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Texas writers design Ford F-150 Project FX2 Sport
Alex Nunez
Sep 30th 2006 at 10:11AM
The really big news for Ford this past week was the new 2008 F-Series Super Duty, which was unveiled by Mark Fields at the Texas State Fair. If serious work trucks aren't quite your thing, though, Ford's got one with a little more mass appeal on the way, based on its new FX2 sport truck..
The automaker quietly introduced the new F-150 FX2 in April at the NY Auto Show, and while the Shelby GT-H got all the all the Big Apple fanfare, Fields did briefly single out the the new sport truck in his presentation to the media at the Javits Center. A few weeks later, Ford isssued an official press release announcing the new model's availability.
Fast forward a few months.
Six members of the Texas Auto Writers Association sat down for lunch with a group of people from Ford who wanted the writers' take on what they'd do to make the new FX2 better. Their mission? Go through the catalog of available factory accessories and Ford Racing parts and choose the equipment they'd like to see on one of the new FX2s. The list the scribes came up with was long and distinguished, and included (among other things) a Ford Racing intercooled supercharger, 4-pot Brembos, a lowering kit, a Harley-Davidson-edition front end, a silver racing stripe, SVT wheels, and a side-exit exhaust. Inside, the truck received pillar-mounted gauges, Harley-Davidson-model pedals, Bluettoth, and rear-seat DVD.
The completed machine, dubbed the F-150 Project FX2 Sport, was revealed to the media at the Texas State Fair on September 29 and will be shown publicly at SEMA beginnig October 31. It has a low, muscular stance compared to the stock FX2 (no slouch in the looks department itself, as trucks go). The estimated cost of all the added goodies, according to Dallas Morning News writer Terry Box, is estimated to be between $17,000 and $20,000, putting the Project FX2 into Roush and Saleen territory in terms of pricing. To be fair, it offers similar levels of style and performance.
In the absence of a new, full-blown SVT Lightning, a decked-out hot rod FX2 like the project vehicle may be the sweetest factory sport truck you can get from a Ford dealer. If you're willing to part with the dough, that is.
(Photos, press release after the jump)
[Sources: Dallas Morning News, Ford]
Texas auto writers help Ford build ultimate sport truck
Project FX2 Sport, the ultimate factory custom truck, will make its public debut at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association show in Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 2006.
It's a known fact that pickup truck owners are rabid when it comes to personalizing their vehicles. Research has shown that more than 70 percent of new truck owners spend, on average, nearly $1,500 on aftermarket accessories in the first year of ownership.
Ford already offers America's best-selling truck thanks to the widest, most diverse lineup that includes more than one million F-150 factory variations – such as Harley-Davidson™, FX4 off-road, FX2 Sport street and upscale King Ranch models – to feed the growing demand for personal customization. Ford also offers a host of Genuine Ford Accessories and Ford Racing Performance Parts (FRPP) specifically designed to help truckers personalize the appeal and boost the performance of their trucks.
The new project F-150 – a 2007 FX2 Sport with performance, appearance and in-vehicle entertainment and telematics modifications – takes the concept in a new direction by allowing customers to build trucks to their own specifications with dealer-installed Ford parts and accessories.
"The new F-150 FX2 Sport is another example of how Ford is expanding its truck leadership by listening to our customers and delivering bold, American products," says Christine Feuell, director, Ford Vehicle Personalization. "The new FX2 Sport builds on the F-150 FX4 off-road model by offering custom performance looks – inside and out – in a more affordable two-wheel-drive model.
"The new project F-150 FX2 Sport performance truck demonstrates how customers can further personalize their pickups using Ford Racing Performance Parts and Genuine Ford Accessories."
The honor of further personalizing the project F-150 FX2 Sport went to a small contingent of members of the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA). The TAWA team was influential in choosing the appropriate powertrain, interior and body parts and pieces, bringing them together to build their ultimate F-150 sport truck.
Terry Box, auto writer for the Dallas Morning News was one of the "builders" and has had a chance to get behind the wheels of the truck he helped bring to life.
"My main input I pushed hard for was more power," says Box. "The super charger was a magical edition. The truck is really responsive yet it's civilized."
Box sees a big market for this kind of offering in Texas. "There are a lot of guys down here who are very much into modifying hot rod pickups."
Project F-150 FX2 Sport, started life as a 2007 F-150 SuperCab FX2 Sport, with its dark-accent billet-style grille insert and body-color grille surround and unique captain's chairs with center console and floor-mounted shifter.
"Truck owners spend more per vehicle on accessories than anyone else," says Mark Joseph Birnhart, Ford Vehicle Personalization truck marketing manager. "We make sure our Ford accessories match our Built Ford Tough truck engineering philosophy so they are required to pass all of Ford's quality, durability and safety testing standards. We also stand behind our products with Ford's new, extended manufacturer's warranty, which is the best warranty and roadside assistance package of any new full-size pickup."
High-tech touches include a Mobile-ease™ Hands Free, Bluetooth™-equipped wireless phone system and Headrest Rear Seat DVD Entertainment System. A Harley-Davidson pedal package and A-pillar gauge pod help dress out the interior.
The suspension was lowered two inches in front and five inches in the rear and combine with the prototype 20 by 10-inch Sport wheels to give the truck its aggressive stance. A custom stripe package has been added for that extra personal touch.
The 6.5-ft. bed features a lockable, hard tonneau cover and is carpeted with a Sport Liner bedliner. The marine-style easy-to-clean polyester surface molds to the contour of the bed and will not stain, absorb moisture or mildew.
The truck's 5.4-liter V-8 receives a FRPP, premium, polished, Whipple, screw-type supercharger and a pair of ceramic-coated headers feeding FRPP side exhausts with Ford Racing embossed tips.
"The engine modifications boost horsepower by well over 425 at the rear wheels and torque to well over 500 ft.-lbs," says Andy Slankard, Ford Racing engineering supervisor. "Best of all, it's been calibrated by Ford Racing engineers and is 50-state legal."
The 5-speed automatic transmission has been recalibrated to handle the increase in horsepower. A 4:10 rear gear and "True Trac" limited-slip rear differential put the power to the ground. Prototype, Brembo four-piston brakes up front, along with stock rears, provide the stopping power.
"The most important part about this project F-150 is that any enthusiast could build it with parts from the Ford Racing and Genuine Ford Accessories catalogs," says Jamie Allison, Ford Racing Performance Group manager.
Ford Racing of parts are available for ordering at www.fordracingparts.com.
The Project F-150 FX2 Sport will make its media debut on September 28, 2006 at the State Fair of Texas. The first public showing with be at the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association show in Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 31 through Nov. 3, 2006.
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The self-flagellation of a basketball site
At the start of the season we previewed all 16 teams, giving finishing slots for each of them. Now, Emmet Ryan looks back at how wrong he was in making his calls on where everyone would shake up in the first season of the new format of Euroleague
Shame, shame, only shame. How foolish we were to go forth and prognosticate, to think our views could somehow stand in the face of the madness that unfolded. Oh BiE readers, I come here not for forgiveness but to kneel before you and whip my back in penance. Right that may be a bit over the top but, hey, with a bit of a break until the playoffs let’s go back and see how my picks at the start of the year compared to the final standings. The easiest way to look at it here is to go through it team by team with their real final rankings and then see how badly I missed.
Actual finish: 1st
Predicted finish: 4th
“If Doncic gets real minutes they should be really fun to watch” – Well I definitely got that part right but I wildly undervalued Los Blancos who were just so versatile throughout the year.
Actual finish: 2nd
Predicted finish: 2nd
Boom, got this one right. Absolutely nothing can possibly go wrong from here…
Actual finish: 3rd
Ah nuts. There was no chance I was going to give Oly home court before the season but, wow, they just delivered and proved a consistent force throughout the season.
Actual finish: 4th
Predicted finish: 3rd
I was warmer on PAO than most going into the season and, looking back, things really played out a bit funky. Going 14-1 at home is quite good when you have home court in the playoffs. Going 5-10 on the road won’t be as heartening if they make the Final Four…wait, scratch that, Istanbul will be almost a home venue if they get to the last weekend.
Predicted finish: 1st
Injuries certainly didn’t help them but, even allowing for that, Fener didn’t look like the best of the best through the regular season. If they can somehow inflict a second home defeat of the year on Panathinaikos, then everything will be forgotten as the Final Four is in Istanbul. Still, even if they win it all, this side was definitely over-valued by this corner heading into the season. Fun thing to note, if Fener make the F4, they can’t meet CSKA until the final so a repeat is still on.
I’m so freaking proud of this pack of misfits. They played like Efes for three quarters of the season, doing just enough to make you think they would blow it, then turned into the captains of consistency down the stretch and have booked a fun playoff series with Oly.
Predicted finish: 11th
It’s safe to say we were colder than anyone on Baskonia and for most of the season we were looked to have made an even worse call than it eventually turned out. The road back to the final four is still brutal but at least they have that shot.
Darussafaka Dogus
If anything, we were too warm on this side. Flipping them with Efes almost made more sense in the end but making the playoffs is still nothing to sniff at. Good run.
Oh we were way too cold on these guys and it wasn’t even close. For the bulk of the season, Zvezda looked a lock for the post-season and it took a final day defeat away to Dacka to finally miss out. They made the regular season worth watching.
Actual finish: 10th
You guys, you crazy Saras led never say die out-perform what everybody says maniacs. I might have been lower on you than most but nobody was high on you outside of Kaunas yet for the bulk of the season you looked like a serious playoff contender. Good job. Really good job.
Well, that was just terrible. Everybody was broken and there was that game with Efes which was so much fun but oh my everything you stank. An annus horribilis for sure.
I was crazy to value Gala this high but for most of the year that didn’t even look like they’d finish anywhere near as high as they did. A fine approach to the back-end of the campaign, despite the inevitable madness that tends to envelop a Gala season, saw them finish in a solid position.
With a whopping 7 losses decided by one possession, compared to just 1 win, the story of Bamberg’s season looked easy to tell but it wasn’t just about not being able to close games. This was a side that tended to get up in spurts and disappear for weeks on end. It can be an awful lot better and not just because of closing.
It turns out I was wrong, the talent wasn’t enough to squeeze into the post-season. Maccabi’s issues visibly extend beyond the court with too many cooks in the front office. A clear single voice is needed to give this club direction. It’s that simple at this point.
In the end, we weren’t all that far off with this one. A league-worst losing streak, of 12 games, saw them fall out of contention for the best of the rest rankings but with Keith Langford having his wild nights every now and then, they remained fun to watch. We won’t be seeing them next year.
We expected a terrible year yet Milano still managed to under-achieve this season. Considering their budget compared to the rest of the cellar dwellers, this side clearly should have performed a lot better. If you spend money but don’t do it smartly, well this is what happens. Theoretically another 2 last places finishes in the next 9 years will put their A-licence in jeopardy. I remain sceptical of that but it will certainly be enough to get a wagging finger of disapproval from Jordi Bertomeu.
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Livin’ on Tulsa kind: South Tulsa ministers to refugees, internationals
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By Brian Hobbs
One of the many English as a Second Language classes poses for a group picture. [Photo provided]
TULSA—God often calls people to leave the United States to take the Gospel to the mission field around the world. Yet sometimes He brings the mission field to the United States.
In the case of one Tulsa church, God brought people from around the world right to its backyard.
Tulsa, South Tulsa has found a door wide open to minister to refugees and other internationals in the area, from which they have shared the Gospel and shown the kindness of Jesus to people from other countries.
Sewing ministry members listen as their instructor teaches them how to use their sewing machines. [Photo provided]
“We have more than 35 countries represented in our church’s ministries right now,” South Tulsa Pastor Eric Costanzo said. “Within the Tulsa area, you have to increase that number to 50 or maybe more countries that are represented.
“For those who know Tulsa, South Tulsa is the more affluent side of town. Yet there are some significantly vulnerable people living nearby. We realized there were thousands of resettled refugees and international families right here in South Tulsa,” he said.
Many of the people re-settled come from war-torn places and other circumstances of trauma. The places range from Myanmar to Syria.
International Christmas party in 2017 where there was much singing of Christmas carols and reading of Scripture. [Photo provided]
The opportunities to minister to these hurting people became evident nearly two years ago, by connecting with the local school districts.
“We tried some other avenues, the resettlement agencies, social agencies, and we weren’t gaining in traction. Since we already had a relationship with the school district—Jenks in particular, and some teachers in the Union school district—we asked ‘How can we serve your international families?’ And from there, the doors blew opened much faster than we imagined,” Costanzo said.
What brings refugees and internationals to the Tulsa area is often education. Oftentimes refugees are settled in the Tulsa area because school districts like Jenks, Union and Bixby have English language learner programs, and they have social workers who will work with those students, according to Costanzo.
Immigrants and refugees meet with Oklahoma U.S. Senator James Lankford and South Tulsa Baptist leaders. Senator Lankford initiated the meeting to have dialogue about better serving the immigrant community in Oklahoma. [Photo provided]
“There was some wisdom and logic in resettling those families in a place where the school systems were set up and equipped to help them learn English. Those are the schools right outside our church, right outside our front and back door. That is the way we identified that need and jumped into that community outreach pretty quickly,” he said.
The South Tulsa ministry includes after-school English programs, where volunteers can serve, celebrate milestones the students achieve and, in the process, build trust and relationships between church members and the international families they were serving.
South Tulsa’s English As Second Language (ESL) program uses state-certified teachers, many with Masters degrees in ESL. They have hired four teachers which allows the church to engage unreached people on a daily basis, year-round.
Refugees from Ukraine, the Sherdis family come from a Baptist church in Kiev and are involved in teaching, worship, and will soon lead a mission team from South Tulsa back to Europe. [Photo provided]
“By making the financial investment and giving priority space in our facility, we were able to attract a lot of adult students very quickly,” Costanzo added.
The church went from having very few internationals at the start of these efforts two years ago to having more than a hundred in just a couple of weeks.
From that point forward, the church was able to develop Bible studies and other outreach activities to minister to the refugee families.
“The Bible studies have become a real part of the strategy, and from there, naturally all these other things have grown from that, which I am sure we will talk about more. It is ever expanding because (when) a need arises, we look for a way to meet that need, and we get to engage more people,” he said.
In one of its newer programs, the church has a partner called “Rising Village,” which is a non-profit that works in the country of Ghana. The program empowers mothers and families to create income for themselves, by learning a trade and producing products that can be sold. This has led to a burgeoning sewing program.
“The sewing ministry is something that became an immediate hit with our Burmese and South American populations. The ladies come in and are learning how to use a sewing machine and create pillows and bags that they can use in our ministry center, and they are also learning English at the same time. Those two sewing classes (have been) full since day one. At the end of their time, they can purchase their sewing machine for $25, if they have perfect attendance, so they can keep making things for their families. We have grown from two to five sewing classes,” Costanzo added.
The key ingredient to the flourishing ministry to refugees has been trust. Having a posture of hospitality also has helped the church reach people who come from a Muslim background.
South Tulsa’s ministry efforts have led to professions of faith and other spiritual fruit, including growing diversity among the church’s children’s ministry.
“At our Christmas program last year, you could see children from all ethnicities and countries come together on the platform,” he said. “It’s a beautiful picture of how Jesus loves all the children of the world.”
As God continues to bring more people to the Tulsa metro, Oklahoma City metro and other parts of the state, Oklahoma Baptists will find a growing mission field in our backyard.
Author: Brian Hobbs
Brian is editor of The Baptist Messenger.
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Tomàs Rosés i Ibbotson - FC Barcelona President 1929-30
Tomàs Rosés i Ibbotson was born to a Catalan father and English mother in Liverpool in 1883 and became FC Barcelona president on March 23rd 1929.
He was the oldest son of Ramon Rosés Feliu and Flora Ibbotson Wright and came from an important family of textile industrialists, who owned the company Roses y Compañía, founded by his grandfather in 1837 in Cornellà de Llobregat.
Ramon Rosés sent young Tomàs back to England to gain experience in cotton manufacturing and upon his return to Barcelona, he gradually took over the business in Catalonia, finally renaming the company Algodonera Tomás Rosés S.A. after his father's death in 1921.
At the same time, Rosés was involved in financial operations through the company's finance department and he ended up founding Banca Rosés, S.A in 1930 after he had left the presidency of FC Barcelona.
Tomàs Rosés was active in Barcelona society of was a member of the board of El Gran Teatre del Liceu.
He was an enthusiastic amateur sailor and a football supporter and in 1928, he joined the board of FC Barcelona presided at the time by Arcadi Balaguer, who resigned a year later.
At the assembly of March 23rd 1929, Rosés was elected president and the first thing he did was to take on Englishman James Bellamy as coach as current manager Romà Forns had resigned at the same time as Arcadi Balaguer.
Just three months later on June 30th 1929, FC Barcelona were crowned champions of the very first Liga.
The 1920-30 season began well with FC Barcelona winning the Campionat de Catalunya and continued with a brilliant start to La Liga.
The team strung six consecutive victories together, the best start until 2013, until they were beaten first 4-0 by Español and then 4-1 by Real Madrid.
The board reacted against the players immediately accusing them of unprofessionalism and lack of discipline and Ramón Guzmán was fined 300 pesetas for playing badly, Enric Mas was fined 250 pesetas for visiting Palafrugell to visit his family without the club's permission and Josep Saló was fined 25 pesetas for being seen at a dancehall.
The result was one of the biggest player mutinies in the history of the club and a group of players sent a letter to the newspapers complaining about the behaviour of the board.
Rosés suspended all signatories without pay for 14 days and it was only after the intervention of future president, Josep Sunyol, that both sides withdrew their accusations.
However, it was too late to recover in sporting terms and Athletic Club de Bilbao ended up winning the Liga and Copa double.
Tomàs Rosés stood down from the presidency on June 30th 1030 and his position was taken by Gaspar Rosés, who began his third term of office.
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Weston-owned Australian bakery in food safety scandal
Posted on September 19, 2012 by Doug Powell
An employee of one of Australia’s largest bakeries told the television program Today Tonight last night the food safety is crappy at Tip Top’s bakery in Brisbane.
He wants his identity kept secret and claims bread is deliberately put on the ground when loaves bank up in the production process.
“Instead of grabbing it and walking over to the shelves, they grab it and just throw it on the floor”, he said.
His footage also reveals what appears to be a cockroach problem at the bakery.
“That number of cockroaches would be enough that if I was your inspector, I’d fail you for pest control,” said Gary Kennedy, a private food safety inspector who audits bakeries.
“Not only is the product on the ground contaminated, but the fact that what was on the ground goes back on the production line contaminates the line and all the other product,” Gary added.
“This is not acceptable behaviour,” said Rachelle Williams, a long-time food safety advisor.
“What’s on the floor, there’s dust, there’s dirt, there’s grot,” she added.
While the footage shows one loaf being put into a bin, the experts argue all the contaminated bread should have been thrown out.
“You don’t use food that’s been on the floor,” Rachelle said.
The footage also shows the contaminated bread making its way along the production line, before it’s sliced and packaged.
“Staff on the footage that we saw, they were quite confident in what they were doing,” Today Tonight’s insider said.
Today Tonight approached Tip Top’s parent company – George Weston Foods – who admitted the footage revealed “appalling behaviour” involving bread being “mishandled” at their Springwood Bakery.
The company said it was an isolated matter which “occurred during a planned commissioning phase involving the testing of a new conveying system.”
The company has launched its own investigation and called in police.
Repeated requests for proof or even a statutory declaration stating the equipment was indeed new and part of $6 million upgrade have been refused.
The company claims the footage was deliberately constructed by an aggrieved employee, assertions rejected by Today Tonight’s insider, who says it was no set-up, test, or isolated incident.
According to George Weston Foods, Queensland Health inspected the plant on August 20th and the site complied with Food Health and Safety Standards.
The footage taken since then, has Today Tonight’s experts concerned.
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Dogma over data is dumb: food safety myths strong in Canada
Posted on February 19, 2012 by Doug Powell
Canada has the best health care system in the world.
And really clean water.
And really safe food.
And a lot of delusional people who apparently think repetition rather than data makes something true.
This week was particularly strong for some food safety nosestretchers in the wake of comments make by supermarket mogul Galen Weston Jr. that food at farmer’s markets were going to kill someone someday.
First up, Sylvain Charlebois, acting dean and professor at the University of Guelph’s College of Management and Economics, who wrote in a widely circulated op-ed that,
“The 2003 mad cow crisis in Canada was really the first major food safety-related event our country had experienced.”
In 1998, 805 Canadians, primarily children between 6- and 10-years-old, were sickened with Salmonella Enteriditis linked to Schneiders Lunchmates. That really was a major food safety event. So was E. coli O157:H7 in the water supply of Walkerton, Ontario in 2000, which killed 7 and sickened 2,500 in a town of 5,000.
Maybe not enough dead people?
In 1985, 19 of 55 affected people at a London, Ontario nursing home (that’s in Canada) died after eating sandwiches apparently infected with E. coli O157. A subsequent inquest into the outbreak yielded numerous stories about the “obscure but deadly bacterium, E. coli O157.” On Oct. 12, 1985, in response to the on-going inquest, the Ontario government announced a training program for food-handlers in health-care institutions, “stressing cleaning and sanitizing procedures and hygienic practices in food preparation.”
The 648 sickened from salmonella in sprouts in Ontario in 2005 would also count as a major outbreak.
Next, Roger George, a retired farmer, a former provincial and national farm leader and the author of the 2002 Agricultural Odyssey Report, writes in the North Bay Nipissing that,
“The Canadian food supply at all levels is among the safest and the most regulated in the world.”
Or as Rick Holley of the University of Manitoba says, “The food safety system in Canada is on the upper end of being mediocre."??
Back to AD Charlebois.
“We also need to celebrate our successes in food safety. The mere fact that the 2008 Maple Leaf listeria outbreak was discovered early is an achievement in itself.”
Government and industry types said much of the same during the outbreak. It’s nonsense. As revealed in numerous journalistic and government inquiries, the feds were slow and silent in releasing information about the pending listeria death-storm. Nursing homes were ordered to stop serving the cold-cuts five days before Canadians were told the same thing.
Rob Cribb of the Toronto star wrote, “at virtually every stage of the outbreak, it seems things could have – should have – gone differently in a food safety system repeatedly hailed by government officials as ‘one of the safest in the world."?’?
Roger George:
“What has to be avoided in the food industry is scenarios like the over reaction after Walkerton which seems to have no boundaries around public cost and regulation. Human negligence was the root cause of that tragedy, and human error is a daily risk in every processing plant, restaurant, supermarket and farm. Oh yes, the greatest risk of all, in your kitchen and mine.”
When seven people die and 2,500 are sickened by a preventable bug, I’m not sure when something would be classified as an over-reaction. But repeating dogma like the home kitchen is the greatest food safety risk is just more repetition in the absence of data – and ignorance of the causes and complexities of food- or waterborne outbreaks.
Charlebois:
“And the Maple Leaf affair allowed us to educate ourselves on what was then considered a relatively unknown pathogen.”
Beginning August 2, 1998, over 80 Americans fell ill, 15 were killed, and at least six women miscarried due to listerosis linked to Listeria monocytogenes bacteria with a unique genetic code. On Dec. 19, 1998, the outbreak strain was found in an open package of hot dogs partially consumed by a victim. The manufacturer of the hot dogs, Sara Lee subsidiary Bil Mar Foods, Inc., quickly issued a recall of what would become 35 million pounds of hot dogs and other packaged meats produced at the company’s only plant in Michigan. By Christmas, testing of unopened packages of hot dogs from Bil Mar detected the same genetically unique L. monocytegenes bacteria, and production at the plant was halted.
The dangers of listeria have been known for decades. Charlebois shares the same delusion repeatedly projected by Michael McCain that listeria was an unknown risk in refrigerated ready-to-eat foods like deli meats.
The real danger is Canadian acquiescence to dogma in the absence of data.
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Farmer’s markets or superstores: it’s all a question of food safety
Posted on February 8, 2012 by Doug Powell
I didn’t write the headline, but this is now running in the Toronto Star, regarding the article, Low blow from Loblaw boss gets farmers’ goat, Feb. 8.
It’s not that a grocery mogul told the Canadian Food Summit that “one day, (farmers’ markets) are going to kill some people,” it’s that no one in the farmers’ market community responded with any kind of microbiological food safety comment, resorting instead to: trust us and we’re inspected.
Robert Chorney, the executive director of Farmers’ Markets Ontario, promoted a few food safety myths of his own, saying that markets are regularly inspected and food is easily traceable because consumers know who they’re buying from.
Inspections don’t mean much. And just because someone drives to the Food Terminal in Toronto to load up on produce at 3 a.m. and then sell it at a premium at the local market adds nothing to traceability.
Pointing to surveys showing consumers think food at farmers’ markets is safer means nothing regarding the actual microbiological safety of any food. And surveys suck.
When I go to a farmer’s market or a megalomarket run by the Westons, I ask questions about the quality of irrigation water, what kind of soil amendments are used, and employee handwashing programs. I ask about microbial test strategies and results as verification that the farmer, whether she bought it from the Food Terminal or grew it herself, has a clue about dangerous micro-organisms.
Most answer with variations of trust me. There’s already enough faith-based food safety out there.
I don’t care if it’s a farmers’ market or Loblaws: provide evidence that the food you’re flogging is microbiologically safe. The best producers and retailers will market food safety at retail.
Regardless of size, production method or retail experience, providers either know about microbial food safety risks and take serious steps to control those risks — or they don’t.
Dr. Douglas Powell, professor, food safety, Kansas State University
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Auto News Lexus Loses Reliability Crown: Jaguar & Buick Share Top Spot
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Lexus Loses Reliability Crown: Jaguar & Buick Share Top Spot
By Colum Wood Mar 19, 2009
For the first time in 15 years Lexus is not the most dependable brand according to J.D. Power & Associates. The torch has instead been passed on to luxury competitor Jaguar as well as to GM’s Buick brand.
Both Buick and Jaguar came from well behind in the pack to eclipse Lexus in the J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study, which ranks reported problems of 3-year old models.
Buick, which ranked 6th last year, and Jaguar, which placed a distant 10th in 2008, are tied for the top spot this year.
Lexus continues to hold on to the second spot, with Toyota and Mercury following closely.
David Sargent, J.D. Power’s VP of auto research told Automotive News that, “Part of GM’s historical challenge has been that the customer’s perception of GM’s vehicles has been not in line with reliability. Maybe 10 or 15 years ago their vehicles weren’t as reliable as some of the imports, but I think today they’ve virtually caught up.”
In fact, two years ago Buick actually tied Lexus for the top spot.
The J.D. Power research shows that owners of Buick and Jaguar models reported an average of 122 problems per 100 vehicles, compared to 126 problems per 100 vehicle for Lexus owners.
Lexus can, however, still lay claim to the most reliable vehicle, the LS430, with the fewest problems reported – just 61 for every 100 vehicles.
J.D. Power’s Vehicle Dependability Study is even more important this year as with the current recession owners are opting to hold on to vehicles rather than purchase new ones. According to J.D. Power, owners of new vehicles are holding on to their cars for an average of 73 months, up from 66 months in 2006.
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As for the worst brands in the industry, GM may have the nefarious distinction of having six of its brands below average 170 problems per 100 vehicles, but none of those are the worst offenders. The least reliable brands are Mazda, Isuzu, Land Rover and Volkswagen with Suzuki in last position.
[Source: AutoNews]
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CAE increases its training capacity at CAE Madrid, supporting airlines training needs across Europe
MONTREAL, July 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NYSE:CAE) (TSX:CAE) – CAE announced today that it is growing its cadet intake at its leading training centre CAE Madrid. In May 2017, CAE announced the expansion of its cadet training network to Spain with its Madrid-based integrated ATPL programme, followed with the launch of a new cadet training programme in partnership with European low-cost carrier Volotea in August 2017. A total of 17 cadets have started at CAE Madrid to date, with the first 6 recently completing the EASA ATPL ground school and commencing the flying phase at CAE’s flagship flight academy in Phoenix, Arizona. The next class of 20 cadets will begin training in the fourth quarter of 2018.
In addition, CAE inaugurated last week the new Airbus A350 full-flight simulator at CAE Madrid. The inauguration was attended by Iberia and CAE employees. The new CAE 7000XR Series FFSs is equipped with CAE Tropos™ 6000XR visual system, offering unprecedented realism.
CAE Madrid is the result of a joint venture established in 2004 between CAE and Iberia Airlines. Through this partnership, CAE and Iberia Airlines train over 10,000 pilot and cabin crew every year, serving the growing pilot training needs of multiple operators in Spain and across the region, including Iberia Airlines, Vueling, Volotea, Air Europa, Stobart Air, Air Nostrum, White Airways, and Binter Canarias.
CAE Madrid is home to one of three of CAE’s ab initio academies in Europe, following the highest industry pilot training standards in the world. Leveraging its global training network, CAE delivers cost-effective training programmes in region, from classroom to type-rating training, close to operators’ base. Capitalizing on its rigorous assessment process, the experience of its professional instructors, its comprehensive training programmes supported by an English language preparatory course, CAE ensures the highest cadet success rate, driving the highest ab-initio pilot graduation and placement rate in the industry.
“The demand for professional pilots is on the rise, with more than 50,000 pilots needed in Europe over the next decade, said Nick Leontidis, CAE’s Group President, Civil Aviation Training Solutions. “With our long-standing partner Iberia Airlines, we are proud to be the training partner of choice of Spanish airlines and other operators in the region. Our relationship of more than 50 years with Iberia speaks volumes to the quality of our training programmes and highlights CAE’s commitment to supporting the increasing training needs of our airline partners. We look forward to providing cadet training for tomorrow’s captains for many years to come”.
CAE Madrid delivers ab-initio pilot training in addition to type-rating training for Airbus A320, A330, A340, A350; ATR 72-600; Boeing 787; Bombardier CRJ 200/900/1000, Q300; and Dornier Do328TP platforms.
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MADELEINE WHATMAN
Club Burleigh Barbell Club Gender F
Coach Callum Hannay
F76 70 87 155
Qld Club Challenge Round 3 – Gold Coast 72.60 39 49 88 13/08/2016 107.245 UNGRADED
Qld Club Challenge Round 4 – Gold Coast 72.80 (+6) 45 (+6) 55 (+12) 100 15/10/2016 121.684 UNGRADED
JME Qld Club Challenge Round 1 – Gold Coast 71.95 (+8) 53 (+7) 62 (+15) 115 28/01/2017 139.885 J
Uesaka Barbell Australia QWA League & Masters League Round 1 73.02 (+1) 54 (+-1) 61 115 25/02/2017 138.833 J
Qld Senior & Junior Championships 74.25 (+1) 55 (+0) 62 (+2) 117 2/04/2017 140.071 J
Australian Junior & Senior Championships 71.78 (+1) 56 (+3) 65 (+4) 121 4/06/2017 147.363 J
Uesaka Barbell Australia QWA League & Masters League Round 2 73.20 (+3) 59 (+1) 66 (+4) 125 5/08/2017 150.718 J
JME Qld Club Challenge Round 3 – Gold Coast 73.40 57 70 (+2) 127 16/09/2017 152.918 I
Uesaka Barbell Australia QWA League Final 73.15 (+4) 63 (+5) 75 (+11) 138 26/11/2017 166.450 H
Australian Open 71.45 61 72 133 24/02/2018 162.366 I
Queensland Junior & Senior Championships 72.43 (+1) 64 (+5) 80 (+6) 144 22/07/2018 174.563 H
AWF Junior & Senior Championships 72.65 64 80 144 8/09/2018 174.292 H
Uesaka Queensland Cup 72.90 (+1) 65 (+3) 83 (+4) 148 24/11/2018 178.821 H
QWA League Round 1 72.71 64 85 (+1) 149 23/02/2019 180.268 G
Queensland Senior Championships 73.80 (+1) 66 (+2) 87 (+4) 153 5/05/2019 183.724 G
Queensland Junior & U23 Championships 73.90 (+1) 67 (+-4) 83 150 2/06/2019 180.000 G
Australian U20 & U23 Championships 73.40 63 86 149 16/08/2019 179.408 G
2020 Qld Club Challenge - Burleigh West - Round 1 74.05 (+3) 70 (+-2) 85 (+2) 155 11/01/2020 185.812 G
Qld Club Challenge Round 3 – Gold Coast 72.60 35 37 39 45 47 49 39 49 88 13/08/2016
Qld Club Challenge Round 4 – Gold Coast 72.80 40 42 45 51 53 55 45 55 100 15/10/2016
JME Qld Club Challenge Round 1 – Gold Coast 71.95 47 50 53 58 60 62 53 62 115 28/01/2017
Uesaka Barbell Australia QWA League & Masters League Round 1 73.02 50 52 54 59 61 63 54 61 115 25/02/2017
Qld Senior & Junior Championships 74.25 50 53 55 60 62 64 55 62 117 2/04/2017
Australian Junior & Senior Championships 71.78 50 53 56 60 63 65 56 65 121 4/06/2017
Uesaka Barbell Australia QWA League & Masters League Round 2 73.20 54 57 59 63 66 69 59 66 125 5/08/2017
Uesaka Barbell Australia QWA League Final 73.15 57 60 63 69 72 75 63 75 138 26/11/2017
Australian Open 71.45 55 58 61 65 69 72 61 72 133 24/02/2018
Queensland Junior & Senior Championships 72.43 60 60 64 75 80 85 64 80 144 22/07/2018
AWF Junior & Senior Championships 72.65 58 61 64 72 77 80 64 80 144 8/09/2018
Uesaka Queensland Cup 72.90 61 61 65 80 83 85 65 83 148 24/11/2018
QWA League Round 1 72.71 61 64 66 80 85 87 64 85 149 23/02/2019
Queensland Senior Championships 73.80 62 64 66 80 82 87 66 87 153 5/05/2019
Queensland Junior & U23 Championships 73.90 60 64 67 80 83 85 67 83 150 2/06/2019
Australian U20 & U23 Championships 73.40 63 67 67 82 86 90 63 86 149 16/08/2019
2020 Qld Club Challenge - Burleigh West - Round 1 74.05 63 67 70 80 85 90 70 85 155 11/01/2020
State Events 14 86% 77% 82%
Higher Events (National/International) 4 83% 92% 88%
All Events (Overall) 18 85% 81% 83%
When Successful -3kg - 15 events -2kg - 16 events
When missed -3kg - 2 events -5kg - 1 events
CJ 80 F76 QLD U23 08/Sep/2018 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
SNATCH 64 F76 QLD U23 08/Sep/2018 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
TOTAL 144 F76 QLD U23 08/Sep/2018 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
TOTAL 148 F76 AWF Junior 24/Nov/2018 Broken by Teagan Newman
TOTAL 148 F76 QLD Junior 24/Nov/2018 Current Record
TOTAL 148 F76 QLD U23 24/Nov/2018 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
SNATCH 65 F76 AWF Junior 24/Nov/2018 Broken by Teagan Newman
SNATCH 65 F76 QLD Junior 24/Nov/2018 Current Record
SNATCH 65 F76 QLD U23 24/Nov/2018 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
CJ 83 F76 AWF Junior 24/Nov/2018 Broken by Teagan Newman
CJ 83 F76 QLD Junior 24/Nov/2018 Current Record
CJ 83 F76 QLD U23 24/Nov/2018 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
CJ 85 F76 QLD U23 23/Feb/2019 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
TOTAL 149 F76 QLD U23 23/Feb/2019 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
TOTAL 153 F76 QLD U23 05/May/2019 Broken by Stefanie Clinton
CJ 87 F76 QLD U23 05/May/2019 Broken by Stefanie Clinton
SNATCH 66 F76 QLD U23 05/May/2019 Broken by Madeleine Whatman
SNATCH 67 F76 QLD U23 02/Jun/2019 Current Record
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Healthcare innovations gain traction with the DayOne Accelerator
Three innovative healthcare startups participate in the first round of the DayOne Accelerator. Faraz Oloumi from Aurteen, Chang Yun from Noul and Christian Vogler and Leo Gschwind from Advancience are examples of how far conviction can get you.
BaselArea.swiss: Faraz, why did you establish Aurteen in the first place?
Faraz: During my studies in electrical and computer engineering, I worked on retinal-image analysis and fell in love with the subject. I completed my Masters, then my PhD and declined a safe job to pursue the topic and founded Aurteen. I am 100 percent convinced of the novelty and necessity of computer-aided assessment of the retina, because the vessels at the back of the eye tell the story of your overall health from retinal disease to metabolical and cardiovascular disorders.
Christian, was there a starting point for you as well?
Christian: I studied psychology and genetics. In order to use genetics as a tool to research the human mind, my co-founders and I started to pursue psychometrics. The typical toolkit for psychometric testing originates in the 1940s to 1970s. We took psychometric tests to the 21st century, added gamification, made it entertaining and scalable and thus are able to process large numbers of study participants. We want to drive psychology forward. We are convinced that you can use our tools for a broad range of different purposes: It is a diagnostic tool for testing attention disorders or memory impairments as well as an HR tool to make teams work better together.
Chang, you joined Noul one year ago. What was the reason?
Chang: One of the co-founders is a biomedical engineer. Right after he had earned his PhD in the United States he spent 1,5 years in Malawi for his voluntary social service. He witnessed many children die from malaria and was surprised to see health workers still rely on tests that were inaccurate and inefficient. He founded Noul in 2015 to develop a portable device that uses image analysis and artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases from blood samples. As his close friend I have been interested in this project from the beginning and joined one year ago being ascertain that my career in the United Nations would be conducive for success of the project. I have a background in business management and public administration. As the Director of Global Business Development at Noul I now set up the European office.
What was the hardest part in establishing the company?
Chang: For us, it was the science. We had trials and errors. While the clinical trials in the laboratory worked well, the results in the field were often unexpected. Sometimes it was hard to get enough samples with high quality. To overcome those hurdles, we cooperate with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel. In addition, to approve a new technology like ours also requires new criteria. That takes a lot of time and sufficient convincing data from our side.
Christian: As a scientist, you don’t become an entrepreneur overnight. I had to learn that the scientific results are not the only thing that counts. Instead, I also need to sell my results and think about specific value propositions. I’m familiar with psychology, genetics and bioinformatics – and now I have to come up with business cases on top of that. In the corporate world, we encounter a new problem every day. You always need a plan B, C and D. It is a tremendous amount of work, but a lot of fun, too.
Faraz: Not being able to financially support yourself is not easy. I haven’t paid myself a dime in the past years. The hardest part for me though was convincing people that my ideas and vision are not crazy. I had to fight a lot of adversity. But I don’t regret it at all. Then there are other challenges like making myself be a CEO rather than just being a CTO, which means that you can no longer be a perfectionist. That is a challenge I enjoy.
What do you hope to achieve during the next couple of months in the DayOne Accelerator?
Faraz: While Canada is well suited to the telemedical approach and my collaborators and potential customers are there, we don’t have a strong business case in Canada in terms of pure numbers. Plus, the nearest market, which is the US, is very fragmented and complicated to enter. To participate in the DayOne Accelerator is the perfect opportunity for us to look at and validate the European market. Further, we want to validate our list of value propositions and find investors.
Chang: Our Swiss partners encouraged us to apply for this program and luckily we were selected to take part. I believe Noul has worked very hard for developing unprecedented diagnostic solutions for last three years. Now the time is right to look back at what we have achieved so far and use the input we get here to make our business model more concrete. We want to get to know the people that can further help us to reach that goal and explore the opportunities.
Leo: We want to learn how to set up and run the business. And we want to get ready to pitch to potential investors and look for seed money.
The acceleration program started in January. What is your experience so far?
Faraz: It all came as a pleasant surprise. The ecosystem in terms of support for startups is completely different from what I am used to. I am talking to senior figures from the pharma and clinical side and the overall support happens to be on a high level. The DayOne team cares for me and my business to succeed. I am convinced that we can gain more traction here. Based on my experience so far, I am exploring the idea of establishing here in Basel. It really is a blessing for our team.
Chang: I am impressed. The meetings we had so far are extremely beneficial and helpful. Strategically, it pays off to be in Basel and be close to our partner, the Swiss TPH and in traveling distance to our stakeholders in Geneva. So far, the accelerator proves to be very effective.
Leo: The input is enormous. We benefit tremendously in learning how to structure the business. It’s brilliant to learn the trade from experts and get first-hand insights. And the funding relieves the hardest pain.
What was the biggest cultural shock when coming to Basel?
Chang: In my culture, people are not as direct while here people voice their opinions more directly. I enjoy that diversity and wish we had more of that in our team in South Korea. Also, I rarely see traffic jams here.
Faraz: It is shocking how everyone seems to understand English.
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"We will not shy away from taking risks"
In 2016, Roivant Sciences established their global headquarters in Basel. Roivant founder and CEO Vivek Ramaswamy talked to us about his fast growing company, his priorities for the company and about the role that Roivant aims to play in the Basel life sciences ecosystem.
BaselArea.swiss: You built a company from scratch. What are the crucial ingredients?
Vivek Ramaswamy: In biotech you need three main ingredients to build a great company: good drugs, good people, and sufficient capital. Of course, it is difficult to know which drugs will succeed or fail in advance of conducting clinical research so I started Roivant with the vision of having a broad portfolio—a company whose success would be measured by the number and the quality of the medicines that we deliver to market, but at the same time a company that would not be defined by the success or failure of any given drug. It is my belief that the long term success of the company will be driven by the quality of our people and our cultural principles which include a singular focus on value creation and a commitment to innovation throughout all aspects of our business. This is an expensive and risky industry where you have to invest heavily before you know the eventual result and I am very grateful for the backing of our investors. But at the end of the day, the money we’ve raised is not an accomplishment, it is just an ingredient.
Roivant has grown rapidly. How do you maintain an entrepreneurial spirit within the company?
Maintaining an entrepreneurial mindset is core to our model. Our company is based on the principle that smaller tends to be better which is why we did not organize Roivant as a single, centralized, command-and-control operation. Instead we scale our business through the creation of wholly- or majority-owned subsidiary companies, which we call “Vants.” We now have over 600 employees across our family of companies, and it is fair to say that preserving that initial entrepreneurial mindset is one of my main priorities going forward.
How free are the Vants in finding their own version of entrepreneurial spirit?
Think of Roivant as a parent that contributes DNA to each of our Vants. We also carefully select leaders who contribute their own DNA. Each Vant resembles Roivant heavily but also has its own unique genotype. There are common cultural principles, but there are also important distinctive features and we see that heterogeneity as a comparative advantage.
How do you cope with failure?
We are fortunate that relatively early in our history we have experienced both success and failure. We would not be doing our job if we had only a string of successes insomuch as that would indicate we are not taking sufficient risk to benefit patients. We cope with failure in three ways. First, we acknowledge it as a necessary consequence of our broader strategy. Second, we build a diverse portfolio rather than predicate the success of our business on any single drug. Finally, we own our failures openly and use them as an opportunity to learn. When our drug for Alzheimer’s disease intepirdine failed in phase III, we did not obfuscate or sugarcoat the news. But we also did not overreact and we will not shy away in the future from taking risks in similar areas of significant unmet need. Instead we will embrace the risk of failure as we make calculated decisions across all therapeutic areas.
You chose Basel for setting up your global headquarters. Which aspects did you find most convincing about the location?
It starts with the talent. We believe in diversity of talent and we recruit from both within and beyond pharma. Basel is emblematic in that sense because it brings together a very diverse talent pool from multiple countries and cultures, speaking different languages with varied experiences and educational backgrounds. That mixture makes for a warm, welcoming, and innovative environment which mirrors the culture we seek to build internally at Roivant. At the same time, the legacy of successful pharmaceutical products being developed here makes Basel a place where we wanted to plant a seed early in the life of our company. In addition to the large multinational companies for which Basel is best known there is also a strong scene of young and vibrant companies building on that tradition, and we hope to be at the center of that.
How did Roivant accommodate in Basel for the time being – were your expectations met?
Yes, except in one aspect: Basel does not seem to believe in air conditioning! Joking aside, our expectations were in many ways exceeded. I have found the community to be very welcoming, and we immediately felt at home here. We have been able to recruit talent very effectively, and we have engaged in positive dialogue with several companies in the area. We continue to source new asset opportunities in the region, and we are delighted with how this ecosystem has embraced us and allowed us to thrive. The partnerships we have forged in the region are crucial for us, not least with partners like BaselArea.swiss and its BaseLaunch accelerator program.
We are happy to have you. How do you contribute to the accelerator?
Our business model is to accelerate the launch of new companies in our family so it’s only logical that we would be part of BaseLaunch. We can use our expertise to help other companies accelerate their own launches and scale their businesses. We support BaseLaunch in the process of selecting new projects and we offer advice and mentorship. For us, it is a great way to signal our support for the local startup scene and develop our relationships with other companies in Basel. We are happy to be a part of that.
What are the prospects for the headquarters in Basel?
The short answer is we will grow further. All of the Vants will use Basel as a business hub to develop and maintain partnerships within Europe. We started out as a company focusing on shelved drugs. But we are also keen to accelerate drug development in other companies’ pipelines. Basel is a great place to do that with companies in Europe and its vicinity.
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Six of the BaseLaunch startups recently started Phase II. They received either grants up to 250,000 Swiss francs or gained free of charge access to BaseLaunch laboratory and office space at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area. Hear what the startups, the BaseLaunch team and selection committee members experienced in the first year. Find out more about what makes BaseLaunch unique.
The BaseLaunch accelerator is now open for applications for the second cycle. Entrepreneurs with a healthcare based project or a game-changing innovation in diagnostics, medtech or related field at the pre-seed or seed funding stage are invited to submit their applications to the program.
Following the application deadline on 14 May, promising projects will be admitted to the accelerator program for a period of 15 months. In phase I, the startups will benefit from the support of industry experts, office- and laboratory space free of charge and access to healthcare partners. After three months, they will be invited to present their idea to the selection committee. They will determine which promising startups will proceed to Phase II that runs for one year.
BaseLaunch is backed by five industry leaders — Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Novartis Venture Fund, Pfizer, Roche and Roivant Sciences. Other public and private partners such as KPMG and Vossius & Partner also support the initiative.
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“As an entrepreneur, you have to own up to your decisions”
Five years ago, Alisée de Tonnac quit her job at L’Oréal and travelled the world to set up the first edition of the startup competition Seedstars World. Five years later, Seedstars is present in more than 85 cities worldwide, runs its own co-working and educational centers and plans to have 15 Seedspaces for co-working and co-living by the end of 2018. BaselArea.swiss sat down with Alisée de Tonnac after her keynote at the Swiss Innovation Forum that took place in Basel last November.
BaselArea.swiss: What was the most compelling argument for you to leave your career at an international corporation and become an entrepreneur?
Alisée de Tonnac: I remember coming across this quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: “Do one thing every day that scares you.” I thought: Gosh, I do the opposite. I was complacent (I wonder if that is not the definition of unhappy), my corporate and personal life at that time was not engaging me in the right fashion, or at least I did not know how to engage with it in the right fashion. I did not foresee that entrepreneurship and building something of my own was the necessary change, but it definitely became part of who I am today.
What does entrepreneurship mean to you?
First of all, I think there are different types of entrepreneurs. One builds everything from scratch and does not sleep until his idea transforms into reality. Others, like myself, follow; they support and scale the idea. So, potentially, entrepreneurship is for everyone, depending on your personality traits and of course you would need to be comfortable with uncertainty, taking risks, and self-management. I love about my lifestyle that I decide how my day roles out. It is spectacular. To be honest, one of the main ingredients to my professional and personal success is that I work with an unbelievable team. My co-founders make the difference. I do not know if I would have been able to launch a company on my own. The team is crucial – keep in mind that you spend every day with them.
What do you think is important in a team of co-founders?
My co-founders and I are very complementary. I am an operational person, definitely not a strategist. A strategist looks five years ahead, sees all the obstacles and still heads forward. More importantly though, we made sure that our values are aligned. We asked ourselves whether we would stick together during the highs and lows. Shared values have proven to be our biggest strength and one of the reasons why we are still sustaining, five years later. We want to build good things with good people. We believe that we can build a profitable business and be good, but more importantly we have an underlying foundation of values that keeps us together no matter what – at least until now...
Before you co-founded Seedstars, you worked with L’Oreal. How do you benefit from your corporate experience?
I learned so much in terms of business, culture, teamwork and social pressure. I also know what I do not want to do, which is just as important. It also taught me a lot on how I would want to build the culture within our new structure. The culture is so fundamental in managing and scaling the business. I think you learn while working at corporations what differentiates them and how a uniquely defined and communicated culture makes the difference.
What was the biggest surprise for you when becoming an entrepreneur?
The ownership of your day and actions. Because you really have to own up to your decisions. You cannot bullshit and you cannot hide behind the brand or the cc- emails. It was a bit terrifying initially to be the only person that can start the whole machine – and very gratifying at the same time.
You work with entrepreneurs in more than 60 countries. Which challenges are these entrepreneurs tackling?
In healthcare, we see many digital platforms, like one that allows you to recognize if a medicine is fake or not – which is an issue in Nigeria and other emerging markets. There are telemedicine platforms to connect rural areas with specialists and educational apps for pregnant women, as childbirth is still a huge cause of death in those regions.
Seedstars launched its own trainings. Why was that necessary?
There is talent everywhere, but not every talented person gets the same access to education, network opportunities and infrastructure. With our training, we tap talent that is not yet exposed to such opportunities.
What did you learn from your experience in Lagos?
We are in markets that represent a big part of the world. Exposing yourself to different consumer habits, radical transformations and growing cities helps to understand the world of tomorrow. We are living in a global economy today, the world does not end at the borders of a nation. People who ignore that fact are limiting themselves professionally and personally. Take Lagos, for example: there are 20 million people, the streets are buzzing, everyone is young and you witness a dynamic “everything is possible”- spirit. It is so contrary to coming back to Geneva where we have meters of space between one person and the next. After two weeks, I am complaining when the bus is five minutes late. We are very comfortable and very fortunate – which can also be seen as a problem for innovation. Being comfortable can be a goal, but it is in many ways the opposite of being innovative.
Your company is registered in Geneva. How important is the Swiss headquarters?
First of all, we are very proud of the “Swiss made” brand, which has supported us in successfully scaling the business around the world. The values that the flag carries – like quality, professionalism and neutrality – we aim to represent on the ground. As all partners grew up in Switzerland, we also keep close ties with our private and public network. Switzerland is an amazing hub with strong public institutions like the UN in Geneva or the WEF in Davos that play an important role in the markets where we are present with Seedstars. Many multinational companies residing here are also very interested in these emerging markets, not least in terms of talent acquisition. Moreover, they provide potential solutions. It is crucial to be present in Switzerland as well as in the countries where we have our competitions. Interestingly, we slowly start to see reverse innovation: Safaricom, the biggest mobile service provider in Kenya launched the payment solution M-Pesa. They are now testing their solution in Romania and Albania. I am certain that the usual way of doing business by conducting a product in the north and selling it in the south will blur out eventually.
About Alisée de Tonnac
Alisée graduated from HEC Lausanne and obtained her Masters in International Management at Bocconi University. The French citizen lived in Singapore, Silicon Valley, Switzerland, Italy and in Lagos, Nigeria. She was a product manager for luxury brands at L’Oreal Group and worked at Voyage Privé, a leading European startup. After traveling around the world for a year to set up the first edition of the Seedstars World startup competition back in 2013, Alisée is now managing the company. She has accumulated deep knowledge of trends in technology, social media & consumer behavior in emerging markets. Alisée is a board member of the School of Management of Fribourg and a member of the Swiss National Innovation Council. She was nominated Social Entrepreneur Forbes 30 under 30 in 2017 and was Innovation Fellow of Wired UK in 2015.
About Seedstars
Seedstars is a Switzerland based group with the mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. Seedstars connects stakeholders, builds companies from scratch with public and private partners, and invests in high growth startups within these ecosystems. Through different activities that range from startup scouting to company building and acceleration programs, the team has built the most powerful network of entrepreneurs, investors, incubators, corporations and government officials from more than 65 fast growing economies around the globe. Seedstars started running its operations in 2013, launching its startup competition model on 20 emerging markets. By 2018, the competition is present in more than 85 cities, and the Seedstars Group will be launching 15 strategic hubs (Seedspaces, co-working activities, acceleration programs and academy centres) around the world. The business model relies on recurring partnership deals with both local and international players seeking to be involved in impact investment in the fields of technology and innovation. Part of the revenue channels also includes a hybrid company building model through which Seedstars launches new companies in new markets, with tested business models adapted to the local environment. So far, Seedstars has invested in 15 startups. Another 10 to 15 investments are foreseen for the first semester of 2018.
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"I want to turn innovative research into new drugs"
Each year some 250,000 patients develop a type of cancer because of faulty communication between cells. This malfunction occurs in what is known as the NOTCH signal path. There are currently no effective treatments – but this is set to change. Cellestia Biotech AG is developing an innovative drug against this type of cancer by using a novel active ingredient that selectively attacks the malfunctioning cell communication. The drug could be used to treat leukaemia, lymphomas and solid tumours such as breast cancer.
In 2014 Professor Freddy Radtke and Dr Rajwinder Lehal, who had dealt with this subject in his dissertation, founded the company Cellestia Biotech AG. In 2015, an experienced team of pharmacology and oncology development specialists led by Michael Bauer came on board, investing in Cellestia as co-founders. Bauer and his team had previously spent several years examining various projects in an effort to help shape the development of such a start-up company. We spoke with him about the risks and implications of founding a company.
Interview: Stephan Emmerth
Mr Bauer, how long did you have to look before you found a project you wanted to invest?
Michael Bauer: Over the course of many years and alongside my regular jobs, I and my colleagues examined, evaluated and rejected a number of projects – sometimes more intensively, sometimes less. Some of the projects were great, some being unbelievably innovative. However, something always led us not to pursue a project in the end.
The search did not just cost you a lot of time, but also a lot of money as you have to conduct due diligence every time.
We of course had to put effort into the search. You could say that we identified, examined and evaluated projects acting similar to a small venture fund. Thanks to the make-up of our team, we were able to undertake many of the tasks ourselves, at times bringing in experts. There were many instances when specialists from our network assisted us. There was a considerable amount of good will. To some extent we footed the bill ourselves.
Why did this not work out before Cellestia?
A number of conditions have to be met. The basis is of course excellent, innovative research results protected by patents. Also important are ownership rights to the inventions and reasonable licencing terms. Finally, there has to be agreement on the expectations of the people involved in the project. We have experienced pretty much everything. Many times it emerged over the course of the investigation that, for example, the research data was not quite so convincing as had initially been presented. Or the expectations with respect to the licencing conditions were too far apart. In one project, they wanted to sell us patents that had expired. It often happens that the scientists have unrealistic ideas about the value of their project. One retired professor who had tried in vain for many years to finance his company expected us to try for five per cent of the shares. This is of course not the basis for a partnership.
Juggling research and entrepreneurship is a big challenge, isn’t it?
It is necessary to develop an understanding of the relations and contributions of the various partners involved in such a project, each of who have very different personal risks. On the one hand, there is some 20 years of basic research behind Cellestia, 11 of which were at the EPFL. Rajwinder Lehal has been working concretely on this project for the past nine years, initially as part of his dissertation, then as a post-doc and since 2014 as Chief Scientific Officer. We respect this history from the management team and are happy to have access to the resulting knowledge. At the same time, the inventor’s side has to have regard for the entire expenditure: some five million of public funds were invested over the years at the EPFL. However, it could take hundreds of millions until a product comes onto the market. Moreover, the path from the first successful experiment in lab animals until a drug is approved for human use is long. Altogether, the cost of research could be marginal in comparison to the development and marketing, amounting to only a few per cent. And the development costs are paid for by the investors, who need the investment to pay off. All of these factors have to be considered and respected in a partnership. This worked with our team.
You have many years of industrial experience. What attracted you to the entrepreneurship?
The challenge of turning ground breaking inventions into products attracted me. I consider myself a product developer and had wanted to start a company even as a student. Looking back, I have to say that I am lucky to have gained nearly 20 years of professional experience in product development as it is important to be able to understand and appreciate just how complex the challenges are in product development in life sciences and pharma. This wealth of experience also helps you understand where your own knowledge ends and when experts have to be brought on board to be able to successfully advance a project or a company.
What was the incubation from first contact until you joined as co-founder at Cellestia like?
The current Chief Scientific Officer, Rajwinder Lehal, and I had been in regular contact with each other for a number of years. At that time, however, the project was not advanced enough to establish a company. Initially, Professor Radtke, Rajwinder Lehal and Maximilien Murone founded Cellestia in 2014. We met a few times in summer 2015 with the Lausanne research and founder team at i-net, the predecessor of BaselArea.swiss. Things moved quickly from there. In just a few meetings, we were able to evaluate the project and develop a good personal understanding, which for me and my partners was very important if we were to invest in Cellestia. We could agree on matters quickly, more or less by handshake. Then came the necessary contracts and in November we were already listed in the commercial register. Our lawyer and co-founder Ralf Rosenow saw to the formalities. We decided to move the headquarters from Lausanne to Basel but to leave the research activities in Lausanne, resulting in a sort of transcantonal partnership.
Why move the headquarters to Basel?
For us, the most important argument in favour of Basel was access to talent and resources for product development, resulting from the proximity to leading pharmaceutical companies such as Novartis, Roche, Actelion and many others. Such access to experienced development specialists is more difficult in Lausanne. In addition, our co-founder Roger Meier and other colleagues already have an active investor network in Basel with an affinity to the sector and Basel itself. We did not have such access in Zurich or Geneva at the beginning. I personally also like the quality of work and life in Basel. The city is of a manageable size yet international, with diverse cultural offerings. Furthermore, the Basel airport has excellent connections – you are in the middle of Europe and in just one to two hours you’re practically anywhere Europe, be it London, Berlin or Barcelona. Lausanne, on the other hand, has in its favour the outstanding academic environment with the EPFL and the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research. Here, too, there is an excellent environment for start-ups, but in our opinion more toward engineering and technical disciplines or medicine technology. Many companies are founded each year at the EPFL and the innovation potential is enormous, but Cellestia is the first company founded at the EPFL that seeks to bring a drug to clinical development. We are happy to be able to combine the positive elements of both regions via what is now an established approach with two locations.
Which pre-conditions were decisive enough that you ended up collaborating and founding the company?
Actually, everything was right from the very beginning. First of all, the personal atmosphere between the people involved has to be right. This was also the basis in coming to a fair agreement for all co-founders with respect to understanding the evaluation and allocating the respective shares in the company at the time it was founded. On the other hand, it was of course crucial that the substantive examination of the project – as concerns both the scientific basis and the quality of the data – and the examination of the patent as well as license conditions of the EPFL were positive. Also important to us was that the risk profile is manageable, i.e. there is a good balance between innovation and reference to the research already carried out.
How will Cellestia develop further operationally?
Cellestia already has a long history, starting with the research activities at the EPFL. When the management team was expanded in 2015, other co-founders joined at the same time that I did: Dirk Weber as Chief Medical Officer, as well as the already mentioned co-founders Ralf Rosenow and Roger Meier. Cellestia now has six employees. Then there are the numerous service and consulting mandates, which complement our internal resources as needed. If you take into consideration external services, I reckon there are now well over 100 people involved in Cellestia. We expect that we will continue to grow in the direction of clinical development as our first project progresses and further expand the team. Moreover, we would like to develop additional products in our pipeline as soon as possible. This will definitely require additional financial resources. The Board of Directors will also develop further, expanding and adapting with each financing round in order to properly represent new investors. Research work is increasingly being carried out by external services providers, and at the same time continuing in the laboratory of Professor Freddy Radtke at the EPFL. We are currently setting up new framework agreements with the EPFL concerning the further use of their infrastructure. The flexibility there is very helpful for us.
What are the next milestones?
A key milestone is the treatment of the first cancer patients. We hope to be able to treat the first patients in October.
How are the clinical studies organised?
The course of a clinical trial for new drugs is strictly regulated. In the Phase I study, the compatibility of the active ingredient is first examined. This is when we treat patients who are suffering from a form of cancer in which NOTCH most likely plays a role. In the following Phase II study, the efficacy of our drug is researched in different types of cancer. This is when we select patients in whom activation of the NOTCH signal path is detected with a Cellestia diagnostic method. The therapeutic benefit for these patients is therefore very likely.
Have there been any surprises so far?
No, not really, because we have considered everything. Or yes, but pleasant surprises: due to the considerable amount of preparatory work, we were already quite certain with respect to the effect mechanism. It has now finally been possible to detect the precise binding mechanism of the drug, which confirmed all former studies. This is also the basis for significantly expanding the programme. We can now build a new platform on whose basis we can generate new drugs for new indications. In addition, it was not that easy to manufacture the drug in large quantities and in a high quality. Innovative steps were needed, which ultimately leads to a patent.
What do you have in mind for the next five years?
We are very optimistic about Cellestia’s prospects for success and are planning the next couple of years in detail. We of course also have a plan for the overall development over the next five years, but as experience shows, such plans always change with the results obtained. This is also the fascination and challenge in medication development – it does not allow you to plan everything in detail, and you have to respond flexibly to new results. This also applies to possible setbacks, of course. It is important to have sufficient reserves to deal with these and resolve them. Thanks to the successful financing rounds that we could close in January 2017, we are in a position to begin with Phase I while at the same time pursue further financing.
Who has invested in Cellestia so far?
The first investors after the deposit of the initial capital were predominantly many of our advisors, i.e. experts who are familiar with the sector as well as private people involved in life sciences and the pharma sector as investors. Around one-third of the shareholders are experts from the pharma and life sciences setting. Over the course of the Series A, B and C financing rounds, larger investments from family offices also came. The first institutional investor, the PPF Group, invested after its own, extensive due diligence that was conducted by experts from Sotio. So far, we’ve been able to mobilise a total of CHF 8 million to drive product development at Cellestia. In preparation of the next financing round, we are in talks with private investors, venture funds and pharmaceutical companies. We are confident that we will be able to win good partners for Cellestia’s next phase. The right combination of partnerships and financing is important. We need strong partners on board to give patients access to our medications quickly.
Michael Bauer (born 1966) has been CEO at Cellestia since November 2015. He studied chemistry at the University of Hamburg and completed his doctoral in biotechology from 1994 to 1997 at the Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology. After working in metabolic research at Zeneca in England, he moved to Syngenta in Basel in 2001 where he worked as Global Regulatory Affairs Manager in project and portfolio management. From 2007 to 2009 he was a project leader at Arpida, a biotech firm in the field of antibiotics development. From 2009 to 2012 he was a Global Program Manager at Novartis where he led global development projects in the field of oncology and brought a range of products to clinical development. From 2012 to 2015 he was the Head of Clinical Development at Polyphor.
Investments in Basel start-ups on the rise
Versameb raises 6.4 million Swiss francs
Basel initiative supports life sciences start-ups
BaseLaunch, an accelerator initiative launched and run by the location promotion organisation BaselArea.swiss, is a new partner of the start-up accelerator Kickstart. Life sciences start-ups will be promoted through a second Kickstart programme.
BaseLaunch, which will be launched on 22 February, is an accelerator initiative that aims to create the next generation of groundbreaking healthcare companies in the Basel region, according to a BaselArea.swiss announcement. The collaboration with Kickstart, one of the Europe’s largest multi-corporate start-up accelerators and an initiative of digitalswitzerland, will contribute towards accomplishing this objective. Kickstart is now starting a second programme.
“With the second edition taking place in Zurich and the extension of the programme to Basel, Kickstart will be one step closer to becoming the largest European start-up accelerator,” said Nicolas Bürer, managing director of digitalswitzerland, in a Kickstart statement. Kickstart describes Basel as a life sciences “hot spot” and says that the partnership will make it possible to “tap into the unexplored innovation potential”.
Kickstart Accelerator will select a shortlist of up to 30 start-ups that will be given the opportunity to develop their ideas in an 11-week programme at Impact Hub Zurich. In addition to life sciences, start-ups from the food sector, fintech, smart cities, and robotics and intelligent systems are also eligible.
The start-ups will receive support from experienced mentors and partner companies, and will have the chance to win up to CHF 25,000 as well as receiving a monthly stipend.
“Cooperation between the start-ups and corporate partners will allow the entrepreneurs to benefit from the corporates’ know-how and large customer networks, as well as enable them to develop new technologies and disruptive products together,” commented Carola Wahl, head of transformation and market management at AXA Winterthur, one of the corporate partners.
Interested start-ups can apply at Kickstart Accelerator.
report Innovation
Basel positions itself as international fintech hub
T3 Pharma raises more than 12 million Swiss francs
«The search for investors was no quick casting show but was a tightly managed process»
Dirk Weber is co-founder and a member of the board of Aurealis Pharma and, as Chief Medical Officer of the Basel-based company, is responsible for the clinical development of product candidates.
In the interview, he explains why Basel is an ideal location for a life sciences startup and describes the establishment of Aurealis Pharma in Finland, its expansion with the foundation of the joint stock company in Basel and the way in which the financing rounds developed in both countries.
Fresh capital for biopharmaceutical companies
BaseLaunch supports Switzerland as an innovation location
«Many start-ups begin under precarious conditions – that doesn’t have to be»
Basel region. The entrepreneur has a large network of contacts that allows him to establish access not only to investors, but also to know-how and talents.
In our interview he explains why trust is so important in his work and why he is convinced there is still a lot more that could grow in the fertile soil of the Basel region.
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«As an entrepreneur you have to be a little paranoid»
Adrian Bult, the Basel private investor and member of various boards of directors, is an acknowledged expert with an in-depth knowledge of Switzerland’s ICT sector. Since March 2013, he has been engaged on a voluntary basis as head of the i-net Technology Field ICT. In this interview he explains that makes entrepreneur types and why he is convinced that Switzerland could quite easily produce the next Google.
What’s it like being a Business Angel in Switzerland?
Adrian Bult*: Basically I have an exciting life. I am constantly confronted with new ideas and incentives. I have to do with young entrepreneurs, and that is very enriching for me.
Do you also mean that in a literal sense?
Certainly, because I am primarily interested in the content and people. So I also don’t see myself as an investor but as an interested developer of companies.
You invest above all in ICT – are there enough interesting cases?
Yes, in my view there are an awful lot of good ideas in Switzerland and a distinct sense of enterprise. But most is privately funded. In this respect Switzerland is unique. There is probably no other country anywhere in the world where so much in the way of financial resources flows into innovation from private investors or companies. This is also different from Silicon Valley, where enterprise is driven by a highly professional venture capital industry.
So you also have to lower your sights accordingly in Switzerland?
Yes, and Switzerland also has a small domestic market. This therefore begs the question of ambition right at the outset of any start-up. In the B-to-C segment, if you don’t step up to the plate with a global vision, then you usually have little chance from the start. Switzerland is therefore above all a country with lots of interesting niche providers – especially in the B-to-B segment.
What is lacking in most of the cases you encounter?
Switzerland has a distinct pharmaceutical, engineering and chemical culture. But a good sales and marketing culture is also important for the success of a start-up. In this respect, other countries - especially the USA, for example - have a head start. They give much more emphasis to marketing. Young technology-driven entrepreneurs in particular believe the best product will succeed. But that is often just not the case. In most cases it is the product that is marketed best that comes out on top.
