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Reviews for Mary A. Loeb, MD
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Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Visual February 19, 2010
Pure Fucking Mayhem: A film by Stefan Rydehed
Pure Fucking Mayhem is a film painted by various interviews of both the prominent and unknown, where much is discussed on the personalities of Mayhem’s infamous band members who have made a significant impact to Norwegian Black Metal.
Headline, Reviews, Reviews - Audio, Reviews - Visual February 17, 2010
Meshuggah – Alive
In less talented hands, the 90 minute concert film that constitutes the centerpiece of Alive would come off as a sloppily arranged mess, but director/editor Ian McFarland’s footage is so well-shot and so tastefully edited that we can’t help but forgive him for making the whole experience a touch disjointed.
Adrien Begrand reviews the brand new live DVD/CD collection by Sweden’s technical death metal innovators Meshuggah.
Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Audio, Reviews - Visual February 16, 2010
Blackfield – NYC: Blackfield Live in New York City
Originally released as a DVD only, it has now been reissued as a two disc set, with the entire performance now also available as on CD too. The band sticks pretty much to Blackfield material, playing everything but one song from their second album II and also including nearly all of the first album too. The performances of these songs in a live setting don’t differ greatly from the studio versions. If you have those records already you may not need this collection unless you are an absolute Wilson-aholic that absolutely needs everything he does (and I know there are a lot of you out there, that is for certain).
Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Audio, Reviews - Visual February 1, 2010
Emperor – Live Inferno
Live Inferno is nothing less than a send-off from the canonical Norwegian black metal band.
Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Visual January 29, 2010
Voivod – Tatsumaki: Voivod Japan 2008
This DVD presents their first ever Japanese show, along with several extras that make this an essential package for Voivod fans interested in both their present incarnation and their incomparable legacy.
Headline, Reviews, Reviews - Visual January 22, 2010
Exodus: Shovel Headed Tour Machine-Live At Wacken
With their hardcore fans in mind, Exodus has put together their third DVD release, a three-disc extravaganza that tries to give the die-hards what they want, and in their own inimitable way, succeeds mightily.
Adrien Begrand reviews the massive new three disc DVD set by Bay Area thrash legends Exodus on the heels of their North American tour with Arch Enemy and Arsis.
Film Review: Laid to Rest
Robert Hall’s Laid to Rest is a slasher film that doesn’t waste any time on story in order to get to its blood-soaked kill sequences. A young woman (Bobbi Sue Luther) awakens to find herself with amnesia and locked in a casket in a funeral home. After breaking out, she is almost immediately confronted by “Chrome Skull” (Nick Drincipe), a serial killer who records his torturing and killing of young women via a video recorder attached to his shoulder.
Jonathan Smith reviews the recently released straight-to-video slasher horror film Laid To Rest, directed by Robert Hall.
Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Visual January 5, 2010
Suicidal Tendencies: Live At The Olympic Auditorium
Suicidal Tendencies concerts have always been a combination of ultimate fighting, self-help seminar run by the Rev. Mike Muir and communal exorcism of bad mojo. If you’ve attended a Suicidal show you’ve likely left bruised or with a split lip but feeling like you could tackle the New York Marathon. Once I got popped on the side of the head, had a cigarette flicked down my shirt and still had a good time.
Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Audio, Reviews - Visual December 4, 2009
Dark Tranquillity: Where Death is Most Alive
Packed to the gills with live performances, archival clips and documentary footage, Where Death Is Most Alive is an immensely gratifying look back at one of the most consistent bands in all of metal.
Featured, Reviews, Reviews - Visual November 9, 2009
Thin Lizzy: Are You Ready? DVD
Are You Ready? is an interesting visual document of Thin Lizzy during what is one of the lowest periods of their original run. While the band was still a good live act and a decent draw, by the time they released their Chinatown album in 1981 there were many cracks in the machine that spurred the band on. Filmed live in Loreley, Germany by WDR for their Rockpalast program, one of the coolest live music programs on the planet, this nineteen song set is good but not great.
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Flights from New Orleans to New York
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On HolidayPrice.com you will find 5 direct and 2 connecting flights from New Orleans to New York at a price of from $45. You can compare airfare deals from airlines and multiple travel sites, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out MSY - NYC flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.
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One way flight from New Orleans to New York
Below are the prices of tickets for direct one-way flights from New Orleans to New York. The cheapest flight from New Orleans to New York starts from $ 45 – the departure date for this flight is 29 February 2020.
Departure date Distance Stops Business class / economy Price Find Ticket
1 168.80 m
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Flights from New Orleans to New York are most popular in June, September, November. During this period, the average price of fly tickets is from $ 110. In the low season in January, February, May, air tickets become cheaper and the average price will be from $ 37 one way.
Round trip to New York from New Orleans
You can buy a round-trip ticket from New Orleans to New York (United States) and back using the table below. The best offer starts from $ 65, the flight dates are: there on 06 February 2020 year and back on 10 February 2020 year.
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How much does a plane ticket from New Orleans to New York cost?
The cost of the cheapest one-way flight from New Orleans to New York starts from $ 45. The departure date of that flight is 29 February 2020.
Round trip costs start from $ 65, with the departure date there being on 06 February 2020 year, and back on 10 February 2020 year.
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There are 5 airlines flying directly from New Orleans to New York: Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines
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How long does it take to fly from New Orleans to New York?
The flight time from New Orleans to New York averages 03:01 mins.
Which planes fly to New York from New Orleans?
12 aircraft models fly from New Orleans to New York, overcoming 1165 miles in an average of 03:01 mins. The fastest aircraft on this route is Airbus A319 from United Airlines, it flies for 02:50 min.
Embraer EMB 175
Flying to New York from New Orleans takes 03:01 minutes (excluding transfers). The distance between New Orleans and New York is 1165 miles (1876 kilometers). Planes depart from New Orleans between 00:00 and 23:51. The fastest flight from the company United Airlines with flight number UA 2007. Flies for just 02:50 minutes with departure from Louis Armstrong New Orleans and arrival in Newark Liberty.
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There are 5 airlines that fly directly from New Orleans to New York. The most popular company carrying out non-stop flights is Southwest Airlines.
Southwest Airlines: WN 879, WN 5583, WN 1442
United Airlines: UA 1013, UA 2007, UA 1766
JetBlue Airways: B6 776, B6 76, B6 2076
Delta Air Lines: DL 824, DL 5992, DL 5869
Spirit Airlines: NK 504, NK 1251, NK 1830
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Flights with Transfers
Flights with transfers from New Orleans to New York can be bought from 2 airlines:
Southwest Airlines: Columbus, Tampa
Delta Air Lines: Atlanta
*Transit cities
Airports serving the air communication between New Orleans and New York. You can fly to New York from 1 New Orleans airports. Planes arrive at 3 airport in New York.
New Orleans airports:
Louis Armstrong New Orleans ~ 18 km* from $ 32
New York airports:
LaGuardia ~ 14 km* from $ 52John F. Kennedy ~ 21 km* from $ 60Newark Liberty ~ 14 km* from $ 34
*Distance from the airport to the city center
You can fly from New Orleans to New York on board of 5 airlines that utilize 12 aircraft models.
Connecting cities
The list of cities on transfer flights to New York from New Orleans. The best options are to fly through: Columbus, Atlanta, Tampa.
Cheap airline tickets from New Orleans to United States
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New Orleans - New York 14:30 17:20 UA 2007 Airbus A319 29 February 2020
New Orleans - Los Angeles 02:59 06:53 DL 914 Boeing 737-900 13 February 2020
New Orleans - Miami 15:23 17:00 AA 2701 Boeing 737-800 28 January 2020
New Orleans - Chicago 04:10 06:15 WN 454 Boeing 737-700 19 March 2020
New Orleans - San Francisco 20:45 01:05 WN 3266 Boeing 737-700 22 January 2020
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Los Angeles - New York 22:05 03:00 B6 514 Airbus A320 26 February 2020
Miami - New York 14:43 17:00 B6 54 Airbus A321 26 February 2020
Chicago - New York 01:13 03:00 AA 2382 Boeing 737-800 06 February 2020
San Francisco - New York 09:15 14:00 UA 1796 Boeing 777 08 February 2020
Boston - New York 12:10 13:00 B6 917 Embraer 190 10 February 2020
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Smoke and Mirror Neurons
Neuroscience boasts proof of human empathy. Have we jumped to the wrong conclusion?
Issue 57, 31st July 2017
Parashkev Nachev
| Senior clinical research associate at UCL, and honorary consultant neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square.
The negligent student of biology will be forgiven for thinking individual survival is the only naturally prescribed goal. The anomaly of constitutionally communal species aside—ants, bees, and the like—the replicating unit is the single animal, compelled to interact with its kin only by the necessity of procreation and, for some, the expediency of collaborative hunting or defence. Even then, others seem merely instrumental, adopted and discarded as individual goals dictate. Examples of sacrifice, say, in the animal kingdom are seen as either aberrations or illusory anthropomorphizing. Our biological selfishness is inescapable, we are told, for it is itself the product of another: the selfishness of genes, competing in evolution's lawless market.
What is it, then, that makes us “kind”, “considerate”, “sympathetic”, “humane”? The traditional view is that these characteristics develop in spite of biology not because of it, the outcome of social forces operating outside its domain. The resultant dualism is palliated by talk of “emergence”, the notion of a humanity built on biology but somehow, mysteriously, emancipated from it, like a house-reared slave risen to overcome his master. A few obvious issues of causality aside, this idea makes the apex of biology—mankind—its denial, its final loss of control. You have to be very naive to believe biology could be that stupid.
So finding a biological substrate of empathy would be a “disruptive” advance, to use the contemporary jargon. We have known for some time that destroying someone's prefrontal cortex can make him callous, but only amongst enough other defects of character to make the relation too non-specific. What we need is a clear “neural signature” of empathy, one that identifies the fundamental biological mechanism of its operation. This is what Rizzolatti and his colleagues imagined they had found when they came across a population of neurons in a monkey’s premotor cortex with a peculiar pattern of activity. The neurons fired when the monkey performed a certain movement but also when it viewed another doing the same thing. These “mirror neurons”, as they came to be known, seemed to provide the identity link between my actions and yours, and by extension my intentions and yours. Understanding others is then easily explained, in Rizzolatti's words:
“The proposed mechanism is rather simple. Each time an individual sees an action done by another individual, neurons that represent that action are activated in the observer’s pre-motor cortex. This automatically induced, motor representation of the observed action corresponds to that which is spontaneously generated during active action and whose outcome is known to the acting individual. Thus, the mirror-neuron system transforms visual information into knowledge.”
