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FOOTBALL: Yeovil Ladies to drop down two tiers
FOOTBALL: Yeovil Town Ladies' Championship licence bid rejected by Football Association
By Richard Browne
BLOW: Yeovil Town Ladies training at Bridgwater & Taunton College. Pic: Lee Collier Photography
YEOVIL Town Ladies will drop down two divisions from the Women's Super League this summer, following the news that the Football Association has rejected their bid for a second-tier licence.
Yeovil had been expected to be playing in the Championship next season, having been relegated from the WSL this year, but it is understood that they have not met the FA's criteria.
It is the latest in a series of blows to the Somerset club, who have played matches in Taunton, Bridgwater and Dorchester in the last couple of years, and launched a 'Dual Careers Academy' in partnership with Bridgwater & Taunton College.
They were handed a 10-point deduction by the FA on March 28, after announcing their intention to appoint an administrator, although staff cuts and financial support from the FA prevented insolvency.
But their hopes of competing as a part-time club in next season's Championship have been dashed, with their licence bid being rejected – reportedly due to an inability to confirm sponsorship deals for the 2019/20 campaign.
Yeovil follow Sunderland in dropping down two divisions last summer, after they also had their bid for a licence turned down.
The club released the following statement on Friday evening: "It was with great sadness that the club received the notification from the Football Association that we had been refused a licence to play in Tier 2 (the Championship) of the women’s game next season.
"We submitted what we believed was a viable and sensible business plan to revert to part-time football but also keep all the building blocks in place to ensure our academy and young players could continue to develop.
"The FA did not support that plan and they have total discretion to whom they will or will not grant licences.
"It may surprise many to know that their right to make that decision is final and there is no right of appeal.
"So many people associated with this wonderful football club will be incredibly disappointed and rightly so.
"Our challenges on and off the field this season have been well documented but we have always tried to do the best in these circumstances.
"The club must now plan over the coming days and weeks for Tier 3 football and what that will mean for us on and off the field.
"Effectively this is where we started several years ago before our journey of growth.
"Many people doubted a small club like us could achieve what we have so it is now time to prove the doubters wrong once again.
"We shall share more thoughts and plans on this over the coming weeks as at the moment all involved need time to reflect on recent events.
"As a club we need to thank so many people who have been part of this family over recent years.
"Just about everyone assisting us off the field has been a volunteer and given time and expertise freely and graciously.
"In addition, both our fans and sponsors have been a huge source of commitment and encouragement.
"This year we want particularly to thank Lee Burch and his staff and players for what they achieved in the WSL against all odds and teams with budgets far exceeding ours.
"We are already talking to Lee about plans for next year and hope these discussions can be positive."
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Job 13:1-28. JOB'S REPLY TO ZOPHAR CONTINUED.
1. all this—as to the dealings of Providence (Job 12:3).
3. Job wishes to plead his cause before God (Job 9:34, 35), as he is more and more convinced of the valueless character of his would-be "physicians" (Job 16:2).
4. forgers of lies—literally, "artful twisters of vain speeches" [UMBREIT].
5. (Pr 17:28). The Arabs say, "The wise are dumb; silence is wisdom."
7. deceitfully—use fallacies to vindicate God in His dealings; as if the end justified the means. Their "deceitfulness" for God, against Job, was that they asserted he was a sinner, because he was a sufferer.
8. accept his person—God's; that is, be partial for Him, as when a judge favors one party in a trial, because of personal considerations.
contend for God—namely, with fallacies and prepossessions against Job before judgment (Jud 6:31). Partiality can never please the impartial God, nor the goodness of the cause excuse the unfairness of the arguments.
9. Will the issue to you be good, when He searches out you and your arguments? Will you be regarded by Him as pure and disinterested?
mock— (Ga 6:7). Rather, "Can you deceive Him as one man?" &c.
10. If ye do, though secretly, act partially. (See on Job 13:8; Ps 82:1, 2). God can successfully vindicate His acts, and needs no fallacious argument of man.
11. make you afraid?—namely, of employing sophisms in His name (Jer 10:7, 10).
12. remembrances—"proverbial maxims," so called because well remembered.
like unto ashes—or, "parables of ashes"; the image of lightness and nothingness (Isa 44:20).
bodies—rather, "entrenchments"; those of clay, as opposed to those of stone, are easy to be destroyed; so the proverbs, behind which they entrench themselves, will not shelter them when God shall appear to reprove them for their injustice to Job.
13. Job would wish to be spared their speeches, so as to speak out all his mind as to his wretchedness (Job 13:14), happen what will.
14. A proverb for, "Why should I anxiously desire to save my life?" [EICHORN]. The image in the first clause is that of a wild beast, which in order to preserve his prey, carries it in his teeth. That in the second refers to men who hold in the hand what they want to keep secure.
15. in him—So the margin or keri, reads. But the textual reading or chetib is "not," which agrees best with the context, and other passages wherein he says he has no hope (Job 6:11; 7:21; 10:20; 19:10). "Though He slay me, and I dare no more hope, yet I will maintain," &c., that is, "I desire to vindicate myself before Him," as not a hypocrite [UMBREIT and NOYES].
16. He—rather, "This also already speaks in my behalf (literally, 'for my saving acquittal') for an hypocrite would not wish to come before Him" (as I do) [UMBREIT]. (See last clause of Job 13:15).
17. my declaration—namely, that I wish to be permitted to justify myself immediately before God.
with your ears—that is, attentively.
18. ordered—implying a constant preparation for defense in his confidence of innocence.
19. if, &c.—Rather, "Then would I hold my tongue and give up the ghost"; that is, if any one can contend with me and prove me false, I have no more to say. "I will be silent and die." Like our "I would stake my life on it" [UMBREIT].
20. Address to God.
not hide—stand forth boldly to maintain my cause.
21. (See on Job 9:34 and see Ps 39:10).
22. call—a challenge to the defendant to answer to the charges.
answer—the defense begun.
speak—as plaintiff.
answer—to the plea of the plaintiff. Expressions from a trial.
23. The catalogue of my sins ought to be great, to judge from the severity with which God ever anew crushes one already bowed down. Would that He would reckon them up! He then would see how much my calamities outnumber them.
sin?—singular, "I am unconscious of a single particular sin, much less many" [UMBREIT].
24. hidest . . . face—a figure from the gloomy impression caused by the sudden clouding over of the sun.
enemy—God treated Job as an enemy who must be robbed of power by ceaseless sufferings (Job 7:17, 21).
25. (Le 26:36; Ps 1:4). Job compares himself to a leaf already fallen, which the storm still chases hither and thither.
break—literally, "shake with (Thy) terrors." Jesus Christ does not "break the bruised reed" (Isa 42:3, 27:8).
26. writest—a judicial phrase, to note down the determined punishment. The sentence of the condemned used to be written down (Isa 10:1; Jer 22:30; Ps 149:9) [UMBREIT].
bitter things—bitter punishments.
makest me to possess—or "inherit." In old age he receives possession of the inheritance of sin thoughtlessly acquired in youth. "To inherit sins" is to inherit the punishments inseparably connected with them in Hebrew ideas (Ps 25:7).
27. stocks—in which the prisoner's feet were made fast until the time of execution (Jer 20:2).
lookest narrowly—as an overseer would watch a prisoner.
print—Either the stocks, or his disease, marked his soles (Hebrew, "roots") as the bastinado would. Better, thou drawest (or diggest) [GESENIUS] a line (or trench) [GESENIUS] round my soles, beyond which I must not move [UMBREIT].
28. Job speaks of himself in the third person, thus forming the transition to the general lot of man (Job 14:1; Ps 39:11; Ho 5:12).
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Solar Eruption May Boost Northern Lights Displays Tonight
Astrophotographer Laurie Crofoot sent in a photo of herself with an aurora seen in Ontonagon County, Michigan, along the southern coast of Lake Superior. The photo was taken the night of September 30th.
(Image: © Laurie Crofoot )
A huge explosion on the sun has flung a wave of solar particles toward Earth, an eruption that may amp up northern lights displays on our planet Monday night (Oct. 8).
The solar eruption occurred late Thursday (Oct. 4) when the sun unleashed what scientists call a coronal mass ejection, or CME, NASA officials explained in a statement.
At 11:24 p.m. EDT on Oct. 4, 2012, the sun unleashed a coronal mass ejection (CME). (Image credit: SOHO (ESA & NASA) )
"Not to be confused with a solar flare, which is a burst of light and radiation, CMEs are a phenomenon that can send solar particles into space and can reach Earth one to three days later," NASA officials wrote. "Experimental NASA research models show the CME to be traveling at about 400 miles per second."
For comparison, at 400 miles per second, the coronal mass ejection is traveling about 1.4 million miles per hour (2.3 million kilometers per hour).
The website Spaceweather.com, which chronicles solar weather and other celestial events, reported today that the CME should reach Earth Monday and deliver a "glancing blow" to our planet's magnetic field.
The interaction of the charged particles and Earth's upper atmosphere could create dazzling northern lights displays overnight on Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 8 and 9) over the planet's polar regions.
"High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras, especially during the hours around local midnight," Spaceweather.com officials wrote.
Coronal mass ejections are the most powerful explosions on the sun. When aimed directly at Earth, strong CME events "can affect electronic systems in satellites and on Earth," NASA officials said.
But CME events traveling at similar speeds to the one observed Thursday have not typically triggered major problems on Earth, or in satellites orbiting the planet, in the past, they added.
The sun is currently in the middle of an active phase of its 11-year solar weather cycle. The current cycle, called Solar Cycle 24, is expected to peak in 2013.
Editor's note: If you snap amazing photos of the northern lights displays from the solar eruption and want to share them with SPACE.com for a story or image gallery, send images, comments and location information to managing editor Tariq Malik at tmalik@space.com.
You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter @tariqjmalik and SPACE.com on Twitter @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook & Google+.
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'Horrific pain': This is what happens when you have a lateral meniscus tear
by Aeus Reyes
I'VE had problems with my left knee ever since I was in college, which was more than a decade ago. I completely tore my ACL during a pickup basketball game and had to undergo reconstructive surgery and a full 9 months of physical therapy for it. It was an unbelievably tough process, especially for a casual basketball player like me.
But I got through it and I still wear the two screws from the surgery as a badge of honor for overcoming the injury. For years I was back to barangay liga-level competitive play, until a routine drive to the basket sent me crumpling to the ground, yet again, in horrific pain.
I immediately feared the worst. I heard and felt a familiar pop that automatically registered in my brain as another round of surgery and 9 months of therapy. We went straight to the hospital to get an MRI and as soon as the results arrived, I quickly unfolded the piece of paper and, among other things, saw this:
Horizontal tears, lateral meniscus
My first reaction was relief. I was glad that at least I didn’t tear my ACL graft even if my knee was now popping quite frequently and was causing me intense pain every time it did.
That relief was short-lived, though, as I quickly thought about the uncertainty of facing this new type of injury. I visited an orthopedic surgeon to find out what I had to deal with.
First off all, I found out that a meniscus is a cartilage that sits between your thigh and shin bones and is basically the shock absorber for your knee. In my case, it was the lateral meniscus (which sits on the outside of the knee joint) that was damaged, most likely by a sudden twisting motion.
If that sounds familiar to you, that’s because it’s similar to Raymond Almazan’s recent injury which he got after a collision with LA Tenorio.
In meniscus tears, as I was told, the first order of business is usually to try and strengthen the knee and regain its full range of motion without surgery. That’s usually enough with small tears, but given my history of knee injuries and some of the other findings from the MRI (I also had tears on my medial meniscus), the surgeon suggested I undergo surgery right away since untreated meniscus tears can get worse from regular wear and tear.
My doctor told me that he would try to repair the meniscus by stitching the torn parts together, but the success of that operation would depend on the severity of my tear and the quality of the meniscus which he’ll assess during an arthroscopic procedure. Should it be beyond repair, he would need to perform a meniscectomy, which means he will be cutting off the damaged parts of the meniscus.
My doctor mentioned that athletes usually pick the meniscectomy route right off the bat since the recovery time is much shorter than a meniscus repair. (He used Jeremy Lin as an example.) But he warned me that this could also cause an early onset of knee arthritis.
I still haven’t undergone surgery, because unlike Almazan, no pro team will be sponsoring the procedure. The risk of getting knee arthritis earlier is also something I’m not eager to rush into because, also unlike Almazan, I do not earn a single peso playing basketball.
For now, I can at least function normally after a round of physical therapy. I also haven’t touched a basketball in months and judging by how I sorely miss playing, I know that I’ll eventually get the surgery and go back to draining buckets and winning ice tubig wagers at our neighborhood court soon enough.
There was a time when Aeus Reyes was the publisher of the leading men's magazine in the country and could play recreational basketball. Now, he spends most of his time crafting leather goods, missing basketball, and trying hard not to make any sudden knee movements that could aggravate his meniscus tears. He is currently saving money for his surgery so he can at least play bente-uno again.
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The Awkward Moment A Peterborough Player Mistakenly Passed To A Steward
Josh Lawless in Football
Last updated 6:31 PM, Thursday November 22 2018 GMT
In our long and successful football careers playing on the local playing fields or at the local football court we've all been guilty of passing the ball to the completely wrong person. By that, I'm not meaning passing to your left-back instead of your right winger, by the way.
It was a regular occurrence in school football where you'd pass the ball straight to someone from the other team or even worse, pass the ball to someone who wasn't playing - sadly the dinner lady didn't have her boots on this occasion so she was not able to take part.
The whole "I thought he was on my team" or "I thought he was playing" excuse came out regularly but that didn't stop your teammates being absolutely livid with you.
However, it appears as though the same sort of scenario even occurs in professional football.
On November 21 2016, Peterborough United sported a bright fluorescent green away kit in their win over Northampton and that brought about a bit of difficulty for midfielder Michael Bostwick.
The strip has the identical colours to the typical attire a pitchside steward wears and so when a figure wearing bright Hi-Vis colours was moving near the pitch, Bostwick mistakenly thought one of the stewards was a teammate and passed the ball to him.
He must have wondered why his 'teammate' didn't collect the ball. The ball rolled out of play as Bostwick gave the opposition a throw-in.
Last season, a similar gaffe occured in the Premier League game between Chelsea and Swansea City when Renato Sanches passed to a pitchside advertising board at Stamford Bridge.
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Josh is a writer who specialises in football and wrestling. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the field - including the first UK interview with The Hardy Boyz after their return to WWE. He has never sported a pair of Lonsdale Slip-ons, contrary to reports.
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the Scottish mountains
Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond from Ben Vorlich. 4pm, 10/02/81
Loch Long from Beinn Narnain. 6pm, 22/03/81
On Beinn Dubhchraig, the Force 10 about to meet its match.3pm, 12/12/81~ With the moon nearly full and the weather fair, a summit camp on the Saturday night seemed like a good idea. A few hours of sleep on Beinn Dubhchraig then up around midnight and traverse Beinn Oss to the regal Beinn Laoigh - was the plan. What matter the forecast, what matter the grossly lurid sunrise I could see through the back window of the bus taking me up the A82, what matter the plume of windblown snow spinning off the summit of Beinn Bhuidhe - ah, the follies, the follies of youth . . . I was wakened about 8 pm by a sudden violent shaking of the tent ( a sturdy Vango Force 10, with A-frame and ridgepole), and a reluctant peek outside showed the view all gone and a maelstrom of snow, falling or rising or both. The many remaining hours of darkness were grim beyond recalling, sleepless, counting the snapping guys, crawling out a one point for some running repairs when I feared for the flysheet. Dawn brought no respite, but I'd had more than enough, and bundling things together fled down to Tyndrum, where a long wait for the first southbound Sunday bus was mercifully cut short by the kind offer of a lift back to Glasgow (Howard Ashton, stalwart of the MBA, if you read this, I think you were one of the other passengers). Camped on top of Dubhchraig??? Testing a tent or something? No, just being bloody stupid .
Beinn Dubhchraig, calm before the storm. 3.30pm, 12/12/81
Winter dusk on Loch Lomond, from Beinn Dubhchraig. 3.45pm, 12/12/81
Beinn Oss and Beinn Dubhchraig.3pm, 09/01/82~ January 1982. A good winter continues. It began mild and wet at the New Year, but then became very cold from the 5th to the 15th with some record low temperatures. December's cold air was never far away, and with anticyclones in place over Greenland and Scandinavia a cold front moved south, pushed down by northeasterlies, with cold air slowly reintroduced from the 3rd, preceded by heavy rain. Between the 5th and 8th over 100 mm of rain fell on the Southern Uplands and Pennines. As the ground was frozen, it just ran off. As a result there was severe flooding in the York district when the River Ouse broke its banks after rising to 5m above normal. Ice floes became jammed under bridges. The flood waters then froze over. On the morning of the 5th there was over 40 cm of level snow at Braemar. There was more snow in the north on the 7th; and -23C at Braemar; the next day Grantown-on-Spey fell to -26.8C. The battle between very cold and mild air in the south led to blizzards; the Midlands and Wales had 30-50 cm of snow on the 8-9th with easterly gales. Many places were cut off (e.g. Torquay and Weymouth). Some drifts were 20' high. Lasting 36 hours, this was one of the most severe blizzards of the century across the Southwest and Midlands. Then with clear skies, light winds, and snow cover, Braemar fell to -27.2C (equal British record for the lowest reading) on the morning of the 10th, and logged several other very low minima that month. The maximum on the 10th was only -19.1C: a record low maximum for Britain; with a freshening easterly wind even Weymouth did not rise above -4C that day. The following day the minimum was -26.3C. There were some other very low temperatures in Scotland on the morning of the 11th, including -26.6C at Bowhill, and -26.2 at West Linton, both in the Borders. The English record was also set early in the morning of the 10th (beating that just made in December 1981!): -26.1C at Harper Adams College, just outside Newport (Shrops.). http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/britweather.htm~ So it would seem the weather was even more interesting than I remember - ice floes in the Ouse - but it surely was cold. The weekend was forecast to stay fine, and when I learned that there was to be a lunar eclipse on the Saturday evening clearly some fine plan had to be made. As I was working on Saturday morning it could be nothing elaborate or distant, and I settled on Glen Falloch and a stroll up an Caisteal with a tent and some warm gear.I set off from near Keilator farm about 1.30pm, with a sense of keen anticipation.
Last rays of sun on the northern slopes of an Caisteal. 3.40pm
I walk off into the sunset. 3.40pm
Moonrise between Ben More and Stobinian. 4.30pm
Camp set up. 6pm ~ It was almost perfectly still, with just a whisper of an easterly breeze, and a camp right on the summit would have been quite feasible, but the mental scars from Beinn Dubhchraig a month before had not entirely healed so I pitched the Vango on a stamped-out platform a little way down to the west. I didn’t possess a sleeping bag fit for these conditions, but a 3-season down bag combined with a fibre-pile liner that I’d bought for summer bivvying proved perfectly adequate. Not trusting a gas stove to perform in this extreme cold I took a paraffin Primus (good old Optimus no.00 - still use it occasionally, for the memories) whose eager roaring was a great comfort, and which was ideal for melting ice chipped off from the confections adorning every boulder. The eclipse began a bit after 6pm and an hour later was total, the moon dimming to the colour of dried blood, the wide sparkling landscape quenched and cowering, and my spirit cowered and shrank with it. This atavistic reaction was quite unexpected, since I had been looking forward to the spectacle. Primitive awe and dread of eclipses was all too easy to understand, and I retreated to the tent to be consoled by the cheery Primus and to cook a meal. By the time it was finished the poor mauled moon had almost recovered from its ordeal and was flooding the world with its light again.
Moonlit view NW. 10pm
Cruachan and the Beinn Laoigh group.11pm~ A full moon among snow mountains will normally provide visibility of 25 miles, says W H Murray in Undiscovered Scotland, but this is an understatement - Ben More of Mull, a little over 52 miles away, was quite clearly visible, more clearly than in this photo where it is a shadowy presence on the far left. The Cruachan summit is 20 miles distant.
Beinn Laoigh, moonset and sunrise. 8.50am
Laoigh, Oss, and Dubhchraig 9am
It was quite nippy. 9.10am ~ As noted in the preamble, the temperature reached -27.2°C at Braemar that morning, rising only to -19.1° during the day. I suspect that in Glen Falloch the -20s were achieved, but I couldn't persuade my own thermometer to go below -16°, with the coldest air draining down into the glen.
Southwestwards over Beinn Chabhair to the Arrochar Alps. 9.15am
Ben More and Stobinian. 9.30am.
Last view from the summit before packing up. 9.30am
Ben Lomond from the south ridge of an Caisteal. 10.30am
On Beinn a'Chroin, looking east, Ben Vorlich and Stuc a'Chroin in the distance. mid-day ~ After more than 16 hours on an Caisteal it was time for a change of view. In deep untrodden snow, crusted where the sun had reached and powder where it hadn't, it wasn't easy going but I was in no hurry, and the extraordinary conditions were there to be savoured. By the time I had ploughed my way over to a'Chroin's east top, something - what? sensory overload? surfeit of splendour? sadness that no-one else had been there to witness what I had witnessed? - had left me emotionally drained, a reaction as unexpected as my shrinking from the lovely dreadful eclipse. And I grew wistful, in the certainty that I would never experience a night like that again.
NW-N panorama from Beinn a'Chroin (east top).1pmA ridge runs north from this top down into the Coire Earba, and I assume that this is how I got back to Keilator, but I have no recollection of this. What I do remember is that my old air-cooled VW T2 started as readily as ever, but the downside of having no coolant to freeze is that there is no coolant to heat the interior, and I was scraping ice off the inside of the windscreen all the way back to Glasgow.
Chroin pano with summits identified (view at original size, 6600 x 2200 pixels).
Beinn Dorain. 19/2/83
Arrochar Alps from Ben Lomond. 10am, 14/11/83 ~ Contemplative moment, my 1st Munro completion. I had wanted to end the quest as it began (6/11/78), alone, on a November day borrowed from late summer.
Beinn Ime from Beinn Narnain. 4pm, 8/1/84
Beinn an Dothaidh and Beinn Dorain by moonlight. 8pm, 16/03/84
Dawn on the Blackmount, from Victoria Bridge. 6.30am, 17/03/85
Early sun on the Blackmount. 7.20am, 17/03/85
Stob Ghabhar from Stob a' Choir' Odhair. 9am, 17/03/84
Looking SW towards Cruachan, from Stob Ghabhar. 10.45am, 17/03/85
On the north ridge of Stob Coir' an Albannaich, looking NW towards the Bidean. 4pm, 17/03/85
Descending Stob Coir' an Albannaich, looking east. 5pm, 17/03/85
Beinn an Dothaidh and Beinn Dorain, beyond Loch Dochart. 6pm, 17/03/85
Tyndrum, with Beinn Odhar. 11am, 30/04/79 ~ When it was a one-horse town. It now has at least a horse and a donkey.
An early bivvy on Stob Daimh of Cruachan. 8pm, 02/06/79 ~ Those orange plastic bivvy sacks had the virtue of cheapness, but little else to commend them.
Stob Dearg from Glen Etive, a bit below Coupall Bridge. 3pm, 01/03/80 ~ Early days, in a Vango Force 10, and as if that wasn't heavy enough I often lugged about (on public transport) not one but two medium-format cameras, with several pounds of glass, in that huge rigid case. I soon learned.
South ridge of Stobinian. 2pm, 30/03/80 ~ An anticlockwise circuit of Cruach Ardrain, Tulaichean, Stobinian and Ben More. In these conditions that was a big enough day, made practicable by camping in the upper reaches of the glen, where I was able to spend a second night before heading for the early train at Crianlarich. In the afternoon sun the west flank of Stobinian was an uneasy place, little sloughs of snow sliding past constantly, and me taking such steps as I could to avoid launching something bigger.
The Vango in the Benmore Glen. 6pm, 30/03/80
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FAMU women fall; baseball opens MEAC play
Top seed North Carolina A&T posts a 65-61 win over the Rattlers Friday afternoon
FAMU women fall; baseball opens MEAC play Top seed North Carolina A&T posts a 65-61 win over the Rattlers Friday afternoon Check out this story on tallahassee.com: http://on.tdo.com/2txVPUc
Jim Henry, Democrat sports editor Published 2:46 p.m. ET March 9, 2018
The FAMU Rattlers were eliminated from the MEAC Tournament Friday by top-seed North Carolina A&T.(Photo: Vaughn Wilson/FAMU athletics)
Seeded 12th in the MEAC Women’s Basketball Tournament, the Florida A&M Rattlers embraced the uphill journey that faced them.
After posting a pair of impressive victories, FAMU’s ride ended Friday against No. 1 seed North Carolina A&T in the semifinals.
The tourney favorites eliminated the Rattlers 65-61 at Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
Florence Ouattara led FAMU with 20 points, and Shakeyrra Morrison finished with a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds.
Morrison finished as the Rattlers’ single-season rebound leader with 319, passing All-American Cathy Robinson’s 1994 total of 309.
FAMU led North Carolina A&T 19-15 after the first quarter but was unable to hold its advantage.
The Rattlers shot 33.9 percent from the field (20 of 59), was out-rebounded 47-39 and suffered 19 turnovers.
FAMU finished 8-24 its season 8-24, but made its second consecutive appearance in the MEAC semifinals.
FAMU baseball
The slate is clean.
After struggling through its non-conferene schedule, the Rattlers (6-11) have the chance to start MEAC play on the right foot Saturday against rival Bethune-Cookman in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. at Moore-Kittles Field.
FAMU has lacked consistency across the board to start the season.
While hitting .289 as a team, the Rattlers have been plagued by errors (.942 fielding percentage) and pitching inconsistency (5.64 ERA).
The Rattlers have dropped five of their last six games, including a midweek home series against Florida Gulf Coast.
FAMU was outscored 28-19 in the two games.
Infielder Kaycee Reese leads the Rattlers in hitting with a .404 average.
Reliever Jamie Grant, with 10 appearances, has a 1.53 ERA with 13 strikeouts in a team-high 17.2 innings pitched.
The Wildcats (5-9) are coming off a 8-3 victory over North Florida Wednesday.
Last November, Barrett Shaft was named the B-CU’s acting head coach after Jason Beverlin resigned after six seasons.
B-CU won 36 games and the MEAC Baseball Tournament for the second consecutive season last year under Beverlin.
The Wildcats pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the NCAA Tournament, beating Florida and forcing a decisive third game.
The Gators ultimately won that game and went on to win the College World Series.
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Occupying SL military threatens TNA politicians in Jaffna
[TamilNet, Sunday, 08 May 2011, 11:40 GMT]
While building up democratic politics in the north and east is reiterated as a prerequisite for ‘reconciliation,’ the genocidal SL Army occupying Jaffna under the command of ‘Asian Nobel Peace Laureate’ Maj. Gen. Mahinda Hathurusinghe is engaged in intimidating politicians of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the most favoured political formation in the north and east, and the people who come into contact with it, news sources in Jaffna said. The occupying army particularly threatening people resettled in the so-called High Security Zones that “the TNA should not come here, if they come you will be chased out again,” shows that there is a long-term agenda in the Army to take Tamil politics directly into its hands, the news sources further said.
Occupying Sri Lanka Army and its intelligence units are now targeting the politicians and supporters of the Tamil National Alliance.
All their movements were watched and followed, allege the Tamil politicians.
TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran has recently alleged that after increased confrontations he and Mavai Senathiraja faced with Hathurusinghe, his personal assistant Mr. Ramesh was attacked.
Accusing the TNA for kindling a revival of the struggle, Hathurusinghe in a recent media interview threatened that he would arrest a particular TNA parliamentarian.
The present watch on the TNA gains new significance in this light.
They are particularly followed when they visit resettled people in the High Security Zone.
After every visit of them, the Army goes to the houses of the people, intimidate them, and ask why the TNA parliamentarians had come, the TNA said.
The military intelligence had gone to the houses of the candidates who contest for the local body elections and collected the details of the family members in an intimidating way.
In the same way the supporters of the TNA are also targeted.
Recently Suresh visited areas in the HSZ and distributed questionnaires collecting details of the people. Later, the Army that went to the houses tore down those forms.
TNA should not come here. If they come you all will be chased out again, threaten the Army.
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Weight Room Injuries on the Rise: How to Buck the Trend
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Recent high-profile weight room injuries have focused more attention on the importance of safe strength training. Last season's horrific incident in the USC weight room, in which running back Stafon Johnson dropped 275 pounds on his throat while benching, was by far the most publicized. Johnson was lucky to survive, but he missed the remainder of the season after undergoing multiple throat and neck surgeries. He did not regain the ability to speak for several months after the accident.
Johnson's injury was one of thousands that happen in high school and college weight rooms across the U.S. each year. Read the story of Reed Remington, a high school football player heading into his senior season in Ohio, who had his finger nearly ripped off while lifting weights. The gruesome injury came close to derailing the 6'4", 245-lb. defensive end's hopes for a scholarship from courting schools such as North Carolina, Purdue and Northwestern.
Recent high-profile weight room injuries have focused more attention on the importance of safe strength training. Last season's horrific incident in the USC weight room, in which running back Stafon Johnson dropped 275 pounds on his throat while benching, was by far the most publicized. Johnson was lucky to survive, but he missed the remainder of the season after undergoing multiple throat and neck surgeries. He did not regain the ability to speak for several months after the accident.
According to the American Journal of Sports Medicine, the incidence of weight room injuries has increased 48.4 percent in recent years. More than 90 percent of these injuries involved the use of free weights, with dropped weights crushing body parts being the major cause. Most alarming was the fact that the highest incidence of injury was among people between 13 and 18 years of age.
While injuries on the field are sometimes unavoidable, you have complete control over preventing injuries in the weight room. Follow the rules below, and you'll never lose playing time with an injury that could have been prevented.
Always Use a Spotter. If one is unavailable, avoid lifts in which the weight is above any part of your body. For instance, replace Barbell Squats with Dumbbell Squats (DBs at sides), Bench Press with Physioball Push-Ups (feet on ball) and Shoulder Press with Dumbbell Shoulder Raises. Pull-Ups, Dips and other bodyweight exercises are also great options when a spotter is not around.
Use Perfect Form. If you are unable to perform a complete set with perfect form, the weight is too heavy. Proper form not only ensures your muscles are benefiting optimally from a lift, it also protects bones, ligaments and tendons from taking the brunt of the force. Control the weight throughout the entire range of motion, avoiding any use of momentum.
Pay Attention. Always maintain 100 percent focus when lifting, spotting or even standing in a weight room. It is a workplace, not a social chat room. One second of distraction can result in loss of balance or control of the weight.
Use Clips. Plates sliding toward one end of the bar during barbell exercises is one of the most common causes of dumped weights.
Keep it Clean. Always put away weight plates and dumbbells immediately after using them. Do not drop the dumbbells when your set is complete. Heavy weight + rubber floor can = unexpected bounces or rolling weights, which have broken plenty of toes, foot bones and ankles. If you can't handle the weight with control after a set, it's too heavy for you. The set doesn't end until the dumbbells are racked.
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Burton midwife up for top Sands Award from the Royal College of Midwifery for her support to grieving parents
Samantha Evans has been working as a midwife for nine years
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A bereavement midwife who helps families grieving over the loss of their babies in Burton is in the running for a top national award.
Samantha Evans, who works at Burton's Queen's Hospital, has been nominated for a Sands Award from the Royal College of Midwifery (RCM).
Miss Evans has been with the hospital for 13 years after starting as a student and has worked with grieving families at the trust for more than five years. In total she has been a midwife for nine years.
Burton's maternity unit is bucking the trend as others turn mums-to-be away
The 31-year-old, who has delivered many Burton babies during her time at the hospital, has also co-ordinated a Wave of Light Ceremony at the Belvedere Road hospital for Baby Loss Awareness Week in November, which bosses said received a positive reception from attendees.
Miss Evans, along with the support of her team, put herself forward for consideration for the Royal College of Midwifery nomination following the launch of their new service, Eye Movement Detection and Reprocessing (EMDR), which was introduced to the hospital in 2016.
Sam Evans, bereavement midwife at Burtons Queens Hospital, is nominated for a Royal College of Midwifery award
The therapy, which is often used to treat people with post-traumatic stress disorder, works on the theory that rapid eye movements can reduce the intensity of disturbing thoughts.
It is thought that these movements dampen the power of emotionally-charged memories of past traumatic events.
Burton Hospitals is one of the few trusts across the NHS to practice the new innovation.
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Miss Evans gave a presentation in front of the Royal College of Midwifery committee in London as part of the nomination process.
She said: "The loss of a child is something that no parent should have to experience.
"If this life-changing event does happen to a parent, it is essential that they get all the support and care they need.
"I am so honoured to be nominated for this award and would like to thank my team for their constant support over of the years.
Midwife who helps grieving parents talks loss, love and why crying at the end of a hard day is only human
"Eye Movement Detection and Reprocessing is integrated within the package of care provided by my team and I and is offered as required.
"It is absolutely incredible. To have been nominated for a national award is humbling, I don't feel the award is for me but for the services that have been implemented into the trust.
"To just know we have made a positive difference in some form of counselling as well is what we really want to do.
"If we can make it that little bit more comfortable and less hospital-like for the family, then that is all we can ask for.
"It is about making people as comfortable as we possibly can. It is great news that we will keep on going and thriving to get it out there about stillbirth and prenatal deaths so it is not so taboo anymore."
Couple walk from Fradley to Snowdon for Snowdrop Suite at Burton's Queen's Hospital after baby boy Myles was stillborn
Miss Evans now has to wait for the panel from the Royal College of Midwifery to make its decision on a winner.
Burton's hospital is home of the specialist Snowdrop Suite which supports families who are grieving for their babies.
The winners of the Royal College of Midwifery awards will be announced in March 2018.
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Call the Midwife is back on the BBC this Christmas
When it comes to enjoying a bit of festive TV at Christmas, Call the Midwife has become a firm favourite.
So there is some good news for fans as it is back for the fifth year and even includes some seasonal snow. Nonnatus House will be back on the screen on BBC One at 7.40pm on Christmas Day.
Series Seven is set to return in the New Year, with seasons eight and nine on their way, but there will be plenty to whet fans' appetite on Christmas Day.
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The festive episode is set to tell the story of the "big freeze" of 1962 and 1963, according to the Radio Times. This was one of the coldest winters on record in the UK and brought London and the rest of the country to a standstill.
As the midwives deliver the babies of Poplar into the world, there is also plenty going on with the characters with Trixie preparing for a skiing holiday with her dentist boyfriend Christopher.
Nurse Crane will find an unexpected quarter questioning her authority and Tom and Barbara are enjoying life as a married couple.
Former Eastenders star Anita Dobson will also be making a guest appearance for a heartbreaking storyline.
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Crosby begins anew in New Year
By LEWIS SPEARMAN
CROSBY Many here will glad to see 2003 over and there are those ready to greet 2004. The last year has been one of controversy and developments that are sure to change the face of Main Street.
One of the changes that drew most attention last year was that Wal-Mart Properties Inc. had found sufficient data about Crosby to purchase land and a Wal-Mart Supercenter behind and north of their current location is nearing completion.
H.E.B. Pantry closed its door in late Sept., 2003.
Crosby and Huffman passed school bonds, both anticipating increases in student population.
Early reports from local developers indicated that the U.S. 90 to IH-610 was back on the 5 year plan, but later in the year it was learned that the plan has now been delayed a year or four. The project may now be completed in 2012.
Thieves stole the tires and wheels off the Highlands Rotary Truck. Shawn Latta was named Baytown Police Dept. Officer of the Year.
Tom Adam was named Highlands VFD Firefighter of the Year. Mt. Rose Church of God in Christ dedicated their new sanctuary.
Crosby Church dedicated their new sanctuary. Crosby VFD opened a station at the AtoFina plant. Jim Hildebrand won the Highlands Rotary Club truck (complete with new tires and wheels). The Pilot Club of Highlands raised $20,000 toward construction of a new library in Highlands.
Armando Hernadez was arrested for the Feb. 17 murder of Newport resident Christopher Harrell. Huffman FFA holds their annual livestock show and sale.