But in Silicon Valley aren’t companies still being founded by techies and nerds, not by marketing people?
That’s true, but marketing has the same importance as engineering operations. If you tell someone at a party that you’re a salesman, then the reaction is usually very muted. This has to do with the fact that, in Switzerland, understatement is seen as a great virtue. Self-marketing is nothing like as important as it is in other cultures. That’s something we Swiss have to learn.
Does a start-up founder without salesman qualities have no chance?
Absolutely. How else does he want to attract investors for his project? This is where it starts. And then you also need a certain ambition. There are founders who focus on the global market from the outset. In Switzerland, this is immediately greeted with smiles. But basically this is the right attitude in order to reel in the first customer. This is also a typical approach of many technology-driven start-up founders in Switzerland: pick up the phone and work through a list of leads. Most people feel this is beneath them.
Are there other patterns you often come across in young Swiss entrepreneurs?
Something I always see especially in start-ups is an underestimation of the time that is needed to achieve the desired results. If you underestimate the time and the funding is linked to this time axis, then you have to react in good time when you see that you are going to need longer. Otherwise you run out of steam.
So you should always plan for twice as much time and money as you think?
No, that would be wrong. I’m in favour of setting a tight deadline and keeping funds short. But you have to react in good time if you see that things are getting tight. You need the pressure – otherwise you don’t move.
Can Switzerland and Europe ever produce an ICT giant?
Why not? You always only hear of Google, Airbnb or Uber. But there are also companies that are working very successfully one or two steps below this radar. There are some areas where technologically very advanced solutions are being developed in Switzerland. Such as “Over the Top” internet TV.
Does Switzerland not simply make too little of its opportunities? It is not Zurich but London that is the FinTech centre of the world today.
In Switzerland there have certainly been developments in this direction; for example, companies invested early on in e-private banking, and apps from big Swiss banks lead the field today. But a cluster has not formed around this as it has in London. Why is that? To succeed in the FinTech sector, banks have to cannibalize their own business. Under these conditions it is simply difficult to drive innovation forward within your own organization. This is why I argue in favour of cooperative ventures. Twint from Postfinance is a good example of how this can succeed.
With the coalescence of ICT and Life Sciences, the next opportunity presents itself for Switzerland and the Northwest region in particular. What needs to be done to make sure this opportunity is not missed?
Innovation arises through collaboration. Small companies often lack the know-how and the resources for major roll-outs. Established companies on the other hand lack the agility to achieve the best-possible result with few resources. I would therefore suggest approaching such issues more in project networks. It is typically just a few people in the management of large companies who decide whether an idea is good or bad. A completely different approach is taken in Silicon Valley, where there is a sponsor for any given idea. This sponsor gets together with financial investors and technical experts and interacts with them. If the idea goes down well and there is potential for improvement, then it is on the right track. If the comments are constantly negative, then it is probably the wrong way. The upshot is that, in Silicon Valley, it is the competent people with a competent opinion who are the decisive actors, not an individual in management. It is noticeable that this model is slowly coming to be accepted in Switzerland as well.
And yet Switzerland is world champion in innovation?
I would take the assertion that “Switzerland is world champion in innovation” with a very large dose of salt. Such statements just make you feel comfortable. If an innovation is in the process of redefining a market, then it can never be too soon to notice it. As an entrepreneur you have to be positively paranoid in this respect and should be constantly considering whether you are good enough and what could be improved.
It is often said that enterprise is not highly regarded in Switzerland and the willingness to take risks is given too little regard.
I feel this has changed a lot. In fact I see a lot of young people who set about projects with a very strong appetite for risk. Failure today is also no longer so serious. It is also very valuable for personal development if you have established your own company. I see young entrepreneurs today who are much further on than I was at the same age because they have established their own company.
You said at the start that in Switzerland it is mainly private individuals who invest. What could be done to ensure that even more is invested?
It could be encouraged by giving people the possibility to experience this themselves. For example, instead of investing heavily in training and continuing education, large companies could give management staff the opportunity to invest training money also in a start-up. If an MBA costs 20,000 francs, for example, the company could get the manager to pay up 20,000 francs themselves on top in order to support a small company with this capital. I’m convinced the learning effect in terms of reading balance sheets and profit-and-loss accounts or driving projects is at least as great as it is when compiling a case study at a prestigious university. If you can convey this credibly in a job interview, then this experience is just as valuable as a title.
What do you think of tax incentives for companies that create added value?
Basically I always find it positive when incentives are created for people who are prepared to take a risk. If someone takes a big risk, he should also be rewarded for this. Tax incentives are one possible way of doing this.
Interview: Thomas Brenzikofer and Nadine Nikulski, i-net
*Adrian Bult has worked on an honorary basis for i-net as Head of ICT since March 2013. Bult is an acknowledged expert with an in-depth knowledge of Switzerland’s ICT sector. From 1998 to 2007 he was a member of the group management of Swisscom and from 2007 to April 2012 he was COO of Swiss-based bank software vendor Avaloq. Today Adrian Bult is a consultant and investor. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors at Swissgrid and Enkom Group and a member of the Board of Directors at Adnovum, Swissquote, Regent Beleuchtungskörper and Alfred Müller AG.
Adrian Bult (born in 1959) studied business administration and marketing at the University of St. Gallen.
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«If you’re after eight-figure investments, it’s always going to be very tight in Europe»
With its award-winning Erlenapp, the company known as qipp made both a national and an international name for itself. But with its Allthings platform, success came to the Internet of Things startup in a different market from the one initially in mind. In this interview Stefan Zanetti, founder and CEO of qipp, explains what hurdles the Basel startup had to overcome and ventures a glimpse into the future for qipp.
In the past few months, qipp has reaped a host of startup awards. Does that also do something for the business or are the awards just good for the ego?
Stefan Zanetti*: Of course we wouldn’t have taken part in the competitions if we had not been convinced that they would get us somewhere. There are two considerations here. Firstly, our business idea is pretty abstract. To be successful, we have to package this in a good story. Competitions force us to get to the heart of our own story. Secondly, awards bring not only publicity, but above all also trust. It’s like a third opinion which certifies that we have a promising business idea. The awards have opened doors to investors in particular.
The idea of qipp matured over time. What has changed?
I would put it differently. The basic idea has always been the same: With our Allthings platform, we aim to equip the physical world with digital services. What has changed a lot is the market focus. At first we thought qipp could be interesting above all for producers of high-end goods. Our technology, for example, enables products such as watches, bicycles or kitchen devices to be equipped with digital services so that the producers can deliver their products directly with value-added services. This idea is still what guides us and was also well accepted by producers. Only this is unfortunately a slow-moving market and the sales cycles are much too long for a startup like us, who has to show concrete results very quickly.
So you had the right product, but were on the market too soon?
Yes, the producers we initially had in mind were simply not mature enough for our story. But fortunately another industry got wind of our product: the real estate sector. It was above all the initiative of a partner, namely the general contractor Losinger Marazzi, who wanted to explore new avenues for the Erlenmatt estate. And so we developed the Erlenapp on Allthings. Everyone who moves into an apartment in Erlenmatt is given access to this app, which covers all the services relating to the apartment and the estate: from the apartment documentation, a local social network where users can exchange their views or interfaces for reporting damage to the visualization of energy data. So far, 92 percent of the apartments have downloaded the app and use it on average every other day. These are fantastic values.
So is that now the breakthrough?
Since launching the Erlenapp, we have indeed been bombarded with queries. These come partly from the real estate sector and also from other sectors.
How are you coping with this rush?
At the moment we are working at two levels. Besides the further rollout of real estate apps, we are also working flat out on the publication of our API, which will then also open up the Allthings platform for third-party providers outside the real estate sector.
Can this balancing act work in the long run? Will you not have to decide at some stage: «World Leading Real Estate App» or horizontal platform for Internet of Things applications?
That’s a valid question. The real estate market is actually huge. And it’s not only about the market for apartments; a very attractive option of course is also the office segment, not least in view of new forms of work, such as shared desk and co-working, which are a growing feature of offices. There is huge potential in the real estate sector for micro-applications that can then be offered by third parties via our platform. This shows how crucial the local graph is - whether you want to get rid of the surplus food in your fridge before you go away on vacation or the local pub invites you to a BBQ evening.
So qipp positions itself as a sales and service outlet?
I could well imagine apps comparable with the Erlenapp in future being offered as basic infrastructure by cities, municipalities or districts. But at the same time you have to watch out that you don’t find yourself drifting out too wide, because a lot of things are possible, but not everything really makes sense. So it will be important to get the scalable core to crystallize out even more clearly in the coming months together with our partners.
You have been to Silicon Valley on various occasions. Will qipp have to move to the ICT mecca at some stage? Or to put it differently: can you also live out your ambitions in Basel?
If the success lasts, then the day will come when we have to touch ground in Silicon Valley. But we cannot and don’t want to take this step right now. We are also aware that there are hotspots like London and Berlin, where things are taking off at present and a European startup eco system has emerged. But you can also profit from this if you travel there now and then and actively network. You don’t necessarily have to locate your headquarters there. Conversely, a location like Basel also has advantages. For example, when you see how companies in London and Berlin poach developer talents off each other, then this is not something you necessarily want to get involved in. I can count on people here who above all are convinced of the qipp idea and find it exciting to develop this further. There are also top developers who don‘t desperately want to live in the most hip places in the world.
Is that not rather too defensively minded?
If you’re after big investments running to eight-figure sums, it’s always going to be very tight in Europe and you will also seek your fortune Silicon Valley. But no one there is waiting for a company from Europe and conversely no US venture capitalist invests to any substantial degree outside the US. Establishing a startup in Europe is fundamentally different from establishing a startup in the US. Take Nextdoor. This startup is doing something very similar to us in the US, but the approach is quite different. First it is all about conquering territory. The business model and sales don’t play any role. For as soon as you have the masses on the platform, these things then develop of their own accord. You can’t operate like that in Europe. You have to earn money from the outset. But this only works if you know your market, and the market you know best is where your home is.
So you can finance qipp yourself?
I have already built up two companies that were completely organically financed. To date qipp is also self-financed and could also continue to develop further organically. But the question is whether we would then risk missing out on great potential. For this reason we will hold our first external round of financing in the autumn.
How much capital is needed?
We will conduct an initial round among business angels, friends and employees and only then open up. And we need additional staff in order to meet the current strong growth in demand. But this will then enable us soon to generate new income, which we plan to use for the development of our platform in order to get third-party providers involved.
*Stefan Zanetti is founder and CEO of qipp, the third company that he has founded after synesix (2005) and careware (2006). Within qipp, Zanetti is focusing on business development and key account management. All the companies he has founded are profitable and manage entirely without external financing. They achieve sales of 2 to 6 million francs a year and employ between 8 and 20 people.
Website of qipp
Video about qipp's Erlenapp
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«Europe is very much about stakeholders, Silicon Valley about shareholders»
Michael Dillhyon is a US entrepreneur and investor living in Zug. Originally, he moved to Switzerland and only wanted to accompany the exit of a US spin-off company. But a growing family and new plans made him stay – he even discovered he has roots in this small country.
In our interview, Michael Dillhyon talks about his past and latest projects and explains what Swiss entrepreneurs do differently from US entrepreneurs.
What brought you to Switzerland and how did you end up staying in Zug?
Michael Dillhyon*: In 2003, I founded a company in the United States called «Netelligent». And we had an opportunity at Netelligent to spin-off a software company called «ActiveObjects» in Europe. The original plan was to be in Switzerland only for a short time until the exit took place and also to enjoy Europe. But in 2004, about two weeks before we were to leave Switzerland, I came home from the office and my wife said: «I’m pregnant.» We already thought that moving to Switzerland was a big change but on top of that, we were even going to have a child in this country.
Originally, you planned to return to the US afterwards. What was your reason to stay?
We liked our life in Switzerland a lot and saw that it was a good place for our children to grow up, but there is also another side to the story. As you may have noticed, I have quite a unique last name. My father discovered that his grandfather’s original name was «Jaeger-Blützinger» – and he was from Glarus. So you see, we moved to Zug firstly for economic reasons, then we stayed for the family and in the end it turned out that I have my roots in this country!
And the European expansion worked out for Netelligent?
Yes, it just evolved! In the end, ActiveObjects was acquired.
What made you become an investor in Swiss companies?
When I sold my stake in Netelligent and we sold ActiveObjects around 2010, I held some board roles and small jobs. Until then, I was not really involved with Switzerland business wise. I thought this was an interesting country and therefore decided to use my entrepreneurial skills. I travelled around Switzerland and realised that the Swiss do not think of themselves as entrepreneurs. But I can see that the idea of entrepreneurship is very strong in Switzerland; however, most of the people are more «lifestyle entrepreneurs». There is a big difference between this and «growth entrepreneurship». Risk capital doesn’t usually get invested in lifestyle entrepreneurship.
What projects are you following now?
When I travelled around Switzerland to make investments, I found that there weren’t enough companies that were ready that I could invest in. So I wanted to change the whole environment to create more investable alternatives. The idea was to change people’s mind-set. The difference between Europe and America is: The European community is all about stakeholders; but in America, in particular, Silicon Valley, it is about shareholders. The workforce here in Europe is not as flexible as it is in the United States.
There are many who think that Switzerland should be imitating Silicon Valley – what is your opinion?
The conservative market economy and the liberal market economy are very different and Switzerland should not try to be Silicon Valley. What’s missing in Silicon Valley is building sustainable long-term businesses. Everybody expects things to happen in three to five year increments. But a Raiffeisen or a Nestlé in Switzerland has a different approach. That’s why healthcare represents an unbelievable opportunity for Switzerland. These companies need long-term planning. The top 100 health software companies with 50 million or more revenue, aren’t fast-burners. Most of them take some time to reach 50 million in revenue and by that time, they are strong and solid.
So what should Swiss entrepreneurs do better?
I talked to many people here and invested in several small companies in Europe and the US between 2008 and 2012. If I approached a company in Switzerland and wanted to know plausible value-enhancing steps about how they were going to return my invested money, I usually got nice product descriptions but no business idea. It seems that for the engineering type of entrepreneurs in Switzerland, talking about figures and future steps are very difficult. They can tell you everything about their product, but they don’t know how to sell, how much money they need as an investment or when they will be able to return my investment.
But they have a business plan, don’t they?
The problem is that you get a cost-curve that goes up and an investment curve that goes down. But nobody can tell you at which steps you are getting to the break-even. I need to hear whom they will be calling to sell their product to.
So what you are saying is that we need more sales people in Switzerland?
Yes! Switzerland has a great history of micro engineering and bioinformatics; it’s the life sciences Mecca! It has the highest number of Nobel Prize winners per capita. But if you ignore Novartis and Roche, there are not many innovative companies left. The Swiss Government is very brave. It puts a lot of money on the table for early stage life sciences research. The problem is, the companies receiving the money need to sell their ideas to investors, to clients and to the media, etc.
But how can innovation be fuelled then?
Clusters of innovation are driving the innovation and building ecosystems. Rather than taking Swiss entrepreneurs to boot camps in Silicon Valley, we need more people who want to be part of this environment like lawyers, designers or marketing people. Because that’s the great thing about Silicon Valley, you can be in any room and create a team overnight because you have all the experts there.
So there aren’t enough talented people in the startup environment?
In the US, everybody is eager to work for equity and wants to be part of the next Facebook. But in Switzerland, nobody wants to be paid in shares and the most talented people take high-level jobs in large pharma companies and in the financial industry.
The big Swiss companies that make up for the innovation index were not built with venture money but with bootstrap money i.e. private people financing them. Is that still a good approach?
I totally believe in this. It shouldn’t be your goal to sell the company; you should rather see if you can sell your stuff. In Switzerland, we have far too many accelerators and incubators where companies easily get seed money! That is not enough; we need to build an ecosystem!
Doesn’t an ecosystem build itself? There is no agency of Silicon Valley.
No it doesn’t build itself; you need to seed the ecosystem. I believe that Silicon Valley got started because of the success of one company called «Fairchild Semiconductors» that triggered the development of the area. Here in Switzerland, we have the pharma business, but none of the big players has a real pipeline. Facebook for example has a serious, game-changing plan underneath the hood but I don’t see this in pharma. Switzerland is a great country to start something in - it is small and has a great setup to build a company. I think we would have a Fairchild in Switzerland if the key players were not so closed and so large. A very innovative company in the healthcare space is needed.
So your big bet on the future is «Healthbank». What is this?
«Healthbank» started in June 2012 and we have a long-term plan. The idea behind it is a platform to hopefully create the next Fairchild. In healthcare, it is still very difficult to trade data back and forth. There are many platforms to have data on, but you can’t trade it. Without a central platform, there is no open healthcare data and therefore, there is no collaboration. A company like Google can’t trade your data, because another big player like Microsoft will never plug into that. A middle ground is needed and our system, Healthbank, is completely unbiased. It’s self-sustainable and we have deep trust and complete interoperability. We started it as a Genossenschaft because this legal form has a long-standing tradition in Switzerland. The idea is that if you give us your personal health data, you become a member of the Genossenschaft.
What is Healthbank doing with my data?
Healthbank is not storing the data, but instead the transactions happening with your data – like credit cards. As a Genossenschaft, we have the trust of people. We are interoperable because the data can be shared through our platform and it acts as an intermediary. It is scalable because health data means a lot of money, as there is a very long supply chain and there are a lot of cross-sectional data. If a pharma company needs data for a study, we can tell you that and you can make the decision. You tell us if you would like to provide your data and then pharma receives it. Plus you receive a bit of money for your participation – it’s very simple.
How has this idea been developed so far?
Healthbank is still going through funding, as it was a bit difficult to find risk capital for a Genossenschaft. Personally, I’m leaving Healthbank as CEO for my next venture, which is to kick off a disruptive biosensor company in Europe. But I believe so strongly in the idea of healthbank, that upon my decision to step down as CEO, I made sure the reigns would be passed to a strong Swiss leader in eHealth. Mr. Reto Schegg is the new CEO of healthbank.
*Michael Dillhyon was until mid-2014 the Founder/CEO of Geneva-based Healthbank, a citizen-owned, global open health data cooperative. In 2013, he was the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) for SystemsX, Switzerland’s largest (800M CHF) early stage life sciences fund, and served as a mentor for the ETH Entrepreneurship Lab. Prior to 2013, Mr. Dillhyon served as Chairman of Genebio, a bioinformatics software firm, and sat on the Strategic Advisory Committee for HealthTIES, an EU-backed consortium of four of Europe’s top regions in biosciences, medical technology and health entrepreneurship.
Previous to his move to Switzerland in 2004, Michael Dillhyon co-founded two US-based firms: Netelligent Corporation and ActiveObjects, where he held the roles of President, Chairman and CEO respectively. Mr. Dillhyon holds degrees in Biochemistry and Anthropology, as well as a MBA from the Olin School of Business.
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The life and work of Alice Neel (1900-1984), American portrait painter. Part of the narration is chronological, part consists of interviews with friends, other artists, scholars, and family members, particularly two sons, Richard and Hartley, who are none too sanguine about their childhood and their mother's Bohemian life, and the filmmaker himself, a grandson whose querulous voice is heard from time to time. The film also includes footage of Neel, later in life, painting, talking, appearing on television, and giving lectures. Throughout, we see her paintings, bold, frank, and direct. After years of poverty and obscurity, fame comes as she nears 70.
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Dragon Ball Fusions Review
Geraint Franklin February 22, 2017
Fuuuuu-sion DS! Dragon Ball Fusions is a 3DS Game based around a signature move also named Fusion from the Dragon Ball series. The game was developed by Ganbarion who develops mostly for Nintendo and Bandai Namco. Dragon Ball Fusions is a spin-off game set inside an alternate universe as are a lot of the other Dragon Ball series games.
In the beginning the player will be told initially to create a character at this has little effect on anything within the game once created we are introduced to two characters, the player and their friend/rival. These two have set out to collect the dragonballs, summon Shenron and make their wish come true. The wish is to create tournament grand enough to decide which of the two are the strongest. In the first 5 minutes the two find their last dragon ball, make their wish and are thrown into a strange world where teams of 5 characters battle it out to decide who is the most powerful. The main map consists of different floors each floor having various buildings that the player can access and speak to different characters. Accessing higher floors and some of the rifts guarding buildings requires using different colour energies the player can expand their total capacities of these by recruiting more characters to their team. After the initial navigation tutorial the player is separated from their rival to go and make their teams of various Dragon Ball characters to make it to the top of the tournament. As the player goes through the story they will get access to various fusion techniques ranging from basic fusion of two characters to fusion of the entire team. The problem with this is that in order to get the ability to perform lasting fusions which is the games main draw the player must go through a lot of the story but more on these lasting fusions later.
The battle mechanics are a little dull for a Dragon Ball game it includes only 3 types of characters and a turn based system of battle. The player will be told to select between 3 styles of fighting power, speed or technique each style being more effective against one of the styles making power more effective against technique, technique more effective against speed and speed more effective against power. The extra parts of the combat include having different levels for the characters and allowing characters to use some moves from the Dragon Ball series each character gets a total of 3 moves not including extra ones. These moves have different types from melee attacks, Ki based attacks and support moves with each type having different ranges and advantages. New moves are given at the end of each battle they can have different ranks and stat advantages some can only be used for certain races or genders aswell. The frustrating part about this is that you will get a lot of moves that you cannot use and need to find the right race of character to equip it to you can save these moves into a bank. However this bank also has some annoying qualities for starters it only stores 30 moves and with the amount you will be getting from fights that space will fill up extremely quickly it is simply not enough space. The bank should also be viewable through both screens instead of being crammed into one and only showing a limited number of moves at a time. There are extra things to do aside from the main story aswell for example you can buy clothes for your custom character, partake in quizzes about the series, uncover lore through rifts and accept any sub missions that appear. The best part is easily when the player unlocks the option to perform lasting fusions allowing the player to perform fusions between many different characters. These fusions last between battles and can be performed by fusing any two compatible characters creating a brand new one with a significant increase in power over the originals they can also be separated at any point the player wishes. This new character can use moves learned by its previous fusions and learn new and more powerful moves exclusive to fusion based characters.
The characters in the game are well designed for a handheld game and the choice of graphical style is in line with previously released Dragon Ball games. The characters used in the game include many characters from the main series aswell as other characters designed based off of races shown throughout the series. The fusions are an inspired part of the character design as the majority of fusions shown in the game are the result of a competition which had fans design the fusions. As an added bonus Dragon Ball Fusions includes an extra function that involves using the 3Ds inbuilt camera to fuse two people together and give you the estimated power readout of your fusion. Each fusion looks and feels unique while still allowing you to see some of the original features from the characters that initially made up those characters. The world map is also designed based off of existing places in the Dragon Ball universe from Kami house to planet Namek and beyond. This map design works pretty well and amalgamates a lot of these areas the textures for these areas have been designed pretty well for a handheld game. The downside to the map design is that the touch screen map gets pretty confusing and crowded especially since the map rotates with you which cannot be changed and can make the names of places overlap. Another problem is that since the map doesn’t show heights properly finding some of the things that appear on the map can be pretty hard at times. An extremely unfortunate point of Fusions is that while it is a 3DS game it fails to utilize the 3D system at all. Any Dragon Ball game not just Fusions that is developed for 3DS would be improved greatly by having 3D this would improve the look of certain attacks and make the combat look more engaging and epic. A huge graphical problem the game suffers from is that the fonts keep changing size mid conversation to fit all of what a character says into the box. This means if a character says a lot in one go prepare to strain your eyes trying to read the squashed up print. This problem is down to lazy design on the developers’ part.
The voice acting is very poor and only includes some minor grunts and singular words and while I wouldn’t expect a whole lot of voice acting for a handheld game the quality of what is in the game isn’t very good. A lot of the grunts sound as if they are done by the same person this makes the majority of characters sound the same. The Battle music in Fusions is meant to be blood pumping in order to make the combat feel more intense which is a very common theme for Dragon Ball games. The problem with this is that this type of music works better with fast paced combat instead of the turn based system that Fusions has. The rest of the music is well-fitting the world map includes some adventurous music that makes the player feel like they could be set upon by enemies at any point. This music changes in some towns to a music befitting a safer area however this music is the same in each area except the spaceship which sounds more grand which is befitting music of the players main base.
The online capabilities allow for the player to create teams with a limited cost and battle it out with other players in local or online multiplayer. It is also possible using the online capabilities for players to trade moves between one another. The player can also use street pass to find teams created by other players to fight while the 3DS is in sleep mode. Another capability of street pass is that the player can perform Freeform Fuses which requires the player to select one of their characters and fuse them with a character met on another player’s street pass. The downside to the freeform fusing is that you can only do 1 character per pass and there is an 8 hour cooldown until you can perform another. The other form of online capability comes in the form of the Ziku-Kan Radar which allows you to walk around in real life then open Ziku-Kan and find fighters in the area around you which you can recruit.
The games main story should take around 20-30 hours to complete but completing all extras and collecting every character and move will take a considerable amount more time. Dragon Ball Fusions has some interesting mechanics concerning the Fusions. They are utilised and designed well it is also fun and interesting to see how the fusion between two compatible turn out however it takes way too long to get all of these Fusion mechanics. If the combat was more interesting and made full use of the 3D it would be a game worth playing for the amount of time it takes to collect everything. Going in to this game I wasn’t expecting anything mind-blowing as its common for handheld Dragon Ball games to be of a lesser quality. It seems some things never change.
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Benjamin Madeira — Official Website » all-kings-men » cultural-studies » essays » in-english » literary-analysis » literature » political-fiction » social-studies » society » study-notes » university-studies » usa-literature » wharton-edith » Essay — «Souls Belated and All the King’s Men» — Analysis [PDF/Videos]
Essay — «Souls Belated and All the King’s Men» — Analysis [PDF/Videos]
"Souls Belated" and All the Kings Men - Photo: illustration
— [http://goo.gl/TRgsD1] Anne Stanton was "simply a name for a peculiarly complicated piece of mechanism". _______________________(Warren 311, kindle location 5963).
:: RT: Anne Stanton, http://goo.gl/TRgsD1 the upper-class thin girl, "brown-toned, golden-lighted and quiet-face, big-eyed, goes on to start an affair with Willie Stark, the local governor and womenizer, to keep her societal status (Warren 39, 103, kindle locations 783, 2008); Interdisciplinary Course with Cultural Studies | #Essay #StudyNotes #UniversityStudies #SocialStudies #CulturalStudies #Society
In both texts, women's roles are very different, yet there are identical characteristics between Warren's female characters and Wharton's women. Undeniably, beneath their façade of defending moral values lies a deep hypocrisy.
Jack struggles both against the morality of his ancestors and the present-day morality in a world of moral ambiguity. All this morality struggling becomes Jack's burden.
Lydia, on the other hand, struggles against the document of divorce and the theme of marriage that hung over their head as a sword restrained only by a delicate thread. She struggles against “fossilized sandwiches” (Wharton 83) in a little microcosm full of a ‘certain tone’ (102), a ‘belated society’, gossip old ladies still dragging their feet; she struggles against the limitations of such rigid American society, those "old cats in caps" (Wharton 99-100).
Jack's mother had had at least five men. She was a woman, "who loved merely power over men and the momentary satisfaction to vanity or flesh which they could give her" (Warren 433, kindle location 8257)
Edith Wharton —Souls Belated— and Robert Penn Warren —All the Kings Men— ; Interdisciplinary Course with Cultural Studies, Benjamin Madeira, PDF ::
Female characterization in the short story “Souls Belated” and the novel All the King’s Men ::
The short story "Souls Belated" (1899) and the novel All the King's Men (1946) present very distinct female characters in very different environments. “Souls Belated” depicts women during the turn-of-the-century New York and All the King's Men does the same in post-Great Depression American society. Furthermore, while women's roles are very different, Warren's female characters and Wharton's women share certain characteristics. As will be seen, in both, “Souls Belated” and All the King's Men, female characters are depicted in patriarchal environments. Against a background of puritan, wealthy New Yorkers, social hypocrisy, on one hand, and urban and rural settings, on the other, some female characters seek to preserve their social standards while others oppose the repressive societal norms.
Archetypes in patriarchal history ::
Both literary works depict women that represent archetypes in patriarchal history. There is an important difference between Edith Wharton’s depiction and Warren’s adaptation of women. Warren's female characters sprang from the mind of a male and are fictional women (Brent vii). Moreover, Wharton's short story centers on authentically human women characters who seek their happiness through socially privileged marriages, and Lydia who considers marriage to be society’s restrictions imposed on women. While Warren searches inside himself to draw a picture of his women, Edith Wharton addresses a social critique on all the benefits that were dampened by the lack of freedom that characterized married women during the Gilded Age.
Point of view ::
In “Souls Belated,” the narrator-focalizer Edith Wharton utilizes a third-person omniscient which can relate events that secondary characters experience directly while giving access to their thoughts and motivations. While All the King’s Men utilizes first-person narration, the reader has to rely on the protagonist, journalist and researcher, Jack Burden. Jack Burden is the story-telling persona of most of the story in All the King’s Men. A third-person limited is embedded in chapter four and the end of chapter ten, in which Jack is closely followed throughout. The first-person point of view can present certain opportunities, but can also entail particular challenges and limitations. One limitation of first-person narration is giving the readers access to secondary characters’ thoughts and motivations. Another is relating events that the narrator does not experience directly and it can be challenging to show clear primary character development and a self-aware perspective.
In medias res ::
While Wharton starts her short story as the readers follow Lydia and Ralph Garnett on a train trip which symbolizes their journey in life, Warren's story begins in medias res, somewhere in the middle of the story, and it entails subsequent use of flashback —"a type of ping-pong effect in the novel"— (Robbins-Sponaas, lesson 6) and nonlinear narrative —out of chronological order —. The narration starts full of long sentences of description that become Highway 58 and the readers will start travelling along as active observers (Warren 1, kindle location 28). Social realist Edith Wharton employs remarkably descriptive imagery including metaphors and similes. Lydia and Gannett’s journey through Europe on the train is, in itself, a metaphor of their evolving journey in their life. The female narrator-focalizer observes that “[t]he direction of the road had changed” [...] “[t]heir railway-carriage [which] had been full” becomes empty as it advances (Wharton 83).
American riches and English aristocrats ::
In “Souls Belated,” one of the most prevalent themes is turn-of-century New York society’s preoccupation with procuring socially advantageous marriages. Nina Baym in Woman's Fiction observes that “the ethos of money and exploitation [...] is perceived to prevail in American society” (27). In New York aristocratic society, the female characters struggle because of the inadequacy of their respective marriages. Lydia's staying at the Anglo-hotel represents an internal struggle in her opposition to the forces that quell women’s emancipation. Lydia had internalized the repressive societal norms towards women who refuse “the normal conditions of life” (Wharton 125). She behaves as a married woman among American riches and English aristocrats (102-107, 117-118). At the hotel, Lydia has to cope with complications due to her attitude to the ‘institution of marriage’; “marriage” understood by its political nature, rather than a self-chosen relationship (Holmes 113). Lydia went on to start an extra-marital affair with Ralph Gannett who saw her as his equal. Against a background of wealth and social hypocrisy, both lovers flee the stiff regulations and the tedious regularity of New York and enjoy their passionate relationship.
In accordance with traditional values ::
An evolving journey is what Lucy Stark, Governor Willie's wife, has not chosen. She lives in accordance with traditional values. Unlike Lydia, Lucy has a special devotion to her marriage and her family; she is depicted as “a dutiful wife and mother” (Robbins-Sponaas, lesson 6). Although, different than Lydia, Lucy Stark abandons her conjugal relationship, leaving Willie to his political and sexual intrigues. In “Souls Belated,” Lydia assumed the responsibility of charting her own path of personal autonomy. Similarly to Lucy Stark, at some point in her trip together with her lover, Lydia felt that marriage still meant something for her, she gained respectability within aristocratic society (Wharton 120). Yet, unlike Lydia, Lucy Stark did not divorce Willie as a divorced woman’s behavior did not conform to social norms. Her last name is the antithesis of her apparent strength of character.
Mrs. Murrell ::
Considering that all events, situations, interpretations of other characters' dialogue are filtered through the narrator-focalizer, the readers do not see much of Mrs. Murrell’s character since Jack pays far more attention to her appearance. Jack's mother was that "big-eyed thin-faced woman who [had a new] man she got herself" (Warren 40, kindle location 807). Jack's mother, Mrs. Murrell, "a real looker," had had an affair with Judge Irwin, the friend of Jack's family, and there were also "those men who had married [his] mother" (Warren 40-41, kindle location 807, 809). Unlike Mrs. Murrell, Lydia soon realized that she had to be honest with herself. It had become a matter of moral principle, and she was determined to disclose the nature of her affair to others (Wharton 95).
A highly desirable woman ::
Anne Stanton is Jack's life-long love, who he still regards as a highly desirable woman until he learns she has become Willie's mistress (Warren 266-269, kindle location 5086-5145). Anne Stanton, however, was waiting for him to find a career in order to secure a stable future. Jack, however, had no ambitions. Thus, in contrast to Anne's highly respected father, former Governor Stanton, and her brother, surgeon Adam, Jack was a poor marriage prospect. Contrary to Anne Stanton, Lydia is determined to condemn that women are conditioned to ‘lead a dependent and abject life,’ which undermines their self-confidence and her self-respect. For Lydia, self-reliance was suppressed by marriage (Holmes 112).
Anne Stanton went on to pursue an affair ::
On deciding to oppose the repressive societal norms, Lydia chooses to abandon her marriage to Tillotson, a rich member of upper-class society, although it offered a series of social privileges. While preoccupied with preserving her respected, comfortable life, in All the King’s Men, well-educated, conformist, Anne Stanton went on to pursue an affair with Governor Willie Stark, who had provided her brother with the opportunity to preserve his social status as a surgeon.
Keep her societal status ::
Considering her marriage with Tillotson, Lydia held the view that her relationship lacked the intimacy that she would wish to have with a man who saw her role as equally valuable. Anne's expectations in a marriage to a high-society man reveals that she was relying on the social privileges marriage offered. Anne relies upon the traditions of her aristocratic upbringing to give her support. The well-educated Anne Stanton overlooks the corruption in Willie Stark and sees only an advantage to keep her societal status. Anne Stanton honors a patriarchal figure in Willie Stark, while Lydia is fleeing the burden of patriarchal relationships. It took a strong conviction from Lydia to demonstrate her dissatisfaction with the conventional social norm, regardless of the benefits that marriage offered.
Conclusion ::
Although in different environments, both Wharton and Warren depict women as willing to preserve their social status despite their freedom. Is evident that, for Warren, marriage represented the final domestication of his heroine, Anne Stanton, who ended up married to Jack. Wharton, however, does not define a self-made woman in terms of marriage but in not providing the readers with an explicit ending, she promotes public debate on women’s self-determination. Wharton had the courage to keep her heroine unmarried under the risk that her short-story was read as a mere story of the frustration of female nature (Baym, 1981, 135). She does not define Lydia by her remarriage with Ralph Gannett but defines her, instead, by her relationship with him, without labeling it as marital relationship.
"All the King's Men" (2006 [featuring: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Antonhy Hopkings, Kate Winslet) || Quality: 480p (High Definition) || original audio [Swedish subtitles] (USA English) ::
WORKS CITED — REFERENCES :
• [1] Baym, Nina. “Melodramas of Beset Manhood: How Theories of American Fiction Exclude Women Authors.” American Quarterly 33 (1981): 123-139. Web. Retrieved on June 2015 from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2712312
______. Woman's Fiction: A Guide to Novels by and about Women in America, 1820-70. Rev. ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1993; originally published: Ithica: Cornell University Press, 1978. ISBN-13: 978-0252062858. Print.
• [2] Brent, Martha Schaefer. "Female Characterization in the Novels of Robert Penn Warren: Variations on a Cinderella Theme." A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of English. Bowling Green, Kentucky: Western Kentucky University, 1995. Web. Retrieved on May 2015 from http://goo.gl/UtHSGZ
• [3] Holmes, Mary. "Second-wave feminism and the politics of relationships." Women's Studies International Forum 23.2 (2000): 235–246. 2.
• [4] Robbins-Sponaas, Rhonna. "Lesson 10: Warren." ENG6012 Course Website, spring 2015. Take Credit, Trondheim: NTNU. Web. Retrieved on May 2015 from https://goo.gl/p2o1Ow
• [5] Warren, Robert Penn. All the King's Men. 1946. Reprint edition, 1996. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition. ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101163-6
• [6] Wharton, Edith (1899). "Souls Belated." Wharton, Edith. The Greater Inclination. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1899. 83-130. Print. ISBN: 3 2106 00215 4307
2006 - All The King's Men Soundtrack - Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana ::
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Lego 21303 Wall-E withdrawn from sale!
Brick-a-brac-uk Home Lego News Lego 21303 Wall-E withdrawn from sale!
Oct, 27
The recent lego Ideas set 21303 has been temporarily withdrawn from sale due to issues with neck stability. Below is a statement from Lego's Ideas blog.
"Dear LEGO® Fans,
In order to make the LEGO Ideas set 21303 WALL·E as fun as the character in the movie, we created the model with the ability to turn his head all the way around. Since the model has been launched we have received feedback from fans who feel WALL·E’s head moves a bit too freely. Feedback from our fans is very important for us and we’ve decided to take their advice and make some improvements to the set. Our designers are currently working on some small changes to the model. Therefore the LEGO Ideas Set 21303 WALL·E is currently not available at shop.LEGO.com and in some LEGO Stores. Once the reworked version of the model has been finalized LEGO WALL·E will make a full return. For the latest updates on availability, please visit WALL·E on shop.LEGO.com.
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Lee Johnson clarifies why Milan Djuric won't be replaced or Max O'Leary loaned out
Head coach discusses possible loan moves
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Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson has further clarified his comments regarding possible loan signings before August 31st.
The Robins were bumped out of the Carabao Cup by a stout Plymouth Argyle side who were able to successfully repel more than 20 crosses into their box on Tuesday evening.
And following the game we asked Johnson if he could have done with Milan Djuric for such a game, and whether he would be replacing the striker.
The former Oldham and Barnsley boss replied that he's 'done' in the market and has now further clarified why that is, speaking in Wednesday's pre-Middlesbrough press conference.
Max O'Leary of Bristol City
"Finances really. It's as simple as that," he explained.
"You get set a task from the board and the owner and that's fine and we work to that. We work hard to bring in players and we've brought in some really good ones.
"We've got some good young, exciting talent. We've got Andreas Weimann and it's good to see him score a couple of goals early and let's not forget we've got Famara Diedhiou.
"He's a big player for us. Our record signing. And somebody that we're looking forward to getting back in. He's like a Christmas present but you just can't open it.
Meanwhile the head coach also explained whether he'll be loaning out talented City prospect Max O'Leary, with Macclesfield having been interested previously.
"He's going to have stay in now. It's unfortunate for him but it's like you say, you have to juggle everything: budget, homegrown players, priorities...
"I like Max and I'm desperate for him to forge a career and the best thing for him to do is to go out on loan. But we are where we are and we need to look after Bristol City as a team first and foremost."
So no second goalkeeper to arrive before August 31st then?
"We might be creative but with every day and week that goes by Frankie's getting closer to returning. So that means that there is a viable option," said Johnson.
"And that means that we might then put Max out into the conference eventually.
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"It's not ideal because Max should be playing in League One at least, well League Two definitely but potentially even League One, but we are where we are and you're a victim of the circumstances sometimes," he said.
Bristol City are preparing to face Middlesbrough at 3pm on Saturday but have several injury concerns over centre-backs Bailey Wright, Nathan Baker, Taylor Moore and Jens Hegeler.
Johnson says that City may look to recruit a centre-back on loan to provide cover.
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The Downs Festival 2018 travel guide: buses, parking and cycling information
The line-up includes Noel Gallagher, Paul Well, Orbital and more
It’s now less than a week until The Downs Festival returns and it looks like this year's event will be the biggest in its three-year history.
The line-up at the previous two instalments of the one-dayer has been impressive but this year it’s being taken up a notch, with a billing which is sure to attract music lovers from far and wide.
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Elsewhere, the festival will allow people to get to the roots of the country’s problems in the Information Area, which features the likes of Shappi Khorsandi, while kids will no doubt enjoy exploring the fun-filled family area.
But how do you plan on getting to the event? Whether you live in Bristol or are coming from other parts of the UK, below is everything you need to know.
The Downs has teamed up with First Bus
Organisers are urging those attending not to bring a vehicle to this event and to use other travel options such as Park and Ride, cycling or shuttle bus services.
For the past two years organisers have implemented a Resident Parking Scheme on the day of the event, and the scheme covers the following streets:
Avon Grove, Bishops Close, Bramble Drive, Bramble Lane, Church Avenue, Church Road, Cook’s Folly Road, Downleaze, Druid Road, Eastmead Lane, Goodeve Park, Goodeve Road, Hazelwood Road, Hollybush Lane, Hollymead Lane, Ivywell Road, Julian Road, Knoll Hill, Mariners Drive, Old Sneed Park, Pitch & Pay Lane, Rockleaze, Rockleaze Avenue, Rockleaze Road, Seawalls Road, Stoke Park Road, The Avenue, Stoke Park Road South, Towerleaze
Parking around The Downs and Sneyd Park will also be suspended, so there will be no parking provided on or around The Downs for attendees to the event.
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As well as the closure of the Sneyd Park, roads to non-residents the following closures which are the same as last year will be in place:
Circular Road: Closed to all vehicles except production traffic, forms part of the sterile area around the event.
Stoke Road: This will be closed to private vehicles. Shuttle buses will have access. Cars requiring access to Stoke Park road will need to take a short detour around The Downs.
Ladies Mile: Parking will be suspended. Access only to event traffic and pick up / drop off point for private vehicles and private hire taxis.
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Shuttle Bus Service and Park & Ride
Queues for a shuttle bus
In partnership with First Bus, the festival will be running an event shuttle bus service. The buses will run from Temple Meads (stop on the station approach) and The Centre (Colston Street MetroBus Stop) to and from the event site from 12:30 – midnight. Tickets can be bought on the bus.
Fares are as follows: Adult Single £3 / Adult Return £5 / Child Single £2 / Child Return £3
First Bus will also be running park & ride services from Long Ashton and The Portway sites. These services will run from 12.30pm – midnight.
Adult Returns £5 / Child Returns £3
Children under 12 can travel free on all the event bus services, but must be accompanied by an adult.
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Organisers are advising cycling to the festival
To encourage cleaner travel around Bristol and provide facilities for cyclists to ride to this event, organisers have set up a designated bike park next to the Box Office where attendees can lock up their bikes. (Note that all bikes are left at entirely at owner's risk and must be removed immediately after the event.)
On arrival to the event, registered cyclists can park bikes in the designated bike park and collect after the event has closed.
Visit www.sustrans.org.uk/massive-attack-bike-parking to register for the cycling initiative.
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Contact enquiries@teamlove.org if you have organised a coach for group travel to the event.
Taxis and Drop Off Points
There will be designated drop-off areas for private vehicles. Follow the event traffic signs on the day.
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Accessibility Parking
If you require accessibility parking, call 0117 9411611 or email accessibility@teamlove.org.
For more information about The Downs and for tickets, visit its website here.
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Home / News / Transgender man who gave birth with the help of fertility treatment loses court battle to be registered as the child's 'father'
Transgender man who gave birth with the help of fertility treatment loses court battle to be registered as the child's 'father'
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A transgender man who gave birth with the help of fertility treatment lost his legal fight to be registered as the child's father in a UK High Court.
Born female, Freddy McConnell transitioned to become a man and was legally recognized as male when he became pregnant in 2017, giving birth in 2018. The 32-year-old took legal action after a registrar told him that UK law required people who give birth to be registered as mothers on birth certificates.
This establishes the first legal definition of the term "mother" in English common law. In ruling with the government, Andrew McFarlane, the president of the High Court's family division, deemed that being a "mother" referred to being pregnant and giving birth, regardless of whether that person, in law, was a man or a woman.
"There is a material difference between a person's gender and their status as a parent. Being a 'mother,' whilst hitherto always associated with being female, is the status afforded to a person who undergoes the physical and biological process of carrying a pregnancy and giving birth.
"It is now medically and legally possible for an individual, whose gender is recognized in law as male, to become pregnant and give birth to their child. Whilst that person's gender is 'male,' their parental status, which derives from their biological role in giving birth, is that of 'mother'" McFarlane ruled.
McConnell, a multimedia journalist for UK newspaper The Guardian, started taking testosterone at the afe of 25 and a year later had surgery to remove breast tissue. In 2016, he stopped taking testosterone and subsequently his menstrual cycle restarted before he became pregnant using sperm from a donor.
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"Yes" coalition calls on voters to support Metro Vancouver transportation improvements
The Better Transit and Transportation Coalition — the biggest, most diverse coalition in B.C. history — highlights opportunity for Metro Vancouver to determine its transportation future
VANCOUVER — Victory for the "Yes" vote in Metro Vancouver's upcoming transportation referendum will benefit people from all walks of life, according to the broad-based Better Transit and Transportation Coalition, which calls the referendum "one of the most important decisions facing our region for the next generation."
The BTTC, the largest and most diverse coalition of its kind in B.C., is backing the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation Plan to expand transportation options, cut traffic congestion, reduce pollution, improve the health of our communities and strengthen the local economy. The plan is also accountable in that independent auditing and public reporting requirements will ensure money raised is spent on the proposed projects.
The BTTC has come together from incredibly diverse backgrounds to become a formal non-profit society with a common purpose, appointing four co-chairs representing business, labour, environment and student groups, among others. All are encouraging Metro Vancouver residents to vote "Yes" in the binding plebiscite mail-in ballot, which takes place from mid-March through the end of May.
"The plan will make our regional and provincial economy more competitive by dramatically improving the movement of goods, services and people," says coalition co-chair and Vancouver Board of Trade president and CEO Iain Black.
Improvements in the plan include better service on existing SkyTrain and bus routes, light rail transit in Surrey and Langley, Broadway Corridor rapid transit, replacement of the Pattullo Bridge and 11 new B-Line routes throughout the region.
"Saying 'Yes' to these vital projects is the most important step we can take to show we care for the environment and to improve our quality of life," says coalition co-chair and David Suzuki Foundation CEO Peter Robinson.
The Mayors' Council Plan will cut traffic congestion by 20 per cent, shortening commute times by an average of 20 to 30 minutes per day, and give 70 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents more frequent transit service. It also addresses Metro Vancouver's future transit needs as the region prepares for one million more residents by 2040.
"Better transit and transportation benefits workers in a real way by making it easier and faster for them to get to and from their jobs and to spend more time with their families instead of wasting precious time on long commutes and traffic gridlock," says Gavin McGarrigle, coalition co-chair and Unifor's B.C. Area director.
The plan will be funded by a 0.5 per cent regional Congestion Improvement Tax. This funding method will be fair to everyone, including visitors and tourists. It is affordable — on average about 35 cents a day per household — or $125 a year.
"Students rely on transit," says Bahareh Jokar, coalition co-chair and VP External at the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia. "A stronger transit system will help thousands of students across Metro Vancouver advance their education, while building a better region for generations to come."
The BTTC will work throughout the Lower Mainland with speeches, public appearances, editorial boards, digital media efforts and other ways to help ensure Metro Vancouver voters understand the benefits of expanded transportation options.
The BTTC is inviting the media and supporters of the "Yes" vote in Metro Vancouver's upcoming transit and transportation referendum to a campaign event:
Time: 12 noon, registration at 11:30 a.m.
Date: Thursday, February 5
Location: SFU, Segal Building, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C.
About the BTTC:
The Better Transit and Transportation Coalition is a new coalition — the biggest, most diverse ever in B.C. — supporting the Metro Vancouver Mayors' Council Plan to dramatically improve transit and transportation in our region. The BTTC has more than 65 organizational supporters representing more than 250,000 Metro Vancouver residents, including organizations from business, labour, environment, student, community, health and other groups.
Learn more at the BTTC's new website: Bettertransit.info
Follow us on Twitter @voteyestransit and Facebook at BetterTransitInfo
Better Transit and Transportation Coalition co-chair bios:
Iain Black is president and CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade. He has been in this role since 2011, leading the organization through fundamental transformation and returning it to increased membership growth, financial health and relevance in the public and business domain. He joined the board after serving six years as an elected MLA and cabinet minister for the government of British Columbia, where his various responsibilities included three cabinet posts encompassing economic development, labour and small business.
Bahareh Jokar is a fifth-year political science student and vice-president external affairs of the Alma Mater Society of UBC Vancouver. She sits as the chair of Get on Board BC and vice-chair of the Alliance of BC Students. Her work focuses on advocating for student issues to different levels of government, while ensuring that students are informed and engaged during elections. Metro Vancouver is home to upwards of 100,000 students.
Gavin McGarrigle is the B.C. Area Director for Unifor and a vice-president and officer at the B.C. Federation of Labour. McGarrigle has represented workers and bargained agreements in many industries, including transit and transportation, with Vancouver's container truckers, and in aerospace and hospitality. Unifor is Canada's newest union and largest in the private sector, with more than 305,000 members across the country, working in every major sector of the Canadian economy. The B.C. Federation of Labour represents close to 500,000 members throughout British Columbia and includes many unions representing transit workers, including COPE Local 378, CUPE and BCGEU.
Peter Robinson is the chief executive officer of the David Suzuki Foundation, a non-profit science and education organization working to address some of Canada's most pressing environmental challenges. He brings to this position a diverse background spanning four decades in business, government and the non-profit sectors. Robinson began his career working as a park ranger in wilderness areas throughout British Columbia, where he was decorated for bravery by the Governor General of Canada. After his park career, he worked at BC Housing, a provincial crown corporation, eventually becoming its CEO. Immediately prior to his appointment as CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation, he was the CEO of Mountain Equipment Co-op.
SOURCE: Better Transit and Transportation Coalition
News release - GVBOT concerned about economic impact of transit dispute Tue Nov 26 2019
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is deeply concerned about the looming possibility of a system-wide shutdown of bus and SeaBus service this week in the Lower Mainland.
News release: GVBOT announces 2019-20 board of directors Thu Nov 07 2019
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade appointed its 2019-20 board of directors today during its 132nd Annual General Meeting.
News release: Greater Vancouver Board of Trade hires its new CEO Thu Oct 17 2019
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade announced today that Bridgitte Anderson will assume the role of President and CEO beginning next month.
News release: Skills training and immigration are key to Canada’s future prosperity Wed Sep 25 2019
The key to Canada’s long-term economic and social prosperity is unlocking the country’s workforce participation through strategic immigration and investments in lifelong learning, says the Canadian Global Cities Council in the Talent playbook of its Agenda for Growth campaign.
News release: Chambers call for a National Urban Strategy in Canada Thu Sep 19 2019
At a news conference this morning in Halifax, the Canadian Global Cities Council called on the campaigning federal parties to support the development of a National Urban Strategy to help cities build the infrastructure they need to support Canada’s economic competitiveness.
News release: Balance between environment and economy will be key election issue in Metro Vancouver: survey Mon Sep 16 2019
VoteLocal poll finds majority of residents believe climate change is an emergency; federal taxes and an increased regulatory burden are the key concerns for businesses
News release: Canadian Global Cities Council Launches its Agenda for Growth Federal Election Campaign Wed Sep 11 2019
Canada has carved out an enviable position as an innovation powerhouse on the global stage creating business opportunities and jobs, but to rest on our laurels, or backtrack on the gains made is to risk Canada’s future prosperity, warns the Canadian Global Cities Council.
News release: GVBOT issues new report on the federal government’s role in housing affordability Thu Aug 08 2019
Today the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade released a new report exploring how the federal government can help improve housing affordability and availability in our region.
Policy update: GVBOT makes pre-budget submission to B.C. Government Fri Jul 12 2019
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has sent its pre-budget submission to the B.C. Government, calling on the Province to consider our priority areas and policy recommendations for Budget 2020-21.
Message from the CEO: May the wind be always at your back Wed Jun 19 2019
A farewell message from President and CEO Iain Black, as he prepares to embark on the next chapter of his career.
News release: Trans Mountain Expansion Project receives green light from federal cabinet Tue Jun 18 2019
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes today’s decision by the federal government to approve the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
Policy Update: GVBOT launches survey on tax increases Tue May 07 2019
Are tax increases impacting your organization? Complete our questionnaire and enter to win a pair of roundtrip tickets to anywhere WestJet flies.
Policy Update: Changes to the Labour Relations Code and Employment Standards Act expected soon Mon Apr 29 2019
Employers can expect significant changes to the BC Labour Relations Code and BC Employment Standards Act to be introduced soon, which would impact many Members of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
Government of Canada invests $1.5M to help B.C. businesses tap into international markets Tue Apr 23 2019
World Trade Centre Vancouver is excited to announce that the Government of Canada has pledged $1.5 million in support of its Trade Accelerator Program.
News release: CEO announcement from the Board of Trade Thu Apr 18 2019
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's board of directors learned this morning that President and CEO Iain Black plans to leave the organization to commence the next chapter of his career.
Media statement: GVBOT welcomes B.C. government's LNG framework Tue Mar 26 2019
The Government of British Columbia has introduced legislation to complete the fiscal framework for LNG investment in our province.
Media statement: GVBOT response to the 2019 Federal Budget Tue Mar 19 2019
In Ottawa today, the federal government unveiled its 2019 budget. This was the government’s final budget in advance of a planned election this October.
Media statement — GVBOT encouraged by today's NEB reconsideration report Fri Feb 22 2019
Earlier today, the National Energy Board released its reconsideration report on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, which recommends to the federal government that the project should move ahead, given that it is in the Canadian public interest.
News release: GVBOT awards B- grade to B.C. Budget 2019 on annual report card Tue Feb 19 2019
On behalf of thousands of businesses across the Lower Mainland, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has given the 2019-20 Provincial Budget an overall grade of "B-."
Media statement: GVBOT reaffirms support for LNG Canada megaproject Tue Jan 22 2019
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has issued the following statement in support of LNG Canada ahead of the 16th Annual BC Natural Resources Forum.
News release: Air Canada announced as Pillar Partner of the GVBOT Fri Jan 18 2019
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is excited to announce a new Pillar Partnership with Canada’s largest domestic and international airline, Air Canada.
News release: Barack Obama coming to Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Thu Jan 17 2019
The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, is coming to Vancouver for a special event hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on March 5.
Media statement: GVBOT reaction to electoral reform referendum results Thu Dec 20 2018
This afternoon it was announced that British Columbians have resoundingly voted in favour of maintaining our province’s first-past-the-post electoral system.
News release: GVBOT reaction to Massey Tunnel replacement delay Mon Dec 17 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is disappointed by today’s announcement that the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project will be further delayed by at least another two years.
News release: CGCC calls for online alcohol sales across provincial borders Wed Dec 05 2018
This holiday season, the CGCC and its partners in the beverage alcohol sector are calling on the First Ministers to give Canadians the gift of more robust internal trade at their meeting this Friday.
News release: Business groups make joint submission to Labour Minister Fri Nov 30 2018
A group of 13 business and industry associations responded today to recommendations by the BC Labour Relations Code Review Panel.
News release: World Trade Centre Vancouver launches International e-Commerce Essentials workshop series Fri Nov 23 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is pleased to announce the second program offered by its subsidiary, World Trade Centre Vancouver, aimed at permanently increasing the export capacity of B.C.'s small and medium-sized businesses.
News release: GVBOT reaction to 2018 Fall Economic Statement Wed Nov 21 2018
Earlier today Canada’s Minister of Finance Bill Morneau delivered the Fall Economic Statement, which included some encouraging news for the business community in British Columbia.
News release: GVBOT announces recipients of the 2019 Rix Awards Wed Nov 14 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade will honour iconic B.C. company Ledcor as well as Robert and Lily Lee at the 32nd Annual Governors' Banquet next spring.
News release: World Trade Centre Vancouver and MAPLE Business Council sign MOU Wed Oct 17 2018
We are very pleased to announce that World Trade Centre Vancouver and MAPLE Business Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote greater bilateral business collaboration between Vancouver and Southern California..
News release: LNG Canada's Final Investment Decision a monumental win for British Columbia Tue Oct 02 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is thrilled to learn of the historic announcement that LNG Canada will invest $40 billion to build the world’s cleanest LNG facility in Kitimat, British Columbia.
Media statement: GVBOT applauds successful conclusion of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Mon Oct 01 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade applauds the successful conclusion of negotiations that have produced a draft agreement to replace NAFTA: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
News release: Greater Vancouver Regional Export Framework unveiled at NASCO Continental Reunion Thu Sep 27 2018
World Trade Centre Vancouver released new research today on our region’s economy and key export markets around the world for Greater Vancouver’s products and services.
News release: Statement on the Federal Court of Appeal ruling regarding the Trans Mountain Expansion Project Thu Aug 30 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is most concerned that the Federal Court of Appeal has essentially halted the Trans Mountain Expansion Project with its decision earlier today.
News release: GVBOT applauds reduction in merchant credit card fees for Canadian small businesses Thu Aug 09 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade applauds today's Government of Canada announcement that the major credit card companies operating in Canada have agreed to reduce their fees charged to merchants by 10 basis points, to an average rate of 1.4 percent annually, effective in 2020.
News release — A Conversation with Ellen DeGeneres Thu Jul 26 2018
The one and only Ellen DeGeneres will be coming to Vancouver for a moderated Q&A conversation on Friday, October 19, Live at Rogers Arena presented by TD Bank and hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
News release: B.C. Government spinning its wheels on ridesharing Thu Jul 19 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is disappointed by today’s announcement that British Columbia will not introduce ridesharing services until Fall 2019 at the earliest.
News release: Statement on the B.C. government’s reinstitution of public project labour agreements Mon Jul 16 2018
Earlier today, the Government of British Columbia announced that all public infrastructure projects will be subject to project labour agreements, which require companies to hire only pre-approved unionized workers if they win bids on government projects.
News release: Survey finds small businesses will bear the brunt of B.C.’s new Employer Health Payroll Tax Mon May 28 2018
Today, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and Independent Contractors and Businesses Association released an independent survey of business owners on the impacts of the B.C. government’s new Employer Health Payroll Tax, which was unveiled in BC Budget 2018-19.
News release: Vancouver business leaders recognized for contributions to diversity with national award Fri May 25 2018
Jill Earthy and Lois Nahirney honoured for their work on the WE FOR SHE movement to achieve gender equality
News release: Board of Trade releases comprehensive report on the Greater Vancouver region and its economy Thu May 10 2018
Building on the seminal work of the inaugural Scorecard 2016, this year's report includes a comprehensive analysis of how the Greater Vancouver region stacks up against 19 of its competitors on a myriad of social and economic indicators.
News release: World Trade Centre Vancouver signs global agreement on agricultural cooperation with more than three dozen world cities Mon Apr 30 2018
More than three dozen World Trade Centers from across the globe officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding on agriculture during the WTCA's 49th General Assembly in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
News release: Confidence In Canada remains in question despite meeting between Prime Minister, Premiers Sun Apr 15 2018
Today, the Government of Canada announced it will assert federal jurisdiction through pending legislation and begin discussions with Kinder Morgan on the financial framework for a potential taxpayer-funded investment in the Trans Mountain Expansion Project to mitigate the risk created by the B.C. Government’s continued opposition to the project.
News release: Major business groups warn confidence in Canada at risk Thu Apr 12 2018
A growing movement of more than 70 business, industry and community groups, representing hundreds of thousands of British Columbians and Canadians, have come together over the last two days to sign a joint letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premiers John Horgan and Rachel Notley to resolve the impasse on the Trans Mountain Pipeline project.
News release: Time for B.C. government to change Trans Mountain tactics, and for Canadian government to assert its authority Mon Apr 09 2018
In response to the announcement by Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. that it is suspending non-essential work on the federally-approved Trans Mountain Expansion Project, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade calls on the B.C. government to immediately end its tactics to endanger, delay or block the project.
News release: GVBOT welcomes B.C. LNG policy framework Thu Mar 22 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes today's announcement by the B.C. government to improve our jurisdiction's competitiveness for bringing British Columbia LNG projects across the finish line.
Janet Austin named B.C.'s next Lieutenant Governor Wed Mar 21 2018
Upon receiving news that past Board of Trade Chair Janet Austin will be B.C.'s next Lieutenant Governor, Iain Black and Anne Giardini penned a congratulatory letter on behalf of our organization.
News release: Business groups make joint submission to Labour Code Review Panel Tue Mar 20 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has joined 12 other business organizations from across the province in endorsing a joint submission to the B.C. Labour Relations Code Review Panel.
2018-19 Federal Budget Commentary Mon Mar 05 2018
Our Government Budget and Finance Committee takes a deep dive into the 2018-19 Federal Budget.
Message from the CEO: Federal Budget 2018 Highlights Tue Feb 27 2018
In a Message to Members, President and CEO Iain Black shares a brief overview of Federal Budget 2018 and four key highlights for the B.C. business community.
News release: GVBOT awards “C+” grade to B.C. Budget 2018 on annual report card Tue Feb 20 2018
On behalf of thousands of businesses across the Lower Mainland, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has given the 2018-19 Provincial Budget an overall grade of "C+.
Message from the CEO: 2018-19 Provincial Budget Priorities Mon Feb 19 2018
Our President and CEO Iain Black shares some of GVBOT's priorities ahead of tomorrow's provincial budget.
News release: Province continues gender equity focus with support for We for She Fri Feb 16 2018
The B.C. government is supporting the advancement of women in the workplace and the global economy with its involvement in this year’s We for She conference.
News release: Canadian Global Cities Council calls for National Urban Strategy to advance infrastructure delivery Tue Feb 13 2018
The Canadian Global Cities Council, a coalition of Canada’s eight largest urban regional chambers of commerce, is calling for a national urban strategy to advance infrastructure delivery.
"What if?" A memo analyzing future NAFTA scenarios Tue Feb 06 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade prepared this joint memo with the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce analyzing the potential consequences if NAFTA were to collapse.
Statement on the Province of British Columbia’s “Phase 2” Spill Response Regulatory Announcement Wed Jan 31 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is concerned that the announcement by the B.C. government of a further regulatory process around spill response may send a chilling signal about British Columbia’s openness for business, attractiveness for foreign investment, and predictability or reliability of our environmental regulatory system.
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes renewed Trans-Pacific Partnership Tue Jan 23 2018
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is excited to announce that the Honourable Rachel Notley, Premier of Alberta, will deliver the keynote address at its 2017 Energy Forum on Nov. 30.
Submission to B.C. Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations – consultation on ridesharing Wed Jan 17 2018
On behalf of The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (the "GVBOT"), we respectfully make this submission as part of the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations' inquiry into ride-hailing. Our comments reflect the concerns and priorities of the GVBOT Directors and our over 5,000 member businesses from across the Greater Vancouver region.
News release: Greater Vancouver Board of Trade announces second engagement with Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama Tue Jan 16 2018
Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama will take part in a second special event hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. "A Moderated Conversation with Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama" will take place on the afternoon of February 15, 2018. Like the sold-out evening engagement, this event will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.
News release: Sold Out – Conversation with Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama Wed Jan 10 2018
Due to overwhelming interest by Members of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, all tickets to this unique conversation with Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama have now been sold. As Members have purchased all of the available tickets, there will be no sale to the general public.
News release: Greater Vancouver Board of Trade to host former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama Wed Jan 03 2018
Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama will be in Vancouver on February 15, 2018 for a special event hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
News release: GVBOT applauds B.C. government for affirming Site C Mon Dec 11 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade applauds the B.C. government for its decision to proceed with construction of the Site C dam.
News release: GVBOT announces recipients of the 2018 Rix Awards Mon Dec 04 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade will honour iconic B.C. company Beedie as well as Gordon and Leslie Diamond at the 2018 Governors' Banquet next spring.
Board of Trade grows its public policy team Tue Nov 07 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is pleased to announce several new additions to its Public Policy and Advocacy team.
News release: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to speak at GVBOT Energy Forum Thu Nov 02 2017
News release: Vancouver to host 2018 NASCO Conference Thu Oct 26 2017
The North American Strategy for Competitiveness (NASCO) announced its 2018 tri-national conference will be held in Vancouver next fall, to address issues and discuss solutions to the rapidly changing state of international business and its impact on global trade.
News release: GVBOT calls on MLAs to act on ridesharing and taxi modernization Thu Oct 19 2017
Today, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade calls on all Members of the Legislative Assembly to work together to enable British Columbians to access innovative transportation options.
News release: GVBOT makes formal submission on proposed tax changes Mon Oct 02 2017
Earlier today the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade made its formal submission to government regarding proposed tax changes for controlled private corporations.
News release: New program launched to help B.C. businesses grow exports Thu Sep 28 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is pleased to announce the first program offered by World Trade Centre Vancouver aimed at permanently increasing the export capacity of B.C.'s small- and medium-sized businesses.
News release: GVBOT champions West Coast business priorities at national AGM Mon Sep 25 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade represented the interests of its Members and the Lower Mainland's business community at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce AGM in New Brunswick this past weekend.
Damaging small business tax changes dominate CCC AGM Mon Sep 25 2017
A message from President and CEO Iain Black at the 2017 AGM of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Op-ed: Proposed tax change is 'intellectually offensive' Thu Sep 14 2017
In today's issue of The Province newspaper, Board of Trade President and CEO Iain Black writes about Ottawa's proposed tax changes and the #HitThePauseButton campaign.
B.C. Budget 2017 Update Mon Sep 11 2017
Earlier today British Columbia's new government released a budget update in Victoria.
Important Message to Members: Proposed tax changes for small businesses Thu Aug 31 2017
In this Message to Members, Board of Trade President and CEO Iain Black discusses the federal government's proposed changes to business taxes.
News release: Political uncertainty causes heartburn for B.C. businesses Mon Jun 26 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has released results from its first post-election Member Survey, which found that businesses across the Lower Mainland are anxious about the province’s economic future given the uncertain political situation in Victoria.
News release: GVBOT brings region’s priorities to BC Chamber AGM in Victoria Sun May 28 2017
All five resolutions submitted or supported by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade were adopted at the BC Chamber of Commerce's 2017 AGM in Victoria, including a key resolution on the governance of Canada's ports and airports.
News release: Board of Trade releases new policy report on housing affordability Tue Apr 18 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade released a new report today on the region’s housing affordability crunch that identifies seven steps local governments can take to help unlock housing supply and improve affordability for residents.
News release: GVBOT welcomes partnership to increase exporting in B.C. Tue Apr 04 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is excited to enter into a $2.5-million partnership with the B.C. Government aimed at permanently increasing the export capacity of B.C.'s small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
GVBOT gives 2017 Federal Budget a ‘B’ grade on annual Report Card Wed Mar 22 2017
On behalf of its thousands of Members across the Lower Mainland, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has assigned an overall grade of "B" on its 2017 Federal Budget Report Card.
News release: GVBOT hails ridesharing and taxi modernization announcement Tue Mar 07 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade applauds today's news that the Provincial Government is shifting gears and moving towards the introduction of ridesharing in B.C. and the modernization of the taxi industry.
GVBOT awards “A” grade to B.C. Budget 2017 on annual report card Tue Feb 21 2017
On behalf of thousands of businesses across the Lower Mainland, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has given the 2017-18 Provincial Budget an overall grade of "A."