The appeal of so beautifully simple an idea is hard to deny. And very few have, especially those in the humanities hungry for neuroscience at least vaguely relatable to the human condition. So more has been written about these neurons in the non-neuroscientific press than perhaps any other. But if there is one rule about the brain, it is that any simple idea of its operation is likely to be wrong. Look carefully and you will see all the magic here is illusory - not Jesus, but his profile on a piece of toast.
One cannot come to know what one is doing by inspecting the activity of a “motor” neuron in one's brain alone. Yes, such activity may become a neural label of some kind, but only by becoming associated with the sensorily perceived consequences of an action—visual, auditory, proprioceptive, haptic, etc—on which conscious dissociation from other actions necessarily depends. To understand this, consider what would happen if the neuron got its action wrong and became associated with (say) a kick rather than a handwave. Without sensory feedback there is no way - information theoretically no way - it could correct its error. And since the association cannot be specified in the genome—there is nowhere near enough room for it there—it must arise by trial and error in the first place.
The identity of an action is thus determined in part by seeing ourselves perform it: were it not so, the easily elicited rubber hand illusion—mistakenly believing a strategically placed, visualised artificial limb to be your own—would be impossible. Of course, one does not need sensory feedback on every occasion, only on enough occasions for the association to be established. When someone observes himself performing an action, he is learning that this is what his action looks like, an association in need of constant updating because it is liable to change over time. Now a neuron engaged in this process is bound to respond to the image of an action even when someone else is performing it because its identity is precisely what it is contributing to learning. The “mirror neuron” does not “know” your action is the same as mine, it simply cannot tell them apart.
"Mirror neurons are no more mediators of empathy than mediators of selfishness: such terms simply cannot apply here."
Hang on, you might say: its business is establishing the commonality, another part of the brain establishes the differences. But the whole point is that neither is knowable without the other: activity of the kind that mirror neurons exhibit is needed to know what we are doing ourselves. It will be present equally in misanthropes and philanthropes, sociopaths and sociophiles, even if our lives were conducted in perfect solitude. These neurons are no more mediators of empathy than mediators of selfishness: such terms simply cannot apply here.
But I want to call them empathic, you say. Then consider a few other absurdities. Are the congenitally blind incapable of empathy because their mirror neurons are definitionally silent? Must our empathic power be in proportion to the visibility of a passion? Since mirror neuron activity is synchronic, is empathy impossible when the action and passion are diachronic? How do we distinguish empathic mirror neurons from envious ones, whose activity, after all, fits the mirror profile much better? My empathy for your thirst is not a desire to sink the contents of your glass. For your marriage, not to seduce your wife. For your redundancy, not to get your job. And so on.
In all fairness to neuroscience, this is the neural version of an error it took philosophy two thousand years to notice. The idea that you “know” what you are doing by inspecting the activity of a set of neurons in your brain mirrors the idea that you “know” what you are thinking by inspecting the contents of your mind. In each case such “knowing” could never work because there cannot be—information theoretically cannot be—a purely internal standard of correctness. And here, as there, the problem is not that such knowledge could not be communally shared but that it is impossible to acquire it at all for oneself. Private neural signalling here replaces a private language: the rest of the conceptual framework is more or less the same, and equally incoherent.
So next time you are feeling beguiled by talk of mirror neurons, sober up with a shot of Wittgenstein. Empathy is, of course, no less biological than any savagery; if we find it hard to explain biologically it is only because we have too narrow a conception of the biological. “I am not so hard up for categories”, Wittgenstein said: it is time we realised our conceptual penury is self-inflicted.
The Secrets of Experience
Cyberspace and the Self
Steven Pinker | In-depth Interview
Morality and Mindfulness
How to be a Stoic
Rebecca Goldstein | In-depth Interview
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Blog Post | Consumer Tips
Flying this summer? You'll want to know your rights.
Everybody knows somebody who has a "bad airline story" involving a long flight delay, sitting on the tarmac, being "bumped," losing baggage or some nightmare combination thereof.
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What a waste: At least 30% of trash could be composted instead of buried or burned
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As the CFPB conducts a ten-year regulatory review of the Overdraft Rule established by the pre-CFPB regulators in 2010, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority has announced sweeping changes to address what it calls a "dysfunctional" overdraft market. The US system prohibits overdraft fees on debit and ATM transactions unless you opt-in to fee-based "standard overdraft protection," but the fees average over $32 per overdraft and CFPB has accused some banks of deceptive marketing of the service. Meanwhile, the UK's FCA is banning fixed fee overdrafts and requiring UK banks to treat overdrafts as loans subject to reasonable interest rates. We've asked CFPB to ban overdrafts on debit and ATM transactions.
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In March, the FTC announced a new workshop called “Nixing the Fix,” which will investigate how companies “limit repairs by consumers and repair shops and whether those limitations affect consumer protection, including consumers’ rights.” Last week, the FTC posted submitted comments for it's Nixing the Fix workshop, and by reviewing those comments, it's clear that manufacturers and their lobbying associations are doubling down on their arguments.
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King Bio Inc. issued the second significant voluntary recall since late July of their homeopathic drugs on Wednesday. Safety concerns over homeopathic drugs extend beyond King Bio as over the past several years, the FDA has issued recalls to several companies for a variety of health products from zinc-containing intranasal medicine to asthma drugs with toxic ingredients.
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Plastic pollution: One day, three solutions
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U.S. judge allows Monsanto’s Roundup cancer lawsuit to go to trial, victims will be heard in court
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Federal judge found sufficient evidence to move to trial hundreds of lawsuits alleging that Monsanto Co.’s glyphosate-containing weed-killer Roundup causes cancer.
Johnson & Johnson commits to disclose fragrance ingredients in baby products by August 1
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Despite the benefits to consumers brought by enactment of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act of 2009, consumer complaints about credit cards remain common.
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Americans’ transportation habits have changed. The average American drives 7.6 percent fewer miles today than when per-capita driving peaked in 2004.
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And then there were none: Sanderson Farms joins other big chicken producers in curbing antibiotic use
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Abu Rodeina: “Ongoing Israeli Occupation, The Root Cause Of Violence In The Region”
February 8, 2018 4:55 AM IMEMC News Diplomacy, International, International Politics, Israel, Jerusalem, News Report, Palestine, Palestinian Politics 0
Responding to statement by U.S. Ambassador David Friedman, the official Palestinian Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rodeina, said Tuesday that the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine is the root cause of all violence in the region, and denounced the American stances that destroy all chances of real peace.
Abu Rodeina stated that Israel’s insistence on keeping its illegal occupation, violations and apartheid colonialist policies, are the root cause of all violence in the entire region.
He added that the only way to end the conflict and achieve peace in the region is to end the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine, by implementing all related United Nations and Security Council resolutions that call for ending this and establishing an independent Palestinian state.
His statements came in response to the American Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman, who accused the Palestinian leadership of praising attacks against Israel, including the latest stabbing Itamar illegal Israeli colony, in the occupied West Bank.
Abu Rodeina said that, instead of trying to create a positive atmosphere that could enable the resumption of real peace talks, Friedman is seeking further tension, and is attempting to bring more violence to the region.
“Such statements are unbecoming of an Ambassador; they are complete flawed and aim at creating more tension,” he said, “The Palestinian leadership supports nonviolent resistance against the Israeli occupation, and never condones violence of any type. Friedman’s statements only lead to more harm and violence to the region.”
The Palestinian official also stated that real and comprehensive peace requires the full Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories, the establishment of a viable, contagious Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, by implementing all related international resolutions.
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» Doctor of Business Leadership
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Jacqueline Jossa 'threatened to quit I'm A Celebrity over affair claims'
Yahoo Celebrity UK 26 November 2019
Jacqueline Jossa is said to have been beside herself over cheat claims (Credit: ITV)
Jacqueline Jossa reportedly tried to quit I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! after campmate Myles Stephenson told her he believed her husband had cheated on her.
The EastEnders actress is married to former TOWIE star Dan Osborne – father to her two daughters, four-year-old Ella and one-year-old Mia – who last year denied claims he had cheated with his Celebrity Big Brother co-star Gabby Allen.
In unbroadcast footage on the ITV jungle reality show, The Sun reports that Stephenson – who dated Allen earlier this year – told Jossa, 27, he believed Osborne, 28, had been unfaithful to her.
Jacqueline Jossa has had a tough time in the junge (Credit: ITV)
Sources claims Jossa became “hysterical” and said she would not continue on I’m A Celebrity unless she was allowed to speak to her husband.
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In the interest of Jossa’s mental state, and consideration of their duty of care, producers are said to have allowed the soap actress to temporarily exit the jungle to leave Osborne a voicemail about the claims. He was then allowed to send a voicemail back.
The couple were not permitted to speak directly as it may have been seen as giving Jossa an unfair advantage on the show.
Dan Osborne and Jacqueline Jossa with their daughters Ella and Mia and his son Teddy from a previous relationship (Credit: Getty Images)
Osborne and former Love Island star Allen - who both took part in CBB in September 2018 - were pictured together on a yacht in Spain last year. Her ex-boyfriend Marcel Sommerville accused her of having a fling with Osborne during the holiday.
Jossa, who was pregnant at the time, is said to have temporarily split from Osborne over the claims but they reconciled when she gave birth to daughter Mia.
Read more: Jacqueline Jossa weeps over I’m A Celeb vote result
Their relationship was rocked again in March this year over claims Osborne kissed another Love Island star, Alexandra Cane, 28.
Myles Stephenson and Gabby Allen attending the Eaten by Lions Premiere held at The Courthouse Hotel in London. (Photo by Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)
The couple met in 2013 and announced their engagement in 2015, after welcoming their first child together. They married in June 2017.
