickman, C. R., 1984, Responses of small mammals to Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) odour
Doidge, D. W., 1984, Density-dependent pup mortality in the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at South Georgia
Doidge, D. W., 1984, Growth rates of Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella pups at South Georgia
Edwin, N., 1984, Quantitative estimation of islet tissue of pancreas in adult Grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus)
Gibson, D. St., 1984, The population ecology of small rodents in Pennine woodlands
Griffiths, D. J., 1984, The annual cycle of the testis of the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) at Macquarie Island
Griffiths, D. J., 1984, The annual cycle of the epididymis of the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) at Macquarie Island
Hefetz, A., 1984, Sex specificity in the anal gland secretion of the Egyptian mongoose Herpestes ichneumon
Hewson, R., 1984, Changes in the numbers of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Scotland
Hodges, J. K., 1984, Aspects of the reproductive endocrinology of the female Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in captivity with special reference to the detection of ovulation and pregnancy
Kendall, P. B., 1984, Seasonal changes of sex ratio in Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) populations in Wales
Leamy, L., 1984, Morphometric integration in the rat (Rattus sp.) scapula
Liles, G., 1984, A field survey for otters (Lutra lutra) in Yugoslavia
Macdonald, D. W., 1984, Behavioural, anatomical and chemical aspects of scent marking amongst Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) (Rodentia: Caviomorpha)
McNab, B. K., 1984, Physiological convergence amongst ant-eating and termite-eating mammals
Moore, H. D. M., 1984, Artificial insemination in the Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Morris, P., 1984, An estimate of the minimum body weight necessary for hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) to survive hibernation
Nel, J. A. J., 1984, Fluctuating group size in Bat-eared foxes (Otocyon m. megalotis) in the south-western Kalahari
Nerini, M. K., 1984, Life history of the bowead whale, Balaena mysticetus (Mammalia: Cetacea)
Nicolopoulos-Stournaras, S., 1984, Hindlimb muscle activity during locomotion in the rat (Rattus norvegicus) (Rodentia: Muridae)
Pearson, O. P., 1984, Taxonomy and natural history of some fossorial rodents of Patagonia, southern Argentina
Pehrson, A., 1984, Impact of winter nutrition on reproduction in captive Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) (Mammalia: Lagomorpha)
Pellew, R. A., 1984, The feeding ecology of a selective browser, the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
Peterson, J. A., 1984, Scaling in tensile "skeletons": scale dependent length of the Achilles tendon in mammals
Redford, K. H., 1984, The nutritional value of invertebrates with emphasis on ants and termites as food for mammals
Renouf, D., 1984, The vocalization of the Harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulina) and its role in the maintenance of contact with the mother
Taber, A. B., 1984, Scent dispensing papillae and associated behaviour of the Mara, Dolichotis patagonum , (Rodentia: Caviomorpha)
Thomas, D. W., 1984, Reproduction and growth in three species of West African fruit bats
Watson, A., 1984, Apparent tail display in the otter (Lutra lutra)
Wiig, O., 1984, An analysis of the morphological relationships between the Hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) of Newfoundland, the Denmark Strait, and Jan Mayen
Wilson, V. J., 1984, Age determination and body growth of the Common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia (Mammalia)
Yalden, D. W., 1984, The Yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis , in Roman Manchester
Alexander, R. McN., 1985, Elastic properties of the forefoot of the Donkey, Equus asinus
Alexander, R. McN., 1985, The significance of sesamoids and retro-articular processes for the mechanics of joints
Alexander, R. McN., 1985, Elastic structures in the back and their r"le in galloping in some mammals
Alibhai, S. K., 1985, Effects of diet on reproductive performance of the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)
Andelman, S. J., 1985, The non-invasive monitoring of reproductive events in wild Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) using urinary pregnanediol-3a-glucuronide and its correlation with behavioural observations
Anderson, J. F., 1985, Long-bone circumference and weight in mammals, birds and dinosaurs
Anderson, J. L., 1985, Condition and related mortality of nyala Tragelaphus angasi in Zululand, South Africa
Barnes, R. F. W., 1985, A method for counting hares by spotlight
Bennett, P. M., 1985, Brain size, development and metabolism in birds and mammals
Boyd, I. L., 1985, Pregnancy and ovulation rates in Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) on the British coast
Buffenstein, R., 1985, Thermoregulation and metabolism in the smallest African gerbil, Gerbillus pusillus
Cave, A. J. E., 1985, An unrecorded specimen of the Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus)
Chambers, P. L., 1985, Embryonic, foetal and placental development in the Common marmoset monkey (Callithris jacchus)
Chapman, C., 1985, The influence of habitat on behaviour in a group of St. Kitts green monkeys
Chapman, D. I., 1985, Tooth eruption in Reeves' muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) and its use as a method of age estimation (Mammalia: Cervidae)
Clarke, J., 1985, The effect of differences in herbage height on the grazing behaviour of lactating Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus)
Cowan, D. P., 1985, The construction of life-tables with special reference to the European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Currey, J. D., 1985, The thickness of the walls of tubular bones
David, J. H. M., 1985, Population fluctuations, reproduction and survival in the Striped fieldmouse Rhabdomys pumilio on the Cape Flats, South Africa
Deag, J. M., 1985, The diurnal patterns of behaviour of the wild Barbary macaque Macaca sylvanus
Delibes, M., 1985, Activity, daily movements and home range of an Ichneumon or Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in southern Spain
Dickman, C. R., 1985, Effects of photoperiod and endogenous controll on timing of reproduction in the marsupial genus Antechinus
Dimery, N. J., 1985, Muscle and sarcomere lengths in the hind limb of the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) during a galloping stride
Dimery, N. J., 1985, The mechanics of scratching in the squirrel (Neosciurus carolinensis)
Dimery, N. J., 1985, Elastic properties of the hind foot of the Donkey, Equus asinus
Dimery, N. J., 1985, Mechanics of the ligamentum nuchae of some artiodactyls
Don, B. A. C., 1985, The use of drey counts to estimate Grey squirrel populations
Driscoll, K. M., 1985, An efficient method by which to determine age of carnivores, using dentine rings
Edwin, N., 1985, Quantitative estimation of islet tissue of pancreas in Spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis)
Edwin, N., 1985, Quantitative estimation of islet tissue of pancreas in water rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
Frank, L. G., 1985, Androgen levels in the Spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta : the influence of social factors
Frank, L. G., 1985, Testicular origin of circulating androgen in the Spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta
Genoud, M., 1985, Ecological energetics of two European shrews: Crocidura russula and Sorex coronatus (Soricidae: Mammalia)
Greaves, W. S., 1985, The mammalian postorbital bar as a torsion-resisting helical strut
Hall, S. J. G., 1985, Plasma esterase polymorphism in the Bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus in Britain
Hermanson, J. W., 1985, Functional anatomy of the shoulder and arm of the fruit-eating bat Artibeus jamaicensis
Herrera, E. A., 1985, Coprophagy in the Capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris
Hewson, R., 1985, Lamb carcasses and other food remains at fox dens in Scotland
Hewson, R., 1985, Long-term fluctuations in populations of Mountain hares (Lepus timidus)
Hickman, G. C., 1985, Surface-mound formation by the Tuco-tuco, Ctenomys fulvus (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with comments on earth-pushing in other fossorial mammals
Hurst, J. L., 1985, Observations on the trap-response of wild house mice, Mus domesticus Rutty, in poultry houses
Jackson, M. H., 1985, The effect of camouflage on the vandalism and efficiency of Longworth small mammal traps
Kerley, G. I. H., 1985, Pup growth in the fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis and A. gazella on Marion Island
Kirkwood, J. K., 1985, Patterns of growth in primates
Kitchener, A., 1985, The effect of behaviour and body weight on the mechanical design of horns
Kolb, H. H., 1985, The burrow structure of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.)
Krishna, A., 1985, Reproduction in the Indian pigmy pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus mimus
Krutzsch, P. H., 1985, Observations on the reproductive cycle of female Molossus fortis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Puerto Rico
Kvam, T., 1985, Supernumerary teeth in the European lynx, Lynx lynx lynx , and their evolutionary significance
Lockyer, C., 1985, A wild but sociable dolphin off Portreath, north Cornwall
Loudon, A. S. I., 1985, The effect of melatonin on the seasonal embryonic diapause of the Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus)
Merwe, M. van der, 1985, The vestigial teeth of Miniopterus schreibersii natalensis (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
Montgomery, S. S. J., 1985, A new, semi-hairless mutant of the Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
Montgomery, W. I., 1985, The effect of marking on recapture and the estimation of populations of Apodemus spp
Pridmore, P. A., 1985, Terrestrial locomotion in monotremes (Mammalia: Monotremata)
Redford, K. H., 1985, Feeding and food preference in captive and wild Giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Saether, B. E., 1985, Geographical variation in body weight and sexual size-dimorphism of Norwegian moose (Alces alces)
Schaik, C. P., 1985, Interannual variability in fruit abundance and the reproductive seasonality in Sumatran Long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
Searle, J. B., 1985, Methods for determining the sex of Common shrews (Sorex araneus)
Searle, J. B., 1985, Evidence for a widespread karyotypic race of hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Britain
Shea, B. T., 1985, Bivariate and multivariate growth allometry: statistical and biological considerations
Van Orsdol, K. G., 1985, Ecological correlates of lion social organization (Panthera leo)
Verkaik, A. J., 1985, Moult and rank in male Mountain hares (Lepus timidus)
Wiig, O., 1985, Morphometric variation in the Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)
Wolfe, J. L., 1985, Population ecology of the Rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in a coastal marsh
Wolff, R. J., 1985, Mating behaviour and female choice: their relation to social structure in wild caught House mice (Mus musculus) housed in a semi-natural environment
Wolton, R. J., 1985, A possible r"le for faeces in range-marking by the Wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
Wolton, R. J., 1985, The ranging and nesting behaviour of Wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus (Rodentia: Muridae), as revealed by radio-tracking
Woodall, P. F., 1985, An evaluation of some methods for measuring male fecundity in small mammals
Aarde, R. J., 1986, Inheritance of the king coat colour pattern in cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus
Albon, S. D., 1986, Fertility in female Red deer (Cervus elaphus) : the effects of body composition, age and reproductive status
Arden-Clarke, C. H. G., 1986, Population desity, home range size and spatial organization of the Cape clawless otter, Aonyx capensis , in a marine habitat
Attuquayefio, D. K., 1986, Home range sizes in the Wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus : habitat, sex and seasonal differences
Avery, M. I., 1986, The winter activity of Noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula)
Avery, M. I., 1986, Factors affecting the emergence times of Pipistrelle bats
Baker, S. J., 1986, Free-living Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) in London
Bennett, M. B., 1986, Mechanical properties of various mammalian tendons
Bielert, C., 1986, Sexual interactions between captive adult male and female Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) as related to the female's menstrual cycle
Boag, B., 1986, Observations on the localized distribution of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with non-agouti coat colouring
Brandwood, A., 1986, Incidence of healed fracture in the skeletons of birds, molluscs and primates
Breed, W. G., 1986, Comparative morphology and evolution of the male reproductive tract in the Australian hydromyine rodents (Muridae)
Chapman, N. G., 1986, An explanation for the porous tips of the antlers of some Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Corbet, G. B., 1986, Temporal and spatial variation of dental pattern in the voles, Microtus arvalis , of the Orkney Islands
Costa, D. P., 1986, The energetics of lactation in the Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Davies, K. C., 1986, The burrow systems and burrowing dynamics of the mole-rats Bathyergus suillus and Cryptomys hottentotus in the fynbos of the south-western Cape, South Africa
Delany, M. J., 1986, Population dynamics of Arvicanthis niloticus (Rodentia: Muridae) in Kenya
Dickman, C. R., 1986, A method for censusing small mammals in urban habitats
Dimery, N. J., 1986, Elastic extension of leg tendons in the locomotion of horses (Equus caballus)
Dimery, N. J., 1986, Elastic properties of the feet of deer (Cervidae)
Ernest, K. A., 1986, Ecology of Nectomys squamipes , the neotropical Water rat, in central Brazil: home range, habitat selection, reproduction and behaviour
Fenton, M. B., 1986, Hipposideros caffer (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in Zimbabwe: morphology and echolocation calls
Ferris, C., 1986, Mating and early maturity of badgers in Kent
Gasc, J. P., 1986, Morphofunctional study of the digging system of the Namib Desert Golden mole (Eremitalpa granti namibensis): cinefluorographical and anatomical analysis
Harcourt, C., 1986, Galago sanzibaricus: birth seasonality, litter size and perinatal behaviour of females
Hillman-Smith, A. K. K., 1986, Age estimation of the White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
Hurst, J. L., 1986, Mating in free-living wild House mice (Mus domesticus)
Jackson, M. H., 1986, Toxoplasmosis in a wild rodent population of central Scotland and a possible explanation of the mode of transmission
Jefferies, D. J., 1986, Estimation of complete body weights for skinned European otters Lutra lutra (L.)
Kenward, R. E., 1986, Bark-stripping by Grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)
Kenward, R. E., 1986, Red and Grey squirrels: some behavioural and biometric differences
Ker, R. F., 1986, The role of tendon elasticity in hopping in a wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Kesner, M. H., 1986, The myology of the manus of microtine rodents
Kolb, H. H., 1986, Some observations on the home ranges of vixens (Vulpes vulpes) in the suburbs of Edinburgh
Lanyon, J. M., 1986, Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) dentition and nutrition. II. Implications of tooth wear in nutrition
Lanyon, J. M., 1986, Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) dentition and nutrition. I. Morphology and occlusion of cheekteeth
Le Boeuf, B. J., 1986, Pattern and depth of dives in Northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris
Le Boulenge-Nguyen, P. Y., 1986, A new ear-tag for small mammals
Malcolm, J. R., 1986, Socio-ecology of bat-eared foxes (Otocyon megalotis)
Moller, H., 1986, Red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) feeding in a Scots pine plantation in Scotland
Morris, P., 1986, A method for trapping the dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
O'Connor, T. P., 1986, The Garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus from Roman York
Pond, C. M., 1986, Allometry of the cellular structure of intra-orbital adipose tissue in eutherian mammals
Rabinowitz, A. R., 1986, Ecology and behaviour of the Jaguar (Panthera onca) in Belize, Central America
Ramsay, M. A., 1986, Long distance route orientation of female Polar bears (Ursus maritimus)
Reeve, N. J., 1986, Mating strategy in the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Renouf, D., 1986, Play in Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)
Richardson, D. C., 1986, Adaptations to a diet of nectar and pollen in the marsupial Tarsipes rostratus (Marsupialia: Tarsipedidae)
Richardson, P. R. K., 1986, Bone crushing carnivores and their significance to osteodystrophy in griffon vulture chicks
Rylands, A. B., 1986, Ranging behaviour and habitat preference of a wild marmoset group, Callithrix humeralifer (Callitrichidae, Primates)
Skinner, J. D., 1986, The use of space by the Aardwolf Proteles cristatus
Speakman, J. R., 1986, The influence of body condition on sexual development of male Brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus) in the wild
Spinage, C. A., 1986, Maternal reproduction and health in the Grant's gazelle (Gazella granti)
Thomson, A. G., 1986, The diet of forest-dwelling mice and voles; papain as an aid to faecal analysis
Thomson, A. G., 1986, Anomalies in estimations of small mammal abundance in conifer plantations
Trillmich, F., 1986, Milk of the Galapagos fur seal and sea lion, with a comparison lof the milk of Eared seals (Otariidae)
Turney, T. H., 1986, Systolic blood pressure in Peromyscus species : considerations for the murine hypertension model
Aarde, R. J., 1987, Pre- and postnatal growth of the Cape porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis
Aarde, R. J., 1987, Demography of a Cape porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis , population
Abbott, D. H., 1987, Behaviourally mediated suppression of reproduction in female primates
Adrian, M. I., 1987, Food habits of the otter (Lutra lutra) in two habitats of the Donana National Park, SW Spain
Alexander, R. McN., 1987, Some principles of ligament function, with examples from the tarsal joints of the sheep (Ovis aries)
Altmann, S. A., 1987, The impact of locomotor energetics on mammalian foraging
Anderson, S. S., 1987, Greyseal, Halichoerus grypus , energetics: females invest more in male offspring
Ashe, J. S., 1987, Predation by and activity patterns of 'parasitic' beetles of the genus Amblyopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Balakrishnan, M., 1987, Sebum-storing flank gland hairs of the musk shrew, Suncus murinus viridescens
Bancroft, J., 1987, Hormones, sexuality and fertility in women
Bennett, M. B., 1987, Fast locomotion of some kangaroos
Bennett, M. B., 1987, Elastic properties of structures in the tails of cetaceans (Phocaena and Lagenorhynchus) and their effect on the energy cost of swimming
Berry, A. J., 1987, Spool-and-line tracking of giant rats in New Guinea
Berry, R. J., 1987, Inherited differences within an island population of the house mouse (Mus domesticus)
Boag, B., 1987, The helminth parasites of the wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus and the brown hare Lepus capensis from the Isle of Coll, Scotland
Boyd, I. L., 1987, Variations in the post-natal growth of pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Boyd, I. L., 1987, Seasonal changes in condition, reproduction and fecundity in the wild European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Bryant, J. D., 1987, Forces exerted on the ground by galloping dogs (Canis familiaris)
Bullock, D. J., 1987, Analysis of the timing and pattern of emergence of the pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Burnett, L., 1987, Frequency of vigilance behaviour and group size in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Caro, T. M., 1987, Ecological characteristics of territories of male cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)
Caro, T. M., 1987, Health of adult free-living cheetahs
Catt, D. C., 1987, Home range use and habitat selection by red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a Sitka spruce plantation as determined by radio-tracking
Cave, A. J. E., 1987, The pattern of aortic arch branching in the Rhinocerotidae
Churcher, P. B., 1987, Predation by domestic cats in a English village
Churchfield, S., 1987, A note on the diet of the rock elephant shrew, Elephantulus myurus , in Zimbabwe
Clapperton, B. K., 1987, Preputial glands of the ferret Mustela furo (Carnivora: Mustelidae)
Clutton-Brock, T. H., 1987, Sexual segregation and density-related changes in habitat use in male and female Red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Davies, J. M., 1987, Seasonal distribution of road kills in the European badger (Meles meles)
Dickman, D. R., 1987, Effects of seasonal reversal of photoperiod on the reproductive rhythm of a small marsupial
Dixson, A. F., 1987, Observations on the evolution of the genitalia and copulatory behaviour in male primates
Dubost, G., 1987, The process of total tail autotomy in the South-American rodent, Proechimys
Dunstone, N., 1987, The feeding ecology of mink (Mustela vison) in coastal habitat
Edwin, N., 1987, Quantitative estimation of pancreatic polypeptide (PP) cells of islet tissue of pancreas in Australian mammals
Feldkamp, S. D., 1987, Foreflipper propulsion in the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Fenn, M. G. P., 1987, Rat movements and control on an Oxfordshire farm
Fenton, M. B., 1987, Foraging and habitat use by Nycteris grandis (Chiroptera: Nycteridae) in Zimbabwe
Flux, J. E. C., 1987, Moult, condition and body weight in mountain hares (Lepus timidus)
Gosden, R. G., 1987, Numbers of sollicles and oocytes in mammalian ovaries and their allometric relationships
Gosden, R. G., 1987, Scaling of follicular sizes in mammalian ovaries
Green, M. J. B., 1987, Scent-marking in the Himalayan musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster)
Green, M. J. B., 1987, Ecological separation in Himalayan ungulates
Halpert, A. P., 1987, Structure and scaling of the lumbar vertebrae in African bovids (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)
Harcourt, A. H., 1987, Dominance and fertility among female primates
Härkönen, T., 1987, Seasonal and regional variations in the feeding habits of the harbour seal, Phoca vitulina, in the Skagerrak and the Kattegat
Hillman, J. C., 1987, Group size and association patterns of the common eland (Tragelaphus oryx)
Hindell, M. A., 1987, Past and present status of the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) at Macquarie Island
Hoeck, H. N., 1987, Hedgehog mortality during hibernation
Jaarsveld, A. S., 1987, Improved age estimation in spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta)
Kay, R. N. B., 1987, Weights of salivary glands in some ruminant animals
Kemper, C. M., 1987, The demography and physiology of Melomys sp. (Rodentia: Muridae) in the Mitchell Plateau area, Kimberley, Western Australia
Keverne, E. B., 1987, Processing of environmental stimuli and primate reproduction
Kieser, J. A., 1987, Static intraspecific allometry of jaws and teeth in Cercopithecus aethiops
Kimani, J. K., 1987, Observations on the structure and innervation of the carotid sinus complex in the African porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
Kitchener, A., 1987, Fracture toughness of horns and a reinterpretation of the horning behaviour of bovids
Kovacs, K. M., 1987, Maternal behaviour and early behavioural ontogeny of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) on the Isle of May, UK
Larson, S. G., 1987, EMG of chimpanzee shoulder muscles during knuckle-walking: problems of terrestrial locomotion in a suspensory adapted primate
Lee, P. C., 1987, Nutrition, fertility and maternal investment in primates
Lillywhite, H. B., 1987, Surface sculpturing and water retention of elephant skin
Lochmiller, R. L., 1987, Influence of moderate nutritional stress during gestation on reproduction of Collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu)
Martin, A. R., 1987, Aspects of the biology of Pilot whales (Globicephala melaena) in recent mass strandings of the British coast
McWilliam, A. N., 1987, Polyoestry and postpartum oestrus in Tadarida (Chaerephon) pumila (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in northern Ghana, West Africa
McWilliam, A. N., 1987, Territorial and pair behaviour of the African false vampire bat, Cardioderma cor (Chiroptera: Megadermatidae), incoastal Kenya
Mulder, M. B., 1987, Resources and reproductive success in women with an example from the Kipsigis of Kenya
Neal, E., 1987, A litter of five badger cubs in an overground nest
O'Higgins, P. O., 1987, An investigation into the use of Fourier coefficients in characterizing cranial shape in primates
Packer, D. J., 1987, The influence of carotid arterial sounds on hearing sensitivity in mammals
Pamberton, J. M., 1987, Lekking in fallow deer
Paterson, I. W., 1987, Competitive resource sharing by seaweed-eating sheep Ovis aries (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)
Read, D. G., 1987, The von Bertalanffy growth model fitted to Planigale tenuirostris (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae) post-weaning data
Redfern, R., 1987, Successful keeping of the European mole (Talpa europaea) in captivity
Robertson, P. A., 1987, The food of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Co. Kilkdare, Ireland
Robinson, T. J., 1987, Extensive genome reorganization in the African rodent genus Otomys
Rose, R. W., 1987, Reproductive biology of the Tasmanian Bettong (Bettongia gaimardi : Macropodidae)
Searle, J. B., 1987, Morphometric variation of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) in Britain, in relation to karyotype and geography
Skinner, J. D., 1987, Range use by brown hyzenas Hyaena brunnea relocated in an agricultural area of the Transvaal
Stone, R. D., 1987, The social ecology of the Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) (Insectivora: Talpidae), as revealed by radiotelemetry
Tedman, R., 1987, Water and sodium fluxes and lactational energetics in suckling pups of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Tew, T., 1987, A comparison of small mammal responses to clean and dirty traps
Thompson, M. J. A., 1987, Longevity and survival of female pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) on the Vale of York, England
Thompson, P., 1987, Age and sex differences in the timing of moult in the common seal, Phoca vitulina
Post-partum oestrus in the little free-tailed bat, Tadarida (Chaerephon) pumila (Microchiroptera: Molossidae) at 24 S
Werdelin, L., 1987, Supernumerary teeth in Lynx lynx and the irreversibility of evolution
Wilkinson, D. M., 1987, Montane wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus and their relevance to some Quaternary fossil assemblages
Williams, G., 1987, Comparison of the fatty acid component in structural lipids from dolphins zebra and giraffe: possible evolutionary implications
Aldridge, H. D. J. N., 1988, Flight kinematics and energetics in the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with reference to the influence of ground effect
Asher, G. W., 1988, Hybridization de Pære David's deer (Elephurus davidianus) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) by artificial insemination
Axmacher, H., 1988, Morphological characteristics of the masseter muscle of 22 ruminant species
Baker, J. R., 1988, Effects of environment on gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup mortality. Studies on the Isle of May
Bennett, N. C., 1988, The reproductive biology of the Cape mole-rat, Georychus capensis (Rodentia, Bathyergidae)
Biewener, A. A., 1988, Mechanics of locomotion and jumping in the horse (Equus): in vivo stress in the tibia and metatarsus
Boag, B., 1988, The prevalence of helminth parasites from the hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus in Great Britain
Cave, A. J. E., 1988, The major intrinsic pancreatic ducts of the rhinoceros
Cave, A. J. E., 1988, Note on olfactory activity in mysticetes
Corruccini, R. S., 1988, Morphometric replicability using chords and cartesian coordinates of the same landmarks
Davies, J. M., 1988, The anal gland secretion of the European badger (Meles meles) and its role in social communication
Degen, A. A., 1988, Energy requirements of fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) and their efficiency of utilization of the saltbush Atriplex halimus for maintenance
Dickman, C. R., 1988, Age-related dietary change in the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus
Dubost, G., 1988, Ecology and social life of the red acouchy, Myoprocta exilis; comparison with the orange-rumped agouti, Dasyprocta leporina
Dunham, K. M., 1988, Demographic changes in the Zambezi Valley elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Dutrillaux, B., 1988, The karyotype of Cercopithecus solatus Harrison 1988, a new species belonging to C. lhoest i, and its phylogenetic relationships with other guenons
Eckrich, M., 1988, Food habits of the sympatric insectivorous bats Rhinolophus rouxi and Hipposideros lankadiva from Sri Lanka
Efford, M. G., 1988, Population ecology of Mus musculus on Mana Island, New Zealand
Ferguson, J. W. H., 1988, Factors affecting the activity patterns of black-backed jackals Canis mesomelas
Festa-Bianchet, M., 1988, Birthdate and survival in bighorn lambs (Ovis canadensis)
Folkow, L. P., 1988, Anatomical and functional aspects of the nasal mucosal and ophthalmic retia of phocid seals
Forsman, K. A., 1988, Evidence for echolocation in the common shrew, Sorex araneus
Fowler, P. A., 1988, Overwintering strategies of the badger, Meles meles, at 57 oN
Furness, R. W., 1988, Predation on ground-nesting seabirds by island populations of red deer Cervus elaphus and sheep Ovis
Garland, T., Jr., 1988, Comparative locomotor performance of marsupial and placental mammals
Geist, V., 1988, Sexual dimorphism in the Cervidae and its relation to habitat
Godsell, J., 1988, Herd formation and haul-out behaviour in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)
Gosling, L. M., 1988, Facultative variation in the timing of parturition by female coypus (Myocastor coypus), and the cost of delay
Greaves, W. S., 1988, The maximum average bite force for a given jaw length
Greenaway, F., 1988, First British record of the northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)
Hall, S. J. G., 1988, Inbreeding and population dynamics of the Chillingham cattle (Bos taurus)
Happold, D. C. D., 1988, Renal form and function in relation to the ecology of bats (Chiroptera) from Malawi, Central Africa
Härkönen,T.J., 1988, Food-habitat relationship of harbour seals and black cormorants in Skagerrak and Kattegat
Harrison, M. J. S., 1988, A new species of guenon (genus Cercopithecus) from Gabon
Heideman, P. D., 1988, The timing of reproduction in the fruit bat Haplonycteris fischeri (Pteropodidae): geographic variation and delayed development
Hurst, J. L., 1988, A system for the individual recognition of small rodents at a distance, used in free-living and enclosed populations of house mice
Jones, G., 1988, Flight performance, foraging tactics and echolocation in free-living Daubenton's bats Myotis daubentoni (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Kam, M., 1988, Water, electrolyte and nitrogen balances of fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) when consuming the saltbush Atriplex halimus
Ker, R. F., 1988, Why are mammalian tendons so thick?
Kermott, L. H., 1988, Scrotal melanins in bats (Chiroptera): description, distribution and function
Kitchener, A., 1988, An analysis of the forces of fighting of the blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) and the bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) and the mechanical design of the horns of bovids
König, B., 1988, Maternal care in house mice (Mus musculus): II. The energy cost of lactation as a function of litter size
Lister, A. M., 1988, Variation in lateral metacarpals of fallow deer, Dama dama (Mammalia, Cervidae)
Lovegrove, B. G., 1988, Colony size and structure, activity patterns and foraging behaviour of a colony of the social mole-rat Cryptomys damarensis (Bathyergidae)
Lovegrove, B. G., 1988, Soil and burrow temperatures, and the resource characteristics of the social mole-rat Cryptomys damarensis (Bathyergidae) in the Kalahari Desert
Mace, G. M., 1988, The genetic and demorgaphic status of the Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g. gorilla) in captivity
McArthur, C., 1988, Tooth wear in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) and western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus), and its potential influencde on diet selection, digestion and population parameters
McWilliam, A. N., 1988, The reproductive cycle of male tomb bats, Taphozous hildegardeae (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae), in a seasonal environment of the African tropics
Mehlman, P. T., 1988, Food resources of the wild Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) in high-altitude fir forest, Ghomaran Rif, Morocco
Mendl, M., 1988, The effects of litter size variation on mother-offspring relationships and behavioural and physical development in several mammalian species (principally rodents)
Morris, P. A., 1988, A study of home range and movements in the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Neal, E., 1988, The stomach contents of badgers, Meles meles
O'Higgins, P. O., 1988, Mathematical and biological intermediacy in bone shape. Fourier analysis of cervical and upper thoracic vertebrate in the mouse
Orford, H. J. L., 1988, Contraception, reproduction and demography of free-ranging Etosha lions (Panthera leo)
Paul, B., 1988, Haematological studies on wild black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) - evidence of an unstable haemoglobin
Ramsay, M. A., 1988, Reproductive biology and ecology of female polar bears (Ursus maritimus)
Rice, C. G., 1988, Reproductive biology of Nilgiri tahr, Hemitragus hylocrius (Mammalia: Bovidae)
Ross, C., 1988, The intrinsic rate of natural increase and reproductive effort in primates
Roth, V. L., 1988, Dental identification and age determination in Elephas maximus
Skinner, C. A., 1988, Food of badgers (Meles meles) in an arable area of Essex
Trout, R. C., 1988, A radio transmitter package for the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Trout, R. C., 1988, A system to record wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) entering and leaving a wood
Valtonen, E. T., 1988, Host-parasite relationships between two seal populations and two species of Corynosoma (Acanthocephala) in Finland
Van Vuren, D., 1988, Dental anomalies of feral goats (Capra hircus) on Aldabra Atoll
Vitullo, A. D., 1988, On the morphology of spermatozoa of tuco-tucos, Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): New data and its implications for the evolution of the genus
Ward, S. J., 1988, Reproduction in males of the feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus (Marsupialia)
Ward, S. J., 1988, Reproduction in females of the feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus (Marsupialia)
Wauters, L. A., 1988, The use of red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) dreys to estimate population density
Yalden, D. W., 1988, Feral wallabies in the Peak District, 1971-1985
Zeller, U., 1988, The anatomy of the circum genital scent gland of Saguinus fuscicollis (Callitrichidae, Primates)
Abbott, D. H., 1989, Social contraception in naked mole-rats and marmoset monkeys
Alexander, R. McN., 1989, On the synchronization of breathing with running in wallabies (Macropus spp.) and horses (Equus caballus)
Alexander, R. McN., 1989, Bistable properties of the hock joint of horses (Equus spp.)
Bennett, M. B., 1989, A possible, energy-saving role for the major fascia of the thigh in running quadrupedal mammals
Bennett, M. B., 1989, Elastic strain energey storage in the feet of running monkeys
Bennett, N. C., 1989, The social structure and reproductive biology of the common mole-rat, Cryptomys h. hottentotus and remarks on the trends in reproduction and sociality in the family Bathyergidae
Birkhead, T. R., 1989, The intelligent sperm? A concise review of sperm competition
Bodmer, R. E., 1989, Frugivory in Amazonian Artiodactyla: evidence for the evolution of the ruminant stomach
Breed, W. G., 1989, Comparative studies on the reproductive biology of three species of laboratory bred Australian conilurine rodents (Muridae: Hydromyinae)
Cork, S. J., 1989, Lactation in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). II. Intake of milk components and maternal allocation of energy
Curlewis, J. D., 1989, The breeding season of Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus ) in Tasmania
Currey, J. D., 1989, Mechanical properties of very young bone in the axis deer (Axis axis) and humans
Delany, M. J., 1989, The small mammals of a coastal gravel plain in the Sultanate of Oman
Delibes, M., 1989, Food of the common genet (Genetta genetta) in northern Africa
Dempster, E. R., 1989, Maternal behaviour and neonatal development in three species of Namib Desert rodents
Doncaster, C. P., 1989, Annual cycle of a coypu (Myocastor coypus) population: male and female strategies
Dove, H., 1989, Lactation in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). I. Milk consumption and the algebraic of the lactation curve
Evans, P. G. H., 1989, Social structure of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles): genetic evidence
Fandos, P., 1989, Reproductive strategies in female Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica)
FitzGibbon, C. D., 1989, The condition and age of Thomson's gazelles killed by cheetahs and wild dogs
Gomendio, M., 1989, Suckling behaviour and fertility in rhesus macaques (Macaca multatta)
Gordon, I. J., 1989, A case of intense interspecific aggression between scimitar honed oryx, Oryx damah and addax Addax nasomaculatus
Gurnell, J., 1989, Inter-trap movement and estimating rodent densities
Harvey, J. T., 1989, Assessment of errors associated with harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) faecal sampling
Heideman, P. D., 1989, Population biology and estimates of abundance of fruit bats (Pteropodidae) in Philippine submontane rainforest
Heth, G., 1989, Burrow patterns of the mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi in two soil types (terra-rossa and rendzina) in Mount Carmel, Israel
Hodges, J. K., 1989, The development of an enzyme-immunoassay for urinary pregnanediol-3-glucuronide and its application to reproductive assessment in exotic mammals
Hyvärinen, H., 1989, Diving indarkness: whiskers as sense organs of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis)
Johnson, C. N., 1989, Social interactions and reproductive tactics in red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus)
Kingsley, M., 1989, Population dynamics of the narwhal Monodon monoceros : an initial assessment (Odontoceti: Monodontidae)
Korn, H., 1989, The annual cycle in body weight of small mammals from the Transvaal, South Africa, as an adaptation to a subtropical seasonal environment
Lawson, D., 1989, The food habits of suni antelopes (Neotragus moschatus) (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)
Little, J., 1989, Shrew captures and rodent field studies
Lowe, V. P. W., 1989, Are the New and Old World wapitis (Cervus canadensis) conspecific with red deer (Cervus elaphus)?
Markussen, N. H., 1989, Growth in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) on the Norwegian coast
McAney, C. M., 1989, The distribution of the lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros in Co. Clare, Ireland
McAney, C. M., 1989, Analysis of the diet of the lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros in the West of Ireland
Miththapala, S., 1989, Identification of individual leopards (Panthera pardus kotiya) using spot pattern variation
Nolet, B. A., 1989, Grooming and resting of otters Lutra lutra in a marine habitat
Owen-Smith, N., 1989, Nutritional ecology of a browsing ruminant, the kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), through the seasonal cycle
Parkes, J. P., 1989, Annual patterns in reproduction and perirenal fat of hares (Lepus europaeus) in sub-alpine Canterbury, New Zealand
Rai, U., 1989, Effects of mammalian pituitary gonadotropins on the seasonally quiescent ovary of the Indian wall lizard, Hemidactylus flavivirdis
Read, A. F., 1989, Life history differences among the eutherian radiations
Reynolds, P. S., 1989, Photoperiodic effects on post-weaning growth and food consumption in the collared lemming Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
Roberts, P., 1989, A relationship between black rats (Rattus rattus), Seychelles fruit bats (Pteropus seychellensis aldabrensis) and the coccoid (Icerya seychellarum) (Insecta, Homoptera) on Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles
Rose, R. W., 1989, Embryonic growth rates of marsupials with a note on monotremes
Saltz, D., 1989, On the spatial behaviour of Indian crested porcupines (Hystrix indica)
Schmitt, L. H., 1989, Ecology and physiology of the northern quoll, Dasyurus hallucatus (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae), at Mitchell Plateau, Kimberley, Western Australia
Serena, M., 1989, Spatial organization of a riparian population of the carnivorous marsupial Dasyurus geoffroii
Singleton, G. R., 1989, Population dynamics of an outbreak of house mice (Mus domesticus) in the mallee wheatlands of Australia - hypothesis of plague formation
Sun, S. F., 1989, The pulmonary circulation of the Tibetansnow pig (Marmota himalayana)
Swartz, S. M., 1989, The functional morphology of weight bearing: limb joint surface are allometry in anthropoid primates
Taib, N. T., 1989, Morphology, histology and histochemistry of the ventral buccal salivary glands of the Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius)
Thompson, P. M., 1989, Seasonal changes in the distribution and composition of common seal (Phoca vitulina) haul-out groups
Viljoen, P. J., 1989, Spatial distribution and movements of elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the northern Namib Desert region of the Kaokoveld, South West Africa/Namibia
Wauters, L. A., 1989, Variation in length and body weight of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in two different habitats
Weber, D., 1989, The ecological significance of resting sites and the seasonal habitat change in polecats (Mustela putorius)
Westlin-van Aarde, L. M., 1989, Pre- and post-natal development of pouched mice, Saccostomus campestris
Wiig, O., 1989, Lack of geographic variation in the Norwegian lynx Lynx lynx
Woodall, P. F., 1989, Seasonality of reproduction in male rock elephant shrews, Elephantulus myurus
Woolley, P. A., 1989, Nest location by spool-and-line tracking of dasyurid marsupials in New Guinea
Yahav, S., 1989, Total body water and adaptive water turnover rate in four chromosomal species of subterranean mole rats of the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies in Israel
Alexander, R. McN., 1990, Optimum stiffness for leg bones
Bester, M. N., 1990, Reproduction in the male sub-Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
Bodmer, R. E., 1990, Fruit patch size and frugivory in the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
Brear, K., 1990, Ontogenetic changes in the mechanical properties of the femur of the polar bear Ursus maritimus
Breed, W. G., 1990, Comparative studies on the timing of reproduction and foetal number in six species of Australian conilurine rodents (Muridae: Hydromyinae)
Brooke, A. P., 1990, Tent selection, roosting ecology and social organization of the tent-making bat, Ectophylla alba , in Costa Rica
Brown, W. A. B., 1990, The dentition of fallow deer (Dama dama): a scoring scheme to assess age from wear of the permanent molariform teeth
Byrne, J. M., 1990, Some mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in Irish wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus)
Carter, S. D., 1990, Immune responses of the common seal (Phoca vitulina) to canine distemper antigens during an outbreak of phocid distemper viral infection
Cavallini, P., 1990, Ranging behaviour of the Cape grey mongoose Galerella pulverulenta in a coastal area
Downs, C. T., 1990, The effect of diet on water and energy turnover rates of four Gerbillurus species in captivity
Duck, C. D., 1990, Annual variation in the timing of reproduction in antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella , at Bird Island, South Georgia
El Haj, A. J., 1990, Biomechanical bone cell signalling: is there a grapevine?
Ellison, G. T. H., 1990, The effect of scavenger mutilation on insect succession at impala carcasses in southern Africa
Fa, J. E., 1990, Influence of habitat characteristics on small mammals in a Mexican high-altitude grassland
Faulkes, C. G., 1990, Investigation of genetic diversity in wild colonies of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) by DNA fingerprinting
Flint, A. P. F., 1990, The maternal recognition of pregnancy in mammals
Frank, L. G., 1990, Sexual dimorphism in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)
Happold, D. C. D., 1990, An ecological study of small rodents in the woodland savanna of Liwonde National Park, Malawi
Harwood, J., 1990, The 1988 seal epizootic
Hewson, R., 1990, Interactions between mountain hares (Lepus timidus) and other mammals
Jefferies, D. J., 1990, The prevalence of Pseudoterranova decipiens (Nematoda) and Corynosoma strumosum (Acanthocephala) in otters Lutra lutra from coastal sites in Britain
Kruuk, H., 1990, Seasonal and spatial differences in food selection by otters (Lutra lutra) in Shetland
Lipinski, M. R., 1990, Cephalopods in the diet of the South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus)
Lüps, P., 1990, Cannibalism in a female badger (Meles meles): infanticide or predation
Meharg, M. J., 1990, Trophic relationships of common frog (Rana temporaria) and pigmy shrew (Sorex minutus) in upland Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
Moore, H. D. M., 1990, Sexual differentiation in the grey short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica , and the effect of oestradiol benzoate on development in the male
O'Higgins, P., 1990, Patterns of cranial sexual dimorphism in certain groups of extant hominoids
Richards, K. S., 1990, X-ray microscopy
Sibly, R. M., 1990, Seasonal variation in gut morphology in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Smith, K. K., 1990, The anatomy and function of the feeding apparatus in two armadillos (Dasypoda): anatomy is not destiny
Solounias, N., 1990, The two types of cranial appendages in Giraffa camelopardalis (Mammalia, Artiodactyla)
Strang, K. T., 1990, Explaining the scaling of transport costs: the role of stride frequency and stride length
Thompson, M. B., 1990, Incubation of eggs of tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus
Trewhella, W. J., 1990, The effect of railway lines on urban fox (Vulpes vulpes) numbers and dispersal movements
Weber, J. M., 1990, Seasonal exploitation of amphibians by otters (Lutra lutra) in north-east Scotland
Welch, D., 1990, Habitat usage by red (Cervus elaphus) and roe (Capreolus capreolus) deer in a Scottish Sitka spruce plantation
Williams, T. M., 1990, Heat transfer in elephants: thermal partitioning based on skin temperature profiles
Wilson, W. L., 1990, Changes in the diet of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on the sands of Forvie National Nature Reserve, during the eider nesting period, 1974 to 1988
Yahav, S., 1990, The effect of protein and salt loading on urinary concentrating ability in four chromosomal species of Spalax ehrenbergi
Yalden, D. W., 1990, Recreational disturbance of large mammals in the Peak District
Zihlman, A. L., 1990, Skeletal biology and individual life history of Gombe chimpanzees
Abbs, A., 1991, Feeding strategy of coypu (Myocastor coypus) in central western France
Alados, C. L., 1991, Phenotypic and genetic characteristics affecting lifetime reproductive success in female Cuvier's, dama and dorcas gazelles (Gazella cuvieri , G. dama and G. dorcas)
Aldama, J. J., 1991, Field observations of Spanish lynxes (Felis pardina) playing with prey in Donana, south-west Spain
Beal, A. M., 1991, Influence of flow rate and aldosterone administration on mandibular salivary composition in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Brigham, R. M., 1991, Convergence in foraging strategies by two morphologically and phylogenetically distinct nocturnal aerial insectivores
Bright, P. W., 1991, Ranging and nesting behaviour of the dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius , in diverse low-growing woodland
Cavallini, P., 1991, Environmental factors influencing the use of habitat in the red fox, Vulpes vulpes
Cook, J. M., 1991, The ecology of Hypogeomys antimena, an endemic Madagascan rodent
Crawshaw, P. G., Jr., 1991, Jaguar spacing, activity and habitat use in a seasonally flooded environment in Brazil
Curlewis, J. D., 1991, Seasonal changes in the reproductive organs and plasma and pituitary hormone content of the male Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus )
Du Plessis, A., 1991, Refuge strategies and habitat segregation in two sympatric rodents Otomys unisulcatus and Parotomys brantsii
Fielden, L. J., 1991, Home range and movements of the Namib Desert golden mole, Eremitalpa granti namibensis (Chrysochloridae)
Frazer Sissom, D. E., 1991, How cats purr
Gatesy, S. M., 1991, Bipedal locomotion: effects of speed, size and limb posture in birds and humans
Geiser, F., 1991, Hibernation in the mountain pygmy possum Burramys parvus (Marsupialia)
Gillies, A. C., 1991, The effect of seasonal food restriction on activity, metabolism and torpor in the South African hedgehog (Atelerix frontalis)
Gittleman, J. L., 1991, Carnivore olfactory bulb size: allometry, phylogeny and ecology
Godfrey, L., 1991, Scaling of limb joint surface areas in anthropoid primates and other mammals
Guillette, L. J. J., 1991, The evolution of viviparity in amniote vertebrates: new insights, new questions
Happold, D. C. D., 1991, An ecological study of small rodents in the thicket-clump savanna of Lengwe National Park, Malawi
Harcourt, C., 1991, Diet and behaviour of a nocturnal lemur, Avahi laniger , in the wild
Kovacs, K. M., 1991, Mass transfer efficiency between harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) mothers and their pups during lactation
Kruuk, H., 1991, The spatial organization of otters (Lutra lutra) in Shetland
lan Degen, A., 1991, Average daily metabolic rate of gerbils of two species Gerbillus pyramidum and Gerbillus allenbyi
Lawes, M. J., 1991, Diet of samango monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis erythrarchus) in the Cape Vidal dune forest, South Africa
Messenger, J. B., 1991, Transmitters, toxins and phylogeny
Neal, B. R., 1991, Reproductive response of Tatera leucogaster (Rodentia) to supplemental food and 6-methoxybenzoxazolinone in Zimbabwe
Oguya, B. R. O., 1991, Behaviour of nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) antelope in captivity
Pierce, G. J., 1991, Seasonal variation in the diet of common seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Moray Firth area of Scotland
Rabinowitz, A. R., 1991, Behaviour and movements of sympatric civet species in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
Reilly, J. J., 1991, Rates of water turnover and energy expenditure of free-living male common seals (Phoca vitulina)
Ryg, M., 1991, Seasonal and developmental changes of reproductive organs of male ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in the Svalbard area
Shiel, C. B., 1991, Analysis of the diet of Natterer's bat Myotis nattereri and the common long-eared bat Plecotus auritus in the West of Ireland
Thompson, D., 1991, Movements, diving and foraging behaviour of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)
Thouless, C. R., 1991, Taxonomic status of the Farasan Island gazelle
Wang, X. T., 1991, The effect of temperature on the tensile stiffness of mammalian tail tendons
Watkins, B. M., 1991, Hepatozoon in grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) trapped near Reading, Berkshire
Bennett, N. C., 1992, The locomotory activty patterns of a functionally complete colony of Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus (Rodentia: bathyergidae)
Abensperg-Traun, M., 1992, The foraging ecology of a termite- and ant-eating specialist, the echidna ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ) (Monotremata: Tachyglossidae)
Berry, R. J., 1992, The house mouse of Faray, Orkney
Berteaux, D., 1992, Population studies and reproduction of the feral cattle ( Bos taurus ) of Amsterdam Island, Indian Ocean
Bertram, J. E. A., 1992, Allometry and curvature in the long bones of quadrupedal mammals
Best, P. B., 1992, Aerial photogrammetry of southern right whales, Eubalaena australis
Biknevicius, A. R., 1992, The structure of the mandibular corpus and its relationship to feeding behaviours in extant carnivorans
Boag, B., 1992, Observations on the variation in the sex ratio of wild rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) in eastern Scotland
Bright, P. W., 1992, Ranging and nesting behaviour of the dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius , in coppice-with-standards woodland
Brown, J. A., 1992, Studies on the spread of bovine tuberculosis from badgers to cattle
Campagna, C., 1992, Equal investment in male and female offspring in southern elephant seals
Cave, A. J. E., 1992, Canine tooth fracture in two Congolese gorillas
Chapman, N. G., 1992, Brachygnathia in fallow deer ( Dama dama )
Cockburn, A., 1992, Use of nest trees by Antechinus stuartii , a semelparous lekking marsupial
Cockroft, V. G., 1992, Incidental capture of bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) in shark nets: an assessment of some possible causes
Dressen, W., 1992, Social behaviour and heart rate in tammar wallabies (Macropodidae: Macropus eugenii)
Dunham, K. M., 1992, Response of a lion ( Panthera leo ) population to changing prey availability
Fielden, L. J., 1992, Locomotory activity in the Namib Desert golden mole eremitalpa granti namibensis ) (Chrysochloridae)
Fraser, K. W., 1992, Emergence behaviour of rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus , in Central Otago, New Zealand
Geffen, E., 1992, Phylogenetic relationships of the fox-like canids: mitochondrial DNA restriction fragment, site and cytochrome b sequence analyses
Green, B., 1992, Seasonal patterns in water, sodium and energy turnover in free-living echidnas, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Mammalia: Monotremata)
Happold, D. C. D., 1992, The ecology of three communities of small mammals at different altitudes in Malawi, Central Africa
Harcourt, R., 1992, Factors affecting early mortality in the South American fur seal ( Arctocephalus australis ) in Peru: density-related effects and predation
Harris, S., 1992, Age determination of badgers ( Meles meles ) from tooth wear: the need for a pragmatic approach
Herrera, E. A., 1992, Growth and dispersal of capybaras ( Hydrochaeris* hydrochaeris ) in the Llanos of Venezuela
Hill Mikkelsen, A. M., 1992, The first recorded stranding of a melon-headed whale ( Peponocephala electra ) on the European Coast
Jones, C. J., 1992, Prolonged and daily torpor in the feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus (Marsupialia: Acrobatidae)
Kerley, G. I. H., 1992, Trophic status of small mammals in the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa
Kerley, G. I. H., 1992, Ecological correlates of small mammal community structure in the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa
Kitchener, C., 1992, The taxonomic status of black wild felids in Scotland
Kolb, H. H., 1992, The effect of moonlight on activity in the wild rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Rowe, F. P., 1970, The response of wild mice (Mus musculus) to live-traps marked by their own and by a foreign mouse odour
Phillips, W. W. A., 1970, Mouse-eared bats Myotis myotis in Sussex
Ratcliffe, P. R., 1970, The occurrence of vestigial teeth in badger (Meles meles), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and fox (Vulpes vulpes) from the county of Argyll, Scotland
Deshmukh, I. K., 1970, The small mammals of a sand dune system
Tittensor, A. M., 1970, Red squirrel dreys
Bailey, G. N. A., 1970, The carnivorous behaviour of the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus
Kolb, H. H., 1992, The supraorbital ridge as an indicator of age in wild rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Korn, H., 1992, Intestine lengths of Southern African savanna rodents and insectivores: intra- and interspecific comparisons
Lincoln, G. A., 1992, Brief reviews. Biology of antlers
Lovegrove, B. G., 1992, The magnetic compass orientation of the burrows of the Damara mole-rat Cryptomys damarensis (Bathyergidae)
Lydersen, C., 1992, Water flux and mass gain during lactation in free-living ringed seal ( Phoca hispida ) pups
MacArthur, R. A., 1992, Gas bubble release by muskrats diving under ice: lost gas or a potential oxygen pool?
Maier, C., 1992, Activity patterns of pipistrelle bats ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus ) in Oxfordshire
Majluf, P., 1992, Timing of births and juvenile mortality in the South American fur seal in Peru
Malcolm, J. R., 1992, Use of tooth impressions to identify and age live Proechimys guyannesis and P. cuvieri (Rodentia: Echimyidae)
Mansdotter, S., 1992, Age-related changes in ovarian morphology of the South American tamarin Saguinus fuscicollis (Callitrichidae)
McConnell, B. J., 1992, Satellite tracking of grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus )
McGrew, W. C., 1992, Tool-use by free-ranging chimpanzees: the extent of diversity
McNab, B. K., 1992, The comparative energetics of rigid endothermy: the Arvicolidae
Messier, F., 1992, Seasonal activity patterns of female polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) in the Canadian Arctic as revealed by satellite telemetry
Morris, P. A., 1992, Movements and hibernaculum site in the fat dormouse ( Glis glis )
Nikoletopoulos, N. P., 1992, Albumin evolution and phylogenetic ralationships among Greek rodents of the familes Arvicolidae and Muridae
Ollason, J. G., 1992, Day-flying bat attacked by house martins
Ramsay, M. A., 1992, Seasonal and sex differences in the structure and chemical composition of adipose tissue in wild polar bears ( Ursus maritimus )
Renfree, M. B., 1992, The role of genes and hormones in marsupial sexual differentiation
Reynolds, V., 1992, Chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest, 1962-1992
Roberts, M., 1992, The effect of habitat on the helminth parasites of an island population of the Polynesian rat ( Rattus exulans )
Robertson, A., 1992, Early growth and sucking behaviour of Soay sheep in a fluctuating population
Rodriguez, A., 1992, Food habits of badgers ( Meles meles ) in an arid habitat
Roper, T. J., 1992, The structure and function of badger setts
Rosenthal, C. M., 1992, The changes in the dominance hierarchy over time of a complete field-captuerd colony of Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus
Rydell, J., 1992, Occurrence of bats in northernmost Sweden (65 N) and their feeding ecology in summer
Ryg, M., 1992, The scent of rutting male ringed seals ( Phoca hispida )
Ryser, J., 1992, The mating system and male mating success of the Virginia opossum ( Didelphis virginiana ) in Florida
Schon, I., 1992, Causes and magnitude of body weight changes in trap-confined bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus
Scriven, P. N., 1992, Robertsonian translocation introduced into an island population of house mice
Scriven, P. N., 1992, The effect oh hybridization on mandible morphology in an island population of the house mouse
Shore, R. F., 1992, The effect of varying calcium intake on calcium metabolism in wild rodent species
Taber, A. B., 1992, Spatial organization and monogamy in the mara Dolichotis patagonum
Taber, A. B., 1992, Communal breeding in the mara, Dolichotis patagonum
Thirgood, S. J., 1992, Mating system and ecology of black lechwe ( Kobus : Bovidae) in Zambia
Thompson, M. J. A., 1992, Roost philopatry in female pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Trout, R. C., 1992, Ageing wild rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus) from southern England by determining epiphyseal ossification in the lumbar vertebrae
Van Jaarsveld, A. S., 1992, Morphological and steroidogenic assessment of ovarian activity during lactation in the spotted hyaena ( Crocuta crocuta )
Virgl, J. A., 1992, Seasonal variation in body composition and morphology of adult muskrats in central Saskatchewan, Canada
Wauters, L., 1992, Activity budget and foraging behaviour of red squirrels ( Sciurus vulgaris ) in coniferous and deciduous habitats
Webb, P. I., 1992, Inter- and intra-individual variation in wing loading and body mass in female pipistrelle bats: theoretical imlications for flight performance
Woodall, P. F., 1992, Relative heart weights of some African antelope
Woodroffe, R., 1992, Badger clans: demographic groups in an antisocial species
Wooller, R. D., 1992, Reduction in the number of young during pouch-life in a small marsupial
Worthy, G. A. J., 1992, Moult energetics of the northern elephant seal ( Mirounga angustirostris )
Zuckerman, L., 1992, Sir Terence Morrison-Scott DSC, DSc
Zuleta, G. A., 1992, Seasonal shifts within juvenile recruit sex ratio Pampas mice ( Akodon azarae )
Pernetta, J. C., 1970, Mammalian and avian remains from possible Bronze Age deposits on Nornour, Isles of Scilly
Ferns, P. N., 1970, Unusual occurrence in the stomach of a field vole, Microtus agrestis
Twigg, G. I., 1970, The "Pancreas of Aselli" in shrews
Irvin, A. D., 1970, A note on the gastro-intestinal parasites of British hares (Lepus europaeus and L. timidus)
Drabble, P., 1970, Aural evidence of spring mating in badgers (Meles meles)
Hewson, R., 1971, The stoat Mustela erminea and its prey
Yalden, D. W., 1971, A population of the yellow-necked mouse, Apodemus flavicollis
Mitchell, B., 1971, The weights of new-born to one-day-old red deer calves in scottish moorland habitats
Morris, P. A., 1971, Epiphyseal fusion in the forefoot aas a means of age determination in the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Drabble, P., 1971, The function of mutual grooming in badgers (Meles meles)
Bonner, W. N., 1971, An aged Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Fairley, J. S., 1971, Notes on the breeding of the fox (Vulpes vulpes) in County Galway, Ireland
Tegner, H., 1971, Notes on the mammals of Majorca
Linn, I., 1971, A longevity record of the pigmy bush baby Galagoides demidovii
Berkovitz, B. K. B., 1971, A rare dental abnormality in an adult male Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus): bilateral supernumerary maxillary premolars
Spinage, C. A., 1971, Two records of pathological conditions in the impala (Aepyceros melampus)
Bekele, A., 1993, Systematics and geographic variation of Ethiopian Arvicanthis (Rodentia, Muridae)
Bennett, M. B., 1993, Structural modifications involved in the fore- and hind limb grip of some flying foxes (Chitoptera: Pteropodidae)
Bennett, N. C., 1993, Poikilothermic traits and thermoregulation in the Afrotropical social subterranean Mashona mole-rat ( Cryptomys hottentotus darlingi ) (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Berrow, S. D., 1993, An analysis of sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus stranding and sighting records, from Britain and Irealnd
Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P., 1993, Effects of preservation on wing morphometry of the little brown bat ( Myotis lucifugus )
Blackwell, S. B., 1993, Developmental aspects of sleep apnoea in northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris
Boag, B., 1993, Helminth infection of weaning rabbits from Holy Island, Northumberland
Boyd, I. L., 1993, Tooth growth in male Antarctic fur seals ( Arctocephalus gazella ) from South Georgia: an indicator of long-term growth history
Bradley, A. J., 1993, The dorsal paracloacal gland and its relationship with seasonal changes in cutaneous scent gland morphology and plasma androgen in the marsupial sugar glider ( Petaurus breviceps ; Marsupialia: Petauridae)
Brear, K., 1993, The mechanical design of the tusk of the narwhal ( Monodon monoceros : Cetacea)
Breitenmoser, U., 1993, Spatial organization and recruitment of lynx ( Lynx lynx ) in a re-introduced population in the Swiss Jura Mountains
Bright, P. W., 1993, Foraging behaviour of dormice Muscardinus avellanarius in two contrasting habitats
Brzezinski, M., 1993, Diet of otters ( Lutra lutra ) inhabiting small rivers in the Bialowieza National Park, eastern Poland
Bullock, D. J., 1993, Short-term responses of deer to recreational disturbances in two deer parks
Butler, P. M., 1993, Variations of molar morphology in the Spalax ehrenbergi superspecies: adaptive and phylogenetic significance
Chapman, N. G., 1993, Sympatric populations of muntjac ( Muntiacus reevesi ) and roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ): a comparative analysis of their ranging behaviour, social organization and activity
Choquenot, D., 1993, Growth, body condition and demography of wild banteng ( Bos javanicus ) on Cobourg Peninsula, northern Australia
Clevenger, A. P., 1993, Spring and summer food habits and habitat use of the European pine marten ( Martes matres ) on the island of Minorca, Spain
Cotterill, F. P. D., 1993, Capturing free-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae): the description of a new trapping device
Ellison, G. T. H., 1993, Is the annual cycle in body weight of pouched mice ( Saccostomus campestris ) the result of seasonal changes in adult size or population structure?
Fa, J. E., 1993, Small mammal population responses to fire in a Mexican high-altitude grassland
Fandos, P., 1993, Craniometric variability in two populations of roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) from Spain
Funakoshi, K., 1993, Feeding ecology of the northern Ryukyu fruit bat, Pteropus dasymallus dasymallus , in a warm-temperate region
Garland, T. J., 1993, Does metatarsal/femur ratio predict maximal running speed in cursorial mammals?
Gibb, J. A., 1993, Sociality, time and space in a sparse population of rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Gorman, M. L., 1993, A comparative study of the ecology of woodmice Apodemus sylvaticus in two contrasting habitats: deciduous woodland and maritime sand-dunes
Green, W. C. H., 1993, Persistent influences of birth date on dominance, growth and reproductive success in bison
Griffiths, H. I., 1993, The Eurasian badger, Meles meles (L.1758) as a commodity species
Habibi, K., 1993, Comparative behaviour of sand and mountain gazelles
Hoodless, A., 1993, An estimate of population density of the fat dormouse ( Glis glis )
Hughes, P., 1993, The flight of pipistrelle bats Pipistrellus pipistrellus during pregnancy and lactation
Jabbour, H. N., 1993, Conception rates following intrauterine insemination of European ( Dama dama dama ) fallow deer does with fresh or frozen-thawed Mesopotamian ( Dama dama mesopotamica ) fallow deer spermatozoa
Jones, G., 1993, Echolocation, flight morphology and foraging strategies of some West African hipposiderid bats
Kam, M., 1993, Effect of dietary preformed water on energy and water budgets of two sympatric desert rodents, Acomys russatus and Acomys cahirinus
Kauhala, K., 1993, Home range of the raccoon dog ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ) in southern Finland
Kirkwood, J. K., 1993, Comparative quantitative histology of mammalian growth plates
Koprowski, J. L., 1993, Sex and species biases in scent-marking by fox squirrels and eastern grey squirrels
Lee, W. B., 1993, Tooth wear patterns in voles ( Microtus agrestis and Clethrionomys glareolus ) and efficiency of dentition in preparing food for digestion
Lindeque, M., 1993, Post-natal growth of elephants Loxodonta africana in Etosha National Park, Namibia
Lowe, V. P. W., 1993, The spread of the grey squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ) into Cumbria since 1960 and its present distribution
Lunn, N. J., 1993, Effects of maternal age and condition on parturition and the perinatal period of Antarctic fur seals
Maddock, A. H., 1993, Analysis of brown hyaena ( Hyaena brunnea ) scats from the central karoo, South Africa
Maddock, A. H., 1993, Spatial and temporal ecology of an assemblage of viverrids in Natal, South Africa
Maempel, G. Z., 1993, Skeletal pathology and congenital variations in the Maltese Pleistocene hippopotamus
Mason, C. F., 1993, Heavy metals in the livers of otters, Lutra lutra , from Ireland
Masters, J. C., 1993, Tertiary sex ratios in wild Galago populations (Mammalia: Primates)
McKenzie, A. A., 1993, Loose front teeth: radiological and histological correlation with grooming function in the impala Aepyceros melampus
Oli, M. K., 1993, A key for the identificaton of the hair of mammals of a snow leopard ( Panthera uncia ) habitat in Nepal
Oli, M. K., 1993, Diet of the snow leopard ( Panthera unica ) in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal
Pabst, D. A., 1993, Intramuscular morphology and tendon geometry of the epaxial swimming muscles of dolphins
Palomares, F., 1993, Resting ecology and behaviour of Egyptian mongooses ( Herpestes ichneumon ) in southwestern Spain
Peres, C. A., 1993, Diet and feeding ecology of saddle-back ( Saguinus fuscicollis ) and moustached ( Saguinus mystax ) tamarins in an Amazonian terra firme forest
Pienaar, D. J., 1993, White rhinoceros range size in the south-western Kruger National Park
Pond, C. M., 1993, The anatomy, chemical composition and maximum glycolytic capacity of adipose tissue in wild Svalbard reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus ) in winther
Putman, R. J., 1993, Dietary differences between male and female fallow deer in sympatry and in allopatry
Read, A. J., 1993, Patterns of growth in wild bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus
Renouf, D., 1993, Play in a captive breeding colony of harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ): constrained by time or by energy?
Renouf, D., 1993, Seasonal variation in energy intake and condition of harp seals: Is there a harp seal morph? Problems for bioenergetic modelling
Robinson, M. F., 1993, Food of the serotine bat, Eptesicus serotinus - is faecal analysis a valid qualitative and quantitative technique?
Rosen, D. A. S., 1993, Sex differences in the nursing relationship between mothers and pups in the Atlantic harbour seal, Phoca vitulina concolor
Shield, J., 1971, A seasonal change blood cell volume of the Rottnest Island Quokka, Setonix brachyurus
Chapman, D. I., 1971, Further observations on the incidence of twins in Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus
Shillito, E. E., 1971, Observations on parturition and maternal care in Soay sheep
Yalden, D. W., 1971, Feral wallabies in the Peak District
Lerwill, C. J., 1971, Observations on the climbing behaviour of the Striped hamster, Cricetulus barabensis
Flowerdew, J. R., 1971, The subcaudal glandular area of Apodemus sylvaticus
Clevedon Brown, J., 1971, Mammalian prey of the Barn owl (Tyto alba) on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire
Eldridge, M. J., 1971, Some observations on the dispersion of small mammals in hedgerows
English, M. P., 1971, Ringworm in groups of wild mammals
Stoddart, D. M., 1972, The lateral scent organs of Arvicola terrestris (Rodentia: Microtinae)
Jefferies, D. J., 1972, Organochlorine insecticide residues in British bats and their significance
Ryg, M., 1993, Scaling of insulation in seals and whales
Sibbald, A. M., 1993, The influence of birth date on the development of seasonal cycles in red deer hinds ( Cervus elaphus )
Smith, J. E., 1993, A note on the summer feeding behaviour and habitat use of free-ranging goats ( Capra ) in the Cheddar Gorge SSSI
Pye, J.D., 1972, Bimodal distribution of constant frequencies in some hipposiderid bats (Mammalia: Hipposideridae)
Akande, M., 1972, The food of feral mink (Mustela vison) in Scotland
Smith, P. A., 1993, The ship rat ( Rattus rattus ) on Lundy, 1991
Speakman, J. R., 1993, Taxonomy, status and distribution of the Azorean bat ( Nyctalus azoreum )
Spinage, C. A., 1993, The median ossicone of Giraffa camelopardalis
Sullivan, C. M., 1993, Analysis of diets of Leisler's Nyctalus leisleri , Daubenton's Myotis daubentoni and pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus bats in Ireland
Walker, B. G., 1993, Changes in body mass and feeding behaviour in male harbour seals, Phoca vitulina , in relation to female reproductive status
Webb, N. J., 1993, Growth and mortality in juvenile European wild rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Webb, P. I., 1993, Defecation, apparent absorption efficiency, and the importance of water obtained in the food for water balance in captive brown long-eared ( Plecotus auritus ) and Daubenton's ( Myotis daubentoni ) bats
Weber, J. M., 1993, Predation by foxes, Vulpes Vulpes , on the fossorial form of the water vole, Arvicola terrestris scherman , in western Switzerland
Wickings, E. J., 1993, Reproductive success in the mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx :correlations of male dominance and mating success with paternity, as determined by DNA fingerprinting
Wilson, C. J., 1993, Badger damage to growing oats and an assessment of electric fencing as a means of its reduction
Wirminghaus, J. O., 1993, Seasonal changes in density, demography ind body composition of small mammals in a souther temperate forest
Wooller, R. D., 1993, The relationship between nectar supply and the rate of capture of a nectar-dependent small marsupial Tarsipes rostratus
Yom-Tov, Y., 1993, Character displacement among the isectivorous bats of the Dead Sea area
Yu, H. T., 1993, Natural history of small mammals of subtropical montane areas in central Taiwan
Zubaid, A., 1993, The effect of supplementary feeding upon the demography of a population of woodmice Apodemus sylvaticus , living on a system of maritime sand-dunes
Bekele, A., 1994, Multivariate morphometrics of the Ethiopian populations of harsh-furred rat ( Lophuromys : Mammalia, Rodentia)
Bennett, N. C., 1994, Reproductive supression in social Cryptomys damarensis colonies - a lifetime of socially-induced sterility in males and females (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Bennett, N. C., 1994, The colony structure and reproductive biology of the afrotropical Mashona mole-rat, Cryptomys darlingi
Bennett, N. C., 1994, Reproductive supression in eusocial Cryptomys damarensis colonies: socially-induced infertility in females
Bergallo, H. G., 1994, Reproduction and growth of the opossum Monodelphis domestica (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in northeastern Brazil
Bernard, R. T. F., 1994, Reproductive synchrony and annual variation in foetal growth rate in the long-fingered bat ( Miniopterus schreibersii )
Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P., 1994, Flight style in bats as predicted from wing morphometry: the effects of specimen preservation
Birgersson, B., 1994, Suckling time and fawn growth in fallow deer ( Dama dama )
Blake, D., 1994, Use of lamplit roads by foraging bats in southern England
Boulton, I. C., 1994, Experimental fluoride accumulation and toxicity in the short-tailed field vole ( Microtus agrestis )
Branch, L. C., 1994, Factors influencing population dynamics of the plains viscacha ( Lagostomus maximus , Mammalia, Chinchillidae) in scrub habitat of central Argentina
Brown, E. D., 1994, Apodemus sylvaticus infected with Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Nematoda) in an arable ecosystem: epidemiology and effects of infection on the movements of male mice
Middleton, H. S., 1975, Two pathological conditions in the Muntjac deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
Taylor, K. D., 1975, An automatic device for recording small mammal traffic on runways
Walton, K. C., 1975, Observations on a colony of pipistrelles, Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber
Harris, S., 1975, Syndactyly in the Red fox, Vulpes vulpes
Hewson, R., 1975, The food of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Scotish forests
Berry, R. J., 1975, On the nature of denetical distance and island races of Apodemus sylvaticus
Butler, F. T., 1994, Population structure and reproduction in brown rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) from pig farms, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Butler, J., 1994, Investigation of badger ( Meles meles ) setts using soil resistivity measurements
Cave, A. J. E., 1994, Note on the venous drainage of the gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla ) diploe
Churchfield, S., 1994, Food niche overlap and ecological separation in a multi-species community of shrews in the Siberian taiga
Clapham, P. J., 1994, Maturational changes in patterns of association in male and female humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae
Clevedon Brown, J., 1994, Identity of the enlarged inguinal glands of the mole ( Talpa europaea ) - anal or preputial glands?
Clutton-Brock, J., 1994, Changes in the skull morphology of the Arctic wolf, Canis lupus arctos , during the twentieth century
De Villiers, M. S., 1994, Habitat utilization by the Cape porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis in a savanna ecosystem
Derocher, A. E., 1994, Age-specific reproductive performance of female polar bears ( Ursus maritimus )
Dunham, K. M., 1994, The effect of drought on the large mammal populations of Zambezi riverine woodlands
Frank, L. G., 1994, Giving birth through a penile clitoris: parturition and dystocia in the spotted hyaena ( Crocuta crocuta )
Gales, N. J., 1994, Distribution, abundance and breeding cycle of the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea (Mammalia: Pinnipedia)
Gosling, L. M., 1994, Scent marking and resource defence by male coypus ( Myocastor coypus )
Groot Bruinderink, G. W. T. A., 1994, Diet and condition of wild boar, Sus scrofa scrofa , without supplementary feeding
Loxton, R. G., 1975, Coprophagy and the diurnal cycle of the Common shrew, Sorex araneus
Moore, N. W., 1975, The diural flight of the Azorean bat (Nyctalus azoreum) and the avifauna of the Aores
Webb, J. B., 1975, Food of the otter (Lutra lutra) on the Somerset levels
Jackson, J., 1975, Mandibular dental abnormalities in Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from the New Forest
Jackson, J., 1975, The occurrence of certain ectoparasites on Follow deer (Dama dama) in the New Forest
Garson, P. J., 1975, Social interactions of Woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus) studied by direct observation in the wild
Jennings, T. J., 1975, Notes on the burrow systems of Woodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Jefferies, D. J., 1975, Different activity patterns of male and female badgers (Meles meles) as shown by road mortality
Mitchell, B., 1976, Annual cucles of body weight and condition in Scottish Red deer, Cervus elaphus
Berkovitz, B. K. B., 1977, Attrition of the teeth in ferrets
Harper, R. J., 1977, "Caravanning" in Sorex species
Taylor, J. C., 1977, The frequency of Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) communication by use of scent marking points
Jackson, J. E., 1977, A note on the food of Muntjac deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
Insley, H., 1977, An estimate of the population density of the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the New Forest, Hampshire
Bradbury, K., 1977, Identification of earthworms in mammalian scats
Racey, P. A., 1977, A vagrant noctule in Orkney
Frazer, J. F. D., 1977, Growth of young rats after birth
Atkinson, T. G., 1994, Aberrant anogenital distance in XXSxr (`sex-reversed') pseudomale mice
Guillotin, M., 1994, Food choice and food competition among the three major primate species of French Guiana
Hayden, T. J., 1994, Antler growth and morphology in a feral sika deer ( Cervus nippon ) population in Killarney, Ireland
Hewson, R., 1994, The use of dens by hill foxes ( Vulpes vulpes )
Hirakawa, H., 1994, Coprophagy in the Japanese hare ( Lepus brachyurus ): reingestion of all the hard and soft faeces during the daytime stay in the form
Johnson, D. R., 1994, The inheritance of patterns of metameric variation in the mouse ( Mus musculus ) vertebral column
Knutsen, L. O., 1994, Body growth in Atlantic walruses ( Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus ) from Greenland
Kolb, H. H., 1994, The use of cover and burrows by a population of rabbits (Mammalia: Oryctolagus cuniculus ) in eastern Scotland
Korine, C., 1994, Population structure and emergence order in the fruit-bat ( Rousettus aegyptiacus : Mammalia, Chiroptera)
Krockenberger, M. B., 1994, Rate of passage of digesta through the alimentary tract of southern elephant seals ( Mirounga leonina ) (Carnivora: Phocidae)
Kunz, T. H., 1994, Allomaternal care: helper-assisted birth in the Rodrigues fruit bat, Pteropus rodricensis (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
Laurenson, M. K., 1994, High juvenile mortality in cheetahs ( Acinonyx jubatus ) and its consequences for maternal care
Lee, W. B., 1994, Digestive efficiency and gut adaptation in voles
Lod, T., 1994, Environmental factors influencing habitat exploitation by the polecat Mustela putorius in western France
Mason, G. J., 1994, The influence of weight, sex, birthdate and maternal age on the growth of weanling mink
McDevitt, R. M., 1994, A new record in the distribution of the dusky shrew, Sorex isodon , in northern Norway
Mikkelsen, A. M. H., 1994, Intraspecific variation in the dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris and L. acutus (Mammalia: Cetacea) in metrical and non-metrical skull characters, with remarks on occurrence
Nolet, B. A., 1994, Hunting yield daily food intake of a lactating otter ( Lutra lutra ) in Shetland
Olsen, M. A., 1994, Functional anatomy of the gastrointestinal system of Northeastern Atlantic minke whales ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata )
Page, R. J. C., 1994, Seasonality of reproduction in the European badger Meles meles in south-west England
Pei, K., 1994, Reproductive biology of male Formosan Reeves' muntjac ( Muntiacus reevesi micrurus )
Pilastro, A., 1994, Factors affecting body mass of young fat dormice ( Glis glis ) at weaning and by hibernation
Pomeroy, P. P., 1994, Dispersion and site fidelity of breeding female grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) on North Rona, Scotland
Guinness, F. E., 1978, Calving times of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) on Rhum
Kruuk, H., 1978, Spacing and foraging of otters (Lutra lutra) in a marine habitat
Godfrey, G. K., 1978, The ecological distribution of shrews (Crocidura suaveolens and Sorex araneus fretalis) in Jersey
Pond, C. M., 1994, The anatomy and chemical composition of adipose tissue in wild wolverines ( Gulo gulo ) in northern Canada
Poulle, M. L., 1994, Dynamics of spatial relationships among members of a fox group ( Vulpes vulpes : Mammalia: Carnivora)
Ratnayeke, S., 1994, Home range movements of solitary, reproductive female coatis, Nasua narica , in south-eastern Arizona
Rayner, J. M. V., 1994, Aerodynamic corrections for the flight of birds and bats in wind tunnels
Reynolds, P., 1994, Seasonal variation in the activity patterns of the Orkney vole Microtus arvalis orcadensis
Richardson, P. W., 1994, A new method of distinguishing Daubenton's bats ( Myotis daubentonii ) up to one year old from adults
Roper, T. J., 1994, The European badger ( Meles meles ): food specialist or generalist?