News release: GVBOT unveils 2017 Provincial Election Platform Tue Jan 31 2017
With less than 100 days until the May 9 B.C. Election, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has released its 2017 Provincial Election Platform, which outlines key issues and priorities of the regional business community and makes a series of recommendations to the parties running to form the next Provincial Government.
News release: Trans Mountain Expansion Project meets Province’s 5 conditions Wed Jan 11 2017
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes today’s announcement that the Province of British Columbia has granted environmental assessment approval to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project and that the Province’s five conditions for the project have been satisfied.
News release: Increasing global connectivity and economic value through Canada’s international airports Thu Dec 08 2016
The Canadian Global Cities Council, a coalition of Canada’s eight largest urban regional chambers of commerce, is calling for airport policy reform to align Canada with global best practices, and for our international airports to be factored into transit infrastructure planning by all levels of government.
News release: GVBOT applauds federal government approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project Tue Nov 29 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes today's news that the Federal Government has approved the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion between Strathcona County, AB and Burnaby, B.C.
News release: GVBOT announces 2017 Rix Award winners Thu Oct 27 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has announced it will honour Michael Audain, Yoshi Karasawa and Whistler Blackcomb during its 30th Annual Governors' Banquet and Rix Awards on April 3, 2017.
News release: GVBOT supports Phase One of Mayors’ Ten-Year Vision Thu Oct 13 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is throwing its support behind Phase One of the 10-Year Vision for Metro Vancouver Transit and Transportation proposed by the region's Mayors.
News release: GVBOT renews calls for ridesharing in British Columbia Tue Oct 04 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is once again urging the Provincial Government to make changes to passenger transportation regulations, to allow innovative transportation options such as ridesharing and enhance the competitiveness of the taxi industry.
News release: GVBOT applauds Pacific NorthWest LNG approval Tue Sep 27 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes today's announcement that the federal government has approved the Pacific NorthWest LNG project, subject to 190 conditions.
News release: Business groups support Greater Vancouver’s millennials Thu Sep 22 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s Company of Young Professionals program is expanding across the region, as part of an exciting new partnership with the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, and the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce.
News release: GVBOT achieves national adoption of four policies Mon Sep 19 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade had four policy resolutions adopted at the 2016 Canadian Chamber of Commerce AGM in Regina this past weekend.
Opinion: Massey Tunnel needs replacement right now Mon Jul 11 2016
In this Vancouver Sun op-ed, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and Delta Chamber of Commerce outline the economic importance of the Highway 99 corridor and Massey Tunnel replacement to our regional economy.
Message from the CEO: Introducing our Pillar Partners Mon Jul 04 2016
In this Message to Members, President and CEO Iain Black unveils the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's five inaugural Pillar Partners.
News release: Board of Trade applauds new transit funding for region Thu Jun 16 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade applauds the provincial and federal governments for committing $616 million earlier today towards transit initiatives across the region.
News release: Scorecard priorities reflected at BC Chamber AGM Tue May 31 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s seven policy resolutions were adopted at this week’s BC Chamber of Commerce AGM in Kelowna. The seven resolutions put forward by the Board of Trade address pressing issues identified by the recently released Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard, including housing, infrastructure, and improved regional coordination.
News release: GVBOT applauds National Energy Board’s conditional approval of Trans Mountain Expansion Project Thu May 19 2016
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes today's news that the NEB has conditionally approved the proposed $5.4-billion dollar pipeline expansion between Strathcona County, AB and Burnaby B.C. Now we urge the Federal Government, following its interim review process for pipelines, to respect the science-based regulatory process of the NEB and approve the project based on the expert opinion of Canada's independent regulator.
News release: Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard: Outlook Bright, But Challenges Remain Wed May 18 2016
Today, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade released a new Greater Vancouver Economic Scorecard ranking for the Greater Vancouver region in relation to 19 other international metropolitan regions on key economic and social indicators. The Scorecard aims to measure Vancouver's strengths and weaknesses in attracting labour and business investment.
Message from the CEO: Province announces minimum wage increases Wed May 04 2016
In this Message to Members, President and CEO Iain Black discusses the provincial government's decision to increase B.C.'s minimum wage to $11.25 by next fall.
Federal Budget earns ‘B’ grade on annual Report Card Tue Mar 22 2016
Chair's Message: Introducing our new name and logo Thu Mar 03 2016
After nearly 130 years of dedicated service to businesses across the region, our organization has adopted a new logo and name — the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
Ridesharing an innovative transportation option for B.C. Wed Feb 24 2016
A new paper by the Board of Trade recommends the Provincial Government introduce new regulations that would pave the way for ridesharing across the province, while also launching a review of the Passenger Transportation Act and overhauling regulations to enable the traditional taxi industry to be more competitive.
B.C. Budget 2016 awarded an 'A' grade Tue Feb 16 2016
On behalf of thousands of businesses across the Greater Vancouver region, the Board of Trade assigned an overall grade of "A" to the 2016-17 Provincial Budget, based on the government's commitment to disciplined spending, paying down direct operating debt, and improving B.C.'s tax competitiveness.
Members vote in favour of name change resolution Tue Jan 19 2016
At a special General Meeting held on Jan. 15, 2016, our Members voted overwhelmingly to change our organization's name to the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
Board urges Ottawa to invest in B.C. infrastructure Mon Jan 11 2016
The Vancouver Board of Trade is calling on the federal government to invest in transit and trade-enabling projects across the Greater Vancouver region, as part of its pre-budget consultations with the Department of Finance Canada.
Message from Chair: Notice of Meeting Wed Dec 23 2015
The Vancouver Board of Trade's Chair has called a general meeting in order to vote on the following resolution:
News release: Massey Tunnel replacement moving forward Wed Dec 16 2015
The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes this morning’s release of the Project Definition Report and Project Business Case for the estimated $3.5-billion project and launching of the third phase of public consultation on the George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau names new cabinet ministers Wed Nov 04 2015
In this Message to Members, The Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Iain Black, discusses what Greater Vancouver's business community can expect from some of Canada's newly appointed cabinet ministers.
News release: TPP increases trade opportunities for B.C. businesses Mon Oct 05 2015
The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes this morning’s announcement that the members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have successfully concluded negotiations on a historic free trade agreement in Atlanta, Georgia.
Board welcomes appointment of new BC Chamber CEO Jon Garson Thu Sep 24 2015
The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes today’s announcement that Jon Garson has been selected as the new President and CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce.
Board applauds new WestJet service between YVR and London Tue Sep 15 2015
"This is exceptional news, not only for British Columbians who travel for business or pleasure, but also for thousands of business owners and employees across the Greater Vancouver region,” said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.
Chair's Message: Looking forward with optimism Tue Sep 08 2015
In his second message to Members, 2015-16 Chair Tim Manning focuses on some of the bright spots in B.C.’s economy, despite economic uncertainty around the globe.
Opinion: No regrets, and a key lesson from transit vote Fri Sep 04 2015
Note: This op-ed was originally published in The Vancouver Sun on Sept. 4, 2015. Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.
Chair's Message: A milestone year ahead Wed Aug 12 2015
In his first message to Members, 2015-16 Chair Tim Manning outlines his three priorities for the year ahead: diversity, youth, and the launch of a Regional Economic Scorecard.
Message to Members: B.C. cabinet shuffle Thu Jul 30 2015
From the desk of the President & CEO Earlier today Premier Christy Clark announced changes in cabinet responsibilities. This communication summarizes those changes, and offers some commentary to you as business leaders in Greater Vancouver.
Media statement — 2015 Transportation and Transit Plebiscite Results Thu Jul 02 2015
Re: 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite Results “First and foremost, I’d like to thank The Vancouver Board of Trade’s thousands of members and partners, who have shown a tremendous amount of support for our organization over the past six months, as we poured time, energy and resources into this unprecedented referendum campaign,” said Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade and one of the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition’s four co-chairs.
VBOT becomes only major business organization in Canada with more women than men on its board of directors Fri Jun 26 2015
At The Vancouver Board of Trade's 128th AGM, incoming Chair Tim Manning announced an unprecedented decision to elect more women than men to the board of directors — something that has not happened before in the organization’s history.
New report finds gender gap in B.C.'s economic activity Wed May 06 2015
Today, the WEB Alliance of Women's Business Networks announced the release of a new report, Women as a Catalyst for Growth: A BC Action Plan, which identifies key barriers and solutions to increasing the economic impact of women in British Columbia.
VBOT gives Federal Budget 2015 an A- grade Tue Apr 21 2015
The Vancouver Board of Trade, representing thousands of businesses across Greater Vancouver and B.C., has assigned an overall grade of "A-" to Federal Budget 2015. This grade was awarded as a result of the budget's focus on incentives to promote small and medium-sized businesses, improve gender diversity in business, and bolster national infrastructure.
200 organizers pack YES! campagin only Thu Apr 02 2015
Organizers behind the Better Transportation and Transit Coalition (BTTC) gathered for a noisy mid-campaign rally at the Simon Fraser University Wosk Centre for Dialogue.
B.C. seniors’ organizations back “Yes” campaign Fri Mar 27 2015
"We need these services!” With that clear declaration, Lorraine Logan, on behalf of the Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO) of British Columbia, became one of the most recent signatories to the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition. “We’re recommending to all our members: vote Yes,” Logan said.
Better Transit and Transportation Coalition welcomes nine student associations to YES campaign Thu Mar 12 2015
The Better Transit and Transportation Coalition is pleased today to welcome nine associations representing tens of thousands of post-secondary students in Metro Vancouver to the Yes campaign.
YWCA becomes 100th member of Better Transit and Transportation Coalition Thu Feb 19 2015
YWCA Metro Vancouver has joined the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition, highlighting the important role that transit plays – now and in the future – for many local families.
B.C. Budget 2015 earns an "A" grade from Board of Trade Tue Feb 17 2015
The Vancouver Board of Trade, representing 5,000 business members across Greater Vancouver and B.C., has assigned an overall grade of “A” to B.C. Budget 2015, based on the government’s steadfast commitment to balancing the books, reducing debt, and stoking a variety of sectors of our economy.
Coalition welcomes provincial clarification on collection of metro congestion improvement tax Sun Feb 01 2015
The BC Chamber, Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association and the Vancouver Board of Trade welcomed the government's commitment that the Metro Vancouver Congestion Tax will be a simple extension of the PST rather than a new, separate tax structure.
"Yes" coalition calls on voters to support Metro Vancouver transportation improvements Thu Jan 29 2015
Victory for the "Yes" vote in Metro Vancouver's upcoming transportation referendum will benefit people from all walks of life, according to the broad-based Better Transit and Transportation Coalition, which calls the referendum "one of the most important decisions facing our region for the next generation."
VBOT supports Better Transit and Transportation Coalition Wed Dec 10 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade has joined a new coalition to support increased investment in regional transit and transportation improvements.
Take part in the Dream Employers of BC survey! Fri Nov 21 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade has joined forces with Insights West and Miles Employment Group to launch the second annual Dream Employers of BC Survey.The Vancouver Board of Trade has joined forces with Insights West and Miles Employment Group to launch the second annual Dream Employers of BC Survey....
VBOT announces 2015 winners of its prestigious Rix Awards Thu Nov 13 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade reveals the 2015 winners of its Rix Awards for Community and Corporate Citizenship, which honour one outstanding individual and one exemplary organization each year, in memory of the late Dr. Don Rix.
Media Release: VBOT applauds Provincial review of solid wast management plan Fri Oct 17 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade applauds today's announcement that the Province will formally review Metro Vancouver's solid waste management plan.
Media Release: VBOT surveys business community on civic election issues Tue Oct 14 2014
With only one month remaining before Vancouverites head to the polls, The Vancouver Board of Trade has released results from its 2014 Municipal Election Survey, giving insights into some of the top priorities and concerns of Greater Vancouver's business community.Tue Oct 14 2014
VBOT supports the Vancouver Aquarium and its current cetacean policy Thu Jul 24 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade’s President and CEO, Iain Black, sent a letter to Mayor Gregor Robertson, city councillors, and Parks Board commissioners yesterday afternoon outlining our organization’s support for the Vancouver Aquarium and its current cetacean policy.
New chamber report identifies $50B risk to Lower Fraser River Tue Jul 15 2014
Today, chambers of commerce from the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley released a new research study which concludes that $50 billion in economic development along the Lower Fraser River is at risk unless all levels of government act now to address the serious issues facing the river.
Op-ed: Minister Shirley Bond on B.C.'s LNG opportunites Mon Jul 07 2014
We are facing incredible economic opportunities here in British Columbia. The liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector alone has the potential for nearly $175 billion in industry investment and up to 100,000 jobs in B.C. over the next decade.
VBOT CEO shares thoughts on the future of Granville Island Fri Jul 04 2014
OPEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR Re: "Port Metro Vancouver not the correct landlord for Granville Island," Vancouver Sun, July, 2, 2014
VBOT reaction to Mayors' Council Transportation Strategy Thu Jun 12 2014
Earlier today, representatives from The Vancouver Board of Trade attended a stakeholder briefing at TransLink's office, prior to the public release of the Mayors' Council 30-Year Transportation Strategy for Metro Vancouver.
Message from the CEO: Remembering B.C. D-Day veterans Fri Jun 06 2014
Dear Members, I write asking your indulgence on a matter that has little to do with business, per se... other than to note that in absence of it our way of actually conducting business today would almost certainly be fundamentally restricted.
VBOT shares regional transportation vision with Mayors' Council Thu May 29 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade has sent a letter to Mayor Richard Walton, Chair of the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation, outlining a number of priorities for the movement of goods and people throughout Metro Vancouver. The letter, which was sent by Board of Trade President and CEO Iain Black, aims to "assist the region's Mayors in the preparation of a regional transportation vision." Included in the letter is "The Vancouver Board of Trade's Principles for Regional Transportation," a list developed...
Notice of Meeting - 127th Annual General Meeting on June 20 Tue May 13 2014
In accordance with Bylaw 11.10 — Notice of Meeting — notice is hereby given that the 127th Annual General Meeting of The Vancouver Board of Trade will take place on June 20, 2014.
VBOT and Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce to Join Forces Thu May 01 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade (the "Board") is pleased to announce that the nearly 550 members of the Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce ("KCC") voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night at their Annual General Meeting in favour of joining the Vancouver Board of Trade, and the subsequent orderly wind-down of KCC.
VBOT submits more feedback regarding women on boards Mon Apr 14 2014
Last week, The Vancouver Board of Trade submitted additional feedback to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) regarding proposed regulatory changes that would increase the involvement of women on corporate boards and in senior management positions.
Notice to Members about the Heartbleed bug Mon Apr 14 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade does NOT use the OpenSSL software library on our website that is vulnerable to the Heartbleed software bug. Members of our organization can use our website with confidence, knowing their data is not at risk.
Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement a boon fo B.C. Tue Mar 11 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes today's news that Canada and South Korea have reached a historic free trade agreement — a move that will strengthen ties with a key trading partner for many businesses across Metro Vancouver and B.C.Tuesday,
VBOT warns port shutdown will hurt B.C. economy Sun Mar 09 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade is expressing grave concerns about a looming work stoppage planned by Unifor and the United Truckers Association (UTA), which would seriously affect operations at Port Metro Vancouver — the largest and busiest port in Canada.
Justin Trudeau gives first Vancouver Board of Trade address April 11 Thu Feb 27 2014
Justin Trudeau, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, will deliver a keynote address to B.C.’s business leaders on Friday, April 11, at The Vancouver Board of Trade.
Board gives provincial budget a B+ grade Mon Feb 17 2014
Finance Minister Mike de Jong may have called this year's provincial budget a "triple B" effort (a "boring balanced budget"), but The Vancouver Board of Trade thinks today's budget deserved a B+.
B.C. celebrates local chambers of commerce Mon Feb 17 2014
Feb. 17-21, 2014, has been proclaimed Chamber of Commerce Week in B.C.
Board gives federal budget 2014 a B+ grade Mon Feb 10 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade, representing thousands of businesses in British Columbia, has assigned an overall grade of "B+" to Economic Action Plan 2014, based on strong progress towards a surplus budget and overall focus on fiscal prudence.
Board supports delay of transit referendum until June 2015 Fri Feb 07 2014
The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes yesterday's announcement that a referendum on transit funding in Metro Vancouver could be delayed, and urges the provincial government to push back the referendum date to June 30, 2015, in order to give the public ample time to consider the referendum question and its implications.
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Maple Grove Primary School
Find out how Maple Grove Primary School rates compared to other primary schools in Essex with our school ratings
Here Maple Grove Primary School, High Road, Pitsea, Basildon, SS13 3AB, is put into focus to show its scores in relation to other schools in the area.
High Road, Pitsea, Basildon, SS13 3AB
The open date and status above indicate when Maple Grove Primary School opened or when it changed to its most recent incarnation, with a number of schools converting to academies in recent years. Where schools have changed type recently, data for previous years covering their previous incarnation is included below as well - so a school may have a status of New due to converting to an academy but have data for previous years prior to conversion.
What type of school is Maple Grove Primary School?
Academy Sponsor Led
Lion Academy Trust
Overall Stars 4 1 1
Overall Score 55 37.6 28.7
England Rank 3,758 11,927 14,079
Local Rank 96 320 385
How Maple Grove Primary School scores on each indicator.
Maple Grove Primary School has been rated as Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection.
How does Maple Grove Primary School perform on each of the areas inspected by Ofsted? As of September 2012, a score of 3 changed from indicating Satisfactory to Requires Improvement.
In 2019, 70% of pupils at Maple Grove Primary School reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
How have pupils at Maple Grove Primary School done in assessments at the end of Key Stage 2 and how does it compare to local authority and national averages?
While pupils are generally aiming to be working at the expected level in reading, writing and maths, what proportion of children at Maple Grove Primary School had a high score in reading and maths and were working at greater depth in writing, and how does this compare to performance at local and national level?
How do children at Maple Grove Primary School with different levels of attainment at Key Stage 1 and pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds perform in terms of reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths?
How does the % of boys and girls at Maple Grove Primary School achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths compare to the national average?
What is the pupil:teacher ratio at Maple Grove Primary School and how does it compare to the national average?
At Maple Grove Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in maths in 2019 that was 0.2 compared to the national average of 0.
At Maple Grove Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in reading in 2019 that was 1.9 compared to the national average of 0.
At Maple Grove Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in writing in 2019 that was 2.4 compared to the national average of 0.
In 2017/18, the most recent full school year, 5.6% of half-day sessions were missed by pupils at Maple Grove Primary School. Nationally, primary school pupils missed 4% of half-day sessions.
What is the total school spend per pupil at Maple Grove Primary School compared to the local average? (school is in blue)
How much does Maple Grove Primary School spend per pupil on teachers and educational support staff and how does this compare to the average spending across Essex?
What percentage of the budget at Maple Grove Primary School is spent on supply staff?
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The most profound loss we ever experience is death. Everyone knows that death is universal and the inevitable fate of everyone. Everyone knows that someday people whom we love dearly will leave us. Yet what everyone knows does not ease our pain when death occurs.
Jewish tradition meets this difficult moment with wisdom, compassion and a pattern of laws and traditions which provide direction and guidance when the chaos of death may feel overwhelming. At these painful times, friends and family do their best to offer consolation and their support is appreciated. Our Synagogue community will also be present to help you at this difficult moment in your life.
At the Time of Death
In the event of a death of a member or relative, please contact the Jewish funeral home of your choice. The funeral home will inform and co-ordinate arrangements for the funeral and burial with us:
Benjamin’s Park Memorial Chapel: 416-663-9060
Hebrew Basic Burial: 416-780-0596
Steeles Memorial Chapel: 905-881-6003
As a sign of respect, a member of the family or a friend should remain with the deceased until a representative of the funeral home arrives.
Please contact one of our rabbis as soon as possible. They can provide guidance and support for you and your family. One of them is always on call. You may reach them through their synagogue phone or through our emergency number.
Rabbi Steve Wernick 416-781-3514, ext. 218
Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin 416-781-3514, ext. 219
Emergency (after hours) 416-781-3514 ext. 8
If a death occurs on Shabbat or Festivals, arrangements will be made following the conclusion of these sacred days.
The rabbi will inform you what has to be done and arrange to meet with you and other members of the family. At this meeting, you will be able to inform the Rabbi about your loved one, inquire about the Jewish laws and customs of mourning, and discuss your personal feelings and particular problems.
Until after the funeral, a mourner is not obligated to recite daily prayers or to do other affirmative mitzvot. However, the prohibitions of the shiva begin to apply to the mourner.
Organ Donations and Autopsies
The Torah views the human body as sacred and inviolable. However, Jewish law does permit an autopsy when absolutely required by civil law or to save another life. In all such matters, the Rabbi should be consulted.
Regarding organ donations, the saving of life takes priority over the sanctity of the body. We view the donation of body organs as a mitzvah. However, any unused tissue, blood and organs must be returned for burial with the body.
Jewish tradition mandates a simple casket, such as an unlined plain pine box. We strongly discourage the use of a vault since it interferes with the Biblical ideal of "ashes to ashes, dust to dust". We honour the dead by following our Torah tradition which emphasizes the equality of each person before the Holy One.
The body of the deceased is prepared for burial with special rites known as tohorah (purification). After the tohorah, the deceased is clothed in linen shrouds. Since all are equal in death, all are dressed the same way. Males are also cloaked with a tallit.
It will be necessary for you to verify whether the deceased owns a cemetery plot. If not, the funeral home will make arrangements with the cemetery administrator for the family to acquire one at the cemetery office at an agreed time.
Shiva means seven and refers to the seven days of mourning (the day of burial is day one, followed by five “full” days, concluding the morning of the last day). It is customary to cover the mirrors in the house of mourning in preparation for the shiva.
Friends should prepare food for the mourners to eat upon returning from the cemetery. The seudat havra'a (meal of condolence) includes foods which are round, such as hard-boiled eggs or lentils. It is obligatory for the mourners to eat this meal, but Jewish law does not require the visitors at the house to eat, nor does it require the grieving family to provide food for visitors.
During the shiva, in addition to personal visits, regular services are held in the home. Some families maintain morning and evening worship in the home; some prefer to pray at Beth Tzedec in the morning and to have home services in the evening. These prayer services are usually led by family or friends and occasionally by clergy or synagogue volunteers. Prayer books for the shiva house are available for loan from the Synagogue office. Please contact our Ritual Director, Lorne Hanick at 416-781-3514 ext. 240 to make arrangements for prayer books or to have a service leader attend.
Mourning Rituals After Shiva
Mourning in the Torah tradition involves refraining from some things and actively doing others. During the first thirty days (a year for those grieving parents), it is customary to avoid celebratory parties, large gatherings and live music. It is also traditional for mourners to regularly attend synagogue to recite Kaddish during the first year following death. Learn more about our daily services.
Unveilings
A tombstone may be erected and dedicated at any time after the first month following the death. The stone may be dedicated at a service led by a member of the family, using a service booklet provided by Beth Tzedec. If you would like a rabbi to lead the service, please contact Rosalie Hartenberg Watson at 416-781-3514 ext. 227 to make arrangements.
Yahrtzeit
On the anniversary of the Hebrew date of death, it is customary to attend daily services to say Kaddish. Beth Tzedec sends reminders of the Yahrtzeit (year-time) to mourners as long as the mourner remains a member of the congregation. This reminder informs the mourner of the times and date the name of the deceased will be read.
It is also customary to give tzedakah in memory of the deceased. Please contact Avital Narvey at 416-781-3511 to sponsor a breakfast or seudah or make a donation.
The Jewish calendar provides four occasions during the year when special Memorial Services are held:
Shemini Atzeret (the 8th day of Sukkot)
the last day of Pesaẖ
Yizkor provides a remembrance opportunity to those members of the congregation whose loved ones have died. Beth Tzedec publishes a booklet with Yizkor prayers and other special readings which includes the opportunity to memorialize loved ones each year.
Beth Tzedec provides the opportunity to purchase a memorial plaque in the sanctuary on special wall tablets. Lights are kindled beside the plaque in observance of Yahrtzeit. To order memorial plaques, please contact Maya Vasserman at 416-781-3514 ext. 216.
BT Guide to Death & Mourning
Our guide is meant to give you a basic understanding of the Jewish way of coping with our grief.
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SpColl 6: Mail Order Catalogs
Scope and Content | Inventory | Subject List
Cruisin' USA. St. Louis, MO, 2005.
Alternative Creations. Reno, NV, 1997-1999.
Best of Cards Catalog. Stamford, CT, 1987-1991.
Dharma Crafts. Lexington, MA, 2005.
Gypsy Rose. Richboro, PA, 2005.
Pacific Spirit. Forest Grove, OR, 1994-2000.
The Pyramid Collection. Chelmsford, MA, 1992-2005.
The Mayberry Collection. Cincinnati, OH, 1992.
Butler Brothers. Chicago, IL, 1905.
Location: Oversize cabinet
Care-A-Lot Pet Supply. Virginia Beach, VA, 2005-2006.
Duncraft. Penacook, NH, 1988-2006.
Herman H. Heiser Saddlery Company. Denver, CO, 1935.
In the Company of Dogs. Chelmsford, MA, 2005-2006.
Libertyville Saddle Shop. Libertyville, IL, 1995.
Miller's. New York, NY, 1978.
Paul's Harness Shop. Archbold, OH, 1991.
Pedigrees. Brockport, NY, 1988.
Wiese Equine Supply. Brockport, NY, 1995.
American Gas Machine Co. Albert Lea, MN, 1937.
Amway. 1994-1998.
The Anderson's. Maumee, OH, 1979-1987.
Boss Washing Machines. Cincinnati, OH, n.d.
Buckeye Parts and Supply. Cleveland, OH, 1942-1965.
Chambers Distributing. Cleveland, OH, [1950's?].
Coleman Appliances. Wichita, KS, 1954.
Eder Vacuum Cleaner Company. Detroit, MI, 1959.
Electrolux. Evansville, IN, [1930's?].
For Better Living. Bowling Green, OH, n.d.
Frigidaire. New York, NY, 1941.
Kalamazoo Appliances. Kalamazoo, MI, n.d.
Klockit. Lake Geneva, WI, 1987-1999.
Majestic. Huntington, IN, [1970's?].
Majestic Repair. St. Louis, MO, 1923.
Manley. Kansas City, MT, [1940's?].
Marketing Services. Cleveland, OH, 1961.
Philgas. Allen, MI, [1940's?].
Tappan. Bellefontaine, OH, 1956.
Universal Oven Company. 1929.
Youngstown Pressed Steel. Warren, OH, 1940.
Art & Art Materials
The Bradford Exchange. Niles, IL, 1987-1998.
Bud Plant, Inc. Grass Valley, CA, 1986-2008.
Century Photo. Brea, CA, 1994-2007.
Delphi Stained Glass. Lansing, MI, 1989-1992.
Dick Blick. Galesburg, IL, 1977-2001.
Flax Art & Design. San Francisco, CA, 1988-2005.
Florentine Art Plaster Company. New York, NY, [1915, 1961].
Image Club Graphics Inc. Milwaukee, WI, 1994-1997.
MoMa Design Store. 2004-2005.
Publisher's Toolbox. Madison, WI, 1996-1999.
Visualize. San Fancisco, CA, 1999-2001.
Wonder Art Needlework. Chicago, IL, 1943.
Continental Products. Chicago, IL, 1941-1950.
Bas Bleu. Atlanta, GA, 2002-2005.
Creative Publications. Palo Alto, CA, 1978-1979.
Ideals. Milwaukee, WI, 1965.
Lambda Rising. Washington, D.C., 1995.
Location: Oversize Box 2
Tomorrow's World. Norfolk, VA, 2005.
Wireless. St. Paul, MN, 1983-2005.
World Book Catalog. Chattanooga, TN, 1994.
Centerbrook Card Company. 1886.
Serial Killer. El Segundo, CA, 1999.
Advance Pattern. 1955.
Biobottoms. Martinsville, VA, 1989-2000.
Hanna Andersson. Louisville, KY, 2006.
1 800 Pro Team. Secaucus, NJ, 1998-1999.
Abercrombie and Fitch. Houston, TX, 1962-1969.
Acorn. West Chester, OH, 2007-2008.
Ah Men Shop. West Hollywood, CA, 1969-1971.
All Conference, Inc. Hillsborough, NC., 1994-1996.
Altman's. New York, NY, 1973-1974.
Ambassador Leather. Niagra Falls, NY, 1968-1981.
Appleseed's Collection. Beverly, MA, 1986-2007.
ASHRO . Downers Grover, IL, 2005-2006.
Avon Fashions. New York, NY, 1983-1992.
Baskin. Chicago, IL, 1975.
Beaver. Hoopeston, IL, 1896.
Bencone Uniforms. New York, NY, 1958-1971.
Bennett Blue Book. New York, NY, 1957-1976.
Location: Oversize shelves
Best and Co. New York, NY, 1892.
Bloomingdales. New York, NY, 1987-2005.
Location: Oversize cabinet (1988 & 1994 Christmas catalogs)
Bonds Tall and Big Men's Shop. New York, NY, 1968.
Brandeis. Omaha, NE, 1961.
Brooks Brothers. Edison, NJ, 1971-2006.
Brownstone Studio. Wilmington, NC, 1975-1977.
Budget Uniform Center. Philadelphia, PA, 1968-1969.
Burr, Patterson, and Auldd. Detroit, MI, 1970-1972.
Butterick. New York, NY, 1968-1975.
Carroll Reed. Meredith, NH, 1974-1977.
Cashs of Ireland. Plainview, NY, 1982-2005.
Casual Living . Tampa, FL, 1969.
Celebration Fantastic. South Whitley, IN, 2002-2005.
Chadwicks of Boston. Taunton, MA, 1986-2004.
Charles William Stores. New York, NY, 1925.
Chicago Mail Order. Chicago, IL, 1889-1939.
Chris Craft. Manchester Center, VT, 1976-1980.
Coldwater Creek. Sandpoint, ID, 1989-2007.
Collegiate Specialty. Troy, NY, 1971.
Crow's Nest Trading Co. Wilson, NC, 2002-2006.
Curious Designs. Sante Fe, NM, 2005.
Cussins and Fearn Company. Columbus, OH, 1927.
D.A. Prachter Co. Chicago, IL, 1941.
Demorest's. Ottawa, IL, 1879.
Eddie Bauer. Columbus, OH, 1968-1980.
Elder-Beerman. Dayton, OH, 1988-1999.
Ell-Ell Mail Order Company. New York, NY, 1912.
ESPN. 1997.
Fraternity Sportswear. Columbus, OH, 1971-1990.
Frederick Herrschner. Chicago, IL, 1931.
Frederick's of Hollywood. Hollywood, CA, 1967-2003.
General Athletic Products Co. Greenville, OH, 1955-1956.
Giant. Commerce, CA, 1999.
Gordon Bates Co. Minneapolis, MN, [1930's?].
Grande Maison De Blanc. New York, NY, [1930's?].
Greater Gift, A. New Windsor, MD, 2005.
Halle Bros. Cleveland, OH, 1951-1974.
Location: Oversize Box 2 (1951 issue)
Hartcrest. Columbus, OH, 1969.
Henderson Ames Co. Kalamazoo, MI, 1920s?
Hermes Int'l. Paris, France, 1996.
Horchow. Dallas, TX, 1971-1980.
I Magnin. Oakland, CA, 1974.
Icemart. Keflavik International Airport, Iceland, 1976-1984.
India Imports. Providence, RI, 1976.
International Mail Order. Chicago, IL, 1922.
International Male. San Diego, CA, 1986-2006.
Isabella Catalog. Spring Valley, CA, 1999-2006.
Jantzen. Portland, OR, 1973.
Jerry Leonard. Omaha, NE, 1968.
Jim Brown. Cleveland, OH, 1938.
Johnny Appleseed's. Beverly, MA, 1963-1990.
JOS A Bank. Hampstead, MD, 1986-2007.
Joseph's . Fremont, OH, 1950s?
Kasper Organics. Van Nuys, CA, 2003-2004.
King Size Company. Indianapolis, IN, 1968-1997.
Knickerbocker. New York, NY, 1923.
L L Bean. Freeport, MA, 1941-2008.
Lana Lobell. Hanover, PA, 1969-1972.
Land's End. Chicago, IL, 1976-2008.
Lane Bryant. Indianapolis, IN, 1941-1999.
Laura Ashley. Dover, DE, 1988-1997.
Lazarus. 1994-1997.
Lillian Vernon. Virginia Beach, VA, 1971-2007.
Lilly's Kids. Virginia Beach, VA, 1991-2000.
LTD Commodities, Inc. Bannockburn, IL, 1999.
M C Lilley Company. Columbus, OH, 1892.
M&M's World. Henderson, NV, 2005.
Made To Measure. New York, NY, 1940.
Marshall Field and Company. Detroit, MI, 1967-1980.
Location: Oversize cabinet (1968-1976)
Mary Maxim. Port Huron, MI, 1966-2008.
Mason & Hanson. New York, NY, 1922-1923.
May Company. Cleveland, OH, 1951-1973.
Location: Oversize Box 3 (1950's?)
McCall's. New York, NY, 1966-1972.
Location: Oversize Box 3 (1947 needlework patterns)
Miller Stockman. Denver, CO, 1967-1968.
Monterey Bay. Carlsbad, CA, 2001.
Neiman Marcus. Dallas, TX, 1969-1980.
Location: Oversize cabinet (1979, 1995 Christmas catalogs)
Newberrys. Tiffin, OH, 1967.
Orvis. Manchester, VT, 1969-2008.
Peck-n-Peck. New York, NY, 1969.
Pendleton. Portland, OR, 1998-2007.
Perry Dame & Co. New York, NY, 1915.
Peruvian Connection. Tonganoxie, KS, 2000-2006.
Playboy. Itasca, IL, 1989-1998.
Raveling's. Sheboygan, WI, 1919.
Roaman's. Indianapolis, IN, 1957-1980.
Rosemaid. Galion, OH, 1928.
Sears Roebuck Co. Hoffman Estates, IL, 1903-2000.
Location: Oversize Box 4 (1973-1986); catalogs from 1888-1967 are on 1st floor at mf HF5467.S4A3; Oversize shelves (1903-1993, biennial seasonal catalogs); Oversize cabinet (wallpaper catalog from 1920's?)
Shanhouse . Rockford, IL, 1927-1934.
Sheplers . Wichita, KS, 1987-2001.
Shopping International. Norwich, VT, 1967-1977.
Simplicity. New York, NY, 1968.
Location: Oversize cabinet (1968); Oversize shelves (1965-1976 pattern books)
Smuggler. South Lake Tahoe, CA, 1976.
Standard Mail Order Company. New York, NY, 1919.
Suddenly Fem. Wyncote, PA, 2005.
Sundance. Salt Lake City, UT, 1993-2006.
T.W. Mizner Co. Detroit, MI, [1904?].
Talbots. Hingham, MA, 1974-1978.
Tog Shop. Americus, GA, 1962-1977.
Trifles. Dallas, TX, 1979-2001.
Uno Alla Volta. North Branford, CT, 2005-2008.
Victoria's Secret. Columbus, OH, 1986-2004.
Warner Bros. Burbank, CA, 1988-2000.
Western Ranchman Outfitters. Cheyenne, WY, 1968.
Wrangler. Cheyenne, WY, 1967.
Collectibles and novelties
The American Historic Society. Los Angeles, CA, 1996-2002.
American Western Collection. Bozeman, MT, 1982.
Archie McPhee. Seattle, WA, 1989-1999.
Autographs of Distinction. Rome, GA, 2000.
Back to the 50's. Las Vegas, NV, 1994-1996.
Barbie Collectibles by Mail. Middleton, WI, 2003-2006.
Betty's Attic. Bradenton, FL, 1999-2008.
Brainstorms. Reading, PA, 1993-1998.
The Coca-Cola Catalog. Chattanooga, TN, 1993-1997.
Collector's Armoury. Alexandria, VA, 1987-1995.
Collector's Features. Tiburon, CA, [1970's?].
Command Performance. Secaucus, NJ, 1997.
Dollmasters. Annapolis, MD, 2007.
Fraser's Autographs. London, Eng., 1997-1998.
Gallery of History. Las Vegas, NV, 2000.
Game Room. Washington D.C., 1949-1969.
Gen's Hallmark. Bowling Green, OH, 1995-.
Gimbels Westchester. Yonkers, NY, 1955.
Hallmark Cards, Inc. Kansas City, MO, 1992-2004.
Iris' Postcard Auction. Rockport, ME, 1980-1985.
Johnson Smith & Co. Detroit, MI, 1940.
Krupp Mail Order, Ltd. Boulder, CO, 1976-1978.
McMemories. Niles, IL, 1997.
The Noble Collection. Sterling, VA, 1995-2007.
Norman Rockwell Museum. Stockbridge, MA, [1988, 1989].
Philatelic Fulfillment Service Center. Kansas City, MO, 1993-2000.
Pleasant Company. Madison, WI, 1987-1998.
Postcard World. Cazenovia, NY, 1982.
Public Auction Sale Coin Collection. New York, NY, 1927.
S and H Green Stamps. New York, NY, 1960.
Shine Gallery/Souvenirs of Our Century. Los Angeles, CA, 1999.
Smithsonian. Chantilly, VA, 1977-2007.
Spencer Gifts. Williamsburg, VA, 1962-1989.
Star Tech. 1988-1999.
Time Warner. Deer Park, NY, n.d.
Top Value Enterprises, Inc. Dayton, OH, 1962-1973.
The Trademark Collection. Soddy Daisy, TN, 1998.
United States Mint. Philadelphia, PA, 1994-2000.
United States Pop Culture Products. Brooklyn, NY, 1986.
United States Postal Service. Washington, D.C., 1983.
Vroom. Salt Lake City, UT, 1998-1999.
Wayte Raymond Inc. New York, NY, 1955.
Wee Forest Folk. San Diego, CA, 1987-1992.
Collegiate Gear
Allied Electronics. Chicago, IL, 1960-1970.
Army and Air Force Exchange Service. Dallas, TX, 1975.
Everything Wireless. Hollywood, FL, 1999-2000.
Heathkit Electronics. Benton Harbor, MI, 1967-1969.
Lafayette. New York, NY, 1969-1971.
Magnavox. Bowling Green, OH, n.d.
Radio Shack. Fort Worth, TX, 1968-1991.
Veer. Provo, UT, 2002.
Alden's. DeKalb, IL, 1976-1981.
B. Altman. New York, NY, 1973.
Best Products. Dallas, TX, 1974.
Charles William Stores, Inc. New York, NY, 1928.
Economy Sales. Cleveland, OH, 1968.
Francis H. Leggett & Company. New York, NY, 1877-1878.
Gamble Aldens. Chicago, IL, 1967-1970.
Gellman Brothers. Minneapolis, MN, 1969.
Higbee's. Cleveland, OH, 1943-1976.
Location: Oversize cabinet (1957 Christmas book)
Hudson's. Southfield, MI, 1973-1976.
J. C. Penney. Milwaukee, WI, 1964-2007.
Location: Oversize shelves (1971-2007)
John Plain. Chicago, IL, 1969.
Joseph Hagan Company. Chicago, FL, 1933.
Joseph Hagn Co. Chicago, IL, 1933.
Lamson's. Toledo, OH, 1967-1972.
Larkin Plan. Buffalo, NY, 1918.
LaSalles. Toledo, OH, n.d.
Lion. Toledo, OH, 1967-1993.
Mason's. Cincinnati, OH, 1926.
Meyer and Both Company. Chicago, IL, 1926-1927.
Montgomery Ward. Eden Prairie, MN, 1905-1979.
Location: Oversize shelving (biennial seasonal issues from 1936-1979)
Moore's. Bowling Green, OH, 1958-1960.
National Bellas Hess. Kansas City, MO, 1928-1970.
Location: Oversize Box 3 (1928)
Neisner Family Shopper. Cleveland, OH, 1953.
Rike's. Dayton, OH, 1968.
Saks Fifth Avenue. Aberdeen, MD, 1979-2008.
Location: Oversize cabinet (1996, 1998 specialty catalogs)
Saul's Permanent Jewelry Company. Cleveland, OH, 1958.
Service Merchandise Co., Inc. Nashville, TN.
Shryock - Johnson. St. Louis, MO, 1903.
Spiegel. Rapid City, SD, 1937-1997.
Location: Oversize Box 4 (1972); Oversize shelves (1937-1997); Oversize cabinet (1992 holiday catalog)
Spors. Le Center, MN, 1941-1954.
Sterling Lindner. Cleveland, OH, 1951-1960.
Unity. Mount Vernon, NY, 1971-1972.
W.H. Kildow Company. Tiffin, OH, 1967-1968.
Wally Byam. Sidney, OH, 1969.
Woolworth's. New York, NY, 1929-.
Disney Catalog. Shawnee Mission, KS, 1988-2005.
American Girl. Middleton, WI, 1999-2005.
Just Pretend. Naugatuck, CT, 1997.
Magic Attic Club. Portland, ME, 1994-1998.
Donations to international funds for charity
World Vision. Tacoma, WA, 2005.
Firearms International Corporation. Washington D.C., 1954.
Francis Bannerman. New York, NY, 1931.
H and D Folsom Arms. New York, Ny, 1875-1876.
Herter's, Inc. Waseca, MN, 1967-1970.
Mossberg. New Haven, CT, 1957-1959.
Savage Arms. Westfield, MA, 1970.
Smith and Wesson. Springfield, MA, 1925-1995.
Stoeger. New York, NY, 1951-1953.
Sturm, Ruger, and Company. Southport, CT, 1956.
Thurman Randle Gun Company. Dallas, TX, [1930's?].
Winchester and Western. New Haven, CT, 1936-1971.
Zeppelin Arms Company. Akron, OH, 1936.
Almond Plaza. Sacramento, CA, 1986.
Anheuser-Busch. St. Louis, MO, 1987-1996.
The Baker's Catalogue. White River Junction, VT, 2003-2005.
Bounty Hunter. Napa, CA, n.d.
Budget Meat Plan. Cleveland, OH, 1949.
Epicure's Club. South Plainfield, NJ, 1952-1988.
Figis. Marshfield, WI, 1961-1980.
Godiva Chocolatier. Clinton, CT, 1988-2005.
Gooseberry Patch. Delaware, OH, 1991-2005.
Gourmet Pantry. Brooklyn, NY, 1969.
Harry and David. Medford, OR, 1968-1979.
Henekeys. London, England, 1952.
Hersheys. Hershey, PA, 1988-2002.
Hickory Farms. Maumee, OH, 1987-2007.
Honeybaked Ham. Holland, OH, 1997-2001.
Kansas City Steak Company. Kansas City, KS, n.d.
Knapp's Economy Basket Grocery. 1916.
Mission Orchard. Maumee, OH, 1987.
Mission Pak. Los Angeles, CA, [1950's?].
Mountain Sweets. Berea, KY, 1941-1963.
Naughton Farms. Waxahachie, TX, 1946-1948.
Penzey's Spice House. Waukesha, WI, 1995-2005.
Pepperidge Farm. Clinton, CT, 1982-1998.
Pfaelzer. Maumee, OH, 1973-2005.
Popcorn Factory. Lake Bluff, IL, 1987-2005.
Republic of Tea. Novato, CA, 2002-2005.
Rossi Pasta. Marietta, OH, 1996-2001.
Seabear. Anacortes, WA, 1993-1998.
Seyco. Van Nuys, CA, 1958.
Starbucks. Seattle, WA, 1993-2001.
Swiss Colony. Monroe, WI, 1967-2002.
Trophy Nut Company. Tipp City, OH, 1995-2005.
W R Loftus Ltd. Torquay, Devon (UK), [1970's?].
Walnut Acres. Penns Creek, PA, 1982-2000.
Wine Enthusiast. Pleasantville, NY, 1987-2006.
Wisconsin Cheese Makers Guild. Milwaukee, WI, 1965-1976.
Wisconsin Cheese Man. Madison, WI, 1965.
Fort Dearborn Watch & Clock Co. Chicago, IL, 1930.
Gold Bond Furniture. Fostoria, OH, 1968.
Hartman. 1914.
Hoosier Manufacturers. New Castle, IN, [1940's?].
Huntington. Huntington, WV, 1954.
IKEA. 1999.
The Oak Store. Toledo, OH, n.d.
Pennsylvania House. Ithaca, NY, 1974.
Sauder Woodworking. Archbold, OH, 1996.
Shaker Workshops. Concord, MA/Ashburnham, MA, 1980-.
Sturbridge Yankee Workshop. Portland, ME, 1974.
Thos. Moser. Auburn, ME, 2000.
Wild Wings. Lake City, MN, 1979-2003.
B. L. Bragg. Springfield, MA, 1894.
Berry Seed Company. Clarinda, IA, 1927.
Brownings. Toledo, OH, 1949-1971.
Brussel's Bonsai. Olive Branch, MS, 2005.
Burgess Seed Company. Bloomington, IL, 1942-2005.
Burpee Seeds. Warminster, PA, 1889-2005.
Emlong's. Stevensville, MI, 1940-1947.
Eugene Willett. North Collins, NY, 1894.
Gardener's Supply. Burlington, VT, 2003-2005.
The GEO H. Mellen Co. Springfield, Oh, 1898.
George D. Aitken. Putney, VT, 1931.
Gurney Seed & Nursery Co. Yankton, SD, 1972-2001.
H.W. Buckbee. Rockford, IL, 1931.
Henry Fields. Shenandoah, IA, 1914-1973.
Illinois Herb Company. Chicago, IL, 1940-1964.
J. J. H. Gregory & Son. Marblehead, MA, 1916.
J. W. Jung Seed Co. Randolph, WI, 1971-1973.
Jackson & Perkins. Medford, OR, 1949-1980.
John A Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse, WI, 1894-1938.
Johnny's Selected Seeds. Albion, ME, 1992.
Kellogg Nurseries. Three Rivers, MI, 1937-1958.
Kelly Bros. Dansville, NY, 1949-1988.
Lancaster County Seed Co. Paradise, PA, 1920.
Livingston's Seeds. Columbus, OH, 1931.
One Green World. Molalla, OR, 1999-2000.
Park Seed Co. Greenwood, SC, 1937-2001.
Quality Farm and Fleet. St. Cloud, MN, 1973-1974.
R. B. Dunning and Company. Bangor, ME, 1909.
R.H. Shumway Seedsman. Rockford, IL, 1942-1995.
Scott's Roses. Philadelphia, PA, 1893.
Seeds of Change. Santa Fe, NM, 1996-2004.
Shepherd's Garden Seeds. Torrington, CT, 1988-2001.
Spring Hill Nurseries. Tipp City, OH, 1950-2005.
Wayside Gardens. Hodges, SC, 1939-1992.
Whitman Hardware. Bowling Green, OH, [1972?].
Wille H. Eugene. North Collins, NY, 1894.
Apothecary Catalog. New York, NY, 1974.
Aurora Expressions of Alaska. Healdsburg, CA, 1994.
Bancroft's Gifts. Chicago, IL, 1958.
Bevis Industries. White Plains, NY, 1973.
Brinnon Gift Center. Philadelphia, PA, n.d.
Camalier and Buckley. Washington D.C., 1968-1980.
Candle Mill. East Arlington, VT, 1971.
Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, VA, 1986-2001.
Cooperative Distributors. New York, NY, 1937.
Damar's. Elizabeth, NJ, 1954-1955.
Deluxe Saddlery. Baltimore, MD, 1950-1978.
Despair, Inc. Austin, TX, 2005.
Discovery Channel. Florence, KY, 1996-2006.
Dutch Oven. Wycombe, PA, n.d.
E F Macdonald. Dayton, OH, 1967-1968.
Earl's of Bowling Green. Bowling Green, OH, [1970's?].
Edith Chapman. Blauvelt, NY, 1974.
Enesco Corporation. 1995-1996.
Explorations. Broomfield, CO, 1998-2000.
Femail Creations. Las Vegas, NV, 2000-2005.
Fingerhut Manufacturing Company. St. Cloud, MN, 1976-1977.
For Keeps. Bowling Green, OH, 1998-2002.
Foster House. Peoria, GA, 1969-1976.
The Franklin Mint. Franklin Center, PA, 1991-2001.
Gold Drum. Pittsburgh, PA, 1969.
Gordon's Gifts. Toledo, OH, 1991-1992.
Hammacher Schlemmer. Fairfield, OH, 1945-1978.
Hanover House. Kennet Square, PA, 1967-1978.
Harley Davidson. Citrus Heights, CA, 1965-2001.
Helen Gallagher. Peoria, IL, 1960-1978.
Into the Wind. Boulder, CO, 1989-2003.
Jennings Pharmacy. Clyde, OH, n.d.
King Ranch Saddle Shop. Kingsville, TX, 1995-2008.
Levenger. Delray Beach, FL, 2001.
Lighter Side. Bradenton, FL, 1982-2000.
Lighthouse Depot. Wells, NE, 1994-2000.
Mast General Store. Valle Crucis, NC, 1988-1989.
Meredith. Evanston, IL, 1960.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Store. New York, NY, 1989-2005.
Miles Kimball Company. Oshkosh, WI, 1949-2008.
Morgan Hayes. Lakewood, OH, 1908.
The Music Stand. Ozark, MO, 1987-1998.
Napa Style. Helena, CA, 2001.
National Geographic. Washington D.C., 1930-2007.
National Wildlife Federation. Winchester, VA, 1970-2004.
Nature Company. Florence, KY, 1982-2000.
NBC Experience Direct. Birmingham, MI, 1996-1999.
New Hampton General Store. Hanover, PA, 1968-1982.
Noble. Newark, NJ, [1966, 1969].
Northern Sun Merchandising. Minneapolis, MN, 1992-2002.
Old Guilford Forge. Guilford, CT, 1955-1976.
Oriental Trading Company. Omaha, NE, 1992-2007.
Paragon. Westerly, RI, 1970-1980.
Pottery Barn. San Francisco, CA, 1988-2006.
Proud to Be You. Canton, OH, 2000.
Reader's Digest Gift Book. Columbus, OH, [1970's?].
Red Envelope. San Diego, CA, 2001.
Rochelle's. Toledo, OH, 1991-1997.
San Francisco Music Box Company. San Francisco, TX, 1987-2000.
Schrift's. Milwaukee, WI, 1961.
Sharper Image. San Francisco, CA, 1984-2005.
Solutions. Portland, OR, 1987-2005.
Southwest Indian Foundation. Gallup, NM, 2001-2006.
Summit Studios. Guttenberg, NJ, 1953.
Sunnyland Farms. Albany, GA, 1986-2000.
Sunset House. Beverly Hills, CA, 1966-1975.
Taylor Gifts. Paoli, PA, 1975.
Tipp Novelty Co. Tipp City, OH, 1976.
Town Pride Gifts. n.d.
U N I C E F. Lumberton, NJ, 1972-2005.
U.S. Air Gift Catalog. Milwaukee, WI, 1995.
U.S. Merchandise. Cleveland, OH, 1968.
Uncommon Goods. New York NY, 2005.
Uncommon Goods. New York, NY, 2007.
Vermont Country Store. Weston, VT, 1967-2008.
Vermont Village Shops. Bennington, VT, 1976.
Victor Animatograph. Davenport, IA, n.d.
Walt Disney Gallery Catalog. Shawnee Mission, KS, 1995.
Walter Drake. Colorado Springs, CO, 1967-1975.
Western Auto. Cleveland, OH, [1950's?].
What on Earth. Twinsburg, OH, 1989-2008.
Williamsburg. Williamsburg, VA, 1999.
Willis and Geiger. Reedsburg, WI, 1996.
World in Color Productions. Elmira, NY, 1952.
World Wildlife Fund. Peru, IN, 1989-1996.
World Wrestling Federation. Stamford, CT, 1985.
Pedersen Gold Equipment. North Haven, CT, 1975-1976.
Anime Archive. 1994.
Fantagraphics Books, Inc. Seattle, WA, 1995-2003.
Star System. 1996-1999.
Superhero Merchandise. Dover, NJ, n.d.
Westfield Comics. Middleton, WI, 1994-2000.
Current . Colorado Springs, CO, 1974-2003.
Name-On. Cleveland, OH, 1967.
Saturn Press. Swan's Island, ME, 1995.
Writewell Company. Indianapolis, IN, 1969-1994.
Abbey Press. Meinrad, IN, 1968-2000.
Amaco. Indianapolis, IN, 1969-1997.
American Handicrafts. Fort Worth, TX, 1954-1973.
American Reedcraft Corporation. New York, NY, 1937.
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company. Manchester, NH, n.d.
Aunt Ellen's Needlework. Kansas City, MO, 1949-1952.
Bits & Pieces. Stevens Point, WI, 1989-2006.
Boye Neddle Company. Chicago, IL, 1909.
Bryan's . Louisville, KY, 1917.
Burlington Mills. New York, NY, n.d.
Conover Woodcraft Specialties. Parkman, OH, 1985.
Craftool. Wood-ridge, NJ, 1967.
Dennison. Framingham, MA, 1953.
Embroidery Guild. New York, NY, 1943-1949.
Entrepreneur. Whitestone, NY, 1976.
Grieger's Inc. Pasadena, CA, 1965-1977.
Herrschners. Stevens Point, WI, 1953-1980.
Home Pattern Company, Inc. New York, NY, 1917.
Immerman and Sons. Cleveland, OH, 1953-1954.
Keepsake Quilting. Meredith, NH, 1988-1997.
Knit-O-Graf. Minneapolis, MN, n.d.
Longaberger. 1992-2000.
Merribee Embroidery. Fort Worth, TX, 1935-1973.
Nancy's Notions. Beaver Dam, WI, 1988.
National Sewing Machines. Belvidere, IL, n.d.
Newark Dressmaker Supply. Lehigh Valley, PA, 1997-1999.
Shillcraft. Baltimore, MD, n.d.
Stitchery. Medfield, MA, 1972-1977.
The Wood Products Co. Toledo, OH, 1969.
World of Stitch and Knit. Framingham, MA, 1976-1977.
Belle Hardware. Lakewood, OH, [1950's?].
Carter Lumber. Carrollton, OH, 1972.
Glidden Company. Cleveland, OH, 1946-1968.
Lehman's Hardware. Kidron, OH, 1987.
Shapleigh Hardware Company. St. Louis, MO, 1919.
Sherwin - Williams. Cleveland, OH, 1933-1958.
True Value Hardware. Thornton, IL, 1983-1995.
Arnold Vibratory Massage. Racine, WI, 1912.
Avon. New York, NY, 1965-2002.
Location: Oversize Box 1 (1976 commemorative issues)
Beauty Boutique. Cleveland, OH, 1987-2000.
The Body Shop. Wake Forest, NC, 1996-2002.
Caswell - Massey Company. Edison, NJ, 1974-2005.
General Beauty Products. Chicago, IL, 1969.
Good Vibrations. San Francisco, CA, 1991-1997.
Indigo Wild. Kansas City, MO, 2007.
InteliHealth Healthy Home. Dover, DE, 1997-2002.
Living Arts. Venice, CA, 1997-1999.
Mary Kay. Dallas, TX, 1995-2000.
Paula Young Wigs. Brockton, MA, 1989-1996.
Real Goods. Ukiah, CA, 1992-2006.
Schiff. Lima, OH, n.d.
Vitamin Shoppe. North Bergen, NJ, 1994-2001.
Warner's. Rochester, NY, 1888.
Well and Good. St. Paul, MN, 1998-2000.
Yoga Zone. Milford, CT, 1998.
AHM Catalog. Philadelphia, PA, 1962.
Athearn Trains. Los Angeles, CA, 1961-1962.
Beldt's Aquarium. St. Louis, MO, 1942.
Brunswick Billiards. Chicago, IL, 1952.
Enchanted Doll House. Manchester Center, VT, 1988.
Estes. Penrose, CA, 1970-1989.
Hobby Shack. Fountain Valley, CA, 1985-1988.
James Bliss. Dedham, MA, 1977.
Lionel Trains. Chicago, IL, 1934-1996.
William K Walthers, Inc. Milwaukee, WI, 1938.
Alsto's. Cleveland, OH, 1966-1980.
Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL, 1999-2005.
Artful Home. Madison, WI, 2005-2006.
Ballard Designs. West Chester, OH, 1989-2006.
Block Company. Chicago, IL, 1952.
Cape Cod Cupola. North Dartmouth, MA, 1964.
Chambers. San Francisco, CA, 1990-2004.
Clocks, Ltd. Wheeling, IL, 1996.
Company Store. LaCrosse, WI, 1985-2006.
Design Within Reach. San Francisco, CA, 2001-2007.
Domestications. LaCrosse, WI, 1986-2005.
Eziba. North Adams, MA, 2000-2004.
Hold Everything. San Francisco, CA, 1987-2005.
International Silver Company. 1929, 1900t.
Jewel Electric. Chicago, IL, n.d.
Kitchen & Home. La Crosse, WI, 1994-2000.
Miller Supply Company. Cleveland, OH, 1941.
NuTone. Cincinnati, OH, 1961-1969.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Pittsburgh, PA, 1950.
Preferred Living. Batavia, OH, 1988-2006.
RCA. 1970.
Rejuvenation Lamp & Fixture Co. Portland, OR, 1995-2006.
Scoville, Brown, and Company. Wellsville, NY, 1937.
Sensational Beginnings. Monroe, MI, 1995-1999.
Soft Surroundings. St. Louis, MO, 2000.
Spear and Company. Pittsburgh, PA, 1930.
W & W Lamp and Parts Sales. Portland, ID, n.d.
Williams-Sonoma. San Francisco, CA, 1975-2005.
Winthrop Furniture Co. Boston, MA, n.d.
The National Catalog Foundation. New Market, MD, 1995-1997.
Oliva. Oakland, CA, 1993.
Ten Percent Productions. Los Angeles, CA, 1997.
Armstrong. Lancaster, PA, 1936-1971.
Chicago Millwork Supply Co. Chicago, IL, 1913.
DeVac, Inc. Minneapolis, MN, [1950's?].
Nairn. Cleveland, OH, 1950.
Gillespie Plumbing. Bowling Green, OH, 1950.
Cabela's Sporting Goods. Oshkosh, NE, 1968-2008.
Deerskin Trading Post. Pompano Beach, FL, 1967-1977.
Gander Mountain. Wilmot, WI, 1970-1978.
Hancock Village Outfitters. Hancock, NH, 1974.
P and S Sales. Tulsa, OK, 1967-1974.
Parker. New Rochelle, NY, [1969?].
Infants' supplies
Ecobaby Organics. El Cajon, CA, 1999.
The Natural Baby Company. North Canton, OH, 1998-2000.
Perma-Plated. n.d.
Celotex. Chicago, IL, 1949.
Colorizer Paints. Mount Prospect, IL, 1963.
Donley. Cleveland, OH, 1954.
Karastan Rug Mills. New York, NY, 1960.
Kresser's. Wayne, OH, 1955.
National Oak Flooring. Memphis, TN, 1950.
Stump's. South Whitley, IN, 2001.
Widdicomb Furniture. Clevland, OH, n.d.
Army and Navy Jewelry. New York, NY, 1908.
Belair. Lakewood, NJ, 1996.
Broer Freeman. Toledo, OH, 1970.
C Preston Jewelers. Lakewood, OH, 1971.
Charms and Treasures. New York, NY, n.d.
Empire Diamond Corporation. New York, NY, n.d.
Gemex. Marcos, CA, 1973.
H. Horwitz Co. Chicago, IL, 1954.
Hamilton Watch Company. Lancaster, PA, 1957.
J. Lynn Company. New York, NY, 1925.
James Avery Craftsman. Kerrville, TX, 1988-1998.
Jewlart. Van Nuys, CA, 1974-1977.
Klever's. Bowling Green, OH, 1960-1971.
Mrs. T. Lynch. New York, NY, [1900?].
Oskamp Nolting Co. Cincinnati, OH, 1968-1969.
Randolph Jewelry. Providence, RI, 1910.
Tiffany and Company. Parsippany, NJ, 1987-2005.
Kitchen--Equipment and supplies
Bazar Francais. New York, NY, 1963.
Betty Crocker. Minneapolis, MN, 1964-2005.
Discovery House. Westport, CT, 1974.
Maid of Scandinavia. Minneapolis, MN, 1968.
Martha by Mail. Tampa, FL, 1998-2002.
Monitor Oil Store. Cleveland, OH, 1882.
Mullin's Manufacturing Co. Warren, OH, 1944.
Tupperware. Orlando, FL, 1964-1995.
Belber Trunk and Bag Company. Woodbury, NJ, 1933-1934.
Coach. New York, NY, 1987-2002.
Hamley and Company. 1933.
Howard Woodward & Co. Columbus, OH, 1934-1941.
Lawson Hill. Waltham, MA, 1976.
Louis Vuitton. 1995.
Tandy Leather Company. Fort Worth, TX, 1966-1995.
Wheary Trunk Company. Racine, WI, 1931.
Charles L. Riley. Bradner, OH, [1950s?].
The Toy Store. Toledo, OH, 1997-1999.
Lilley Ames. n.d.
Armstrong Bros. Tool Company. Chicago, IL, 1961.
B. F. Gump. Chicago, IL, 1924-1927.
Belknap. Louisville, KY, 1934.
Billings and Spencer Company. Hartford, CT, 1909.
Black & Decker. Towson, MD, 1971.
Boults. Battle Creek, MI, 1873.
Brookstone. Merrimack, NH, 1972-1980.
C.L. Berger & Sons. Boston, MA, n.d.
Craftsman Power Tools. Garland, TX, 1951-2000.
Creasy Ice Breakers. Philadelphia, PA, 1925.
Delta. Milwaukee, IL, 1950.
Edward Andrews Tool & Machinery. Hazel Park, MI, 1967.
Garrett Wade. New York, NY, 2001-2008.
The Home Depot. Atlanta, GA, 1997-2005.
North Brothers Manufacturing Company. Philadelphia, PA, 1926.
Wanner Machinery. Chicago, IL, 1927.
J. L. Taylor & Co. New York, NY, 1936-1940.
Multicultural merchandise
Wurlitzer. New York, NY, 1896.
Harmony. Westchester, OH, 1997-2005.
Seventh Generation. Broomfield, CO, 1988.
Nautical paraphernalia
Crow's Nest. Wilson, NC, 1965.
Lighthouse Inc. Plymouth, MA, 1953.
Pat Baird Ship Wheel. Western Springs, IL, 1965.
Office--Equipment and supplies
Eriksen's. Toledo, OH, 1972.
Staples. Westborough, MA, 1997.
Bear Archery. Grayling, MI, 1973-1986.
Camping World. Bowling Green, KY, 1983-2002.
Mountain Gear. Spokane, WA, 1998-2001.
PBS Home Video. Alexandria, VA, 2005.
The Best of Oz. Wichita, KS, 1996.
Blackhawk Films. Davenport, IA, 1968.
Castle Films, Inc. New York, NY, n.d.
Clem Williams Films, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA, 1970-1972.
Cousino Films. Toledo, OH, 1969.
Critics' Choice Video. Itasca, IL, 1993.
Discovery Channel Video. Santa Monica, CA, 1998-2001.
Facets Video. Chicago, IL, 1993-2001.
Films Incorporated. Chicago, IL, 1961-1977.
Location: Oversize Box 2 (1973-1977)
Foothill Video. Tujunga, CA, 1994-1996.
Movie Market. Dana Point, CA, 1998-2001.
Sinister Cinema. Medford, OR, 1994-1997.
The Whole Toon Catalog. Chicago, IL, 1998-2001.
The World of A and E. South Burlington, VT, 1999.
Camera Barn. New York, NY, 1971.
Cramer's Plates. St. Louis, MO, 1894.
Dodd Company. Cleveland, OH, 1951.
Graflex. Rochester, NY, n.d.
Kodak. Cleveland, OH, [1950's?].
Linhof. New York, NY, 1959.
Park Drug and Camera Store. Maryville, TN, 1964.
Perry's Pictures. Boston, MA, 1908.
Seneca Cameras Manufacturing Co. Rochester, NY, [1950's?].
United Photographic Stores. n.d.
Playground--Equipment and supplies
American Playground Device Company. Anderson, IN, 1937.
Burke Playground Equipment. Toledo, OH, 1985.
McFarlane Toys. Plymouth, MI, 1996-1999.
American Library Association Graphics. Chicago, IL., 1995-1999.
Cinemonde. San Francisco, CA, 1984.
Dargis Associates, Inc. Columbia, MD, n.d.
Hollywood Dream Factory. Toledo, OH, n.d.
New Jersey Historical Society. Chatham, NJ, 1976.
Pose Posters. Los Angeles, CA, n.d.
Retail trade--Equipment and supplies
Chicago Show Printing Company. Chicago, IL, 1955.
Meyerson Press Company. Chicago, IL, 1938.
National Cash Register Co. Dayton, OH, [1950's?].
National Clothier Corp. Chicago, IL, 1975.
Russell and Co. Masillon, OH, 1919.
800-Trekker. Reading, PA, 1994-1998.
Fandom, Inc. Gainsville, VA, 2000.
The Official Sci-Fi Channel Catalog. Reading, PA, 1996-1997.
Sci Fi Store. Reading, PA, 2000.
Birkenstock. Taftville, CT, 1994-2004.
Boot and Shoe Recorder. Boston, MA, 1906.
Civilian Shoe Company. Ward Hill, MA, 1919.
Coward Shoe Company. Tucson, AZ, 1970.
G. H. Bass Co. 1940-1992.
Great Western Shoe Company. Milwaukee, WI, 1933.
Hood Rubber Company. Watertown, MA, 1919.
J. P. Smith Shoe Co. New York, NY, 1933-1934.
Keds. Chicago, IL, 1932.
Kenneth Cole. Dallas, TX, 1996-2001.
Mar-Lou. Cleveland, OH, 1971.
Maryland Square. Chippewa Falls, WI, 1987-2003.
Nunn Bush. Milwaukee, WI, 1934.
Ralston Shoes. Fostoria, OH, 1910.
Rohn-Nu-Matic. Milwaukee, WI, 1934.
Weyenberg Shoe Manufacturing Company. Milwaukee, WI, 1933.
Acushnet Sales Company. New Bedford, MA, 1973-1977.
AG Spalding and Bros. New York, NY, [1904-1952].
American Sporting Goods Co. St. Louis, MO, 1943.
Austad's . Hanover, PA, 1987-2000.
Bike Nashbar. Youngstown, OH, 1989-1996.
Burton Binocular Guide. Columbus, OH, 1955.
The Camp & Hike Shop. Memphis, TN, 1973.
Clubby's Billiard Supplies. St. Louis, MO, 1966.
Dixie Gun Works. Union City, TN, 1972.
The Favorite Knits Sporting Goods Co. Cleveland, OH, n.d.
Finnysports. Toledo, OH, 1968.
Golf Day. Revere, MA, 1988-2001.
Jack Nicklaus. Rolling Meadows, IL, 1991-1992.
Mac Gregor. Cincinnati, OH, 1958.
Mueller Sporting Goods. Lincoln, NE, 1995-1997.
Overton's. Greenville, KY, 1989-1999.
Rawling's Sporting Goods. Chicago, IL, 1962.