Stephenson, of X Factor-winning byband Rak-Su, began dating Allen in September 2018 but they are said to have split earlier this year over cheating allegations.
Yahoo UK have contacted I’m A Celebrity for comment.
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Nicholas Brendon sets Dr. Phil return to discuss substance abuse
'I think I need more help than I realized,' the former 'Buffy' actor says in a preview of Tuesday's episode
By Michele Corriston
November 30, 2015 at 06:08 PM EST
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The Dr. Phil Show
This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.COM.
More than three months after he walked off set, Nicholas Brendon is returning to the The Dr. Phil Show to confront his personal demons.
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Criminal Minds star has taped an appearance set to air Tuesday. Brendon, 44, checked into a 90-day depression program at a Florida rehab center in October but was allowed to attend Toulouse Game Show, a French fan convention, last week.
The actor accused Phil McGraw of going for “the jugular” and forcing him to “lay the darkest parts of myself on national TV” when the two sat down in August to discuss Brendon’s substance abuse issues.
But in a preview of Tuesday’s episode, below, Brendon welcomes McGraw’s intervention.
“I feel a lot better than I did last time. I think I need more help than I realized,” he says. “I just felt this was the right thing.”
McGraw then asks if Brendon was “drunk” during their first session — though viewers will have to wait until Tuesday to find out.
Brendon was arrested four times in 2015, most recently in October after an alleged domestic altercation with his girlfriend in Saratoga Springs, New York. He entered rehab in June for depression and substance abuse after being arrested in South Carolina in May and in Florida in February and March for trashing hotel rooms and public intoxication.
In an October Facebook post, he revealed he’s “had failed attempts at suicide” and vowed to “fix” himself.
“If I can help just one person by sharing my struggles and how I’m battling them, [then it’s] all completely worth it,” he said.
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25 Best Zombie Movies of All Time
Halloween is prime time for the undead -- and these movies really make the horror genre come alive
By Clark Collis
Updated September 29, 2009 at 05:00 PM EDT
25. PLANET TERROR (2007)
Rico Torres
Robert Rodriguez's half of Grindhouse concerns a biochemical gas which, per the film's shlock-tastic trailer, has the side effect of ''terror!'' Well, that and turning people into bloodthirsty blobs of oozing jello.
24. DIARY OF THE DEAD (2007)
Steve Wilkie
Movie-zombie pioneer George A. Romero's rumination on our camera-obsessed culture is a long way from being his best film, but does feature a number of memorable images, including the sight of a zombie's head being dissolved by acid.
23. LAND OF THE DEAD (2005)
After two decades away from the genre, George Romero returned to the zombie flick with Land in which Dennis Hopper has established a rich-get-richer, the-poor-can-go-to-hell society in a zombie-free enclave. Look out for ghoulish cameos from Shaun of the Dead director and star team Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg.
22. ZOMBIELAND (2009)
Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg search for safety — and Twinkies! — in this big budget zombie comedy.
21. COLIN (2009)
Welsh director Marc Price?s skilled examination of one zombie?s adventures deserves to be well known for reasons other than the fact it was made for, literally, the price of a crowbar.
20. RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (2007)
Rolf Konow
Veteran undead butt-kicker Milla Jovovich continues to battle both zombies and the sinister Umbrella company in the third, and best, big-screen version of the videogame franchise.
19. PONTYPOOL (2009)
Miroslaw Baszak
In this Canadian revamping of the zombie genre, the infection is spread not by blood but by words. Eh?
18. DEAD ALIVE (1992)
Everett Collection
There aren't many films in which a lawnmower is the preferred choice of weapon when battling zombies. But other directors' inexplicable aversion to garden equipment-related mayhem is more than made up for by future LOTR auteur Peter Jackson in the finale of his early splatterfest.
17. ''HOMECOMING'' (2005)
Dead army vets return to life and protest an eerily familiar-sounding war in this fun-for-liberals, Joe Dante-directed episode of Showtime's Masters of Horror series.
16. DEAD SNOW (2009)
Sveinung Svendsen
Vacationing medical students are terrorized by German ghouls in the best of the Nazi zombie subgenre (see also 1977's Shock Waves and 2008's Outpost).
15. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943)
Well over half a century before Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, legendary director Jacques Tourneur married Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre to his own atmospheric brand of horror for a tale of romance and voodoo.
14. UNDEAD (2003)
Grant Marshall
Entertainingly bonkers Australian-made tale of zombies, aliens...and cricket!
13. THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (1988)
''Don't let them bury me, I'm not dead!'' implores Bill Pullman in Wes Craven's underrated voodoo-oriented shocker. But they do anyway, (possibly in the belief that it will sort out the perennial Bill Pullman/Bill Paxton confusion).
12. DEAD SET (2008)
This amazingly gory, made-for-TV effort finds zombie apocalypse survivors holed up in the British version of the Big Brother house. Real-life BB host Davina McCall stars as herself and then herself-as-a-ravenous-zombie. A Chenbot-starring U.S. remake would be as appreciated as it is unlikely.
11. ZOMBIE 2 (1979)
Kobal Collection
Where else can you see a zombie fighting a shark? Other than in your dreams, of course.
10. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985)
Return of the Living Dead strayed from the Romero zombie ''rules'' in a number of ways and, just as importantly, replaced his social commentary with jokes and clothes-avoiding scream queen Linnea Quigley. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Return made considerably more than Romero's Day of the Dead when it was released shortly afterwards.
9. RE-ANIMATOR (1985)
Jeffrey Combs shines as corpse-reviving scientist Herbert West in this berserk H.P. Lovecraft update. Though equal entertainment is provided by David Gale's Dr. Carl Hill, whose surgery skills seem largely unimpaired by the fact that he is decapitated halfway through. Meanwhile, those who don't like seeing homicidal intestines should watch any other film ever made.
8. DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
Romero tweaked the nose of the military-industrial complex with Day in which underground bunker-dwelling scientists and soldiers uneasily coexist. The director's third zombie film boasts a host of memorable performances, none more so that of Sherman Howard who plays the unnervingly intelligent (and, by the end, gun-toting) zombie ''Bub.''
7. CEMETERY MAN (1994)
Graveyard custodian overseer Rupert Everett reacts to the dead rising from their graves not with terror but with an air of bored melancholy (well, that and some dum-dum bullets). ''All this extra work, it's not as if they pay me anymore,'' he declares after slaying a couple of zombies in the oddest and most tragically underseen film on this list.
6. [REC] (2007)
A Spanish television reporter and her cameraman follow some firefighters into an apartment building where zombie-esque hell proceeds to break out — literally. The 2008 US remake, Quarantine, dropped the supernatural elements but is equally excellent.
5. 28 DAYS LATER (2002)
No, it's not technically a zombie film because the rage virus-infected ghouls threatening Cillian Murphy's recovered coma victim are not dead. And yes, George Romero has been vocal about the fact that zombies cannot and should not run, as the human-monsters do in Danny Boyle's movie. But...phooey. Alex Garland's script hits enough zombie tropes to make this list while Boyle brilliantly succeeds in turning London into an eerie and frightening environ even before he introduces the hordes of slavering maniacs.
4. DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)
In the first few nerve-rending minutes of Zach Snyder's remake, nurse Sarah Polley is forced to hit the road by her crazed, undead husband and drives through a blood-drenched vision of the zombie apocalypse more epic than any other (even that to be found in George A. Romero's original 1979 Dawn). The rest of the movie is almost as good and features the most darkly comedic exchange in zombie movie history: ''Is everyone there dead?'' ''Well, dead-ish.''
3. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
A ''rom-zom-com'' with a pun for a title, Shaun of the Dead could hardly have sounded less promising. But the first real movie from Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright works as both an affectionate, in-joke-filled homage to the genre and a terrific zombie film in its own right. Simon Pegg stars as a lovelorn slacker who believes the best place to wait out the undead apocalypse is his local pub.
''They're coming to get you, Barbara!'' Indeed, they are. Romero's groundbreaking and enduringly creepy low-budget shocker offered a blueprint of terror that pretty much all subsequent zombie movies would borrow from: flesh-hungry undead ghouls; a group of besieged, bickering characters; and great gobs of gore.
Romero?s second zombie movie still packs a gory, funny, and just plain crazy punch. Of course, punching a zombie isn't going to do much good at all. What you want to do is have him walk into the blades of a helicopter, as Romero memorably does in his mostly mall-set classic.
1 of 25 25. PLANET TERROR (2007)
2 of 25 24. DIARY OF THE DEAD (2007)
3 of 25 23. LAND OF THE DEAD (2005)
4 of 25 22. ZOMBIELAND (2009)
5 of 25 21. COLIN (2009)
6 of 25 20. RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (2007)
7 of 25 19. PONTYPOOL (2009)
8 of 25 18. DEAD ALIVE (1992)
9 of 25 17. ''HOMECOMING'' (2005)
10 of 25 16. DEAD SNOW (2009)
11 of 25 15. I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE (1943)
12 of 25 14. UNDEAD (2003)
13 of 25 13. THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (1988)
14 of 25 12. DEAD SET (2008)
15 of 25 11. ZOMBIE 2 (1979)
16 of 25 10. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985)
17 of 25 9. RE-ANIMATOR (1985)
18 of 25 8. DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
19 of 25 7. CEMETERY MAN (1994)
20 of 25 6. [REC] (2007)
21 of 25 5. 28 DAYS LATER (2002)
22 of 25 4. DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004)
23 of 25 3. SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004)
24 of 25 2. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
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Only In America (remix)
on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 No comments: Links to this post
Some "DIRT" on Republican Rick Perry (Admitted-Bilderberger and NWO Globalist, "Governor Gardasil" of Texas)
Amplify’d from www.facebook.com
by Ryan D Hall
Slick Rick Perry... talks like a Texan, but acts like a Globalist Traitor and typical SLIMEY Politician!
So, you think you should vote for Rick Perry to become U.S. President in 2012, ey? Well, maybe you ought to consider a LARGE part of some info that I do not think you have been made aware of, just yet.