A record number of fans attended the original Zydeco Jamm Festival at the Crosby Fairgrounds. Diana Singer was named Highlands Little League Queen.
The Huffman VFD approved land to build a new EMS station. Area school districts canceled elections due to a lack of candidates.
Crosby ISD proposed a $45 million bond package for school upgrades. The Crosby Sports Association renamed a field in honor of Bobby Michalsky.
Cross Canadian Ragweed and Patrick Murphy were announced as headliners for the 2003 Crosby Fair and Rodeo. Highlands VFD battled a truck fire and hazardous materials spill which closed I-10 for six hours.
Crosby State Bank celebrated its 90th Anniversary. A Goose Creek CISD redistricting committee recommended consolidating the two high school s into one.
The Lynchburg Ferry was closed for three months for repairs and repainting. Crosby voters approved $45 million in schoolhouse bonds. Crosby veterans joined a protest in Dayton, where students were forced to attend classes on Memorial Day.
Construction of a Super Wal-Mart was announced for Crosby. The 57th Crosby Fair and Rodeo was held. A record $11,000 was bid for the Grand Champion Steer.
Cases of West Nile Virus was confirmed in Harris, Liberty and Chambers Counties.
Charlie Farrar was elected president of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce. Deacon Tittel received the Highlands Chambers Terry Davis Award for community service.
Huffman ISD announced a $22 million bond referendum. A community survey to determine the possibility of a YMCA in Crosby was held.
Congressman Christ Bell traveled to Israel as the guest of a Jewish political group to review tensions between Israel and Palestine. The Highlands Kawasaki Racing team set new track records at races in South Africa.
The Highlands Chamber of Commerce announced they would move Jamboree festivities to the Highlands Elementary School. Harris County said that they would do a feasibility study of the Lynchburg Ferry.
Tensions continued to rise between emergency service providers in Crosby and Huffman. Crosbys Bonnie-Beth Newman was named Region IV Teacher of the Year.
Huffman voters approved $22 million in schoolhouse bonds. The body of David Mixon, found in a Highlands canal, leading to the arrest of Chris Crow, of Baytown and Ollie Ford Jr. of Highlands.
Powerboats returned to Highlands for races along the San Jacinto River. Jessica Gonzales was named Miss Highlands and Candace Smith was named Junior Miss Highlands.
Four were injured in a boating accident on the San Jacinto River. An armed robber struck at game rooms in Huffman and Dayton. Phillip Beck and Miranda Johnson were named Crosby HS Homecoming King and Queen.
Dr. David Hicks resigned as superintendent of Deer Park ISD. Crosby ISD announced they would begin an JROTC program in the Fall of 2004.
Goose Creek CISD approved spending $42,000 on a feasibility study for a third high school.
Crosbys Phillip Beck set a new state record for most receptions in a season.
The Honey Stop 7 game room in Crosby was robbed at gunpoint. The new Barrett Community Center opened in Barrett Station. Two meth labs were raided in Crosby.
Highlands youth injured in drive-by shooting
By BOBBY HORN JR.
HIGHLANDS– Harris County Sheriffs Department homicide investigators are looking for clues which will lead the to the arrest of a person or person who injured a 13 year old Highlands boy in what is believed to be a drive-by shooting.
The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Dec. 18. Investigators say that at 12:54 a.m. they were dispatched to the 2000 block of North Battlebell in Highlands
Sheriffs deputies were told upon arrival by the mother that her son was in her bedroom talking on the telephone when they heard a loud noise. The son reportedly told the mother that he had been shot in the lower back.
Highlands EMS transported the boy to East Houston Regional Hospitals emergency room for examination. X-rays revealed that the boy had indeed a bullet lodged in his lower back.
A hospital spokesman said that because the bullet was in the fatty part of the back they chose to leave it in rather than remove it and the boy was released from the hospital.
The boy reportedly told deputies that since he was in the bedroom he could not have seen the shooter. He also said that he did not known of anyone who would want to shoot him and could not offer any possible suspects.
The sheriffs department homicide division is asking anyone with information to step forward and assist them. Anyone with information related to this case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 713-222-TIPS. Callers do have to give their names.
Crosby man killed in auto accident
CROSBY– A Crosby man was killed Friday, when his pickup left the road and crashed into a ditch.
According to the Harris County Sheriffs Department, Mark Emil Nicolella, 46, was driving west on Stroker Rd when he lost control of his GMC pickup as he tried to make a turn.
Investigators say that the truck drove into a ditch, breaking a fence post and coming to rest in a dirt embankment. Nicolella expired at the scene.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Nicolella was employed as a dispatcher for Last Trail Services.
A memorial fund for his daughter Ashley, has been established at the St. John Vianney Federal Credit Union, 625 Nottingham Oaks, Houston, Tx. 77079-6234.
Harris County deputies adopt local familes for Christmas
By D.M. WOLFE
On December 20, Harris County Sheriffs Office Community Services Deputies and students who were completing their community service hours from Judge Mike Parrotts Court, delivered gifts to several families throughout east Harris County as part of the Adopt-A-Family Program.
The Adopt-A-Family Program is a program that sponsors indigent families during the Christmas Holidays. The program is a collaboration of donations from area businesses, the Harris County Sheriffs Office, and the Harris County Sheriffs Office Citizen Police Academy Alumni.
The Adopt-A-Family Program, which was coordinated by Deputy Bumpers, enabled indigent families to receive gifts for Christmas that they wouldnt have received otherwise.
With the donated funds, Sheriffs deputies, Harris County Sheriffs Office Citizens Police Academy Alumni, and students doing community service, all went shopping for the gifts for each individual family.
The gifts were selected from the wish lists of each individual child. Some of the gifts consisted of dolls, games, bikes, clothes, etc. The families that received the gifts resided in Baytown, Highlands, Channelview, and the Cloverleaf areas.
Overall, the Adopt-A-Family Program was huge success this year. Everyone who participated expressed they were glad they were apart of such a positive program that touched so many lives.
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Last State Of Play Of 2019 Reveals New Games, Official Announcements, Release Dates, And A Tease
Pablo David Nuñez December 10th, 2019 – 9:40 AM
Last week, PlayStation revealed that the last State of Play of the year would be taking place today. It was comprised of over 20 minutes of new games, release dates, official announcements that were known ahead of time due to leaks and a tease of a trailer which will be revealed during The Game Awards this Thursday. The State of Play started with a trailer for Untitled Goose Game which will be making its way to the PlayStation 4 very soon on December 17. Heading into 2020, Spellbreak is a new battle royale experience that looks like it’s taking cues from Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra in that players will fight with control of natural elements. A closed beta for the game is coming Spring 2020.
Next, Dreams from Media Molecule got an official release date of February 14, 2020. The game has been in early access since Spring. Superliminal is a physics-based puzzle-platformer that has perspective play an important role in solving its puzzles. Paper Beast is a new PlayStation VR title where players can “explore a living and dynamic VR ecosystem”. Players can manipulate the animals that are inhabiting the ecosystem and play with terrain and fluids in order to “unravel the deepening mysteries of Paper Beast“. The game will be available in Q1 2020.
Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind‘s trailer was leaked recently. It is DLC for Kingdom Hearts III and will be available on January 23, 2020. Pre-orders are available now and the trailer highlighted two versions that are available to purchase. Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind is $29.99 and it comes with the additional story, limitcut episode and 13 boss battles, secret episode and boss battle, data greeting feature, slideshow feature, premium menu, and diverse difficulty settings and gameplay challenges. Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind + Concert Video (19 tracks) is $39.99 and it comes with the main story update, new abilities, two new keyblades plus new formchanges added.
Predator: Hunting Grounds will be released on April 24, 2020. The release date trailer also gave a first look at three classes of Predator that players can choose from. Hunter is a versatile hunting style with balanced weapon choice, Berserker is more of a tank with savage power and extra health, and Scout will have increased speed and ultimate stamina. A first look at gameplay was given on the next PlatinumGames title, Babylon’s Fall. More details will be revealed in Summer 2020.
Like the Kingdom Hearts III DLC was leaked, Resident Evil 3 was leaked as well. It is a remake of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis like the Resident Evil 2 remake that was released earlier this year. The game will be paired together with Resident Evil: Resistance, the new multiplayer title that was revealed in September. Resident Evil 3 will be released on April 3, 2020, for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Then, Ken Kutaragi shared a special message for the 25th anniversary of PlayStation. Lastly, a tease of the next trailer for Ghost of Tsushima was shared. The full trailer will be revealed on Thursday, December 12 on The Game Awards.
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Speaking for abused women
November 22, 2012 — 3.00am
ZERO tolerance is Tamara Wenham's message to women who have ever been violently abused.
''There is never an excuse for men to abuse you in any way,'' she says. ''It's never acceptable.''
It's the same message for men.
For about 12 years Ms Wenham, 34, from Brisbane, was married to an abusive man who was later jailed.
''Throughout our entire relationship the sexual and psychological abuse never stopped and would often take on a number of different forms,'' she told a talk at Parliament House in Brisbane.
''He would threaten to have affairs and/or become verbally abusive if I did not have sex with him whenever he wanted. He would stalk and harass me when I was not in his company, and on more than one occasion I awoke to his hand over my mouth, pinning me down, attempting to rape me.''
His behaviour, she believes, was about power, control and manipulation. Ms Wenham is telling her story before White Ribbon Day on Sunday. This year's theme is Hey Mate, to help men feel they can make a difference when it comes to stopping violence against women.
It was launched with a TV advertisement featuring the NRL player Nathan Hindmarsh middleweight world boxing champion Daniel Geale, and Underbelly Badness stars Matt Nable and Jason Montgomery.
The campaign says one woman is killed every week by a current or former partner.
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Yates joins Dare To Be Different ambassadors
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The host of Fox Sports’ Supercars coverage, Jessica Yates has joined the ranks of ambassadors for the Dare To Be Different initiative.
Established by ex-Williams Formula 1 test driver Susie Wolff and the UK’s Motor Sports Association in 2016, the program aims to increase female involvement in motorsport.
Local governing body CAMS launched its own arm during the Australian Grand Prix weekend earlier this year.
Nissan Motorsport driver Simona De Silvestro, Erebus Motorsport owner Betty Klimenko and Triple Eight engineer Romy Mayer were among the initial ambassadors.
Yates now joins them, along with Emma Notarfrancesco, who has been part of Supercars’ big-screen broadcast team at events in recent years.
In 2016, Yates became the first female winner of Supercars’ Media Award.
“Traditionally, it’s fair to say there haven’t been an overwhelming number of women involved in motorsport, but we are certainly seeing that change,” Yates, who has worked on a variety of sports with Fox, said.
“I am a firm believer that if you want something badly enough, you will always find a way.
“Dare To Be Different is a fantastic program and I am proud to be helping encourage, inspire and motivate women to understand there are opportunities for them to be involved in motor sport, whether it is in media, or as a race engineer, driver or valued team member.”
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Wild Kratts: Triple Feature DVD
“WILD KRATTS: TRIPLE FEATURE”
AVAILABLE ON MARCH 14
PBS KIDS Series WILD KRATTS Helps Kids Learn Science
by Exploring Animals and Their “Creature Powers”
Arlington, Va. – February 21, 2017 – PBS Distribution announced today it is releasing “WILD KRATTS: TRIPLE FEATURE,” which includes content from three previously released DVDs bundled together onto one disc. The eight episodes included in this collection, which feature amazing creatures and dastardly villains, are from “Predator Power,” “Lost at Sea,” and “Rainforest Rescue.” From talking with dolphins in the story “Speaking Dolphinese,” to working to save a black jaguar cub in Central America from Zach Varmitech in the episode “Shadow: The Black Jaguar,” the “WILD KRATTS: TRIPLE FEATURE” is full of action-packed adventures.
“WILD KRATTS: TRIPLE FEATURE” will be available on March 14, 2017 and has a run time of approximately 205 minutes on one disc. The SRP for “WILD KRATTS: TRIPLE FEATURE” is $14.99. The stories included within this collection are listed below.
“Stuck on Sharks”
“Little Howler”
“Raptor Roundup”
“Speaking Dolphinese”
“Blowfish Blowout”
“Rainforest Rescue”
“Rainforest Stew”
“Shadow: The Black Jaguar”
WILD KRATTS transforms the Kratt Brothers, creators of the award-winning “Kratts’ Creatures” and Emmy-winning “Zoboomafoo,” into animated versions of themselves, allowing the real-life zoologists to visit wild animals in their little-seen habitats and showcase key science concepts along the way. From elephants using physics to suck gallons of water with their trunks to a fleet of peregrine falcons that harness the force of gravity to speed through the air, each episode of WILD KRATTS presents age-appropriate science inspired by the natural abilities of the animals that the Kratt Brothers – and young viewers – meet. WILD KRATTS airs daily on PBS KIDS (check local listings).
About Kratt Brothers Company
Kratt Brothers Company, founded in 1993, has created and produced more than 220 episodes of television, including award-winning series: KRATTS’ CREATURES, ZOBOOMAFOO, “Kratt Brothers: Be The Creature” and WILD KRATTS. Through its full service animation studio, Kratt Brothers Company is currently in production on its fifth season of the Emmy-nominated hit WILD KRATTS. www.krattbrothers.com
About PBS KIDS
PBS KIDS, the number one educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television, digital platforms and community-based programs. Kidscreen- and Webby-award winning pbskids.org provides engaging interactive content, including digital games and streaming video. PBS KIDS also offers mobile apps to help support young children’s learning. The PBS KIDS Video App is available on a variety of mobile devices and on platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Xbox One and Chromecast. For more information on specific PBS KIDS content supporting literacy, science, math and more, visit pbs.org/pressroom, or follow PBS KIDS on Twitter and Facebook.
About PBS Distribution
PBS Distribution is the leading media distributor for the public television community, both domestically and internationally, extending the reach of these programs beyond broadcast while generating revenue for the public television system, stations, and producers.
PBS Distribution offers a broad range of high quality content in multiple formats including DVD, Blu-ray, digital download, and digital streaming. PBS International offers factual content for broadcast, cable, and satellite services internationally. The PBS Distribution catalog includes films from Ken Burns, documentaries from award-winning series such as NOVA, FRONTLINE, AMERICAN MASTERS, NATURE, and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, dramas from MASTERPIECE, as well as films from independent producers and popular children’s programming.
Street Date: March 14, 2017
Genre: Kids
Run Time: Approx. 205 Minutes on 1 Disc
After we watched Wild Kratts: Triple Feature, my son Eli told me he had seen most of the episodes. I guess it didn't surprise me because he loves Wild Kratts as much as I do (yep I'm a kid at heart.) It was educational and fun. I felt that Martin and Chris had a ton of energy. I'm not sure where they get all of their energy but it was fun to watch. I loved that we saw them as humans in the beginning and then they transformed into cartoon characters. In this DVD, Wild Kratts: Triple Feature you eight different episodes. Some of the animals we learned about were white sharks, dolphins, polar bears and more. This DVD set is a great way to get your Wild Kratts collection started. It featured a little bit about the rainforest, sea and predators. The adventures featured scientific facts and interesting animals. I enjoyed every episode and I definitely recommend this DVD as it was packed with tons of wild creatures and the Kratt brothers never get old.
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First of regional water polo meetings to help develop sport set to take place
The first in a series of regional meetings that aims to give the water polo community the chance to give their thoughts on the development of the sport is set to take place.
Consultant David Meli and representatives from Swim England will be attending eight meetings across the country.
The first takes place at Swim England’s headquarters in SportPark, Loughborough, between 6.30pm and 8.30pm on Tuesday 3 December.
The meetings provide an opportunity for members of the water polo community to come together and provide some thoughts and insight across a range of areas including club development, coaching and officiating support, competition structures, the talent pathway and leadership/governance.
Leading the meetings will be David, who has been brought in by Swim England to help develop and implement a plan for the sport and to support the process of reinvigorating the leadership and governance for water polo alongside Ian Mackenzie, the Interim Chairperson of the Water Polo Leadership Group.
This will involve consultation and engagement with key stakeholders from within water polo to ensure that there is the opportunity for as much input as possible to the future plan.
David’s project is due to take 12 months, during which time he will be providing around a day a week of support to the sport reporting in to George Wood, Sport Development Director for Swim England.
Enthusiasm to see sport develop
He has not been asked to carry out a review along similar lines to that carried out by Neil Tunnicliffe in 2015 but will be looking at how any of the recommendations contained in that report can be further developed for future inclusion.
David said: “I have already had the chance to meet with a number of people from within water polo since taking on this project and it is clear that there is plenty of enthusiasm to see the sport develop.
“I was keen to set up this series of regional meetings in order to hear from clubs and other organisations who are involved in the front line delivery of the sport.
“It is important that we gather as much detail and information as possible in order to produce a manageable and sustainable plan for water polo.
“I look forward to travelling around the country with members of the Swim England team to continue with this process.”
Anyone who would like to submit questions ahead of the meeting they are attending should send their request to sian.breen@swimming.org so that they can be collated and responses prepared.
Water polo regional meetings
Tuesday 3 December – 6.30pm-8.30pm: Adlington Meeting Room, Floor 1, SportPark, Oakwood Drive, Loughborough, LE11 3QF
Wednesday 4 December – 7.30pm-9.30 pm: Holiday Inn Express, Leigh Sports Village, Sale Way, Leigh WN7 4JY
Thursday 5 December – 6.30pm-8.30pm: House of Sport, 190 Great Dover St, London SE1 4YB
Tuesday 10 December – 7.30pm – 9.30pm: Swim England South West, Castle Business Centre, Castle Road, Chelston Business Park, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9JQ Somerset, TA21 9JQ
Wednesday 11 December – 7.30pm – 9.30pm: Holiday Inn (Guilford), Egerton Rd, Guildford GU2 7XZ
Thursday 12 December – 6.30pm-8.30pm: Grange Park Sports club, Wetherby Grange Park, Old Boston Road, Wetherby, LS22 5NB
Saturday 14 December – 2pm-4pm: Riverside Ice and Leisure Centre, Victoria Rd, Chelmsford CM1 1FG
Tuesday 17 December – 6.30pm-8.30pm: Handsworth Grammar School Old Boys Club House, Bridge Trust Society, 47a Romilly Avenue, Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, B20 2AT
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Cowabunga! This century-old turtle’s no mutant, but might as well be after siring 800 babies
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Tag: Nature
What the shell! A 100-year-old giant tortoise named Diego and from the Galapagos' Española Island is retiring from controlled baby-making after he helped saved his entire species from extinction by fathering 800 children, reports The New York Times. Nearly eight decades after he was taken from his native habitat, Diego will finally return home to Española Island in March.
[Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" intensifies.]
While Diego was one of several turtles participating in a breeding program at the Fausto Llerena Tortoise Center on the island of Santa Cruz, he "displayed an exceptional sex drive," according to the article. He joined the program in 1976 after living at the San Diego Zoo for 30 years. With his coital help, the Tortoise Center amazingly increased its shelled population from 15 to 2,000. Forty percent of those offspring were sired by — you guessed it — Diego himself. If you can believe it, though, he wasn't even the most feisty member of the bunch.
“Another more reserved, less charismatic male" produced 60% of the kids, according to James P. Gibbs, a professor of environmental and forest biology at the State University of New York in Syracuse, per the Times. A third male had virtually no progeny.
Diego, a tortoise of the endangered Chelonoidis hoodensis subspecies from Espanola Island, at a breeding center at the Galapagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos archipelago. (Credit: RODRIGO BUENDIA/AFP via Getty Images)
“It clearly is the other quieter male that has had much more success,” said Gibbs, according to the article. “Maybe he prefers to mate more at night."
Now, we're not saying that Diego's a god (like Maturin, the turtle deity in the Stephen King literary mythos) or an aberration of nature (like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), but there's something special about this long-living reptile.
Of course, Diego won't be going celibate once he's back home in the Galapagos, but his 800 kiddos do mark the end of his breeding program days. To borrow a phrase from Austin Powers, he's got a lot of mojo, baby!
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What functions can the autopilot control perform on a modern aircraft?
by adminPosted on August 16, 2019 September 3, 2019
An autopilot can be very much nowadays.The autopilot is connected to the Flight Management System (FMS) in aircrafts, under this system the Flight Management Computer (FMC), Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS), the navigation system and the Electronic Flight Instrument are System (EFIS).
In the FMC a whole flight plan can be programmed, also several other data, such as wind speed during cruise, noise abatement procedures and holdings, can be introduced.On the basis of the FMC, the FMS can control the aircraft, the pilot only need to turn on the vertical navigation (V NAV) and lateral navigation (L NAV) buttons of the autopilot. The plane then follows the entire programmed route and also automatically stops climbing at the cruising altitude.
The following functions are then performed by the autopilot:
Autothrottle (A/T): the cruise control.
Heading (HDG): The direction the device flies on.
Altitude (ALT HLD): Hold the altitude of the plane.
Vertical Speed (V/S): speed with which the plane is lifted.
Follow SIDs (Standard Instrument Departure Routes): A standard route that fly a plane after the take-off to the first airway (say the highway for planes) on the route.
Follow STARs (Standard Terminal Arrival Routes): A standard route from the airway to the place where the approach phase starts.
Track the programmed route.
Gas to prevent noise pollution.
Trimming the plane.
Watch patterns Fly (holding)
In addition, Autopilots can now also fully automatically land, which is generally only done in dense fog.This is done via the Instrument Landing System (ILS) which is divided into different categories (based on sight and to what extent there can be landed without input from the pilot):
CAT I: At a decision height (where the pilot should decide to make a go-around) of 61 meters is the sight 550 meters or more.
Autopilot is not necessary.
CAT II: At a decision height between 30 and 61 meters, the visibility is at least 300 meters.
The autopilot must be a fail-passive, or if the autopilot fails, the pilot must still be able to control the plane.
CAT IIIa: At a decision height of 15 meters, the visibility is at least 200 meters.
The autopilot must be a fail-passive.
CAT IIIb: Practically the same as IIIa, but on the runway the plane also has to roll automatically.
And at a decision height below 15 meters, the visibility must be at least 76 meters. The autopilot must be fail-operational, or the landing must still be done automatically.
CAT IIIc: Practically the same as IIIb, but no decision height is required.
Unfortunately not yet available in traffic planes.
In the image above[1 you can see which functions of the autopilot are enabled or which are automatically enabled.
[1 Image on b737.org.uk
It’s very much there.
With Google you can look up how much it is there, but a few general functions I can give:
Auto-Throttle 脗 -‘ A kind of cruise-control for airplanes, ensures that the plane must fly at the same speed.
HDG (heading) ensures that the plane continues to fly in the same direction (same number of degrees).
ALT (altitude) ensures that the aircraft continues to fly at the same altitude or climbs to that altitude.
US (Vertical Speed) ensures that the plane goes up at a steady speed.
Navigation System 芒 -‘ ensures that the plane flies its route.
(This is settled at the beginning of the flight.)
I hope I have given a good enough answer to the question.If anyone finds an error in my answer, please let me know!
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Beet lifestyle: An authentic, cute way to enjoy winter roots
Ari LeVaux More Content Now
Dec 6, 2019 at 9:33 AM Dec 6, 2019 at 9:33 AM
Winter came early this year, but the Belarusian cucumber farmers at my local market didn’t care. Their cucumber plants were long gone, their fruits having been turned into pickles, but they did have beets. Very exciting beets, if one were to take their enthusiastic vibes at face value.
I like beets, but not in an every-single-day way. My Belarusian friends, clearly, were deep in the lifestyle, and I wondered how they sustained that kind of pace all season long. I speculated that they must have tricks beyond pickled, boiled and borschted, and the answer turned out to be a little of all three.
When I asked the bearded, rosy-faced gentleman about his favorite beet dishes, his grin widened.
Then he leaned in, using his fingers to enumerate the ingredients: “Beets, carrots, potatoes — cooked. Chopped onions and pickles. Little bit of oil.”
“Cut small,” added his wife, bundled in a long blue wool coat and red scarf to match her husband’s cheeks.
“3/8-inch,” he said, holding two callused worker fingers in the universal symbol for small.
They call it beet vinaigrette, she says. If it had a different name back in Olshany, the village where she learned the dish from her grandmother, she didn’t know it.
The acid side of the vinaigrette comes from the pickles, which are serious business back home. Olshany is known across Belarus as the nation’s cucumber capital. In large greenhouses, each heated with multiple wood stoves, they start their cucumber plants as early as possible in spring, and harvest them as late as possible into the fall. The rest of the time, it’s pickles and beets.
But if you’re looking for the kind of beet vinaigrette that comes with with chevre cheese and balsamic, Belarus is not your place. To avoid confusion, I call it the Christmas Sweater — not only for its red beets and green pickles, but for the cacophany of flavors and textures that should not work together but somehow do.
At home, the Christmas Sweater was a hit with the family. The interaction of pickles and onions and potatoes was mildly spectacular, invoking the flavor of fries with a mouthful of relish, as from a bite of burger or hot dog. We couldn’t stop eating it. But the Belarusians were less impressed.
At market next week, wife wasn’t there. I handed husband my Christmas Sweater. He looked at me skeptically. “It’s too big.”
That was when I remembered his 3/8-inch directive. My chunks were more like 5/8. I felt ashamed to think that he thought my uncalloused writer fingers didn’t know what 3/8 was.
He took a bite. “The taste is good,” he acknowledged.
“I didn’t overcook the beets?” I quizzed. He shook his head.
He agreed to bring some to his wife, and gave me his phone number.
That afternoon I called. “The flavor is good,” she confirmed. “But it has to be, how do you say, more cute.”
“It’s too ugly?” I asked.
“Yes,” she said, laughing awkwardly.
Serves 4 as a side, 2 as a main
• 2 half-pound potatoes, peeled, each cut in half
• 1 pound beets, peeled and cubed (see below)
• ½ pound carrots, peeled and cubed
• 1 medium onion, cubed
• 2 cups cubed dill pickles
• ½ cup olive oil
• Salt and pepper, to taste
Steam the potatoes until soft on the outside and still a bit stiff in the middle, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
While that is going, peel the carrots and beets, and cube them as cutely as possible. It’s best to do the beets last, or they will stain the veggies that follow.
Each vegetable will require a slightly different cubing tactic, but there are certain universals. Start by cutting each root in half, lengthwise, and lay the flat sides down. Make a series of parallel cuts, ⅜ inch apart — that’s the size of half a penny — across each half. Keep cutting in a grid until the cubes are as small and cute as can be.
Put the cubed beets and carrots in separate baking dishes and bake at 350 for about a half-hour, stirring each pan once (with separate implements), until they are a little soft and a little crunchy. If they start to shrink, that’s a bit too far. Allow the beets and carrots to cool to room temperature. After that the bleeding will be mostly staunched.
While the beets and carrots cook, make sure the cutting board is clean from the beets, and cube the potatoes, onion and pickles.
When everything is cool, cubed and cute, add the salt and oil and briefly toss.
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Director of ULM Opera presents in New York City
Dr. Mark Ross Clark, director of opera and musical theater at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, was recently a f...
Director of ULM Opera presents in New York City Dr. Mark Ross Clark, director of opera and musical theater at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, was recently a f... Check out this story on theadvertiser.com: http://usat.ly/1hPXcAr
news@thenewsstar.com; Published 11:00 p.m. CT Jan. 12, 2014 | Updated 5:24 p.m. CT Jan. 13, 2014
Mark Clark (Photo: Terrance Armstard/ULM University Relations, Terrance Armstard)
Dr. Mark Ross Clark, director of opera and musical theater at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, was recently a featured presenter at the National Association of Teachers of Singing convention in New York City.
During the four-day convention hosted by the National Opera Association, Clark introduced his new book with assistance from award-winning Broadway composer of “A Catered Affair,” John Bucchino. Clark’s book, “The Broadway Song: Finding the Truths,” will be published this year by Oxford University Press — the largest academic publisher in the world.
In his publication, Clark analyzes 100 great Broadway songs, and each song entry features an interview piece with the song’s composer or lyricist, original director, or performer.
Clark has taught at ULM for more than six years.
He received his doctorate degree in opera production from the University of Washington, and received performance degrees in vocal performance and pedagogy from Indiana University.
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North Salinas wins third straight
Final: 27-7
North Salinas wins third straight Final: 27-7 Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: http://bit.ly/1LUaF89
Salinas Published 7:07 a.m. PT Oct. 24, 2015
The North Salinas High football team took a big step toward its first league title in seven years, as it defeated Alisal 27-7 Friday night at Rabobank Stadium.
The win moved the Vikings to 5-2 overall, 3-0 in the Monterey Bay League Pacific Division.
Alisal's hopes to get back in the title hunt took a severe hit, as it fell to 3-5 overall, 2-2 in the division.
North Salinas defeated Alisal for a second consecutive year as it won its second straight game at Rabobank Stadium. Alisal remains the lone team in town yet to win at the new place.
All 27 of the Vikings' points came in the first half, and they wasted no time getting things going their way.
On the third play of the game from scrimmage, Modesto Flores picked off an Alisal pass. On the very next play, Joseph Gutierrez ran the ball 22 yards for a touchdown.
The ensuing kickoff was fumbled by Alisal, and North Salinas got the ball back at the Alisal 19-yard line. Two plays after that, Timothy Burkhardt threw a 11-yard touchdown pass to Justin Robante.
Gutierrez put North Salinas ahead 20-0 in the second quarter with a 17-yard touchdown run.
Burkhardt, who finished with 151 all-purpose yards, added a one-yard score as the Vikings went ahead 27-0 at half.
Burkhardt was 8-for-19 passing and 101 yards.
Joseph Gutierrez rushed 10 times for 59 yards. Robante caught six passes for 67 yards, and Jacob Perez tallied two sacks on defense.
Alisal's Raul Garnica went 9-for-21 passing and 116 yards. Jafet Maciel caught two of those passes for 33 yards total.
Kicker Julio Galeana pinned North Salinas back as best as he could, averaging 43 yards a punt.
North Salinas, winners of three straight, go to Seaside next week. Alisal plays host to Watsonville.
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by Leegrid Stevens
at Loading Dock
January 13 @ 2pm
January 15, 16, 20 @ 7pm
Loadingdocktheatre@gmail.com
Playwright: Leegrid Stevens
Director: Jacob Titus
Cast: Erin Treadway, Shawn Davis, Roger Casey
Set Design: Carolyn Mraz
Lighting Design: Simon Cleveland
Costume Design: Heather Carey
Sound Design: Leegrid Stevens
SPACEMAN follows astronaut Molly Jennis on her attempt to be the first human to reach Mars. The story begins seven months into her eight-month journey to reach the red planet. She is the lone crewmember of the space module Aeneas and her mission is to establish the beginnings of a colony.
The difficulties of interplanetary space travel are brought to life in exacting detail. Radiation exposure, long term weightlessness, low light, extensive communication delays and poor hygiene are just a few of the challenges astronaut Molly Jennis must face as the first to Mars. But she soon finds nothing compares to the psychological effects of having so much time alone. Time spent mulling over the decisions she has made and what might be waiting for her when she finally reaches her destination.
The play explores many of the hazards of long term space travel including, micro-gravity and its effect on one’s health, communications delay, low light environment, long-term isolation, hygiene, waste disposal, as well as the psychological effects of complete isolation and the philosophical implications of starting life on another planet.
The idea for this play came from a proposal by Jim McLane, a former NASA engineer of 20 years, in which he suggests the only practical, affordable and feasible way to travel to Mars is to send a one-person crew on a one-way trip. He argues that NASA has become too cautious and risk-adverse since the moon landing. McLane implores us to regain that exploratory drive that prompted sailors centuries ago to cross unknown oceans without any guarantee that they might return.
“We’re all humans and the idea of sending one of our kind on a trip like that would be a wonderful adventure for the entire world. The whole world would get behind it.”
James McLane
Spaceman simulates space travel for the stage using low light, a claustrophobic set and simulated micro-gravity. The play will also use an immersive sound design featuring works by experimental composers.
SPACEMAN has won two New York Innovative Theatre Awards for Outstanding Sound Design (Leegrid Stevens) and Outstanding Solo Performance (Erin Treadway), as well as nominations for Outstanding Full Length Original Script (Leegrid Stevens) and Outstanding Premier Production of a Play (Loading Dock Theatre).
LOADING DOCK THEATRE: Formed by playwright Leegrid Stevens and actor Erin Treadway, Loading Dock is a Brooklyn-based company committed to the creation and production of original plays that explore the extremes of the human experience. We produce emotional, character-driven plays with an experimental edge.
Along with 9 Innovative Theatre Award nominations and 4 wins, critics have called Loading Dock productions “a marvel of theater craft and theater art” (NY Theatre – Spaceman) that “hits us right in the gut and heart” (Theatre That Matters – The Twelfth Labor); and Ms. Julie, Asian Equities was named one of Broadway World’s Top Eleven Theatrical Experiences of 2015.
Playwright LEEGRID STEVENS has been creating theatre in New York City since 2000. His plays have been developed by the Lark Theatre, Spring Theatreworks, Incubator Arts Project, HERE Arts Center, LMCC’s Swing Space, Theatre for the New City, Tutto Theatre in Austin and several others.
Several of his plays have been published, including: Post-Oedipus (Playscripts), Leda's Swan (Stage Tribes, Theater-Verlag Desh Publishers), Sun Stand Thou Still (Plays and Playwrights 2004), The Twelfth Labor (Indie Theatre), and Lovers In The Park (Brooklyn Publishers).
In 2013 Leegrid was nominated for two NY Innovative Theatre Awards, Outstanding Script and Outstanding Sound Design, for his play Spaceman. A recent workshop production of his play, The Dudleys!, earned him several B. Iden Payne awards including Outstanding Script, Outstanding Composition and Outstanding Sound Design. Leegrid’s production of The Twelfth Labor opened at the Gene Frankel Theatre in September 2014 to rave reviews and received four NY Innovative Theatre Award nominations including outstanding production. Leegrid’s adaptation of Miss Julie, titled Ms. Julie, Asian Equities, was recently named as one of Broadway World’s ten best productions of 2015.
Leegrid has been awarded the Alec Baldwin Playwright Fellowship at the Singer’s Forum, John Golden Playwriting Award at Columbia University, Talkin’ Broadway Citation for Outstanding New Play in 2010 for The Dudleys, as well as being named one of the “People of the Year” in 2005 by Nytheatre.com. Leegrid holds an MFA in Playwriting from Columbia’s School of the Arts.
ERIN TREADWAY has won the Innovative Theatre award for Outstanding Solo Performance for her work in the first workshop production of Spaceman. For her portrayal of Cleo in Leegrid Stevens’ play The Twelfth Labor with Tutto Theatre in Austin, she was nominated for a B. Iden Payne award for Outstanding Lead Actress. She was also named one of Indie Theatre Now’s 2012 People of the Year.. Her most recent roles with Loading Dock were Miss Julie in Miss Julie, Asian Equities (The Dock at Loading Dock in Brooklyn), Cleo in The Twelfth Labor (Gene Frankel Theatre), Molly Jennis in Spaceman (Incubator Arts), and Clara in The Dudleys! A Family Game, all by Leegrid Stevens.
Other projects together include: Sun, Stand Thou Still (Spring Theatreworks); Post Oedipus (HERE, One-Arm Red, Spring Theatreworks); Still Life With Runner (HERE, Spring Theatreworks); Theme & Variations (Ontological); The Twelfth Labor (The Lark, Des Moines Social Club, Tutto Theatre Company); The Dudleys! (workshop by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Theatre for the New City, Tutto Theatre Company); The Nine/Twelve Tapes (Theatre for the New City), all premieres of Stevens’ work.
JACOB TITUS’s work has been seen in New York at The Public in the 365 Plays/365 Days, HERE Arts Center, Ontological-Hysterics, among other theatres off-off Broadway, in Brooklyn, as well as LA and San Francisco. In 2010, he directed Promise Tomorrow Today which won Best Play in the Downtown Urban Theater Festival at Theater for the New City. In 2012, Jacob directed FALLING by Amy E. Witting at the 2012 FringeNYC New York International Fringe Festival for which he received an Overall Excellence in Directing Award. In 2013, Jacob directed victor by Amy E. Witting which won best play in the Thespis Festival in New York City. Jacob directed The Rise of Mediocrity by Larry Phillips which was a finalist for best play in the Venus/Adonis Theater Festival 2016. Recently, Jacob directed The Dudleys! by Leegrid Stevens at Here Arts Center. Jacob has a Masters in Directing from Boston University.