Recreational Equipment Inc. Sumner, WA, 1973-1978.
Schoverling Daly and Gales. New York, NY, 1907.
Spalding . Cleveland, OH, 1956.
Three Rivers Robe Tannery. Three Rivers, MI, n.d.
Tuttle Golf Collection. Meriden, CT, 1991-2006.
Wittek Golf Supply Co. Chicago, IL, 1971-1975.
Detroit Lions Merchandise. Beverly Hills, MI, n.d.
Hot Off the Ice. Secaucus, NJ, 1998-2000.
Insider Authentics. Tampa, FL, 1995.
Nascar. Birmingham, AL, [1994, 1995].
National Baseball Hall of Fame. Cooperstown, NY, 1996.
Pirates Clubhouse Store. Pittsburgh, PA, 2000.
Star Struck. Bethel, CT, 1998-2000.
Title Nine Sports. Emeryville, CA, 1995-2006.
Toledo Mud Hens Souvenirs. Maumee, OH, n.d.
Trophyland USA Inc. Hialeah, FL, 1987-1989.
Star Trek Enterprises. Hollywood, CA, 1968.
Starfleet Gallery. Dover, DE, 1996.
The Adventurer. San Rafael, CA, 1994.
Star Wares. 1994.
American Stationery. Peru, IN, 1993-2006.
The Write Touch. Indianapolis, IN, 1990.
Thompson and Co, Inc. Tampa, FL, 1993-2001.
Wally Frank. New York, NY, 1956-1968.
Auto World. Scranton, PA, 1966-1967.
Babyland. Philadelphia, PA, 1953.
Back to Basics Toys. Pueblo, CO, 1995-2006.
Billy and Ruth. Cleveland, OH, 1952.
Cheerios Kids Catalog. Minneapolis, MN, 1996.
Cherry Tree Toys, Inc. Belmont, OH, 1987-2000.
Child Craft. Peoria, IL, 1970-1997.
Creative Playthings Inc. Princeton, NJ, 1965-1972.
Dollspart. Maspeth, NY, 1987.
Eastwood Automobilia. Malvern, PA, 1997.
F A O Schwartz. New York, NY, 1974-2005.
Fisher-Price, Inc. East Aurora, NY, 1994-2005.
Games Workshop. Baltimore, MD, 1992-1999.
General Mills, Inc. Minneapolis, MN, 1995.
Hasbro, Inc. Pawtucket, RI, 1986.
Highlights. Columbus, OH, 1998-2005.
John's Collectibles Toys and Gifts. Shrewsbury, MA, 1998.
Judy / Instructo. Bloomington, MN, 1994.
Just For Kids. Highland Park, NJ, 1991.
Kenner. Cincinnati, OH, 1982.
Kidstamps. Cleveland Heights, OH, 1986.
Lego. Enfield, CT, 1992-2000.
Matchbox. New York, NY, 1969-1975.
Mattel. Hollywood, CA, 1969-1996.
Milton Bradley Games. Springfield, MA, 1956.
Spilsbury Puzzle Company. Madison, WI, 1995-2005.
Steelcraft Toys and Bicycles. Clevland, OH, 1939.
Terrific Toys. Rehoboth Beach, DE, 1998.
Tonka . Mound, MN, 1973.
Toys R Us. 1991-1998.
Toys To Grow On. Long Beach, CA, 1988-2005.
Turn Off the TV. Bellevue, WA, 1995.
World Wide Games. Colchester, CT, 1988-1998.
Toys & Games, educational
Hearth Song. Peoria, IL, 1988-2007.
Harry Moyers Luggage Shop. Lima, OH, n.d.
Traveler's Shoppes. Cleveland, OH, 1996.
Custom Chrome. Morgan Hill, CA, 1996.
Waltham Clock Co. Waltham, MA, 1992.
Weddings--Equipment and supplies
Cathy's Concepts Bridal Catalog. Indianapolis, IN, 1997.
Western gear
Beeline. Bensenville, IL, 1968.
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Following night of terror, Buckner families uncertain about future
By Russ Dilday
Like many families who endured the effects of an EF3 tornado that hit North Dallas Sunday night, the family of Martha Vega huddled together as the storm roared over their home.
Now, two days later, they are cleaning up the debris from their yards while waiting on word from insurance companies and feeling uncertain about how they will piece together their shredded homes.
For Vega's family, a three-generation group consisting of her mother and father, husband, son and brother, the night ended with their home a missing roof, collapsed ceilings and water damage throughout the house as rains poured into her roofless home. She points to the ceiling above her – and on the floor – as evidence of the storm's fury.
"At first, when the (storm warning) alarm went off, I ignored it," she recalls. "The second time, it said, 'Take cover now, so we said 'We probably need to hide.'
Buckner International President and CEO Albert Reyes said Buckner is uniquely adapted to respond to the disaster because “this is an area where we already have significant work.” He said theBuckner Family Hope Center provides “help and hope to about 4,000 community members through our Family Hope Center services.”
Click here to help Dallas tornado victims.
The Family Hope Center temporarily offices at Northway Church on Walnut Hill while its permanent location is under construction at the corner of Lombardy and Geraldine. The new center sustained only light damage in the storm, which did not affect its construction schedule.
Candace Gray, senior executive director for Buckner Children and Family Services in North Texas, reported that while Northway Church “sustained extensive damage during the storm” the Family Hope Center offices there “sustained minimal damage. But, due to the structural damage to the building, we will not be able to work there for several weeks. We are exploring options for where our staff will office in the meantime.”
She said all Buckner classes and meetings “are being canceled this week. We are considering ways to appropriately respond to the needs of families and children in this ministry area.”
"My mom, dad, and son were awake, and my son grabbed his rosary and started praying," Vega said, still shaken by the event. "It was the longest 15 minutes of my life. In the end, my roof was gone. Mom's car was covered with trash, pieces of metal. We walked up and down the street and made sure the neighbors were OK. My son went to sleep at 2:30 a.m. He was so scared.
"Then the second rain came and the sheetrock came down and the rain came in. Most of the sheetrock ceilings are gone. There's water damage throughout, and the furniture got soaked."
Vega is a well-known figure in the area. She's the current PTA president at Cigarroa Elementary School and involved in the Buckner Family Hope Center nearby.
"I take the class, Trabajo de Vida, or Jobs for Life, with [Family Hope Center Director] Ricardo Brambila," she explains. "It gave me a different way to see life and a different way to deal with my son's needs. But what it ended up doing is not just teaching me how to communicate with my family, but the broader Cigarroa family as PTA president."
While Vega has answered several calls from parents seeking information about the school, she's also worried about her home and her family's future. "I'm hoping insurance covers most, but they've placed us in a hotel in one room – three generations in one hotel room. Insurance has extended us to next week, but the adjuster hasn't come out."
"Martha's family is one of four whose home was extensively damaged," says the Buckner Family Hope Center's Youth and Children Specialist Marcela Dominguez as she surveys the damage of Vega's roof. "While Buckner is not a crisis relief agency, we've established a lot of support from the community and can link those supporters with our families. It's one of our strengths."
"Our biggest need right now is cash so we can buy gift cards and other items," she adds. "We're providing some financial assistance with relocations, but more gift cards are needed so families can buy hot food. There's no power in the area right now and may not be for the next week."
Family Hope Center Director Ricardo Brambila said staff began contacting Buckner family coaches and local community members immediately after the storm to confirm their safety and areas of need.
With assessment still ongoing as of Tuesday morning, Brambila said initially three client families will need help with extensive home repairs or replacement, while a “significant majority of the 4,000 family members we serve are without power and we are seeking cash to purchase gift cards to help provide them with food and other emergency supplies.”
Brambila also serves as pastor of Primera Iglesia Bautista de Dallas on Betty Jane Drive, which was completely destroyed in Sunday’s severe weather.
Brambila said he and other staff members are working to arrange for meal delivery to affected families. Buckner is currently collaborating with Texas Baptist Men to provide lunch today to 200 children in an apartment complex Buckner serves, said TBM Director of Communications John Hall.
“We’ll provide up to 400 meals in that area and work with Buckner to help clear debris from affected homes soon,” he said.
This story was updated Oct. 22 at 2:40 p.m.
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New Bills John Brown, Cole Beasley, and Mitch Morse talk about the opportunity to play with Josh Allen in Buffalo.
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Sean McDermott: "Approach This Offseason With A Tremendous Amount Of Urgency"
Bills head coach, Sean McDermott addressed the media on Tuesday, topics include: offseason evaluation of the Bills staff and roster, the controversial officiating calls during the wildcard playoff game against the Texans, the development of Bills quarterback, Josh Allen this season, filling leadership roles following the retirement of Bills linebacker, Lorenzo Alexander and looking back on the 2019 Bills draft class.
Josh Allen: "This Will Be A Chip On My Shoulder Till We Play Again "
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Josh Allen: "I Love My Teammates And I Appreciate Everything"
Bills quarterback, Josh Allen addressed the media following the 22-19, overtime loss to the Houston Texans, topics include: the play of Texans defensive end, J.J. Watt, Bills head coach, Sean McDermott's postgame speech to the team, and Allen's thoughts on the season as a whole.
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Josh Allen: "It's what we worked for"
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Sean McDermott: "Continue to Focus"
The Bills head coach looks ahead to the Wild Card game in Houston, the team's confidence in Kevin Johnson, Josh Allen's first playoff game, and staying consistent with their preparation for the Texans.
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Leslie Frazier: "These Opportunities Don't Come Along Every Year"
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Sean McDermott: "We Were Able To Move The Ball"
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Sean McDermott: "It's a team game"
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Brian Daboll: "Enjoy The Moment"
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Sean McDermott: "A True Team Effort"
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This 29-year-old scored a world-first for his $2 million Indian toy brand – CNBC
Dhvanil Sheth, founder and CEO of Skillmatics.
Skillmatics
Have you ever caught yourself trying to scroll up on a paperback book, mistaking it for any one of a number of electronic devices?
If so, you’re not alone. For most, it might result in a moment of self-loathing followed by a speedy — if ironic — status update to lament society’s growing tech addiction. But for Dhvanil Sheth, it marked the birth of a $2 million company.
Sheth is founder and CEO of Skillmatics, an educational games business designed to reduce children’s dependence on technology.
The young entrepreneur launched the company in 2016 after catching his three-and-a-half-year-old nephew attempting to swipe an early learning book. In the three years since, he has seen it break records as the first Indian brand to be stocked globally by iconic toy store Hamleys.
Already, the then-26-year-old had been looking for a way to break away from his job as a management consultant and develop the retail space in his native India. But suddenly, seeing his nephew’s actions, he believed he’d found a real problem to solve.
“I was always very clear that I would eventually start my own business,” Sheth told CNBC Make It.
“That moment really brought it home,” he said.
Identifying a market
In the months that followed, Sheth quickly set to work consulting parents in Mumbai to find out if they had the same concerns.
When it turned out they did, he quit his job at Boston Consulting Group and invested the $50,000 he had saved to come up with a range of early-learning games designed to shift children away from apps and back to physical games.
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“I spent six months with parents to get feedback and it was clear that they wanted to move their children away from mindless technology consumption,” said Sheth, now 29.
So, working with product designers in the U.S., Sheth came up with a range of reusable “write and wipe” math, science, language and logic games aimed at children aged three to six.
“Young children learn best by repetition. We knew what we had to build in repeat utility, reuse, so we came up with the write and wipe concept,” he said.
Having settled on an initial range of eight Skillmatics products, Sheth quickly set about selling online. Within six months of launching in July 2017, one of the products became the No. 1 educational game on Amazon.
“We frugally spent on marketing on Amazon,” said Sheth. “It kind of happened organically.”
It was all part of Sheth’s plan to build a global name of an Indian brand. That rapid growth strategy even saw the young entrepreneur turn down $750,000 from an investor who wanted him to concentrate Skillmatics on India alone, he said.
“From day one, I was sure that the business I built would be global,” said Sheth.
“I think most consumer businesses have been across Europe and North America because historically that’s where the consumers have been. That’s all changing now, ” he continued.
We want to double down on those two markets that serve as playbooks for the rest of the world.
Dhvanil Sheth
founder and CEO, Skillmatics
Indeed, Skillmatics’ products are now available in 15 countries globally via its own website and online marketplaces. It is also available in 3,000 retail stores, thanks to a push when Hamley’s CEO called for the product to be stocked at its stores globally, Sheth said.
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Earlier this year, the start-up received $1.5 million in funding through Sequoia India’s “Surge” accelerator program, taking total funding received to date to $2 million. Revenues, meanwhile, hit $1.5 million in 2019. That will help the company with its expansion plans across the U.S. and India, where its products retail for around $30 and $5 to $10, respectively, Sheth said.
“We want to double down on those two markets that serve as playbooks for the rest of the world,” said Sheth, who now leads a team of 40.
It will also assist him on his dream to build an “ecosystem of products” and help reinvent what he describes as an outdated education system, he said.
“Traditionally, there has been a specific focus on building subject knowledge,” said Sheth. “But, in the future, I think it’s going to be more about developing a core set of skills.”
Lessons for others
That attitude links to Sheth’s advice for fellow would-be entrepreneurs, too. Rather than getting an MBA, as once was typical for aspiring entrepreneurs, Sheth advocated getting real-life experience at work.
“That’s where I was pocking around and getting ideas,” the accounting grad said, referring to his time spent working as a consultant across India, Japan and North America. In the end, it was a pro-bono project he worked on with the Canadian government that helped him identify the opportunities in the education system, he said.
Meanwhile, outside of work, Sheth advocated reading business books, such as Phil Knight’s “Shoe Dog,” and watching lectures on YouTube, like Stanford University’s graduate series, to gain insights from the world’s great leaders.
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Doing so helped him identity some key traits that have shaped his own entrepreneurial journey, he said.
“Two or three I find most impactful are grit and persistence,” said Sheth. “No journey is a straight line: Even the best companies were often close to bankruptcy.”
“The other is humility. The people I’ve seen who’ve gone on to be great leaders … have tended to be more open to listening and learning. I think that really helps,” he said.
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It's Another Liberal Conspiracy! News Coverage Overwhelmingly Supports Gay Marriage, Study Finds
By Kayla Higgins
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Every self-respecting Republican knows that the media is one big liberal conspiracy— and now there's some data to back it up.
A study released Monday by The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that this Spring, news stories with statements in support of same-sex marriage legalization outweighed stories with negative language by a 5-to-1 margin. Forty-seven percent of the nearly 500 stories studied from March 18 through May 12 focused on sources and information in support for gay marriage. Most remaining stories (44%) had an equal mix of both viewpoints, with only 9% focusing on opposition.
Interestingly, the media 'support' of gay marriage remained the same regardless of whether the stories were news articles or opinion pieces, and was consistent across all three of the major cable networks, including Fox News. Unsurprisingly, Twitter postings aligned more closely with public opinion (a more even split between support and opposition), while The Huffington Post was more tilted toward support than the rest of the news media. Shocker. [IMAGE]
Image: Pew Research Center
The report by Pew also gave a window into the way each side is framing the issue. Pew found that overall, statements in support of gay marriage have a more consistent message than statements opposed to gay marriage. While the message on the support side focused on the issue of civil rights, the message of opposition ranged from the idea that same-sex marriage would hurt society and harm traditional marriage, to the idea that homosexuality is immoral, to the claim that civil unions are "good enough,"and that government should not impose a new definition of marriage.
And finally, if you'd really like to nerd out about the entire concept of a liberal media bias, listen to Ira Glass's thorough investigation here:
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McLaren to unveil its most track-focused car
Even if it had the P1 and the P1 GTR, McLaren is not stopping. The British-based manufacturer announced it is developing another very track focused car.
McLaren has confirmed that the next model to be introduced under its Track22 business plan will be an addition to the Ultimate Series. Its mission is to be the most extreme, track-concentrated road car McLaren has yet designed.
To be publicly revealed in the first quarter of 2018, it will be delivered ahead of a second future Ultimate Series model codenamed BP23 which aims to be the world’s first Hyper-GT. As members of the McLaren Ultimate Series, both will be produced in very limited numbers and all examples are already assigned.
Ultimate Series models are positioned above McLaren’s core Super Series and have a distinct focus. Previous examples of the Series include the McLaren P1 and McLaren P1 GTR.
This next model to join the Ultimate Series will be the ultimate track car but will be road legal. Daily usability is being sacrificed to give the most intensive driver experience around a circuit. Its design, described as brutal, will be the purest expression yet of the company’s ‘form follows function’ philosophy.
More details, including the car’s name, will be revealed before the end of this year.
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Novels Set In Malta| Books to Read on Your Flight to Malta
Casa Ellul recommends these book reads if visiting Malta...
Taking a flight to Malta can be an exciting activity but having a book to read for the journey can really come in handy. That’s why we’ve listed our favourite books to read which are set in Malta, perfect to read when on your travels.
Death In Malta by Rosanne Dingli
In a bid to seek refuge from the already tumbling marriage and find inspiration for his next novel, Gregory Worthington takes off to Malta. The story of a missing child in the village springs up his interest and becomes his writing subject.
The Kapillan Of Malta by Nicholas Monsarrat
This novel is a memorable piece of post war fiction. Father Salvatore is a simple cleric offering shelter to the poor during the havoc that befell Malta during World War Two. During the period of destitution across the island because of the bombardment that Malta endured, Father Salvatore takes responsibility for the countless homeless, starving and destitute people.
The Information Officer by Mark Mills
This is a tale set in the summer of 1942 in Malta, where the Maltese people were exposed to non-stop bombing from the Luftwaffe, and were at the mercy of the British army who stood up for them and held up the Nazis. Max Chadwick was the British officer assigned to pass on manipulated news to the endangered population.
Manon Fire by A.J Quinnell
The plot showcases an American born mercenary with a burnt-out soul by the name of Creasy, who was hired as a bodyguard for an Italian Industrialist. The touch of a girl brings him back to life and awakens his ability to love again. The course of true love never runs smooth though as horrific events consume Creasy’s mind and transform him back into the brutal and lethal weapon he was trained to be.
Like Bees To Honey by Caroline Smailes
This is a story full of loss and redemption. Nina and her young son embark on a visit to her aged parents. She hasn’t returned home to Malta since she was disowned by her family for falling pregnant at the age of 19.
This will be her last shot at peace with her family, but her homeland holds secrets from Nina to discover. The heart of this book is a spiritual journey for Nina and her son which will stay with the reader long after they finished reading it.
Sword And The Scimitar by David Ball
This novel portrays an act of love, war, treachery and adventure. Two Maltese children, Nico and Maria, are separated at a tender age. Nico is taken as a slave to a wealthy merchant and becomes a political pawn who sets out to escape. Maria is left for survival in Malta and helped by a Jewish refugee group. There is an epic set during the conflict between the Christians and the Islamic Ottoman Empire.
The Jukebox Queen Of Malta by Nicholas Rinaldi
The Island of Malta is under the siege from German forces and Rocco Raven, an American secret-serviceman, is out for no-one but himself. Rocco is left to wonder until he finally meets Melita, the Jukebox Queen of Malta. This sprouts a passionate relationship as the island’s future diminishes.
The Religion by Tim Willocks
In May 1565, Suleiman the Ottomans Emperor declared a Jihad against St. Johns Knights. Messina, a French countess sets out for Malta to find her son who was taken from her at birth some 12 years ago, despite the danger posed by the religious conflict. Mattias Tannhauser is the only man that dares to follow her into the Holy War in search of her son.
Ironfire by David Ball
With the clash of the Ottomans Empire against the Christians in the 16th century the fate of Malta was in question. The death of Nico fires up his sister Maria’s hatred for the Knights who made no attempt to save him. However, as she grew in beauty Maria caught the attention of Christien de Vries who was also a Knight. The top Knight, Jean de la Valette, becomes Malta’s only hope of survival.
The Brass Dolphin by Caroline Harvey
The endless wartime bombing of the Mediterranean island of Malta results in a young woman, Lila Cunningham, living in a collapsing village. She ensures distress, deprivations and starvation. She finally learns about love and life, and that they don’t always work out as planned.
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( Latin fideles , from fides , faith.)
Those who have bound themselves to a religious association, whose doctrine they accept, and into whose rites they have been initiated. Among Christians the term is applied to those who have been fully initiated by baptism and, regularly speaking, by confirmation. Such have engaged themselves to profess faith in Jesus Christ, from Whom they received it as a gift; henceforth they will proclaim His teachings, and live according to His law. Hence the term so frequent in papal documents, Christifideles , "the faithful of Jesus Christ ". The distinction between Christians and faithful is now very slight, not only because adult baptism has become the exception, but also because liturgically the rite of the catechumenate and that of baptism have merged into one another. On the other hand, in the Latin Church at least, confirmation and first Communion have been separated from the baptismal initiation. In the primitive Church it was otherwise; initiation into the Christian society consisted in two distinct acts, often accomplished years apart from one another. First, one became a catechumen by the imposition of hands and the sign of the cross ; this was a kind of preliminary profession of Christian faith -- "eos qui ad primam fidem credulitatis accedunt" (Council of Elvira, about 300, can.xlii), which authorized the catechumen to call himself a Christian. Only by the second act of initiation, i.e. by baptism itself, was he authorized to call himself one of the faithful, and participate immediately in all the Christian mysteries, including the Eucharist.
Strictly speaking, therefore, the term faithful is opposed to catechumen ; hence, it is not met in the writings of thise early Christian Fathers who flourished before the organization of the catechumenate. It is not found in St. Justin nor in St. Irenæus of Lyons ; Tertullian, however, uses it, and reproaches the heretics for obliterating all distinction between catechumens and the faithful: quis catechumenus, quis fidelis incertum est (De praeser., c. xli; P.L., II, 56). Henceforth, in the partristic writings and canons of councils we meet quite frequently the antithesis of catechumens and baptized Christians, Christians and faithful. Thus St. Augustine (Tract. in Joannem, xliv, 2; P.L., XXXV, 1714): "Ask a man: are you a Christian ? If he be a pagan or a Jew, he will reply: I am not a Christian. But if he say: I am a Christian, ask him again: are you a catechumen, or one of the faithful?" Similarly the Council of Elvira considers the case of a "faithful" Christian baptizing a catechumen in case of necessity (can. xxxviii); again, of sick pagans asking for the imposition of hands of the catechumenate, and thus becoming Christians (can. xxxix); of participation in an idolatrous sacrifice on the part of a Christian, and again by one of the faithful (can. lix); of betrayal to the pagan magistrate ( delatio ), to which a difference of guilt is attached according as the crime was perpetrated by one of the faithful or by a catechumen (can. lxxiii).
The title fidelis was often carved on epitaphs in the early Christian period, sometimes in opposition to the title of catechumen. Thus, at Florence, a master ( patronus ) dedicates to his catechumen servant ( alumna ) the following inscription: "Sozomeneti Alumnae audienti patronus fidelis", i.e. "her master, one of the faithful, to Sozomenes, his servant and hearer", by which term he means one of the well-known degrees of the catechumenate ( Martigny, Dict. des antiq. chreét., Paris, 1877). Even now the baptismal rite provides for voluntary request of baptism on the part of an infidelis , i.e. a non-Christian (see INFIDEL); it exhibits venerable vestiges of the primitive scrutinium or preliminary examination, the guarantors ( sponsores ) or god-father and god-mother, the rites of the catechumenate, the communication of the Creed ( traditio symboli ) and the Our Father, the renunciation of Satan and evil, the adhesion to Jesus Christ, and the triple profession of faith. The candidate for baptism is still asked at the entrance to the baptismal font : "Wilt thou be baptized ? It was voluntary, therefore, and is so yet, that one entered the ranks of the faithful through the principal initiatory rite of baptism.
Naturally enough, even in Christian antiquity, attention was drawn to the analogous ceremonies of circumcision (the sign, if not the rite, of the admission of proselytes to the profession of Judaism ) and of the bloody bath of the taurobolium , by which the faithful of Mithra were initiated (Cumont, Les Mysteéres de Mithra, Paris, 1902). The obligations of the faithful Christian are indicated by the preparatory rites of his reception and by his actual baptism. He begins by asking for faith (in Jesus Christ ) and, through that faith, for eternal life. The Creed is then delivered to him, and he returns it ( redditio symboli ) i.e. repeats it aloud. At the baptismal font he recites solemnly the profession of faith. From all this it is clear that his first duty is to believe (see FAITH). His second duty is to regulate his life or conduct with his new Christian faith , i.e. having renounced Satan and evil, he must avoid all sin. "So behave", was it said to him, "that henceforth thou mayest be the temple of God." St. Gregory I says (Hom. in Evang. xxix, 3; P.L., LXXVI, 1215): "Then only are we truly the faithful when by our acts we realize the promises made with our lips. On the day of our baptism, indeed, we promised to renounce all the works and all the pomps of the ancient enemy."
Finally, since the faithful have voluntarily sought membership in the Christian society they are bound to submit to its authority and obey its rulers. As to the rights of the faithful, they consist chiefly in the fullest participation in all the Christian mysteries, so long as one does not become unworthy of the same. Thus the faithful Christian is entitled to take part in the Holy Sacrifice, to remain in the assembly after the deacon has sent away the catechumens, to offer up with the priest the orate fidelium or prayer of the faithful, to receive there the Body and Blood of Christ, and to receive the other rites and sacraments. He may also aspire to the highest rank of the clergy. In a word, he is a full member of the Christian society, and is such, regularly speaking, in perpetuity. If by reason of his own misdeeds he deserves to be expelled from said society, repentance and the reparatory penitential rite, a second baptism, as it were, permit his return. Finally, if he persist in the observance of his baptismal promises, he will obtain eternal life, i.e. his original petition at the moment of baptism. See BAPTISM, CATECHUMEN.
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CCNY Mechanical Engineering Professor Hao Su [third from left] with members of his research team and a model of their exoskeleton.
In a huge boost to his quest to offer mobility to people with lower limb disabilities, City College of New York mechanical engineer Hao Su is the recipient of a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It will advance his work on a hybrid soft exoskeleton that combines the advantages of rigid exoskeletons and textile-based exosuits to overcome lower-limb impairments, particularly in seniors.
The grant will establish the Center of Assistive and Personal Robotics for Independent Living (APRIL) in the Grove School of Engineering to study assistive robotics to enhance mobility and health in community settings.
Su’s project, in the Biomechatronics and Intelligent Robotics (BIRO) lab that he heads, entails developing soft wearable exoskeletons based on soft materials, including cables, elastomers, and artificial muscles. This is in contrast to conventional designs that he said, “are typically heavy, bulky, expensive, limited in clinic-settings, and primarily suitable for paraplegic individuals with little to no remnant voluntary movement.”
“Our soft exoskeleton,” he added, “is lightweight, compact, and affordable to enhance mobility assistance in community settings for people who need partial assistance.”
Targeting seniors, the Su team is also developing actuator technologies that reduce mass and cost of robotic systems. Moreover, lightweight motors will create a new actuation paradigm called "Quasi-Direct Drive" that enables the versatility of assistive robots, namely highly compliant and highly responsive for safe interaction with humans.
“We will assess the feasibility and biomechanics effects of the robot prototypes in seniors with disabilities such as impairment, stroke, post-polio, and knee osteoarthritis,” noted Su.
The viability of the CCNY-designed exoskeleton has already been recognized. Last year, Su and his fellow researchers were finalists in the second stage of a $4 million mobility challenge.
Their entry in the challenge, “Physiology-Adaptive and Computer Vision-Assisted Soft Exoskeletons to Support Independent Living across the Continuum of Rehabilitation,” placed in the top 10 among 96 entries globally in the first round.
Members of the Su team include postdoctoral fellow Tzu-Hao Huang and collaborators James Chang, Gerard Francisco, and Richard Petty from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and TIRR Memorial Hermann, a top rehabilitation center.
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REDIzone advancing research at NEOMED
Special to The Canton Repository
Aug 25, 2019 at 12:01 AM Sep 5, 2019 at 3:36 PM
Facility provides state-of-the-art lab space to world-class scientists.
The Research, Entrepreneurship, Discovery and Innovation Zone (REDIzone) at Northeast Ohio Medical University enables innovators of biotechnology to take their research from concept to capital. With a mission to improve health worldwide, the program forms strategic partnerships to unite entrepreneurs and early-stage biomedical companies with university resources to catalyze the development of biotechnology.
Strategic partnerships with the REDIzone open doors to new opportunities and provide invaluable resources, including:
• State-of-the art wet lab space and facilities.
• Adjacent office and conference spaces.
• World-class scientists, technology and technology transfer operations.
• Access to teaching hospitals, business development and funding resources.
NEOMED is collaborating with Aultman Hospital in Canton, which plans to open a center for athletic performance and safety at Johnson Controls Hall of Fame Village. Future plans also include opening a REDIzone incubator in Canton.
As a scientist in NEOMED's Heart and Blood Vessel Disease research area, Charles Thodeti, Ph.D., typically works on projects such as one to improve delivery of chemotherapy drugs to treat tumors. Another major project is developing novel therapeutics to inhibit or reverse cardiac fibrosis to treat heart failure.
But Thodeti, the associate professor of integrative medical sciences, also has a current project that hits close to home for many men: "Novel mechanisms for modulation of hair growth."
As he notes, hair loss and baldness have a deep impact on human social interactions and psychological well-being. Considering how much a full head of hair means to most men, it's surprising, says Dr. Thodeti, there are only two products that are approved for hair growth by the FDA — and that they show only what he terms "limited efficacy" in stimulating hair growth in men with male-pattern baldness.
Equally important to women, he says, is the removal of unwanted hair without experiencing painful treatments, such as waxing.
Seeing an unmet need, Dr. Thodeti began a project that last fall received one of three inaugural REDIzone Faculty Research Awards. Open to researchers in all areas at the university, the new awards are designed to give researchers a chance to explore "wild and crazy ideas" outside their usual projects, said REDIzone program manager Elliot Reed.
Supported by this $10,000 award, Dr. Thodeti is doing research to determine the role of a protein X (MSPX) in hair growth, then apply this knowledge to stimulate hair growth with activators and to reduce it with inhibitors.
It was by chance, when removing hair for surgeries and tumor experiments, that Dr. Thodeti first observed that hair growth in wild-type mice is different than in genetically modified MSPX mice. Looking ahead, he says, "We believe that findings from our project could open entirely new avenues for developmental therapeutics — not only in hair growth therapy, but also for painless hair removal."
The REDIzone is located in The Timken Foundation of Canton Innovation Corridor, on the campus of NEOMED in Rootstown. As a local stakeholder, The Timken Foundation of Canton has provided a major gift to support the REDIzone's mission as a generator of private companies to drive economic prosperity in the region.
For more information on REDIzone, go to NEOMED.edu/research/innovation-incubation/redizone/
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Russia reinstatement process suspended over AIU charges
23 Nov 2019 03:20AM (Updated: 23 Nov 2019 04:00AM )
REUTERS: The global governing body of athletics on Friday suspended the reinstatement process for Russia pending the resolution of charges imposed on its athletics federation for violating anti-doping rules, dealing a blow to the country's Olympic hopes.
Russia's athletics federation has been suspended since 2015 over a doping scandal and had hoped to be reinstated by the sport's governing World Athletics, formerly the IAAF.
Four years into the suspension, however, the reinstatement process for the federation was halted and it is at risk of being expelled completely from World Athletics after its president and a string of federation officials were provisionally suspended for violating anti-doping rules.
"The council immediately suspended the Rusaf (Russian athletics federation) reinstatement process pending the resolution of the charges," said Rune Andersen, the chairman of the World Athletics taskforce overseeing Russia's reinstatement.
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), which oversees integrity issues in athletics, including doping, on Thursday suspended federation president Dmitry Shlyakhtin and six other people for what it said were serious breaches of anti-doping rules.
The violations relate to an investigation into whereabouts violations committed by Russian high jumper Danil Lysenko, which the AIU said the officials had obstructed.
The officials, the AIU said, provided false explanations and forged documents to explain three whereabouts violations by Lysenko.
"RIGHT DECISION"
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said the Council had made the right decision by endorsing the taskforce's recommendations.
"It's a very clear one," he said.
Andersen added that the taskforce would recommend sanctions that should be imposed on the federation if it is found to have breached its obligations. It will also decide whether the Council should consider the expulsion of the Russian athletics federation from World Athletics altogether.
The Russian athletics federation had no immediate comment, saying it will address the decision by World Athletics on Saturday when its presidium convenes in Moscow to name an interim president.
Andersen said the taskforce would also review the process World Athletics has used to determine which Russians can compete internationally as neutrals.
Despite the federation's suspension, World Athletics has since 2016 allowed certain Russians, including three-times world champion Maria Lasitskene, to compete internationally as neutrals after having demonstrated that they are training in a doping-free environment.
Andersen said the taskforce would determine "whether that mechanism can and should continue to be used given the above developments".
The suspension of Russia's reinstatement process comes as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is set to decide next month on the status of Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA after Moscow allegedly provided it with doctored laboratory data.
(Reporting by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber in Moscow, editing by Ed Osmond and Ken Ferris)
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PDP Seeks Review Of INEC And DSS Heads’ Appointments
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the review of the appointments of the acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Mrs Amina Zakari, and that of the Director General of the Department of State Services, Mr Lawal Daura.
The acting National Chairman of the PDP, Mr Uche Secondus, told Journalists at a press conference on Wednesday that the party was uncomfortable with the treatment of its members in the hands of the DSS in Rivers and Akwa Ibom States where elections results are being contested in the tribunals.
Aside from the DSS boss, the PDP also insist that the appointment of Mrs Amina Zakari as the acting Chairman of INEC should be reviewed by the Nigerian President, Muhamadu Buhari, ahead of the elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States.
Meanwhile, the electoral commission has assured Nigerians that the scheduled governorship elections holding in Kogi and Bayelsa states would be free and fair.
Posted on July 29, 2015 July 29, 2015 Author Donyoh DonneyCategories PoliticsTags 360 nobs, acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, acting National Chairman of the PDP, Africa, Ambode, Bayelsa state, bbc.com, Bella Naija, Buhari, chairman channels television, Channels News, Channels TV, Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, DSS in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states, FIFA, Guardian Newspaper, INEC, Journalists, Kogi State, Mr Lawal Daura, Mr Uche Secondus, Mrs Amina Zakari, Muhamadu Buhari, newsnow.co.uk, nigeerian info, Nigeria, Nigeria news, nigerian media house, Nigerian president, Nigerian tribune, osinbajo, PDP, Peoples democratic Party, Politics, Punch Newspaper, reuters.com, sport news, tvc news, World NewsLeave a comment on PDP Seeks Review Of INEC And DSS Heads’ Appointments
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Gunmen Attack Rafin Dadi Village In Kaduna
There are reports that Rafin Dadi village in Kanikon Chiefdom in Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State has come under heavy attack by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.
Channels Television gathered that the gunmen invaded the community at about 6:00pm on Monday.
A resident of the community told our correspondent that the gunmen invaded the community from a nearby forest and started shooting sporadically all over the place.
He added that the attack created panic as residents scampered for safety.
This is coming barely one week after gunmen attacked Bankin Kogi and Attakad communities in Jemaa and Kaura council areas of the state.
However, the Kaduna State Police Command is yet to confirm the latest incident.
Posted on February 27, 2017 Author Akinola AjibolaCategories LocalTags Attakad, Bankin Kogi, channels television, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna State, Kaduna State Police Command, Kanikon Chiefdom, Rafin Dadi villageLeave a comment on Gunmen Attack Rafin Dadi Village In Kaduna
Soldiers Recover Arms From Herdsmen In Southern Kaduna
Soldiers from the 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, have recovered arms and ammunition from suspected Fulani herdsmen and villagers during an operation in Southern Kaduna.
The soldiers were deployed to the area as part of efforts to end the killings in some communities in the area.
The General Officer Commanding, 1 Division, Kaduna State, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, who disclosed this in a statement, explained that the Army had been meeting with the Fulani and the villagers in a bid to find a lasting solution to the crisis.
He said the Army authorities had also approved two battalions to be stationed in Southern Kaduna for as long as possible.
He said, “We have presently mopped up arms from the Fulani herdsmen and the locals.
“Our operations based on intelligence gathering are still ongoing and we are also working with the Department of State Services.
“As it is well known, the Army has approved two battalions to be stationed in Southern Kaduna. One of them is in Kafanchan. So, we are not leaving. We will be there for as long as it’s necessary.
“We have other fundamental issues in the area, which the political leadership needs to resolve.
The Governor has engaged various stakeholders and as our operations continue, peace is returning.
“People are returning to their villages. However, it will take some time for them to calm down.
“They are repairing their burnt houses and they are also clearing their farmlands.
“We have assured them of maximum protection on their farms, and also for the Fulani herdsmen when they need to lead their cows for grazing”.
Posted on January 5, 2017 January 5, 2017 Author K AkintoyeCategories LocalTags 9ja News, Attacks in southern Kaduna, attacks on communities in Kaduna, channelstv.com, Fulani Herdsmen, Goska, Inspector General of Police, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna State Governor, Kafanchan, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, Naija gist, Nigerian News, Ninte, Nollywood, PM News, premiumtimesng.com, punchng.com, saharareporters.com, southern Kaduna, Vanguard newspaperLeave a comment on Soldiers Recover Arms From Herdsmen In Southern Kaduna
Southern Kaduna: President Buhari Orders Strong Action
President Muhammadu Buhari has been giving instructions for decisive measures aimed at bringing an end to the recurring acts of violence and destruction in the Southern part of Kaduna State.
President Buhari has equally directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to carry out a joint assessment of the situation with the sister agency in Kaduna, SEMA, to determine the level of response required for urgent aid to the victims of the violence.
This is according to Presidential Spokesperson, Garba Shehu.
According to him, the Inspector-General of Police, on the directive of President Buhari, was in the region on Saturday and Sunday to assess the situation at first hand.
“In addition to the conventional policemen deployed in the area, a squadron of mobile policemen has now been stationed there.
“The Nigerian Army is also in the process of setting up two battalions in Southern Kaduna while the military continues to carry out air surveillance across flash points of the area.
“These measures should soon ensure the return of normalcy to the region, while the Kaduna State government continues its peace building efforts,” he stated.
The President commended efforts of the State government and the security agencies in the steps taken so far to curtail the violence.
President Buhari has, once again, sent condolences to the people of Southern Kaduna, who have lost loved ones in the recent violence.
Posted on January 5, 2017 January 6, 2017 Author K AkintoyeCategories Headlines, LocalTags 9ja News, Attacks in southern Kaduna, attacks on communities in Kaduna, channelstv.com, Goska, Inspector General of Police, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna State Governor, Kafanchan, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, Naija gist, Nigerian News, Ninte, Nollywood, PM News, premiumtimesng.com, punchng.com, saharareporters.com, southern Kaduna, Vanguard newspaperLeave a comment on Southern Kaduna: President Buhari Orders Strong Action
Army Intervenes To Restore Order In Southern Kaduna
As part of the measures aimed at restoring law and order in Southern Kaduna, the Nigerian Army says it plans to site a military establishment in the area for quick response.
The Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Sani Usman said this, adding that the Army is working with other security agencies as well as the civilian population to restore peace and promote tolerance in the area.
“I want to inform you that the Nigerian Army is fully deployed in the southern part of Kaduna state, and just yesterday we further reinforced that.
“And we have gone beyond that; we have also embarked on civil military activities and we are working hand-in-gloves, with other security agencies, particularly the Nigerian Police, Department of State Services and other military, paramilitary agencies deployed, as well as community and traditional and religious leaders.
“Be assured that the Nigerian Army is fully on ground in the southern oart of Kaduna state.”
He said that with the siting of a military establishment, the Army would be better equipped to avert any form of bloodshed in the area.
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Southern Kaduna Attacks: Police To Set Up Mobile Unit In Kafanchan
The Nigerian Police Force says it will set up a Mobile Squadron Unit in Kafanchan, as part of efforts to stop the frequent attacks in the southern part of Kaduna State.
The plan was announced on Saturday by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, during a fact finding mission to Kafanchan, headquarters of Jema’a Local Government Area in the northeastern State.
Mr Idris, who also inaugurated a committee to investigate the recent attacks on Goska, Ninte and other villages in the area, vowed that perpetrators of the attacks would be fished out and prosecuted accordingly.
Many communities have come under attack by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in the southern part of Kaduna State in the past eight months.
The attacks have claimed several lives and property, with thousands of people sacked from their homes.
After a tour of the communities attacked by suspected herdsmen, the Police boss met with the villagers and leaders of the Fulani community. At the meeting, however, a mild disagreement ensued between them, as to who was responsible for the attacks. While some blame the traditional leaders for the unrest, others accused politicians of being responsible.
Addressing the people, Mr Idris noted that the wanton destruction of lives and property in the past months in southern Kaduna had more of a political than religious undertone.
He commiserated with those who had lost loved ones and properties to the unrest, but added that the situation had been blown out of proportion.
“From the discussion I had with Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, we have decided to station a mobile police base in Kafanchan.
“We are here to see things for ourselves so that we have a lasting peace in the whole area,” he said.
The IG said a panel had been set up to investigate the crisis in the area thoroughly, including the allegation that 800 people were killed in the crisis.
Mr Idris said most of the leadership of the villages had a lot to contribute to peace and unity of the area.
“Some of the community leaders need to be cautioned. They are contributing to creating situation that does not exist,” he said.
He said the police were committed to restoring lasting peace and later met with community leaders in the area.
Over 700 Mobile policemen have been deployed to Kafanchan to maintain law and order in southern Kaduna.
The visit by the IGP is perhaps not the first by any top security or government official to area.
Beyond the visitation, what the people want to see is lasting peace and perhaps government’s intervention in the areas of rehabilitation of destroyed houses to enable them go back to their normal lives.
Posted on January 1, 2017 January 1, 2017 Author Williams OsewezinaCategories LocalTags Attacks in southern Kaduna, attacks on communities in Kaduna, Goska, Inspector General of Police, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna State Governor, Kafanchan, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, Ninte, southern KadunaLeave a comment on Southern Kaduna Attacks: Police To Set Up Mobile Unit In Kafanchan
Southern Kaduna Crisis: Troops Nab Two Persons With Ammunition
Troops deployed to southern Kaduna have arrested two persons in possession of live ammunition in Kagoma area of the state.
The General Officer Commanding One Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, disclosed the arrest to reporters in the state in northwest Nigeria.
General Oyebade has also ordered the immediate deployment of troops to Ninte, a community that has been ravaged with renewed attacks in Jema’a Local Government Area.
The ammunition was discovered when two middle-aged men, who were driving a maroon coloured Volkswagen vehicle through a road in the front of the Chief of Kagoma’s Palace were flagged down but declined. This led to their suspicion and interrogations by soldiers on watch.
Luck, however, ran out on them, as the GOC and the troops were coming out of the palace after peace talks with the elders to address the killings.
The suspects were apprehended and whisked away to the military camp in Kafanchan for further questioning.
While assuring residents of the area that troops were on ground to restore peace to without taking side, General Oyebade appealed to both the Fulani communities and locals not to cause a religious crisis.
He particularly warned the youths not to allow anyone, especially politicians use them to achieve their agenda by causing crisis at the detriment of their future.
Earlier, the traditional ruler of Kagoma Chiefdom, Paul Zakka Gyon, had said “the recent attacks have connection to the inability of the natives displaced from Ninte to return home.
“(They are) requesting that troops be deployed to restore confidence of the displaced natives to return home and stabilise the community before security agents are withdrawn”.
Meanwhile, normalcy has returned to Kafanchan and Goska, the villages that lost at least 10 lives after the bloody coordinated attacks on December 24 and 25.
Posted on December 27, 2016 Author Akinola AjibolaCategories LocalTags Chief of Kagoma, Fulani, General Officer Commanding One Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Jema’a local government area, Kafanchan and Goska, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, Ninte, Paul Zakka Gyon, southern Kaduna, traditional ruler of Kagoma ChiefdomLeave a comment on Southern Kaduna Crisis: Troops Nab Two Persons With Ammunition
Kafanchan Crisis: Protesters Burn Jema’a LG Chairman’s House, Worship Places
Some youths in Kaduna State have attacked the residence of the Chairman of Jema’a Local Government Area, Dr. Bege Katuka, during a protest over the killing of their people by suspected herdsmen.
Dr. Katuka’s residence, which is located a few meters away from the council’s secretariat, was burnt down completely while some houses, shops, vehicles and places of worship were also torched.
The angry youths accused the chairman and the State government of not doing enough to stop the persistent killings going on in Southern Kaduna.
Witnesses told Channels Television that the incident occurred on Monday night and lasted till the early hours of Tuesday.
In his reaction, Dr. Katuka described the protest as politically motivated and aimed at breaching the fragile peace in the area.
The protest has led to the imposition of a curfew on Jema’a and Kauru local government areas of Kaduna State in northwest Nigeria.
Having suspended all his official engagements, Governor Nasir El-Rufai visited the affected areas with his deputy and top government officials and subsequently held a Security Council meeting in Kafanchan.
This is the second time the governor is holding such meeting in Kafanchan in 2016, as part of effort to find a lasting solution to the attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives and destroyed property worth millions of Naira.
While the meeting was ongoing, hundreds of women and youths gathered outside the compound of the venue, demanding to see the governor.
Addressing the women, Governor El-Rufai urged them to remain calm and assured them that the government was doing its best to beef up security and bring normalcy to the area.
He also stressed the importance of living in peace with one another, adding that no matter the effort of government, the people hold the key to lasting peace in the area.
The governor also visited the Emir of Jema’a, Muhammadu Isah Muhammadu, Chief of Kagoro, Ufoi Bonet and Chief of Marwa, Tagwai Sambo, where he solicited for their support in restoring peace to the area.
Posted on December 21, 2016 Author Akinola AjibolaCategories LocalTags channels television, Chief of Kagoro, Chief of Marwa, Dr Bege Katuka, Emir of Jema’a, Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna State, Kafanchan, Kauru local government areas, Muhammadu Isah Muhammadu, northwest Nigeria, southern Kaduna, Tagwai Sambo, Ufoi BonetLeave a comment on Kafanchan Crisis: Protesters Burn Jema’a LG Chairman’s House, Worship Places
Kaduna Floods Ravage Over 300 Houses, Displace Over 10,000
No fewer than 300 houses in some parts of Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria, have been submerged by flood, as a result of a heavy rainfall.
Following the Incident, more than 10, 000 people have been forced out of their homes.
The incident which started on Friday morning, after long hours of heavy downpour, lasted till later in the evening.
In July, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), issued an alert that eight Local Government Areas in the state were likely to experience flooding, and therefore warned residents of the affected areas to vacate to safer places.
Ever since the flood incident in 2012, that killed about seven people, destroyed several houses and farmlands in Kaduna, the State Emergency Management Agency has set up an early warning system to monitor the situation.
The agency said Friday’s flooding incident was as a result of drainages being blocked with refuse, and people building structures along water channels.
Some of the affected areas include: Zaria, Hayi Gada, in Jemaa Local Government Area , Abubakar Kigo road new extension, Barnawa, Narayi, Romi among others.
Reports say that most of the affected houses are those located near the bank of River Kaduna without proper drainage systems.
Flooding has become an annual occurrence in most parts of Kaduna State, as well as some other states around Nigeria, during the rainy season.
NEMA Warnings
In spite of several warnings by the NEMA to vacate the areas, some residents had however, refused to comply with the directive, due to claims such as lack of adequate funds to secure new homes.
While Others insisted that their houses were not built on water ways, and rather requested that the Government should construct drainages along the water fronts, in order to avert any further disaster.
Due to the incident, many roads have been blocked, thereby making it difficult for residents to evacuate their properties, most of which have been submerged by flood.
Posted on August 27, 2016 August 28, 2016 Author Rejoice EwodageCategories environment, LocalTags 10000 people displaced, 300 houses destroyed, Abubakar Kigo road new extension, Barnawa, Flood, Flood Prone Areas, Hayi Gada, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna, Narayi, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Romi, State Emergency Management Agency, ZariaLeave a comment on Kaduna Floods Ravage Over 300 Houses, Displace Over 10,000
Kaduna Attacks: Army Vows To Fish Out Culprits
The Nigerian Army has vowed to fish out those behind the attacks on three villages in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The General Officer Commanding, One Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, stated this on Friday during his visit to the villages, attacked by gunmen state in northwest Nigeria.
He assured the residents of their safety, stressing that the Army personnel would be stationed in the area for some time until normalcy returns.
Eleven persons were killed and several others sustained injuries in a coordinated attack that lasted several hours in Gada Biyu, Akwa’a and Angwan Anjoo villages in Godogodo town.
Lasting Solutions
Residents of the villages have fled their homes for fear of fresh attacks they claimed were being carried out by some Fulani herdsmen.
One of the villagers, Monday Adamu, told Channels Television that the continual and systematic killing of Southern Kaduna people through attacks without government intervention is condemnable and unacceptable.
The attacks follow a series of attacks since 2011 on villages in the southern part of Kaduna State that have claimed many lives and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira.
Since the latest incident occurred, the displaced villagers have been taking refuge in neighbouring communities.
Beyond the presence of military and Police officials, the natives urged the government to find lasting solutions to the lingering crisis between the locals and Fulani herdsmen.
Posted on August 5, 2016 August 5, 2016 Author Akinola AjibolaCategories HeadlinesTags Akwa'a, Angwan Anjoo, Gada Biyu, General Officer Commanding, Godogodo town, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna State, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade, Nigerian Army, One Division of the Nigerian Army1 Comment on Kaduna Attacks: Army Vows To Fish Out Culprits
Police Uncover Illegal Arms Factory, Arrest 33 Robbery Suspects In Kaduna
Men of the Kaduna State Police Command, on Friday, stormed an illegal arms manufacturing factory at Kogun village in Jemaa Local Government Area of the state.
During the raid, several guns and ammunition were recovered and two suspects were arrested in connection with the illegal business.
The State Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu, while parading the suspects before newsmen at the Kaduna Police Command headquarters, said that the illegal gun manufacturers were arrested, following a tip-off from members of the public who alerted them of the nefarious activities of the suspects.
The Police Command also paraded 33 robbery suspects for car snatching, terrorism and illegal possession of fire arms at different parts of the state.
The Police Commissioner disclosed that his men had arrested an armed robbery syndicate that has been terrorising travellers at Dangwa village, and Kachia area of the state after a gun duel that lasted for several hours with his men.
According to him, four stolen vehicles, assorted charms and several dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.
It was also reported that at other operations, the other suspected robbers blocked the major highways at Abuja, Kaduna, Zamfara and Kogi states, snatching cars and cattle at gun points, as some of the suspects confessed.
He reiterated that the command would not relent in its fight against criminals and criminality throughout the state, urging the public to cooperate with the Police by reporting criminals and their activities to the command.
Other items recovered from the suspects include; four locally made AK-47 rifles, several locally made pistols, Police coloured AK-47 magazines and over 40 live special revolver ammunition and cartridges.
Some of the suspects have denied their involvement in the crime, saying the manufacturing of the weapons were not meant for clandestine purposes.
While all the suspects remain in Police detention, the Commissioner gave the assurance that on completion of the investigation, they would be charged to court.
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24 Hour Curfew Imposed In Kaduna Community As Two Die In Youth Protest
Kaduna State government today imposed a 24 hour-curfew in Jema’a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, after angry youths protested over the alleged shooting to death of two people who were among the crowd that wanted to kill the 32 suspected Fulani gunmen who had been arrested by soldiers with weapons in Kafanchan on Wednesday morning.
The incident was said to have occurred when the former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari was passing through the area while on his way to donate relief materials to people who were displaced during last two weeks attack in Kaura local government area of the state.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that trouble started when the youth demanded that the soldiers should hand over the suspects to them, which the soldiers vehemently declined, and in the process of trying to disperse the crowd, the soldiers allegedly shot two persons. The shooting was said to have triggered some kind of protest as the angry youth barricaded the road.
Natives said about 12 AK riffles, 13 dane guns, a bag of ammunition, all kinds of machetes and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects at a checkpoint in Kafanchan.
Although the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Aminu Lawan, said that the entire incident had to do with the Nigerian Army and not the Police, Spokesman of the One Mechanised Division of Nigerian Army, Colonel Usman Abdul confirmed the incident but did not give the full details of what happened.
The Chairman of Jema’a Local Government Area, Mr Daniel Amos said the decision to impose a 24 hour curfew was done with the permission of the state government, and was done to forestall a breakdown of law and order.
Posted on April 2, 2014 April 2, 2014 Author Channels TelevisionCategories LocalTags 13 dane guns, 2 AK riffles, Aminu Lawan, Colonel Usman Abdul, Curfew, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna State, Kafanchan, Kaura local government area, Mr Daniel Amos, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian Army, One Mechanised DivisionLeave a comment on 24 Hour Curfew Imposed In Kaduna Community As Two Die In Youth Protest
Yakowa Is Laid To Rest
The body of former governor of Kaduna state, Sir Patrick Yakowa was on Thursday, buried at his country home at Fadan Kagoma in Jema’a local government area of Kaduna state.
The late governor died on Saturday, December 15, in a helicopter crash at Nembe local government area of Bayelsa state along with five others, including former National Security Adviser, General Andrew Azazi.
The emotional widow of the late governor, Mrs Amina Yakowa, in her eulogy narrated how her husband worked for peace, unity and development of the state in his days as governor. She said she believed also he died for the same purpose.
“God knows why this has happened to us at this time, so please let’s give thanks to our God Almighty” she stated amidst tears.
Delivering the sermon at the funeral, the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend Mathew Hassan Kukah, admonished politicians to emulate the leadership styles of the late governor, which was centered on humility, politics of unity and acceptability.
In a tribute at the burial service St. Paul Catholic Church, President Goodluck Jonathan eulogized the late governor, describing him as a bridge builder who loved his people irrespective of their religion and tribe.
“Yakowa was a nationalist. He played his roles very well as a civil servant of old, not as a civil servant of today when a director has more houses than Dangote.” “No ethnic or religious divide in his blood,” he said.
President Jonathan also advised politicians to guard any utterances capable of tearing the nation apart, but to emphasize on the things that will unite the nation.
“Utterances and words of elders are just like winds and waves that move, gather momentum and cause destructive effects of which the end results of such destruction cannot be predicted. Responses of our young men and women are reflections of what the elders talk in public and even in private,” he said.
Led by the Senate president, Senator David Mark, other government officials’ paid glowing tribute to the personality of Mr Yakowa.
Mr Yakowa is survived by his wife and four children.
Posted on December 20, 2012 December 21, 2012 Author Channels TelevisionCategories HeadlinesTags AT ST PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH, Bayelsa state, Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Channels TV, Fadan Kagoma, former governor of Kaduna state, Former National Security Adviser, General Andrew Azazi, Jema’a local government area, Kaduna State, Most Reverend Mathew Hassan Kukah, Mrs Amina Yakowa, Nembe local government area, President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate President, Senator David Mark, Sir Patrick YakowaLeave a comment on Yakowa Is Laid To Rest
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Independent grocers negotiating to buy 10 Dominick's
Micah Maidenberg
Independent grocery chains affiliated with the Centrella cooperative are in negotiations to buy as many as 10 Dominick's stores, sources familiar with the talks said.
Grocers affiliated with Centrella, the brand name used by Joliet-based Central Grocers Inc., are looking to purchase stores as a group in both the city and suburbs, sources said. It's unclear which Dominick's locations Centrella would buy on behalf of its member firms.
The group has hired food industry investment banker David Schoeder to negotiate the package deal with Dominick's parent, Pleasanton, Calif.-based Safeway Inc., which announced it would leave the Chicago market.
Mr. Schoeder, a principal with Food Partners LLC in Washington, declined to comment. A Centrella executive could not immediately be reached this evening.
Centrella grocers looking to open stores in soon-to-close Dominick's around the region include Tony's Finer Foods, Treasure Island and Strack & Van Til, among others, according to the sources. The co-op has more than 150 members.
Tony Ingraffia, president of South Barrington-based Tony's Finer Foods Inc., did not return calls. Christ Kamberos, vice president of development at Treasure Island Foods Inc., declined to comment. An executive with Highland, Ind.-based Strack & Van Til did not return a call.
Jewel-Osco, meanwhile, is suspending plans to snap up additional Dominick's on the market here. The firm, owned by private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, is no longer looking to buy additional Dominick's stores that are currently open, said an Itasca-based spokeswoman for Jewel.
When Safeway announced in October that it would leave the Chicago market, the firm operated 72 stores across the region. No more than 55 remain.
Earlier this month, Milwaukee-based Roundy's Inc. announced a $36 million deal for 11 Dominick's. Jewel-Osco has purchased four. And Dominick's leases are expiring at properties in Matteson and Morton Grove and the landlords there are pursuing other options.
A Safeway spokeswoman did not return a call.
Jewel announced its Dominick's acquisitions in October, stores at 1340 S. Canal St. and 2550 N. Clybourn Ave. in Chicago, and in Homer Glen and Glenview. It's currently operating those outlets as Dominick's, with plans to convert them into Jewel stores by mid-January, according to Jewel spokeswoman Allison Sperling.
The grocer won't buy any more operating Dominick's stores, Ms. Sperling said. Instead, Jewel will wait to see what's left after Safeway shutters its chain Dec. 28.
“In the near future, we will consider any opportunities that arise” to take over closed Dominick's, said Ms. Sperling, who declined to elaborate further.
Chicago Tribune first reported on Jewel-Osco's decision not to pursue Dominick's that are currently open.
In other Dominick's developments, Safeway did not renew its lease for its store at 4233 W. Lincoln Hwy. in south suburban Matteson. A spokesman for Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group, which owns the retail property that Dominick's is leaving, said in a recent email that Simon is trying to find a new tenant for the space.
In Morton Grove, Dominick's lease is expiring in April, a source said, and the landlord plans to pursue a retail-focused redevelopment project there.
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Starbucks pens solar energy deal for shops in Texas
By L.M. Sixel
Updated 6:41 pm CDT, Monday, April 15, 2019
Solar energy will power about 360 Starbucks in Texas after the Seattle-based coffee company penned a deal with Cypress Creek Renewables to supply solar-fueled electricity.
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Two 10-megawatt solar farms built and operated by the solar developer Cypress Creek Renewables are providing enough energy for 360 Starbucks coffee shops in Texas, including Houston and Dallas.
One of the solar farms is in Wharton, about 60 miles southwest of Houston and the other is in Blossom, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas, according to the announcement.
Engie Resources, a Houston-based commercial electricity provider, is providing the fixed price contract. Engie changed its name three years ago from GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA.
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Starbucks, headquartered in Seattle, is also investing in six Cypress Creek-owned solar farms in Texas that produce 50 megawatts of solar energy.
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Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service
Asbestos released into the air as former Gateshead factory went up in flames
Firefighters tacked the blaze on Shields Road in Pelaw for around two hours and had to wear breathing masks
Kathryn RiddellMultimedia Journalist
Factory fire on Shields Road, Pelaw (Image: Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service)
Toxic smoke was released into the air when a blaze broke out in a disused factory in Gateshead.
Firefighters from Gateshead, Newcastle Central, South Shields and the aerial ladder platform from Marley Park were called to the former Jordan Engineering site on Shields Road, Pelaw, just before 9pm on Tuesday.
A total of 22 firefighters were on scene for two hours, dousing the flames using three jets and a hose.
Firefighters tackling the blaze had to wear breathing masks due to asbestos in the roof being released as the building went up in flames.
Police officers also closed the road to the public.
Passer by Jordan Mills, who took photos of the blaze, said: "The fire brigade asked me to move up the street due to the toxic smoke.
"At the peak there was five fire trucks and one ladder truck."
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The roof of the factory was left severely damaged by the flames and the rest of the building suffered smoke damage.
Engineering firm Jordan Group has been based at the factory and manufactured metal parts and structures for the oil and gas industry.
The firm existed in a number of different forms at the site on Shields Road, in Pelaw, since it was founded in 2003 by Peter Jordan but closed its doors in June 2017.
Factory fire on Shields Road, Pelaw (Image: Jordan Mills)
A spokesperson for the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service said: "Crews from Gateshead, Newcastle Central, South Shields and the aerial ladder platform from Marley Park attended a large fire at the former Jordan's Engineering site on Shields Road, Felling last night.
"They arrived shortly before 9pm last night and left just before 11pm. Firefighters used three jets, two breathing apparatus, Cobra (a machine which shoots out water vapour at high speed and pressure) and respirators were worn. The stihl saw was used to gain entry into the building."
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Chipotle doubles digital sales with loyalty program
The quick-service chain remade its mobile app and loyalty reward experience, which helped boost digital sales by 88 percent. Here’s how CTO Curt Garner tackled the challenge.
Once a novelty, a strong digital presence has become table stakes for helping companies satisfy customers. There's no better example of this phenomenon than Chipotle Mexican Grill, whose revamped mobile application and loyalty program have helped the company nearly double digital sales in recent quarters.
"The thing that has been most exciting — and perhaps unexpected — was how many people are using the app and joining Rewards as their first Chipotle experience," Chipotle CTO Curt Garner tells CIO.com. The Tex-Mex chain, which operates more than 2,500 stores, has added 7 million customers to its loyalty rewards program since it launched in March. The company intends to harness transaction data collected through this digital product to strengthen its connection to customers.
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Sixty-seven percent of IT executives surveyed for CIO.com's Digital Business 2019 Report have made improving customer experience (CX) their top transformation initiative. Organizations such as La-Z-Boy, Amtrak and Great Wolf Lodge have overhauled IT to address the CX imperative.
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On the CX front, Chipotle was ahead of its time in 2009 when it launched a mobile app that allowed consumers to order from their smartphones from most locations. But the app didn't incorporate mobile payment; consumers ordered in advance but waited in line to pay and pick up their food. Partly because of this friction, Chipotle's digital capabilities ultimately accounted for only 4 percent to 5 percent of total sales before Garner took the helm in 2015.
Under Garner, Chipotle overhauled its ordering systems. It replaced a text-based application with a visual display to show crew members what bins to take food from as they prepare meals. Chipotle also incorporated a "smarter pickup times" feature that lets users reserve a future pickup time for orders logged via iPhones, Android phones and the web. The system then provides customers with a wait time estimate based on current order volume, Garner says.
Curt Garner, CTO, Chipotle
But fortifying the front-end experience proved even more critical. Working with PwC, Chipotle remade its mobile app as a loyalty app. In addition to more appealing imagery, enhanced customization and mobile payment capability, Chipotle fashioned a new loyalty rewards program to make it easier for consumers to engage with the brand.
Working from a Chipotle command center in Columbus, Ohio, PwC consultants hunkered down with the chain's tech, operations and marketing staff to plan and co-design how to engage with customers, says Jon Glick, PwC partner of customer experience and loyalty, whom Garner worked with in his previous role as CIO of Starbucks. For example, Chipotle and PwC crafted 50 promotions to engage consumers. Glick says the synergies formed between the cross-functional teams were critical to the program’s success. “A well-designed simple program that is integrated across digital channels can have a high impact for customers and for the company,” Glick says.
Chipotle's app and rewards program refresh aligns technology, data and the company’s CRM system. When a consumer opens the Chipotle app, the software scans the consumer’s most recent and favorite orders, the closest location to the consumer and the quickest available pick-up times. The software also dynamically checks the consumer's rewards wallet to determine whether the items qualify for a reward or whether to recommend a promotion and invite the consumer to participate in bonus rewards. As the order grows, the software updates the pick-up or delivery time — Chipotle's delivery partner is DoorDash — to reflect the time it takes to prepare the meal.
Garner says that it was critical to build a bespoke app to manage the customer interaction, but Chipotle partners with Sparkfly to manage offers and SAP Gigya for customer identity and account management. It also built a custom API services library to connect with its delivery partners.
The loyalty app initiative is paying off. By the end of 2018, Chipotle banked 13 percent of its sales from digital (mobile and web). In October, Chipotle reported that digital sales grew 88 percent and accounted for 18 percent of Chipotle's sales of $1.4 billion for the third quarter 2019.
Despite the success, Garner attributes a critical operations change for enhancing the CX. Chipotle installed within its stores separate kitchens to make digital orders. "The technology is interesting and something where we're in the early innings, but the key point of difference is that we have dedicated kitchens to make digital orders," Garner says, adding that the fastest preparation, delivery and smart pick-up times helps augment the CX.
Jon Glick, partner of customer experience and loyalty, PwC
Chipotle’s new digital ordering operations and loyalty app offered moderate change management hurdles. The visual ordering system required some new “muscle memory” for crew members accustomed to the text-based system, Garner says. Crew members also had to get accustomed to customizations consumers selected in the loyalty app. When a consumer orders at the counter, he or she can tell the person making their burrito how much or little of an ingredient to include. But when a consumer selects “light cheese” from the loyalty app on their phone, it may not translate as well to the crew member preparing the order.
As Chipotle collects more data from the app and web transactions it will use the information to issue highly personalized offers. For example, Garner says Chipotle could use consumers' previous orders to make diet-based "lifestyle" recommendations, such as vegetarian or paleo options. Timing is the critical factor for such personalization, Garner says, as Chipotle wants to catch consumers when they're ready to order rather than simply sending them a random text message or email.
Today the company uses Google Analytics to better understand how people navigate its website and apps, but it plans to build a more sophisticated data platform running in a public cloud, enabling Chipotle to scale as necessary.
"We have a tremendous opportunity to further engage people who enrolled in the platform," Garner says. "Being able to use data and insights to shape experience is part of our focus."
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Published: August 31, 2018, 2:42 pm
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Bill Clinton shares stories of Aretha Franklin at funeral in Detroit
Former president speaks at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit
DETROIT – President Bill Clinton came to Detroit Friday to speak at Aretha Franklin's funeral at Greater Grace Temple.
Clinton said he and his wife, Hillary, didn't start out as president, senator or secretary of state, but "Aretha groupies."
"She was only about four years older than me, five years older than Hillary, so when we're getting out of college was when she finally got her big breakthroughs," Clinton said.
Clinton said although Franklin had the voice of a generation, and maybe of the century, she worked for years singing at her church, jazz clubs and places where soul was being born and rock 'n' roll was being played.
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"This woman got us all here in these seats today, not because she had this breathtaking talent, which she did, not because she grew up ... as at least a princess of soul ... but because she lived with courage," Clinton said. "Not without fear, but overcoming her fears. She lived with faith -- not without failure, but overcoming her failures. She lived with power -- not without weakness, but overcoming her weaknesses."
Clinton said Franklin sang for many occasions, such as when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, and when the emperor and empress of Japan visited the country.
"I figured out, I think, that the secret of her greatness was she took this massive talent and this perfect culture that raised her and decided to be the composer of her own life song," Clinton said. "What a song it turned out to be."
Clinton said he was happy that the casket was still open when he arrived at the funeral because he wanted to see what his friend was wearing.
"For all the wonderful things Aretha did for me, all the great events she appeared at, my most endearing memory of her was almost happenstance," Clinton said. "I was there at what turned out to be the last public singing she ever did at Elton John's AIDS benefit last year."
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Clinton said he showed up early when he learned that Franklin was performing.