A LARGE portion of the initial research listed here in this note was done by someone on FB named "Atom Ant" (Facebook profile page: https://www.facebook.com/TheTimeTraveler - whom I saw talking about Perry on Deborah Langdon's discussion thread: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=269510869742626&id=1067956193 ). Later links in the 2nd section were swiftly scoured from facebook just by me alone... And, links in the 3rd section were gleaned from postings by Zack Brown (profile page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000182532297 ) here, on Rick Perry's own Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/GovernorPerry/posts/10150349560785409 (Start at item #1 and work your way up/backwards).
--- Start of Mr. "Atom Ant" 's research:
Rick Perry not a true conservative and his actions are those of a Democrat... This guy will say anything to get elected...
Perry was not just a Democrat... He was Al Gore’s campaign chairman for Texas... He conveniently changed parties to Republican to get an appointment in the Republican State house. Perry decided it was more convenient to be a Republican… Now he claims (for convenience) he is a Tea Party supporter…
http://www.enviroknow.com/2011/06/23/rick-perry-al-gore-1988/
And yes, Al Gore was a Global Warming kook back then when Perry staunchly supported Al Gore and his Global Warming policies...
Tries to Get Out of Ticket with unlawful use of office - Texas State Trooper Dash camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E8CvXIY6mgk
Crony Quid-pro-quo... Mega-donors have won hefty contracts or appointments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPlsZgKvu4I&feature=share
Crony kick backs and vaccines that killed.
http://www.politicolnews.com/rick-perrys-texas-mandated-vaccine-law/
Perry has blood on his hands…
http://www.flainjurylawyerblog.com/2011/01/merck-vaccine-gardasil-linked.html
As Fiscally Irresponsible as Barack Obama
http://www.unelected.org/rick-perry-fiscally-irresponsible
Bwa-hahahaha! Rick Perry fans, CHECK THIS: "Does this ASS make my TRUCK look big?!" lmao!
Says border fence is "Nonsense"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1DqcdL6_wE&feature=share
Endorsed by Mexican President for Giving Mexicans Scholarships!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KYLf2AJFPg
Would veto Arizona immigration law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxX1afjeols&NR=1
Close ties to Islam [who cares? --RDH]
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/will-rick-perrys-longstanding-relationship-muslims-hurt-his-campaign
Wielded his enormous power to influence changes in the schoolrooms and in the curriculum to reflect a Sharia compliant version of Islam. Some students in Texas think Muslims discovered America thanks to Perry...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/08/geller-rick-perry-the-stealth-jihad-candidate.html
[Again, I do not care about people learning about Islam but we do need to retain accuracy in the truth of history --RDH]
Pro NAFTA
http://www.teapartytribune.com/2011/08/12/rick-perrys-nafta-superhighway-problem/
Willing to hand over US soil to foreign nations.
http://www.citizens4freedom.com/Articles/tabid/1387/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5681/Rick-Perry-tied-to-Agenda-21-Selling-Texas-to-foreigners-jabs-Obama-for-same.aspx
Don’t Believe the Hype. Meet the Real Rick Perry
http://www.rlc.org/2011/08/12/texas-rlc-sends-out-warning-on-rick-perry/
He was picked by the liberal commercial media... not the people. He will not make it past first base. Even with the Republican women dreaming of sex in the White House with him... Even Clinton is getting jealous and fears he may have his White House sexcapade record broken.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/15/bill_clinton_rick_perry_a_good-looking_rascal.html
This guy is almost as bad as Obama and could pass for Clinton Jr.
I'm hearing now he even fast tracked the smart meters that are burning down people’s homes.
--- End of "Atom Ant" research.
Rick Perry sucking on a corn dog at the 2011 Iowa State Fair (after their Straw Poll)
More "DIRT" (just a few links I picked up about him in the past week):
Rick Perry was Democrat Al Gore's Campaign Manager in 1988:
Slideshow: When Rick Perry was a Democrat, by Texas Tribune Staff
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-people/rick-perry/slideshow-when-rick-perry-was-democrat/
Rick Perry once worked with ACORN! yes, THAT ACORN!!!
Former Reagan aide: ‘Rick Perry is an idiot’ | Raw Replay
http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/former-reagan-aide-rick-perry-is-an-idiot/
Whatever Rick Perry’s Record Is, It’s Not Conservative | The New Republic
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/93902/rick-perry-record-liberal-conservative?utm_source=The+New+Republic&utm_campaign=c9d50078a7-TNR_Daily_081911&utm_medium=email
Rick Perry Imagines Day One:
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/19/7417042-rick-perry-imagines-day-one#comments
TX Gov. Rick Perry Attends Bilderberg in Istanbul, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90jfQrb4wAE&feature=share
Rick Perry is the Bankers' Answer to Ron Paul [those same BANKERS who are against Ron Paul - making sense yet?]:
http://www.infowars.com/rick-perry-is-the-bankers-answer-to-ron-paul/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Lrj9-gHpQsw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkMkJ5s1j0I&feature=player_embedded
Rick Perry on Al Gore, the NAFTA Superhighway, and Bilderberg:
http://www.infowars.com/rick-perry-on-al-gore-the-nafta-superhighway-and-bilderberg/
Rick Perry = another George W. Bush!
Rick Perry Said He Was Just Like George W. Bush (a FAKE Texan):
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/06/the_time_rick_perry_said_he_wa.html
Rick Perry Said Bush Defended Us From Freedom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysAqO8nG-QA&feature=share
Rick Perry is the Neo-Con Warmonger Choice for President:
http://www.infowars.com/rick-perry-is-the-neocon-warmonger-choice-for-president/
[former Mexico El Presidente] Vicente Fox Thanks Governor Perry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWLrI7RQetQ&feature=share
Bank of America to Rick Perry: 'We Will Help You Out'
[PROOF that BROKE BIG BANKS are funding corrupt politicians to further the demise of America!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fRhb0awjAg
How Rick Perry aggressively pursued federal aid he now decries:
http://news.yahoo.com/rick-perry-aggressively-pursued-federal-aid-now-decries-095000694.html
Sultan Knish: Rick Perry and Islam [WHERE ARE ALL THE ZIONIST or Israel-supporter OPINIONS AT???]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2011/08/rick-perry-and-islam.html
Ron Paul mocks Rick Perry, credits Jon Stewart - Alexander Burns:
Seven ways Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/seven-ways-rick-perry-wants-change-constitution-131634517.html
VIDEO: Rick Perry Don't Need No Stinkin' Free Market!
http://stuffedsuits.com/news/national-politics/764-rick-perry-shady-donor-deals-exposed
Michelle Malkin » Plumbing the rest of the Perry record
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/08/18/plumbing-the-rest-of-the-perry-record/
Rick Perry the Pornographer [from Russia Today]
https://rt.com/usa/news/rick-perry-porn-movie/
Tea Party Fraud Rick Perry is Political Herpes [he regularly cheated on his wife and was always running around with local STRIPPERS] -- this is a VERY REVEALING article written by my friend Robert Morrow of Austin, Texas:
http://www.stuffedsuits.com/news/national-politics/721-fraud-rick-perry-is-political-herpes
Ron Paul backer runs ad seeking dirt on Rick Perry's personal life "Have YOU had sex with Rick Perry?":
[Credit to Austin, Texas activist / CASH founder Mr. Robert Morrow for actually placing this ad himself!]
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/ron-paul-backer-runs-ad-seeking-dirt-rick-193010516.html
Ad: 'Have You Had Sex With Rick Perry?' - Politics News Story - KERO Bakersfield:
http://www.turnto23.com/politics/28903972/detail.html
The untold story of a lunch receipt with Rick Perry's name on it from a place that features drag shows...
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/the-untold-story-of-a-lunch-receipt-with-1040441.html
Gay rumors complicate Rick Perry's presidential prospects — RT [Russia Today]
http://rt.com/usa/news/gay-rick-perry-campaign/
Texas Governor's Gay Sex Scandal Covered in Austin paper, the First Non-Internet Media Outlet...
http://www.opednews.com/thoreau022704_texas_governor.htm
Rick Perry his strippers, hookers, gay affairs, bisexual adultery interview - well summarized:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAOf-amXolE
The now-infamous (and NATIONWIDE!) “Have you had sex with Rick Perry” advertisement by CASH / Robert Morrow:
Ron Paul backer runs ad seeking dirt on Rick Perry’s personal life
‘It’s Rather Silly’: Ron Paul Responds to Supporter’s Rick Perry Sex Ad Controversy
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/its-rather-silly-ron-paul-responds-to-supporters-rick-perry-sex-ad-controversy/
And my friend "East Bay Truther" said: "Closet gays are the worst, They usually go berserk and kill other gays. Its called self hate. Look at Hitler. Hitler was a doo doo chaser. Most of the high up NAZI's were fudge packers." lmao (this is true! :)
TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY EXPOSED !!! HE'S AN ANTI-GAY HOMOPHOBE !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf9CyaVKAC0
Rick Perry's Hardcore History of Investment in Porn:
http://www.politicususa.com/en/rick-perry-investment-porn
Rick Perry Spent $78 at La Te Da Drag Queen Show in Florida in 2009 | Before It's News
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/968/604/Rick_Perry_Spent_78_at_La_Te_Da_Drag_Queen_Show_in_Florida_in_2009.html
Did you know that Rick Perry was a MALE CHEERLEADER? lol No kidding!
http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/blog/swrt/15195-texas-gov-rick-perry-male-cheerleader.html
Rick Perry Hurt Little Girls:
http://www.infowars.com/rick-perry-hurt-little-girls/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CSBXSdoYqvk
Gardasil - The Damage is Done: From A Best Friend's View:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2z6RK2uTWc
Rick Perry would de-fund Planned Parenthood, but not his Forced Vaccine Executive Order - under his Big Government Program:
Rick Perry Fervently Supported the TARP Bailouts in 2008 | Unelected.org :
http://www.unelected.org/rick-perry-fervently-supported-the-tarp-bailouts-in-2008#.TlGDLBK1Pfc.facebook
The letter Rick Perry wrote to Pelosi urging her to pass TARP (the bank bail-outs of 2008!!).
http://unelected.org/wp-content/perry_letter.jpg
He leads CHEERS for the tyrannical ESTABLISHMENT, as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XSKHbPnekI
Bush / Obama. Demo-rat Republi-scam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwD84nKA5y0&sns=fb
"Gov. Rick Perry is a happy executioner, having presided over 230 executions in Texas. That’s more, reported The Texas Tribune, “than any other modern governor of any state.”