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Home Articles Style Watches The history of Breitling — the brand that conquered air, land and sea
The history of Breitling — the brand that conquered air, land and sea
From smuggling watches through occupied France to launching timepieces into space, the history of Breitling has been one hell of an adventure
Words: Russell Sheldrake
There’s a lot of talk in the watch trade of heritage, history and legacy. Often, that’s with good reason. After all, the stories of many of the Grand Maisons closely reflect and shadow the greatest moments of modern human history.
The first man on the moon took a wristwatch with him. The first powered flight would never have taken off without a chronograph in its cabin. Our boys in the trenches lived, and died, with watches in their pockets.
But Breitling, perhaps, is a closer friend of history than any other marque on the planet.
An ambitious beginning — 1884
Léon Breitling founder of Breitling in 1884
In 1882 the world was in a period of transition. The industrial revolution had done its worst and everything was starting to feel incredibly modern. Industry, science and sport were all progressing in leaps and bounds. And witnessing all of this was Leon Breitling.
Breitling knew that all of these progressive endeavors would need more precise timing methods than were currently available. The world’s technologies were moving on faster than the watch world — and Leon was taking notice.
The master watchmaker wanted to create watches and timing instruments of superior accuracy that could be used for everything from industry to sports. So he pushed his company to gain patents for some of the biggest progressions in chronographs and sports watches.
Eyes on the sky — 1915
Breitling's first wrist chronograph
Leon Breitling’s chief obsession, however, was with aviation. As brave men were attempting to take to the skies in ‘heavier than air’ machines for the first time in history, the one peice of technology they were in need of was an easy-to-use timer that also freed up their hands for the tricky task of takeoff.
Pocket watches were in vogue at that time, but their fobs and chains were far too cumbersome for the chaos of the cockpit.
Enter Leon Breitling with his innovative solution: the world’s first wrist-worn chronograph with a push piece separate to the crown. It was far easier to use in the skies — and begun to gain admirer’s on terra firma, too.
The brand takes off — 1935
As planes reached greater heights, Breitling flew alongside them. Whether his brand was developing new wristwatches for the pilots or dashboard instruments to help time and navigate while in the air, they were making the cockpit a more functional — and elegant — place.
Breitling soon gained international recognition for their developments in aeronautical timing instruments. Their watches were so highly prized that the company was soon contracted to make the chronographs for the Royal Air Force. It was Breitling’s devices that kept time in some of the most infamous dogfights in the Second World War.
A sign of defiance — 1940s
Willy Breitling, grandson to founder, Léon
As Europe was plunged further into darkness, Willy Breitling took the helm of the brand his grandfather had founded. The Nazis were surrounding Switzerland and blocking the exportation of products, especially items that could be used in the war effort. This include Breitling timepieces.
But Willy would not be deterred. Ever the innovator, he and a group of friends would drive to a field near to the Breitling manufacture and set up a makeshift runway using little more than their car headlights and a great chutzpah. The planes could then be loaded with their precious cargo and take off again straight away — all without the knowledge of the local Nazi intelligence officers.
To provide himself with an alibi during these midnight raids, Willy would be sure to go home via a local bar and make himself conspicuous. Yes, this trick occasionally put him in the drunk tank for a timeout and a snooze — but the watches and dashboard devices ended up in Allied hands.
Peace nearly killed the chronograph — 1949
A Breitling Unitime from 1951, showing a slimmer more refined side to Breitling's designs
Many in the watch world thought that once peace was achieved the demand for chronographs would plummet. But Breitling had other plans. The brand adapted with the times and gave the people what they wanted — namely slimmer, more elegant watches that could be worn with a suit. The marque also put its energies into ladies’ watches, a market many watch manufacturers didn’t greatly invest in as the fashion was considered unlady-like. Their loss was Breitling’s gain.
A 1940’s Breitling Chronomat
But Breitling didn’t completely cut off the roots that had made them into a Swiss juggernaut. They continued to develop their trustworthy chronographs. In fact, it was in this period that possibly their most popular model ever, the Navitimer, was designed by Willy Breitling.
The age of the Navitimer — 1952
The first Breitling Navitimer from 1952
When it comes to pilot’s watches there are few models that are as recognisable as the Navitimer. It’s knurled bezel and ever-useful slide rule — dedicated to measuring all sorts of inflight timings — has become an icon of both sky and land.
It first started to appear on civilian wrists in 1952, and the distinctive design hasn’t changed much since its first incarnation. Great icons like this never age.
Thanks to the Navitimer’s success and the notoriety of its enigmatic inventor, Breitling instruments were soon installed into the finest propeller and jet aircraft of the era. It was no small feat in the ‘Golden Age’ of air travel.
Air, land, sea — and space — 1962
The Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute from 1962
You could be forgiven for thinking that Breitling only made pilot’s watches. Yet the marque hs truly conquered air, land and sea with their innovative timepieces. They’ve even put themselves into space. In 1962 Lt. Commander Scott Carpenter orbited the earth three times while wearing a slightly modified Breitling, dubbed the Navitimer Cosmonaute.
Just a few years earlier Breitling had mastered the sea with launch, in 1957, of its Superocean watch. Built to withstand the demands of professional and leisure divers alike, it is another Breitling design that has stood up to the test of time as well as the pressures of the real world.
Clear skies ahead — 2017 and beyond
Georges Kern, the current CEO
Breitling is currently forging a new path for itself in the world of luxury watches. With its new CEO, Georges Kern, at the helm, the brand is taking on fresh challenges and carving an innovative path for watch houses around the world. Hearing the cry for smaller, more refined timepieces — just as they did in the post-War years — Kerns has introduced a line of slimmed-own, simplified Breitlings that still channel the essence of of the brand. Theses form the newly regenerated Premier line — an echo of Breitling’s cosmopolitan leanings of decades past.
In fact, the Premier line is a definite call back to a glittering, elegant period in the brand’s history, when, circa 1943, it catered to the jazz-influenced lifestyle of Europe’s beau monde.
Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42
What lies ahead for Breitling in the new year is anyone’s guess. But, if the past 134 years are anything to go by, it seems there’s a prevailing wind at the tail and clear skies ahead.
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Jakarta-Cikampek II elevated toll road ready to roll for holiday season
Nina Loasana
Jakarta / Thu, December 12 2019 / 12:23 am
The open road: The new elevated Jakarta-Cikampek II toll road stands ready for use in Bekasi, West Java, on Wednesday. Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said the road would open for commercial operations in mid-December to welcome Christmas and New Year travelers. (Antara/Risky Andrianto)(Antara/Risky Andrianto)
The open road: The new elevated Jakarta-Cikampek II toll road stands ready for use in Bekasi, West Java, on Wednesday. Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono said the road would open for commercial operations in mid-December to welcome Christmas and New Year travelers. (Antara/Risky Andrianto)The longest elevated toll road in the country, Jakarta-Cikampek II, will serve holiday travelers soon. State-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga said the toll road, which began construction in July 2017, would be inaugurated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Thursday. With the toll road opening ahead of schedule, it is expected to share the traffic burden of Christmas and New Year travel.Jasa Marga spent Rp 16.23 trillion (US$ 1.15 billion) on the construction of the 36.4-kilometer toll road. Jasa Marga president director Desi Arryani said the toll road wo...
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Doctor to evaluate competency of man accused in acid attack
By: AP
MILWAUKEE — A 61-year-old man accused of throwing acid on a Latino man's face during a racist attack will undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether he can assist in his criminal defense.
Clifton Blackwell's lawyer asked for the evaluation during a Friday hearing in Milwaukee. Blackwell's next court date is Nov. 25.
'Who Carries a Bottle of Acid?': Man Speaks Out After Alleged Acid Attack
Blackwell, who is white, is charged with first-degree reckless injury in a case that's being prosecuted as a hate crime. He's accused of confronting Mahud Villalaz near a restaurant and throwing acid on his face after accusing him of being in the country illegally and invading the U.S.
Villalaz suffered second-degree burns in the attack.
Designating the case as a hate crime means Blackwell could face a longer sentence if convicted.
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Tibet Museum
No.19 Norbulingka Road, Chengguan District, Lhasa, Tibet, China
Perfect place to admire the unique charm of splendid culture and long history of Tibetan with abundant collections
Morning: 9:00-12:00;
Afternoon: 14:30-17:30;
Located at the southeast corner of Norbulingka, Lhasa, Tibet Museum is the first modern museum in Tibet. It covers an area of 53,959 square meters and has a floor space of 23,508 square meters including an exhibition area of 10,451 square meters. Tibet Museum demonstrates a magnificent traditional Tibetan architectural style. Also it reflects a salient feature of modern architectural art.
The Tibet Museum houses a rich collection of prehistoric cultural relics including Buddha statues in different postures, imperial jade seals, gold albums, gifts granted by emperors, colourful tangkas, and various printed Sanskrit and Tibetan scriptures. Visitors can also see variety of folk art such as unique Tibetan handicrafts, costumes, jewellery, and adornments made of gold, silver, and jade, as well as fine Chinese pottery.
Outside the exhibition hall are green lawns and shadowy trees. Also there are a performance area for modern cultural and physical activities, a garden of local customs and folk culture and manor houses. In addition, Tibet Museum has a cultural gallery, handicraft shop and other service facilities. It is a good place for people to relax while visiting the exhibition.
The area for the exhibition department covers 10,451 square meters. The History of Tibetan Culture Exhibition is divided into pre-history culture, indivisible history, culture and arts, and people's customs, exploring several thousand years of Tibetan history, politics, religion, cultural arts, and customs.
This section is divided into 8 main areas exploring Tibetan culture. Tibet museum has a rich collection treasures, such as various types of prehistoric cultural relic, a variety of texture and shape character statues of Buddha, bodhisattva, past dynasties Tibetan manuscripts written with gold, silver and coral powder, goldenseal which the central government awarded to the big living Buddha, golden vase and jade used in golden vase lot-drawing ceremony, colorful thangka paintings, all kinds of musical instruments, ritual items, distinctive national characteristics of handicrafts, and unique style of pottery and so on. There are many items of Tibetan handicrafts, and invaluable jewellery such as gold, silver and jade items. Here exhibits more than one thousand selected cultural relics, from the Tibetan history, culture, art, religion, folk custom, etc intuitively show to the audience Tibetan unique charm of splendid culture and its long history.
• Decorative Pattern Bowl
Ming and Qing dynasties are ceramic production peak of China, Jingdezhen, the porcelain manufacture center of the national is famous for its exquisite workmanship, wide variety, and gorgeous glaze. The underglaze color, overglaze color and colored glaze were the three mainstream products of Jingdezhen porcelain in Ming and Qing dynasties, therefore, the Ming and Qing dynasties imperial porcelain has a great deal of appreciation and collection value. Blue and white porcelain is underglaze color porcelain, is China's most national characteristics chinaware. Its initial stage was in the Tang dynasty, Yuan dynasty was the mature period, the best quality of blue and white porcelain is in Jingdezhen kiln, loved by people. In the Ming dynasty Yongle Xuande period is the golden period of blue and white porcelain production, various modeling, rich decoration, and bright in color as its main features. Tibet museum of Yongle blue-and-white lotus handled ewer and Xuande blue-and-white seawater line high-foot bowl are the best of Yongxuan blue and white porcelain products.
• Handled Ewer
The exhibited wood grain glaze porcelain bowl in Tibet Museum is a copy of Tibet daily use wooden bowl, the prefect copy made the bowl hard to distinguish. During the Ming and Qing dynasties with characteristic of traditional Tibetan culture adornment such as the Tibetan people's favorite eight auspicious, wrapped branch lotus, Tibetan and Buddhist auspicious language pattern began to appear on the porcelain frequently. The exhibition of the Ming dynasty Xuande period blue and white wrapped branch lotus with eight treasures stripes high-foot bowl, outer wall painted with wrap lotus with eight treasures stripes, the inner was written Tibetan, its art style is very unique.
The features items of Prehistory section ranging in age from 50,000 to 3000 years old. Many of the items like bone objects, stone tools, metal objects, and pottery were unearthed at the Karuo and Qugong sites which are representative of the origins of the Tibetan people and the Neolithic culture of the Tibetan Plateau. There is also a room exhibiting the different kinds of flora found in Tibet as well as several geological samples.
This section centralizes on the different dynastic periods of Tibetan history. The museum owns many books, seals, official documents and gifts from Tibetan emperors, providing an insight into the political exchanges between the Han Dynasty officials and the Tibetan leaders and the relationship between the Chinese central government and the Tibetan regional garpons. Tourists can see the original copy of the 17-point agreement signed in 1951 marking Tibet's re-unification with China.
【People's Custom】
This section is divided into six main areas, including discoveries of the clothing of Tibetan people's style, daily used tools and utensils, arts and handicrafts, and how they communicated. The museum displays provide an important insight into the domestic practices of the Tibetan people, as well as the influence of Han culture on the Tibetans.
• Twin Clay Pot
Twin Clay Pot was unearthed in Karuo site in Chamdo, its modeling is beautiful, and it has a full figure, ingenious and elaborate design, skillful production process which represents Karuo culture level of ceramics and Karuo ancestors’ superb modeling ability, and it is also a representative of the Neolithic pottery in Tibet and the treasure of Tibet museum.
• The fifth Dalai Lama gold seal
The fifth dalai in order to obtain the support of the central government of Qing dynasty after having the audience with the emperor Shunzhi, he gain the seal conferring by Shunzhi to the fifth dalai. The seal was a pure gold casting, weighed 8.5 kg, and it was carved for the Han, Tibetan, Manchu, Mongol four languages. Since then, the Dalai Lama was assigned by the central government.
• Pattra-leaf scriptures
Pattra-leaf scriptures are Sanskrit books made by Pattra tree leaves grown in South Asia. Because of the ancient Indians adopted many unique drug processing methods in the production of pattra-leaf scriptures, thus pattra-leaf scriptures are not dry, not curly, damaged by worms, not mildew, and are well-preserved rare treasures. They are the first-hand information of study of rare early doctrines and Buddhist culture.
• Blue and white entangled lotus branch grain colored goblet
It belongs to one of the five sacrificial utensils on the alter of niches, it is work from 1736 to 1799 (the Qing dynasty emperor Qianlong period), supervised the manufacture by kilin overseer Tangying. Tall and elegant modeling, fluent beautiful blue and white grain, it is the early Qianlong period standard utensil. And it is kept in pairs, very precious.
It is the fusion of multiple architectural styles. On central axis of Tibet Museum area, in turn, is preface hall, main hall and cultural storage, the overall layout structure is scientific and rigorous. Tibetan Museum architectural style is not just blindly inherited. Lhasa has too many similar buildings, and Tibet Museum destined to become a distinctive one. Tibet Museum retains the characteristics of Tibetan traditional architecture at the same time, and also in combination with the characteristics of very practical and artistic charm of the modern architecture. The niche on the preface hall written preface in Tibetan, Han, and English of three languages; Showrooms chapiters and ceiling decorated with cylindrical flag, home fabrics, and fragranceartist, and the showcase embedded with red copper eight auspicious pattern.
The Tibet Museum exhibition hall is divided into four major parts of the prehistoric culture, indivisible history, culture and art and folk culture. Prehistoric culture exhibition hall shows people old stone tools, such as gallet, steinkern unearthed in the four kilometers elevation of northern Tibet used in daily life in the early time, stone adze, stone zax, stone celt unearthed in Chamdo, and late Neolithic bone awl, spicule clusters and all kinds of red pottery, grey pottery, black pottery utensils, fully represents the former representative of age before Tibet entered into civilization – Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron age.
Thangka refers to the religious scroll painting framed with color stain which used for worshiping. It is an art form with unique features in Tibetan culture. In Tibet, Thangka can be seen everywhere like bar, shop and residence, but not every piece of Thangka can be called cultural relic. But in Tibet Museum culture and art hall, there are exquisite and old Thangka with years, tourists can see them all here.
The themes of the paintings exhibited in the museum include history, policy, culture, social life and so on, which can be called Tibetan “encyclopaedia”. All the displayed Thangka is old, but still gorgeous with bold and unrestrained color. Thus it is not hard to see, the material used to draw Thangka is fastidious, it is said that all makings used the natural plant material, guaranteed the bright color and durable.
How to get to Tibet Museum
You may take bus No.109, 106, 98,86, 200, 201, 203 and 204.
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Vistula University
Total number of students : 6000
The Vistula University (AFiB Vistula) offers 10 faculties within Bachelor and MA studies, engineering studies, online studies, post-graduate and MBA programmes, doctoral studies, and Vistula Executive Education, i.e. practical education for managers. All faculties are educational. In the recent ranking in the “Perspektywy” magazine, The Academy of Finance and Business Vistula, under rector professor Witold Orłowski, was named “the most international college in Poland”. The jury appreciated our openness to the world, multicultural students and high level of English language studies. Currently we have over 5 thousand young people from 83 countries, and professors coming from all continents. Within the Erasmus programme, our students can study in 40 different countries. Our openness creates exceptional conditions for all students – including students from Poland, who do not need to travel abroad to study in the international environment. We work with over 130 world companies as well as international organizations. AFiBV is a member of the main international associations for the development of science. According to the ELA report (a Polish system of monitoring economic histories of graduates ), our faculty of Management was listed first – our graduates have the highest salaries in the country!
The Vistula Group of Universities has 26 years of experience in the market. The Academy of Finance and Business Vistula and the Warsaw School of Tourism and Hospitality Management are its pillars, together with the University of Business in Wrocław (joined the group in 2014), the Pułtusk Academy of Humanities and Józef Rusiecki Olsztyn University College (both joined in 2018).
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Objectification and how it hurts video games
15 May 2013 - 12:10 By Bruce Gorton
There is a bit of a problem in gaming with particular regards to female characters – objectification.
First let’s get this out of the way – objectification is not strictly when a character model is made ‘sexy’ by some pervert who has never seen a real woman, it goes much deeper than that.
The sexy character model is a symptom; it is not the disease in question. Consider Princess Peach in the Super Mario games. She has no interests because she is never really given time to establish any.
She isn’t a character in each of the main series games, she is an object to be lost and then found again, generally in another castle. She is also not terribly sexualised. She doesn’t detract much from the Mario games, but if she were removed I don’t entirely know that anybody would notice.
Objectification leads to boring characters, because if you think of the most interesting people you know they are interesting because they have interests. The entrepreneur, the teacher, the person who is really into plays or music - each of these is guided by a passion that they can show you.
What you learn once you leave high school is that the people who are coolly detached are the most boring people on Earth; it is the people who are engaged that you really want to know.
Objects don’t have interests, they are the interests. Ironically this means that while objectified characters are symptomatic of lazy writing, it is much harder to make them interesting to the player.
One of the ways that bad developers try to do that is they make the character ‘sexy’. This is where you get your hyper-unrealistic boobs. This in turn means that for reviewers and people who play a lot of bad games, we see big boobs on a character and we automatically tend to dislike that character.
Boobs shouldn’t have that effect.
We see a cover with a woman dressed in something that would give a stripper doubts, we automatically think “well that’s probably crap” and don’t buy it. This is a fairly big chunk of how women are portrayed on game covers, so publishers look at it and think the problem is women, not the portrayal of women.
Here is the thing I have noticed about game publishers: a lot of them appear to have little to no interest in actually playing games, and thus they have a nasty habit of making bad decisions on how to fund them.
This actually costs them money in the long term, because they tend to go with a ‘me too’ approach to where they put their money, without really asking if the money is going to have a return on investment in terms of game quality.
They also make stupid decisions like turning Syndicate into a first person shooter – making it unappealing to both the fans of the original Syndicate and drawing a blank when it comes to name recognition with gamers who are into first person shooters.
And this means that publishers generally don’t see that the truth of the matter is that it isn’t women on covers that leads to lower sales, it is the tendency to objectify women and then try to compensate for it by making them ‘sexy’ that hurts sales because it hurts the game.
Another way lazy developers get around having to write characters is to make the object a child – and stick it in an escort quest.
When an escort quest is done right (the entire plot to Tell Tale’s Walking Dead is one big escort quest done right) it can bring in an intensely meaningful aspect to the game and reveal the game world in a more personal way.
However escort quests are the most hated quest type a game can have, because all too often the character being escorted is little more than an incredibly inconvenient object you don’t care about.
Now a lot of people will defend this practice of objectification by whining about how much they hate feminists.
These people actively hurt video games more than any feminist critique could, because they are arguing for worse games simply because they don’t like women.
That may be fine for them, but personally I’d rather have good games over badly rendered boobs.
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Sony Pictures injects Smurfs 2 with millions of dollars in product placement
The Smurfs 2 sees millions of dollars of product placement thrown in
By: Ben Gourlay from Jun 14, 2013 @ 7:06 CDT
Ever seen a movie full of obvious product placement? Perhaps it was the constant endorsement of Sony products in Casino Royale, a de-hydrated Pizza Hut Pizza in Back To The Future Part II, or Ray-Bans in Men In Black?
Well it seems that Sony Pictures forthcoming theatrical release of The Smurfs 2 has upped the ante in the product placement stakes. According to a report on The Wrap, the internal Sony Pictures Consumer Marketing Group have inked deals worth $150 million to promote products during the film, including McDonalds, Toys R Us and Wal Mart - not least the fact the film will serve to promote The Smurfs 2 own line of merchandise which will no doubt saturate stores prior to release.
For a production budget expected to be around $110 million, it seems that Sony Pictures have a free motion picture on their hands. Coupled with the first film which grossed over $500 million worldwide, we can be sure that The Smurfs 2 won't be the last feature film adventure for the blue little... things.
The Smurfs 2 hits cinemas in the United States on July 31st and Australia on 12th September.
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App Earns Money for Charities for Every Mile You Walk, Run, or Bike
Environmental carpe diem
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If raising money for charity by simply propelling yourself from point A to point B sounds good, guess what? There's an app for that. The recently-launched app for iPhone and Android, Charity Miles, enables roamers, racers, and bike commuters alike to earn corporate donations for a number of charities one mile at a time.
Developed by Gene Gurkoff, David Nottoli and Joe Marinucci, the creators' goal for the app is nothing short of "revolutionizing corporate support for activity based charitable donations." What's that? Audible sighs of relief from anyone who has ever spent months relentlessly pestering friends for fundraising donations for a charity race? The collective exhale of friends who have been persistently harangued?
The app allows the walker/runner/biker to choose which one of nine charities they want to support -- charities include Habitat For Humanity, the UN World Food Programme, Autism Speaks, The Nature Conservancy, Feeding America, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Pencils of Promise, Achilles International, and The Global Fund.
Walkers and runners earn 25 cents per mile; bikers get 10 cents per mile -- and the donations are directed to the specified charity. When the user is done with their activity, they agree to be “sponsored” and their miles will be covered by a sponsor of Charity Miles.
And of course, it wouldn't be a proper app without a prompt to broadcast a message on Twitter and Facebook.
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Charity Miles is free and available here: Android, iPhone.
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Parisian Street Scene, circa 1920
Galien- Laloue was painting in an electrifying city, a city that was the artistic and cultural centre of the world, a city in which ladies of high fashion paraded about streets that were for the first time being freshly populated by omnibuses and cabs. The entertainment and nightlife of Paris was unequalled by any other city in the world and Galien-Laloue captured that moment.
DIMENSIONS: (unframed) 10.5 x 19.0 in./26.7 x 48.3 cm
SIGNATURE: Signed lower left
MEDIUM: Watercolour and gouache
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Catalogue No: 5745 Categories: 19th Century, Eugène Galien Laloue
Eugene Galien-Laloue is known and widely collected as a School of Paris or Belle Époque painter. Most people are familiar with his Parisian street scenes that are similar to those by Luigi Loir and Edouard Cortès. They are often works on paper done with watercolour and gouache, though he is known to have worked in a multitude of media including pen, pencil, ink, and oil. These street scenes have become highly collected and desired as they were even during his lifetime.
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Born on December 11 1854 in Montmartre to French-Italian parents, Eugène Galien Laloue studied under his father Charles Laloue, a set designer. His debut was almost exclusively as a painter in gouache of Parisian street scenes and Galien Laloue’s early works reflect his traditional training. He painted landscapes, coastal and river scenes in Normandy and around Paris, the Seine and the River Marne. In contrast to his later works, these show a broad technique with significant use of impasto. It was at the turn of the Century that Galien Laloue commenced his detailed gouaches depicting Paris and Parisian life.
During the Great War he painted scenes in the ruined towns behind the front line and continued to depict Paris in wartime. He turned to pastel and gouache in the late 1880s, exhibiting one of each in 1886, and in 1889 two gouaches at the Paris Salon. His paintings of the early 1900s accurately represent the era in which he lived: a happy, bustling Paris, ‘la Belle Époque’, with horse-drawn carriages, trolley cars and its first omnibuses. Galien Laloue’s works are valued not only for their contribution to 20th Century art, but for the actual history, which they document. He was a populariser of street scenes, usually painted in autumn or winter.
His work can be seen at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Louvier; Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Rochelle; Mulhouse, France. Galien Laloue has inspired and influenced many of yesterday’s and today’s artists, including renowned French impressionists Edouard Léon Cortès and Antoine Blanchard. Some artists or writers are content to have a pseudonym so as to disguise their work. Eugène Galien Laloue was particularly adept at establishing several identities, since over the course of his career he worked under three pseudonyms: ‘J. Lievin’ – after a soldier he met during the Franco-Prussian war, ‘E. Galiany’ – an Italianized version of his own names, and ‘L. Dupuy’ – after Dupuy Léon who lived in his same area. While these are three confirmed names that he used, there is the possibility that he used other names as well. Even his name ‘Galien’ is questionable, since on occasion he spelled it with one ‘L’ and on his birth certificate it is spelled ‘Gallien’. Why the artist went to such great lengths to perplex audiences and historians is the question that remains to be answered. Despite preoccupation with the reclusive nature of this man, he depicted Paris and the surrounding landscape with his cool palette; in doing so he became another recorder of popular Parisian life.
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Chartres 2-Star Hotels
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Chartres 2 star Hotels
Popular 2-Star Hotels in Chartres
Hôtel Inn Design Chartres Resto Novo
Offering a furnished terrace, Hotel inn Design Resto Novo Chartres is located 4 km from the old town of Chartres, beside the A11 motorway and free private parking is available on site. A buffet breakfast is prepared every morning.
Free Wi-Fi access and a telephone are provided in the hotel rooms, which are soundproofed. Each room has a private bathroom fitted with a shower.
The hotel's restaurant serves traditional meals for lunch and dinner using fresh produce from the local market. It is open from Monday to Friday. Breakfast is served from 06:30 to 09:30 from Monday to Friday and from 7:00 to 11:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
The Exhibition Centre at Chartres is less than 2 km away and you can travel the 44 km to the town of Rambouillet.
Ibis Budget Chartres
The hotel ibis budget Chartres is located 2 km from Chartrexpo Concert Hall in Chartres, and offers free, secure parking on site. It has a 24-hour reception and a terrace overlooking the garden.
Soundproofed rooms will provide you with free Wi-Fi access and a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. The private bathrooms come with a shower.
A buffet breakfast is prepared every morning at this hotel, and there are vending machines in the lobby. Bars and restaurants can be found from 200 metres away.
Both Chartres Theatre and the cathedral in Chartres city centre are 2.8 km away. The hotel is easily accessible from the A11 motorway.
Hôtel le Boeuf Couronné
Le Boeuf Couronné features an on-site restaurant and terrace with views of Chartres Cathedral, 500 metres away. The guest rooms have a flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi access.
The light and airy guest rooms have views of the courtyard or the cathedral. All rooms are double-glazed and have a private bathroom with bath or shower.
A continental breakfast is available every morning. Traditional cuisine made from seasonal products is served in the restaurant. Guests also have access to a common lounge area.
Chartres Train Station is 300 metres from Le Boeuf Couronné and provides connections to Paris. The Odysée Aquatic Park is 3.5 km away.
Mercure Chartres Cathedrale
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Located opposite Chartres cathedral and 2 minutes on foot to the station, the designer Mercure Chartres Cathédrale has modern, air-conditioned and sound-proofed rooms. For a family visit or a business trip, enjoy the many services such as our lounge bar,buffet breakfast and room service, as well as the fully equipped meeting room. In a relaxing setting, this warm and welcoming hotel offers quick access to the restaurants, boutiques and tourist sites round about.
The Originals Boutique, Hôtel Les Poèmes de Chartres (Inter-Hotel)
Located in the heart of Chartres, Hotel des Poèmes de Chartres is in front of Chartres Train Station and just 200 metres from Chartres Cathedral. Free Wi-Fi is provided throughout the hotel.
All of the heated rooms feature a flat-screen TV, a desk and a parquet floor. Each room also includes a private bathroom with free toiletries, a hairdryer and a shower.
A buffet breakfast is served daily and you can enjoy it in the communal lounge or in the comfort of your room.
Ibis Chartres Centre Cathedrale
The ibis Chartres hotel is 547 yards (500 m) from the train station, 7 minutes' walk from the cathedral and heritage site and close to Cosmetic Valley, Chartrexpo exhibition center and Odyssée Olympic pool. The hotel has 82 air-conditioned rooms, including 3 for guests with reduced mobility. Enjoy our terrace on the Eure River with a 24-hour snack service at our bar. The Café Pasta Pizza restaurant is open from 6pm to 11pm. Meeting room, private car park, paying indoor car park and free WIFI.
Novotel Chartres
Stay at Novotel Chartres hotel for your family weekend getaways or business trips, just 50 miles (80 km) from Paris. The hotel boasts comfortable rooms, meeting rooms, a contemporary restaurant, an irresistible swimming pool surrounded by sun loungers. Relax on the terrace or enjoy our fitness center. The majestic Chartres Cathedral, an architectural treasure, is just 10 minutes away. Enrich your body and mind at Novotel.
Campanile Chartres Centre - Gare - Cathédrale
Timhotel Chartres Chatelet is conveniently located in the popular Chartres area. The property features a wide range of facilities to make your stay a pleasant experience. Service-minded staff will welcome and guide you at the Timhotel Chartres Chatelet. Guestrooms are fitted with all the amenities you need for a good night's sleep. In some of the rooms, guests can find television LCD/plasma screen, internet access – wireless, internet access – wireless (complimentary), air conditioning, heating. Recuperate from a full day of sightseeing in the comfort of your room or take advantage of the hotel's recreational facilities, including garden. Discover all Chartres has to offer by making Timhotel Chartres Chatelet your base.
Jehan de Beauce - les Collectionneurs
Located in the centre of Chartres, in front of the train station, Jehan De Beauce is a contemporary hotel offering a sauna and an on-site bar. Set in a renovated building from 1930, the hotel includes free WiFi access throughout.
Each soundproofed and elegant room is decorated in neutral tones and has a flat-screen TV and a walk-in shower. One of the suites also include a spa bath.
Breakfast is available each morning, with an additional cost, and it can be served in the comfort of your room, upon request. A fitness room and relaxation centre are available, at an extra cost.
Jehan De Beauce is just 500 metres from both Chartres Cathedral and the Fine Arts Museum.
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Hôtel Inn Design Chartres Resto Novo is the most popular 2 star hotel in Chartres. A lot of visitors to Chartres is making a reservation for Hôtel Inn Design Chartres Resto Novo hotel everyday.
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New and popular hotels in Chartres recommended by Trip.com. Book hotels in Chartres via the Trip.com website or app, it's easy and hassle-free. In Chartres, both areas with attractions and the city center are good places to stay. For trips in Chartres, you can choose hotels around the city center or accommodations near popular attractions.
There is no civilian airport in this city. You can visit a nearby city first, and then head to Chartres using other means of transportation.
There are 27 hotels in Chartres with excellent service. The local average price is 82 USD per night. There are a variety of hotels to meet the needs of different types of travelers. There are 5 four-star hotels in Chartres at an average price of 104 USD per night. There are 6 three-star hotels in Chartres at an average price of 69 USD per night. There are 4 two-star hotels in Chartres at an average price of 52 USD per night. Chartres has many well-known chain hotels which are suitable for both business trips and vacations. Novotel is the most popular brand among tourists. In Chartres, there are hotels under the Novotel brand. Travelers who favor this brand can choose to stay there to enjoy the luxury services provided by Novotel. A popular hotel in Chartres, Jehan de Beauce - les Collectionneurs is also one of the highest rated. Many tourists also stay at Hotel des Poèmes de Chartres.
There are quite a few famous attractions in downtown Chartres, such as Le bardepoch'. You can choose attractions in Chartres that are perfect for a weekend getaway, such as Les Fresques de Bel Air. The most famous attractions locally are Maison du Saumon, Église St-Pierre, Église St-Aignan.
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Tower of Chartres Cathedral
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Amazon's Latest Drone Design Aims for 30-Minute Deliveries
June 5, 2019 • by HDT Staff
Amazon's latest drone design aims to be capable of delivering packages weighing up to five pounds for distances of 15 miles.
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Amazon unveiled its latest drone design at the company’s re:MARS (Machine Learning, Automation, Robotics and Space) Conference that is capable of delivering packages to customers in less than 30 minutes.
In its drone design, Amazon has been working towards creating a machine that can fly up to 15 miles on a charge and deliver packages under five pounds to customers within a 30-minute time window.
To accomplish this, the new drone has advanced features for better efficiency, stability and safety. The drone is capable of vertical takeoffs and landings but has aerodynamic properties of a fixed wing aircraft. The blades are fully shrouded, both for aerodynamic efficiency and safety.
With artificial intelligence capabilities, the drone is able to prevent collisions with objects and adjust to environmental changes automatically. It can identify both static and moving objects coming at it from any direction using sensors and advanced algorithms that gives the drone a full 360-degree, three dimensional view of its surroundings.
The drone is also better able to detect wires in low-altitude flight, especially useful for navigating neighborhoods and yards. The drone will not land if people, animals or obstacles enter into its intended landing zone.
Amazon gave no concrete details about when or if it planned to start using the drone in real-world operations, but in a Verge article Amazon’s consumer worldwide CEO Jeff Wilke said that it would be seen delivering packages to customers in a matter of months.
The Federal Aviation Administration granted the e-commerce giant approval to test its drone delivery in 2015 but so far it is not certain when the company will gain the necessary certification to use it in regular package delivery.
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Greening: The prime minister is stifling debate on Brexit
Theresa May reacts to accusations she is stifling debate on Brexit. Photograph: Parliament Live.
Theresa May has been accused of both "not listening" and stifling debate over Brexit in a powerful speech in the Commons.
Tory Remain MP Justine Greening made the claims after the prime minister used her latest statement to the House of Commons to criticise those wanting a second vote.
Greening said that the fact MPs were not allowed to express an opinion was “unacceptable” and said it was wrong for her to criticise those proposing other solutions to work around the Brexit impasse.
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She said: “This is a constitutional crisis because this House is not being allowed to express its will on behalf of our communities, who are telling us they reject this deal. That is why MPs want to be able to vote against it.
“Can I say to the prime minister it is pointless criticising MPs in this House who are coming up with other solutions – whether a second referendum, Canada or Norway. We as a Parliament are trying to find a solution through the political cul-de-sac and mess we now find this country in.”
To a look of bewilderment from Theresa May, Greening said that the prime minister was “not allowing debate”.
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She called on the prime minister to allow for a vote on her Brexit plan before the Christmas break.
She explained: “It was clear back in the summer the prime minister’s deal was not going to success. She now isn’t just not listening - she is not allowing debate. This is totally unacceptable.”
However the prime minister denied trying to stifle debate, prompting a raucous reaction from fellow MPs in the Commons.
She responded: “We are not trying to stop debate!”
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“What I am doing is recognising and reflecting to the European Union the concerns expressed here in this House, and seeking ways that ensure members of this House have sufficient confidence these particular concerns have been addressed.”