"I was like a grade school kid," Clinton said. "Here I am, an old gray-haired guy. She heard I was there and she summoned me back. She's sitting there, obviously desperately ill, gaunt. She stood right up and said, 'How you doing baby?' I said, 'Well, I'm doing better now.' She said, 'Well look at me, I finally got thin again.' That took a lot of guts to say that. Then she went out into this setting and all these people who loved her were awestruck and said, 'Can you believe she showed up?' She sang not one song, not two songs, not three songs. She had them bring a chair out and she sang for 45 straight minutes."
You can watch Clinton's full remarks in the video posted above.
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Reviewing Noninvasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Migraine, Cluster Headache
Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC
Emerging findings suggest that cervical noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation using the gammaCore device may represent an option with efficacy comparable to that of surgically implanted cervical vagus nerve stimulation, with a lower risk for side effects.
A substantial percentage of patients with primary headache disorders are unresponsive to standard pharmacologic therapies, with pain-free response rates of 45% at 15 minutes and 30% at 2 hours, following the use of rescue medications.1 Such findings, along with the range of side effects associated with these agents, highlight the need for novel treatment options for these patients.
Limited evidence supports the efficacy of surgically implanted cervical vagus nerve stimulation (iVNS) for the treatment of migraine and cluster headache, with a 50% reduction in headache frequency and severity according to the results of 2 pilot studies.1 Promising results have also been found for the efficacy of iVNS in the management of seizure-related migraine and chronic daily headache. However, the use of iVNS has been associated with adverse effects related to implantation and/or stimulation.
Emerging findings suggest that cervical noninvasive VNS (nVNS) using the gammaCore device — which was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration2 for the acute treatment of pain associated with cluster headache and migraine — may represent an option with efficacy comparable to iVNS, with a lower risk for side effects.
“The afferent properties of the vagus nerve are well connected via the nucleus tractus solitarii to the locus coeruleus, the dorsal raphe nucleus, the parabrachial plexus, the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and directly to the [trigeminal nucleus caudalis] and the cervical spinal cord,” note the authors of a narrative review published in the Journal of Pain Research.1 “Given these anatomic reciprocal projections of the vagus nerve, electrical noninvasive modulation of the cervical vagal afferents may impact trigeminovascular nociceptive transmission.”
The authors examined studies in which cervical nVNS (with stimulation protocols that varied across studies) was used for the treatment of episodic and chronic migraine (EM/CM) and cluster headache (ECH/CCH). Their findings are summarized below.
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In a 2014 open-label pilot study, investigators examined the abortive effects of nVNS in 27 patients with EM.3 Two hours after the first attack was treated with nVNS, pain-free and pain relief rates of 21% and 47%, respectively, were reported by patients with moderate to severe pain, with similar rates observed for subsequent attacks. For patients with mild pain at baseline, pain-free rates at 2 hours were 63% and 38% for the first and subsequent attacks, respectively. These response rates are comparable with those obtained with pharmacologic therapies.
In a 2015 open-label trial, 38.2% and 51.1% of patients with EM and CM who were treated with nVNS indicated pain relief at 1 and 2 hours after treatment, respectively.4 Pain-free rates were 17.6% at 1 hour and 22.9% at 2 hours.
In a prospective observational cohort study published in 2015 in which the preventive and acute effects of nVNS were examined in patients with treatment-refractory EM and CM, significant reductions in headache severity and frequency were observed after 3 months of treatment (P <.001).5 Results from both studies suggest that nVNS may be more effective for patients with EM vs CM.
In the double-blind sham-controlled EVENT trial in which the use of nVNS for migraine prophylaxis was examined in 48 patients with CM, monthly headache days were found to be reduced with nVNS vs sham during the randomized phase and the open-label phase (P <.05).6
In addition, nVNS has shown promise in treating migraine in adolescents and for menstrual-related migraine.
Episodic and Chronic Cluster Headache
In the first pilot study of nVNS for prophylactic and acute treatment of ECH and CCH in 19 patients, a decrease in headache frequency was noted after 12 months (P <.0005).7 A total of 15 of 19 patients reported an improvement (mean, 48%), and 47% of attacks were aborted within an average of 11±1 min. Oxygen demand decreased by 55%±8% in 71% of patients, and triptan use decreased by 48%±6% in 75% of patients.
The ACT-1 double-blind sham-controlled randomized controlled trial showed higher response rates (ie, scores of 0 or 1 within 15 minutes of treatment) with nVNS vs sham in the entire cohort (P =.04) as well as in the ECH subgroup (P =.008), during the open-label phase.8
In the ACT-2 study, higher pain-free rates were observed with nVNS vs sham for the entire cohort (P =.05), but not the ECH or the CCH subgroups.9 A pooled analysis of ACT-1 and ACT-2 studies indicated improvements in responsiveness to nVNS vs sham for patients with ECH.1 “ACT-1 and ACT-2 confirmed the abortive impact of nVNS with a more pronounced responsiveness for ECH patients,” noted the review authors.1
In the open-label PREVA trial in which the use of nVNS was examined for the treatment of CCH, a greater reduction in weekly attacks was observed in the group receiving nVNS plus standard of care compared with standard of care alone (P =.02).10 A response rate of ≥50% was achieved in the extended phase of the trial (P <.001).
In a post-hoc analysis, nVNS plus standard of care was found to be superior to standard of care only at all time points (P <.02 for all). Further analyses indicated the cost-effectiveness of nVNS for ECH and CCH, in addition to reductions in abortive medication requirements and improved quality of life when nVNS was used in addition to standard of care.1
No serious adverse events associated with the use of nVNS were reported in any of the above-mentioned studies, and the safety/tolerability profile of nVNS was similar to sham stimulation.
“Due to its noninvasive character along with the reported tolerability, cervical nVNS may be justified in the pre-refractory state of migraine and cluster headache, and probably in a migraine subpopulation with limited available options,” including patients with menstrual-related migraine and adolescent migraineurs, the review authors concluded.1
1. Lendvai IS, Maier A, Scheele D, Hurlemann R, Kinfe TM. Spotlight on cervical vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of primary headache disorders: a review. J Pain Res. 2018;11:1613-1625.
2. PR Newswire. gammaCore® receives FDA clearance for the acute treatment of pain associated with migraine headache in adult patients. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gammacore-receives-fda-clearance-for-the-acute-treatment-of-pain-associated-with-migraine-headache-in-adult-patients-300589314.html. January 29, 2018. Accessed June 24, 2019.
3. Goadsby PJ, Grosberg BM, Mauskop A, Cady R, Simmons KA. Effect of noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation on acute migraine: an open-label pilot study. Cephalalgia. 2014;34(12):986-993.
4. Barbanti P, Grazzi L, Egeo G, Padovan AM, Liebler E, Bussone G. Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation for acute treatment of high-frequency and chronic migraine: an open-label study. J Headache Pain. 2015;16:61.
5. Kinfe TM, Pintea B, Muhammad S, et al. Cervical non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) for preventive and acute treatment of episodic and chronic migraine and migraine-associated sleep disturbance: a prospective observational cohort study. J Headache Pain. 2015;16:101-107.
6. Silberstein SD, Calhoun AH, Lipton RB, et al. Chronic migraine headache prevention with non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation: the EVENT study. Neurology. 2016;87(5):529-538.
7. Nesbitt AD, Marin JC, Tompkins E, Ruttledge MH, Goadsby PJ. Initial use of a novel noninvasive vagus nerve stimulator for cluster headache treatment. Neurology. 2015;84(12):1249-1253.
8. Silberstein SD, Mechtler LL, Kudrow DB, et al; ACT1 Study Group. Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for the acute treatment of cluster headache: findings from the randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled ACT1 study. Headache. 2016;56(8):1317-1332.
9. Goadsby PJ, de Coo IF, Silver N, et al; ACT2 Study Group. Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for the acute treatment of episodic and chronic cluster headache: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled ACT2 study. Cephalalgia. 2018;38(5):959-969.
10. Gaul C, Diener HC, Silver N, et al; PREVA Study Group. Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for PREVention and Acute treatment of chronic cluster headache (PREVA): a randomized controlled study. Cephalalgia. 2016;36(6):534-546.
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Columbia�s population swells with the start of each new school year, and all those new people mean more cars. As you head into the community, here�s what you need to know about parking:
The city has six multi-level parking garages in downtown Columbia, which all include hourly spaces. The hourly spaces at the Seventh and Walnut garages use a �ticket and attendant� system. Most of the rest of the garages utilize pay machines that use a pay in advance system � a patron notes their parking space number and pays the machine for that space for the anticipated time they will be parked. The exception is the Eighth and Cherry Street garage, which has parking meters. Meter rates are 50 cents per hour in the hourly spaces.
Tenth and Cherry Street Garage, 1000 Cherry St.: 104 hourly spacesSixth and Cherry Street Garage, 555 Locust St: 78 hourly spacesEighth and Cherry Street Garage, 14 S. Eighth St.: 39 hourly spacesEighth and Walnut Plaza Garage, 17 N. Eighth St.: 99 hourly spacesFifth and Walnut Street Garage, 500 E. Walnut St.: 78 hourly spacesShort Street Garage, 1110 E. Walnut St.: 26 hourly spaces
Parking enforcement in city garages runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Parking in city garages is free on Saturday and Sunday.
The city has 138 metered off-street parking spaces and 1,683 metered on-street spaces. Time limits on most downtown spaces ranges from 24 minutes to four hours, with some as long as 10 hours. There are also 71 disabled access parking spaces. Metered parking enforcement is from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Meter rates are 60 cents per hour downtown and 75 cents per hour in the campus zone.
Parking violations and fines include:
Public parking violation: $15Parking in municipal rental lots: $15Parked in rental space-municipal garage: $15Overtime parking in disabled zone: $15Parked overtime at time limited space: $15Parked overtime at time limited meter: $15Handicapped parking violation: $100
Fines on these violations increase to $30 if not paid within 15 days.
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From 2017-2018, the Concertgebouw will have three new resident artists, alongside familiar faces Anima Eterna Brugge and Rosas: Vox Luminis, Nadar Ensemble and ECCE.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is both dancer and choreographer. As artistic director of the dance company Rosas, she has created a sizeable body of work, which uses musical structures and scores from different eras, from early music, to contemporary, to pop. Since 2009, the Concertgebouw has supported Rosas as a coproducer.
Anima Eterna Brugge
Jos Van Immerseel
Anima Eterna Brugge was founded in 1987 as a living laboratory for research into Baroque music. Over the next 30 years – half of them spent as Concertgebouw residents - that small string ensemble evolved into fully-fledged symphony orchestra, always playing the appropriate period instruments.
Claire Croizé en Etienne Guilloteau
Choreographers Claire Croizé and Etienne Guilloteau work individually, but they are also involved in each other's creations. In 2017 they founded their own dance company, ECCE, and starting this season they will be resident Concertgebouw artists. ‘We mirror ourselves on each other. Besides that, the music is often our main source of inspiration.’
Nadar Ensemble
Our performances are a fusion of music, video and technology
Nadar Ensemble is synonymous with a multidisciplinary and adventurous spirit. Their performances are a fusion of music, video and technology and can take the form of concert, performance or installation... or a mix of all three.
It was time we had a real home.
Since they formed in 2004, Vox Luminis have grown to become one of the leading early music ensembles. They are now regular guests on all the major European, Asian and US stages. ‘It was time we had a real home,’ says artistic leader Lionel Meunier. ‘We’d already performed in Bruges several times and on each occasion we were warmly received by both the audience and the Concertgebouw team.’
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DAY 1: BRIELLE GAGE
A TRAGEDY FOR FAMILY AND STATE
Brielle Gage died on Nov. 25, 2014, after a severe beating by her mother, Katlyn Marin. Gage’s death touched off questions about the involvement of the state's Department of Children, Youth and Families. The Monitor pieced together the final year of her life with DCYF, court and police records and with interviews with family and those who tried to protect her.
Court proceedings in DCYF cases are kept confidential, shielding the agency from examination.
Video: Attorney Rus Rilee talks about his efforts to make Gage case public.
DAY 2: THOSE WHO DIED
WHY THE LOW NUMBERS? PLUS, MAP AND GRAPHICS
In 2014, only 4.7 percent of abuse reports in New Hampshire were found to have merit, far behind the national average of 19 percent and last in the country. That year, DCYF substantiated 652 out of nearly 13,900, according to the most recently available federal data.
WITHOUT DATA, 'HARD TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE’
It’s impossible to know the total number of child deaths in New Hampshire related to abuse and neglect – or even the instances of child mistreatment – because no single entity in the state is tracking all the data, advocates say.
Video: Two parents whose son died discuss their experience with DCYF.
DAY 3: GROWING CRISIS
CASEWORKERS SAY THEY'RE OVERLOADED
While national standards recommend child protection workers investigate no more than 12 reports of abuse or neglect at one time, New Hampshire’s DCYF staff can have an average monthly caseload of 54 reports, according to an outside review of the agency that was released last year.
DRUG ABUSE DRIVING NUMBER OF REPORTS MADE TO DCYF
Nearly 470 babies were born exposed to drugs in 2016, child protection agency says.
Video: DCYF caseworker Demetrios Tsaros (left) discusses the challenges of the job.
DAY 4: CHALLENGES AHEAD
How far along is the state in its effort to reform the embattled agency? Gov. Chris Sununu promises changes are coming.
Agencies say need is high for foster parents and volunteer advocates.
Editorial: State must protect its children
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Single Sign-On in the Wild
by Karsten Huttelmaier
A rash of rogue food orders with the company Deliveroo allowed hungry hackers to go on a booze and food binge in 2016—they logged in to customers’ accounts, changed delivery addresses, and ordered whatever they pleased. The mistake that Deliveroo made was not requiring the credit card security code allowing hackers to keep using the credit card on file.
Interestingly, Deliveroo did not have a data breach. No credit cards were stolen, no passwords exposed by the company, no outdated servers compromised. How did the hackers get into the accounts if Deliveroo didn’t have a breach?
Password reuse is so prevalent that hackers took known email addresses and passwords from other breaches and simply used them to sign in to Deliveroo accounts. Everyone has so many accounts now that it’s all but impossible to maintain a unique password without tools and help.
One of the tools available to reduce the number of passwords that users need to remember is Single Sign-On (SSO). The ubiquitous “Sign in with Facebook” and “Sign in with Google” are the prime SSO examples. They offer users a convenient way to log into many sites without the need to remember multiple passwords. In identity parlance, Facebook, Google, and others act as an “External Identity Provider.” A corporate world equivalent, for example, is Azure Active Directory, which is a topic for a different day.
User Perspective
What happens when a user clicks “Sign in with Facebook” in a web application? The application redirects the user to the Facebook login page. If the user isn’t already logged in, they provide their Facebook credentials. This part is key, the web application at no point sees the user’s credentials. The credentials are between Facebook and the user, no one else. After the user proves who they are to Facebook, the web application receives back several pieces of information. This information must be pre-approved by the user and may consist of the following:
Unique User ID
Other parts of the user's profile (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
Another benefit is that social SSO provides one of the fastest registration processes. If the user is already signed into Facebook, it can simply be a click of a button.
Web Application Perspective
Under the hood, Facebook maintains a unique ID for every user. The application trusts Facebook and receives this ID, instead of accepting a username and password. That’s it. At its core, that is SSO. That ID is everything the application needs to look up and use the information that it has on the user.
Facebook does not receive information from the web application through SSO. Facebook acting as the identity provider serves a very narrow purpose, authentication.
Prove who the user is. The application doesn’t need to know if the user authenticated with a password, fingerprints, or a DNA sample.
Provide a unique identifier of the user to the application.
The consumer-facing social identity model is that authorization information stays with the app and authentication information stays with the external identity provider:
Centralized authentication and user identity.
Distributed permissions and authorization to web applications.
Email Passwords
Arguably, the biggest problem with identity management today is the reuse of passwords across websites. In particular, the reuse of email account passwords. If an email password is reused on a website that is breached, the hacker has enough information to log in to nearly every single account the user has. All the hacker has to do is reset the password on any sites that are registered with that email address. Make sure the password for your email address is unique, along with any service you use for SSO.
A common follow-up question is “I see all these breaches in the news, how many affect me?” You can check if you have an account compromised in a data breach. A great tool for this is Troy Hunt’s https://haveibeenpwned.com/. Troy aggregates data breach databases into a single lookup. All you have to do is enter an email address, and the site returns a list of breaches that contain that account. The site even provides the option to get notifications if your email address shows up in a new data breach. A user finding their account in a breach provides concrete personal examples, which is the best way to encourage people to maintain good password hygiene.
Single Sign-On is not without its risks. When analyzing security choices, it helps to make a relative comparison and make a judgment as to which is more secure. For example, does a newly published game by a startup have better password security than Facebook? Likely not. In that case, SSO makes a lot of sense.
Generally speaking, companies like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook follow standards and have teams of people ensuring that they have secure password storage, including multi-factor authentication. As a result, SSO through social platforms is a viable option for many applications. Unfortunately, the striking example of the 3 billion emails hacked at Yahoo! reminds us that there is no completely secure system (https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/yahoo-email-hacked.html).
Recently, Facebook had a vulnerability exposed that allowed a potential hacker to retrieve a user’s SSO token (https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/facebook-account-hack.html). This would allow the perpetrator to use SSO as if they were signed into Facebook as another user.
In addition, SSO providers do not have an uptime SLA. If the SSO provider has an outage, a user may still be able to log in if the website offers a local account.
As a result of these risks, in many corporate and B2B scenarios, SSO through social platforms is not recommended.
Single Sign-On is a great option to reduce password reuse and accelerate user registration. As a user, it’s critical to make sure SSO account passwords are unique. Application owners can worry less about the latest authentication vulnerabilities and don’t have to figure out how to store passwords securely.
Karsten Huttelmaier
Technical Architect - Identity & Security
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Opioids and alcohol can be a deadly combination for seniors
Researchers find combining the two can severely affect breathing
By Mark Huffman
02/09/2017 | ConsumerAffairs | Senior News
Data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) show millions of senior citizens are taking too many powerful and addictive drugs, despite health officials' warnings that they shouldn't. That, in itself, can be a problem.
Surveys also show Baby Boomers, today's seniors, drink more alcohol than their predecessors. Again, a troubling statistic.
Combine the two, however, and you've got real trouble. Not just with addiction, but with staying alive.
A new study suggests that taking just one oxycodone painkiller with just a small amount of alcohol can trigger a potentially life-threatening condition known as respiratory depression, which occurs when breathing becomes shallow or stops altogether.
And it's seniors who are most likely to experience this condition.
“Unfortunately, we’re seeing more fatalities and people in emergency rooms after having misused or abused legally prescribed opioids, like oxycodone, while having consumed alcohol,” said Dr. Albert Dahan, the study's author. “Respiratory depression is a potentially fatal complication of opioid use. We found alcohol exacerbated the already harmful respiratory effects of opioids.”
There has been plenty of news coverage in recent months of the dangers posed by misuse of powerful opioid painkillers like oxycodone. It has been widely prescribed to treat chronic pain in seniors and can be highly addictive.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reports that more than two million U.S. consumers abuse opioids and 78 people die every day after overdosing on the drugs.
On their own, these drugs are problematic, and the Centers for Disease Control last year revised guidelines for prescribers. But researchers studying the combination of opioids and alcohol found that it increases the risk of a fatal overdose.
What the study showed
The study compared the effects of taking oxycodone in combination with alcohol on 12 healthy young volunteers and 12 elderly volunteers. One pill reduced baseline minute ventilation by 28% in the older volunteers, while adding a small amount of alcohol caused minute ventilation to further decrease by another 19%, a total decrease of 47%.
“We hope to increase awareness regarding the dangers of prescription opioids, the increased danger of the simultaneous use of opioids and alcohol, and that elderly people are at an even greater increased risk of this potentially life-threatening side effect,” Dahan said.
If consumers take one thing away from his study, Dahan says it should be that it is never a good idea to drink alcohol with opioid medication. That's especially true, he says, if you're a senior.
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Humility and Connection Drive Fervor’s Culture
As one of the newest Fervor team members, Will Severns has a fresh take on our culture.
“It’s one centered on the emotional and physical well-being of one another, at its core,” Will says. “That culture of care is built into every aspect of Fervor’s business,” he shares.
A Culture of Care
For example, Fervor has an unlimited PTO policy: Employees can take time off whenever they need to rest, recover and come back refueled. In less healthy offices, this kind of system could foster distrust or comparison. But at Fervor, Will says it works because the team is committed both to each other and doing great work.
“We’re one unit trying to reach a common goal,” he says. “How can we make sure we’re the healthiest unit we can be?”
That question fuels Fervor’s culture and its ability to take care of its own. For example, one night Will and his wife, Lauren, woke up to the sounds of their young son, Branch, wheezing. They raced him to the E.R. at Children’s Mercy, where they spent the whole next day treating his croup. At other places of work, Will might have had to explain his absence, make up time missed, or check back into the office while dealing with the family emergency. Not at Fervor.
“It was like, ‘Will, don’t even think about work,’” he remembers. “I’m sure everyone on our team could give you a similar story.”
Humility First
Will shares that another key part of Fervor’s culture is its celebration of humility. Will says he wants to emulate others he’s seen join new teams with as much humility as they can muster: It takes time to listen, learn and soak in as much as you can about a new culture before you try to make an impact.
“That’s something I’ve had to learn over time,” Will says. He says he knows he has the capacity and permission to be a Culture Creator here, but right now he’s more interested in hearing everyone’s perspective and ideas. “Everyone at Fervor is an expert in its culture,” he says.
“I heard something life-changing in college,” Will remembers. “A professor said, ‘Pride walks into a room and says Here I am! And humility walks into a room and says There you are!’”
Will says that phrase flipped the switch for him. It helped him see that everyone has a story and something to contribute, whether you’re talking to the CEO of the company or its janitor.
“If I can bring some of that to Fervor,” Will says, “Whether with our new clients or our new employees, that’s what I want my time here marked by.”
That culture of humility enabled a role switch early in Will’s career: Will came to Fervor to write full-time as a content strategy, but within a few months, the team realized Will’s gifts and passions could help grow Fervor—if he moved to working on business development with Mike Farag, CEO and Chief Strategist. It took humility on both Will’s and Fervor’s part to recognize the opportunity a title change presented and act on it quickly…instead of sticking to the original plan.
“I still get to create content in a different capacity,” Will says. “One that helps promote Fervor and our mission moving forward.”
Real Connection
It’s turned out to be a win-win move: His new role as Business Development Coordinator intersects with his personal love of community building.
“I get to hear people’s stories,” Will smiles. He likes searching for common ground with the people he meets daily on the job.
“My dad told me growing up: Everyone communicates. Few connect…I think we’re all a lot more connected than we think we are at face value,” Will says.
That connection is built with both intention, consistency and follow-up. Will relishes phone conversations and how refreshing they can be in the texting era. He prides himself on a fast e-mail return time and practicing the dying art of writing thank-you notes. And he really loves getting to bring people into the Fervor offices to meet the Fervor team.
“That’s at the crux of my role,” Will says. “Making sure people have a great experience with Fervor, and showing them, should you partner with us, you’re going to be taken care of.”
Which brings us right back to the beginning: Fervor’s culture of care might start at home, but it’s quickly carried outside by culture influencers like Will.
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Image of the day: Shaman by Simone Ludeman
By Creative Bloq Staff (Computer Arts) 2013-05-08T11:29:33.127Z
Simone Ludeman is an illustration student at the University of Westminster. We grabbed five minutes with her to find out more about today's image of the day ...
Computer Arts: Tell us about the piece ...
Simone Ludeman: I’ve always been interested in different cultures, so I set myself a brief inspired by indigenous tribes. All the images represent health issues: for example, fertility, insomnia, death and the image of the day is the shaman. I was interested in shamanism because of how different the processes of healing is to our own.
CA: How did you put the illustrations together?
SL: To create the images, I first drew them using fine liner. Then I scanned them into my computer and did all the colouring in Photoshop. I tend to work spontaneously and let ideas flow as I draw the image, but I will have a rough idea of relevant imagery to include.
CA: How did you get into illustration?
SL: I’m currently about to graduate with a degree in illustration from the University of Westminster. I’ve always been creatively driven and feel it's naturally progressed in my life. I’m generally drawn to subjects of a spiritual or surreal nature. My inspiration comes from experience. I feel it’s something you subconsciously absorb. I tend to include a lot of pattern and embellishment within my illustrations.
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Mother warns of internet danger
LAST month, the Weekly News warned that girls as young as 12 were posting revealing photographs of themselves on websites such as MySpace and Bebo.
Now the mother of one of Hughes' victims has warned parents to be vigilant.
She said: 'We didn't have a clue our daughter was using MSN to chat to this man.
'She was able to close down her conversations without us knowing and we just assumed she had been doing her homework.
'It's worrying to think that our daughter was given this man's details by a friend and that he was able to pose as a 17-year-old to gain their trust.
'Once he had started speaking to the girls, he was able to look them up on other sites, such as MySpace, where he could find more pictures of the girls.
'I would advise all parents to be vigilant and to check what your children are doing on the internet.'
BeardsmithBlue Bell BMW strikes sponsorship deal with Nantwich pub for music festivalA CAR dealership has struck a sponsorship deal with a Nantwich pub that will see it showcase some of South Cheshire’s top musical talent during a festival.
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The new herb today is hops. Yes, it is FAR more than just an ingredient in beer. I have fed the kids. I'm still trying to decide what I want to eat. I'll get there when I get done typing this. I already have diapers washing. Dishes are clean. I'm listening to a very profound video on spirituality. I think this day has started off pretty well. The kids have only fought a little bit. Sadly, it's always my daughter who starts it because she takes toys away from her brother and he gets upset then she pushes him... They are happily playing now which makes me happy. I wish every day could start with such positivity! Time for me to go get some salad or something. Carrots for sure... Love and Light!
On to Hops!
Constituents: Humulene and lupulinic acid, both of which are anti-bacterial and are bitters. Volatile essential oil made up of sesquiterpene, humulene, myrcene, beta-caryophyllene, and farnescene. Choline is a b-Vitamin and regulates the liver. Asparagine is diuretic demulcent. Tannin, resin, and valerianic acid she says is formed during storage. Phenolic acids (caffeic acid and chlorogenic acid). Flavonoids: phytoestrogen, 8-prenylnaringenin (this second one here is estrogenic). In the U.S., lupulin (the pollen substance) is considered separate and has bitter principles and essential oils with give it a sedative action and stomachic action (Petersen, 2018, p. 155-6). Hoffman (2003) has quite a few more on page 557. Chevallier (20160 says bitter principles (lupulin – humulon (antiseptic), lupulon (antiseptic), valerianic acid), volatile oil (humulene), flavonoids, polyphenolic tannins, and estrogenic substances (p. 104). Heinerman (1996) says humulone (I think some add an “e”) and lupulon (p. 275). Mills & Bone (2010) says bitter resinoid principles, essential oil (myrcene, humulene, caryophyliene, and 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol. It also contains chalcone xanthohumol, phyto-oestrogenic constituents (b-prenylnaringenin) and other flavonoids and tannins (p. 468).
Therapeutic Actions: Petersen (2018) says alterative, anodyne, anthelmintic, antibacterial, antibiotic, antiproliferative, antirheumatic, aphrodisiac, bitter, cardiac depressant, demulcent, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, hepatic, hypnotic, nervine, sedative, soporific, stomachic, and tonic (p. 156). Hoffman (2003) also has it listed as an antimicrobial. Chevallier (2016) says sedative, soporific, antispasmodic, and aromatic bitter (p. 104). Weiss & Fintelmann (2000) say sedative and soporific (p. 264). Mills & Bone (2010) says mild sedative, hypnotic, spasmolytic, and aromatic bitter (p. 468).
Indications: This herb is great for insomnia, boils, bruises, dyspepsia, excitability, earache, fevers, flatulence, hyperactivity, indigestion, infections, insomnia, kidney problems, sluggish liver, mucus colitis, nerve strain, nervousness, neuralgia, over acidity, painful swelling, premenstrual tension, restlessness associated with nervous tension headache or indigestion, rheumatic pain, toothache, worms, ulcers. Safe enough to use with babies and children to induce relaxation or sleep (p. 157). Chevallier (2016) says this herb is mostly used for it’s sedative effects, a sachet used under the pillow for insomnia, it reduces irritability and restlessness. He says the indications relating to tension should be blended with other herbs but not to use this if depression is present for those indications. He does add asthma and menstrual pain as well as aiding digestion, stomach secretions, relaxing spasms and colic (p. 104). Weiss & Fintelmann (2000) say insomnia, nervous gastropathy, sexual neuroses, wet dreams, premature ejaculation and an anaphrodisiac in men (p. 266). Heinermann (1996) says leprosy, pulmonary tuberculosis and acute bacterial dysentery as well as staph infections, dandruff, insomnia, and nervousness (p. 276). Mills & Bone (2010) says nervous tension, anxiety, restlessness, and insomnia (p. 468).
Safety/Contraindication: May enhance the effect of sedatives though Commission E lists no side effects (Petersen, 2018, p. 157). Do not use in people with depression or while using alcohol (Hoffman, 2003). Mills & Bone (2010) say the herb is safe but consult a professional before use in pregnancy (p. 468).
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Darth Vader loses face. Do selfies strip authority?
Darth Vader selfie debut on Instagram shows the softer side of the Dark Lord. Does the selfie strip Darth Vader of his authority? Do parents sporting selfies on social media risk the same fate?
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Darth Vader: Star Wars broke in it's new Instagram account with a selfie of Darth Vader.
By Lisa Suhay Correspondent
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The scariest dad in the galaxy, Darth Vader, has just set a tempting example to lead our kids and us to the Dark Side of social media by posting a selfie on Instagram.
Lord Vader, the guy who struck terror into my pre-teen heart in the original film, has taken a selfie and released it on Instagram.
Cue the jokes: “Did he use a dark filter?” and “At least he doesn’t have to worry about red eye.”
The light-hearted caption posted with it is, “Just another day at the office.”
It’s screamingly funny and that’s the point. The whole social image of Darth Vader as a force to be reckoned with just suffered a bigger impact than Luke Skywalker blowing up the Death Star.
It’s gonna be hard to scream with fear with that image of Lord Vader in your head.
Mark my words, had Voldemort done this he’d have needed a lot more than a wand and a snake to scare folks.
This is a fun example of how parents can send the wrong message via social media and selfies in particular.
The name Vader is German for father. Darth was the mac daddy of all intimidating parental figures, until the selfie.
In an instant, gone is the uber villain who strikes terror into your heart, replaced by Darth Dude in one epic smart phone snap.
“Well that was a huge mistake,” said Quin, 10, looking at Darth Selfie. “It reveals weakness. It’s like he’s begging people to like him.”
For some parents, who have trouble relating to teens, a funny selfie might be the way to break the ice. Then again it might just get you a groan and an eye-roll.
That’s because selfies by their very nature are not very parental. They are self-absorbed which is something most parents don’t have time to be.
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, the selfie screams, “Me, me, me, me, me…!”
That actually says a lot about us.
When I meet someone and they tell me to look them up on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites the first place I look is the photos posted.
I check out how many postings are selfies vs. photos of friends, family, activities and pets getting a clear, unfiltered, picture of that person.
Like the Dark Side, it’s hard to resist the urge every once in a while to take a picture of ourselves from arm’s length and soft focus away some years and pounds for a profile shot.
However, when a parent’s social media is plastered with selfies it may be time to resist that urge to shoot yourself with a smart phone a dozen times a week.
The official Star Wars Instagram account aptly proclaims, “It is useless to resist.”
For some selfie-generation parents I know, that seems to be true. I know one young couple whom I taught five years ago when they were high school seniors and are now parents of a four-year-old.
Both mom and dad’s Facebook pages show drunken, sexy, selfies with toys and kid things piled on a chair in the background and lots of alcohol on the coffee table in the foreground.
Those are some very dark and dangerous selfies that could become very popular with child protective services and police.
Maybe it is hard to resist the selfie urge, but as parents we need to think about pictures we post of ourselves.
Also we don’t want to become the parent who spends more time pointing the camera at themselves than their kids because that sends the message that how we look today is more valuable than how we behaved.
However, we can use the Force of photos via social media to set a good example for our kids by helping them snap unselfies – photos of ourselves and our families helping each other, taking out the trash, feeding a pet, doing homework.
Perhaps we need to thank Darth Vader for the selfie that reminds parents that on social media we can make ourselves look bad trying to improve our social image.
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FLOWER SHOW SET TO BLOOM AT THIS YEAR'S ROYAL CORNWALL SHOW
PUBLISHED: 10:47 27 May 2016 | UPDATED: 12:39 30 August 2017
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Some of the best horticulturists in the land will be providing a wealth of colour and variety within the flower show at this year’s Royal Cornwall Show (9-11th June).
A reputation as one of the best flower shows in the region, it’s one of the main attractions at Cornwall’s biggest annual event.
The number of trade exhibitors heading to Wadebridge is up this year, says flower show chairman, Kenneth Willcock.
“We have an extra eight trade exhibitors participating this year from around the region, some who are making their first appearance, some are returning after an absence of a few years.
“We’ll have another good year with very high quality exhibits for visitors to enjoy.”
The trade competitors provide the large scale, wow factor exhibits that are at the heart of the show.
Highlighting the standard to expect are the five award winning exhibitors from this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show who will be competing at the Royal Cornwall.
Cornish-based Penberth Plants (St Buryan), Burncoose Nurseries (Gwennap, near Redruth) and Kelnan Plants (Gulval, nr Penzance) will be joined by Hewitt-Cooper Carnivorous Plants and Mendip Bonsai Studio from Somerset who all won Gold medals at Chelsea.
There’s a lot more on offer besides the displays created by the professionals.
Numbers have increased hugely within all of the competitive elements this year and Kenneth and his team of stewards have their work cut out to fit everything in the flower show’s huge pavilion.
“We’ve received over 1000 entries in the numerous floral art, competitive and junior classes,” he said.
“This is an increase of around a third in the number of entries compared to last year, so it is a very good problem for us to have.”
The flower show also boasts a demonstration theatre that run from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm daily, with hour-long sessions on themes ranging from bees and floral art to gardeners’ questions.
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C&W Networks, part of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), one of the largest telecommunications service providers serving the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico, South America and United States with more than 48,000 miles of subsea fiber-optic network has selected Xtera Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: XCOM), a leading provider of high-capacity, cost-effective optical transport solutions, for upgrading its submarine cable systems in the western Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean Sea to 100G. By introducing Xtera’s 100G coherent solution, C&W Networks continues to offer robust services across 42 countries with superior reliability and scalability of international wholesale capacity.
C&W Networks has bolstered its subsea network capacity by upgrading several unrepeatered and repeatered segments to 100G, using Xtera’s Nu-Wave OptimaTM multi-purpose optical networking platform. The submarine cable systems were upgraded with new 100G channels to include the 1,570 km Gemini – Bermuda cable system, the 1,700 km Caribbean – US (CBUS) cable system, the 1,700 km East West Cable (EWC) system, the 1,440 km festoon Eastern Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS), and part of the 8,700 km ARCOS-1 submarine ring.
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The same optical networking platform was used over the unrepeatered and repeatered segments, enabling a unified, seamless network from an operational perspective. For the upgrade of unrepeatered segments, advanced 100G optical channel technology combined with Xtera’s Wise RamanTM solution raised the capacity to multi terabits per second level even on the longest unrepeatered segments (approaching 400 km spans). This combination of technologies also enabled C&W Networks to bypass some intermediate sites when no local add/drop of 100G waves was needed, eliminating the need for back-to-back terminal equipment as found in the previous network design based on 10G optical channel technology.
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How to watch Penn State vs. Iowa
Can Iowa’s offense can keep pace with the explosive Nittany Lions? Can either break through against stout defenses?
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Kahron Spearman— 2019-10-11 05:00 pm
No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions visit Iowa City to face No. 17 Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium in a pivotal Big Ten clash.
Iowa comes into this game struggling, only managing a field goal against a mercurial Michigan last Saturday. Though they only gave up 10 points in the loss, it’s symptomatic of an issue with offense the Hawkeyes simply don’t have the personnel to overcome. Iowa’s top three scoring performances came against below-average competition: 48 points against Middle Tennessee State, a 30-point display against Rutgers, and 38 points against Miami (Ohio).
They beat in-state rival Iowa State, mustering only 18 points and winning by the narrowest of margins. Running back Makhi Sargeant will need a big game, and Iowa’s defense—currently ranked third in FBS at 8.5 points allowed per game—will have to get opportunistic and create turnovers or push Penn State off the field after third downs.
The talented Nittany Lions have an even better defense than Iowa’s; it’s ranked No. 2 in FBS at 7.5 points allowed per game. They’ve also got much more firepower on offense. QB Sean Clifford leads the team with 14 total touchdowns. Penn State has just six turnovers in five games, which is respectable given their offensive aggressiveness.
The big question mark will be if the Hawkeyes’ offense can keep pace. Even if they managed to hold Penn State to 17 somehow – could they match their point total?
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When: 7:30pm ET, Saturday, Oct. 12
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Penn State vs. Iowa: What to watch for
The key for Penn State will be not playing down and getting into the dirt with the Hawkeyes. They are the better team on paper, and should play over the top of Iowa’s defense for large portions of the game. Conversely, Iowa must force at least two turnovers to turn a few short fields into some touchdowns, because the Nate Stanley-led offense isn’t likely to produce much if it’s starting from inside its own 30 on every offensive possession.
Iowa should keep it close, but Penn State, judging from their depth chart alone, should close comfortably.
Holding the chalk line, Penn State is a four-point favorite, according to Odds Shark.
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It is hard not to talk about Brexit when comparing both candidates, as it seems like that is the main focus of party members when deciding who to vote for as their next leader, forgetting that despite Brexit and its outcome, the new PM will still need to propose and implement policies in order to govern the country until the next round of general elections, which could come sooner rather than later. So here are a few differences between the two candidates which highlight their different campaign promises they will be working on if elected as the new PM, starting with Brexit of course.
Brexit – Head-on clash between Tory members
This has been the main selling point of his campaign as he is seen to be the one most likely to deliver Brexit by the October 31 deadline no matter what the outcome. Although this is a cause of concern for many, the back and forth of withdrawal agreement talks has worked the last nerve of many Conservative members who just want to see an end to the Brexit uncertainty. There have been news reports that Boris Johnson would be willing to suspend Parliament for two weeks leading up to the October 31 deadline to avoid MPs from blocking a no-deal Brexit, but the rumours have so far been denied by the Mr. Johnson’s team who ensure that he would like to deliver Brexit with a deal in place.
Seeing how GBP has behaved in the last few days as the deadline approaches, we can expect markets to become bearish on sterling if Boris Johnson is elected as the new PM. GBP soared on Thursday on reports that the House of Lords was taking the necessary steps to prevent Boris Johnson from being able to suspend parliament in the weeks leading up to the Brexit deadline, showing that investor’s would like to avoid any disruption to the UK economy which would come from a hard divorce from the EU. Despite the efforts to avoid a no-deal happening, Boris Johnson’s election as PM will still see some weakness in sterling, especially against EUR and safe-haven assets like USD and JPY. If a no-deal Brexit were to take place, we could see sterling fall to parity with the USD and return to 2008 financial crisis levels against EUR where the exchange rate fluctuated around 1.05.
He has focused his campaign on trying to convince supporters that he would be able to create a new deal with the European Union (EU) before or around the deadline, with an acceptance to push the withdrawal date back slightly to allow the negotiations time to take place. But as it becomes less likely that the EU will modify the current agreement Mr. Hunt has hardened his stance by suggesting he would provide a no-deal Brexit budget in early September and would cover the costs of tariffs that could be imposed on the farming and fishing industries. Unlike Mr. Johnson, he firmly opposes suspending Parliament to ensure a no-deal Brexit takes places and he is willing to show more flexibility with EU negotiators to ensure a deal can be reached for an orderly exit.
But seeing that a no-deal is unlikely to succeed, and the EU is not willing to budge on the contentious Irish back stop, we can expect the Brexit uncertainty to continue in the coming months as possible deadlock solutions are put forward. Nonetheless, GBP will continue to face selling pressure until the political impasse is resolved.
Public Spending – Attempt to counteract Brexit damage
He pledges to spend the funds needed to add an extra 20,000 police officers by 2022 and is likely to commit a large part of funds on infrastructures going from his previous experience as Mayor of London.
Plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP over the next five years and will cover the cost of a no-deal Brexit on farming and fishing with an estimated cost of £6 billion.
Taxes – Conservative’s way to please businesses
His main focus is to raise the threshold for the 40% tax rate from GBP50,000 to GBP80,000, which is estimated to benefit around 3 million higher earners, many of which are thought to be Conservative party members. He is likely to face tough opposition in Parliament to get the changes through as this would cost around GBP10bn a year. He is also thought to want to review the sugar tax on soft drinks as part of a crackdown on unhealthy food taxes.
As a known entrepreneur he has focused on trying to make taxes more accommodative for smaller businesses. His first proposition is to cut corporation tax from 19% to 12.5% to attract more businesses and create an innovation hub in the UK, but this will also cost the UK approximately GBP13bn a year. He has also campaigned to increase the threshold for national insurance payments to GBP12,000 and to remove a host of business rates for high street shops.
But at a time when the economy is looking fragile and markets are struggling, the reliance on fiscal policy to safeguard the economy will ramp up the nation’s budget deficit. Although the move might be necessary to counteract the shrinkage in private investment in the case of a no-deal Brexit or worsening global economic conditions, both candidates will struggle to balance the need for fiscal stimulus and recessionary caution without the help of the Bank of England.
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The Parliament fails to pass initiatives on the repetition of tests of the OPE of Osakidetza
EH Bildu and Elkarekin we Can claim not to convene the repetitions until completion of the investigations of the Prosecutor's office The Health Commission of
27 October 2018 Saturday 19:00
EH Bildu and Elkarekin we Can claim not to convene the repetitions until completion of the investigations of the Prosecutor's office
The Health Commission of the Basque Parliament has failed today to approve any initiative on the repetition of the tests three specialties of the opposition of Osakidetza in which several opponents alleged that there was leakage of examinations.
EH Bildu has defended in this parliamentary body, an initiative which called for, among other claims, that not repeating the testing in angiology, anesthesia and cargiología until you review and adjust your content.
Finally, the coalition nationalist has settled a text with Elkarrekin we Can in presenting this petition and urged the Osakidetza not to convene be repeats until completion of the investigations of the Prosecutor's office and the Ararteko and raised a series of measures to reconsider the foundations of the OPE.
The groups supporting the basque Government, the PNV and PSE-EE have submitted their own amendment, in which it is located to the Osakidetza to prepare a proposal of measures for improvement of these oppositions, while the PP is in its alternative text advocated that tests be repeated with measures that ensure "the inherent principles of" a selective process of these features.
None of the initiatives has achieved enough support to move forward and all of them have been rejected.
From EH Bildu, Rebeka Ubera has opted to introduce "additional measures" in the tests to guarantee the equality of opportunities and for changing the human resources policy of the Osakidetza.
Cristina Macazaga (Elkarrekin we Can) has alleged that the "pseudoinvestigación" possible leaks "has not served to anything," and has warned that the Osakidetza "it's going to be in front" to his group, waiting to see what that may be determined by the investigations of the office of the Prosecutor and of the Ararteko.
Kerman Orbegozo (PNV) has explained that what they asked for, EH Bildu and Elkarrekin we Can go against the current legislation and the bases of the OPE and has reminded that the minister of Health, Jon Darpón, will appear shortly in the Parliament to explain the steps to be taken in the next few oppositions.
In the same sense, the socialist Natalia Red has made it clear that the basque Government has to comply with the law and has relied on measures that advance Darpón can be negotiated and agreed.
finally, the popular Laura Garrido has also said that some of the approaches discussed today are not possible on the basis of regulations, after regretting that the action of the Department in this matter has been "grossly disappointing".
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Iranian football fan 'blue girl' dies setting herself on fire after ground ban
Sahar – currently trending on social media as 'blue girl' – was arrested while trying to enter a stadium
David RiversSenior Reporter
A female football fan died after setting herself on fire when she was refused entry into a football game in Iran.
The woman – a 29-year-old named as Sahar and trending on Twitter as "blue girl" – doused herself in petrol before igniting the blaze.
It came after she had been arrested while trying to get into a match at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran's capital.
She was facing trial for trying to enter the stadium dressed as a man.
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'Blue girl' died after setting herself on fire (Image: Twitter)
Sahar had been arrested trying to enter a stadium (Image: Twitter)
According to reports, she then set herself on fire after learning she may have to serve up to two years in jail.
She later died in hospital.
In Iran, women are regularly prevented from entering stadiums to watch men's sport.
The ban was temporarily lifted to allow women to watch the World Cup being screened in stadiums last year.
But according to Human Rights Watch, the law is not official but is "ruthlessly enforced".
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In a statement, Fifa said: "We are aware of that tragedy and deeply regret it.
"Fifa convey our condolences to the family and friends of Sahar and reiterate our calls on the Iranian authorities to ensure the freedom and safety of any women engaged in this legitimate fight to end the stadium ban for women in Iran.
"Blue girl is a reference to the colours of her favourite team, Esteqlal."
And the captain of Iran's football team, Masoud Shojaei, said the ban is "rooted in outdated and cringe-worthy thoughts that will not be understood by future generations".
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Weirdo in clown mask stalks seaside town leaving children petrified
The sicko has been reported to police as neighbours warn he is deliberately chasing children
Sofie JacksonNews Reporter
Stock image of a sinister clown costume like the one used to scare kids (Image: Getty Images)
A weirdo who is terrorising a seaside town in a mask from the horror clown film IT has struck again.
Sickeningly, the culprit has been deliberately targeting kids, forcing them to flee in terror after chasing them while dressed up as Pennywise the clown from the hit films.
Several sightings have been reported to police in Penryn, Cornwall, the latest of which was yesterday.
Police are continuing the hunt for the suspect after the latest witness described the man as having shoulder-length hair and being dressed in black with a black backpack.
He is thought to be in his early 20s.
Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police were called with a report of a public order offence in Penryn at around 9.20pm on Friday September 13.
"An unknown person wearing a clown mask reportedly got out of a vehicle and ran towards a woman and a child walking on Treliever Road.
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"The suspect, believed to be male, is believed to be aged between 20 and 25 and was wearing a black hoodie and black shoes and was wearing a Pennywise mask.
"Officers attended the scene and carried out an extensive search of the area. The local neighbourhood team have also been informed."
The latest incident came a week after a man dressed as a clown reportedly chased two women and a young girl in the same town.
After posting about their frightening encounter on Facebook, Ashleigh Hunt said other locals have reported their children being approached by what appears to be the same man.
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Ashleigh wrote: "Warning to anyone in the Penryn area. Whilst walking near Tremough Campus/Greenwood area around 7.30pm (on Saturday), me, my sister and my seven-year-old were chased by a person in a Pennywise-style clown mask and full black clothing.
"My daughter is so terrified she won't even go to the bathroom without me and she cries if I have to leave the room.
“Police are out looking. Be vigilant people."
It is not the first time the town has been terrified by a clown.
In June a man in a clown mask was said to have left three young boys terrified after approaching them while they were playing in Penryn.
Police confirmed they were called to reports that the man had been spotted in some bushes at Penryn Football Club and he walked towards the 12-year-olds and even asked if they wanted to go home with him.
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Craig Watkins' Reputation Tattered by Judge's Damning Ruling in Hill Case
Jim Schutze | August 8, 2013 | 11:56am
Most people have no idea what getting convicted of a crime really would do to them. Really. Not like on TV. As a reporter you catch glimpses. The real damage does not have to do with cops or courthouses. It's not even prison. It's the kid in the window.
A man I know told me once about a moment of extreme pressure in his life when old friends who were business partners, facing ruin, put the screws to him to join them in a financial deal that would bail them out but also violate mortgage law. At least figuratively his hand was trembling over the dotted line on the law-breaking contract, about to sign, when he was visited by a mental image of his kid in the living room window watching him leave for prison.
He didn't sign. The others did. They got caught. I don't remember if they did time. But his kid did not watch him leave for prison.
There's the pain. It's heart-deep and life-rending. Your reputation isn't merely public. In fact that's the easy part. Your reputation is also what the people near and dear to you think of you, and that's what really gets slashed and wounded by a criminal conviction.
The revelations today in the Craig Watkins/Lisa Blue matter are profoundly shocking. They show that a judge believes Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins, with a national reputation built on exonerations, was willing to seek a false criminal conviction of two innocent citizens in order to help a major political donor with a money case and suck in some campaign money for himself in the process.
Let's say Watkins had prevailed and Al Hill III and his wife, Erin, were convicted of making false statements in obtaining a mortgage loan in excess of $200,000. Under Texas law , that would be a first degree felony punishable by five to 99 years in prison. And let's say, given that these are rich white people, the elected judges of our county felt obligated to set an example and sent them up the river for some period of time.
Now dial back with me to the 38-page court document just filed and made public in which District Court Judge Lena Levario lays out the reasons she tossed Watkins' criminal case against the Hills. Judge Levario provides multiple detailed instances of Watkins' staff lying in court.
In one instance, Assistant District Attorney Stephanie Martin testified under oath that she had always believed the case against the Hills was strong. But the judge says Martin was "impeached with her own notes" on the issue. Levario cites notes in which Martin had told lawyers seeking the indictment that "the bank really isn't interested in prosecuting" and she "didn't really see how she could prove his criminal case" since OmniAmerican Bank, the alleged victim, had suffered no loss and did not want to prosecute.
My layman's term for "impeached with her own notes" would be caught lying under oath. And what might have happened to change the mind of Martin and her boss, Craig Watkins, about the value of criminally indicting the Hills? Why was the case no good and then suddenly solid enough to seek an indictments?
Having a criminal indictment hanging over his head made it effectively impossible for Al Hill to testify in a separate civil case over a $22 million fee dispute with attorney Lisa Blue. Watkins' friend and campaign donor.
So what does all of that mean to us? Well, I don't know about you, but it means I personally do not ever want to hear the word, exoneration, in connection with Watkins' name again. Of course I believe it's a sin and a travesty for innocent people to get sent to prison for crimes they did not commit. So do you. But the Hill matter tells us that Watkins only wants to get people out of the pen if they look like his voter base.
If they are rich and white, then Watkins is perfectly at ease with maiming their lives in order to pull in some juicy campaign cash and keep a powerful Democratic lawyer happy. That doesn't have anything to do with justice. It's corruption. It sullies the work he has done to get wrongly convicted people out of prison. It reduces the whole matter to whoring for votes and money.
You do what you want. Me, next time I hear the name Craig Watkins in the same sentence with exonerations, I'm doing that hands-over-the-ears hear-no-evil thing, because that's what this Hill matter is. Evil.
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The Friday Five - March 29, 2018
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mar 29 2019
For the Week of 3/29/2019
Democrats in statehouses across the country are fighting to move America forward. In case you missed it, here are some statehouse highlights from this week:
1. Florida passed a historic expansion of voting rights. Now Republicans want to hobble it
Florida Republicans have once again demonstrated that they are not interested in providing equitable voting access for all citizens. Florida voters sent a clear message in November by passing Amendment 4, restoring voting rights to former felons. Now, Republicans have introduced multiple bills to dampen its intended benefits. One proposal states that those with felony records must pay off “any financial obligation from a felony conviction, even those not directly connected to their original sentence.” Republicans have made it clear that they prioritize their own power over everything else – to the point of refusing to allow those with the right to vote the opportunity to do so. The DLCC will continue to work with Florida Democrats to uphold every Floridian’s constitutional right to vote. More Democrats in state offices across the country will ensure that these unlawful voter suppression tactics will become a relic of the past.
2. Federal Judge Blocks North Carolina Ban on Abortions After 20 Weeks
In a major victory for reproductive rights, a federal judge issued a strong rebuke of Republican lawmakers intent on policing women’s bodies. The judge ruled against the North Carolina law, which banned women from getting an abortion after 20 weeks. While Republicans pass dangerously restrictive reproductive legislation, Democrats continue to champion progressive legislation to ensure women’s access to safe reproductive health care. With the help of the DLCC, Democrats across the country are ready to flip even more chambers in the fight to protect women’s rights.
3. New Jersey Will Switch to State-Based Health Care Exchange
More and more Democratic-led states are pushing back against Trump and Republicans’ repeated attacks on health care. New Jersey is the latest state to create its own health care exchange rather than relying on the federal government, as Republicans in Congress continue undermining the Affordable Care Act. Governor Phil Murphy said the state exchange would “make healthcare more accessible, accountable and more responsive to consumers.” Other Democratic-led states with similar state exchanges include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and Massachusetts. Democratic lawmakers have proven time and again that they will fight for their constituents to have access to affordable and accessible health care, unlike their Republican counterparts.
4. Second judge blocks Wisconsin laws GOP passed to limit Dem powers
Wisconsin Republicans are finally being held accountable for sabotaging the outcome of the November elections that resulted in a Democratic governor for the first time in eight years. After Judge Frank Remington issued a temporary injunction on some of the provisions that were passed last December during the lame-duck session, on Tuesday, another judge blocked the “laws that would shift powers away from [Governor Tony] Evers to the GOP-controlled Wisconsin legislature.” Wisconsin Republicans cannot get away with overriding the will of the voters, and the DLCC is working with Democrats in the state to ensure that they won’t have control of the legislature in the crucial years to come.
5. New York's Government Has Never Looked So Female
After a historic year that saw more than 1,200 Democratic women elected to office, female lawmakers in state legislatures across the country are championing legislation that has been dismissed by legislatures in the past. The New York legislature now has 70 women, the most women in the history of the state. This remarkable achievement is made even more significant by the fact that exactly 100 years ago, New York’s first female legislators arrived at the Capitol. The female lawmakers in office today are carrying on this important legacy. In just two months, women in New York have successfully pushed for legislation on women-centered issues like contraceptive coverage and abortion. It is no coincidence that this has been a truly monumental year for progressive legislation in the New York legislature. With more Democratic women in office, progressive legislation that seeks to protect the most vulnerable among us will continue to move forward.
- 41 states have tried to pass abortion restrictions this year, as Georgia votes on a new ban: Report [ABC News]
- Ohio Senate passes bill requiring women who have abortions to choose burial or cremation for fetal remains [The Hill]
- Undeterred by Medicaid Rulings, Some States Advance Work Requirements [Governing]
- Judge rules North Carolina's 20-week abortion ban is unconstitutional [CBS News]
- Maryland Overrides Governor’s Veto to Approve $15 Minimum Wage [The Hill]
“Their unwillingness to get answers to even basic questions about the technology they voted for is a dereliction of duty to the voters and taxpayers in our state.”
– Sen. Elena Parent (D)
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is getting ready to sign a bill that would replace the current voting system with machines that are considered vulnerable to hacking. Security experts “warn that an intruder can corrupt the machines and alter the barcode-based ballots without voters or election officials realizing it.” Despite repeated warnings from cybersecurity experts and election integrity advocates, Republicans have continued to deny that hacking could pose a grave concern in upcoming elections. By disregarding serious threats, Republicans continue to promote their own interests at the expense of voters.
3/30/19: Louisiana HD-17, HD-18, HD-62 Runoff Elections
4/2/19: Pennsylvania SD-37 Special Election
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Monét X Change to be in Madonna’s new music video
Giampiero
on March 2, 2019 at 12:40 am
American drag queen Monét X Change has quit Haters Roast-The Shady Tour last minute to accept Madonna‘s offer to be on her new music video being filmed in Los Angeles this days.
To reveal the news is Murray & Peter, which present the Haters tour. Monét X Change is the winner of forth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.
“Sometime during the afternoon, we’re told she received a phone call from Madonna with an offer to be in an upcoming music video,” Murray & Peter wrote on an Instagram post. “Monét x Change asked Murray & Peter if it would be ok to leave the tour to accept the offer.”
“We said no because it was too short notice to replace her on Haters,” they add. “Just hours before the show was to start and without telling anyone including the other queens on the Denver show, Monét left the venue and flew to Los Angeles to accept Madonna’s offer.”
BREAKING NEWS from #hatersroast Yesterday @monetxchange arrived in Denver to appear on our show. Sometime during the afternoon, we’re told she received a phone call from @madonna with an offer to be in an upcoming music video. Monet asked MP if it would be ok to leave the tour to accept the offer. We said no because it was too short notice to replace her on Haters. Just hours before the show was to start and without telling anyone including the other queens on the Denver show, Monet left the venue and flew to LA to accept Madonna’s offer. Therefore, we have decided that Monet will no longer be on any upcoming Haters Roast dates. Tour info at DragFans.com #mppresent #apologies #disappointed
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Design Directory > Textile Design > Books
Textile Design Books
Jacqueline Groag: Textile & Pattern Design
Jacqueline Groag was probably the most influential textile designer in Britain in the post Second World War era. Although originally Czech, she studied textile and pattern design in Austria in the 1920s. During the late twenties and early thirties, she designed textiles for the Wiener Werkstatte in Vienna and subsequently designed and produced unique hand-printed lengths of fabrics for many of the leading Parisian fashion houses, including Chanel, Lanvin, Worth, Schiaparelli, and Paul Poiret. This book showcases Groag's textiles design work.
Bojagi: Design and Techniques in Korean Textile Art
Bojagi, traditional Korean wrapping cloths, were originally made from pieces of leftover fabric skillfully and imaginatively put together. The stunning results often resembled the paintings of such modern artists like Mondrian and Klee. Using her own work and that of others, Sara Cook - a leading expert on the subject - explains how modern textiles can interpret the principles of Bojagi in their own beautiful creations. Cook briefly covers the history and meaning of Bojagi in Korean culture, as well as the equipment and fabrics (including silk, hemp, and ramie); Obanseak, or Bojagi's techniques, designs, colors, and symbolism; color seams and embellishments; and Jagokbo, or textiles pieced from tiny scraps.
The Fundamentals of Printed Textile Design
The Fundamentals of Printed Textile Design explores contemporary practice in printed textile design. It outlines the process of creating designs, looking at the vital role played by drawing, color, style and content. It also analyses how to contextualize and communicate effectively in order to build a professional portfolio, whether through traditional design staples or via a more original approach.
Digital Textile Design
Digital Textile Design covers everything students and practitioners of textile design will need to learn about designing and printing digitally. The book examines how designers can access this technique, looking at the work of those currently exploring its possibilities, and provides an insight into the technology involved in digital textile printing.
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys
Fully revised and updated, the second edition of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys continues to define the field of design in fashion and textiles. Arranged in two sections, the first four chapters represent key stages of the lifecycle: material cultivation/extraction, production, use and disposal. The remaining four chapters explore design approaches for altering the scale and nature of consumption, including service design, localism, speed and user involvement.
Marguerita Mergentime: American Textiles, Modern Ideas
Marguerita Mergentime: American Textiles, Modern Ideas serves as a definitive source on this lauded American designer. Working in the heady milieu of 1930s New York, Mergentime became best known for strikingly new printed fabrics, making her mark with tablecloths created to enliven American households with color, humor and entertainment. A member of the influential American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen (AUDAC), Mergentime was a woman whose career placed her alongside Donald Deskey and Russel Wright, as well as visionary architect Frederick Kiesler, who designed the furnishings in her New York apartment.
Structural Textile Design: Interlacing and Interlooping
The properties of woven and knitted fabrics differ largely due to the path yarn follows in the fabric structure. This path determines the fabric's physical properties, mechanical properties, and appearance. A slight variation to the design may result in entirely different properties for the fabric. Structural Textile Design provides detailed insight on different types of designs used for the production of woven and knitted fabrics, highlighting the effect design has on a fabric's properties and applications.
Print & Pattern: Nature
The latest book based on the popular Print & Pattern blog, Print & Pattern: Nature celebrates beautiful surface designs, patterns, and motifs of leaves, insects, grasses, butterflies, and trees. Product areas covered include stationery, cards and giftwrap, fabrics, wallpaper, rugs, ceramics, homewares, gadget skins, and more.
Smart Textiles: Fundamentals, Design, and Interaction
From a holistic perspective, this handbook explores the design, development and production of smart textiles and textile electronics, breaking with the traditional silo-structure of smart textile research and development. Leading experts from different domains including textile production, electrical engineering, interaction design and human-computer interaction (HCI) address production processes in their entirety by exploring important concepts and topics like textile manufacturing, sensor and actuator development for textiles, the integration of electronics into textiles and the interaction with textiles. In addition, different application scenarios, where smart textiles play a key role, are presented too.
Designing with Smart Textiles
Beginning by introducing the terminology and key applications, the book goes on to examine the key design processes needed to develop interactive textile design concepts, with detailed projects and examples to help you apply these approaches in your own practice. Case studies and interviews with innovative designers introduce you to different artistic and technological practices, and demonstrate how world-leading researchers are creating new technologies, yarns, fabrics, and applications. Practitioners share unique insights into their processes, and "Tech Tips" so you can build on their research in your own work.
Pattern Magic 3
In this new addition to the Pattern Magic series from Japan, Tomoko Nakamichi teaches you how to sculpt with fabric, creating beautiful shapes, waves and accents. Next, she looks at creating dynamic movement in garments, using ruffles, shirring and precise, sharply pleated lines.
Smart Textiles for Designers: Inventing the Future of Fabrics
Smart Textiles for Designers introduces the different qualities and properties that can be embedded in, integrated with, and applied to fabrics, and looks at the different contexts in which these smart textiles can be used. A survey of specific fabrics grouped by properties provides a core reference section and a palette for the designer to work from. The book also examines five different design approaches and features interviews with leading designer and design teams, showing their processes and working methods.
Clothing From the Hands That Weave
Clothing from the Hands that Weave is a remarkable book that traces the history of weaving and fashion from the beginning of time through the modern era. Detailed descriptions and analyses of ancient clothing styles and construction techniques are combined with wildly creative and exciting ideas for updating and adapting them.
Materials and Technology for Sportswear and Performance Apparel
Materials and Technology for Sportswear and Performance Apparel takes a close look at the design and development of functional apparel designed for high-performance sportswear. Implementing materials, performance, technology, and design and marketing, the book examines this rapidly emerging textile market and outlines future directions and growing trends.
The Handbook of Textile Culture
In recent years, the study of textiles and culture has become a dynamic field of scholarship, reflecting new global, material and technological possibilities. This is the first handbook of specially commissioned essays to provide a guide to the major strands of critical work around textiles past and present and to draw upon the work of artists and designers as well as researchers in textiles studies.
Textile Technology and Design: From Interior Space to Outer Space
Textile Technology and Design addresses the critical role of the interior at the intersection of design and technology, with a range of interdisciplinary arguments by a wide range of contributors: from design practitioners to researchers and scholars to aerospace engineers. Chapters examine the way in which textiles and technology - while seemingly distinct - continually inform each other through their persistent overlapping of interests, and eventually coalesce in the practice of interior design.
Geometric Textures For Fashion
Geometric Textures For Fashion is an ideas book for stylists, designers, and art directors featuring inventive ideas and striking designs.
The Print Revolution: Groundbreaking Textile Design in the Digital Age
Following a discussion of how the current techniques have revolutionized hundreds of years of screen-printing, The Print Revolution is organized by an A-Z of keynote designers operating at this cutting edge of fashion. Accompanied by fashion photography, catwalk imagery, and close-up details of prints and patterns, and - crucially - supplemented by the designers' own notebooks, impressions, quotations and influences, the book is an invaluable reference as well as a visual delight of the inspirations and creations that have given rise to the current explosion of interest in textile design.
Textiles for Residential and Commercial Interiors
Textiles for Residential and Commercial Interiors focuses on the most current fiber and fabric information including new fiber technology and nanofibers, the role of the interior designer in selecting textiles, and the environmental impact of textiles. The book includes in-depth coverage of household and institutional textiles, in addition to commercial and residential textiles for upholstered furniture, windows, walls, and floor coverings.
Fabrics in Fashion Design
Fabrics in Fashion Design is a bridge between materials and their creators that visually demonstrates through 1,600 beautiful images the profound relationship between fabrics and fashion, covering a wide range of patterns, their history, and industry terminology.
Vintage Knit: 25 Knitting and Crochet Patterns Refashioned for Today
Vintage Knit offers lovers of retro style 25 beautiful knitting patterns from the 1940s and 1950s, regraded to fit modern sizes and to knit with yarns easily available today. A short introduction describes each garment and suggests how to style it, followed by clear instructions for knitting and making up.
Designing Patterns: For Decoration, Fashion and Graphics
In her practical handbook Designing Patterns, Lotta Kühlhorn explains the ins & outs of how to design patterns. The book includes a complete CD with templates for your experimentation. From conceptual questions to intricate details, this book elucidates all of the facets involved in designing patterns.
Printed Textile Design
This book explains the fundamentals of printed textile design, from design brief through to the completed collection, and introduces the basics of color, drawing, composition, and repeat with a series of step-by-step exercises and examples.
Textile Visionaries: Innovation and Sustainability in Textile Design
Technologized textiles and sustainable fabrics are among the most innovative designed today, and together they are driving the rest of the industry dramatically forward. This book shows how the development of fabrics today is immersed in technology, sustainability, and innovation.
Drape Drape 3
Drape Drape 3 includes 15 stylish contemporary designs for dresses, skirts, tunics, and blouses, with easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams that skillfully guide the reader to create draped garments step by step.
Fabric Surface Design
Fiber artist Cheryl Rezendes shows you how to create an astonishing array of surface designs, simply and safely, using textile paints and printing ink.
Marimekko, With Love
Part of the broader mid-century modern ethos, Marimekko made its first forays into fabric and fashion design in 1951 and would change the visual landscape indelibly. Marimekko, With Love highlights the Finnish company's early international growth under the leadership of Armi Ratia and the personal relationships that shaped its impact in North America.
Futurotextiles 3
Futurotextiles 3 is an exhibition mixing science, technology and art with textile, taking us on a discovery journey through the world of textiles and its astonishing diversity.
Warp and Weft
Warp and Weft explores the world of woven textiles created for fashion, interiors and art. The book focuses on the many different weaving structures used in modern textiles, from the childishly simple to the incredibly complex, and the effects these are used to create.
Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles
Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles: Made in Code features the latest innovation in textiles design, paired with images that range from digital patterns to catwalk shots of the finished article.
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Hong Kong firms, lacking riot insurance, pick up pieces from protest damage
Published at 11:17 am October 21st, 2019
Anti-government demonstrators vandalize a shop during a protest in Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2019 Reuters
Coverage for civil unrest, particularly for small and mid-sized firms, is uncommon
Hong Kong’s businesses will likely foot the bill for vandalism inflicted over the past four months during the territory’s most violent protests in living memory as few of them bought insurance coverage for riot damage, industry insiders said.
Businesses big and small have suffered smashed windows, graffiti and even fire for their perceived support of mainland China by activists concerned that the central government in Beijing is exerting increased control over the special administrative region at the cost of democratic freedoms.
Displaying a banner in support of the police - who protesters have complained of being heavy-handed - was enough to see a small video game shop in western New Territories vandalized four times this month.
“I don’t know whether I’ll get insurance compensation,” said shop owner K.K. Man. “There’s a chance that I won’t get compensation because the damage is due to social unrest... I don’t think riot damage is covered.”
While businesses flood insurers with claims for such damage, few are likely to be fully compensated as Hong Kong insurance usually protects against events such as fire and natural disasters, such as typhoons.