Roper, T. J., 1994, Do badgers, Meles meles , bury their dead?
Rudd, C. D., 1994, Sexual behaviour of male and female tammar wallabies ( Macropus eugenii ) at post-partum oestrus
Grainger, J. P., 1978, Studies on the biology of the pygmy shrew Sorex minutus in the West of Ireland
Gorman, M. L., 1978, The anal scent sacs of the otter (Lutra lutra)
Picken, M. J., 1978, The growth and behaviour of a hand-reared Common seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina) after release to the sea
Gurnell, J., 1978, Studies on the reaction of Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) to the normal treadle and a modified treadle in the Longworth trap
Watson, A., 1978, Differences in the quality of wintering areas used by male and female Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Aberdeenshire
Myers, P., 1978, A method for determining the age of living small mammals
Rydell, J., 1994, First record of breeding bats above the Arctic Circle: northern bats at 68-70 N in Norwey
Perez-Barberia, F. J., 1994, Determination of age in Cantabrian chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica parva) from jaw tooth-row eruption and wear
Salamon, M., 1994, A new technique for marking and later recognizing small mammals in the field
Serena, M., 2014, Use of time and space by platypus ( Ornithorhynchus anatinus : Monotremata)
Speakman, J. R., 1994, Predation rates on bats released to fly during daylight in sout-eastern Australia
Stoddart, D. M., 1994, Plasma testosterone concentration, body weight, social dominance and scent-marking in male marsupial sugar gliders ( Petaurus breviceps ; Marsupialia: Petauridae)
Suchentrunk, F., 1994, Non-metrical polymorphism of the first lower premolar (P3) in Austrian brown hares ( Lepus europaeus ): a study on regional differentation
Suthakar Isaac, S., 1994, Fecundity in the Indian Pygmy bat ( Pipistrellus mimus )
Taggart, D. A., 1994, Comparative studies of epididymal morphology and sperm distribution in dasyurid marsupials during the breeding season
Tattersall, F., 1994, A trap-based comparison of the use of arboreal vegetation by populations of bank-vole ( Clethrionomys glareolus ), woodmouse ( Apodemus sylvaticus ) and common dormouse ( Muscardinus avellanarius )
Temte, J. L., 1994, Photoperiod control of birth timing in the harbour seal ( Phoca vitulina )
Hall, J., 1978, A plea for caution over the identification of late Pleistocene Microtus in Britain
Hutchinson, G. E., 1978, Sexual dimorphism in the winter whitening of the Stoat Mustela erminea
Buckle, A. P., 1978, The mark, release and recapture of fleas in a wild population of Wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus
Harris, S., 1978, Injuries to foxes (Vulpes vulpes) living in suburban London
Paget, R. J., 1978, A report of hepatic angioma in the badger (Meles meles)
Harris, S., 1979, Age-related fertility and productivity in Red foxes, Vulpes vulpes in suburban London
Jackson, J., 1977, The duration of lactation in New Forest Fallow deer (Dama dama)
Anderson, S. S., 1979, Mortality in Grey seal pups: incidence and causes
Cave, A. J. E., 1979, The mammalian temporo-pterygoid ligament
Tew, T. E., 1994, The effects of trap spacing on population estimation of small mammals
Thompson, P. M., 1994, Natal dispersal of harbour seals ( Phoca vitulina ) from breeding sites in Orkney, Scotland
Twiss, S. D., 1994, Dispersion and site fidelity of breeding male grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) on North Rona, Scotland
Van Aarde, R. J., 1994, Progesterone concentrations and contents in the plasma, ovary, adrenal gland and placenta of the pregnant Natal clining bat Miniopterus schreibersii natalensis
Vitt, L. J., 1994, Resource utilization and guild structure of small vertebrates in the Amazon forest leaf litter
Webb, P. I., 1994, Post-prandial urine loss and its relation to ecology in brown long-eared ( Plecotus auritus ) and Daubenton's ( Myotis daubentoni ) bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Weber, J. M., 1994, Dietary response of the European badger, Meles meles , during a population outbreak of water voles, Arvicola terrestris
Westlin, L. M., 1994, Relaxation of reproductive suppression in non-breeding female naked mole-rats, Heterocephalus glaber
Young, D. D., 1994, Diet of common dolphins ( Delphinus delphis ) off the south-east coast of southern Africa: opportunism or specialization?
Wise, M. H., 1980, The use of fish vertebrae in scats for estimating prey size of otters and mink
Yalden, D. W., 1980, Urban small mammals
Healing, T. D., 1980, The dispersion of Bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) and Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) in dry stone dykes
Healing, T. D., 1980, A new carrier for small rodents
Smal, C. M., 1980, Food of Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and Bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in oak and yew woods at Killarney, Ireland
Ferns, P. N., 1980, Coat colour aberrations in a wild population of Microtus agrestis
Howell, K. M., 1980, Abnormal white colouration in three species of insectivorous African bats
Huson, L. W., 1980, Age related variability in cranial measurements in the Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Lewis, J. W., 1980, Rhytmic egg deposition by the oxyurid nematode Syphacia muris in the rat
Yu, H. T., 1994, Distribution and abundance of small mammals along a subtropical elevational gradient in central Taiwan
Bon, R., 1995, Do lambs affect feeding habitat use by lactating female mouflons in spring in areas free of predators?
Hewson, R., 1995, Use of salmonid carcasses by vertebrate scavengers
Dixson, A. F., 1995, Baculum length and copulatory behaviour in carnivores and pinnipeds (Grand Order Ferae)
Rogers, L. M., 1995, The diet of the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus on set-aside land
De Fanis, E., 1995, Post-natal growth, mother-infant interactions and development of vocalizations in the vespertilionid bat Plecotus auritus
Sibbald, A. M., 1995, The consequences for deer of ingesting oilseed rape ( Brassica napus ): feeding experiments with roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) and red deer ( Cervus elaphus )
Steudel, K., 1995, Does limb length predict the relative energetic cost of locomotion in mammals?
Wahlström, L. K., 1995, Patterns of dispersal and seasonal migration in roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus )
Moore, S. J., 1995, A comparison of the molar efficiency of two insect-eating mammals
Jaslow, C. R., 1995, Strain patterns in the horncores, cranial bones and sutures of goats ( Capra hircus ) during impact loading
Brunton, C. F. A., 1995, Neophobia and its effect on the macro-structure of feeding in wild brown rats ( Rattus norvegicus )
Woodroffe, R., 1995, Costs of breeding status in the European badger Meles meles
Ostyn, J. M., 1995, Age assessment in infant crab-eating monkeys ( Macaca fascicularis ) based on tooth development
Webb, P. I., 1995, Evaporative water loss in two sympatric species of vespertilionid bat, Plecotus auritus and Myotis daubentoni : relation to foraging mode and imlications for roost site selection
Hewison, A. J. M., 1995, Isozyme variation in roe deer in relation to their population history in Britain
Grinevitch, L., 1995, Sex differences in the use of daily torpor and foraging time by big brown bats ( Eptesicus fuscus ) during the reproductive season
Körtner, G., 1995, Effect of photoperiod and ambient temperature on activity patterns and body weight cycles of mountain pygmy-possums, Burramys parvus (Marsupialia)
Plumptre, A. J., 1995, The chemical composition of montane plants and its influence on the diet of the large mammalian herbivores in the Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda
Stephenson, P. J., 1995, Taxonomy of shrew-tenrecs ( Microgale spp.) from eastern and central Madagaskar
Bhat, H. R., 1995, Altered flower/fruit clusters of the kitul palm used as roosts by the short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)
Catto, C. M. C., 1995, Activity patterns of the serotine bat ( Eptesicus serotinus ) at a roost in southern England
Thirgood, S. J, 1995, The effects of sex, season and habitat availability on patterns of habitat use by fallow deer ( Dama dama )
Smiseth, P. T., 1995, Behaviour of female and pup Halichoerus grypus during the breeding period at Froan, Norway
Lee, P. C., 1995, Statural growth in known-age African elephants ( Loxodonta africana )
Corsini, M. T., 1995, Temporal activity patterns of crested porcupines Hystrix cristata
Campagna, C., 1995, Diving behaviour and foraging location of female southern elephant sealsfrom Patagonia
Ferrari, N., 1995, Influence of the abundance of food resources on the feeding habits of the red fox, Vulpes vulpes , in western Switzerland
Russell, A. P., 1995, Scaling relationships within the maxillary tooth row of the Felidae, and the absence of the second upper premolar in Lynx
Hughes, P. M., 1995, Ontogeny of 'true' flight and other aspects of growth in the bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Woodroffe, R., 1995, Body condition affects implantation date in the European badger, Meles meles
Bennett, N. C., 1995, Coefficients of digestibility and nutritional values of geophytes and tubers eaten by southern African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Creel, S., 1995, The effects of anthrax on endangered African wild dogs ( Lycaon pictus )
Hewson, R., 1995, Mountain hares Lepus timidus on Hoy, Orkney, and their habitat
Shannon, D., 1995, The preputial glands of the coati, Nasua nasua
Mackenzie, G. A., 1995, Prey of the noctule nat ( Nyctalus noctula ) in the East Yorkshire
Trewhella, W. J., 1995, Observations on the timing of reproduction in the congeneric Comoro Island fruit bats, Pteropus livingstonii and P. seychellensis comorensis
Massei, G., 1995, Observations of black-billed magpie ( Pica pica ) and carrion crow ( Corvus corone cornix ) grooming wild boar ( Sus scrofa )
Lee, W. B., 1995, The rate of change of gut anatomy in voles in relation to diet quality
Kruuk, H., 1995, Latrine use by the spotted-tailed quoll ( Dasyurus maculatus : Dasyuridae, Marsupialia) in its natural habitat
Macdonald, D. W., 1995, Rat ranges in arable areas
Kitchener, A. C., 1995, Re-identification of the supposed True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus from Scotland
Eger, J. L., 1995, Morphometric variation in the Nearctic collared lemming ( Dicrostonyx )
Lazo, A., 1995, Ranging behaviour of feral cattle ( Bos taurus ) in Donana National Park, S.W. Spain
Vincent, J. P., 1995, The influence of increasing density on body weight, kid production, home range and winter grouping in roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus )
Von Mayer, A., 1995, Functional and systematic implications of the ear in golden moles ( Chrysochloridae )
Rogers, L. M., 1995, The population dynamics of small mammals living in set-aside and surrounding semi-natural and crop land
FitzGibbon, C. D., 1995, Distribution, population dynamics and habitat use of the lesser pouched rat, Beamys hindei
Bennett, N. C., 1995, Thermolegulation and metabolism in the Cape golden mole (Insectivora: Chrysochloris asiatica )
Arnould, J. P. Y., 1995, Temporal patterns of milk production in Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella)
Redpath, C. J., 1995, Evaluation of methods to estimate field vole Microtus agrestis abundance in upland habitats
Hill, D. A., 1995, Bite forces used by Japanese macaques ( Macaca fuscata yakui ) on Yakushima Island, Japan to open aphid-induced galls on Distylium racemosum (Hamamelidaceae)
Sillero-Zubiri, C., 1995, Spatial organization in the Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis : large packs and small stable ranges
Hartl, G. B., 1995, Allozymes and the genetics of antler development in red deer ( Cervus elaphus )
Hartman, G. D., 1995, Age determination, age structure, and longevity in the mole, Scalopus aquaticus (Mammalia: Insectivora)
Skinner, J. D., 1995, Space and resource use by brown hyenas Hyaena brunnea in the Namib Desert
Blanco, C., 1995, Cephalopods in the diet of the striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba from the western Mediterranean during an epizootic in 1990
Westlin, L. M., 1995, Fostering in an African rodent, Saccostomus campestris (Cricetidae)
Baker, S. R., 1995, Mass transfer during lactation of an ice-breeding pinniped, the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), in Nova Scotia, Canada
Alvarez, F., 1995, Functional directional asymmetry in fallow deer (Dama dama) antlers
Pond, C. M., 1995, Variability in the distribution and composition of adipose tissue in wild arctic foxes ( Alopex lagopus ) on Svalbard
Pond, C. M., 1995, Chemical and carbon isotopic composition of fatty acids in adipose tissue as indicators of dietary history in wild arctic foxes ( Alopex lagopus ) on Svalbard
Foley, W. J., 1995, The passage of digesta, particle size, and in vitro fermentation rate in the three-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus (Edentata: Bradypodidae)
Dickman, C. R., 1995, Diets and habitat preferences of three species of crocidurine shrews in arid southern Africa
Bowland, A. E., 1995, Temporal and spatial patterns in blue duikers Philatomba monticola and red duikers Cephalophus natalensis
Clode, D., 1995, Evidence for food competition between mink ( Mustela vision ) and otter ( Lutra lutra ) on Scottish islands
Spitz, F., 1995, Daily selection of habitat in wild boar ( Sus scrofa )
Trout, R. C., 1995, The reproductive productivity of wild rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) in southern England on sites with different soils
Woodall, P. F., 1995, The penis of elephant shrews (Mammalia: Macroscelididae)
Soderquist, T., 1995, Spatial organization of the arboreal carnivorous marsupial Phascogale tapoatafa
Jones, G., 1995, Flight performance, echolocation and foraging behaviour in noctule bats Nyctalus noctula
Purvis, A., 1995, Mammal life-history evolution: a comaprative test of Charnov's model
Woodroffe, R., 1995, Dispersal and philopatry in the European badger, Meles meles
Heymann, E. W., 1995, Sleeping habits of tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis (Mammalia; Primates; Callitrichidae), in north-eastern Peru
Shanas, U., 1995, Reproductive behaviour in the female blind mole rat ( Spalax ehrenbergi )
Watt, J., 1995, Seasonal and area-related variations in the diet of otters Lutra lutra on Mull
Wiig, O., 1995, Distribution of polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) in the Svalbard area
Venkataraman, A. B., 1995, The foraging ecology of dhole ( Cuon alpinus ) in Mudumalai Sanctuary, southern India
Adler, G. H., 1995, Habitat relations within lowland grassland rodent communities in Taiwan
Lucherini, M., 1995, Habitat use and ranging behaviour of red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) in a Mediterranean rural area: is shelter availability a key factor?
Breed, W. G., 1995, Spermatozoa of murid rodents from Africa: morphological diversity and evolutionary trends
Van Aarde, R. J., 1995, The effect of premature weaning on reproductive output of female Cape porcupines ( Hystrix africaeaustralis )
Yalden, D. W., 1995, Small mammals from Viking-age Repton
Shore, R. F., 1995, Capture success for pygmy and common shrews ( Sorex minutus and S. araneus ) in Longworth and pitfall traps on upland blanket bog
Hutchings, M. R., 1995, Does hunting pressure affect the flushing behaviour of brown hares ( Lepus europaeus )?
Christian, S. F., 1995, Observations of extra-group mating and mate-defence behaviour in badgers, Meles meles
Dagnall, J. L., 1995, A simple negative technique for the identification of mammal hairs
Rogers, L. M., 1995, The home-range size of wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus living in set-aside and surroundind semi-natural and crop land
Carss, D. N., 1995, Prey brought home by two domestic cats ( Felis catus ) in northern Scotland
Clode, D., 1995, A comparison of body condition in riverine and coastal mink ( Mustela vision )
Bekele, A., 1996, Population dynamics of the Ethiopian endemic rodent Praomys albipes in the Menagesha State Forest
Bernard, R. T. F., 1996, On the occurrence of a short period of delayed implantation in Schreibers' long-fingered bat ( Miniopterus schreibersii ) from a tropical latitude in Zimbabwe
Forcada, J., 1996, Distribution and abundance of fin whales ( Balaenoptera physalus ) in the western Mediterranean sea during the summer
Pabst, D. A., 1996, Morphology of the subdermal connective tissue sheath of dolphins: a new fibre-wound, thin-walled, pressurized cylinder model for swimming vertebrates
Lynch, J. M., 1996, Variation in cranial form and sexual dimorphism among five European populations of the otter Lutra lutra
Blumstein, D. T., 1996, Cheek-rubbing in golden marmots ( Marmota caudata aurea )
Reilly, J. J., 1996, Water balance and the energetics of lactation in grey seals ( Halichoerus grypus ) as studied by isotopically labelled water methods
Jacobsen, L., 1996, Analysis of otter ( Lutra lutra ) spraints: Part 1: Comparison of methods to estimate prey proportions; Part 2: Estimation of the size of prey fish
Bowen, J. M., 1996, Duration of the oestrous cycle and changes in plasma hormone concentrations measured after an induced ovulation in scimitar-horned oryx ( Oryx dammah )
Wauters, L. A., 1996, Long-term scatterhoarding by Eurasian red squirrels ( Sciurus vulgaris )
Leus, K., 1996, Ploughing behaviour of Babyrousa babyrussa (Suidae, Mammalia) suggests a scent-marking function
Carss, D. N., 1996, Errors associated with otter ( Lutra lutra ) faecal analysis. I. Assessing general diet from spraints
Carss, D. N., 1996, Errors associated with otter ( Lutra lutra ) faecal analysis. II. Estimating prey size distribution from bones recovered in spraints
Anyonge, W., 1996, Locomotor behaviour in Plio-Pleistocene sabre-tooth cats: a biomechanical analysis
Trites, A. W., 1996, Physical growth of northern fur seals ( Callorhinus ursinus ): seasonal fluctuations and migratory influences
Merchant, J. C., 1996, Milk consumption and estimates of growth energetics in pouch young of the northern brown bandicoot, Isoodon macrourus (Peramelidae, Marsupialia)
Suchentrunk, F., 1996, Minor dental traits in East African cape hares ( Lepus capensis and Lepus victoriae ): A study of intra- and interspecific variability
Holt, W. V., 1996, Genetic resource banks in wildlife conservation
Genovesi, P., 1996, Diet of stone martens: an example of ecological flexibility
Bright, P. W., 1996, Effects of weather and season on the summer activity of dormice Muscardinus avellanarius
Ekman, M., 1996, Local patterns of distribution and resource utilization of four bat species ( Myotis brandti, Eptesicus nilssoni,Plecotus auritus and Pipistrellus pipistrellus ) in patchy and continuous environments
Olsen, M. A., 1996, Gross anatomy of the gastrointestinal system of harp seals ( Phoca groenlandica )
Catto, C. M. C., 1996, Foraging behaviour and habitat use of the serotine bat ( Eptesicus serotinus ) in southern England
Webb, P. I., 1996, Physiological adaptation to aridity in the bushveld gerbil, Tatera leucogaster
Akbar, Z., 1996, The effect of supplementary food upon the activity patterns of wood mice, Apodemus sylvaticus , living on a system of maritime sand-dunes
Wiig, O., 1996, Migration of walruses ( Odobenus rosmarus ) in the Svalbard and Franz Josef Land area
Bennett, N. C., 1996, Thermoregulation in two populations of the Matabeleland mole-rat ( Cryptomys hottentotus nimrodi ) and remarks on the general thermoregulatory trends within the genus Cryptomys (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Milton, K., 1996, Effects of bot fly ( Alouattamyia baeri ) parasitism on a free-ranging howler monkey ( Alouatta palliata population in Panama
Bandouk, A. C., 1996, Cranial differentiation and evolution in Thrichomys apereoides (Rodentia: Echimyidae)
Bercovitch, F. B., 1996, Testicular function and scrotal coloration in patas monkeys
Bloch, D., 1996, The northern bottlenose whale in the Faroe Islands, 1584-1993
Cassinello, J., 1996, Female reproductive success in captive Ammotragus lervia (Bovidae, Artiodactyla). Study of its components and effects of hierarchy and inbreeding
Nefdt, R. J. C., 1996, Reproductive seasonality in Kafue lechwe antelope
Atkinson, S. N., 1996, Growth in early life and relative body size among adult polar bears (Ursus maritimus)
Hohn, A. A., 1996, Life history of the vaquita, Phocoena sinus (Phocoenidae, Cetacea)
Pugh, P. J. A., 1996, The respiratory system of Halarachne halichoeri (Halarachnidae: Gamasida: Anactinotrichida)
Macdonald, D. W., 1996, Enduring social relationship in a population of crab-eating zorros, Cerdocyon thous , in Amazonian Brazil (Carnivora, Canidae)
Swartz, S. M., 1996, Mechanical properties of bat wing membrane skin
Wilson, W. L., 1996, The effects of experimental removal of male wood mice ( Apodemus sylvaticus ) on both male and female numbers
Robinson, M. F., 1996, A relationship between echolocation calls and noseleaf widths in bats of the genera Rhinolophus and Hipposideros
Robertson, C. P. J., 1996, An expandable, detachable radio-collar for juvenile red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes )
Morris, P. A., 1996, Leucistic hedgehogs on the island Alderney
Lopez-Jurado, L. F., 1996, Evidence of venom in the Canarian shrew ( Crocidura canariensis ): immobilizing effects on the Atlantic lizard ( Gallotia atlantica )
Fa, J. E., 1996, Interspecific agonistic behaviour in small mammals in a Mexican high-elevational grassland
Parker, N., 1996, Inaccuracy of a radio-tracking system for small mammals: the effect of electromagnetic interference
McLean, J. A., 1996, Suckling behaviour in the brown long-eared bat ( Plecotus auritus )
Moller, H., 1996, Day-time transect counts to measure relative abundance of rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Raffel, M., 1996, Energy allocation in reproducing and non-reproducing guinea pig ( Cavia porcellus ) females and young under ad libitum conditions
Sekiguchi, K., 1996, The diet of strap-toothed whales ( Mesoplodon layardii )
Vivier, L., 1996, Reproductive pattern in the male Angolan free-tailed bat, Tadarida (Mops) condylura (Microchiroptera: Molossidae) in the Eastern Trnsvaal, South Africa
Ashford, R. W., 1996, Patterns of intestinal parasitism in the mountain gorilla Gorilla gorilla in the Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
Westlin, L. M., 1996, Behavioural manifestation of conception 12 hours after mating in an asocial African rodent, Saccostomus campestris
Macdonald, D. W., 1996, Social behaviour of captive bush dogs ( Speothos venaticus )
Hewison, A. J. M., 1996, Variation in cohort mandible size as an index of roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) densities and population trends
Geiser, F., 1996, Thermoregulation, energy metabolism, and torpor in blossom-bats, Syconycteris australis (Megachiroptera)
Pilastro, A., 1996, Age-related reproductive success in solitarily and communally nesting female dormice ( Glis glis )
Kruska, D., 1996, The effect of domestication on brain size and composition in the mink ( Mustela vison )
Chance, M. R. A., 1996, Reason for externalization of the testis of mammals
Doolan, S. P., 1996, Diet and foraging behaviour of group-living meerkats, Suricata suricatta , in the southern Kalahari
Fernandez, F. A. S., 1996, Population dynamics of the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus (Rodentia: Muridae) in a Sitka spruce successional mosaic
Beja, P. R., 1996, Temporal and spatial patterns of rest-site use by four female otters Lutra lutra along the south-west coast of Portugal
Arnould, J. P. Y., 1996, The relationship between foraging behaviou and energy expediture in Antarctic fur seals
Thirgood, S. J., 1996, Ecological factors influencing sexual segregation and group size in fallow deer ( Dama dama )
Nickle, D. A., 1996, Predation on Orthoptera and other orders of insects by tamarin monkeys, Saguinus mystax mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis nigrifrons (Primates: Callitrichidae), in north-eastern Peru
Stolte, M., 1996, A comparative scanning electron microscopic study of the cyst wall in 11 Sarcocystis species of mammals
Cotgreave, P., 1996, Bringing back the wolf
Doolan, S. P., 1996, Dispersal and extra-territorial prospecting by slender-tailed meerkats ( Suricata suricata ) in the south-western Kalahari
Zuri, I., 1996, Locomotor patterns, territory, and tunnel utilization in the mole-rat Spalax ehrenbergi
McNutt, J., 1996, Adoption in African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus
Watts, P., 1996, The diel hauling-out cycle of harbour seals in an open marine environment: correlates and constraints
Gabathuler, U., 1996, The social structure and dominance huerarchy of the Mashona mole-rat, Cryptomys darlingi (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) from Zimbabwe
Bernard, R. T. F., 1996, Reproduction in the round-eared elephant shrew ( Macroscelides proboscideus ) in the southern Karoo, South Africa
Motta-Junior, J. C., 1996, Diet of the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus , in central Brazil
Latham, J., 1996, The relative densities of red ( Cervus elaphus ) and roe ( Capreolus capreolus ) deer and their relationship in Scottish plantation forests
Genoud, M., 1996, Rate of metabolism, temperature regulations, and evaporative water loss in the lesser gymnure Hylomys suillus (Insectivora, Mammalia)
Hartman, G., 1996, Habitat selection by European beaver ( Castor fiber ) colonizing a boreal landscape
Papadimitriou, H. M., 1996, Ontogenetic and anatomic variation in mineralization of the wing skeleton of the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis
Jenny, D., 1996, Spatial oragnization of leopards Panthera pardus in Tai National Park, Ivory Coast: is rainforest habitat a "tropical haven"
Auffray, J. C., 1996, Relative warp analysis of skull shape across the hybrid zone of the house mouse (Mus musculus) in Denmark
Hersteinsson, P., 1996, Diet of arctic foxes ( Alopex lagopus ) in Iceland
Wiig, O., 1996, Body size of male Atlantic walruses ( Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus ) from Svalbard
Mishra, C., 1996, On habitat selection by the goral Nemorhaedus goral bedfordi (Bovidae, Artiodactyla)
Calzada, N., 1996, Reproductive biology of female striped dolphin ( Stenella coeruleoalba ) from the western Mediterranean
Patterson, B. D., 1996, Distributions of bats along an elevational gradient in the Andes of south-eastern Peru
Hester, A. J., 1996, Activity patterns and resource use by sheep and red deer grazing across a grass/heather boundary
Barlow, K. E., 1996, Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Britain in the mating season
De Fanis, E., 1996, Allomaternal care and recognition between mothers and young in pipistrelle bats
Durbin, L. S., 1996, Some changes in the habitat use of a free-ranging female otter Lutra lutra during breeding
Hutchings, M. R., 1996, An active transponder system for remotely monitoring animal activity at specific sites
Jones, K. E., 1996, Distribution and population densities of seven species of bat in northern England
Kotzageorgis, G. C., 1996, Range use, determined by telemetry, of yellow-necked mice ( Apodemus flavicollis in hedgerows
Villafuerte, R., 1996, Effect on red fox litter size and diet after rabbit haemorrhagic disease in north-eastern Spain
Webb, P. I., 1996, Population dynamics of a maternity colony of the pipistrelle bat ( Pipistrellus pipistrellus ) in north-east Scotland
Wolfe, A., 1996, The diet of the mountain hare ( Lepus timidus hibernicus ) on coastal grassland
Nolet, B. A., 1997, Infectious diseaes as main causes of mortality to beavres Castor fiber after translocation to the Netherlands
Adler, G. H., 1997, Spacing patterns within populations of a tropical forest rodent, Proechimys semispinosus , on five Panamanian islands
Churchfield, S., 1997, Habitat occurrence and prey distribution of a multi-species community of shrews in the Siberian taiga
Doncaster, C. P., 1997, Activity patterns and interactions of red foxes Vulpes vulpes in Oxford city
Crompton, A. W., 1997, Mechanisms of swallowing and airway protection in infant mammals Sus domesticus and Macaca fascicularis
Kierdorf, U., 1997, Mineralization and wear of mandibular first molars in red deer Cervus elaphus of known age
Bernard, R. T. F., 1997, Sperm storage in a seasonally reproducing African vespertilionid, the banana bat Pipistrellus nanus from Malawi
Rickard, C. A., 1997, Recrudescence of sexual activity in a reproductively quiescent colony of the Damaraland mole-rat Cryptomys damarensis , by the introduction of an unfamilar and genetically unrelated male - a case of incest avoidance in "queenless" colonies
Wiles, G. J., 1997, Abundance, biology, and human exploitation of bats in the Palau Islands
Adamczewski, J. Z., 1997, Seasonal patterns in body composition and reproduction of female muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)
Calvete, C., 1997, Effectiveness of traditional wild rabbit restocking in Spain
Barreto, G. R., 1997, Diet of peccaries ( Tayassu tajacu and T. pecari ) in a dry forest of Venezuela
Woodroffe, R., 1991, Endocrine correlates of contrasting male mating strategies in the European badger ( Meles meles )
Barlow, K. E., 1997, Differences in songflight calls and social calls between two phonic types of the vespertilionid bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Warren, R. D., 1997, Habitat use and support preference of two free-ranging saltatory lemurs ( Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis )
Harris, M. A., 1997, Ecological correlates of hind-limb length in the Carnivora
Sommer, S., 1997, Monogamy in Hypogeomys antimena , an endemic rodent of the decidious dry forest in western Madagascar
Gompper, M. E., 1997, Population ecology of the white-nosed coati Nasua narica on Barro Colorado Island, Panama
Moreira, J. R., 1997, Correlates of thestis mass in capybaras Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris : dominance assurance or sperm production?
Bennett, N. C., 1997, Differential growth between successive litters of the eusocial Damaraland mole-rat, Cryptomys damarensis , from Namibia
Sharp, N. C. C., 1997, Timed running speed of a cheetah Acinonyx jubatus
Carter, R. J., 1997, Age estimation of the roe deer Capreolus capreolus mandibles from the Mesolithic site of Star Carr, Yorkshire, based on radiographs of mandibular tooth development
Britton, A. R. C., 1997, Flight performance, echolocation and foraging behaviour in pond bats, Myotis dasycneme (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Macdonald, A. A., 1997, Chinese sources suggest early knowledge of the "unknown" ungulate Pseudonovibos spiralis from Vietnam and Cambodia
Dioli, M., 1997, Notes on the morphology of the horns of a new artiodactyl mammal from Cambodia: Pseudonovibos spiralis
Ganzhorn, J. U., 1997, Test of Fox's assembly rule for functional groups in lemur communities in Madagascar
Stewart, P. D., 1997, Age, sex, and condition as predictors of moult and the efficacy of a novel fur-clip technique for individual marking of the European badger Meles meles
Chapman, N. G., 1997, Reproductive strategies and the influence of date of birth on growth and sexual development of an aseasonally-breeding ungulate: Reeves' muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Scharff, A., 1997, Parasites in social subterranean Zambian mole-rats ( Cryptomys spp., Bathyergidae, Rodentia)
Bradley, A. J., 1997, Plasma androgen, social position, and response to GnRH in the marsupial sugar glider Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae)
Setz, E. Z. F., 1997, Scent-marking behaviour in free-ranging golden-faced saki monkeys, Pithecia pithecia chrysocephala : sex differences and context
Burnell, S. R., 1997, Coastal residence periods and reproductive timing in southern right whales, Eubalaena australis
Morales, A., 1997, Black rats ( Rattus rattus ) from medieval Mertola (Baixo Alentejo, Portugal)
Arnould, J. P. Y., 1997, The cost and benefits of territorial tenure, and factors affecting mating success in male Antarctic fur seals
Kruuk, H., 1997, Body temperature and foraging behaviour of the Eurasian otter ( Lutra lutra ), in relation to water temperature
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2 More Dead Gray Whales Have Been Found in Alaska, Bringing the Year's Toll to 75 Along the West Coast
Excerpt: "Two more gray whales were found dead this week in Alaska amid the mysterious surge of deaths within the species this year along the US West Coast."
A dead gray whale is inspected Tuesday in Pacifica, California. (photo: Getty Images)
wo more gray whales were found dead this week in Alaska amid the mysterious surge of deaths within the species this year along the US West Coast, CNN affiliate KTUU reports.
That makes seven in Alaska and at least 75 total, in what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls an "unusual mortality event," the station reports.
One of the two found near Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska showed signs of killer whale "predation," KTUU reports.
Two more were discovered this week off Washington state.
Last month, ocean scientists said they were worried about the death rate, the highest in almost two decades. Some of the mammals were underweight, which may mean they could not find enough food in the water, a possible result of climate change, NOAA spokesman Michael Milstein said.
In all of last year, 45 gray whales were found onshore, NOAA said.
Gray whales do most of their eating during summers in the Arctic and migrate to spend half the year in Mexico.
They can reach 90,000 pounds. The species was endangered until 1994.
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Listen: President Trump, Senate, Nancy Pelosi discussed on NBC Meet the Press
"Here former Republican Congressman Carlos Cabello Florida former Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter. NBC News Correspondent. Kristen Welker and Robert Costa National Political reporter for the Washington Post and moderator of Washington Week on PBS. Well we got a little bit of a preview preview of the House and the Senate defense just now the Democrats running into a brick wall. Okay that was it it is what it is. It seems as if the question is what what does that really GonNa look like on the other side. That's the question and there seems to right. Now be a push to rush this to the Senate Democrats are signaling. They want to be finished with the articles of impeachment by the time. They take their next recess. I spoke to sources over the weekend. WHO said the Senate wants to have this wrapped up within two weeks? What's interesting is I also talked to some Democrats who say they think? Nancy Pelosi should hold the articles articles of impeachment. Not Send them to the Senate. Until the witnesses come and testify assembled amy depriving the Senate the right to hold a trial trial the right to acquit the president. Park Warfare. Look I have been skeptical. We'd ever see a trial some form or another because no one's quite sure how this works out there will likely via try. I've been hanging out at the Senate all week and Senate. Republicans are preparing. That's McConnell has blocked off everything in January. The question now is what are the twenty twenty. Republicans Republicans who are up for reelection. Do Senator Collins Senator Gardner. They're going to have to pressure majority leader McConnell or not in terms of rules and how this plays out so far most of the discussions Sion's about a five to six week trial but Senator Rand Paul and others have told me that if this trial is moving in a direction away from the president if they don't like the way it's unfolding they may call. The dismissed missed the trial and hold a vote in. That could be the test for McConnell. Stephanie I WANNA ask you a more blatant campaign strategy question about this. I want to show you this graphic. These are just ads ads about impeachment just this week here. The number of ads that Republican affiliated groups of aired four thousand two hundred thirty five and the number of ads at Democratic affiliated groups have aired on I'm making the case for impeachment. One I know that the Democrats didn't WANNA look like they're politicizing this the we're at this public opinion paralysis this arguably because this hasn't been organic Republicans have done a paid media campaign and it's at least work to get it to where we are. I'm not sure chuck that those ads odds have split the country. This country's been split for a long time on impeachment. There is a slight majority that do believe that at least impeachment proceedings should proceed and many who believe that he should be removed from office a lot of those ads when you dig down into it. Our acquisition ads people trying to build their own lists and things like that and I think the differences Democrats are running ads but the running ads on things like getting prescription drugs done or reforming the healthcare system. Isn't that part of the problem. Look this is a giant effort. That's going on. You're trying to say the narrative the the one line of no because there's actually ah you've seen this with Speaker Pelosi this week and the week before this is a somber serious moment. This is about the impeachment of the president of the United States because because the president of the United States from the evidence that we've seen in the hearings thus far and we'll see what comes out in the articles this week actively Lee solicited foreign interference to secure his own election. And it wasn't the first time that he did it. And it's about a check on that abuse of power breaking the public. Trust that serious. That's not something you put on facebook ads to build your own political list. That's something that you want to be. A very strict process through and Democrats will get credit for that. There is time to build a public ace and also it's not GonNa take much convincing that the president is guilty of this. Let's face it. It's one hundred year old district. Well Chuck I think Nancy Pelosi has one more chance to go off script. We know what the script looks like. Here R- Democrats impeach in the House. Republicans refuse to convict in the Senate. The divisions in in the country are hardened and the next election probably becomes enlarge part about impeachment or Nancy. Pelosi can bring this to the brink and say you know what we're we're so close to the election that we're going to trust the American people to make this decision. What about this third idea? Whatever it is thirty over here something different something? That's unexpected expected something that rather than making a point can make a difference in the country can scrambler politics a message. The American people. That may be a lot of you. Don't trust the government. We're actually going to trust you to try to help. Fix this republic. I think our nation is due for that kind of moment. It's tough I'm curious. What Kristen's reporting this third option of Waigel? How real is that in your mind? Well I think that there is concerned that if they moved to the Senate to quickly and McConnell doesn't let new evidence be considered considered because there is a real chance that new evidence will come out. There's active investigation. The course GonNa rule on mcgann that eleven impact on Bolton there could be some Administration witnesses that will be compelled to testify. That's all on the table. If McConnell sets rules that doesn't allow new evidence be considered then. There's another wildcard Rudy Giuliani. I mean he is blatantly thumbing his nose at the Justice Department. Sdn Y he's he's got associates under indictment. He may or may not be under directed at a target of instigation. What is he doing? He's been over in Ukraine and sending the signals a Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill. Some of them are wary. But they're only been where he privately. They think president is going to conduct political war in the coming five to ten weeks making his own case on Ukraine and corruption we've heard echoes. I love it and Senator Cruises interview with you. I did a front page story for the post this week. About how the GOP is embracing the idea of Ukrainian interference despite testimony from US officials that counters counters that entire testimony that Senator Ted Cruz elicited this week for what it's worth you nailed it chuck their equating op op. Ed Articles in political opinions with interference. Really Guiliani is basically flouting. The entire process thumbing his nose dangling the possibility that he might be releasing more information. Text messages I said. Are you in fact going to turn over some type of information to Congress and Attorney General Bill Bar is the president signaled he might do. He said he hasn't isn't made any determination about that. Just yet privately as Robert points out I think that you have some Republicans who are a little uncomfortable in wondering whereas there is all of this going to go mad gates worth I think even that cates express going out. I don't know if he's up to don't forget about the beyond Yuliana. We have a Justice Department. report in Bar's owner coming out. She just want to be a lot of new information. Coming out hey kristen fair quickly before we go. The president went really quickly and basically weekly defending Saudi Arabia. Before we know anything here and I've already. The president basically is on an island when it comes to Saudi Arabia these days as one of the few places where I think he he hasn't been able to convince more Republicans to come over the shooting at the naval airbase in Pensacola and you have have president trump tweeting out essentially that he got that phone call from the leader of Saudi Arabia. Apologizing and it underscores. How complicated his relationship ship is? The United States relationship is with Saudi Arabia. So far they have not called that terrorism but based on my conversations all signs pointed in that direction candidate trump. What candidate trump has tweeted when we come back the growing anger."
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Zynga CTO of infrastructure shares cloud lessons
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Zynga uses private and public cloud technologies in harmony to power customer’ gaming experiences. When first launching a game, the company first runs it on Amazon Web Services. Eventually, the company can decide whether Z-Cloud, Zynga's private cloud, can support its capacity requirements and seamlessly transition the services over. As Allan Leinwand, Zynga CTO of infrastructure engineering explains, Zynga's server farm keeps customers' farms, cafes and word games online. All of that and more on this week's episode of Cloud Cover TV.
This week we discuss:
Zynga Z-Cloud private cloud
Moving from private leased space into Amazon Web Services
Trading Capex for Opex
Leasing space in the public cloud when we could be building it ourselves
When Zynga can predict and plot the capacity of its games over time, it moves them in-house to Z-Cloud
Empires and Allies is a new game, infrastructure needs to meet this game are different than older games
Use Rightscale for managing and monitoring cloud virtual machines as well as Z-Cloud virtual machines
Cloud.com acquisition with Citrix
With Amazon running on open source Xen we see a lot of synergy with Citrix
Capacity planning one of they key things, built custom tools for this that monitor the infrastructure on a 5 minute granularity
Enterprise IT talks alot about consolidation as a motivation for cloud, take 10, 20, 30 machines and put them on a single box
Key learnings from Zynga are don't only view cloud as a consolidation or cost savings technique, embrace it for its flexibility
Speed of spinning machines up and down, new networking paradigms, machines moving throughout the data center
Enterprise use cases, real time trading, spinning up Hadoop clusters for analytics
VMware versus Citrix, going after different markets
Zynga is not about optimzing a database on a SAN architecture which is more of an enterprize IT focus
It's focused on next gen servers, memcache, big data, hyper scale and hyper growth
NoSQL, memcache, PHP, couchbase, next gen flash, HTML5
Read the full transcript from this video below:
Jo Maitland: Hello, welcome to Cloud Cover TV, our weekly show on all the juiciest news in the cloud computing market. My name is Jo Maitland here in San Francisco. This week I invited Allan Leinwand who's the CTO of infrastructure engineering at Zynga, the online games company.
We specifically got Allan on the show because Zynga is all in on the cloud. The company uses Amazon's web services for launching new games and it's also built its own private cloud internally, which it calls Z cloud. And then hooks up with AWS for additional capacity when they need it and when they're launching new games. The idea being that once they understand the capacity and the workload of a specific game they then bring it in house.
We wanted to understand from Allan, you know, how they came up with that strategy and how this might apply to an enterprise IT environment or not. I think what he has to say there is interesting for this audience. Tune in and check it out. Hi Allan, thank you for being on the show.
Allan Leinwand: Thanks Jo, thanks for having me.
Jo Maitland: Tell us about Z cloud. This is your private cloud infrastructure. And what hybrid cloud computing means to you and sort of, what's on Z cloud, I guess. What do you do in the public cloud space and how does this come together?
Allan Leinwand: Yeah, sure, happy to. Z cloud is our Zynga private cloud. It's an infrastructure that's really evolved over a period of time. Zynga as an infrastructure company originally started in sort of the traditional leased data center space. But as our games and our infrastructure evolved, and the games became more popular, and we brought more play to the internet we actually needed to be a lot more flexible on our infrastructure. We started using a public cloud, Amazon's web services. That's sort of been talked about a lot and how we morphed from a private lease space into Amazon's web cloud.
As we continued to use that service and evolve it, and launch more games on AWS we suddenly realized we were essentially trading off CapEx for OpEx. In other words we were leasing a lot of facilities and leasing space up in the public cloud where we could essentially be building it ourselves. Probably the better part of a year ago we decided that we were going to operationalize that and build our own private cloud. Then begin to build a hybrid cloud between AWS and our private cloud. That's where really Z cloud came from. So Z cloud, at its concept, is our private cloud. Same features and functions as Amazon but used primarily with inside of Zynga.
Jo Maitland: When do you use Z cloud, when do you use the public service?
Allan Leinwand: Yeah, it's been an interesting discussion around capacity planning, which is really the topic I think you're hitting. We like to use public infrastructure when we don't know the work load that's involved. When we're about to launch a game, we can build the game, get excited about the mechanics, get really jazzed about the demographic we're shooting for, but we're not sure exactly how popular it's going to be. Generally we like to use infrastructure that can be very flexible and that can scale to the needs of that game. We tend to want to launch in AWS. Once we want to know the load of that game and once we can, as I like to say once the slope of the line is something less than vertical and something that we can predict, something that we can plot over time.
Jo Maitland: Meaning the capacity.
Allan Leinwand: The capacity of the load of the game. How many people are coming on? How much infrastructure is really needed? What's the growth curve? We then tend to move that back over to Z cloud.
Jo Maitland: Have you seen, is there a pattern there yet, on when that optimum moment is to move it back?
Allan Leinwand: You know, I think the pattern there is really being able to understand the workload. The thing that's interesting about Zynga, from an infrastructure perspective is that it's not one app. It's applications like Zynga poker which have been around for over three years now. Those applications have evolved, they've migrated, they've changed their technology. They've changed the way they stress the infrastructure. And then there's brand new games like Empires and Allies, which is a whole different set of infrastructure that has on a different curve and a different sort of capacity rate. We need to really use both our private Z cloud and our public cloud, in a way that meets the capacity and growth curves of both those technologies.
Jo Maitland: Give us an example of the size of the environments, roughly. What you have going on in Z cloud internally. At any one time what could be the minimum or the maximum you've seen so far on the public?
Allan Leinwand: I think the size is interesting but I don't think it's necessarily material. I think what's most material about it is that we can use them both. That's the really unique thing I think we do at Zynga. We have the ability to view both the public cloud and the private cloud as a unified system and be able to move capacity back and forth between them.
Jo Maitland: But for a lot of people out there, possibly in our audience, who is in enterprise IT. You know, not so much involved or even familiar with the gaming world, possibly not Facebook users. We're talking thousands of servers at least. Just to give them an idea of your, the size of the infrastructure. We're talking thousands of machines, thousands of nodes.
Allan Leinwand: Oh yeah. That's right. I mean, we have previously discussed the fact that we can launch 1,000 physical servers in 24 hours. We've had the ability to add that capability into Z cloud and we've done it a number of times.
Jo Maitland: And Z cloud now is on the East Coast and the West Coast, a data center in each place.
Allan Leinwand: Z cloud deployments are evolving. We don't necessarily disclose exactly where it's at because we're trying to build our capacity in a way that's flexible for our users. But, you know, we definitely are building Z cloud in multiple geographies.
Jo Maitland: Talk to us about some of the technology choices there. You guys have talked about using Cloud.com and RightScale. Can you use those internally and on the public cloud?
Allan Leinwand: I mean, the technologies we've talked about publicly are clearly Amazon web services and the tie is to that. We've also talked about RightScale. RightScale is, again for maybe people who don't know, it's a piece of technology that allows you to provision, monitor, and manage cloud instances and cloud virtual machines. Yes, we actually have RightScale constructed in a way and optimized in a way where we can actually manage things both in the public cloud and in the Z cloud from that single [inaudible] that is RightScale.
Jo Maitland: I guess cloud.com is very public about the fact that Zynga is a customer. Is there value for you in those guys being more on the open source side of software, cloud software, cloud platform software? They definitely seem to be pinning the future of their company on that open stack, you know, open source approach to cloud infrastructure.
Allan Leinwand: I think cloud infrastructure is evolving. You just saw cloud.com just went through at acquisition with Citrix this last week. We're really excited about what that brings to the market. We think that with Amazon running on open source zen and cloud.com using things like zen sources or hypervisor we see a nice synergy there. We look forward to seeing what that brings in the future. There's going to be some really interesting new things evolving on the public cloud and the private cloud. We're going to adopt them as we see fit. Our main goal is really just to scale our infrastructure. Make sure it's as flexible as possible for the different workloads we have. When you go to your empire and you want to attack somebody or you want to go do some farming the game had better be there. It's my job to make sure the infrastructure scales for that.
Jo Maitland: Talk about maybe, Amazon web services famously uses a lot of its own custom built tools, that kind of thing for capacity planning. Did you guys have to do any of the same? Are there open source tools out there that you use? Could you talk about that?
Allan Leinwand: Capacity planning is obviously one of the key things we do. We did build a number of innovative technologies that allow us to plan capacity, monitor the capacity of the infrastructure almost on a five minute granularity sort of view. I think that's really important for us, because one of the things that we don't want to do is get in a position where the infrastructure gets in the way of play. We want people to be able to play at any time. That's a key fundamental learning for us and it's a key fundamental thing that we focus on.
Jo Maitland: Help out the enterprise IT audience here, and you've done it before Zynga. You had a chance to know what it's like to be on that side of the picture as well with a lot of legacy infrastructure, perhaps really heavyweight software. Are there any lessons in what you guys have done that, you know, that the enterprise IT audience can learn from? Maybe any nuggets that you can share?
Allan Leinwand: Sure. I mean when I think about enterprise IT and I think about cloud, I think the clear motivation people have is consolidation. People talk a lot about taking 10, 20, 30 machines and putting them into virtual machines on a single box in enterprise IT data center, and letting that optimization be useful. In our particular case that's not necessarily what we do. We really see cloud as being, and cloud technologies, as being something that gives us flexibility. From our point of view, and I think the key learnings are, don't only view cloud technology as something that is a consolidation or a cost savings technique. Really embrace it for its flexibility. Really embrace it for how quickly you can spin machines up and spin machines down. Really embrace it for a new networking paradigm. Machines moving throughout the data center flexibly and easily. You really need to sort of take your mind out of the traditional architecture; you know wired router, wired switch, server. Into something that's far more flexible and far more dynamic. It's something that I think people are beginning to get their heads around these days.
Jo Maitland: Have you seen any use cases in the enterprise that demand that kind of flexibility yet?
Allan Leinwand: I've seen and I've heard of in my past about people doing things like real time trading, interesting Hadoop clusters that spin up to do business analytics and then spin back down. I think you'll start to see more and more of that sort of as the network and the systems and the cloud all become tightly coupled.
Jo Maitland: The other kind of alternative out there from a technology choice, if you like, for at least the Fortune 1,000 that's really kind of pushing this hybrid cloud model is VMware. They recently changed their licensing and pricing model to be priced around VRAM which is, you know, to sort of, in their words, more kind of enable the utility model. From what I've seen of people buying machines for cloud they tend to be high density. For example, Amazon's strategy is very high density boxes. Stuff them with as many CPUs and as much RAM as you possibly can. At least in that model of cloud it would be a lot more expensive. Maybe the Fortune 1,000 rack machines differently. I'm curious to get your thoughts on that too.
Allan Leinwand: I think that, you know, VMware has clearly carved out to go after Enterprise IT and that virtualization model. I think that what you're seeing in terms of what's going on with now Citrix and other folks in the public cloud computing, they're just going after a different market. We're about scale. We're about flexibility. We're not necessarily about optimizing a database on a SAN architecture which is something that might be an enterprise IT focus. We're about sort of the next generation of application. We're about web servers. We're about things like meme cache and meme base. We're focusing on big data. We're focusing on hyper scale and hyper growth which is a completely different, almost orthogonal topic to I need to run SAP and Oracle financials within an Enterprise IT infrastructure. I think there probably is good space in the market for both.
Jo Maitland: Talk to us about the kind of skill sets you're interested in when you're out there looking. It's really competitive here in the valley. What are the core skills you're looking for from the crop of engineers coming up?
Allan Leinwand: I think the things we look for at Zynga and the things that we really focus on when we're looking for folks is innovators. We always want to find folks who are thinking about two quarters, three quarters, two years ahead of time. We're also looking for people who want to operate incredibly fast. You know, we are growing at a scale and growing at a speed, that I think people haven't seen in quite some time if ever. We need people who are really energized for that. It's your classic sort of work hard, play hard mentality. I think we really embrace that. I think Zynga is about bringing innovation to the marketplace. I think we're doing something very unique with Z cloud and having that hybrid model that scales at a way that I don't think people have seen before. I think we're talking about bringing in folks that really understand the next generation of technologies. You know, sequel database technologies, operating things in memory and meme cache as opposed to doing things in a traditional model, new types of programming languages.
Jo Maitland: What would you throw in there for developers out there?
Allan Leinwand: Well, we're clearly focused on things like PHP. We're looking at databases like Touchbase are very interesting to us. We look at all sorts of interesting new technologies whether it's going up into the next generation of flash or HTML five. These are all sorts of core components of our infrastructure that we spend a lot of time architecting and instrumenting.
Jo Maitland: Is that stuff being taught in schools yet or are the developers that know this doing it sort of in their own? I'm curious to see if the school system has caught up yet in comp sci courses.
Allan Leinwand: I think they're getting there.
Jo Maitland: They're getting there.
Allan Leinwand: I think a lot of people are intrigued by the Apple IOS ecosystem. People are intrigued by doing things on Android. People are intrigued by looking at new programming paradigms and new design patterns. I think that's beginning to become, and we're seeing university recruit sort of bubble up, that have those skill sets. It's been pretty exciting for us.
Jo Maitland: Great. Allan, thank you so much for being on the show.
Allan Leinwand: Thank you very much for having me.
Jo Maitland: Cheers. This has been Cloud Cover TV. Thank you for watching and tune in next week for more insider news on the cloud computing market.
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U.S. intel assessment: greater likelihood Russia will enter eastern Ukraine
A new classified intelligence assessment concludes it is more likely than previously thought that Russian forces will enter eastern Ukraine, CNN has learned.
Two administration officials described the assessment but declined to be identified due to the sensitive nature of the information.
The officials emphasized that nothing is certain, but there have been several worrying signs in the past three to four days.
“This has shifted our thinking that the likelihood of a further Russian incursion is more probable than it was previously thought to be,” one official said.
The buildup is seen to be reminiscent of Moscow’s military moves before it went into Chechnya and Georgia in both numbers of units and their capabilities.
U.S. military and intelligence officials have briefed Congress on the assessment.
As a result, Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee late Wednesday sent a classified letter to the White House expressing concern about unfolding developments.
An unclassified version obtained by CNN said committee members feel “urgency and alarm, based on new information in the committee’s possession.”
The committee said there was “deep apprehension that Moscow may invade eastern and southern Ukraine, pressing west to Transdniestria and also seek land grabs in the Baltics.”
Transdniestria is a separatist region of Moldova.
Committee members noted that Gen. Philip Breedlove, head of the U.S. European Command and NATO military chief, noted the Russians had sufficient forces to make moves into those areas.
American officials believe the more than 30,000 Russian forces on the border with Ukraine, combined with additional Russian forces placed on alert and mobilized to move, give Russian President Vladimir Putin the ability to rapidly move into Ukraine without the United States being able to predict it when it happens.
The assessment makes several new points including:
Troops on Russia’s border with eastern Ukraine – which exceed 30,000 - are “significantly more” than what is needed for the “exercises” Russia says it has been conducting, and there is no sign the forces are making any move to return to their home bases.
The troops on the border with Ukraine include large numbers of
“motorized” units that can quickly move. Additional special forces, airborne troops, air transport and other units that would be needed appear to be at a higher state of mobilization in other locations in Russia.
There is additional intelligence that even more Russian forces are “reinforcing” the border region, according to both officials. All of the troops are positioned for potential military action.
Russian troops already on the border region include air defense artillery and wheeled vehicles.
The United States believes that Russia might decide to go into eastern Ukraine to establish a land bridge into Crimea.
The belief is that Russian forces would move toward three Ukrainian cities: Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk in order to establish land access into Crimea. Russian forces are currently positioned in and around Rostov, Kursk, and Belgorod, according to U.S. intelligence information.
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Buck Futt
Ok Obama.... Time to grow some juevos and tell Russia No... Otherwise you will be considered weaker than Carter. Youy don't want to go down in history as the worst president do ya?
Kinda like how GW Bush let Putin have Georgia? I love how the GOP are always willing to spend us lives for other nations
I am definately NOT GOP
March 27, 2014 at 2:03 pm |
This is a contradicting statement. So did G. W. Bush let them have "Georgia" or did he spend lives defending it? In reality neither is true as Russians occupied small piece of land called South Ossetia, and Georgia proper remains an independent country. Speaking of defending other countries, so I guess you'd be against any American involvement in fight against Hitler in WWII. BTW, I'm not GOP, neither.
Teapotty Party...
Putin Good Obama Bad
Putin's rating is the highest but Obama's rating is the lowest now. I think US shouldn't have supported the coup and illegal regime in Kiev but should have acknowledged the referendum in Crimea. It's a major mistake to regard Russia as an enemy.
desertvoice
No! That is what Lord Chamberlain had said when he handed Czechoslovakia to Hitler! And this was what the West was advising Poland when Hitler was threatening to take Ganzig! The weakness of the West convinced Hitler that he will get away with World War II! Putin must be brought to size!
Kutd Fmjhfd
NOW I WILL MAKE THE WORLDS BEST HAMBURGER.
Thankfully, in a shooting war, Russia is no match for the US or NATO... When Russia invaded Georgia they left a trail of broken down vehicles from Moscow all the way to Georgia... they tried to keep it out of the news but I remember the reports... their military is not exactly in tip top condition... Putin may be doing us a favor though, if he strikes now and he is beaten back it could keep Russia from getting strong enough to be a threat in the future.
Alexander Soldatkichev
I remember Iraq and Afghanistan was too expensive for USA. How do you plan to fight with Russia?
Too expensive? We conducted both and are still the largest economy in the world. We are by far the largest economy in the world despite the recession despite the Global war on terrorism... The US's economy is worth 16.2 Trillion per year... The next largest is China at 9 Trillion... for comparison, Russia's economy is 2.2 Trillion annually... We could afford it.... Russia cannot, especially when we cut you off from the worlds economy. you need to understand Alexander, The US is more technically advanced, Has a better and stronger military and a bigger and stronger economy... This would not be a fight you could win.
Nuclear ICBM with MIRV....the game equalizer
The Most Expensive War in World History: Costs of Iraq, Afghanistan wars could rise to $6 trillion
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-most-expensive-war-in-world-history-costs-of-iraq-afghanistan-wars-could-rise-to-6-trillion/5329432
I am sure you could afford it, but I don't think you want it. USA lost war in Vietnam although you was much stronger.
And I am not sure you win in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Alexander – They may have been expensive wars but again WE can afford them and we achieved our main goals in both wars, In Iraq we removed Saddam Hussein from power and in Afghanistan we removed the Taliban from power. We stayed and spent all that money because we wanted to allow Governments to form in those countries that could combat terrorism in the region for us and withstand attacks from those terrorists. As for Vietnam, we didn't so much lose as decide to leave due to a lack of support for the war back home, in military terms the US killed 10 enemy soldiers for every 1 US serviceman. It was not a military defeat, if we were engaged in a conflict with the Soviet Uniion and the US population supported it, we would not lose.
Jerrod Sweet
Thats all great, but what is the US doing about all of this? Let me answer (Nothing) and we will continue to do nothing. Shame on this administrations foreign policy. "Lets wait and see what happens" does not work.
So you, like the rest of the Teaturds want to put U.S. lives in harms way for another nation??? Why dont YOU enlist and risk YOUR life?
It is always the folks at home on their couch, or politicians sitting at the desk that are so quick to scream for war and action. When you have no idea the actual costs of war, loss of life, time away from family, PTSD, loss of jobs... so much more than mere finances. Stop letting movies and video games glorify war as if it is fun and exciting. IT ISNT, and until you go YOU WILL NEVER KNOW! Besides all of that, why should we get involved in another conflict?! World opinion of America is always low when we are "putting our nose in other peoples business"; "world police" but the moment you guys get bored of not seeing it on the news, or your nation is threatened, the world screams, "why isn't America doing anything?!" Obama is doing it right, Europe/NATO better get off their asses and prepare to defend their land and neighbors... I don't feel like we should send our citizens and troops in as front liners in any more conflicts unless genocide and war crimes are at stake... we take the lead, and my brothers and sisters die only to be ostracized when we return home....
Paul P. Valtos
Well, as I recommended. We drop all equipment that we are removing from Iraq and Afghanistan and deposit it in Poland which borders the Ukraine. Let the Poles take the initiative (who really love Russia) to allow Ukrainian military to come over the border and train on our machines whether it be tanks, morters, Humvees with ammunition. The Poles would be jiustified in taking this equipment to defend itself from the Russians if they decide to invade the Ukraine.The Russians can't have any complaints with their imperialist ambitions.In reality Poland belonged to them before the breakup of the Soviet Union. That's Putin's pitch anyway.
Americas face (actual) has changed roughly 2 times since Chernobal melt-down guess where those faces came from...
Yulia Tymoshenko
Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Muuhhndays
When you have cable and can't find anything to watch, you get depressed.
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Ed Nornand
It's about oil, stupid !
EVEN HITLER LOVED AMERICAN FRIES
MOTHER RUSSIA AN IMAGINARY PLACE WITH A VIEW
A new massmurderer enters the stage , his name is putin von retard
Putin Von Shinkenfuhrer
Viktor Janukovich
Iam the legitimate Prezident of Ukraine . I do not recognaize the power of fascists "Maidan".Terror against the population of Ukraine requires protection of their raights of any force.Russia has the right to protect its citizens and related Russian people.On Ukraine war-wounded and killed more than 10,000 people for 100 days .This must be stopped!
That's the exact same line hitler used before invading most of Europe and striking deep into the Soviet Union. apparently you don't learn from history.
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Unless NATO steps-in and puts equipment and military advisors into Ukraine immediately, Putin will continue on his path to grabbing the land of Ukraine and other sovereign nations along Russia's borders. If he is not confronted with a military presence of potential resistance he is going to push forward regardless of what the rest of the world thinks. After Obama once again took a military solution off the table again yesterday in his speech from Brussels, Putin thinks he can do what he wants. The time for NATO to act is today.
Obama already told NATO will not fight for Ukraine. But " also seek land grabs in the Baltics."? Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee are out of mind.
Glen, unfortunately I think the world has not learned it's lesson from the last time they faced a dictator with world domination on his mind. I feel for the Russian people, much like the German population in WW2 I fear the Russian people have no idea that they are the bad guys in this... If they don't wise up fast... it will be the stars and stripes waiving over a smoking ruin that was once Moscow.
USA citizens forget how they was afraid of Soviet nuclear missiles?
March 27, 2014 at 12:17 pm |
Alexander – For every Nuke Russia points at the US we can point 10 back... no we are not afraid of Russian Nukes, If you were dumb enough to use them it wouldn't be 24 hours before nothing in Russia existed ever again.
Yes, we have Nukes to destroy USA just 5 times, but you have Nukes to destroy us 50 times. Hope you are happy about this mind. But why don't you afraid it? Are you immortal?
arriesgadoclothing
The spin on this is out of control. I'm a proud American, but there are so many misguided and outright idiotic Team America comments here, it's almost scary. Russia is protecting its territorial interests just as the U.S, would if San Diego was somehow a de facto part of Mexico following a WWII settlement where most of the population was still U.S. citizens who considered themselves Americans, and Mexico just went through a covertly financed coup sponsored in part by the Chinese, to install a radically pro China government, now actively meeting with China and overtly receiving massive amounts of funding to secure its interests in the region. What exactly do you imagine the U.S. response would be and should be in this situation to protect its interests, its citizens, and its Naval assets using the port? And Putin is the "evil one" ?!? What a joke. We should be taking a long hard look at the CIA playing its dirty regime destabilization games (once again) and the consequences it has brought to the region in question.
Alexander – I've been to war, I fought Al Quaida in Iraq, i'm not afraid of Russia, I'm not afraid of Russian's. Russia is a bully, plain and simple, you think you can dominate small country's with weak Governments and take their land... but there's one thing we've learned from history, bullies may get away with a few cheap shots, but in the end, bullies are stupid and you can outthink them and defeat them. Believe me when I say this, Russia will PAY for invading and Annexing Crimea. The only question is whether or not the Russian population is smart enough to stop Putin before he costs your country EVERYTHING.
to arriesgadoclothing. You are not right. Crimea isn't Russia, there is russian and ukrainan majority because of the genocide' where most of crimean tatars were killed or deported before WWII. Same goes for Baltic states where peoples where killed and places then colonized by russians after WWII. Are these russian territories???
Thru the history russians used tactic to burn and colonize, look how many nations have been killed off earth by russians (30+).
arriesgadoclothing – That's a terrible analogy, that's not even close to what happened here either. The CIA didn't sponsor an overthrow of the Ukrainian Government, apparently you're too thick headed to understand this but the US isn't behind every political event in the world. Ukrainians are split. Some are pro Russian, some are Pro Europe. The catalyst of this event was the Pro Russian former President of the Ukraine was considering an economic package with the EU he was about to sign the thing when Russia stepped in and pressured him to sign a treaty with Russia instead. The population of Ukraine didn't like this, granted many of them are pro Russian but many more are not. The Ukrainian people were tired of their politicians being run by Moscow, they wanted a change and they decided to protest, the protests were met with violence by the Government and the population decided to overthrow the Government. It's not about the US, it's not about the EU, the Ukrainian people were tired of being controlled by Russia and did something about it. The power vacuum that ensued allowed Putin to make his move while Ukraine was still weak and unable to respond to a military threat... Putin knew he wasn't going to get his way with Ukraine so he seized the most valuable piece of the Ukraine to him, the Crimea, where his only warm water fleet is stationed. This is nothing more than a bully annexing territory while his neighbor is in strife... so your analysis is crap. A more accurate analysis would be if Mexico had a revolution and we stole their territory along our border without provocation... and we haven't done that despite the fact that Mexico is much weaker than us and it would be easy to do.
I was not in war, but I was studied how to launch a Nukes. This war will take less than a hour. After that whole world will be destroyed. I remember what a disaster was 9.11 for USA, also just 3.000 was killed. Until there is a chance 1 Nuke can reach USA, nobody will risk it.
Yes, you can win the second Cold War. But "it will be the stars and stripes waiving over a smoking ruin that was once Moscow" – just in your fantasies.
to Clinton with regard to his words that Us is not involved in Ukrainian overthrough. I hope this not blocked for you.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jbOwfeoDX2o
and another one pretty interesting
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Px_dRO2rs
Imaging Sergey Lavrov with a bakery goods while occupying Wall Street. Funny right? And with right decissions how to resolve the matter 🙂
OBAMA, Obama, obama....... enough with the speeches already. Do something!!! anything!!
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COMMUNISTS COME AND COMUNISTS GO BUT COMMUNISTS NEVER CHANGE. RUSSIA IS NOT A REAL COUNTRY JUST LIKE THE SOVIET UNION IS NOT A REAL COUNTRY THE USSR TAKES THE EAST OF THIS AND THE EAST OF THAT YET ITS NORTH AND SOUTH BY COMPASS HEADING THE CCCP IS REAL AS RUSSIA IS NOT
Feels like a couple analysts that missed the boat on Crimea are trying to over compensate lol.
rovitot
Reblogged this on rovitothis201 and commented:
Russian troop strength exceeds 30,000 on the border with Ukraine...
juliano santos
What would USA do if Russia brought in violent proxy terrorists and installed a coup president in Mexico? I do not blame Russia if it takes control of all of Ukraine. USA wouldn't lose time in taking control of Mexico.
Juliano, the problem is, the US did not hire a terrorist group to overthrow the Ukrainian Govt. The US doesn't have to make moves like that. Why do fools like you always make conclusions that the US must be behind every event in the world? The Ukrainian people are split, they are a mix of ethnic Russians and others some with loyalty to Russia and others who are not. According to polls they are close to 50/50. Besides Western Europe has far more to gain from an overthrow of the former pro-Russian regime in Ukraine than the US does.. the US doesn't benefit at all from this. Maybe you should get a clue about the political and ideological landscape of the world before making ignorant comments about the US.
what a stupid comment, the US regime does not hire gangsters for the dirty work, they are in and aroung the white house
PoliticiansRcrooks
First Suddentenland then Poland, First Crimea then Ukraine, Hitlers always stay true to form. Evil incarnate is alive and well and the little dictator has shown his true colors. No trade with the EU the EU and USA pressure China what's left for Russia to trade with ? North Korea? G20 to G19 next.............the Russian people deserve better than this little power hungry midget.
It's true... unfortunately not many people read and learn from history but your analysis is spot on, everything we know of dictators from history tells us the next move by Putin is to invade and conquer more former soviet land. for those of us that have studied history we all know this is a story already written and set to play out again. This move in the Crimea is directly out of Hitlers playbook.. The only thing that can stop this unfortunate chain of events from spiraling down is the Russian population... and they appear to be as willfully ignorant as the German population before WW2.
Marcus Collins
Tip: Don't invade. Just use drones. It is okay, Obama can't complain.
Jullutin
Baltics or Balkan?
Baltics country a members of NATO – CNN out of mind?
It is a provocation.
Russia is not going to invade these territories.
Ukranians are simply trying to gain more profit out of this situation.
They need more money and help as their country is almost a bankrupt. They did not manage to succed being independent. Actually during Soviet times they got used to help and money coming from Russia. Being independent they didn't work well, their leaders stole almost everything (Russia is not guiltyof this).
Now they ask and demand help and money under the pretext of being abused ans so on. Yes, they need help but the reason is that they failed to govern their country.
I hope EU and the USA will help them financially (not military as Russians actually don't want wars).
The problem is that in my opinion Ukranians should be taught to be responsible for their own life ( I hope that Europeans will do it).
YouAssumeMuchandContributeLittle
Wow, how benevolent of you.
Benevolent?!
The thing is that I don't want to care. It's you turn.
March 27, 2014 at 11:36 am |
You know Putin so close to tell what he want?
The West needs to ask Saudi Arabia to drop oil prices.
Saudis did it when Soviets invaded Afganistan in 1979, which lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
as proposed at
http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/mar/26/west-wants-hurt-putin-could-saudi-arabia-dirty-work
the US and EU should freeze new loans by the West's banks to Russian companies. This will not hurt the West's economies.
But this would force the Russian government give loans to the Russian companies to save them afloat, while leaving Putin with less money for social spending – actual 'buying' Russian people's love.
In some time Russians themselves will 'ask' Putin to go.
Timoshenko is a thief that works for USA and EU interests. I support Russia to emperialist USA !
Do you know how stupid you sound? The imperialist US? I'm sorry, we aren't out annexing new territory, in fact, we haven't taken any land from ANY foreign Government since WW2. Russia on the other hand just STOLE land from another sovereign country. That' the very definition of Imperialism you dumb rusky.
worldmama
I live in Moscow and I am foreigner.I see comments on western media and after two weeks of so called crimea invasion,reports pouring and keeps the temp that Russia is going to INVADE UKRAINE!
When USA invaded IRAQ,LIBYA and mercilessly killed the presidents, When they searched one of the latin American countries Presidents plane was grounded in one of EU countries and searched for some "wanted' person... there were no comments...The fact is, Soviet Union lost 26 million lives during WWII ,not USA and not UK..and there is no fear among Russians to face any economic,or any kind of isolation.Because, historically and traditionally they are equipped any day.unlike the fearsome western powers..
when you point one finger at some one, 4 fingers are pointing back at you..I really wish they stop fooling common people trying to make information war and trying to escalate and make gains...why not willingly accept defeat??
Sceptical
What defeat, you mean Ukraine's loss of territory due to foreign invasion? No better make Russia pay dealry by isolation, economic, diplomatic, political and social isolation. Let them mingle with the other Asians.
rymaster23
I'm sorry, but your reply is to ignorant and just dumb to even provide a legitimate reply to. I mean what the hell are you talking about? What does the millions of lives lost in WWII due to your corrupt leader, Stalin, have anything to do with your current corrupt leader, Putin??? Just go back home and shutup!!!
Albert Grigoriev
to worldmama
A am from Russia and I am russian. Brother of my grandmother was Hero of WWII, he was incinerated in T-34 tank with other 3 man.
Now I see that former left. colonel of KGB starts to act as Hitler.