Justine Greening
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by Ash Wheldon
2019 NFL – Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals Preview & Pick
When is Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals taking place? Sunday 10th November, 2019 – 18:00 (UK)
Where is Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals taking place? Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati
What is the expected weather for Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals? 8c in mostly cloudy skies
What television channel is Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals on? Sky Sports will be showing live NFL games during the season so it is worth checking their schedule
Where can I stream Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals? Subscribers to NFL GAMEPASS can stream matches live on their platform
Where can I get tickets for Baltimore Ravens @ Cincinnati Bengals? Check Ticketmaster for ticket information on selected games
What was the outcome in the last meeting? Cincinnati Bengals 17-23 Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore produced a stunning performance as they became the first team to defeat reigning Super Bowl champions New England this season and laid down a big marker with that statement victory.
Ravens QB Lamar Jackson made his Most Valuable Player intentions clear as he threw for 163 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions as well as posting two rushing touchdowns against the Pats.
The Ravens were without four players at Wednesday’s practice but two of those were not injury related while guard Marshal Yanda was suffering with an illness which leaves tackle Ronnie Stanley as the only player carrying an injury on the roster.
Cincinnati will hope their bye week can be the catalyst for an improved season after failing to win any of their eight games so far but this contest against Baltimore will be a hugely difficult contest even if they are refreshed from their week off.
Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green is pencilled in to return for this Week 10 fixture as he bids to play for the first time this season but he was a non-participant in Wednesday’s practice and is likely to require a full practice under his belt before suiting up.
Cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick and guard Alex Redmond joined Green on the sidelines at Wednesday’s practice as their pair battle knee injuries whilst Redmond also has a problem with his ankle.
Baltimore sent out a message to the rest of the NFL with a brilliant performance against the previously undefeated New England. The Ravens showed that they can beat anybody on their day which spells trouble for the 0-8 Bengals. It is one of the worst possible games they could have asked for on the back of their bye and with the Ravens set to arrive in a very confident mood, they can continue to pile misery on the Bengals.
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Evil stepdad, 45, who tortured girlfriend’s son, 6, to death with broken broom in squalid home found guilty of murder
Christy Cooney
Updated: 16 Jan 2020, 12:08
A STEPDAD who tortured his girlfriend's six-year-old son to death with a broken broom in his squalid New York apartment has been found guilty of murder.
Rysheim Smith, 45, was convicted yesterday for the 2016 killing of Zymere Perkins, who died after being waterboarded, beaten, and hung by his t-shirt from a bathroom door.
Rysheim Smith, 45, was yesterday found guilty of murder after torturing his girlfriend's son to deathCredit: Polaris
Six-year-old Zymere Perkins died after being waterboarded, beaten, and hung by his t-shirt from a bathroom doorCredit: Facebook
The court was shown a broken broomstick with which Zymere was beatenCredit: Polaris
A jury at Manhattan Supreme Court took 12 hours to find Smith guilty on charges of second-degree murder, first and second-degree manslaughter, and endangering the welfare of a child.
Zymere's mother, Geraldine Perkins, 29, had earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter as part of a plea deal that saw her testify against Smith.
Smith's trial heard that months of abuse culminated on September 26, 2016, when Smith became enraged after finding Zymere had defecated on the living room floor.
Photos and footage showed to the trial also showed the squalid conditions inside Smith's Harlem apartment, which was strewn with piles of trash, dirty clothes, and broken furniture.
The boy had been left to sleep on the living room floor the previous night after going hungry while Smith and Perkins ate a Chinese takeaway.
Perkins testified that Zymere had been denied food or drink for 24 hours as a punishment, though said she couldn't recall what he had done.
She said that that morning she found Smith in the living room, standing over Zymere and prodding him with the sharp end of a broken broomstick.
Smith was reportedly saying: "Why the f**k did you take a s**t? Why did you take a f**king s**t in here?
"There's a bathroom, you could have used the bathroom."
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Perkins said she failed to intervene as Smith began beating Zymere with the broom across his chest and legs while the boy lay silent and shaking.
She said Smith then picked up Zymere and took him into the bathroom of the apartment, where he waterboarded him before pulling down the shower curtain rail and continuing to beat him.
Perkins said Zymere was "going limp, like unresponsive", but that he had feigned unconsciousness in the past to stop Smith's beatings, so she "figured he was just faking".
Smith then hung the boy, whose clothes were now wet with water and blood, from the back of the bathroom door by his t-shirt.
He then threw Zymere into a bedroom, and left the apartment to shop for groceries.
Zymere lay motionless on the floor by a bed for half an hour before Perkins realised he was no longer breathing.
She then spent several hours cleaning the apartment, washing Zymere's body, reading the Bible, and putting on her make-up before taking the boy to the hospital.
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An autopsy established that Zymere had suffered more than 30 rib fractures during the beating, and that he weighed just 35 pounds at the time of his death.
Smith faces life in prison after his conviction.
Zymere's mother, Geraldine Perkins, 29, earlier pleaded guilty to manslaughter as part of a plea dealCredit: New York Post
Photos showed the squalid conditions inside Smith's Harlem apartmentCredit: Manhattan District Attorney's Office
The bathroom was seen covered in grimeCredit: Manhattan District Attorney's Office
The trial heard Zymere suffered more than 30 rib fractures in the beatingCredit: Manhattan District Attorney's Office
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Seaborne Freight boss: The harder Brexit the better
Graeme Paton, Transport Correspondent | Billy Kenber, Investigations Reporter
January 5 2019, 12:01am, The Times
Seaborne Freight was established to operate HGV-only ferries from Ramsgate. It has no ships as yetLEON NEAL/GETTY IMAGES
A boss at the controversial Brexit ferry operator said that a no-deal departure would be better for the company’s fortunes days before it won a government deal.
Glenn Dudley, chief operating officer of Seaborne Freight, claimed “the harder the Brexit the better” during an interview last month with Reuters in which he said restrictions on traffic flows at Dover and the Channel Tunnel at Folkestone would raise demand for the company’s new freight service 30 miles away at Ramsgate. The comment will fuel controversy over the awarding of a £13.8 million contract to the company to supply freight services if Britain departs the European Union on March 29 without a deal.
The company, which as yet has no ships, was established less than two years…
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Halifax Explosion survivor's daughter hopes to speak at memorial services
Nicole Munro ([email protected])
Published: Dec 05, 2019 at 7:38 a.m.
Updated: Dec 05, 2019 at 7:54 a.m.
Marilyn Davidson Elliott stands in front of the Halifax Explosion Memorial Bell Tower at Fort Needham Park on Wednesday. Davidson Elliott and some other family members of Explosion survivors will be wearing red scarves at Friday's memorial ceremony. - Ryan Taplin
HALIFAX, N.S. —
Marilyn Davidson Elliott could go on for hours about her father, Eric Davidson, who survived the Halifax Explosion.
But at Friday’s memorial service, she would only need a few minutes to share what Davidson endured on Dec. 6, 1917.
“It would mean so much to not only me, but also others,” Davidson Elliott said.
“We’re the storytellers now because to my knowledge there are no survivors who are able to tell the story.”
Davidson Elliott said after hearing Vince Coleman’s grandson tell the train dispatcher’s story at the 100th anniversary, she’s reached out to the city to see if she could briefly speak at the annual memorial service.
“It was so well received and made it real for people and since then I really thought, gee, that would be nice for different families to be able to tell their story,” she said.
On Dec. 6, 1917, Davidson was playing in front of the window at his house on the corner of Duffus Street and Gottingen Street, now Novalea Drive, when it exploded in his face.
The house collapsed, trapping two-year-old Davidson, his sister and mother. His father, who was blown against a tree on his walk to work, managed to free the family and take them to the hospital.
Later that day, Davidson’s eyes were removed because of the significant damage.
Davidson would go on to become a mechanic for the city for 25 years before he retired. He died in September 2009 at the age of 94.
“That’s our family legacy and I would love to relay that story to those in attendance about my family,” Davidson Elliott said.
Dan Conlin, a historian, said many family members of Halifax Explosion victims and survivors came forward with details about “scars in the family and possessions that were lost or damaged” when he was a curator at the Maritime Museum of Atlantic.
“Their contributions to public history were really powerful, evocative and made a big impact on our audience,” Conlin said.
“That oral family tradition is a really significant way that community history is transcended and is an important tool for our public understanding of those events and their legacy.”
While she hasn’t been given a straight yes or no to speaking at Friday’s or a future memorial service, Davidson Elliott said north-end Halifax Coun. Lindell Smith offered her the opportunity to lay a wreath on behalf of his district.
"The fact that he’s asked me to lay a wreath shows some willingness, but I don’t know where they stand on whether they want any family to speak or not," Davidson Elliott said. "They may be planning, but they certainly haven’t invited me to speak next year or given me any indication.
"I would hope the city would embrace it.”
Davidson Elliott also spoke with a handful of other families, who expressed interest in speaking at future services. The speaker would rotate each year, she said.
Halifax Regional Municipality spokeswoman Maggie-Jane Spray said the municipality usually consults with the district's councillor and then invites a representative of the arts community. National Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke was the speaker the past two years.
"The official schedule, which includes speakers, is confirmed in early fall and we could not make changes to the official program in time for the ceremony," Spray said of Elliott's request.
Spray added the number of speakers is limited because of cold weather conditions and to ensure the event stays on time.
"We are open to reviewing the program for 2020 to ensure the community is represented respectfully," Spray said.
As Davidson Elliott waits to see if she'll be included in services in the future, she and other families of victims or survivors are going to start a new service tradition Friday.
“In the past those survivors who attended always sat together and now there’s no such need, so to make everyone aware that there is a body there that has a close attachment to the Halifax Explosion, we’re wearing red scarves,” she said.
The memorial service will be held at 9 a.m. at the Fort Needham Memorial Park Bell Tower in Halifax.
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Life Cycle and Epidemiology
Pathogenesis of Lungworm in Horses
Clinical Sings: Equine Lungworm Infection
Clinical Pathology of Lungworm in Horses
Post Mortem Findings of Equine Lungworm
Diagnosis of Lungworm in Equine
Treatment of Lungworm in Horse
Control Measures of D arnfieldi
Home Companion Animals Lungworm in Horses: Top 8 Information of the Disease for Horse Lover
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Lungworm in Horses: Top 8 Information of the Disease for Horse Lover
The larvae of the equine Lungworm Dictyocaulus arnfieldi frequently found in fecal samples from donkeys; infection is rarely associated with signs of respiratory disease. In horses, on the other hand, lungworm in horses is often considered as a cause of chronic coughing, but the true prevalence of infection in the horse is not known since larvae are rarely found in the feces and at present, there are no other means of detecting their presence in the lungs.
Infection is by ingestion of infective third-stage larvae on pasture land. These larvae then travel from the intestine via the lymphatics and blood to the lungs where they develop to the adult stage in the bronchial tree. Adults females produce larvated eggs that are passed in the feces but this hatch almost after to first-stage larvae. The pre-patent period is a minimum of 2 months.
The epidemiology of lungworm infection in horses is poorly understood, but in the majority of confirmed cases, there is a history of the previously come in contact with donkeys. In the donkey, patent infections usually establish during their first season at the pasture and, in the absence of anthelmintic therapy, the majority of animals subsequently remain infected throughout their lives.
The presence of worms in the lungs produces valve-type lesions which lead to discrete, 3-4 cm areas of infection. Although infection is well tolerated in donkeys, the presence of lungworms in the horse can lead to chronic coughing.
Despite the prevalence of D arnfieldi in donkeys, clinical signs mostly attributable to lung-worm infection are rarely observed. In the horse, it has been shown that infection of young foals is associated with the development of patent infections in the absence of clinical signs. Infection of horse and ponies over 1 yr of age does not normally result in the establishment of patent infections but may be associated with marked clinical signs including coughing, increased respiratory rate, and adventitious lung sounds. It is also possible to detect lungworm larvae in feces samples from a very small proportion of apparently healthy horses.
Laboratory tests of Lungworm in horses are of little value in the diagnosis. In very few cases, chronic coughing may be associated with a patent infection with first-stage larvae being found in feces. In contrast, in donkeys larvae are frequently found in the feces of apparently normal animals.
Grossly raised circumscribed areas of overinflation are visible if the lungs are examined soon after death, but these can gradually disappear and may not be obvious if a post-mortem finding is delayed. Microscopically, there is hyperplasia of the bronchial epithelium, an increase in the size and number of goblet cells and infiltration of lymphoid cells around the airways. Often only a few parasites are presently coiled up in the lower bronchi, and these are difficult to recover.
This is based on history, clinical manifestation, and examination of feces for D arnfieldi larvae, although in the horse patent infections are not common. A modified Baerman technique is used to test fecal samples for lungworm larvae. It is important to use fresh feces taken from the rectum otherwise free-living, and first-stage strongyle larvae may be present in fairly large numbers making an examination for first-stage D arnfieldi larvae difficult.
Clinical trials have indicated that fenbendazole at a dose rate of 15-30 mg/kg is effective in the treatment of horses while in a controlled trial in donkeys treatment with mebendazole paste at a dose rate of 15-20 mg/kg daily for 5 days was shown to have a 75-100% efficiency against parasites in the lungs. However, ivermectin at normal dose rates is probably the drug of choice.
To reduce the risk of infection in horses, close contact with untreated donkeys should bo avoided. To reduce the overall volume of infection in donkeys, regular treatment( every eight weeks) with ivermectin is recommended: feces samples collected at the time of treatment should be examined to monitor the effectiveness of such a treatment regime.
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Khloe Kardashian said that Jordyn Woods has not been completely honest with her version of the scandal with Tristan Thompson …
Finally, the drama between Jordyn Woods, Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson has been revealed in the last chapter of KUWTK, and according to the Kardashian, Jordyn has not been completely honest with her version of the story, since she has changed it in more than an occasion!
During the episode of June 23, Khloe revealed how her encounter with Jordyn was after discovering her deception with Tristan, and this was what she said:
” Now she says: ‘It was not a big problem, it was not intimate, it was not sexual’. Then she said: ‘I can not believe this is happening, I’m so confused. ‘
Every time in the past, if Jordyn ever went out with Tristan, she wrote me a message. Jordyn said, ‘I was your guard dog last night,’ and she was there to protect me and that’s why she stayed so late with him that night. “
Khloe also assured that Jordyn was not completely honest with her statements on Jada Smith’s program, Red Table Talk: ” That was not what she told me on the phone at all, which is fine, now she’s minimizing it. I’m not saying that things can not happen. I am the most understanding and calm person, but Jordy never said ‘I’m sorry’ “.
When Khloe confronted Tristan, he admitted the deception by saying: ” Jordyn stayed after everyone left the party and was sitting on her lap in a chair. “
Her sister Kim Kardashian said: ” At first I think nobody believed it was real. They were super confused and that was it. We were just watching everything develop. Jordyn was someone Khloe really trusted, believed in, supported and employed. This is just crazy. “
Kendall Jenner added: ” Jordyn is the LAST person on the planet who would have thought that she would have done this. Even if he kissed her and they took her by surprise … she should have called Khloe and explained exactly what happened. “
Khloe assured that finally, Jordyn admitted what had happened between her and Tristan, which completely broke Kylie’s heart.
Do you think Jordyn has finally told the whole truth, or will she continue to hide details to protect herself?
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Kylie Jenner may be the baby of the Kardashian-Jenner family, but she is on her way to becoming one of the most famous and successful businesswomen in the United States. Kylie Jenner now has a net worth of $ 900 MILLION according to Forbes …
On Wednesday, Forbes revealed its August issue, showing the 20-year-old television star turned beauty mogul, as one of the richest women in the United States appearing on the cover of the women’s magazine ranking most successful businesswomen.
Kylie Jenner now has a net worth of $ 900 MILLION according to Forbes … On the way to becoming the youngest billionaire in the world
According to the business and finance magazine, Kyle – who will turn 21 this August 10 – has an estimated net worth of $ 900 million (771 million euros) thanks to his popular cosmetic line.
Once you cross the BILLION BILLION dollar mark, you will dethrone Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg as the youngest ‘self-made’ billionaire person on the planet.
The magazine estimated its net worth at $ 900 million, similar to Jay-Z, the richest hip-hop industry mogul at the age of 48. (By comparison, the magazine indicates that his famous stepsister, Kim Kardashian, has an estate of approximately $ 350 million.)
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In the story that accompanies the cover, Forbes said he estimates that the Kylie Cosmetics brand has earned the sum of $ 630 million (540 million euros) since its launch in 2015.
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Even using a conservative multiple and applying our standard 20% discount, Forbes values its company, which has since added other businesses such as eye shadows and concealers, at almost $ 800 million. Kylie Jenner owns 100% of it.
Add to that the millions she has earned from television shows and product endorsements such as Puma shoes and PacSun clothing, and $ 60 million in estimated after-tax dividends she has taken from her company, and then she, moderately, has a value of $ 900 million, which together with her age make her the youngest person in the fourth annual ranking of the “Richest Women by Own Effort of the United States, ” says the article.
According to Forbes, Kylie Jenner employs only seven people full-time and five part-time in her company, outsourcing production and sales.
@KylieJenner / Facebook
As with all her children, Kris Jenner (her mother), manages her daughter’s finances and public relations for a commission of 10%. Last year, that meant Kylie paid her mother $ 17 million (€ 14.5 million).
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At the same time, the most famous and older sister, Kim Kardashian West, who has earned money from multiple businesses, including KKW Beauty, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood video game and its application Kim Kardashian, endorsements and more, has a net worth of $ 350 million (299.8 million euros), according to the magazine.
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What is the net worth of the other Kardashian-Jenner?
Kris Jenner, mom: $ 60 million (51.4 million euros)
Caitlyn Jenner, dad: $ 100 million (85.6 million euros)
Kourtney Kardashian, stepsister: $ 35 million (30 million euros)
Khloe Kardashian, stepsister: $ 40 million (34.2 million euros)
Kendall Jenner, sister: $ 18 million (15.4 million euros)
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Bangtan Boys, or popularly known as BTS, debuted in 2013 and since then they have gradually won the love of young people in Europe and Latin America. We have a list of BTS Members –
Every generation through the years has had a favorite band, for example, in the 60s, The Beatles marked a whole musical revolution that continues to this day; In the early 1990s, the world went crazy for Backstreet Boys; And now, we have South Korean pop bands, or better known as K-Pop. One of them is Bangtan Boys, or popularly called BTS, who debuted in 2013 and since then they have gradually won the love of young people in Europe and Latin America. But if you still don’t know what we are talking about, here we tell you who is BTS and its 7 members.
Who are BTS?
The group’s name, BTS, is an abbreviation for the Korean expression Bangtan Sonyeondan, Which literally means “Bulletproof Boy Scouts.” According to member J-Hope, this refers to the group’s desire to “set aside stereotypes, criticisms, and expectations directed as bullets towards young people.” In Japan they are known as Bodan Shōnendan, Which has a similar translation. On July 27, 2017, it was announced that BTS would also mean “Beyond The Scene” as part of its new brand identity. This broadened the meaning of its name, which now also represents an “evolving youth ‘BTS’ that overcomes the realities it faces and moves on.”
BTS Member – Jungkook – Jeon Jeongguk
Jeon Jungkook, best known by his stage name Jungkook, is a South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, composer, producer and model. Since 2013, he is a member, lead vocalist and maknae of the band BTS, in the agency of Big Hit Entertainment
Date of birth: September 1, 1997 (22 years old), Mandeok-dong, Busan, South Korea.
Stature: 1.78m
Other names: JK, Jungkookie, Kookie, Golden Maknae, Nochu and eat cookies
Zodiac sign: Virgo.
Hobbies: Drawing, dancing, photography and taekwondo as a child.
Related artists: BTS
Favorite color: Red, black and white
BTS Member – Jimin – Park Jimin
Park Ji min, better known by his stage name Jimin, is a South Korean singer, dancer, choreographer, model and MC. In 2013, he debuted as a member of the boy band BTS.
Date of birth: October 13, 1995 (23 years old) Busan, South Korea
Stature: 1.73 m
Other names: JM, Chim chim, Jiminie, Doolyfai, Mochi, MinMin, Jim Jim and Jimin-shi
Real Name: (박지민) Park Jimin
Brothers: Park Ji Hyun
Hobbies: Drawing, dancing, martial arts and playing video games.
Favorite color: Black, blue, and orange.
BTS Member – Jin – Kim Seokjin
Kim Seok-jin, better known by his stage name Jin, is a singer, model, composer, dancer, South Korean MC. He belongs to the BTS group, where he holds the position of vocalist, dancer and visual, since 2013.
Date of birth: December 4, 1992 (26 years old) Anyang-Gwangcheon, South Korea
Other names: GodJin, Jinnie, prince, worldwide handsome and Seokjinnie.
Real Name: (김석진) Kim Seokjn
Brothers: Kim Seok-Joong
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Hobbies: Cooking, playing Nintendo, reading manga and watching anime series
Favorite color: Pink and Blue.
BTS Member – V – Kim Taehyung
Kim Tae-hyung best known by his stage name V, is a singer, model, actor, dancer, photographer, MC and South Korean composer. He is a member of the BTS group, under the company Big Hit Entertainment.
Date of birth: December 30, 1995 (23 years old) Seo-gu, Daegu, South Korea
Other names: TaeTae, Blank tae, Taehyungie, bear baby.
Real name: (김태형) Kim Taehyung.
Hobbies: Play the saxophone and piano, watch anime series, read manga and be with Yeontan (his dog)
Favorite color: Black, green and white.
BTS Member – J-Hope – Jung Hoseok
Jung Ho-Seok, best known by his stage name J- Hope, is a dancer, choreographer, rapper, singer, MC, composer, model and South Korean producer.
Date of birth: February 18, 1994 (25 years old) Gwangju, South Korea
Stature: 1.77
Other names: Hobie, hope, hope, a little sun, Seok, sushine.
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Hobbies: dancing, rapping and reading books.
Real Name: (정호석) Jung Hoseok
BTS Member – Suga – Min Yoongi
Min Yoon-gi, better known by his artistic name Suga and Agust D, is a rapper, model, composer, producer and South Korean dancer. He debuted in the BTS group in 2013 under the company Big Hit Entertainment.
Date of birth: March 9, 1993 (26 years old) Buk-Gu, Daegu, South Korea
Other names: Mr. Swag, Sugar, Yoongi, Agust D, DBoy, Dulcinea.
Real Name: (민윤기) Min Yoongi
Brothers: Min Geum-Jae
Hobbies: Basketball, photography and electronic objects 7w7 (ok no; -;)
Favorite color: Black and white.
BTS Member – RM – Kim Namjoon
Kim NamJoon, best known by his stage name Rap Monster or RM, is a rapper, dancer, composer, producer and South Korean model. Since 2013, he is the leader and main rapper of the BTS band. In 2015, he released his first solo mixtape, called RM.
Date of birth: September 12, 1994 (25 years old), Sangdo-dong, South Korea
Other names: Ramon, Mon leader, RapMon, Namjoonnie, Nammie, GodDestruction, Monnie.
Brothers: Kim Jeong Min
Hobbies: Browse the internet 7w7 (okno; -; x2), listen to music and compose
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Although she already has a large army of ‘little monsters’ in social networks and in its crowded concerts, singer Lady Gaga does not intend to settle for her -illustre, everything is said- title of ‘Mother Monster’ and, in fact, in the next decade is more than likely that the pop star ends up forming her own family.
This was expressed by the interpreter herself in an interview granted to the YouTube channel ‘Nikki Tutorials’, while reeling out many other projects that will materialize in the next ten years.
In this sense, the New Yorker has made it clear that her future maternity debut will not be incompatible with her desire to continue cultivating both her musical and cinematographic career and, also, with the process of consolidating her successful ‘Haus Laboratories’.
The @hauslabs @amazon HOLIDAY HAUS POP-UP is open for experimenting and shopping on Thursday 12/5 from 12pm – 5:30pm at The Grove in Los Angeles… and you never know who will pop in 😉 More info in my stories & link in bio. See u there!
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“I want to make more songs, I don’t intend to retire soon… All kinds of music. I also want to make more films, I want to have babies and also continue to develop this mastodon that is Haus Laboratories to make it the cosmetics firm of my dreams ”, has summarized its list of purposes, not for the new year, but for the decade that is coming.
“Fortunately I am lucky to be able to live today based on my aspirations, creating as soon as an idea comes to me. I do things as they come to me, and I am sure that there will be endless ‘crazy’ things that I will carry out over the next ten years. I still don’t know exactly what or how, and that’s why I think they will be a real madness, ”she added.
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On her known passion for makeup and, in general, for the creation of ‘alter egos’ through costumes and other aesthetic alterations, the pop star has firmly stated that, far from transforming her into a completely different character, this dynamic It really helps you to highlight those aspects of your own identity that used to go unnoticed in your everyday environment.
“I love makeup and I have to say that I have discovered myself partly thanks to him, it has helped me bring out my inner beauty. Thanks to makeup I invented Lady Gaga. I didn’t like what I saw when I looked in the mirror and it made me feel sad. Then I started to paint another version of myself, one that I liked and that I felt more comfortable with, ”she said.
TAYLOR SWIFT TALKS ABOUT ‘CATS’ AND ITS PECULIAR AESTHETIC
Normally none would have thought of the musical ‘Cats’ as a horror movie , but from what we have seen so far from the film that adapts this musical, people’s reactions have led some to theorize by saying that it could be the first sign of the apocalypse But not everyone is so critical and skeptical about the look of the tape, and the singer and star of it, Taylor Swift, is quite a fan of its aesthetics.
“As I get older, I am learning that wisdom is learning how silly you are compared to how much you will get to know. I really had an amazing time in ‘Cats’, I loved its oddity and how it made me feel, I will never have another chance of being like that in my life. ”
Although the singer declares her adoration for the look of the tape, she also admits that it is quite strange. But as much as she loved him and had a great time rolling, the reaction of the fans after the trailer has been very negative, not understanding many of them as this famous musical has ended up with that creepy look. In response to this, director Tom Hooper recently explained that the cats in the movie have evolved quite a lot since we saw this trailer.
“We had just finished shooting in March, so all the visual effects of the trailer were at a fairly early stage. When you watch the finished movie, you will see that some of the cat’s designs have advanced since then, and our understanding of how use technology too. ”
It remains to be seen if Hooper manages to win the fans finally with ‘Cats’, for which we will leave doubts on December 25.
This February 19 will be a special date for Millie Bobby Brown. The protagonist of Stranger Things turns 15 years old turned the actress of the moment. Her role as Eleven in the Netflix series has given her a reputation internationally that she is taking advantage of very well since she already has several confirmed film projects. Let’s review the most amazing details about the life of this girl transformed into a teenager.
How old is Millie Bobby Brown?
Prepare the confetti because this February 19 we have to celebrate the birthday of one of the fashion actresses. Millie Bobby Brown turns 14 on the crest of the wave thanks to her role as Once in the Netflix Stranger Things series. The teenager is triumphing on the small screen, but also on social networks where she has a powerful legion of fans. (© Netflix)
Who are Millie Bobby Brown’s siblings?
She has three brothers
Millie Bobby Brown is the third of four children. Her parents are named Kelly and Robert Brown and they are a great support for her. Paige, Charlie and Ava complete the large family of this actress, with whom she shares her passion for Liverpool FC You have to keep in mind that her family sold absolutely everything so that the girl could pursue her dream.
One ear deaf
The actress herself has confessed in Variety magazine that she was born with a serious hearing problem in one of her ears, although this disability has never prevented her from acting or singing. And everything is possible with effort and passion as the actress has shown. However, after several years of treatment, the interpreter has lost her ability to listen in that ear completely. (© Netflix)
What is Millie Bobby Brown’s star sign?
She’s a Pisces, in case you’re wondering.
How tall is Millie Bobby Brown?
Millie is about 1.6m tall… that’s around 5ft 3in.
Millie’s mum and dad are Robert (second from right) and Kelly Brown (far left). Robert and Kelly reported sold everything to move to Hollywood to help Millie become an actress.
Is Millie Bobby Brown American?
Nope! Millie is actually English, but it’s a convincing accent though, right?
Is Millie Bobby Brown Spanish?
Well, no, she’s not but Millie Bobby Brown was born in Marbella (Spain) with four years of age he moved to the English city of Bournemouth (Dorset). A few years later he would move to Orlando (Florida) with his whole family. That was where the actress really gave free rein to her acting, dancing and singing skills after being discovered by some agents. He currently resides between Atlanta (Georgia) and London.
What nationality is Millie Bobby Brown?
British. Millie Bobby Brown is an English actress.
Is Millie Bobby Brown dating Jacob Sartorius?
Millie and pop star Jacob are no longer dating.
Is Millie Bobby Brown on Instagram?
Yes, she is! Her Instagram handle is @milliebobbybrown.
Millie Bobby Brown is UNICEF’s youngest Goodwill Ambassador
Without a doubt, Millie Bobby Brown has become one of the most sought-after actresses of the moment and a reference for children and young people around the world. Because of her good work, her commitment to helping others and the influence she has on the public, it is not surprising that UNICEF has decided to have her as an ambassador of goodwill, thus being the youngest person to hold the position. Millie has expressed her happiness through her Instagram account.
Is Millie Bobby Brown on Twitter?
Millie actually deleted her personal Twitter account (@milliebbrown) in June 2018 after becoming the subject of homophobic memes. She is no longer active on the social network but her other account @millistopshate is still live and she posts inspirational quotes there occasionally.
What is Millie Bobby Brown’s Snapchat Name?
Millie’s snapchat username is milliebbrown
Passion for Music
The actress has demonstrated on more than one occasion that acting is not the only thing she does well. Through social networks, she has shown that she also knows how to sing beautifully and that music guides her way when she travels by car. Thus, it is usual to see how she sings the songs of her idols, among which are the late Amy Winehouse Drake or Ed Sheeran. Similarly, it has also been given to the Despacito of Luis Fonsi. (© Instagram @milliebobbybrown)
What is Millie Bobby Brown’s Net Worth?
Millie reportedly earns $300,000 per episode of “Stranger Things”. According to various reports, Millie has a net worth of around $3 million. Not bad for a teenager, right?
How much does Millie Bobby Brown get paid per episode of Stranger Things?
It’s been reported that she earns as much as Winona Ryder and sources have suggested she may earn somewhere between $300,000 and $350,000 per episode.
What movies has Millie Bobby Brown been in?
In 2019, Millie can be seen in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. She’ll also appear in the sequel to that fllm in 2020, called Godzilla vs. Kong.
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'F' FOR FEEDBACK
An Our Lady of Fatima University (OLFU) faculty, who teaches Filipino, expresses his sentiment on KWF's proposal as the commission's head Virgilio Almario (with hat) and other academicians listen intently.
Photo by: Mark Cayabyab
PORTRAIT OF A FILIPINO AS A NAT'L ARTIST
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino chair Virgilio Almario at the Valenzuela City Hall. Behind him is the 'Triumvirate,' a work of another national artist, Napoleon Abueva.
LEFT-HAND WORK
The national artist signing his autograph at Museo Valenzuela.
FILIPINO ACADEMICIANS
The speaker seated with (from R) DepEd Valenzuela Filipino supervisor Rosarie Carlos, City Council Committee on Culture and the Arts chair Coun. Jenny Esplana, former UP Department of History chairperson Dr. Evelyn Miranda and noted poet, author and dean of Philippine High School for the Arts Vim Nadera.
THE POINT IS
Virgilio Almario stresses it's about time Filpinos call their country "Filipinas" in its national language form.
Students and teachers attend the symposium headlined by Virgilio Almario, whose poems are bylined Rio Alma.
HIS FEDORA
The speaker acknowledges his audience after his talk.
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In celebration of the National Language Month this August, the Cultural Affairs and Tourism Development Office (CATDO) and the Museo Valenzuela Foundation have organized a nationalistic symposium for Valenzuelano educators and students dubbed as, “Filipino Ako. Filipino ang Wika Ko. Filipinas ang Bansa Ko," facilitated by the Head Commissioner of the Institute of National Language Virgilio S. Almario.
Better known by his pen name, RIO ALMA,Virgilio S. Almario is a Filipino National Artist, who is one of the proponents on the use of the new Ortograpiyang Pambansa, which explains not only the functions of the 28 letters of the new alphabet but also recognizes other peculiarities of our native languages.
Orthography is a standardized system for using a particular writing system to write a particular language, which also includes rules of spelling. Under the bases of general rules of Ortograpiyang Pambansa, the eight new letters in the Filipino alphabet (c, f, j, ñ, q, v, x, z) are used in (1) proper nouns (e.g. Vladimir), (2) scientific terms (e.g. carbon dioxide), and (3) hard to spell words (e.g. flores de mayo). In view of the proper noun element, Almario stressed that it posits more consistency to call the country of Filipinos as “Filipinas” not “Pilipinas.”
Mayor REX Gatchalian was thankful that Valenzuela City had the opportunity to be enlightened of this crucial linguistic concept. “I share the same view that our national language is our best instrument to make ourselves united to weather all the challenges that our country may face. Hence it is just proper to bank on an advocacy that could elevate our dignity and pride as Filipinos,” he said.
The annual commemoration of Buwan ng Wika is pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1041 s. 1997, which is aimed at promoting the significance of the Filipino language. This year’s national slogan is, “Wika Natin ang Daang Matuwid,” which is in tune with President PNoy Aquino's famous tag line, “Tuwid Na Daan.”
Almario announced the possibility that Valenzuela City would be featured on the next celebration of Buwan ng Panitikan which would be held on April 2014.
The notable Filipino scholars who attended the symposium were former UP Department of History Chairperson Dr. Evelyn Miranda, Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino Commissioner Jerry Gracio, Dean of the Philippine High School for the Arts Vim Nadera, and DepEd Valenzuela Filipino Supervisor Rosarie Carlos.
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New Union Frontier
World of Valucre
Kingdoms of Genesaris
Bloodstone Marsh
By The Hummingbird, July 19, 2014 in New Union Frontier
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Located to the North-northwest of Genesaris, Bloodstone Marsh is a cool, yet tropical-like swampland of many strange, beautiful, and sometimes deadly poisonous plants and animals. Enclosing one of the Four Great Lakes of Genesaris, along with a segment of river, Bloodstone Marsh is said to the ancient battleground of strange gods and deities. Due to the natural beauty and danger of the biggest marshland in Genesaris, Bloodstone Marsh remains uninhabited by cities save for Mezthaluen, which rests on the edge south of the lake and Reyer City Prison, which rests on the northern outskirts. Townspeople tend to veer away form the depths of the marshes, preferring the safer, open space of the grasslands.
Bloodstone Marsh takes its name from the mineral bloodstone, a green stone marked with red spots that look like blood. This rare stone is said, though not proven, to grant magical abilities and knowledge of forbidden blood magic. At the very least, those who find it, with the chances increasing near the bank of the river and lake, are able to sell it for a fair price among merchants and traders.
Many animals make their home in the marshlands, both predators and prey. Exquisite jaguars, serpents, crocodiles, lemurs, cranes, and more are just a fraction of the wildlife to be found and often hunted in the thick swamps of the marsh. One must take care though, for colorful frogs, fish, and other creatures are venomous and pose a great danger to the reckless. The same can be said for plants, which range from edible ferns and milk vetch to poison ivy, oak, and the infamous angle’s trumpet, a rare and valuable plant of significant poisonous effects.
Bloodstone Marsh is a famous hunting ground and landmark for Genesaris, great for testing survival abilities and finding treasure buried there by those who wished for it never to be easily found.
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Home » News » Bayelsa: INEC presents certificates of return to Lyon, deputy
Bayelsa: INEC presents certificates of return to Lyon, deputy
On November 21, 2019 12:48 pmIn Newsby Hamed Shobiye
Emem Idio – Yenagoa
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday presented Certificates of Return to the winner of last Saturday governorship election in Bayelsa State, David Lyon and his running mate, Senator Degi Eremienyon.
Lyon, who represented the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election defeated Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to become the state sixth democratically elected governor since its creation in 1996.