Coverage for civil unrest, particularly for small and mid-sized firms, is uncommon, industry insiders said.
Hong Kong is a lucrative market for global insurers including American International Group Inc, AXA SA and Zurich Insurance Group AG, with the value of premiums as a percentage of gross domestic product at 18.16%, second only to Taiwan in the Asia-Pacific region.
Total insurance premium volume in the territory last year rose 8.3% to $66 billion, the quickest growth rate in the advanced Asia-Pacific region that includes Australia, Japan and Singapore, a Swiss Re study showed.
Near term, Hong Kong insurers expect a surge in demand for coverage that includes riot damage, though profit is likely to suffer from payouts for event cancellations, a drop in demand for travel insurance and, more generally, economic downturn.
“Overall financial damage from these events will be quite significant and neither insurers nor most of the businesses would have prepared for something like this,” said an insurance sector lawyer with a global law firm.
“So you will see a sharp rise in litigation around what’s covered and what’s not, as well as pressure on earnings of insurance companies because of a surge in claim settlements and a drop in premium income,” the lawyer said.
The financial impact of the protests could not be determined with unrest ongoing, but two insurance executives said liabilities for insurers could run into millions of dollars.
The executives and the lawyer declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter.
#HongKong firms, lacking riot insurance, pick up pieces from protest damage
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Anti-government demonstrations have taken place on almost every weekend since June 9. On Sunday, riot police and protesters exchanged tear gas and petrol bombs as an illegal march descended into chaos, with hundreds of shops trashed and Chinese banks and metro stations targeted.
Retailer Best Mart 360 Holdings Ltd on Wednesday said as of October 13, 59 of its stores had suffered damage during protests.
“The Group is discussing and handling with its insurance company,” it said. “In the event that the insurance company refuses to compensate or inadequately compensates its claims, the Group may be required to bear the corresponding economic losses.”
Best Mart did not identify its insurer or elaborate on why compensation might be refused. An external spokeswoman for the retailer declined to comment beyond the statement.
Damage to subway stations of operator MTR Corp Ltd may not be fully covered by its insurance, and its inability to recover such costs is likely to weaken its credit profile, credit-rating firm Moody’s Investors Service said last week.
MTR declined to comment.
“Hong Kong property insurers have been making a profit for 20 years, but following two super typhoons in the past two years, they lost all 20 years’ worth of profit,” said a non-life insurance broker in Hong Kong.
“That’s why in 2019 they have been extra prudent in covering property,” the broker said. “Luckily there’s been no big typhoon this year, but the unlucky thing is there have been riots.”
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Grande, Venti, And Trenta: What Do The Starbucks Names Literally Mean?
When you reflect on all the symbols, gestures, and phrases that bombard your everyday existence, you may find a panoply of simple words that are missing a definition. Case in point: how many times have you or a friend said “I’d like a venti latte” without pausing to consider what venti actually means?
Why is a tall … so small?
First of all, here are the size options: tall (12 ounces), grande (16), venti (24), and trenta (31).
Let’s briefly address tall. This designation by the coffee company is considered by many to be a classic instance of corporate language manipulation. Tall sounds like small but means something close to the opposite. The result arguably encourages a consumer to think a little less about the size of his or her beverage as well as the size of the bill.
Interestingly, the tall was not always the smallest drink size —and customers, who requested ever-larger drinks, may be partially responsible for its name.
At his first coffeehouse, Il Giornale, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz offered three sizes: short (8 ounces), tall, and grande. When venti came along (to meet popular demand), Schultz dropped the short so as not to crowd the menu boards. Little-known fact: the size is still available. But let’s face it, “I’d like a short” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as the sizes based in Italian do. Or so Schultz thought.
What do the Italian names mean?
Schultz traveled to Italy for the first time in 1983 and fell in love with the “the romance and theater of coffee,” according to the Starbucks website.
Grande is Italian for “large,” venti means “twenty,” and trenta is “thirty.” Why isn’t the 16-ounce size sedici (Italian for sixteen) instead? Perhaps because grande conjures associations with the English “grand.” Why not follow this logic and apply names that are evocative of English terms to the remaining two sizes? The less-familiar venti and trenta may help consumers forget the cost or calorie count of what they are about to drink.
Schultz returned to Milan in 2018 to open the first Starbucks in Italy. Wonder what they think of the names?
Want to learn more about the lexicon of your morning cup of joe?Unlock the poetic mystery of the origin of the word coffee here.
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Tell the government high-quality RSE requires parental partnership
The government is currently consulting on significant changes to the teaching of the new Relationships Education (RE) curriculum in all primary schools and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) curriculum in all secondary schools in England.
We believe high-quality RE and RSE requires parental partnership, so we strongly encourage you to respond to the consultation.
We believe it is important to tell the government that:
Conversations about intimate issues deserve the opportunity of an intimate setting
The government is proposing changing the law so that parents of secondary
school children will no longer have the final decision on where and when their child should receive sex education; it will be up to head teachers instead.
While many parents may decide it is ok for schools to teach their children sex education at the age decided by the school and government, many other parents believe intimate conversations require an intimate home-based setting and an approach based on the age of their particular child and who they are as a unique person.
We think the government’s proposal sends the wrong message, telling parents they don’t have the ability or responsibility to decide when or where their own children, whom they most often know best, should receive sex education at secondary school age.
Parents should know ahead of time what exactly their children will be learning in RE and RSE
While the draft government guidance affirms that “schools should work closely with parents when planning and delivering these subjects”, unless this explicitly includes giving all parents access to the full curriculum and materials being taught ahead of time, they will not be able to partner with schools and provide the “most significant influence” the government guidance affirms they can. In addition, the potential for issues to arise due to miscommunication and misunderstanding could be higher. RE and RSE teaching needs to be fully transparent to, and inclusive of, parents.
Parents should know who the external organisations are that schools have invited to help with RE/RSE and what they plan to tell their children
External organisations can have a beneficial role in providing RE and RSE, but schools should be required to notify parents ahead of time if an external organisation is going to be interacting with their children. Letting the parents know who the organisation or speaker is and what they will be teaching about is vital to making RE and RSE fully transparent and inclusive of parents.
(Click each sentence above for more on each issue.)
Consultation guide (step by step)
The following is a guide to inform responses to this consultation. Please answer questions in your own words. All questions (except the first) are optional, and you only have to answer questions that you want to answer. Please make sure to go to the end of the consultation and click submit.
You may particularly want to respond to questions on pages 4, 6, 9, and 12 of the consultation, which deal with the issues raised above.
Clicking the button below will open a new tab, taking you to the government consultation. Keep this window open and you can switch between the two as you go.
Respond to the consultation
Even if you have just three minutes you can use the button above and click through to page 12, to tell the government that you disagree and that conversations about intimate issues deserve the opportunity of an intimate setting. Thank you.
Page 1 – Confidentiality
The only required question is whether you would like your responses to be confidential.
Page 2 – Introductory Questions
All questions on this page are optional, including name, email, religion, ethnicity, and in what capacity you are responding (eg parent, teacher, governor, etc).
Page 3 – Draft Statutory Guidance – Relationships Education (RE)
The first two questions relate to the content of the relationships education described in paragraphs 50 – 57 of the draft guidance, including what children would be taught about the meaning of marriage and family. This education will be mandatory from 2020 in all schools in England. (You can view a summary of what pupils are expected to know by clicking here.)
The third question asks about the guidance on sex education in primary schools. You may particularly want to review paragraph 64, which affirms that in primary school, parents still have the final decision on where and when their child should receive sex education.
Page 4 – Draft Statutory Guidance – Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)
The first two questions ask about the content of the relationships and sex education. Please refer to the summary of what is proposed to be taught which can be found by clicking here.
The third question on this page provides an opportunity to respond to the government’s proposal to remove the full parental right of withdrawal from sex education.
Paragraph 43 notes that:
“Once those discussions have taken place, except in exceptional circumstances, the school should respect the parents’ request to withdraw the child, up to and until three terms before the child turns 16.”
However, it would appear that what counts as “exceptional circumstances” would be up to every head teacher; the guidance provides no guidance on what would constitute “exceptional circumstances”.
You may wish to mark “disagree” or “strongly disagree” here if you feel that intimate conversations should still have the opportunity of an intimate setting and that the existing full parental right of withdrawal should be preserved.
Page 5 – Draft Statutory Guidance – Physical Health and Wellbeing
This page asks about the content of the mandatory health education in both primary and secondary schools. Please refer to the summary of what is proposed to be taught by clicking here for primary schools and by clicking here for secondary schools.
You may wish to note the teaching that is proposed in this health education on puberty in primary schools and changing adolescent bodies in secondary school. For reference, there is no opt-out from health education for any type of school.
Page 6 – Draft Statutory Guidance – Engaging with Parents and the Wider Community
This section is key and your opportunity to let the government know that:
Parents should know ahead of time, exactly what their children are learning, which means that schools should provide the material and details of the curriculum being used.
Schools should notify parents ahead of time if any external organisation will be doing any teaching and what exactly they will be teaching.
Page 7 – Draft Statutory Guidance – Delivery and Teaching Strategies
Every child is unique and so every school is distinct. You may wish to use the question to affirm the vital importance of flexibility for schools in the delivery of this content and the importance of it being tailored to the cultural and religious backgrounds of pupils and wishes of their parents.
Page 8 – Draft Statutory Guidance – Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
As with the previous page, you may wish to affirm that schools require flexibility to tailor learning to their pupils and their parents specifically.
However, this section also asks about the “exceptional circumstances” veto provided to head teachers over the parents’ wishes – again without any guidance or definition on what those are.
Page 9 – Draft Statutory Guidance
As there are no questions in the consultation specifically about paragraphs 18 – 25, which address several key issues, you may wish to comment in this section on:
How schools of a religious character (eg voluntary-aided and religious academies and free schools) would be able to reflect their core beliefs in the teaching of these subjects.
For example paragraph 20 observes: “In schools with a religious character, the distinctive faith perspective on relationships may be taught” – but it makes no mention of schools being allowed (in RSE) to teach on issues of human sexuality from a religious perspective. You may wish to comment on this.
Paragraphs 22 and 23 talk about use of materials and so here you may wish to recommend:
(Paragraph 22) Resources also are appropriate for the cultural and religious backgrounds of children; and
(Paragraph 23) Schools provide parents with all resources ahead of time.
You may wish to comment on the draft guidance’s recommended inclusion of LGBT content (Paragraph 33).
Paragraph 33 – LGBT Issues
"Schools are free to determine how they address LGBT specific content, but the Department recommends that it is integral throughout the programmes of study. As with all RSE teaching, schools should ensure that their teaching is sensitive, age-appropriate and delivered with reference to the law. With all RSE teaching, schools should ensure that their teaching is sensitive and age-appropriate."
Page 10 – Financial Education
If you wish you can comment on post-16 financial education provision here.
Page 11 – School Support
This page asks about whether additional resources and materials will be required for schools, or whether existing resources are sufficient.
Page 12 – Draft Regulations
This is the key opportunity to tell the government that conversations about intimate issues deserve the opportunity of an intimate setting. You may wish to strongly disagree with this question, particularly because:
the government nowhere defines what the “exceptional circumstances” are; and
the regulations don’t just effect those 15 and older (despite what the government says) but every child at every secondary school.
You can read the full regulations here. To view the actual wording the government is proposing adding to the Education Act 1996 click below:
Draft Regulations Proposed Law Change
The government draft regulation (statutory instrument) is proposing changing the Education Act by adding the following words in bold.
"If the parent of any pupil in attendance at a maintained school in England requests that the pupil may be wholly or partly excused from sex education provided as part of statutory relationships and sex education, the pupil must be so excused until the request is withdrawn, unless or to the extent that the head teacher considers that the pupil should not be so excused."
s.405, Education Act 1996
Page 13 – Regulatory Impact Assessment
Page 14 – Almost done…
Please remember to click "submit" and enter your email if you want to receive a PDF copy of your submission.
The following are the key documents related to the consultation. The first four are two-page summaries of the proposed content for each of the mandatory subjects copied and pasted directly from the draft guidance.
The remaining ones are the official government documents.
Relationships Education Summary
Relationships-Education-Summary.pdf (423.23 kB)
Relationships And Sex Education Summary
Relationships-and-Sex-Education-Summary.pdf (434.58 kB)
Physical Health And Wellbeing Primary Summary
Physical-Health-and-Wellbeing-Primary-Summary.pdf (428.18 kB)
Physical Health And Wellbeing Secondary Summary
Physical-Health-and-Wellbeing-Secondary-Summary.pdf (426.35 kB)
Rse Impact Assessment 10 7 2018
RSE-impact-assessment-10.7.2018.pdf (707.01 kB)
Draft Regulations 1 0 For Hac
Draft-Regulations-1.0-for-HAC.pdf (196.86 kB)
20170718 Draft Guidance For Consultation
20170718_-Draft-guidance-for-consultation.pdf (805.62 kB)
180718 Consultation Call For Evidence Response Policy Statement
180718-Consultation_call-for-evidence-response_policy-statement.pdf (480.55 kB)
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RPI fall at No. 6 Cornell
Rensselaer (11-12-5, 8-7-1 ECACH) 0 0 0 0
Cornell (16-2-5, 13-2-1 ECACH) 1 2 2 5
1st - 01:21 - Kristin O'Neill (Cornell)
2nd - 11:58 - Kristin O'Neill (Cornell)
2nd - 13:08 - Grace Graham (Cornell)
3rd - 02:59 - PP - Lenka Serdar (Cornell)
3rd - 19:59 - PP - Kristin O'Neill (Cornell)
Sh: Lauren Severson - 3
Sv: Lovisa Selander - 48
G: Kristin O'Neill - 3
A: Maddie Mills - 3
Sh: Lenka Serdar - 9
Sv: Marlene Boissonnault - 11
ITHACA, N.Y. – Kristin O'Neill netted a hat trick to lead the sixth-ranked Cornell University women's hockey team to a 5-0 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), on Saturday afternoon at Lynah Rink. With the win, the Big Red improve to 16-2-5 overall (13-2-1 ECAC Hockey), while the Engineers drop to 11-12-5 (8-7-1 ECAC Hockey).
O'Neill scored the first two goals of the game, including the first tally, which came just 1:21 into the first period. Maddie Mills led the rush and made a last second feed across the top of the crease to O'Neill, who fired into an open net.
The hosts doubled their advantage at 11:58 of the second, after RPI senior goaltender Lovisa Selanderturned in one of her numerous highlight reel saves. O'Neill made it 2-0, off a feed from Mill and Amy Curlew.
Less than two minutes later, Grace Graham netted her seventh goal of the season from Sam Burke to give the Big Red a 3-0 lead.
Early in the third, Cornell made it 4-0 on a power play goal by Lenka Serdar. Graham and Diana Buckley. The Big Red added a fifth goal with a second remaining on the clock, as O'Neill completed the hat trick.
Selander (9-11-5) finished with 48 saves in the game, including 22 in the second and 16 in the third. Marlene Boissonnault (13-2-4) had 11 stops.
The Engineers return to action next weekend, when they host Dartmouth and Harvard on Friday (6pm) and Saturday (3pm), respectively. Cornell visits Clarkson and St. Lawrence.
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Dream Dictionary | Dream Interpretation
Home Pulse
The meaning of pulse in dream | Dream Interpretation
A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences | Tony Crisp
Feelings about health; life in us; anxiety about death.
Dreamers Dictionary | Garuda
Depth Psychology: A fast-beating pulse: you need more energy and strength in order to deal with a present situation.
A normal pulse indicates that your life is going smoothly at this time. See Heart, Vein.
My Dream Interpretation | myjellybean
To hear a pulse (whether it was yours or someone else’s) in your dream, generally means that you are not confronting or recognizing your feelings. You need to approach things more head-on. Alternatively, hearing a pulse may suggest that you are feeling threatened in some way.
If you dream of someone not having a pulse (but being alive), you may feel that a real-life relationship is slipping away from you.
New American Dream Dictionary | Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin
1. Possible health issue.
2. The beginning of new and exciting activities, possibly romantic affairs.
Strangest Dream Explanations | Dream Explanations - Anonymous
See Heartbeat.
Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary | Pamela Ball
1- A pulse is a rhythm which is essential to life.
To be aware in sleep of one’s pulse may indicate some kind of anxiety. In dreams this may translate itself into a rhythm which is external. There may also be health worries.
2- To be feeling one’s own pulse in a dream is to be trying to put oneself in touch with the processes of life.
To be feeling someone else’s pulse may indicate a concern about that part of our personality the other character represents.
If we cannot detect a pulse, this may indicate the ‘death’ of part of ourselves or emotions.
3- It is said that, to the sensitive, a pulse is detectable in all things. Spiritually, the more we are in touch with internal rhythm the more whole (or holy) we can be.
Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation | Gustavus Hindman Miller
To dream of your pulse, is warning to look after your affairs and health with close care, as both are taking on debilitating conditions.
To dream of feeling the pulse of another, signifies that you are committing depredations in Pleasure’s domain.
Pulse | Dream Interpretation
Keywords of this dream: Pulse
The Complete Dream Book
Of your lover indicates that you will not find something valuable that you have lost; and that advances made to those you believed your friends will be repulsed,
Of your mistress is a portent of the inheritance of a fortune that you have not previously expected.... The Complete Dream Book
ACTOR / ACTRESS
A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Depending on context, can represent yourself wanting public acclaim, or not expressing real self, acting a role. Just as someone’s life may be acted out’ on stage or in a film, so actors may represent a showing of facets of your own life, especially inner life; the false image we may be expressing, our attempt to impress others, or act a pan. Idioms: act a part; act on (impulse or information); acting up; caught in the act; as the actress said to the bishop. See theatre. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
New American Dream Dictionary
1. A situation has gone out of control.
2. Inability to control one’s impulses.
3. Low self-esteem. ... New American Dream Dictionary
ADLER, ALFRED (1870-1937)
Born in Vienna, Austria. Studied medicine, later became a disciple of Freud. Diverged from Freud over the sexual impulse being all important in human behaviour. Adler saw people as goal oriented, with an urge toward personal growth and wholeness. He stated that in dreams we can clearly see our aggressive impulses and desire for fulfilment. Dreams can also help the dreamer define two often conflicting aspects of their experience—their image or sense of themselves, and their sense of what is socially acceptable. Because we strive from our earliest years to have some control over ourself and surroundings, we may develop a style of life around a sense of inferiority or lack of power. So a person who feels vulnerable may become aggressive to compensate. Adler therefore felt that in our dreams we not only see what we think of ourself, and what our environmental situation is, but also find a definition of our techniques for satisfying our drive to deal with and succeed in the world.... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
1- When animals appear in a dream they usually represent an aspect of the personality which cannot be properly understood except on an instinctive level.
Animal with a cub
This will represent motherly qualities and therefore the mother.
The dreamer will be dealing with the child-like side of his or her personality, or possibly children known to him.
The hurt young animal
The dreamer may perceive a difficulty in becoming mature or facing life.
Eating the animal
The dream could be about the ‘demons’ one creates which can only be overcome by assimilating them in a constructive way. Pagan belief thought that one took up certain aspects of the animal that were superior in certain respects to ordinary’ human attitudes.
Godlike, talking awe-inspir- ing or wise animals, or those with human characteristics
Animals have not vet become conscious of, or pitted themselves against, the power from which they came so the wisdom they show is innocent and simple. It is always important to pay attention to this aspect of animal life in fairy tales and dreams, since we need to be in touch with that part of ourselves.
Helpful animals
The subconscious is producing helpful images from its depths.
The figures of animals arc an easy way for the dreamer to accept that help.
Killing the animal may destroy the energy derived from the instincts. Taming or harnessing the animal shows the efforts made to control the dreamer’s instincts and, if possible, make them productive and useful.
To dream of trying to find some refuge from animals whether by building defences - or perhaps by running away - is indicative of the dreamer’s struggle with his animal instincts, and whether the action being taken is adequate. Such instincts may be threatening or damaging to aspects of the dreamer’s life.
2- When we need some sort of understanding of our own psychological urges, animals will appear which symbolise those qualities. These are:
The mother (see Family) appears in dreams in many forms, the bear being one of them.
The image may be of the possessive, devouring mother or of the all- caring mother.
If it is recognised in the dream that the bear is masculine the image may then be of an overbearing person, or possibly the father.
Usually the bull in a dream denotes the negative side of behaviour, such as dcstructivcness, fear or anger (for example a bull in a china shop). However, more positively, the bull is recognised as sexual passion or creative power.
Slaying the bull
indicates initiation into the world of the mature adult who succeeds in mastering his instincts and can also represent the sign of Taurus in the Zodiac.
To dream of cats is to link with the feline, sensuous side in human beings, usually in women. Goddesses such as Bast the Egyptian cat goddess arc usually represented as having two sides to their natures, one devious and one helpful, so the cat often denotes the capricious side of the feminine.
The elegant but also the powerful, yet overly self-sufficient aspect of woman, may also be perceived as the cat. Chameleon The dreamer is recognising either in himself or others the ability to adapt and to change according to surrounding circumstances.
Cold-blooded animals or reptiles
The unfeeling, inhuman aspect of the instincts is often portrayed by reptiles and other cold-blooded animals. They are usually recognised as being destructive and alien.
Composite animals
To dream of composite animals could indicate some confusion in sorting out what qualities are needed.
The various qualities of the different animals of which they are made up need to be assimilated and integrated. There are two potentials of development in one figure.
Half-animal, half-man
The dreamer’s animal instincts arc beginning to be recognised and humanised.
The eternal feminine, especially the mother (see Family) or mother figure (see Archetypes) is often depictcd by the cow. This is partly because it provides milk and nourishment.
Deer/Reindeer
The deer and the reindeer herd have a strict hierarchical structure.
The dreamer recognises his place in the world.
The deer symbolises pride/nobility
Deformed animals
The dreamer realises that some of his impulses are offensive, or revolting.
also see individual entry The dreamer may recognise a faithful and constant companion, a protector or more negatively, somebody the dreamer can’t shake off and who might make trouble.
A dog that the dreamer owned or knew at some period of his life There may be memories asso- ciated with that period of his life, which hold clues to present behaviour.
A huntress with dogs The dreamer is making a connection with one of the feminine archetypes, that of the Amazon (see Archetypes).
A dog guarding gates, being near a cemetery In dreams this indicates the guardian of the threshold, and creatures which must be put to sleep or tamed before there can be an initiation into the underworld Domesticated (tame) animals When we dream of domesticated animals we arc aware of those parts of ourselves with which we have come to terms. There are passions which arc being used in a controlled way although there is the suggestion that those passions were never very formidable. Elephant To see an elephant in a dream is to recognise the qualities of patience, long memory, strength and fidelitv. In the more esoteric sense it signifies radiant and glowing wisdom.
A fox in a dream tells of hypocrisy, cunning and slyness.
A period or act of transformation (a frog transforms from a tadpole and moves on to the land). There is something repugnant which is turning into something of value (i.e. a frog into a prince). Also see Snake as all reptiles have the same significance.
To dream of a goat is to recognise creative energy and masculine vitality. It may also represent the dark side of human nature, promiscuousness and sexuality.
To be riding a goat is to be trying to come to terms with the dreamer’s relationship with the dark side of his nature.
The goat may also represent the Devil or Satan. It is also the symbol for Capricorn.
The hare highlights intuition, spiritual insight and intuitive ‘leaps’. Intuition may be debased into madness by fear or ignorance. Because of its association with the moon, the hare can, in its negative aspect, signify the Priestess/Witch aspect of femininity or the Priest/Sorcerer of the masculine (see Archetypes). In its positive imagery however it is the radiant hare (often holding its baby in a cave) and thus the Mother of God.
The hedgehog can represent evil and bad manners, or literallv our inability to handle a ‘prickly’ situation.
The horse in a dream represents the energy at the dreamer’s disposal.
A white horse depicts the spiritual awareness of the dreamer; a brown one the more pragmatic and down-to-earth side, while a black horse is the passionate side of the dreamer’s nature.
A pale horse is taken to indicate death, and a winged horse depicts the soul’s ability to transcend the earthly- plane.
If the horse is under strain or dying there is a severe weakening of the dynamic power that carries the dreamer forward. Ibo much pressure may be being experienced in our lives.
If the horse is being harnessed to a cart the dreamer may be concentrating too hard on thoroughly- utilitarian objectives.
In a man’s dream, a mare will denote the Anima, a woman; or the realm of the feminine (see Archetypes).
In a woman’s dream, being kicked by a horse may indicate the Animus or her relationship with a man.
A horse that can get through any door and batter down all obstacles is the collective Shadow (see Introduction) those aspects of the personality which most people attempt to suppress.
The horse as a beast of burden is often the Great Mother (See Introduction). or mother archetype (see Archetypes). In modern dreams the car has largely taken over from the horse as a symbol with many of the same associations (see Car and Journey Sections).
The hyena is generally taken in dreams to signify impurity, instability and deviousness.
The jackal is associated with the graveyard, and therefore with Death. As a scavenger it is also a cleanser. Esoterically, it is the servant of the transformer, guiding souls from the earth plane into the light.
The jaguar’s main qualities are its speed and balance. It stands for the balance of power between the dark and light forces. Kangaroo This somewhat exotic animal often stands for motherhood. and also strength. Lamb The lamb is the innocent side of man’s nature. It is said that evil cannot withstand such innocence.
The leopard represents cruelty and aggression, and traditionally the deviousness of wrongly used power. Lion The lion stands for majesty, strength and courage. It can also represent the ego and the passions associated with it.
If the dreamer is struggling with the lion there should be a succcssful development as long as the dreamer is not overpowered, or the lion killed.
A man-eating lion shows that an aspect of the personality- has slipped out of alignment, putting both the dreamer and his surroundings at risk.
A lion lying with a lamb There is a union, or compatibility of oppositcs; instinct and spirit going hand in hand. Lizard also see Reptiles The lizard appearing in a dream represents instinctive action or ‘one-track’ thinking.
The main quality associated with the lynx is its keen eyesight, thus in a dream it can often portray objectivity. Monkey The monkey characterises the infantile, childish and arrested side of the dreamer’s character.
The qualities of mischief, impudence and inquisi- tiveness all belong to the monkey. While these are often seen as regressive tendencies, that of lively- curiosity maintains a necessary lightness of spirit.
see Horse
The mole is often taken to represent the powers of darkness, but can often signify the blind persistence and determination which enables the dreamer to succeed. Monster/Dragon also see Dragon in D Section A fear which is beyond understanding, usually welling up from within rather than from the outside world, is often represented in dreams by monsters and dragons.
The devouring monster The dream may deal with a recognition that ultimately we arc all absorbed back into a greater whole.
If the dreamer gets the better of the monster he will have mastery over his own fear of death, and may be able to harness this forcc for his own use. Cutting out the monster’s heart or other vital organ, or lighting a fire inside it, depicts the struggle against the dark forces of the underworld.
also see Vermin The mouse’s quality of timidity can often be addressed in the dreamer, if it is recognised that this can arise from turbulence and lack of understanding.
The otter is uniquely equipped to exist within its chosen element of water and to be able to gain subsistence from its environment, all things the dreamer may- need to develop.
The ox depicts the ability to be patient, and to make sacrifices for others.
Parts of animals
{the limbs, eyes, mouth, etc.) These have the same significance as parts of the human body (see Body).
If the four legs are particularly emphasised possibly in contrast with a three-legged animal the whole rounded personality with all four functions of the mind fully developed is being highlighted. Pig or Wild Boar The pig is taken in Western belief to indicate ignorance, stupidity, selfishness, and gluttony.
The dreamer’s better self may be beginning to recognise these unattractive qualities in himself. Without such recognition there can be no transformation or mastcry of them. Pigs and jewels There is a conflict between the lower urges and spiritual values. Perhaps there is a failure to appreciate spiritual values. Big litters of piglets can represent fruitful- ness, although sometimes without result, since the sow can depict the Destructive Mother (see Archetypes). Wild Boar The wild boar depicts the archetypal masculine principal, and therefore the negative Animus in a woman’s dream. (See Introduction).
The dreamer may be evading an issue that should be challenged and dealt with more daringly.
A trauma from the past, or from childhood, may be causing difficulty. Rabbit Rabbits appearing in a dream can mean one of two things.
The obvious connection with fertility could be important or it could be that the trickster aspect of the personality could be coming to the fore (see Hare).
A white rabbit may show the dreamer the way to the inner spiritual world and, as such, act as a guide.
The ram is a svmbol of masculine virility and power, and by association has those qualities of the sign of Aries in the Zodiac.
also see Vermin ‘flic rat signifies the diseased and devious part of the dreamer or of his situation. It can also represent something which is repulsive in some way.
The dreamer may be experiencing disloyalty from a friend or colleague.
To dream of reptiles indicates that we are looking at the more frightening lower aspects of the personality. We may have no control over these, and could therefore be easily devoured by them. We are afraid of Death or the death process, but must go through a process of change in order to be reborn.
Dreaming of a seal suggests that we are at one with the clement in which we live.
also see Snake The serpent is a universal symbol which can be male or female or it can be self-created. It can signify death or destruction or conversely life and also rejuvenation. It is the instinctive nature and is also potential energy. When the power of the instinctive nature is understood and harnessed, the dreamer comes to terms with his or her own sexuality and sensuality and is able to make use of the higher and more spiritual energies which become available. In a man’s dream a snake may appear if he has not understood the feminine or intuitive part of himself, or when he doubts his own masculinitv. In a woman’s dream the snake may manifest if she is afraid of sex, or sometimes of her own ability to seduce others. Because of its connection with the Garden of Eden, the serpent is the symbol of duplicity and trickery; and also of temptation. Sheep The sheep is renowned for its flock instinct, and it is this interpretation which is most usually accepted in dreams.
The helplessness of the sheep when off balance is also another aspect which is recognisable, as is the apparent lack of intelligence.
The god-fearing, ‘good sheep’ and also the passive and ‘sheepish’ may have relevance within the context of the dream.
To dream of sheep and wolves or of sheep and goats is to register the conflict between good and evil.
Sinister Animals Any threat from animals indicates the fears and doubts the dreamer has over his ability to cope with the stirrings of the unconscious. Snake - also see Serpent. Snake dreams occur like serpent dreams - when the dreamer is attempting to come to terms with his or her more instinctive self.
Inevitably, this has to do with the recognition and harnessing of energies which have been suppressed and thwarted. Since the most primeval urge is sexuality, the image of the snake is the most primitive one available.
A snake twined around the body or limb
This indicates some form of bondage, possibly being enslaved to the passions.
A snake, or worm, leaving a corpse by its mouth
This can sometimes represent the sexual act (the little death), but can also signify the dreamer’s control of his or her libido.
A snake in the grass This image denotes disloyalty, trickerv and evil. With its tail in its mouth This image is one of the oldest available to man and signifies completion and the union of the spiritual and physical (see Shapes, Circle). Being swallowed by a snake This shows the need and ability to return to the ultimate, and lose our sense of space and time (see Eating). Because snakes are such a low form of life, while also being in some cases poisonous, they have become associated with death, and all that man fears. Snake twined around a staff or similar (see Caduceiis) The unconscious forces that are released once the dreamer reconciles the opposing sides of himself create healing, rebirth and renewal, and this is universally represented as two snakes entwined round a central staff. It is a symbolic representation of the basic form of DXA, the ‘building blocks’ of life.
The colours of the snake may give additional insight into the meaning of the dream (see Colours). Squirrel The squirrel represents the hoarding aspcct of our personalities.
The tiger signifies royalty, dignity and power and is both a creator and a dcstrover
To dream of toads is lo connect with whatever the dreamer may consider ugly in life, or in his behaviour. However, implicit in that ugliness is the power of transformation and growth into something beautiful.
For a toad and an eagle to appear is to note the difference between earthly and spiritual values.
Transformation of animals In dreams, the metamorphosis of the dreamer or other people into animals and vice versa shows the potential for change within any situation.
The unicorn is a symbol of purity and traditionally could only be owned and perceived by virgins. It is a return to, and a resurgence of, an innocence necessary in self-understanding, and it often suggests the control of the ego and selfishness.
In dreams vermin may represent the enforced contemplation of something that is unnecessary or that has invaded one’s spacc.
Animals with backbones often give an understanding of the qualities associated with that animal.
The smaller and lower orders of animal signify the unconscious, the higher orders the emotions.
The whale, because it is a mammal which lives within water, indicates the power of resurrection and rebirth man’s abilitv to come back from the dead.
The weasel traditionally highlights the devious, more criminally oriented side of ourselves.
see Sinister Animals
Usually wild animals stand for danger, dangerous passions, or dangerous people. There is a destructive force arising from the unconscious, threatening the safety of the individual. Such a dream may be a way of understanding anxiety.
Domesticating wild animals The dreamer may- have come to terms with his or her wilder side.
Dreaming of wolves may- indicate that we are being threatened by others, whether singly or by the pack.
The dreamer may- have cruel sadistic fantasies without taking responsibility for them.
The She-wolf The hussy; but also the carer for orphans and rejected young.
Wounded animals
The dreamer may be suffering either emotional or spiritual wounds.
This animal has the same significance as the horse, but with the additional meaning of balancing the negative and the positive in a very dynamic way.
3- By understanding animals and their symbolism we approach life in a more simplistic and natural way.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
The male within the female, shown as a man in a woman’s dreams. Physically a woman is predominantly female, but also has a clitoris and produces some male hormones. Psychologically, we may only express part of our potential in everyday life. In a woman, the more physically dynamic, intellectual and socially challenging side of herself may be given less expression. Apart from this, some features, such as innovation and creative rational thought, may be held in latency. These secondary or latent characteristics are depicted by the male in female dreams. In general we can say the man represents the woman’s mental and social power, her ability to act creatively in ‘the world’. It also holds in it an expression of her complex of feelings about men, gained as experience mostly from her relationship with—or lack of— father, but also from a synthesis of all her male contacts. So the whole realm of her expenence of the male can be represented by the man in her dream, and is accessible through the image.
Good relationship with or marrying the man: shows the woman integrating her own ability to be independent and capable in outwardly active terms. This makes her more whole, balancing her ‘female’ qualities. It also shows the woman meeting her experience of her father in a healing way. This enables the woman to have a realistic relationship with an actual man. It also bnngs a sense of connectedness between her conscious self and what she senses as the ‘commercial’ world. See father in this entry.
To be in conflict with the man, or unable to make real physical and pleasurable contact with him: suggests difficulty in meeting what may have been a painful or threatening experience of father. This can lead to lack of ability to make clear judgments, and lack of decisiveness in areas outside feeling values. She is prone to acceptance of collective or long held social norms without question; family or national attitudes not applicable to present situations; and reasoning’ which actually arises out of emotions connected to such family or social norms. Actual relations with men will be difficult, or entered into simply as a duty. Emotional or intimate merging with a man is threatening because it brings the woman close to the conflicts and pain connected with father. Sex may be possible but not a close feeling union. See man.
Christ Although people generally think of Christ as a historical figure, in dreams Christ is not this at all. He is a powerful process in the human unconscious. In the west we give this process the name of Christ, but the process or archetype is universal and has various names in different cultures. Sometimes represented in dreams as a fish or a big man, in general the Christ is an expression of the dreamer’s own potential— what they can become in their life. But it also depicts what might be called a sense of the forces of symbiosis or cooperative activity operative in human life and the cosmos. There are at least four aspects to Chrisi as depicted in dreams.
The Sunday school or Church Christ: depicts social norms, the generally accepted morals and social rules. This Christ’ comes about because the Church tends to represent traditional values, and also the attempt to press people to live these values.
The dreamer may have a childlike relationship with this Christ or, if attempting to be self responsible, be in conflict with it. Some people find this Christ has a castrating role in their life, and flee in horror. In fact this aspect of social indoctrination may lead to such a burden of guilt and suppression that it can create psychic cripples. Trying to do all the right’ things may lead us to the point where ‘we can’t say no to a glass of water without a pang of guilt*. Two of the great forces which push at the human soul or psyche are social pressure, such as the moral norm, and biological pressures, such as the sex drive, individuals may fight a lifelong battle with one or the other of these.
The social cnminal typifies battle with the first; the ascetic, battle with the second.
The ideal Christ: the psychological process which causes us not to take responsibility for our own highest ideals; our own yearnings for the good, our own most powerful urges arising against what we see as evils in the world. This influences us to wait for a sign from Christ in our dream in order to gain authority, or to overcome the anxiety associated with the drive. We want God to say we should act in a cenain way because we are not willing to be self responsible. Example: I stood outside a castle. It was closed and guarded by soldiers in armour. Wondering how to get in I thought that if I dressed and acted as a soldier I would be allowed entrance. It worked and inside Christ met me and said he had important work for me to do’ (Sonia).
The closely guarded secret is Soma’s own impulse to do some son of socially creative work. She doesn’t want to acknowledge the impulse as her own; it is much easier if she can say ‘Christ told me to do this’. In this way she avoids direct encounter with opposition.
The unofficial Chnst. Example: A fierce battle was raging with bullets flying. I immediately fell down and played “dead”. It wasn’t that I was hurt in any way, but I didn’t want to be at any risk in the fight. As I lay there, I saw a tall well built man in soldier’s uniform walk to me. He gave no sign of any fear concerning the bullets, and quietly knelt beside me. I felt he was Christ, but was confused by him being a soldier. He placed a hand on my back and gradually worked his fingers under the shell of a large limpet type creature that I had never before known was parasitically attached to my back. I could feel him pull it away, but knew its tentacles still ran right into my chest. He then sat me up and told me how I could rid myself of the tentacles and so be healed’ (Peter Y).
Peter had a debilitating psychosomatic illness at the time of the dream, causing pain where the tentacles ran.
The shell is his defence against feeling his own hurts and inner conflicts.
The dream shows him contacting a strength which is not afraid of his internal battlefield of conflicts, and can show ways of healing real human problems.
The healing rests upon the dreamer’s conscious action, not Christ’s, suggesting the dreamer taking responsibility for his own situation. Peter realised he had been avoiding his own internal battlefield, but felt he had met a strength which would support his efforts to find healing. In fact he met his conflicts and grew beyond his ailments. Peter’s conflicts were between his love for his children and his sexuality. This Christ is our undammed life; the flood of loving sexuality; the strength to burst through social rules and regulations because love of life pushes us. It doesn’t give a hang about bullets, death, nght or wrong, because it has a sense of its own integral existence within life, and its own lightness and place in eternity.
The integral or cosmic Christ. Example: ‘I am a journalist reponing on the return of Christ. He is expected on a paddle steamer going upstream on a large river. I am very sceptical and watch disciples and followers gather on the rear deck.
The guru arrives, dressed in simple white robes. He has long, beautiful auburn hair and beard, and a gentle wise face. He begins to tap a simple rhythm on a tabla or Indian drum. It develops into complex intermingling of orchestral rhythms as everyone joins in. I now realise he is Christ, and feel overwhelmed with awe as I try to play my part in the music. I’m tapping with a pen and find myself fumbling.
A bottle or can opener comes to me from the direction of Christ. I try to beat a complementary rhythm, a small pan of a greater, universal music’ (Lester S).
Each of us has a sense of connectedness with the whole, with the cosmos. We may be little aware of this sense, our scepticism may deny it, as Lester’s was doing. But finding it can enrich the rest of our nature.
The sense bnngs with it a realisation of taking part in the unimaginably grand drama called life. It gives a feeling, no matter what the state of our body, crippled or healthy, that we have something that makes any faults in body or achievement insignificant. It doesn’t take all the difficulties out of life, but it is a good companion on the way. In dreams and religion Christ is also represented as the son of the Cosmos or God. This aspect of Christ is cosmic, from beyond the Earth. This is a process in the cosmos which the unconscious senses and presents under the image of Christ, or other figures in different religions. It is possible that there is an innate process in human beings to do with love and symbiosis which humanity became aware of at a particular stage in the development of consciousness. This becoming aware was expressed in what we know as the histoncal Jesus. See religion and dreams; the self within this entry. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Being attacked: feeling under threat from external events or internal emotions, impulses or ideas; feeling a victim in relation to others and self; taking a defensive attitude. Attacked by animal: one’s own aggression or sexuality. Bird attacking: fear of ideas or opinions, verbal attack by others. Being the attacker: positive self expression; defending oneself against something one feels threatened by; attempt to destroy some urge or feeling in oneself.
The word attack is also used in many ways, so might refer to an ‘attack’ of an illness, or ‘heart attack’. Can express the difference between feeling threatened by a work/relationship/sex problem, or feeling challenged by it in a way to stimulate creativity or research. Someone else being attacked: anger or aggression towards another. See fight; war. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
1- Being attacked in a dream indicates a fear of being under threat from external events or internal emotions. Unknown impulses or ideas force the dreamer into taking a defensive attitude.
If we are being attacked by animals we are turning our own aggression and/or sexuality inwards; we have fear of our own natural urges.
2- If the dreamer is the attacker he needs to defend himself by positive self-expression he is making attempts to destroy some urge or feeling in himself or others.
3- There is a Spiritual or psychic threat.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
Dream Meanings of Versatile
Material aspects: Being attacked in a dream indicates a fear of being under threat from external events or internal emotions. Unknown impulses or ideas force us into taking a defensive attitude.
If we are being attacked by animals we are turning our own aggression and / or sexuality inwards; we have fear of our own natural urges.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
Psycho Dream Interpretation
Journeys or some happy change of events lie ahead, especially if the room and furnishings are new. Also implies that sensual impulses are uppermost to the dreamer.... Psycho Dream Interpretation
Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
Working a bellows, denotes a struggle, but a final triumph over poverty and fate by energy and perseverance.
To dream of seeing a bellows, distant friends are longing to see you.
To hear one, occult knowledge will be obtained by the help of powerful means. One fallen into disuse, portends you have wasted energies under misguiding impulses.... Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
Aggression; the desire to suckle the breast hidden un- der aggression—this applies to women as equally as men.
The following example shows another aspect of bite: I had to get a large spider into a small dwelling. At one point it was like trying to get the spider into a narrow necked bottle, the spider was unwilling, and bit my finger. I was worried the bite might be poisonous, but it seemed all right’ (Alan P).
The large spider, small dwelling and finger refer to sexual intercourse. Alan feels fear of introducing his finger into the bottle because he might be bitten. So here the bite refers to the injection of fearful emotions, unwillingness, into his sexual impulse.
The spider often refers to the mother, and in fact Alan’s mother made him fearful of sex. So the bite is clearly to do with feeling attacked by anxieties or one’s urges. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Unwillingness to ‘see’ something; losing sight of something; not seeing traits which we don’t like about ourself. Idioms: blind impulse; none so blind; turn a blind eye; blind leading the blind. See eye under body. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
The body represents the individual and is his outward physical manifestation of all that he is. In dreams, the body often represents the Ego (see Introduction). Since being ‘physical’ is the baby’s first experience of itself, the body- forms the prime source of information.
Psychologically, most experience is translated into bodily feeling, and therefore becomes a rich source of symbolism in dreams. When emotions cannot be faccd in ordinary everyday life, they very often become distorted dream symbols.
Physical manifestation of an inner spirituality.
Different aspects of the body can have various meanings in dreams.
To dream of the upper part of the body is to link with the mind and the spiritual aspects of the charactcr, while the lower part of the body represents the instincts and emotional aspects of a character.
An adult’s head on an immature body, or a child’s head on an adult body is an indication that the dreamer needs to recognise the difference between mature thought and emotion.
If there is conflict between the upper and lower part, it indicates that there is disharmony between the mental faculties and instinctive behaviour.
The right side or hand being especially noticeable in dreams signifies we should take note of the logical side of our personality, whereas the left side or left hand indicates we need to be aware of our intuitive, creative side.
Body parts can have relevance as follows:
Abdomen, stomach, belly When the dream appears to concentrate on the abdomen, there is a need to focus 011 emotions and repressed feelings. Anus also see Excrement.
The young child’s first experience of control is as he or she gains control over bodilv functions. In dreams, the mind returns to that experience as a symbol of self- realisation and self-reliance and. more negatively, of suppression and defence. Such a dream therefore is indicating an aspect of childish behaviour or egotism. Arms We use our arms in all sorts of different ways. In dreams we may be defending ourselves, fighting or being held. We may also be showing passionate commitment. Back Dreaming of seeing someone else’s back suggests we should identify the more private elements in our characters. We should also be aware that other people may not at this present time - wish to share their thoughts with us. We may also find that we are vulnerable to the unexpected.
If we dream of turning our backs, we arc rejecting the particular feeling being experienced in the dream. Backbone If the backbone is particularly noticeable in a dream, we should consider the main support structure in our lives. Intellectually; we need to consider our firmness of character. Blood also see individual entry and Menstruation in M Dreaming of blood can have one of two meanings. It can signify that the dreamer feels on some level that a sacrifice is being made. This links into the ancient belief that the blood somehow contained the life of the spirit, and therefore spilt blood was sacred. It can also represent renewal of life through its connection with menstruation. Many- people fear blood, and thus a dream about blood can highlight the need to come to terms with these fears. On a more spiritual level it represents the blood of Christ.
Breasts also see individual entry Usually; to be conscious of breasts in dreams, indicates our connection with the mother figure and our need for nurturing. Such a dream can also indicate a wish to return to being an infant without responsibilities.
Constipation (in life as well as in dreams) Retention signifies an inability to let go of the past or of previous patterns of behaviour, literally to be uptight. Excrement I he dreamer may not have progressed on a subconscious level beyond a feeling that anything to do with bodily functions is dirtv and self-centred.
There may be an element of rebellion in the dreamer’s waking life. Playing with excrement can represent money and value, so playing with it in a dream can highlight anxiety about money, as well as fear of responsibility.
If the excrement is transformed into living animals, maybe rats, the dreamer is coming to terms with the fact that he is responsible for managing his own impulses. Excrement in its more spiritual meaning belongs to the realm of feelings and we may simply be trying to get rid of bad feelings. Those bad feelings can be turned into something worthwhile. Evacuation of the bowel usually highlights our need to be free of worry and responsibility, or possibly the need to learn how to be uninhibited. It can also signify the sexual act.
Eye Any dream to do with the eye is to do with observation and discrimination. It is indicative of enlightenment and wisdom, protection and stability. It has a connection with the power of light and, in ancient times, of the sun- gods. Through its connection with Egyptian symbolism, the eye is also a talisman. Loss of eyesight signifies the loss of clarity and, depending on which eye, can be either the loss of logic (right eye) or the loss of intuition (left eye). Regaining the eyesight can indicate a return to the innocence and clear-sightedness of the child. Fat To dream of becoming fat is to recognise the need to widen the scope of our activities in some way.
If the dreamer is uncomfortable with his or her size it would indicate fear possibly of taking on too much responsibility or of not being adequate for a task. Hair The hair represents strength and virility. In dreams to be combing the hair is to be attempting to untangle a particular attitude we mav have.
To be having our hair cut is to be trying to create order in our lives.
To be cutting someone else’s hair may be to be curtailing an activity (it is possible that there may be some fear or doubt connected with sexuality).
To be bald in a dream is to perhaps recognise one’s own intelligence. Hand The hands are one of the most expressive parts of the body and signify power and creativity.
The two hands contrasted with each other, a different object in each hand There may be some conflict in the dreamer between his belief and his feelings.
A hand on the breast signifies submission. Clasped hands indicate union or friendship, while clenched hands suggest a threat. Folded hands suggest deep repose, or a state of rest.
The hands covering the eyes generally represent shame or horror, while hands crossed at the wrists suggest that one is being bound.
The open hand represents justice and the laying on of hands signifies healing and blessing particularly if the hand is placed on the neck.
The hands placed together is an indication of dcfencclessness, while placed in someone else’s is an indication of a pledge of service. When the hands are raised this can indicate either adoration, prayer or surrender; if the palms are turned outwards a blessing is being given, while when they are raised to the head the dreamer should give a great deal of thought and care to his situation. Washing the hands suggests innocence or rejection of guilt, while wringing the hands signifies grief.
A huge hand, particularly from the sky suggests that one has been ‘specially chosen’.
The right hand is the ‘power’ hand, while the left is passive and receptive. Sometimes in dreams the left hand can represent cheating. Head The head is considered to be the principle part of the body. Because it is the scat of the life force, it denotes power and wisdom. Dreaming of the head suggests that we should look very carefully at the way we deal with both intelligence and folly.
To dream of the head being bowed suggests supplication. When the head is covered we may be covering up our own intelligence or acknowledging somebody else’s superiority.
A blow to the head in a dream can indicate that we should reconsider our actions in a particular situation. Heart The heart is the centre of the being and represents ‘feeling’ wisdom rather than intellectual wisdom. It is also representative of compassion and understanding. Heel This suggests the part of ourselves which is strong but, at the same time, vulnerable. Jaw The jaw often is representative of our self-expression. It also, on a more esoteric level, suggests the opening to the underworld. Kidneys The kidneys are organs of elimination, therefore to dream of them is to be aware of the need for cleansing.
Knees The knees are symbolic of prayer and supplication, and of emotional commitment. Limbs Whether it is partly to do with some kind of cellular memory and the growth process that takes place is uncertain, but in dreams anv limb can be taken to mean sexuality and fears associated with gender issues. Being dismembered can be taken in its literal sense - we are being torn apart. Sometimes this can suggest the need to restructure our lives and begin again. At other times it can indicate that there is a way in which we arc being threatened to the very core of our existence. Liver The liver is representative of irritability and suppressed anger.
Lungs In Chinese medicine the lungs represent grief. They are also involved in decision-making. Spiritually, the lungs are the seat of righteousness, and the source of thoughts concerning the Self. Mouth The mouth represents the devouring, demanding part of ourselves. It can also stand for the receptive side.
The circumstances of the dream may give a clue to the correct interpretation. Sometimes the mouth can svmbolisc the feminine side of our nature. Nose The nose in dreams can stand for curiosity, and also for intuition.
Penis Dreaming of a penis either one’s own or someone else’s usually highlights the attitude to penetrative sex.
Skin Skin in a dream stands for our persona or the facade we create for others. Hard, tough skin shows we have crcatcd a tough exterior, and are trying to protect ourselves.
Stomach -see Abdomen in this section Teeth Popularly, teeth are supposed to stand for aggressive sexuality although more properly they signify the growth process towards sexual maturity. Teeth falling or coming out easily indicates we arc aware of going through some form of transition, similar to that from childhood to maturity, or from maturity to old age and helplessness.
If one is anxious about teeth dropping out il suggests there is a fear of getting old and undesirable, or an anxiety about maturing. In a woman’s dream, if the teeth are swallowed this can signify pregnancy.
Throat Dreaming of the throat denotes awareness of our vulnerability and also of the need for self-expression.
Thumb Dreaming of a thumb suggests awareness of how powerful we are.
The thumb pointing upwards represents beneficial energy, poiting downwards is negative. This latter was used as the death signal for Roman gladiators. Tongue The tongue in dreams often signifies our ability to know- when to speak and when to remain silent. It may also be to do with our own understanding of information that we wish to pass on to other people. We may have deeply felt beliefs we wish to share. Another explanation that is much more basic is that of the symbolism of the serpent and the phallus, and hence sexuality. Urine Urine in a dream often indicates our feelings about emotional control. We may either yield to emotion or bottle it up. How we deal with urine often also tells us a great deal about our own sexuality.
Vagina Most often, dreams of the vagina are to do with one’s self image. In a woman’s dream, il highlights her receptivity. In a man’s dream it suggests his need to be penetrative, both mentally and physically. Womb The womb represents a return to the beginning. We all have need of basic security and shelter, and perhaps to do away with responsibility. Dreams of the womb can signify our need to satisfy those requirements. On a slightly more esoteric level the womb represents our connection with the Great Mother or Mother Earth (see Introduction). Dreams of returning to the womb suggest our need to reconnect with the passive, more yielding side of our nature. We may need a period of self-healing and recuperation.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
1- As with the catacombs, the cave represents a doorway into the unconscious. While initially the cave may be frightening an exploration can reveal strong contact with our own inner selves.
2- Passing through the cave signifies a change of state, and a deeper understanding of our own negative impulses.
3- Spiritual shelter and initiation and rebirth.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
Psychological / emotional perspective: Passing through a cave signifies a change of state, transition and a deeper understanding of our own negative impulses.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
Tryskelion Dream Interpretation
If you cheer in your dream, you will soon regret something you’ve done on impulse.
If you hear others cheering, it’s a warning to stop any extravagant spending.... Tryskelion Dream Interpretation
Little Giant Encyclopedia
See Mandala and Time.
According to Freud, the clock is a symbol of menstruation, because it measures cyclical periods.
The ticking of the clock, also according to Freud, corresponds to the pulse of the clitoris during sexual excitation. Is it possible to transfer this meaning to the rhythmical impulses of a Quartz watch.7... Little Giant Encyclopedia
The Bedside Dream Dictionary
Seeing and at times just thinking about cockroaches makes a person feel squeamish and repulsed. When dreaming about these dreaded insects, the unconscious mind may be hinting to the dreamer that he needs to reevaluate and reassess a major part of his life. There is never just one roach; thus, the areas of life that need cleansing and renewal may be deep and wide.
The negativity or contamination that is represented by the roaches may affect a great deal of your life. Thus, this may be a call to clean your psychological, emotional, and spiritual self. (Also, examine your motives!) On a less dramatic note, cockroaches in our dreams may be associated with food and uncleanliness, so don’t leave the dishes for tomorrow!... The Bedside Dream Dictionary
Strangest Dream Explanations
To dream of commanding someone to do something represents a desire to get a grip on an aspect of your behavior and impulses. Perhaps you are being overly willful with an unbalanced egoic attachment to the outcome. Alternatively, this dream may be giving you the message to suit up, show up and take control of your life. See Ten Commandments.... Strangest Dream Explanations
Dreams of constipation symbolize that you’ve been suppressing your power, holding back your creative impulses and keeping a back log of negative energy. Perhaps you’ve being stuck in unworkable patterns, and your subconscious mind is giving you the message to vent daily, to become regular with your emotional purges.... Strangest Dream Explanations
CORPULENCE
For a person to dream of being corpulent, indicates to the dreamer bountiful increase of wealth and pleasant abiding places.
To see others corpulent, denotes unusual activity and prosperous times.
If a man or woman sees himself or herself looking grossly corpulent, he or she should look well to their moral nature and impulses. Beware of either concave or convex telescopically or microscopically drawn pictures of yourself or others, as they forbode evil. ... Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
CREATIVITY AND PROBLEM SOLVING IN DREAMS
Few dreams are, by themselves, problem solving or creative.
The few exceptions are usually very clear. Example: ‘My mother-in-law died of cancer. I had watched the whole progression of her illness, and was very upset by her death. Shortly after she died the relatives gathered and began to sort through her belongings to share them out. That was the climax of my upset and distress, and I didn’t want any part of this sorting and taking her things. That night I dreamt I was in a room with all the relatives. They were sorting her things, and I felt my waking distress. Then my mother-in-law came into the room. She was very real and seemed happy. She said for me not to be upset as she didn’t at all mind her relatives taking her things. When I woke from the dream all the anxiety and upset had disappeared. It never returned (told to author dunng a talk given to the Housewives Register in Ilfracombe).
Although in any collection of dreams such clearcut problem solving is fairly rare, nevertheless the basic function in dreams appears to be problem solving.
The proof of this lies in research done in dream withdrawal. As explained in the entry science, sleep and dreams, subjects are woken up as they begin to dream, therefore denying them dreams. This quickly leads to disorientation and breakdown of normal functioning, showing that a lot of problem solving occurs in dreams, even though it may not be as obvious as in the example. This feature of dreaming can be enhanced to a marked degree by processing dreams and arriving at insights into the information they contain. This enables old problems to be cleared up and new information and attitudes to be brought into use more quickly. Through such active work one becomes aware of the self, which Carl Jung describes as a centre, but which we might think of as a synthesis of all our experience and being. Gaining insight and allowing the self entrance into our waking affairs, as M L. Von Franz says in Man and His Symbols, gradually produces a wider and more mature personality’ which emerges, and by degrees becomes effective and even visible to others’.
The function of dreams may well be described as an effort on the part of our life process to support, augment and help mature waking consciousness.
A study of dreams suggests that the creative forces which are behind the growth of our body are also inextricably connected with psychological development. In fact, when the process of physical growth stops, the psychological growth continues.
If this is thwarted in any way, it leads to frustration, physical tension and psychosomatic and eventually physical illness.
The integration of experience.
which dreams are always attempting, if successful cannot help but lead to personal growth. But it is often frozen by the individual avoiding the growing pains’, or the discomfon of breaking through old concepts and beliefs.
Where there is any attempt on the pan of our conscious personality to co-operate with this, the creative aspect of dreaming emerges. In fact anything we are deeply involved in, challenged by or attempting, we will dream about in a creative way. Not only have communities like the American Indians used dreams in this manner—to find better hunting, solve community problems, find a sense of personal life direction— but scientists, writers, designers and thousands of lay people have found very real information in dreams After all, through dreams we have personal use of the greatest computer ever produced in the history of the world—the human brain.
1- In Genesis 41, the story of Pharaoh’s dream is told—the seven fat cows and the seven thin cows. This dream was creative in that, with Joseph’s interpretation, it resolved a national problem where famine followed years of plenty. It may very well be an example of gathered information on the history of Egypt being in the mind of Pharaoh, and the dream putting it together in a problem solving way. See dream process as computer.
2- William Blake dreamt his dead brother showed him a new way of engraving copper. Blake used the method successfully.
3- Otto Leowi dreamt of how to prove that nervous impulses were chemical rather than electncal. This led to his Nobel prize.
4- Friedrich Kekule tned for years to define the structure of benzene. He dreamt of a snake with its tail in its mouth, and woke to realise this explained the molecular formation of the benzene ring. He was so impressed he urged colleagues, ‘Gentlemen, leam to dream.’
5- Hilprecht had an amazing dream of the connection between two pieces of agate which enabled him to translate an ancient Babylonian inscription.
6- Elias Howe faced the problem of how to produce an effective sewing machine.
The major difficulty was the needle. He dreamt of natives shaking spears with holes in their points. This led to the invention of the Singer sewing machine.
7- Robert Louis Stevenson claims to have dreamt the plot of many of his stories.
8- Albert Einstein said that during adolescence he dreamt he was riding a sledge. It went faster and faster until it reached the speed of light.
The stars began to change into amazing patterns and colours, dazzling and beautiful. His meditation on that dream throughout the years led to the theory of relativity.
To approach our dreams in order to discover their creativity, first decide what problematic or creative aspect of your life needs ‘dream power’. Define what you have already leamt or know about the problem. Write it down, and from this clarify what it is you want more insight into.
If this breaks down into several issues, choose one at a time. Think about the issue and pursue it as much as you can while awake. Read about it, ask people’s opinions, gather information. This is all data for the dream process.
If the question still needs further insight, before going to sleep imagine you are putting the question to your internal store of wisdom, computer, power centre, or whatever image feels right.
For some people an old being who is neither exclusively man nor woman is a working image.
In the morning note down whatever dream you remember. It does not matter if the dream does not appear to deal with the question; Elias Howe’s native spears were an outlandish image, but nevertheless contained the information he needed. Investigate the dream using the techniques given in the entry dream processing. Some problems take time to define, so use the process until there is a resolution.
If it is a major problem, it may take a year or so; after all, some resolutions need restructuring of the personality, because the problem cannot disappear while we still have the same attitudes and fears. See secret of the universe dreams; dream processing. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Feeling crowded out; public opinion; one’s feelings about people in general. Lost in a crowd: feeling without personal direction; confusion on meeting many opinions; desire not to stand out. Attacked by crowd: fear of public opinion; feeling one’s own angry urges as threatening. Talking to, leading, or pan of crowd at a central event: an impulse or idea which unifies many pans of one’s own nature—as the many aspects of our own being, such as visual impressions, sensuality, thoughts, musical sense, religious feelings, sexual drive, intuition, fear, ambition, hunger, our desire for acclaim, the sadist in us and so on, constitute a crowd. How we relate to the crowd: suggests our relationship with our own inner community and the external public. Being unable to tolerate pans of ourselves leads to intolerance towards other people with those traits. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
The dreamer realizes that some of his impulses are out of kilter.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
1- We will dream of being dirty when we are not operating within our own principles or when someone else’s action has put us in a situation which we find compromises us.
2- To be dirty in a dream may indicate that we are not at ease with our own bodily functions.
If someone we know has made us dirty, it is an indication not to trust that person.
3- Evil or negative impulses are often shown in dreams as things or people being dirty.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
Evil or negative impulses are often represented in dreams as things or people being dirty. In the search for spirituality we may often feel dirty or contaminated by such negativity.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
A child’s dream of a donkey indicate a void, such as the need for companionship and the joys of playing. Hearing the bray of a donkey releases the dreamer from a most unpleasant family connection, with the added prospect of a small inheritance.
To be leading a donkey reveals a feeling of oppression and a determination to extricate one’s self by force. Riding the donkey divulges the sensual emotion for mating. Falling or being kicked by the donkey represent some form of yielding to sex impulses.... Psycho Dream Interpretation
DREAM PROCESS AS COMPUTER
The brain is not a computer, but it has the power to compute.
The word computare is Latin, and comes from putare, to think. Neither is a computer anything like a human brain. But there are parallels. Christopher Evans, a psychologist, computer scientist and world authority on microprocessors, says the brain and computers are both information handling devices, taking impulses which in themselves mean nothing, like sound waves, and processing them. It is also his theory that both computers and the waking-brain function are taken off-line to re-program. Our behaviour responses and information bases need bringing up to date with any new experience and information that is relevant. In the case of the computer, off-line means having modifications made to programs, in the human it means sleeping and dreaming, the dream being the powerful activity of review, sifting and reprogramming. Thirdly, the brain and computer use programs. In humans, a program means a learnt set of responses, values or activities, such as walking or talking, but including more subtle activities such as judging social or business situations.
If, as Christopher Evans believes, dreaming is partly a period of revising and updating responses, insights and skills, then by working with the process one can make it more efficient.
The background for this statement is that many people have recurring dreams which change very little. Looking at this from the programming’ view, the attempt to revise is thwarted. But individuals can free such ‘stuck’ dreams by using dream processing.
Also, as some dreams are obviously a synthesis of experience and information gathered over a lifetime, the dream process is much more than a computing function which sorts new information and updates. It is also capable of creative leaps through synthesis and conjecture. J.B. Priestley’s dream of the birds (see religion and dreams) appears to be a massive synthesis of things observed over a lifetime. It also depicts a brain function like computer simulation, which takes information and forms it into an expenmental view of possibilities arising from the thousands of millions of separate bits of gathered data. See ESP in dreams; creative and problem solving dreams. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
If you are driving a car in your dream you express the desire for independence, a wish to make your own decisions.
If someone else is driving, you, the dreamer, place confidence in that person and are willing to cooperate.
If you are speeding away from something, emotional impulses overwhelm you so that you are seeking release in your dream state.... Psycho Dream Interpretation
Dreamers Dictionary
Vision: Seeing or hearing a drum means unpleasant events and unrest ahead. Playing the drum: you are creating unnecessary excitement, or you want others to pay attention to you at all cost. See Bass Viol, Kettle Drum, Trumpet, Violin.
Depth Psychology: The drum is a symbol of your strength and vitality— similar to the Pulse. Sometimes it may be a symbol of self-gratihcation.... Dreamers Dictionary
Vision: Sitting on a box of dynamite is a bad omen, indicating impending danger; be particularly careful right now. Watching as dynamite is being laid: under no circumstance should you get involved in other peoples’ business—things would only turn out to be very unpleasant. Wherever you look you see nothing but dynamite: new plans and goals wipe out old obstacles—but do not be reckless! See Bomb.
Depth Psychology: Dynamite is a symbol of a sudden impulse to develop new projects, set new goals; it might also indicate recklessness (physical, emotional, mental) used in order to reach a goal.
If that is the case, the dream is a warning!... Dreamers Dictionary
Dreams of an Empress represents feminine power, status, rank, service, and sovereignty.
An empress represents the ego and a desire to impress.
The Empress also represents your feelings toward your mother, nurturing, and your creative impulses. See Queen.... Strangest Dream Explanations
This represents our basic motivation our instinctive drives and possibly the sexual impulse.
If the engine is not working properly we are not able to summon up enough energy to go on.
If the starter motor is not working this would suggest that we need help to start a project. It is for us to be able to translate the symbolism into our own lives. Also consult the individual entry for engine.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
You may not have progressed on a subconscious level beyond a feeling that anything to do with bodily functions is dirty and self-centred. There could be an element of rebellion in your waking life. Playing with excrement can represent your attitude to money and value, highlighting fear of responsibility, as well as anxiety about money.
If the excrement is transformed into living animals, maybe rats, you are accepting that you are responsible for managing your own impulses. Excrement in its more spiritual meaning belongs to the realm of feelings and you may simply be trying to get rid of bad feelings. Those bad feelings can be turned into something worthwhile. Evacuation of the bowel usually highlights our need to be free of worry and responsibility, or possibly the need to learn how to be uninhibited. It can also signify the sexual act.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
1. Think carefully before acting; avoid impulses (to hear a fable).
2. A very creative mind that inclines toward fantasy instead of reality.
3. A great and important event is planned. ... New American Dream Dictionary
Vision: Dreaming about fasting is often a hint that you are going through a health crisis.
The dream suggests that you be sexually moderate.
Depth Psychology: Fasting can also indicate that you are trying to “cleanse” your character (from greed, impulses, instincts, and unrealistic hopes).
The dream may also indicate an actual illness.... Dreamers Dictionary
Example: ‘Some three years ago I had constant dreams with my mother. We were nearly always in some son of argument or fight’ (Maijorie B). Usually, as in the example, the dreamers anger or frustration; may express difficulties in regard to independence or self confidence; desire to hun another person, or damage their reputation.
Example: ‘I realised a door had been left open that should have been locked and I felt very vulnerable. Suddenly a sword of light appeared in my hand and a voice told me that it was my weapon to fight the evil’ (Mrs DE).
A fight also depicts, as in the example, fighting for our space; our values or honour, we may fight for survival, for our health, fight crime (resist criminal impulses); we may also feel attacked by another person’s opinions, assaulted by sexual desire; fight against depression; have a conflict over moral issues. See attack; war. Idioms: fight it out; fight like cat and dog; look for a fight. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
A fire is usually a favorable dream.
To see your home burn indicates a very happy home life.
To see your business building burn, prosperity.
To see a large fire in your dream, general good luck.
To look at the ruins and aftermath of a fire forebodes many vexing situations that may cause the dreamer to start a new enterprise.
A fire dream is also a symbol of sexual impulses.... Psycho Dream Interpretation
FISH, SEA CREATURES
When we will to speak or move, unconscious physical and psychological impulses and processes occur to produce the response. These deeply unconscious processes are often depicted by fish. Also the attitudes and urges we have in common with humanity—the collective unconscious, and the impulses or insights arising therefrom—can therefore represent the Self or Christ; sexual drive in connection with reproduction, the many little fishes being sperm. In this sense we are the fish which swam the incredible journey and grew into a human, but is still on the odyssey of life and death.