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/killer_in_chief_20110818/
--- And, from Zack Brown:
Political caricature (artist unknown)
14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President:
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/14-reasons-why-rick-perry-would-be-a-really-really-bad-president
Rick Perry is a "big government" politician. When Rick Perry became the governor of Texas in 2000, the total spending by the Texas state government was approximately $49 billion. Ten years later it was approximately $90 billion. That is not exactly reducing the size of government.
The debt of the state of Texas is out of control. According to http://USDebtClock.org/, the debt to GDP ratio in Texas is 22.9% and the debt per citizen is $10,645. In California (a total financial basket case), the debt to GDP ratio is just 18.7% and the debt per citizen is only $9932. If Rick Perry runs for president these are numbers he will want to keep well hidden.
The total debt of the Texas government has more than doubled since Rick Perry became governor. So what would the U.S. national debt look like after four (or eight) years of Rick Perry?
Rick Perry has spearheaded the effort to lease roads in Texas to foreign companies, to turn roads that are already free to drive on into toll roads, and to develop the Trans-Texas Corridor which would be part of the planned NAFTA superhighway system. If you really do deep research on this whole Trans-Texas Corridor nonsense you will see why no American should ever cast a single vote for Rick Perry.
Rick Perry claims that he has a "track record" of not raising taxes. That is a false claim. Rick Perry has repeatedly raised taxes and fees while he has been governor. Today, Texans are faced with significantly higher taxes and fees than they were before Rick Perry was elected.
Even with the oil boom in Texas, 23 states have a lower unemployment rate than Texas does.
Back in 1988, Rick Perry supported Al Gore for president. In fact, Rick Perry actually served as Al Gore's campaign chairman in the state of Texas that year.
Between December 2007 and April 2011, weekly wages in the U.S. increased by about 5 percent. In the state of Texas they increased by just 0.6% over that same time period.
Texas now has one of the worst education systems in the nation. The following is from an opinion piece that was actually authored by Barbara Bush earlier this year... "We rank 36th in the nation in high school graduation rates. An estimated 3.8 million Texans do not have a high school diploma.We rank 49th in verbal SAT scores, 47th in literacy and 46th in average math SAT scores. We rank 33rd in the nation on teacher salaries."
Rick Perry attended the Bilderberg Group meetings in 2007. Associating himself with that organization should be a red flag for all American voters.
Texas has the highest percentage of workers making minimum wage out of all 50 states.
Rick Perry often gives speeches about illegal immigration, but when you look at the facts, he has been incredibly soft on the issue. If Rick Perry does not plan to secure the border, then he should not be president because illegal immigration is absolutely devastating many areas of the southwest United States.
In 2007, 221,000 residents of Texas were making minimum wage or less. By 2010, that number had risen to 550,000.
Rick Perry actually issued an executive order in 2007 that would have forced almost every single girl in the state of Texas to receive the Gardasil vaccine before entering the sixth grade. Perry would have put parents in a position where they would have had to fill out an application and beg the government not to inject their child with a highly controversial vaccine. Since then, very serious safety issues regarding this vaccine have come to light. Fortunately, lawmakers in Texas blocked what Perry was trying to do. According to Wikipedia, many were troubled when "apparent financial connections between Merck and Perry were reported by news outlets, such as a $6,000 campaign contribution and Merck's hiring of former Perry Chief of Staff Mike Toomey to handle its Texas lobbying work."
Austin, Texas activist Robert Morrow's recently placed NATIONWIDE ad: Ad: 'Have You Had Sex With Rick Perry?' - Politics News Story - KERO Bakersfield:
So, now knowing all of this, do you STILL want to vote for Rick Perry or support ANYTHING he does in the future?! If you do, you have to be EVIL or CRAZY!
Why don't you all go visit Rick Perry's Facebook fan page and tell him and his zombie fans what you really think and feel about him NOW?
https://www.facebook.com/GovernorPerry
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Are kids in Christian classes coming out less Christian?
Amplify’d from www.wnd.com
BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
Study finds parochial, private, home education have startling effects on faith
By Drew Zahn
A two-year study of graduates from Catholic, Protestant and home schools found the choice of private education, when compared to public education, had significant effects on the students' academics, civics and faith – but not necessarily the effects one might expect.
For example, the study found, the adjusted net effect on students of private, Catholic schooling versus public schooling was to produce graduates even less likely to believe in moral absolutes, to respect the authority of the Catholic Church, to believe in the infallibily of Scripture or to condemn premarital sex.
Read why an alarming number of children are growing up to leave the church – and what you can do about it – in "Already Gone."
The study also discovered, for example, that "the stereotypical picture of the highly political right-wing Protestant Christian is false," finding that graduates of Christian schools are less engaged in politics than their peers, as measured by talking less about politics, participating less in campaigns and donating less to political causes.
"In contrast to the popular stereotypes portraying Christian schools as promoting a socially fragmented, anti-intellectual, politically radical and militantly right-winged lifestyle," claims the survey from Cardus, a think tank focusing on North American society, "this comprehensive study reveals a very different picture of the Christian school graduate."
"Compared to their public school, Catholic school and non-religious private school peers," the study determined, "Protestant Christian school graduates are uniquely compliant, generous, outwardly-focused individuals who stabilize their communities by their uncommon commitment to their families, their churches and larger society. … Graduates of Christian schools donate money [to charity] significantly more than graduates of other schools, despite having lower household income. Similarly, graduates of Protestant Christian schools are more generous with their time, participating far more than their peers both in service trips for relief and development and in mission trips for evangelization."
The study also found dozens of intriguing comparisons in the areas of academics and faith.
The Cardus Education Survey, a million-dollar study conducted by Cardus in a research partnership with the University of Notre Dame, analyzed both quantitative and qualitative research into the lives of nearly 2,500 American high school graduates between the ages of 24-39, measuring at least 43 different categories of academic, spiritual and civic life.
The results of the survey were then weighted against over 30 variables known to impact student development – such as the closeness of a student's relationship to parents, religious service attendance, race and so forth – in order to "isolate the effect of school type on the spiritual, socio-cultural and educational outcomes of students six to 21 years after high school graduation," according to the study's report. The effect of school type was then compared to public school graduates as a control group.
Though the study also included graduates of home schools (separated into "religious" home education, based on mothers' church attendance, and non-religious home education) and non-religious private schools, the most statistically significant results came in comparing Catholic to Protestant:
"In many cases, the difference in outcomes between Catholic and Protestant Christian schools is striking," the study states. "Catholic schools provide superior academic outcomes, an experience that translates into graduates' enrollment in more prestigious colleges and universities, more advanced degrees and higher household income.
"At the same time, however, our research finds that the moral, social and religious dispositions of Catholic school graduates seem to run counter to the values and teachings of the Catholic church," the study concludes. "For example, students graduating from Catholic schools divorce no less than their public school counterparts, and significantly more than their Protestant Christian and non-religious private school peers. Similarly, having attended Catholic school has no impact on the frequency with which those graduates will attend church services, and Catholic school graduates are less likely to serve as leaders in their churches."
The study also found, "On every measure of traditional religious beliefs, Protestant Christian school graduates show significantly more adherence to the church teachings than their peers, findings that hold up after rigorous controls, indicating the impact of the Protestant Christian school on the long-term religious beliefs of their graduates."
The authors of the study concluded, "Protestant Christian schools play a vital role in the long-term faith of their students, while Catholic schools seem to be largely irrelevant, sometimes even counterproductive to the development of their students' faith."
Other intriguing findings included the following:
Sample graph of findings from Cardus Education Survey, where a control gropu of public schooled graduates is represented by the zero line, demonstrating the net effect of private schooling
All private schools, even non-religious and home schools, showed significant positive effect over public schools on graduates reporting "feelings that their high school prepared them for a vibrant and religious spiritual life," with religious home educated graduates faring the best, scoring on average over 3 points higher on a 7-point scale than public schooled students.
The net effect of Protestant and religious home education was an increase in graduates' reported attendance at religious services, while Catholic and non-religious private school grads reported a decrease in attendance.
Religious home education produced the greatest effect on increasing graduates' belief that morality should be based on an absolute, unchanging standard (see graph at right), while Catholic schooling actually decreased this belief.
Protestant and religious home educated graduates showed a net increase in belief in the Bible as an infallible guide for personal life and behavior, that premarital sex is wrong and that divorce is wrong, while Catholic and non-religious private schooling showed a net decrease in these beliefs.
Protestant school graduates showed a significant increase in financial giving – both to their churches and to other religious groups – when compared to public schooled students, but all other forms of private school showed a net decrease in giving.
Protestant school graduates were also far more likely than all other groups to report volunteering in their churches, traveling on missions trips and serving on relief trips.
Protestant and religious home school graduates showed a greater likelihood to talk with their spouse about God, pray and read the Bible together, but all those gains were reduced to statistical meaninglessness when the graduates' children entered the picture, showing private schooling to have no significant effect on future family religious life when compared to public schooled graduates.
All groups of private schooled graduates reported "feelings that their high school prepared them for personal relationships, friendships and family relations, especially marriage" at rates higher than their public schooled peers.
Catholic schools – whose administrators also reported to Cardus a higher emphasis than their Protestant peers on academic achievement – produced more graduates attending top 20 universities and significantly more attending Carnegie Research I and II universities.
While much more likely to report high school diplomas, graduates of religious home education were far less likely than all other groups to report advanced or college degrees.
All four groups – Catholic, Protestant, non-religious private and religious home schools – showed a net negative effect when compared to public schools in producing graduates with college or advanced degrees.
The Cardus team again summarized their findings: "This research finds that Catholic schools are providing higher quality intellectual development, at the expense of developing students' faith and commitment to religious practices. Protestant Christian schools, conversely, are providing a place where students become distinct in their commitment to faith, but are not advancing to higher education any more than their public school peers. Graduates of Catholic schools and non-religious private schools show a significant advantage in years of education, while Protestant Christian school graduates have statistically identical attainment levels as their public school peers. Additionally, graduates of Protestant Christian schools attend less competitive colleges than both their Catholic and non-religious private school peers."