Also presented with the certificate of return at the event held at the INEC headquarters in Yenagoa, the state capital, was the winner of the supplementary election for Brass State Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Charles Daniel.
The INEC State headquarters located along Swali Road was turned into a carnival by jubilant supporters of the APC, who drummed and danced while the ceremony lasted.
In her remarks before the presentation of the certificate of return to the governor-elect and his deputy, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Bayelsa, Rivers and Edo States, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, said the presentation was in fulfillment of Section 75 (1a) the Electoral Act as amended which mandates the Commission to present certificates of return to winners of election within seven days.
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She said the ceremony marked the end of a process that started in May.
Also in his remarks, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Bayelsa State, Pastor Monday Tom, who presented the certificate of return to the House of Assembly member-elect, said he was grateful to God that under his watch, Bayelsa State was able to conduct one of the most peaceful and violence-free election in the history of the state.
The governor-elect commended Bayelsans for coming out en masse to vote him as governor and promised not to betray the confidence reposed on him by the people.
While appealing to people of Bayelsa to come together to move the state forward, Lyon said all the contestants in the election are winners.
“There were no losers in the election,” the governor-elect stated.
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Will San Onofre spur a Yucca Mountain revival?
A site safer than the San Onofre beachfront must be found, and Yucca Mountain may be the best option, no matter how imperfect or locally unwelcome.
Will San Onofre spur a Yucca Mountain revival? A site safer than the San Onofre beachfront must be found, and Yucca Mountain may be the best option, no matter how imperfect or locally unwelcome. Check out this story on vcstar.com: https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2019/02/02/san-onofre-spur-yucca-mountain-revival/2736524002/
Tom Elias, Columnist Published 11:00 a.m. PT Feb. 2, 2019
One thing was very clear after a near-disastrous almost-accident last summer at the now-defunct San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station beside the Orange-San Diego county line:
Canisters of radioactive waste from the shuttered plant already placed for “temporary” storage on its grounds and new containers not yet placed must go somewhere else, as soon as possible.
The problem is, there is no other place and virtually no one wants an atomic dump anywhere near their home. That’s why nuclear waste is now stored at more than six dozen active or decommissioned atomic power plants around America.
The near accident last year saw a 45-ton canister filled with spent fuel with a half life in the hundreds of thousands of years somehow get stuck on the edge of a storage cavity about 18 feet above the floor of San Onofre’s “temporary” storage facility 108 feet from a state beach popular with surfers.
Plant operator Southern California Edison Co. insisted the incident never posed a danger. It was kept quiet until an industrial safety worker spoke of it during a public meeting about a week later.
Edison says there was no danger of escaped radiation even if the canister had fallen to the floor of the storage plant.
Others saw it as a cause for action. “You need to quit tempting fate,” an official of the Union of Concerned Scientists told a reporter.
But how, when no one wants this deadly stuff, which some experts say could harm everyone within a 50-mile radius if its radiation got loose?
Because all of America’s existing storage facilities are at or beyond capacity, the answer has to be a new dump to house not just San Onofre’s waste, but also residues stored at other sites.
One candidate for years has been Yucca Mountain, near Mercury, Nevada, about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Things have never been simple there, scientifically or politically. That’s why the Yucca Mountain site, first proposed by federal officials in the 1990s, never took off.
Using it is complete anathema to all Nevada politicians. For years, Democrat Harry Reid, the retired majority leader of the U.S. Senate, blocked it. Nevada’s current senators are just as adamant.
“I will be working to fight Yucca Mountain every which way,” said newly minted Democratic Sen. Jackie Rosen within days of her election last fall. Defeated Republican ex-Sen. Dean Heller also fought using the mountain’s cavernous interior for a dump.
Their opposition is based in part on a theory that radioactivity from Yucca Mountain could trickle into underground water and eventually reach the Colorado River upstream from intakes to the aqueduct of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Any threat to that supply would create massive pressure to draw more water from Northern California streams.
This theory has been debunked, geologists saying Yucca Mountain water drains west toward Death Valley, not east to the Colorado. Still, it had enough credibility to make retired California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer a firm Yucca Mountain foe.
But soon 73 huge radioactive canisters will sit behind a 28-foot beachfront breakwater at San Onofre. The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reported a similar container in a South African beachfront storage site failed after 17 years from cracking triggered by corrosive salt in the marine environment, says the website San Onofre Safety.
Since some spent fuel canisters at San Onofre were loaded as early as 2003, that may mean leakage is possible within the next year. No one knows how this might be managed.
It all creates pressure for Yucca Mountain.
Bill Alley, co-author of the nuclear waste analysis book, “Too Hot to Touch,” says: “Especially with Diablo Canyon nearing shutdown in the early 2020s, this is a major California problem and there is no other site being studied.”
Added Charles Langley, executive director of the San Diego consumer group Public Watchdogs: “Yucca Mountain (may be) the best in an array of possible solutions ranging from atrocious to absolutely horrible.”
Plainly, a site safer than the San Onofre beachfront must be found, and Yucca Mountain may be the best option, no matter how imperfect or locally unwelcome.
Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com.
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Parking Improvements
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Parking Improvements 2018
Total Est. Cost: $6.2M
Status: Substantially Complete
This project created approximately 525 new long term parking stalls, with a future toll plaza, in the area of open field immediately south of the car rental service facility, adjacent to the roundabout. The scope of work includes linking the three existing gravel overflow lots to the new lot in a manner that allows a single pay transaction location. Improved lighting for the overflow lots and appropriate pedestrian access to the ATB from the new lot will be part of the work as well.
This 500+ space expansion provides adequate capacity to absorb the overflow parking that is currently occurring into the gravel overflow lots formalizing this activity as permanent. It will be constructed with the infrastructure to operate a future toll plaza similar to the existing that offers pay on exit either through a kiosk or staffed booth. Natural growth will eventually fill the new permanent spots with the gravel lots continuing to provide overflow capacity now and into the future. The lot is designed to support a future shuttle operation.
The three adjacent gravel overflow lots will be linked with this new lot in such a way that the toll plaza area becomes both the way in and the way out to all four lots. This will afford an opportunity to capture 100% of the revenues associated with the overflow parking. Currently over 660 stalls of the approximately 2380 available parking spaces are uncontrolled stalls in the four overflow lots. This represents nearly 28% of available parking capacity.
The project will see the installation of lighting and CCTV in both the new and the overflow lots to improve the overall safety and security of the parking operation. The lamp standards and bases will be the relocatable type allowing them to move in the future as the gravel lots are reconfigured..
The design incorporates rain garden technology for the management of storm water flows and filtration of the waters collected. There will be 6 designated electric vehicle charging spaces to carry on the program started in both the long and short term lots in 2015.
Significant Developments: This project is substantially complete. Installation of a power kiosk to support new signage at the entrance to the long term and short term lots is underway. 100% of the lot has been paved and is fully available to meet any overflow demand. The pay booth is in service.
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Monferrato, 2000
La Spinetta - Pin
The Barbera is sourced form the Bionzo vineyard, harvested in the middle to end of September, the Nebbiolo in the beginning to middle of October; each variety is fermented separately for 7-8 days in temperature-controlled rotofermenters, while malolactic fermentation takes place in oak. The vineyard that Pin comes from was planted in 1975 on calcareous soils in Nieve. Maturation occurs entirely in new, medium toasted French oak for 16-18 months, after which the two wines are blended together and transferred to stainless steel vats for 2 months before bottling. The wine is cellared, in bottles, for another 3 months before release. …
20 Year Old Tawny
*** 91 points Wine Spectator ***
20 year old tawny ports are blended from a range different wines averaging 20 years. This prolonged ageing in small wooden casks confers the characteristic Tawny colour and imparts a deliciously mellow flavour profile. Niepoort 20 Year Old Tawny is one of the finest examples of this style available, possessing a beautiful balance between sweet primary fruit and developed savoury nuttiness. Brick red-brown in appearance, it displays indulgent aromas of crystallized fruit, dried apricots, hazelnut and toffee. Sweet, intense and velvety smooth, it has exudes a compelling flavour medley that includes assorted nuts, fruit cake, coffee and vanilla. …
Niepoort Port, 2000
"This is a stunning Vintage Port: I’ve tried this now on three separate occasions and I’m convinced they don’t come much better than this. Vivid, intense colour. Intense, herb, spicy nose. Massively concentrated rich, firm palate with lovely spicy tannins providing structure. Rich, full-on style. Excellent " Wine Anorack.
Pinot Nero, 2000
St. Michael Eppan - Riserva
Very forward nose of leather and cherries, liquorice wild strawberries, ripe plums and pencil.The palate is very nice balance of sweet fruit and acidity.
Pocas Port
Includes Pocas open Gift Box
Auburn to amber. Intense and delicate aroma, nuts and vanilla. Exquisite taste, harmonious, long and persistent. Absolutely scrumptious!
Pale to mid-deep amber/tawny. Open and gentle on the nose showing walnuts and brazil nuts. Savoury, quite rich in style but suave with a silky texture and a spicy edge. Long and complex with marmalade on the finish.-93 Points, Richard Mayson for Decanter Magazine.
It should be served at room temperature 18ºC/64ºF or slightly chilled and stored upright.
Splendid with cheese, pastry, sweets, nuts, light puddings and cakes or on its own. …
Pocas Port, 2000
Colheita (Single Harvest) Port
Mahogany color, aroma a bit closed, with notes of marmalade, dried apricots and hazelnuts. Very well in the mouth, with class and is not being too oily, gives a good proof, elegant and good ending.-90 pts Wine Enthusiast-
20 Year Old Tawny port in Collectors Edition Decanter
A limited edition decanter. Rated as outstanding by critics. Auburn to amber. Intense and delicate aroma, nuts and vanilla. Exquisite taste, harmonious, long and persistent. Absolutely scrumptious!
. 94 points-Decanter Panel Tasting 2018
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Quarles Harris Vintage Port, 2000
An elegant, dense purple-coloured offering, this 2000 offers up sweet aromas of melted licorice intermixed with blackberries, black raspberries, and cassis. Soft, precocious, and pure, this medium-bodied, suave, graceful port should be approachable in 4-5 years and last until 2020.
Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port, 2000
Quinta do Vesuvio's saturated blue/purple colour is more dense than many of its peers. Impressive in the mouth, with full body, sweet creme de cassis and blackberry liqueur intermixed with smoke, earth, and spice, this sensual effort possesses elegance allied to power and authority. Complex, fat, rich, and intense, it is an exceptionally stylish, graceful effort to enjoy between 2006-2020+. 91+ Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
Ramos Pinto, 2000
Ramos Pinto Vintage Port in Individual Wooden Gift Box
Founded in 1880 by Adriano Ramos Pinto, this Port House has always had a pioneering spirit – from the distinctive and stylish ‘art nouveau’ advertising from the 1900s to the continuing wide ranging vineyard research with results that have benefited the whole port trade. Champagne Louis Roederer, now the majority shareholder, perpetuates this philosophy and ensures continuity in a company renowned for wine-making excellence.
Rosso Pavia, 2000
Cà di Frara
Exotic spices together with mature fruit.
Rosso Toscano, 2000
Bright ruby red colour with aromas of ripe, red berry fruits, sweet cherries and undergrowth with underlying scents of eucalyptus and nutmeg, intertwined with subtle hints of dark chocolate. The flavour is round and full-bodied, with a tightly woven structure and an inviting, fruity core, leading to a long-lingering, balsamic finish.
Sfursat, 2000
The Sfursat di Valtellina wine is a dry red “Passito” style wine and is made by making wine with dried grapes. The best bunches of Chiavennasca are selected and laid out on specially made mats in aerated purpose-built cellars to dry (similar to the process in Valpolicella for Amarone). The “breva” wind which blows through this region has historically assisted the production of the Sfursat wines. The grapes spend about 3 and a half months drying like this and towards the end of January (once the main winery tasks for the other wines are all finished) the grapes will have lost about 40% of their own weight, the sugars will have concentrated and the signature passito aroma will be present. …
Taylor's Port, 2000
Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha
The Vinha Velha are five plots located in the heart of Quinta de Vargellas. The vines being between 80 and 120 years of age. Strict selection has led to a wine of stunning complexity, power and richness. This is one that will be at its peak 50 years hence. The palate is gloriously sweet and dense, with huge potential for the long term.
Reviews: "The Taylor Vargellas Vinha Velha 2000 has a more introverted than Taylor’s Vintage, an earthy bouquet with touches of orange essence developing in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, good backbone, quite reserved and composed at the moment. …
20 Year Old Tawny Port - HALF BOTTLE (37.5 cl)
Please note these are 37.5cl bottles.
Only tiny quantities of this aged tawny port are produced each year, making the wines extremely rare and amongst the most revered in the world. This Tawny ports has been aged in oak casks for an average age of 20 years. During their long maturation they become tawny in colour and concentrated in their aromas. This port has very intense and elegant flavours which combine to give a smooth, fine finish.
20 Year Old Tawny Port (Comes in original presentation box)
The Taylor's 20 Year Old Tawny displays an intense amber tawny colour. It reveals an opulent and voluptuous nose of complex spicy, jammy and nutty aromas, hints of orange flower and a fine oakiness coming from the long period of aging in cask. The palate is full of very rich and concentrated flavours and has a long mellow finish.
This Tawny port has been aged in oak casks for an average age of 20 years. During its long maturation it becomes tawny in colour and concentrated in its aromas. This port has very intense and elegant flavours which combine to give a smooth, fine finish.
It is an excellent accompaniment to many desserts. …
Warre's Vintage Port, 2000
Warre's has been leading the Port trade since it was established as the first British Port House in 1670. A pioneer of a great tradition with over 300 years of history, Warre’s legacy is built on the superb quality of Warre's Vintage Ports and on an unwavering commitment to quality and successful innovation.
Warre's Vintage Ports are peerless in their expression of poise and elegance. This unsurpassed style is derived from the inherent characteristics of Warre's two principal vineyards; Quinta da Cavadinha and Quinta do Retiro Antigo. They complement each other very well. Cavadinha's location, …
Palmer Port, 1999
Single Harvest Tawny Port
Special Offer | Was £39 | Now £29
A 50cl bottle of 1999 vintage Colheita Port Wine from Palmer Port. This is exclusive to Vintage Wine & Port.
This rare Port Wine has been stored in seasoned oak casks since the 1999 harvest until it was bottled this year. This 20 year old is an outstanding example of an aged tawny.
Tasting Notes: The 1999 Port from Palmer has a light oak colour. Much elegance on the nose with orange peel, walnuts, figs and a touch of honey. On the palate, there is a lightness that is balanced by good acidity. This port wine delivers a beautiful flavour supported by a long, long finish. Outstanding. …
Anima Negra, 1999
Son Vi Negre de la Terra de Mallorca
A rare and outstanding 1999 vintage Spanish Wine from Anima Negra. Son Negre is only launched into the market in exceptional vintages. This Crianza wine comes as a result of a collaboration with the artist and close friend Miquel Barceló, who designs an exclusive label for each of the Son Negre’s vintages, similar to Mouton Rothschild. The wine has cult status in Spain, with only very few bottles produced.
The 1999 Son Negre shows a very expressive aroma of toasted bread, violets, tobacco, black cherries and black raspberries on the nose.Very rich in the mouth, with layers of fruit and spices and a very long finish. …
Barbera d'Asti, 1999
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A 1999 vintage red Wine from Italy. Barbera d'Asti is a wine of prestige and one of the most famous wines from the Piedmont region of north-western Italy. Rich colors that refer generally to the ruby purple, just what clothes cardinals; the bouquet is ample and composite, with fruity notes of blackberry, cherry, strawberry and red fruit jam and spicy aromas reminiscent of cinnamon, vanilla, and green pepper.
Barolo, 1999
Michele Chiarlo - Tortoniamo
Barolo lies just south-west of Alba in Italy's north-western Piedmont region. It is considered one of the finest and longest-lived wines, often referred to as 'the king of wines and the wine of kings'. Wine production is strictly limited to the vineyards located on steep hills around the towns of Barolo, La Morra, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba and Monforte d'Alba, Despite the different characteristics of these wines due to the varied terroir, they do display similar traits. These include a garnet color, powerful structure, firm tannins and high levels of acidity and alcohol, with the capacity to age for many years. …
Blandys Madeira, 1999
Malmsey Colheita Madeira (H/Litre, 50cl) Includes gift box as illustrated
Blandy’s Malmsey 1999 vintage Madeira was aged for 16 years in seasoned American oak casks and as with all the family’s vintages, this wine started its ageing process in the warm high attic floors of the lodge in the centre of Funchal. Over the 16 years, the wine passed down from the warmer top floor of the Blandy’s Wine Lodges, the “Sotão de Amendoa” where it spent the first 5 years, to the second floor for 7 years and finally to the cooler first for the remaining 4 years. The art of finding the right balance between concentration and the freshness of the wine lies in the winemaker’s decision when to transfer the wine to the lower cooler north facing floors of the lodge. …
Brunello di Montalcino, 1999
Brunello de Montalcino is one of Italys most famous and most expensive red wines. It is produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located about 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Florence in the Tuscany wine region. Brunello, roughly translated as "nice dark one" is the unofficial name of the clone of Sangiovese used in production.
Cabernet Sauvignon (I), 1999
La Gavina - Cecchi
Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every wine-growing country in the world. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedar wood.
Camelot, 1999
Firrilato
An outstanding 1999 vintage red wine from Sicily.
Camelot’s elegance is the result of lengthy research, over more than 20 years, which Firriato has dedicated to guaranteeing the best climate and soil conditions for growing Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Baglio Sorìa vineyards, located at an altitude of 120 metres above sea level, with their vicinity to the Trapani coast and the uniqueness of their terroir, contribute to determining the ideal conditions for the cultivation of these two vines. The red marl in its soils allows the earth, during the hotter months, to remain compact and not crack. …
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Courtesy of Marina del Rey Convention and Visitors Bureau
Visit this inviting waterfront community near Venice Beach and Santa Monica for laid-back fun
Roughly six miles north of Los Angeles International Airport sits Marina del Rey, a charming coastal community with yachts, beaches and cycle paths. Marina del Rey began as an estuary frequented by fishermen and duck hunters, but in 1965 became the largest man-made, small-craft harbour in the country. Today, visitors flock to the area for its year-round sunshine and laid-back, Californian vibe.
Treat yourself to an overnight stay at the Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey, a luxury hotel with Juliet balconies off of every room and the 650-square-metre Spa del Rey, which offers massage treatments, body wraps and facials. Enjoy a farm-to-table meal at restaurants such as Cast & Plow inside the hotel, or venture along Admiralty Way to the upmarket New American restaurant Cafe del Rey or the more casual Tony P’s Dockside Grill. Also consider checking into the modern Marina del Rey Hotel, which features a heated infinity pool, marina-view sundeck and cycle hire. The hotel's SALT Restaurant & Bar offers seasonally inspired Californian cuisine with indoor and outdoor seating.
Marina del Rey will probably inspire you to spend your day on the water doing something active, like sailing, fishing, parasailing or kayaking. As part of the 22-mile Marvin Brauda Coastal Bike Trail, it’s also the ideal place to go on a cycling adventure. It’s possible to take cycle paths up to Will Rogers Beach in Santa Monica (about 6 miles), or south all the way to South Bay (about 13 miles). Yoga enthusiasts can downward-dog in the fresh ocean air and sunshine at Burton Chace Park, or try YOGAqua, which combines yoga with stand-up paddle boarding. A great place for runners day or night (it’s lit for after-sunset workouts) is Yvonne B. Burke Park, an 8-acre linear park with a free fitness circuit.
If you’d rather relax, climb aboard a dinner cruise boat or gondola for a ride while you take in the breathtaking scenery. Keep your eyes peeled for dolphins and whales as you explore Santa Monica Bay. If you are more of a landlubber, sink into the sand at the family-friendly Marina Beach, dubbed Mother’s Beach by locals, or at the mellow Marina Peninsula Beach just south of Venice Pier. Transport yourself to Italy with a walk through the Venice Canals, a man-made historic district built in 1905.
Marina del Rey also serves as a home base for nearby attractions. Hire a bicycle and cruise north from the start of the Venice Boardwalk at Washington Boulevard, all the way to Santa Monica, or even Pacific Palisades, or take it easy and enjoy a cocktail or meal at one of the popular places just east of Venice Pier. If you have one too many cocktails, text 323 435 5000 to arrange for one of Circuit’s five-passenger electric shuttles to pick you up and take you back to your hotel.
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End of Life Wishes
VITAS Patient and Holocaust Survivor Receives Treasured Recognition for Lifetime of Educating Youth
Elmhurst College honored Adele Laznowski Zaveduk, a VITAS patient, with a Certificate of Appreciation for her work educating younger generations about the “hidden children” of the Holocaust.
When Nicolle Grasse, a VITAS chaplain in Chicago, met Adele Laznowski Zaveduk in the home she shared with her husband, the 82-year-old woman was visibly weak from a long fight against advanced heart failure.
Adele had been receiving care from VITAS for only a few days, and her doctors expected she would live no more than a week or two. Yet her eyes shone brightly as she thumbed through a box brimming with envelopes, each bearing her name and address scrawled by a child’s hand.
Though modest, Adele's box and the letters within were cherished, thanks to 25 years of emotional work—time spent educating children about her experiences as one of the Holocaust’s “hidden children” in hope that shining a little light on modern history’s darkest period might prevent it from reoccurring.
The experiences that led Adele to involve herself in the education of others–war, genocide, childhood labor–also had prevented her from completing her own: Adele had never attained a college degree; she had never even finished high school. She regretted this part of her past and feared she might take that regret to her grave.
Her VITAS team stepped in to ensure she received the recognition and closure she desperately wanted and richly deserved.
Adele’s Secret
Adele had first revealed her regrets to a counselor at the hospital where she was receiving treatment before transitioning to VITAS for hospice care. Adele’s husband Ben Zaveduk was present at the time–and thoroughly taken aback. It was news to him, even after 63 years of marriage.
Days later, Ben shared Adele’s story with Nicolle, making her among the first to know. Nicolle was also uniquely equipped to do something about it.
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“Adele was deeply sad about having never received a diploma, as she had done so much to educate children and advocate for education,” Nicolle says. “I graduated from Elmhurst College in Chicago and suspected their Holocaust organization could recognize Adele for her education of so many young people. I called some contacts and they said they’d be honored to.”
Physical and Spiritual Separation
Born in France in 1937, Adele Laznowski was only 5 years old when her mother and father disappeared, leaving her and her younger sister with strangers. Adele would later learn that her mother had paid a Catholic family to watch over her children after she and her husband were sent by the Nazis to the Auschwitz complex of concentration and extermination camps.
Family joined Adele for the ceremony, as well as Elmhurst College Chaplain H. Scott Matheney.
When Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz in 1945, both of Adele’s parents had miraculously survived.
But when the family finally reunited, Adele and her sister didn’t initially recognize their parents. Having been raised Catholic under their surrogate family, neither child understood their Jewish heritage or its role in their parents' desperate decision.
Shortly after their reunion, Adele’s father died, and before long her mother remarried and relocated the family to Argentina.
The war and the Holocaust were behind them, but Adele was still denied a “normal” childhood: Rather than attending school, she was put to work in the family store. Years later, she met Ben, married him and moved to Chicago.
How Hospice Brought Her Closure
Decades passed, the couple started a family and Adele found her passion teaching others about the Holocaust. But the shame she felt lingered on. It wasn’t until Adele began hospice care with VITAS that closure seemed like a real possibility.
VITAS Chaplain Nicolle Grasse reached out to her alma mater to honor Adele’s commitment to education.
Nicolle had hoped at first for an honorary degree, but the logistics were dicey. Such recognition would require seeking board approval and navigating a bureaucracy that Adele simply didn’t have time for. So, at Nicolle’s request, Elmhurst College President Troy VanAken and Chaplain H. Scott Matheney developed an award specifically for Adele.
With help from the Illinois Holocaust Museum, Nicolle and Elmhurst College put together a ceremony for Adele at her home. A representative from the museum spoke about Adele’s service and the importance of keeping hope alive by preserving survivors’ stories. Chaplain Matheney offered beautiful words and presented Adele with a certificate, reading:
“She committed her life’s purpose to this endeavor so that others might remember and never allow it to happen again. We honor her life of service, her role as an educator and her witness to life and human rights.”
‘One of the Most Moving Experiences’
“Adele and her husband were speechless and tearful,” Nicolle says. “It was one of the most moving experiences I’ve ever been a part of. She’s still talking about the ceremony; she even called her friends and family to tell them about it and show them the pictures.”
Nicolle closed the ceremony with a quote from Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani woman who survived being shot by the Taliban as a teenager after advocating for girls’ education: “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
Nicolle believes the ceremony and recognition from Elmhurst have helped Adele find peace near the end of life. To her, the experience is symbolized best in Adele’s loving embrace of her granddaughter, who returned early from a school trip to Israel–just in time for the ceremony.
“That embrace, the beauty of her showing the certificate to her granddaughter is something I’ll carry with me always,” Nicolle says.
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What's the origin of the Japanese people ?
Thread: What's the origin of the Japanese people ?
Sep 9, 2002, 16:17 #1
Maciamo
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Like Kjeld mention it in another thread, there has been a lot of migrations from the Asian mainland to the islands of Indonesia and Japan during the ice age. I recommend a very good book on the development and migration of human societies : Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond.
Indonesians, Malaysians and Philipinos actually originate from Southern China. They'd have migrated on boats via Taiwan and displace the original inhabitants that might have been related to Dravidians of Southern India. In Papua-New Guinea, the indigenous people were more numerous and well settled, so that they had to go around them and continued to Polynesia (all the pacific islands) and New Zealand. With pimitive boats, they were able to travel as far as Hawai or the Easter Islands. Linguistically, all polynesian languages, from Hawai to the Fiji and New Zealand, via the Marianias, Kiribati, Tuvalu, etc. are closely related. They are related to Indonesians languages as well. Differences between regions increase with the time they were settled, not the distance between them. So, 2 groups of islands in the pacific might be 500km away, but the inhabitants of one may only have been settled a few generations away by inhabitants of the other group.
Indonesians ?
I have noticed myself quite a few similarities between Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia and Japanese language. Apart from the very similar pronounciation in both languages, there is the same hierarchical differences in personal pronouns. For example "you" is either "anda" or "kamu" with the same meaning and wa of using as "anata" and "kimi" in Japanese. Likewise, "suki" 好き (to like) translates "suka" in Bahasa. Such similarities are striking. In both languages you can make a plural by doubling the word, like wareware in Japanese (ware = I or you, wareware = we). Doubling of words is so common that there is a kanji that only means the word is doubled(" 々") in written Japanese. However, it is more common in Bahasa nowadays where it is almost systematical. Expressions like "ittekimasu, itteirashai, tadaima and okaeri" also exist in Indonesian (selamat jalan, selamat tinggal...), but not in European languages. I am not a specialist of any of these languages at all. I barely know a few words in Indonesian, but it's enough to see the link with Japanese.
Japanese matsuri ressembles so much Balinese ones that one could wonder if they are actually the same country. I've seen a cremation in Bali ; they cary the dead body very much like Japanese carry a mikoshi. Balinese funerals are joyful and people swinging the "mikoshi" in the streets and making loud noise to scare the evil sprits. Basically, Bali is Hindu, but has mixed it with the original animist religion. Shinto is also an animisn, and we can see lots of other cultural similarities between non-muslim/non-christian Indonesia and non-buddhist Japan. For example, the wall and entrance around traditional houses and the style of Balinese temples and Japanese shrines. Buddhism, Islam and Christianity all arrived much later after the supposed original ancestors of the 2 archipelago split from each other, but have changed radically both societies. We have to look for the purely original culture (what might be very difficult nowadays) to find the connection existing in late prehistoric time.
Koreans ?
Japanese and Korean grammar are very similar. My Koreans acquaintances in Japan told me that some words were also almost identical, such as kazoku, sentaku or hakkiri. Both languages are classsified in the Altaic group of languages. Check this comparison of Altaic languages together.
About half of Japanese vocabulary comes from Chinese via kanji compounds. However, it seems that there hasn't been any much direct migration from China to Japan, except a few scholars or monks. But ultimately, going back a few millenia, all East Asian are from Chinese-Mongolian origin. Linguistically and culturally, Japanese are closer to Koreans and Indonesians.
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Doubling of words is so common that there is a kanji that only means the word is doubled(" 々") in written Japanese.
Orang orang = orang²
Thanks for your excellent expos�, Maciamo!
Sep 10, 2002, 02:51 #3
SonyLand
hehe, the turtle boy story and the lost island of Atlantis finds proof in more of maciamo's posts
Have you found anything more about the Mongolian influence? I know that linguistically both Mongolians and Japanese share deep connections. Let alone appearance wise some are difficult to differienciate. Hmmm, WWI + WWII influences?
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Apr 5, 2003, 01:39 #4
hua he
well actually
suki in Japanese have the same meaning with suka in Malay
Well, actually the Malay term "suka" was translated directly from Hokkien dialect into Malay.
There is a group of people in Malaysia called "Baba" (also called Peranakan). They are mix-blooded descendants of Malay-Chinese (mostly Hokkien). So, Malay absorbed many Hokkien words into their language, like "pangkin" "di mana". The word "suka" in Hokkien and Malay have the same meaning.
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May 17, 2003, 12:02 #5
dark_masamune
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i know from what i've studied, i believe the oldest known skeleton found in japan was believed to be at least 400,000 years old. there's a popular idea that because the japanese are much taller than their asian neighbors, there might have been some siberian influence, maybe even european at some point. correct me if im wrong, but the Ainu, being the indegnious class of japan shared alot of characteristics that weren't "typical asian." i also read in another book that some types of tools were excavated in northern honshu that didn't appear to be japanese at all, but norse. with language, the same can be considered of the entire world. it changes with times, based on legitamacy in religion, leadership, ect. not to mention being modified over such a long period of time. its my opinion that it did derive from korean and chinese influence, maybe brought with the first buddists. and eventually added on to. mexican spanish is another great example. spaniards taught the aztrecs their language for trade and missionary purpose but today its more or so a refined mexi-spainish-aztec language. adhering to their own culture and grammar.
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Hello Maciamo,
probably I don't know much more about Bahasa Indonesia than you (and maybe I should better ask my Indonesian friends) but I think that doubling is not a plural in a grammtical sense but gives "enhanced" meaning to words. Word e.g. is kata but kata-kata is not just words but a sentence, orang is person but orang-orang may refer to a tribe or nation (actually orang alone already means people and I experienced Indonesians to use "people" for a single person), jalan is the street and jalan-jalan might be journey (using many roads probably) or means to take a walk (maybe also detour but I cannot remember). At least that is how I understood it.
Regard the similarity of suka and suki.: This also struck me in one of my first Japanses lessons but I think that could be pure coincidence. There was a very intersting issue of the German publication "Spektrum der Wissenschaften" dealing with the development and history of human languages. The basis of linguistic sciences is, simply put, comparison and one article warned against "obvious" analogies.
Finally you may find many Sanskrit words spread by Buddhism in Indonesian and hence may found similar words in all of south and sout-eastern Asia.
Just once again, I'm not a linguist and all I had to say might have been wrong but this topic has always excited me and your contribution is extremely interesting.
Jun 9, 2003, 15:52 #7
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Ancient Korean word for Japanese "matsuri" was "ma'z'ri" which meant "welcome the Gods"
Aug 12, 2003, 18:02 #8
Hanada Tattsu
Well, I think that two migrations happened in Japan. The first was by the Ainu, who arrived from Europe long before the Yayoi and Jomons from present day South Korea arrived, and drove the Ainu to Hokkaido and Okinawa, where they still reside today.
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What do you mean from Europe ?
Ainu where from North East Asia (Siberia ?), weren't they ?
I've never heard of Ainu living in Okinawa and those in Hokkaido (less than 1% of all people in Hokkaido) have all mixed blood with Japanese nowadays
Aug 13, 2003, 13:36 #10
No, I read that the Ainu were from Europe, not Western Europe, like England and France, but more of East Europe, like Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. That's what I read.
And as for the Okinawa thing, when the Yayoi and Jomon migrated to Japan, they pushed the Ainu from the main islands, they pushed them down to Okinawa Island, and up to Hokkaido.
From what I read, the only Ainu still living in Japan are restricted to Hokkaido. They used to occupy all the north of Japan (Tohoku) till a few centuries ago, then were pushed to Hokkaido (but maybe in the Edo period, not Jomon or Yayoi). People from Okinawa don't look Ainu at all. Their language is related to some native languages of Taiwan (i.e. not Mandarin Chinese), not to the Ainu language, nor Japanese. Besides, it would suprise me that Ainu would have ventured at sea to reach small islands hundreds of km off the coast of Kyushu which they might not have known of. From what I've read, Japanese already lived in Western Japan in Jomon and Ainu in the North-East. Not sure when Japanese arrived in Japan (and from where ? probably Korea, but they also seem to be related to Indonesians ?).
We have mainly 4 theories about Jomon Jin and Yayoi jin.
Recentry many people support (4).(Some deny (4).)
(1)Native Japanese (Jomon jin) were thrown out of Japan by Yayoi jin.
(2)Native Japanese (Jomon jin) were mixed with Yayoi Jin.
(3)Native Japanese gradually changed their physical features.
And they became Yayoi Jin.
(4)There lived Native Japanese.They were called Jomon Jin who had physical features from south ward.In Yayoi period,people who had physical features from nothern ward (Yayoi Jin) came to nothern Kyusyu from Eurasia.They went down to Kyusyu and up to Honsyu.Jomon Jin moved to Okinawa and Hokkaido.
According to a study of gene (blood), there are two Mongorians.
Nothern Mongorians are Japanese or Native Americans.
(Japanese or Native Americans are "Old" Mongorians.Inuit are "New" Mongorians.)
Southern Mongorians are Chinese,Filipinos,Malayans.
Tamil in India are mixed.
The origin of gene (blood) of Japanese was from near the Lake Bikal, one of a gene hunter,Matsumoto Hideo said.
DNA of Jomon people were mainly (90%) the same as DNA of people who lived near the Lake Bikal.
I got these informations from some books.
Old Mongorians have wet ear wax,and New Mongorians have dry one.
I don't think Japanese are closer to Amerindians or Inuits than from Korean and Chinese (and even South-East Asian). Physically they are much closer to Korean and Chinese. SE Asian have darker skin and can be divided in subgroups. Cambodian have very dark skin, but not Vietnamese. Real Thai have brown skin, but many are white because of Chinese imigration (especiallu\y in Bangkok).
I read that Indonesians, Malays, Philipinos and Polynesians were all originally from South China and then migrated by boat.
Japanese can't be from the same Northern Mongoloid group as Ameridians because Ameridians went to America about 10.000 years ago, while even Han Chinese only invaded China from Mongolia only about 3000 years ago. Then, there were no other way than crossing from Korea before the first civilizations (2000BC in China) and the development of proper boats/ships.
Have a look at American Indians from Inuits to Sioux, Cheyenne, Apache, Aztecs, Caribi, Tupi and Quechuas. Eventhough they were the same original group of migrants and it took no longer than 1000 years for them to spread from Canada to Chile/Argentina, they now look very different physically, but all have darker skin. If any of those people had lived in Jomon in Japan, they are probably extinct and surely haven't mixed with further migrants from Korea and China who are present day Japanese.
The ear wax thing is certainly just a matter of climate (even if its in the genes, it could change after a a only few hundred years, like physical features).
It is true that Japaneses are genetically close to Chineses and Koreans.
The ape-man from Africa reached Eurasia 1,000,000 years ago.
They reached China at least 400,000 or 500,000 years ago.
They already had Mongorian's features.
It is thought that some reached Japan.
(Other assertion: They went to south-east Asia.
They were ancestors of all Asians.
Some of them went to China,southern China to Japan.)
They were "old" Mongoroid (Jomon Jin) and had southern features.
Jomon Jin's gene were fit with people near Lake Bikal.
So some assert that "old" Mongoroid devided into three groups(Siberia,China,south-east Asia) from here.