I do understand that economic sanctions will punish simple people of Russia but it will allow many russian to become sober and finally to liberate our world from Putin, Lukashenko (Belorussia), Assad
vanquishthedragon
this is an OP-ed piece, there is no citation and IF it were so SECRET, then how did the reporter get information on a secret report.......PLEASE....CITE YOUR SOURCES!...THANK YOU!!
rltmd317
If Russia was considering invasion there is nothing that will stop them now since the West in their infinite wisdom decided to isolate them. Think about it, EU which is comprised of 28 countries, some which are in deep financial trouble and very little common agreement is trying to isolate, yea I know the good old USA is also on this bandwagon, Russia. There are over 230 counties in the world. Although EU and USA would like to think they are the world they are only a small part. Who will be hurt more: Russia or EU and now Ukraine since there is no discussion on future decisions. FYI until 1954 Crimea was always Russian and it may still be part of the Ukraine if the legally elected government was not overthrown and the rebels moving away from Russia to the EU. They brought this on themselves. Had this been done in a democrat way: voting, then we probably would not be at this point.
Yes, had it been done in a democratic way that didn't involve thousands of Russian soldiers in Crimea, and watching the elections with guns drawn then this absolutely wouldn't have happened. Voter fraud!!!!
Olim
Intel like WMD in Iraq?! 😉 Where was this Intel before Boston bombing?
provocationwarmongers
NATO & Washington want a war. Simple as that. So they create a perceived threat so that people/public respond to the perceived threat, rather than the true threat facing them, being Washington wanting to surround Russia with NATO bases and take the warm water port that is leased to Russia by Ukraine. That's why Yats was put in by Victoria Nuland and Geoff Pyatt in the hope that he would cease the lease to Russia and lease it to America.
IF (remember this is CNN) Russia are amassing troops its purely as a defensive position because they cannot trust Washington.
Yes, you clearly are a military advistor. Of course you must be write, Washington must want a war. Because we are clearly the country with over 30 thousand troops on the border of another country with the intent to invade. Wait, did we finally decide to invade Mexico and stop all the drug cartels??? Oh no, I must have been talking about the over 30 thousand Russian troops ready to invade a FREE country (not like Russia) known as the Ukraine.
US Intelligence agencies and the Pentagon also say that global warming is a threat to US National Security. Do you believe them?
Just for once, think. Why would NATO be interested in Sevastopol? They already have ports in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey so why lock additional ships in the Black Sea? Why make the ships vulnerable to air attack from Russia. NATO has no interest whatsoever in Crimea. Russian paranoia.
jeffreyw75
just remember, it was the same sort of "intelligence assessment" that led us to invade Iraq.
Name*jerry bretal
It's a shame that we all can't get along
Well put, jerry. Thank you.
Carson Thaler
N.S. right?
Friend Of Humanity
No, Russia is NOT going to invade Ukraine, it is a provocation. And, this is an information attack
I think you, Americans, better listen to this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrDMRe5850w and think, THINK very hard, before your government and Barack Obama provokes thermonuclear Armageddon.
No, Americans are long past being reasonable... 85% of your intended audience is not worth the flag they claim to hold dear...
Carson.... you're an idiot.
Friend of humanity, don't make me laugh. Your Russians think you hold all the cards, theatening nuclear war. Well idiots, we have nuclear bombs to and I assure you we will all be dead for many many years before any kind of war like that happens. Neither the Russian government or my USA government has the balls to use nuclear war you idiot. Those are for scare tactics and scare tactics alone. War now a days is waged by isolation and sanctions, and we will win while you stupidly invade. Countries will align and you will be isolated in the world picture.
I just following your comments from the start of this thread....Well, you are very enthusiastic in saying so... so whats your point??. Do you mean US has won or lost in this cold war kind of politics. I think I will leave it to you !!. Many analysts (even US analysts knows the answer and the people outside of US surely did knows who is the true leader. Coming to the isolation issue: hahah I am kind of feeling like you just graduated may be!, not seeing the whole picture of it. DO you think all G7 members met and took a picture and then showing the world that Russia is isolated!!??. I am not sure, who is the one always coming out in press and saying "there wil be some costs". If you can guess so..why it is like this (don't again think because u think u r the super power, thatswhy Obama came so many times on press!!, )?. Secondly, sanctions......that you as common person don't understand it. If you listen to some of financial analysts, they will tell you more deeper, that US is creating a platform to push all the trading countries to shift to chinese RMB as trading currency atleast 50-60% of their trade in coming years, and be careful its at fast pace. Its already happening in UK, Australia, Russia and Brazil and some african countries. So now you can access how far sanctions can be game tool in future!!!. In other words, sanctions can be negative impact to Russia for the moment , but in long term its very good opportunity for them to shift their trade to china/asia. And I can see your frustration that russia has slapped back at US more than what US slapped on Russia's face in the Ukraine episode!!!. And much more, you will see how the Ukraine govt will turn to Russia both politically and economically in coming 3-5 years. Stay tune the game. Once more, I am not support of Russia, but somehow we are the ones started this game, and i think we gonna feel the heat very soon!!!.
Somehow I think NONE of you know history, or the Bible, at that. Yeah, you can laugh, but when Russia does everything it want's to do, I bet it'll want even more. You've heard of the massive oil deposits off the shores of Israel? Well, Russia will make an alliance with Israel's enemies, and will try to destroy Israel, maybe along with the nations that they made an 'alliance' with. But when the whole army is destroyed, almost every single one of you Russians will be absolutely shamed, along with most of people in the nations that tried to wipe out Israel.
Chris m
Nows the time for the u.s. to split up. We should follow Crimea's lead and abolish the federal govt and create several smaller countries.
O'drama ya Mama
"United we stand, divided we fall"
United under surveillance and unjust laws, sent off to fight wars in our rulers' names? That's not standing, that's kneeling.
2014 WW3
WW3 VERY SOON. IVE WARNED YOU. NO POINT IN BEING OPTIMISTIC. THERE IS NO REAL FUTURE FOR US. WORLD AS WE KNOW IT WlLL END
The fact that that US Intelligence says an invasion is likely should mean nothing to conservatives. All 16 US Intelligence agencies, plus the Pentagon, have testified that global warming is a threat to US national security and conservatives ignore their warning. They say that these people sit around thinking up "what if" scenarios" and are not credible.
Yeah, and the Fool in the White House makes it come quicker and quicker. Why you, Americans, do not go to the streets to protest dangerous and reckless statements and actions of Barack Obama?
Nobody, remember, nobody is going to win this war. You guys have nukes and so do we. And so does China, India, and several other countries.
Friend of Humanity, is no friend of humanity at all.
jon barrow
Sounds like you can't wait for the big moment.
In 1981, Ronald Reagan was against the Trans-Siberian pipeline which would give Russia economic power. We are seeing this now because Europe depends on Russia for resources. He also said that Russia never wanted to be a part of our summit. They are just power-hungry. The problem is that Putin knows that Nobama is a coward and is more concerned with gay athletes, NCAA brackets, and My Brother's Keeper so he's doing whatever he wants to do. Putin would never get away with this if Reagan was still around.
Lets see, he got away with it when Bush was in office but no one seems to remember that. So whats the difference now? Or your hatred for our current president have you so blinded that you can't accept the fact does not matter who is in office things can happen when we play by different play books.
Andras Derce
Grabbing lands from the Baltic States, would be a direct declaration of war to the NATO. I don't think Putin will risk this.
Let's hope you're right.
Once upon a time in Russian
http://www.ex.ua/view/77027968
Ukrainians fought well against Hitler, they will fight against Putler. Russian speaking ukrainians from East of Ukraine ARE ready to fight and defend their land. Do not underestimate Dnipropetrovsk.
Danram
It absolutely disgusts me to no end that NATO has not deployed significant air power to Ukraine to help the Ukrainians defend themselves against this evil predator. We outspend Russia 10-to-1 on defense each year. Simply putting a couple of US aircraft carrier battle groups on patrol in the Black Sea would be enough to keep Putin on his side of the border. Unfortunately, we are being led by a pack of weak-kneed fools.
Ukraine fell in less than a month to the Nazis and they immediately attempted to join them afterwards but were instead left to starve after Germany plundered their lands. Read a book.
There would be no victory over Nazi Germany, if not a sacrifice of Ukrainian and Belarus people (6,850,000 and 2,290,000 people dead accordingly). Also, the amount of Ukrainians who joined Hitler is nothing to the mass betrayal by Russains, who supported fascist in WW2 and fought on their side:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Liberation_Army
Yeah, and they fought Hitler side by side with Russians. In fact, there is no such a nation as Ukraine and no such a nationality as "Ukrainian". What is called "Ukrainian" is just southern Russian.
Nodz
putin is a modern day megalomaniac
Typical russian fascist's reply. This "friend" is a perfect demonsration why Russia as a country should cease its existence. It's nothing else but a drunk monkey with a nuclear grenade.
mesgb
Kealen didn't spill any milk so he cannot cry over it.
It is a business of everyone looking at Putins "democracy"
They wouldn't dare It would be madness.We are talking about peace here& Russia is craving for War
Oh yes, they most certainly would. Putin sees himself as anointed by God to reclaim the Russian empire. He doesn't care about sanctions. He's prepared to ride them out and he no doubt believes that they'll just be watered down over time ... and he's right. The pathetic response from the west to his occupation and annexation of Crimea has only reinforced that belief.
People like Putin only understand and respect one thing: force.
minemax
Putin is a mad man.
problem with taking territory.. you have to then spends lots of time/money defending it.. Russia would have 25 million Ukrainians trying to take it back... too expensive to control.. Moscow isn't that rich..
The advanotage Putin has should he want to take over Ukraine is that he will have the Ukrianian Russians fighting along side. The West is not ready to spill more blood after Iraq and Afgahistan, Putin knows that. When he responded to the criminal action by the then Georgian leader Mikael Shakasville, the USA and its allies only barked.
The big loser of all are the Ukrainians who allowed emotion to overtake wisdow by destroying its country in the dreaming of joing the EU and NATO. Today the economy is in tatters, IMF has stepped in, this is where their nemesis begins their poor are gonna pay the huge price.
I think you are making an error in supposing that 'ethnic Russians' in Ukraine support Putin. I have just come back from Lugansk (near the Russian border – I live in Kyiv). I bet nearly everyone in the city of Lugansk is an 'ethnic Russian', but there is little evidence of support for union with Russia there – I only saw a bit of pro-Ukrainian graffiti and a few Ukr. flags. Many 'ethnic Russians' in Ukraine consider themselves 'Ukrainians'; in many cases and areas (like in Kyiv) there is no clear distinction. People in Kyiv overwhelmingly supported the protests, but mostly speak Russian.
Also, there are very large question marks over the popularity of union with Russia in even the most pro-Russian area, Crimea. According to various polls taken well before the 'referendum', about 40 percent of the population supported a union with Russia. So either there was a wholesale change of mind, or the polls were rigged, or there was a low turnout (Echo of Moscow estimates the real turnout was 40 percent). The narrative of 'ethnic Russians versus ethnic Ukrainians' is just not true, in most of this country; but this morning one of my clients – a strong supporter of the protests – confessed to me that she feels guilty about being an 'ethnic Russian'. I bet that before this story of Putin defending Russians started (and has been repeated by the west0 she never even thought about it. Remember that the protests were in defence of freedoms of speech and association (15 years in prison for 'libel/slander'), against police brutality (after the beating of peaceful student demonstrators) and against the Yanu Family looting the state (70 billion USD is the latest I've heard). it had nothing to do with ethnicity, until Mr Putin stepped in.
"The United States believes that Russia might decide to go into eastern Ukraine to establish a land bridge into Crimea." So states the above article. Why does Russia need to establish such a land bridge? Russia lies opposite Crimea in the east across the Kerch Straits, at its narrowest a distance of 2 miles. The Russians can't cross this distance with ships, ferries, or even pontoon bridges? They don't have planes that can fly into Crimea? They have to invade Ukraine and capture hundreds of miles of territory to establish communications with Crimea? Really? Does the US need a land bridge to Hawaii to keep Hawaii functional?
Perhaps the US government is merely putting out disinformation to maintain an atmosphere of alarm. Or are the US goverment's analysts this stupid?
mosmab
They can't send electricity and water into Crimea over the strait. That comes from Ukraine through the northern part of the peninsula. So the Russians have the land, and everything else that they could grab, but the Ukrainians can turn out the lights and the water taps. Presumably the Russians might try to fix that problem.
Thee relocated mobile power stations from Sochi to Crimea already, therefore Crimea is self-sustainable in electricity and in relation to water, well there are no signs of shortages of water.
There is no shortage of water/electricity in Crimea only because Ukraine keeps supplying them from the continent. Relocated power stations can't satisfy even a couple of percent of Crimean needs, and Russia does not supply water to Crimea at all.
Or maybe they are right and hiding your head in the sand isn't the answer. YOU have not seen the intell, THEY have and to dismiss their assessment out of hand because you don't like the answer is typical of the many things wrong with America today
Jseyi Gthukg
You know who else is wierd looking Assad is really really wierd looking...
Stalin was wierd looking but not nearly as much as Putin is wierd looking...
I think Obama is even more weird looking.
I'd like to mia-culpa for seeing Putin is wierd looking.
When was the last time Russian soldiers actually were in Full combat? If its been awhile then good luck. Of course they can do a lot of damage but is Putin really THAT serious? If so, it may cost him his life, correct? It looks like its not really up to Obama soon if Putin keeps it up because there is 1 thing that would unite All Americans and that is fighting the Russians for the great cause of Freedom. Sorry Russians, you gotta do the heavy lifting on this and Ras-Putin that dude. And stop dreaming of the romantic days of black market jeans, ugly cars, bread lines and he KGB.
Dont forget "Globalization" happened and Europe is dependent on Russia and not so much on US... you days are come to an end...
And this comes from your inside knowledge I assume? Show the facts before you speak.
Don't pay attention, Roman is just expressing common Russian wet dreams about mighty Russia controlling the whole world.
Putins such a tool he still has not burried Lennon
He doesn't need to. John Lennon was cremated after his death.
my Crimea has a first name spelled U.K.R.A.I.N.E. my Crimea has a seconed name now spelled U.S.S.R.
THE U.N. HAS ALREADY FAILED AS DESIGNED
–T-H-E– N-E-W– V-O-D-K-A– M-I-X-E-R– D-R-I-N-K– O-F– T-H-E– O-L-I-G-A-R-C-H-S– I-S– C-A-L-L-E-D– T-H-E– W-H-I-T-E– N-I-G-G-E-R–
sensorship is in full effect now.
GERMANY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE DIVIDED INTO EAST & WEST
Jim in Idaho
This guy is high...
The reality is that if we allow Russia to make this move we lose an incredible opportunity to get NATO forces closer to Moscow. With the Ukraine wanting to join the EU, Putin is terrified that NATO forces could put bases and assets in the Russian border, giving NATO leverage in the region. This is why Putin pushed for the annexation of Crimea. He can absorb Easter Ukraine, and put a land buffer between himself, the Black Sea fleet, and NATO forces.
Good grief Jdc, do you really believe that mumbo-jumbo you just posted above? Only a stupid crazy fool thinks that NATO(the UNholy alliance) should be involved even if Russia did enter eastern Ukraine which is highly unlikely. However, the right-wing thugs in Washington are glad that people like you feel the way you do.
It's cute seeing all you Russians pretend to be Americans. First, the UN and NATO are two different alliances. By your random Capitalization of Different words you seem to be thinking they are they same thing. I consider myself a social and economic liberal, and I do think NATO should do something. The UN can't, since Russia is on the security council and since one veto is more than enough, but yes. If they enter and independent country that hasn't threatened them, someone needs to step up. Go back to smoking whatever it is you are and singing your hippie tunes.
Obama gave Putin the green light with his "more concerned" comment about what could happen in the US. And the EU folks don't really care - they need the gas & oil from Russia.
If only OBAMA had the kind of balls PUTIN has, even if he is wrong. Somewhere someplace a new red line has been drawn in cool-aide to allow for it to be moved again.
Did you sign up to go fight yet? Putin knows that the Americans are logistically far away and that the Europeans hardly ever do anything until shoved up against the wall. But do sign up. You never know.
I think we'd have record numbers of sign ups if they raised the age limit to 50. Not to many under 30 are willing and I don't blame 'em. However, I am totally not busy and older and would sign for FUN. Let's get it on! Whooooooo!!! Kiddin on last part.
And can we thank you for starting World War 3?
louard
funny, were you saying the same thing when Putin invaded Georgia when Bush was president? So what is your brilliant suggestion? bomb them at night so they dont see us?
Didya ever think that "Even if he's wrong " could wind up in a nuke war?.. Would rather have someone with a cool head, rather than someone flexing his pecs at the helm...
Jordo
US intelligence is contradiction of terms.
EXFL
We need to send a delegation to put Putin in his place. I suggest sending Rumsfeld, Romney and McCain. No, they won't succeed, but perhaps it will shut them up.
If we were lucky the Russians would keep them as hostages..
vodka drunkovski
Where is ronald reagan? Need to undead him
God help us if there are many more like you.
No kidding!! We need Ronnie back.
oh, Lebanon Ronnie?
John Idaho
Why leak something so sensitive? Insider trading? Infuriating when officials who decline to identify themselves leak stuff that's this serious.
Yes, they would roll over Ukraine... and then what.. Having severed all ties with Europe and the rest of the western world.. Ukraine economy was in the tank.. Crimean economy was even worse.. "You break it, you bought it"..
Russian economy isn't really doing all that hot, except for the energy sector... Yes, they can ship the stuff to China, but there is no infrastructure to get it there.. All the pipelines end in the "Stans"..Would take time and a lot of Rubles to get it anywhere it is needed in China..
I am sorry.. I had meant this post to go to someone below on this forum... Mea Culpa...
SecretWar
Russia will look for a swift victory to replace the government, they may target Kiev from north, Odessa from south, Dnepropetrovsk from east. Other cities don't matter.
Ok so the US and NATO have known this for weeks. Yet have established no type of deterrent or no fly zone. Apparently thru are going to give Putin what he wants? I hope everyone sanctions the hell out of Russia. I guess the plan is to crush their economy.
Gerald O'Hare
It is the perfect storm for the USA . We don't have to do anything but ratchet up some more sanctions. Then Europe will join in on the more stringent sanctions. The Ukrainians have already said that they will fight the Russians, this is not Crimea by the way but Ukraine proper. The Ukrainians don't have to fight a classic European battle but a guerrilla type of war forcing the Russians to use much of their troops protecting supply lines and roads. They can also blow up the pipe lines which is a game changer for the Russians. Moldova will fight too even though they are a very small country. It will be a long fight and very expensive for Russia. The USA has already said it will not get involved militarily so we can just watch Putin slowly disable his own country.
Mike James
I sincerely hope you are right!
It's extremely unlikely that the US will get involved militarily. Obama had already said military options are off the table which I totally agree with. We should support and even help arm Ukraine and let Russia self destruct.
JonnyC
Guerrilla wouldn't work, the Russians know the area just as well as the Ukrainians and the Russians have lots of friendlies in Ukraine. 30 k in troops is a deterrent not an assault force if it was 60k or 100k then yes Ukraine will be in Russia again. However the Russians do traditionally have the ability to mobilize troops quickly so I would not rule it out completely. Now for the Ukraine cutting any pipeline would hurt NATO more than it would hurt Russia.
Kealen
Not mention Putin will have to divert troops from other occupation regions to maintain a theater of operations in a Country as large and anti Russian as Ukraine, further destabilizing Russia. Putin is a megalomaniac and as much as he plays up the "Russian speaker" card he neglects to mention those Russian speakers are still ethnic Ukrainians who suffered the worst during Stalin's starvation of Ukraine. They will fight and this will be very bloody if he crosses the border in force, considering that the Russian army is 70% poor conscripts his popularity will drop quickly when the body bags start arriving in Moscow
Sorry folks, I never posted that silly comment above. Some Tea Partying jerk is trying to make a fool out of me. For the record, I don't think Russia will enter Ukraine whether Obama spews out his phony outrage or not.
I really hope Russia teaches all you blind patriotic americans a lesson one day. Your days as a superpower are numbered! And I'm sick of your idiocracy spreading throughout my country!
I've heard that all my life and I'm 67 so I don't think so Ivan. Go read George Friedmans "The Next 100 Years" where he predicts this types of Russian confrontation with the west. Russia lacks manpower, industry and historically the Russian army has problems with projecting power over long distances. Also this Russian federation is a shadow of the old USSR. This time nest year Russia will be in a deep recession with hyper inflation. While the USA will keep on producing gas and oil.
I fully agree with you, Jordo. That jerk above is only trying to make me look dumb so pay him no heed. Like you, I too am sick and tired of all this go shoot'em up idiocy that these ignoramuses keep posting here.
Patrick in Denver
Sorry Jordo. It's not the US days as a super power that are numbered. We have a bright future. Russia is over. Little more than half the population of the old USSR, one sixth the population of the EU and one eighth the GDP of the EU or the US. If Putin wants to waisting his resources rebuilding the Russian military rather than investing in Russian infrastructure, laughable education system and woeful heath care he should go ahead. Russia is little more that a fly buzzy around the west.
Move to Russia then, Gerald. The bottom one. Since one of you is crazy.
dan milburn
I would let Russian intelligence find out that Ukrain will launch if they so much as sneeze.. We have drones that can pack a nuke.
Launching a nuke would be stupid and MAD. Please say something intelligent.nobody wants a US Russia war. We have to get back at Russia in other ways. I do feel sorry for the Ukraine Military.
Please take off your war paint... Yes we could.. but we shouldn't... Just what we need are nukes flying around... Let the sane people figure things out...
The Ukranians are not suicidal. It doesn't matter if they have nukes. Why not america go nuke russia ?
Russia isnt sure if the Ukrain 100% gave up their nukes. Surly they still have missles. Tell Putin to withdraw or face Moscow getting nuked. Sneek one over there or deliver cruise missles to Ukrain. One low level flight and a cruise could take out Moscow, Putin and his Government. Good luck getting anybody else to give up their nukes if they dont.
JumpingJack
The Russians would hold the USA responsible. 2,000 ICBMs with nuclear bombs would be headed our way.
And too right they would be. We hear the US threaten and chastise other nations all the time. I think its because they've never suffered like other countries have. There is one way to fix that!
Ukraine has no nukes Russia knows this. This is why Russia is pushing them around. I doubt Russia would launch any either they know it would be mutual assured destruction.
This isn't a freaking game... Ukraine has been de nuked.. we know that and the Russians know that..
In August 2005, just 5 months after becoming a US Senator, Barack Hussein Obama traveled to Ukraine with Dick Lugar.
He pushed Ukraine into going beyond destroying nuclear weapons. He pushed through funding in Washington. He pushed Ukraine into destroying small weapons, anti-aircraft missiles and tons of ammunition. This is what a Judas goat does.
CNN and the rest of MSM didn't cover it then and will not cover this story now.
...and what about that tender moment between Barack and Dmitry Medvedev only two years ago. Barry Soetero leaned over, looked deeply into Dmitry's eyes and said "This is my last election. I will have more flexibility after the election". Dmitry responded that he would transmit this information to Vladimir [Putin]. The issue at the time was missile defense. At the time, spokesMarxist Dan Rhodes declared that the Obama regime was "committed" to missile defense. Two years have passed. Where is the missile defense? Ask Obama, Kerry, Hillary, Susan Rice, Chuck Hagel and their treasonous ilk...
umish
Russian land grab and typical commie maneuver knowing the west are cowards and will not fight back against a bully. The west figured that if Russia were economically tied into Europe then they would put money before army. Well he fooled you... Russians don't change. The are the modern version of Attila the Hun or Alexander or Ghengis. You got to fight back from strength not words.
And as rome was pillaged time and time again. So will america be, for its arrogance and disregard for life.
What's stopping you joining up to fight the russians and teach them the meaning of strength ?
Sneaky bukva
Simple, because most Chechens want to be part of Russia. During the 90s where did the flow of refugees go?
Right of self determination applies to Chechen people too, however let's be realistic about it, Russia did not enter Crimea to protect self determination rights of Crimean people. It was just an excuse to justify it in the eyes of the international community. The real reason is Russians are sick and tired of the United States and NATO encroaching closer and closer to their back yard, planting military bases all over the place and meddling in the internal affairs of the neighboring countries that Russia considers it's sphere of influence. Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are areas of vital national interest to Russia. United States and NATO don't respect Russia's interests and keep treating Russia like a defeated nation. Putin drew a red line and unlike president Obama's red line, it means business.
Marcus you know your history I concur.
People keep on saying that the west was interfering in the affairs of these former Soviet Republics and provoked Russia. That is the most ignorant sentiment I have ever heard, the type of thing you expect from uneducated people who burn crosses and blame all their problems on jews or catholics, anyone but themselves obviously. These countries came to the EU and the United States selling political influence for economic and infrastructure loans and investment. They asked for greater economic and military cooperation to balance out the Russian influence on their countries and economies, what these countries want is to be neutral and free of Russian or Western influence and be free to cooperate with either sphere freely as they see fit. Russia makes that impossible for them by bullying and blackmailing mailing them if they don't have a pro Kremlin government so they are forced to seek protection and form stronger connections with the west. If France or Canada became pro Chinese or Russian and cut ties with the US I am sure there would be economic consequences but I also know I won't suddenly look out my window and see American soldiers occupying my country. To say these former Soviet Republics owe Russia something or don't deserve the right to self determination after hundreds of years of oppression is almost condoning slavery. While there are left over Ethnic Russians in the formally occupied countries they aren't in the numbers Russia claims or are ever really persecuted, the West is reeling from a long distant military occupation or two and multiple interventions plus economic recovery. It is now or never to take what they want, the West might not be as hesitant in 5 to 10 years. The Americans are on track to surpass Russia in energy production and has twice the population, just that provokes Russia because they have a megalomaniac mentality, they have no interest joining the EU and being just another member they want to "lead" their own union. My only hope is that it takes a lot less blood to teach the Russians to behave than it did Germany.
Sorry Kealen but your neocon mentality is in the minority in the west.
This is Russia's long-standing sphere of influence, an area that Ronal Reagan would not have contested (Obama is a fool for acting like the area is America's business). Just a month ago, Moscow was sending military supplies to Syria via Odessa. The area was in their control...they just stupidly thought the Berkut could control Kiev against professionally trained putschists from Lvov (trained in Poland).
So it's bizarre to get your panties in a twist about the idea that Russia will want an area back that they had 4 weeks ago and for hundreds of years before that.
If, and it's a big if, Russia moves in, it will be either to replace the coup government and keep Ukraine intact, or to give the eastern provinces referendums or annex the east. Whatever happens, it's hopefully already been agreed upon with the west (which would get western Ukraine) because we don't need another Cold War and definitely don't need any hot war.
A new Cold War will cause the break up of the EU as states hold referendums to get out entirely.
We will hopefully see a ton of countries breaking any increased sanctions with Russia as well.
The age of the US neocon has to end. Russia is not communist. There is no ideology for NATO to stand against anymore. I doubt Russia will want eastern Estonia but, if you want, you can expend your efforts declaring a red line there if you want.
And you neocons are never going to "teach" Russians anything.
You will only bring on WW3. Russians will otherwise watch as the GOP crashes and burns despite their advantage on the Obamacare issue, because Americans will rightly see how arrogant and hypocritical they are (the problem is the neocons control both American political parties and have clearly already set up shop under Obama).
I am an American neocon by the way and I served under Reagan against Soviet communism.
The thing is, a smart neocon would never dream of messing with the Russians in Ukraine because that would mean the end of the world.
That would be like the Russians setting up their own government in Canada. US troops would be massing at the border with Canada if that happened.
Karl Karlsson
This is a very good evidence of the lack of education in USA,. A country that soon will implode by their stupidity.
Hi. While I agree with most of your sentiments, be careful about playing into Putin's propaganda by assuming the 'ethnic Russians' are on his side. I live in Ukraine. As I've written in a longer post above, very many Ukrainian citizens are part or wholly Russian by ancestry, but consider themselves Ukrainian. I think the figures you see (15 percent 'ethnic Russian' or whatever) actually downplay the Russian presence, as nearly all the 'ethnic Russians' I know call themselves 'Ukrainians'. it is true that western Ukrainians, from the far-west, have less 'Russian' blood in them, as well as a less Soviet mentality. But nearly all the population of Kyiv speaks Russian, would be hard put to define how 'Russian' it is; yet supported the protests and supports the national cause. This is a culture clash, rather than an ethnic war; and there might be justice in the claim that Russian-speaking Ukrainian citizens are the only really 'free Russians'.
So a question to all the Russians out there who support Putin. Why is it that you're for the so called self determination of people in Ukraine and other countries but you aren't for self determination of the Chechen people?
The Republic of Chechnya is autonomous, with its own parliament and so on. Separatism sentiments vis a vis Russia are rather small nowadays thanks to the massive improvement of the situation there, and for the past two decades the rebels have taken on a completely different character (i.e. they've become a small group of militant muslim insurgents fighting for an wahhabistic Caucasian Emirate under Sharia Law that not only incorporates Chechnya but also all surrounding regions, including neighboring Dagestan which these islamists invaded in 1999 and thus provoked the 2nd Chechen war). In all honesty, Chechnya is entirely dependent on remaining a federal subject of Russia for its own survival (enormous amounts of aid and investment), and its people know this. The Chechen people also know that the islamic fundamentalists need to be kept at bay (these rebels aren't very nice to ordinary Chechens either, killing hundreds of them each year).
They are Muslim terrorists.
Hypocritical American neocons (I'm a non-hypocritical American neocon) are just too brainwashed to recognize that their rhetorical question about Chechnya is just plain dumb.
Of course all radical Muslim areas are the exception to the rule that we should allow peaceful people to secede.
Any true American neocon would agree that Islamofascists do not deserve democracy until they stop being Islamofascists.
And maybe polls would show the people of Chechnya would prefer to stay with Russia. A lot of those who hated Russia are not alive anymore. And the country would not be viable where it is so it could never be a separate country and survive as anything but a forward base for terrorism.
Without Russian soldiers on the street and a ballot that gave the choice of being a poor yet independent country or a province of Russia, no option for staying with Ukraine, the referendum would have failed because the numbers for separation of Crimea from Ukraine were only at 35%. Rising sharply to 35% because of the former Yanukovych governments looting of the country and destruction of the economy. Only allowing people with a Russian passport to vote was a bit strange but then a guy installed as president, who only got 4% of the vote, at gunpoint by masked Russian soldiers calling a referendum in 2 weeks with foreign election monitors forbidden to enter Crimea can't really be called will of the people as much as will of Putin.
Why are you still crying over spilled milk Kealen? What business is it of yours?
The Crimeans have always considered themselves to be Russian, not Ukrainian. Argue about Dnepropetrovsk if you want but you can get off the subject of Crimea now.
Excellent point...and we should continue to cry over "spilled milk". Imagine Barack holding a referendum in the US. Imagine Barack arming Black Panthers and posting armed Black Panthers at all polling places...in unmarked uniforms of course...just something they picked up at the local army and navy store, you know, like Vlad said.
Imagine Barack taking over state house , installing new governors and not allowing any opposition in. That's what happened in Crimea.
And Crimea has not always been Russia. Wasn't it Catherine the Bestial who annexed Crimea in the 1700's.
Don't the Crimean Tartars have a say...you know, the ones Stalin deported in 1944...the ones who have been returning since Ukraine became independent and the ones who support Crimea remaining part of Ukraine. They comprise 12% of the population. In polls held months before the so-called referendum, the majority supported Crimea staying with Ukraine. The neo-bolshevik Vladimir Putin holds referendums the way the Bolsheviks, the North Koreans, the Cubans held and continue to hold elections. Putin operates like many that preceded him: Matvei Berman, Henrikh Yagoda, Lavrenti Beria, Nikolai Yezhov, Lev Aronovich Shvartsman, Nikita Khrushchev...
Olaf Big
Volodymyr, I don't get the logic. So Crimean Tatars, which make 12% of the population want to stay in Ukraine, and that outweighs the Russians, who comprise, what 70% of the population, who wanted to leave?
Numerius
Are you for for self determination of Texas? They want to separate too I heard...
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Maria Kristina Gripe
Maria Gripe was one of Sweden’s most recognised and most read authors of children’s and youth books.
Maria Gripe was born in 1923. She was the eldest daughter of Maria Eleonora Walter and Karl Hugo Walter, an officer. Maria Gripe had two siblings: John Hugo and Brita. During her youngest years the family lived at the Oscar-Fredriksborg fortress at Vaxholm where her father was in active service. In 1928 the family moved to Örebro when the Vaxholm Grenadjär regiment was disbanded and her father was appointed as an infantery captain. It was not long before he began to devote himself to restoration work.
Maria Gripe initially attended the girls’ school in Örebro, and then continued her studies at Stockholm Enskilda Gymnasium. In 1943 she gained her school-leaving certificate there and during the 1944-1945 period she studied history of religions and philosophy at Stockholm college. In 1946 she married Harald Gripe, an artist, who would go on to supply the illustrations for most of her books. The couple settled in Traneberg in Stockholm. Following a brief stint as an office clerk at the Marinförvaltningen (royal Swedish naval administration) in Stockholm Maria Gripe became a housewife after giving birth to her daughter Camilla in 1947. A few years later the family moved to Nyköping. Maria Gripe spent the last years of her life at a hospice in Rönninge, where she died following a lengthy illness.
Her first written work comprised a couple of short stories which were published in children’s magazines. In 1954 Maria Gripe released her first children’s book entitled I vår lilla stad, which is a story based on bedtime fairy tales centred on her daughter’s toys. Maria Gripe published a total of eight books throughout the 1954-1960 period, and these can be seen as precursors to her later authorship. Many of the themes and motifs which inform her later work can already be discerned here: the shadows, a mirror, names – motifs laden with meaning which are linked to themes of identity and awareness in her writing.
Her literary breakthrough came through her 1961 book Josefin, which was the first in a trilogy about the lonely and imaginative lastborn child Josefin and her friend Hugo. The books have been described as introducing a new psychological realism into children’s literature in Sweden. Life is portrayed through the children’s eyes in a new and empathic manner. The focal point is the meeting between the imaginative child and an uncomprehending adult world. The book also touches on issues of identity, individuality, integrity, and belonging, in a way that was typical of Maria Gripe. Josefin was followed up by Hugo and Josefin, in 1962, and Hugo, 1966. Kjell Grede’s 1967 film Hugo och Josefin is based on this trilogy by Maria Gripe.
During the 1960s Maria Gripe published another three books which have become classics: Pappa Pellerins dotter, from 1963, Glasblåsarns barn, from 1964, and the medieval novel I klockornas tid, from 1965. The film Glasblåsarns barn, directed by Anders Grönros, had its premiere in 1998. Maria Gripe’s output from the 1960s also includes her first youth book, Glastunneln, from 1969, inspired by the American author J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. Her empathic children’s perspective and the realistic contemporary portrayal of children’s experience of the everyday which informed Maria Gripe’s breakthrough books is still prevalent in Nattpappan in 1968, which was originally created for the radio programme Småbarnskvarten. The character Elvis Karlsson first appears in the sequel Julias hus och Nattpappan, from 1971, which was turned into a tv-film that year.
The five books about Elvis Karlsson, a thoughtful and independent boy, dominate Maria Gripe’s 1970s output. In these she pushes the meeting between the child’s perspective and the uncomprehending adult world further than in her previous books. The books generated a lot of attention due to the negative portrayal of Elvis’ mother. The two initial books in the series – Elvis Karlsson and Elvis, Elvis! – comprised the basis of Kay Pollak’s 1977 film Elvis! Elvis! As happened with several other Maria Gripe books, it too was adapted for the radio theatre.
The summer holiday series on the radio called Tordyveln flyger i skymningen, from 1976, which served as the basis for her eponymous book from 1978, was yet another collaboration with Kay Pollak. This novel is the first in a series of youth books in which suspense and mystery play an important role. Here, just as for her subsequent youth books in the 1980s, the extent of Maria Gripe’s reading became apparent, and she was particularly inspired by romantic literature and philosophy. Her 1981 book Agnes Cecilia – en sällsam historia relies on Schopenhauer’s ideas to an important extent. In the so-called Skugg-tetralogy, which began in 1982 with Skuggan över stenbänken, Maria Gripe was partly inspired by romantic-horror, and the Gothic novels set in dark castles and involving complicated family relationships. The first part is notable for its historical-realism aspects. In addition to portraying a bourgeois Swedish family of the 1910s she also referenced the women’s issues of the era and class divisions.
Maria Gripe’s final trilogy is also informed by realism and matters relating to class, gender, and equality. The trilogy comprises Tre trappor upp med hiss, from 1991, Eget rum, from 1992, and Egna världar, from 1994. They are all situated in a town in middle Sweden during the 1930s. The lead character, Lotten, lives with her mother in a family where the mother’s role was to be a housekeeper. Mystery and hidden significance also play their part in these stories.
The aforementioned trilogy was Maria Gripe’s last literary output, which in total numbered 38 books. They covered several genres but are all more or less marked by empathic realism combined with a characteristic use of leitmotif and symbolism. Her portrayals reveal a psychological depth whilst also being intellectually and literarily advanced in a way which was new for the children’s and youth literature of the time.
Maria Gripe’s books can be found in translation in more than 30 languages. She served as a member of the Barnfilmnämnd (children’s film authority) for several years. She was awarded several merits for her writing, both in Sweden and abroad, including the likes of the Nils Holgersson plaque in 1963, the Astrid Lindgren prize in 1972, H.C. Andersen medal in 1974, the Dobloug prize through the Swedish Academy in 1979, the Litteraturfrämjandet major prize (along with Harald Gripe) in 1982, and the Litteris et Artibus in 2000. Her international recognition includes the Honor Award from New York Herald Tribune and the Premio Nacional from the Spanish ministry of culture.
Maria Gripe died in Rönninge in 2007. In 2005 the Bonnier Carlsen publishing house established a prize in her name, called the Maria Gripe prize.
Carina Lidström
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Civil Status: Widow
Mother: Maria Eleonora Walter, född Abrahamsén
Mother: Maria Eleonora Walter, född Abrahamsén (1901-05-06 – 1994-01-01)
Father: Karl Hugo Walter
Father: Karl Hugo Walter (1891-01-02 – 1949-07-18)
Kapten, restauratör
Brother: John Hugo Walter
Brother: John Hugo Walter (1924-12-22 – )
Sister: Brita Teresia Walter, gift Plato
Sister: Brita Teresia Walter, gift Plato (1926-09-27 – 2005-02-15)
Husband: Harald Gripe
Husband: Harald Gripe (1921-09-04 – 1992-07-01)
Konstnär, illustratör, kulturhistoriker
Daughter: Camilla Gripe
Daughter: Camilla Gripe (1947-05-21 – )
Flickskola, Örebro
Flickskola, Örebro (1930-talet – )
Läroverk, Stockholm: Studentexamen, Stockholms Enskilda Gymnasium
Läroverk, Stockholm: Studentexamen, Stockholms Enskilda Gymnasium (? – 1943)
Högskola, Stockholm: Studier i filosofi och religionshistoria, Stockholms högskola
Högskola, Stockholm: Studier i filosofi och religionshistoria, Stockholms högskola (1944 – 1945)
Profession: Kontorist, Marinförvaltningen
Profession: Kontorist, Marinförvaltningen , Stockholm (1945 – 1947)
Profession: Författare
Profession: Författare , Nyköping (1954 – 1997)
Birthplace: Vaxholm
Vaxholm (1923 – 1928)
Örebro (1928 – ?)
Stockholm (? – 1950)
Nyköping (1950 – 200?)
Rönninge
Rönninge (200? – 2007)
Place of death: Rönninge
Prices/awards
Scholarship: Boklotteriets stipendium
Scholarship: Boklotteriets stipendium (1962)
Plaquette: Nils Holgersson-plaketten
Plaquette: Nils Holgersson-plaketten (1963)
Prize: Heffaklumpen, Expressens pris för årets bästa barn- och ungdomsbok
Prize: Heffaklumpen, Expressens pris för årets bästa barn- och ungdomsbok (1966)
Scholarship: Litteraturfrämjandets stipendium
Scholarship: Litteraturfrämjandets stipendium (1968)
Prize: New York Herald Tribune Honor Award
Prize: New York Herald Tribune Honor Award (1971)
Prize: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, Wisconsin Book Conference
Prize: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, Wisconsin Book Conference (1971)
Prize: Astrid Lindgren-priset
Prize: Astrid Lindgren-priset (1972)
Medal: H.C. Andersen-medaljen
Medal: H.C. Andersen-medaljen (1974)
Scholarship: Hjalmar Bergmanstipendiet
Scholarship: Hjalmar Bergmanstipendiet (1977)
Prize: Doblougska priset, Svenska Akademien
Prize: Doblougska priset, Svenska Akademien (1979)
Scholarship: Premio Nacional, Spanska Kulturministeriet
Scholarship: Premio Nacional, Spanska Kulturministeriet (1982)
Prize: Jeremias i Tröstlösa-priset
Prize: Jeremias i Tröstlösa-priset (1983)
Plaquette: BMF-plaketten ”Din bok – vårt val”
Plaquette: BMF-plaketten ”Din bok – vårt val” (1984)
Prize: Barnbokollonet, Wettergrens pris
Prize: Barnbokollonet, Wettergrens pris (1986)
Prize: Allmänna Barnhusets stora pris
Prize: Allmänna Barnhusets stora pris (1992)
Prize: Östrabopriset
Prize: Östrabopriset (1998)
Medal: Litteris et Artibus
Medal: Litteris et Artibus (2003)
Maria Gripes arkiv. Kungliga biblioteket (Hämtad 2017-09-20)
Fagerström, Gudrun, Maria Gripe, hennes verk och hennes läsare: Maria Gripe, her work and her readers, Bonnier, Diss. Lund : Univ., Stockholm, 1977
Toijer-Nilsson, Ying, Skuggornas förtrogna: om Maria Gripe, Bonnier, Stockholm, 2000
Öhrström, Kerstin & Andersson, Sigrid (red.), Vem är hon [Elektronisk resurs] : kvinnor i Sverige. [1988], Norstedt, Stockholm, 1988
Westin, Boel, Rønning, Anne Birgitte, Åhmansson, Gabriella & Mørch-Hansen, Anne, 'Dialog i könsdemokratins tecken: ungdomsromanen i förvandling', Nordisk kvinnolitteraturhistoria (Hämtad 2017-09-20)
Westin, Boel, Rønning, Anne Birgitte, Åhmansson, Gabriella & Mørch-Hansen, Anne, 'Dialog i könsdemokratins tecken: ungdomsromanen i förvandling', Nordisk kvinnolitteraturhistoria / redaktion: Elisabeth Møller Jensen (huvudredaktör) .... Bd 4 / redaktion: Unni Langås ... ; Lisbeth Larsson, svensk huvudredaktör., S. 241-254, 1997 [Litteraturbanken] (Hämtad 2017-09-20)
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Ultra-Rich Travelers Can Now Commission Personalized Pop-Up Hotels
Nikki Ekstein, Bloomberg
- Dec 01, 2016 10:16 am
Is this the next level of personalization when it comes to hotels? Possibly, but more importantly: Can Black Tomato afford to do this for very long?
For your next vacation, forget about taking inspiration from Instagram. You’re going to go where nobody has been before, on a trip that nobody has ever taken — and that nobody after you will ever take again.
That’s the promise of Blink, a new ephemeral vacation service that the high-end travel outfitter Black Tomato is launching Thursday. Here’s how it works: You pick a country or region, and Black Tomato will find a pristine parcel of land on which to build you a fully customized pop-up hotel, complete with staff and meals and excursions. You choose everything from the view to the bed linens to the bottles in your pop-up wine cellar. It’s tailor-made travel in the most literal way ever.
“People use the words ‘tailor made’ so ubiquitously these days. What does that even mean anymore?” said Tom Marchant, co-founder of Black Tomato, who conceived of Blink as a response to the traction he saw from pop-up retail concepts. “Temporary experiences really excite people,” he said. “They create a sense of urgency.”
For Marchant, this is the direction that luxury is moving in. He says his personal definition of luxury is something that’s truly unique and can’t be replicated, and hoteliers far and wide agree. But there’s only so much customizing that a hotel can pull off. “Bespoke bath amenities” will be bespoke to a property’s design, not to the guests’ individual wishes; “customized excursions” are often just tweaks to tried and true itineraries.
But those who create a trip using Blink will have — by Marchant’s calculations — 751,074,508,800 total trip combinations to choose from after all the granular details are factored in.
So where to begin? An epic location. Black Tomato has built its name off exceptional access to remote places, and Marchant’s team has spent roughly 18 months laying the groundwork for this new project. “Blink is available anywhere in the world,” Marchant said — and he means it. (Yes, that includes the Arctic.) But he and his team will inspire clients with such far-flung and exotic locations as the salt flats in Bolivia or Australia’s Kimberly region. Safari-goers might set up in Namibia or the Kalahari; culture fiends can head to Rajasthan or Myanmar’s Inle Lake; and action fanatics can choose from ski trips in Switzerland, northern lights spotting in Iceland, or riding the sand dunes in the Moroccan desert. These are all among Marchant’s favorites — and hardly compromise an exhaustive list.
Once the general location is set, travelers can get into the nitty gritty of designing their pop-up hotel from the ground up. In an effort to leave no trace behind, Marchant chose semipermanent (but high-design) tents as the format for all Blink pop-ups, but you can choose from a variety of styles: canvas, domes, bubbles, yurts, tropical villa tents, and a few more. Then everything from the layout of the beds (yes, real beds) to the patterns on the seat cushions and the brand of bath amenities is up to your personal whim.
The process can take place online — Marchant likened the experience to “choosing from a room service menu” — or over the phone with an expert, though he also clarified that guests can be as hands-on or hands-off as they want to be. (Even the customization process is customizable.)
Depending on the remoteness of the location and how established Black Tomato is in that area, it can take three to five months to execute a client’s vision. Not only does it require a logistical superstorm to get all your preferences lined up and installed on site; Black Tomato also has to staff each camp individually. For some guests, that might mean daily housekeeping and a couple of great guides; for others, it could mean a sommelier, chef, and an astronomer for expert-led stargazing sessions. Blink trips include meals, excursions, transfers, and everything in between. “We create the full package,” Marchant explained.
Blink took a lot of work to get off the ground — but it will quickly become a well-oiled machine, Marchant hopes. Black Tomato expects to start small, commissioning roughly 10-20 trips in the service’s first year and ultimately scaling it into the hundreds. “We have the infrastructure to support growth on this,” Marchant assured, but he also recognized that it’s not a trip that everyone can (or will) take. “It’s not a mass proposition — it’s about the right people at the right time in the right place.”
As for the pricing, that’s fully bespoke, too. According to Marchant, prices can range from $65,784 for a group of six that wants to spend three nights in Morocco to $177,600 for a group of six spending four nights in the Bolivian salt flats. “Neither of these are including airfare, but Black Tomato can arrange flights from anywhere in the world,” he said.
And while these sample bills were both representative of group trips, Blink is as appropriate for couples as it is for larger affairs. “I can see a lot of proposals and engagements happening with Blink,” Marchant half-joked. “The concept works on many levels: honeymooners looking for the ultimate secluded and private experience, family groups looking to celebrate a milestone event or birthday, groups of friends looking to escape together.” After all, it’s as easy to create a single tent as it is to set up five domes or bubbles in a row for your own private pop-up lodge.
Regardless, each camp will be dismantled as soon as you leave — removing every last trace of its existence — and it’ll never be built the same way again. In other words: Blink, and you’ll miss it. “That’s what gets the hairs on the neck standing up,” said Marchant. “Right now travelers just talk about hotels and Airbnb. Just wait, in 10 years’ time there’s a chance people will be talking about this — semi-permanent tents — instead.”
To contact the author of this story: Nikki Ekstein in New York at nekstein@bloomberg.net. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Chris Rovzar at crovzar@bloomberg.net.
©2016 Bloomberg L.P. This article was written by Nikki Ekstein from Bloomberg and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.
Tags: black tomato, blink, luxury hotels
Photo Credit: Yurts in the Andes Mountains, provided by Black Tomato's Blink. These pop-up "hotels" come with their own staff and can be commissioned by travelers with deep pockets. Black Tomato
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La Liga roundup: Cazorla strikes, Villarreal hurt Real Sociedad with comeback win (video)
By Joel SoriaJan 5, 2020, 7:18 PM EST
Villarreal’s come-from-behind victory in San Sebastian highlights La Liga’s Sunday action.
Real Sociedad 1-2 Villarreal
Santi Cazorla in the magician, the journeyman that keeps on giving.
The 35-year-old and longtime Villarreal midfielder Manu Trigueros both netted goals in the second half, as The Yellow Submarine pulled off a 2-1 victory over thriving Real Sociedad at Anoeta.
Sociedad, who remain fifth on the table despite the loss, edged the visitors in possession and passes completed, evident in their first goal scored by Willian Jose. The Brazilian culminated a sequence – with lots of quick passes and possession from the home side – with a simple touch inside the box.
Despite the dominance, Sociedad were unable to create abundant chances – a flaw that would, ultimately cost them the game.
Villarreal’s fortunes changed in the second half, as Cazorla and ex-Liverpool fullback Alberto Moreno took he field in the 60th minute.
The Spanish duo reinforced a side that was heavily leaning on Nigerian winger Samuel Chukwueze for answers. The 20-year-old was a standout for 82 minutes, leading the team in dribbles and most key passes completed.
Towards the latter stages of the second half, Chukwueze earned a penalty after a dangerous run inside the box, leading to Cazorla’s goal from 12 yards out in the 72nd minute.
Villarreal, who travel to Orihuela for a Copa Del Rey fixture on January 11, moved to ninth after the win with 28 points after 19 matches. Sociedad, on the other hand, look to bounce back as they take on AD Cueta in the same tournament on January 12.
Granada 1-0 RCD Mallorca
Alaves 1-1 Real Betis
Celta Vigo 1-1 Osasuna
Tags: Alberto Moreno, Manu Trigueros, Real Sociedad, Santi Cazorla, Villarreal, Willian Jose, Alberto Moreno, Ba, Fortune, Santi Cazorla, Willian
La Liga roundup: 10-man Real Madrid hold off Celta in season opener
By Joel SoriaAug 17, 2019, 5:25 PM EDT
Spain’s top flight is back, and here’s a roundup of all of Saturday’s action.
Celta Vigo 1-3 Real Madrid
If Real Madrid and Barcelona are, again, going to battle toe-to-toe for La Liga, consider the former team to have a head start.
Hours after Barca got the Aritz Aduriz treatment, Real Madrid – playing with 10 men for more than 40 minutes – took care of business, calmly beating Celta Vigo behind goals from Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Lucas Vasquez. Ballon d’Or winner Luka Modric was sent off for a straight red in the 54th minute, while Gareth Bale, who stole headlines this summer after being rumored to leave time and time again, started and played 75 minutes.
Despite not having control of possession, the quality from Zinedine Zidane’s men was too much for Ruben Blanco. For instance, just look at Kroos’ strike from distance:
🚀 A blast from Toni Kroos doubles Real Madrid's lead over Celta Vigo. #CeltaRealMadrid https://t.co/IJ79C0OlUZ
— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) August 17, 2019
Celta, on the other hand, had a goal disallowed by VAR right before halftime, but still managed to spoil Thibaut Courtois‘ clean in the dying minutes when Iker Losada, 18, scored two minutes after taking the field.
Valencia 1-1 Real Sociedad
Four minutes into stoppage time, Kevin Gameiro had the picture-perfect opportunity to record a brace and seal three points for Valencia in their first showing of the new campaign.
In front of an anxious Mestalla, he missed.
And just six minutes later, in the final breathe of the match, Mikel Oyarzabal did what Gameiro failed to do: convert from the spot. The rumored Manchester City target was influential all match and, in the end, rewarded with a goal.
A tough pill to swallow, Valencia will now look to earn their first win against Celta Vigo, while Sociedad next stop in their three-game road trip to start the season is Mallorca.
Villareal 4-4 Granada
It wasn’t the matchup the majority had circled on their calendars, but Villareal and Granda’s 4-4 draw proved to be the most entertaining game on Saturday. A pair of penalties and an own goal were a few of the goals that made up the eight-goal frenzy.
Santi Carzorla – looking healthier than ever before – opened things up from the spot 35 minutes in. In the 75th minute, another familiar face, Roberto Soldado, put Granada a goal away from the home side. Shortly after, in the 81st minute, Antonio Puertas bagged Granada’s fourth and the night’s final goal.
An eight-goal match in such fashion will be hard to top on Sunday, that’s for sure.
Leganes 0-1 Osasuna
RCD Mallorca 2-0 Eibar
Tags: Celta Vigo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Lucas Vazquez, Luka Modric, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Roberto Soldado, Santi Cazorla, Toni Kroos, Valencia, Villareal, Ba, Gareth Bale, Roberto, Thibaut Courtois
Watch: Villarreal’s insane introduction for Cazorla
By Daniel KarellAug 10, 2018, 7:45 AM EDT
At Barcelona and Real Madrid, new signings show off a little skill with keepy-uppy juggling. At Feyenoord, new signings descend onto the field in a helicopter.
None of that stands up to what Villarreal did on Friday.
Officially unveiling former Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla, Villarreal used an illusionist to magically summon Cazorla into a cylinder with dry ice smoke billowing out of the top. You have to see it to believe it.
✨ Abracadabra! @19SCazorla was given a 'magical' unveiling at @Eng_Villarreal! 🎩
"I’m going to do all I can to return to my best." 💛 pic.twitter.com/iBeKvniKYD
— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) August 10, 2018
And just like that, Santi's back!!! 🎩💨💨💥 Dreams do come true. 💛 @19SCazorla pic.twitter.com/t2mwfuxVeD
— Villarreal CF English (@Eng_Villarreal) August 10, 2018
Cazorla made his professional and La Liga debut with Villarreal way back in 2003, and now with his return he’s come full circle, after a well-documented struggle overcoming an Achilles injury that nearly cost him his career.
4,500 fans packed El Madrigal to watch Cazorla’s introduction. Cazorla has actually been training with the side since the beginning of July.
Tags: Arsenal, Santi Cazorla, Villarreal, Santi Cazorla
Cazorla overcomes odds, returns to field after 21 months
By Daniel KarellJul 20, 2018, 7:30 AM EDT
Santi Cazorla was facing the prospect of never walking again.
Now, he’s back where he belongs.
Cazorla made his incredible return to soccer 636 days after his last match, coming off the bench in Villarreal’s first preseason match of the season, a 1-1 draw with Hercules. Between his last game and now, Cazorla had to endure eight (8!) operations on his Achillies tendon, an infection to the tendon and his leg, and nearly two years on the sidelines as he contemplated and worried if he would ever play again.
[READ: Man United draws with Club America]
After years as a top player and 77 caps for the Spanish National Team, Cazorla is thankful to just put on his shirt and boots for a game.
“To feel like a football player is very special,” Cazorla told Villarreal’s website. “Without a doubt, I stay with the affection of the people throughout this period. The fans have given me strength and accompanied me during difficult times. “
Tags: Arsenal, Santi Cazorla, Villarreal, Arsene Wenger, Santi Cazorla
Cazorla returns to field for first time in almost two years
@VillarrealCF on Twitter
By Kyle BonnJul 17, 2018, 8:38 PM EDT
Arsenal fan favorite Santi Cazorla saw his time with the Gunners come to an unceremonious end this summer. He had struggled for almost three full seasons with an ankle injury that continued to baffle doctors.
At one time, it got so bad that doctors told him he was lucky to walk again. Now, Cazorla is doing much more than walking.
The 33-year-old Spaniard, who is training with his old club Villarreal this summer after the expiry of his Arsenal contract, returned to the field for the first time in 636 days when he entered in the 67th minute of Villarreal’s friendly against Segunda B side Hercules.
Beaming with a massive smile, Cazorla received a hearty reception from the home Villarreal fans at the Mini Estadi on his enterance to the match. The match eventually ended in a 1-1 draw.
1-0 🚨 67' | ¡El público del Mini Estadi en pie! La afición 'grogueta' le brinda una emocionante ovación a @19SCazorla, que entra al terreno de juego en sustitución de @ramirogp6. ¡Vamos, Santi 💪! pic.twitter.com/4W53JbeQx8
— Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) July 17, 2018
Cazorla posted on Twitter a week ago to say how happy he was to “feel like a footballer again” while training with Villarreal and said while there’s “much more work ahead” he has “more enthusiasm than ever.”
The Spaniard made 180 appearances for Arsenal across all competitions during his six-year stint in the Premier League, providing fluid creativity at the front of the Gunners’ attack, but the last three seasons were a nightmare. First a knee injury kept him out nearly the entire second half of the 2015/16 season, and then he ruptured his Achilles in October of 2016. It was not a standard recovery, eventually requiring a total of eight operations. A nasty infection required more surgery, forcing doctors to graft tendons from his left arm into his foot.
Gunners fans may not see him at The Emirates again, but they will be happy to know Cazorla has crossed a major hurdle in his attempt to return to the field competitively.
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La Liga roundup: Cazorla strikes, Villarreal hurt Real Sociedad with comeback win (video) January 5, 2020 7:18 pm La Liga roundup: 10-man Real Madrid hold off Celta in season opener August 17, 2019 5:25 pm Watch: Villarreal’s insane introduction for Cazorla August 10, 2018 7:45 am Cazorla overcomes odds, returns to field after 21 months July 20, 2018 7:30 am Cazorla returns to field for first time in almost two years July 17, 2018 8:38 pm Long-term absentee Santi Cazorla will leave Arsenal May 21, 2018 6:30 pm Arsenal’s Cazorla endures 9th achilles surgery in 13 months November 29, 2017 8:53 am Cazorla’s long journey: Gangrene, skin grafts, eroding Achilles tendon November 3, 2017 2:14 pm Alexis Sanchez will return to his best at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger says September 7, 2017 8:17 am Santi Cazorla details his newest injury setback February 24, 2017 3:50 pm Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla needs surgery, out for three months December 1, 2016 12:25 pm Injuries to key Premier League cogs could open door at top of table October 21, 2016 4:57 pm Cazorla wants new Arsenal deal despite Atletico Madrid link October 5, 2016 4:15 pm Arsenal’s Wenger, Cazorla react to late penalty, win over Southampton September 10, 2016 1:54 pm Arsenal 3-4 Liverpool: Coutinho stars in season’s first heavyweight bout August 14, 2016 12:54 pm Wenger says Cazorla is likely to miss the start of Arsenal’s season August 1, 2016 4:49 pm Watch Live: Arsenal vs. Norwich City (Live Stream, Lineups) April 30, 2016 11:38 am Santi Cazorla out three months as Arsenal injury list continues to grow December 3, 2015 9:03 am Arsenal’s injury crisis — add Sanchez, Cazorla, Koscielny to the list November 29, 2015 5:15 pm What happened to Arsenal’s “dizzy” Cazorla? November 9, 2015 8:40 am Mesut Ozil, other Arsenal stars set for big raises September 24, 2015 3:22 pm Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 Arsenal: Giroud the goat (again) in Champions League opener September 16, 2015 4:38 pm Watch Live: Newcastle United vs. Arsenal (Lineups and Live Stream) August 29, 2015 7:12 am Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool: Gunners, Reds stalemate in exciting, end-to-end affair August 24, 2015 4:53 pm 16-year-old Reece Oxford draws praise after Premier League debut for West Ham August 9, 2015 7:00 pm Watch Live: Arsenal vs. West Ham (Lineups and Live Stream) August 9, 2015 7:40 am The new fan’s 2015-16 guide to picking a new Premier League club August 7, 2015 10:57 am Premier League midfielders preview: Who’s in the top five? Who just missed out? August 5, 2015 5:00 pm Three things we learned from Arsenal’s Community Shield win vs. Chelsea August 2, 2015 11:57 am Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea: Oxlade-Chamberlain strike wins Gunners FA Community Shield August 2, 2015 11:55 am Premier League 2015-16 season preview: Swansea City August 1, 2015 12:00 pm Theo Walcott signs lucrative four-year contract at Arsenal; Cazorla extends July 31, 2015 7:55 am Premier League 2015-16 season preview: Arsenal July 27, 2015 9:00 am Wenger after Arsenal’s 6-0 win over Lyon: “Everyone is on the market” July 26, 2015 8:27 am Arsenal 3-1 Everton: Cazorla masterclass gives Gunners Barclays Asia Trophy title July 18, 2015 10:38 am Watch Live: Barclays Asia Trophy wraps up with finals, third place games July 18, 2015 1:34 am Reports say Manchester City want Jack Wilshere. Why would Arsenal let him go? June 18, 2015 12:20 pm Andres Iniesta out of selection for Spain training camp due to injury June 7, 2015 5:25 pm Arsenal ooze class in securing back-to-back FA Cups. But how can they challenge for the Premier League next season? May 30, 2015 4:10 pm Three things we learned from Arsenal’s FA Cup win vs. Aston Villa May 30, 2015 2:45 pm
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Privacy is a fundamental human right. It has no price tag.
Privacy is a fun https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/knowing-value-our-data-wont-fix-our-privacy-problems
My new page has been set up, all future entries will be added there from now on.
I've decided to resume writing in my blog, but I will be making some retractions to some entries. You are free to download these entries and host them, but you will need to act fast before they're gone.
I've added the RSS notifications bot for Matrix, new entries should appear soon.
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SecureDrop 1.0.0 is out and includes support for v3 onion services plus significant updates to SecureDrop’s web-based Source Interface and Journalist/Admin Interface.
https://securedrop.org/news/securedrop-100-released/
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50 years ago Unix was created. Without Unix, GNU and Linux would've never happened.
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Firefox 69.0 has been released. Improvements for MacOS include better power usage.
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Thunderbird 68 has been released. Notably, the hamburger menu UI has changed. https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/68.0/releasenotes/
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This is my complete rewrite of my latest post that I previously published. I hope you enjoy.
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Naveguemos con Salud: Providing Comprehensive Breast Health Support for Philadelphia Latinas
Carlos Hernandez, Hadiyah N. Muhammad and Tinesha Banks
Breast cancer mortality remains the second leading cause of cancer death among women in America behind lung cancer (NPCR n.d.). Among Latinas, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and most commonly diagnosed cancer (Breast Cancer Resource Directory of North Carolina 2011). Implemented by the Health Promotion Council (HPC) in 2010, the Naveguemos con Salud Breast Health Partnership Project (NCS) provides education and patient navigation support to improve breast health screening outcomes among Philadelphia's Latina population. Although modeled after the National Cancer Institute's evidence-based Patient Navigator Model, NCS stands apart by adopting a community-based approach to patient navigation. NCS recruits participants and identifies resources in the communities that they serve. Furthermore, NCS has developed a Breast Health Navigation Network that encourages stakeholders to support the staff navigator and participants. HPC plans to increase the capacity of NCS and potentially expand navigation services to include African Americans.
Breast Cancer as a Public Health Issue
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2007, 202,964 women in the U.S. were newly diagnosed with breast cancer and another 40,598 died from the disease (CDC 2010). Breast cancer has been the most prevalent type of cancer among women from 1999 to 2007 (NPCR n.d.). Rates of late-stage breast cancer are prominent among African American and Hispanics (Halpern et al. 2007).
In Philadelphia, nearly 8 percent (264) of all cancer deaths were from breast cancer in 2005 (Schwarz 2009). According to the 2008 Public Health Management Corporation Pennsylvania Household Health Survey, 38.4 percent of Latinas ages 18 and older did not receive a clinical breast exam in the previous year. Further, nearly a quarter (22.8 percent) of Latinas in Philadelphia ages 40 and older had not received a mammogram in the previous two years, and 13 percent had never had one. Underutilization of breast cancer screenings contributes to the prevalence of late-stage cancers.
The Patient Navigation Model: Providing Support throughout the Cancer Care Continuum
The patient navigation model is a National Cancer Institute evidence-based model designed to support an individual throughout the cancer care continuum with help from a staff patient navigator. The navigator addresses care barriers and advocates for the individual during diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and end-of-life (Harold P. Freeman Institute 2011). Navigation services vary but barriers may result from:
Finances (insurance problems)
Communication (language)
System issues (inconvenient appointments)
Psychological concerns (fear/distrust)
Other (such as mammography as low priority, transportation, child care) (Parkington et al. 2009; George 2000; Ahmed et al. 2010; Dohan & Schrag 2005; Adams et al. 2009)
Each navigation program reflects the needs of the patient. Stronger programs incorporate partnerships with healthcare systems and other community-based organizations (C-Change n.d.).
Naveguemos Con Salud: Bringing Patient Navigation to Philadelphia Latinas
In an effort to address barriers to care, improve breast cancer screening utilization rates, and assist with navigation services for Philadelphia Latinas, the Health Promotion Council created Naveguemos Con Salud (NCS) in 2010 with funding from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health. NCS has 4 objectives:
Increase awareness of breast cancer risk factors and prevention methods;
Increase knowledge of breast cancer;
Provide navigation services; and
Develop network of support the navigator.
HPC is well-positioned to lead NCS given its longstanding presence in Philadelphia, including demonstrated experience leading multi-partner initiatives reaching Latinos, and 7 years of experience in the breast cancer field.
NCS employs a project director, Tinesha Banks, and a navigator, Marla Vega. Ms. Banks provides oversight over the program while Ms. Vega provides navigation services to approximately 87 women. NCS also partners with a Philadelphia nonprofit, Esperanza, to train peer volunteers, or promotoras. Currently, approximately 13 promotoras and Ms. Vega provide breast health education workshops. Workshops also provide opportunities for NCS to recruit participants.
Ms. Banks defines a successful navigation program as one where the patient receives education and emotional support, and obtains screening and needed follow-up services. Ms. Banks says that “a patient navigator should be like a good friend who lives in the city you are traveling to for the first time…. [Y]ou can rely on her knowledge and expertise to get you from place to place safely so that you do not have to worry about getting lost.” For Ms. Vega to provide support, HPC convenes a Breast Health Navigation Network (BHNN) of approximately 16 partners including PHMC, Aspira, Inc., Esperanza, Living Beyond Breast Cancer and other organizations. Meeting 6 times per year, BHNN assists Ms. Vega with overcoming unanticipated challenges and provides linkages.
Innovation: Creating Support Structures for the Participant and Patient Navigator in the Community
NCS stands apart from hospital navigator programs by connecting participants with culturally specific resources in their own communities. Using the combination of the BHNN, navigator and community supporters, NCS identifies many in-community resources. Marla Vega says, “What makes NCS unique is the combination of patient education, the network resources and personal service provided in a culturally competent way.” Hospital navigator programs may do outreach within their system but usually are not a fixture in a targeted community. NCS specializes in meeting women in their home communities. Through workshops at neighborhood agencies (e.g., Esperanza), health centers (Health Center 6 in North Philadelphia) and other venues, NCS demonstrates its willingness to serve wherever it is needed. The map in Figure 1 depicts how NCS provides workshops and navigation services in areas with a high density of Latinas.
In addition to providing NCS participants with culturally appropriate supports, NCS also strives to ensure that Ms. Vega is armed with resources to be an effective advocate. As illustrated in the case study below, patient navigation is labor-intensive.
Ms. Latina (name has been changed) is a 42-year old woman that has never had a clinical breast exam or mammogram. For the last 5 years, Ms. Latina has been experiencing discharge from her nipples but has been unable to afford the doctor’s visit and is too consumed with life to get checked out. She has 3 children. Two of her children are autistic and one is bipolar. She devotes most of her time, energy and limited funds to caring for her children. She speaks minimal English and has few family supports. Before she can even think about caring for herself, she has to get help caring for her children. Through NCS, Ms. Vega has: helped Ms. Latina line up child care, obtained insurance and financial assistance, scheduled and accompanied her to breast health appointments, provided translation services, and helped her to enroll in an ESL class. Ms. Latina was not diagnosed with cancer but is still undergoing tests. She still uses NCS navigation services for follow-up appointments.
Although many participants have similarly intense needs as Ms. Latina, studies that measured the efficacy of navigator programs have failed to report on the intensive work and other challenges confronting the navigator. In fact, at NCS, the navigator has on average 2 personal contacts per week (telephone or in person) with every woman on her caseload. To help her avoid burnout, BHNN ensures continuity and integration of expertise, access and support, and NCS provides her with comprehensive information about local resources.
Outcomes and Next Steps
Since its inception in 2010, NCS has made substantial progress in serving Philadelphia’s Latinas. Outcomes as of November 2011 include:
Over 2,300 people have been reached through awareness mechanisms including face-to-face and/or telephonic outreach activities (e.g., health fairs, riding SEPTA, visiting waiting rooms at health centers). Twenty-seven educational sessions presented, at which surveys have shown increased knowledge among attendees.
Ms. Vega has worked one-on-one with 87 women, helping them to obtain breast health and other services; among these almost 30 have received breast care, including 22 mammograms.
Appointments are scheduled through early 2012.
Having experienced success in serving the Latino community, HPC looks to expand its navigation services to include African Americans. In 2011, the Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society said that making progress against breast cancer will involve ensuring that “all women have access to high-quality prevention, detection, and treatment services.” NCS is committed to this perspective by providing community-specific labor intensive navigation services.
Naveguemos con Salud (NCS) Staff Bios
Tinesha Banks, MPH is the Deputy Executive Director, Strategic Development of HPC where she assists the Executive Director in agency management, strategic planning and development activities. Ms. Banks has over 15 years of experience in public health including expertise in health disparities, social marketing, cancer research, behavioral health and health information technology. Ms. Banks has her Bachelor’s in Sociology from State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, NY and her Master’s in Public Health from Temple University.
Marla Vega, M.Ed. is the Patient Navigator for HPC’s Naveguemos Con Salud program where she provides breast cancer navigation services to Philadelphia Latinas. Ms. Vega has over 9 years of direct health education experience as care coordinator for NCS and HPC’s asthma project. Ms. Vega has served the Philadelphia community since 1996. Ms. Vega earned a Master’s in Education and Bachelor’s in Social Work from Central Bayamon University in Puerto Rico.
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Ahmed, N.U., G. Haber, K.A. Semenaya, and M.K. Hargreaves. (2010). Randomized controlled trial of mammography intervention in insured very low-income women. Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. 19(7): 1790-1798.
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C-Change. (n.d.) Cancer Patient Navigation Overview. Available at http://www.cancerpatientnavigation.org/.
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Halpern, M.T., J. Bian, E.M. Ward, N.M. Schrag, and A.Y. Chen. (2007). Insurance status and stage of cancer at diagnosis among women with breast cancer. Cancer. 110:403-411.
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We start with a Sofabet exclusive. On Sunday, viewers saw Sharon seem to prepare to send Ryan home, only to change her mind at the last moment and name Sam. We have obtained unseen footage of another camera angle which sheds light on what happened.
Now on with the rest of the week’s review.
Is Matt Terry more of a Matt Cardle or a Marcus Collins?
Daz: “Maybe Matt is going to have more of a Marcus Collins run and 5AM come out of nowhere and take the lead like Little Mix.”
Back in 2014, we asked if Ben Haenow’s fortunes were set to mirror most-of-the-way winner Matt Cardle, or never-quite-winning Marcus Collins. Turned out he was more of a Cardle than a Collins. Our commenters are now asking a similar question of Matt Terry.
For the first four weeks, the Matt Cardle trajectory felt more likely. His performances were strong (the standout arguably being his week 4 ‘Put A Spell On You’), the judges were overwhelmingly positive, and he was a heavy favourite in the outright market. Week 5 saw an application of the brakes. Terry was put in the coffin slot, with the uninspired song choice of ‘I’m Your Man’ (previously performed by Marcus), some red-and-black staging, for a performance described by Louis as “karaoke”. Vocally, he wasn’t at his best.
Still, mixing things up a little is to be expected in a ten-week run of live shows, otherwise the show becomes far too predictable. Cardle faced something similar with his week 4 performance of ‘Bleeding Love‘.
The stats reveal his lead was cut to under 1% at this point. Coincidentally, when Dermot told us that 1% separated both first and second, and second and third that Sunday, the general feeling among our commenters was that Terry still headed the vote. But the following week, Cardle was allowed to reprise his bootcamp breakout song ‘The First Time (Ever I Saw Your Face)‘, with a full-on pimping, including a four-judge standing ovation, that trounced the opposition in the phone vote.
There wasn’t such a pimping for Terry. Sure, he had a better week 6 than his week 5 – it was a big production with a golden colour scheme. But only mentor Nicole stood afterwards, and Simon produced the definition of a mixed message by criticising the first half of the performance and praising the second half. Simon went onto say just afterwards on Xtra Factor that Terry “hasn’t been himself” for the last two weeks.
On Sunday, Dermot tried to cloud the picture further with his garbled tease about the state of the vote. We argued in the post-mortem post that what he actually said was grammatically incoherent, but that one plausible interpretation of what he meant to say is that two acts who hadn’t previously been top had topped the vote at some point in the last 24 hours: that might be consistent with, say, Saara and 5AM briefly topping the vote during the show, before Matt took over and eased to a comfortable win.
Clearly, the intention was to make us think that it’s an open race. And it may be – there are other plausible interpretations of what Dermot might have intended to say. But if it turns out that Matt won this week easily, don’t complain to Ofcom: basically, Dermot told us nothing. The teases on the last two Sundays are consistent with the hypothesis that Matt won weeks 1-4 easily, week 5 narrowly, and week 6 easily.