The researchers suggested the differences between Catholic and Protestant schools may be directly tied to the institutions' priorities, as measured by an included survey of over 150 private school administrators in the U.S. and Canada.
"These outcomes closely reflect the values reported by school administrators," the study concludes. "While Catholic school administrators rank university as the top priority more than any other option, more Protestant Christian school administrators rank family as the top emphasis of the school."
What about homeschooling?
Dr. Brian D. Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute warned WND that while the study raises some "wide-ranging and fascinating" questions about how homeschooling stacks up against public, parochial and Christian education, careful analysis of the research prevents drawing too broad of conclusions:
"In the end, however, the findings presented reveal very little dependable information about the graduates of home-based education," Ray wrote in a mass email. "[First], the homeschool sample size was very small. Less than 90 of the roughly 2,000 respondents were homeschooled, and only a portion (that was not reported) of the 90 had been in religious homeschools … and religious instruction was a critical consideration in this study.
"Second, 'homeschooled' in this report is operationally defined as the respondent marking that he or she primarily attended homeschool during high school," he continued. "The report does not reveal for how many of their K-12 years they were home educated."
Ray wondered in particular about one statement the survey made, saying it sounded awfully discouraging: "One of the most significant findings in this study is the long-term commitment of Protestant Christian school graduates to stay within the Protestant faith. ... Other schooling types, including Catholic schools [and religious homeschools], have no impact on the religious affiliations their graduates choose as adults."
Still, Ray warned, such a statement should be taken with a grain of salt:
"The authors executed a good design that offers solid findings mainly about high school graduates who primarily attended public school, Catholic schools, religious schools (not Catholic) and non-religious private schools during their high school years," he said. "[Βut] certain limitations, such as the extremely small sample size for graduates of religious homeschool high schools, do not allow much of substance to be said about those who were raised in 'religious' homeschool families. Perhaps the authors of this research project will offer more in future reports about adults who were home educated."
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Title IX prohibits several types of sex-based harassment. Sexual harassment is unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature, such as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual misconduct has various forms of sexual harassment which include but are not limited to; non-consensual sexual contact, non-consensual sexual intercourse, intimate partner violence and stalking. Gender-based harassment is another form of sex-based harassment and refers to unwelcome conduct based on an individual’s actual or perceived sex, including harassment based on gender identity or nonconformity with sex stereotypes, and not necessarily involving conduct of a sexual nature. All of these types of sex-based harassment are forms of sex discrimination prohibited by Title IX.
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Kenneth Loiselle, Ph.D.
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Ph.D., Yale University
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European Enlightenment
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Home » Conduent Blog » The people on the bus go shop, shop, shop
The people on the bus go shop, shop, shop
August 10, 2016 Chris Holmes
Clipping coupons has been popular for years. After all, who doesn’t like a good deal? Now, we’ve seen a shift from the traditional paper coupon to adoption of more cutting edge couponing technologies. Many grocery stores, for example, offer mobile coupons on shoppers’ smartphones.
“The Shop and Ride app … delivers personalized, hyperlocal, mobile offers to transit riders based on their preferences and travel patterns. — Chris Holmes, Vice President of Mobile Commerce Solutions in the Payments and Public Sector
According to a report from Juniper Research, the retail industry will continue to be transformed by innovative technology like beacons. When placed strategically, beacons enable consumers to receive targeted mobile coupons based on their location. Juniper has forecast that almost 1.6 billion coupons will be delivered through beacon technology in the next four years.
Beacons are typically placed at a retail location, pushing coupons and other notifications to consumers as they enter the store. But what if we take the technology a step further to greatly expand its reach?
The mass transit beacon
Cities everywhere are looking for ways to boost mass transit ridership by expanding access and improving the overall experience for riders.
To help our transit customers address these daily challenges, our research teams at PARC and around the world have been studying how people use public transport to work, eat, and play. What they’ve found is that riders want offers for food, shopping, and entertainment based on their preferences in local proximity as they travel.
Xerox & @NJTransit bring commuters shopping perks w/ new Shop and Ride app http://ctt.ec/9603C+ #mobiledeals #transit
Today, we’ve launched the new Shop and Ride app, powered by Xerox. The app delivers personalized, hyperlocal, mobile offers to transit riders based on their preferences and travel patterns. Beacon technology, owned and operated by AR James Media, has been placed in bus shelters and at merchant sites in Hoboken, New Jersey. The beacons communicate with the app so riders are notified of existing offers in the area or at a particular store.
While the app is initially being launched on its own, our intent will be to eventually integrate this capability into mobile ticketing applications that Xerox develops for transit organizations like New Jersey Transit, further enriching the features of their ticketing operations.
Hop on Board
Hoboken residents can download the Shop and Ride app today in the Apple App Store.
Commuters in Hoboken can now download the app and receive discounts, savings, and special offers from merchants along their routes. With a single touch, riders can save a coupon to redeem it immediately or at a later time.
Hoboken is the ideal place to pilot the app because of its size and its significant transit ridership – in fact, the city has the highest public transportation use of any in the U.S. The Hoboken launch is a first-to-market test bed for many other transit organizations that Xerox works with across the nation.
A two-way street
The app benefits not only riders but also local merchants. Xerox provides merchants with real-time tracking of deal conversions and anonymized data – such as the number of users who save, open, and redeem the coupons. This data allows merchants to make decisions based on which offers riders are most responsive to.
Thirty five local merchants have already partnered with Xerox to extend deals to New Jersey Transit riders. By the end of summer, the number of participating merchants is expected to grow to at least 60.
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16 January 2020: Scientific Programmer/Analyst, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Scientific Programmer/Analyst, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
NASA’s Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has an opening for an experienced scientific programmer/analyst to support the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. This position will support implementation and evaluation of methods for retrieval of atmosphere and ocean optical properties and associated uncertainties using satellite remote sensing data. The successful candidate must be eligible for unrestricted access to NASA facilities.
To view the detailed position description and qualifications and apply for this position, please visit the SAIC Careers Site: http://jobs.saic.com/ and enter Job ID 200519.
15 January 2020: Research Fellow, University of Stirling (UK)
Research Fellow, University of Stirling (UK)
The University of Stirling is looking to appoint enthusiastic and highly motivated research fellows to work across Horizon 2020 and UK projects on the development and application of satellite remote sensing for monitoring water quality in lakes and coastal waters and the integration of these data with novel in situ sensor observations. The successful applicants will join a rapidly growing and world-leading research group at the University of Stirling.
It is expected for the successful candidate to travel within the UK to different locations for the development and validation of satellite observations, the maintenance and deployment of in situ optical sensors, analysis of water samples, inter-comparison and evaluation of novel new sensors for in situ measurements and the curation, processing and analysis of in situ and satellite datasets.
Description of Duties
Applicants should have a willingness to a travel extensively within the UK and internationally for fieldwork. Skills in computer programming in one or more languages (e.g., Python or R) would also be an advantage for these positions. Valid UK or international driving licenses are also essential. There may also be opportunities for the successful candidates to contribute to other projects, supervise undergraduate and postgraduate project students in the field and laboratory and contribute to and lead on applications for new research funding and fellowships.
Please contact Professor Andrew N. Tyler for further information about this position (a.n.tyler@stir.ac.uk). The deadline for applications is Sunday 02 February 2020.
For further information, including a full description of duties, essential criteria and details on how to apply, please see the announcement at: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BXY571/research-fellow
8 January 2020: Earth Sciences Remote Sensing, Physical Scientist, NASA Ames Research, CA (USA)
Supervisory AST, Earth Sciences Remote Sensing, Physical Scientist
Two vacancies – Supervisor in the Atmospheric Science Branch and Supervisor in the Biospheric Science Branch. This is an unprecedented opportunity to join the Earth science leadership team at NASA Ames. The Branch Chiefs lead operations and provide technical and programmatic leadership of research portfolios in their respective scientific disciplines. Both branches oversee research portfolios that include strong measurement and analysis projects.
For further details see: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/549836700
12 December 2019: Research Assistant in Ocean Color Remote Sensing, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Research Assistant Position in Ocean Color Remote Sensing
We are seeking an outstanding researcher who has well-developed skills in the field of coastal ocean color remote sensing and optical oceanography. The candidate will be studying the inherent and apparent optical properties of the Arabian Gulf water using in situ and satellite observations. The optical properties vary with the wavelength of the light, depth, and time. These measurements can be utilized together with numerical models for finding the amount and type of materials, including living microorganisms, and sediments within the water.
The successful candidate will be based in Abu Dhabi (UAE) at Khalifa University. The individual in this position will work on satellite data from various ocean color satellite sensors and field measurements from ocean and atmosphere to develop, validate, and evaluate algorithms for the remote retrieval of the ocean color and atmospheric products. For more information and how to apply see the Position Announcement.
For queries please contact maryamr.alshehhi@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Maryam R. Al Shehhi Assistant Professor,
Khaifa University Aby Dhabi,
11 December 2019: Postdoctoral Fellow (Ocean Modeller), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Postdoctoral Fellow (Ocean Modeller)
We are seeking an outstanding scientist who can apply well-developed skills in physical oceanography and numerical modeling to address issues in coastal and shelf-scale oceanography related to system connectivity, productivity and spatial-temporal dynamics. The successful candidate will be based at Masdar Institute Campus, Abu Dhabi (UAE), part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology. The role of this position will be to define and initiate research into shelf-ocean interactions and coastal and shelf processes in Arabian Seas and Gulfs, especially the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The successful candidate will focus on improving the understanding of ocean circulation and the transport and fate of waterborne materials, and will also work closely with ocean color scientists in our group to observe and forecast adverse events in the marine environment, such as red tide, oil spills, and interpret the underlying mechanisms. For more information and how to apply see the Position Announcement .