Some "old" Mongoroid went to China(around Beijin) and Japan.
Others went to south-east Asia.
Others went to northern part of China,Siberia and crossed Bering sea to America.
Then they gradually got other features to live in cold regions.
They were "new" Mongoroid.
"New" Mongoroid in China or korea went to Japan in Yayoi period.
Thus, bodily features of Jomon jin and Yayoi jin were different.
It is said that Ainu and Okinawa people have Jomon jin's features.
Chinese,Koreans,South-east Asiens,Japanese,Native Americans and Inuits are genetically all Mongoroid.
In Kofun period(3rd-6th century), many people with skills were from China and Korea.We call them "Torai jin." They also lived in Japan.
I've also noticed that some Japanese (out of 1000 maybe) had darker skin, almost like Indonesians (but they were pure Japanese, I am sure). Could they be descendant from the Jomon-jin who mixed with Yayoi-jin in Honshu, Kyushuu and Shikoku ?
What about Burakumin ? Do they have particular physical features ? How did people recognise them ?
In Edo-jidai, the Japanese class system was very similar to the Indian Caste system. In either country, there were 4 fixed classes (people cannot change class) + outclassed : the "Untouchables" in India and the "Burakumin" in Japan. Both were given dirty jobs and only them were allowed to kill animals and make leather.
In India, the caste system was established by (white) Aryan invaders around 2000BC to sepate dark-skinned native Dravidians and the new white-skinned ruling class (2 higher castes of priest and warriors). Obviously there has been some mixed blood since then, but generally upper-caste have fairer skin (sometimes blue-grey eyes) and lower castes and especially untouchables are darker.
Could the same have happen in Japan with Jomon-jin ? Are they the burakumin ? Do burakumin have darker skin ?
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This whole thing would explain why when I hear Korean I'm thinking that I'm hearing a totally different Japanese dialect. Korean sounds very similar to Japanese.
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Korean is 70% similar to Japanese. The grammar and word order is almost the same.
I don't speak Korean myself, but I've lots of Korean friends in Japan, some of whom speak very well Japanese and English as well, so they explained to me how similiar Korean and Japanese are.
As there are so many dialect of Japanese and that a Aomori-ben speaker wouldn't understand a Kagoshima-ben speaker, I guess some of Western Japan's dialect must be even closer to Korean. Unfortunately, I don't know anyobody who speaks Western Japanese dialects (such as Northern Kyushuu) and Korean. Any Japano-Korean linguists here ?
neko_girl22
I can hardly speak "standard" Japanese let alone the kagoshima dialect here. Picking up a few words though like "kingo-kingo" and "tege-tege"..... it's fun
but confusing as I also know some kansai-ben (hubby is from Kobe originally)
this is one of answers of post #15....
(answer to post #15)
Burakumin is not a proper name to describe some nations nor some class.
I recognize it a kind of antiwords like an eskimo.
We learn about status distinctions like this.
(you may be boring.sorry...)
In Yayoi period, there were many small countries.
Each counties have rulers and slaves.
I am not sure where such ancient slaves came.
Jomon jin gradually moved toward the north and south.
As there were battles between each Yayoi jin's countries,they might be defeated people,I guess.
In Kamakura or Muromachi period,there were some people thought to be a lower class.
It mainly depended on their occupation.
They were gardeners or singers or performers who walked around village to village etc,.
Some of them made gardens of Ginkaku or Ryoan ji in Kyoto.
They had no houses or they lived by the side of rivers.
Because such non-productive places were free of duty.
As for them,if they wanted or if they could have a chance,they could change their occupation freely.
At Toyotomi Hideyoshi's age (Azuchi Momoyama period), he devided farmers and bushi by laws.By his laws,farmers couldn't be allowed to have any weapons or couldn't move their inhabited areas.
In Edo period, Bakufu succeded Hideyoshi's policy.
They fixed people's class by their occupation or inhabited areas.
They were bushi,farmer,craftman and merchants.
All of them were organized strictly.
They made farmer of low positions.
(They were origins of burakumin,you said.)
It is said that they had to make such positions so that they might not band together against bushi.
At that age, 85% of the populations were farmers. 7% were bushi.
<my opinion>
People had descriminated against some occupations or inhabited areas through such history.
But they could change their occupations or inhabited areas freely until Hideyoshi's age.
Edo bakufu used people's such consciousness in their system.
In fact,they tightened up their laws against farmers of law positions in times of dearth.
Your word "burakumin" may be after Meiji period,after the law on 1871 that made people free from class discrimination of Edo.
Government announced so,but it was not easy to change people's mind immediately.
As for us,educated people never use the word (I believe).
Maciamo san asked me about color of skin.....
sorry my answer is far from your question..............................
but I coudn't let your word pass.............................................. ................
please start your topic 'what's the orgin of japanese people' again............................................. .................................................. ...
Emperor Gakihito
It's most likely that Japanese are of a Chinese origin.
BUT i think that along the way they have mixed with other groups, creating the Japanese race we have today.
A belief is that during the reign of the first emperor of China Qin Shi HuangDi ~ when he was in his search for the magical herb of immortality, sent thousands of people to the east for the "mushroom islands".
But of course we know these thing doesnt exist, and since they couldnt find and going back to China would only mean death (for not finding it, is an offence to the emperor). So these people who travelled to the east, found the island of Japan and settled there.
LOL ~ just re~read what i wrote and i sound like such a story-teller ^^;
Also you can see with facial looks there are many similarities between the two.
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The encyclopedia Britannica has this explanation on the Burakumin. The term itself is apparently neutral ("hamlet peolpe") :
also called Eta (“pollution abundant”), outcaste, or “untouchable,” Japanese minority, occupying the lowest level of the traditional Japanese social system. The Japanese term eta is highly pejorative, but prejudice has tended even to tarnish the otherwise neutral term burakumin itself.
Unfortunately I haven't suscribed to this site, so I can't get the rest of the article. If someone has, or has a paper or CD-Rom version, could they give us more info.
I looled up my dictionaries.
Kojien and Super nihongo daijiten(CD-ROM) explain Buraku shortly.
But both don't have the word "Burakumin."
Others explain Buraku = villages.
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Kokugo Jiten (Kadokawa)
Kanwa Tyu Jiten (Kadokawa)
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Firefighters salute fallen brother as hearse passes firehouse
Lt. Jason Menard died Wednesday morning
Updated: 3:20 PM EST Nov 13, 2019
Members of the Worcester Fire Department on Wednesday afternoon saluted the hearse carrying Lt. Jason Menard, who died while saving members of his crew from a raging house fire.The firefighters brought out Menard's turnout gear, draped black bunting on Ladder 5 and lined up along McKeon Road. In a poignant moment, Menard's colleagues raised their hands to their foreheads as the hearse slowly processed past the firehouse. Menard, 39, of Worcester, died Wednesday morning while battling the fire at 7 Stockholm St.When Ladder 5 arrived at the burning building just before 1 a.m. there was heavy fire coming from the building, and firefighters were told that a baby was possibly trapped on the third floor.The fire grew to four alarms, and at one point firefighters issued a mayday call from the third floor of the building.Menard helped two members of his crew escape but he was unable to get out."Lt. Menard along with his crew from Ladder 5, were making heroic efforts to search for a reported trapped resident along with the baby. While gaining entry to the third floor, Ladder 5 became trapped by heavy fire conditions," Worcester Fire Department Chief Michael Lavoie said. "Lt. Menard heroically and selflessly saved his crew, helping a probationary firefighter to the stairs and then returning to help another trapped firefighter, helping him out the window. Fire conditions overtook the third floor at this time, and Lt. Menard was unable to escape."Three other firefighters were injured battling the fire, one of whom suffered serious injuries. A woman who lives in the home also suffered serious injuries.Menard leaves behind his wife, Tina, three children and his parents, the department said."As they had planned this morning to be on a trip to Disney, they are now instead planning a hero's sendoff," said Michael Papagni, president of Local 1009. "We will send off Jason as he deserved and as he earned. We will support his family and children for the rest of their lives."
WORCESTER, Mass. —
Members of the Worcester Fire Department on Wednesday afternoon saluted the hearse carrying Lt. Jason Menard, who died while saving members of his crew from a raging house fire.
The firefighters brought out Menard's turnout gear, draped black bunting on Ladder 5 and lined up along McKeon Road. In a poignant moment, Menard's colleagues raised their hands to their foreheads as the hearse slowly processed past the firehouse.
Menard, 39, of Worcester, died Wednesday morning while battling the fire at 7 Stockholm St.
When Ladder 5 arrived at the burning building just before 1 a.m. there was heavy fire coming from the building, and firefighters were told that a baby was possibly trapped on the third floor.
Fallen Worcester Fire Department Lt. Jason Menard 'heroically' saved fellow firefighters from 4-alarm blaze
The fire grew to four alarms, and at one point firefighters issued a mayday call from the third floor of the building.
Menard helped two members of his crew escape but he was unable to get out.
Worcester Fire Department
Lt. Jason Menard
"Lt. Menard along with his crew from Ladder 5, were making heroic efforts to search for a reported trapped resident along with the baby. While gaining entry to the third floor, Ladder 5 became trapped by heavy fire conditions," Worcester Fire Department Chief Michael Lavoie said. "Lt. Menard heroically and selflessly saved his crew, helping a probationary firefighter to the stairs and then returning to help another trapped firefighter, helping him out the window. Fire conditions overtook the third floor at this time, and Lt. Menard was unable to escape."
Three other firefighters were injured battling the fire, one of whom suffered serious injuries. A woman who lives in the home also suffered serious injuries.
Menard leaves behind his wife, Tina, three children and his parents, the department said.
"As they had planned this morning to be on a trip to Disney, they are now instead planning a hero's sendoff," said Michael Papagni, president of Local 1009. "We will send off Jason as he deserved and as he earned. We will support his family and children for the rest of their lives."
Firefighter died on eve of planned family trip to Disney
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DNC Announces Groups for First Dem Debate
NEWS – the Democratic debate groups
PURPLE: bernie, harris, biden, buttigieg, bennet, williamson, swalwell gillibrand, yang, hickenlooper
ORANGE: booker, warren, beto, klobuchar, delaney, tulsi, castro, ryan, de blasio, Inslee
NBC will now decide which night goes first
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) June 14, 2019
Two kiddie tables.
Via Free Beacon:
The Democratic National Committee has split the large field of Democratic candidates into two groups for the first debate of the primary season, scheduled for later this month.
Group one, known as “purple group,” includes former vice president Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.), South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.), spiritual guru Marianne Williamson, Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), venture capitalist Andrew Yang, and former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper.
The second group, or “orange group,” consists of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Sen. Cory Booker (NJ), former Texas congressman Robert Francis ‘Beto’ O’Rourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), former congressman John Delaney, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), former Obama administration official Julian Castro, Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio), New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, and Washington governor Jay Inslee.
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EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA)
Acide Eicosapentaénoïque, Acide Éthyle-Eicosapentaénoïque, Acide Gras Essentiel, Acide Gras d’Huile de Poisson, Acide Gras N-3, Acide Gras Omega, Acide Gras Oméga 3, Acide Gras Polyinsaturé, Acide Gras W3, Acido Eicosapentaenoico, EPA, E-EPA, Eicosapentanoic Acid, Essential Fatty Acid, Ethyl Eicosapentaenoic Acid, Ethyl-Eicosapentaenoic Acid, Ethyl-EPA, Fish Oil Fatty Acid, N-3 Fatty Acid, Omega Fatty Acid, Omega 3, Oméga 3, Omega-3, Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid, PUFA, W-3 Fatty Acid.<br/><br/>
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is an omega-3 fatty acid. It's found in the flesh of cold-water fish, including mackerel, herring, tuna, halibut, salmon, cod liver, whale blubber, or seal blubber.
EPA is used as a prescription medicine to reduce triglyceride levels. As a supplement, EPA is most commonly used for heart disease, preventing adverse events after a heart attack, depression, and menopause. It is also used for chemotherapy-related side effects, recovery after surgery, memory and thinking skills, and many other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support many of these uses.
Don't confuse EPA with similar fatty acids, such as alpha-linolenic acid and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), as well as with oils like krill or fish oils, which contain both eicosapentaenoic acid and DHA. Most available data involving eicosapentaenoic acid are from research and clinical experience with fish oil products containing variable combinations of EPA and DHA. See the separate listings for alpha-linolenic acid, DHA, fish oil, and krill oil.
EPA can prevent the blood from clotting easily. These fatty acids also reduce pain and swelling.
Effective for
High levels of fats called triglycerides in the blood (hypertriglyceridemia). Research shows that taking a prescription drug called Vascepa, which contains pure eicosapentaenoic acid, helps lowers triglycerides levels by 33% in people with very high levels. This prescription product also lowers triglyceride levels by about 22% and cholesterol levels by 6% in most people taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called "statins" who continue to have high triglyceride levels. Taking this prescription drug also reduces the risk of major heart-related adverse events by about 25% in people taking statins with persistent high triglyceride levels and other heart-related risk factors.
Likely Effective for
High levels of blood fats called triglycerides (hypertriglyceridemia). Research shows that taking a specific product containing eicosapentaenoic acid as ethyl eicosapentaenoic acid (Vascepa by Amarin) by mouth along with dieting and cholesterol-lowering drugs called "statins" reduces levels of triglycerides in people with very high levels. It might also improve cholesterol levels. This product is FDA-approved in adults with very high triglyceride levels.
A mental disorder marked by unstable mood and behavior (borderline personality disorder). Taking eicosapentaenoic acid seems to slightly lower aggressiveness and slightly relieve depression in women with this mood disorder.
Heart disease (cardiovascular disease). In people with high triglycerides and heart disease or a high risk of heart disease, research shows that taking a prescription drug called Vascepa reduces complications of such as heart attack and stroke.
Heart disease (coronary heart disease) . People with coronary artery disease who consume more eicosapentaenoic acid as part of their diet seem to have a slightly reduced risk of death. Early research shows that taking 1800 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid daily reduces the risk of heart-related adverse events such as heart attacks in people with high cholesterol and coronary artery disease.
Depression. Research suggests that taking pure eicosapentaenoic acid or fish oil containing at least 60% eicosapentaenoic acid reduces symptoms of depression. It might work best when used along with antidepressant drugs.
Symptoms of menopause. Research shows that taking eicosapentaenoic acid reduces how often hot flashes occur. But eicosapentaenoic acid does not seem to reduce the intensity of the hot flashes or improve overall quality of life.
Heart attack. After a heart attack, people may undergo a procedure called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to improve blood flow to the heart. Taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth along with a drug called a "statin" within 24 hours of PCI reduces the risk of heart-related adverse events such as an irregular heart beat (arrhythmia) or death after the procedure compared to taking the "statin" alone. Also, taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth along with "statins" before undergoing PCI for chest pain reduces the risk of having a heart attack after the procedure.
An eye disease that leads to vision loss in older adults (age-related macular degeneration or AMD). Eating more eicosapentaenoic acid as part of the diet does not seem to prevent AMD.
Hay fever. Taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth does not seem to relieve hay fever symptoms such as wheezing, cough, and nasal symptoms.
Asthma. Taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth does not seem to reduce asthma symptoms.
Cystic fibrosis. Taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth does not seem so to improve symptoms of cystic fibrosis.
Diabetes. Taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth does not seem to reduce blood sugar or cholesterol levels in people with type 2 diabetes.
High blood pressure. Taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth with another fatty acid, gamma-linolenic acid, does not seem to reduce blood pressure in people with high blood pressure.
Infants with birth weight below the 10th percentile due to inadequate nutrition. Taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth does not seem to reduce the risk of an infant having delayed growth while still in the uterus.
High blood pressure during pregnancy. Taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth does not seem to reduce high blood pressure in women with high-risk pregnancies.
Alzheimer disease. Early research suggests that increased intake of eicosapentaenoic acid in the diet doesn't help prevent Alzheimer disease.
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Some research shows that low blood levels of eicosapentaenoic acid and other fatty acids are linked with ADHD in children. However, it's not known yet if taking eicosapentaenoic acid supplements can treat or prevent ADHD.
Involuntary weight loss in people who are very ill (cachexia or wasting syndrome). Early research shows that taking a nutritional supplement containing eicosapentaenoic acid (ProSure by Abbott Nutrition) by mouth while undergoing chemotherapy to treat lung cancer helps prevent the loss of lean body mass better than a nutritional supplement without eicosapentaenoic acid. However, taking eicosapentaenoic acid along with a special diet doesn't seem to prevent the loss of lean body mass any more than the special diet alone in people with head and neck cancer when started before treatment.
Diarrhea caused by cancer drug treatment. Taking a nutritional supplement containing eicosapentaenoic acid doesn't seem to prevent diarrhea caused by cancer drug treatment for lung cancer.
Nausea and vomiting caused by cancer drug treatment. Taking a nutritional supplement containing eicosapentaenoic acid doesn't seem to prevent nausea or vomiting caused by cancer drug treatment for lung cancer.
Nerve damage in the hands and feet caused by cancer drug treatment. Taking a nutritional supplement containing eicosapentaenoic acid during cancer drug treatment for lung cancer prevents nerve pain by a small amount.
Tiredness in people treated with cancer drugs. Taking a nutritional supplement containing eicosapentaenoic acid during cancer drug treatment for lung cancer prevents tiredness by a small amount.
Lung cancer. Early research shows that taking a nutritional supplement containing eicosapentaenoic acid (ProSure by Abbott Nutrition) by mouth while undergoing cancer drug treatment for lung cancer doesn't improve response rate or increase survival compared to taking a nutritional supplement without eicosapentaenoic acid.
Infection after surgery. Early research shows that giving eicosapentaenoic acid, RNA, and L-arginine as part of "tube feeding" after surgery reduces the potential for infections and improves recovery time compared to standard "tube feeding."
Recovery after surgery. Weight loss and malnutrition are common after surgery to the esophagus. Early research shows that giving eicosapentaenoic acid as part of "tube feeds" after surgery to the esophagus doesn't prevent weight loss or loss of lean body mass compared to "tube feeds" without eicosapentaenoic acid.
Prostate cancer. It is not known if levels of eicosapentaenoic acid in the blood affect the risk of getting prostate cancer. Some research shows that a higher blood level of eicosapentaenoic acid is linked with a lower risk of getting prostate cancer. But other research shows there's no link. In men with normal levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), which may be elevated in prostate cancer, early research shows that eicosapentaenoic acid may reduce PSA levels.
Scaly, itchy skin (psoriasis). Early research shows that taking eicosapentaenoic acid by mouth or giving eicosapentaenoic acid intravenously (by IV) along with a drug called etretinate improves psoriasis symptoms better than etretinate alone.
Schizophrenia. Research to date shows conflicting results about the effectiveness of eicosapentaenoic acid in treating schizophrenia.
A type of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis). Some research shows that a higher intake of eicosapentaenoic acid and other fatty acids in the diet is associated with a reduced risk of having ulcerative colitis. Early research also shows that taking eicosapentaenoic acid for 6 months might reduce markers of bowel inflammation and the risk of worsening ulcerative colitis.
Lung diseases.
Lupus.
Menstrual disorders.
Other conditions.
More evidence is needed to rate eicosapentaenoic acid for these uses.
When taken by mouth: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is LIKELY SAFE for most adults. It has been used safely in studies for up to 7 years. Most side effects are mild and may include nausea, diarrhea, discomfort in the upper abdomen, or belching. Taking EPA with meals can often decrease these side effects. But people should limit intake of EPA and other omega-3 fatty acids to 3 grams per day, with no more than 2 grams per day from a dietary supplement unless approved by a healthcare provider. Doses of EPA and other omega-3 fatty acids greater than 3 grams per day is POSSIBLY UNSAFE. Taking more than 3 grams per day of omega-3 fatty acids might slow blood clotting and may increase the chance of bleeding.
When given by IV: Eicosapentaenoic acid is POSSIBLY SAFE for most people when given by IV with the approval of a healthcare provider. It is usually well tolerated.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding: There isn't enough reliable information to know if eicosapentaenoic acid is safe to use when pregnant or breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid using more than food amounts.
Irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia): In people with a history of arrhythmias, eicosapentaenoic acid may further increase risk of irregular heartbeat. If you have had arrhythmias, talk with your healthcare provider before you start taking eicosapentaenoic acid.
Aspirin-sensitivity: If you are sensitive to aspirin, eicosapentaenoic acid might affect your breathing.
High blood pressure: Eicosapentaenoic acid might lower blood pressure. In people who are already taking medications to lower their blood pressure, adding eicosapentaenoic acid might make blood pressure drop too low. If you have high blood pressure, discuss using eicosapentaenoic acid with your healthcare provider, before you start taking it.
Medications for high blood pressure (Antihypertensive drugs) interacts with EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA)
EPA can decrease blood pressure. Taking EPA along with medications for high blood pressure might cause you blood pressure to go too low.<br/><br/> Some medications for high blood pressure include captopril (Capoten), enalapril (Vasotec), losartan (Cozaar), valsartan (Diovan), diltiazem (Cardizem), Amlodipine (Norvasc), hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDiuril), furosemide (Lasix), and many others.
Medications that slow blood clotting (Anticoagulant / Antiplatelet drugs) interacts with EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA)
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) might slow blood clotting. Taking EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) along with medications that also slow clotting might increase the chances of bruising and bleeding.<br/><br/> Some medications that slow blood clotting include aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix), diclofenac (Voltaren, Cataflam, others), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others), naproxen (Anaprox, Naprosyn, others), dalteparin (Fragmin), enoxaparin (Lovenox), heparin, warfarin (Coumadin), and others.
For high levels of fats called triglycerides in the blood (hypertriglyceridemia): A specific prescription medicine containing pure eicosapentaenoic acid (Vascepa by Amarin) has been taken in doses of 2 grams twice daily along with dieting an possibly treatment with cholesterol-lowering drugs called "statins."
For heart disease (cardiovascular disease): An ethyl eicosapentaenoic acid product (Vascepa, Amarin) 4 grams daily has been used for about 4.9 years.
For heart disease (coronary heart disease): 0.6 grams of eicosapentaenoic acid three times daily.
For depression: For treating depression, 0.5-1 gram of eicosapentaenoic acid (as ethyl eicosapentaenoic acid) twice daily has been used along with antidepressant medication. In some cases, eicosapentaenoic acid is taken with docosahexaenoic acid. The combination formulas containing at least 60% eicosapentaenoic acid seem to work best. For preventing depression in people receiving interferon-alpha treatment, 3.5 grams of eicosapentaenoic acid per day has been used for 2 weeks.
For heart attack: 1.8 grams of eicosapentaenoic acid daily in combination with "statins" has been taken for one month or one year following a procedure called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Taking 1.8 grams daily in combination with "statins" for one month before PCI has also been used.
For symptoms of menopause: 500 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid (as ethyl eicosapentaenoic acid) three times daily has been used for up to 8 weeks.
For a mental disorder marked by unstable mood and behavior (borderline personality disorder): 1 gram of eicosapentaenoic acid (as ethyl eicosapentaenoic acid) has been used daily for up to 8 weeks.
Many fatty acid preparations such as eicosapentaenoic acid also contain small amounts of vitamin E as an antioxidant to prevent spoilage.
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DIY Transhuman Tech - Bryan Bishop - Hplus Summit 2010 (part 1 of 2)
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This talk will cover the prospects of do-it-yourself transhumanism, do-it-yourself garage biotech and engineering. These topics and more will be explored within the context of open source technology and licensing. In addition, progress on open source DIY lab-on-a-chip devices will be exhibited.
Bryan Bishop is an advocate and developer of do-it-yourself transhumanism and open source hardware. His primary focus is directing a "triple trick" transhumanist team focusing on accelerating trends like the technological singularity, do-it-yourself biology, and open source technologies. In 2008, Bishop became a research assistant at the Automated Design Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. From time to time, if you're lucky, you might find him stealing a few hours of sleep on the lab couch. Lately he spends his waking hours at the recently new hackerspace in Austin, Texas.
You can find him on the web at heybryan.org or call him at 512-203-0507.
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The Latest ► Press Releases ► Scotland takes action to rid roads and rail stations of litter
Scotland takes action to rid roads and rail stations of litter
Minister for Transport launches national Transport Litter Day of Action.
Litter louts across the country will be tackled today (15 March 2012), as a national clean up and clamp-down gets underway to rid Scotland’s roads and rail stations of unsightly litter.
As it’s revealed over 53,000 bags of litter and rubbish needs to be cleared from Scotland’s motorway and trunk road network every year, organisations including Amey, BEAR Scotland, Transerve, First ScotRail and Transport Scotland are backing the annual Transport Litter Day of Action, organised by Zero Waste Scotland and Keep Scotland Beautiful on behalf of the Transport Litter Group, in a bid to clean up Scotland’s roads and rail stations.
To launch the national drive, Minister for Transport Keith Brown met with Glasgow City Council litter patrol teams, who will be working to clear litter hotspots and target offenders in and around the city as part of the Day of Action.
In addition, 11 local authorities are getting behind the drive, by undertaking clean-ups, educating the public on how to dispose of litter responsibly and enforcing litter laws by issuing £50 penalty fines.
A recent litter audit along a sample of Scotland’s busy central-belt road network found over half of the roads surveyed had unacceptable litter levels (57 per cent), with almost two thirds (71 per cent) littered with confectionary and crisp wrappers thrown needlessly from cars, vans and trucks by drivers and passengers.
Littering is an offence which carries a fixed penalty notice of £50, and offenders can be liable for a maximum penalty of £2,500 if the case goes to court.
Items regularly thrown from cars onto Scotland’s roads and rails include cans and bottles, fast food packaging, cigarettes and cigarette packets, and other items such as plastic sheeting.
Through the day of action, the supporting organisations are sending a clear message that littering won’t be tolerated, whist highlighting the effect this has on people’s safety, the landscape and the environment.
Transport Minister Keith Brown said:
“There is no excuse for littering and the Transport Litter Day of Action will send out a very clear message that it's an offence which won’t be tolerated.
“The problem causes an unnecessary eyesore and creates an environmental problem that costs tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money to clean-up. It also runs the risk of spoiling the visitor experience for tourists who continue to come to Scotland in their droves.
"In the run-up to 2014 when the Commonwealth Games and Ryder Cup will both be staged in Scotland, we want the watching world to see Scotland at its very best - and that includes litter free roads and rail stations.
“Working with partner agencies, we need to change the culture in Scotland to one where this type of behaviour is viewed as being completely unacceptable - a view already shared by the vast majority of the public.
"By focusing on education, litter initiatives and enforcement at a local level, we can tackle this very real problem, and work towards Scotland becoming a zero waste society."
Iain Gulland, Director of Zero Waste Scotland, which chairs the Transport Litter Group, said:
“Littering is a national problem which continues to blight Scotland’s landscape. Not only does it damage our environment, it poses unnecessary danger to other motorists and their passengers, and it costs a huge amount to deal with an entirely preventable problem.
“There is no excuse for people throwing litter from their vehicles when it can be disposed of responsibly at the end of a journey. By highlighting the efforts made to keep our roads and rail stations clean and safe, we hope to influence behaviour and make people think twice about needlessly littering.”
Colin Mackenzie, Amey’s account director for south west Scotland said:
“Amey is a proud member of Keep Scotland Beautiful and fully supports the Transport Litter Day of Action as not only is litter troublesome across the motorway network but also on slip roads where drivers discard their drinks cans, crisp packets, and leftover food from open car windows.
“Our Scottish Trunk Roads Unit (STRU) contract was recently awarded a commendation in the Vision in Business for the Environment Awards in Scotland (VIBES) for our sustainable and low carbon approach to managing the south west motorway network. Our operatives spend over 14,000 hours collecting an incredible 33,000 bags of rubbish each year from potentially dangerous, high speed motorway verges; totalling over 160 tonnes.
“We are wholeheartedly behind this appeal to motorists to stamp out littering and help clean up Scotland’s roads for good”.
Brian Devlin, Executive Director for Land and Environmental Services at Glasgow City Council said:
“Glasgow takes a very strong line on litter and fly-tipping and we lead the way, across Scotland, in taking enforcement action against the culprits.
“If someone drops litter while they are travelling, they might never see the impact – but every street is someone’s home and every bit of litter makes a huge difference to how people feel about the community where they live or work.
“We will be working with Amey to clear up the mess that offenders leave behind – but we will also be on the streets targeting the litter louts.”
Glasgow City Council’s activity during Transport Action Day of Litter will include:
Clearing slip roads from junction 15-17 of the M8 in conjunction with AMEY
Enforcement teams from Land and Environmental Services and Glasgow Community Safety Services patrolling key transport hubs , including Partick rail station, Central and Queen Street stations, Buchanan Bus station and the Fotheringay Road/Shields Road area in the city’s southside
About Zero Waste Scotland:
Zero Waste Scotland works with businesses, communities, individuals and local authorities to help them reduce waste, recycle more and use resources sustainably.
Zero Waste Scotland is funded by the Scottish Government to support the delivery of its Zero Waste Plan.
More information on all Zero Waste Scotland’s programmes can be found at www.zerowastescotland.org.uk.
For further information about Zero Waste Scotland contact:
Nicola McGovern, Press & PR Manager
E-mail: nicola.mcgovern@zerowastescotland.org.uk
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5市場營銷中斷，第4部分：數字化一切（2018年更新）
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This is part 4 of a five-part series, providing an update on the 5 Disruptions to Marketing as we head into 2018. If you have not yet read Part” microservices apis update>, or M.G.” sielger>.)
But then the conversational” interfaces> — wearables, augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR), Internet of Things (IoT), digital layers to physical spaces, and even in” last year post on digital everything>, this explosion of new and different kinds of digital touchpoints — which shows no sign of slowing down — requires us to think more holistically about how we manage “digital” capabilities.
The old approach of splintering off different specialist groups for each digital touchpoint, each with their own systems and data repositories, each with their own view of the customer journey, is a recipe for internal chaos and external incoherence. It is the Facebook Messenger — there needs to be a common foundation underneath them all:
Experience Design — concepts and principles that span all touchpoints for the brand
Systems & Services — common functionality and orchestration across all touchpoints
Data & Models — underlying data, normalized for customers and business operations
“You mean omnichannel?” you might ask. “We’ve been hearing about that for a while.”
Yes, omnichannel is one way of looking at this. But many omnichannel discussions tend to focus on the “channel” part of that rather than the “omni” — delving into how specific tactics should be orchestrated together (e.g., how to synchronize display ads with email campaigns).
Those are great ideas, and indeed, we have a lot to learn about how to execute campaigns and customer experience sorties across multiple channels in a way that delights — and doesn’t annoy — our audience.
But it’s the levels below the delivery layer that generally need more attention.
To me, this is more about platform thinking. Platforms in the sense of common technology foundations and organizational principles that many different things can be built upon, rather than platforms in the two-sided market sense of the term (e.g., Uber or AirBnB). (Although there are some fascinating ideas about two-sided markets inside a company, with producers and consumers exchanging value in a non-hierarchical corporate structure. But I digress.)
I’m not talking about platforms as simply software provided by major martech companies either (especially in a vertical” competition> to understand why we’re likely to see more fragmentation ahead — the more valuable an organizational platform becomes.
Creating that organizational platform is the real mission of
Part of the exponential growth in chatbots this past year is the result of the explosive growth of messaging platforms, such as Slack and Facebook Messenger — and
Consumers are increasingly spending their time in these messaging platforms, so naturally businesses want to reach them there.
What’s interesting is that chatbots are a much more functional kind of marketing — offering consumers service and utility — as way to reach consumers, rather than advertising, which is generally viewed as low or negative value in the eyes of the consumer.
But a good chatbot makes it easier for consumers to get what they want from a business on demand — information, support, and increasingly even purchases. Indeed, 2/3 of US millennials say that they are likely to purchase products or services using a chatbot.
While the design practices of conversation interfaces are still a work-in-progress — and the features available across different messaging platforms are evolving rapidly — there are a number of advantages to chatbots that make them highly compelling touchpoints:
Persistent — when you’re in a “conversation” with a bot, you can stop and start at anytime, and pick back up where you left off, minutes or days later; it’s not like closing your web browser or hanging up the phone
Threaded — each bot conversation is maintained in its own thread, so you can easily keep track multiple conversations simultaneously (and bot operators can keep track of many customer conversations in parallel too)
Responsive — chatbots are quick to respond, 24/7, and because they are generally low-bandwidth interactions, they’re fast on almost any device and on any connection
Cross-device — chatbots work great on laptops, desktops, tablets, smartphones, and, in many cases, also voice-interface systems such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home
Cross-channel — they’re available on websites, but also on messaging platforms such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, WeChat, Twitter, Skype, SMS, Kik, etc.
Intuitive — you don’t need to learn any special interface to use a chatbot: just talk/type using natural language, and it responds conversationally (this is one of the big wins for modern AI)
Semi-automated — chatbots are automations, with all the efficiencies and scalability that enables, yet they can also seamlessly transfer a conversation to a human operator as an “escape hatch” when necessary
Push notifications — on most platforms, a chatbot can send follow-up messages to a user, to recover an abandoned conversation or offer a friendly reminder in the context of the original dialogue
Contextual personalization — the nature of chatbot dialogues, their persistent memory, and the directed nature of user requests lets chatbots truly personalize interactions, explicitly and implicitly, much better than what we’ve seen on websites and in email
Payments — increasingly chatbots can accept payments (“conversational commerce”), some smoothly integrated into the interface of apps, such as Facebook Messenger’s buy button, as shown below
At the very least, you should be experimenting with chatbots to develop some organizational capital around these new touchpoints. But the greater opportunity in 2018 is to use chatbots as the catalyst to develop an organizational platform as we discussed above.
There’s a terrific article by Bots” and ai will drive a second wave of fragmentation disruption>, that speaks to the interplay of vertical” competition> in the chatbot space:
“Bots are more granular and closer to microservices, whereas mobile apps are usually a one-size-fits-all customer-facing view of your complete (and often bloated) set of offerings. Bots will potentially disassemble the different services and offers of companies, leading to increased benchmarking and competition.”
App fragmentation generated a need for order, trusted third parties, and distribution channels. Bots will not be an exception, and the competition is already heating up.
Don’t be caught off guard here. You’re going to want to pay attention to chatbot ecosystems and the presence your business (and your competitors) have in them.
But while chatbots will be the fastest growing new category of digital touchpoints in 2018, they aren’t the only kind of digital touchpoint innovation you can expect to see mainstreamed in the year ahead.
Closely related to chatbot functionality is the rapid development of voice interfaces and services, whether accessed through a device like an Amazon Echo, a voice assistant in your smartphone like Siri, or simply through an old-fashioned phone call.
For instance, just as classic search engine optimization (SEO) was all about managing how your business appeared inside Google’s search results in a web browser, you now need to also be Google” a question related to your business, what answers come back?
Voice technologies will also revolutionize how things operate inside your company. Imagine: you’re in a quarterly review meeting, and the CEO has a question about the performance of a social media influencer campaign. Instead of scrambling around in reports on your laptop — or dodging with, “um, I’ll get back to you” — you simply ask the Alexa device on sitting on the conference table. She’s connected to your business intelligence system via a new landscape” of b2b voice tech startups>, which gives you a sense of the intense amount of innovation underway in this space:
But, wait, there’s more.
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are rapidly moving beyond games and fringe applications into more mainstream use cases, Apple%E2%80%99s” arkit>, released last year, is inspiring a wave of AR-enabled apps that will appear over the next 12 months. Further out, you have things like digital” transformation thinking>.
Finally, when we say “digital everything,” we really do mean everything as
One place you can see this happening is in the burgeoning %E2%80%9Ccitizen” integrators> mentioned at the beginning of this series, if you question the viability of such non-technical professionals designing their own workflows of data and actions across dozens of different applications, you really should look at what’s happening in the home automation space with
If mere consumers can master “coding” cross-application and cross-device automations, it’s hard to deny that the ability to orchestrate a kaleidoscope of applications and devices is becoming widely democratized in a “digital everything” world.