Even if Terry isn’t Cardle-ing the vote, he reaches this point looking in a much stronger position than Marcus Collins. Marcus was a mid-series afterthought in 2011. Initially poorly treated, he survived the Strictly bus with a surprisingly decent week 3 performance, and an entertaining week 5 rendition of ‘Reet Petite’ positioned him as best supporting act in the Little Mix show – but it still left him only second in the phone vote, and producers never intended him to go any higher.
One could also consider the Ben Haenow trajectory. Ben polled consistently well, and whilst he never surrendered the lead after gaining it in week 4, it was a close run event up until week 8, when his Middle-England friendly credentials helped him gain more floating and transferring voters than his rivals.
There were quite a few aspects of Matt’s treatment this week that reminded us of Ben’s at a similar stage. The heart-throb / top bro / humble job / doing it for his family VT. The golden staging, but not ideal song choice. Largely positive comments with some qualification (in Ben’s case, the criticism usually came from Mel B with occasional help from Cheryl). The overall sense that although not as pimped as some of his rivals at this point (in Ben’s case, Fleur; in Matt’s case, 5 After Midnight), there’s no unnecessary damage to his long-term prospects.
Now that the show has been able to claim it’s an “open race”, producers can get behind Matt more emphatically, should they so wish.
Middle-amiss, the sequel
Jessica Hamby: “There are only two possibilities here. They are going for a “moment” next week or they have decided to cut her loose.”
Emily suffered a big deramp last Saturday. The first clue was song choice ‘Wishing On A Star’, used to dampen both Austin Drage and Tamera Foster. Unlike ‘Creep’, Emily wasn’t going to take this poisoned chalice and make it her own. Instead, she struggled on a large plinth at the back of the stage. As Nicole commented, the whole production swallowed her up. Sharon’s “Debbie Downer” remark also seemed harsh but fair.
Her VT had also rung alarm bells. We were promised a homecoming moment, which turned out to feature merely Emily and her best friend at an otherwise completely empty roller disco. Even Tamera’s roller disco VT before the same song had comprised a supporting cast that included mentor Nicole. After all this, it was no surprise to see Emily drift significantly in the betting, an unloved fourth favourite by the end of the weekend.
A future change in direction was indicated by the judges comments. Sharon said, “I need to see another side to you.” Louis commented, “Simon, you’re playing it safe with her every week.” Nicole joined the others in primarily blaming the mentor. If Emily shines with something upbeat next week, it would showcase a hitherto hidden versatility, and do her prospects plenty of good. She certainly looked ready to show us a fun side as she left the stage after performing last week.
But we could also have another ‘Mmmbop‘ on our hands. This was a similar change of direction for Janet Devlin in 2011 that fell flat on its face, and indeed saw her eliminated. If Emily was close to the bottom two last weekend, a scenario that was implied but is in no way confirmed by having her wait for ages until being last called safe, the temptation this coming week may be to engineer a singoff with boyfriend Ryan Lawrie. Our commenters have long speculated that such a scenario would be TV gold.
Emily backers will be taking crumbs of comfort from the news that the winner’s single is an acoustic ballad penned by Ed Sheeran. That sounds like it would perfectly suit her, and not inconvenience Matt Terry. It’s not so promising for 5 After Midnight and Honey G, as an inside source was happy to tell The Sun.
Simon Cowell enlists Ed Sheeran to boost X Factor winner's chances of succes
AFTER last year’s winner’s song flopped in the charts, X Factor bosses have pulled out the big guns to avoid an embarrassing repeat. I can reveal superstar singer/songwriter ED SHEERAN has sent SIM…
Saara, citizen of the UK!
Scott: “Saara spoke to half the United Kingdom and was introduced as being from London this week.”
If Emily went from hero to zero in the space of a week, the opposite was true of Saara. The Finnish lass has been treated in yo-yo fashion by producers and her own mentor, her foreign status being a bellwether of this. In week one, Sharon introduced her as “Zara from Norway”, and could barely remember her name for her second singoff in as many weeks.
Sharon’s memory and bond with her act improved during weeks 3 and 4. But in week 5, an unfathomable Japanese routine to ‘Sound of The Underground’ presaged a third singoff appearance. We had noted then, “Saara’s VT credited tolerant British X Factor viewers for teaching Finns that it’s okay to be different. Sometimes you just have to admire the show’s chutzpah.”
Sharon’s introduction, “Saara Aalto, from London!” was an indication of producers taking the chutzpah up to 11 for her VT last Saturday. The theme was of Saara appealing to different geographical parts of the country, given she lacks a base of her own in the UK. Saara appeared on three regional radio stations.
Coincidentally, two of them were the bases of her elimination rivals, Scotland (home of Ryan as well as Emily), and Newcastle (associated with Sam). The Scottish presenters said, “I’m sure you want everyone in Scotland to vote for you,” and added with no apparent sense of irony, “we are right behind you”. Saara then took to the streets of London to shill for votes, meeting fans from Northern Ireland along the way.
When will we get the VT of Saara visiting the Finnish embassy, discussing in Finnish her favourite Finnish football team, whilst salivating over Finnish delicacies that make her feel homesick? Will it feature a Finnish sauna? Someone should warn her.
And finally, Sofabet goes undercover
Ryan Lawrie announced early last week he was doing an intimate gig just down the road from where I live. The opportunity to check it out was too good to miss. I joined the queue, which for a long time numbered only 13 people, mainly young women. We were promised a special guest, and Nicole duly turned up. She was an absolute trooper, encouraging everyone to contact nearby friends to join the gig. Producers sent extra tweets out. After we were let in, the crowd roughly doubled.
Inside we got to meet both Ryan and Emily, a personable pair who happily chatted and posed for pictures with allcomers. (I resisted the temptation to introduce myself and check if they’re reading Sofabet every week). Nicole, playing bartender, pulled me a pint.
Ryan eventually performed three songs, the last one repeated after producers had told the audience to put their phones away to concentrate on the performance for the cameras. The X Factor team and Nicole got the crowd going as much as possible, and were highly successful given what they had to work with. Everyone enjoyed themselves, not least Ryan himself.
The VT did its best to portray this, keeping shots close in, so that individual enthusiasm rather than paucity of numbers was the general impression. It’s amazing to think how differently it could have been spun: imagine an opening shot of a small queue waiting in the fading light outside a tatty London pub; then inside, numerous longer range shots showing a small venue nowhere near capacity. But Nicole’s appearance was the best indicator that producers wouldn’t go down that road. It would have looked too damaging for her.
The positivity of the VT was largely carried through in the rest of Ryan’s treatment at the weekend. His prospects this week look less promising, if his Twitter feed is anything to go by. Yesterday, he tweeted, “Aw okay, I’ll do that then.” Tellymix indicated he went even further in expressing his unhappiness. We imagine this may be another Sunday with Ryan waiting stoically on stage, the familiar knowing-yet-bemused look on his face.
Let us know your thoughts on these points, and any others, below.
218 comments to X Factor 2016 Week 6 Review: Why Sharon Abolished SLavery
Ryan sings My heart will go on?
The show would be much better if they let people choose their songs. Would they really lose on it?
Re Zaara, if you’ve been in the sing-off 3 times ON PURPOSE, then they do not have big plans for you.
So plenty of signs that the show could be trying to contrive a Ryan v Emily sing-off this week.
I can see why they would and wouldn’t want to do it. But what if they go nuclear?
What if it’s not enough that they throw through the book at the two of them? What if it’s Emily that goes and not Ryan?
It’s enough to fill the red-tops and broadsheet think pieces for days. And just the ratings bolster they may need after Strictly’s visit to Blackpool.
PS Ed Balls goes on the weekend of 26th Nov
Im usually way out of step with popular thinking (for which Im entirely grateful) but am I really the only one who doesnt think a Ryan Vs Emily sing-off would be TV gold? Lets face it the drama is somewhat dampened by the sheer inevitability of Emily being saved. Its hatrdly a cliff-hanger.
If Emly and Matt were lovers then yes I can see the drama in that, both being contenders, but Ryan has been a lame duck since week 2. He’s got no chance of doing any good and has known it for weeks. In fact I wouldnt be surprised if he did the honourable thing and refused to sing.
It just strikes me as totally contrived (what’s new?) totally pointless and unecessarily cruel. Ryan’s tweets are a clear indication that he knows he’s being stitched up and Emily must also be feeling the same way with the way she has been portrayed. She’s clearly got a bubbly personaility but has been made to sing drab, dull as dishwater dirges week in, week out.
Personally I think they will dampen Saara and use her to kill Ryan off in the sing-off. That would be preferable to me.
It is cruel Alan, maybe they will think that would be going too far and last week was enough. I can see your point about not being a cliff hanger but it still would be drama.
But it would be a risk because could they control/manage the situation? If it was a plan I think the “friendly” production team would have given pet talks and discussed it with them to gauge how they would react and to influence any preparations.
I do think it would generate a lot of headlines over the following week, particularly interviewing the contestant that left. But if it was Ryan can you imagine him not blaming the producers and saying it was set up?
They don’t seem to have any problems with being cruel. Really that clip of poor Janet Devlin makes me angry.
If they weren’t aiming for lovers’ sing off, why else would they have saved private Ryan? Might be other reasons though, maybe it’s enough to keep the lovebirds in the house.
Also the question remains, whether they can get Emily to bottom 2 next week. Saving Ryan against Saara would look really stupid. Honey G might serve the purpose better.
I like this site because I’m interested in hearing people’s comments, opinions and theories about the show and the fate of the contestants. I am here to learn and hopefully pocket a few pennies.
I have ideas and thoughts one week, which can radically change the next because when you think the producers show favour they can take it away just as quick the following week. Whilst there is usually consensus on the next targets and who is likely to go after the Saturday live show their are different ideas about where contestants will eventually end up.
It feels we are at a pivotal week, so will the producers be revealing some of their hand? If those of us who are more knowledgable of this stage of the competition is that fair assessment?
Reading Daniel’s article observations is interesting.
Will they start pushing Matt again, finally giving him the pimp slot and his “moment” this week?
Would Simon really not have a contestant in the final from what is considered a good category, ok when he was “stuck” with the “poor” overs last year?
Will they keep on supporting 5AM? To what level and can it work? Will their vocals start to work against them?
Is Honey G really wanted for the final for publicity or is it time to start the exit proceeding to protect other contestant’s placings?
Does Saara now present a better value for a final placing?
Is it still all to play for and they have not fully decided the final line up keeping their options open, depending on voting performance?
Will some contestants find the last leg more difficult having to perform two songs a week?
As we are this stage and quantity of votes is increasing how will vote transfer work and who is more likely to benefit? E.g. If Ryan exits this week will his votes go to Emily or to Matt? Do the producers consider vote transfer?
What will be the final 3? You can make a case for at least 5 of the 6 contestants left… Does the news about the winner’s single change the outlook?
Good summing up by Daniel as usual. Situation murky, awaiting next week me, for Cowell to show more of his hand.
The Pixel Factor’s video up top motivated me to play his Jay James Skyfall again. It always gets me laughing.
Recent tweet from @RyanLawrie_: “Got a wicked song to perform next weekend! I can’t wait for you all to hear it”
Probably Cowell doing damage limitation – he probably has the right for his minions to send tweets from the contestants’ accounts.
Cowell has said to several contestants “I like how you never moan”. The first contestant he said it to was Ryan. The first time he said it to Ryan was just after Ryan had moaned to the Sun. Neat psychological trick that seems to have worked so far.
Recently Cowell was infuriated by Emily not moaning but merely agreeing with the 3 judges. He said sweetly “I’m not angry with Emily, I like artists to express their opinions”.
Also Ryan had just moaned on his VT about some people in the X Factor house not thinking he should be there. (Really the stuff they make them say…) I hope they have a psychologist available.
Could Emily’s shout for an uptempo song when she was talking to Dermot last saturday be considered rebellious by Simon?
Oh , God, they really finished off poor little Janet … That look on Tulisa¨s face while she is performing… priceless. 🙂
I’ve not seen this before. Didn’t watch much of this series.
Poor Janet. I even feel sorry for Tulisa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQin4PsqBus
Ooops. Only just noticed that Daniel linked to it including the VT. What a horror show that was. No-one at the airport but to then be cheered by the whole of your home town just before you get evicted – that’s harsh.
Poor lass. I always wondered, given that she said she felt really ill and nearly dropped, how the judges would have reacted if an artist actually did pass out on stage. That would completely screw with their plans.
In all honesty, for 13 years of live TV for 12 weeks a year, they’ve done well to have so few ‘incidents’ on-air as they have done!
Well Olly Murs would blunder around asking “Have we got a chair?” when there are four perfectly good chairs behind him on the stage of course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ly159_1dIw
Ok not quite what you said, but any reason to dig out that classic really!
The brutal assassination of Janet Devlin was probably the harshest takedown I’ve seen in X Factor history. It wasn’t a quick painless kill, but a brutal one over many 6 weeks that she was clearly ill-equipped to deal with, culminating in this cringeworthy disaster!
Still, to be remembered is that because of the show she is able to release music to a much larger audience than she would’ve otherwise to this day. That’s true for many other former acts who we might feel sorry for too! For goodness sake I saw Monica Michael on TV a couple of months ago!
Abi Alton Vevo released its single music video in 2015. It has around 15 000 views.
Dare I say that’s a bigger audience than she would’ve reached without the show? Looking at her Twitter it looks like she’s at least playing a few gigs that she probably wouldn’t be without her X Factor exposure!
I think the exposure she had makes those figures particularly shocking. Of course we don’t know where her career is at only based on that. I’m glad she gets to do gigs.
I have to say fair play to Nicole, maybe it’s false but I sense like she puts a lot more into the nitty gritty of the X Factor than other judges, most notably Mr Cowell.
She has the most motivation to: she doesn’t have an independent career of her own to fall back on.
Sure, she’s had some music success, but in the last five years, only really in the UK, and if she stepped on Simon’s toes he would have the connections to bring that all crashing down.
I am not convinced that Matt “easily” won the vote on Sunday. If we are saying that because Emily had a serious de-ramp Matt was the main beneficiary overturning the previous week’s close vote?
I can accept that he might have kept a lead but I’m not sure it would be a comfortable win of the vote. It was a poor song choice. Starting off in the car park with dancers dressed in red and black, which were at odds with his styling, the whole production concept was odd. He sang it well but did he motivate votes outside his core support? Someone correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t the voting increase last week from 2.3 million to 2.7 million? On that performance, at that point in the show he picked up many of the new votes?
He has been pegged back, doing ok, but not really setting the competition on fire for the last 2 weeks and certainly not creating a buzz. I do think that will change this week and he may even get his pimp slot. Building up or rebuilding his lead I don’t expect will be difficult.
I thought Dermot read the voting information from a card so I don’t think there was any errors in what he said as he may have read it as it was written. We shall have to wait and see if it was a deliberate attempt to imply the competition is open involving more of the contestants as contenders but that there was no real change in the top positions from the previous week(s).
With Matt’s and Emily’s treatment I think the producers may have tighten the vote but it is not really an open competition as I’m sure we shall see in the coming week(s).
Is this going to be the week when Emily finally turns it around? Disco week looked like the perfect opportunity to go up tempo. They didn’t take it and she ended up with her weakest performance of the series. I don’t see the appeal of the Emily / Ryan sing off, and if they do engineer it, surely it’s going to leave Emily beyond redemption in terms of the overall competition.
One interesting point when we saw Louis and Simon behind the scenes – Louis said something along the lines of she needed to do something up tempo and move more. Simon’s response was “but Emily can’t move”. Unless she’s gone backwards since 6CC two years ago we know that’s not exactly true. Is it an indication that they’re going to keep Emily firmly in her lane, or perhaps to set up for a surprise moment when the apparently immobile Emily does finally put on a performance. All will be revealed on Saturday – if not on Friday as soon as we see the song choices.
With nothing better to do, I decided to go through all official X Factor clips from this season just to see what has generated most buzz on YouTube. The Top 25 (in millions of views) are as follows:
5.827 Christian Burrows Audition
4.947 Saara Aalto Audition
2.976 Bratavio Audition
2.796 Caitlyn Vanbeck Audition
2.580 Honey G Audition
2.424 Sada Vidoo Audition
2.218 Saara Aalto Week 3
2.057 First look at the new series Audition Preview
1.894 Christian Burrows Six Chairs
1.645 Ivy Grace Paredes Audition
1.638 5 After Midnight Audition
1.340 Sam Lavery Audition
1.225 Honey G Week 1
1.192 Saara Aalto Sing-Off 1
1.141 Saara Aalto Six Chairs
1.122 Emily Middlemas Audition
1.071 Rebekah Ryan Audition
1.035 Matt Terry Week 1
1.026 Honey G Audition Preview
1.005 He Knows She Knows Audition
1.002 The Brooks Audition
Older clips dominate, as might have been expected. Some surprises here (I actually did this all the way down to 0.5M views, and that really was a trip down the memory lane, but the list would have been too long to post here). I have to assume that a substantial share of Saara’s views comes from the old country, though.
Re Dermot’s comments, does noone watch XtraFactor? Matt and Rylan said Dermot had said someone new had topped the vote and asked the judges who they thought it was. All said Saara or 5AM
With the Ryan/Emily sing off scenario, they are possibly harking back to the James Arthur and Ella Henderson sing off. Now THAT was tv gold, but probably more so because it was impossible to judge which way it was going to go, and neither deserved to be there. That and Ruth’s Purple Rain are probably the 2 most memorable sing offs we’ve had.
Ryan vs Emily just seems contrived, however the 2 of them must have discussed it between themselves already as to what they’d do. I’d love Ryan to do a Katie Waissel, say sod it and sit on the floor, but I’m not sure it’s something he’d pull off (and they’d probably then go on to save him).
The way we’ll know if this is what they want to happen will be their treatment of Saara this week. They know now what motivates and demotivates votes for Saara – if she gets a high-concept and overly elaborate/camp production, she’ll land in the bottom 2. If they keep it relatively simple and allow her vocals and performance to shine, she’ll be safe and that Emily vs Ryan is more likely.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2194580/piers-morgan-brands-the-x-factors-honey-g-grotesque-and-admits-she-makes-him-physically-vomit/
Piers Morgan, the most hated man in Britain, who also happens to be good mates with Simon Cowell. If that’s not an open invitation to protest voters to get on the Honey Train I don’t know what is… I mean, who wouldn’t want to make Piers Morgan vomit ?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/x-factor-viewers-question-whether-9248487
http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/x-factor/x-factor-results-matt-terry-shgging-nicole-scherzinger/
http://lifestyle.one/heat/entertainment/tv-movies/nicole-scherzinger-matt-terry-romance/
http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/14/the-x-factor-simon-cowell-explains-why-he-was-annoyed-with-emily-middlemas-for-siding-with-other-judges-6256302/
The minute Emily said that on stage a massive, massive red flag went up for me. The show isn’t very good (or is very good, depending on how you look at it) at dealing with contestants who go off-message. I’m not sure I’d take the “yeah everything’s fine now” at face value.
On Saara – I don’t think they have any plans for her to win the thing. At best she’s your third-placed Saturday name elimination candidate who can be suitably Andrea Faustini’d when required. They clearly have her vote completely under control so she can be wheeled out to kill off whoever they need, and go when she’s no longer any use to the producers. She has got a very good voice and very good stage presence, and won’t need the assistance some others would, so I wouldn’t rule out a final appearance, though I suspect she’ll be away before that.
Ryan and Emily – there is so far we can go with how horrible the producers are, and how nasty it is that certain things happen, but best not to forget the general public can be every bit as bad. During that ad break when we were waiting to see who was in the bottom two, Emily and Ryan immediately started trending, and everyone acknowledged it would make for good TV, even if it was horrible for everyone involved. Unless the show thinks it’s got what it can out of that (and has become thoroughly pissed off with Emily and just wants her out asap – it’s already happened this season) then I’d be amazed if it doesn’t happen in the next couple of weeks. Works either way – they keep Emily and bounce a good performer into the final, or they get rid of her in a controversial sing-off.
I agree the situation is incredibly murky this year. What I’d be looking out for this weekend is:
* Matt – Deramp or pimp slot? Still seems like the most middle England friendly feel-good Christmas winner to me.
* Emily – Another week like last week and I think they’ve lost interest. Alernatively they could be trying to bounce her to the final and engineer the Ryan sing-off. Too close to call – could be anywhere between finishing second and thrown out abruptly next week.
* Ryan – Are they going to take him down a lane, like they appeared to indicate with the sing-off song and Oasis. If he goes down the rock route he could have a future in this for a while. Having said that, his recent tweets don’t indicate that he’s going to be in this any longer than serving a purpose for producers – I wouldn’t rule out them giving him ‘a song that allows him to be him’ which then kicks him out the show.
* 5AM – I still don’t feel I know them as a group properly yet – this is not striking me as a Little Mix as it stands. I wonder if it’s too late to establish this. The Rough Copy alarm is going off in my head.
* Saara – Is her UK makeover continuing or is she, as Daniel says, going to the Finnish embassy and talking in another language again?
Has there ever been a public outcry over how the contestants get treated or is it always just about the fix claims and individual ‘offensive’ contestants?
The doubts over 5AM is their vocals – they couldn’t just sing in line and do harmonies. For this weekend it looks like another “crazy” choreography routine. The producers will be aware what works for them in terms of motivating votes and what the public like and expect from the group. It could be used to secure their position in the competition or be used against them exposing their weakness. Their treatment this week and how that fits with the treatment of other contestants may give us more confidence to decide if they are destined for a final place or not. The song choices might reveal a bit more. For this week I’m not very confident in making any predictions before the live show and feel it is a pivotal week in the competition.
I don’t know if anyone else has pointed this out yet, but for the last three or so weeks (maybe longer), there has been no recap of the performances at the end of the Saturday night show. My view is that this exacerbates the effects of the running order – votes are even more likely to come in at that point for the act on last, with people forgetting who was performing first, second and third even more so than they already have.
The only recap comes in the results show, when of course the appropriate judges’ comments are included alongside the clips with the voting numbers.
Yes I noticed that but thought it was for time reasons but if it’s a regular thing (did it come in when heh introduced voting at the start?) it does seem to favour those at the end more.
Psychologically you may also be holding your votes until you see the person who you voted for last week? Making those early slots even worse.
Also it feels like much less mentions of phone and text numbers this year so app voting must be very dominant.
Another way they effectively nobbled Sam this week was by making viewers head to Twitter to tweet ideas for a new jukebox theme, distracting them from potentially using their phones to vote for her. This came directly after Sam had performed.
The same distractionary tactic was used in Divas week. Directly after Ryan had performed first, viewers were encouraged to use the app to vote for which judge was the ‘biggest diva’. Ryan wasn’t eliminated that week, but he did land in the Bottom Three which is clearly where the producers wanted him.
For those who enjoy televised singing contests such as X Factor and who share my taste in absurdist kitsch, this has recently been added to Netflix:
(The British judge is called Simon Growl.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8u7iu_AJs0
Out of interest, Daniel, did Ryan do original songs or covers? Were they any good?
A little off-topic, but the talk of judges going rogue around what Sharon said last week (forums are all over it, although I don’t personally think she did) reminded me of the XF NZ Natalia Kills ‘bullying’ scandal from I think last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1R_LR63RU8
Did we ever discuss that on here? Or did it come at a time when it wasn’t betting season?
Basically I would ask what do you think the deal was here? Off-script or just completely overegging the pudding when following the gist of what her scripted reaction was meant to be? The second and third judge, Natalia Kills and Willy Moon (themselves a couple) accuse the contestant of not being original, and criticise his clothes, but go on to call him “disgusting” and compare him to Norman Bates.
Anglia Chu
I can’t remember anyone bringing this up. I reckon that the versions with less Simon Cowell are not controlled as much as the UK version is. That said, it could be just as controlled and the Natalia Kills incident was just executed poorly.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2177387/controversy-as-x-factor-rapper-honey-g-isnt-made-to-change-her-name-despite-sharing-it-with-korean-boyband/
Honey G is available at 10/ for next elimination (don’t know about Betfair).
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe ‘negative press’ has contributed to anyone getting eliminated in this series yet. Otherwise they’d have pretty much no contestants left…
If nothing else the stories that are shared show how desperate the press are to get stories out there without any substance!
Quick get me something on Honey G!!!
Do you think she’s good value to go this weekend Jessica?
Depends on your gambling strategy, how much you’re prepared to lose etc etc.
I gamble for fun, not to make a living and my strategy is based around trying to find long odds that I think others have missed. I don’t think you’re going to find odds better than 10/1 on much from now until the end of the competition unless you’re prepared to risk on Emily going. I am, as it happens.
It’s hard to tell with Honey G. If someone put a gun to my head I’d say I think she’s going out at the semi-final but I’ve a small stake on. Why not? If I lose I’m not really going to notice. If I win then yay.
I think the Piers Morgan comment is more significant than Plinkiplonk does. I don’t think it guarantees that she’s going out this weekend but the signs of a deramp are there.
Please don’t worry about my potential losses, I’m only too familiar with them!!!
I suppose my question was more about the value of a Honey G elimination? Do you feel it’s favourably priced? She’s shorter odds to win the whole thing than to go this weekend. Would I put money on her winning? No. Do I think there’s a better chance of her going this weekend than winning? That’s what I’m not so sure on.
For me there’s not much value in the market, the signs are all too visible.
Emily going this weekend is not a bad shout for me, as is betting against a Matt win. That’s not to say I passionately believe either will happen but I think both are more likely than the markets do.
Even if Honey G did hit the bottom two, they could deadlock it against anyone, or save 3-1 against Ryan or Saara who she’d most likely be against.
Of course. Or they could give her a rubbish vt, production and comments and then deadlock it or bump her 3-1 if they wanted. She’s 10/1 for a reason. That’s why /it’s called gambling.
Continuing to ramp the bejeesus out of Honey G.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2216106/x-factors-honey-g-on-course-to-duet-with-vanilla-ice-if-she-makes-it-to-shows-final/
Interesting reader comment on the Ed Sheeran story in the Sun:
“This is why it has to be Honey G to win. No one will buy her music and X factor will be shown for pantomime it is.”
Quote from Simon in Ok magazine;
The judge, who has mentored some of the show’s biggest stars including Leona Lewis and One Direction, added that he didn’t think people were voting for Honey G to spite the judges.
He said: “This is down to the public. I don’t think we’re in a situation – which has happened before – where there is a campaign to p**s me off.”
That amused me.
I just remembered that Matt Terry said on the Xtra Factor he wanted to do something stripped back for movie week… which incidentally coincides nicely with the announcement of the Ed Sheeran acoustic ballad winner’s single?
Just wondering about the Scottish regional vote. Is it really strong enough to win the whole competition as some have argued? If it is and if they do not want Emily to win, they should get rid of her before Ryan. She is more popular than Ryan both in Scotland and in general. She was the worst of the week 6 (IMO), but still avoided B2 appearance. So if she is not wanted, they really should try to kick her out this week when Ryan is still there splitting the vote.
I have no idea if she is wanted or not, just speculating. I think they may have changed horses and decided to push Saara instead of Emily to be the last girl standing (Honey G does not count as a girl), but might be just my illusion.
I don’t believe that the Scottish regional vote is as strong as it used to be. Ever since the free app voting was introduced in 2014, the percentages have been much tighter in general. Compare that to 2013 when Nicholas McDonald was miles ahead of most acts almost every week. Free app voting gives anyone who wants to vote the chance to do so, which dilutes the effects of regional voting somewhat, in my opinion.
Before the live shows started, I expected Emily (and Ryan) to be managed out before the final, mostly down to the Scottish vote so as not to threaten the apparent plan A (at the time) Matt. Over the course of the live shows and free app voting, it may have become apparent that the regional vote for Emily isn’t so much a threat (as Tim says above) and so may be more welcoming of her in the final.
There are other less conclusive reasons for her being considered – I maintain that Simon’s ego would prefer him to have an act in the final (although I don’t believe he’s stupid enough to give an act a push on that reason alone, and discount another act because of it) if at all possible, and I’d aruge that after 5AM, she is the most marketable contestant left. That said, she did get a mauling in week one and week six which isn’t ideal for a potential winner.
An excellent example of social proof from this past weekend was during Emily’s performance of ‘Wishing On A Star’, where the director cut to Louis drinking a cup of tea. This implied that he found a cup of tea more interesting than Emily’s performance. He was very animated with his tea drinking too, so I doubt this was any kind of accident.
https://twitter.com/Reality_Tim/status/799047786532577280?lang=en
The same tactic was also used by Mel B in 2014 when Jake Quickenden (her own act) was eliminated. I can’t remember whether or not it’s been used since then, but that was another prominent example of the same tactic. And then in 2013 Sharon said to Abi Alton that she was so dull, she’d be sending people off to make a cup of tea instead of watching her.
I notice this week Daniel that you didn’t provide any comments and observations on Honey G and 5AM.
I am going to share my observations because I’m interested to see what happens with these contestants as I’m learning here. Opinion is divided on these 2 so I assume there are good prices to be had.
Ignoring 5AM’s week 3/4 treatment both these contestants have had full on producer support and recently they have had their respective pimp slots. Some commentators have said the support has been desperate. Both have avoided the drop zone and that might be a reflection of producer treatment rather than traction in the voting.
Both;
– “final” and “winning” used.
– over praising that didn’t match the performance.
– vocally limited.
– VTs with children appeal.
– studio audience buzz/hype.
– volatility in the markets.
– Ed Sheeran’s winner’s single not suited to them.
– can easily be taken down although with judges previous praising probably would be done over a couple of weeks.
I notice that both have had negative press from the Sun this week.
The question for me is how are they doing in the voting because where they finally end up it’s going to be a playing factor not just producer favour and preference alone.
They have both avoided the drop zone and are pitched at the “entertainers” camp of the audience rather than the “vocalists” camp.
Are they both doing relatively ok? Just avoiding the drop zone? One doing better than the other?
Is Honey G the Reggie n Bollie of 2016? I’m not convinced.
Is 5AM the Little Mix of 2016? I’m not convinced.
I am not convinced because unlike R’n’B and Little Mix, Honey G and 5AM don’t have a strong emotional connection with the audience, which I think is a key factor, as well as some others. If either was to win it would be a very different outcome compared to previous winners.
What is the producer preference? Are 5AM a plan A? For me until Simon mentors the groups any plan A that is a group comes with big doubts – look at the disaster that was Stereokicks (a massive waste of one the best vocalists that the show has ever had in James Graham).
Honey G getting to the final would send the media in overdrive.
IMHO I think it is either one for the final or neither of them. I am not sure it would be producers preference to have both or that they could get both there, although if they were in the final they would be no threat to the vocalist.
Last week’s show was like a show of 2 half’s 5AM ending the 1st half and Honey G the 2nd.
Will it be full on support for both this week again, or will we see some damping setting up for a kill next week or after? I do think if one was to leave there would be some vote transfer to the other.
I am looking forward to hat the song choices will be this week.
Another interesting observation the show has never had a group like 5AM being such strong dancers and Honey G being a rapper.
I also think that it’s either 5 am or Honey G in the final. One ‘fun’ act is enough, the rest need to be able to sing well.
I think producers intentions with 5AM are very clear. Get them as far as possible and launch a career. The question is whether the public will bite given their limited vocals. I personally think they will, full on pimpings have been pretty successful in recent years.
With Honey G you have to ask if TPTB want her to get to the final or whether they think it would damage the brand. Difficult to call.
I dont think either will win and Matt Terry has been lined up as a ‘satisfactory’ winner from day one, ie not a Plan A type winner like Louisa.
Edie M
This is pretty much how I see Matt- they’d been fine with him winning, but as a MOR boy they’ve seen how badly they have all flopped in the past.
IMHO Honey G in the final would damage the brand too much. I don’t know if they think so. At the same time I think Honey G has caused a bit of an overreaction. Nicely trolled, TPTB. I think it took off much better than they expected.
As 5am can’t sing I can’t see Cowell having any interest in them other than a sacrifice in the final, ie they can have their vocal assistance turned off.
I like Tim’s observations, I had missed them. Jessica why do you think Piers Morgan was a de-ramp and not a ramp for Honey G?
This reminds me of the sketch in Father Ted when they’re visited by ‘the most sarcastic man in the country’. Ted tells Mrs Doyle that he means the exact opposite of what he says. That is of course until he gets to the part where he means exactly what he says.
I missed that one, I must watch the series again, it was one of my favourite.
However my question was serious.
I get the sense that with both 5AM and Honey G the show is giving them as much of a push as possible, as they did with Gifty in the first three weeks, to get them both as far as possible. It seems to be working for 5AM – they managed to get through their week three treatment and support for them since has returned. They turned the tap off on Gifty quickly and effectively in week 4, the general assumption being because she wasn’t flying in the vote and this suggests to me that 5AM’s vote has been strong so far and Honey G can be maintained.
Just one thing to touch on with 5AM – because I’ve not seen it talked about on here yet I think, the member that can sing best, Kieran, has quite a significant existing career.
He starred in a CBBC sitcom alongside Tracy Beaker lead actress Dani Harmer for three years, while a teenager, not even as a kid, and has appeared on CBBC’s new/recent music show Friday Download, performing, as a new and upcoming solo artist. He’s also signed to a management company associated with Beyonce and released a single last year produced by DJ Mustard, who recently produced for Rihanna and Britney Spears – and is presumably quite expensive! So not quite the complete humble beginnings the show has been making out.
I’m just noting this because this suggests there might be more investment in them and perhaps with these connections, already plans in place to launch them. I had a listen to the single and it was very R&B rather than pop – Jason Derulo ish or something like that. If they start going in that direction this week I would think that’s a sign they’re running with them – or at least to the final if possible.
Not a huge amout to add to this, but I would maintain that the Honey G media reports are not placed by TPTB as a deramp, and here’s why:
In the past, a joke act would sometimes be voted through ‘against’ Simon’s critique, with a clear ‘let’s stick it up to Simon’ narrative around them, and they tended to be portrayed as good-natured and harmless overall. Wagner was the sweet kooky foreign weirdo with the bongos, until they wanted him out, when suddenly there were media stories about him buying drugs and living off benefits.
Honey G was almost a villain from the start, immediately from here audition everyone was wondering if she was for real or a fake. And now all the judges incl. Simon are fawning over her. If the show wanted her out, there would be no reason to place stories in the press, they would have much easier and immediate tools at their disposal. She can’t sing or dance and is a one-trick-pony – surely there would have been some mention of that first in the critiques before they have to employ the media spin army?
I think the story they are building for her is in the ‘underdog trumps(!) the establishment’ vein. The reason why the judges are on her side rather than playing up the establishment part is that a) they want to be seen to be on the side of the people and b) they might have to save her along the way and need to build up credibility for that. (Good luck…)
Oh, and as for the winner’s single; clearly that has been chosen for the bland MOR acts to shine. However, imagine Matt doing a bland but serviceable version of the song, followed by Honey G, without glasses, dressed in one of Sam Bailey’s leftover big Girl party dresses with hair to match, trying to sing the song straight. It would break the internet and catapult her to the top no problem. It would be such an obvious thing to do a big make-over on her, and they have never yet shied away from the obvious…
Brilliant thoughts – anything is possible
It’s an assumption that she can’t sing, because we’ve never heard her try. Maybe she sings like Susan Boyle and the overall plan is to destroy the internet by revealing that when the whole world expects her to fail miserably on the winners song ballad. /devilsadvocate
Alison cassells
That would be a peach lol. I’d pay plenty money to see that
I presume this is tongue in cheek.
If not, listen to the few words she had “sung” in the competition this year, most recently the “stayin’ alive ” lyrics from last week.
She cannot sing so without an auto tune machine turned up to the hilt, any singing will be downright awful. I’d be astonished if that is even close enough to sway any final vote.
I know there is disagreement on this, but I still think it matters that Cowell did not have an act in the final last year & that it’s unlikely he’d want to repeat that. As Emily is now his only option, it’ll be very interesting to see her treatment this weekend. Although it may be the plan is taint her with a sing-off appearance with Ryan and then manage her out in 3rd place?
I do get that, I really do. There must be some ego at play but will potential £££ trump ego?
It’s noticeable this year they’ve really downplayed the mentoring and judges rivalry aspect of the format.
Since Cowell came back he’s appeared much more humble, much less harsh in his judgements.
It’s worth thinking how few of the successful acts from the show have been from the Simon category. Is that chance or judgement?
So I’m on the fence with this one. I can see be arguments both ways but am not convinced he will do anything that would “weaken” the show to have an act in the final.
Not sure if potential ££s trump ego, but also not convinced that there is much potential in the remaining acts. It’s one of the weakest final sixes ever. Plus, the franchise rests a lot on the idea that Cowell’s judgement carries weight- the acts are always most keen to impress him etc (in this regard, it’s interesting that he has been the one criticising Matt in the last couple of weeks). I agree Cowell has changed but I don’t find his remarks more humble per se, just increasingly saccharine. Also, I reckon percentage wise he’s probably had the most successful acts of any judge & there are notable examples of him eschewing the winner to focus on his own pet projects: Olly & One D esp. come to mind.
I just don’t think it matters that much to Simon anymore. On his first stint on the show if you wanted to see who the chosen winner was, it was a good idea to look at his category. Since he has returned, I think he’s not just been happy to take weaker categories, but has purposely done it preferring to give stronger categories to the women on the panel in general.
Yes, even the year when he had two finalists in Ben and Fleur, I don’t think either of those were meant to make the final in the grand scheme. That’s how it worked out and don’t get me wrong, he still has enough of an ego to enjoy that moment, but I don’t think it was the original plan.
Same thing this year. We’ve just had a girl winner, and Simon takes a below average girls category and weakens it even further by removing Caitlyn Vanbeck (who I have a hunch will be back next year or the one after when Syco are more in need of a girl winner). Gifty and Sam get shafted by the producers – Sam frankly from day 1 was never allowed to get any momentum. It doesn’t look like the actions of a man who really cares about his category – and I think he’s going to be far more interested in 5AM’s fortunes than Emily’s.
I agree winning doesn’t really matter to him anymore. Not being involved in the final at all, I’m less sure about.
You might be right, and I guess Emily’s treatment this weekend will be very instructive on this!
Ok due to a bad button press on Betfair I’m now routing for an Emily and Saara bottom two!!! It could happen couldn’t it? Bounce for Ryan? Emily’s downward trajectory continues. Saara comes from Finland ???
We’ll see!
Could be divinely intervention?
Cheers woolfie, that’s definitely the kind of straw I’m clutching at!
Sorry EM.
https://twitter.com/TheXFactor/status/799318710460641280
It’s cool lots of thoughts of cold icy water and icebergs – easily sunk.
And Emily’s 1990 number one is obviously Partners in Kryme’s Turtle Power so quids in
Another one from the Sam Bailey playbook, worked very nicely for her last week!
Is Days of Thunder a comedy? Show Me Heaven was on the soundtrack of that, but I think the film is more an action/drama.
I would love Emily’s song to be Turtle Power from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. On the basis of the clue it’s possible but somehow I suspect it’s something else.
https://youtu.be/VFsTr0kGAqU
Unchained Melody surely.
One of Simon’s favourite songs etc
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/simon-cowell-x-factor-hopefuls-235587
I don’t recall it being featured in an american comedy.
Naked Gun?
5am doing Try a Little Tenderness?
No idea. It was in a little known film I think, but not in 1990 as far as I can see.
Not really taking her out of her lane and into something where she gets to move though, is it.
Correct but I’m pretty sure it is Unchained M. A song Cowell has advised people not to do, but has also made muchos £ from.
And is definitely not one to shake ya tail feather at – so erm, not sure.
Emily has publicly hoped for an uptempo song and even made a promise on Xtra Factor that the next one would be uptempo. After that I think she is quite desperate to do any uptempo to not look like a fool.
Unchained melody is definitely slow. It must have been love by Roxette is another good candidate, featured in Pretty woman, though it never was number one in the UK and I would call it slow, too. But she did not say that it was the UK chart and it is not the slowest of the slow.
What about Vogue by Madonna? The devil wears Prada is an American comedy. That would be very interesting.
C’est possible
If it was going to be Unchained Melody why pick 1990 as the year it hit number one. Or an american comedy as the film it came from when Ghost is much more obvious. I’m hoping for ‘Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini’ as the ultimate deramp song from the 1961 comedy film ‘One, Two, Three’
@sagand because the film version of the song got to number one in 1990 and because keeping it vague keeps people guessing and engaged?
Complexity agree it could be one of many songs. None great for Emily
Emilys is “Nothing Compares 2 U” I would imagine. No1 in 1990 and featured in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Google is my friend.
Put her on early and criticise her for again not doing an up tempo?
Could go either way. The vocal will suit her and personally I think it’s a great song but its keeping her firmly in the lane that TPTB have put her in and doesnt really fit with her youthful, bubbly personality.
For me the song is so synonymous with Sinead O’Conner that I dont really want to hear anyone else cover it. But I felt much the same about Creep and for many that was her big moment.
You can hear Louis saying she’s back in the game or you can hear him saying he wants to see her move. It all depends how TPTB want to spin it.
The way Saara is currently being treated is 100% what the core audience wants from the show. Someone with a fantastic voice singing karaoke without changing the arrangement, working the stage and not being afraid to camp it up. Assuming that she is to be treated well with ‘My Heart Will Go On’, she should be easily safe this week and the Lovebird sing off looks very much on the cards.
Agree on both the potential line-up for the sing off and the Celine song.
If it was someone else, I would say that there is an iceberg ahead and she will sink. But Saara will do great as long as they don’t make her to dress up as a ship or an iceberg or a frozen corpse or turn it into a rap version.
And Emily will either eat her words or do Vogue or Polkadot bikini or Turtle power or the NKOTB dance song…
Is Saara going to be treated positively all the way from now to the win? There seems to be a nice journey arc from kooky foreigner to loved by the British public, and everybody knows she has the best voice in the competition. I would rather be backing her for the win than emily or honey G.
I personally think emily is more likely to finish 2nd or 3rd than saara, but saara is more likely to get the win if she got to the final.
Probably not that great for the show if the winner is a serial talent-show contestant that already has a record deal and 5 albums out.
She doesn’t have record deal. She has recorded some songs as an independent artist but it didn’t do very well.
saaraaalto.com says she *founded* her own record label, Yume Records. A deal with your own label is still a deal (and likely reduces the chances of you getting dropped, haha). It also links to 5 complete albums that you can buy *today*.
yumerecords.com/artists/ details the other artists that Saara has signed to her own label.
A lot of people have small record companies. It doesn’t mean that they are commecially succesful. Saara’s albums have sold very little and got practically no radio play. I was under impression she’s made 4 full albums. One of them is in Chinese but she’s given that market up now.
If anybody wonders why she hasn’t had a breakthrough in Finland, it’s probably because the songs haven’t been good enough. So she does need help.
I assume the company is more like a small cooperative, each paying for their own records and marketing, rather than a real record company that “signs” artists and pays them. I know Teemu Roivainen is Saara’s ex boyfriend who won a local tango(!) singing competition a few years ago. I have no idea who these other people might be, anyway not famous artists in Finland and most definitely not Finnish counterparts for Simon Cowell. 😀 You need to be really mean to try to twist it as it was Universal Music or Virgin Records (which are btw companies that have had some sort of deal with 5AM’s Kieran).
British tabloids have totally exaggerated the fame of Saara’s ex. He’s not a “pop star” and they together were never a “power couple of Finnish music industry”. However the tango singing competition he won does have some prestige in Finland particularly among older audiences.
Is there no beginning to Honey G’s talent?
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/steven-gerrard-go-head-head-12192892
I reckon Matt and Freddy are a potential (secret) couple, not just a “bromance”. https://twitter.com/MattTerry93/status/799387565426032640
I think you could be right. The pushing of the “gushing girls” thrusting themselves at him starts to make sense – bearding the real Matt.
Saara will have grown on Cowell. Her ability to take all evil thrown at her and come back smiling and grateful will have flattered his personality (disorders). He may have also twigged that he can make some money from her.
Jessica Piers Morgan wasn’t a de-ramp to Honey G. What he said was so irrationally insulting and horrible it was designed as a vote motivator for her and just to keep her topical.
Morgan is a former and therefore possible future hireling of Cowell so he is not going to upset Cowell.
You are, of course, welcome to your opinion. I disagree.
No-one who currently dislikes her will change their minds because of that article. It may in the short term encourage some of her fans to continue voting but that makes no difference. They are already her fans. In the longer term it will undermine her. Those comments are memorable and she is crap. Although the comments may sound over the top she is truly rubbish so the sentiment is accurate.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U-EkC1dwIWg/Vnmfwn81rBI/AAAAAAAAgYs/8eHXIRFB6GE/s1600/54493334.jpg
No one who dislikes her will have her mind changed by this article. In the short term some who like her might entrench their support. That will make no difference. They already support her.
The comments are memorable and the although the language is over the top, the sentiment is broadly accurate.
Interesting I thought it was reminding the audience she is a joke act. As you say it could work in her favour if it’s seen as unnecessary and cruel. The latest Sun article about the salad litter drop is really negative:
Careless X Factor star Honey G drops litter – and F-bomb – as she …
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2199695/careless-x-factor-star-honey-g-drops-litter-and-f-bomb-as-she-struggles-to-hold-a-salad-and-get-in-to-a-car-simultaneously/
I’m not sure these type of press stories change people opinions that much.
I think it depends on the story. Tamera’s bullying is different from Che Chesterman snoring. When there are two, three or more stories coming out one after the other in the week before a live show, I think that does make a difference. If the stories are referred to in the live show that brings them back to mind when voting begins.
Another negative story about Honey G has been doing the rounds this week too. I didn’t post the link.
We are on the same page Jessica ( pardon the pun). Yes it depends on the story apart from the Brooks story nothing else has made a big impact on the show as far as I can see. They just reinforce people’s opinions about the show and any contestants.
http://www.tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/the-x-factor/288700-x-factor-2016-spoilers-song-choices-movies-week-revealed.html
Emily and Ryan the clear bottom 2 targets.
Saara should sail through this week. Pimp slot?
I think Matt might get the pimp slot and kick start his run for the finishing line.
The Matt deramp continues. They started it early this year. Wise on their part. I thought this was coming. They want him in the final and he’s not a disaster as winner but I’m sure they’d love to avoid another bland, identikit MOR male singer this year if they can.
In a way I feel sorry for Mason Noize. If he’d applied in 2014 or this year they probably would have got behind him and propelled him to the final or even the win.
I came to comment: pimp slot for either Matt or Saara – beat me to it. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a show of two halves; one closed by Saara, one closed by Matt. Emily following Saara would be the most damanging as comparisons could immediately be drawn between the two vocals and proficiencies – this is another advantage of keeping her around while whittling the remaining women down one by one.
Will Smith AGAIN for Honey G. What a serious rap artist she is. At this rate I’m struggling to think of what child-friendly song she could possibly do with someone like 50 Cent or Snoop in a final. Will Smith himself would no doubt be too expensive right now – what are the chances they parachute in Vanilla Ice for a reprise? The difficulty in getting a classic rapper is they would have to be flown over to the UK especially just for this, and it would likely damage their credibility unless they’re the type that already doesn’t give a damn.
Zig and Zag are probably available.
https://youtu.be/7bv_36P_f-w
Mind you, on reflection they might feel that their artistic integrity is being compromised.
Having said that, I don’t think Snoop would give a damn. He seems to be up for anything. Honey G’s background is genuinely in rap too. She went and did some stuff in the US. Some of these guys may have heard of her or even met her years ago.
Matt Terry – Writing’s on The Wall – Sam Smith – from the movie Spectre
Not been done before as far as I am aware? Should suit his voice, but I’m blinded by my hatred for this song. Bond theme’s have a rocky past on the show, too.
Ryan Lawrie – Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley – from the movie Jailhouse Rock
Complete nothing of a song choice. The only other time I remember it being performed on the show was as part of a mash up for Only The Young which wasn’t a vote magnet. I suppose it’s in a similar vein to “Twist and Shout” when he avoided the b3 but I don’t anticipate the same thing happening again.
Emily Middlemas – It Must Have Been Love – Roxette – from the movie Pretty Woman
All the shit that was used against Emily last week (being boring, downtempo, never moving etc.) is likely to be repeated. I’m not massively familiar with this song, but it’s quite a big vocal isn’t it? I’m imagining some sort of twee re-working of it. I can only recall one of the early girlbands on the show (Bad Lashes?!) performing this previously but they were all doomed regardless of song choice.
Honey G – It’s Like That & Getting Jiggy With It – Jason Nevins & Will Smith I – from the movie Keith Lemon The Movie / Last Days of Disco
Yawn. More of the same.
Saara Aalto – My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion – from the movie Titanic
It seems the show is now morphing Saara Aalto into Sam Bailey. She should do the song justice, and as said above it delights a demo. The first song choice of hers on the main show which will showcase how good she always in during the sing off.
5 After Midnight – Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding – from the movie The Commitments
I can’t see this being anything other than underwhelming. Paul Akister and Che Chesterman both had successful performances of this song but they were strong vocalists. I can’t see 5AM putting in a performance anywhere near as powerful as they did. I’m sure the stage will be full of musicians and gold backdrops and will be praised to high heaven regardless.
Matt is 18/1 to do a Hannah Barrett. B2 combos involving Matt are tasty too. 80/1 for a b2 of Matt and Emily.
If you see fire, you know what to do!
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Why would Matt fall in B2 singing a song thats perfect for his voice after he has been totally fine doing two uptempo songs, when he is miles better at slower songs.
Sorry. I forgot that the X Factor is a singing competition.
Surely if a target for B2, would have been over the last 2 weeks? Or.. can you not explain the point your suggesting?
I’m not keen on the song choice.
Do you remember Hannah Barrett? She was tipped as the 2013 winner by the Sofabet team. She was given Skyfall, a massive song that had been number 1. She went b2 that week.
The thing about Skyfall and this song is that they’re unmemorable melodically and a bit shit really.
I’m sure Sam Smith said he spent about 5 minutes writing the song and I can’t help thinking it might have been better if he’d stretched it to say 15 minutes of his valuable time. After all how many Bond themes do people get to write? I’m sure I’ve also previously mentioned that I’m not Sam Smith’s biggest fan either – it’s that falsetto he wheels out at every available opportunity that really grates.
None the less I can’t agree with Jessica on this. I think that this is firmly in Matt’s lane and that he’ll do well with it. He hasn’t had a pimp slot yet, so this looks like the last chance before we switch to 2 performances each next week.
What I don’t think it will do is really help him pick up votes from people who aren’t already voting for him. I’m just pleased we only have to listen to 2 1/2 minutes of it.
Wotevs.
If it wasn’t for the Ryan / Emily sing-off I’d think (but wouldn’t post on here) that Matt was nailed on for B2.
In competition terms that song is a hot, stinking, steaming turd. It hums from here to heaven. You only give it to someone as a deramp. It doesn’t matter how well you perform it. Also the theme means it’s easy to add fire and all sorts of other negative effects.
I found this version which is more to my liking – maybe Matt could give it a try.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQH5V58LOuA
Kudos to Nicole for eating a Greggs sausage roll. Asking what was in the chicken pasty indicates she knew it was abbatoir slurry wrapped in compressed cardboard.
https://youtu.be/qW5Sgxq-utc
It’s worth noting that Hannah did not sing this badly.
Like I said above
Whilst I’m not convinced that this song will be a vote killer for Matt, I can’t help but feel that there would have been better choices for him. I think it will suit him more than Skyfall ever did Hannah (or Jay James for that matter) but perhaps tptb are seeing an opportunity here to keep a lid on Matt whilst trying to push 5AM, if they were indeed one of the acts nearing the top of the vote these past few weeks.
Obviously it depends on a lot of things, VT, staging and comments included. I’m not saying Matt is definitely going to go b2, not by any means. I’m saying it’s worth considering as a possibility so that if the show does send a bus at him some people might get in quickly enough to take advantage of the 80/1 odds on a Matt & Emily b2 or the 100/1 on a Matt & Honey G b2.
The great thing about odds like that are that if they, for instance, set him on fire you can risk a quid and not care if you lose it, knowing that if he does go down it’s a very tidy return.
I’m not going to bother post long shots anymore because people seem to think I’m predicting them as certainties rather than positing them as possibilities to be considered and I can’t be bothered defending them when in fact I’m trying to do y’all a favour.
If you think the song is going to motivate votes we’ll just have to agree to differ.
Looks like a cert for Ryan to go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msFSO7Xa8Ew
I think Emily will probably do a slowed down version of this!
Great find. Thanks David.
It Must Have Been Love was also sung by Molly Rainford in the BGT 2012 semi-final. She made it to the final. Another slow, stock-still version of the song.
Oddly, it was also song not even 2 weeks ago on the Voice US.
Emily is so close to snapping they’re going to have to be very careful how they handle her tomorrow should they want her to fall into the bottom two with that song. Demotivating praise the order of the day there, methinks: “It’s another slow number but you sang it well”, “Much better than last week” etc.
I know this might be trying to make facts fit the circumstances but surely a Ryan v Emily bottom two is on the cards? It’d make sense to do it now as a week seven bottom two appearance has resulted in a bounce to the final on more than one occasion.
Saara has a song Sam Bailey also performed, same as last week – it should be enough to keep her clear on it’s own. Of course producers may have arranged a trip to the Finnish embassy this week! 5 After Midnight appear to have been handed another fun song to be going on with which should appeal to the voting demo and Honey G will do her normal thing on those choices. As for Matt… possible moment in the offing here?
I’d say running order of Ryan, Saara, Emily, 5 After Midnight, Honey G and Matt with no ad break between the first two.
Agreed that Ryan and Emily makes the most sense from the scripted reality point of view. The proportion of money on it compared to the others is extraordinary.
http://www.oddschecker.com/tv/x-factor/bottom-two-combo
For those who can’t see it if they’re using the odds checker app or on their mobile site
https://i.imgsafe.org/ef12cb17f6.png
92.68% of bets are on a Ryan / Emily b2 at 12:18.
Also this
https://i.imgsafe.org/ef12e75ef1.png
The Emily graphic is a real eye-opener.
Just one small word of caution on Ryan; classic retro is the genre and style that kept him out of the bottom 2 before; the audience is (haven’t we projected this in the past?) skewing older nowadays, Elvis Presley just had another well-selling number one album in the charts, and Ryan currently might represent something of a double-threat of being a young man (to appeal to younger girls and women) singing classic old music (which will appeal to older folks). Amplify this if they play up any camp/gay angle – or allow even an inkling of it – for Matt Terry this week. Sam Smith is gay, after all.
My other hunch this week is that if they manage an Emily/Ryan B2, it will definitely come to deadlock for maximum drama.
So, my value bet this week would be for Emily to come rock bottom and be eliminated. I wouldn’t put it past, in that situation, Ryan to protest and offer himself as a sacrifice to drop out in her stead – given how unhappy he’s looked to keep getting through every week.
It would be juicy, cruel, and make great telly and tabloid fodder for the week ahead – and make headlines for the brand, which is exactly why I can see them doing it.
All will depend on how Emily’s handled, but I wouldn’t be averse to putting a wee pre-show flutter on her going before we see the lovebirds’ respective treatment.
A doubt regarding that would be Simon as a mentor – would his ego really allow him to have no one left for the final three weeks for a second year in a row? Last year had been scripted that way with his outburst at the Six Chair Challenge but, on paper, he had a strong category this year. He’s seen as the strongest member of the panel yet over the past two years would have been ‘beaten’ by the likes of Nick Grimshaw, Rita Ora, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh?
As you say on paper that’d be the best result for them press wise but I can’t see how they’re going to do it – Louis has already laid the groundwork by saying Emily should do uptempo, which is a good reason to save her on Sunday on top of her first appearance in the bottom two against Ryan’s second (plus numerous bottom three moments). I think Sharon may have echoed him. They could easily do an about face over the weekend but…
A more logical doubt about this is the Scottish vote being pooled completely behind Ryan along with a share of the male vote plus sympathy vote in seeing his loved one go in those circumstances. The show has been good at kills but they might have to pull out the series 8 tanks for him if they save him over Emily this week; I think he might become difficult to shake off.
I just don’t know if we can accept Simon having an ego and actually caring about the acts at the same time as subscribing to the theory that it is all pre-planned and pre-calculated.
On the contrary I think, Emily going would leave Simon as a loose cannon when it comes to the singoffs; never having to side with his own act out of loyalty. Far easier then, to save Honey G just for badness when she inevitably falls into the bottom 2, or save Saara because she’s ‘won him over’ if she fell into the bottom 2 alongside Ryan – or even Matt!
If they’re trying to make a TV show that suggests judges have reasonable motivations behind their actions, having Simon as the first judge out (acts-wise) with a ‘neutral’ eye on all the remaining acts – when Simon’s voice is still the most respected on the panel – would go a long way to validate Honey G or Saara in the public’s eyes, if they want to push them further. Or whichever act they decided to go this route with.
In terms of a deadlock this week if they need one, they’ve already sown the seeds of Sharon being a loose cannon. Nicole will save Ryan. Simon will save Emily. Louis will save Emily and Sharon will save Ryan, if they need a deadlock. Either because he’s cute or because Nicole will dramatically beg for it live, when it comes to Sharon to again cast the deciding vote. I don’t think they’d be so blatant to vote her out 3 to 1 though unless she has a horror of a performance.
I’m not sure they will let Sharon have the casting vote again after last week!
I’m sure Simon doesn’t care about the acts, except the chosen ones, but he certainly cares about himself and his image.
We said last year that him going out with three weeks to go would create a neutral image but I’m not sure how much of an impact that had or will have this time around – he was pushing Reggie and Bollie’s before Anton’s departure whilst he was pushing Honey G even before Gifty went.
It’s also worth remembering that it was Simon’s fault when Gifty left. If Emily leaves this weekend the finger is going to be pointed at him again (an appearance in the bottom two will do this as well but he’ll have a redemption arc – I’m speaking as if he’s an act – if Emily survives).
If Nicole, Sharon or Louis end up out of the competition at this stage, so be it. They’re not supposed to be so highly regarded as mentors. But Simon? I’m not so sure.
You could well be right in what you say; this is just why I have my doubts. I’m pretty sure that they’ll leave Louis to last in terms of judge’s voting after Sharon’s fun and games last week. They may even say ‘vote how you want to vote’ then tell Louis to do the opposite to take it to deadlock.
I agree about Ryan. That song is similar to those he’s had success with in the last two weeks.
Success in the sense that he landed B2 last week? The song choice looks fair based on how he’s performed the last couple of weeks. Fair to good comments. No real motivation to vote. Put him on first or second again and he’s going to be forgotten about by the end. No real sense of a stitch up. Job done as far as TPTB are concerned isn’t it?
Emily definitely has the worst song choice. Not that I dislike the song, but it’s certainly not a response to the criticism she received last week. I would expect her to get her first bad draw in the running order for a while with that, possibly just straight up from the death slot. I think we might see Saara in the pimp slot, with them throwing absolutely everything at it to get try and get that Ryan/Emily sing-off.
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Che won week 5 last year doing Hello (forgetting the lyrics) and Try A Little Tenderness, so the pimping of 5AM seems set to continue. To this viewer it certainly seems the desired last two is Matt along with the group, but would have to have the odds closer together than they are, despite Matt’s vocal superiority.
Kudos to the suggestions from the very start of engineering a B2 of Ryan and Emily – the latter’s song choice feels very much like a FU from Cowell. There is a chance it is a slow death for Emily’s place in the show, she may have started from a very high point, a la Miss Devlin, so it may take another week or two to get her.
Let’s not forget they gave Saara terrible treatment two weeks ago, they may have decided to try and get her ahead of Emily but I wouldn’t be all in on the idea she’ll definitely be getting pushed for the next few weeks.
I think Matt could be given the pimp slot using his falsetto to good effect. Could be the start of a push and would help to swallow up some of the voting if the target is an Emily vs Ryan sing off.
Emily and Ryan have got old fashioned songs, if they are performed straight I don’t see them as great motivators. But you never know could end being fun and entertaining appealing to a broad audience.
Saara I expect good treatment and vote to hold. Although it depends on the staging and whether or not it comes across as cheesy…
Honey G as expected. I don’t think she will be going anywhere this week. It does feel a bit repetitive but it’s what is expected.
5AM Try a Little Tenderness… if they are put on 3 stools to sing in a swing style they are out… I suspect it will be Ottis Reading with a big band, several lady backing singers, slow start building up to a crescendo… If that is the case it will be interesting to see how they will handle the vocals at the start and how much whelly they put in at the end… Potential to underwhelm or go full on crazy…
Will we have to see if there is any attempt to sow the seeds for future exits or if it’s all out for a B2 of the series…
If the voting numbers have been tight maybe they feel they have better control of voting motivations providing everyone performs as expected.
Of course you can never be sure on these things until the credits roll.
With those sing choices I can’t see anything other than a huge push for a Ryan and Emily bottom 2.
The seed has already been sown after the lengthy wait when Emily, Sam and Ryan were hanging on last week.
Huge push for Saara, pimp slot almost certain and incredible feedback, to get her above Emily.
Shouldn’t be difficult to get Emily below all of 5am, Matt and Honey G given Dermot’s voting stats snapshot.
So just Saara to push heavily.
5AM – great song choice for them. It did Che wonders last year. If the boys get positive treatment and comments all round again, I think they might just be the producer’s push for the win…
Matt – the thing with this SS song is that it’s very whiny (but that may just be Sam’s voice on it). I think we will have a clear idea if Matt is destined for the win or not by the end of Saturday’s show. The two past week’s haven’t been good for him (and his vote has likely suffered). He’s overdue a pimp slot though…
Saara – if Matt doesn’t get the pimp slot this week, I think it will be Saara. I still believe a Ryan/Emily B2 is on tptb’s wishlist and the best way of achieving that is to put the most vulnerable act (in regards to the vote) in the pimp slot. MHWGO has a strong and safe history on XF – everyone has seen Titanic so the emotional connection is already there.
Emily – her song choice has only been performed once on XF live shows (IIRC) and that was by Bad Lashes in 2008. I believe they were on quite late in the first live show yet still landed in the bottom two. It wasn’t a great performance though. I’m definitely in the “demotivating praise” camp. No way will the judges be able to pull off another week of “Emily this is boring. Do up-tempo now” without it looking like a stitch up on Simon’s part.
Based on the six song choices, I can’t see anything besides an Emily/Ryan bottom two scenario playing out. If tptb wanted Saara in the bottom two this week (which would be easy since she’ll be coming down from a bounce), they wouldn’t give her MHWGO of all the songs out there. 5AM and Honey’s song choices play to their strengths. I’m unsure about Matt’s end position, but I don’t think he’ll be a bottom two contender… this week.
Might be running ahead of myself here, but I’ve thought of a way how the producers could create the most exciting final 3 line up possible.
Week 7 – Ryan vs Emily sing off, sending Ryan back to Coatridge
Week 8 – Emily vs Saara sing off. Let’s say for argument’s sake Emily has bounced above Saara, who goes home on deadlock
Week 9 – NO SING OFF. Engineer Emily to the bottom of the vote. It’s in the rules for a sing off/no sing off to be announced at the last minute.
This would leave a Final 3 of Matt, 5 After Midnight and Honey G, with none of them ever having hit the sing off. Hope the producers are reading this! 😀
Tim you don’t think they want Saara for the final? Week 8 more likely to be Matt vs survivor of Ryan/Emily imo.
If they put Matt in the B2, I can’t see him really winning. Matt V Emily is another James V Ella imo, 2 wanted finalists. I think the Quarter Finals are too late. I would say Honey on Toast or the crazy costume Finnish one to go next. Saara I like to think is a semi finalist but probably not a finalist.
I really love Saara, she is the best this year, don’t call me racist please :p
I was thinking the exact same as this but with Honey vs Emily in the week 9 singoff and Sharon taking it to deadlock as the public should decide the finalists.
Sharon is Honey’s mentor so she’ll save her whatever. Louis or Nicole would have to take it to deadlock.
Yeah, of course my bad. I was just thinking that was the line she used to send Luke Friend/ Rough Copy to deadlock. They could use the same line different judge.
For those who remember Abi Alton with affection…
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/x-factor/563155/X-Factor-Abi-Alton-transformed-where-are-they-now
Amazing to think she’s still only 21.
Honey G has served her purpose now. I think she will definitely fall bottom 2 this weekend. Whether they will let her go over Ryan that’s the only doubt for me.
Ryan / Honey G and Ryan / Emily are the only combos shortening. All the others are drifting.
Yeah i fancy Ryan/Honey bottom 2. I spose deadlock could be called without being seen as too unfair, especially with Ryans multiple saves lifelines over the series
I don’t think the Emily / Ryan b2 is nailed on the way some people do. Plus if they do bin Honey they can still do that next week.
Agreed. Emily isn’t ready for the bottom 2 just yet
We might have to disagree on that. 😉
The only two I feel sure are safe from b2 are Saara and 5AM.
I know Matt ought to be safe too but that song is nasty and they’ve been trying to drag him down for a couple of weeks already. I remember what they did with Andrea Faustini. It was six left when they got him down with Stevie Ritchie.
It would make for great drama if they can get Matt and Honey b2. Imagine if on Sunday the first person they announce safe is Ryan, then Saara and 5AM. Then they go to a break with Emily, Matt and Honey G all standing there.
That would be cool.
Saara with multiple bottom 2 appearances when low votes were needed is safe at this stage of the competition? We will definitely have to disagree on that lol
Fair enough. In my opinion if they wanted her b2 they wouldn’t give her the biggest song of the night.
When people leave they won’t be humming Writings On The Wall.
I think if the producers want it, they’ll likely get it. They manipulated the show like clockwork last year. They managed to get an act like R&B into the final 2 without a sing-off! Because the vote seems to be tight this year, it must be a lot easier to engineer scenarios – such as an Emily/Ryan bottom two.
On the topic of Emily, her claims of “I want to do up-tempo” last weekend won’t do her any favours tomorrow night, now that we know she’s singing It Must’ve Been Love.
If Matt is given a “moment” this week, I think he’ll run away with the vote to be honest.
That’s true but you can get a guide to the producers’ intentions from song choice. It’s difficult to get a moment out of Writing’s On The Wall (it’s a dreary, turgid effort) and you’re going to make it hard to deramp someone like Saara by giving her My Heart Will Go On.
It’s not even clear that Matt is the desired winner. He’s acceptable but I don’t believe he’s their first choice. I think they would prefer 5AM to win.
I agree. I too find it difficult to see a potential moment in Writing’s On The Wall… I’m just going by the assumption that he will get this week’s pimp slot – in order to work against Ryan (like it did with Marcus/Craig in 2011) – and since he’s due one.
I do think there was some deramping going on last week re: Matt. It was hardly the return to glory after a bad week. The voting was tight at the top two weeks ago so tptb would’ve done more for him last week if him winning is the priority.
As for the others, this weekend should make things very clear:
– If 5AM get the treatment they’ve had for the past two weeks, they’re Plan A (or B).
– If Emily gets the treatment she had last week, she’s definitely a target.
Saara’s a conundrum. She undoubtedly has the vocals to win and the audience are clearly warming to her – plus her winning would be welcomed by many in a year of Brexit (and Trump I guess). But her fate (more than anyone’s) all comes down to tptb.
If it was easy to predict we’d all be millionaires or there wouldn’t be a market.
As far as Matt’s song goes, it’s not just difficult for him to have a moment. It stinks.
https://youtu.be/8jzDnsjYv9A
Everything points to an Emily Ryan bottom 2. I honestly can’t see anything different.
The only other act that could end up there is Saara and it looks like they’ve finally given her the right song for her voice.
Unless they really stitch her up with the VT and comments Saara should be safe this week. There was probably a clue in the group song last week – she was well styled, sang the largest parts of the song, and vocally was head and shoulders above the rest. The perception was almost that she was a guest act, being backed by the remaining acts. I doubt that wasn’t done by accident. If they were targeting her I don’t think that they’d be giving her the perfect song choice to deliver a similar performance this week.
Though worth remembering that back in 2008 the blonde girl from Girlband was given major parts on the charity version of Hero.
It may be nothing more than she sounded best on the track, but yes it did seem a bit like Saara ft the others.
Worryingly, it looks like her staging this week is recreating the Titanic sinking. Her backing “violinists” appear to be hanging upside down….
Is she doing the theme from The Poseidon Adventure?
Ray Quinn doing Jailhouse Rock at the X Factor.
https://youtu.be/HUc3YkD5ASw
I don’t expect Ryan to dance like Ray can but in a week of mainly slow songs it could still be enough to get him out of b2.
I’ve got to disagree with some of the thoughts on Writing’s On The Wall.
A good looking guy doing a Bond theme? Lush and orchestral? Parts of the song that will brilliantly show off his voice? Crescendo finish? All there and all possible.
Not nailed on but totally possible.
Saara’s track worries me more – it’s was to close to Let It Go which didn’t do her any favours at all.
I’m with Jessica on this one. Why didn’t they give him something decent, Skyfall for example? What he’s got is not only a dirge, it’s very hard. And look at the title, delicately chosen by Cowell and advisor McKenna.
However, like Emily with Creep, it is possible that he beats the intentions of the machine, and shines.
Opinion presented as fact Henry, not the form on betting forums.
It’s all quite obviously opinion isn’t it?
I hope that was what he meant, otherwise I’m the person sat on her own in a room laughing for no reason.
You’ll know by whether or not they set him on fire.
I have to agree with the thoughts that The Writings on the Wall is a terrible song. My main betting event of the year is the Oscars and in all the forums I read for Best Original song last year I don’t remember a single positive opinion about it.
The producers also know what Gifty’s performance of Lay Me Down did to the vote. I would guess not a lot as they sent her packing the next week.
Matt’s tone is better than Sam Smith in the upper range so he’ll likely make an okay go at a bad song at best they are holding him where he is in the vote.
The writing is indeed on the wall
The winner of x factor 2016 Matt Terry
I happen to disagree. The writing was on the wall since day 1. Not just recently.
Did anyone else notice Emily’s hair on sunday? I think it was notably different. The lighting on her both saturday and sunday was unflattering IMO.
I noticed the perm they gave her on Saturday. It looked good but it made her look older, took away the sweet Emily that they’d been pitching her as. Can’t remember whether she kept it on Sunday or not.
It was some sort of a bun on top of her head. I don’t know what it’s called. It made her look very different
I would see Matt’s choice as positive, for the reasons EM listed above. It will also give Matt ample opportunity for showcasing his falsetto, and it is the most current song on that list of recycle shit that they have come up with. I would also not be surprised if they were angling for Sam Smith as a duet partner for the final. All in all, I can’t see Matt as a potential bottom (that’s more Freddie’s part – bdoom-tish).
Emily’s song is just a giant two fingers up to her after last week; she will do it exactly like the link posted above, and it will be the same turgid wailfest, rather than the fun uptempo she has said she wanted. Although this could get so brutal that she may get sympathy votes, who knows?
In terms of Saara, she will do a good job vocally, but this song, while big, is now a giant karaoke clichee, and that will leave it completely open to be skewed exactly as needed. A suitable FOREIGN FOREIGN FOREIGN VT, coupled with sinking ship metaphors and dampening comments on karaoke performance could still damage her, whereas a positive happy VT with subtle classy staging and styling (LOL, never gonna happen…) and comments praising her voice could create a moment. We won’t know until it’s happened, it’s too open IMHO.
I guess these things are all down to personal taste, I happen to prefer TWOTW to skyfall
Heh. I’ve really thrown a turd into the punchbowl here. Everyone’s pointing at it and speculating about what it might be.
Like I said before, watch for his treatment. They can set him on fire or red and black him on a song like this and it seems perfectly in keeping with the theme. Hannah had a VT where Nicole went to work with her – only thing was the shop was empty and the food talk left you feeling nauseous. She sang the song well but there was fire all around her. The comments were all complimentary although a bit out of context. Viewers were left feeling flat and unmotivated.
If they do something like that, and it’s very possible, then he’s in trouble. If they dress him in white with angels wings he’ll probably top the vote.
No meaningful clues in the previews.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3951628/Sharon-Osbourne-gives-Honey-G-pep-talk-ahead-X-Factor-live-amid-reports-tantrums.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2215713/x-factors-louis-walsh-gives-five-after-midnight-a-pep-talk-as-they-gear-up-for-live-show/
Really? The photos of the staging are telling us lots imo – assuming they don’t get switched at the last minute or something.
What are they telling you?
Do share.
They’ll change it – they wouldn’t be that crass.
It does not look like a bus, more like a pendolino.
I don’t see anything of great use there. Last week Matt started off surrounded by dancers in red and black and as soon as he got inside everything went gold. In the video of Hannah Barrett I posted above her the graphics on stage start out all swirly gold and by the end of the song there’s fire everywhere. Ryan could easily start in jail and the gates burst open or could start on the stage and end up on a podium with the jail being built around him till the gates slam shut and he’s dancing on his own.
As for the lighting – that could might or might not have anything to do with it.