6 December 2019: Researcher in Ocean Remote Sensing, University of Toulon, France
Researcher in Ocean Remote Sensing
Position duration: 1 year and 10 months, starting date: 1 March, 2020
Responsable: Audrey Minghelli, associate professor (minghelli@univ-tln.fr) ; +33.4.94.14.22.29
Partners: Léo Berline (M.I.O), Cristèle Chevalier (M.I.O), Julien Jouanno (LEGOS) and Malik Chami (Sorbonne Université)
Location of the position: Laboratoire Informatique et Systèmes (LIS), group « Signal-Image », University of Toulon, campus of La Garde (Toulon, France)
Description of the Position:
Since 2011, massive strandings of brown algae (Sargassum) have affected the coasts of the West Caribbean, Brazil and West Africa (figure 1). Their environmental and socio-economical impacts are now considered very significant, leading to growing concern in the scientific community and civil society. The FORESEA Project (supported by the French National Research Agency, 2020-2022) aims at monitoring, modeling and forecasting the Sargassum strandings in the ocean. Satellite Sargassum detection is central to understanding and predicting the phenomenon. Classical methods detect Sargassum with spectral indexes (AFAI, MCI, FLH) and the main objective of the position is to improve the Sargassum detection techniques from space. A special effort will be dedicated to identify rafts when located under a layer of water and to complementary make use of available satellite images (e.g., Sentinel-2 and 3, MODIS, VIIRS…) to monitor Sargassum at different scales (from 10 m to 300 m). From these multiscale observations, we expect to gain understanding on the observability of the Sargassum with high coverage – low resolution sensors such as MODIS, and on the dynamical properties of the Sargassum rafts (organization, aggregation, break-up, drift). To reduce the processing time, deep learning methods can be considered.
The schedule of the work will consist in (i) gathering the satellite ocean color data of interest for the project, (ii) correcting the satellite data for the atmospheric effects, (iii) applying the current bio-optical algorithms (and improving them if necessary) to identify and to determine the Sargassum abundance from satellite data.
Education and required skills
PhD in image processing and/or remote sensing;
Basic knowledge in radiative transfer modelling,
Deep learning methods, skills for the redaction and synthesis (oral and writing).
Good communication skills (oral and writing).
English read, written and spoken.
Knowledge in IDL, Matlab, Python language, ENVI software and Linux operating system is appreciated.
Application (CV and motivation letter) should to be sent by email to Audrey Minghelli (minghelli@univ-tln.fr) by 8 February, 2020.
2 December 2019: Biological Oceanography – Assistant Professor, University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Biological Oceanography – Assistant Professor Position
The Division of Marine Science in the School of Ocean Science and Engineering (SOSE) at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) invites qualified applicants for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position in Biological Oceanography at the Assistant Professor level to begin in the Fall 2020.
USM offers an exceptional environment for a successful career in marine science with tremendous strength in collaboration across science, engineering, education and outreach. A regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized leader in marine science, SOSE comprises two academic divisions (Marine Science and Coastal Science), several R&D centers (Hydrographic Science Research Center, Center for Fisheries Research and Development, and Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center), and a fleet of research vessels. SOSE is rapidly expanding with a Center for Ocean Enterprise just breaking ground in October 2019 and a regional-class R/V funded by NSF to be delivered in 2022.
Division of Marine Sciences offers graduate and undergraduate programs across traditional marine science emphasis areas in biological, physical, chemical and geological oceanography, as well as hydrographic science and ocean engineering. The M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Marine Science and the M.S. degree in Hydrographic Science are delivered at the NASA Stennis Space Center, where Marine Science faculty benefit from close working relationships with a number of on-site federal agencies, including the Naval Research Laboratory-Stennis Space Center, the Naval Oceanographic Office, the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, the USGS and NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center. The Marine Science and Ocean Engineering B.S. degree programs are delivered at the USM Gulf Coast Campus in Long Beach, MS, at USM’s main campus in Hattiesburg, MS, as well as at the recently opened USM Marine Research Center, which features a state-of-the-art fabrication lab, testing tank, and laboratory space.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in oceanography, biological oceanography, or a related field. Preference will be given to candidates with post-doctoral experience, and a demonstrated record of scholarship, service, grant development, communication, and commitment to diversity. The successful candidates are expected to develop a vigorous externally funded research program, maintain a strong publication record, advise students, and provide outstanding teaching in their field of specialization. The successful candidate should also demonstrate the potential to contribute across disciplines and promote the continued interdisciplinary growth of the academic and research programs within SOSE. Applicants should submit a letter of interest outlining their qualifications for the position, including a research plan, teaching philosophy with a curricular plan, a curriculum vitae, and names and contact information of at least four references. References will not be contacted until later stages of the search. Salary packages will be nationally competitive and commensurate with experience. Applications must be submitted online at: https://usm.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=1255&site=1. For inquiries about the position, contact Xiaodong Zhang, Chair of the Search Committee, at 1-228-688-3178 or Xiaodong.Zhang@usm.edu. Review of applications begins 1 February 2020 and continues until the position is filled, with an anticipated start date of August 2020. The successful candidate will be required to pass a NASA background security check to work at Stennis Space Center, and a USM employment background check.
As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer/Americans with Disabilities Act institution, The University of Southern Mississippi encourages minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply. For more information about Southern Miss, visit our website at http://www.usm.edu.
26 November 2019: NASA Earth Science Division Director, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA
NASA Earth Science Division Director, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA
The incumbent serves as the Director of the Earth Science Division (ESD), Science Mission Directorate (SMD), reporting to the Associate Administrator (AA). The incumbent is responsible for the implementation of ESD’s annual budget of approximately $1.9 billion.
To view the detailed position description and qualifications and apply for this position, please visit https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/552569500
18 November 2019: Software Engineer at NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Software Engineer at NASA/GSFC, USA
SAIC has an opening for an experienced software engineer to support the Ocean Ecology Laboratory (OEL) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This position will perform web site and database development to support scientific satellite data product distribution and information dissemination for the OEL. The successful candidate must be eligible for unrestricted access to NASA facilities.
To view the detailed position description and qualifications and apply for this position, please visit the SAIC Careers Site: http://jobs.saic.com/ and enter Job ID 1927334.
9 October 2019: Postdoctoral Fellow in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Eawag (Lausanne) and University of Zurich, Switzerland
Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is an internationally networked aquatic research institute within the ETH Domain (Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology). Eawag conducts research, education and expert consulting to achieve the dual goals of meeting direct human needs for water and maintaining the function and integrity of aquatic ecosystems. The Department of Surface Waters – Research and Management (Surf) is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow in hyperspectral remote sensing of lake water quality.
The aim of this position is to explore the use of automated optical ground measurements and hydrodynamic simulations for the development of a new water quality retrieval algorithm for hyperspectral data. The position is part of a collaboration between Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, and the University of Zurich.
Since summer 2019, measurements of inherent and apparent optical properties are recorded several times a day nearby a research platform in Lake Geneva (www.lexplore.ch), while hydrodynamic circulation is simulated with an operational 3D hydrodynamic model (www.meteolakes.ch). Remote sensing of water quality parameters is typically limited by assumptions concerning optical properties and their vertical homogeneity. Using automated measurements and simulations, we can replace current assumptions with qualified information and consequently enable better remote sensing algorithms.
We are looking for a motivated person at the post-doc level who will be involved in the following tasks:
• Development of a processing chain for hyperspectral data using existing methods
• Investigate relationships between vertical density gradients and optical
non-uniformities
• Identify spectral features that are sensitive to optical non-uniformities
• Implement and validate a retrieval algorithm that exploits hyperspectral, ground measured and simulated data at once
The successful candidate will have a PhD in remote sensing, data science, or similar. He will have an in-depth understanding of statistical analysis and excellent programming skills (e.g. Python, Matlab). Proficient spoken and written English, good organizational skills and an independent working style are required.
Applications are reviewed on an on-going basis until the position is filled. Applications must include a motivation letter and a CV. The period of appointment is 12 months with the option to extend by another 18 months, starting as agreed upon. Eawag offers a unique research and working environment and is committed to promoting equal opportunities for women and men and to support the compatibility of family and work. Applications from women are especially welcome. For more information about Eawag and our work conditions please consult www.eawag.ch and www.eawag.ch/en/aboutus/working/employment.
For further information please contact Dr Daniel Odermatt, E-mail daniel.odermatt@eawag.ch.
We look forward to receiving your application. Please click the link below to take you directly to the application form:
https://apply.refline.ch/673277/0743/LOFQ2yDTMSU1l1kJAQvasO6M1doeOOh0SFumoT80cGXVme3YEbcRw4/apply
4 October 2019: Assistant/Associate/Full Research Professor, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Pierce, FL. USA.
Assistant/Associate/Full Research Professor in Engineering/Technology
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University in Ft. Pierce, FL is inviting applications at all professorial levels in the area of ocean engineering and technology. The successful applicant will develop and manage a research program concentrating on prototype development, testing, and scientific application in the field of marine optics. Associated technologies may involve optical sensing approaches for biogeochemical, optical, and physical oceanic properties, underwater and/or above water active and passive remote imaging systems, satellite remote sensing, hyperspectral imaging techniques, nonlinear optics for environmental sensing, lidar and other laser-based approaches, thermal imaging, compressive sensing, light-matter interactions for detection, underwater communication, bioluminescence detection, approaches for the active expression and detection of camouflage, and other applications related to marine optics. Responsibilities will include developing, enhancing and maintaining test equipment and facilities as necessary. Interest in these areas follows from the FAU strategic plan “Race to Excellence” and a new associated initiative on persistent surveillance in the marine environment.
Successful candidates at the Assistant Professor level are expected to establish a strong independent research program while successful candidates at the Associate or Full Professor level are expected to have a strong on-going record of scholarly research activity. All candidates are expected to demonstrate commitment to collaboration with the research groups within HBOI. Although the position has a core focus on research, formal teaching opportunities are also available. This position includes a start-up package and lab and office space.
FAU HBOI is one of the nation’s premier oceanographic centers, integrating all research at FAU that focuses on the research and management of ocean, estuaries and freshwater bodies. It is home to a research community of approximately 200 ocean scientists, staff and students that drive innovation in marine science and engineering, ocean optics, ocean dynamics and modeling, conservation of coral reefs, marine drug discovery, and studies of marine mammals and fisheries. More about FAU Harbor Branch and the institute can found at http://www.fau.edu/hboi/.
Minimum Qualification:
PhD in Ocean Engineering, Physical Optics, or closely related field from an accredited institution required at time of application.