The fish may be the wisdom we have not yet brought to consciousness, regarding our personal journey in time and eternity. Fishing: creating a receptive state of consciousness which allows the deep insights or processes to become known; trying to find spintual nourishment. Eating fish: integrating our inner realisations; partaking of Christ. Eaten by fish: feeling threatened by the unconscious; threat of losing conscious or rational direction of life. Dead fish: non-expression of basic urges. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Frequent dreams of young girls. Fear of sexuality. At issue is the emotional connection to her sexual partner (as in the fairy tale “The Frog Prince”). Because the shadow—something she is most repulsed by—is dissolved, she is changed. This is partly to be seen as a challenge to overcome our disgust and then to watch what happens. Conquering this feeling usually leads to a sense of self-liberation, particularly in the area of sexuality.
Men seldom experience this dream. Men usually dream of toads.
If a man dreams of a frog, it usually indicates cowardice.
Folklore: Business success.... Little Giant Encyclopedia
FUNCTIONS OF DREAMS
Over the years many theories to explain the ‘why’ of dreams have been put forward. These range from dreams being messages from spirits; being results of food eaten prior to sleep; the mind freewheeling nonsensically; the garbage disposal system of the mind; suggestions from waking experience; a computer reprogramming for the brain; to Freud’s wish fulfilment and Jung’s compensation theory.
If we do not argue any particular theory, however, then perhaps we see dreams as having a much wider function.
The most primal drives observable are survival, growth and reproduction. Other urges, such as eating, social position, curiosity, are secondary.
The human animal appears to have survived and reproduced more capably after the development of self awareness, language and reasoning. With or without these, we remain an animal with a psychobiological nature. All animals are known to dream. All animals share a certain situation. They have an internal world out of which arises impulses (to eat, to mate, to avoid danger) and feeling reactions (anger, fear, anticipation). And they have an external world which confronts them with real survival dangers, sources of food, a mate, changes in environmental conditions.
A dream lies somewhere between these two worlds.
We can think of the human personality as being like a special son of cavity into which all these influences are dropped or are thrown. Physical sensations, internal drives and emotions, language, social rules, religious ideas; prompts to make decisions; news of war, massive media and advertising information, are all dropped in.
The cavity has to deal with it, but as it is a mixture of things, many of which are in opposition, some sort of balance has to be kept. But how? And it cannot be simply a matter of throwing out all of one sort or aspect of things. Eradicating the memory of criticism might make us more calm, but it would limit the process of psychological growth, which has survival value.
Dreams can be seen to be connected with our survival and self regulating process. Because this involves all aspects of oneself and one’s experience, one cannot give dreams a single definition. They probably have many secondary functions, such as an interface to balance the internal and external influences, to compensate between the inner needs and outer reality—a baby may miss its feed so, to cope with this primal need, it may dream of being fed. Traumatic or exterior dangerous events, which cannot be processed immediately, can be stored and dealt with (experimented with or abreacted) while asleep. In higher mammals, infant traumas can be stored and dealt with in sleep when, or if, a stronger ego develops.
To meet the loneliness and isolation of consciousness’ or fears of death, the dream can link the waking self with its unconscious sense of unity or God.
To meet survival needs of primitive human beings prior to rational thought, the dream probably acted as a computer, synthesising experience and information, giving rise to creative solutions to hunting or social situations, presented as sleeping or waking imagery. This may explain why many pnmitive people say skills such as farming, weaving, writing, were told them by a vision of a god or goddess.
If we realise that the dream is an end product of a process which produces it, it enables us to see that the process’ (the survival function which regulates, compensates, links, problem solves) can be accessed without meeting the dream. See sleep movements; dream process as computer; Adler; Freud; Jung. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
To hear the noise of a gunshot warns the dreamer of mismanagement.
To dream of shooting a person foreshadows dishonor.
The gun, like the pistol, revolver, dagger, or knife, is, by some analysts, considered the sex symbol of the male organism. Hence, the translations of any such dreams can pertain to a sexual impulse.... Psycho Dream Interpretation
Dreams of a heartbeat represent that you are in touch with your passion, love, and the rhythm of your creativity.
If you dream that your heart is racing then you may be processing nervousness, stress or infatuation.
If you dream that there is no pulse, then you are feeling a lack of passion, or you are dying to your former identity, in order to be made anew.... Strangest Dream Explanations
If you dream of seeing or riding a white horse, the indications are favorable for prosperity and pleasurable commingling with congenial friends and fair women.
If the white horse is soiled and lean, your confidence will be betrayed by a jealous friend or a woman.
If the horse is black, you will be successful in your fortune, but you will practice deception, and will be guilty of assignations.
To a woman, this dream denotes that her husband is unfaithful.
To dream of dark horses, signifies prosperous conditions, but a large amount of discontent. Fleeting pleasures usually follow this dream.
To see yourself riding a fine bay horse, denotes a rise in fortune and gratification of passion.
For a woman, it foretells a yielding to importunate advances. She will enjoy material things.
To ride or see passing horses, denotes ease and comfort.
To ride a runaway horse, your interests will be injured by the folly of a friend or employer.
To see a horse running away with others, denotes that you will hear of the illness of friends.
To see fine stallions, is a sign of success and high living, and undue passion will master you.
To see brood mares, denotes congeniality and absence of jealousy between the married and sweethearts.
To ride a horse to ford a stream, you will soon experience some good fortune and will enjoy rich pleasures.
If the stream is unsettled or murky, anticipated joys will be somewhat disappointing.
To swim on a horse’s back through a clear and beautiful stream of water, your conception of passionate bliss will be swiftly realized.
To a business man, this dream portends great gain.
To see a wounded horse, foretells the trouble of friends.
To dream of a dead horse, signifies disappointments of various kinds.
To dream of riding a horse that bucks, denotes that your desires will be difficult of consummation.
To dream that he throws you, you will have a strong rival, and your business will suffer slightly through competition.
To dream that a horse kicks you, you will be repulsed by one you love. Your fortune will be embarrassed by ill health.
To dream of catching a horse to bridle and saddle, or harness it, you will see a great improvement in business of all kinds, and people of all callings will prosper.
If you fail to catch it, fortune will play you false.
To see spotted horses, foretells that various enterprises will bring you profit.
To dream of having a horse shod, your success is assured.
For a woman, this dream omens a good and faithful husband.
To dream that you shoe a horse, denotes that you will endeavor to and perhaps make doubtful property your own.
To dream of race horses, denotes that you will be surfeited with fast living, but to the farmer this dream denotes prosperity.
To dream that you ride a horse in a race, you will be prosperous and enjoy life.
To dream of killing a horse, you will injure your friends through selfishness.
To mount a horse bareback, you will gain wealth and ease by hard struggles.
To ride bareback in company with men, you will have honest people to aid you, and your success will be merited.
If in company with women, your desires will be loose, and your prosperity will not be so abundant as might be if women did not fill your heart.
To curry a horse, your business interests will not be neglected for frivolous pleasures.
To dream of trimming a horse’s mane, or tail, denotes that you will be a good financier or farmer. Literary people will be painstaking in their work and others will look after their interest with solicitude.
To dream of horses, you will amass wealth and enjoy life to its fullest extent.
To see horses pulling vehicles, denotes wealth with some incumbrance, and love will find obstacles.
If you are riding up a hill and the horse falls but you gain the top, you will win fortune, though you will have to struggle against enemies and jealousy.
If both the horse and you get to the top, your rise will be phenomenal, but substantial.
For a young girl to dream that she rides a black horse, denotes that she should be dealt with by wise authority. Some wishes will be gratified at an unexpected time. Black in horses, signifies postponements in anticipations.
To see a horse with a tender foot, denotes that some unexpected unpleasantness will insinuate itself into your otherwise propitious state.
If you attempt to fit a broken shoe which is too small for the horse’s foot, you will be charged with making fraudulent deals with unsuspecting parties.
To ride a horse down hill, your affairs will undoubtedly disappoint you.
For a young woman to dream that a friend rides behind her on a horse, denotes that she will be foremost in the favors of many prominent and successful men.
If she was frightened, she is likely to stir up jealous sensations.
If after she alights from the horse it turns into a pig, she will carelessly pass by honorable offers of marriage, preferring freedom until her chances of a desirable marriage are lost.
If afterward she sees the pig sliding gracefully along the telegraph wire, she will by intriguing advance her position, For a young woman to dream that she is riding a white horse up and down hill, often looking back and seeing some one on a black horse, pursuing her, denotes she will have a mixed season of success and sorow,{sic} but through it all a relentless enemy is working to overshadow her with gloom and disappointment.
To see a horse in human flesh, descending on a hammock through the air, and as it nears your house is metamorphosed into a man, and he approaches your door and throws something at you which seems to be rubber but turns into great bees, denotes miscarriage of hopes and useless endeavors to regain lost valuables.
To see animals in human flesh, signifies great advancement to the dreamer, and new friends will be made by modest wearing of well-earned honors.
If the human flesh appears diseased or freckled, the miscarriage of well-laid plans is denoted. ... Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
Depicts how you see the relationship with your husband; your relationship with your sexuality; sexual and emotional desire and pleasure; how you relate to intimacy in body, mind and spirit; habits of relationship developed with one’s father.
Example: ‘My recurring dream—some disaster is happening. I try to contact the police or my husband. Can never contact either. I try ringing 999 again and again and can feel terror, and sometimes dreadful anger or complete panic. I cry, I scream and shout and never get through! Recently I have stopped trying to contact my husband. I managed once to reach him but he said he was too busy and I would have to deal with it myself. I woke in a furious temper with him and kicked him while he was still asleep’ (Mrs GS).
The husband here depicts Mrs S’s feelings of not being able to get through’ to her man. This is a common female dream theme, possibly arising from the husband not daring to express emotion or meet his panner with his own feelings.
For Mrs S this is an emergency. Although the dream dramatises it, there is still real frustration, anger, and a break in marital communications.
Example: There were three of us. My husband, a male friend and 1, all nding small white enamel bikes. My husband proceeded slowly, first, with his back to us. Then my friend followed. Suddenly my friend ahead of me turned and gazed fully at me. He gave a glonous smile which lit up the whole of his face. I felt a great sense of well-being surge through me’ (Joan B).
The triangle: the example shows typical (low of feeling towards another male.
The other male here depicts
Joan’s desire to be attractive to other men. This is a danger signal unless one fully acknowledges ihe impulse.
Example: ‘I was with my husband and our three children. About 2 or 3 yards to our right stood my husband’s first wife —she died about a year before I first met him. I remember feeling she no longer minded me being with him, so I put my arms around him from the back, and felt more secure and comfortable with him’ (Mrs NS).
The first wife: the dreamer is now feeling easier about her husband’s first relationship.
The first wife represents her sense of competing for her husband’s affections, even though his ‘first woman’ was dead.
Example: ‘My dead husband came into my bedroom and got into bed with me to make love to me. I was not afraid. But owing to his sexual appetites during my married life with him I was horrified, and resisted him with all my might. On waking I felt weak and exhausted.
The last time he came to me I responded to him and he never came back again. This happened three times.
The last time I don’t think it was a dream. I was not asleep. I think it was his ghost’ (GL). Dead husband: in any experience of an apparently psychic nature, we must always remember the unconscious is a great dramatist. It can create the drama of a dream in moments. In doing so it makes our inner feelings into apparently real people and objects outside us. While asleep we lightly dismiss this amazing process as a dream’. When it happens while our eyes are open or we are near waking, for some reason we call it a ghost or psychic event. Yet the dream process is obviously capable of creating total body sensations, emotions, full visual impressions, vocalisation—what else is a dream? On the other hand, the dream process is not dealing in pointless imaginations. Many women tend to believe they have little sexual drive, so it is easier for GL to see her drive in the form of her husband. But of course, her husband may also depict how she felt about sex in connection with his ‘sexual appetites’. It is a general rule, however, that our dream process will dramatise into a past life, or a psychic’ experience, emotions linked with trauma or sexual drive which we find difficult to meet in the present.
Example: ‘I dreamt many times I lost my husband, such as not being able to find the car park where he was waiting, and seeing him go off in the distance. I wake in a panic to find him next to me in bed. These dreams persisted, and then he died quite suddenly. He was perfectly healthy at the time of the dreams and I wonder if it was a premonition of me really losing him’ (Mrs AD). Cannot find husband: many middle aged women dream of ‘losing’ their husband while out with him, perhaps shopping, or walking in a town somewhere. Sometimes the dream ponrays him actually killed. Mrs AD wonders if her dream was a premonition. It is more likely a form of practising the loss, so it does not come as such a shock.
The greatest shocks occur when we have never even considered the event—such as a young child losing its mother, an event it has never practised, not even in fantasy, so has no inbuilt shock absorbers. As most of us know, men tend to die before women, and this information is in the mind of middle-aged married women. Mrs AD may have unconsciously observed slight changes in her husband’s body and behaviour, and therefore readied herself.
Other woman’s husband: one’s own husband, feelings about that man, desire for a non-committed relationship with less responsibility. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
1- The image of a journey is a very- potent one in dream work. Anytime the idea of a journey becomes apparent, it is to do with the way that we carry on our everyday lives and how we move forward. Every step that we take towards understanding ourselves and the world we live in can be pictured in terms of a journey; and the dreams that a person has reflect that movement. In our ordinary everyday- speech we use idioms to suggest our understanding. We speak of the ups and downs of life, of being at a standstill and so on. Each moment is totally unique, and thai uniqueness is reflected in our dreams. Mostly dreams arc about the here and now and give a snapshot picture as to what is happening at this particular moment.
The images will reflect how we are feeling, what obstacles there are, possible courses of action and what our ultimate goal should or mav be.
The dream will bring in images from the past or recognisable scenes to help us interpret what is going on and move forward to meet our destiny.
Any sense of having completed a journey - arriving home, touching down and so on indicates the successful completion of our aims. Collisions represent arguments and conflicts which arc often caused by our own aggression.
A difficult journey now behind us means we have come through the difficulties and setbacks of the past.
The obstacles ahead indicates we are aware of the difficulties which may occur.
We do need to be aware that we ourselves create the problems. Our own attitude to life is perhaps responsible. Turning a corner shows we have accepted the need for a change of direction. We may have made a major decision. Avoiding an accident means we are able to control our impulses. Stopping and starting suggests there is conflict between laziness and drive. At a standstill/in a traffic jam indicates we arc being prevented, or are preventing ourselves, from moving forward. This needs handling with care, since to stop may be appropriate. Departing (departures from airports, stations, etc.) Formerly all departures were interpreted as death. Nowadays the symbolism is much more of a new- beginning. We are leaving the old life in order to undertake something new. When someone in outlives leaves us, wc may dream of departures and the grief’ that parting causes. In certain circumstances, to dream of wanting to leave but not being able to suggests that there is still further work to be done.
To be conscious of the time of departure might suggest that we are aware of a time limit within an area of our lives.
The destination, when it becomes apparent, will give some ideas about the aims and objectives we have. Our declared hopes and ideals may not correspond with those we subconsciously have our inner motivation may be totally- different to our outer behaviour and dreams will highlight this discrepancy.
The exact nature of our objective is often not known to us until after we have confronted the obstacles and challenges along the way. It is often enough just to have an aim for that particular section of the journey.
Driving The whole of the symbolism of driving in dreams is particularly obvious. It represents our basic urges, wants and needs.
If we are driving we arc in control.
If we are not happy when someone else is driving we may not trust that person and may not wish to be dependent on them. When someone else takes over, we are becoming passive.
If we are overtaking the car in front, we are achieving success, but perhaps in a competitive manner. When we are overtaken, we may feel someone else has got the better of us. Once again the way we are in everyday life is reflected in the dream. Our drives, aggressions, fears and doubts arc all reflected in our driving.
Engine This represents the sexual impulse or instinctive drives, one’s basic motivation.
Passenger It will depend if we are a passenger in a vehicle or are carrying passengers.
If the former, we may feel that we are being carried along by circumstances, and have not really thought out our own way forward.
If the latter, we may have know- ingly or inadvertently made ourselves responsible for other people. Travelling with one other passenger suggests we may be considering our relationship with that person.
Road The road in a dream suggests our own individual way forward. Just as each individual vehicle demonstrates the dreamer’s body and external way of being, so the road reflects the way of doing. Any obstacle in the road will reflect difficulties on the chosen path. Any turns in the road will suggest changes of direction. Crossroads will offer choices, while a cul-de-sac would signify a dead end.
If a particular stretch of road is highlighted il may be a period of lime, or may mean an efTort. Going uphill will suggest extra effort while going downhill will suggest lack of conlrol. Traffic accidents and offences These may all be to do with sexuality or self image; perhaps we are not being careful to ensure that our conduct is good.
A collision might suggest a conflict with someone. Road rage would signify not being in control of our emolions and so on.
2- The type of transport may- suggest how we are moving through this particular stage of our lives. Previously the horse was used as an image to depict how we dealt with life. Nowadays the car, the aeroplane and so on have been substituted.
The vehicle which appears in our dreams often conforms with the view we hold of ourselves.
For instance, we may be driving a very basic type of car or a Rolls Roycc (One dreamer described an image he had as a Rolls Rovce that thinks it’s a Mini’). Such an image may represent either our physical body or our personality.
If the dreamer is driving he perhaps feels more in control of his own destinv.
If he is a passenger he may feel others are trying to control his life.
If he is with friends he may be aware of a group goal.
If he does not know the other people he may need to explore his ability to make social relationships. Aeroplane (also see individual entry) An aeroplane suggests a swift easy journey with some attention to detail. We may be embarking on a new sexual relationship.
An airman or pilot This is a romanticised picturc of either the Animus or of the Self (see Inhvdiu tion). Bicycling This suggests youth and freedom, and perhaps the first stirrings of sexual awareness. Boats (and sea voyages) It will depend on what kind of boat is in the dream.
A small rowing boat would suggest an emotional journey but one done alone.
A yacht might suggest a similar journey clone with style, whereas a large ship would suggest creating new- horizons but in the company of others. What the boat does in the dream will have relevance as a reflection of our waking life, e.g. running aground, pulling into harbour etc. Making a long journey This suggests leaving friends and family as would running away to sea.
Disembarking The end of a project, successful or otherwise. Missing the boat We have not paid enough attention to detail in a project in our waking lives. Any narrow waterway or river suggests the birth experience. Ship A ship is usually taken as feminine because of its capricious- ness. Ferry, rowboat This holds all the symbolism of the journey across the River Styx after death. It is the giving up of selfish desires.
After this we may be ‘reborn’ into a better life, or way of life. Bus (also see individual entry) A bus journey is that part of our lives where we are conscious of the need to travel and to be with other people. We perhaps have a common aim with them. Trouble with timetables, missing the bus, arriving too early, missing a connection We arc not in control of our lives and perhaps should sit down and replan how we wish to continue our lives. Getting on the wrong bus, going the wrong way There are conflicting desires and we need to listen to our own intuition. This is usually a warning of a wrong action. Not being able to pay the fare We do not have enough resources to set out on a particular course of action. It may be that we have not paid attention to detail.
Car (carriage, cart, chariot) (also see individual entries) The car is a reflection of the dreamer and how he or she handles life. It reflects the physical body, so anything wrong with the car will alert us to a problem.
For instance if the engine is not working properly we are not able to get up enough energy to go 011. If the starting motor was not working this would suggest that we need help to start a project. It is for us to be able to translate the symbolism into our own lives. Even in everyday life it can be seen that a car is a reflection of a person’s self image and possibly sexuality. Any part of the car will have significance.
The back tyres might suggest the dreamer’s support system, the steering wheel the way we control our lives and so on.
If the brakes are not working we are not exercising proper control over our lives. Too many people in the car would suggest that we feel overloaded by responsibility. Lorry A lorry in a dream will have the same significance as a car. except that the drives and ambitions will be connected more with our work and how we relate on a business basis to the world in general.
Motorbike, motorcycle The motorbike is a symbol of masculine youth and daring. In dreams it is an image of independent behaviour, and is often a symbol for the sexual act. It can also be a symbol of freedom.
A Hell’s Angel would suggest some kind of anarchical behaviour. Trains A train will often highlight the dreamer’s attitude to social behaviour and relationships with other people. It will also clarify his attitude to himself.
A steam train would suggest that we feel ourselves to be outdated and obsolete, whereas an up-to-date electric turbo might suggest speed and efficiency. Catching the train shows we have successfully been able to have outside circumstances co-operate with us in achieving a particular goal. Missing the train We do not have the resources to enable us to succeed in an appropriate way either bccause we have forgotten something, or because we have not been sufficiently careful. We fear that we will miss an opportunity. Equally, we may feel that external circumstances are imposing an element of control over us. Often dreams of missing a train and then catching either it or a later one, suggest that we are managing our inner resources better. Dreams of missing a train alternating with those of catching one shows we are trying to sort out our motivation. Getting off the train before its destination We are afraid of succeeding at a particular project. This can also signify premature ejaculation. We do not appear to be in control. Getting off the train before it starts The dreamer has changed his mind about a situation in waking life. Railway lines and tracks will have significance as ways of getting us to our destination. Being conscious of the way the track runs ahead may give us an inkling as to what direction we arc going. Recognising the signals up ahead would have the same significance. Coming off the rails might suggest doing something inappropriate or of not being in control. Not wanting to be on the train might indicate we feel we are being unduly influenced by outside circumstances. Arriving at a station indicates we have completed a stage of our life journey. We may be ready for a new relationship with the world in general.
The carriages on a train suggest the various compartments or sections of our lives and the way we feel about them.
For example, if a carriage is untidy or dirty, we are aware that we need to ‘clean up’ an aspect of our lives.
Walk If in our dreams we are aware of having to walk, it usually suggests that we are capable of making a part of our life journey by ourselves without any help. Going for a walk We can enjoy the process of recharging our batteries and clearing our minds.
3- The image of a journey becomes more apparent as time goes on and death approaches. We become more aware of reaching our final destination.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
Material aspects: The images that appear in dreams will reflect how we are feeling, what obstacles there are, possible courses of action and what our ultimate goal should or may be in our everyday lives.
The dream will bring in images from the past or recognizable scenes to help us interpret what is going on and move forward to meet our destiny.
The mode of transport we use for our journey is also important. Consult the entry for transport. Some important images to do with journeys are as follows: avoiding an accident means we are able to control our impulses, whereas collisions or other such accidents represent arguments and conflicts which are often caused by our own aggression. Also consult the entry for accident.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
1- To dream of being killed represents the dreamer coming under an influence usually external which is making him, or an aspect of his personality ineffective in everyday life. Killing someone in a dream is attempting to be rid of the influence thev have over the dreamer.
2- Killing is an extreme answer to a problem. It is such a final act that in dreams it can often represent the dreamer’s perception of the need for violence, particularly against himself. Perhaps the only way a solution to a problem can be reached is by ‘killing off’ part of himself. There is no denying in this ease the potential for violence, although ultimately the impulse may not be correct.
3- A spiritual slaying and therefore sacrifice is represented here.
The dreamer will need to be aware that what he considers worthy may need further nurturing, lest it be relinquished.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
Psychological / emotional perspective: Killing is an extreme answer to a problem. It is such a final act that in dreams it can often represent our perception of the need for an act of violence. In particular this may be against ourselves or a part of our personality that is no longer acceptable.
The impulse may not be correct, though some adjustment needs to be made.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
If you dream of admiring well-shaped feminine legs, you will lose your judgment, and act very silly over some fair charmer.
To see misshapen legs, denotes unprofitable occupations and ill-tempered comrades.
A wounded leg, foretells losses and agonizing attacks of malaria.
To dream that you have a wooden leg, denotes that you will bemean yourself in a false way to your friends.
If ulcers are on your legs, it signifies a drain on your income to aid others.
To dream that you have three, or more, legs, indicates that more enterprises are planned in your imagination than will ever benefit you.
If you can’t use your legs, it portends poverty.
To have a leg amputated, you will lose valued friends, and the home influence will render life unbearable.
For a young woman to admire her own legs, denotes vanity, and she will be repulsed by the man she admires.
If she has hairy legs, she will dominate her husband.
If your own legs are clean and well shaped, it denotes a happy future and devoted friends.... Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
Islamic Dream Interpretation
(Message) Sendingor receiving a letter in a dream represents a respectable person, a rank, or a word of authority when personally delivered.
If one sends a letter addressed to someone known, exhorting him to do good and eschew evil in a dream, it means satisfying one’s needs and fulfilling one’s purpose.
If one receives a letter containing glad tidings in a dream, it means appeasing his condition, and calming his fears, whether it is bearing a son, or getting married.
If one repulses the messenger or letter carrier in a dream, it means renouncing one’s religion, or dropping one’s profession, or it could mean innovation, or that he maybe murdered. (Also see Book; Papers)... Islamic Dream Interpretation
1. Suffering feelings of want, dissatisfaction.
2. Acting on impulse rather than with forethought, caution. ... New American Dream Dictionary
Foolishness; thoughtlessness; being ruled by impulse. But sometimes same as ape (see above in this entry). Idioms: make a monkey of; monkey business; monkey with; monkey tricks. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Emotions, Mother, Birth.
The moon is an interesting symbol that connotes feminine energy; it is associated with the irrational and the intuitive.
The moon effects the ocean tides, and it has been linked to madness or lunacy. As a dream symbol is can represent all of these things and more. As always, pay attention to the details in the dream before making conclusions.
The moon could represent romance and our earthly impulses and passions. It could reveal things about the nature of soul and the unconscious.
For those lucky people, the moon can reflect their inner peace and feelings of serenity and security.... The Bedside Dream Dictionary
Sacred sound has always been used in acts of worship, as has dancing. Spiritually, music expresses ideas and emotions through the elements of rhythm, melody and harmony. Rhythm expresses the essential pulse of life, melody an individual sound and harmony a combination of several sounds to make a pleasing combination. In dreams this symbolism expresses man, his concerns and his society.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
1- Often dreams will link with the lower aspects of ourselves, those parts we will not normally face in waking life.
To have obscenity- appear in a dream allows us to deal with these impulses safely; in a non-judgmental way.
2- Often obscenity is connected with our perception of ourselves.
If we are performing obscene acts, we need lo be aware of suppressed impulses.
If such acts are performed against us. we need to decide how we are being victimised in our daily lives.
3- Obscenity is sometimes associated with acts of evil.
If the dreamer identifies with this link, then he may need to be aware of his own interpretations of evil and evil-doing.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
To see a page, denotes that you will contract a hasty union with one unsuited to you. You will fail to control your romantic impulses.
If a young woman dreams she acts as a page, it denotes that she is likely to participate in some foolish escapade. ... Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
PAGE (PERSON)
To dream of seeing a page going about his normal business means you will become engaged to a hard worker but fail to control your weaker impulses toward other members of the opposite sex.
If you dream of working as a page means you will get into some avoidable fiasco.... Tryskelion Dream Interpretation
Encyclopedia of Dreams
If you dream of working as a page means you will get into some avoidable fiasco.... Encyclopedia of Dreams
Dreams of panties are about a flimsy cover for your intimate, sexual feelings, attractions and impulses. Panties represent girlishness, innocence, virginal attributes, and/or seduction.... Strangest Dream Explanations
1. Extreme confusion, especially in life choices.
2. Extremes of thought, ambivalence—usually regarding a situation, frequently in a relationship.
3. Routine, rhythm, the pulse of life, a heartbeat. ... New American Dream Dictionary
The ability to find a new impulse, new strength, new growth even in death. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Ariadne's Book of Dream
Plastic appeanng in a dream may point to amficiali- ty or a plastic persona. It may comment that you are not being natural or are not living an authentic life.
A plastic shopping bag may comment on impulse-buying behavior.... Ariadne's Book of Dream
1- To dream of a pocket is to be dealing with one’s personal secrets or thoughts - those things that we have deliberately chosen to hide rather than done so on impulse. They are perhaps secret thoughts that we do not want to share with anyone else. There may also be thoughts about our own abilities and the value that we have within our own personal community
2- A pocket in a dream can also indicate a sense of ownership and possession.
To have something in our pocket means that we have appropriated it, that we have taken ownership. This can represent a situation in the everyday world, or it can represent emotions that we may have previously hidden and now need to own, in the sense of being able to make use of them.
3- A pocket suggests the Hidden or the Occult.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
Material aspects: To dream of a pocket is to be dealing with our personal secrets or thoughts – those things that we have deliberately chosen to hide rather than done so on impulse. They are perhaps secret thoughts that we do not want to share with anyone else. There may also be thoughts about our own abilities and the value that we have within our own personal community.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
1- When a particular position is highlighted in a dream it usually signifies our moral standpoint, or our position in life. It can also give an indication of how we arc handling situations in our lives.
For instance, something in the wrong position means we are going about things in the wrong way.
2- Our spirit, intellect, ideals and consciences are being brought to our attention when we dream of anything higher or above us. This applies also when dreaming of the upper part of anything (of a building or body, for example). Our altruism may be being brought into question. Anything underneath, below, or downstairs signifies the anarchic or immoral side of our personalities.
The sexual impulses can also be characterised in this way. Something appearing upside down emphasises the potential for chaos and difficulty.
The ‘ups and downs’ of situations in life can be experienced in dreams as the actual movement of one’s position, ‘fhe personality has a need to balance the heights and depths of its experience, and if this docs not happen a warning will usually appear in dream form. Back/Front Rejection and acceptance can be shown in a dream as seeing the back and front of something. Backward/ Forward Having the attention drawn to a backward and/or forward movement usually indicaes the potential to adopt a regressive bae kward-looki ng tendency. There is a need to retire into the past, rather than tackling lears and moving ahead. Centre falso see Shapes) To be conscious of the centre of any aspect of a dream is to be aware of a goal or objective, or perhaps even of the dreamer’s real Self. There is a need to be the centre of attention whatever the circumstances. Far/Near In dreams, space and time can become confused. Dreaming of something which is far awav, may indicate that it is far away in time. This may be future or past, depending on the dream.
A long way in front would be future, a long way behind would be past. Near or close would mean recently, or in the immediate.
Horizontal This usually symbolises the material world. Left The left side suggests the less dominant, more passive side. Often it is taken to represent all that is dark and sinister and those parts of our personality which we try to suppress. It is more to do with instinctive behaviour, what feels good inside and with personal behaviour without attention to moral codes. It is supportive in expression, and receptive by nature, so anything appearing in dreams on the left side can be accepted as a symbol of support. Any pain experienced on the left side is interpreted in terms of sensitivity.
The left expresses the more feminine attributes and often the past. Feelings of being left behind suggest a sense of inadequacy, of disintegration and of having to leave the past behind. Indecision over left or right suggests an inability to decide whether to rely on drive or instinct.
Low In dreams, feeling ‘low’ can suggest a sense of inferiority or humility. Often we will give way to submissive behaviour, and put ourselves in a lower position than others. Occasionally to be below something or someone can indicate a need to explore the underside or negativity of a relationship or situation. Opposite Anything in a dream which is opposite the dreamer may suggest some difficulty in reconciling two paradoxes (Good/bad. male/female, up/down, etc.). This may or may not suggest conflict. One thing deliberately put opposite another There is a deliberate attempt to introduce discord. Changing the position from opposite Differences maybe adjusted.
Right/Left The conflict between right and left is usually between logic and intuition. Right The right side represents the more dominant logical side. It is the consciously expressed, confident side which perceives the exterior world in perhaps a more objective sense. It is to do with ‘lightness’ that is, correctness and moral and social behaviour. Anything observed on the right side in dreams is usually significant as the dreamer progresses. Any pain experienced on the right side can also be interpreted in terms of drive. It also expresses the more masculine attributes. Movement to the right indicates that something is coming into conscious awareness. Straight Straight suggests a direct approach, the shortest way between two objects or places. Top To be at the top is to have succeeded in our endeavours.
To be on top is to have assumed control. Trying to reach the top suggests more effort is needed. Under/underneath Being underneath something suggests either taking shelter or submitting to someone else’s handling of us. It may also represent the part of us that we hide, or the part that is less capable.
Up, upper We have the capability of achieving a degree of supremacy. We are capable of getting the ‘upper hand’ in particular situations. We can move away from the mundane, ordinary- everyday world.
Vertical The vertical in dreams tends to represent the spiritual realm.
3- The points of the compass can be read spiritually.
The North signifies the Unknown, and hcnce sometimes darkness. It is spirituality within the world.
The East traditionally suggests birth and mystic religions. It also represents becoming ‘conscious’.
The South is representative of earthly passion and sensuality.
The West can symbolise death, but more properly the state after death when there is increased spiritual awareness. Traditionally, it can also represent the more logical side of our natures.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
PRINTING SHOP
if a maiden dreams thai her lover worts in a printing shop, she will many a man of good impulses but little financial stability.... The Complete Dream Book
PULL / PULLING
At a certain stage of spiritual development, we can find ourselves being pulled in a certain direction. We may be compelled to do certain things without necessarily knowing where the impulse comes from.
The call could be, for instance, because of someone’s distress or to give us information we need. Dreams are a very effective way of implanting such ideas into our psyche.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
1- Pulling suggests a positive action. We arc being alerted to the fact that we can do something about a situation. In dreams, if we are pulling we are making the decisions within a project.
If we arc being pulled we may feel that we arc having to give in to outside pressures. Extra effort to have something happen may be necessary.
The object we are pulling, and the means by which we are pulling it, may be important (For examples, see Bridle. Rope etc.).
2- In slang terms, pulling means picking up a potential partner. In dreams this can actually translate itself into a physical feeling. We may also in everyday life be being pulled by our emotions and feel that we are powerless to resist. This can translate into the dream image of being pulled. We may feel that we have to go along with something and do not have the ability to refuse. #
3- At a certain stage of spiritual development, there is a feeling of being pulled in a certain direction. We may be compelled lo do certain things without necessarily knowing where the impulse comes from.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
Vision: Looking at red raspberries is a good omen: your present social and family situation will remain stable. White raspberries are also a good sign; you will either be very lucky in love or receive satisfaction from something else. Black raspberries might mean a broken heart, because your partner or husband is unfaithful. Looking at raspberries on the bush: you will meet good-hearted people. Drinking raspberry juice: you want diversions that make you feel good.
Vision: Seeing a rat means unpleasant experiences with other people. Being bitten by a rat warns you about a “friend” who is determined to wreck your reputation. Seeing a caged rat: your friend is very dishonest. Catching or killing a rat: trouble in your love relationship or in a friendship. Rats leaving a sinking ship: you are about to find out that you have miscalculated a situation at your job. See Animals, Mouse.
Depth Psychology: A rat is a sign that negative influences are undermining your vitality. Dreams about rats and mice always mean that grief and worries are “gnawing” on you. Are you sometimes repulsed or sickened by other people or yourself?... Dreamers Dictionary
1. Desire to act more on impulse, add some improvisation to daily life.
2. Good luck.
3. Vitality and passion. ... New American Dream Dictionary
REPTILES, LIZARDS, SNAKES
Our basic spinal and lower brain reactions, such as fight or flight, reproduction, attraction or repulsion, sex drive, need for food and reaction to pain. This includes the fundamental evolutionary ability to change and the urge to survive—very powerful and ancient processes. Our relationship with the reptile in our dreams depicts our relat- edness to such forces in us, and how we deal with the impulses from the ancient pan of our brain.
Modern humans face the difficulty of developing an independent identity and yet keeping a working relationship with the primitive, thus maturing/bringing the primitive into an efficiently functioning connection with the present social world.
The survival urge at base might be kill or run, but it can be transformed into the ambition which helps, say, an opera singer meet difficulties in her career. Also the very primitive has in itself the promise of the future, of new aspects of human consciousness. This is because many extraordinary human functions take place unconsciously, in the realm of the reptile/spine/lower brain/right brain/autonomic nervous system. Being unconscious they are less amenable to our waking will. They function fully only in some fight or flight, survive or die, situations.
If we begin to touch these with consciousness, as we do in dreams, new functions are added to consciousness. See The dream as extended perception under ESP and dreams.
Unconscious life or growth processes which can lead to transformation (the frog/prince story); the growth from childhood vulnerability—tadpole to frog—therefore the process of life in general and its wisdom. Frogspawn: sperm, ovum and reproduction.
Example: ‘My wife and I saw a large lizard on the wall near a banana. It was there to catch the flies.
The lizard turned so it was facing away from us—head up the wall. We then were able to see it had large wing-like flaps which spread from its head in an invened V. With amazement we saw on these flaps wonderful pictures, in full colour, of birds. In fleeting thoughts I wondered if the bird “paintings” were to attract birds, or were some form of camouflage. But I felt cenain the lizard had “painted” these wonderful pictures with its unconscious an’ (David T). Generally, a lizard is very much the same as a snake, except it lacks the poisonous aspect; awareness of unconscious or instinctive drives, functions and processes. In the above dream, the banana is both David’s pleasure and sexuality, while the lizard is the creativity emerging from his unconscious through the attention he is giving it—he is looking at the lizard. Chameleon: either one’s desire to fade into the background, or adaptability.
Example: A small snake about a foot long had dropped down my shirt neck. I could feel it on the left side of my neck Fearing it was poisonous and might bite me, I moved very slowly. At one point I put my head on the ground, hoping the snake would wish to crawl away. It did not. Then I was near an elephant I loved, and hoped it would remove the snake. It did not. Even as I slept I felt the snake was an expression of the attitude of not shanng myself with anybody except family’ (David T).
For months prior to the above dream David had experienced a great deal of neck pain. After discussing the dream with his wife, and realising much of his thinking and feeling was intumed, the pain disappeared. So the snake was both poisoner’ and ‘healer’. This may be why snakes are used as a symbol of the medical profession.
The Hebrew word for the serpent in the Garden of Eden is Nahash, which can be translated as blind impulsive urges, such as our instinctive drives.
So, generally, snakes depict many different things, but usually the life process.
If we think of a person’s life from conception to death, we see a flowing moving event, similar in many ways to the speeded up films of a seed growing into a plant, flowering and dying.
The snake depicts the force or energy behind that movement and purposiveness—the force of life which leads us both to growth and death. That energy —like electricity in a house, which can be heat, power, sound and vision—lies behind all our functions. So in some dreams the snake expresses our sexuality, in others the rising of that energy up our body to express itself as digestion—the intestinal snake; as the healing or poisonous energy of our emotions and thoughts.
Example: ‘I was in a huge cathedral, the mother church. I wanted to go to the toilet/gents. As I held my penis to urinate it became a snake and reached down to the urinal to drink. It was thirsty. I struggled with it, pulling it away from the unclean liquid. Still holding it I walked to a basin and gave it pure water to drink’ (Bill A). Here the connection between snake and sexuality is obvious. But the snake is not just Bill’s penis. It is the direction his sexual urges take him he is struggling with. Out of his sense of love and connection with life— the cathedral—he wants to lift his drive towards something which will not leave him with a sense of uncleanness. Snake in connection with any hole: sexual relatedness.
A snake biting us: unconscious worries about our health, frustrated sexual impulse, our emotions turned against ourselves as internalised aggression, can poison us and cause very real illness, so may be shown as the biting snake. Snake biting others: biting remarks, a poisonous tongue.
A crowned or light-encircled snake: when our ‘blind impulses’ or instinctive or unconscious urges and functions are in some measure integrated with our conscious will and insight, this is seen as the crowned snake or even winged snake. It shows real self awareness and maturity. In coils of snake: feeling bound in the ‘blind impulses’ or habitual drives and feeling responses. Instincts and habits can be redirected, as illustrated by Hercules’ labours. Snake with tail in mouth: sense of the circle of life—binh, growth, reproduction, aging, death, rebirth; the eternal. Snake coiling up tree, pole, cross: the blind instinctive forces of life emerging into conscious experience—in other words the essence of human expenence with its involvement in pain, pleasure, time and eternity; the process of personal growth or evolution; healing because personal growth often moves us beyond old attitudes or situations which led to inner tension or even sickness. Snake in grass: sense or intuition of talk behind your back; danger, sneakiness. Colours: green, our internal life process directed, perhaps through satisfied feelings, love and creativity, into a healing process or one which leads to our personal growth and positive change; white, eternal aspect of our life process, or becoming conscious of it; blue, religious feelings or coldness in relations. See colours; anxiety dreams; death and rebirth, the self under archetypes; dreams and Ancient Greece; cellar under house, buildings; hypnosis and dreams; jungle; paralysis. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
ROBBERY, ROBBER
Vision: If you are being robbed: you will have to face losses, but you are not altogether innocent in what is happening to you. Be especially careful right now. Being robbed while on a trip: don’t overdo it when exercising.
If you are the robber: you are about to get involved in a dangerous situation. Catching a robber in the act: be prepared to deal with a loss. Watching a robbery or being involved in one: hidden aggression; you are after something that is not yours. See Burglary, Thief.
Depth Psychology: The robber is part of your character, symbolizing primitive and dangerous impulses to which you should pay attention.
The dream is also a warning about losses to come— be very careful for the next couple of weeks. Sometimes the dream also warns you about a friend you trusted and who disappointed you.... Dreamers Dictionary
The Language of Dreams
(see Animals, Fables)
Depicted as having the head of a man and the lower body of a goat, this creature represents the untamed nature within, especially procreative instincts.
Animalistic impulses and humankind s greater connection to the animal kingdom.
Biblically: An emblem of destruction and barrenness (Is 13:21), probably due to the connection between this image and various frolicsome pagan deities, including Faunus and Pan.... The Language of Dreams
SCIENCE, SLEEP AND DREAMS
In 1937 through the use of the electroencephalograph (EEG) measuring tiny electrical brain impulses, Loomis and his associates discovered that the form of brainwaves changes with the onset of sleep.
The next leap forward in understanding came when Aserinsky and Kleitman found rapid eye movements (REM) in 1953. In 1957 the REM were linked with dreaming. This defined sleep into two different observable states, REM sleep, and NREM (non-rapid eye movement or non-rem) sleep. Within NREM three different stages have been identified. These are defined by the different EEG patterns of electrical activity in the brain. They are measured by the height (amplitude) of the brain waves and frequency of up and down movement. There are also electrical changes occurring in the muscles (measured using an electro- myograph or EMG), and in movement of the eyeballs (measured using an electro-oculograph or EOG).
While awake the height is low and frequency fast. As we relax prior to sleep the EEG shifts to what are called alpha waves, at 8 to 12 cps (cycles per second). Stage one of sleep is the transition between this drowsy state of alpha waves to sleeping, in which theta waves occur, at 3 to 7 cps. In this first stage we experience random images and thoughts. This lasts about 10 minutes, followed by stage two, in which ‘sleep spindles’ occur which have 12 to 14 cps on the EEG. These last from 1/2 to 2 seconds, with K complexes following, which are slow large EEG waves. About half our sleep period is spent in this second stage of sleep. Deep sleep is reached when our brain exhibits delta waves, with 1/2 to 2 cps.
After approximately an hour and a half from falling into deep sleep, an exciting change occurs. We return to level two and REM occur. Suddenly the brain is alert and active, though the person is asleep and difficult to wake. This level has been called paradoxical sleep because of this fact. Voluntary muscular activity is suppressed and the body is essentially paralysed. Morrison has pointed out that, although the brain is transmitting full muscular activity messages, these are usually suppressed by an area of the brain in the pons. But bursts of short actions occur, such as rapid eyeball jerks, twitches of the muscles, changes in the size of the pupil, contractions in the middle ear, and erection of the penis. It may be that similar excitation occurs in the vagina. Also, autonomic storms’ occur dunng which large erratic changes occur in heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate and in other autonomic nervous system functions. These are the changes accompanying our dreams.
If we slept for eight hours, a typical pattern would be to pass into delta sleep, stay there for about 70 to 90 minutes, then return to stage two and dream for about five minutes. We then move back into delta sleep, stay for a short period and shift back to level two, but without dreaming, then back into level three.
The next return to stage two is longer, almost an hour, with a period of dreaming lasting about 19 minutes, and also a short period of return to waking. There is only one short period of return to stage three sleep which occurs nearly four hours after falling asleep. From there on we remain in level two sleep, with three or four lengthening periods of dreaming, and returns to brief wakefulness.
The average amount of body shifting is once every 15 minutes.
1- In undergoing 205 hours of sleep deprivation, four healthy males showed various physiological and psychological changes. Some of these were headache, lack of concentration, hallucination, memory loss, tremor and, in some, paranoia. In all cases one night’s sleep restored normal functioning.
2- One in ten people who complain of excessive daytime drowsiness suffer from sleep apnoea, which is a stoppage of breathing while asleep.
3- A condition called narcolepsy causes sufferers to fall asleep at inappropriate times—while making love, walking, playing tennis, working.
4- As we age we usually sleep less. Our REM sleep in particular decreases sharply. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Most activities which underlie our physical and mental life are beyond our awareness. Occasionally something—an ache in the chest, a strange emotion which unsettles us—may emerge into consciousness, then disappear.
The sea, with its surface and hidden depths, lends itself to depicting this human experience of known and unknown regarding self.
The enormity of the sea is also a visible image of the enormity of our own inner world, most of it unknown, and also the relationship we have with the universe, which we exist in yet know so little about.
The sea holds vast treasures, curiosities, and our history—not simply because life emerged from the sea. or our blood is as salt as the ancient sea, but because so many ships and shorelines are now beneath the waves. Sometimes these can be recovered, and this depicts our remembering or making conscious.
Example: ‘My husband and I were standing looking at the sea’s surface. It was just falling night. I saw a mass of dark shapes, thought it would be a school of fish. Then we were looking at water birds, maybe ducks, again dark shapes as the light had almost gone. Then there was a hole in the sea, like a belly button, I was wondering what it was, how was it being made, was there something under the water? Something very big was coming up to the surface very close to me. It shot me to wake (Ginny Q). Ginny and her husband had been exploring the content of their dreams.
The image of the sea shows Ginny sensing there are enormous depths to her own being, and something big—a previously unconscious complex of insights and feelings—is becoming conscious.
So, generally the sea represents the boundary between unconscious and conscious; our processes of life and the ongins of our life; the wisdom, still unverbalised because locked in process rather than insight, of our existence; source of the huge life drives, such as that which urges us towards independence, mating and parenthood, a symbol of infinite energy or consciousness, in which human existence is only a tiny pan. Example: A small speed boat was at sea. But the sea dissolved anybody who fell in. One man fell in but held himself together as a blob of water and jumped back to the speedboat. I remember the words “The sea is a great solvent” (Tim P). Tim is aware of his unconscious sense of being a pan of the huge sea of life or energy. In it one might lose one’s sense of identity. In the end, identity is ‘held together’ by one’s own belief in oneself.
Going under the sea: bringing internal contents to consciousness; remembering the womb expenence; letting our ego surrender a little, looking at death.
If there is a sense of hugeness, depth: going beyond the boundaries of experience usually set up by our conscious self or ego. Waves: impulses, feelings and emotions, such as sexuality, anxiety, anger. Tide: rising and falling of feelings such as love, pleasure or sexuality; may refer to aging when going out; tide in our affairs. Example: *l am either standing at the edge of the sea or near, when suddenly enormous tidal waves appear in the distance and are coming closer. I know they will engulf me, I turn and run away. Sometimes they do overtake me, other times I wake up’ (Mrs AV). We can run from pleasure and wider insight, just as much as from pain or fear. Idioms: all at sea, plenty more fish in the sea, lost at sea. See beach; fish, sea creatures. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
The environment in which the action of the dream takes place signifies the background of expenence which supports the situation dealt with in the foreground.
Example: ‘I was in a crowd around a church’ (Efrosyni G).
If we looked at the rest of Efrosyni’s dream we might lose the impact of this very first ‘scene setting’ statement.
If we look up crowd, we find under. Talking to, leading, or part of crowd at a central event, ‘an impulse or idea which unifies many parts of one’s own nature’. So here is something which Efrosyni is deeply interested in. Many of her feelings are involved in it. Looking up church we find ‘religious feeling or beliefs, in- eluding moral code, or our feelings about organised religion*. So it is against Efrosyni’s religious beliefs that the rest of the dream drama unfolds.
Example: I was in a house with old clothes and was washing up* (Mrs PR).
The entry on house says it is P’s everyday feeling state, her general image of herself.
The old clothes are a sense of being old or unattractive. Washing up suggests she feels there are things to clear up concerning what is happening in her life. But it also suggests she sees herself as unexciting. Having clarified that—she feels old and uninteresting, and this needs to be cleaned up or dealt with—the very next pan of the dream explodes into view with meaning. My daughter’s husband to be came in. I admired the way he dressed and he turned his back on me.’ At the end of her dream P feels ‘lost and rejected’. By clarifying the opening scene, it seems likely P looks at her daughter in her new romance (P being 50, a divorcee, and at the tail end of a whirlwind romance’) and feels jealous. Maybe she even hopes to attract her daughter’s man away from her, but he indicates there is no hope. Basically, after her romance, P feels unwanted and rejected.
The helpfulness of the dream, however, is that the first scene shows P the son of feelings about herself that she is living with daily—feelings of being old and uninteresting. Shifting those feelings can change the way others react to her. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
Depth Psychology: A shark is always a warning not to harm others—control this impulse, even if it’s difficult! Being bitten or even devoured by a shark: others are harming you and you let them! Sometimes the shark can also be a symbol of deceit: you are being deceived or you are trying to deceive others. See Predator.... Dreamers Dictionary
1- Dreams where obvious changes occur and things are transformed into something else suggests a shift in awareness.
A landscape may change from dark to light (negativity to positivity), a person may change from masculine to feminine or one image may change into another. Once the dreamer understands the change is for the better, he is able to accomplish changes in his own life.
As the growth to maturity takes place, there are many transformations which occur. These arc often depicted in dreams as immediate changes, like a speeded-up camera filming an opening flower.
Transformation takes place in spiritual terms when freedom of thought or action is indicated, or when higher impulses are substituted for lower reactions.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
UNDERNEATH, BELOW OR DOWNSTAIRS
This signifies the anarchic or immoral side of our personalities.
The sexual impulses can also be characterized in this way.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
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Do not act on the impulse of the moment; all things come to one who waits.... Mystic Dream Book
Vomiting in a dream may represent those things in life that cause you emotional stress, repulse you, and make you ill. This dream suggests that you are rejecting a thought, idea, feeling, or circumstance and that fast and, almost violent, cleansing is required. Examine your daily reality and try to identify matters that would cause such a strong physical reaction. Superstition-based dream interpretations say that vomiting in a dream symbolizes reversals; so if you are short of money you may have a stroke of good luck and your financial situation may improve!... The Bedside Dream Dictionary
Unorganized and unknown instincts and impulses that may be destructive or helpful.... Little Giant Encyclopedia
YOGA / YOGI
Psychological / emotional perspective: The practice of many of the different forms of yoga actually opens many pathways to perception and can enhance our dreams, allowing us access to universal truths.
To be dreaming of doing yoga suggests a need for a deeper understanding of our own impulses.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
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Dreaming about removing staples in your pulse or arm
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City officials seek more negotiating time in pending El Paso Electric sale
City faces Dec. 17 sale settlement deadline in Texas Public Utility Commission case
City officials seek more negotiating time in pending El Paso Electric sale City faces Dec. 17 sale settlement deadline in Texas Public Utility Commission case Check out this story on ElPasoTimes.com: https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/12/12/el-paso-electric-sale-officials-seek-more-negotiating-time/4403320002/
Vic Kolenc, El Paso Times Published 6:00 a.m. MT Dec. 12, 2019 | Updated 11:52 a.m. MT Dec. 12, 2019
El Paso Electric interim CEO Adrian Rodriguez talks about company employees speaking against city municipalization of the utility. (Photo: Vic Kolenc)
City officials want more time to negotiate terms of the pending $4.3 billion sale of El Paso Electric to a J.P. Morgan Chase-advised investment fund.
The city filed a request Thursday with the Texas Public Utility Commission to have the PUC postpone for 30 days the Dec. 17 deadline for finalizing a tentative settlement on the sale terms made between the utility, Infrastructure Investment Funds, or IIF, and several organizations that found problems with some of the terms of the sale. The city continues to negotiate terms of the proposed settlement, city officials said.
City officials also asked the PUC to postpone for 30 days a public hearing set for Jan. 7 and 8 if a settlement can't be reached with all intervenors in the sale case.
"This request is not made for purposes of delay, but so that justice may be done," the request states.
City Council "feels it needs more time to understand all the implications" of the sale and "does not feel that it can commit one way or the other" on the pending settlement agreement by Dec. 17, the request states.
El Paso Electric, IIF and the nine other intervenors in the PUC case did not oppose the request, the filing reported.
El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez, City Attorney Karla Nieman, and Norman Gordon, an El Paso attorney working for the city on El Paso Electric sale negotiations. (Photo: VIC KOLENC/EL PASO TIMES)
The PUC, El Paso, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must approve the sale before it can become final.
If the PUC rejects the city's time extension request, then efforts will be made to try to complete the negotiations by Dec. 17, Norman Gordon, an El Paso attorney working on sale negotiations for the city, said at a Wednesday press conference with city officials.
City Council plans to set meeting dates on Dec. 16 and Dec. 17 to discuss the sales negotiations, according to the request filed with the PUC.
IIF and El Paso Electric told the PUC on Nov. 20 that they had reached a tentative agreement on sale terms with the PUC staff and most of the intervenors in the case.
The PUC is scheduled to get an update on the sale settlement negotiations at its monthly meeting Friday.
The PUC's deadline to vote on the sale is Feb. 9.
More: El Paso Electric sale draws more opposition; utility, J.P. Morgan-tied buyer defend deal
El Paso City Council voted Tuesday night to have the request filed with the PUC after it spent 2½-hours in a closed-door session discussing the sale negotiations.
The executive session was held after council spent 2½ hours listening to public comments about the possibility of the city trying to municipalize the utility, and the possibility of doing a feasibility study on municpalization.
City Manager Tommy Gonzalez indicated at Wednesday's news conference that it's unlikely the city will pursue the years-long and expensive process of trying to acquire the utility. However, it's up to City Council to make that determination.
"Our focus is on negotiations," Gonzalez said during the press conference with City Attorney Karla Nieman, City Chief Financial Officer Robert Cortinas, and Gordon.
City officials are now looking at what a feasibilty study on municipalization would cost, Gonzalez said.
Part of the negotiations with El Paso Electric and IIF include trying to put the city in a position that it could look at municipalization in the future, Gonzalez said.
Norman Gordon, an El Paso attorney working for the city of El Paso on El Paso Electric sale negotiations, talks at a Dec. 11 press conference. El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez and City Attorney Karla Nieman listen. (Photo: VIC KOLENC/EL PASO TIMES)
The city's previous El Paso Electric franchise agreement, which expired in 2005, had a provision that allowed the city to look at municipalization, Gordon said.
More: J.P. Morgan Chase ties to El Paso Electric buyer draw concerns, questions
Gonzalez said the city also is trying to get IIF to make longer commitments in protecting El Paso Electric jobs and keeping the company's headquarters here.
In its sale agreement with El Paso Electric, IIF promised to not cut jobs for five years, and keep the headquarters in El Paso for as long as it owns EPE, which would be at least 10 years under the agreement.
The city also is negotiating on several financial aspects of the proposed sale and on the way the way the company's governing board would be set up.
The city at the same time is also negotiating with EPE and IIF on EPE's request to transfer the utility's franchise agreement to IIF, Gordon said.
The utility pays the city a franchise fee of 5% of the utility's revenues inside city limits under its 55-year franchise agreement, which is scheduled to end in 2060. The fee this year totaled $22.7 million. Part of that money goes for city economic development initiatives.
The city is legally required to hold a public hearing before City Council can vote on transferring the EPE franchise agreement to IIF. A hearing has yet to be scheduled.
The franchise agreement would expire if the transfer is not approved, Gordon said.
Vic Kolenc may be reached at 546-6421; vkolenc@elpasotimes.com; @vickolenc on Twitter.
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Listening to proteins by turning data into music
Molecular melodies can reveal information about proteins in technique developed by composer and chemical biologist
By Lucy Goodchild van Hilten
Using a technique called sonification, researchers can now transform data about proteins into musical sounds, or melodies. The balls light up with corresponding musical motives. (Credit: Bywater and Middleton)
Scientists can now gain new insights into how proteins work by listening to them. A music professor and a chemical biology researcher have developed a technique to transform data about the structure of proteins into melodies. Their study, just published in the journal Heliyon, shows how musical sounds can help scientists analyze data using their ears instead of their eyes.
The researchers believe their technique could help scientists identify anomalies in proteins more easily.
“We are confident that people will eventually listen to data and draw important information from the experiences,” said Dr. Jonathan Middleton, a composer, music scholar and professor at Eastern Washington University and in residence at the University of Tampere in Finland. “The ears might detect more than the eyes, and if the ears are doing some of the work, then the eyes will be free to look at other things.”
Proteins are molecules found in living things that have many different functions. Scientists usually study them visually and using data; with modern microscopy it is possible to directly see the structure of some proteins.
Using a technique called sonification, the researchers can now transform data about proteins into musical sounds, or melodies. They wanted to use this approach to ask three related questions:
What can protein data sound like?
Are there analytical benefits?
Can we hear particular elements or anomalies in the data?
They found that a large proportion of people can recognize links between the melodies and more traditional visuals like models, graphs and tables; it seems that hearing these visuals is easier than they expected. The melodies are also pleasant to listen to, encouraging scientists to listen to them more than once and therefore repeatedly analyze the proteins.
The sonifications are created using a combination of Dr. Middleton’s composing skills and algorithms, so that others can use a similar process with their own proteins. The multidisciplinary approach – combining bioinformatics and music informatics – provides a completely new perspective on a complex problem in biology.
“Protein fold assignment is a notoriously tricky area of research in molecular biology,” said Dr. Robert Bywater of the Francis Crick Institute in the UK. “One not only needs to identify the fold type but to look for clues as to its many functions. It is not a simple matter to unravel these overlapping messages. Music is seen as an aid towards achieving this unraveling.”
The researchers say their molecular melodies can be used almost immediately in teaching protein science, and after some practice, scientists will be able to use them to discriminate between different protein structures and spot irregularities like mutations.
Proteins are the first stop, but our knowledge of other molecules could also benefit from sonification; one day we may be able to listen to our genomes, and perhaps use this to understand the role of junk DNA.
Read about this in The New York Times, Newsweek, Science Daily, STAT News and La Repubblica.
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Supplementary Video 1. Negative control for perceptual sonification survey. The melodic sounds have no planned connection to the circles. There should be little or no perceived similarity. (Credit: Bywater and Middleton, Heliyon, October 2016)
Supplementary Video 2. Positive control for perceptual sonification survey. The melodic lines are created from the numbers that form Pascal’s triangle. There should be some perceived similarity. (Credit: Bywater and Middleton, Heliyon, October 2016)
Using a technique called sonification, researchers can transform data about proteins into musical sounds, or melodies. The balls light up with corresponding musical motives. (Credit: Bywater and Middleton, Heliyon, October 2016)
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Robert P. Bywater and Jonathan N. Middleton: “Melody discrimination and protein fold classification,” Heliyon (October 2016)
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Keep Rollin' On
Venus Productions takes you back to Jan./Feb. 1969 to the American Sound Studios in Memphis, TN. As a special bonus to you, they've also included four goodies from 1971 & 1973.
This Special Products, Extended Play release contains the following songs:
1 I'm Movin' On Take 2 3:03 Jan. 15, 1969 Brass & Backup O.V. 2 In The Ghetto Master 2:55 Jan. 21, 1969 Backup O.V./unrepaired vocal 3 I'll Be There Take 6 2:27 Jan. 23, 1969 Alternate Master 4 Inherit The Wind Alternate vocal 3:29 Jan. 21, 1969 Strings & 1st Backup O.V. - V.O. 5 After Loving You Master 3:16 Feb. 18, 1969 Unedited 6 Any Day Now Master 3:08 Feb. 21, 1969 unedited & unrepaired vocal 7 Mama Liked The Roses Alternate vocal 2:26 Jan. 21, 1969 Undubbed - V.O. 8 It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' Master 2:40 Feb. 20, 1969 undubbed 9 You'll Think Of Me Take 14 4:16 Jan. 14, 1969 Unedited - No fade out 10 Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues Take 8 3:22 Dec. 13, 1973 Unedited - No fade out 11 Lead Me Guide Me Master 2:44 May 17, 1971 12 I 've Got Confidence Take 2 3:09 May 18, 1971 Unedited 13 Are You Sincere Take 3 2:13 Sept. 23, 1973 previously unreleased - no B.V.
O.V. = overdub V.O. = vocal overdub
Source: For CD Collectors Only / Updated: May 25, 2011
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katjon (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 11, 2011report abuse
hi guys, im new here can anyone tell me where to buy this cd from venus and the new gravel road cd good to be back
Jesse Garon Presley (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 2, 2011report abuse
And there are unreleased tracks on this one and besides that the audio-sources used on this release is far more superior compared to other former releases, i suggest Cisco you read the review i posted from the FECC forum a few days ago, that review is saying it all.
Which is not the case Cisco above all that the sound quality on this release is not to be compared with other releases,no the sound on this one is legendary, almost everyone ( forums etc) thinks this cd is a real winner, and i am one of them.
Ciscoking (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 2, 2011report abuse
The more people compare these takes with takes from other releases the more almost all of it turns out to be already released..
circleG (profile/ contact) wrote on Jun 1, 2011report abuse
ditto! i've ordered mine too
Orion (profile/ contact) wrote on May 30, 2011report abuse
Thanks for posting the review of this CD. I had dismissed it until I read that review. Now, I have my copy crossing the pond as we speak. Looking forward to enjoying another great release from Venus.
Jesse Garon Presley (profile/ contact) wrote on May 28, 2011report abuse
Thnx !! you r Welcome Buddy Benny and Natha ; )
benny scott (profile/ contact) wrote on May 28, 2011report abuse
Yes indeed Natha, and.... :well done Jesse ! Always El.
Natha (profile/ contact) wrote on May 28, 2011report abuse
A great review. That's what we need. INFO and from there being able to decide to buy or not. Thanks for writing and copy pasting it.
Ok thanks for the info KINGE so here goes : Thank you Joern for this great review concerning this great cd THNX!
KINGE (profile/ contact) wrote on May 28, 2011report abuse
Jesse Garon Presley....I think Joern deserves his name mentioned in your post as well. He did this great review.
Hi All I found tis great review of this cd on the FECC - FORUM, so here goes : Review - “Keep Rollin’ On”
The new VENUS release “Keep Rollin’ On” is out now. It’s offered in a simple paper-sleeve which isn’t my cup of tea at all. Anyhow, it’s the content what it’s mainly all about. This time we get nine tracks from the fabulous Memphis sessions from 1969 and four bonus tracks from the seventies. Let’s have a closer look on this one to ascertain if VENUS can keep up with the high level of their latest releases.
The first song is take 2 from the fantastic “I’m Movin‘ on”. On this version the brass are added and the backup overdubs are already done, but the vocals aren’t replaced. That means that this one is from January 19, 1969 instead of January 15. That would have been the unrepaired master which was released on FTDs “Memphis Sessions”, but that one hadn’t the brass and backup overdubs. So this version is unreleased.
Track two is Elvis first biggest hit after his artistic resurrection: “In The Ghetto”. The VENUS release offers the master take with overdubbed backup and unrepaired vocals. It was former released on the old bootleg release “American Rejects” in 1992, but without the count-in. Higher skills in engineering and a much better sounding source let this one sound truely fantastic!
The third track on the CD is take 6 of “I’ll Be There”. A few years ago the take was released on the fifth volume of “The American Way” in mono sound. The sound – in stereo - on the new VENUS release sounds so much better that it almost sounds like a new song. For the ones who aren’t too familiar with alternate takes it should be said, that this take was overdubbed with some vocal echo. In glorious stereo the song sounds almost too good to be released by a bootleg label. What a treat!
Track four is “Inherit The Wind” with alternate vocals. Elvis is somewhat messing around with the lyrics at the start of the song. The overdubs with strings and the backup are already done, but the vocals aren’t replaced. That means this one is unreleased. The soundquality is superb.
Track five is the unedited master of “After Loving You” with the count-in. The officially released master was done without overdubs and is a few seconds shorter than the version from VENUS.
The sixth track is the unedited master of “Any Day Now” with unrepaired vocals. In comparison to the master take on the ‘Complete Masters’ you simply have to be stunned. The mix does sound very different and the soundquality is nothing but brilliant. A gem .
Track seven is the undubbed master take of “Mama Liked The Roses” with the overdubbed vocals. The version offers alternate lyrics. As there aren’t any different takes of this song available in any form, makes this one also unreleased.
The eigth track offers the undubbed master of ‘It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’. It was former released on the third volume in the ‘The American Way’ series. At the time it was released by Southern Comfort it was – without a doubt – a must-have release. In comparison to the soundquality with VENUS’ version it isn’t able to match, but that doesn’t take anything away from the fabulous release from Southern Comfort which is a classic on its own. Watch out for the brilliant guitar playing from Reggie Young on this one.
Track nine offers take 14 of “You’ll Think Of Me”. The take was released before on FTDs “Memphis Sessions”, but here we get the unedited take with no fade-out.
The last four tracks are bonus tracks from the seventies. All four of them are unreleased in this form.
The tenth track is take 8 of “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”. It was former released on FTDs “Good Times”, but VENUS left out the rehearsal part where Elvis comments on Charlie Hodge – “Good time Charlie's lost his mind”. Otherwise the song is unedited and has no fade-out.
Track eleven is the master of “Lead Me, Guide Me” which sounds superior to my ears in comparison to the recently released master on “The Complete Masters”. A beautiful gospel tune in truely fantastic soundquality.
The twelfth track isn’t “I’ve Got Confidence” as was said in the announcement. Instead of it, it’s the unedited master of “Seeing Is Believing” without a fade-out. The title of the song fits the soundquality – “hearing is believing”. This one sounds mighty fine!
The last track is the former unreleased take 3 from “Are You Sincere”. What this version makes so good, is the incredible soundquality. It sounds as Elvis sits next to you and is singing to you.
What ever VENUS will release in the next months – if they’ll do – they raised the bar for future releases in terms of soundquality with their last releases. This one sounds so incredibly good that it will take a few days to get the grin from my face if I’ll die today. Recommended to the Elvis-infected hardcore collectors.
Thanks KINGE ! Always El.
According to other web sites its "Seeing Is Believing"
Hi NorwayElvis, what's on track 12 ? (instead of "Confidence..") Thanks in advance for your answer and info ! Always El.
NorwayElvis (profile/ contact) wrote on May 27, 2011report abuse
Forgot to mention that CiscoKing is "out in the fields" when saying most tracks are from other boots, theyre not. They all sound different.. some are extended others unedited....a song like inherit the wind is quite different compared to other versions of the same take. Also sound is simply awesome on the 69 tracks........the rest is great too.
Heard this cd 2 times today and its good but the previous ones from VENUS was much better...IMO. BTW Track 12 isnt I 've Got Confidence.
HeTMe (profile/ contact) wrote on May 27, 2011report abuse
That is the kind of 'innovative' material we want to buy ! No the FTD Rehearsals (which is incomplete!!!e.g. Mary in the morning, I need your loving everyday etc) or Pot Luck Outtakes CD (not colmplete either !!!e.g. Millionth & last time, I met her today etc) or 'monotonous' and 'audience tape of Amarillo concert with all those 'of the same' songs that we've been hearing a-1000 times over & over...Get smart Jorgensen and don't rip us off anylonger, please, brother.