Writing’s on the Wall is a fine choice for Matt. It’ll show off the strongest areas of his voice. I think it’s a bad Bond song, but that might be the exact reason it’ll work a lot better than Skyfall and License to Kill in an X Factor context. Also, some might disagree, but I think it’s rather a lot easier to outsing Sam Smith than it is to outsing Gladys Knight or Adele, so the comparison to the original will hold up better.
Even Sam Lavery’s had a good crack at this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6BIM46Wcjg
Saara is now best priced at 12/1. She was 66/1 or something this time last week.
Yes. I did bet for Saara then. Simon did tell after Saaras last sign off that shw can change the course. After that nothing has really changed but people have corrected their estimates.
I already took my profit but this is a good example about value bet. When you can estimate the direction that the bets are changing, there is a good chance for profit.
I never believed that Saara would win but I was sure that public will think that her chances for winning will increase significantly.
Church windows in Saara’s staging. Signify anything? Jail in Ryan’s obv. Gold in Matt’s but that won’t stop Cowell having a go at him if he isn’t stunning.
Saara got stain glass windows in her Bad Romance performance.
Just to revist Dermot’s garbled comment about the public vote, Rylan followed this up on The Xtra Factor with: “He revealed tonight that someone has topped this week’s vote who hasn’t topped this week before. Sharon, who could it be, a new top of the tree?”
Fair play to him – he delivered very little in a better way than Dermot managed to do.
It’s the inside of the Titanic
I almost want them to tilt the stage halfway through!
https://youtu.be/t7LAZE1Omfw
In a clip of rehearsals her backing violinists appear to be lying upside down.
Looks like they are going to try and do something fairly haunting/spectacular. But with what intentions we’ll need to see.
If she’s pimp slot looks like they might be swinging behind her.
Plus, Saara is the only one who can really cope with any significant production and choreography. Brian loves her.
5AM can also.
Probably with the intention of putting on a good show.
Odds on bottom 2 combos have shifted.
Off topic: Bit annoyed to realise I have to be out for a sports club AGM tonight. Will probably have to watch the show on catch up.
BAH. I was quite looking forward to it tonight, just to see what happens.
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JOACHIM, De Fiore
PAPAL PROPHECIES AND ORACLES OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Vaticinia, siue Prophetiae abbatis Ioachimi, & Anselmi episcopi Marsicani, cum imaginibus aere incisis, correctione (with) Vaticinia seu praedictioner illustrium virorum
Venice, Hieronymum Porrum and Giovanni Battista Bertoni, 1589.
FIRST EDITION thus. Two works in one. 4to. 1) 72 unnumbered leaves (with additional C4), a-d4, A-O4, (O3,4 blank). 2) pp. 59, (i). A-F⁴ G⁶. Roman and Italian letter. Engraved title with portrait of Joachim de Fiore, supporting two stone tablets, the title in Latin and Italian, four full page and 30 half page engraved plates by Girolamo Porro of portraits of Popes with Latin captions and Italian translations, extra illustrated with another variant of the portrait of Joachim on C4 tipped in, this one full page, plate of ‘Oraculum Turcicum’ with caption in Turkish characters and engraved text below, text within typographical border, large woodcut initials and grotesque headpieces; title of second work within fine engraved architectural border, six full page engraved plates by Porro. ‘Liber Georgius W. Dasent. Ex Aul S. Magdalena oxon. 103 ch’ in C19th hand on fly, early manuscript shelf mark opposite, engraved bookplate of S.A. Thompson Yates on pastedown, bibliographical pencil note below concerning the binding. Light age yellowing, occasional marginal thumb mark or spot, second title fractionally trimmed at outer margin. Very good copies, crisp and clean, with good margins, the engravings in rich, dark, impressions, in contemporary speckled calf, spine with raised bands, double gilt ruled in compartments with scrolled tools to corners and central fleurons gilt, monogram HD gilt on covers, surrounded with four crossed S tools, a.e.g., joints and corners a little worn, modern brown morocco slipcase.
First edition, beautifully illustrated with the fine engraving of Giralamo Porro, of the medieval Papal prophecies, wrongly attributed to Joachim of Fiore, including a final prophecy predicting the fall of the Turkish Empire, the so called ‘Red Apple’ prophecy. The work contains the commentary on the prophecies by Pasqualino Regiselmo. There were three variants of this first edition according to Edit 16, all line by line copies, and this copy has been extra illustrated with the variant, fine, full page engraved portrait of Joachim writing by divine inspiration; it also has the full page image of the ‘Wheel of the Popes’. There follow the 30 prophecies in Latin and Italian, each illustrated by fine emblematic engravings, the Turkish prophecy, with a full page illustration, and Regiselmo’s commentary. A series of prophecies concerning the Papacy circulated in manuscript from the late thirteenth to early fourteenth century concerning popes from Pope Nicholas III onwards, in the form of a Latin text which assembled portraits of popes and the prophecies related to them. The texts and illustrations are so closely related they must have been conceived together.
The prophecies, based on Greek prototypes, were probably intended to influence one of the ongoing papal elections, possibly written in opposition to the Orsini and their candidates. They are derived from the Byzantine Leo Oracles, a series of twelfth-century Byzantine prophecies that foretell a savior-emperor destined to restore unity to the empire. The series was augmented in the fourteenth century with further prophecies, written in imitation of the earlier, but with more overtly propagandist aims. By the time of the Council of Constance (1414–1418), both series were united as the ‘Vaticinia de summis pontificibus’ and misattributed to the Calabrian mystic Joachim de Fiore. Each prophecy consists of four elements, an enigmatic allegorical text, an emblematic picture, a motto, and an attribution to a pope. The final prophecy tells the vision of Mehemet II in which he holds a red apple which becomes progressively heavier and heavier so as to be unbearable. It prophesies the capture of Constantinople by the Christians and its later recapture and destruction of the Turks.
A very good copy of this finely illustrated work. The second book contains prophetic writings falsely ascribed to Joachim, Anselmus, and other medieval mystics, illustrated with six complex prophetic astrological wheels related to various Popes. This work had previously been published with woodcut illustrations; Girolamo Porro was the first artist to supply these superb copper-engraved plates.
Sir George Webbe Dasent (1817–1896) was a translator of folk tales, a friend of Jacob Grimm, at whose recommendation he first became interested in Scandinavian literature and mythology. In 1842 he published the first result of his studies, an English translation of ‘The Prose or Younger Edda’. In the following year he translated Rask’s ‘Grammar of the Icelandic or Old-Norse Tongue’, taken from the Danish, and later ‘The Story of Burnt Njal’, a translation of the Icelandic ‘Njal’s Saga’ and ‘East O’ the Sun and West O’ the Moon’, a collection of Norwegian fairy stories. The book then passed into the extraordinary collection of the famous bibliophile Thompson-Yates.
The binding is of great interest. Guigard (Vol I p. 20-22) attributes the monogram HD with the surrounding four ’S’ tools to Henry IV of France and his lover, and the mother of his children, the famous courtesan Gabrielle D’Estrées. He suggests that as this monogram also appears on a work with Louis XIII’s and Ann of Austria’s crowned monograms, the work could have passed from Gabrielle’s library to Louis’s. The S with a line through it is thought to be a punning cipher, devised by Henry IV, for Gabrielle d’Estrées; the surname being represented by a capital S. with ‘un trait’, or stroke through it (S-trait – Estrées.). Hobson devoted an entire article on the ‘S’ appearing on book bindings from ca. 1580 till 1640 and surrounding a monogram. (G.D. Hobson, ‘Le problème de l’S fermé’: Hobson, ‘Les reliures à la fanfare’, pp. 85-119, Amsterdam 1970) He rejects Guigard’s suggestion that the monogram could be that of King Henry IV, and Gabrielle d’Estrées. Hobson considers various possibilities regarding the meaning of the ‘closed S’, suggesting it could be an emblem of fidelity or an emblem of the loyalty to the Bourbon family; it could also mean ‘Sigillum’. Guigard also states that the ’S’ could stand for “fermesse pour fermement. Cette interpretation est confirmée par le Seigneur des Accords” but also notes that the monogram appears on other bindings that don’t have a sentimental attachment to them.
A most intriguing binding and a lovely copy of these works, with excellent provenance.
BM STC It. C16th p.356. Adams J213. Landwehr, Romantic emblem books 415. Caillet 5541 “fort rare .. fort interessantes”. Dorbon-Ainé 2279: “Édition très rare, surtout intéressante pour son illustration.. tout fort curieuses”.
CELESTIAL WARNING SIGNS IN VERSE
Les Propheties.
Lyon, Pierre Rigaud, n.d. (1604).
8vo. Two parts in one, pp. 125 (iii): 78 (ii), with both blanks. Roman letter, some Italic. Woodcut printer’s device on both titles, floriated woodcut initials and woodcut headpieces. Light age browning (poor quality paper), minor marginal water-staining in places. A good copy in contemporary limp vellum.
Charming popular edition of the prophecies of Nostradamus, printed by Pierre Rigaud, a deliberate copy of the earliest editions, printed at Lyon by the same family, here without date. Later editions by Rigaud were printed with false earlier dates; it is one of the earliest editions of the first revival of interest in Nostradamus, in the early C17th. The first part contains the famous dedication to his son, and the second his dedication to Henry II.
The work was originally published in three parts, the first containing 353 poems. The second part was printed in 1557 and added 289 further prophecies; the third and final part of 300 new poems was printed in 1558, posthumously, as part of the ‘works’ published by Pierre Rigaud Sr. These poems, or rhymed quatrains, were grouped into nine sets of 100 and one of 42, called “Centuries.” Nostradamus claimed each prediction was based upon his astrological reading of particular events, though it is evident that a great deal of the work is copied from earlier Latin authors such as Livy, Plutarch, and other classical historians, and many are taken directly from Richard Roussat’s ‘Livre de l’estat et mutations des temps’ (1549 – 1550). The ‘Mirabilis Liber’ of 1522, which contained a wide range of prophecies by such authors as Pseudo-Methodius, the Tiburtine Sibyl, Joachim of Fiore, Savonarola, and others, was also a well used source.
His considerable initial success was based on the fact that he was one of the first to re-paraphrase these prophecies in French. Further material was gleaned from the ‘De honesta disciplina’ of 1504 by Petrus Crinitus, which included extracts from Michael Psellos’ ‘De daemonibus,’ and the ‘De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum,’ a book on Chaldean and Assyrian magic by Iamblichus, a fourth-century Neo-Platonist. Most of the quatrains deal with disasters, such as plagues, earthquakes, wars, floods, invasions, murders, droughts, and battles—all undated and based on foreshadowings by the ‘Mirabilis Liber.’
The work was remarkably popular and has been reprinted over two hundred times since its first appearance. Popular modern interpretations of the quatrains have shown them to predict the French Revolution, Napoleon, Hitler, the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and even the death of Princess Diana and the events of 9/11. An important contemporary theme was the fear of an impending invasion of Europe by Muslim forces, headed by the expected Antichrist, directly reflecting the Ottoman invasions of the Balkans. The work was published within the context of a general fear of an imminent apocalypse. A rare and charming popular edition.
Not in BM STC Fr. C16th. Merland “Répertoire des livres imprimés en France au XVIIe siècle.” Lyon VI, p. 215, Pierre I Rigaud, 49. Caillet 8068. Not in Cantamessa.
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10/03/2008 17/03/2008 Stephen ECOLOGY, OCEAN, WILDLIFEanimal cruelty, newfoundland, seal hunt, seals
On Monday Canada announced this year’s seal hunt quota to allow the killing of 275,000 young harp seals near Newfoundland. The announcement sets off the annual round of protests mainly focused on sustainability of the seal population and animal cruelty issues. This feature article was written two years ago but would be little different if done today.
[Originally published by Mexico’s Tierramerica, Mar 29 2006 ]
The Canadian government increased the annual quota of harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) from 319,000 in 2005 to 325,000 this year. That’s too many seals, says Chris Cutter, an activist with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
An unusually warm winter has left little ice in the Gulf, Cutter told Tierramérica after a helicopter overflight last week, before the hunting season began on Mar. 25. “We hardly saw any seals,” he said.
Named for the harp-shaped pattern on the backs of the adults, the seals mainly give birth to their pups on floating ice, where they are safe from land-based predators.
Young seal pups are able to float, but are poor swimmers and often drown in rough weather. The harp seal herd is about 5.8 million, with an estimated one million pups born each year, says Phil Jenkins, spokesman for Canada’s Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), which regulates the hunt.
The lack of ice was taken into account when setting this year’s quota, Jenkins told Tierramérica. “McCartney and the animal rights groups have got the wrong information about the hunt.”
Photographs of McCartney and his wife posing with cute, white-coated seal pups have been broadcast around the world.
It has been illegal to hunt white-coat pups since 1987. Seal pups lose their white coats about 12 days after birth and are three to eight weeks old when killed for their short, flat fur that can fetch 70 dollars a pelt.
But the debate about the sustainability of the hunt is nowhere near as contentious as the issue of animal cruelty.
Every year, hundreds of animal activists and journalists from Europe and the United States come to this cold and stormy part of Canada to protest and witness the bloody spectacle of thousands of young seals being shot or clubbed to death, and then skinned on the white ice.
Sometimes the animals are still alive while they are being skinned, says Cutter.
“The hunt isn’t pretty to look at, but killing animals never is,” says environmentalist Lori-Ann Martino, from the town of St. John in Newfoundland province. Most of the seal hunters are from Newfoundland, where sealing and fishing have been the main livelihood for hundreds of years.
“Most Newfoundlanders are animal lovers and 90 percent of the people here support the hunt,” Martino told Tierramérica.
For complete story see Annual Seal Hunt Begins
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Turkish court sentences 25 journalists to long prison terms over alleged links to Gülen movement
An İstanbul high criminal court on Thursday gave prison sentences ranging from 25 months to seven years, six months to 25 journalists on terror charges.
The journalists, some of whom used to work for media outlets affiliated with the Gülen movement, are alleged to be followers of the movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of masterminding a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. The movement strongly denies any involvement.
There were 29 defendants in the trial, 19 of whom were in pretrial detention.
The İstanbul 25th High Criminal Court, which heard the trial, handed down seven years, six month sentences to journalists Ahmet Memiş, Ali Akkuş, Muhammed Sait Kuloğlu, Mustafa Erkan Acar, Oğuz Usluer, Ufuk Şanlı, Yetkin Yıldız, Cuma Ulus, Mutlu Çölgeçen, Ünal Tanık, Seyid Kılıç and Davut Aydın on charges of membership in a terrorist organization.
The court ruled for the re-arrest of journalist Akkuş, who was released last April.
Journalists Abdullah Kılıç, Cihan Acar, Bünyamin Köseli, Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu, Halil İbrahim Balta, Bayram Kaya, Habip Güler, Hanım Büşra Erdal, Yakup Çetin, Hüseyin Aydın and Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu were given six years, three months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization.
Journalist and singer Atilla Taş, who was released from prison last October after spending 14 months in jail, was given a sentence of three years, one-and-a-half months on charges of deliberately aiding a terrorist organization, while journalist Murat Aksoy, who was also released along with Taş last October after spending 421 days in jail, was given two years, one month in prison on charges of deliberately aiding a terrorist organization.
The court rejected the prosecutor’s request for the re-arrest of Taş and Aksoy and removed the obligation to sign in at a police station regularly yet ruled for the continuation of their travel ban.
Only one journalist, Muhterem Tanık, was acquitted in the trial. She is the wife of journalist Ünal Tanık. Journalists Bülent Ceyhan and Said Sefa, who are among the defendants of the trial are at large; hence, their files have been separated from the others. The file of journalist Emre Soncan was already separated from this trial earlier.
The final hearing of the trial resumed on Wednesday and continued on Thursday during which the defendants made their final defense statements and asked for their acquittal. All the journalists said in their defense statements that they only performed their jobs as journalists and did nothing unlawful. They said the media organizations they were working for, which were later designated as being linked to a terrorist organization, were all respectable organizations that operated within the boundaries of the law.
The court acquitted 13 journalists of charges of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order and attempting to destroy the Republic of Turkey.
Speaking to reporters following the announcement of the verdict, journalist Taş said: “This is a judicial decision, we have to respect it. I say all the time that I have had faith in justice, I have always believed in it. I did nothing other than show opposition [to the government]. If being an opponent is a crime in this country, then I am guilty.”
Following the July 15 coup attempt, the Turkish government designated the Gülen movement as a terrorist organization in a development that many say was politically motivated. Working at a Gülen-linked media organization, depositing money in the Gülen-linked Bank Asya or even downloading the mobile phone application ByLock, which is the top communication tool among the Gülen followers according to Turkish authorities, are all seen as signs of being a member of a terror organization.
Zaman, which was Turkey’s best-selling newspaper, was taken over by the government in March 2016 and then closed down in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt. Zaman angered the government with its critical stance and extensive coverage of a corruption scandal that erupted in late 2013.
Turkey is the biggest jailer of journalists in the world. The most recent figures documented by SCF show that 245 journalists and media workers were in jail as of March 8, 2018, most in pretrial detention. Of those in prison 190 were under arrest pending trial while only 55 journalists have been convicted and are serving their time. Detention warrants are outstanding for 139 journalists who are living in exile or remain at large in Turkey.
Detaining tens of thousands of people over alleged links to the Gülen movement, the government also closed down more than 180 media outlets after the controversial coup attempt. (SCF with turkishminute.com)
Abdullah Kılıç
Abdullah Kılıç (Meydan daily)
Charge: Being a member of a terrorist organization
Evidence: 5 articles; 7 tweets; having a bank account at Bank Asya; possessing a photo album of his documentary on the 1960 military coup and a DVD of a TV program in which he appeared on the Habertürk TV network
Sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.
Ahmet Memiş
Ahmet Memiş (Haberdar.com)
Evidence: Serving as news coordinator at news website haberdar.com and previously at another online news site, rotahaber.com, which were critical of the government; a famous whistleblower Twitter account, Fuat Avni, who revealed gov’t plots, claimed to be used by a terrorist organization, tweeted about him
Ali Akkuş
Ali Akkuş (Zaman daily)
Evidence: A news article published on the Zaman daily’s website, zaman.com.tr, in 2009; receiving severance and compensation payments from the Zaman daily newspaper where he had worked for years; 7 tweets, 9 retweets
Atilla Taş (Meydan daily)
Evidence: 53 tweets; 17 op-ed pieces published in the Meydan daily to whch he was a regular contributor; appearing on critical Bugün TV to protest government’s unlawful take over of the network
Sentenced to 3 years, 1 month and 15 days in prison.
Bayram Kaya
Bayram Kaya (Zaman daily)
Evidence: Alleged to have defamed Bilal Erdoğan, son of the Turkish president, and run ‘black propaganda’ against the Turkish government via his books on corruption in the government; 21 tweets and a number of retweets; owning a book written by Fethullah Gülen that was in his library
Bülent Ceyhan
Bülent Ceyhan (Özgür Düşünce daily)
Evidence: Appearing on critical network Bugün TV to criticize the arrest of journalists Hidayet Karaca and Gültekin Avcı; a news article he wrote about Turkey’s terror challenges after the elections and Erdogan’s chaos plan; possessing a one dollar bill; possessing a book written by Fethullah Gülen; possessing CD copies of indictments and records of trials he had followed as a court reporter; a souvenir photo taken during his military service
Faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
Bünyamin Köseli
Bünyamin Köseli (Aksiyon magazine)
Evidence: 10 tweets, 17 retweets
Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu
Cemal Azmi Kalyoncu (Aksiyon magazine)
Evidence: Working for the Zaman daily and Aksiyon magazine; praising Fethullah Gülen in a book he authored titled “Nurlu Hayatlar”; 2 tweets, 7 retweets
Cihan Acar
Cihan Acar (Özgür Düşünce daily)
Evidence: Tweeting against the government’s unlawful seizure of the Zaman daily with a hashtag #ZamanSusturulamaz (Zaman cannot be silenced); 2 articles on his personal web blog; a news article; joining in a protest outside the courtroom
Cuma Ulus
Cuma Ulus (Can Erzincan Tv)
Evidence: Serving as a top editor at the Millet daily; commenting on the government’s takeover of his paper in a news story carried by a news agency; 20 retweets; announcing a new satellite lineup for critical network Can Erzincan TV; having a bank account at Bank Asya; a tweet about him by whistleblower Twitter account Fuat Avni
Davut Aydın (merkurhaber.com)
Evidence: Allegedly promoting a whistleblower Twitter account, Fuat Avni, with his pen name
Emre Soncan
Emre Soncan (Yeni Hayat daily)
Evidence: A biography of former President Abdullah Gül whom he had covered for years as a reporter; appearing on a news program on the critical Halk TV to talk about his book and commenting how Erdoğan was damaging Turkey’s image; 27 tweets; having an account at Bank Asya
Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu
Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu (Türk Solu magazine)
Evidence: 57 tweets, 7 books; an article published in Türk Solu magazine
Habip Güler
Habip Güler (Zaman daily)
Evidence: Working at critical newspaper Yarına Bakış; having an account at Bank Asya; 12 tweets, having 2 books written by Fethullah Gülen; having a book written by Mehmet Baransu, another jailed journalist
İbrahim Balta
İbrahim Balta (Yarına Bakış daily)
Evidence: Retweeting 4 tweets of whistleblower account Fuat Avni; 4 tweets, 2 retweets; having 18 books written by Fethullah Gülen, a book about Gülen written by an American author and CDs about Gülen; having a bank account at Bank Asya
Hanım Büşra Erdal
Hanım Büşra Erdal (Yeni Hayat daily)
Evidence: Writing two books on Ergenekon, the alleged ultranationalist deep state network that was the subject of investigations and trials; 20 tweets, 3 retweets; 11 articles; owning 17 books written by Fethullah Gülen
Hüseyin Aydın
Hüseyin Aydın (samanyoluhaber.com)
Evidence: Protesting organizers who denied him entry to an event whose guest of honor was Emine Erdoğan, wife of the president; 15 tweets, 2 retweets
Muhammed Sait Kulaoğlu
Muhammed Sait Kuloğlu (subuohaber.com)
Evidence: Serving as a top editor at news website subuohaber.com; posting 493 messages on his social media accounts; interviewing whistleblower Fuat Avni
Muhterem Tanık
Muhterem Tanık (rotahaber.com)
Evidence: Serving as a news coordinator at news website Rotahaber for which Fuat Avni, a whistleblower, was one of the columnists; owning 23 books written by Fethullah Gülen; having an account at Bank Asya
Acquitted.
Murat Aksoy (Yeni Hayat daily)
Evidence: His critical comments on a program on which he appeared as a guest on the Halk TV network; 11 articles published in the Millet daily and Yeni Hayat daily; 18 tweets and 3 retweets
Sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison.
Mustafa Erkan Acar
Mustafa Erkan Acar (Özgür Düşünce daily)
Evidence: Two books titled “Dark Room” and “Code Name: Köroğlu” he wrote on the Ergenekon investigations and trials; giving an interview to news website HaberIstanbul.com on the government’s takeover of critical media outlets; an article; being a member of the advocacy group the Council of Media Ethics; having an account at Bank Asya
Mutlu Çölgeçen
Mutlu Çölgeçen (Millet daily)
Evidence: News articles he wrote on the Ergenekon and Balyoz investigations and trials; two articles published in pro-government dailies Sabah and Yeni Asır; 35 tweets
Oğuz Usluer
Oğuz Usluer (Habertürk TV)
Evidence: A tweet Fuat Avni, a whistleblower, posted about him after Usluer was fired from Haberturk TV; using a smartphone application known as ByLock
Said Sefa
Said Sefa (haberdar.com)
Evidence: Alleged creator of Twitter account Fuat Avni; serving as editor-in-chief of critical news website haberdar.com; having an account at Bank Asya; 9 tweets
Faces life in prison if convicted.
Seyid Kılıç
Seyid Kılıç (TRT)
Evidence: Writing news stories about Kimse Yok Mu?, a charity organization established by people affiliated with the Gülen movement; having an account at Bank Asya; 4 tweets
Ufuk Şanlı
Ufuk Şanlı (Millet Daily)
Evidence: 28 tweets, 5 retweets; downloading a smart phone application known as ByLock
Ünal Tanık
Ünal Tanık (rotahaber.com)
Evidence: Serving as editor in-chief of critical news website rotahaber.com; announcing to his readers that Fuat Avni, a whistleblower, would start writing articles for rotahaber.com; refusing to disclose IP information of Fuat Avni
Yakup Çetin
Yakup Çetin (Yeni Hayat daily)
Evidence: Interviewing a dismissed police officer; 13 tweets, 1 retweet
Yetkin Yıldız
Yetkin Yıldız (aktifhaber.com)
Evidence: Serving as editor-in-chief of critical news website aktifhaber.com; having an account at Bank Asya
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Rachelle Nurse
Bryan Fellman
Nicole Brunelle
CJON 2017, 21(4), E106-E113 DOI: 10.1188/17.CJON.E106-E113
Background: In preparation for an autologous stem cell transplantation, patients undergo chemomobilization; however, a dearth of standardized, evidence-based patient education on chemomobilization exists in the literature and in practice. Objectives: The purpose of this quality improvement...
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Feng Yu Heng dragged Xuan Tian Ming to enter the palace together. Only when the two were seated in the imperial carriage did she tell Xuan Tian Ming: “Cheng Jun Man just got back from the palace and told me that imperial concubine mother fell ill.”
Xuan Tian Ming frowned and asked her: “Is it serious?”
Feng Yu Heng shook her head, “I still don’t know right now. Imperial concubine mother did not allow for an imperial physician to be called, fearing that it would disturb father Emperor. There was nothing that the people of Winter Moon Palace could do. At first, they had gone to the imperial kitchen to fetch some chicken soup, and they happened to see the Cheng shi sisters, thus she quietly told them about it to have them come back to the manor to find me.”
She could only say this much. The Cheng shi sisters did not know anything else. They would only know more once they saw imperial concubine Yun.
Both people then fell silent, and the atmosphere became a little depressed.
The ninth prince and county princess Ji An entered the palace for the second time that day. The imperial guards at the entrance noticed that something was a little off but did not dare ask. They just reminded them: “It’s almost dark out. The palace’s gates will be closed within two hours. If your Highness will be leaving late, just send someone here to say something. This subordinate will leave someone at the gates.”
Xuan Tian Ming nodded and said: “Just leave someone here. We definitely will not be coming out early.” After saying this, he added: “Don’t go talking about how this prince and county princess came back into the palace, especially to father Emperor. Don’t let him know about it. This prince will be going to Winter Moon Palace to see imperial concubine mother.”
The matters between the Emperor and imperial concubine Yun was something that everyone in the palace knew about. Upon hearing that Xuan Tian Ming and Feng Yu Heng were going to Winter Moon Palace, the soldiers quickly nodded, expressing that they understood that they definitely could not allow the Emperor find out.
Xuan Tian Ming left Bai Ze at the entrance of the palace. Feng Yu Heng brought along Huang Quan and Wang Chuan. The four headed in the direction of Winter Moon Palace. Before they could reach the entrance of the palace, they saw the palace maid in-charge waiting anxiously for them on the path leading to the palace. She was looking around from time to time.
When the group walked closer, the palace maid finally saw them and quickly walked forward. Without any time to salute, in fact, she did not even speak to XuanTian Ming. She immediately grabbed Feng Yu Heng’s hand and urgently said: “County princess, you’ve finally arrived. A few days ago, during the heavy and unending rain, imperial concubine caught a bit of a cold and was unwilling to call an imperial physician. She originally thought that she would be fine, but who knew that after the rain stopped, it would become more and more serious. During the afternoon… she coughed up blood!”
“Coughed up blood?” Xuan Tian Ming was extremely shocked and grabbed Feng Yu Heng’s hand to pull her into Winter Moon Palace.
Imperial concubine Yun had fallen ill, and this caused all of the servants to have worried expressions. Xuan Tian Ming had a sullen expression as he asked the palace maid: “She said that you were not permitted to invite an imperial physician, so you really didn’t go get one? If something serious had happened, who could bear that burden?”
The palace maid also had a bitter expression and spoke while walking: “Your Highness should also understand imperial concubine’s temper. If she says that we cannot go call one, that truly means we cannot go and call one. Even if us servants secretly went to call one, that imperial physician would not be able to get close.”
This was the truth, and Xuan Tian Ming also understood. Given imperial concubine Yun’s short and explosive temper, if her servants did something that she did not permit them to do, they would definitely be executed if it was something light. If it was something serious, she would do something to herself. If an imperial physician had arrived without her permission, perhaps suicide was something that she might even be capable of.
He sighed heavily and wanted to say something else. He felt his palm get pinched slightly. Turning his head, he found Feng Yu Heng looking at him with a faint smile, “Don’t worry. I’m here. Imperial concubine mother did not want an imperial physician called for fear of father Emperor finding out. With me here, she cannot just chase me away.”
Xuan Tian Ming nodded, “Right, fortunately, we have you.”
The palace maid also said: “It’s fortunate that we saw the Feng family’s madams come into the palace. Otherwise, we really would not know how to call county princess.”
As the group spoke, they arrived at imperial concubine Yun’s bedchamber. Feng Yu Heng increased her pace and entered first. Upon entering, she immediately heard the sound of imperial concubine Yun coughing. Time and time again, the sound was quite distressing.
She heard the sound of the coughing and knew that this was an illness of the lungs. With the heavy rains just ending, the temperature had become cold. It was extremely easy for one to catch a cold. Especially a fever, if not treated in a timely manner, would perhaps end up causing pneumonia. Of course, pneumonia was not to be feared. What Feng Yu Heng feared the most was a plague. At this sort of time, nobody dared to say that this was just a normal illness. Before it was diagnosed, any situation was possible.
Very clearly, Xuan Tian Ming had thought of this situation. That was why he was anxious. He had always been on edge, and he felt a little confused.
When the two arrived at imperial concubine Yun’s bedside, a young servant was using a warm towel to cover imperial concubine Yun’s forehead. Imperial concubine Yun had her eyes partially closed and continued to cough. The palace maid would occasionally use a handkerchief to cover her mouth. When it was lifted, the handkerchief would have traces of blood.
The palace maids were extremely worried. Upon seeing Feng Yu Heng arrive, they all began to tear up. At the same time, they quickly got up and gave Feng Yu Heng space at her side.
Feng Yu Heng walked over and removed the warm towel from imperial concubine Yun’s head. When the towel left imperial concubine, she subconsciously shivered and said: “Quickly put it back on this One. It’s so cold.”
She reached out and felt her forehead. Sure enough, it was very hot.
“Imperial concubine mother, it’s me. It’s A-Heng.” While speaking with imperial concubine Yun, she pulled out a thermometer from the medical case that Wang Chuan was holding. “Imperial concubine mother, this is something that will check your temperature. It must be placed under your arm. A-Heng will help you.”
While she moved to check imperial concubine Yun’s temperature, imperial concubine Yun opened her eyes a little. Although she did not have much strength, she was still conscious. She immediately recognized Feng Yu Heng then saw Xuan Tian Ming, but she still said: “Don’t disturb your father Emperor.”
Xuan Tian Ming angrily gritted his teeth, “You’re already sick to such a degree, yet you’re still thinking about such a thing. I really don’t know what I should say.”
Imperial concubine Yun feebly said: “That old man is also getting up in his years. If he is given a fright, this One cannot bear that burden. Hasn’t A-Heng come. What is there left for you to worry about. Don’t keep pouting. This One does not like seeing it.”
With Feng Yu Heng here, Xuan Tian Ming naturally felt at ease, but he still could not bear to watch imperial concubine Yun suffer. He was truly unable to put on a happy expression.
At this sort of time, as a daughter-in-law, Feng Yu Heng naturally had to play the role of mediator, thus she quickly said: “His Highness is quite distressed for imperial concubine mother. If imperial concubine mother has the strength, just beat him when the illness has been treated!”
Imperial concubine Yun nodded, “Un, that’s more like it.”
Xuan Tian Ming was completely speechless.
After some time, the thermometer was retrieved. Feng Yu Heng took a look. Very well, it read 39.8 degrees. She helplessly shook her head. At the same time, she was secretly glad. It was a good thing that she had come; otherwise, if she had continued to endure this fever, it would be odd if nothing happened.
But when she saw imperial concubine Yun’s appearance, she calmed down a little. This was most likely just a serious case of pneumonia. It was unrelated to a plague. She gave Xuan Tian Ming a reassuring look then said to the palace maid in charge: “I will trouble aunty with sending all of the servants out. I will be treating imperial concubine mother. I will only need my own servants to take care of it.”
The palace maid was sensible. Either way, the ninth prince would also be staying here. It was impossible that something would happen. Thus she quickly directed the young palace maids out of the room then closed the door to the bedchamber.
Feng Yu Heng did not think too much and reached into her sleeve and pulled out the equipment necessary for an infusion. She then pulled out the necessary medicine and quickly set up a drip for imperial concubine Yun.
Imperial concubine Yun was partially asleep and just saw Feng YU Heng pulled all kinds of things out. It was as though she was performing a magic trick. In the blink of an eye, everything was prepared. She blanky said to Xuan Tian Ming: “Your wife is far more powerful than you.” When she spoke, her voice was hoarse and did not have much strength; however, perhaps it was because Feng Yu Heng was present, but she seemed to have a bit more vigor, and she stopped coughing as much.
Xuan Tian Ming helplessly looked at his own mother and shook his head, saying: “No matter how powerful she is, she is unable to handle this sort of trouble. Next time this sort of thing happens, remember to quickly send someone out to call Heng Heng. No matter the time of day, if someone from your palace wishes to go out, I do not believe that any guard at the entrance would dare stop them?”
Imperial concubine Yun rolled her eyes, “Didn’t you guys just get back to the capital today? You were outside the city before this. Where would I go to search for you.” She then quietly coughed a couple times and did not continue to speak to Xuan Tian Ming; however, she asked Feng Yu Heng: “This One heard that your maternal grandfather, Yao Xian, has come back?” When she said this, she was a little emotional, and she began breathing more unevenly.
Feng Yu Heng became puzzled then recalled the first time that she had met imperial concubine Yun. Imperial concubine Yun had been very satisfied with how she had been close with the Yao family and distanced herself from the Feng family. She had also said that she was a good daughter of the Yao family. At that time, she had felt that imperial concubine Yun had felt a bit differently about the Yao family, and this feeling was even more profound today.
But at this sort of time, she could not spend too much time thinking about it, thus she smiled and replied to imperial concubine Yun: “Imperial concubine mother is well-informed. Maternal grandfather has returned today, and he is currently at the county princess’ manor!”
A light appeared in imperial concubine Yun’s eyes, and it seemed as though the illness had faded a great deal. After adjusting her own mood for a while, she said: “If he has come back, that’s good. That old man will have a partner again. He will have someone to chat with and play chess with. If your maternal grandfather’s body is still well, those two might still be able to exchange some pointers. If he has a partner, he will not always come to knock at my Winter Moon Palace’s gates. This One will be able to enjoy some days of peace and quiet.”
The previous Yao Xian knew martial arts? This was something that Feng Yu Heng did not know about. At the same time, she was secretly happy that her own grandfather was originally a military doctor, thus he had some martial arts background. If the Emperor truly wanted to exchange pointers, it would not be so easily exposed.
Imperial concubine Yun lay in bed and continued to speak to herself: “Being a daughter of the Yao family is good. The men of the Yao family do not take concubines, and the women of the Yao family will not be concubines. This is a fortune that other people would not dare to consider. But that mother of yours is too lacking in fighting spirit. If she had half the fighting spirit that you do, you would not have been bullied out of the city by the Feng family back then… Cough!”
Imperial concubine Yun spoke to this point and began to cough, and it was once again accompanied by traces of blood. Feng Yu Heng used a handkerchief to gently wipe it away; however, she said: “I heard that most people that cough up blood because of an old illness and will not live long. Go back and ask your maternal grandfather to see if he wants to come in and see this One. Perhaps this… would be the last time.”
“What nonsense are you spouting?” Xuan Tian Ming became angry, “Just coughing up a bit of blood will mean you’re dying. Even if you don’t want to continue living, don’t drag Heng Heng down. Don’t let others say that her medical ability is lacking.”
Imperial concubine Yun laughed, “You little brat, you really know how to protect your wife.”
Feng Yu Heng was also quite helpless, as she told imperial concubine Yun: “Not to mention an old illness, even if it was, A-Heng could treat it. Imperial concubine mother, be a little more at ease. You are just suffering from a high fever that caused pneumonia, which is a type of lung illness. A-Heng will give you an injection for a few days, and you will be fine.”
“Really?” Imperial concubine Yun was a little surprised, “It’s good that you can say it so easily, but why did those people that were less sick than this One end up dying?”
Feng Yu Heng did not hold back, directly saying: “That’s because I was not here in the past.” She patted the back of imperial concubine Yun’s hand: “Imperial concubine mother, if you want to see maternal grandfather, A-Heng will send someone to call him over.”
Imperial concubine Yun was a little emotional and full of hope; however, she was a little hesitant and very tangled.
Feng Yu Heng saw this and furrowed her brow tightly…
Smh here I thought the third bastard was about to rebel and began mentally preparing myself for the good show
love triangle??
what am I thinking urgh
Nigaria says:
ikr? i also fear the same, let’s hope it’s not…
White Lilly says:
Wait.. Concubine Yun likes YLF’s grandpa? THAT’S PHENOMENAL
But the emperor is soo cute come on.. I feel so sad for him.. (that’s what happens when you have more than woman mate)
aaahhh que el emperador no se entere que se nos muere del susto!!! dios esta pareja de amantes me hacen los días, espero que al final se reconcilien ya que en verdad se aman! En cuanto a ver al viejo Yao creo que tenemos una historia oculta, una amistad de muchos años, no creo que haya mucho mas
Iiche says:
I thought it was supposed to get hot after the rains which led to the fear of an epidemic, now it’s cold after the rains? So confusing…
She feels cold due to the illness
I hope imperial Concubine mother will get well soon..
That old man exchange some pointer? Eh? He can do martial arts? Not just some useless banter with his eunuch? Hahahhaha
Lol. Ikr? It was never emphasized before, but when I think about it… How can an Emperor live that long without knowing how to protect himself. It is logical but still we’re quite surprised 😂
I don’t think it’s a love triangle. Didn’t Concubine Yun say at some point in the past, she was whipped by another Concubine and grandpa Yao helped heal her? May be it’s gratitude for an old friend more than anything.
I too think love triangle?
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Romanian Prime Minster Victor Ponta has survived a vote of no-confidence on his government amid ongoing corruption allegations. However the presence of such claims has called into question Romania's admission into the EU, with concerns over the governance of the country.
As expected, PM Ponta survived the no-confidence motion tabled by opposition groups, with opponents holding considerably less seats than the 278 required to pass the motion.
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Despite continuing in office, the opposition towards Ponta's leadership has grown in recent months, with the prime minister under investigation for 17 counts of forgery, tax evasion, money laundering and conflicts of interest.
Among the cases, Romania's National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) last week announced that it was opening proceedings into Ponta's previous dealings as a lawyer for a firm owned by former government minister Dan Sova.
Prosecutors claims that Ponta received $45,000 (€40,000) from the law firm between 2007 and 2008 despite not working for them.
They say that Sova's firm fabricated activity reports which showed that Ponta worked for them, while the prime minister is also accused of spending the money on the purchase of two apartments in Bucharest.
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The conflict of interest claims have arisen following Sova's appointment as a government minister in 2012, with prime minister Ponta previously being on his payroll.
Ponta has denied all allegations and has vowed to cooperate with authorities, noting that if his government were to resign it would cause a "political crisis… which would be an unexpected gift for Russia," with relations between Bucharest and Moscow souring in recent years.
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Adding to the government's woes, electoral problems during Romania's most recent elections have also attracted unwanted media attention for the Ponta administration.
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The PM has been accused by the opposition, the National Liberal Party (PNL), of refusing to introduce postal votes for November's election, which meant that many Romanians living abroad were unable to lodge a vote.
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Thousands of Romanians were left frustrated at being unable to vote in the elections, despite queuing for hours outside of embassies and consulates in many countries, with voters clashing with local police in London, Turin and Paris.
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The Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), Uber’s self-driving vehicles arm, is currently testing its self-driving system on public roads in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. This on-road testing is focused on core self-driving system development. Vehicles are operated by two safety drivers, or Mission Specialists, who are full-time Uber ATG employees; rides to members of public are not currently offered.
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1: Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) - LIDAR is a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distances to actors and objects. Each upfitted XC90 is equipped with one, top-mounted LIDAR unit. Uber’s self-driving system utilizes a LIDAR unit with a range of over 100 meters (m).
2: Cameras - Each upfitted XC90 is equipped with cameras that provide high resolution, near-, medium-, and long-range imagery. There are cameras mounted in the sensor pod on top of the vehicle and around the vehicle for 360˚ coverage. The camera hardware and accompanying firmware are custom to the Uber self-driving system. Some of these cameras have a wide field of view and some have a narrow field of view. A system of cameras provides imagery to support near-range sensing of people and objects within 5m from vehicle, in particular to assist during pick up and drop off, lane changing, and parking.
3: Radar - Each upfitted XC90 is equipped with radars that provide object detection, ranging, and relative velocity of objects. Forward-facing radars are mounted below the headlamps, side-facing radars are mounted in the front and rear corners of the vehicle, and rear-facing radars are mounted near the ends of the bumper beam.
4: Global Positioning System (GPS) - The GPS system provides rough position to support localization, vehicle command, map data collect missions, and satellite measurements.
5: Self-Driving Computer - The self-driving computer is the main system computer running Perception, Prediction, Motion Planning, and other software. The computer hardware and firmware are custom to Uber’s self-driving system. The computer is liquid-cooled for high power heat rejection.
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Low-density environment, small cities and villages with poor public transport services mainly connecting the villages.
SAE level
The SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) levels define the level of vehicle autonomy, or in other words, how much human intervention is still needed for an automated vehicle to operate. Currently, five SAE levels have been defined: Level 0: Automated system issues warnings and may momentarily intervene but has no sustained vehicle control. Level 1 (hands on): Driver and automatic system share vehicle control. The driver must be ready to retake full control at any time. Level 2 (hands off): The automated system takes full control of the vehicle (accelerating, braking, and steering). The driver must monitor the driving and be prepared to intervene immediately at any time if the automated system fails to respond properly. Level 3 (eyes off): The automated system takes full control of the vehicle (accelerating, braking, and steering). The driver must monitor the driving and be prepared to intervene immediately at any time if the automated system fails to respond properly. Level 4 (mind off): As level 3, but no driver attention is ever required for safety, e.g. the driver may safely go to sleep or leave the driver's seat. Level 5 (steering wheel optional): No human intervention is required at all. An example would be a robotic taxi.
V2X
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication is the passing of information from a vehicle to any entity that may affect the vehicle, and vice versa.
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Making the case for Ontario Place: Part 2
March 20, 2013 | By Dale Duncan
The second video in our three-part series outlining new visions for Ontario Place was created by Marisa Maggs of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.
Created for the Fall 2012 Urban Design Studio “Design of the Public Sphere — The Case for Ontario Place,” Magg’s proposal envisions using landfill to build out the shoreline between Ontario Place and Bathurst Quay, thereby doubling the land area of the site. This new land would make it possible to extend Queen’s Quay and connect it to Dufferin Street, which would improve access to Ontario Place by linking all modes of transportation, most importantly the streetcar line. Maggs has estimated that by selling and leasing the new land that is created, enough revenue could be generated to finance the landfill and subsidize public park space. The addition of low-rise housing within a mixed-use development would help bridge the gap between Ontario Place and the waterfront neighbourhoods to the east.
The area south of Lakeshore Boulevard would be connected to Exhibition Place through a land bridge. Open park space flanked by commercial and retail uses would connect to existing programs at Exhibition Place. The existing Ontario Place pods would be surrounded by natural park landscape that connects to the existing parks along the waterfront. Fifty percent of the area would be devoted to public park space with year round programming and activities.
Click here to view The Case for Ontario Place: Part 1 by Christina Pascoa.
LORINC: Waterfront Toronto’s power move on Sidewalk Labs
Did the Sidewalk Labs plot just thicken, or is the story coming to an end?
LORINC: Delaying delivery of waterfront transit
ROBINSON: Let the public make up their mind about Sidewalk Toronto’s proposal
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Allurban
Would the Federal Government have a problem with the landfill proposal, given that the island Airport (under the Toronto Port Authority which is a Federal agency) is on one side of the Western Gap and the HMCS York naval reserve is on the other?
Roger B
This proposal to reintegrate Ontario Place & Exhibition Place into the city is an interesting one. My one change would be to re-imagine lakeshore Blvd. as an urban street, particularly if QQ is extended.
Currently Lakeshore Blvd. in Exhibition Place is a hostile fenced off mini-highway where pedestrians are expected to cross the street by mounting pedestrian bridges. Ex Place has been allowed to barricade off a city boulevard all year for a 3-day car race only because no one has been willing to challenge its appointed board.
The city has plans (opposed by the board) to return Lakeshore Blvd. to an urban street as there is little logic in having a second highway barrier along the lake just one block south of the Gardiner.
By following Exhibition Place’s lead in building bridges (land bridges) to cross Lakeshore Blvd. one is selecting an option that is over-engeneered and costly to maintain. Most importantly this high speed section would attract more traffic and cement Lakeshore Boulevard’s position as a high speed arterial barrier for neighbourhoods up and down the waterfront.
I wonder how much it would cost to divert the Gardiner Expressway into a tunnel running from Jameson/Lakeshore, under the Ex-grounds and Lakeshore…to replace the elevated section over to Jarvis. By this time (ideally) the elevated section east of Jarvis would have been shifted on to the Railway Berm.
The land under the elevated section from Bay to Dufferin can then be used for the Waterfront West LRT line…or at least a streetcar along Bremner, Fort York, Fleet and the Ex grounds over to Dufferin…and that portion of Lakeshore Boulevard can become “Lakeshore Road” in the “Fort York District” (or something like that).
From Bay to Jarvis the area under the elevated section can become a linear park
The delicate dance of governing Sidewalk Lab's Quayside project
When do we admit that Toronto’s housing crisis is an emergency?
LED street lights make their GTA debuts
Remembering the ill-fated CN Turbo train
The story behind the first computer in Canada
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Who will win Super Bowl XLVII?
The best offense will be facing off against the best defense at the Meadowlands? Will Peyton Manning lead his team to victory or will the Seattle defense and running game make the difference…what do you think? Vote and tell us why at the comment section below…
January 19, 2014 | Categories: Football, NFL Playoffs | Tags: Denver vs. Seattle, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Polls | 1 Comment
AFC Championship Preview: 5 Reasons Denver Will Win
It’s a home game for Denver, and in light of the recent changes to marijuana laws in Colorado, there is every reason to believe the Broncos will be in control of the joint.
If you’re a football fan then this AFC Championship matchup will bring much happiness to your life. Arguably the 2 greatest quarterbacks to ever throw the pigskin are facing off in what will definitely be a game for the ages. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady have built a pretty storied rivalry during their tenures in the NFL. Brady has dominated the head-to-head matchups winning 10 of the 14 battles the two have endured. This game has even more excitement behind it because of how Manning just broke Brady’s single season touchdowns record that he had set back in his near perfect season in 2007 (I imagine that every Giants fan will be chuckling after reading that line). In their one matchup this season, Brady led the Patriots to an impressive 24-point deficit comeback to win 34-31 in OT in what was my favorite game of the season…although I would have preferred to see a different result. Based on the history of their rivalry and Brady’s playoff dominance year in and year out, there is no logical explanation why I should be picking the Broncos to win but here are my 5 reasons why they will.
Left to right, Peyton’s support team:
“Balls like mellons”
“and a dick THIS BIG!”
“and he can get it up”
1. Denver’s receiving core is one of the greatest ever: Denver has assembled a receiving core with talent that hasn’t been seen since the greatest show on turf. With Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker, Eric Decker and Julius Thomas, it is near impossible to double team anyone. Add that in with the fact that the best quarterback ever is throwing to them and I don’t even see how this team lost 3 games this year. With a secondary ranked in the bottom half of the league, the Patriots can expect to see Manning throw for at least 350 yards in this one.
Hey guys – one of you find my glove? Ramirez, what’s that black thing hanging out of your as… Ahhhh Jeeezz!
2. Peyton needs this win more than Brady: As a die-hard Jets fan, I find it very hard to write anything positive about Tom Brady, but I’d be lying if I said he wasn’t the best playoff QB I’ve ever seen. When Mo Lewis ended Drew Bledsoe’s career and started the career of a no name kid from Michigan there was no looking back. Tom Brady has proven time and again that he is clutch in every sense of the word. Peyton on the other hand has had record-breaking season after record-breaking season but outside of his one Super Bowl win, he has been a pretty disappointing playoff QB. That won’t be the case this year because Peyton knows this will be one if his final chances to match his little brothers ring total.
Yeah, that’s right Peyton, BRYLCREEM! You got something to say?
3. Home field advantage means a lot: While Brady and the Pats got the best of the Broncos in a big overtime comeback this season, that game was played in Foxborough. This AFC Championship game will be played in the Mile High Stadium. Denver fans are rowdy and will be doing their darndest to get in to Brady and his minions heads. Peyton will have the calming and quieting respect from the fans so he can audible all fucking day if he wants to and when he has that power he is an unstoppable force keeping defenses on their toes. While the temperatures aren’t favorable for Peyton’s reputation, he has recently shown that he can put up Manning-esque numbers even in the worst of weather.
What Denver does not want to hear is the Pitty Pats-er of running feet.
4. Rush defense trumps rush offense: Who would have thought that the Patriots could put up the type of performance they did last week without Brady throwing even one TD? Bill “spy gate” Belicheck has found himself in control of a very solid 3-headed running attack with Lagarrett Blount, Steven Ridley and Shane Vereen giving opposing defenses a lot of different looks. Unfortunately for the Pats, the Broncos have a better than average Rush D that ranked 8th in total yards allowed this year. With the Broncos front 7 and the fact that Peyton will be running up the scoreboard, Brady will be forced to throw a lot more than he probably would like too and unfortunately for him, he does not have nearly the type of offensive weapons that Peyton has at his disposal.
So I’d like to know where, you got the Knowshon
Said I’d like to know where, you got the Knowshon
To rock the boat, don’t rock the boat, baby
Rock the boat, don’t tip the boat over
Rock the boat, don’t rock the boat baby
Rock the boat-t-t-t-t.
5. Knowshon Moreno is going to go off: This is simple; the Patriots have the 30th ranked rush defense in the NFL and Knowshon Moreno has been showing off his talents that none of us have seen since his years in Georgia. With the amount of spread formations and 4 wide receiver sets that the Broncos offense presents, Moreno will find himself in a very favorable situation quite often. I am expecting Knowshon to go off for over 120 yards in this game and in my mind he will be the ultimate deciding factor for the Broncos to get that W.
January 19, 2014 | Categories: Football, New England Patriots, NFL Playoffs | Tags: AFC Championship game preview, Peyton Manning vs Tom Brady | 1 Comment
NFL Wild Card Playoffs: Day 2 Preview & Predictions
With both the Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers both winning, the Sports Debaters have started with a perfect 2-0 record in our playoff predictions. Yesterday’s games were relatively easy to predict while today’s quality matchups are not so cut and dry. I have to admit that while the Packers and Vikings always provide entertaining games, the battles that are happening today are the teams we were really looking forward to watching. I mean out of the two games today there are THREE rookie Quarterbacks starting. That is absolutely unreal! Here are our previews and predictions for the Sunday’s NFL Wild Card games.
Indianapolis Colts vs. Baltimore Ravens: The first contest of today’s games features two completely different squads. The Colts enter the game as one of the youngest teams in the NFL, while the Ravens boast one of the oldest. Indianapolis’ turn around is nothing short of remarkable as they were the worst team in the the league last year. With the first pick of the draft the Colts chose the heavily sought-after Andrew Luck who they expected to help rebuild their once prominent franchise. Little did they know that he would be able to return them to glory in his rookie campaign. Andrew Luck is starting to look eerily similar to the last quality QB that led the Colts to the Super Bowl not to long ago. The Ravens seem to always be in the AFC Playoffs and their way of getting there is usually the same strategy…DEFENSE! Sunday will mark the last ever home game for arguably the greatest linebacker in NFL history, Ray Lewis. Lewis announced he was retiring after this year, so the Ravens would love nothing more then to reward the dominant force with his second Super Bowl win. We feel that this game is going to come down to how well the Ravens can manage the clock. For Baltimore to be successful, they must be able to ride Ray Rice the entire game. If Flacco is relied on too heavily then the Ravens will sputter. For the Colts to win, they must clamp down on the defensive end and make sure that Rice doesn’t eat them alive. Luck will be able to provide enough offense to give them a win so if the defense plays their part then the Colts will move on. All that being said, we feel that the greatest story in football this year, Chuck Pagano, will have lots of Luck on his side to upset the Ravens in Baltimore.
Prediction: Colts 27 – Ravens 23
Seattle Seahawks vs. Washington Redskins: The second matchup on Sunday is without question the most intriguing Wild Card matchup in this year’s playoffs. Two of the most fascinating rookie QB’s in recent memory will face off in what should be a great NFC rivalry for year’s to come. The NFL Draft had the football world buzzing this past year with plenty of potential superstars, but one player that no one was talking about after the draft was the Seahawks Russell Wilson. In the offseason, Seattle went out on the Free Agent market and signed Matt Flynn to a big contract, so everyone thought that Wilson was being drafted to play the role of backup. A few months and a training camp later and Flynn found himself relegated back to his familiar spot on the bench while Russell Wilson proved that he shouldn’t have been overlooked by so many. Wilson plays with a poise that is rare to see in most veterans let alone a rookie who had to fight his way into the starting lineup. Benefiting from Wilson’s beautiful play is Marshawn Lynch who broke out with a career year and deserves way more recognition then he has been receiving. NYBobby and myself were talking about how sick Lynch has been these past few years yet he is never mentioned when people talk about the premiere backs in the NFL. Wilson and Lynch are going to have a hard time finding a grove as they will be playing in a Redskins stadium that hasn’t hosted a playoff game in 13 years. The Washington Redskins season has been quite a roller coaster as they started the season a dismal 3-6 and ended it with 7 straight wins to take the tough NFC East title. We feel that RG3 is the front runner for Rookie of the Year based solely on the fact that he completely redefined the QB position this season. He runs like a Pro Bowl back and throws like a Pro Bowl QB. He manages the clock like a seasoned veteran and he seems to be making everyone around him better. Along with RG3’s masterful play this season, we have witnessed the emergence of Alfred Morris, who looks like he will be a top back for many more years. The back and forth combination of Griffin and Morris has confused the hell out of every opponent in the second half of the season and we are expecting nothing less in this playoff matchup with Seattle. If the stadiums were reversed and the Seahawks had the advantage of their “12th man” then our prediction could have easily been swayed, but with the momentum that the Redskins have as well as Coach Mike Shanahan’s playoff resume, we feel that RG3 will escape this fun contest with his first ever playoff W.
Prediction: Redskins 21 – Seattle 16
Check in next week for our previews and predictions for next weeks playoff matchups and more!
January 6, 2013 | Categories: NFL Playoffs | Tags: Andrew Luck, Chuck Pagano, Colts vs Ravens, NFL Wild Card playoffs, Ray Lewis retiring, RG3, russell wilson, Seahawks vs Redskins | 1 Comment
The time has come. Even though we are a New York based site and both the Jets and Giants crapped the bed this year, that doesn’t mean that Sports Debaters interest in the NFL playoffs lessens. The Wild Card Round is upon us and there are some extremely exciting match-ups. Here is our breakdown and predictions for both of Saturday’s Wild-Card games.
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Houston Texans: In a rematch of last year’s Wild Card game, the Bengals and Texans will face off in Houston to open this year’s festivities. The Houston Texans were in the drivers seat all season long, and many experts expected them to win the AFC’s home field throughout the playoffs. However, over the past few weeks, they have come back to earth and their loss last week to the Colts forced them into action the opening weekend. The Bengals have played an impressive brand of football the past few weeks, and their Week 16 nail biting win over the Steelers catapulted them into today’s game. Last year, the Texans beat the Bengals 31-10 behind QB T.J. Yates, as starter Matt Schaub went down with an injury heading into the playoffs. This year, Schaub is back and ready to prove himself in the post season for the first time. The Bengal’s Andy Dalton and AJ Green are easily among the best young QB/WR combinations in the NFL and it is a sure bet that they will be a presence in the playoffs for years to come. However, we expect the Texans, behind Arian Foster, J.J. Watt and the rest of the supporting cast to take care of business in front of their home crowd. Prediction: Houston 21- Bengals 17.
Minnesota Packers vs. Green Bay Packers: Anytime two division rivals matchup in the playoffs, players on both teams inevitably bring their best games. In a rematch of a game that was played only a week ago, the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay 37-34 in a thrilling game to clinch a playoff spot. Adrian Peterson came into the game needing 208 yards to break the all-time rushing record one year after tearing up his knee, and he came a mere 9 yards short. In the two games against Green Bay this year, Peterson has put up 210 and 199 yards so we can expect a similar performance in this battle. Unfortunately for the Vikings, there is a well known QB opposing them in the likes of Aaron Rodgers, who has completed 75% of his passes against the Vikes in the past five seasons. Greg Jennings finally looks healthy and he will join forces with Randall Cobb, Jordy Nelson and James Jones as the best set of wideouts in the NFL. Although Viking’s QB Christian Ponder threw for three TD’s against the Pack last week, Green Bay’s Charles Woodson will return to action and will surely make life more difficult for the Sophomore QB who is 1-3 in his career against Green Bay. We expect a close, high-scoring game and a lot of Peterson yards but in the end Aaron Rodgers will out-duel Christian Ponder by a margin that even Peterson can’t overcome. Green Bay will make up for last year’s disappointing home loss to the Giants and a 2-4 record in their last 6 playoff games at Lambeau, and move on to the Divisional round next weekend. Final Score: Packers 38- Vikings 28
Check in tomorrow prior to kickoff for our predictions on the Colts vs. Ravens and Seahawks vs. Redskins.
January 5, 2013 | Categories: All Sports, NFL Playoffs | Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson, AJ Green, Andy Dalton, Bengals vs. Texans, Christian Ponder, NFL Playoffs, NFL Wild Card games, Vikings vs. Packers | 1 Comment
Really Remarkable Rookies
Sometimes 3 on a match can be a good thing.
Every year there seems to be one person that emerges from the NFL Draft and represents themselves as a dying franchises savior. This season, there is not only one player, but three, that have completely redefined and revamped franchises that seemed to be slowly deteriorating. Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson have all taken the reigns over their teams and not only improved them but they all turned them into potentially dangerous playoff teams. The great thing about these three superb athletes is that they have all taken a different approach to the new age NFL and made it look extremely easy to succeed in a league that players average only 3 years for an entire career. A lot of people say that it takes time to develop at the professional level, but when you are born with the God given talents that these three players possess, time is no longer a necessity.
As luck would have it, Luck has it.
Andrew Luck was the first overall pick of the NFL Draft. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts after they finished the season with a league worst 2-14 record. Luck was given the very unpleasant task of filling the shoes of arguably the greatest QB of all time, Peyton Manning. The last time the Colts had the #1 overall pick in the draft was when they took Manning 14 years ago. Manning showed signs of brilliance but the Colts still finished with a less than impressive 3-13 record in his rookie campaign. Luck on the other hand has taken the worst team in the NFL and turned them into a playoff bound 9-5 electrifying squad that has the 8th best passing attack in the league. Andrew set the NFL Rookie record for most passing yards in a single game by torching the Miami Dolphins for 433 earlier this season. More impressively, Luck has already passed the NFL Rookie record for most yards in a season (3,739) set by Manning back in 1998 by already accumulating 3,978 and he is on pace to break the all time rookie mark that Cam Newton set last year when he threw for 4,051. Luck has shown signs of some rookie jitters but all in all he has looked like a seasoned professional and has an unbelievably bright future ahead of him.
Luck Stats: Passing Yards 3,978, 308 completions, 20 Touchdowns passing and 5 Touchdowns rushing
In MMXII, I of III is III
The second overall pick of this past year’s NFL Draft was the Heisman Trophy winning Robert Griffin III. The man they can RG3 has taken the NFL by storm and has redefined how coaches will look at the Quarterback position. He runs as well as any running back (most rushing yards for a rookie QB 748 and counting), he throws as hard and accurate as any Quarterback and he manages a game as well as any coach. He plays the game at the pro level like he has been there for decades yet he has only started 13 games all season. He started the season working out the problems that led the Redskins to the NFL’s second worst record from a year ago and now has them sitting on top of the best division in football, the NFC East. Washington started slow with a 3-6 record, but the emergence and maturation of RG3 has led to the Skins reeling off 5 straight victories and now they have complete control over their own destiny. RG3 has impressed everyone and even though he suffered a little set back a couple of weeks ago when he injured his knee, he is still bound to have an NFL MVP award within a handful of years.
RG3 Stats: Passing Yards 2,902, Rushing Yards 748, 18 Passing Touchdowns to only 4 Interceptions, 6 Rushing TD’s, Best YPC in NFL 6.7
And at the top of the bottom …
Rarely does the 75th overall pick of the NFL Draft make a big impact on his team in their rookie season, let alone lead them at the QB position to a playoff bound 9-5 record. That is exactly what Russel Wilson has done this season after stealing the starting QB position from the highly touted, waste of money signing, of the Green Bay Packers, Matt Flynn. In the preseason Wilson showed signs of a mobile QB that had the ability to sling the ball down field. He had great command for the game and was a perfect complement to the running attack that Pete Carroll, who I despise by the way, implemented with the ever-talented Marshawn Lynch. While Wilson’s stat line isn’t nearly as impressive as Luck’s or RG3’s, his game management and record sure as hell are. The Seahawks are known as a defensive reliant team yet Wilson has led his team to back to back games that have totaled more than 100 points combined. On top of that, with two games remaining in the season, Wilson has helped lead his team from a 7 win season a year ago to 9 already this year. While I don’t think Wilson will be able to steal the NFL Rookie of the Year away from Luck or RG3, I do feel that he will be a playoff QB for many more years.
Wilson’s Stats: 2,697 Passing Yards on 63% completion percentage, 402 Rushing Yards, 21 Passing Touchdowns
December 19, 2012 | Categories: Football, NFL Draft, NFL Playoffs | Tags: Andrew Luck, nfl rookies, RG3, Rookie of the year, russell wilson | 2 Comments
Expert Picks Against the Spread: Week 12
Gamblers rejoice, here are our Week 12 Sports Debater expert picks against the spread. (We are NOT responsible for any money lost) odds courtesy of 5Dimes.eu
Game Time Teams NYBobby MatthewToddErich Scher Thing
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Minnesota Vikings (+6.5) @ Chicago Bears (-6.5) Bears Bears Bears
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Oakland Raiders (+8) @
Cincinnati Bengals (-8) Bengals Bengals Raiders
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Pittsburgh Steelers (-2) @ Cleveland Browns (+2) Steelers Steelers Browns
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Buffalo Bills (+2.5) @ Indianapolis Colts (-2.5) Colts Colts Colts
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Denver Broncos (-10) @ Kansas City Chiefs (+10) Broncos Broncos Chiefs
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Seattle Seahawks (-3) @ Miami Dolphins (+3) Seahawks Seahawks Seahawks
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Atlanta Falcons (-1.5) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+1.5) Buccaneers Falcons Falcons
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Tennessee Titans (-3.5) @ Jacksonville Jaguars (+3.5) Titans Titans Titans
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Baltimore Ravens (0) @ San Diego Chargers (0) Ravens Ravens Ravens
Sunday, November 25, 2012: San Francisco 49ers (-2) @ New Orleans Saints (+2) Saints Saints 49ers
Sunday, November 25, 2012: St. Louis Rams (+1.5) @ Arizona Cardinals (-1.5) Cardinals Cardinals Rams
Sunday, November 25, 2012: Green Bay Packers (+2.5) @ New York Giants (-2.5) Giants Packers Giants
Monday, November 26, 2012: Carolina Panthers (-2.5) @
Philadelphia Eagles (+2.5) Panthers Eagles Panthers
Overall Records:
NYBobby:
51-56 MatthewToddErich:
53-54 Scher Thing:
November 25, 2012 | Categories: Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Fantasy Football, Football, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, NFL Playoffs, NY Giants, NY Jets | Tags: expert picks, NFL Picks, Picks Against the spread, week 12 nfl picks | Leave a comment
AFC Conference Predictions
The Patriots took the Conference crown last season, the Jets and Broncos have stolen the offseason headlines and the Dolphins have shown the world, thanks to HBO, that they still suck. With the NFL season a meager 4 days away, it is time to provide our NFL Preview starting with the AFC. Today, I have broken down everything you need to know about AFC in 2012, including each team’s record, who will make the playoffs and who will come out on top. Read below to find out how your favorite AFC team will finish this season.
1. New England Patriots (12-4): Let’s be honest, the Patriots get six easy wins in their division alone. Therefore if they can manage a 6-4 record against the rest of their schedule, 12 wins is a lock. Brandon Lloyd will help a WR group that is always enhanced by Tom Brady.
2. Buffalo Bills (9-7): Bills started off hot last year and faded as the season went by. Bringing in Mario Williams to bolster a defense to support Ryan Fitzpatrick, Fred Jackson and Stevie Johnson’s ability to put up points. Look for Bills to knock on the playoff door.
3. New York Jets (7-9): What can I say? As a Jets fan I hope I am wrong. Mark Sanchez is going to struggle and take a lot of heat in the process. The Jets set him up to fail by surrounding him with limited weapons and brining in the most popular backup QB in NFL history to breathe down his neck. Defense has potential to be great but will turn on the O real quick when they struggle. Going to be a long season for Rex and company.
4. Miami Dolphins (2-12): The Miami Dolphins will be the worse team in the NFL. Ryan Tannehill will get a lot of experience and take his lumps, but will probably be better for it down the line. The team does not have much to be desired in any phase of the game.
AFC North:
1. Baltimore Ravens (11-5): In a tough AFC North, I expect the Ravens to come out on top. Ray Rice is as consistent a back as we have in the league and their defense always comes to play. The Ravens were a play away from the Super Bowl last year even with Terrell Suggs injury, they will win this divison.
2. Cincinnati Bengals (10-6): The Bengals were a surprise playoff team last season. This year, Andy Dalton and AJ Green have a year under their belt and look for both players to improve on successful rookie campaigns. I wouldn;t be shocked to see the Bengals beat out Baltimore for the NFC North crown, but still have them pegged as a Wild Card Team.
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-9): Every time experts pick the Steelers to have a down year, they usually prove all the doubters wrong. However, Big Ben has an injured shoulder to start the year, Mike Wallace has missed more of camp and they have the awful taste of a playoff loss to Tebow in their mouths. Look for a down year in the Steel City.
4. Cleveland Browns (4-12): The Cleveland Browns are in a rebuilding year with rookies Brandon Weeden and Trent Richardson leading their offense. I would say it’s about time the Browns rebuild, though it always feels like they are in that phase. They have new ownership, though their owner is a lifelong Steelers fan. Should be a normal year in Cleveland as the Browns are the usual division doormat.
1. Houston Texans (14-2): Houston finally made the playoffs last year, doing so without their starting QB for most of the season. This year, if Matt Schaub, Arian Foster and Andre Johnson can stay healthy, the Texans are the best team in the AFC. Look for the to win this division with ease and secure home field throughout the playoffs.
2. Tennessee Titans (7-9): The Titans are the second best team in their division, which will help them collect wins against the Colts and Jaguars. Outside of those easy 4 wins, the Titans will struggle. All eyes will be on Jake Locker as he is handed the keys to the franchise, but expect some growing pains. If Chris Johnson can regain his 2010 form, the Titans could find themselves at or slightly above .500.
3. Indianapolis Colts (5-11): The Colts were 3-13 in Peyton Manning’s rookie NFL season. I expect Andrew Luck will take his lumps but have a very solid first year. The QB looks poised in the pocket and is able to make all the throws. Look for Indy to improve on last year and feel very good about themselves looking forward.
4. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-13): The Jaguars will be battling the Dolphins for the first pick in next year’s draft. There only proven player, Maurice Jones Drew has still not shown up to camp. They have no depth at WR and expect Blaine Gabbert to compete with no help. Don’t see a lot of hope at all for the Jags.
1. Denver Broncos (10-6): Tim Tebow lead the Broncos to the division crown last season. Replace him with Peyton Manning and I don’t see how they don’t repeat. The Broncos defense will help bolster Manning and Eric Decker and Demarius Thomas will actually have the chance to play with a QB who can hit them in the chest with a pass.
2. Kansas City Chiefs (10-6): Kansas City had an awful year least year. Jamal Charles was hurt during the season opener, while Matt Cassell and Eric Berry also missed time due to injuries. Kansas City will bounce back this season and make the playoffs. Look for Peyton Hillis to team up with Charles to give KC the best 1-2 RB combo in the NFL.
3. San Diego Chargers (7-9): It’s hard to remember the last time the Chargers weren’t the AFC West favorite heading into a season. Philip Rivers is still an elite QB but he simply doesn’t have the cast around him that he has before. San Diego will still score with the help of Robert Meachem and Eddie Royal but their lack of defense will cause Norv Turner to lose his job by season’s end.
4. Oakland Raiders (5-11): The Raiders have a new coach, a new owner but too many of the same players. Carson Palmer is another year away from being a competitive QB and I’m not sure there is much left in the tank. If the Raiders have any chance of competing in a tough division, they will need Darren McFadden to lead the league in rushing.
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Division Winners: New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans and Denver Broncos Wildcard Winners: Cincinnati Bengals, Kansas City Chiefs
AFC Championship Game: Houston Texans over the New England Patriots
September 1, 2012 | Categories: Football, NFL Playoffs | Tags: AFC East, AFC North, AFC Playoffs, AFC Preview, AFC South, AFC West, AFC Win Loss, Houston Texans AFC Champs | 1 Comment
Magic at the Garden
A full Ranger of emotions!
With two minutes left, things were looking bleak. The Rangers were down 2-1, getting outplayed by Washington and I was losing hope. Washington’s defense was not allowing the Rangers any life, they were blocking shots, clogging up the neutral shot and the Rangers were throwing weak shots at the net which were easily stopped by 22 year old goaltender Braden Holtby. The commentators were talking about how solid the Caps were, talked about how they know how to finish off games and all signs looked like the Rangers were going back to Washington down 3-2 and facing elimination. The Rangers had other ideas.
Tortorella pulled Lundqvist with about 1:30 left in the game, and the Caps did a solid job of killing the man advantage. However, Joel Ward, with just under 30 second left hit Carl Haggelin in the face with a stick, a penalty that turned the game completely around. The Rangers had the 6-4 advantage, threw the puck on net, Callahan and Richards attacked the net and Brad Richards got it through with just under 7 second left. The Garden erupted.
Going into overtime, the Rangers clearly had the momentum, as well as a Power Play, as Ward took a double minor and it carried into to extra frame. The Rangers continued to pressure the Caps, and just under a minute into OT, Mark Staal found the net on a deflected shot. The Rangers sealed an improbable victory, and I sat stunned looking at my television.
A few weeks ago the Rangers ended up losing against Ottawa in Game 5 at home, and although they ended up winning Game 6 on the road and eventually Game 7, that is not a trend that they were trying to repeat. The Capitals are a better team than the Senators, they play stronger defense and have snipers that are just as dangerous as Ottawa. I really felt like tonight was almost a must win for New York, and up until there was 7 seconds left into the game, I was feeling the same way I do when I’m watching the end of a Jets game. However, the Rangers, as they have all season long, showed they have an extreme amount of heart.
Premature? Not if NY has a say in it!
When the Rangers won in 1994, they took out the Capitals in the Conference Semi-finals, and then went on to the Conference Finals and had an epic battle with the Devils. As every Ranger (and Devil) fan knows, the Rangers battled through and beat New Jersey in 7 to make it to the Cup. Well, the Rangers and Devils are both one win away each from a 1994 rematch, and for area hockey fans, nothing could be sweeter. Mark Messier, Brian Leetch, Mike Richter, Adam Graves and the rest of the ’94 showed the same character that this current team possesses.
I am trying to not get ahead of myself, but the Rangers really have something special going on, and this victory tonight is another game to build on. The Rangers need to go into Washington and take care of the Caps in Game 6, and I think they will. I’ve been telling you all for a while, this is the best show in town and it looks like we have a lot more fun ahead of us in the upcoming weeks!
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“WELL, SIR – YOUR CREDENTIALS?”
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Voltaire’s famous deathbed riposte to the Abbe gives me my headline. But today it’s Alfred Q. Campbell, III, Docket No. 3597-17L, filed 7/5/19, who’s posed the question, and Judge Albert G (“Scholar Al”) Lauber wants to know what IRS thinks about it all.
Alf Q. petitioned a NOD, got remanded for a supplemental CDP when he claimed he never got the NITL, but at the supp IRS produced the certified mail list showing mailing to last known address, so sustentation of NOD and back to Tax Court.