How do you humanly manage this multitude of new touchpoints — and the enormous quantity of data being generated by them? You turn to machine collaborators, of course. Carry one with
MarTech是營銷技術和運營領導者與供應商無關的會議，於10月份重返市場
Martech是營銷，有點像固定東西是房屋所有權
你的martech領導是否在SEO上失敗？大概
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Jeremy Zwaga finds his perfect career
Like many online students at UIS, Jeremy Zwaga enrolled after “a brief detour” into another career landscape.
“After I earned my Bachelor’s in biological sciences,” Jeremy explains, “I planned to become a Physician’s Assistant, but eventually learned this was not the path for me.”
Always interested in the natural world, Jeremy happened to come across geographic information systems, which uses the computer to capture, store, analyze and display geographic data.
Extremely useful in many areas of life, GIS can be especially so for the environment. Examples of environmental uses include:
mapping out dead zones where marine life cannot be supported,
showing species biodiversity over time or
marking physical barriers between species (read about many more applications here).
“GIS combined the natural world with computers,” Jeremy says, “so when I came across UIS’ environmental studies program, I decided this was the track I wanted to take.”
Jeremy and his family have recently moved from Illinois to Tucson, Arizona, where he has taken a job as a GIS Specialist with Ricoh USA, Inc. He will continue his online classes at UIS.
This year, Jeremy received the Environmental Studies Alumni Award, established in 1997 by alumni, faculty and students of the Environmental Studies Program.
“I am grateful for the Environmental Studies Alumni Award because it allows me to continue my education,” Jeremy says.
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6.7 Magnitude earthquake hits Southern Philippines
Friday, 10th February, by Florence Joy Maluyo, WV Philippines
Philippines – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the city of Surigao in the southern part of the country at around 10 p.m.
The epicenter of the quake, which was tectonic in origin, was located 14 km away from Surigao City. The effect of the earthquake was felt at Intensity VI in the said city.
The earthquake was also strongly felt in neighboring regions of Leyte, Southern Leyte and Northern Mindanao.
Accounts of aftershocks were also being felt within the affected areas. According to Phivolcs, more aftershocks can be expected.
According to reports from the ground, the city and other nearby towns are currently experiencing a total blackout and many families are on the streets as they stay away from their houses, fearing for more aftershocks. A bridge is also reported to be damaged and impassable.
Arnel Alipao, a World Vision advocate and former sponsored child born in Surigao but is now based in Agusan (about 200 km away from the epicenter), shared that his family is in Surigao City when the earthquake struck. “They reported to me that the earthquake has left some damages. Some people are evacuating since some residential building walls collapsed,” he said.
World Vision Development Foundation, Inc., a development and humanitarian organization, closely monitors and coordinates with local and national authorities to determine the full extent of impact caused by the quake.
The organization is currently responding to a massive flooding disaster in Agusan del Sur province which is 251 km away from Surigao City. The response has already reached 1,700 families through water purification kits and other non-food items.
Media Interviews please contact:
G-Jeff Lamigo (in Metro Manila)
Public Relations and Communications Manager
Skype: gjeff_wv
Ajab Macapagat
Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs (HEA) Director
Skype: ajab.macapagat
Aivon Guanco
Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs (HEA) Manager
Skype: aivon.guanco
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Ultimate Summer Movie Poll: ‘Man of Steel’ Saves the Day
Adam Pockross
Movie Talk August 30, 2013
Like the character they adore, "Man of Steel" fans came to the rescue, just in the nick of time.
With three hours left to vote in our Ultimate Summer Movie Poll, the favorite film fate of "Man of Steel" was very much up in the air:
Post by Yahoo! Movies.
"Iron Man 3" had held the lead for the previous two weeks of voting, and appeared to be destined to fly away with the Favorite Summer Movie race, until this happened:
Vote for #ManofSteel as your favorite summer movie in the Ultimate Summer Movie Poll! http://t.co/TIDzXM33G5 pic.twitter.com/ngKv3OIJLj
— Man of Steel (@ManofSteelMovie) August 29, 2013
Like Superman rescuing Lois Lane from a precariously placed helicopter ("You've got me? Who's got you?!"), the "Man of Steel" fans swooped in and saved the day, propelling the smash summer hit to its biggest accolade yet (arguably): the king of our Ultimate Summer Movie Poll.
By capturing %38 of the total vote, "Man of Steel" lapped the Favorite Summer Movie competition, leaving "Iron Man 3" and "Star Trek Into Darkness" – both of which had been in the hunt until mere hours before – lagging well behind.
But favorite film wasn't the only race rescued by the "Man of Steel" faithful. With three hours left to vote, Jennifer Aniston in "We're the Millers" was a virtual lock to win Best Beach Bod, only to have Henry Cavill steal her sun. Benedict Cumberbatch's performance as Khan in "Star Trek Into Darkness" seemed poised to boldly become summer's Most Notorious Villain, until Michael Shannon's General Zod out-eviled him in the eleventh hour.
"Kick-Ass 2" didn't exactly kick butt at the box office, but Hit-Girl and company got plenty of hits in the Best Comic Book movie race, thanks in no small part to an active online fan base rallying support:
Vote @kickassthemovie Best Comic Book Movie & @ChloeGMoretz as Baddest Babe on Yahoo's summer movie poll! #KickAss2 http://t.co/6WmNxRUF9N — Kick-Ass 2 News (@KickAss2News) August 24, 2013
Alas, the "Man of Steel" fans proved more active in the end, and Best Comic Movie went to Supes as well. Fortunately, Chloe Grace-Moretz didn't strike out completely, as she easily stomped the competition for Baddest Babe.
While the official "Man of Steel" tweet may have propelled the film to a number of wins, the MoS (Movie of the Summer) was already poised to win some other races, even without the added boost. Supes (Cavill) and Lois Lane (Amy Adams) were a no-brainer for Hottest Summer Romance; Cavill's stature as Sexiest Summer Stud was never in doubt; and Michael Shannon had no contenders in the race for summer's Breakout Star.
Though it lost out on the major races, "Iron Man 3" can't be too upset. Besides winning Most Awesome Action Sequence and Biggest Shocker, Marvel and RDJ can also be comforted by the fact they won another coveted title: biggest earner at the summer box office.
Unfortunately, "Despicable Me 2," the summer's second biggest earner, didn't take home any victories. But at least Kevin the Minion did earn a respectable 2nd place in the Sexiest Summer Stud category.
For the final numbers for all 15 races, head over to our Ultimate Summer Movie Poll.
Jay: Maybe, I am mistaken, but I thought the CIA and NSA were interested in protecting the American people and worked FOR the American People and were answerable to the American People and NOT the President. Presidents come and go, but our agencies are always there protecting the American People.
Emily Ratajkowski 'Destroys Humanity' By Dropping 25 Never-Before-Seen Bikini Pictures
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RAW VIDEO: Drone footage shows Paradise Camp Fire aftermath from above
The Camp Fire wildfire in Paradise, Butte County, California has burned more then 125,000 acres and destroyed more than 6,500 homes.
Author: Staff (ABC10)
Published: 8:41 PM EST November 13, 2018
The Camp Fire has left the Northern California town of Paradise all but destroyed. New footage from above shows the extent of the damage with homes and stores in central Paradise left in ashes.
Since the fire began on Thursday, Nov. 8, the rural Butte County area has seen more 6,520 homes and 260 commercial buildings destroyed. The largest toll has been the loss of life with at least 42 people confirmed dead and hundreds missing, as of Tuesday afternoon.
Click HERE to view the video, if having trouble viewing.
Note: ABC10 received permission from the FAA and CAL FIRE before flying the drone. The agencies invited us and made sure the flight did not impede firefighting operations.
RELATED: Map shows fate of homes in Camp Fire's path in Paradise
RELATED: California Wildfires: The New Normal is ABC10's new nine-part series on how wildfires are changing lives across Northern California.
Watch now... Meet the Hotshots. The Navy has SEAL Team Six. The Army, Delta Force. But in the world of firefighting, hotshots are the tip of the spear.
Camp Fire: Faces of the Fire
Kevin Jeys chose to stay behind as the fire ripped through Paradise, and he refuses to leave. He has no heat, no running water, and no electricity, but he stayed behind to save his home and his animals.
"We have a 17-month-old and five dogs, two Great Danes," Desiree Borden said. She and her husband were offered a temporary rental home that they must be out of before Christmas.
Tom Witherspoon, his five dogs and his home of 40 years still stand. Tom knew, after the fire that hit the region 20 years ago, that he needed to prepare his home to keep it safe.
Frank (right) and his two sons Tim (left) and Noah (not pictured) stayed behind to make sure their neighbors in Oak Hill Mobile Home Estates escaped. "We made sure everyone was out," said Tim. "Knocking on doors and some people were asleep."
Dean Machado works for Woodlake Cleaners in Lodi. They collected donations at their office to give to survivors of the fire. Dean handed out the cash to survivors of the fire.
Walter Lane, a veteran, said this is third time he's had to start over. “I had to go over and get a paper license because I just put my pants on and went out the door." he said.
Leroy Hall is recovering from smoke inhalation and diabetic shock in Chico. Leroy and many of his neighbors at a senior mobile home park lost their homes and almost their lives.
Ashley Prestesater is part of animal rescue team Cowboy 911. With the permission of owners, it is her job to break in to homes and rescue animals that were left behind.
Matt Reddam said that when telling children about the fire it is best to be honest and calm as he did when telling his sons Liam and Caleb.
Greg Beyelia (left) gave Wayne Williamson a ride to apply for a job, bought him a phone and took him to lunch. They also found out they were neighbors before the fire.
Leah Parker is part of Cowboy 911 and saves animals. “We're on the sixth day, we don't have much time," Leah said. "A lot of hungry animals. A lot of animals out here to get to."
David Doolittle, an Oroville resident, got to feed his animals for the first time in a week after being evacuated from the Camp Fire.
Daniel Hansen was displaced after the Camp Fire and has been living outside the Walmart in Chico for around a week.
Heather Roebuck had just give birth to newborn daughter Hallie when evacuations began at Feather River Hospital. She was separated from her husband and Hallie during the chaos.
For 10 hours Bill Roth battled California's deadliest wildfire with only a garden hose and shovel, all while listening to Beethoven. The 65-year-old described it as being in hell
For the past few days Reuben has been at work, spending time with people impacted by the fire. The therapy dog was with first responders when ABC10's Ananda Rochita first met him.
Bob, fire captain from Oregon, and his crew arrived in Paradise Friday. They were tasked with going through the wreckage checking for hazards and bodies."When many of these people left, their homes were still standing," he said. "Now they're gone."
Lance Garwood cuts down fire-weakened trees. He prepped a tree to cut in a neighborhood off Pentz Road in Paradise. He seemed remorseful to cut it down. When homeowners are allowed to returned, he said it'll be one less thing to worry about.
Leo Benedetti, 78, was at a roadblock trying to take water into Paradise for his goats. The photographer took the water for Benedetti. His house was standing and goats were alive. The fire stopped close to the home and goats in the backyard.
Lexy Friendshuh, a senior at Paradise High School, found out she lost her home Tuesday morning after a friend told her. She said a lot of her friends lost their homes too.Then went to an event planned by her principal to see her friends again.
Loren Lighthall, the principal of Paradise High School, organized an event for his studens in Chico. "For high school kids they need to see each other," Loren said.
Liane Young, 85, left Magalia early. She needed medication. She's now sleeping in a tent with her dogs. “I lived through World War II, I am going to live through this,” she said.
Laura Whitaker and her dog Sadie are sleeping in a tent at the Walmart parking lot in Chico. Laura lost her home of 13 years in the Camp Fire. She said she feels stronger now than she's ever has. “I just feel blessed that my kids are ok,” she said.
The Hyatt family has a total of 65 people displaced by the fire. They said they're ok; they have each other and they're staying in Red Bluff with a family member.
Matthew Masters, Berry Creek resident, grabbed his bunny, pigs, chickens, and dogs, put them in his pickup and rushed them to Oroville.
Jose Uriarte came to a Chico evacuation center, and handed food to people who hadn't had a hot meal in days .
David Insular said he hopes his home is still standing. He's now living in a Walmart parking lot. "I just want a place to lay down and stretch out for a little bit," David said.
Michelle Monnot and Stephen Terry are volunteer firefighters and worked on the front lines. They reunited with Michelle's sister, Dawn Dodele, at a community meeting.
Nathan and George took refuge at Butte County Fairgrounds after evacuating. They rescued this dog on the way.
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Jah Wobble - V.I.E.P. (1980, UK, new wave/electronic/dub)
Friday, March 30, 2007, 06:35 PM - Music, - UK, English
Together with Betrayal, this is the best Jah Wobble lp/ep, to my taste. Totally weird.
I once wanted to do the Wobble version of Blueberry Hill at Paradiso's Latente Talente Show in Amsterdam, but the band didn't know where to begin. At the Debutistenfestival in S61, Roermond, the band did a better job, they saw it as a big joke (but I didn't know where to end).
Anyway, Blueberry Hill is different from the version on the Betrayal lp/cd and Blood Repression never made it to cd.
Side one:
1 Blueberry Hill [3:51]
2 Blueberry Hill (Computer Version) [4:19]
3 I Need You By My Side [3:34]
4 I Need You By My Side (Message From Pluto) [4:44]
Side two:
1 Sea-Side Special [7:37]
2 Something Profound [6:02]
3 Blood Repression [3:57]
[Download high quality at mediafire]
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[Listen to wieL at S61]
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Wolfgang Düren - Eyeless Dream (1980, DE, electronic)
Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 06:40 PM - Music, - DE, English
Wolfgang Düren became more widely known to people as the chairman of Waldorf Music. Before founding Waldorf Music he partnered with Wolfgang Palm, the man behind PPG, and distributed his synths in the late seventies till the fall of PPG in the mid eighties. Later Wolfgang distributed the synths of Waldorf, Access and Novation with his company TSI.
While he was distributing or later in charge of building synths, he was also a musician. In the late seventies he recorded the LP "Eyeless Dream". This record featured many sounds of the early PPG wavetable synths that just have had become available to some musicians searching for a new kind of sound beyond the conventional synth sounds using filters and modulations as main building blocks to shape their sound. These very new sounds in electronic music made this LP an insiders favourite over the years. Today this rare LP is of cause not available anymore. (dueren.waldorfian.info)
Thanks to some Waldorfian's MP3 encoding of the LP and Wolfgang Düren's kind permission, these tracks are now available for free as 208 kBit/s variable bit rate mp3s.
1 Eyeless Dream I [8:19]
2 Phila [9:51]
1 904 [5:43]
2 Proton [9:19]
3 Eyeless Dream II [5:47 ]
[Download high quality at dueren.waldorfian.info]
Jah Wobble - Island Paradise (1987, UK, new wave/ethnic/dub)
Monday, March 26, 2007, 06:05 PM - Music, - UK, English
Despite some re-issues (Betrayal, Psalms) and samplers (Early Years, Anthology), a lot of the music of Jah Wobble never came available on cd and probably never will. He is too busy with producing new music on 30 Hertz Records.
I will post some 12"s with earlier work that (at least some songs) isn't released on compact disc.
Lead vocals on Island Paradise by Bim Sherman.
1 Island Paradise (club mix) [6:02]
2 Alcohol/Jihad [5:25]
3 Island Paradise (white mix) [2:42]
Both Island Paradise versions differ from the lp/cd Psalms version.
Minimoog 2
Thursday, March 22, 2007, 06:52 PM - Music, Personal, English
A new craze is going on: building miniature versions of analogue synthesizers...
Follow the links:
Rick Wakeman's keyboards
Barbie @ Music Thing
Synthgear (Moog Modular pdf)
The Flirts - Passion (1982, US, pop/electronic)
Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 08:39 PM - Music, - US, English
The Flirts were a creation of Bobby Orlando. B-52's like music; in the slower, synthesizer based songs, more like Donna Summer. Bobby O. was producer of Divine, the early Pet Shop Boys and Lisa Lisa.
1 Jukebox (don't put another dime) [3:42]
2 Boy crazy [3:09]
3 On the beach [2:59]
4 Passion (Special R.E.M.I.X.) [8:56]
1 We just want to dance [2:42]
2 Calling all boys [4:27]
3 Jungle rock [3:01]
4 I only want to be with you [2:22]
5 Surf's up [3:03]
Mike Hankinson - The Unusual Classical Synthesizer (1972, UK/US, electronic/classical)
Wednesday, March 14, 2007, 08:45 PM - Music, - UK, - US, English
Mike Hankinson was born in Great Britain and lives in South Africa, but this lp was produced in the United States. I got the mp3's and scans from a visitor, who was so kind to allow me to share them.
from the sleeve notes:
This record is the first L.P. ever recorded using only the Electronic Music Studios "Synthi" VCS-3. This instrument has the capability of producing virtually any sound, but was used purely as a straight musical instrument on this L.P. The only modification - a potentiometer control was added, which gave a sliding octave up or down, by rotating the control, thus extending the keyboard to 5 octaves.
1 Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach) [7:05]
2 Variations - Mein junges Leben hat ein End (Sweelinck) [3:29]
3 Sonata in D major (Scarlatti) [2:46]
4 Sonata Rondo (Clementi) [3:20]
1 Concerto in A minor (Bach) [2:59]
2 Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) [3:37]
3 Italian Concerto (Bach) [3:37]
4 Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven) [5:08]
Joop Stokkermans - The Magic of the ARP-Synthesizer (1970, NL, electronic)
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 06:29 PM - Music, - NL, English
Stokkermans is a famous composer in the Netherlands. He wrote the music for television series like Q & Q, Oebele, Tita Tovenaar, Kunt U Mij De Weg Naar Hamelen Vertellen Meneer, Barbapapa and De Berenboot. And he wrote songs for Dutch artists like Jasperina de Jong, Rob de Nijs, Paul de Leeuw, Saskia & Serge and Ronnie Tober.
All terrible in my opinion, consider yourself lucky if you don't know those names.
In 1970 he got fascinated by the wonder of the synthesizer and made an album with the ARP of Roddy de Hilster, who programmed the sounds. Bert Paige was the orchestra conductor.
I bought this lp last week from an accordion enthusiast who sold all his records.
1 Electronic air
2 I should have known
3 Tijd...
4 Dansen met de Fransen
5 This guy's in love with you
6 Was dit 't
1 Je t'attends
2 Blij zijn zolang het nog kan
4 The Swan
5 In the chapel in the moonlight
6 Jazz wals
The Time Capsule is offline tomorrow
Blueprint - Prototypes (1980, UK/CA, pub rock/new wave)
The Love Machine - Electronic Music to Blow Your Mind By!!! (1968, US, electronic)
Sammie America's Gasphetti - Too much understanding (1980, NL, art rock)
The Donkeys - Don't Go - Let's Float (1980-1981, UK, power pop)
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(Matt Wagner's)
Comics Other Universes
Power Level: Street-level
Grendel was an important character in the history of modern indie comics. He appeared in 1982, and has endured to the present day. He’s one of the 2 main, signature characters of author Matt Wagner (the other being Kevin Matchstick in Mage).
Originally he an unstoppable, master criminal and murderer à la Fantômas . Over time the stories blossomed into a complex universe with multiple main characters, a timeline extending into the far future, and “Grendel” evolving from a given character to a sort of demonic metaphor for man’s aggression. Its atmosphere is dark and brutal.
This profile was written during the 1990s, and thus follows different conventions than we now do.
“Police autopsy reports suggest his capabilities were based on some type of advanced genetic mutation, resulting in a much higher usage of our almost limitless mental capacities.”
Hunter Rose was a man without a peer, the only one of his kind ever born. The only foes whoever matched him were the wolf, Argent, and in one tale the Batman.
The man who would be Grendel is believed to have been born by the name Eddie to an ordinary couple in an ordinary Midwestern town. However, he was anything but ordinary.
A few of his amazing accomplishments include memorizing the phone books of over a half-dozen counties at 4, being able to quote any line from Shakespeare by 6, writing over a dozen plays and short stories by 8, as well as developing several manuscripts for novels.
Unfortunately, this young prodigy’s actions went unnoticed by his parents and those around him. And so seeking solace from his boredom he entered the realm of competitive sports.
Eddie became a world class fencer and even threw an international competition in London out of boredom. It was here that he met Jocasta Rose, the trainer for the British team. Eddie was merely 14 as contrasted to Jocasta’s 36. She swept him off his feet and seduced him. Eddie and Jocasta were together for 13 short months before she succumbed to a terminal illness.
“The death of his lover devastated the young genius, but her fiery spirit lingered in his soul – her will to fight and achieve was twisted by his grief into a monstrous and insatiable ideal.”
He adopted the name Hunter Rose and returned to America where he rapidly became a renowned writer at the age of 17. At the same time the crime families of Manhattan were introduced to a new and deadly assassin, Grendel. In less than two years he had taken over one of the major families, and ruled over most of the criminal activities in the entire metropolitan area.
And then it happened again, he began to grow bored. During this time Hunter Rose encountered the two people who would bring about his final demise.
Wolves and girls
A local real estate mogul, Barry Palumbo, attempted a double cross of Grendel and the man-wolf, Argent. However, shortly before he could realize his goal, Palumbo drank poisoned brandy at a party at his estate. Hunter Rose happened to be attending the party as well and discovered Palumbo’s orphaned niece, Stacy, in a state of shock hovering over Palumbo’s corpse.
Overwhelmed by sympathy for the young child, Grendel took the catatonic child from the party as the police arrived. He paused in the garden to send instructions to his men when Argent, who had been summoned to the estate by the police, crossed into the garden as well. The two battled for the first time ; a battle which ended with Argent wounded and the garden catching fire.
As Grendel fled from the scene he noticed that young Stacey had disappeared. He learned from a nearby cabbie, who he afterwards killed for not getting involved, that she had been taken by Bernie Gene, a small-time pornographer and pedophile. Grendel confronted Bernie and killed him rapidly before returning her to the estate and blending back into the crowd as Hunter Rose.
After the part Grendel was confronted by Larry Stohler, who would soon become his only friend (if such a term is applicable), who explained how he had covered for Hunter’s disappearance and diverted police suspicion. Larry quickly became one of Hunter’s few confidantes.
Two weeks after the murder, Hunter applied for the legal adoption of Stacey. Though only 18, Hunter had crafted a complete persona around himself and managed to become Stacey’s legal guardian. Meanwhile, public backlash caused Argent to slowly retreat into the shadows.
The wolf returns
As Argent became more and more reclusive, Grendel prospered and his empire expanded further. And he began to hunt the wolf. Finally Argent returned and once more gained the good graces of the public.
The two clashed back and forth for seven months with neither gaining the upper hand. However, unknown to Argent he entered his enemy’s home regularly when he went and visited young Stacey, with whom the wolf had become fast friends.
Shortly thereafter word leaked that Grendel was going to personally assassinate a local movie maker, Anson Reynolds. The hit was supposed to take place at Reynold’s estate. Reynold’s ignored the news and held a large party to announce several new film projects and the press flocked to the estate.
Security was tight and Argent had been summoned once more. As Reynold’s spoke to the collected media Argent scented his foe and leapt at him as Grendel was apparently poised to strike through the skylight.
Instead he fell through the skylight and fell into the main ballroom as the press recorded every moment. Argent had fallen victim to Grendel’s ploy. Unfortunately, the event also backlashed as young Stacy’s image of the man-wolf shattered and she withdrew into herself.
Despite all of Hunter’s attempts Stacy sank deeper into depression and melancholy. Argent, meanwhile, renewed his attack against Grendel’s empire with increased fervor and violence.
The Seaboard Massacre
For two and a half-years Grendel and Argent clashed time and time again, their battles gaining near legendary status. Finally in a master plan which culminated into the murders of 23 criminal bosses, an event which was dubbed the Seaboard Massacre, Grendel expanded his empire to stretch from Montreal to Cleveland to Atlanta.
Grendel recorded a message in which he claimed responsibility for the Massacre and sent the copies to all the major cities which his empire now covered. Unfortunately, Stacy overheard the taping of this message.
Stacy then began to investigate what this “Grendel” was, now that she knew who he was. She lapsed into further melancholy before finally recovering. Even the death of her short-lived nanny did not appear to dim her renewed light.
Then for weeks she carefully spied upon Hunter and gained access to his private logs. As she read the logs all of the truth burrowed into her and she decided to kill Grendel.
By keeping a close eye on Hunter’s logs she began to keep abreast of his operations and anonymously informed Argent. Finally, Stacy laid the final trap by calling in to Argent’s private line claiming to have been kidnapped by Grendel himself. After waiting a few moments she called in as the anonymous informant.
Argent destroyed one of Grendel’s counterfeiting operations, leaving one survivor to let Grendel know to contact the man-wolf.
Grendel called and the wolf revealed that he knew that Grendel (note Grendel, not Hunter) had the child. The two agreed to meet on a rooftop alone for one more battle. Larry attempted to prevent Grendel from going but the enraged Grendel would not be stopped.
“And thus in silence, according to Argent, occurred the infamous final rooftop battle of the wolf and the man who was Grendel.”
At 6:09 AM the police who finally heard the challenged Argent issued to Grendel arrived on the rooftop battleground. Argent was wounded at the base of his spine and permanently paralyzed while nearby was the unmasked and dead Grendel.
Grendel’s empire collapsed instantly and Argent, now confined to a wheelchair, withdrew from public sight. Stacy was institutionalized for the next 11 years. She apparently recovered and married her therapist. On their honeymoon she was brutally raped by her new husband who then hung himself in the shower.
Stacy relapsed into melancholy even after the birth of her daughter and eventually died in an institution. Her daughter’s fate is another story…
Hunter Rose is a formidably charismatic and elegant gentleman with black hair (with a small streak of white just above his right temple) and green eyes. In his civilian ID, he walks with a limp and has a cane. His Grendel clothes are a simple featureless black suit with white gloves and boots, and of course the Grendel masque.
“And so he achieved and achieved and achieved. And was soon bored off his ass.” Hunter Rose was motivated from boredom. He sought bigger and harder challenges throughout his life. He rose through the ranks of crime in no time and expanded further and further merely to see if he had any limits.
He finally found the challenge he sought when he and Argent crossed swords. Even his journey into Gotham and his battle with Batman were merely done in search of a challenge.
In a campaign, Hunter Rose is best played as a mastermind behind a labyrinth of Machiavellian plots and machinations (I’d advise finding the first Batman/Grendel crossover for perfect evidence of this). He always chooses to manipulate others into acting to his benefit despite their efforts to break free from his grasp.
He always has at least two backup plans (such as painting the Grendel masque over his feature so his identity would be preserved when Batman unmasked him). He basically knows what you’re going to do even when you don’t.
In combat, he is a graceful dancer weaving a pattern of death. He killed almost half a dozen police officers within seconds despite the fact that they had him completely surrounded and covered at gun point. He is extremely dangerous and his appearance in a combat situation usually leads to at least one death.
During his career, Grendel crossed paths with a young Batman who Grendel sought to test. The two seemed evenly matched though Grendel did gain the upper hand at one point. However, in the end Grendel, after endangering a young child’s life, abandoned his game and returned home to New York (this was early in Batman’s career, btw.)
As to the future of the Grendel mythos and how it fits into DC continuity, the spirit of Grendel existed in various forms and hosts during the thousand years before the rebirth of the Hero with the Legion. Perhaps the coming of the Grendel Khan and his empire were but footnotes of that wild time from which little if any history survived. A thousand years is a long time.
“Grendel’s existence is lamentable. He burned with a potency that rarely emerges in society… He is the demon of society’s mediocrity.”
Grendel (Hunter Rose)
Dex: 10 Str: 04 Bod: 06 Motivation: Thrill of adventure
Int: 14 Wil: 11 Min: 10 Occupation: N.A.
Iron Will: 04, Recall: 18
Acrobatics*: 10, Artist (actor, writer): 10, Charisma: 12, Detective: 11, Martial artist*: 10, Military science: 11, Scientist: 10, Thief: 11, Vehicles (land): 05, Weaponry*: 10
Area Knowledge (NYC), Attractive, Buddy (Larry), Connoisseur, Gift of Gab, Expansive HQ, Intensive Training, Iron Nerves, Lightning Reflexes, Omni-Connection, Popularity (as Rose), Scholar (crime), Sharp Eye.
Underworld (High).
Arch Enemy (Argent), Dark Secret, Dependent (Stacy Palumbo), Exile (Jocasta Rose), Secret ID.
Grendel fork [BODY 07, EV 05, Lightning: 05 (no range). The Fork also had a swing line attached].
By Sébastien Andrivet and Alex Hunter.
This very old entry was a result of seizing the Batman/Grendel crossover to establish benchmark game stats for Grendel (Hunter Rose). It was considerably developed when Alex wrote a short essay on the character – which became the History section of this entry.
Quotes taken from Devil By The Deed and Grendel Cycle both written by Matt Wagner. Grendel property of Matt Wagner.
Grendel omnibuses
Flood Law
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Was anyone really in any doubt why the Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr was so viciously shouted down by those backing the Leave campaign in the 2016 EU referendum? Anything and everything she said or did was latched on to and rubbished, any correction issued by her paper paraded by the less principled and easily led as conclusive evidence that whatever she said about misbehaviour in that campaign was wrong.
Dominic Cummings ... perhaps goings
Well, now we know - officially, and with the backing of a number of leading QCs - that Ms Cadwalladr and her colleagues were not only on the right track, but had their story right too. The law was broken by the Leave campaign. Just let that sink in, as they say.
The opinion prepared by Matrix Chambers for the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has reviewed the evidence presented, and states “On the basis of this evidence, we consider that there are strong grounds to infer that Vote Leave was involved in the decision by which the AIQ payments were made (by it, to AIQ, ostensibly on behalf of Darren Grimes), that it was aware of the scope of the work which would be conducted pursuant to those payments, and that the payments were incurred by Vote Leave to promote the outcome for which Vote Leave campaigned, and/or in concert with BeLeave”.
And their conclusion? “We consider that there is a prima facie case that … electoral offences were committed by Vote Leave in the EU referendum campaign and that these require urgent investigation so that consideration can be given to whether to refer the case to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision on whether to prosecute”.
Stephen Parkinson ... desperate outing explained
A number of offences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) and European Union Referendum Act 2015 (EURA) are then detailed. The first name in the frame is Vote Leave’s “responsible person” David Halsall. But he is not the only one who should be worried right now.
The opinion continues “The evidence also suggests that among the prominent people at Vote Leave who were engaged in discussions between Vote Leave and BeLeave were Dominic Cummings, employed at relevant times as Vote Leave’s Campaign Director;
Stephen Parkinson, at relevant times Vote Leave’s National Organiser … and Cleo Watson, at relevant times Head of Outreach at Vote Leave”. Do go on.
“We consider that on the current information there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the offences under ss 118(2) and 122(4)(b) were committed with the knowledge, assistance and agreement of Mr Cummings”. Hello Dominic Cummings.
“There are certainly reasonable grounds for the Commission to use its powers under Schedule 19B PPERA to investigate whether any election offences committed by Vote Leave and Mr Halsall were committed with the knowledge, assistance and agreement of other senior figures/officers in Vote Leave, including Mr Parkinson and Ms Watson. If so, by virtue of section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, they would be guilty of conspiring to commit those offences. They may also be guilty of the substantive offences as aiders and abettors”. That explains rather a lot. So let me sum up.
Dominic Cummings has spewed a whole torrent of verbiage in response to Ms Cadwalladr’s investigation, and even threatened to resort to legal action, although, as I pointed out at the time, he had not even bothered to avail himself of a lawyer.
Stephen Parkinson, now an apparently indispensable member of Theresa May’s Downing Street team, viciously outed Shahmir Sanni. The opinion provided to the DCMS Committee goes a long way towards telling why he would do such a thing in order to shut Sanni up.
The revelation of lawbreaking by the Leave campaign calls the entire referendum process into question, and therefore puts the legality of the result in doubt. Hence all the shouting down and calls of “non-story” coming from the Leave side and their supporters.
And as if that were not bad enough news for the Leave side, we now have a third whistleblower coming forward, with Ms Cadwalladr promising more news, which will presumably come with Sunday’s edition of the Observer.
This afternoon, the perpetually thirsty Paul Staines and his rabble at the Guido Fawkes blog have fallen silent on the subject. So is mercenary shouter-downer Isabel Oakeshott. And Tim Shipman. And Andrew Neil. As are the rest of the Leave-backing naysayers whose only response to the gathering storm was to pretend it wasn’t there.
The conclusion is clear: the Leave campaign is now on a clear trajectory to being bust. As Winshton once put it in another context: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”.
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Just watch now as that rat-eyed conman Hancock and his chums do exactly......nothing.
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Author: Mike Adamson
Category: Writing
Light and color—these things, above all others, saturate my senses as I step into the radiance of two suns over the broad grandeur of the Avenue of Unity. No human hand raised these pillars, no human brain fathomed their symmetry nor imagined their fabulous adornment, and this is what makes them so special.
In the human speech, we call this planet Khlorifane, which is as near as our limited vocal chords can come to the original, an infinitely richer sound made by the larynx of the Mindrasti, whose world this is. Their names, and all the exotic words that have entered our vocabulary, are the merest shadows of the originals, deep in meaning and a euphonious beauty our limitations will never approach. But we can admire. Oh, we can admire.
There are those who have immersed themselves in the ways of the alien peoples of this vast and teeming galaxy: emissaries of humankind, whether formal or casual, who have gone out into the universe and taken the spirit of humanity to the stars. They live and travel among races far older—but not always wiser—than ourselves, and in their journeys have brought together species and civilizations which might otherwise never have known the other existed.
I am proud to be among them—a wanderer, endlessly seeking the next experience, the next sight, the next flavor. I began my odyssey many years ago, it seems, though I cannot remember exactly when I left the terraformed comfort of Utopia—my homeworld far away, where the Near Heavens become the Middle Stars, radiating outward from the homeworlds of the human species. I have lived with the Belchasians and the Maranites, walked with the shadowy Sendaaki, heard vaguely of mysterious beings called the Vlorff.
But on Khlorifane, my senses are submerged in exotica beyond all previous experience. I barely remember my journey here aboard a merchant vessel, now docked at a tower over the city, and I luxuriate in the spectral output of two suns. The resonance of their frequencies seems to flow into me like a source of life essence itself.
The Mindrasti are tall, iron-gray beings of six limbs, their national attire a simple cloak decorated with infinite patternings in reflective metallic foils. They tower over me, nearly three meters high, and I listen as their voices fill the wide avenue leading to the great halls of government. I close my eyes and hear speech richer than a symphonic score, open my eyes and behold columns of crystal marching toward an edifice of blue metal reaching to the golden sky.
I seem to have lost recollection of my identity, and wonder for a moment if the overloading of sensory input is affecting my brain. Perhaps the light of these suns speaks to my synapses in unknown ways, but I feel completely at peace, a member of a vast community of peoples as I walk among a hundred species in this cosmopolis. Tall, elegant Belchasians, with their blue-marble skin and perfect poise, are the only people I recognize amid a strolling panoply of morphology and design.
The end of day is nearing. I find a junction in the streets where vehicles like transparent bubbles of crystal glide by soundlessly, their occupants seemingly seated in meditation. I take a seat upon a viewing stand where citizens gather to watch the suns set. Only on a world of both sensualism and appreciation of the universal aesthetics would a society enshrine such homage to the daily reality, and races without number gather with the Mindrasti to watch. Chitin consorts with tentacles, fur with wings, as a menagerie of the sentient share silence while the double star fades behind clouds toward the far horizon. The golden sky deepens through russets and oranges into a cascade of colors which speak more deeply to the human mind than it can consciously grasp.
Red becomes crimson, becomes burgundy and magenta, deepening insensibly toward purple and finally, the indigo of a night populated by tens of thousands of stars. The city lights are kept dim throughout the spectacle. A whole world stands in awe, sighs with both an appreciation and a longing, a needing, to feel this and many other sensations of grace. Not until the stars shine out in frosty majesty—the galactic arm from horizon to zenith—do the lights come up and the city resume its evening business.