Keep rockin' on is valuable because there are still so many outtakes and Working Parts pmissing in our collection (from all those classic last albums he released...in Fall we get them you suggested...?Sure hope so). Good marketing of this label with igh sales potential...better than FTD.
samcra (profile/ contact) wrote on May 26, 2011report abuse
Whatever, but a great cover pic. of Elvis.
drjohncarpenter0117 (profile/ contact) wrote on May 26, 2011report abuse
Sorry if fans thing this is a turnaround regarding my reaction to this release compared to my always positive points of view regarding official or imports cd's, but Venus has set the bar so high on past releases.....cd/book combo's, themed series of material that i was a little dissapointed with the 'cardboard sleeves' projects......of which Venus have more planned for this year.
The important thing here is of course the sound of which Venus come out on top, and we know what they say in the press release is in fact a truthful representation on the final product, future projects from Venus this year will of course make up for the 'cardboard sleeves' EP's and we as fans are going to be in for a treat.
Always positve when it comes to Elvis,cd's and imports but maybe....just maybe not a huge fan of 'cardboard sleeves'
By the way this cd is already out and the cheeky boys and girls at Venus are sending me a copy in a single cd Jewel case.......minus the cover?.......lol
I wouldn't use the word C-R-A-P, but I am confused by this sidetrip in Venus' release. I, like others, was hoping to get a full-fledged release of Stax material for the "Promised Land" album rather than this. I thought the "On a Jet..." release was a preview of what was to come - and maybe it still is - but this will be the first Venus release that I have skipped as I have it all except Are You Sncere T3. Still for those who missed the "American Way" series, there's some enjoyable tracks to be found on here. I guess I'm at the point in collecting where I won't have to gobble up each new release because it holds something new. I'm afraid those releases will be fewer and far between. Maybe next time Venus....
I didn't miss myway's point at all, not even close, no it's a matter fact that's why i gave my reaction the way i did but you only reffering to me?, RobIreland thought the same way i did and Cisco: i don't think this is c-r-a-p- VENUS never delivered c-r-a-p, and Hans Otto i think you missed my point didn't you read the complete announcement of VENUS? i suggest you do, and HURT from VENUS was no dissapointing whatsoever,neither was the other release "On A JetPlane,i'm not that picky, if there are fans who do not enjoy this release,so be it, not my problem.
Hans Otto (profile/ contact) wrote on May 26, 2011report abuse
"Jesse Garon Presley": I think you missed "myway"s point. Together with Venus Productions previous release, "On The Way To The Promised Land", this next CD will also contain very little new stuff. As "myway" correctly stated, the only unreleased track on the upcoming "Keep Rollin' On" will be take 3 of Are you Sincere. And the whole thing will also only come in a cheap cardboard cover. I have no problem with bootleggers putting out these CD's, but personally I'm not very impressed or excited by Venus two latest releases. Hopefully, they will get back to basics, and concentrate on finding genuine new and unreleased stuff. Not easy to find these days, though. The varoius wells outside the Sony tape archives is obviously getting quite dry.
Ciscoking (profile/ contact) wrote on May 26, 2011report abuse
If it was a no name label you would say ..it`s plain C-R-A-P with just one track worth having.
RobIreland (profile/ contact) wrote on May 25, 2011report abuse
All I ever see is Elvis fans complaining about every release ! Look at this release guys ! If this was the next CD to hit the stores world wide and given due promotion and advertising ... would you still complain??? That is quite a cool cover and as for the song line up , its one I could play track after track without having to skip over a mediocre tune. This is a great release ! Yes if it was made by Sony and promoted and zooomed into the top ten best selling UK / USA CD releases of the week would be much better and I dont think we would hear too many complaints then !
I think some of you are totally off-track,VENUS never dissapointed me, and now they release something from 69 and something from 73 which isn't released before..and now it's a quick buck? what a sudden turn-around from some of you towards this label, and you cannot say that these tracks are pulled of from other cd's or releases, they never did that before..either way , i will buy it, even though i have the whole 69 session except for 73 goodies then, their latest releases didn't dissapointed me so far,And btw you didn't read the whole article this is what i read on FECC from VENUS: "We, at Venus Productions, are proud to be able to keep up our image of bringing you quality products with unreleased recordings and an "out of space" sound. This time we'll take you back to Jan./Feb. 1969 to the American Sound Studios in Memphis, TN. As a special bonus to you, we've also included four goodies from 1971 & 1973. Sit back and feel the thrill of listening to unreleased versions of songs that Elvis recorded at the height of his career. Be again prepared for a great sound quality " Always El.
drjohncarpenter0117..I agree 100%...seems more and more just for quick bucks. Obviously they took songs from old bootleg American Rejects (e.g. In The Ghetto, Inherit The Wind) from The American Way Vol. 5 (I´ll Be There T6), TAW Vol.3 (It Keeps Right On A Hurtin), Memphis Sessions FTD (You`ll think Of Me T14)....just to mention a few. I`ve Got Confidence T2 is the master,, Good Time Charlie we had on FTD..Lead Me, Guide Me is the master. Are You Sncere T3 seems the only thing of interest..
myway (profile/ contact) wrote on May 25, 2011report abuse
will it come in a paper sleeve this one too as with a private jet to promised land? I'm tired of this stuff too i have plenty and not only the series from the american way. And if later too buy it perhaps from FTD?How much most collectors buy from the same before gets some new these days? Only a few takes here and there hmm.Well I guess I've to big collection and of course I don't have to buy it. But I'm a diehard collector I guess :-(
CiscoKing, agree with your point's and have email them to ask exactly that question?....a bits and bobs collection on this the 2nd (E.P) from Venus with 13 tracks,would of liked Venus to stick to the format that has made them a label to reckon with and not bring out 'quick buck' cd's.
Instead of extended plays..the should give us one full CD to save some money. The material is not very interesting either, available on cdr for ages now. I take it with reservations now..
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Marc SteinESPN Senior Writer
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• Also covered soccer, tennis and the Olympics
Greg Oden's time with the Portland Trail Blazers, which effectively ended in February when it was announced that he would soon be undergoing his third microfracture knee surgery, is officially over now.
The Blazers waived Oden Thursday because they needed to create roster room to accommodate all the Portland players acquired earlier in the day in separate trades with New Jersey and Houston.
In his five pro seasons since the Blazers selected him No. 1 overall ahead of Kevin Durant in the 2007 NBA draft, Oden has appeared in only 82 games and endured five knee surgeries.
ESPN.com reported in December that Oden's salary for this season was negotiated down from nearly $9 million to $1.5 million after yet another health setback. The Blazers were then forced to announce last month that Oden would need another microfracture procedure on his left knee and kept him on the roster until now, sources said, partly because they thought they might need to plug Oden's contract into a deal before Thursday's 3 p.m. trade deadline.
When the deadline passed with the Blazers acquiring guard Jonny Flynn and the expiring contracts of Mehmet Okur, Shawne Williams and Hasheem Thabeet and shedding veterans Gerald Wallace and Marcus Camby, they decided to waive Oden and young center Chris Johnson to make the roster numbers work.
It remains to be seen whether Oden, because of his modest salary, is claimed on waivers even though he isn't expected to try to resume his career until well into the 2012-13 season.
When asked about Oden's future plans and whether he will be pressing to find a new team during free agency starting in July, agent Bill Duffy and Mike Conley Sr. said in a statement Thursday: "We will be in no rush. The first priority is Greg's health ... with no timeline."
Blazers interim GM Chad Buchanan, director of college scouting when Oden was drafted, told Portland reporters last month: "Looking back on it, I would still draft Greg. [With] hindsight, it's easy to make an assumption [now]. ... You can't predict the injuries that would come. Going back on it, I wouldn't have changed anything in drafting Greg."
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Abilify is a medication that treats psychosis. However, it can also cause serious and unusual side effects ranging from compulsive gambling to hypersexuality. When patients spend thousands of dollars at the casino, they're often left in debt and without financial recourse. Learn more about this controversial drug and the lawsuits patients are pursuing.
Someone who experiences psychosis shouldn’t also have to deal with a lack of impulse control. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened with the antipsychotic drug Abilify.
The pharmaceutical medication Abilify (aripiprazole) is sold by manufacturer Otsuka Pharmaceutical and marketed by Bristol-Meyer Squibb to help treat psychosis (a set of behaviors including strange or unwanted thoughts, behaviors, and perceptions).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently conducted a review of Abilify after patients began filing complaints. In 2016, they made an announcement stating that the medication’s label didn’t accurately reflect the “nature of the impulse-control risk.”
What is Abilify used for?
The antipsychotic drug Abilify treats conditions such as:
Manic episodes associated with bipolar disorder
Tourette’s disorder
Irritability associated with certain types of autistic disorders.
The injected version of Abilify is used for those who experience agitation because of schizophrenia or bipolar mania. By altering dopamine and serotonin levels in the brain, patients feel calmer and experience improvements in their mood and behavior.
Possible Abilify side effects and complications
There are many possible side effects associated with Abilify. The following list contains some, but not all, of these conditions:
Involuntary muscle movement
Uneven heartbeat
Stiff muscles
Allergic reaction (swelling, hives, etc.)
Numbness or weakness
Problem with balance or coordination
Mouth or throat sores
Flu symptoms
Fruity odor on breath
Increased thirst or urination
Jaundice (yellowing of skin)
Urinating less than usual
The most unusual side effects are the ones at the center of patients’ lawsuits: lack of impulse control, hypersexuality, compulsive gambling and overspending.
Overview of Abilify lawsuits
FDA actions regarding Abilify
Abilify was approved by the FDA for the treatment of schizophrenia in 2002, and despite the lawsuit controversy, it’s still prescribed today. Doctors regularly prescribe Abilify to those 13 years of age and older who suffer from debilitating and disordered thoughts and feelings associated with psychosis.
Despite its restrictions for teenagers with schizophrenia, it’s commonly prescribed for children as young as 6 with Tourette’s disorder. The FDA stated that because Abilify may help quell aggressive behavior and mood imbalances with autistic disorders, it can be given to children between the ages of 6 and 17.
Bipolar disorder treatment with Abilify was only approved in 2004 for patients age 10 and older. It was also approved in 2007 for treatment of major depressive disorder when antidepressants don’t work.
Abilify also has several off-label uses, or uses for which the FDA has not granted approval. Doctors commonly prescribe this drug for anxiety, delusional disorders, and insomnia. It’s also undergoing clinical trials to see if its use can be expanded.
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It’s important to note that Abilify isn’t meant for patients with dementia, as it can cause pneumonia, heart failure or even death in older adults. This risk earned a black box warning from the FDA (the strongest warning they give, which denotes a higher rate of mortality associated with the product).
A second black box warning states that the medication might increase the risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in children and young adults who are also on antidepressants.
Types of Abilify lawsuits
Lawsuits can take multiple forms. Multidistrict litigation (MDL) is a type of legal procedure where cases from different states that share similar facts are consolidated. This allows the courts to streamline the discovery process, since the same evidence will work for each included case.
This kind of case falls under a type of negligence called pharmaceutical liability, a subset of defective products. When a medication is the subject of a lawsuit, one of the following statements will apply:
1. The drug had dangerous side effects
2. The drug was improperly marketed
3. The drug was defectively manufactured
There is currently an MDL against Abilify pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all current and future cases into MDL #2374, and attorneys are now accepting cases.
Enjuris tip: Experiencing compulsive symptoms or side effects after taking Abilify for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia? Speak with your doctor before pursuing a lawsuit.
With Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceutical named as defendants, plaintiffs state that the companies:
Knew or should have known that Abilify causes loss of impulse control
Designed, manufactured and sold a defective drug
Failed to warn, educate, advise, and inform Abilify users of side effects and other potential risks
It’s important to note that the FDA label didn’t mention compulsive behaviors or loss of impulse control for approximately 14 years.
In the transfer order, the JPML stated that each lawsuit outlines the plaintiff’s compulsive gambling habits caused by taking Abilify. As of June 2018, there are almost 1,600 cases in the overarching MDL now entering the discovery phase.
Other injuries and claims included in Abilify lawsuits are:
Compulsive spending
If a plaintiff has spent more than $10,000 because of these uncontrollable behaviors (and has evidence of such), or can illustrate how much weight he or she has gained because of binge eating, they can pursue financial recovery. This would help to pay for treatment and compensate them for their losses.
The courts may be inclined to award punitive damages in certain cases, or damages meant to punish. This is intended to keep drug companies from repeating their grossly negligent actions.
The judge overseeing the Abilify MDL hopes for a September 2018 global settlement. There were three bellwether cases scheduled to go to trial, but they settled before proceedings began and didn’t disclose the settlement amounts.
Class-actions for Abilify patients
There are currently no class actions against Abilify. There are differences between a class action and MDLs. Before any class action starts, the plaintiffs require certification as a single class. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure states a class can be certified if:
1. There are questions of law or fact common to all the plaintiffs
2. The class is so large that joinder of class members is impracticable
3. The defenses and claims of class representatives are typical of the rest of the class
4. The class representatives will fairly represent the class’ best interests
Enjuris tip: Should your pharmaceutical liability lawsuit be brought as a solo case, part of Multidistrict Litigation (what is that?), or in a class action? A products liability lawyer can determine which is best.
Another form of lawsuit is the mass tort, which is similar to a class-action. Both have numerous plaintiffs; defendants are common in each case; and litigation is grouped together for efficiency’s sake. However, mass torts treat plaintiffs as individuals. Conversely, class actions designate class representatives. Mass torts can have small numbers of plaintiffs, which make it a logical choice for when the four requirements for a class action are not met.
Abilify lawsuits by individuals
The JPML might make decisions on your behalf and add your case to an existing MDL, even if you file an individual lawsuit. Patients can choose to file in state court if the defendant and plaintiff are located in the same state. If the defendant is in another state, the case will be tried in federal court. (This legal theory is called “ diversity jurisdiction.”)
Diversity jurisdiction makes no difference to the plaintiff except for the building where the case is filed. However, federal claims involve litigation regarding:
1. the U.S. Constitution
2. federal laws
3. citizens of different states (if the amount in controversy is more than $75,000)
4. the United States as a party
5. patent, copyright, maritime and bankruptcy matters
Abilify lawsuits in the news
There have already been some landmark cases involving Abilify.
Athalean Harper-Mosley incurred gambling losses totaling more than $65,000 after taking Abilify in 2007 and losing impulse control when she ceased the medication seven years later.
Joseph Edgar started taking Abilify in 2009 and lost more than $36,000 from gambling.
Rikki Carlson began binge eating, gambling, and compulsive shopping after beginning her Abilify regimen.
Patrick Parks lost more than $75,000 from compulsive gambling, a behavior that stopped when he quit taking Abilify.
What to do if you think you may have a Abilify lawsuit
If you believe Abilify is causing you to experience health issues or side effects, please see your health care professional. Find out for sure if it’s the medication that is causing your symptoms. Make sure to keep a log of how and what you feel (and, crucially, when you feel it). Get started by downloading our free pain journal.
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If your doctor makes the link between your symptoms and Abilify, then it’s time to meet with a lawyer.
Every state has its own statute of limitations. This is the time available to file a case, and the hourglass starts running from the date of the accident or injury. Some states offer only one year in which to file claims for personal injury. Remember, you can always switch lawyers after filing if necessary. Here are questions to ask a personal injury attorney to ensure a good fit.
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‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Now Wants an Athletic, Attractive Harry Osborn, New Names Surface
By: Julian Stark | Movie News | November 20, 2012
Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will see Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone reprising their roles as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy. Shailene Woodley recently joined the film as Mary Jane Watson, but the film’s still seeking its Harry Osborn.
Brady Corbet (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Dane DeHaan (Chronicle), and Alden Ehrenreich (television’s Supernatural) were in the running for the part last week, but now another set of actors joins the fray. Douglas Booth, Sam Claflin, Boyd Holbrook, and Eddie Redmayne will have tested for the role of Osborn before the day is over.
Booth will star in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah and will share the screen with Hailee Steinfeld in an upcoming adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Claflin snagged a role in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as trident-wielding heartbreaker Finnick Odair. Holbrook will star in next year’s The Host, while My Week with Marilyn star Redmayne plays Marius in Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 currently aims for release on May 2, 2014.
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Head Coach Kyle Pierce: Team Getting Better Despite Losses
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The Edmonson County Wildcat football team fell to 1-2 after this past Friday night’s tough 10-3 loss to Grayson County here in Brownsville.
The Wildcats opened the game with the football moving into Cougar territory before punting the ball deep. The Wildcat defense forced a three and out and forced a punt. The Wildcats moved the ball inside the 10 yard line but could not convert a 3rd down play. Freshmen kicker Brett Brannon made a 25-yard field goal from the right hash for a Wildcat 3-0 lead with 3:09 left in the first quarter. The Wildcat defense held strong and forced a punt, but the Wildcat offense was forced to punt from deep in their own territory on their next series. Grayson received the ball on the Wildcat 45-yard line. The Cougars then used an 11-play drive and scored on a 6-yard run by Cougar quarterback Talon Gary. The Cougars added an extra point for a 7-3 advantage with 5:57 left in the half. The Wildcats moved the ball toward midfield, but a couple penalties pushed them back and were forced to punt. The Cougars tried a couple plays before half, but were unsuccessful against the Wildcat defense.
The second half began with the Cougars going on a 12-play drive to the Wildcat 28-yard line, but the Wildcat defense held on 4th and 5. The Wildcat offense moved the ball on an 8-play drive that appeared to get a first down inside the Cougar 10-yard line on a quarterback scramble, but a penalty moved the ball back. The Wildcats could not convert on 4th down, giving the ball back to the Cougars. The Wildcats defense forced another punt near midfield. The Wildcat offense moved the ball toward midfield but was forced to punt. After a short punt, the Cougars had the ball at their own 46-yard line. The Wildcat defense again came up big with a 3 and out and forced another punt. The Wildcats turned the ball over for the first time this season as sophomore quarterback Jake Dial was scrambling in the pocket and was hit from behind and the Cougars jumped on the loose ball at the Wildcats 9-yard line. Once again, the Wildcat defense held strong, stopping the Cougars 3 straight plays forcing a 25 yard field goal which gave Grayson County a 10-3 lead with 6:18 left in the game. The Wildcat offense then used an 11-play drive moving the ball all the way to the Cougar 5 yard line. However, the Wildcats could not punch it in. On 4th and goal at the 5 yard line, the Cougars intercepted a pass to seal the victory.
Head football coach Kyle Pierce says it was a tough way to end the game, but there were lots of positives to take from the game. “Obviously it’s a game you want to win. Every game is. I thought our kids played extremely hard. Grayson has a great team with pretty much everybody back from last season. Our kids made some big plays but we had so many opportunities to have more. We had a lot of dropped passes, some overthrown passes, and a couple chances at creating some turnovers defensively. We were very close. When we were down and had to have a drive, we moved the ball all the way to their 5-yard line. We will have to continue to work hard and stress the importance of daily improvement. Our team got better this week. We were not proud of the outcome, but I am proud of their effort.”
The Wildcats now will travel to Hancock County this Friday night to face a 2-1 Hornet team. Pierce says the Wildcats will have to play better this week. “We will have to have a great effort to win this game. Hancock is a good football team. They are tough at home. I like how our team is getting better, but now we are getting closer to the district schedule, so we have to continue sharpening things up and not make mistakes we have made.”
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 in Hawesville.
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Large power transmission order won
June 25th, 2019, Published in Articles: Energize
ABB has won a large order to supply converter transformers and high-voltage equipment for an 800 kV, ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link, owned by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), in China’s Shaanxi and Hubei provinces, in the North West and Central regions of the country.
The 1100 km power transmission link will transport up to 8000 MW of electricity, enough to meet the needs of around eight million people in China. The orders were booked in the first and second quarters of 2019. The ultrahigh-voltage (UHV) transmission equipment from ABB is an important milestone in realising SGCC’s vision of building stronger and greener grids. These UHV super-grids will enable the reliable integration of ever more power sources from remote areas into the power grids of urban centres. ABB was a key technology provider to SGCC’s first ultra-high-voltage direct current transmission link. The 6400 MW, 2000 km Xiangjiaba-Shanghai link, provides hydroelectric power from South West China to the bustling city of Shanghai. Since then, ABB has been constantly pushing the boundaries of long-distance transmission technology.
Contact Tamara Chetty, ABB South Africa, Tel 010 202-5093, tamara.chetty@za.abb.com
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Stream rule dies, but ex-miners keep fighting
Dylan Brown and Arianna Skibell, E&E News reporters Greenwire: Monday, May 22, 2017
Junior Walk, outreach coordinator for Coal River Mountain Watch, surveys fresh progress at an active mountaintop removal coal mining site in southern West Virginia. Photo by Arianna Skibell
First of three stories. Click here for part two and here for part three.
NAOMA, W.Va. — A stroke of President Trump's pen earlier this year erased a regulation that took Barack Obama's entire presidency to draft.
Flanked in a White House ceremony by coal miners, their bosses and a handful of lawmakers, Trump proclaimed that his repeal of the fledgling Stream Protection Rule would save the coal industry and thousands of jobs. "Special people, special workers, and we're bringing it back," he said to applause. "We're bringing it back fast."
Industry and environmentalists battled for almost eight years over the regulation, aimed at protecting waterways from coal mining pollution, and there was celebrating and mourning in Washington over the rule's swift demise.
In the heart of Appalachian mining country, the death of a policy that had never taken effect elicited shrugs. But the perception of what Trump may bring is inspiring optimism in miners and others whose livelihoods are connected to coal.
That renewed energy is driving environmentalists like ex-miners Chuck Nelson and Junior Walk into a renewed frenzy. They are bracing for another long fight to protect mountaintops and waterways from strip mining.
But with the tradition and promise of coal so ingrained in their neighbors, these activists find themselves literally and figuratively lost in the wilderness.
Riding their four-wheelers along a ridgeline above Naoma last month, the two rumbled up to a dirt mound blocking a trail that was wide open several weeks ago. Walk, 26, and Nelson, 61, scrambled up the heap and stared at a cliff of newly exposed rock, earth and coal.
"I swear it was a trail," Walk said. "Went straight right here and down through there."
Nelson crouched, chin in hand. Walk lit a cigarette in silence. There were seven strip mines on the horizon, all permitted years ago.
The two men have seen plenty of mountaintop-removal coal mining. After three decades as a miner, Nelson said he's dedicated his life to ending the dynamiting of mountains to expose coal seams, which fill streams below with debris. Walk works with the local group Coal River Mountain Watch against an industry that he says is poisoning his hometown.
Both men knew the mountain beneath their feet would eventually disappear — just not this fast.
"Every coal seam around here has already been permitted," Walk said. "It's just a matter of time when they end up getting to it."
Hauling away rock at a mountaintop removal coal mine in eastern Kentucky. Photo by Dylan Brown.
Under Obama, the industry lay dormant, but with Trump, Walk's sense is that it's "full steam ahead."
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has predicted a slight uptick in coal production — 4 percent nationwide this year — and the Bureau of Labor Statistics found 600 coal miners have gone back to work so far under Trump.
But Nelson maintains he already sees signs of life for mining here — including more and more young miners in local convenience stores. "You know they just got off work, they're filthy," he said.
Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce President Bill Bissett said it's still too early to tell the extent of the impact Trump's policies could have, but he argued that the president surely ended the chill his predecessor put on coal investment and local morale.
"It's hard to quantify, it's hard to be specific about it," said Bissett, who until recently was president of the Kentucky Coal Association. "But I do think something is happening, because I'm seeing coal trains and coal trucks when I'm in southern West Virginia, and I'm talking to people that have coal companies as customers tell me that things are getting better."
Without the Stream Protection Rule, the law of the land for protecting waterways in coal country remains the 1983 Stream Buffer Zone Rule.
Nelson said even that old standard, like so much of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, was never enforced adequately by either state or federal enforcement.
Now, Nelson said, Trump is stacking the deck for industry. And the environment, he said, will pay "a heavy price."
The National Mining Association argues that Trump is simply restoring the balance between mining and mitigation written into the SMCRA. The era of Obama overreach at the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is over, coal's top trade group proclaims.
"Our industry is comprehensively regulated," NMA spokesman Luke Popovich said.
'Inside out'
Whatever feeling comes next — pride or disgust or something else — mountaintop removal is awe-inspiring at first glance, a sandbox of epic proportions.
To reach buried coal seams, miles of earth are moved aside, at larger mines by the gargantuan shovels of draglines. Rock is blasted apart by drilling rigs, then scooped into tall trucks to be hauled away.
Exposed veins of coal are broken up, pushed into piles and loaded into semitrailers or, depending on the mine, directly onto railroad cars or barges by conveyor belt, bound for power plants.
The top of the mountain is piled up into the neighboring valley, or hollow, as it is known in Appalachia.
The Middle Ridge mine, an active mountaintop removal coal operation in central West Virginia, in August 2016 and March 2017. Images courtesy of Coal River Mountain Watch.
Flattened, the topography left behind — even after reclamation — is irrevocably changed.
Whether that is good or bad depends on who is asked, especially when it comes to the Hobet mining complex here, an hour south of the state capital of Charleston.
Since she started volunteering with the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition two decades ago, Vivian Stockman has watched Hobet sprawl over roughly 25 square miles — three-quarters the size of Charleston.
West Virginia highlands, she said, became a moonscape before the various companies that have owned the mine coated everything in bright green hydroseed. Spray-on grass replaced more than 60 tree species that ruled some of the world's most diverse temperate forests.
"We're looking at mountains turned inside out and left to die," Stockman said.
Former West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) saw Hobet as an opportunity. He dedicated his last year in office to turning the site into West Virginia's largest industrial park.
New Gov. Jim Justice (D), a former coal executive, has picked up the torch of the Rock Creek Development Park, which so far has only a proposed West Virginia National Guard training site as a prospective tenant.
Flat land is hard to come by in the Mountain State. Coal companies are supposed to leave landscapes roughly how they found them, but in many cases landowners are eager to turn the sites into grazing land or even a golf course like Twisted Gun in Mingo County. To many people, these developments are better than what came before.
"The No. 1 reason people don't come to West Virginia for big projects is they don't have a site," former state Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette recently told The Charleston Gazette-Mail.
But the price, Stockman said, is steep, due to another resource that development requires: water.
"You've turned the landscape upside down," she said. "You've exposed all that stuff that was locked in and now is leaching out."
Coal companies carve rock-lined channels that drain into sediment ponds at the base of every valley fill. There, pollutants are supposed to settle out before water flows downstream.
The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition’s Vivian Stockman measures water quality downstream from the Hobet mine. Photo by Dylan Brown.
"It does not work," said Stockman, her conductivity meter dunked into water coming out of a Hobet sediment pond.
People downstream are suffering the consequences, said Stockman, who helped collect data for research that connected coal mining pollution directly to elevated rates of cancer and other diseases downstream. Many people living near mountaintop removal have moved to escape the dust and blasting.
"Communities are driven to extinction," Stockman said, and an added consequence is the "cultural extinction" of life in the woods.
Those health studies and other science helped motivate the Stream Protection Rule, designed to force companies to restore streams to pre-mining conditions.
Stockman cannot help feeling jaded about it.
"A regulation and a rule can only be as good as its enforcement, and that has never been even close to good around here," she said.
While the revived 1983 rule forbids mining "within 100 feet of a perennial stream or an intermittent stream," coal companies rarely struggled to obtain permit variances from state agencies, federal coal law's primary regulators.
At the toe of a valley fill at the Hobet mine, a former stream now dead-ends.
"How in the hell could they have a buffer zone or any rule of protection?" Stockman wondered. "It's obliterated."
'Diminishing returns'
Kentucky Secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet Charles Snavely argues the Stream Protection Rule bulldozed the will of states, which is why so many united against it.
Snavely, a native of the coal fields of eastern Kentucky, spent 35 years working in the coal industry before Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) appointed him in 2015.
His last job before government service was as president of eastern operations for Arch Coal Inc., former owner of Hobet.
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet Secretary Charles Snavely. Photo courtesy of the state of Kentucky.
Snavely called OSMRE's outreach "disingenuous," because federal officials reached a final rule that imposed a crippling expense on his agency and near-impossible standard for coal companies to meet.
"The health of our economy is ignored in pursuit of this agenda," Snavely said.
Companies argue water compliance costs continue to skyrocket but provide little reward for the taxpayers.
"We have reached the point of diminishing returns," Snavely said. "These improvements that are being sought are much more minute and come at exponentially greater cost."
Existing rules allow for states to grant variances to keep mines open, but the Stream Protection Rule could have rendered up to half of all remaining U.S. coal off-limits for financial reasons, according to industry estimates.
Annual federal reports on state oversight routinely acknowledged steady improvement in reclamation and pollution cleanup.
And studies drawing a straight line from mountaintop removal to illnesses in nearby communities are fiercely questioned.
"They are related to the fact that we're sedentary and we eat too much and we smoke," Snavely said.
Overlooking the 9 billion gallons of coal slurry at Brushy Fork, Walks conceded the dangers associated with his smoking habit. But, he said, "this is a poison I choose."
Energy sacrifice zone
With the Trump administration broadcasting the end of the "war on coal," environmentalists are more fearful than ever about mountaintop-removal mining.
"If you want to have a war on anything going on here in West Virginia, it's a war on common sense, it's a war on water and it's a war on human health," Stockman said.
Making matters worse, she said, is the expansion of natural gas drilling in the region. She said the northern part of the state is already being "devastated by drilling," and she fears this is just the beginning.
"The whole state is a giant sacrifice zone for the fossil fuels," Stockman said.
Most West Virginians don't see it that way.
"It's a source of pride as a state that we've been able to power this country," said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who has applauded Trump's energy plans at every step.
Stockman said lawmakers' attitudes demonstrate that energy companies are calling the shots in Charleston and on Capitol Hill.
Still, it's not only the politicians who want more natural resource extraction in the state.
A sediment pond at the Hobet mine site south of Charleston, W.Va. Photo by Dylan Brown.
Sheila Warren is the general manager for the Howard Johnson Express hotel in Beckley, W.Va. She said West Virginia needs to extract as much as it can, whether it's coal or gas — or anything else.
"We need any source or any type of anything we can do for energy. I mean, if you want to put your windmills, put your windmills. Do what you want to do, but it's all about the money," she said.
"West Virginia has to bring coal back. It has to. This state is done, if not," she said. "There's nothing else here."
What is West Virginia without coal? And what's the course for opponents in the face of the industry's small resurgence?
These are the questions that gnaw at the miners-turned-activists like Nelson and Walk.
"We're not going to be collateral damage or expendable people," Nelson said. "We're not going to do that without standing up to people and telling them how we feel."
Trump's election, the death of the Stream Protection Rule and the rise of hydraulic fracturing are undoubtedly setbacks for environmentalists, even if they are viewed favorably by people over the next Appalachian mountain.
"It's going to be an uphill battle, but here it's always been an uphill battle. We've lost a lot more than we've won here," Walk said. "We gotta keep fighting, because if you stop fighting, you stop living."
Tomorrow: How miners became activists.
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Malta and Portugal have top migration and citizenship programmes, new research suggests
by Ray Clancy on November 10, 2017
There are lots of programmes around the world aimed at attracting expats to invest and gain residency of a particular country with Malta and Cyprus coming out top on a new analysis.
Malta is ranked number one in the global residence and citizenship report 2017/2018 from Henley & Partners which is regarded as the industry standard for benchmarking and measuring the attractiveness of investment migration programmes.
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The report evaluates the programmes using a panel of independent experts which includes immigration and citizenship lawyers, economists, country risk experts, academic researchers, and other specialists and they take into account a broad range of factors.
Malta has come out top for the third year in row with its Individual Investor Program (MIIP), scoring 81 out of 100. In second place is Cyprus with a score of 72, followed by Austria, Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada makes up the top five.
The eight citizenship programmes included in the report were evaluated according to reputation, quality of life, visa free access, compliance, financial requirements, residence requirements and ease and flexibility of relocating.
In the residence by investment section, Portugal’s golden visa scheme came out top for a third year in a row, followed by Austria and Belgium. These schemes are very popular due to including property as part of the investment.
According to Christian Kälin, an international immigration and citizenship law expert and group chairman of Henley & Partners, there is a growing interest in residence and citizenship planning.
Separate research from the firm that evaluates nationality in terms of legal status for developing talents and business has found that Germany comes out as the best in the world.
Germany scored 82.7% out of a possible 100% on the index while the global mean was 39.32%, with Afghanistan sitting at the bottom of the index with a score of just 14.6%.
France and Denmark shared second place on the index with a score of 82.4%, followed by Iceland with 81.3%. The UK also made it into the top of the index, coming 12th with a score of 79.2%. The US, meanwhile, ranked only 29th with a score of 68.8%, mainly due to its relatively low Settlement Freedom compared to nationalities of the European Union.
According to Dimitry Kochenov, a leading constitutional law professor with a long standing interest in European and comparative citizenship law, said that the key premise of the index is that it’s possible to compare the relative worth of nationalities, as opposed to, simply, states.
‘Everyone has a nationality of one or more states. States differ to a great degree, for example Russia is huge, Malta is small, Luxembourg is rich; Mongolia is less so. Just as with the states, the nationalities themselves differ too,’ he explained.
‘Importantly, there is no direct correlation between the power of the state and the quality of its nationality. Nationality plays a significant part in determining our opportunities and aspirations,’ he added.
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Managing P2P Payment Risk in a Real-Time Environment
Brenda Waggoner Senior Writer, Fiserv
New research shows perceived security is the strongest predictor of P2P use
People appreciate convenience and access to anytime, anywhere money movement – strong value propositions for person-to-person payments. Recently released research from Fiserv shows security is also important in attracting new P2P users.
Expectations & Experiences: Consumer Payments, the most recent quarterly consumer trends survey from Fiserv, found that perceived security of person-to-person (P2P) payments – how safe people think the process is – is the strongest predictor of whether they'll use the service.
P2P payments through a financial organization are viewed as secure by 52 percent of consumers with banking accounts. But for some, nagging security concerns remain. Sixteen percent of those who don't use P2P say security concerns keep them away.
Those perceptions can be hard to change.
"People hear when things go badly, especially when consumers are victimized by scams," said Derek Swords, vice president of electronic payments for Fiserv. "They don't hear when things go well – when money moves easily and securely time after time after time."
Fiserv found 52 percent of consumers with a banking account has used a P2P service to transfer money to another person in the past year. To reach P2P's nonusers, security is critical. Here are three best practices for managing risk in a real-time P2P environment.
Implementing real-time P2P capabilities means thinking differently about fraud prevention and risk management
1. Focus on Real-Time Risk Management
Many financial institutions are establishing a real-time connection through Zelle®. As a first foray into a real-time payment environment, Swords said, it's a capability financial organizations are developing, especially as expectations in that space continue to grow.
Still, the launch of any new financial service, product or capability attracts criminals looking for new ways to defraud people.
"P2P is attractive to fraudsters and real-time P2P is even more attractive," Swords said. "Anything they believe will make it faster to get away with money will get their attention."
"Implementing real-time P2P capabilities means thinking differently about fraud prevention and risk management," Kannan Srinivasan said. The vice president of risk strategy and analytics for Fiserv said financial institutions will need to view tools, infrastructure and processes through a new lens.
With real-time payments, the time from initiation to availability of money takes seconds rather than hours or days. When all of the processing and network steps are considered, the payment must be completed within a second at most, including validation, accounting and fraud detection.
When a consumer initiates a P2P payment, the payment provider takes into account factors such as the person's device, profile change, transaction history, behavior, mobile carrier and more. Based on the data and specific risk of a transaction, financial institutions can employ step-up authentication methods such as one-time password verification or secure two-way SMS. Transactions with elevated risk can be automatically held for additional security review.
"Real-time transactions," Srinivasan said, "require real-time fraud detection and mitigation infrastructure, including security measures that reassure consumers while protecting funds."
2. Lock the Front Door
If a criminal were at your door, would you open it? Of course not. In the same way, vigilance in locking down access to account information across all channels and processes is crucial. In a real-time world, that includes online banking and new-account origination.
Fraudsters look for ways to take over customers' and members' accounts, often with online banking credentials. Once that happens, they can use any number of money-movement products. But, Srinivasan said, criminals prefer the fastest way, which is generally a P2P product.
So, how do you work to safeguard accounts without disrupting the customer experience?
It begins with onboarding. Any vulnerabilities in the account-opening process will likely be tested. Make sure the people you are bringing in are who they say they are. Robust risk management technology, tools and processes can help.
Next, review and tighten your account login process. Srinivasan said financial institutions with lower-than-normal fraud incidents employ strong login detection processes, including two-factor authentication tuned to detect any deviations from what is normal or expected. Has the user changed a password recently? Is someone using a device not associated with the account?
Criminals often use call centers in their account takeover attempts. Good security practices include careful consideration of policies and protocols for such tasks as password resets, adding new people to existing accounts and authenticating users to remove transactions or even suspend accounts.
"If I call my bank to reset my password, and they ask my mother's maiden name or last four digits of my Social Security number, that's not enough," Srinivasan said. "Fraudsters already have that information."
Help consumers understand when it’s appropriate to use P2P payments and ask them to be vigilant
3. Educate Your Customers or Members
Financial institution-based services such as Zelle are introducing new users to P2P payments, particularly older age groups. That’s likely due, Swords said, to the visibility and access of P2P payment capabilities in online banking platforms and the inherent trust most people place in their bank or credit union.
Consumers just getting used to making and receiving P2P payments may not understand how the service is different than paying by debit card, for example. New behaviors and a rapidly evolving payments space heighten the need for education of staff and consumers, including appropriate uses of P2P.
Educating consumers to take precautions when using P2P – and frequently reinforcing that message – is an essential component in preventing fraud. Safety and security messaging can be easily woven into financial institutions' consumer marketing and communications for P2P.
P2P is about sending money to friends and family – people you know and trust. Using it in that way will enhance its security and help discourage fraudsters, especially those looking to exploit P2P's real-time payment capabilities. Services such as Zelle have safeguards and prompts in place to help prevent people from making mistakes, but consumers are responsible for the payments they make.
"Help consumers understand when it's appropriate to use P2P payments and ask them to be vigilant", Swords said. As with any consumer payment service, educating people is the front line of defense against P2P fraud. Urge them to regularly review their banking statements and credit reports for unusual activity. If a consumer isn't expecting a payment, it's best to use caution and a healthy dose of skepticism.
Alert consumers to the perils of social engineering, which relies on manipulating people into giving up personal information. Consumers should be careful about sharing too much information online, especially financial information and data that could be used in account takeovers.
"Especially as they adjust to sending money in a new way," Srinivasan said, "remind consumers to be aware, alert and protective of their accounts."
The Security Balancing Act
Guarding against fraud in a real-time payments environment can be tricky. A wrong step and you have a false positive. A faulty step that way, and money is sent erroneously. Swords said finding the right footing is just part of doing business in an evolving payments environment.
"The techniques and risk models used two years ago are different than what we use today," he said. "Staying ahead of fraudsters is challenging, and real-time capabilities set the bar higher."
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Taiwan Fintech: Regulation Increasingly Supportive Of Digital Players
Fitch Solutions / Telecoms, Media, Technology / Taiwan / Thu 02 Jan, 2020
Financial regulators have been taking a more proactive role in supporting fintech sector initiatives in Taiwan: among others, a fintech sandbox has been launched, and targeted programmes have been introduced to grow the payments sector.
Digital bank licences have been allocated - this will add competition to the incumbent banks, as well as spur further service innovation. Virtual banks will, however, need to develop a niche in the already saturated market.
Taiwan boasts a robust and well-entrenched banking sector with high penetration of personal financial services, including credit/debit cards, savings accounts, as well as consumer financing products - many Taiwanese hold multiple bank accounts to store their savings, and at the same time, the banking sector is highly competitive, with several banks having similar small market shares (based on outstanding loans). Of late, financial regulators have been taking a greater role in regulating the different financial segments, but they have also been cautious, fearing that too much regulatory supervision could stifle innovation and hurt growth. The mobile market is also highly developed, with all mobile connections on 4G LTE networks, making it easier for fintech players to deploy and scale advanced digital services.
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Taiwan - Mobile Connections By Technology ('000)
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Regulator Adapting To New Innovations
The historical lack of development in the Taiwanese fintech ecosystem has been viewed by many as a result of the cautiousness of financial regulators and the central bank - the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (CBC) - in introducing rules to govern new financial technologies. Instead, the authorities had opted to champion the role of banks in the broader financial sector. In 2015, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) introduced the ‘Creating the Digital Finance Environment 3.0 Project’, requiring all banks to offer a defined list of online financial services - this included allowing online applications for credit cards, wealth management accounts, and deposit accounts. In September 2015, the FSC had also introduced new directives allowing banks to take up to a 100% stake in fintech companies, and allowed limited provisions for these fintech companies to sustain losses on their operations. The National Development Council further introduced a series of big data projects, including the release of an anonymised set of credit card transactions and fraud statistics for public use.
In April 2018, the FSC launched its fintech sandbox, following the passing of the Financial Technology Development and Innovation Experiment Act by the Legislative Yuan in December 2017. The sandbox allows an initial one year trial period, with the option of multiple six month extensions - the maximum allowable testing period cannot be over three years. In addition, the law has stipulated that the committee has to decide within 60 days if a submission qualifies for the sandbox, which would help minimise bureaucratic red tape. By May 2019, the FSC revealed that it had received 12 applications, and by August 2019, it had approved six experiments.
The FSC in January 2018 introduced self-regulatory rules to govern the P2P lending platforms, acknowledging that lending between individuals is governed by the Civil Code, and that overbearing regulation could hamper the development of the P2P lending market. The rules were initially drafted by the Taiwan Banker’s Association to facilitate co-operation between banks and peer-to-per (P2P) lending platforms in six key areas: fund custody, fund transfers, credit analysis and rating services, peer-to-bank (P2B) loan services, debt documents safekeeping services, and co-operation in marketing and advertising.
Payments Ecosystem Developing, Preference For Cash Still High
Competition in the payments segment is beginning to heat up. Data from the semi-government owned Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (MIC) suggests that by mid-2019, the two biggest players in this segment were Line Pay, operated by Japan-based tech major Line, and Taiwan-based JKoPay, run by JKOS Network. Both companies had built their market share on different strategies: while Line Pay focused on motivating merchant adoption among bigger and more established retailers, JKoPay instead targeted smaller, independent businesses. The company also helped smaller shops draw in more business by providing its users with discounts for using the payment service in-store. Both companies also operate P2P fund transfer services. Mainland China payment platforms, including WeChat Pay and Alipay are also making steady headway into the Taiwanese market. While by the end of 2018, mobile payment transactions had jumped to TWD47.8bn (USD1.58bn) from TWD14.8bn (USD490mn) a year earlier, many Taiwanese still prefer to transact in cash and credit/debit cards; state-owned Financial Information Service Co. (FISC) reports that there are 118 ATMs per 100,000 persons in Taiwan. Mainland China, on the other hand, had 81.5 ATMs per 100,000 persons. Credit/debit card penetration in Taiwan stood at 53.5% by the end of 2017, based on data from the World Bank.
Digital Payment Use On The Rise
Taiwan - Usage Of Other Payment Systems
Note: Includes use of Internet electronic banking and mobile banking. Source: CBC, Fitch Solutions
The government is encouraging greater uptake of digital payments through a range of initiatives and subsidies, aiming to achieve a mobile payment penetration of 90% by 2025. For one, to achieve higher adoption of payments services among smaller businesses, proprietorships earning under TWD200,000 (USD664) monthly will be allowed to continue enjoying the 1% business tax rate until the end of 2020 even if their revenues grow to exceed that limit, provided that they accept mobile payments: normally, the tax rate would increase to 5%. The government has stated that it expects 400,000 small businesses to benefit from the incentive. It will also spend up to TWD1.5bn (USD48mn) to help stores build digital systems and improve their payments services. It has also launched a programme to motivate uptake of services among consumers: it is cooperating with mobile payment operators to offer cashbacks to consumers who use their smartphones to pay in designated commercial areas which have a high concentration of small merchants.
Virtual Banks To Make Some Headway
After having initially planned to allocate two digital banking licences, the FSC ultimately awarded three virtual banking licences in August 2019, stating that each of the three licensees had different business models and different target customers. It further stated that it had no other plans to allocate further licences. Digital banks are subject to an initial capital requirement of TWD10bn (USD320bn), like traditional banks, and require a traditional bank or financial holding company as a shareholder; however, non-financial companies are allowed up to a 60% stake in a digital bank joint venture.
The three licensees are:
Line Financial Taiwan - operated by a consortium consisting of South Korea’s Line Corp (ownership: 49.9%), Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank (25.1%), CTBC Bank (5%), Standard Chartered Bank (5%), Union Bank of Taiwan (5%), and telecoms operators FarEasTone and Taiwan Mobile (both 5%). As of Q319, the Line messaging app had approximately 21mn monthly active users in Taiwan, making it the most popular messaging app in the market. Line Corp also operates Line Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), using FarEasTone’s mobile network.
Rakuten International Commercial Bank - a partnership between Japanese tech major Rakuten, and IBF Financial Holdings. Rakuten operates the Taiwan Rakuten Ichiba e-commerce marketplace, claiming to be one of the largest in the market.
Next Commercial Bank - a consortium led by incumbent Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom. Shareholders include KGI Bank, Shin Kong Life Insurance, Mega International Commercial Bank, supermarket chain operator PX Mart and logistics company TradeVan.
We see some potential for the digital banks to challenge the dominant incumbent banks. In the short term, however, these virtual banks will seek to first sell services to their existing customer bases: for instance, Line will find traction offering loan services to its existing Line Pay customers, while Next Commercial Bank will leverage Chunghwa Telecom’s mobile subscriber base to upsell with its financial services. Similarly, Rakuten can seek to extend financing and credit card products to shoppers on its platform. Digital banks will also likely start with targeting youth and young adults, which will likely be more receptive to new financial innovation. Banking incumbents will be forced to respond with new products, and make their existing offerings more compelling - at the same time, greater competition between incumbent and digital players could also spur consolidation among banks. However, the banking sector is already saturated, and virtual banks could find it challenging selling products to a population that is already over-served with financial services - by mid-2019, there were 36 banks serving the population of roughly 21mn.
More Competitive Than It Looks
Taiwan - Bank Market Shares (%), Q219
Note: Calculated based on taking each bank's individual outstanding deposits/loans, and dividing with the market total. Source: CBC, Fitch Solutions
Cryptocurrency Regulation Tightening
We see the FSC as being concerned that deregulation in the cryptocurrency industry to allow for greater trading could hurt Taiwan’s reputation as a financial hub. This is especially concerning following the string of financial scandals that has impacted Taiwan in recent years. The Legislative Yuan in November 2018 passed amendments to the Money Laundering Control Act and the Terrorism Financing Prevention Act, giving the FSC greater authority to crack down on anonymised virtual currency transactions. In particular, the regulator can now demand that digital currency exchanges require users to register their real names, and reject transactions that are anonymous. The FSC has also moved to regulate initial coin offerings (ICOs), highlighting several requirements:
ICOs will have an upper limit of TWD30mn (close to USD1.0mn);
Participation of ICOs will be limited to ‘professional investors’, with individual investors the limit to subscription will be TWD300,000 (approximately USD10,000);
All coins in an ICO must be on a single platform; and,
ICO platform operators must be FSC-licensed security dealers, with a minimum capital of TWD100mn (USD3.3mn).
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Home > Market > Rational completes 10 years in India; registers 30 per cent Y-o-Y growth
Rational completes 10 years in India; registers 30 per cent Y-o-Y growth
by Akshay Nayak January 8, 2020
Rational, globally leading commercial combi-oven producing major from Germany, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in the India market in 2020. Speaking on the timeline of Rational’s presence in India, Vikram Goel, managing director, Rational International India, remarked that India was a new market about a decade ago and barely anybody knew of a combi-steamer technology when Rational paved its way in India. However, the time has passed; people here now are much aware of the contemporary global hospitality trends.
In line with the company’s core philosophy of customer benefit to develop the market, Goel said that Rational, for the past 10 years, has made people in the India market aware of the benefits of using combi-steamer technology through Rational CookingLive (RCL) – a 2-hour event conducted regularly at multiple locations. “Every kitchen in the world has some or the other kind of problem, from space constraint to labour to consistency. We at Rational try and identify the biggest problem in our customer’s kitchen and offer them a solution to it in our RCL event. We do this worldwide and have a presence in around 120 countries. This process has been successfully transplanted in India too,” he said.
Being the first employee at Rational India, Goel, joined the company as a sales manager. He reminisced that, over the years, while he witnessed the growth of the company in India registering 30 per cent growth year on year, the key challenges that the company faced were, making the customers aware about this new technology and also the adaptability of the equipment to produce Indian delicacies.
When asked about the technological innovation that Rational has introduced in the India market to add to the chef’s convenience here, Goel said, “Our product has evolved a lot from the one first developed in 1976, although it was not so advanced as the existing one, but it was the first time that with our initial product, the industry had seen a combination of steam and dry heat being used together. We regularly keep adding innovations into the product and make it better for the customers. We have over 1000 chefs working with us worldwide to try and understand each region’s requirements and address the same. In 2004, we were the first to introduce touch panels with SelfCookingCenter. Then in 2008, we introduced automatic cleaning technology in our combi-ovens, which was again a first in the industry. Later in 2014, we had the SelfCookingCenter 5 Senses. This unit senses, recognises, learns, thinks ahead and communicates with its user. In 2016, we launched our smallest unit XS. The last innovation that happened was ‘ConnectedCooking’, in which the chefs can virtually access and monitor their unit right from their smartphones and laptops without being physically present near the unit. The innovation keeps continuing at Rational, so that we make our products better with each generation that we introduce.”
Noting the key clientele for Rational’s products, Goel noted, “Our business is primarily, over 60 per cent, in restaurant space i.e. casual dining, cafes. 10 per cent of our business is in hotels. Catering too is a big segment for us. Almost over 20 per cent of our business share is in the catering segment which also includes dark/cloud kitchens now. The trend in the market also is slowly changing with a lot of restaurants popping up across the country which wasn’t the case a couple of years ago.”
He added that Rational products are ideal for the Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) segment as they address various parameters like standardisation of food; efficient space management; high efficiency and idiot-proof units to avoid employing a lot of skilled human labour, hence keeping the opex efficient.
In India, Rational primarily focuses on the metro cities, informed Goel. “We have our HQ based in Gurgaon and satellite presence in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. About the future roadmap, we would continue to go deeper into the existing markets that we are present in. If you look at our market capitalisation it is only 15 per cent and there is a huge scope for us to get a lot of business from our core
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Slimegate: Should USDA Require Labeling for LFTB?
By Helena Bottemiller on April 3, 2012
Over the past several weeks, thousands of articles, blog posts, tweets and even Facebook statuses have weighed in on the debate over Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), now commonly known as “pink slime.” One place you won’t find any mention of the product, however, is on a ground beef label — or any meat label, for that matter.
That may be about to change.
As the nation’s largest manufacturer of LFTB, Beef Products Inc., reels from the consumer revolt against its product and state and local politicians work to help the company recover, the national discussion has turned to labeling.
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it would approve requests from ground beef product makers who want to voluntarily label products containing LFTB.
Last Friday, U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and 10 co-sponsors introduced a bill that would require beef products that included LFTB to be labeled, and Reps. Sam Farr (D-CA) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) urged USDA to update beef labels “to note whether or not the product contains processed meat filler, and, if so, which filler(s) are in the product.”
So, why isn’t “LFTB” or “ammoniated beef” or “centrifuge-separated ammonia-treated beef” already labeled when added to ground beef?
(Were it up to satirical news anchor Jon Stewart of The Daily Show, LFTB might be labeled “ammonia-soaked centrifuge separated byproduct paste.”)
In a USA Today Op-Ed, former USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service administrator Dr. H. Russel Cross declared that “There is no need for labeling LFTB — because nothing is being added that is not beef.”
Likewise, in a recent video to help combat “a frenzy of misinformation” about LFTB, American Meat Institute spokeswoman Janet Riley added a similar justification for not labeling LFTB: “Both citric acid and ammonium hydroxide are natural processing aids, not additives or ingredients because they don’t remain in the product.”
But ammonia does remain in LFTB: A BPI spokesperson told Food Safety News that the company’s product contains between 400 and 500 parts per million (ppm) ammonia. According to microbiologist Gary Acuff, untreated ground beef naturally contains somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 to 150 ppm of ammonia.
LFTB defenders often refer to a “puff” of ammonia gas meant to kill pathogens that may be on the meat, but that puff appears to effectively leave behind four times the normal amount of ammonia.
To raise the pH of the product high enough to kill bacteria, BPI says it takes beef from 5.7 or so, where it naturally is, to 8.5. (For those rusty on their chemistry, that’s like going from the slight acidity of black coffee to the alkalinity of baking soda).
When it leaves the facility in a large frozen brick it likely drops closer to pH 7.5, according to the company, which leaves the product about 100 times more alkaline than before it was treated. (According to some who have handled LFTB first-hand, the product still smells of ammonia at this point, though most residual ammonia dissipates or dilutes in the ground beef mixture once the product is thawed and mixed with more traditional ground beef at 10 or 15 percent.)
BPI’s process also changes the texture of beef. “It in fact takes on a different texture. And that is a fine texture, which is very descriptive in its name,” said BPI spokesmen Craig Letch at a press conference featuring three governors and USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen.
What’s more, according to a 1995 study on LFTB by Ying He and Joseph Sebranek of Iowa State University, LFTB contains more serum and connective tissue proteins and less myofibrillar proteins than muscle meat, giving it a softer texture.
As Acuff sees it, the texture difference is actually a big part of LFTB’s image problem.
“People look at it and say ‘that doesn’t look like meat’ and that’s because of the texture,” he said. “I think people don’t have a good idea of how ground beef is made.”
Acuff, who leads the Texas A&M Center for Food Safety, explains that after the trimmings go through BPI’s process they no longer look like a traditional ground beef input: “It doesn’t look like ground beef and it certainly doesn’t look like trimmings. It looks like paste — but it’s all going to get ground up.”
So if LFTB contains added ammonia, is 100 times more alkaline, and has both a different texture and sometimes smell, why isn’t it labeled as a component when it’s thawed and mixed in ground beef? Because both the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have decided that ammonia is not an additive, but a processing aid.
The decision, however, was not without controversy. There was opposition within the USDA on the issue, as the New York Times reported in 2009, “department microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein, called the processed beef ‘pink slime’ in a 2002 e-mail message to colleagues and said, ‘I do not consider the stuff to be ground beef, and I consider allowing it in ground beef to be a form of fraudulent labeling.’ ‘”
There are other experts in the field who take issue with using ammonia in beef processing because it is known to mask the rancidity and lock in the color of meat. The process can disguise rancidity through both smell and color, which is reminiscent of the controversy over using carbon monoxide in meat packaging to keep meat red, even past its expiration.
According to the FDA Code of Federal Regulations, processing aids are substances used as manufacturing aids to enhance a food’s appeal or utility and are not required to be labeled because they do not technically alter the composition of the food.
Some processing aids, including ammonium hydroxide, are also considered “incidental additives” — substances that get left over in food at insignificant levels and do not change the food’s overall function.
Many in the industry do not believe LFTB should be labeled. “Beef is beef” has become the mantra of the American Meat Institute in the past week.
One of the major concerns is that if USDA were to require labeling for ammonia-treated LFTB, it might open the floodgates to labeling a plethora of processing aids and other compounds used in meat processing that might show up at low levels.
Acuff has been very supportive of BPI. He was the one of the scientists featured at the press conference last week, and he doesn’t believe LFTB should be labeled (“It really meets the requirements for a processing aid”), but he was also quick to point out that “consumers are never wrong.”
“They can be misinformed,” he said. “But ultimately they get to decide. It’s just too bad this all wasn’t discussed before people lost their jobs.”
Though it’s probably a safe bet USDA won’t require it anytime soon, consumers demanding an LFTB label at the grocery store look like they’re going to get it.
James Andrews and Gretchen Goetz contributed writing and research to this report. This story was updated to reflect that Dr. Gary Acuff was not the only scientist on the press conference panel (Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, Under Secretary for Food Safety at USDA also made remarks).
Tags: beef trim, labeling, Lean Finely Textured Beef, LFTB, pink slime, processing aids
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What Under Armour's CEO Had to Say About “Athleisure”
Kevin Plank says Under Armour is getting in on the trend for athleisure in a big way. Here's how the company is approaching the large and growing opportunity.
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Athleisure. Yes, it's a thing. Wearing your workout gear in places outside the gym is such a growing trend that even Vogue magazine has written athleisure fashion guidelines for their readers. Kevin Plank, CEO of sports apparel company Under Armour (NYSE:UA) (NYSE:UAA) talked at length in the most recent earnings call about the company's efforts in the athleisure market, or what Plank calls "sports lifestyle."
The CEO indicated the importance of this market by saying "sport lifestyle still remains ... our largest opportunity, and frankly, by a mile." [Transcript via Seeking Alpha.] In this article, I'll dive into the details for this large and growing market opportunity, how it fits into the overall strategy for Under Armour, and how the company is executing on its go-to-market strategy.
First, let's look at why Plank thinks this is such a large opportunity.
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The athleisure opportunity
Plank first announced Under Armour's entrance into the "off-field" clothing segment at the company's September 2015 analyst day. Plank pointed out rather clearly the opportunity for the company in the slide below.
Image Source: Under Armour September 2015 analyst day presentation
The company's two biggest competitors, Nike (NYSE: NKE) and Adidas (NASDAQOTH: ADDYY), were estimated to get 25% of revenue from off-field sportswear, amounting to $12.5 billion, with Under Armour getting zero from the category. In the most recent call, Plank updated his competitors' "sports lifestyle" portion at "more than a third." While Plank didn't indicate Under Armour's current revenue in this market, he did say, "we are hitting the benchmarks we set for ourselves to make lifestyle a core competency of our brand."
My colleague John Ballard points out in this article that NPD estimated the athletic apparel market to be $45.9 billion in 2016, up 11% from the previous year, and Morgan Stanley forecasts this market could be $350 billion by 2020. As with any large and growing market, it's attracting more competitors, including lululemon athletica, Amazon, Gap, and other smaller companies.
How does lifestyle sportswear fit in?
Plank refers to sportswear as the ninth category the company is organized around. The eight announced at the 2015 analyst day were: team sports, men's training, women's training & studio, outdoor, golf, run, basketball, and global football. The golf category has since been replaced with "youth."
In the most recent earnings call, Plank indicated that he wants the entire company focused on lifestyle sportswear by saying, "... our shift to lifestyle isn't about a new line or one collection or one drop. It's about truly evolving the entire company toward the space." This statement makes it seem like sports lifestyle is more than just one of the nine categories for the company.
Plank further clarified how he thinks about how sports lifestyle fits into the company strategy in response to an analyst question, saying:
The first [way we think about our brand positioning] would be on-field -- and think about them left to right. On-field would be [cleated]. Sport performance would be things you could wear with a pair of jeans, like basketball. All the way out to the right would be sportswear, which is what we launched this past fall with UAS, and sitting right in the middle, which is the meat of the business ... is what we call sports lifestyle.
When Plank says "way out to the right" when referring to UAS, he means high-end fashion. UAS is billed by the company as "Modern American Sportswear built for those who #ExploreBeyond the expected." Fellow Fool Seth McNew covered the announcement of Under Armour Sportswear (UAS) in this article and explains that the price points are ambitious, ranging up to $1,500 for a tailored jacket. While no details were shared, the initial launch of UAS must have been successful as management indicated there was a second product line launched this past quarter.
The high-priced fashion of UAS isn't for the average consumer, and that's where the sports lifestyle category comes in.
Athleisure: The Under Armour way
Under Armour is approaching this crowded market in a differentiated way that is uniquely Under Armour. Plank talks about the DNA of Under Armour that is grounded in performance and function.
Lifestyle and what makes us unique when we talk about innovation is ours won't just be product that just looks better. Everything does something. It will all fit the Under Armour DNA of being better, being best in class.
Under Armour's recent Threadborne line is a good example of how the company is executing its go-to-market strategy for sports lifestyle. It starts with a fabric technology called threadborne, which the company touts as the "most comfortable, next-gen performance fabrics." This fabric is used across different clothing items, from sneakers to shorts and shirts, that can be worn at the gym or for everyday wear. Star athletes such as Misty Copeland, Andy Roddick, and Steph Curry are featured prominently on the website to promote the product line.
With Threadborne, Under Armour is utilizing all of its strengths to be successful in this lifestyle segment: a new technology incorporated into its broad product line and promoted by its well-known and respected athletes.
Will Under Armour be successful in capturing market share in this growing but crowded market? I look to the success the company has had in building its women's category into a $1 billion business. The company went from scrapping $600,000 worth of the original women's clothing line in early 2000 to winning Ad Age's 2014 Marketer of the Year award with its "I will what I want" campaign. I wouldn't count out this self-described hungry and humble competitor.
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The Death of Ivan Ilych
Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his dying so much as a passing thought. But one day, death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise, he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?This short novel was an artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction.A thoroughly absorbing, and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.
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"Death is over," he said to himself. See, I had mistakenly given up on the masters of Russian literature due to the struggles I had reading a particular novel (Im looking at you Brothers Karamazov!), assuming they were all inaccessible and there was no point in expending anymore energy trying to make sense of books with characters that go by 3 different names and waaaaaaah the end. Ivan Ilyich is a decent man. Tolstoy describes Ivan Ilyichs failing health in such a way that the reader can almost FEEL what it was like for him. We get the briefest of glimpses of what it must be like for a man on the brink of death. He finds that this is not the end of life, but the end of death.
Just as Tolstoy's discovery of the true meaning of life led him to fulfillment and an acceptance of death, Ivan Ilych's awakening comes through the realization of death which ignites within him fear, anger, contemplation and eventually acceptance. The character Ivan Illych belonged to an elite social circle.He was intrigued by the idea of being a member of the elite aristocratic society, and individuals who did not conform to the social circle were looked on with disgust.He was unaware however, that his life was an illusion brought upon a need to imitate a certain social class rather than to find true individuality. The remainder of the novel deals with the life, as opposed to the title of Ivan Ilych's death.
All Ivan Ilyich has is the simple, unschooled manservant with the good heart who doesn't want his master to die alone and afraid. Ivan Ilych progresses through the endless scream of 'Why me?" to where he is almost at the end.
My unscholarly response is that they are both masters of exploring the most recondite crevices of the human mind and the existential angst that is inherent in its nature; they describe the undescribable, recreate death and grief unflinchingly and make the reader be racked in pain by both. And so following the thread of my pensive mood I remembered the unfinished review of Tolstoys novella that I have been meaning to revise for months on end unsuccessfully, not finding the appropriate words, not feeling satisfied with what I had written, which I enclose below: ***** Do we really know what death entails? The Death of Ivan Ilych confronts the reader with his own mortality. Ivan looks death in the eye with more frustration than fear, dumbfounded that his life might be reduced to a trivial list of actions performed by an absurd sense of duty making of his time in this world even less than an anecdote. Despite the heartfelt compassion that Ivan perceives in his sons glance, as the young, untainted boy takes his lifeless hand, Death places her cold, blindfolded kiss and presses her finger upon the mans lips, sealing them forever, and I, uninvited outsider, shaken and teary, get a sour taste of what dying feels like.
En poco más de cien páginas Tolstói nos deja un legado, una enseñanza y un modo de mirar o de intentar comprender a la muerte, si es que existe algún método para ello. En cierto modo, algunos aspectos de lo que le sucede a Iván Illich también concuerda con la vida personal de Tolstói que también tuvo cortocircuitos con su esposa durante su matrimonio (otro momento álgido el la relación fue durante la publicación de otra de sus famosas novelas, me refiero a "La sonata a Kreutzer") y también se relaciona con su propia muerte, dado que él también confesaba que la muerte lo atemorizaba. Se llama Iván, que en ruso es uno de los hombres más comunes (significa Juan) y el mismo Tolstói lo aclara con sus propias palabras: "Una descripción de la simple muerte de un hombre simple, realizada por él mismo". Ese Iván es un hombre simple y en el fondo ese Iván somos todos los hombres simples que este planeta para un día emigrar hacia otro estado. Confieso que yo también le tuve siempre temor a la muerte y la forma en la que Tolstói relata los dolores y sufrimientos de los últimos días de Iván Illich me remite directamente a los de mis padres, a quienes perdí en poco más de cinco meses entre ambas muertes. En el caso de Iván Illich todo el proceso, desde la declarAción de los síntomas hasta el inevitable final, además de la retrospectiva que tanto autor como personaje llevan adelante, es ocupado por la muerte como tema dominante.
It is a widespread stereotype that Russian classics are mostly long, tedious, boring, a burden to get through, but one only needs to read a short book like The Death of Ivan Ilych in order to be proven wrong. A philosophical, in its beautiful writing almost lyrical account of a dying man's life, Tolstoy will make you think about your own mortality, about happiness, sorrow and most likely your own life as well. Tolstoy uses his protagonist to help us realize how we all have to die one day, and there will surely be readers who, just like Ivan Ilych, always thought of death as something foreign they wouldn't have to worry about until a long time later.
Wanting an introduction to Tolstoy prior to reading this epic, I decided upon Ivan Ilyich as my gateway to his more celebrated work. I found Tolstoy's writing style accessible, which should ease the way for me to read his longer works. The part I found the most interesting was how Tolstoy through Ivan Ilyich discussed his views on death and dying, which is the premise of this story.
Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays.
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Publish Date: August 3rd 2006 by Waking Lion Press
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Police say 3 convicted felons given a second chance are responsible for high profile crimes
By Randy Wallace
3 convicted felons accused in crime spree
All three teens should have been charged with unauthorized absence from a community corrections facility.
HOUSTON - Harris County’s criminal justice system has given 19-year-old Vincent Cannady break after break, and authorities believe he is responsible for some high profile crimes.
In August of last year, Cannady was sentenced to six years deferred adjudication meaning he would have no final felony conviction if he successfully completed his probation.
That probation included a stay at the county probation department’s YMAC program Young Men About Change. Last October, he walked away from the program.
“When you leave the facility, you are up to no good,” said Andy Kahan with CrimeStoppers.
A month later, Judge Kelli Johnson with the 178th District Court sent Cannady back to the YMAC program instead of prison.
“He was not taken into custody for unauthorized absence from a correctional facility,’ Kahan said.
We called the court to get a response from the judge but have yet to hear back.
Cannady walked away from the program a second time this past Sunday. So did Jabari Davis.
On Monday, both men were charged with endangering a child after they allegedly stole a vehicle with a baby inside. Police say they abandoned the child in a park.
Last month, 18-year-old Antonio Washington also walked away from the Young Men About Change program.
“He was actually sent there on three aggravated robberies with a deadly weapon,” said Kahan. “Part of his deferred adjudication just like Cannady was to spend it at the YMAC facility."
Last week police say Washington went inside a Walmart with a gun and tried to rob an employee. He was then shot by an off-duty police officer.
All three teens should have been charged with unauthorized absence from a community corrections facility, but that didn’t happen until after they were arrested for new crimes.
“These are the ones we know of,” Kahan said. “What scares me the most are the ones I don’t know of.”
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