Alf Q claims signer of NITL, Bill B, wasn’t appropriately delegated by the then-Sec’y, so NITL invalid.
“Petitioner did not contend in the original hearing, the supplemental hearing, or his petition that Mr. B was not duly authorized to issue the notice of deficiency [sic]. Rather, he raised this argument for the first time when responding to the summary judgment.” Order, at pp. 1-2. (Name omitted).
Judge, this was a Section 6330 CDP, so wasn’t the Letter 3219 a Notice of Intent to Levy, and not a Notice of Deficiency?
Howbeit, the question is whether the SO must check the IRM delegation list before issuing the NOD, or whether IRS can come up with it later, even on the Glasshouse steps on the day of trial.
“In two recent CDP cases the Court has considered whether notices of deficiency were signed by duly authorized individuals. See Gregory v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2018-192 at *8-*9; Williams v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2018-50 at *5. In each case the Court held that the notices were valid because the person signing each notice was authorized by IRS Delegation Order 4-8, as set forth in the Internal Revenue Manual pt. 1.2.43.9 (Sept. 4, 2012). Because the signatory was duly authorized, we had no need to decide whether an SO would abuse his discretion if he did not investigate that question sua sponte.” Order, at p. 2.
For whatever reason, I didn’t blog either Gregory or Williams.
“The Court would benefit from knowing respondent’s position on two questions: (1) whether a taxpayer may challenge in this Court an SO’s verification of an assessment on the ground that the person signing the notice of deficiency lacked delegated authority to do so, where the taxpayer did not advance that argument at any point during the CDP hearing or (as here) the supplemental hearing; and (2) whether Mr. B was duly authorized to issue the notice of deficiency in this case.” Order, at p. 2. (Name omitted)(See my earlier comment: NITL, not SNOD).
Whatever IRS says about (1), I’m betting this case comes off over (2).
Edited to add, 8/6/19: I may have been mistaken, although it isn’t clear from Judge Scholar Al’s order. Alf Q. may have been challenging Bill B’s signature on the SNOD which led to the NITL, which SNOD Alf Q. may not have petitioned, and not the signature on the NITL.
I’d appreciate enlightenment.
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TIM ATWOOD TO HOST WORLD FAMOUS ‘MIDNITE JAMBOREE’ ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5TH
In celebration of his 50th anniversary in country music, entertainer Tim Atwood will host the world famous Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree on Saturday, October 5th. The golden night will be filled with surprises for both the audience and Tim. The Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree tapes at 10 pm CT and will air live on 650-AM WSM and worldwide online at Midnight CT.
During his thirty eight years on the Grand Ole Opry, Tim performed alongside four decades of country music hit makers including Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Jean Shepard, Porter Wagoner, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Marty Robbins, Jim Ed Brown, Roy Clark, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, The Oak Ridge Boys, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift.
“Music is all I’ve ever wanted to do. As a kid, I can’t tell you how many times I got caught in study hall designing stage plots instead of doing my homework. I’m glad the music thing worked out for me because I never had a Plan B,” Atwood reminisces. “I think back to my years performing on the Grand Ole Opry, Hee Haw, Nashville Now and so many other musical milestones, and it doesn’t seem possible that fifty years has elapsed. I think it is fitting that I celebrate those fifty years this weekend at the Ernest Tubb Midnight Jamboree. After singing a song, Ernest Tubb used to turn his guitar around and the word Thanks was painted on the back. For every one of those fifty years–doing what I love to do–I am very, very thankful.”
The Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree is open to the public. Admission is free and seating is general admission. Along with Tim Atwood, artists who have appeared in the past are Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, T. Graham Brown, Crystal Gayle, Marty Stuart, Alan Jackson and Mark Wills.
While continuing to celebrate his 50th anniversary, Tim Atwood received a nod for ‘Entertainer of the Year’ from the Reunion of Professional Entertainers in Nashville. He is also honored to ride in the Nashville Veteran’s Day Parade on November 11.
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The Financial Services Legislation Amendment Bill may have passed its third reading without opposition – but the members of parliament who spoke in support of it showed some confusion about what the bill actually contains.
Friday, April 5th 2019
The bill, which amends legislation governing all financial advisers, was passed on Thursday night.
Ten speeches were given in support of the bill, after two were offered on Tuesday.
Labour MP Jo Luxton said the bill would make changes to the way advisers operated.
“It away the incentive for the advisers to sell or promote—I guess sell might not be the right word—a particular product because they may get commission from that and have their own interests at heart," she said.
"But what this piece of legislation does is ensures that financial advisers have to put the clients' interests first, and that is really important because we do need to prioritise their interests, and they only can give advice where they are confident to do so."
Former Commerce Minister Jacqui Dean congratulated her successor, Kris Faafoi, for being the one who got the bill across the line.
“It happens all the time, you know—one minister initiates the work, maybe another one takes it the way through, and then some lucky guy gets to bring it to the House and bask in the glory. I'm not hurt… It is good," she said.
"It's a good piece of work, and when we do talk to members of the financial advice industries—I did just last evening—there is a good understanding of the regime, and there is a good understanding and acceptance and enthusiasm for the new compliance requirements, new standards of financial advice, and also for putting the needs of the client right at the very forefront of financial advice provision in New Zealand."
She said she was particularly interested in the fact the formally bill clears the way for personalised roboadvice.
“Having said that, actually, the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) did authorise—or was it the Commerce Commission? No, it was the FMA—the provision of robo-advice ahead of this legislation. I can't remember. Maybe the Minister can remind me—FMA? I think it was."
Green MP Jan Logie also highlighted roboadvice.
“The intent of that—for some of us who may just associate anything that says robo, with robocalling, and the desire to disconnect from landlines altogether—is about setting out that not all financial advice should come in the same medium, and that we need it also to be appropriate for the decisions that people are making, and not everyone needs a full prospectus, that actually sometimes robo or digital advice will be the best way to get information across to people, and we should be ensuring that our legislation enables that.”
Labour MP Kieran McAnulty said financial advice was increasingly important for an ageing population.
"Not everyone is born with a great array of skills. I can only speak for myself; I was born with very little. But one of those skills that not many people hold is financial capability...as people reach a certain age they start to want to ensure that the money that they've saved away for their retirement is in good hands. I think that just makes absolute sense, so when you're looking to ensure and give people the confidence that the financial advisers that are assisting them to make decisions about their money are doing so under a regime that instils them with confidence."
The new regime for financial advice is expected to come into effect in the first half of 2020, with applications for transitional licences opening later this year.
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by Trancher 8 April 2019 8:19 am
I was burned badly during the GFC when an ANZ/ING joint venture plunged 15,000 financially illiterate term deposit holders into two unit funds that loaded up with toxic derivatives known as collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs. Both funds collapsed. If the ANZ advisers who lured in those unsuspecting deposit holders had actually read the financial media (they just needed to read, for example, the Financial Times), they would have (presumably) not done this. Likewise, the senior bankers who prescribed the sales pitches needed to do the same--read the financial pages. They obviously did not. Neither did the ING "experts" who "managed" the funds, the DYF and the RIF. People claiming financial expertise need to know something about investing. This may sound silly. Yet many do not. All sorts of regulatory measures can be prescribed, but until anybody claiming advisory capabilities is allowed to "advise", they should at a minimum, know what is happening in the financial world. In the ANZ/ING scandal, nobody, to put it kindly, did know. It is remarkable. In the case of the ING frozen funds, a reader of the Financial Times knew more than the ANZ/ING experts that promoted the two doomed funds.
by RobsOE 8 April 2019 12:08 pm
I recently used Nikko's new Goalsgetter Roboadvice tool to do a retirement calculation. It calcaluted I need $2.5m plus in my KS to retire. One of their base assumptions was that I would need the same income as I earn all the way through retirement. A human adviser would more than likely work this out based planned expenditure in retirement and based on this come up with a lower income amount needed. Maybe some MP's need to use these tools and they would work nothing beats the human touch.
by Pragmatic 9 April 2019 10:46 am
I want to respond from 2 perspectives here - as both comments are useful:
Firstly: it's refreshing to hear from an investor's perspective, and a good reminder of what their experience of the industry has been in recent years. Whilst I believe that the NZ financial services industry has come a long way since the DYF/RIF days, the industry needs to regain consumer confidence through continued understanding & research and less complacency. Now more than ever, industry participants need to earn their money through putting their client's interests ahead of their own.
Secondly: The majority of robo-platforms are elaborate marketing gateways to assist investors in directing large portions of their investment assets into an asset gatherer. Unfortunately these mechanisms will appeal to those price sensitive consumers who are unaware of "you get what you pay for" and will ultimately contribute to future challenges.
by all hat, no cattle 9 April 2019 12:09 pm
In the 6 years to 2012 there were some 67 finance company failures, resulting in over 200,000 depositors losing some $3,000,000,000. It bothers me more than a little that the DYF and RIF invstors are among the more vocal victims of GFC period losses.
Because DYF and RIF investors weren't any more financially illiterate, nor deceived, nor lured nor unsuspecting than anyone else. But, when it comes to the actual loss, they were among the better outcomes. Over time they ended up with >60c in the $, plus interest, plus tax claims, which was considerably better than those caught by Hanover, Capital + Merchant, Bridgecorp and others.
Fact Check: Of the 15,000 investors, less than 3,000 were 'clients' of ANZ "advisers". I'm the last one to defend a bank, but perhaps after 11 years your memory has regressed into an inaccurate narrative.
It is curious that our pollies are so keen on robo, when overseas markets are already growing weary of them.
by mike6156@gmail.com 10 April 2019 5:00 pm
DYF RIF suspended April 2008. ANZ offer June 2009. 5 years 8% monthly compounding. Including tax relief most investors received $1.16 back for every dollar invested. Yes one of the better outcomes of the GFC.
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Prominent Jamaican author, Belle Angel releases new book about Michael Jackson
Jamaican author, Dorcas Bennett aka Belle Angel has revealed a fascinating new book dedicated to former mentor, the late great Michael Jackson, dubbed ‘Michael Jackson Seven Even’.
Wholesomely proud and humbled to be under the tutelage of legendary singer, the late, great Michael Jackson,accomplished Jamaican author and actress Dorcas M. Bennett aka Belle Angel is dedicated to properly honoring the King of Pop by releasing an illustrated book documenting his spoken words in a letter and quotes.
Michael Jackson Seven Even is a book created to honor the iconic musician’s life, illustrated by Brazilian illustrator Queila De Aguiar, with the cover designed byChristina Meckel. The concept of this book came to Belle in a dream where Michael told her that she was not alone and he will guide her to compile this book from his personal voice to the world. While Jackson was alive, he had encouraged her to be bold and creative in her written art. He explained that bravery is needed as a creator and told her to never write about a perfect world but instead to speak of life as is and always tell the truth regardless.
In the book, Belle Angel shares a love letter, Michael Jackson wrote a few months before his untimely passing. However, she will never reveal whom the love letter was written nor its purpose as to protect the privacy of the recipient. According to Belle, this personal letter that is sentimental and truthful and doesn’t want the book to lead to a ‘media frenzy’ and sensationalism. “The inclusion is only being published as a part of Mr. Jackson’s legacy to be preserved and uphold respectfully,” she states. “MJ was a great man and father, he loved and cherished his fans, and he was extremely nice to all of us.”
Each illustration in Michael Jackson Seven Even tells a HIS and HER story. It reads like a Romeo and Juliet or a modern day version of Adam and Eve. The drawings and dialogue convey Love~Lives~Forever, which depicts Boy meets Girl, how they separate by time and distance, priorities and orders, highs and lows, then his “woe” that drives her to suicide.
Jackson was aware of Belle’s natural gift as a medium, where she possesses the innate spiritual ability to receive pertinent messages from the dead. In a way Michael Jackson: Seven Even allows people to see this gift play out as MJ’s passion and love for all plays out through her writings. She insists the storyline behind this book is not embedded with morbidity, intimating that it is, “actually a book about true love and devotion.”
This newly-released book is a must read for open-minded people who value love and self-worth at all costs and will surely do justice to a man who’s life’s work was based on such values. It’s sure to stir minds and gauge strong reaction.
Meanwhile, Belle continues to act and recently did a cameo on the TV Show, The Neighbors alongsidecelebrity talk show host,Wendy Williams. She also appeared on Criminal Minds as a Baltimore FBI Agent, The new TV show, Intelligence as an agent and will be seen on the ABC series, Pretty Little Liars as a police officer.
She also is starring in the commercial for Tecate, a Mexican beer, which will air in México and on the internet. She will also make a cameos in the 2014 flick, A Many Splintered Things with Chris Evans from the Avengers and is working on a cameo in the upcoming, Reese Witherspoon produced movie, Gone Girl featuring Ben Affleck and Tyler Perry.
She hopes to star in her own TV show and movie soon and will put her abilities as a medium to the test on the Psychic Phenomenal episode of The History Channel’s Numbers Game show.
Additionally, she will pilot a new beauty contest, The Miss Belle Angel Contest, which searches for a ‘Goddess’ possession a pretty face, strong work ethic, sparkling personality and a body to match. This contest is a makeup for the postponement of her Miss Caribbean USA beauty pageant due to the sudden passing of her grandmother, Doris Moody.
For more details or to purchase Michael Jackson Seven Even, please visit the author’s website atwww.sacrodbooks.com
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Steyer's Plan to Address the Trade War With China By Focusing on...Climate Change?
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Although Democrats are quick to want to back out of President Donald Trump's international trade deal with China, billionaire Tom Steyer says that's a deal-breaker unless climate change is also addressed.
"You can't sign a deal, even if it's marginally better for working people until climate is also taken into consideration," Steyer explained.
According to the billionaire, he's motivated by his children who are between the ages of 26 and 31.
"I cannot allow this country to go down the path of climate destruction," he said. "Everybody in their generation knows it."
Steyer said deals are frequently signed without taking climate change into account.
"We cannot put climate on the backseat all the time and say, 'We're going to sign this one more deal. We're going to do one more thing without putting climate first," he explained. "That's why climate is my number one priority. We can do it in a way that makes us richer but we have to do it."
Question: What would you do as President to help farmers hurt by Trump's trade war with China?
Tom Steyer: Let's talk about climate change. pic.twitter.com/af7W5TYGGh
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 15, 2020
Steyer has continually said climate change is his number one issue, yet he made his money off the very industry that he claims to loathe.
Tom Steyer claims climate change to be one of his top issues, but his past business dealings prove him to be hypocritical.
Steyer's campaign is pushing to end fossil fuels, but the hedge fund he started heavily invested in coal mining AND fossil fuel projects.
#DemDebate
— GOP (@GOP) January 15, 2020
If we eliminate fossil fuels, like Democrats want, millions of jobs would be flushed down the toilet. And guess where those jobs are primarily located? In flyover, the very area this debate was held.
Democrats have made it no secret that their climate agenda will destroy the American economy.
With their agenda of eliminating fossil fuels, 10.3 million jobs will be destroyed across the country, including over 83,000 jobs in The Hawkeye State.
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Android 10 release date for every Pixel leaked by mobile carrier
In anticipation of the final Android Q rollout, Google surprised the world a few days ago with a massive branding makeover. Dessert names have been abandoned in favor of numbers, and Android Q shall be known as Android 10 going forward. There will also be a new logo and font to go along with the name.
A Google customer service rep then told customers that all Pixel phones launched to date would get the final Android 10 update in early September. Soon after that, a similar leak came out of OnePlus, which indicated that it’s looking to update some of its phones to Android 10 on the same day the Pixels get the release. This brings us to the latest leak, which tells us the same thing: Android 10 is coming this week.
If you rock a Pixel, Pixel 2, Pixel 3, Pixel 3a, or any of their respective XL versions, you’ll be able to download and install the final Android 10 update on September 3rd, as soon as Google releases it. The news comes from Canadian carrier Rogers, via 9to5Google, which listed the same launch date for all eight phones. September 3rd is also the date that Google and OnePlus representatives told consumers in previous days.
What is strange about the leak is that Rogers still refers to Android 10 as the “Q OS” release, but that doesn’t change the fact that Rogers should be more informed than the average user. After all, the final Android 10 build that will roll out to Pixel phones had to have been in testing with mobile operators.
Whether you are already on the latest Android 10 beta, or you’re still on Android 9, you should receive an update notification on your Pixel as soon as Google makes the final version available for download.
Some of the many OEMs that supported the Android Q beta this year will likely deploy Android 10 updates on those devices faster than usual, although not all vendors will be in a hurry to follow Google. If you own an Essential, OnePlus, or Nokia phone, however, you might be among the first non-Pixel owners to get Android 10 this year. This is just speculation at this point, as there’s no telling when these companies will update their devices.
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The Theater of Reflection
A Tibetan lama invites us to the theater of emptiness.
By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Photo by Peter Lewicki on Unsplash | https://unsplash.com/photos/Wfh650C1OHU
When we’re watching a movie in the theatre, we can relax and enjoy the show because we know it’s an illusion. This magical display that we’re watching is the result of a projector, film, light, screen, and our own perceptions coming together. In separate momentary flashes of color, shapes, and sound, they create an illusion of continuity, which we perceive as characters, scenery, movement, and language. What we call “reality” works much the same way. Our ability to know, our sense perceptions, the seeds of our past karma, and the phenomenal world all come together to create life’s “show.” All of these elements share a dynamic relationship, which keeps things moving and interesting. This is known as interdependence.
When we look around us, we can see that nothing exists in isolation, which is another way of saying that everything is interdependent. Everything depends upon an infinite number of causes and conditions to come into being, arise, and fall away moment by moment. Because they are interdependent, things don’t possess a true existence of their own. For instance, how could we separate a flower from the many causes and conditions that produce it—water, soil, sun, air, seed, and so forth? Can we find a flower that exists independently from these causes and conditions? Everything is so intricately connected, it is hard to point to where one thing starts and another ends. This is what is meant by the illusory or empty nature of phenomena.
The outer world in all its variety and our inner world of thoughts and emotions are not as they seem. All phenomena appear to exist objectively, but their true mode of existence is like a dream: apparent yet insubstantial. The experience of emptiness is not found outside of the world of ordinary appearance, as many people mistakenly assume. In truth, we experience emptiness when the mind is free of grasping at appearance.
Seeing the emptiness of the phenomenal world relieves us of the heavy notion of things being solid or intrinsic. When we understand that nothing exists independently, everything that does arise seems more dreamlike and less threatening. This brings a deep sense of relaxation, and we feel less need to control our mind and circumstances. Because the nature of everything is emptiness, it is possible to view our life the way we would view a movie. We can relax and enjoy the show.
From It’s Up to You © 2005 by Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche. Reprinted with permission of Shambhala Publications, Inc.
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The President of Eastwood Anaba Ministries (EAM), Reverend Eastwood Anaba, has strongly rebuked the poor attitude of some staff to their clients, noting that the practice has been a great source of limitation to the growth and development of businesses in the country.
While emphasising that customers were the nexus of every organisation’s existence, Rev. Anaba said poor attitude towards them means that an employee was indirectly cutting off the company’s sustenance.
Speaking at the launch of a customer service-centered training firm, TalkChange Training Services, in Accra, Rev Anaba said the consequences of poor customer service were far-reaching such that it was costing businesses of clients and deals, churches of members and God of souls that have been won by preachers.
He, therefore, advised employees to develop excellent relations with their clients and all persons they come into contact with to help foster good relations and sustain the growth of their establishments.
“Customer service is the creation of a conducive atmosphere and the provision of answers to the challenges of customers in a manner that ensures their respect and fulfillment. Your task is to create that atmosphere and then provide answers to the challenge but the way you do is where the difference comes in. It is not just providing the answers but the manner in which you provide is also important,” he said.
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“For those in the banks, I do not want you to just give me money but the way you give it is very important,” he added. He was speaking on the theme ‘Stressing Customer Service.’
Conscious effort
Lacing his presentation with Biblical stories and personal experiences and life stories, Rev. Anaba, who founded the Fountain Gate Chapel, said good customer service was an integral part of every organisation’s success, hence the need to prioritise it. “It starts from the chief executive, the person at the top, to the lowest person” he said.
He, however, explained that while some leaders were conversant with goodcustomer service, their followers were not, making it possible for the followers’ actions to send away customers. This, he said underscored the need for organisations to consciously train their staff on how to relate with clients to help sustain the business and put it ahead of competition.
He thus commended TalkChange for assembling experts on customer service to help conscientise organisations on how to relate with their clients for the benefit of their businesses.
Just like businesses, Rev. Anaba said churches needed customer service to help win and retain souls for God. “The churches need it more than anybody because you can preach and bring in the soul and bad customer will push them out of the church,” he said, adding that it accounted for why most churches were not growing.
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The founder and Lead Trainer at TalkChange, Zenabu Akubah, said the company will aim to change the narrative around customer service in the country as way of helping build brands that can stand the test of time.
She said the continuous dominance of some multinational companies was because the founders and their employees understand the essence of customer service and therefore prioritise it in their daily activities.
This, she said normally graduates the excellent customer to customer loyalty, making it possible for the customer to prioritise that brand whenever the need arises.
She was optimistic that with the right coaching and guidance from TalkChange, Ghanaian brands could achieve those statuses to help growth local entrepreneurs and the economy at large. “TalkChange is saying that we want to help you build good customer service but beyond that we want to lift you up to the place where you actually provide good customer experience,” she said.
On how the company will operate, Mrs. Akubah said TalkChange will use mystery shopping to first establish the limitations of its clients’ services to be able to tailor the training and coaching to their needs.
She added that training sessions will be interactive and practical, featuring role plays, theatres and group discussions. The launch was preceded by a discussion on customer service, featuring various experts.
SOURCEthebftonline.com | Ghana
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The Common Man Speaks
New York Movie Review
July 4, 2009 by Keyur Seta 1 Comment
Ratings – * * * *
To narrate a disturbing topic in a manner that pleases the masses needs a touch of class. Director Kabir Khan deserves a bow as he manages to do that with New York, which is just his second film after the impressive Kabul Express.
The story takes place between the years 2001 to 2008. Freshness blossoms in Omar Aijaz’s (Neil Nitin Mukesh) life when he meets Maya (Katrina Kaif) and Sameer aka Sam (John Abraham) in the New York State University. A bond develops between the trio and they soon become inseparable, until 9/11 occurs. The single event changes the equation between them.
Aditya Chopra’s story makes a brave attempt of unmasking the hidden monster behind the FBI. It portrays the worse then inhuman nature of the so-called security forces following the orders of George Bush. It is necessary to show the world how Bush’s insane outlook towards Muslims gave birth to a number of terrorists.
The sensible and meaningful story is dealt wonderfully well by Sandeep Shrivastav’s screenplay and dialogues. Producing not a single uninteresting moment and many thrilling ones, he is worthy of applause.
From the performances point of view, it’s extremely difficult to point out the best. John proves himself as a winner with this one. A very difficult character portrayed with ease.
Neil’s admirers will surely add-up with this performance as he oozes perfection in every shot with maturity. Katrina performs her part well and has her moments too. The actress has improved her Hindi pronunciation.
However, it’s Irrfan Khan who turns out to be a surprise package as an FBI officer. The actor displays authority and power and makes his presence felt throughout in spite of the three main leads.
Pritam’s music suits the situations well. Hai Junoon (hope it’s not lifted like most of his hit numbers) sung by KK stands out. The songs are used only in the background and rightly so.
The technical aspects make New York a complete product. Credit goes to Aseem Mishra’s cinematography for capturing every moment with flawlessness. Julius Peckiam’s background score plays a major role in adding tension and thrill.
Overall, New York surely lives-up to the expectations. Watch it for the way Kabir Khan has narrated the saga while keeping the thrill quotient in mind. With the promising opening the film has gained, it looks like Bollywood’s prolonged bad days are finally going to end.
Filed Under: Bollywood Tagged With: Kabir Khan, Kabir Khan director, Kabir Khan Movie, New York John Abraham, New York Katrina Kaif, New York movie, New York movie review, New York Neil Nitin Mukesh, New York review
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Went to the Galore Magazine event at Mouche Gallery with Julia. The theme of the event was early 2000's - even though it seemed that we were the only ones who bothered to dress for the occasion. But then I wasn't even getting my outfit right. I looked more like a 1980's Lacoste advertisement. I should have watched an episode of Friends before trying out things to wear. I met a photographer, Norbert Baeres, who spoke with me for about an hour (maybe not an hour, but it was right when we got there and all I wanted to do is see who else is there). He took some pictures of me and Julia and was the first of the evening to refer to me as 'Andy Warhol' (but not the last). I don't usually mind when people make that connection, it is just a reminder that I have big shoes to fill. We spoke with some other girls that are all signed with Hollywood Model Management; Olga, Alona, Kamilla, Noemie. I ran into Brendon Melton, too. I was unaware that he was affiliated with the gallery until last night. After the show, we went to the Galore after-party at Madame Siam which was packed. Julia excitedly spotted Jeremy Renner, who I recognized but whose name I couldn't seem to recall or anything he's been in.
Photographed: Noemie Gaidies, Kamilla Halasz, Alona Korzun, Olga Cerpita, Brandon Lee Melton, Maddie McDonough, Julia Dunstall, Bobi Andonov, Savannah Hudson, Morgan Jensen.
Sunday, Apr 29, 2018
Yesterday Julia suggested that we go to the Melrose flea market, and I agreed. Julia needed new old jeans, and needed new old shoes. I told Morgan Jensen about it, and she also agreed. She needed birthday presents. I took Sunset with us and we met Morgan at the Market. Neither of them had any cash, so every time they had gotten something I paid and we added up the sum. Julia and Morgan bought all kinds of patches, then Morgan bought a vintage red floppy hat. Or was it a cowboy hat? I didn't find shoes, but I found a pair of sunglasses that I thought looked more modern than my current ones but still retro enough to be considered 1960's. After the market we went to Paramount Coffee Project, an Australian Cafe, for lunch. This time it was the girls' time to pay the bill. I had a slow cooked lamb sandwich with dandelion - which I pronounced dandi-leeeon and it became the subject of a 10-minute conversation. At lunch a friend of Julia's, Paris, joined us and then Morgan left, and we all left and I left and Julia and Paris went back to the market to see if she can still find a pair of jeans. I went home to drop off Sunset and then went to SkyBar at the Mondrian Hotel for Julifer Day's birthday day-party. I didn't know anyone there except for Claire Felske but the table we were seated (or standing around) at had a vast amount of bottles coming, so that was comforting enough, especially since I had to battle with the worst music I heard in decades.
Photographed: Morgan Jensen, Julia Dunstall and Julifer Day.
Tuesday, Apr 24, 2018
I get "blamed" for taking pictures of beautiful women. Everyone is beautiful in LA and my pictures try to reflect that. I don't think beauty is exclusive to woman. Woman just seem to work for it harder, so I just try to give them credit for it.
Friday, Apr 20, 2018
Cherish Waters' Birthday at The Highlight Room in Hollywood. Photographed: Elle Evans, Cherish Waters, DJ Wenzday. Polaroids - two self portraits, and one of Cherish Waters.
At Rosy Oyster at the Roosevelt. Photographed: Aana Stly, Max Zab, Nicholas Routzen, Julia Dunstall, Lisa Reider, Jasmine Poulton, Laetitia Ray, Jason Lee Parry, BJ Panda Bear, Sunset the Husky.
Monday, Apr 16, 2018
Came back home after a long drive from Coachella. In two separate occasions people have mentioned and recommended the movie Victoria (2015), so that became Jules' and my pick for an unwinding movie night. The movie was indeed different in the way it was made, captured entirely in one take. You could sense something was unique about it, even subconsciously. And then consciously I was trying to analyze the technique used for this really great execution. The plot itself, however, was pretty mundane in hindsight, although it wasn't boring to watch. It was just very conventional and typical when you thought of European movies. It was my 9th Coachella, if I had to guess, and I have been going every year since I started. I think once you partake in a certain function for several times, then it becomes more interesting - and I like how overall the feeling of Coachella stays the same, but many aspects change - like the people you're with or some of the events you attend. I even try to go to the same Chinese restaurant, called Wangs at the Desert, every year, but this year we didn't make it. On Friday, when I arrived in Palm Springs, it seemed like I was going to be a third wheel, since the only people who were in my group were Charan and Kyla. But then last minute, my friend Sierra Plowden said she was coming with two other friends, and suddenly we turned into a pretty big group. Later on, on Saturday, a couple of other friends joined and we turned into an even bigger group. Sierra and her friends stayed till Monday and she really made things great this year - even though it was her very first Coachella. On Sunday we went to the actual Festival. I didn't have a wristband, so Charan had to walk in with Kyla and then take hers off and walk all the way back with her wristband and put it on me. The wristband barely fit through my hand, but with a little bit of squeezing, it went through. We later tried to take it off, so that Kyla could have it back, so she could go in the VIP area, but my hand was too swollen and we couldn't get it off. Sierra and her friends didn't have wristbands either, but after I left them and went in, she managed to find three people walking out and get their wristbands for $70 each. I did this before, and instructed her how to do it, but this year it seemed much tougher than usual since security was much tighter and there was not much of a gap between the parked cars in the lot and the first security checkpoint. She managed to do it anyways, and it was her first Coachella. I was really proud of her.
Photographed: Charan Andreas, Skylar Benton, Markus Molinari, Sierra Plowden, Zane Mende, Cherish Waters, India Gants, Caroline Vreeland, Mark Houston, Johnny Houston, Kyla Burke, Johnny Valenti.
Wednesday, Apr 04, 2018
Went to Madam Siam with Milena Ilima and Dagmara Novak and later went home with a lot of people I don't really know. At 5:30am Milena kicked everyone out and I went to sleep.
Photographed: Morgan Jensen, Brandon Hudson, Matty Tae, Greg Auerbach, Dagmara Novak, DJCJ, Milena Ilima, Mark Houston.
JH: Are you out tonight, or just relaxing?
TJ: Neither. Working.
JH: Oh man, don't work too hard.
TJ: Work isn't hard. It's hard when work isn't being done.
Friday, Mar 30, 2018
Went with Julia to Melody Schuster's birthday party at her house in Silver Lake Heights. In the invitation it said "Casamigos themed party" and I didn't really know what to think of it - other than the probability that there would be plenty of tequila there. So I figured I'd bring a bottle of whisky with me, so there would be at least one bottle of whisky there. Dogs where also invited, so I brought Sunset with me. I didn't know dogs can ride in Ubers, but Julia said that they have to accept dogs, so this was Sunset's first Uber ride. We brought a towel for her to sit on, but she insisted to sit anywhere else, but on the towel. Once we arrived at the house, there was a life-size George Clooney Cardboard perched by the entrance and a couple of smaller versions in the living room / kitchen area. So then I figured out what the Casamigos theme was all about - the one-billion dollar sale of the tequila company, owned by George Clooney. It was just a better name choice than 'George Clooney themed party', but that's really what it was. Sunset was the only big dog among a bunch of suspicious little ones but she just did her own thing as usual - and in a rare moment she just next to me. After an hour or so we went to a party at a house in Los Feliz, for a birthday of a friend of Julia's. They had a big pool area with a big wooden Hollywood sign leaning against the fence. They heated up the large pool to a hot-tub temperature and everyone got in, including myself.
Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018
Went with Lauren to David Hockney's opening at LA Louver. We parked next to two bohemian-chic sofa chairs, wrapped in plastic and just sitting on the curb. Since we got there a bit early I figured we'll try to find a way to take possession of these chairs before anyone else does. I didn't drive my truck to Venice, and these were pretty large size chairs, so we needed to find either someone with a truck or - which what ended happening, someone who lives right next door, who will store those until I could come with a truck. Somehow Lauren knew a guy from Highland Park who happened to have an AirBnB house for the night right on the canals some 30 yards away from where we parked for his birthday party. She called him up and we ended up carrying the chairs to the house's front yard. But then we stayed for a bit since a few people we there for the party and everyone wanted to talk to Lauren. We ended going to LA Louver about 25 minutes after the official opening started and it turned out we had just missed Hockney, who left a few minutes before we arrived. This disappointed me a little and I began to hate those sofa chairs. We stayed for an hour or probably less, and then returned to the party house for a drink. From there we drove downtown to Staples Center to see Lauren's friend, Erika, who is seeing one of the player from the Dallas Mavericks. The game ended soon after we got there and once the players left the arena, a group of us went to eat dinner at Wolfgang Puck. Aside from Erika's boy, Salah Mejri, who is the first and only Arabic player in the NBA, we were joined by another player, Nerlens Noel, and a couple of staff members. Later we all went to Madam Siam in Hollywood for some drinks and dancing and everyone was having a really good time - including myself. I danced with Lauren and her vintage jumpsuit and it was just great.
Photographed: Lauren Peggy Doyle, Salah Mejri, and Erika Saxon.
Sunday, Mar 25, 2018
Meena came over for dinner and to sing. I ordered Chinese and the food arrived one minute before Meena had arrived. But I thought that the food was meena, so when I opened the door when the bell rang I had a smile on my face and was ready to hug the bold rusty delivery man hello. We opened a bottle of wine and Meena was ecstatic about my choice for food. After dinner Meena went upstairs to my temporary karaoke stage and sang Lady Gaga and some excerpts from musicals. She really gives me the chills every time she sings and it was just wonderful. I joined later and mediocrely sang some 2000's punk rock songs. Around 11 we left to Jazz night at Delilah's where we joined Nick Simmons at his table. He was accompanied by Cooper Hefner and some other Playboy affiliates. I, however, was sitting next to a waitress at a cafe he often writes at. She was really interested in archiving, which is the career she is pursuing - and that was really interesting for me to hear and explore. Later Johnny Houston came and a group of us ended up at the Line Hotel for some more Karaoke.
Photographed: Meena, Sofia Arevalo, Sierra Plowden, Carli Glubok, Cameron Rose, Gulliver Oldman, and Taylor Snook.
Saturday, Mar 24, 2018
Went with Dagmara Novak to an opening at Nicodim Gallery in Downtown LA. I heard about it from another artist friend, Kat Poteet, who also went. When we saw Kat she was accompanies by her boyfriend and some other friends, and they all looked really artisan / European. Many of the people at that show looked like that, with their late 70's movement fashion - like the students that took down the Iranian Shah. Needless to say, I felt really out of place. The art was also pretty nonsensical, but some elements were amusing, like the big plastic cartoon duck on the ceiling and his red poop sprayed on the floor. I was really tired after the show and we couldn't find a dinner to join, so I just dropped D off and went and made dinner at home.
Went to a screening of 'Hondros' (a documentary about the life of photojournalist Chris Hondros) with Julia. Julia was invited by her agency and I happened to know the producer, Gary Michael Walters, so our plans just aligned with each other. The screening was hosted by Gary, at a private theater in Beverly Hills, for his friends. Everyone took their drinks into the theater, even though it was really hard to avoid or ignore the five or six signs that explicitly asked not to enter with food or drinks. I was hesitant at first, but took my beer in as well. As expected Gary gave a brief opening speech and then the movie started. I really didn't know what to expect, because I never heard of Hondros before, but anything involving news and photography has me hooked already. Regardless, it was a very profound look into the man and the profession in way that emphasizes passion above all. It is really hard to fake true passion, and true passion is very hard to conceal. It really makes all the difference in the world. Unlike many other people, I don't watch a lot of documentaries. Not because I don't like them, but I guess I just don't crave them. This, however, was a great dose of a fine documentary. It really plays with your head and once the film was over, it was hard to step out of it. We had one more drink at the reception and later went to La Descarga. Johnny Houston wrangled all his gang because he was taking his business partners from MGM to a night out. We later continued to Break Room 86.
Photographed: Isidora De Solminihac, Valerija Sestic, Mariana Beltrame, Johnny Houston, Julia Dunstall, Kyla, Mark Houston, Matthew Stith, and Tasha Alexa.
Had another event downtown with some of my art, opening tonight, called Chocolate and Art. I went with another K, who was standing in there for me, while I had to goto Jeff Hamilton's for the second night of his Street Art event. Tonight Cherish Waters and India Gants came by the event to see me. And later Taylor Chung, AKA DJ Wenzday, and a very talented music video director, Vicente Cordero joined us. Afterwards I went to pick up Other K from Chocolate and Art, and went to meet Cherish and Taylor for late night sushi at Sushi Enya in Little Tokyo. This place had really great atmosphere, with Chopinish music playing in the background. Afterwards Other K came over and we watched Sid and Nancy.
Went with K to the Street Art event at Jeff Hamilton's studio in the fashion district downtown, where I am showing some of my paintings. As we got there around 7pm we realized we wanted to go get food and then come back. It was also because barely anyone was there. We drove to the arts district and ended up at Hauser & Wirth. They had a really nice opening event for Mark Bradford. The place looked wonderful and the courtyard was flanked with food and drink stations that offered the finest of everything! And the had servers walking around with au d'oeuvres too! So when K and I filled up our plates, (hers with vegetables and salad, mine with meats) and sat down to eat, food was still being constantly offered to us. I was accepting everything, until I could no longer breath. After we finished eating we walked around, and I figured I didn't know a single person there. When K went to the bathroom, I noticed Adrien Brody chit chatting with Mark. When K came out of the bathroom, we went inside the gallery to see the art - only a handful of people were there, and Mark standing in the middle by himself. I started by saying "great to see you!" and Mark reacted as if he already knew me, since I was so convincing in my delivery. But there's really nothing worse, than having to pretend like this - me and my awful memory, unfortunately practice this quite often. But we very quickly moved on to taking pictures and that was just something because Mark is so tall. He laid his chin on my head and I really didn't know what to do, so I laughed - maybe also because K, who was taking the picture, laughed too. K and I had to hurry back to Jeff Hamilton's, because Charan Andreas and Levi Stoke were on their way to meet me there. And then also Jamieson Hill showed up. I got really tired, probably because of all the food and drinks I had, so we left a little after 11 and went home.
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Bug Squad
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Happenings in the insect world
Bugs and Beat: Talented UC Davis Graduate Students Form Insect-Themed Band
Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
Published on: July 3, 2018
Jill-“Jillus-Saximus”-Oberski
If you missed hearing The Entomology Band performing in front of Briggs Hall during the recent UC Davis Picnic Day, not to worry.
They're featured in a recent Entomology Today blog, published by the Entomological Society of America (and written by yours truly) and headlined "Bugs and Beat."
Brendon-“Hype-Man-tis”-Boudinot
Remember “Flight of the Bumble Bee,” “La Cucaracha,” “Boll Weevil,” and the “The Blue-Tailed Fly?”
Well, move over. Think about the three-cornered alfalfa hopper (Spissistilus festinus) and the male insect organ, the aedeagus.
A group of seven graduate students in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology performed such tunes as “E Major Homeboy (Spissistilus festinus),” “Tragedy (of the Clocks),” and “Jackson's Song (Aedeagal Bits),” as well as a cover song, “Island in the Sun” by Weezer. All are members of the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association, headed by Brendon Boudinot, president.
Graduate student Michael Bollinger of the lab of Frank Zalom (a former president of the Entomological Society of America) composed the first three tunes.
The performance capped a day of insect-related activities that included maggot art, cockroach races, nematode identification, scavenger hunts, and honey tasting. Bugs rule!
Christine-“The-Clock”-Tabuloc
Meet the septet:
Molecular geneticist and drummer Yao “Fruit Fly” Cai of the Joanna Chiu lab dressed in a fruit fly costume (Drosophila melanogaster), which he described as “our favorite model organism in Insecta!”
Bark beetle specialist and rhythm guitarist Jackson “Darth Beetle” Audley of the Steve Seybold lab portrayed an Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis).
Honey bee researcher and bass guitarist Wei “Silverfish” Lin of the Brian Johnson lab wore a costume that celebrated his moniker (Lepisma saccharina), a small, wingless insect in the order Zygentoma.
Ant specialist and keyboard artist Zachary “Leptanilla” Griebenow of the Phil Ward lab dressed as “a generic male leptanilline ant (Formicidae: Leptanillinae).” However, he noted “the yellow color is not anywhere near so vivid in real life.”
Systematist and tenor saxophonist Jill “Jillus Saximus” Oberski of the Phil Ward lab dressed as a “generalized heteropteran,” which she described as “most likely a member of the family Acanthosomatidae (shield bug) or Pentatomidae (stink bug). My family and friends have called me Jillybug, so I came to be the band's representative of Hemiptera.”
Molecular geneticist and vocalist Christine “The Clock” Tabuloc of the Joanna Chiu lab wrapped herself in butterfly wings.
Ant specialist and bass guitarist Brendon “Hype Man-tis” Boudinot of the Phil Ward lab dressed in a green helmet, a blue and gold EGSA bee shirt, and a UC Davis cow costume to showcase his department and campus-wide love of bovines.
Zachary-“Leptanilla”-Griebenow
The seven band members share a love of music.
Drummer Yao Cai, who grew up in Southeast China and holds an undergraduate degree in plant protection and a master's degree from China Agricultural University, has been playing drums since age 17. “We formed as a short-lived band for a show. After that, I realized that I really wanted to keep playing and improved my drum techniques. Thus, we started another band in college and played for six years in college, as an undergrad and graduate student.
Wei-“Silverfish”-Lin
“We were all agriculture-related majors and we mainly wrote original songs,” recalled Cai. The campus concerts sometimes drew a thousand spectators. “After we graduated from graduate school, we stopped. I really missed the time playing drums with folks since I came to UC Davis. Fortunately, after a ‘gap year,' Jackson, Michael and I started jamming in September 2017. Later on, our current talented members joined.”
“It is very interesting that I was in a band that was the first band in Department of Entomology in China Agricultural University and now we started the first band in Department of Entomology at UC Davis,” Cai added.
Rhythm guitarist Jackson Audley said he “started learning to play the guitar when I was about 11 or 12-ish. The first band I joined was a Blink-182 cover band, in which I played the bass guitar, and we played together for most of eighth grade. Then in early high school I joined a Smashing Pumpkins/Radiohead cover band as the second guitarist. Shortly after joining that band, we started making predominantly original music. By the end of high school, we had played a few small shows around the Atlanta area and had recorded a few songs. Unfortunately, the band did not survive the transition into university and we broke up.”
Since then he's mostly played “for fun, and I like to jam with folks.”
Jill Oberski, a native of Twin Cities, grew up mostly in Chaska, “a sleepy suburb of Minnesota.” She received her bachelor's degree in Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she double-majored in biology and German studies.
“I started playing the piano in kindergarten and switched to saxophone in fifth grade,” Oberski related. “I played classical and jazz in my school bands from sixth grade through college and pit orchestra, pep band, and marching band in high school as well. I've always been better at classical than rock, jazz, or Latin.”
“I probably reached my highest point in late high school, when I served as co-section leader for the saxes in the Minnesota all-state symphonic band,” Oberski said. “We even got to play a concert in Minneapolis' orchestra hall. These days I'm only involved in the entomology band and some very casual ukulele playing.”
Jackson-“Darth-Beetle”-Audley (in front) and Wei "Silverfish" Lin.
Keyboard artist Zachary Griebenow, a native of Richmond, Kentucky—he grew up in Kentucky and holds a bachelor's degree in entomology from The Ohio State University—said, “I took piano lessons for a cumulative total of seven years, ages 8 to 17. I performed at least biannually in studio recitals. My primary musical interest is composition, an activity that has not quite received its due on account of my prioritizing systematic entomology. I had never performed in a group prior to joining this band and greatly appreciate the novel experience of doing so.”
Brendon Boudinot, who received his bachelor's degree in entomology at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, performed on a metallic sky-blue bass and served as emcee. “I just love art,” said Boudinot, president of the UC Davis EGSA. “Music is a family thing for me in a number of different ways. Although I have played instruments alone or in groups for many years, nothing really clicked in me until I heard Michael and Yao play together. They shred.”
Vocalist Christine Anne Tabuloc, who grew up in the Los Angeles area and received her bachelor's degree from UC Davis in biochemistry and molecular biology, says she does not play an instrument. “I'm far less talented than everyone else in the group,” she quipped. “I've been singing for as long as I can remember. I've been writing lyrics since elementary school. However, I never got around to getting music written for them. I was in choir before and have had solos but that's pretty much it.”
Bass guitarist Wei Lin, who grew up in Xiamen, “a beautiful island in southern China,” received his bachelor's and master's degree at China Agricultural University, majoring in plant protection and entomology. “This was my first experience in a band. I just started to learn bass last year when this band was built.”
Following the four-set gig, Boudinot told the appreciative crowd, “That's all we know!”
Pending performances? “The band,” he said, “is on hiatus.”
Or diapause.
(Editor's Note: Listen to a clips of their music on YouTube.)
Yao-“Fruit-Fly”-Cai has been playing drums since age 17. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Entomology Band performing in front of Briggs Hall. From left are Jill Oberski, Zach Griebenow, Brendon Boudinot, Yao Cai, Wei Lin, Jackson Audley and Christine Tabuloc.
Group photo: In front is Yao Cai. The three in the second row are (from left) Jill Oberski, Brendon Boudinot and Christine Tabuloc. In back (from left) are Zachary Griebenow, Jackson Audley and Wei Lin.
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sdA in SDSS DR12 are Overwhelmingly Not Extremely Low-Mass (ELM) White Dwarfs
Gänsicke, B. T.
Breedt, E.
In a search for new white dwarfs in DR12 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Kepler et al. 2016 found atmospheric parameters for thousands of objects with effective temperatures below 20,000 K and surface gravities between 5.5 < log g < 6.5. They classified these objects as cool subdwarfs - sdA -
and speculated that many may be extremely low-mass (ELM) white dwarfs (helium-core white dwarfs with masses below 0.3 M☉). We present evidence
- using radial velocities, photometric colors, and reduced proper motions - that the vast majority (>99%) of these objects are unlikely to be
ELM white dwarfs. Their true identity remains an interesting question.
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2017ASPC..509..453H
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Politics/Scottish History
UCAS Code: LV22
Master of Arts (with Honours) - MA (Hons)
A levelAccess to HE DiplomaInternational Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammePearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)Scottish HigherUCAS Tariff
A-levelAccess to HE DiplomaInternational Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammePearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)Scottish HigherUCAS Tariff
Must include at least one Arts/Humanities subject.
Acceptable in appropriate subject area. Must pass at least two thirds of modules with merit grade.
3 HL subjects at 6,6,5 including English AND a Humanities/Language subject. Whilst HL6 is preferred for English and Humanities/Language subjects, SL6 will be considered for ONE of the subjects.
Acceptable in appropriate subject area.
Scottish Higher
A,B,B,B-A,A,A,A,A,B
Must include English plus one further Arts/Humanities subject.
**Politics** is the study of the way power and influence are distributed within society and how this affects decision making within and among countries and states. You will study a wide variety of topics within the discipline of politics including courses in international relations, political theory and British politics taught by leading researchers in the field.
**Scottish History**: the study of history is the study of change and continuity in human society through time. Scottish history is the study of Scotland’s past. Scottish History at Glasgow boasts world-leading researchers at the cutting edge of the discipline across all periods, from medieval to modern. The Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies at Glasgow addresses Scottish history in a genuinely crossdisciplinary environment and students are encouraged to get involved.
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Gilmorehill (Main) Campus
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Explore the local area, what there is to do for fun, living costs and other university options here.
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History is a very popular subject (although numbers have fallen of late) — in 2015, over 10,000 UK students graduated in a history-related course. Obviously, there aren't 11,000 jobs as historians available every year, but history is a good, flexible degree that allows graduates to go into a wide range of different jobs, and consequently history graduates have an unemployment rate comparable to the national graduate average. Many — probably most — jobs for graduates don't ask for a particular degree to go into them and history graduates are well set to take advantage. That's why so many go into jobs in the finance industry, human resources, marketing, PR and events management, as well as the more obvious roles in education, welfare and the arts. Around one in five history graduates went into further study last year. History and teaching were the most popular further study subjects for history graduates, but law, journalism, and politics were also popular postgraduate courses.
The numbers of people taking politics degrees fell sharply last year and we'll keep an eye on this one - it can't really be because of graduates getting poor outcomes as politics grads do about as well as graduates on average. Most politics or international relations graduates don't actually go into politics - although many do, as activists, fundraisers and researchers. Jobs in local and central government are also important. Other popular jobs include marketing and PR, youth and community work, finance roles, HR and academic research (you usually need a postgraduate degree to get into research). Because so many graduates get jobs in the civil service, a lot of graduates find themselves in London after graduating. Politics is a very popular postgraduate subject, and so about one in five politics graduates go on to take another course - usually a one-year Masters - after they finish their degrees.
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LGBTQ Victory FundLocalBlogChicago City Council members form first-ever LGBTQ caucus
Chicago City Council members form first-ever LGBTQ caucus
Caitlin Lowell
On Wednesday, a group of Chicago aldermen, including Tom Tunney, the city’s first openly gay member of the City Council, formed the body’s first-ever LGBTQ caucus. The five out aldermen — including James Cappleman, Deb Mell, and newly-elected aldermen Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and Raymond Lopez — hope to lobby together to address the LGBTQ community’s concerns.
In an interview with DNAinfo Chicago, Tunney remembered times throughout his twelve years on the Council when other aldermen would say, “It’s a gay issue, go talk to Tunney.”
Through the LGBTQ Caucus, the five aldermen plan to work together to address a broad range of issues that disproportionately affect LGBTQ communities, including police profiling of transgender people, HIV/AIDS funding, and LGBTQ youth homelessness. The Caucus also plans to lobby for an LGBTQ-inclusive Chicago Public Schools curriculum.
“LGBTQ issues touch all communities, whether it’s bullying, access to health care, AIDS, homeless youth or transgender issues,” Lopez said. “It’s crucial that we have a forum to discuss these important issues and a mechanism to speak with a unified voice.”
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Belarus Legalizes ICOs, Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts
Big Picture Connected Commerce Cryptocurrency News Digital Economy Latest News
by thefintechtimes January 17, 2018 January 15, 2018
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed the Decree “On Digital Economy Development” that legalizes ICO, cryptocurrencies and smart contracts. Adoption of the Decree makes Belarus the first world’s jurisdiction with the overall legal regulation of businesses based on blockchain technology.
“Having adopted the Decree, Belarus becomes one of the world’s most comfortable jurisdictions for IT business. Besides, the country is creating favorable conditions for the development of blockchain technology and businesses based on it,” said Vsevolod Yanchevsky, Director of Belarus Hi-Tech Park.
The Decree does not include any restrictions or special requirements for the creation, issue, storage, sale or exchange of digital tokens, as well as operation of cryptocurrency exchanges and platforms. Individuals are exempt from personal income tax on the incomes from mining, acquisition and sale of digital tokens; digital tokens shall not be declared. Activities related to mining, creation, acquisition and sale of digital tokens will remain tax-free until 2023.
To protect the rights of ICO participants, the Decree provides that a legal entity that creates and issues a digital token through a resident-company of the Hi-Tech Park shall meet the requirements for the holder of the digital token agreed during its creation and issue.
Denial of claims of a token holder on the grounds of lack of judicial grounds for obligation or its invalidity is not allowed.
By introducing smart contract into the jurisdiction and giving companies the right to use it in transactions, Belarus has become the first country in the world to legalize smart contracts at the country level.
“Smart contract may solve the fundamental problem of all humanity which is a failure to fulfill what has been agreed on paper. A computer program takes the function of a contract’s automatic fulfillment,” said Denis Aleinikov, Senior partner at the law firm Aleinikov & Partners, one of the main developers of the Decree.
Belarus Hi-Tech Park (HTP) is named the main ground for pilot experiments with digital tokens operations. Created in 2005 at the initiative of the President of Belarus, the Park has grown to one of the leading IT-clusters in Eastern Europe and CIS.
In addition to the significant expansion of the types of activities that HTP resident-companies can perform, the Decree introduces a number of English law instruments, namely, convertible loan, option and option agreement, non-competition, non-solicitation, indemnities.
Noncitizens who have work contracts with HTP resident-companies are granted visa-free stay in Belarus for up to 180 days per year.
The Decree also prolongs tax benefits for HTP resident-companies till 2049.
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World Junior Hockey Championship
Facing Off: 18 Thoughts on 2018 WJC
By Larry Fisher December 26th, 2017
Tis the season where, to many, Christmas Day is viewed as World Juniors’ Eve.
The annual under-20 world championship, taking place in Buffalo, N.Y., from Boxing Day through Jan. 5, is always a highlight on the hockey calendar. The 2018 edition has the potential to be one of the best in recent memory, with plenty of parity between the five powerhouse nations competing for three coveted medals in the 10-team tournament.
2018 #WorldJuniors
It all starts tomorrow …
12 pm ?? v ??
2 pm ?? v ??
All games on @TSN_Sportshttps://t.co/qJL0Y8DGbL
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) December 25, 2017
Make that today. It all starts today.
I’ll save my medal predictions for last — to build the suspense — but here are 18 Thoughts on the 2018 World Juniors:
1) Not Getting Any Older
Matthew McConaughey delivered a classic line in the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused, saying: “That’s what I love about these high school girls . . . I get older, they stay the same age.”
Twisted into context, I figured the world juniors would lose their lustre as a I got older but, now 33, this tournament is every bit as appealing and intriguing to me today as it was around the turn of the century when I was a teenager watching my peers go for gold.
Granted, I try to stay young at heart, with an ability to relate to that age group since I cover junior hockey for a living, but the World Juniors are not getting any older. Instead, they are just getting better with time, and I’m looking forward to hopefully attending and covering the 2019 tournament in Vancouver and Victoria.
For the teenagers of today, I do recommend checking out Dazed and Confused for a few good laughs and a couple lines that have stood the test of time.
2) First Outdoor Game
This is new, for the first time in the history of the World Juniors, there will be an outdoor game. The host United States will take on archrival Canada at New Era Field on Friday, with puck-drop projected for 3 p.m. ET (noon PT).
The stage is set at @newerafield ?
5 days until @usahockey ?? & @HockeyCanada ?? take the ice here! #WJCinBUF
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— WJC 2018 in Buffalo (@WJCinBUF) December 24, 2017
I’ve got mixed emotions. Obviously it’ll be a cool atmosphere, but I’m lukewarm on outdoor games in general because the quality of hockey typically takes a hit — be it due to weather and ice conditions or just an unfamiliar environment for the players to perform.
Canada and the United States have staged a number of New Year’s Eve epics over the years, and this will be a rematch of the 2017 gold-medal game that saw the Americans edge Canada in a shootout for a 5-4 victory in Montreal.
With so much at stake — this game could decide first place in Group A — I’d prefer they keep it indoors, and something tells me Dominique Ducharme and Bob Motzko would agree . . . at least the losing coach will after the fact. The players will be going a million miles an hour, so I just hope nobody gets hurt, and maybe they can meet again in the medal round under a roof. That game would be better, in my opinion.
3) Buffalo Becoming Hockey Town
Stick tap to the Pegulas, Terry and Kim, for revitalizing hockey in Buffalo. From afar, they have done a marvellous job in putting the sport back on the map there. Or putting Buffalo back on the map for the sport. However you see it.
Sure, their Sabres aren’t ascending the NHL standings this season and won’t likely make the playoffs, but the Pegulas are doing everything in their power to ice a winning product. They are committed to hockey in that city, hosting the annual NHL draft combine, attracting the world juniors, and even recently buying the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women’s Hockey League.
Their facilities, KeyBank Center and the newer HarborCenter, in addition to New Era Field, will be on full display over these 11 days, and the owners should be proud spectators.
Detroit is known as HockeyTown USA, but Buffalo is challenging for that title lately.
4) Sabres Prospects Starring
The Pegulas and Buffalo hockey fans will be able to cheer on a few future Sabres in this tournament.
Casey Mittelstadt, their 2017 first-rounder (eighth overall), will be a crowd favourite as a top-six centre for Team USA.
(Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Alex Nylander is primed to shine again for Team Sweden.
Alex Nylander, their 2016 first-rounder (also eighth overall), has been loaned to Sweden by Buffalo’s AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and should be dominant after tying for the top scorer (12 points, five goals) in the 2017 tournament. Nylander has led Sweden in scoring in each of the past two World Juniors.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, one of the Sabres’ second-rounders in 2017 (54th overall), is projected to be Finland’s starting goaltender and could backstop his country into medal contention.
5) Finland a Force Again
Finland floundered to a ninth-place finish at the 2017 tournament, replacing its coach partway through and barely avoiding the embarrassment of relegation.
Expect the Finns to be back with a vengeance in 2018, boasting a much more experienced roster from top to bottom with tons of high-end talent.
Eeli Tolvanen promises to be an electrifying player to watch for Team Finland. He is already tearing up the KHL as an 18-year-old, with 17 goals and 32 points in 39 games for Jokerit.
Even without Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujarvi, who are still age-eligible for the 2018 tournament despite being sophomores in the NHL. That dynamic duo, along with Carolina’s Sebastian Aho, powered Finland to gold in 2016.
There’s been a strange trend for Finland over the last five years at the World Juniors — bad one year, golden the next. The country placed seventh in 2013, won the championship in 2014, placed seventh in 2015, won gold again in 2016, then fell all the way to ninth in 2017. So, I guess, this is Finland’s year and they have the roster to get it done.
6) Russia a Wild Card Again
Always dangerous, especially offensively, the Russians have medalled seven straight times under Valeri Bragin, with three silvers and three bronzes (including 2017) since last winning gold in 2011.
Russia will have lots of firepower up front again, with most of its top players already playing in North America. The forwards will be able to score with the best of them — even without Alexei Lipanov, a surprising cut — but can the defence and goaltending hold up? It’s the same old question and only time will tell.
(Adam Pulicicchio/Getty Images)
Vladislav Sukhachyov may or may not be the starting goaltender for Team Russia, and that may change throughout the tournament. Valeri Bragin likes to keep everybody guessing from one game to the next at the world juniors.
Russia’s roster has medal potential again — especially if it tops Group B in the round robin — but the competition is going to be fierce, starting in the quarter-finals. Therefore, Russia isn’t a lock to keep its medal streak alive — not with a true top five in 2018, and even a sixth country possessing podium upside.
7) Don’t Sleep on Czechs
That would be the Czech Republic, which is surprisingly stacked on offence but will need a standout goaltending performance to knock off any of the big five in the quarters.
The Czechs have a big three up front — Martin Necas and Filip Chytil were both first-rounders in 2017 (12th and 21st, respectively) and both have already made their NHL debuts, while Filip Zadina could cement his status as a top-five pick for 2018 with a strong showing in this tournament.
(hcsparta.cz/Jan Beneš)
Ostap Safin fell to the fourth round in this year’s NHL draft, but he’s been trending well since crossing the pond to play major junior for the QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs, producing 13 goals and 32 points in 33 games.
Ostap Safin (QMJHL, Saint John) and Kristian Reichel (WHL, Red Deer) should be able to provide some secondary scoring, but depth is going to be a concern for the top-heavy Czechs.
Their defence is decent, led by Libor Hajek and Ondrej Vala, but if the Czechs are going to play spoiler, Jakub Skarek will have to live up to the hype as the top-ranked goaltender for the 2018 draft.
8) No Cinderella Team
The Czechs aren’t flying under the radar for this tournament, not with Necas and Chytil on the roster. They are fully expected to finish top-three in Group B.
In years past, Switzerland has been a Cinderella-type team capable of a stunning upset, but it will be missing Nico Hischier and won’t make as much noise in 2018.
Rounding out the field are Slovakia, Denmark and Belarus, but they will be also-rans come the quarter-finals. I’m assuming Switzerland and Slovakia will finish fourth in their respective groups, but they won’t stand any chance against the top seeds.
9) Tough Schedule for Canada
If there is one thing working against Canada, it might be the schedule. There will be no easing in this year, with the Boxing Day opener against Finland. Canada was impressive in routing the Czechs 9-0 and the Swiss 8-1 in pre-tournament tune-ups — though the Czechs didn’t dress any of their big-three forwards — but Finland promises to be a step up in competition.
That game will set the tone for the tournament, ahead of the Canada-USA outdoor spectacle that should be easy to get up for, but perhaps hard to execute in. Losing to both Finland and the United States would make for an extremely tough road for Canada in the medal round.
10) Pros on Loan
By my count, there are six North American pros on loan for this year’s tournament, along with a number of European pros.
(David Kirouac/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Victor Mete made the surprising jump to the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens this season, pairing with Shea Weber out of training camp and tallying four assists through 27 games.
Canada has the lone NHLer in Montreal Canadiens defenceman Victor Mete.
Sweden is the only team with two North Americans pros in the aforementioned Nylander (AHL, Rochester Americans) and blueliner Timothy Liljegren (AHL, Toronto Marlies).
Finland, Russia and the Czech Republic each have one AHLer, with Janne Kuokkanen (Charlotte Checkers), Klim Kostin (San Antonio Rampage) and Filip Chytil (Hartford Wolf Pack), respectively.
They should all be impact players — the men amongst boys this year — and be in the mix for tournament awards.
11) Draft Eligibles
At the other end of the age spectrum are a half-dozen highly-touted draft eligibles. Typically a tournament for 19 year olds, some of these under-agers have the potential to steal the show.
Scouts will be salivating from start to finish since there could be six of the top-10 selections in the 2018 NHL draft on display.
Sweden’s roster features dynamic defenceman Rasmus Dahlin, the frontrunner to be picked first overall.
Russia went younger than usual to include Andrei Svechnikov, who could be the second-coming of Ilya Kovalchuk and also enters this tournament as a top-two prospect for 2018.
The Americans have two draft-eligibles in power forward Brady Tkachuk — Keith’s younger son, who plays with a similar edge to Matthew (Calgary Flames) — and puck-moving defender Quinn Hughes.
The Czechs have Zadina — often considered a top-five talent for 2018 — and Finland rostered Rasmus Kupari as a creative forward.
Sweden is also bringing Isac Lundestrom, who could push for the top 10 and be a real draft riser with a strong tournament — similar to Lias Andersson last year.
Andersson is captaining the Swedes this year, but they won’t have Adam Boqvist on the back end as another top-five candidate for 2018. That’s unfortunate — the Boqvist brothers would have been fun to watch, with the elder Jesper (New Jersey Devils) making the cut as a forward — but draft enthusiasts can’t wait for the puck to drop on this showcase.
12) Sleeper Prospects
There’s obviously some big-name talent at this year’s tournament, but every year there are under-the-radar prospects who use the world juniors as their coming-out party.
Here are a couple sleepers from each of the big-five countries:
Canada has Max Comtois, once a projected top-10 pick for 2017, and Drake Batherson, who was passed over entirely in the 2016 NHL draft. Both are depth forwards who could take on bigger roles as the tournament progresses.
(New Jersey Devils/Patrick Dodson)
Joey Anderson has a future with the New Jersey Devils, but he’ll be doing his best to leave his mark with Team USA in the present.
The Americans are captained by Joey Anderson, who still isn’t regarded as a blue-chipper, while Patrick Harper could be this year’s Troy Terry.
Finland’s Kristian Vesalainen was a later first-round pick by Winnipeg this June and while he’s no Patrik Laine, Vesalainen is thriving in the men’s league back home in his draft-plus-one season and could be a driving force amongst his peers. Joni Ikonen, a second-rounder for Montreal, may also exceed expectations offensively.
Sweden’s forward depth includes Oskar Steen, a standout at the Summer Showcase, and Marcus Davidsson, another Sabres prospect who will be overshadowed by Nylander’s presence but capable of making a name for himself.
Russia’s goaltending should be fascinating — be it Mikhail Berdin or Vladislav Sukhachyov between the pipes — and Artur Kayumov reminds me of Artemi Panarin. He’s got that kind of upside and, not surprisingly, he’s drafted by Chicago.
13) Defence, Defence, Defence
Defence wins championships, right? It will definitely be the dominant position at this year’s world juniors.
Not to take anything away from the forwards or even the goaltenders, but the real star power is on the back end.
The debate over which nation boasts the best blue line will rage on, but there are a few contenders for that title.
Miro Heiskanen, the third overall pick in this year’s NHL draft by the Dallas Stars, could be the top blueliner for Team Finland.
Finland has five first-round picks — Olli Juolevi, Miro Heiskanen, Juuso Valimaki, Henri Jokiharju and Urho Vaakanainen — plus a second-rounder trending up in Robin Salo. That will be tough to beat.
Sweden has three of the top offensive threats among all defenders in Liljegren, Dahlin and Erik Brannstrom, who may be the closest comparable to Erik Karlsson. Adam Boqvist is cut from that cloth too but didn’t make the world-junior cut. Gustav Lindstrom and Jacob Moverare could have been mentioned as sleeper prospects as well.
Canada is eight deep on defence, counting Josh Mahura, who was recalled as a possible injury replacement for Dante Fabbro. They are all worth naming, with Mete, Kale Clague, Jake Bean, Cale Makar, Conor Timmins and Cal Foote rounding out a stacked group that rivals Finland.
That’s not to mention Adam Fox and Hughes for the Americans, Hájek for the Czechs or Russia captain Yegor Zaitsev. The list goes on. So many upper-echelon defenders that we’ll be watching in the NHL soon enough.
14) Top Defenceman
Predicting this award is practically impossible. Of the 20-some names that I just rattled off, my top 10 would be Fox, Clague, Liljegren, Mete, Juolevi, Heiskanen, Brannstrom, Bean, Dahlin and Makar.
That’s not narrowing it down a whole lot, but that’s the top tier of contenders in my opinion. Any of them could step up and win this award.
My vote, from the outset, is going to Fox. I think he’ll lead all defencemen in scoring and play a key role in the Americans’ offence, especially on the power play.
USA WJC coach Motzko on CGY's Adam Fox, "He's taken his game to a whole other level."
— Corey Pronman (@coreypronman) August 4, 2017
15) Top Scorer
Nylander and Mittelstadt have to be the betting favourites. Yes, a battle of Buffalo prospects.
Elias Pettersson, as Nylander’s set-up man, deserves serious consideration since he’s already lighting up the Swedish men’s league.
Finland has a few possibilities in Kuokkanen, Eeli Tolvanen or Aleksi Heponiemi.
Canada’s top line seems to be clicking, so it could be any of captain Dillon Dube, reigning WHL player of the year Sam Steel or OHL scoring leader Jordan Kyrou.
If not Mittelstadt from the U.S., Logan Brown and Kailer Yamamoto are legitimate candidates as well.
We can’t forget about the Russians, with Svechnikov, Vitaly Abramov, Kostin and Dmitry Sokolov among those capable of taking the torch from Kirill Kaprizov, who tied Nylander for last year’s tournament lead with 12 points but earned the award on the strength of nine goals.
Necas and Chytil warrant mention here too, but the Czechs probably won’t score enough in general.
Smart money is on Nylander again, but I’m going with Mittelstadt. I really like his chances.
This Casey Mittelstadt shootout goal ? pic.twitter.com/x75YkFC6Js
— The Charging Buffalo (@TheChargingBUF) December 26, 2017
16) Top Goaltender
Another award sure to be hotly contested, with as many as eight contenders in the crease.
Canada’s Carter Hart might be the favourite, but Sweden’s Filip Gustavsson and whoever the Americans declare their starter come the medal round — be it Joseph Woll or Jake Oettinger — will be in the mix. Finland’s Luukkonen seems like more of a long-shot, along with Russia’s Berdin or Sukhachyov, and even Skarek from the Czech Republic.
Carter Hart’s stats in the Western Hockey League are off the charts this season — .961 save percentage and 1.32 goals-against average — and he’s been in a zone similar to Carey Price when he’s at his best. Hart will be hoping that success translates to the world juniors for Team Canada.
Naturally, this award often goes to the goaltender of the winning team. No spoiler here, but I’m leaning towards Hart, who could be an exception to that trend. I do believe Hart is the best netminder in this tournament, win or lose.
17) Tournament MVP
The MVP is a forward more often than not, with the top scorer sometimes sweeping both.
However, last year’s most valuable player was a defenceman in Canada’s Thomas Chabot, so anything is possible.
Mittelstadt, Fox and Hart — my positional award winners — could emerge as MVP candidates, but I’ll take the favourite here too. That being Nylander. He hasn’t had much success in the AHL to date and missed a couple months with a lower-body injury to start this season, but if Nylander can get up to speed for the world juniors, he should be the best player on the ice — AKA the MVP.
18) Canada Might Not Medal
Whenever the tournament is hosted in North America, Canada is almost a lock for a medal.
Going all the way back to 1974 — to the beginning of the world juniors — Canada has medalled in 17 of the 18 tournaments held on the home continent, winning eight gold, seven silver and two bronze.
That includes 13 in a row dating to 1991 — seven gold, five silver and one bronze — with the lone exception being 1989 in Anchorage and Eagle River, Alaska, when Canada finished fourth behind the Soviet Union, Sweden and Czechoslovakia.
So, based on history, that’s a 94 per cent success rate and, therefore, Canada’s medal chances in Buffalo would appear extremely high. Yet, I’m not convinced this year’s group can make it 14 straight in North America.
Canada’s roster isn’t bad by any means, but the competition is as stiff as ever and the schedule is working against Canada. Offence could be hard to come by, the forwards will have to score by committee, and Hart will need to be at the top of his game from start to finish. The defence should be a strength, at least once the puck is in their possession. To that end, Canada’s offence will start from the defence and a quick transition game.
Still, I’m not sure it’ll be enough to medal this time around in Buffalo, where Canada settled for silver in 2011 after blowing a 3-0 lead in losing the championship game to Russia.
In fact, I think Canada could go through a two-year medal drought at the world juniors since I don’t anticipate a strong roster for 2019 in Vancouver-Victoria. Being Canadian, that pains me to say and it feels like an act of treason, but I’m just being honest and calling it like I see it.
For the record, I foresee Canada getting back on top — yes, winning gold — in 2020. That’s my long-term prediction.
Podium Predictions
Now, the moment of truth. Starting with the preliminary round, here’s my order of finish for the five-team standings in each of the two groups:
Group A = U.S., Canada, Finland, Slovakia, Denmark
Group B = Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belarus
Then, in the quarter-finals, I’m taking the U.S. over Switzerland and Finland over Russia in one bracket, with Sweden over Slovakia and Canada over the Czech Republic in the other bracket.
If that comes to fruition, the semifinals would pit Sweden against Canada and the U.S. against Finland. After much deliberation, my winners were Sweden and the U.S., to face-off for gold, while Canada and Finland were left to battle for bronze.
That would be an intriguing championship game since Sweden has a history of choking in the medal round after running the table in the prelims, while the U.S. has never won gold on home soil or repeated as the world-junior champion.
In the end, I went with Sweden over the U.S., with Nylander playing the role of hero in a shootout, while Finland avenges a loss to Canada in their Boxing Day opener.
That’s gold for Sweden, silver for the United States and bronze for Finland.
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Devils Goaltending
Devils Don’t Need a Resurgent Schneider
By Ryan Szporer February 28th, 2019
It looks like New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider has gotten his game back, just at the worst possible time.
Now, no one can deny Schneider’s timing overall. His .919 save percentage points to an immensely successful career up to this point. It’s just that up until recently it looked like it might be drawing to a premature close.
Two sub-par seasons in a row prior to this effectively led to him losing his No. 1 position to the since-traded Keith Kinkaid. He then won it back, however temporarily, during the playoffs last spring. By and large though, Schneider has been a shell of the goalie the Devils once acquired for the pick that would become Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks.
It only seems like a bad trade because of recency bias. Because, for all of Schneider’s failings over the last few seasons, there were just as many during which he had been lights out for the Devils. Many before that for Canucks, as he played behind Roberto Luongo. The Devils needed a new No. 1 with Martin Brodeur’s career winding down. Schneider delivered. Simple as that.
Cory Schneider – (Marc DesRosiers-USA TODAY Sports)
Unfortunately, he wasn’t given the reins right away. In fact, Brodeur played nearly as many games as Schneider in his first season with the club in 2013-14 (39 vs. 45). That’s in spite of a marked discrepancy in skill in favor of Schneider (a .921 save percentage vs. .901 for Brodeur) and it’s precisely the type of situation the Devils should want to avoid heading into next season as they try to bring along Mackenzie Blackwood.
Schneider vs. Blackwood
Granted, Schneider doesn’t have the same history with the Devils that Brodeur did. So, he may not be given the benefit of the doubt Brodeur had consistently gotten, before he became an unrestricted free agent and signed with the St. Louis Blues. Schneider does have three years left on his contract after this one, though.
Who wants to bet the Devils are more inclined to roll with the veteran goalie making $6 million instead of the 22-year-old who will only be a restricted free agent in 2020?
New Jersey Devils goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood – (Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports)
No one would be able to blame them, as it makes financial sense to get the most out of your investment as possible. Up until Schneider recently went 4-1 with one shutout and a .960 save percentage over his last five games, it looked like they had though. Now, it’s almost as if the Devils have no choice but to ride his hot hand, right out of a shot at their second high draft pick in three seasons as each Schneider win gets them further away from last place.