At my side, a great Mindrastian bends gently toward me, lays one of the lower pair of hand-like organs on my shoulder, and whispers through a translation device. “Your heart does you credit, traveler-from-afar. All kindred souls are welcome here. I know you must go, but be not long, for more homes than one await.”
I look up into the hard-to-decipher features under the robe’s hood, and reply with my heart, a bow, and a smile, not knowing if these gestures mean anything to this kindly presence. But when I sit down again and inhale the myriad aromas of strangeness that abound upon this world, I feel a sense of having come full circle, of having found my place, and I am loathe the take one step more.
The room smells bad: dust and dry food, body odor and stale tobacco.
I hate this place, as I hate my life in it. When I open my eyes, it takes all my willpower to turn over and breathe the cool air wafting from the ventilator grill.
My apartment is half the volume of a packing case for ship parts. A light strip blinks on as I trip a motion sensor, and the newsfeed lights on the entertainment wall. I groan and pass a hand across my face as the true horror of my existence canons into me. It’s not that I don’t know this place; It’s that I know it too well.
The life of a tug-driver in the Kooh-i-nore Strike mine, deep in the outer asteroids of the angry star Shamash, is far from pleasant, and I was never meant to be here for three tours of duty. Debt does this to you, as does borrowing more than you can pay back, plus the sanctioning of wages to cover falling down on the job. Add them up and you realize you’re a slave for the company and not only will you never go home with pockets filled with the wages of hard, slogging labor…you’ll never go home at all.
Which is where the starburst blue comes in.
Lots of the guys use it, some for recreation, some for escape—more for escape, the longer they’re trapped here. When even hope of getting down to Susa—a miserable desert dustbowl of a planet but the only habitable one for ten lightyears—has flown, and all you see ahead is shift after endless shift, trapped in a steel can and no way out, the blue gets real attractive. And it’s not cheap. Eventually you make a choice, hoard dwindling savings or blow them on blue. One smooth, cool dive into the world of blue-dreams, and you know where you’d rather be.
How I’ve tried—tried to rationalize my self-loathing as a drug addict. It’s an alien drug, so it’s their fault. It’s the only relief from intolerable surroundings, so it’s the system’s fault. It’s the inevitable result of being in the wrong place, so it’s life’s fault. Anyone’s but my own. A tear of bitter, near-hysterical anguish rolls down my face into the pillow.
The digital clock tells me 50 minutes to shift. I close my eyes and remember the glorious sunset of Khlorifane, a dream so real, it lingers before my waking eyes, and remember the kindness of the towering gray being. A world of community and warmth, of beauty and inclusion, might without savagery, sophistication without disdain. Could there really be such a world somewhere? Surely there must be better ways of being than the human one, so filled with the baggage of its predatory past. I don’t know, but I can’t make myself leave my foul habitat. I can’t put one foot before the other again. Not one more shift. I don’t want to. I can’t.
I turn to my drawers and take out the small, unmarked bottle, unscrew the cap, and roll the last two translucent blue spheres into my palm. It’s too soon, I know. Especially for a double dose. The dream-freedom in my palm, this time, means the freedom of the grave: shrink-wrapped in plastic and ejected from the station to drift forever in the Shamash system.
Who cares? I think blankly. Certainly not me. If this is the only way I can cheat the bastards of a slave drone, then so be it.
Feeling cold inside and wanting only to dive back into the luminous dreamworld of comfort, I place both capsules in my mouth and swallow.
A cool breeze from the wastes caresses my face as I look into the coming daylight. The Orion Arm pales as a silver-green sky flushes gently with the return of the twin suns. I have spent the night in gentle rest and am more refreshed than I remember ever being. The air is sweet, the day will be glorious, and I am eager for all it will hold.
A quiet regret lurks somewhere at the back of my mind—this place of wonders will not endure, and when I fall asleep here, it will be for the last time. But I cannot quite remember why and shrug it off with impatience. I rise from my seat at the intersection and walk briskly along the great avenue of crystal columns resonating with a wondrous thrumming in the dawn wind.
The vast city slowly awakens and all I desire is to immerse myself in sensation, as if with an urgent need. But I am surprised when a figure I recognize steps into the street. It is the Mindrastian who spoke to me at sunset, and I bow a greeting as he (she? it?) produces the translator.
“Welcome, traveler-from-afar,” the device says. “It is well that you found your way back to us.”
“I can’t recall quite where I’ve been,” I say softly, “but I’m glad to be back. In all the universe, there’s nowhere I’d rather be.”
“Then you are home.” The towering figure in the robe gestures with both left hands and turns to escort me on a street leading into the rising sun.
“Where are we going?” I ask.
“It matters not. This is a broad world and you have much to learn. Best to make your start.”
“In my world, they say heaven never lasts,” I whisper, wondering where those words came from in my now near-delirium. “I’m afraid. I regret I can’t experience all there is to know.”
“Who can?” is the philosophic response. “But do not fear. All who reach us as you have are damaged beings, and disoriented at first. It is enough that you have found your way.”
I stop and look up at the strange features against the brightening morning sky. “Then…this is more than a dream?”
“Khlorifane is whatever you need it to be. And you have made your choice. You cannot go back.”
“Back?” I wonder, back to what? A hazy impression of gray metal and black space comes to me: cold and poverty, bad smells and an unutterable sadness. Why should I ever go back? “Show me,” I whisper, gesturing at the road ahead, and am happy to take one of the proffered hand-like organs, and walk with the alien into the new day of the two suns.
—Mike Adamson holds a PhD in archaeology from Flinders University of South Australia. After early aspirations in art and writing, Mike returned to study and secured degrees in both marine biology and archaeology. Mike currently teaches with South Australia’s Colleges of Tertiary and Further Education, is a passionate photographer, a master-level hobbyist and journalist for international magazines. Mike’s work has appeared in Helios Quarterly, The Martian Wave, and Phantaxis.
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Rights lawyers save Bulawayo man shot, jailed over anti-govt protests
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HIGH Court Judge Evangelista Kabasa has set free a 30-year-old man who had been incarcerated for close to one year after he was arrested and charged with committing public violence during an anti-government demonstration held in January 2019 to protest against an increase in the price of fuel.
Promise Mandizha Dube of Luveve high-density suburb in Bulawayo was sentenced to serve four months at Khami Prison after he was convicted by Bulawayo Magistrate Tinashe Tashaya on 24 September 2019.
His trial came after he was unlawfully and without just cause shot at the back by police at a supermarket in Luveve high-density suburb in Bulawayo during the mass stay away held in January 2019.
Police who shot Dube did not attend to him or offer any assistance and was only assisted by members of the public who took him to Mpilo Hospital, where he was admitted and treated.
To cover up for the shooting and to try to justify their actions, ZRP officers from CID Law and Order Section at Bulawayo Central Police Station then arrested Dube on his hospital bed at Mpilo Hospital on 18 January 2019 and charged him with public violence as defined in section 36(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) after they had heard about his shooting.
Dissatisfied with the conviction and incarceration of his client, Dube’s lawyer, Jabulani Mhlanga of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, filed an appeal against both conviction and sentence at the High Court on 8 October 2019 and also filed an application for release on bail pending the determination of his appeal.
On Friday 3 January 2020, Justice Kabasa, granted Dube ZWL$500 bail pending the determination of his appeal against both conviction and sentence.
The Judge also ordered Dube to report once per week on Fridays at Luveve Police Station and to reside at his given residential address until the final determination of his appeal.
In the appeal, Mhlanga argued that the State did not canvass all the essential elements to the charge of committing public violence and therefore failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and that his imprisonment for four years was excessive as to induce a sense of shock.
Fire breaks out at Indian embassy in Harare
Missing Zimparks rangers found dead in Lake Kariba
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WFP moots trimming number of Zim food aid beneficiaries
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Getting Flash 9 with sound on a Sun Ray
March 12, 2007 in sunray
I have a deployment of approximately 40 Sun Rays at work that serve as the primary desktops for our scientists. Currently these Sun Rays are powered by Sun servers running Debian Linux, although I intend to migrate over to Nexenta once key pieces of the desktop catch up. One key piece of software is the Adobe Flash player, which sits at version 7 for Solaris, and has just been upgraded to 9 on Linux. This means that all the websites which now require the latest version of Flash are once again accessible to my users. Unfortunately, Adobe has seen fit to only support ALSA, something that the Sun Ray audio library doesn’t support. Flash without audio support is kind of pointless, so I went looking for a solution.
I stumbled across PulseAudio which provides a modified version of Adobe’s libflashsupport library, enabling you to use ESD or PulseAudio. I am using ESD as an audio “bridge” for all applications that don’t honor $AUDIODEV by default, which include those based on gstreamer. By setting FLASH_FORCE_ESD=1 before launching firefox, I am getting sound in Flash on my Sun Rays. Now that sound is working, the only remaining Flash issue is what we call the smurf effect. This is a bug in Flash that needs to be addressed directly by Adobe.
I look forward to the day when Adobe recognizes [Open]Solaris as a viable desktop OS and releases an up-to-date version of Flash.
Edit: It looks like they have released a beta!
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Episode 119
Yu-Gi-Oh! - Episode 078
Tragoedia
Ogre of the Scarlet Sorrow
Characters, Zuzu Boyle pages, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V manga characters
Yuzu Hiiragi (manga)
Yuzu Hiiragi
柊 (ひいらぎ) 柚 (ゆ) 子 (ず)
柊 柚子
ひいらぎ ゆず
Rōmaji: (Hīragi Yuzu)
Syuzo Hiiragi (father)
Yusho Sakaki (husband)[1]
Yuya Sakaki (son)
Yuto (son)
Yugo (son)
Yuri (son)
Syu Zo Duel School
Manga debut
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale SP1: "The Name is Phantom!Yuto vs. Sawatari!Pendulum Summons!The Hungry Assassin!Assault! Raidraptors!!Feeling Alive!!Genesis Omega Dragon!Sora's Hospitality!Fusion vs. FusionThe Entertainment Ends!Turbo Duel!High-Speed Strategy!The Adam Factor!Where It Began!It's Zero!Swinging Pendulums of Destiny!Another Fact!An Unknown Enemy!Their Whereabouts!Your Opponent Is Me!Yuya's Memories!Immortal Beings!!The Trick Revealed!The Reason They're After Us!Adam and Eve!Transcendent Duel!!Reiji's Goal!The Enemy's Hideout!Memory Duel!The World Sora Wants!Satisfaction and Resignation!What Adam Saw!!Eve's True Skills!!Challenge the Legends!The Four Brothers' Bond!The Power of Bonds!The Cause of Everything!Our Pride!Across Time and Space!The Adam Factors!Reiji's Power!Two G.O.D.'s!!Head-to-Head Cards!!Action Battle!!Arc of Destiny!!Special One-Shot
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Yuzu Hiiragi is a main character appearing in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V manga. She is the heir of the Syu Zo Duel School
Full-body view of Yuzu in the official manga.
Yuzu has blue eyes and dark pink midback-length hair, which she wears tied up in pigtails, clipped down by blue, spherical hair clips. Her hair also features two lighter pink bangs that fall to the side of her face. Yuzu's outfit consists of a sleeveless light-blue and white shirt with a musical note on the right collar, along with a red tie, which she wears with a dark red skirt and dark stockings. Unlike her anime and special chapter counterpart she doesn't wear her signature bracelet. During her and Yuto's infiltration of the Leo Corporation, she wears a pantsuit and spectacles.
Yuzu's name is derived from yuzu, a citrus fruit and plant originating in East Asia.
Concept art of Yuzu
As opposed to her anime counterpart, Yuzu is less mature, making her more persistent and somewhat childish in her own way. Her school's financial crisis makes her a gold digger, taking any opportunity to get money to the point of being reckless. This also make her quite stingy as she refused to give payment accordingly to others while she demands herself to be given a high payment. Once she set her mind on something, she is prepared to use tricks to ensure that she get what she wants. She experiences a slight inferiority complex when it comes to sex appeal, as shown when she was irritated at body figure of "Enter-Mate Uni" and "Enter-Mate Corn". In addition to this, she's easily smitten to any handsome guys, usually reacting like a fangirl whenever she sees one such as when Yuya summoned "Enter-Mate Handsome Liger".
Several years ago, Yuzu took part in a Mental Arithmetic Tournament and took the second place, with Shun being the winner.[2]
Yuzu plans to recruit the Phantom for her school.
Yuzu stowaways on Yuya's paper airplane, causing both of them to fall down.
Yuzu was the daughter of Syuzo Hiiragi and heir to the Syu Zo Duel School, but that school has been in deficit and struggling financially, due to having no students at all. When alerted to the mysterious Entertainment Duelist, "Phantom", by Leo Corporation helicopters, she planned to recruit him dirt-cheap to her school in order to attract students.[3] She tried to get atop the building to reach the Phantom, but realized he was a building away. As the Action Field was deployed, she tried to go inside, but failed. When Shingo pummled "the Phantom", Yuzu tried to cheer the latter up, else Leo Corporation would catch him and her dream of running a prestigious school would be ruined. When she witnessed Yuto turning into Yuya, the actual Phantom, Yuzu was both shocked and impressed.[4] Seeing Yuya was a Dueltainer, she continued to motivate him to win the Duel, and wanted an autograph of him. As she witnessed his Pendulum Summon and "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon", she realized he could be the key to the success of her school. After Yuya won the Duel, he signed an autograph to Yuzu, and summoned a paper airplane. However, Yuzu stowawayed on the Solid Vision paper plane he manifested, which crashed into the bay due to their combined weight. When she woke up, Yuya greeted her, as she resided in his hideout.[5]
Yuzu shows the contract that she fooled Yuya into signing.
She offered him a job for 500 yen to work at her school. Yuya was surprised how cheap the paycheck was, but explained he had more important matters to attend to. She learned of mission to find the Duel Monster card known as "Genesis Omega Dragon". Yuzu saw that he'd have to obtain that card before working at her school. Yuya didn't promise he'd teach at her school, but Yuzu revealed her trick on Yuya, as the autograph he signed was actually a business contract. In addition, Yuzu decided to become his manager, but under the low price of 100 yen per day. Yuya became overwhelmed with Yuzu's demands, but she decided to help him in the search for that card. Firsthand, Yuzu tried to get Yuya to improve his catchphrases, and admitted she won the second place in the Mental Arithmetic Championship. Soon after, via a video uploaded on an underground website, Yuzu was mortified to find Syuzo easily defeated by Shun Kurosaki who took her father hostage to force Yuya to duel him. Yuzu thought of contacting the police, but the video was already deleted once it was played. Yuya swore to go, and explained to Yuzu that Shun attempted to use a sucker technique, to make everyone think that saw this video to turn up on the soccer stadium, but instead, used code language to target a different location. The two met up with Shun on the outskirts of the city, who deployed an Action Field to fight Yuya.[2]
Yuzu does not approve of Yuya's female-looking monsters.
During the duel, Yuzu attempted to get her father down from the top of the tree he was tied to. Amidst the Duel, she advised Yuya to summon flying monsters to obtain Action Cards, who used a paper airplane to fly around, since he had no flying monsters. As Yuya summoned "Enter-Mate Uni" and "Corn", Yuzu became grossed out, considering the two female monsters' bosoms.[6] As Yuzu went to save her father, the branch the latter was tied to snapped, causing the two to fall down. When the two nearly got killed Shun paused the Duel long enough to grudgingly save them. Following Yuya's win, Yuzu and her father shamelessly promoted their school before he spirited them off in a smokescreen out of embarrassment. At Syuzo Duel School, Syuzo Hiiragi examined Yuya, and noted the latter talked a lot to himself. In response, Yuya told he had quadruple personalities, which shocked Yuzu and Syuzo.[7]
Yuzu packs her bags to assist Yuya.
With Yuya's victory, Yuzu and Syuzo make a pose to advertise Syuzo Duel School.
Yuya simply stated his memory was fragmented. Syuzo was worried about this, but Yuzu believed this mysterious person should attract more students. Yuzu wondered if those personalities had some ties with Yuya's quest for "Genesis Omega Dragon". Yuya exclaimed that the person who wielded that card could destroy the world, by using Solid Vision. While Syuzo was overwhelmed by this information, Yuzu wondered where did he even learn all of that. Yuya muttered it was in a dream, before claiming Yuzu should work on fixing his catchphrase. As he stormed off, Yuzu decided to accompany him as his manager. Syuzo and Yuya were not pleased, considering Yuzu was too young to be out in the night, but Yuzu voiced her concern over that GOD card. They went to Yuya's hideout, where Yuzu took some space as her room. The next day, Yuya received a signal about information on "Genesis Omega Dragon" at Leo Corporation. Thus, Yuzu, dressed in a suit, helped Yuto infiltrate the Physical Information Company, using a fake ID card to bypass the security. They went in an empty room what turned out to be a trap set by Sora Shiunin.[8]
Yuzu adores Yuya's handsome monsters.
Yuya's personalities recognize Yuzu, and see that Yuya does not remember her.
Yuzu was surprised when Yuya decided to take part in the trap by Dueling Sora, and thought they'd think of a get-away plan when the Duel was over. Yuzu was nevertheless nervous that Yuya was casual about their predicament. During the duel, Yuzu was smitten with the handsome-looking "Performapal Handsome Liger", "Ballad" and "Barracuda" monsters. Much to her surprise, she witnessed Yuya turning into Yuri.[9] She believed it to be Yuya's third personality. When Yuri used "Pendulum Fusion" to fuse "Ballad" and "Barracuda", Yuzu expected a hot-looking monster, but was severely disappointed about his "Predator Plant Chimera Rafflesia". As Yuri took huge damage from Sora's attacks, Yuya wanted to switch with him. Yuri thought he'd disappoint his manager, Yuzu, since she liked men, but accepted Yuya's request.[10] Soon after the Duel ended, Sora was taken away by a mysterious man on a Duel Runner. Since Yuya withstood a lot of pain, Yuzu met Yugo as he took over Yuya's body. Yugo mistook her to be Yuya's girlfriend, and he took her back to the hideout, on his Duel Runner he summoned. At the hideout, Yugo realized who Yuzu really was to Yuya, whom Yuto believed that he had forgotten. Regardless, Yuzu noticed something wrong with Yuya's Duel Disk, as his personalities figured out someone was hacking them.[11] Yuzu looked after Yuya, who muttered Yugo's name.[12]
Yuzu becomes shocked, seeing Yuya's enemy just entered his hideout.
Yuya abandons Yuzu, thinking it would be too dangerous for her to hang around him.
Yuzu went shopping for groceries, and returned to Yuya's hideout. Yuya recovered, and admitted he had a friend coming over. He described him as a person from the same era, and were quite close. Yuzu wanted to prepare for his arrival, but Yuya showed that he already came: Reiji Akaba. Yuzu introduced herself as the Phantom's manager to Reiji, who claimed he was no friend of Yuya's. Yuzu realized Reiji was the president of Leo Corporation, and the person who sent mercenaries to chase them. She started to freak out that Yuya's enemy just entered the lair, who believed Reiji discovered them by hacking into the system. Yuya thought this was the end, thinking he won't survive Reiji's Duel, and bid Yuzu farewell, advising her to sell the stuff he had. Yuya and Reiji fell through a trap door, which shocked Yuzu, who wondered what would she do next.[13] Yuzu was devastated, as Yuya breached the contract he wrote. She looked around, thinking there was a different way to reach him.[14] She screamed, as she found no way to get to him. Just then, Shun and Shingo entered the hideout, who were told that Reiji and Yuya disappeared through the trap door. Shun went into her room, and with Shingo, shoved the bed away, revealing a secret entrance.[15] The group found Reiji and Yuya, in a cave, reaching the climax of their Duel. They witnessed as Ren arrived through a portal, speaking about the Adam Factor that he and his accomplices would collect from Yuya and Reiji. Due to the impact of the Duel, the cave started collapsing, and so Shun, Shingo and Yuzu retreated.[16]
Yuzu and Shingo annoy each other, as they try to find the president and the Phantom.
Yuzu visits Yuya, who is training in the sewers.
Two weeks later, Yuzu was searching the Phantom, whom she thought of as a celebrity for the school. She bumped into Shingo and Shun, who was searching for the president. Shingo and Yuzu were insulting each other, the two sides wondered where the Phantom and the president were. Yuzu admitted she saw Reiji in a car, headed towards the airport. Shun turned around, but Yuzu wanted to know where the Phantom was. Shingo, before leaving, reported that some kids have found a manhole monster, which confounded Yuzu. She went to the southern district, and asked some kids about the manhole monster. They described it as making noises before the manhole splashed out, which startled Yuzu. She went inside, annoyed to find Yuya on a Duel Runner, who splashed her. Yuya apologized, and explained he was training in the sewers so that the enemy would not find him, and reminded her of the guy that came on the Duel Runner in the cave. Yuya was uncertain who he was, but knowing that the enemy had G.O.D. card, he knew he'd have to face them soon. Yuzu also wondered why couldn't he call upon Yugo, who thought he should train, just in case.[17]
Before Ren and Yugo's Duel starts, Yuzu tries to stop the two.
Per Yuya's request, Yuzu presses the big button.
The two came to a particle accelerator course. Ren teleported to that place, as Yuya expected him, but Yugo swapped places with the latter. Yuzu wondered if they'd Duel on motorcycles, to which Yugo agreed, regardless of the danger. Yugo simply stated that men should make sacrifices, which annoyed Yuzu, who was told Yugo had to fight to protect Yuya. He advised her to watch the Duel from the control room, but Yuzu wanted to stop them. However, Ren and Yugo turned on their Duel Runners, and as Yuzu crouched down, the two started their Turbo Duel.[18] She went there, and watched Ren battling Yugo, who swapped places with Yuya in the middle of the Duel. When Yuya defended himself from the attack of "White Aura Biphamet", he muttered that he and others played complex games, and Yuzu noticed that he remembered something.[19] As Ren spoke that he was a descendant of Yugo, Yuzu became worried, since she was told that Yugo was one of Yuya's personalities. As the Duel progressed, Yuya asked of her to push a button for his strategy to work. She did so, causing the particle accelerator to fire a beam, which caused Yuya to speed up to gain the advantage of grabbing an Action Card.[20]
As Yuya won the Turbo Duel, Yuzu cheered for his victory, but stopped upon seeing something. She came to Yuya and congratulated him, who explained Ren must've disappeared like Sora. Yuzu, however, asked if Yugo was Yuya's personality, how did Ren claim to be Yugo's descendant. She thought Ren meant Yuya as his descendant, who denied that claim, but Yuzu realized that would make Ren a man from the future. Yuya believed it would make sense in time. Suddenly, Yuzu took him to the control room, where they saw Reiji on a monitor, who was at a space station.[21] They saw Reiji facing Isaac, a new opponent. Yuzu was nevertheless overwhelmed, seeing this was more than she asked for.[22] Reiji attempted to attack Isaac, who used his "Mirror Imagine" combo. Yuzu thought his attacks were useless, but Yuya reminded that Isaac had already used three of his monsters for that combo to work, and had no such cards to back him up a fourth time, and thought Reiji was aiming for something else.[23] Yuya continued to watch the Duel. When Isaac tributed three of "Prism Coat 8" to make "Catadioptricker 7" immune to card effects, Yuya explained to Yuzu it was like the three arrows of Mori clan: the three effects made that monster unbreakable, just like the arrows combined had been. He became shocked when an explosion caused Reiji and Isaac to float in outer space.[24]
Yuzu dives in to rescue Yuya, who cannot swim.
Yuzu attacks Yuya for grabbing a intimate part of her body.
Once Reiji landed back to Earth, Yuya and Yuzu rode on the Duel Runner to reach him and his allies, Shingo and Shun. Reiji admitted he found the enemy's base, and Yuya and Yuzu decided to tag along on his airplane. Reiji permitted them, and discovered the enemy's base was on Antarctica itself. Shingo wondered who was the enemy, and was reminded of the man on Duel Runner that arrived in the cave when Yuya and Reiji battled against each other. Yuya, per Reiji's approval, admitted the enemy they fought against were from the future, which confused Yuzu. Soon after, the group landed to Antarctica, as a landing strip opened itself. Without further ado, Yuzu, wearing a new jacket, marched with others into the enemy's lair.[25] They found the base to be futuristic-looking. The group decided to split up, as Yuzu and Yuya took a corridor. As they continued walking, Yuzu wondered if the enemy knew her future, and fantasized whom she'd marry, wishing that guy was cute. Yuya didn't dare to answer, which made Yuzu blush, thinking that guy was Yuya. Suddenly, they came to a pool, in which Yuya walked into. However, he started to drown, for he could not swim, so Yuzu jumped in to save him. He grabbed her by her chest, causing her to violently hit him in the head. The two took a moment, seeing the water was quite strange, as they could breathe and talk normally, and were surrounded by strange pillars with bubbles. Just then, Sora dived in, and greeted Yuya, his enemy. Yuzu noticed Sora looked different than he was before. The two started a Duel, and as Yuya got hit by Sora's effects, a bubble bursted onto Yuzu's head. She fell unconscious, and Yuya threw a card that formed as an inflatable ring, causing Yuzu to float back to surface.[26]
Shun and Shingo come to visit Yuzu.
Yuzu realizes that Yuri, Yugo and Yuto sacrificed themselves to keep Yuya alive.
She was lying unconscious on the surface, causing Shun and Shingo to trace her signal, due to a chip embedded into her jacket.[27] Yuri defeated Sora, and swapped places with Yuya, who carried the unconscious Sora and Yuzu to Shingo and Shun, who arrived to the pool. Yuya decided to go away, leaving the two to look after Sora and Yuzu.[28] She woke up on the Leo Corporation airplane, shocked that she had no clothes on. Shun and Shingo barged in, and Yuzu got mad at them, considering her clothes were soaked in the water. The boys assured her the nurse took care of her, but to their surprise, Yuzu dressed herself up, and wanted to meet up with Yuya to confirm something she had seen. She came to Yuto, who faced Eve, their archenemy from the future. Eve confirmed she was from the future, but did not consider herself as an enemy. In fact, she thought they could offer Yuya's Adam Factor so she could fulfill Yuto's wish to be with Yuya together. Yuya swapped places with Yuto, and Yuzu told that she saw Yuya's actual memories, when she was hit by a bubble inside the tank. Yuya knew, and confirmed that Yuto, Yugo and Yuri were actually his brothers.[29] Yuzu began to see Yuya's brothers, all at once, due to the effects of the place. Yuya told Yuzu and Eve that he was with his brothers, until the day of the World Illusion, where Yuri, Yugo and Yuto sacrificed their lives to save Yuya, as GOD's powers had been triggered. His brothers had been consumed, and lived as spirits around him, and Yuzu saw this made Yuya believe they were his personalities.[30]
Yuzu cheers for Yuya, who defeated "Genesis Omega Dragon".
Yuzu reminds Yuya that he has to teach at her school, per the contract he signed.
Yuzu shed tears over this tragedy, and prayed for Yuya to defeat Eve. She became disturbed when Yuya was nearly to lose the Duel, but was saved by the effect of "Enter-Mate Odd-Eyes Butler". She reminded Yuya that his brothers were with him, and was pleased when Yuya made a direct attack with "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon".[31] However, Eve brought out "Genesis Omega Dragon", whose summoning nearly blew Yuzu away, who was saved by Yuto. She briefly saw a vision of Ren, who stood up, as GOD gave him a new life.[32] Yuzu turned around, and noticed Yuto, Yuri and Yugo fading away. However, the trio used last of their strength to aid Yuya, who Pendulum Summoned "Clearwing Synchro", "Starving Venemy", "Dark Anthelion" and "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon" from the Extra Deck, which amazed Yuzu.[33] The brothers disappeared, allowing Yuya to summon "God-Eyes Phantom Dragon", a monster that Yuzu believed to be hope that Yuya's brothers gave to him. The dragon managed to take down "Genesis Omega Dragon", which amazed Yuzu, as Yuya finally won this difficult Duel. Yuzu and Yuya witnessed as Adam appeared, who thanked Yuya for defeating G.O.D. The two lovers disappeared, which made Yuzu wonder how it felt to see someone one has tried to find after so much time. With the enemy defeated, Yuzu cheered for Yuya, and reminded due to the contract he signed, he had to return to Syuzo Duel School to become a teacher. Before that happened, Yuya wanted to destroy the GOD card, but then Reiji appeared.[34]
Much to their shock, Reiji sought out the power of "Genesis Omega Dragon", to analyze it as a scientist. Yuzu became angry at Reiji for having an unwise idea. The two used the power of Adam Factors to summon a tree, as the place for their Action Duel. Yuzu began to watch that Duel, and was terrified when Yuya nearly fell off the tree.[35] Yuzu noticed that Reiji countered Yuya's moves, and exclaimed the latter would not be able to attack at all. She descended down, and met up with Shun, Shingo and Sora, and the former two claimed to be Yuya's criminal and minion. Yuzu explaned Reiji and Yuya were fighting to obtain the GOD card, which Eve left behind to go with Adam.[36] As she continued to watch the Duel, Yuzu thought Reiji would attempt to snatch another Action Card. Much to her and others' surprise, Yuya shot himself out of a cannon to get the Action Card.[37] To entertain Reiji, Yuya used "Pendulum Match" to have both sides summon Pendulum Monsters and have them battle. As others realized that Yuya was at a disadvantage by playing the card, since Reiji could select which monster to summon, Yuzu yelled out to Yuya that he should stop goofing off, as their GOD monsters would return soon. Much to her disdain, she saw that Yuya crouched to prepare himself for a cheap trick to gain the Action Card. He even surprised her as he swung around, nearly bumping into her and Sora.[38]
Yuya passes on his "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon" to Yuzu, to remember him by.
Yuzu faces Yuya's father, Yusho, who begins his Dueltainer career.
As Yuya's chances to win were failing, Yuzu started to pray for his victory. She became excited, however, when Yuya used his Action Cards to lower Reiji's LP to 1500. As Yuya managed to stop Reiji's "Divine Go-D/D/D Zero King Zero Reiji", Yuzu thought Yuya won the Duel, but Reiji used "D/D Destiny Surveyor" to prevent that. She became surprised as Reiji played "D/D Zero Surveyor" to have his LP and Yuya's LP become 100, to evade a DRAW.[39] Yuzu watched as the Phantom and the president ran after the Action Card, which Yuya obtained and played - "Mini Bomb", which inflicted 100 LP damage to Reiji, causing him to lose. After Yuya destroyed G.O.D. card, the bridge the group stood on started to crumble. Yuya admitted that he could not teach at Yuzu's Duel School, after all. Yuzu asked where'd he go, and was reminded he was from the future. Yuzu wanted to go along with him, to know him better, but Yuya feared for her life. Yuzu clasped her hands, and as she wanted to admit her love towards Yuya, the latter cut the talk. He believed they would meet each other again, and tossed her his ace card: "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon", stating their arc was still connected. This caused Yuzu to fall down unconscious. Eventually, she recovered before returning to Maiami City. As the cherry blossom bloomed, she looked at "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon" card, and wondered if she would see Yuya again. Suddenly, she heard someone calling out to the audience. She went to the young man, who introduced himself as the world's first Dueltainer, Yusho Sakaki. Yuzu became startled, as it was bound that she would meet Yuya again.[40]
Yuzu with her family.
Yuzu would fall in love and get married to Yusho. Together the two have four children: Yuto, Yugo, Yuri and Yuya.
Yuzu in the special manga chapter.
Yuzu has made an appearance in the special manga chapter. She is seen several times cheering Yuya in his Action Duel against Reiji.[41]
Before his departure, Yuya gave Yuzu his Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon.
Syuzo Hiiragi
Yuzu is often annoyed by her father's goofy nature, which causes her to beat him with her paper fan. But as father and daughter, they care for each other and that motivates Yuzu to do everything within her power to keep their Dueling School from closing down.
Yuzu is the first person Yuya met since arriving to her timeline who was not with Leo Corp and became one of Yuya's closest friends despite tricking him into signing a teaching contract at her father's school. But after terms of payment as Yuya's manager, Yuzu offered to help him in his search for the G.O.D card before learning as much of the significance as Yuya remembered. Yuzu is overall supportive of Yuya and his counterparts, having originally assumed "Yuto" as some sort of comedy act and then a medical condition.
Yuto has shown to be protective of Yuzu, scolding Yuya for getting her and her father caught up in their troubles. When he and Yuzu infiltrated the Physical Information System Company, feeling uncomfortable in his guise an employee, Yuto got a confidence boost from Yuzu commenting on how well he look in his disguise. But Yuto admits to Yugo and Yuri that Yuzu vaguely resembles someone from their past.
As one of Yuya's friends, Yuzu was considered by Yugo as a friend out of consequence. After first meeting her, Yugo confined to Yuto and Yuri that Yuzu vaguely resembles someone from their past
Having noted Yuzu's fondness for handsome guys, Yuri makes an assumption that he might be her type to the point of flirting with her to Yuya's dismay.
Shun Kurosaki
Yuzu first met Shun during the Mental Arithmetic Tournament, ending up in second place while the latter got first. When Yuzu was outed as an accomplice by Shun, he kidnapped her father to force Yuya to duel him. During the duel, Yuzu nearly got herself and her father killed when Shun paused the duel long enough to save them though more annoyed over them interrupting his match.
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↑ 2.0 2.1 Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 4: "The Hungry Assassin!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 1: "The Name is Phantom!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 2: "Yuto vs. Sawatari!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 3: "Pendulum Summons!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 5: "Assault! Raidraptors!!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 6: "Feeling Alive!!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 7: "Genesis Omega Dragon!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 8: "Sora's Hospitality!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 9: "Fusion vs. Fusion"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 10: "The Entertainment Ends!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 12: "High-Speed Strategy!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 14: "Where It Began!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 15: "It's Zero!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 17: "Another Fact!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 18: "An Unknown Enemy!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 19: "Their Whereabouts!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 20: "Your Opponent Is Me!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 21: "Yuya's Memories!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 23: "The Trick Revealed!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 24: "The Reason They're After Us!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 25: "Adam and Eve!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 26: "Transcendent Duel!!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 27: "Reiji's Goal!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 28: "The Enemy's Hideout!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 29: "Memory Duel!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 30: "The World Sora Wants!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 32: "What Adam Saw!!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 34: "Challenge the Legends!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 35: "The Four Brothers' Bond!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 36: "The Power of Bonds!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 37: "The Cause of Everything!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 38: "Our Pride!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 39: "Across Time and Space!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 40: "The Adam Factors!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 41: "Reiji's Power!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 42: "Two G.O.D.'s!!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 43: "Head-to-Head Cards!!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 44: "Action Battle!!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale 45: "Arc of Destiny!!"
↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V Scale SP1: "The Name is Phantom!Yuto vs. Sawatari!Pendulum Summons!The Hungry Assassin!Assault! Raidraptors!!Feeling Alive!!Genesis Omega Dragon!Sora's Hospitality!Fusion vs. FusionThe Entertainment Ends!Turbo Duel!High-Speed Strategy!The Adam Factor!Where It Began!It's Zero!Swinging Pendulums of Destiny!Another Fact!An Unknown Enemy!Their Whereabouts!Your Opponent Is Me!Yuya's Memories!Immortal Beings!!The Trick Revealed!The Reason They're After Us!Adam and Eve!Transcendent Duel!!Reiji's Goal!The Enemy's Hideout!Memory Duel!The World Sora Wants!Satisfaction and Resignation!What Adam Saw!!Eve's True Skills!!Challenge the Legends!The Four Brothers' Bond!The Power of Bonds!The Cause of Everything!Our Pride!Across Time and Space!The Adam Factors!Reiji's Power!Two G.O.D.'s!!Head-to-Head Cards!!Action Battle!!Arc of Destiny!!Special One-Shot
Zuzu Boyle (Yuzu Hiiragi) pages
Spin-off manga
Tag Force
Legacy of the Duelist
Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V manga characters
Yuya and his personalities
Reiji's group
Shingo Sawatari
Sora Shiunin
Eve's group
Genesis Omega Dragon (G.O.D.)
Nico Smiley
Ootomo
Miu Shiunin
Yusho Sakaki
Leo Akaba
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