To be fair, no one really buys out the contract of a player who’s performing. Maybe the Devils should consider buying out Schneider, though. Consider how it would have made all the sense in the world a few short weeks ago as Schneider was rehabbing his abdominal strain in the American Hockey League. All the while, Blackwood was finding his way in the NHL as his and Kinkaid’s replacement, posting a 6-4 record, 2.37 goals-against average and .926 save percentage.
The Case to Buy Out Schneider
It admittedly makes less sense to do it now, but consider that the buyout period is a finite period of time that takes place before the start of next season. All Schneider’s recent play has done is muddy the waters with regard to the quality of the goalie they’ve got starting for them now. Remember that recency bias? It’s a killer.
Granted, Blackwood’s stat line corresponds to a small sample size, but it’s double the size of Schneider’s recent successful stretch. And, as great and underrated as Schneider has been for the Devils over his tenure with them, it shouldn’t take a rocket scientist to realize he has many more bad days than good ahead based on his age (33), his injury history and his overall performance going back a few seasons.
This is like the Brodeur situation all over again, with one big difference. Schneider is unfortunately no Brodeur with regard to longevity, as Brodeur had posted statistically exceptional seasons up until age 38. That seems less than probable for Schneider, especially if the Devils would be resigned to keeping him only to mentor Blackwood.
Ex-New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur – (Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports)
Ideally, yes, the Devils would be able to have a goalie to split the load with Blackwood and help mentor him next season, or even as just an insurance policy. Veteran goalies are readily available via free agency and at a fraction of Schneider’s cost, though. Buying Schneider out even with the projected $2 million hit until 2024-25 is the only real option for the Devils, who are in one of the better salary-cap situations in the league.
Blackwood’s Proven Himself
Maybe that means the Devils can afford to keep Schneider in the fold, but do they really want to risk throwing away another season due to bad goaltending just so they can justify his salary? In the process they would either risk Blackwood’s development by not giving him enough games in the NHL… or waste an entire year of his stellar play keeping him in the AHL as they sign another goalie to be the No. 2 behind Schneider, when that No. 2 should be backing him up instead.
Rest assured, the $4 million in cap savings from a potential buyout would be better served signing help for elsewhere in the lineup. After all, Blackwood’s simply proven himself capable of shouldering the load in net to a greater degree than Schneider.
Cory Schneider – (Eric Bolte-USA TODAY Sports)
It’s entirely possible Schneider has rediscovered his game, in which case that’s sincerely awesome for him. Not so much for the Devils though, when they seem to have a goalie who’s been just as good if not better, making significantly less money.
The solution should be simple: Buy Schneider out and let him bet on himself with a one-year show-me contract elsewhere, after which he should be able to get his career back on track by earning another deal. Everyone wins, including the Devils in the standings most likely in large part due to Blackwood.
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Nobody thought B.T. Carmical would come back. There was no way.
An undercover vice detective in the North Little Rock Police Department and primary sniper on its SWAT team, Carmical lost several fingers on his right hand when a flash-bang grenade exploded prematurely during a demonstration for a group of Boy Scouts in 2002. Doctors eventually amputated the rest of his hand.
“He was devastated,” Capt. Donnie Bridges, Carmical’s supervisor at the time, said. “He thought he had lost the best thing that ever happened to him outside his family, and that was being a cop.”
That was seven years ago this month. As it turned out, the faulty flash-bang only marked what is now the midpoint of his police career. Carmical, 38, taught himself to shoot left-handed. He returned to the department where he had workedfor seven years and rejoined the SWAT team – again as a sniper, this time using a different eye, and a different shoulder for his rifle. He worked undercover until last year, when Chief Danny Bradley disbanded the vice unit, citing budget cuts.
Today Carmical works in the department’s training division, an assignment he requested where he focuses on tactics and specializes in teaching patrol officers on use of the AR-15 rifle. Next year, he’ll take over as the department’s lead Taser instructor.
But his is no desk job. He backs up other officers on calls and stays busy enoughwith the Special Weapons and Tactics team that of his three prosthetic right hands, one is usually back at the manufacturer for repairs.
The one he wears most often makes his right arm a bit longer than his left. It fits over a silicone sleeve that rolls up to Carmical’s elbow and attaches to a metal locking pin where his hand used to be. The muscles in his forearm hit sensors that open and close the battery-powered hand.
Carmical calls it his “war hand.”
“If it’s a barbed-wire fence, he grabs it, and if it’s a car window, he breaks it,” said Frank Snell, owner and president of the Little Rock-based Snell Prosthetic & Orthotic Laboratory, which provides Carmical with his right hands. “He does whatever it takes. I just fix it up afterward.”
Snell first met Carmical not long after the explosion when he went to the lab to learn about prosthetics and perhaps choose one.
“We were in there and he shows me what he’s got and I said, ‘What can it do?’” Carmical said. “Frank said it opened and closed. I asked him if the fingers could move and he said no. I couldn’t hear that. I walked out.”
It was a hard time.
While still in the hospital, he learned the explosion ended his 13-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. His wife, Mandee, was nine months pregnant with the first of their two children at the time, and the stress forced an emergency cesarean section delivery. He also learned that he had hepatitis-C, which he contracted when he grabbed barehanded the gushing femoral artery of a gunshot victim several months earlier.
Not to mention that because Carmical worked undercover, he looked sort of grungy and disheveled and had an unkempt goatee.
“The nurses thought he was a suspect that got arrested because of how he looked and all the police that came around,” Mandee Carmical said. “None of the nurses would talk to him directly, just to whatever officer was in the room.”
He wanted to shave.
“I was going to do it – well, I offered, anyway,” Mandee Carmical said. “He looked at me and said, ‘How many times have you shaved my face or any face?’ Which was never. He insisted on doing it himself.”
Mandee Carmical also tried to help her husband – only she and his mother call him by his given name, Brandt – write thank-you cards to his well-wishers.
“He did every one himself,” she said. “He needed to learn to write left-handed. That was his practice.”
Then he would tell people – colleagues, friends – he wanted to try to go back to the department.
“They all gave me the same look,” Carmical said. “I will never forget that look. Like ‘Yeah, buddy. Sure. Whatever you say.’ It was killing me.”
Other SWAT team members met up at a firing range to take pictures with a fan of theirs, a boy with cerebral palsy, maybe a week or two after the explosion. Carmical went, too, still wearing an antibiotic pump so his stump wouldn’t get infected. He tried shooting with his left hand for the first time.
“It was terrible,” he said. “That was the first time I thought maybe it wouldn’t work out that I could come back.”
Carmical grew up in Sherwood and became a volunteer firefighter at 16. He worked at the Wrightsville prison boot camp as a mounted guard until North Little Rock hired him. A life without service and duty, he thought, was not much of a life.
“It’s cheesy, I know,” hesaid. “But I wanted to help people. This is the way I know how.”
RELEARNING SKILLS
Bradley did not expect to see Carmical in uniform again.
“There’s a lot to this job,” Bradley said. “Could he complete reports? Hold on to people? Run people down? Fire a weapon? We had a lot of questions. I’m not in a position where I could make exceptions that could put a life in danger.”
The department also made its annual physical-training requirements much more strenuous around the same time.
“I thought, OK, I get the message,” Carmical said.
He tried anyway. He passed. He was back on full-duty within five months. He was suing the manufacturer of the Omniblast 100 flash-bang that took his hand and realized it could be expensive to go back to work. A claim that he was fully disabled could have been lucrative.
“It cost me a lot of money – a lot of money – to go back on the job,” he said. “I found out I was the sixth officer who had something like this happen with this product, and I was the only one who went back to work.”
Carmical settled the case out of court in 2006.
Back at work, Carmical tried out for the SWAT team again. To even be considered, an officer needs to shoot with90 percent accuracy within 1-square-inch targets. To stay on the team, an officer has to shoot 95 percent. He did that, too – if a little unconventionally.
“His stance when he shoots now is a little unusual,” North Little Rock police SWAT sniper Rick Beaston said. “It’s different. We’re taught to use our off-hand to grip the weapon a certain way and he uses his sort of more like a platform. Anyway, the instructor sees him out of the corner of his eye and starts yelling at him and walking over to him: ‘What the hell kind of stance is that, you don’t even know what you’re … oh. Sorry, man.My bad.’”
At an advanced sniper school in Pennsylvania, students had to climb a tall ladder into a bucket, an exercise to fire at a down angle on an unstable platform with an elevated heart rate. One student said he’d shoot, but there was no way he was climbing up that ladder.
“The instructor comes over and whispers to B.T. – I’m standing right next to him – that when the bucket comes down for the other guy, he can go ahead and get in, too,” Beaston said. “B.T. looks him in the eye and says, ‘Why, because I only have one arm?’The instructor starts stammering and, man, I just busted out laughing. Nobody is going to give B.T. anything he doesn’t earn.”
BACK IN CONTROL
Coming back meant suffering some dark and sometimes immature police humor. They called him Robocop, asked him to give them a hand, all the usual stuff. At a hotel on a training trip, Carmical forgot his hand when he went down to the pool.
“I told him he better go back and get it so he wasn’t swimming in circles,” Beaston said.
Looking deeper than that, though, many people in Carmical’s life call him inspirational.
“I know that’s the right word,” Beaston said, “but it doesn’t quite do enough to tell the story.”
Carmical’s former supervisor in vice, Lt. John Breckon, a 21-year veteran of the department, said he could imagine no greater example of commitment and professionalism.
“He was given and he asked for no special consideration,” Breckon said. “If anything, he’s harder on himself than anyone else could ever be.”
Carmical acknowledges that his one weakness remains flash-bangs. He can work around them as long as he doesn’t have to throw them.
At a hostage-rescue and high-risk-warrant school in West Memphis in 2006, he tried just once.
“I did a real poor job of deploying it,” Carmical said. “I was so concerned about getting rid of it.”
It shook him. He went out and sat in his truck behind its tinted windows.
“I was sweating, and it was 30 degrees,” he said. “I’ll tell you, I had to get control of myself.”
His wife said that if such feelings ever put another life in danger, her husband would quit.
“He wouldn’t even think twice about it,” she said. “He wouldn’t do this job if it wasn’t something he could handle or if he jeopardized anyone else’s safety. He’d just walk out right there.”
Bridges said that since the explosion, he thinks Carmical has matured. He is older and more experienced, Bridges said, but the loss of his hand made Carmical realize acutely that things he valued could disappear.
“Let’s face it,” Bridges said. “This was a group of Boy Scouts on his day off. This wasn’t going in on a suspect or an individual barricaded in a bank. Could have been anybody. But not everybody could have handled it.”
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Gulf Stream, Issue 9
Nick Moran May 9, 2013
The creative writing department at Florida International University has released the ninth issue of their on-campus literary magazine, Gulf Stream. The issue features the publication’s first inaugural Author Roundtable – a discussion between agents and writers from the Miami Writers Institute and novelists Cathy Day and Marc Fitten.
Nick Moran works on special projects for The Millions. He lives in Baltimore and he frequents dive bars. His interests can be followed on his Tumblr, Nick Recommends and Twitter, @nemoran3.
Beltway Books
Nick Moran January 13, 2013
Editors and critics at The Washington Post put together a sixteen-image slideshow of books “to help introduce” our nation’s capital. This seems like the perfect excuse to try out my new favorite thing on the internet: the Slideshow De-Slide-ifier by ClusterFake.
A Wrinkle in Time to Become a Film
Kaulie Lewis August 9, 2014
Covers That Were; Covers That Could’ve Been
Nick Moran September 19, 2012
Sean Manning of the Talking Covers blog spoke with a bunch of authors, editors and artists to take a long, close look at the work of Lorraine Louie, the designer “who came up with the uniform, De Stijl layout” of the inimitable Vintage Contemporaries. And while on the topic of book covers, check out Tammy Fortin’s “New Covers for Old Classics” series she put together for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Influential Books
Cara DuBois June 24, 2016
The Library of Congress has published an updated list of the most influential books in America after hearing responses from the public.
Fish N a Barrel
Garth Risk Hallberg February 3, 2010
The Vault chooses the “20 Worst Hip-Hop Album Covers”. Sorry, South Coast Shorty.
A Toast to the Good Life
Kirstin Butler August 31, 2016
The Iron Man
Brian Etling November 14, 2015
Sasha Dugdale believes that Ted Hughes’s greatest contribution to the world of poetry remains Modern Poetry in Translation, the magazine which got its start thanks to an off-hand suggestion by Hughes at a cocktail party in the mid-sixties. Here’s our review of Jonathan Bate’s recent take on the poet, Ted Hughes: The Unauthorized Life.
Brian Etling
Rhian Sasseen October 9, 2012
Listen up, rebel girls! The October issue of The Believer features selections from New York University’s riot grrl collection, curated by archivist Lisa Darms.
Rhian Sasseen
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The Traditional Excitement of Transfer Deadline Day
Posted by markwoff under words | Tags: association football, BBC Sport, Jeff Stelling, loan, muddy mildred, no news is good news, rolling news, shite, Sky Sports News, soccertainment, transfer deadline day, Transfer window, whimsy |
Non-soccer fans not wanting to read something all about le foot may wish to look away now.
Today was the official closure of the first Transfer Window of the year in the UK, which was again being treated by the BBC and Sky Sports News (generally the two most reliable sources of soccertainment upon our sceptred isle) as the Single Most Gripping Thing to Happen in Association Football.
Perhaps the nadir of rolling news non-event sports journalism filler, the reportage throughout today was particularly poor. First of all, setting up a relatively recent innovation as something footie fans have been eagerly anticipating since the days of Sir Stanley Matthews is disingenuous and more than a little reminiscent (in its sickly enforced carnival excitement) of the Seasonal Red Cups at Starbucks “tradition” campaign.
Second, the posts on both the Beeb‘as it happens’ and Sky’s Clockwatch took on a tone of holiday camp enthusiasm, the typing on the tickers speaking of reporters all wearing a rictus of desperation as non-event after non-event spattered their empty chat room walls with rotten eggs, tomatoes, shite.
Witness the BBC this morning:
1154: Is it just me, or is one done deal graphic for five hours work a touch on the disappointing side? Worry ye not, though – it just means there are more to come. Plenty more. Is everyone you know getting involved yet?
Glossing over the graphics – technology now allowing us to assign a whimsical little icon for every possible permutation of non-event, such as the flying pig for ‘wild rumours’ – and the concluding plaintive and misguided attempt at whipping up some, any, interest, however, it must be noted that plenty was not forthcoming. It was not, if you will allow some abysmal football-related wordplay, even top ten finishing or relegation battling. Fast forward to:
1701: Of course, there’s bound to be stuff going on we still don’t know about. There’s just bound to be. Or I can just get my coat and leave…
…and you can almost hear the hiss of the toaster in the bath, Brian. At least the BBC were trying to lighten the tone by admitting it was watching-Johnstone’s-Paint-dryingly dull. Over on Sky, the channel that arguably invented modern football and take it VERY SERIOUSLY, in the way that people with buckets of cash depending on the issue will tend to, the tone was much more studied:
15.19 Sky Sports News understands that Valencia midfielder Ever Banega will not be making a deadline day loan switch to Everton.
That “understands” was priceless. It must have been so dismal in the Sky News Room having to cover what essentially amounts to a bunch of faxes being sent between lawyers that any attempt at intrigue was to be encouraged. How do you make nothing happening interesting? Over to Jeff Stelling:
“Exciting news from Merseyside there; our sources suggest that there is confirmation nothing is also happening at Ewood Park – Charlie.”
“That’s right, Jeff, nothing IS happening here in Blackburn. Nothing was rumoured to be taking place earlier on, and we can now verify that to be the case.”
“Great stuff, Charlie! Now, over to Jim at the Stadium of Light, where there’s nothing happening… can you illuminate us, Jim?”
Etc etc etc.
Eventually, it became obvious that the only way to liven up the Traditional Excitement would be to have the hapless hacks at the BBC and Sky covering each other’s updates:
16.55 Sky Sports News believes that the BBC suggests Svensson is NOT going to Bradford on loan, we understand we can reveal.
One could have gone on for, oh, 8.5 hours or something. Easy! Easy!
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Tag Archives: Costa
Front and Centre
Suarez, 9. Photo by Marc Puig i Perez http://www.flickr.com
Football, like many other things in life, is subject to shifting fashions, and I’m not just referring to the design of the multiple kits that teams deem necessary these days. There are tactical fashions too, many of which have been shaped by Barcelona over the last decade or so.
The Barcelona side built around Xavi and Messi set the template for fluid attacking football that has been much imitated but with rather sporadic success since those doing the imitating have been attempting to do so without the aforementioned superstars.
One consequence of the fashion to play tiki-taka has been a reduced influence for what we might call the traditional centre forward.
With Messi playing as a ‘false 9’ (something that Totti was already doing at Roma incidentally), Barcelona became one of the greatest sides of all time without much need for a true 9 – just ask Ibrahimovic.
But when Barcelona signed Suarez in 2014, it signified the end of the tiki-taka era and the introduction of a more direct style at the Camp Nou to take advantage of the fearsome Messi-Suarez-Neymar (MSN) frontline. Messi and Neymar would float around as fluidly as ever, while Suarez would be exactly where you would expect a number 9 to be: front and centre.
I’ve written before that Barcelona have shifted the focus of their game to the forward trio rather than the midfield trio, which (when led by Xavi) used to create the “passing carousel” that caused such anguish to Sir Alex.
The Catalans may not be quite as dominant as a few years ago but where they lead others remain inclined to follow. Look at the top of the Premier League: Chelsea (Costa), Tottenham (Kane), and Manchester City (Aguero). Number 9s (even if that’s not always the number on their back) are enjoying a renaissance.
Interestingly, the fourth placed team in the Premier League remain tactically closer to a tiki-taka style of play. Roberto Firmino is many things but he is not a centre forward. Nevertheless, he has played as the focal point of Liverpool’s attack (in a false-ish 9 position) for most of the season.
Sturridge has been a combination of injured (as usual) or out of form and in any case is not in the same class as Costa, Kane and Aguero. The best that can be said of Origi is that he remains a work in progress with unfulfilled potential.
It’s unclear as to whether Klopp does not sufficiently trust his centre forwards to play them regularly or if his preferred tactical set-up has little need for them. Firmino, Coutinho and Mane (plus Lallana to a lesser extent) are tasked with bringing both creativity and cutting edge to Liverpool’s attack.
They’ve done so very erratically – Liverpool have struggled to break down lesser teams but are still currently the highest scoring side in the league. The main problem at Anfield is not the particular style favoured by Klopp but the lack of variability and adaptability on days when it’s not proving effective.
The absence of a true 9 in many games has hampered Liverpool’s ability to play more directly and pose a different sort of challenge to defences that are both packed and deep. The Liverpool boss should prioritise the signing of a centre forward in the summer, especially with Sturridge seemingly poised to leave.
Further down the league, the role of world-class strikers cannot be understated. Most of the progress made by Manchester United under Mourinho is due to the signing of Ibrahimovic, he who Barcelona struggled to fit into their tiki-taka rhythm.
Similarly, where would Everton be without Lukaku? At the other end of the table, Sunderland would be in considerably more trouble without Defoe. Arsenal have laboured for years now without a truly exceptional number 9 (and a few other missing numbers); Giroud is unfairly scapegoated on occasion but he’s no Costa or Kane.
Barcelona’s tiki-taka influenced the game defensively as well as in an attacking sense. Many teams sought more defensive cover and rigidity to guard against the shape-shifting nature of Barca’s movement. Strikers were primarily tasked with being the first line of defence and one was judged to suffice for such a mission.
4-5-1 thus became a common formation – sometimes of a more attacking disposition, often less so. It could be subtle, even at times sophisticated, but it was rarely swashbuckling. It tended to be dull though, particularly when 4-5-1 lined up against 4-5-1.
There is, no doubt, an art to defending (really there is PSG) but the artistry in football is primarily to be found at the other end of the pitch. A player such as Mascherano can paint in broad brushes but those with the talent of Messi and Neymar produce the masterpieces.
As in art, fashions change and usually they hark back to something that’s come before. The return to fashion of the centre forward is worth celebrating; welcome back number 9, may you cease to be false.
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The Monday Post – 10/11/14
Posted on November 10, 2014 by mostimportantsubject
Photo by: CFC unofficial (Debs)
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If you’re a regular reader of this blog (that’s any of you who have read more than three posts) then you probably know by now that I’m a Liverpool fan. It’s not my intention to devote more time and space here to Liverpool as a result but I will start my weekend review with their game against Chelsea.
It was the only match I saw this weekend. The clocks went back recently in the UK and that is not a good thing for a British football fan living in Malaysia. 3pm kick-offs now start here at 11pm rather than 10pm. Lunchtime kick-offs remain excellently timed though and so I settled down to watch Liverpool – Chelsea at 8.45pm on Saturday night.
It quickly became apparent that Liverpool have gone back further than the clocks in recent weeks. Rodgers had restored to the starting line-up most of those controversially dropped (rested) in Madrid in midweek but it made little difference. Chelsea dominated without ever needing to employ top gear.
It’s hard to pinpoint Liverpool’s problems since they are scattered all over the pitch. If defending is an art then Liverpool’s is less Van Gogh’s sunflowers and more Tracey Emin’s my bed: untidy, overpriced, and frequently prompting the question, why on earth did you do that?
The midfield is currently a little lacking in artistic imagination with the honourable exception of Coutinho who again, inexplicably, did not play the full 90 minutes. Up front, Balotelli looked like a tortured artist awaiting inspiration, or at least a decent pass.
After the game, Mourinho was asked if his side could go the whole season unbeaten. He bashfully dismissed the prospect and he was right to do so. I’ll be amazed if Chelsea don’t lose a league game this season but they are already looking like heavy title favourites.
Arsene Wenger certainly thinks so. He more or less conceded the title after watching his team lose 2-1 at Swansea, yet again managing to lose from a winning position. Before the game Alexis Sanchez had tweeted that ‘the 3 points are coming to London.’ Maybe he was referring to a Chilean boy band I’ve never heard of; the three premier league points decided it wasn’t worth the trip.
Opposition managers used to have to make stuff like that up and then post it all over the changing room walls to motivate their players. Now, they only need show a live Twitter feed from some of the opposing team’s most prolific tweeters.
It’s been a bad week for Arsenal after they threw away a three goal lead in the Champions League against Anderlecht and the only consolation I can see for Arsenal fans right now is the form of Spurs. Tottenham lost 2-1 at home to Stoke as their poor start to the season continued.
It seems that most of the points going to London at the moment are headed straight for Stamford Bridge.
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Barry Cawston: Dreamstates
Dreamstates brings together a unique selection of Barry Cawston’s extraordinary photographs. Cawston takes us on a surreal trip across countries and continents; drawing us in with his mysterious storytelling until it becomes almost impossible to remember that the imagery is found by him and not somehow imagined by us.
We are led, primarily, into this eerie state by Cawston’s deft composition. Whether we find ourselves drifting aimlessly through North American States or looking through the menu of a Russian Diner we do so in the alone of dreams that is never quite fully alone. We are following someone. Or perhaps we are waiting for them. It is difficult to be sure. But their absence is always felt as a heavy presence in Cawston’s uncanny world.
And Cawston’s eye for intense colours and cinematic lighting leads us yet deeper into our dreamsate. He is meticulous with this rich detailing; no chink in the curtains allows reality to creep back in. Though we are hesitant we are compelled to walk down unsettling corridors and climb moonlit stairs – until we reach the Tibetan Cowboy who is no more plausible than the landscape he has grown out of but may at least know what we are to imagine next.
Cawston is an internationally renowned artist, who has won several prestigious awards including the Chairman’s Choice Award at the RWA Photographic Open in 2008, and British Open Art awards in 2012 and 2013. He has exhibited all over the world including solo shows in France, Russia, Sweden and Belgium, Toronto and New York.
Steve Best: Comedians Back To Front
Comedians: Back to Front gives us an exclusive and revealing peek behind the curtain of the British Comedy scene.
Steve Best’s own years on the comedy circuit have not only taken him to the four corners of the planet but helped him to gain the trust of some of the funniest people on it – and with it an open door to the four corners of their dressing rooms.
Being in the exact right place is only one thing, however. Being there at the right time is another matter entirely; and none more so than when it can be measured by the split-seconds of the camera’s shutter. We are very fortunate, therefore, that Best’s mastery of photographic timing is faultless because with it we get such a complete picture.
The look exchanged between Julian Clary and the compere Paul Thorne, at the Ealing Comedy Festival, was as fleeting as can be, but its depth does not escape Best’s eye. There is such camaraderie and affection between the two comedians. There is admiration. Well-wishing and gratefulness. And we sense the shared adrenalin rush.
We know that it is Joe Rowntree who must be about to go on because we can hardly breathe for him whilst Michael Fabbri must just have triumphed because Best captures his immortal smile for all eternity. In Best’s image of Barry Cryer we have a whole career in the mirror, and we can’t tell whether the name-call is about to happen or is as long gone as any of the nerves that used to go with it.
And who knew that Jack Whitehall might ever take anything seriously enough to show any nerves, or to feel the need to actually plan any of his material for that matter? But of course he does, and of course he has to – as Best reveals so perfectly to us. And so it is with Harry Hill. Everything is there in the moments of stillness that Best portrays – the meticulous and hard-working people behind the comic personas we know and love. Everything that goes from back to front.
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Vandana Slatter
Meet Vandana
Slatter resigns from Bellevue City Council as she takes 48th District seat
The Bellevue Reporter writes:
After a whirlwind week of legislative positions opening up and being filled, Vandana Slatter is ready to get to work.
Slatter — the newly-appointed representative of the 48th Legislative District — resigned her position on the Bellevue City Council Monday night before she heads to Olympia.
She was appointed to the representative role after Rep. Patty Kuderer was appointed to fill the 48th’s Senate seat, vacated by Cyrus Habib after his election to the lieutenant governor position.
“With the size of Bellevue’s economy, I do not believe I’d have the bandwidth to do both jobs,” Slatter said. “I’m honored to serve in this new capacity, and support Bellevue in this new capacity, as well as Kirkland and Redmond.”
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Leafleting and Booklet Effectiveness
By Jack Norris, Executive Director, and Rania Hannan, Research and Assessment Specialist
People have always asked us at Vegan Outreach how we know whether leafleting makes a difference. We’ve mainly had anecdotal evidence to provide them, that we regularly highlight in our bi-monthly newsletter (and for years compiled on our website).
The impact that can be palpably felt on college campuses when leafleting—by talking to interested students, seeing people reading the booklets, and overhearing people discuss the issue—typically leaves an activist with a strong sense that they’re making an impact. These feelings are what keep so many leafleters going out day after day.
Still, it would be great to have more precise information about the impact of leafleting. In so doing, we should keep in mind that there are multiple scenarios where leafleting is likely to make a positive difference.
Direct Diet Change: A person receiving a booklet is moved emotionally or intellectually by the suffering of farmed animals which inspires current or future diet change.
Education: Leafleting educates a generation of college students about the concept of veganism and speciesism, creating a new conversation around the ethics of killing animals for food.
Word of Mouth: The original booklet recipient shares that information with others either through conversation or passing along the booklet.
Touchpoint: A person is made aware of the suffering of farmed animals by a booklet, which makes them more likely to change their diet when presented with a future outreach activity.
Animal Protection Community-Building: Leafleting is a low barrier-to-entry activity for new animal activists. Taking part in leafleting outings builds important connections between people and organizations in the animal protection community.
Historically, studies on leafleting have focused on direct diet change. And our leafleting effectiveness study (LES) is also focused on direct diet change, but to get a full assessment of the benefits of leafleting, these other dimensions should be taken into consideration.
Previous Studies on Reading Booklets
Vegan Outreach has conducted two online booklet reading studies, also known as Pay Per Read.
2014 Pay Per Read Study
In 2014, we conducted our first Pay Per Read study using Amazon Mechanical Turk. Participants read Your Choice, Even if You Like Meat, or a control booklet about immigration and then completed a survey about their intention to change their diet. 223 people read Your Choice, 181 read Even if You Like Meat, and 213 read the control pamphlet. One month later, 67 of the Your Choice, 134 of the Even if You Like Meat, and 158 of the control booklet readers completed a follow-up survey to measure diet change.
Readers found Even If You Like Meat more persuasive than Your Choice, although there weren’t enough participants to determine any measurable difference between the booklets in terms of diet change. At the time, Even If You Like Meat had noticeably more text, citations, and graphic images than Your Choice, and less of a focus on trying to persuade people based on the fact that others are also going veg.
The results suggested that 1 out of every 60-100 readers may have become pescatarian, vegetarian, or vegan due to reading the booklet. These results are highly uncertain due to a lack of statistical significance.
In 2016, we conducted another online Pay Per Read study to compare the effects of different Vegan Outreach booklets. Through Amazon Mechanical Turk, 2,455 participants completed a pre-test, which included questions about their baseline diet, and then read one of four booklets:
Your Choice: Emphasizes harm done to animals and attempts to persuade readers to go veg by saying that people like themselves are going veg, so they should too.
Even if You Like Meat: Spends more time trying to persuade people not to eat animal products because of the harm it causes animals and contains more graphic photos than Your Choice.
Speciesism: How You Can Help End It: The same content as Even If You Like Meat, with a page devoted to a discussion of speciesism, and a plea to combat speciesism.
A Simple Way to Help: Similar to Even If You Like Meat but focuses on chicken reduction. It has only pictures of chickens on the front cover, devotes a page to talking about how eating less chickens helps the most animals, and makes a strong plea to not eat chickens.
Three to five months later, 1,539 participants completed the post-test survey. We found:
Readers of all four booklets showed a significant increase in the avoidance of beef, chicken, dairy, turkey, and pork (with most results being statistically significant when compared to the pre-test).
There were no statistically significant differences between booklets, although there was a trend for Speciesism to reduce animal product consumption more than the other booklets.
An average of one person adopted a mostly vegan diet (reducing their consumption of all non-vegan foods to less than once per week) for every 75 booklets read.
People who newly avoided eating mammals due to reading the booklets were also likely to avoid eating chickens.
Previous Studies on Leafleting
There’ve been two studies attempting to measure the impact of leafleting on diet change, both released in 2013. One study was performed by Farm Sanctuary and The Humane League (link) and the other was performed by Animal Charity Evaluators (link).
Both studies found support that leafleting leads to diet change, but they didn’t have many statistically significant findings. They also didn’t use a pre-test/post-test model in which diet change was measured before and after treatment.
There’s been one additional study (released in 2015) that was similar to leafleting on college campuses. The Humane League went to colleges and asked students to take a food frequency survey after which they were given a booklet. The students were contacted a few months later and given a follow-up food frequency survey. The intent of the study was to see how four different messages, and no message at all for a control group, impacted dietary change. The study had between 126 and 149 students in each treatment group and 57 in the control. Surprisingly, they found that the control group reduced their animal product consumption more than the treatment groups. But, in any case, this study tested responses to booklets among people who stopped to take the survey and might not apply to leafleting (PDF).
Vegan Outreach’s Pilot Studies
Pilot Trial One—Fall 2015
We handed out 5,000 copies of our Your Choice booklet (500 per school at 10 schools) and 1,000 control brochures at one school. Participants received a $5 gift certificate for completing the pre- and post-test. The pre-test response rate was 1.8% for the treatment group (88 respondents) and 1.6% for the control group (16 respondents). 54 respondents—52% of the pre-test respondents—completed the post-test. The overall completion rate was less than 1%.
Pilot Trial Two—Spring 2016
We handed out 100 booklets at two schools. In this round, we increased the gift certificate amount—upon completion of both surveys—to $10 for 100 booklets and $20 for the other 100. The response rates were still lower than we had desired. For the pre-test, we received 7 responses for the $10 gift certificate and 6 for the $20 gift certificate. For the post-test, we received 3 responses for the $10 gift certificate and 2 for the $20.
Pilot Trial Three—Fall 2016
We distributed 100 booklets each at 6 schools. Participants received $5 for completing the pre-test and $10 for completing the post-test. The response rates were higher this round, with 6.3% (38 respondents) for the pre-test and 4.8% (29 respondents) for the post-test.
Spring 2018 Leafleting Effectiveness Study
In the spring of 2018, our outreach coordinators handed out two different treatment booklets, along with control cards at different college campuses.
We handed out 14,000 Compassionate Choices at 29 schools and 14,000 What Is Speciesism booklets at 28 schools, along with 5,838 control cards at 10 other schools.
Unlike the LES pilot tests, stickers were printed on the front covers, rather than physically stuck on the front, which might have reduced the students noticing them.
Participants took a pre-test that measured their animal product intake, followed by a post-test given to them approximately one month later. Participants received $5 for completing the pre-test and $10 for completing the post-test.
Compassionate Choices had a pre-test response rate of 2.7% and post-test response rate of 1.4%, while What is Speciesism had a pre-test response rate of 2.5% and post-test response rate of 1.4%. The control cards had a higher response rate of 11.8% for the pre-test and 6.4% for the post-test.
Higher tuition schools had very low response rates—perhaps $5 for the pre-test wasn’t much of an incentive. We hadn’t included a higher tuition school in our pilot studies and didn’t anticipate this problem.
Diet Changes
Results tended to go in the directions we expect, but with wide confidence intervals. Results from the post-test show that those who read either booklet reduced their consumption of beef, chicken, dairy, eggs, fish, and pork. What is Speciesism made a larger impact than Compassionate Choices in reported animal product consumption reduction in all categories except for fish.
While both booklet groups showed a trend toward reducing animal product consumption, the control group also showed such a trend. This could be due to survey-taker bias, a random anomaly, or because taking a survey about animal product consumption leads to reduced intake over the next month.
In terms of how people identify themselves, the What is Speciesism group had 7 additional people identifying as ovo-lacto vegetarian or vegan while the Compassionate Choices group had 3 (see image below).
Creating a New Single Week Vegan
As in our earlier online booklet study, the main outcome we were measuring was how many people became single week vegans, defined as someone who answered “less than one time per week” or “never” for the eating frequency of every animal product.
Out of the 400 surveys completed by those who received a treatment booklet, there were 18 new single week vegans, but 4 people who stopped being a single week vegan, for a net of 14 new single week vegans. Out of the 372 surveys completed by the control group, there were 8 net new single week vegans.
We calculate that 74 booklets need to be read to create a net new single week vegan:
Rate of change for treatment: (18-4)/400 = .035
Rate of change for control: 8/372 = .021
Net rate of change per booklet: .035 – .021 = .0135
Inverse: 74.1
Our finding that it required 74 booklets to be read to produce a single week vegan matches the 75 booklet result we received from our online booklet study, as mentioned above.
But this doesn’t answer how effective leafleting is because we don’t know how many booklets are read.
Our spring 2018 LES does provide insight into this as 59 people who received treatment booklets started the pre-test and answered that they hadn’t read the booklet. We decided to end the study for such people (rather than to pay them the gift certificates). In retrospect, it might have been better to put them through the pre- and post-tests as a second set of controls. But, in any case, if you add these 59 people to our booklets per single-week vegan calculations, we get:
Rate of change for treatment: (18-4)/459 = .0305
Rate of change for control: 8/372 = .0215
Net rate of change per booklet: .0305 – .021 = .0085
Inverse: 118
It might seem as though 13% (59 out of 459) is a very low estimate for how many people don’t read the booklets. However, when we leaflet colleges and later check trash cans in the vicinity, they don’t typically have an enormous amount of booklets—though it does depend on how fast we’re handing them out.
What is meant by “reading the booklet” is open to some interpretation—most people probably page through it before discarding and that could be enough to make them think more about the issue. If we consider paging through the booklet and reading at least some of it to be “reading” the booklet, then a 13% non-read rate might be in the realm of possibility.
LES Combined Results
We combined the Spring 2018 LES results with our pilot study data. We used a random effects model that considers each wave-booklet combination as if it were its own study.
The graph below shows the weighted average of all the random effects. When we combine our most recent data with that of previous waves, we find that reading a booklet makes an impact on the odds of avoiding animal products. Compared to the control group, those who read a VO booklet reported they were less likely to eat chicken, dairy, fish, pork, and turkey—though the findings were not statistically significant.
Future of Measurements
We have a handful of concerns about continuing to run the LES.
The LES is expensive (this round cost $20,376), has a very low survey response rate which makes extrapolation difficult, has a potentially large survey-taker bias, and a low post-test completion rate.
We also experienced about 10% of responses being from people attempting to game the system—their answers were removed from our analyses above—which would likely increase with larger gift certificate amounts, should we attempt larger amounts to increase the response rate.
We ran power calculations for what another similar-costing round of the LES would likely bring us and while the confidence intervals would shrink, it wouldn’t be enough to reach statistical significance between the treatment group and controls.
For these reasons, we developed an alternative plan for assessing the benefits of leafleting.
Currently, the back cover of our booklets lists a link for a Guide to Animal-Free Eating, which directs people to the sign-up form for our 10 Weeks to Vegan (10W) email series. New booklets will have a much larger plea for the 10 Weeks to Vegan sign-up (as shown in the image below).
Although it will take some time for these booklets to arrive in circulation, once they do, we’ll get an idea of the minimum impact we’re having by tracking 10 Weeks to Vegan signups from our booklets.
If Not Leafleting, Then What?
For doing outreach to large numbers of individuals, the main method other than leafleting has been showing videos—either with activists showing the videos or via using Facebook ads that lead people to a video.
Faunalytics and Animal Equality did a study on video outreach in which they found that people who watched a video of factory farm pig suffering had stronger anti-pork attitudes immediately and one month after viewing. Compared to the control group, those who watched either video reported eating slightly less pork one month later.
Another study by Mercy for Animals measured diet change over the course of a few months in females aged 13-25 who watched a video (via a Facebook ad). They found no decrease in animal product consumption.
Although it isn’t yet clear whether leafleting or video outreach is more cost-effective, Vegan Outreach has been doing more virtual reality video outreach to balance out our leafleting. Our original goal was to show virtual reality videos to 10,000 people in 2018, but thanks to the dedication and enthusiasm of our outreach staff, we easily blew through that goal by mid-year!
The Number of Vegans is Growing
A 1994 Roper Poll commissioned by The Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG) marked the first year where surveys estimating the number of vegetarians and vegans asked people what animal products they eat rather than whether they consider themselves vegetarian or vegan.
Referring to their 1994 poll, Charles Stahler of VRG said, “We can have some confidence in saying there are between negligible vegans and 700,000 vegans in the country.” Since then, VRG commissioned a number of polls and their latest poll in 2019 found that approximately 2% of US adults are vegan. Applying their results to the US adult population shows that 5.1 million American adults are considered vegan.
Gallup conducted a poll in 2018 and found that the percentage of U.S. adult vegetarians has remained at 5% since their previous poll in 2012. However, they found that 3% of U.S. adults now consider themselves to be vegan compared to 2% in 2012—this is a 50% increase. Applying their results to the US adult population shows that 7.6 million American adults consider themselves to be vegan.
These polls are the best information we have on how many U.S. adults are vegan, and they show that over 22 years—and a great deal of activism—we have increased the number of vegans by many millions.
Outreach should fuel a continued increase in the number of vegans and, at some point, we should reach a tipping point where the number increases exponentially.
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Hot Guys of Vegas: Heartbreakers and Dream Makers
Get a little closer with guys who sweep you off your feet, sometimes literally…
Last time in this series I took you to the world of bodybuilders…those superhuman, rock-hard specimens of manliness that gym-bunnies aspire to emulate. This month it’s time to get comfy with the kind of men who make your dreams and fantasies come true. From Prince Charming types to men behind the desk and behind the scenes, these are the Hot Guys of Vegas: Heartbreakers and Dream Makers.
Alexander Stabler – dancer/aerialist/stylist
Alexander Stabler
Where you’ve seen him – Le Reve The Dream at Wynn
Alexander Stabler (banner photo above) is one of those guys who looks like they stepped out of the cover of a romance novel. Strapping frame, carefully-mussed hair, billowing open shirt and a stature that says “hero”, Alexander will sweep you off your feet as the hearththrob of Le Reve – The Dream.
Once part of the troupe of ballroom dancers that glided into and out of the water spectacular, Alexander is now front and center at the core of Wynn‘s signature production. As his role has increased, so has Alexander’s visibility throughout the city. From charity fundraisers to a boat on Lake Mead to hiking the rocky cliffs with his dog Samson, you never know where you’ll find this real-life Prince Charming.
Not content to just lie in the sun, this Newport Beach native has dabbled in many varied projects throughout the city. His Axle Entertainment provided hot visuals for Liaison Nightclub and his studies through Paul Mitchell make him a well-respected stylist. Alex was a principal dancer at Luminario Ballet of Los Angeles and is a former cast member of Zumanity by Cirque du Soleil. No wonder he’s a hot commodity on the stage.
Years of living in Macau and Hong Kong gave Alexander a unique humanitarian view that belies his young age. Although this avid traveler has been around the world, Alexander Stabler is now proud to call Las Vegas his home.
Noteworthy traits – “ballet boo-tay”, heroic man-rack
Eric Roy – attorney
Attorney Eric Roy
Where you’ve seen him – billboards, television, community events
Sometimes a guy is so absurdly handsome that he can stop traffic. When you see advertisements featuring Attorney Eric Roy, you’ll know precisely what I mean. If Eric wasn’t such an all-around good guy, I’d be tempted to accuse this personal-injury attorney of deliberately causing traffic accidents. Have you seen his stunning billboards? But personal injuries aren’t the only cases he handles, so I guess the Twin Falls, Idaho native has a solid alibi.
Some people dislike attorneys in the same way that used-car salesmen get no respect. Eric Roy Esq. has been able to avoid that stigma by becoming a beloved member of the Las Vegas community (not to mention the recipient of numerous awards for achievement in his field). He’s a favorite at speaking engagements and on television segments, offering helpful legal advice to people across the Las Vegas Valley.
Attorney Roy is tireless in his devotion to charities and advocacy for organizations that promote social positivity. From volunteering for Goodie Two Shoes Foundation, which provides shoes and socks for underprivileged youngsters…to sponsoring a girl’s soccer team…to delivering food for income-strapped locals via Hopelink of Southern Nevada, Eric never passes on an opportunity to help out those in need.
Of course, all work and no play would make Eric a very dull boy. So in his free time, this white-collar hunk is an avid traveler who likes to ditch the suit and tie for rugged hiking and mountain biking. Doggies Big Boy and Lil Girl and lady-love Elizabeth keep him grounded…as does some obviously well-spent time in the gym.
Noteworthy traits – matinee-idol looks, action-hero physique
Michael Caprio – publicist/marketing/management/media design
Michael Caprio
Where you’ve seen him – premieres, fundraisers, celebrity functions
The term “mover and shaker” was probably coined after Michael Caprio. Very little happens in Sin City entertainment without his involvement in one form or another. This master of Public Relations is a favorite of high-profile celebrities across the country.
Las Vegas has Michael to thank for the triumphant residency of Olivia Newton-John at Flamingo. It was he who brought Richard Marx to the same hotel for a landmark series of performances this summer. And Michael is the Big Daddy behind the world-famous Chippendales. There’s also Leeza Gibbons, Jon Secada, John Tesh and Melody Sweets of Absinthe in his portfolio, if you don’t mind a little name-dropping.
Recently, the founder of Caprio Media Design has been traveling across the country for promotional appearances with Aussie group Human Nature (be sure to attend their annual holiday show at Venetian). And he’s also been behind the successful launch of the new WOW – World of Wonder at the Rio (see my review here).
Fans of the Sharknado movie franchise have benefited from Michael’s expertise. He represents star Ian Ziering and was responsible for the huge premiere party at Stratosphere last summer for entry #4 in the wildly-successful series. No doubt their collaboration on those films yielded two successful guest-hosting stints of Ziering at Chippendales as well.
Each year, Caprio flies to Australia to join Olivia Newton-John for her annual ONJ Wellness Walk and Research Run. The event is dear to his heart and he crusades to raise funds for the ONJ Cancer Wellness and Research Center. Olivia’s recent second bout with the disease made the trip even more poignant this year.
Michael is constantly flying from Vegas to Los Angeles to New York City, so it’s rare that he gets to settle down with hubby Randy Slovacek and their adorable dogs for a quiet evening at home. But when they do, Michael’s culinary expertise yields some gloriously beautiful gourmet dishes.
Michael and hubby Randy
Notable traits – infectious grin, mile-long eye lashes, grace under pressure
Adam Barabáš – dancer/acrobat
Adam Barabáš
Where you’ve seen him – Divas, Jubilee!, WOW – World of Wonder
The next dancer on our list is Adam Barabáš. If Adam’s profile photo looks a little (actually a lot) like Aquaman, the resemblance has served him well. This native of Slovakia is currently dancing on water in Rio‘s aquatic spectacular WOW – World of Wonder.
Adam takes flight in WOW – World of Wonder…
Despite being only 27 years old, Adam may have already made some Las Vegas history. He’s the only performer to my knowledge to have ever been in two major re-enactments of the sinking of Titanic.
First he played double-duty in Jubilee!, donning a tuxedo for the ballroom sequence before quick-changing into a shirtless laborer for the engine room scene. Now he gets to do it again, five nights a week, in WOW‘s high-tech variation on the dreaded event. How’s that for a little trivia?
This graduate of The Private Conservatory of Arts in Nitra, Slovakia also appears regularly in Frank Marino’s DIVAS at Linq Hotel. Part of their sexy troupe of dancer boys, Adam provides back-up for the likenesses of Cher, Pink, Madonna and Celine Dion.
Being a cast member in two major productions doesn’t leave much time for leisure, especially when Barabáš has that chiseled body to maintain. He’ll hit one of the various Las Vegas Athletic Clubs around the valley for his workouts. If time is very tight he’ll even go through his fitness routines at the theaters between shows…or use his own home gym.
Spending the day with Chipp at Red Rock Canyon…
When the great outdoors calls, Adam takes his four-footed pal Chipp for a round of fetch. Sometimes it’s hiking at Red Rock Canyon or Mt. Charleston. Growing up in the small village of Dubnica nad Váhom (population 26,000) gave Adam few opportunities for luxuries. Now that he calls Las Vegas his home, he enjoys the comforts of a great meal…and a day at the spa to soothe those amazing, hard-working muscles.
Noteworthy traits – abs of steel, European mystique
Mike Hammer – magician/comedian/emcee
Mike Hammer
Where you’ve seen him – self-titled comedy/magic show at Four Queens
Somewhere in Chicago, a retired school teacher is wondering “What ever happened to that class clown Michael Hammer?”. Well, I’d bet he or she would be surprised to know that little Mikey grew up…and became the biggest and best entertainer in Downtown Las Vegas.
“A boy’s best friend is his mother” – Norman Bates
Mike Hammer can be seen onstage five nights a week at Mike Hammer Comedy Magic, a fast-paced gas that will have you returning time and again. His hyperkinetic energy, lightning-fast improvisations and dazzling illusions make Mike a standout on the entertainment scene.
Offering fashion advice to Robin Leach at a charity event…
Naturally, this quick-witted guy is known for charitable functions (are we seeing a pattern here?). Hammer has hosted numerous events for other organizations when not preparing for his own. Just a few weeks ago, Mike and his famous friends came together for the 3rd Annual Mike Hammer Celebrity Go Kart Race to benefit Wounded Warrior Project. This year, proceeds were shared with Las Vegas Victims’ Fund.
Sharing fitness tips with Chippendales performer Ryan Worley…
The success of Mike’s own show gave him the clout to produce a second one at Four Queens. Spirit of the King, starring Elvis tribute artist Steve Connolly, draws in a line of fans that stretches across the casino floor each evening. Then there are the TV appearances, emceeing MMA matches, corporate events, and his own weekly radio program The Vegas Take with Brian Shapiro.
Keeping such a busy schedule was starting to wear the Hammer down – he was literally forgetting to eat. After getting way too thin, the over-40 sports enthusiast decided to consult a nutritionist for a personalized program, then combined it with intense late-night workouts. He quickly began to fill out his slender frame. “I don’t actually look different in my suit”, he said “but I have more muscle. Getting there!”.
Notable traits – sarcasm, hair of epic proportions, chiseled cheekbones
Steve Kim – entrepreneur/dancer
Steve Kim
Where you’ve seen him – Chippendales/American Storm/Mr. Olympia/magazines
Our final Hot Guy of this chapter is Steve Kim. I first met Steve on the opening night of Men of the Strip this summer. Despite the fact that the venue was filled with hundreds of celebs, male strippers and their fans, this hunky former Oregonian managed to stand out in the crowd.
Naturally I had to find out who this dude was. We struck up a conversation and I learned that his home town is Portland, just north of where I currently live. The more we talked, the more fascinated I became.
Kim owns and operates Wild Entertainment, which provides sexy guys and gals for a wide variety of corporate functions and private parties. You need some hot shirtless bartenders or sexy golf caddies? Steve’s got them. Some voluptuous product reps for a convention? No problem. Discerning ladies of taste can even find a reputable and proper male escort for a safe evening out. And they’re completely LGBTQ-friendly, too.
My company is proud to be #LGBTQ friendly. We don’t discriminate based on age, sex, race, religion, whatever.. as long as you’re a decent human being, you deserve to have as much fun as anyone else in Las Vegas!
Steve calls his talent agency “experiential”, a cutting-edge form of marketing that invites consumers to participate in a brand evolution. While that concept might go over your head (it did for me, but there was an open bar that evening), it’s clear that he was paying attention when studying marketing at Santa Clara University.
You can be sure that Wild Entertainment guarantees the highest level of professionalism…and discretion. Of course, a product is only as good as the person supplying it, and Steve is hot hot hot. This former Chippendale dancer has graced the cover of fitness magazines, competed in physique contests and even worked as a software developer for Microsoft. Brains plus brawn? A lethal combination to be sure.
There isn’t a lot of free time in Steve Kim’s life, but he enjoys it to the fullest. Hanging out with friends, de-stressing on a yoga mat or tossing treats to brother-and-sister dogs Hachi and Yumi are the things that make him smile.
Steve has some major plans in the works for Wild Entertainment, and soon we’ll be sitting down to discuss them for a future article. Until that happens, he offers this teaser:
Big things are coming and soon the world will know about my company and my ambitions. We’re taking over exotic entertainment in Vegas. It’s gonna change everything!
Notable traits – flawless golden skin, electromagnetic aura
Photos: Ashley Kacvinsky, Ashley Kemp, Michael Caprio via Facebook, Eric Roy via Facebook, John Ganun, Patrick Rivera, Luis Raphael, Adam Barabáš via Facebook, Mike Hammer via Facebook, Steve Kim via Facebook. Banner photo courtesy of Armando Farfan Jr.
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Adventure Island Rohini Delhi | Everything to Know About
Adventure Island in Delhi is one of the best water parks in Delhi that is renowned for its r
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Adventure Island in Rohini, Delhi is one of the best theme and water parks in the country, India. With more than 100 rides to enjoy, this water park, Delhi is renowned for being the perfect hangout place for both adults and kids. This is the place where not only you can lay off your steam, but also enjoy the enthusiasm of life to the fullest. Where, this place brings the exclusive collection of rides for adults there, this amusement and water park brings forth the variety of kids and family rides as well.
Once, you enter the gates of this mesmerizing island of adventure in Delhi, you will be lost in the world full of crazy and fun.
Tour of Adventure Island, Rohini, Delhi
When it comes to having fun and things to do in Delhi, Delhi never disappoints its guests and folks. With many water park to lay off heat of summers, People are now, welcomed to the most amazing island of Adventure in Delhi. There are different kinds of rides that are available in this amazing place called Adventure Island in Delhi.
Fasten your seat belts folks, here comes the joyful ride of enlightening you with what can you find in this estimable and extraordinary amusement and water park in Delhi.
Adults Rides in Adventure Island in Rohini, Delhi
There are over 10 rides that are exclusively designed for the Adult guests in the Adventure island. Including these rides are mind-blowing rides like –
Z-Force – Z-force is the ride that is designed for accommodating 8 people at once with the height of 105 cms or above. This ride is designed to give you thrilling experience at heights and is one of the most entertaining rides in the Island of Adventure, Delhi.
Side Winder ride – With the capacity of 24 people, Side Winder is one of the prominent rides in the Adventure Island housed in Rohini. All the folks with height of 134 cms and above can enjoy this ride.
Sky Rider – This ride has the capacity of accommodating 24 people at time with the height of 105 cms and above. So, if you are looking for some cool and thrilling ride, hop on this sky rider and enjoy the feeling of flying.
Lightning Bolt – Lightning bolt is one of the best rides in Adventure islands in Rohini. This being said, this ride also has capacity of 24 people of height 130 cms and above.
Flip Out – With the minimum height requirement of 130 cms and capacity of 12 people at a time, this ride is quit fun for all the adults and is proclaimed as centre of attraction among the rides of Island of Adventure in Delhi.
Twister – Twister is one of the specific rides that is designed for adults with height of 135 cms and above. With the capacity of entertaining 31 people at time, this ride is paradise for ride lovers. This is one of the most loved rides in the adventure island in Rohini, Delhi.
Space Jump – All the adults with height of 120 cms and above, can enjoy this jumping space ride at Adventure Island Delhi. This ride allows to have 24 riders at one instant and is one of the thrilling rides for adults there.
Climbing Wall – Climbing Wall is one of the best adventurous sports at Adventure Island, Rohini to entertain the climbers. With the height of 4 ft., now you can enjoy the feel of climbing being at Island of Adventure in Delhi.
Also, in this Adventure Island, there are rides like Splash down and wild wheel for adults to enjoy.
Kids and Family Rides Section
Apart from the Adult rides section, there is one very charismatic section of rides for kids and family in Adventure island, Delhi. These rides include – Cyclone, Air Pogo, Derby Devils, Wave Rocker, kids Bumper Cars, Bungee Trampoline, Tiny Tv Transit, Fire Brigade, Bush Buggies, Splash Dunk and Jungle Maze. Where, these rides are designed to give amazing experience to all the kids, there, these are the perfect entertainment for complete families as well. So, if you are planning to visit Adventure islands based in Rohini with family, this section will definitely amaze you.
Water Rides Section in Adventure island in Rohini, Delhi
Coming to the section, that is loved by all in summers and is one of the best sections in Adventure island Delhi. This section includes some of the major attractions of this amusement and water park. Including rides like Splash Dunk, Splash Down, Aqua Bump, Swan Boat, Water Coaster and H20, this section has been rated as the best section in the Rohini’s Adventure island.
Adventure Island, Rohini Ticket Price and Contact
Adventure Island, Rohini Ticket Price for General Pass – Rs. 450
Ticket Price for Senior Citizen – Rs. 350 [Age Proof Needed]
Address – Opposite Rithala Metro Station, Sector-10, Rohini, New Delhi
Contact – +91-11-47041111
Find out About latest offers in Adventure Island, Rohini, Delhi.
There are also special offers for the corporate bookings, school bookings and birthday bookings.
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Inspiration: Lily Collins by Todd Cole for InStyle March 2017
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The raven-haired actress looks positively stunning in the March 2017 issue of InStyle, clad in pieces from Osman, Altuzarra, Valentino, and more.
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The best society weddings of 2018
Rock around the Christmas tree, and kick off NYE, with these holiday cocktails
There can be no doubt that 2018 was the year when UK royal wedding fever hit the world. All eyes were on Windsor, as the quaint English town welcomed the fairytale nuptials of Prince Harry and his American bride Meghan Markle in May. St. George's Chapel also saw Harry’s cousin Princess Eugenie tie the knot with long-term love Jack Brooksbank this fall in October.
However, the castles, carriages and couture gowns didn’t stop there. The diaries of high society circles around the globe were jam-packed with wedding celebrations to rival happily ever afters straight out of Disney.
From the union of European and Latin American aristocracy at Prince Christian of Hanover and Alessandra de Osma’s dreamy Peruvian ceremony, to the three-day Indian and Italian bonanza of Bollywood royalty Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, this year has seen high-profile lovebirds celebrate their marriages in unimaginably elegant style.
Indulge in the society nuptials of 2018 with these striking photos...
Prince Christian of Hanover and Alessandra de Osma leave the San Pedro Church in Lima
Prince Christian of Hanover and Alessandra de Osma
Prince Christian of Hanover, (son of Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, and second in line to the throne) wed Peruvian beauty, Alessandra de Osma, in a spectacular ceremony at the 17th Century San Pedro church in the bride’s native Lima on March 16, almost four months after tying the knot in an intimate civil ceremony in London.
The city of Lima joined in on the celebrations as the streets were closed off and flowers hung from street lamps, while well-wishers gathered at the gates of the church to admire the procession.
Alessandra de Osma accompanied by her father Felipe de Osma and Princess Alexandra of Hanover
The Hispanic bride, who is a lawyer and former model, opted for an elegant white lace gown with high neckline and three quarter length sleeves designed by Jorge Vázquez.
She was led into the church arm-in-arm with her father, Felipe de Osma, an executive at a Peruvian financial firm, while the groom’s half-sister Princess Alexandra of Hanover, wearing a pink and black mini dress, helped carry the bride’s heavy train.
Alessandra de Osma dazzles in the Hanover Floral Tiara
The Latin beauty finished off her look with the Hanover Floral Tiara, which has previously been worn by Princess Caroline of Hanover and sister-in-law Ekaterina Malyshev.
Christian, 32, and Alessandra, 25, first locked eyes in 2005, when she served as his tour guide during a visit to Peru. However, it was not until 2011 when the couple first emerged as a couple, as reported by HOLA!.
Kate Moss led the high profile guest list
Kate Moss at Prince Christian of Hanover and Alessandra de Osma's Wedding
In addition to the couple’s high profile family members, there were some other very familiar faces at the wedding. Guests included super-model Kate Moss and boyfriend of two years Count Nikolai Von Bismark as well as British royal sisters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice.
Princess Theodora of Sayn-Wittgenstein and Earl Nikolaus Bethlen de Bethlen on their wedding day
Princess Theodora zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Earl Nikolaus Bethlen de Bethlen
Princess Theodora of Sayn-Wittgenstein of Germany could not have looked happier on her special day. She wed company director Earl Nikolaus Bethlen de Bethlen in a religious ceremony in Bad Laasphe, Germany on July 21.
The German Princess is the daughter of Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Countess Yvonne Wachtmeister of Johannishus, who married in Barbo, Sweden, in 1975
Princess Theodora of Sayn-Wittgenstein and Earl Nikolaus Bethlen de Bethlen are greeted with confetti
Princess Theodora of Sayn-Wittgenstein and Earl Nikolaus Bethlen de Bethlen
The newlyweds looked overcome with joy as guests threw colorful confetti over them as they left the church.
The 31-year-old princess bride, who studied at the same UK university as Prince William and Kate Middleton, St. Andrews in Scotland, dazzled in a floor-length short-sleeved ivory gown with a modern collar and hip panels. A delicate silver tiara, red lips, and a bouquet of blue and white hydrangeas complemented her look while a long veil trailed beautifully behind her.
Princess Theodora of Sayn-Wittgenstein and Earl Nikolaus Bethlen de Bethlen share a kiss in a convertible car
The loved-up couple locked lips in a convertible car surrounded by friends and family before they jetted off to their happily ever after.
Wedding guests who attended to celebrate the aristocratic nuptials included Prince Maximilian of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and his wife Princess Franziska, Princess Katalin von Wrede and Princess Anna of Bavaria.
Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya flocked by adorable pageboys and flower girls
Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya
The stunning resort of St. Moritz in Switzerland was the charming setting for Prince Konstantin of Bavaria, son of Prince Leopold and Princess Ursula of Bavaria, to tie the knot with his Turkish interior designer bride, Deniz Kaya on September 1.
The couple, who first met in London in 2012, married in the French Eglise au Bois church with the help of some very cute flower girls and pageboys dressed in traditional Swiss costume.
Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya leave the Elise au Bois church in St Moritz
The photogenic bride opted for an elegant lace dress with a boat-shaped neckline, channeling Meghan Markle-wedding vibes, and intricate lace detailing finished off with diamond earrings and a simple low bun from which her veil hung.
While the Bavarian monarchy ended in 1918, the family still hold royal titles, so the bride has adopted the title of Princess of Bavaria.
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden look glamorous at Prince Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya's wedding
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden at the wedding of Konstantin of Bavaria and Deniz Kaya
Some of Europe's most glamorous royals descended upon the stunning Swiss resort, including a dapper Prince Carl Philip of Sweden in tuxedo and his wife Princess Sofia of Sweden who looked dazzling with her signature loose curls and a light blue floor-length gown finished off with a black jacket.
Other high profile guests included Princess Astrid and Prince Josef of Liechtenstein as well as actress Mafalda Millies, Ludvig Andersson, son of ABBA’s Benny Andersson, and the groom’s royal siblings, who no doubt enjoyed the lavish reception in the nearby town of Engadine after the wedding.
Helene of Yugoslavia and Stanislas Fougeron exchange rings in the Saint Etienne de Janville church
Helene of Yugoslavia and Stanislas Fougeron
The quaint 19th century Saint Etienne de Janville church was the perfect backdrop for Princess Helene of Yugoslavia’s religious ceremony to businessman Stanislas Fougeron in Tillay-le-Péneux, France, on September 15.
The couple, who were first photographed together in 2013, married in a civil ceremony in Paris on the Princess’ 55th birthday on March 12.
Helene of Yugoslavia and Stanislas Fougeron stand amongst well-wishers in Tillay-le-Péneux
Princess Helene donned an elegant crocheted gown with an intricate leaf pattern during the nuptials to her now second-husband, Stanislas. Helene was previously married to Thierry Gaubert who is father to her three children Leopold, Milena and Natasha.
The 55-year-old aristocrat was glowing as she kept her makeup natural and swept her blond locks up in a relaxed bun, topped off with a white floral crown. Helene’s twin brother, Prince Serge, had the honor of walking his sister down the aisle. Serge and Helene's father, Alexander of Yugoslavia, passed away in 2016.
Helene of Yugoslavia and Stanislas Fougeron share a kiss in a convertible Rolls-Royce
The newlyweds posed in a Rolls-Royce convertible before embarking on the evening’s celebrations outside Stanislas’ picturesque property, the Chateau Villeprévost, where the couple currently reside.
The lovebirds welcomed their friends and family into their home for an intimate candlelit reception with live music and lots of dancing.
Prince Nicholas of Romania and Alina-Maria Binder stand outside the Sfantful Ilie Church as man and wife
Prince Nicholas of Romania and Alina-Maria Binder
Nicholas Medforth-Mills (grandson of the late King Michael I and former Prince Nicholas of Romania) married Alina-Maria Binder in a traditional Romanian Orthodox Service at the Sfantul Ilie Church on September 30 in Sinaia, a city important to the couple and which 70 years ago saw the wedding of Princess Ileana of Romania, the daughter of King Ferdinand.
Prince Nicholas of Romania and Alina-Maria Binder flocked by well-wishers in traditional Romanian costume
The traditional wedding honored the couple’s native land of Romania. A local designer, who allegedly incorporated hidden motifs inspired by the Saxon port, designed both the bride’s dress and the wedding menu. The banquet included 200 guests who were served popular Romanian dishes.
The only Romanian element missing were members of the Romanian Royal Family who reportedly did not attend the wedding, although, according to local media, they received invitations. Nicholas lost his title as Prince of Romania in 2015 by a decree imposed by the former King Michael I of Romania.
The newlyweds Prince Nicholas of Romania and Alina-Maria Binder share a kiss
After the traditional ceremony, Nicholas and Alina were whisked off in a horse-drawn carriage to the reception held at the Sinaia Casino. The happy couple were accompanied by crowds during the ride to the Casino, where they stopped to wave to well-wishers from the balcony. Before celebrations began, the newlyweds sealed the deal with a royal smooch.
Fernando Fitz-James Stuart and Sofia Palazuelo exchange rings
Fernando Fitz-James Stuart and Sofia Palazuelo
The late Duchess of Alba’s grandson, the 28-year-old Duke of Huescar, wed Sofia Palazuelo in a fairy tale ceremony that took place at his regal 18th Century family estate, the Liria Palace in Madrid. The newlyweds met while both were students at Madrid's College for International Studies (CIS) and were first pictured together in 2015, about two years into their romance.
Fernando Fitz-James Stuart and Sofía Palazuelo walk arm in arm through the Liria Palace in Madrid
Fernando Fitz-James Stuart and Sofía Palazuelo
The groom, Fernando Fitz-James Stuart, looked dashing in his red uniform of the royal cavalry armory of Seville. While his beautiful bride Sofia, daughter of architect and real estate mogul Fernando Palazuelo and gallery curator Sofía Barroso, dazzled in a simple white gown designed by her wedding dress designer aunt, Teresa Palazuelo.
The dress featured short sleeves, an A-line skirt and a long cape, which elegantly cascaded into a train behind her. The Spanish beauty opted not to wear a tiara from the Alba family and instead topped off her look with a chic feather hair ornament by Teresa Briz, who formerly worked as a royal milliner for Philip Treacy.
Fernando Fitz-James Stuart and Sofía Palazuelo say their vows in the Liria Palace's private chapel
Sofia, who recited her vows in the palace’s private chapel, has joined one of Europe’s most historic families and is in line to become the next Duchess of Alba. The title was famously held by Cayetana Rivera, Fernando’s flamboyant grandmother, who held more titles than anyone else in the world.
High profile guests at the ceremony included Queen Sofia of Spain as well as the eccentric fashion designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada.
Sophie of Württemberg and Count Maximilien of Andigné flocked by some adorable pageboys and flower girls
Duchess Sophie of Württemberg and Count Maximilien of Andigné
German Duchess Sophie of Württemberg married her prince charming, French aristocrat Count Maximilien of Andigné, in a fairy-tale ceremony taking place in Saint-Quirin church at the Castle of Tegernsee, Germany, on October 20.
Sophie, 24 and Maximilien, 29, who currently live in London, held a civil ceremony in Altshausen, Germany, in September before the lavish religious wedding.
Newlyweds Sophie of Württemberg and Count Maximilien of Andigné share a kiss outside the Saint-Quirin church
The couple were flanked by an adorable set of pageboys and flower girls while enjoying their first kiss as man and wife. The flower girls’ dresses included a red or blue ribbon and floral crowns made of baby’s breath. The pageboys were dressed to look like toy soldiers in stunning royal blue and dark green traditional costumes.
The groom, son of Heré of Andigné and his wife Marie Adelaide de la Barre de Nanteuil, is Vice President for Energy Derivatives at risk management firm Mitsui Bussan Commodities and looked dashing in his morning suit.
Sophie of Württermberg is led into the Saint-Quirin Church by her father Philip of Württermberg
Duchess Sophie of Württermberg and Count Maximilian of Andigné
Duchess Sophie, who is the eldest daughter to parents Duke Philip and Duchess Marie Caroline of Württermberg, looked beautiful in a simple satin long-sleeved gown with a high neckline, a spectacular tiara and an impressive long veil which featured intricate lace detailing that flowed behind her as her father, Duke Philip of Württermberg, led her into the Saint-Quirin church.
Princess Ayako and Kei Moriya after their traditional ceremony at the Meji Shrine in Tokyo
Princess Ayako and Kei Moriya
Japanese Princess Ayako, 28, the youngest daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, wed business executive, Kei Moraya, 32, in a traditional ceremony at the Meji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, on October 29. Dressed in customary Japanese court attire, consisting of a kimono robe and hakama pants. The bride wore her hair tied in the osuberakashi ancient style of Japanese noblewomen, while the groom looked handsome in a morning suit.
Ayako couldn't have looked more in love with her new hubby, Moriya, despite the fact she would officially lose her royal status following the nuptials. Under protocol dictated by the Japanese Imperial House Law, women lose their royal titles after marrying commoners. However, in a break with convention, the Princess will retain honorary positions at two organizations, the Imperial Household Agency, officials revealed.
Princess Ayako and Kei Moriya are in high spirits at their wedding banquet in Tokyo
The ceremony was an intimate affair attended by about 30 people including family members. For the evening wedding banquet, hosted the following day on October 30, Princess Ayako slipped into a Western-style dress and was radiant in a pink gown which had a sheer white overlay embroidered with delicate floral details, which she topped off with a diamond tiara and matching earrings.
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh in their traditional Sikh costume
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh
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Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh share a tender moment
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MARVEL TELEVISION LIVE AUCTION - Marvel's Jessica Jones(#2) 12/11/2019 10:00 AM PST CLOSED!
Lot 23 of 434: Lot # 23: MARVEL'S JESSICA JONES (TV SERIES) - Set of Four Reva Connors Bus Crash Newspaper Clippings
Lot closed - Winning bid:$50
A set of four Reva Connors bus crash newspaper clippings from the episode 'AKA Crush Syndrome' (102) of Marvel's Jessica Jones. In the episode, Jones remorsefully looks through newspaper clippings about the death of Reva Connors. The four newspaper clippings are printed on thin newsprint paper. Two of the clippings feature the headline 'Hell's Kitchen Resident Killed In Bus Accident' and the other two feature the headline 'Community Mourns Reva Connors in Wake of Tragic Accident'. The clippings are in excellent overall condition with minor signs of wear from production.
This is an authentic asset used in connection with the production of Marvel's Jessica Jones (TV Series). The asset is made available by Prop Store on behalf of Marvel. This is not a replica, but rather an original item from the making of the television series.
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News archive - March 2018
Environment recognizes the Fall 2017 Co-op Work Term Award winners
The Faculty of Environment would like to congratulate the amazing student winners of the Fall 2017 Co-op Work Term Award. These students demonstrated exceptional performance in their placements. Each of the recipients received a $100 credit to their account, a letter from the Dean of Environment and two copies of their certificate. Curious who won? Check out the table below with the winners and their reports.
Julie Kate Seirlis awarded Distinguished Teacher Award, 2018
Julie Kate Seirlis is an Assistant Professor at St. Paul’s University College whose “transformative and memorable” teachings have inspired students, alumni, and colleagues. Nominees praise her “graceful guidance” in the development of students’ “tools for ‘critical thinking.’” Her undergraduate students value that she “constantly challenges her students to go further and deeper.
Environment professor launches new book for the next generation of aviation professionals
A new book for the next generation of aviation professionals will be launched at the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC) on April 8 at 1pm. The book, Fundamentals of International Aviation is by Dr. Suzanne Kearns, professor of Aviation at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Kearns will do a short talk about the book and be available for signing afterwards.
In the Media: Blair Feltmate and Larry Swatuk on The Agenda with Steve Paikin for World Water Day
Last Thursday, Intact Centre on Climate Adaption (ICCA) head Blair Feltmate spoke to Steve Paikin on The Agenda about climate risk and extreme weather.
3MT Environment heat winner competing in university-wide competition tomorrow
Winner Percy Korsah (centre) and runners-up Victor Agbo (left) and Tia Driver (right).
How would you explain the entire breadth and significance of your life's work (or thesis) to people with no background in your work in 1 slide and 3 minutes? Earlier this month, PhD Candidate Percy Korsah won first place at the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Environment heat, with runners-up Victor Agbo and Tia Driver tying for second place. Each year 3MT provides a venue for graduate students to share their research with the community. The student who wins the university-wide competition will go on to present at the provincial and possibly national level.
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Southwest Adds Belize and Other International Destinations
Jason Steele
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.
I don’t fly Southwest often, partly because of their relatively limited route network. However, their list of destinations keeps growing, and today TPG Senior Points & Miles Correspondent Jason Steele shares yet another addition, along with some tips for how to boost your Rapid Rewards balance.
Southwest is undergoing a major expansion, but rather than just filling in the gaps of its domestic route network, it’s reaching outside of the United States to destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Last week, the airline announced that it would begin new service from Houston-Hobby to Belize, in addition to existing plans for flights to other international destinations like Cancun, Los Cabos, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, and San Jose, Costa Rica. Southwest will also begin offering Saturday-only service from Houston-Hobby to Aruba starting in March—a flight that doesn’t need special gates because Aruba has a U.S. customs pre-clearance facility.
All of this new service is expected to begin in the fall of 2015, when construction on a new five-gate international concourse is expected to be complete. In addition, it’s likely that Southwest will rapidly expand international service from Houston-Hobby, since it tends to offer 8-10 flights daily from each gate that it operates, and it’s the only carrier offering international service at that airport.
Southwest seems to be diversifying its portfolio of beach destinations.
What this means for Southwest’s Rapid Rewards program
Whereas Southwest has a strong domestic frequent flyer program, it previously offered no international service beyond a few routes it picked up with the AirTran merger. With that merger now nearly complete, Southwest has clearly turned its attention to international expansion, while retaining the popular features of its Rapid Rewards program. International award redemptions work the same as domestic ones, and these flights are eligible for use with the Southwest Companion Pass. International passengers still retain the ability to check two bags for free (up to 50 pounds each), and can make changes or cancellations before the scheduled departure with no fees or penalties.
In addition, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly announced at their investor conference earlier this year that Hawaii is a future destination, and that it “wouldn’t take years to start flights to the islands.” Future destinations could include Canada, Alaska, and even parts of northern South America.
You can use the Southwest Companion Pass on international flights.
Strategies for earning more Rapid Rewards points
All of these new and potential developments mean that Rapid Rewards points are becoming increasingly valuable. Thankfully, there are many ways to earn these points:
1. The Rapid Rewards credit cards from Chase. There are now three different Rapid Rewards credit cards offered by Chase, since it seems to have withdrawn applications for the Rapid Rewards Business Plus card. This leaves the personal version of the Rapid Rewards Plus card, and both the personal and business versions of the Rapid Rewards Premier card. The standard offer for these cards is a sign-up bonus of 25,000 points after spending $1,000 in the first 3 months. However, they periodically offer a sign-up bonus of 50,000 points after spending $2,000 in the first 3 months. At present, only the personal Rapid Rewards Premier card has the higher bonus. I found a link for the higher offer that is advertised on their in-flight web page, but is also available on the ground, even when all other offers are only for 25,000 points.
2. Chase Ultimate Rewards. Southwest is one of the most valuable Ultimate Rewards transfer partners for Companion Pass holders, who can consistently get 2.8 cents per point in value. At this time, there are only two remaining Chase cards that offer Ultimate Rewards point transfers and are currently accepting new applicants from the general public: the Ink Plus and the Chase Sapphire Preferred. Chase Freedom cardholders earn Ultimate Rewards points that can be transferred to another eligible account that offers point transfers. Unfortunately, Rapid Rewards points earned via transfers from Ultimate Rewards do not count toward earning the Companion Pass.
You can get great value (and Southwest points) out of Marriott hotel and air packages.
3. Hotel program transfers. There are several hotel programs that allow point transfers to Southwest, but at various conversion rates. Fortunately, these points do count toward earning the Companion Pass.
Hyatt lets you convert 2.5 Gold Passport points to 1 Rapid Rewards point. However, you get a 5,000 point bonus when transferring 50,000 points, which works out to a 2:1 transfer ratio.
Choice Hotels lets you transfer 6,000 Choice Privileges points to 1,800 Rapid Rewards points (roughly 3.3:1), and these points can be purchased directly from Choice at 1.1 cents each.
Marriott offers various transfer ratios depending on the quantity, with a maximum of 70,000 Marriott points to 25,000 Rapid Rewards points (2.8:1). Another option is to redeem for a travel package, which can offer an even better transfer ratio plus several nights of hotel. Points earned through hotel and air packages also count toward the Companion Pass.
Wyndham offers transfers at a poor 5:1 ratio.
Club Carlson offers a pathetic 10:1 transfer ratio.
4. Diners Club Rewards. Southwest is also a transfer partner of the Diners Club Rewards program. Points transfer at 5:4 to Rapid Rewards, and there are mixed reports as to whether those transfers count toward the Companion Pass.
5. Shopping, dining, and other partners. You can earn bonus points through the Rapid Rewards shopping portal, or through various partner offers:
Rapid Rewards Shopping Mall.
Rapid Rewards Dining program.
1-800-Flowers.com. The current 800-Flowers promotion allows you to earn 30 bonus points per dollar spent on every order of $29.99 or more.
Dish Network television.
Energy Plus, Everything Energy, and Reliant.
Regus office centers.
6. Travel. Sometimes it’s easy for passionate award travel enthusiasts to forget that they actually give out points for paid travel. (Who knew?) These opportunities are especially relevant if your travel is reimbursed by your employer or client, or if you redeem miles from a card like the Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard or Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card.
Opportunities to earn Rapid Rewards points include stays at the following hotels:
Club Carlson
MLife
You can also earn Rapid Rewards with the following car rental companies:
Finally, SuperShuttle/ExecuCar offers 150 points each way for reservations. And of course, flying on paid (non-award) Southwest tickets will earn points as well!
Jason Steele has been a Senior Points and Miles Contributor for TPG since 2012. He covers credit cards, loyalty programs and family travel.
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Category Archives: Arms And Armour
Charge to horse and draw your sword, by Jacques de Gheyn, 1610
Have you ever stopped to consider what they thought about armour in the early 17th century, or why so many fines were levied for mustering without armour (and still remain unpaid). The frequent repetition of the requirements for armour may have been more observed in the breach than the observing. Let’s have a look at a small sample of contemporary authors to convey a little of the sort of thinking that was beginning to happen in England. The first few quotes below are from A New Invention of Shooting Fire-Shafts in Longbows in 1628 by “A True Patriot”.
Their weight (I confess) is little to an able man… when slender fare, and hard lodgings abate men’s strength, and the shape of the body must be constrained within the Corslet (as commonly men see in service); and amongst trained soldiers (where Master to his servant or farther to his son deliver arm as they have made them for themselves, or for some other of more unequal stature) … the encumbrance is so great that hardly any patience can endure it long. They foul and fret men’s clothes and add extremities to the excess of cold and heat: so that in winter men are loath to put them on, and in summer they throw them off in spite of all command.
Logistical problems also arise:
The help is, on a march to put them into carts, where either much time must be spent (too precious) to pack them up in order; or they must (as they commonly are) be thrown together on heaps, that when they are taken off again upon occasion, they are so bruised, broken, and confusedly disjointed, that men which put them on seem restrained in irons than harnessed with an armour of defence.
This next one is particularly telling for the archers versus armour brigade, where he states the armour is resistant to arrows, but not bullets…
If armours were musket proof, and men well able to endure them, their use were excellent for many purposes… But light armours (as we now have them) though complete with head-piece, tassets, gauntlets, will be of no defence to an enemy that mingles bullets with his arrows…
So we have the situation where arrows work against unarmoured troops, but you need bullets if the enemy is armoured. John Smythe agrees 1, and gives an example, “But the Duke, at this time Lieutenant General … seeing many Captains and Officers of footman were armed at the proof against the Harquebus, he to the intent to frustrate the resistance of their armours, did increase the numbers of Muskets, the blows of the bullets of which, no armours wearable can resist.” Still, he argues armour has a place in ‘modern’ warfare to protect against bullets at some distance, if Sir Philip Sidney had “worn his cuisses, the bullet had not broken his thigh bone, by reason that the chief force of the bullet … was in a manner past.” Ill arming, he claims, is an encouragement to the enemy.
Maybe you should get that armour after all.
This is the point in the article where I find myself completely unable to resist a couple of diversions on the subject of ballistics: Benjamin Robbins, studying ballistics in the early 18th century, showed Smythe was right. In his tests, the round ball from a musket lost half its speed in the first 100 yards (five score yards), and was no longer lethal against an unarmoured man at not much greater distance. This research lead more or less directly to the design of the Minnie bullet.
Now a diversion on Smythe, who himself is an interesting character. While arguing mainly in favour of retaining archers in the ranks, he dispels the myths put about by proponents on both sides of the argument. He cautions musketeers, “But they must take heed that they do not give their volley… until [the enemy] come within eight, ten
or twelve paces and not eight, ten or twelve scores, as our such men of war do fondly talk and teach”. Later, when setting out the advantages and disadvantages of the musket, the longbow and the caliver, he demolishes the claims of William Neade and others of the pro-archery brigade who claim:
… Some number of archers being chosen, that could with their flights 2 shoot 24 or 20 scores (as there be many that can) may by the same reason fire volleys of flights at their enemies at 18 scores off, which both the one and the other are mockeries to be thought of, because there is no weapon in the field effectual, further than to a convenient and certain distance.
Smythe goes on to tell ‘em they’re dreaming: “…a verie mockerie and dreame to bee thought on.”.
Humfrey Barwick, in A Breefe Discourse (London, 1594) talks about soldiers having 30 arrows sticking out of their armour, where “one Harquebus or musket shot would have dispatched the matter”. Contradicting Robbins’ experimental results, Barwick gives theoretical effective ranges for muskets, “It will kill the armed of proof at ten score yards, the common armours at twenty score, and the unarmed at thirty score” qualifying that these results are conditional on being “well used in bullet and tried powder”. In other words, under lab conditions. Barwick taught musketry to gentlemen, so maybe this may just be a marketing ploy. Either way, both authors show there is no real reason to keep armour as it won’t stop a bullet at a reasonable distance.
Putting this all together, if the arrows can’t pierce armour, and have no effect at longer range, why argue for the keeping of bows? Could it be that there was an expectation that the buggers on the other team weren’t wearing their armour? I’ll give the last words to Smythe. 3
…Archers reduced into their convenient forms, being in so great numbers … do dim the light of the sun, darken the air and cover the earth with their volleys of arrows, eight, nine, ten and eleven scores from them…no numbers of [Horsemen and footmen], being so ill armed as in these days they are, shall be found able to abide the incredible terror of the shot of such infinite numbers 4 of arrows.
1 Smythe, J. Brief Discourses, London, 1590.
2 Light streamlined arrows designed for long distance shooting, mostly used in as an irritant to drive the enemy away, or towards you. Then you use the heavier shafts when you can see the reds of their eyes.
3 Curiously echoed in chapter 1 of Markham’s The Art of Archerie, the only chapter not plagiarised from Ascham’s Toxopholis, the Schoole of Shooting.
4 Infinite, meaning a very large number. I’ve just encountered the same sort of use in my network studies where the phrase “count to infinity” in a network loop means “increment a counter to a very large number, typically between 6 and 15”.
The Half-Pike
an updated article from The International Routier of 2005 by Wayne Robinson
There is a considerable body of evidence for the use of half-pikes, gaining honourable mention in Barriffe’s The Young Artilleryman, where he comments, “a serviceable Half-pike may be had for 2s.6d. which exceeds not much the price of a Rest.”[1]
The half-pike is a different weapon to a pike, not just a scale model of one. The waist (like on most of us, the thickest point) is still the same distance from the butt as on a pike; (this distance to the waist are dictated by the length of the arm, plus the width across the shoulders of the user) the positions of the hands at the charge are the same with either weapon. The head and langets are the same size as on a pike only the distance from the waist to the head is different, which makes a significant change to move the balance of the weapon towards the head.
There is some argument about the length of the half-pike, Barriffe says “7, 8 feet in length” or “being complete 10 feet”[2], Silver is a bit more scientific about the length. Here’s the Silver section in full:
“To know the perfect length of your short staff, or half pike, forest bill, partisan, or glaive, or such like weapons of vantage and perfect lengths, you shall stand upright, holding the staff upright close by your body, with your left hand, reaching with your right hand your staff as high as you can, and then allow to that length a space to set both your hands, when you come to fight, wherein you may conveniently strike, thrust, and ward, & that is the just length to be made according to your stature. And this note, that these lengths will commonly fall out to be eight or nine foot long, and will fit, although not just, the statures of all men without any hindrance at all unto them in their fight, because in any weapon wherein the hands may be removed, and at liberty, to make the weapon longer of shorter in fight at his pleasure, a foot of the staff being behind the backmost hand does no harm.”[3]
The perfect length of your half pike… Silver, Paradoxes of Defence, p30
Silver discusses the “short staff fight” and “the short staff fight against the long staff” provides a number of principles principles. For example, “Of the short staff fight, being of convenient length, against the like weapon. The short staff has 4 wards, that is 2 with the point up, & 2 with the point down. …”[4]
He considered the half-pike to be the best weapon of “all other… by reason of its nimbleness swift motions”[5]
Barriffe goes as far as to suggest half-pikes be used in the manner of a rest for muskets mainly so musketeers are able to withstand horse without need of pikemen, dedicating three chapters to the subject.[6] Chapter CXIII begins, “Of the Half-pike, how it may be serviceable on all forms…”. This was one of the Double Armed Man experiments by the Honourable Artillery Company, which eventually lead to the development of the bayonet.
George Hale, writing in 1614 adds a note of caution “…as I have seene upon the publique Stage, a single Rapier most shamefully foyle both Halberd and halfe Pike.”[7]
Construction more or less follows that in Andrew Brew’s excellent DIY pike article from a few years back and reproduced in the 3rd edition Standards Manuel. The advantage in this case is that a half-pike can be made from a commercially available length of wood. We used a 3m length of 35mm diameter Mountain Ash dowel/curtain rod. The shorter length makes using hand tools a more realistic proposition.
Ascertain the centre of the butt end by dead reckoning or some other more scientific or arcane means and draw a circle the same size as the outside diameter as the butt ring (fnarr!).
Plane a step about 400mm from the butt of the pike. Rotate a quarter turn and plane another step, repeat, then take the high points off. When you have removed about 1/3 of the waste (that’s the other kind of waste) timber, move another 400mm down the pike and repeat as before, then a third time, removing timber down to the line. Do the same from the head end, using 800mm steps instead. You can use more steps, but remember to remove proportionally less timber for each step. Round with rasp, file and sandpaper. Fit the head and butt ring as per pages 26-7 of the Standards Emanuel.
A pike order from 1657 specified “3500 pike to be furnished at 3s 4d a piece; to be made of good ash 16 feet long, bars to be strong and serviceable in length to be 2 feet or 22 inches. The staves to be coloured with Aquafortes.”[8] Aquafortis (nitric acid) is used to dye wood by burning the timber black when heated over a fire. Too much acid will promote rusting of the head and butt.
Why a half-pike? W. Wood gives one explanation, “…For there is no man there that bears a head, but that bears military arms; even boys of fourteen years of age are practiced with men in military discipline, every three weeks.”[9] Cooke agrees, “Let young men be exercised betimes, for it is readiness gotten by former practice that maketh a Souldier.”[10]
[1] Barriffe, W., Militarie Discipline, or the Young Artillery-Man, London, 5th Ed, 1648, p 148
[2] Barriffe, p145
[3] Silver, G., Paradoxes of Defence, 5.1 On the Length of Weapons
[4] Silver, G., Brief Instructions on my Paradoxes of Defence, ch11
[5] Paradoxes, p43
[6] Barriffe, p145–154
[7] Hale, G., The Priuate Schoole of Defence. Or The Defects of Publique Teachers, exactly diſcouered, by way of Obiection and Reſolution. Together VVith the true practiſe of the Science, ſet downe in iudicious Rules and Obſeruances; in a Method neuer before expreſſed, London, 1614.
[8] Military Illustrated Issue 128 p28
[9] Wood, W., New-England’s Prospect, being a true, lively and experimental Description of that part of America commonly called New-England, London 1639
[10] Cooke, E., The Character of Warre, or The Image of Martiall Discipline. London, 1626, Ch III
The Exact Militia Program
The Historical Exact Militia Program
The ‘historical’ Exact Militia Program was the government policy by which the only true armed forces of the kingdome were re-established after the doldrums of James I reign, re-structured and invigorated and to an extent re-armed with modern standardised weapons.
These quotes are taken from Lindsay Boynton’s The Elizabethan Militia: 1558-1638, London, 1967
“The terms ‘exact’ or ‘perfect’ militia were used synonymously in referring to the ambitious programme of military reform undertaken by King Charles I.”
“Its outlines were simple: a well-disciplined militia was highly desirable both to ensure security at home and to win prestige abroad. Therefore, the King called on his subjects to learn the best modern drill, with the most up-to-date weapons.”
“The drill, as laid down in the 1623 drillbooks, was to be practiced on holidays and at other convenient times, under the eye of experts who were shortly to be seconded from the Low Countries.”
“The programme of the Exact Militia was straightforward enough: its ambitiousness lay in the swift and comprehensive implementation which the government desired.”
“A markedly more intense approach is evident from 1625 under a younger king and a government bent on following a war policy.”
The Current Exact Militia Program
The EMP now encompasses three important elements:
How we are organised into division and files, and the responsibilities of the individual field commands,
How we are trained and muster, and
How we are equipped with weapons and armour, clothing and other accoutrements.
Most importantly it will set the parameters together with the Standing Orders for our portrayal of individuals and a group of 1642.
Training and mustering are explained in the booklet Directions for Musters. This website, together with the linked documents tells what patterns and materials are appropriate, together with handy hints on construction, through to how to legally become a pikeman or musketeer.
The requirements of the Current Exact Militia Program
All arms
THE SWORD — Directions for Musters recommends:
“A good sword of three foot long, cutting and stiff-pointed, with girdle and hangers”.
Judging from the illustrations in Directions for Musters and other sources such as the Great Vellum Book, the style of sword worn by trained bandsmen was a fairly sturdy weapon with a basic hilt and guard and a double edged blade approximately 30 inches long. While the Great Vellum Book shows a couple of members of the Artillery Garden wearing falchions, it is safe to assume that, given the social status of the bands, the majority would had swords and maybe a few rapiers amongst the officers and wealthier members. Hangers, tucks and other cheaply made swords are more likely to have been found amongst the field armies. My advice is, stick to the description in Directions for Musters and select an appropriate hilt type.
SWORD-BELTS & SCABBARDS — While Directions for Musters mentions girdle and hangers i.e. a waist-belt with frogs for the sword, contemporary pictures show that shoulder belts, or baldrics were more common. They should have a belt of 1 – 2 inches in breadth and use either sliders or sewn leather ‘sockets’ to secure the weapon. The scabbards should be either wood covered with leather or leather lined with felt, linen or some other rust inhibiting fabric.
CLOTHING — Trained band musketeers served in their civilian clothing. This should be good quality, middle-class outdoor wear and should consist of a linen shirt, linen drawers, a woollen doublet, woollen breeches, woollen or linen stockings, a pair of shoes and a hat or cap. For cold weather a cassock, coat or cloak is recommended. Your hat should be of felt with a good, stiff brim not too wide. The statuettes in Highgate House suggest hat brims of about three or four inches breadth. Musketeers, whose income permits, are encouraged to wear buffcoats, as these appear to have been very much a feature of London Infantry.
HAVERSACKS — Haversacks are not mentioned in any known documents relating to the London Militia. However, they must have carried their food and spare clothing in some type of bag when out on campaign. Two types of travel bag are known to have been used at this time. Type one was a large square shaped bag worn on the hip with a strap passing over the shoulder. Type two was a sausage bag worn on the back with a strap passing over the shoulder. The latter type appears to have been more popular with soldiers as it does not interfere with the hang and handling of sword and bandelier. The recommended size for these bags is a piece of leather or waxed canvas 3 feet by 2 feet. This is sewn into a tube with a 1 or 1.5 inch strap passing through it. The bottom end of the tube is bound with twine and the top end is opened or closed with a cord, which passes through punched holes rather like a dufflebag.
Directions for Musters, published in 1638, described a musketeer’s principle equipment as follows:
“The musketier must be armed with a good musket (the barrel of 4 foot long, the bore of 12 bullets in the pound rowling in), a rest, bandelier, head-piece, a good sword, girdle & hangers.”
In practise there was considerable variation. Stores of the 1638 pattern Tower Musket held in the Royal Armouries, show that barrel length varied from 41 to 49 inches. The experience of war revealed a preference for muskets with barrels of about 42 inches.
THE MUSKET — Muskets supplied to or purchased by members of the Pike and Musket Society shall be henceforth all of 12 gauge. The maximum length of the barrel shall be 48 inches. The minimum length shall be 42 inches. It shall be octagonal.
THE STOCK — The stock style is recommended to be that of the 1638 Tower Musket illustrated on the following page. However, as we are a trained band unit, other English, Dutch or French styles will be permitted provided primary evidence for the design can be supplied.
THE LOCK — Similarly, although matchlocks are preferred, doglocks or wheellocks shall be permitted.
THE BANDOLIER — The bandolier is to have a strap two inches wide. There is to be a minimum of 12 wooden charges slung from linen cords with leather or brass separator rings, a priming flask, a bullet bag with draw string and button flap large enough to carry 12 bullets plus wadding. The wooden charges are to be: soaked in linseed oil; stained then oiled in linseed or; painted for their protection. The whole ensemble shall conform to patterns held by the Committee of the Militia.
THE HELMET — This shall be a ‘combed headpiece’ of morion, cabaset of, preferably, English or Dutch pot style. It will be lined, with cheek guards and a strap for securing. It will have a plume holder at the back and is recommended to be of 18-gauge steel. The helmet as with all equipment, must be based on known surviving examples of the period.
THE BREAST and BACK — The breastplate of pikemen’s armour has a strong medial ridge, and the neckline is cut low, as a gorget is worn over the top to protect the throat. The breast and back are attached together by shoulder straps of leather covered in plate, which fit over a pin on the breast and are fixed in place by swivel-hooks. The flange at the bottom of the breastplate supports the attachment of the tassets. These are attached either by rivets or by swivel-hooks through a pin on the flange.
THE TASSETS — The tassets themselves are large, single plates decorated with simulated lames and patterns of rivets. The left hand tasset overlaps the right, in order to achieve maximum protection during battle when the pikeman is mostly left foot forward.
THE HEADPIECE — The pikeman’s helmet, or pott, is of a two-piece construction, joined like the lobster pot at the comb, but with a brim all the way round. It is a very simple form of helmet, with single piece cheek pieces, and usually a plume holder at the back.
THE GORGET — The gorget consists of two plates which are pivoted on the left-hand side and fastened on the right by means of a keyhole slot and mushroom-headed stud. These are frequently very simple and plain pieces of armour, but some are designed to be worn alone, perhaps over a buffcoat and can be very fine pieces.
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Bridges Events Feb. 9-15
Jocelyn Bennett, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Updated: February 9, 2018
VvibeE by Kyle Zurevinski is on display at The Gallery at Frances Morrison Central Library. Supplied photo
Event listings are a free, community service offered by Bridges. Listings will be printed if space permits. Submission deadline is two weeks before the event date. Please send submissions to bridges@thestarphoenix.com.
Fri., Feb. 9
Stuck in the ‘80s
Buds on Broadway, 817 Broadway Ave.
The U of S Jazz Ensemble
The Bassment, 202 Fourth Ave. N.
Jones Boys
Army & Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N.
Local Flavour Trio
McNally Robinson, 3130 Eighth St. E.
Gold Tones
Fairfield Seniors’ Centre, 103 Fairmont Ct.
Slowcoaster w/ Kaye & Co.
Amigos Cantina, 806 Dufferin Ave.
Country Rock Company
Stan’s Place, 106-110 Ruth St. E.
Live Sax Show: Gregory Edmunds
Cut Casual Steak and Tap, 416 21st St. E.
Sat., Feb. 10
Brothers of the Road
Downtown Legion, 606 Spadina Cres. W.
LadyHawke
Nutana Legion, 3021 Louise St.
Wayne Bargen
Night Switch w/ Romes, Too Soon Monsoon
Heidi Munro and the RealGroovyBand
Village Guitar & Amp, 432 20th St. W.
Sun., Feb. 11
Sunday night jam
Black Label Society w/ Corrosion of Conformity and Eyehategod
O’Brians Event Centre, 241 Second Ave. S.
Black Label Society plays O’Brians Event Centre Feb. 11. Submitted photo / SASwp
Mon., Feb. 12
Tues., Feb. 13
Eddie Robertson Electric Blues
Wed., Feb. 14
Avenged Sevenfold w/ Breaking Benjamin and Bullet for My Valentine
SaskTel Centre, 3515 Thatcher Ave.
That’s Amore: Neil Currie tribute to Billy Joel
Thurs., Feb. 15
Better Than Nothing
Shane Howard
Sebell w/ Sara Diamond, Francois Klark, and Alex Bent & The Emptiness
Capitol Music Club, 244 First Ave. N.
# THEATRE
Very Merry Munsch
Feb. 9-19 at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave. Six stories by Robert Munsch adapted by Wide Open Children’s Theatre. Tickets and information at 306-683-9460, wideopen.ca.
August, An Afternoon in the Country
Runs to Feb. 11 at Studio 914, 914 20th St. W. Presented by La Troupe du Jour. A wedding dinner is being prepared during a heat wave, and emotions are high. Tickets at latroupedujour.ca.
Runs to Feb. 14 at Persephone Theatre. By Nicholas Billon. An edge-of-your-seat thriller that twists and turns as it explores the murky waters between revenge and justice. Tickets at 306-384-7727, persephonetheatre.org. Warning: mature themes and scenes of extreme violence.
L-R: Joshua Beaudry, Jaron Francis and Chip Chuipka in Butcher at Persephone Theatre. Michelle Berg / Saskatoon StarPhoenix
The Beaux’ Stratagem
Runs to Feb. 17 at Greystone Theatre in the U of S John Mitchell Building. Two fortune-hunting rogues pose as master and servant as they travel from town to town in search of a wealthy heiress to marry one of them. Tickets at 306-966-5188, artsandscience.usask.ca/drama/greystone.
Runs to Feb. 17 at the German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright St. E. A dinner theatre comedy presented by Mini Fridge Theatre Company. The truth and lies of a long time friendship come out in the open during a weekend visit between two couples. Tickets at 306-244-6869 ext. 203.
# SPECIAL EVENTS
Slim Chance
Friday nights, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright St. E. Slim Chance performs top of the charts oldies. Information at 306-244-6869.
Fridays through April, 7 to 8:15 p.m., on the second floor of Albert Community Centre, 610 Clarence Ave. S. Presented by Karousels Dance Club. Choreographed ballroom dancing. Information at 306-290-5486, 306-664-2775.
Love Stinks — A Burlesque Show
Feb. 9-10, 8 p.m., at Persephone Theatre’s BackStage Stage. Presented by Menagerie Burlesque Company. Tickets at 306-384-7727, persephonetheatre.org, or at the door.
Westside Community Centre’s Clothing Depot
Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 3488 Fairlight Dr. Free clothing for all ages, free baked goods from a local bakery. They take donations of clothing, footwear, accessories and toys. Information at 306-222-8737.
Country Gospel Breakfast Buffet and Concert
Feb. 10, 9 a.m., at Smiley’s Buffet, 702 Circle Dr. E. Featuring Ken Olson & Friends, and Pete Peters. Tickets at the door. Information at 306-242-7431, 306-229-8600.
Kôna Wanuskewin Winter Festival
Feb. 10, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. Celebrate Indigenous culture with winter games and activities for all ages. Information at wanuskewin.com.
Bruce MacDonald Curling Funspiel After Party
Feb. 10, 9 p.m., at the Capitol Music Club, 244 First Ave. N. featuring Kory Istace vs. The Time Pirates, and The Garrys. Tickets at picatic.com.
A Mass for Peace
Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m., at TCU Place. The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra performs. Featuring the Canadian Chamber Choir. Tickets at 306-975-7799, tcutickets.ca.
Broadway Goes to the Movies
Feb. 10-11 at The Bassment. Presented by Saskatoon Summer Players. Songs from musicals that were made into Hollywood movies. Tickets at thebassment.ca.
Sundays, noon to 2 p.m., at Bon Temps Café, 223 Second Ave. S. Live music. Admission is free.
Saskatoon Lions Band Practices
Sundays, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Community marching band and colourguard flag twirling rehearsals. Youth ages 12 to 19 are welcome. Information at 306-249-5013, brenda.armstrong@sasktel.net.
Drumline Group Rehearsals
Sundays, 3 to 4:30 p.m. A drumline group for special events. Equipment is supplied. Drummers are welcome. Information at 306-249-5013.
Sundays, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Guided meditation taught by the monks from the Buddha Meditation Centre of Saskatoon. Class is free. Information at meditationsaskatoon.org, 306-374-2840.
French and English Skills Development
Mondays through June, 12:05 to 12:55 p.m., at Le Rendez-vous francophone, 308 Fourth Ave. N. Hosted by Inspiration Bilingue Toastmasters Club. Develop and practice French and English communication and leadership skills. Information at inspirationbilingue.toastmastersclubs.org.
Weekly Bingo
Mondays, 12:30 p.m., at Army & Navy Club, 359 First Ave. N. With raffle draws. Everyone is welcome.
Modern Square Dance Beginner Class
Mondays, 8 to 10 p.m., at All Saints Anglican Church Hall, 1801 Lorne Ave. Exercise for the body and the mind. Information at 306-253-4453, 306-978-0970.
Orpheus 60 Chorus Rehearsals
The choir rehearses every Monday. No auditions necessary to join. For information or to join them call 306-652-3328.
Canadian Light Source (CLS) Public Tours
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:30 p.m., at the Canadian Light Source, 44 Innovation Blvd. The synchrotron research facility is open for the public. Preregistration is required. Call 306-657-3644, email outreach@lightsource.ca or visit lightsource.ca/tours.html.
Angel Art Creations
Tuesdays through Feb. 20, 1 to 4 p.m., in the SCOA boardroom at Saskatoon Council on Aging, 2020 College Dr. Create angels with mixed media. Registration and supply list at 306-652-2255, admin@scoa.ca.
Community Senior’s Games Group
The second Tuesday of the month, September to May, 1:30 p.m., at St. Martin’s United Church. Information at 306-373-0087 or 306-374-3269.
Nutana Legion Weekly Events
Tuesdays, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., barbecue burger night. Information at 306-374-6303.
Financial Literacy Public Workshops
Tuesdays through February, 6 p.m., at READ Saskatoon, 2-706 Duchess St. A financial literacy series. Feb. 13, budgeting; Feb. 20, credit; Feb. 27, consumerism. Information and registration at readsaskatoon.com.
Saskatoon Choral Society Rehearsals
Tuesdays, 7 p.m., at Grace-Westminster United Church, 505 10th St. E. Everyone is welcome to join. Information at janinasaskatoonchoralsociety@gmail.com, 306-229-3606.
Saskatoon Brass Band Rehearsals
Saskatoon Brass Band rehearses Tuesdays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Saskatoon Youth Brass rehearses Thursdays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; and Bridge City Brass rehearses Thursdays, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Information at 306-934-1470.
Bargain Basement Store
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, 454 Egbert Ave. Clothing, jewelry, purses, belts and more. With a free soup lunch Wednesdays at noon. To donate clothes call 306-955-3766, visit spuconline.com or email rachsam1@gmail.com.
Carpet Bowling
Wednesdays, 1 p.m., at Mayfair United Church. Beginner and experienced adult players are welcome. Information at 306-651-2151.
The Gopher Broke Travelling Medicine Show Valentine’s Program
Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m., at Preston Park 1, 114 Armistice Way. With Dr. Pan D’Monium. An evening variety show full is stories and old time music from Gopher Broke.
St. John Bosco Seniors Carpet Bowling Club
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1:30 p.m., except long weekends, September to May. Information at 306-382-8021, 306-382-2953, 306-382-4606.
FASD Network Support Meetings
Wednesdays at the FASD Network office, 510 Cynthia St. An informative and engaging space for individuals living with FASD and their caregivers. Admission is free. Schedule and information at saskfasdnetwork.ca/events.
Choeur des Plaines Rehearsals
Wednesday evenings at l’École Canadienne-Française, 1407 Albert Ave. Saskatoon’s francophone choir rehearses. Men and women are welcome to join. Information at choeurdesplaines@sasktel.net, 306-343-9460.
Saskatoon Oldtimers Association Meetings
They meet the third Thursday of the month, 10:30 a.m.: October to April at All Saints Church, 1801 Lorne Ave. S.; and May to September at the Log Cabin on the Exhibition Grounds. New members are welcome. Information about the social group at 306-668-3618, 306-373-1861.
Carpet Bowl
Thursdays, 12:15 p.m., at Nutana Legion Hall, 3021 Louise Ave. Hosted by the Nutana Senior Citizens Association. Lunch and coffee are available for a fee.
Psychology Month Public Information Session
Feb. 15, 6 to 7:30 p.m., in Room 2134, Mental Health, 715 Queen St. Presented by Mental Health & Addiction Services. A free information session for parents and adolescents. With a discussion of the book Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel Siegel.
Saskatoon International Folkdance
Thursdays, 7 p.m., in room 13 of Albert Community Centre, 610 Clarence Ave. S. The Saskatoon International Folkdance Club teaches dances from around the world. First night is free. Information at 306-374-0005, sifc.awardspace.com.
Gongbath Immersion Meditation
Thursday evenings, Feb. 22 to March 29, 7:30 p.m., at Queen’s House Retreat and Renewal Centre, 601 Taylor St. W. No meeting Feb. 15. Experience the healing harmonics of the gong. Information at lynneharley.com, 306-270-3800.
Weekly Activities for Seniors
Held regularly at Cosmo Senior’s Centre, 614 11th St. E. For 55 plus. Yoga, whist, exercises, bridge, cribbage and Kaiser. Potluck lunch the third Monday of every month. Drop-in fees at the door. New members are welcome. Schedule and information at 306-260-1878.
Weekly meetings in Saskatoon. A fellowship of people sharing their experience, strength and hope. Saskatoon Al-Anon group meetings are open to anyone who has been affected by someone else’s drinking. Information at sk-alanon.ca, 306-665-3838.
English for Employment Class
Hosted by the Saskatoon Open Door Society. Improve English pronunciation and communication, and learn what you need to find work in Saskatoon. Information or registration at 306-250-4337, 306-653-4464, 306-250-4338, jhaugen@sods.sk.ca, ajunek@sods.sk.ca.
Gordon Snelgrove Gallery
Until Feb. 9 in Room 191 of the University of Saskatchewan’s Murray Building. Magnificent Lore by George Gingras.
Ukrainian Museum of Canada
Until Feb. 10 at 910 Spadina Cres. E. Braving the Cold: Winter Wear of Ukrainian Pioneers.
Centre East Galleries
Until Feb. 11 at The Centre, 3510 Eighth St. E. Works by the Scale Modellers Association and Imagery Photography.
SCYAP Gallery
Until Feb. 15 at 253 Third Ave. S. 150 Selfies by elementary school students.
Talks at Gordon Snelgrove Gallery
Thursdays until Feb. 15 in Room 191 of the University of Saskatchewan’s Murray Building. Feb. 15, Qiming Sun. Admission is free.
Until Feb. 22 at 238 Third Ave. S. Afterglow by Michel Boutin. Artist talk and closing reception Feb. 21, 3 to 4 p.m.
Paved Arts
Until Feb. 24 at 424 20th St. W. Law and Order by Liz Knox.
AKA Artist-Run
Until Feb. 24 at 424 20th St. W. The Length of Grief: The daughters of Métis Mothers by Amy Malbeuf. She is Spitting a Mouthful of Stars (nikâwi’s song), billboard project by Gregory Scofield, through February. Locals Only, works by Justin Langlois, Alana Bartol, Vanessa Kwan, Lisa Hirmer and Holly Schmidt, through June.
Until Feb. 25 at 102 Spadina Cres. E. Field Guide, the gallery’s inaugural exhibition.
Gallery on the Greens
Until Feb. 28 at 2325 Preston Ave., in Market Mall. Nidificate: To Build a Nest by Monique Martin.
Market Mall Children’s Playland Art Gallery
Until Feb. 28 at 2325 Preston Ave., in Market Mall. Celebration of Sunflowers by students from St. Maria Goretti Community School.
Saskatoon City Hospital Gallery on the Bridges
Through February on the third floor at Saskatoon City Hospital. Fan of Mother Nature, and Out off the Bubbles by Gwen Gray.
Art in the Centre at Parkridge Centre
Through February at 110 Gropper Cres. Works by Brushstroke art group.
The Gallery at Frances Morrison Central Library
Until March 8 at 311 23rd St. E. vVIBEZz by Kyle Zurevinski.
VvibeE by Kyle Zurevinski is on display at The Gallery at Frances Morrison Central Library. Supplied photo
Saskatchewan Craft Council
Until March 17 at 813 Broadway Ave. Material Grace by Anita Rocamora.
St. Thomas More Gallery
Until March 23 at 1437 College Dr. Displaced by Karen Pask-Thompson.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Through March at Wanuskewin, north of Saskatoon. We the North — Contemporary Inuit Art, and When Raven Becomes Spider.
# FAMILY
Children’s Play Centre
Daily at Lawson Heights Mall. A fun, safe, environment for preschool children to play. Adults must stay with and supervise children at all times.
Market Mall Children’s Play Centre
Daily just off the food court at Market Mall. This play area is free and has different level slides.
Postnatal Yoga
Mondays, noon to 1 p.m., at Pregnancy and Parenting Health Centre, 248 Third Ave. S. Beginner to intermediate yoga designed to help with postpartum recovery. Register at msjpriestley.wix.com/pureenergy. No class on stat holidays.
Mondays, 6 to 7 p.m., at Pregnancy and Parenting Health Centre, 248 Third Ave. S. Taught by a doula and certified yoga teacher. Call 306-251-0443 or email msjpriestley@gmail.com. No class on stat holidays.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:15 to 11:15 a.m., September through April. For children up to age five. Semi-structured, crafts, snacks, story time, toys, activities. Email stayandplaysaskatoon@gmail.com or visit the Facebook page.
Shop ‘n Stroll
Wednesdays, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., meet in front of Customer Service at Lawson Heights Mall. Power-walking, body-sculpting moves and socializing for parents and babies. Preregister at runnersandbootiesfitness.com. No classes on stat holidays.
Criss Cross Applesauce
Wednesdays until March 28, 10 to 11:45 a.m., at READ Saskatoon, 2-706 Duchess St. For children ages three to five with a parent or caregiver. A free program to prepare for school success with games, tips and activities. Register at 306-652-5448, info@READSaskatoon.com.
Stars and Strollers
Wednesdays, 1 p.m., at Centre Cinemas in The Centre. Choice of two movies each week in a baby-friendly environment.
Thursdays, 9:15 to 11:15 a.m., October to May, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1636 Acadia Dr. A drop-in indoor playgroup for children ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers. Information at scooters@ebap.ca, Facebook.
Breastfeeding Cafe
Thursdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m., at Westwinds Primary Health Centre, 3311 Fairlight Dr. A drop-in support group for breastfeeding women.
Prenatal Breastfeeding Classes
Monthly classes, 6 to 8 p.m. at City Centre Family Physicians, 200-3211 Preston Ave. S. Taught by Registered Nurses/Lactation Consultants. Register at cindyandjana.com/classes.
Monthly and seasonal events. Hosted by Prairie Hearts Learning Community, a group of families inspired by Waldorf philosophy. Programming is aimed at children ages two to five, but all ages welcome. Information on their Facebook page.
Ongoing regular art programs for all ages. Find the calendar at remaimodern.org.
Saskatoon Public Library Programs
Ongoing daily programs for children and families. Find the calendar at saskatoonlibrary.ca.
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Tag Archive: Nanaimo Coalfield Strike of 1913-14
Hellraisers Journal: Deported Union Miners Dumped at Bleak Alkali Sand Dunes Without Food or Water
by Hellraisers Journal
You ought to be out raising hell. This is the fighting age. Put on your fighting clothes.
-Mother Jones
Cripple Creek District, Colorado – Deported Miners Dumped Near Kansas Border
The miners who were herded down the street on Friday by militiamen and Citizens’ Alliance “deputies” and then loaded into railroad cars and deported from the Cripple Creek strike zone, were found near the Kansas border yesterday. The following report comes to us from today’s San Francisco Call:
EXILED MINERS, HUNGRY AND WEARY,
CAMP ON THE COLORADO BORDER
Deported Men Are Taken to the Kansas Line by Troops.
Left on a Bleak Prairie Without Food or Water Supply.
SYRACUSE, Kansas, June 11.-The deported Colorado miners camped at Holly to-night, just across the Colorado line. They were notified to-night that a special train would be sent to take them all to Denver.
HOLLY, Colo., June 11. – With a parting volley of rifle bullets, fired over their heads by the militia and deputies to, warn them to “hike” eastward as fast as their legs could carry them and never again set foot on Colorado soil, ninety-one union miners from the Cripple Creek district were unloaded from a special Santa Fe train on the prairie this morning, one half mile from the Colorado-Kansas State line, and left to shift for themselves. The exiles were disembarked in haste and without ceremony. The guards and deputies were tired out and in ill humor from their long, tedious trip from the Teller County gold camp and were in no mood to extend any special courtesies or kindness to their unfortunate charges.
“Hurry up there, you fellows,” cried Lieutenant Cole, when the train stopped in the midst of the alkali sand dunes that dot the prairie in the vicinity of the eastern part of Powers County near the Kansas line. “We haven’t got any time to waste out here.”
WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER.
And no time was wasted. The special, which consisted of an engine, a combination baggage car and smoker and two day coaches, had no sooner come to a standstill than the car doors were unlocked and thrown open and the order given by Lieutenant Cole for the exiles to leave the train.
“Step lively, you fellows, step lively,” admonished Deputy Benton, who was in command of the civil forces of the expedition, and in less time than it takes to tell it the three cars were emptied of their passengers and the train was started on its way back to La Junta.
The men were dumped out on the cheerless prairie without food or water, for the soldiers and deputies, in their haste to get home, had forgotten to unload the small stock of commissary supplies the train carried when it left Victor yesterday afternoon.
SPIRIT OF MEN BREAKS
The exiles were a cheerless lot, indeed. Without even a light and miles from the nearest habitation, they huddled together in groups on either side of’ the Santa Fe track and discussed their plight. Warned to move eastward, on pain of being rearrested and severely handled, and notified by the Kansas authorities that they would not be allowed to seek refuge in that State, the spirit of the men broke. Many of them walked back westward on the railroad to Holly, the Salvation Army colony in Colorado, where the charitable inhabitants provided breakfast for them. Some of them later started to walk to Lamar, Colo.
Sheriff Jack Brady and forty deputies of Hamilton County were at the State line to prevent the deported men entering Kansas.
CLAIMS TO HAVE MURDERERS.
Bell Declares Independence Dynamiters Are In Bullpen.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 11.-General Sherman M. Bell to-day made the following statement for publication:
“I have indisputable evidence in my possession which will lead to the conviction of union men for the murder of non-union miners who were killed in the Independence explosion. We have between thirty-five and forty men in the bullpen who will swing for this crime. We are only waiting to capture three or four men before we tell what our evidence Is.”
The San Francisco Call.
(San Francisco California)
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Miners Being Deported from Cripple Creek District
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Massachusetts Court Rules Cops Can't Search Vehicles Based Solely On Suspicion Of Marijuana Possession
Civil rights advocates and marijuana legalization supporters are welcoming a decision from the state Supreme Judicial Court that says police can't stop motorists solely because they suspect the vehicle's occupants are carrying marijuana. The decision came in Commonwealth v. Rodriguez.
The Rodriguez in question was Elivette Rodriguez, who was a passenger in a car stopped by New Bedford police in 2012 after they allegedly detected the smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle. During the stop, police found a bag containing 60 Percocet pills, and Rodriguez was charged with possession of a Class B substance with intent to distribute, as well as other offenses.
Before trial, Rodriguez filed a motion to suppress the evidence from the search, arguing that since the state had decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana in 2008, the mere odor of marijuana coming from the car did not create sufficient probable cause to undertake the traffic stop and subsequent search. The trial judge denied that motion, but put the trial on hold while Rodriguez appealed his decision. The Supreme Judicial Court on its own initiative took the case from the appeals court.
In its ruling Tuesday, leaning heavily on the 2008 decriminalization law, the Supreme Judicial Court agreed with Rodriguez. "Permitting police to stop a vehicle based on reasonable suspicion that an occupant possesses marijuana does not serve [the] objectives" of the law, Justice Margot Botsford wrote for the majority. Allowing such stops "does not refocus police efforts on pursing more serious crime," another goal of the law, she wrote.
The court's 5-2 majority ruled that the pills were inadmissible in court because they were "fruit of the poisoned tree," in the classic formulation. In other words, the evidence resulted from an illegal search and thus must be thrown out. Rodriguez' drug case was referred back to district court for "further proceedings consistent with this opinion," but since they now have no evidence against her, prosecutors said they would drop the case.
In arguing the case, Bristol prosecutors had asserted that police can stop vehicles for a civil marijuana offense, just as they can for a civil traffic offense, but the court rejected that argument. While traffic laws are designed to promote road safety, "there is no obvious and direct link" between marijuana possession and maintaining highway safety.
"The high court was making a statement "about how the police ought to spend their time and the taxpayers' money," ACLU of Massachusetts legal director Matthew Segal told the Boston Globe. Pulling over a vehicle for suspicion of pot possession "is not consistent with the Massachusetts constitution, nor is it consistent with the will of the voters who passed decriminalization," he said.
The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, one of two groups undertaking marijuana legalization initiative campaigns in the state (the other is Bay State Repeal), was also pleased with the decision. In a statement, campaign spokesman Jim Borghesani said the "provides further clarification for how police officers should handle vehicle stops in the era of decriminalization, and it advances the clear message sent by voters in 2008 to refocus police activity on more serious crimes."
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One Out of Four US Senators Is a Marijuana Prohibitionist -- Is Yours One of Them?
Marijuana legalization now consistently scores majorities in national public opinion polls, marijuana is already legal in four states and the District of Columbia and likely to be legal in a handful more, including California, before year's end, and the Obama administration has effectively thrown federal pot prohibition to the wind in the legal (and medical marijuana) states, yet Congress remains to a large degree stuck in the last century when it comes to marijuana policy.
Granted, there are some small signs of progress, some nibbling around the edges of pot prohibition, through bills and spending amendments that seek to stop the feds from interfering in legal and medical marijuana states, but Bernie Sanders' bill to end federal marijuana prohibition doesn't sport even a single cosponsor. When it comes to fixing marijuana policy, Congress is going to have to be dragged crying and screaming into the 21st Century.
One reason is a sizeable contingent of senatorial prohibitionists. According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), which just released its 2016 Congressional Scorecard, more than a quarter of US senators received a failing grade when it comes to supporting progressive marijuana policy reforms. A failing grade indicates "that this member expresses significant and vocal opposition to marijuana law reform."
The marijuana consumers' lobbying group arrived at the grades based on the member's 2015 voting records on three amendments to appropriations bills: the Daines/Merkley amendment (would have allowed VA doctors to recommend medical marijuana in states where it is legal), the Mikulski amendment (would block the Justice Department from interfering in state medical marijuana programs), and the Merkley amendment (would have blocked the Treasury Department from punishing banks providing services to legal marijuana businesses).
NORML also weighed whether the member has sponsored or cosponsored federal marijuana reform bills, and his or her public statements or testimony. Legislators were assigned letter grades ranging from "A" to "F."
Before going on to NORML's hall of shame, it's worth taking a moment to salute the class valedictorians: Only two senators got "A" grades -- Sanders and Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, author or co-author of two of the amendments, who also supported the successful 2014 Oregon legalization initiative and has sponsored and cosponsored other progressive marijuana reform bills.
Merkley is the only one of the eight senators representing states where the electorate has already voted to legalize marijuana to earn an "A" grade. The other legalization state senators at least mostly earned "B" grades ("this member has publicly declared his/her support for the ability of a state to move forward with cannabis law reform policies free from federal interference"), demonstrating that they are at least that in tune with their publics.
The good news is that with two senators winning "A" grades, 28 earning a "B," and 28 managing a "C" (supports medical marijuana or decriminalization), there seems to be a senatorial majority in favor of some pot reform legislation, even if not full legalization.
But there is still a sizeable and obstinate anti-marijuana minority, with 20 senators saddled with a "D" grade ("no support for any significant marijuana law reform"), and 26 ingloriously awarded the big "F."
Not surprisingly, 22 of them are Republicans, mostly from that great, L-shaped mass of red states that runs from North Dakota down to Texas and then across the South. But four of them are Democrats.
Without any further ado, here's the list of the Senate's most intransigent and recalcitrant pot prohibitionists (click on the scorecard for the individual particulars):
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID)
Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN)
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN)
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
Sen. Jon Cornyn (R-TX)
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Sen. John Barasso (R-WY)
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Cookbooks Through The Ages
October 16, 2015 October 20, 2015 / We Are Chefs
October is National Cookbook Month, so in celebration of this holiday tell us your favorite cookbook and why in the comments below throughout the month for a chance to win one of the pictured Cookbooks!
A cookbook is a reference book for the kitchen that contains a collection of recipes. The earliest cookbooks were often lists of haute cuisine dishes as a record of the chef’s favorites or to train cooks for upper-class staff.
According to author and journalist William Sitwell, who wrote A History of Food in 100 Recipes, it is believed that the first recipe collection De re Coquinaria (Of Culinary Matters) was written in Rome around 10 A.D. by Marcus Gavius Apicius. Next, the cooks of King Richard II wrote The Forme of Cury in 1390, on the large banquets they prepared. The first large-scale printed cookbook is believed to be from Bartolomeo de Sacchi, a Roman writer in 1475, titled De Honesta Voluptate et Valitudine ( On Honourable Pleasure and Health). However, this volume of 250 recipes started a trend of plagiarism as it only contained 10 original pieces.
And the plagiarism continued. The first published English cookbook The Boke of Cokery, in 1500, is believed to have plagiarized recipes from older books. In 1746, Hannah Glasse, the first domestic goddess, published The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, which continued to be republished until 1843. However, a quarter of the recipes were copied word-for-word from a 1737 book The Whole Duty of a Woman.
The Art of Charcuterie by John Kowalski and The Culinary Institute of America (John Wiley & Sons, 2011)
Preserving: The Canning and Freezing Guide For All Seasons by Pat Crocker (William Morrow Cookbooks, 2012)
Summer Food by Paul Lowe, Nina Dreyer Hensley and Jim Hensley (Weldon Owen, Inc., 2013)
A New Turn in The South by Hugh Acheson (The Crown Publishing Group, 2011)
Taste Buds Molecules: The Art and Science of Food, Wine and Flavor by Francois Chartier (John Wiley & Sons, 2012)
A Baker’s Odyssey by Greg Patent (John Wiley & Sons, 2007)
The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg (Little, Brown and Company, 2008)
Crepes and Galettes From The Breizh Cafe by Bertrand Larcher (Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2015)
Interest and intrigue in writing down recipes and influencing home cooks continued to grow. In 1796, Amelia Simmons in Hartford, Connecticut, wrote the first American cookbook, according to the Library of Congress, American Cooke. It is filled with traditional recipes that used native American ingredients, such as corn meal and squash.
Chefs today still use the books of legendary French chefs Antonin Careme, whose most influential work was the five-volume encyclopedia L’Art de la Cuisine Francaise, 1833-34, and Georges Auguste Escoffier’s, who is considered the father of modern cooking, Le Guide Culinaire, 1903. These books were written for professional chefs and staff. Culinary schools still use Escoffier’s book in the classroom.
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In the 1950s home cooking had lost some sophistication and excitement. Many people celebrate Elizabeth David, a British cookery writer, for revitalizing home cooking with her A Book of Mediterranean Food.
In the 21st century, it seems like almost every blog on the Internet is dedicated to recipes. Cookbooks are released constantly and media articles are written celebrating the best cookbooks of the month, season or year. And a cookbook’s place is no longer just in the kitchen. They are placed on coffee tables for their rich imagery or in home libraries for research or to be collected.
According to Publisher Weekly, the three best-selling cookbooks in 2014 were Make It Ahead by Ina Garten, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays by Ree Drummond and Thug Kitchen: The Official Cookbook by Thug Kitchen. And if you are looking for stats on chef-driven cookbooks, Amazon’s three best sellers for professional cooking are The Flavor Bible (2008) by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, Essential Emeril: Favorite Recipes and Hard-won Wisdom From My Life in The Kitchen (2015) by Emeril Lagasse and The Professional Chef (2011) by The Culinary Institute of America.
Also, for an interesting read on the history of cookbooks, check out the A History of Cookbooks blog post published on We Love This Book by author and journalist William Sitwell, who wrote A History of Food in 100 Recipes.
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17 thoughts on “Cookbooks Through The Ages”
Matthew S. Orth
On cookbooks I have to admit they are a guilty indulgence of mine. collected a few for reference over the years and they have given me some incite on ideas I normally would not have thought about. Though I would say that my two favorite would have to be
The cooks color treasury edited by Norma Macmillan and the silver spoon ( II cucchiaio d’argento). They are just great to play around with. I remember when I was a kid at my grand parents house looking at them mainly at the pictures in the first and then at the silver spoon because I couldn’t read it. My grandfather is Italian and he had a copy( in Italian) that his mother gave him when he came back from Korea. I never learned the language and always wanted to try out the recipes in it. A couple of years ago just before I started culinary school I found a copy in English and have been playing around with these classical recipes since, I am at the end of antipasti and working toward first courses. Though the highlight of my year thus far has been that my Grandmother gave me her copy of the cook’s treasury that I loved looking through as a kid. I am looking forward to working my way through it and seeing what changes I can make to update the dishes a bit. But I think that cookbooks are a good resource for any cook or chef, you can see how someone was thinking in the dishes they present and the ingredients that were used and it might give you an idea that lasts longer than you do.
Donald Lee Berton
Willing to sacrifice 3 waiters for the flavor bible
Tyrick Patterson
I like Escoffier’s, even though I never saw inside of one. I hear about his stories at my Culinary school from my instructors on how he started the modern day kitchen brigade and Culinary cooking. I would be very thankful to have this book.
Vickie Bell
I collect cookbooks not only as a hobby but as a tool to guide me in my quest to be an accomplished cook. The very first cookbook I received was the red Betty Crocker Cookbook. It helped me to learn basic techniques and recipes. Now that I am 57 and my children are grown, I recently enrolled in a Culinary Arts program at my local Community College. Just go to show, it’s never to late to learn.
Eddie Williams
I have a fairly extensive collection of cookbooks of many genres, nationalities, and cuisines but my favorite is A Treasury of Great Recipes written by Mary and Vincent Price. Yes – that’s Vincent Price the actor known for his roles in such horror adaptations as Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. This book is an anthology of recipes and menus from many of the fine restaurants where he and his wife dined from around the world.
Jonathan Purdy
The Professional Chef is always a great book to have on hand. I also always have my copy of Le repertoire de la Cuisine in the office.
White Heat (marco Pierre White) or the French Laundry (Thomas Keller). Two of my favorites.
Jessica Lewis
Betty Crockers cookbook
I have a copy of the 18th printing of the 5 ring binder, I used my moms when I was a kid and now I have purchased several for my closest friends – we use it like our bible!
John Merucci, C.E.C.
When I first started out as a caterer my go to book was The Silver Palette Cook book, it resonated with me and my Midwest clientele. Since then I have cherry picked recipes from the likes of Jacques Pepin, Michael Chiarello, Jamie Oliver, Zingerman’s, etc.. to create my own scrap book of favorite recipes.
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Scott Swingle
On cooking- through the years I have tried to get the updated versions and use them as teaching tools.. I cook for a living but I don’t use recipe books very often, but these books are great for ideas and technique.
Cook’s Illustrated Cook Book; I like the kitchen tested recipes in this book and the mulitude of sciency-explainations found that resulted in the “perfect” recipe.
Michelle Tiemessen
My go cookbook is Cooks Illustrated baking book!! I can’t really say I have a favorite out of this book. I really love them all. I also love how they explain the recipe and why they tried it this way versus the other way!! It’s a great baking book 🙂
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John Adams, C.C.C., P.C.2
Beard on Food by James Beard
and La Technique by Jacques Pepin
Are classics that still to this day I look to for guidance
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Arthur Marston CEC, CCA
Biurdain, Les Halles Cookbook
Keller, The French Laundry Cookbook
For me these two cookbooks represent the epidemy of classic and contemporary cuisine. One Is deep rooted in classic French country dishes and the other is passionate about using classic French techniques to create innovative contempory dishes. I love them both equally!
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Mysterious New York Connection-Terroists maybe?
Hat tip Debbie Schlussel
**** SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE ****
Remember the Goose Creek terrorists? Youssef Samir Megahed and Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, the two guys who keep smiling in every photo (mug shots, in court, et al.), were stopped by State Troopers in Goose Creek, South Carolina near a military installation, with pipe bombs in their trunk (which they claimed were “just fireworks” and barbecuing materials).
Well, as investigator Bill Warner points out, the New York FBI is heavily involved in the case. Why?
Yesterday, The Tampa Tribune reported that there is now a third suspect, Moroccan national and University of South Florida student Karim Moussaoui, who was involved with the Smiling “Just Fireworks” terrorists, Megahed and Mohamed. He possessed a firearm, in violation of his visa and immigration status and on November 14, a federal criminal complaint was filed against him.
Mohamed and Megahed:Smiling “Just Fireworks” Terrorists Have Mysterious New York TiesAs Bill Warner points out, the affidavit, signed by Tampa FBI Agent William Ortiz, accompanying the complaint notes that in August, Moussaoui told New York FBI Agents about his activities in July at a shooting range with Megahed:
4. On or about August 12, 2007, MOUSSAOUI told New York FBI Agents that on one occasion, he and AHMED LNU (a person now known to the FBI as AHMED ISHTAY) went to a shooting range with YOUSSEF SAMIR MEGAHED. He claimed that MEGAHED went to the range but that MOUSSAOUI and AHMED remained in the store browsing. MOUSSAOUI told New York FBI Agents he did not see what type of weapon MEGAHED used on this visit to the range.
[Emphasis added.]
So why is the New York FBI office involved when the activities of all of three of these people, thus far disclosed, occurred in Florida and South Carolina.
Apparently, they have a strong tie to New York–either Muslim terrorists there or a terrorist attack planned for the area.
What is the New York connection? And who is Ahmed Ishtay a/k/a Ahmed Lnu? What is his role in this terrorist conspiracy?
Stay tuned. We’ll be watching.
Bill Warner points out that everyone’s trying to minimize the third terrorist in this plot as just an innocent, green immigrant:
Everybody is downgrading the arrest of Karim Moussaoui as no big deal, just some naive Moroccan playing with a .22 rifle at the Shooting Range, he did not know the “Fed Rules”.
Riiiight. Just an innocent Muslim Arab hangin’ with two Muslim Arab terrorists at weapons training. Uh-huh. Nothing to see here. Move along.
**** UPDATE: Bill Warner sends the smiling photo of Karim Moussaoui, the third Smiling Terrorist and notes that the Temptations, sang in their 1971 song, “Smiling Faces,” sang:
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes they don’t tell the truth, Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies
The Feds Blow Two More Terror Cases: Sami Al-Arian Now FREE To Go?! Ditto for Miami Sears Tower Plotter
On this site, I’ve repeatedly detailed the feds repeated losses in terrorism cases in court, most of which I’ve predicted (not a hard thing, given the feds’ track record). There was Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, then the Detroit Al-Qaeda terror cell (a case prosecutor Rick Convertino won, then the feds sabotaged it and asked the judge to throw out the convictions), then Sami Al-Arian and his co-defendants, then the Holy Land Foundation defendants, and so many more.
Score two more HUGE losses for our deliberately incompetent Department of “Justice” on the War on Terror.
Remember the Miami Muslims who plotted to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago? They trained in the martial arts in abandoned buildings in a warehouse district of Miami–exactly like the jihadist plot in Showtime’s first season of “Sleeper Cell.”
Convicted Islamic Jihad Terrorist Sami Al-Arian Going FreeWell, despite an FBI undercover informant and lots of evidence against the seven defendants, we lost . . . again.
Late yesterday, one of the seven–a lawful alien seeking citizenship–was acquitted and a mistrial was declared on the other six, as the jury of O.J.-The-Sequel actors was unable to reach a decision. Yet, more bad news that the feds fail to make their cases, with shoddy jury-picking, shoddy courtroom presentations, and “everything-but-the-kitchen-sink” presentations of even the most inconclusive evidence to dilute their cases against terrorists:
Some believed the government’s conspiracy case was strong because the seven defendants took an oath to al Qaeda and had videotaped alleged target sites.But other jurors thought the defendants, especially ringleader Narseal Batiste, were simply trying to con thousands of dollars out of an FBI-directed informant, who infiltrated the group and led the seven men deeper into the alleged terrorism plot. . . .
Batiste and his men believed he was a member of the terrorist group and gave him lists for weapons, ammunition, vehicles and other resources for their fledgling Islamic army.
The challenge for prosecutors was proving the defendants’ criminal intentions to join the conspiracy — one that an FBI deputy director said was more “aspirational than operational.”
A problem with this case was that an Arabic FBI informant was paid $80,000 to persuade these Black mostly immigrants to take the Al-Qaeda oath and give them a camera to videotape sites to blow up. But, yet, with so many fervently Muslim Arabs (and other Muslims) in America who openly support and endorse terrorism, the FBI–instead of entrapping them as they did with these guys who are not as much the genuine article–sponsors their banquets and hangs with them in “outreach.”
This is why we are losing the domestic War on Terror and will continue to do so.
Then, there is Sami Al-Arian, the Islamic Jihad founder and worldwide chief in the ’90s. Despite the fact that he is a terrorist who–from our shores–openly financed bus bombings of innocent people, including the murder of New Jersey college student Alisa Flatow, he is about to go free. Why?
Well, ask your feds. Ask the incompetent Justice Department officials whose salaries you pay and who threw Al-Arian’s trial. Then, they made a deal with him–a plea agreement. Because Al-Arian knew that he beat a trial in Federal Court, would probably beat a retrial, but would lose in Immigration Court, where the standard and the judges are tougher, he and the feds made a deal.
He would cooperate in prosecution of Islamic charities in Northern Virginia, which were laundering money from the Saudis to Al-Qaeda (and had laundered mucho moola to Al-Arian and Islamic Jihad). He agreed to testify against them. In exchange, he was sentenced by a tough-acting judge to a soft five years in prison, which he’s now served. Then, he would be deported to Egypt, where a guy like that is a hero.
But Al-Arian refused to testify against the charities and other defendants. He violated the plea deal because, he claimed, he only meant to testify if people’s lives weren’t ruined, according to his lawyer, George Washington University law professor Jonathon Turley (thanks to Bill Warner for the tip). Hello . . . ? All such testimony destroys people’s lives–the people who deserve it because they committed crimes and ruined other people’s lives. So, did he get punished for that. Why, no. Of course, not.
Although originally, the federal judge put Al-Arian in contempt, the judge has now lifted that contempt order, pursuant to acquiescence by the feds.
Gee, way to get terrorists to abide by plea deals and testify against their compatriots. Why should they, if the agreement means nothing? If they are freed from jail anyway?
Now, Palestinian Al-Arian is going to Egypt to freedom and party-time. If you think he will give up his terrorist activity once he’s there and away from FBI/ICE scrutiny, think again. This will be the base of operations, from which he will share his expertise on how to terror fundraise in the U.S. and plan bus bombings of Jews. Love how we punish those terrorists.
A collective, non-stop laugh is coming out of the Muslim world. And they are laughing at you, America.
Congrats, your “justice” system is a circus. And the Islamic terrorists are P.T. Barnum. They’re running the show
Categories: terroists . Tags: al-arian, arab, bill warner, conspiracy, jihadist, megahed, mohamed, moussaoui, muslim, sami, terror cell . Author: Angie . Comments: 1 Comment
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"Pippin" Strikes The Circus Tent and Heads For Another Corner of The Sky - Some Recent NYC Theater Experiences
Anyone who has spent any amount of reading The White Rhino Report is aware of my love affair with the re-imagined production of "Pippin" that was birthed at the A.R.T. and has called the Music Box its Broadway home for the past two years. When I learned that the show would be closing on January 4, I built my travel schedule to NYC around being there for that date. Having been present at the birth and having watched the show and its cast grow and change, I felt I needed to be there to say good-bye. So, along with my good friend Luka, we braved the cold and rain and winds to stand in line for close to 6 hours to score a rare Rush ticket for the final performance. It was well worth it. The time flew by, for those standing in line formed an instant community of theater lovers. That community included the Brand family from Vermont, with whom Luka and I shared many threads of conversation.,
As I had expected might be the case, Director and Tony award winner Diane Paulus was there, along with Composer Stephen Schwartz, original Lead Player, Tony award winner Patina Miller, Erik Altemus, the original Lewis, Andrew Cekala, the original Theo, and original cast members Molly Tynes, Anthony Wayne, et al.
During Intermission, it was great to catch up with the Cekala family, Erik Altemus and Mr. Schwartz, with whom I discussed the current status of his tennis game! He is a serious player.
While Pippin has packed up its Broadway operation, the National tour continues to wend its way across the U.S. See below for dates and locations.
Pippin Tour Dates and Venues
While in NYC, I was able to take in the opening of Soho Rep's current play, "Winners and Losers."
White Rhino Report Review of "Winners and Losers"
I also took advantage of the hellacious weather holding down numbers of potential audience members to score Rush tickets for the Pulitzer Prize winning drama "Disgraced." The play is controversial, but well worth seeing.
Finally, the weather also helped me in winning a Lottery Rush ticket for "Kinky Boots." My front row seat allowed me to fully experience the magic and artistry of Billy Porter and company. What a fun and upbeat show, richly deserving of all of its Tony accolades. It was nice to catch up with Jeanna De Waal, who plays Lauren, and who played the role of Mary Barrie in the recent A.R.T. production of "Finding Neverland" (Opening on Broadway for previews on March 15, Opening April 15)
My days in the City included a few visits to the Famiglia Pizza site on 8th Avenue above 43rd Street. Wearing my Red Sox cap when I visit there always evokes comments from the Albanian-American staff who are rabid Yankees fans. I remain a loyal Red Sox fan who hates the Yankees, but loves New York City!
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Oct 1, 2003 Issue
Gastroesophageal Reflux: Medical and Surgical Treatment Options
KENNETH R. DEVAULT, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
Am Fam Physician. 2003 Oct 1;68(7):1271-1277.
Symptoms consistent with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are extraordinarily common, and treatment of GERD is an important aspect of primary care medicine. Therapeutic options range from patient-driven lifestyle changes and as-needed use of over-the-counter (OTC) agents, through therapy with powerful prescription drugs, up to new endoscopic and surgical treatments. In this issue of American Family Physician, Heidelbaugh and associates1 provide a well-written, comprehensive review of the treatment of GERD. However, a few additional comments are appropriate.
By the time of the initial visit, most patients with GERD symptoms have tried antacids, and many have used OTC histamine-H2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs). Sophisticated patients also may have researched the subject of GERD and attempted lifestyle changes. The family physician is then left to make two major decisions: (1) Should the patient have endoscopy to rule out complications of GERD? (2) Which prescription medication should the patient receive? Heidelbaugh and colleagues1 appropriately reserve endoscopy for patients who have “warning” symptoms or who are at risk for Barrett's esophagus.
If cost were not a factor, once-daily proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy would be the initial treatment of choice, because it is clearly superior to twice-daily H2RA therapy.2 Reasons for using H2RAs are related primarily to lower cost and, occasionally, intolerance of PPIs (most often because of headache or diarrhea). With the introduction of generic and OTC PPIs, initial PPI therapy would seem to be an even stronger preferred treatment choice.
PPI therapy should control symptoms and mucosal damage in more than 80 percent of patients with GERD. This leaves two groups of patients in whom consideration of alternative therapies would seem reasonable: those whose symptoms are not well controlled by medical therapy and those who would rather not remain on medical therapy because of side effects, cost, or personal preference.
Antireflux surgery now is being offered to more patients, primarily because recovery is quicker with the newer, laparoscopic approach. Yet, patient selection for surgery remains problematic. Some data suggest that the best surgical outcome is in patients whose symptoms responded completely to PPI therapy.3 Patients with atypical and refractory symptoms are less likely to have a favorable surgical outcome than are those with heartburn and regurgitation, which are well controlled by medical therapy.4
An important, obvious, but often overlooked aspect of patient selection for surgery is to be absolutely sure that the patient has GERD. Acceptable evidence includes endoscopically documented esophagitis (mucosal breaks, not redness) or an abnormal ambulatory pH test. The presence of typical symptoms and a response to medical therapy are not sufficient to support the use of surgery. In this situation, patients should undergo endoscopy and, if the examination is normal, have ambulatory pH testing performed while they are off medications to make sure that they have pathologic amounts of acid exposure.
Contraindications to surgery are related primarily to intolerance of anesthesia. However, antireflux surgery may not be possible in some patients who have had previous upper abdominal surgery and may be less effective in extremely obese patients.5
Well-selected patients should have symptoms and esophagitis that are at least as well controlled with surgery as with medications.6 However, surgical therapy does have some downsides. Increasing information suggests that many, if not most, surgically treated patients end up taking reflux medications at some point. For example, long-term follow-up in a group of patients randomized to receive medication or surgery found that after 10 years, 92 percent of the patients randomized to medical therapy were still taking medication, and 62 percent of the patients initially treated with surgery were again taking antireflux medications.7
Furthermore, postoperative symptoms are common and include dysphagia,8 difficulty with belching, increased flatulence, and diarrhea.9 Although mortality from antireflux surgery is low, death can occur in approximately one of 1,000 patients.10,11 Safety and efficacy appear to be greater when antireflux surgery is performed by a surgeon who has done the procedure 50 or more times.10 When counseling patients, I tell them that even when antireflux surgery is performed by an experienced surgeon, new, annoying symptoms may occur in 10 to 20 percent of patients, significant, life-altering symptoms may develop in 1 to 2 percent of patients, and death may occur in 0.1 percent of patients.6–9
The introduction of endoscopic techniques for controlling reflux generated a great deal of excitement. Radiofrequency application (Stretta procedure) is designed to increase the reflux barrier of the lower esophageal sphincter. At one-year follow-up, most patients in the first cohort treated with this technique reported improvement of symptoms, but 34 percent were again taking PPIs, and an additional 38 percent were regularly taking antacids.12
Results on one13 of the two approved endoscopic sewing techniques (endocinch) also have been reported. Six months after treatment, 62 percent of the 64 patients in the initial report were no longer taking PPIs, although few patients had normalization of esophageal acid exposure.13 Finally, early data14 on a new endoscopic technique suggest an improvement in symptoms and medication usage after injection of a biopolymer into the lower esophageal sphincter; however, only 38 percent of patients had normalization of esophageal acid exposure on follow-up testing.
Reported complications of the new endoscopic techniques include chest pain, fever, infection, dysphagia, perforation, bleeding, and at least two deaths (after radiofrequency application). The available data indicate that additional study and improvement are needed before these techniques can be advocated fully.
Choosing patients for endoscopic or surgical treatment remains something of a paradox. Patients who respond fully to PPIs appear to be the best candidates, but one wonders how advisable it is to subject well-controlled patients to the morbidity and potential mortality of these more invasive treatments. Some patients who are refractory to medical therapy (especially those with nocturnal regurgitation) will benefit from surgery, but there are no clear data to help predetermine which patients will benefit most.
The bottom line is that medications can control the symptoms of GERD in most patients. The decision to use other treatments should be made in consultation with a sub-specialist who understands the successes and limitations of each treatment option. Even if medications do not provide perfect reflux control, the principle of “first do(ing) no harm” supports a conservative approach to recommending surgical or endoscopic treatment of GERD.
Kenneth R. DeVault, M.D., is associate professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla.
Address correspondence to Kenneth R. DeVault, M.D., Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd., Jacksonville, FL 32233 (e-mail:devault@mayo.edu). Reprints are not available from the author.
1. Heidelbaugh JJ, Nostrant TT, Kim C, Van Harrison R. Management of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Am Fam Physician. 2003;68:1311–8,1321–2....
2. DeVault KR, Castell DO. Updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. The Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology. Am J Gastroenterol. 1999;94:1434–42.
3. Jackson PG, Gleiber MA, Askari R, Evans SR. Predictors of outcome in 100 consecutive laparoscopic antireflux procedures. Am J Surg. 2001;181:231–5.
4. So JB, Zeitels SM, Rattner DW. Outcomes of atypical symptoms attributed to gastroesophageal reflux treated by laparoscopic fundoplication. Surgery. 1998;124:28–32.
5. Perez AR, Moncure AC, Rattner DW. Obesity adversely affects the outcome of antireflux operations. Surg Endosc. 2001;15:986–9.
6. Lundell L, Miettinen P, Myrvold HE, Pedersen SA, Liedman B, Hatlebakk JG, et al. Continued (5-year) followup of a randomized clinical study comparing antireflux surgery and omeprazole in gastroesophageal reflux disease. J Am Coll Surg. 2001;192:172–9.
7. Spechler SJ, Lee E, Ahnen D, Goyal RK, Hirano I, Ramirez F, et al. Long-term outcome of medical and surgical therapies for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2001;285:2331–8.
8. Malhi-Chowla N, Gorecki P, Bammer T, Hinder RA, DeVault KR. Dilation after fundoplication: timing, frequency, indications and success. Gastrointest Endosc. 2002;55:219–23.
9. Klaus A, Hinder RA, DeVault KR, Achem SR. Bowel dysfunction after laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery: incidence, magnitude and clinical course. Am J Med. 2003;114:6–9.
10. Flum DR, Koepsell T, Heagerty P, Pellegrini CA. The nationwide frequency of major adverse outcomes in antireflux surgery and the role of surgeon experience, 1992–1997. J Am Coll Surg. 2002;195:611–8.
11. Pessaux P, Arnaud JP, Ghavami B, Flament JB, Trebuchet G, Meyer C, et al. Morbidity of laparoscopic fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux: a retrospective study about 1,470 patients. Hepatogastroenterology. 2002;49:447–50.
12. Triadafilopoulous G, DiBaise JK, Nostrant TT, Stollman NH, Anderson PK, Wolfe MM, et al. The stretta procedure for the treatment of GERD: 6 and 12 month follow-up of the U.S. open label trial. Gastrointest Endosc. 2002;55:149–56.
13. Filipi CJ, Lehman GA, Rothstein RI, et al. Transoral, flexible endoscopic suturing for treatment of GERD: a multicenter trial. Gastrointest Endsoc. 2001;53:416–22.
14. Johnson DA, Ganz R, Aisenberg J, et al. Endoscopic, deep mural implantation of enteryx for the treatment of GERD: 6-month follow-up of a multicenter trial. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003;98:250–8.
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