Knowledge and experience in optical modeling and optical laboratory setup are essential.
Experience in developing and managing a successful research program is necessary for consideration at the Associate and Full Professor levels, nominally over time periods of 5 and 10 years of experience, respectively.
Strong public presentation and communication skills are required.
Must be motivated to work on highly interdisciplinary project teams.
Experience in optical payload development for autonomous deployments is preferred.
All applicants must apply electronically to the currently posted position Assistant/Associate/Full Research Professor in Engineering Technology on the Office of Human Resources’ job website (https://fau.edu/jobs) by completing the required online employment application and submitting the related documents. When completing the online application, please upload the following: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, Statement of Research, at least three contacts for references/recommendations and copies of official transcripts scanned into an electronic format.
A background check will be required for the candidate selected for this position. This position is subject to funding.
For more information and to apply, visit www.fau.edu/jobs and go to Apply Now REQ07446.
Florida Atlantic University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action/equal access institution and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veterans status or other protected status. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation, please call 561-297-3057. 711.
FAU is committed to the principles of engaged teaching, research and service. All persons aspiring to achieve excellence in the practice of these principles are encouraged to apply.
6 September 2019: PhD candidate, Earth Observation of Response of Estuaries to Extreme Events, University of Twente, The Netherlands
PhD Candidate, Earth Observation of the Response of Estuaries to Extreme Events
The Department of Water Resources (WRS) of the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) at the University of Twente is looking for a PhD student with expertise in coastal and estuarine systems and remote sensing.
The WRS Department works in the domains of Water and the Environment, focusing on water, food, energy and ecosystems security and sustainability. The department uses earth observation and in-situ ground truthing in combination with hydrologic and earth systems modelling and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for the assessment and monitoring of the water, energy and biogeochemical cycles to support planning and management of water resources and freshwater and coastal ecosystems under global change.
The aim of this PhD project is to study the response of estuarine ecosystems to extreme events. Estuarine systems are inherently dynamic, shaped both by water from the river and the sea. You will develop remote sensing techniques for estimating the impact of extreme events (e.g., high waves during storms, floods, droughts) on estuarine systems, using time-series of satellite images. You will investigate how estuarine systems respond, depending on the nature, and intensity of the extreme events, and how, how fast and under what conditions systems can recover and adapt to these impacts (for example via bio-morphological interactions). You will focus on the effects of extreme events on sediment dynamics and water quality in estuarine systems. The research will result in a PhD thesis.
For more information and how to apply, see the job announcement at: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/!/989907/phd-candidate-earth-observation-of-the-response-of-estuaries-to-extreme-events
6 September 2019: Assistant Professor, Earth Observation of Coastal Water Systems, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Assistant Professor, (Tenure Track position) Earth Observation of Coastal Water Systems
The Water Resources (WRS) Department of the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) at the University of Twente works in the domains of Water and the Environment, focusing on water, food, energy and ecosystems security and sustainability. The department uses earth observation and in-situ ground truthing in combination with hydrologic and earth systems modelling and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for the assessment and monitoring of the water, energy and biogeochemical cycles to support planning and management of water resources and freshwater and coastal ecosystems under global change.
We are seeking a highly talented and motivated individual, complementing our existing expertise in coastal systems and processes. We particularly encourage applicants with one (or more) of the following research interests/ specializations to apply: flooding and flood risk, drought and salinity impacts, biogeochemical fluxes and water quality, sediment dynamics, and impact of climate variability on coastal water systems, combined with earth observation techniques and analyses.
You are expected to build a vigorous, productive, externally funded research program, mentor MSc and PhD graduate students, and develop and teach graduate courses in your specialization. You are also expected to contribute to projects in the department and to contribute to the educational programme(s).
For more information and how to apply, see the job announcement at: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/!/989852/assistant-professor-tenure-track-position-earth-observation-of-coastal-water-systems
6 September 2019: Ocean Optics Scientist, Sea-Bird Scientific, Bellevue, WA or Philomath, OR, USA
Job Description: Ocean Optics Scientist, Sea-Bird Scientific
Reports To: Director of Science
Sea-Bird Scientific was formed in 2010 by the union of Sea-Bird Electronics (Bellevue, WA), WET Labs (Philomath, OR) and Satlantic (Halifax, NS) (wholly owned subsidiaries of Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR)). Sea-Bird Scientific is the world’s leading provider of advanced technology for oceanographic research enabling the world’s leading scientists to push the boundaries of ocean knowledge. Sea-Bird Scientific works with a global network of international representatives and partners to serve customers in more than 30 countries around the world. Our dedicated team is comprised of individuals with diverse backgrounds and interests with a common goal of serving the world’s oceanographic community with leading edge technology and solutions. We offer an entrepreneurial environment that is team-centered, customer-driven, quality-focused, and growth-oriented. Working at one of our locations gives you access to a robust career development process and challenging “stretch” opportunities.
Sea-Bird Scientific is an EEO / AA employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (sex), gender identity, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
For more information regarding our company’s, please visit the Sea-Bird Scientific website at www.seabird.com.
Purpose of Position:
Passion around accelerating the understanding of natural waters is your hallmark. Operating as a co-practitioner with the oceanographic scientific community to enable previously unobtainable scientific insights is your sweet spot.
As the Ocean Optics Scientist, you help make scientists successful and advocate for the advancement of science and partner with a cross-functional team to make our products. Sea-Bird Scientific’s strength is the fusion of science and technology. You are part of a team advocating for the advancement of science and technology.
This position can be based out of one of the Sea-Bird Scientific sites in Bellevue, WA or Philomath, OR
Please see the full job description for more information.
3 September 2019: Earth Observation Vacancies (up to 10) at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Earth Observation Vacancies (up to 10) at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
The Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) Earth Observation Science group has a world-class reputation in fundamental research on climate change and biogeochemical pools and cycles in aquatic systems; aquatic ecosystem and human health; and sustainable development issues in ocean, coastal and inland water environments. The group is one of the largest of its kind, with 30 open-ended (tenured) staff, and many international visitors and research students, creating a vibrant and dynamic working environment, comprising experts in ocean, coastal and inland water remote sensing, meteorology, in situ optics, biology, biogeochemistry and physics, Biogeochemical-Argo data, software engineering and computing. The group works with a variety of satellite sensors (ocean colour, altimeter, synthetic aperture radar, sea-surface temperature) and is engaged in processing of large amounts of data at European and global scales, developing novel algorithms and innovative applications. The group works closely with a number of outside collaborators from UK, Europe and the rest of the world.
The group has its own state-of-the-art data processing facilities, including a new £1M GPU-cluster to support artificial intelligence / machine learning, a 600 node processing grid, over 5 petabytes of data storage and complete global archives of key satellite sensors. The group also benefits from a newly completed suite of optical laboratories, instrumentation and access to the annual Atlantic Meridional Transect between the UK and the south Atlantic and local research vessels and moorings. With a global Earth observation processing capability, PML leads international projects, such as for the European Space Agency, and is facilitating capacity building in developing countries. The group is highly successful at earning research projects with funding from ESA, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), EC Horizon 2020, Copernicus, foundations (e.g. Simons Foundation) and international entities (e.g. KAUST).
The EO group is seeking to employ up to ten (10) new open-ended posts at either Scientist (post-doctoral or equivalent experience – salary up to £37,281) or Senior Scientist grade (salary up to £44,958).
Scientist grade posts will work in a variety of UK and international projects including:
research in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean;
optical water-type classification in coastal and transitional waters;
monitoring the Carbon cycle from space;
investigating marine ecosystems and human health;
climate data records on ocean colour and lake colour.
Scientist-level applicants would have a PhD or equivalent experience in a relevant numerate discipline and will undertake and support high-quality research, data analysis and software development, with some flexibility in their weighting dependent on interests. You need to be highly motivated, capable of working independently as well as collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team, and possess effective time management skills, to perform effectively in this busy and successful group. Furthermore, over time Scientist-grades would be given the opportunity in time to develop their own ideas into research proposals.
Senior scientists are expected to have demonstrated success in supporting their own research with funding in EO of marine or freshwater science complementary to existing EOSA areas. They will also take leading roles in new or ongoing projects, and manage and mentor scientists working in related areas.
Finally, we would consider applications from candidates who do not hold a PhD or equivalent but who have demonstrated EO experience at undergraduate or postgraduate level and strong numerical and/or programming ability (at Junior Scientist level up to £28,652) who may wish to develop their career in Earth Observation within the group.
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30 July 2019: Postdoctoral Fellow in Ocean Optics and Particle Dynamics (University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Ocean Optics and Particle Dynamics (University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
Applications are being accepted for a PostDoctoral Fellow position in the School of Ocean Science and Engineering, the University of Southern Mississippi beginning September 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter. The focus of the research is to derive the size distribution of particles by a combination of direct measurement and optical inversion as a part of NASA EXPORTS project. The work may include, but is not necessarily limited to:
Conduct and analyze laboratory and field measurements to determine the volume scattering functions;
Develop inversion algorithms that utilize polarization information in particle scattering;
Analyze particle flux from surface to twilight zone.
Minimum: Ph. D. degree in the field of marine science, remote sensing, or a closely related quantitative discipline. Strong programming skills.
Preferred: The successful candidate should demonstrate excellence in scholar productivity in conducting and interpreting field- and/or lab-based optical measurements, ocean color remote sensing, or inter-disciplinary science. The successful candidate is expected to make significant improvement in interpreting volume scattering function measurements collected in the field to advance the knowledge in hydrological optics and to derive biogeochemical stocks in aquatic environment.
This is full time, 12-month position, with a funding period of 3 years (pending annual review and funding availability). Annual salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. The position also qualifies for a full benefit package. Interested candidates may address questions regarding the position to Dr. Xiaodong Zhang (xiaodong.zhang@usm.edu) but applications must be submitted through the USM’s Jobs link, https://usm.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=857&site=1. Review of applications will begin as soon as the applications are received.
29 July 2019: : Research Assistant - Marine Bio-Optics, Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group, Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia)
Research Assistant – Marine Bio-Optics, Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group (RSSRG) at Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia)
The Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group (RSSRG) at Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia), is part of a national and international network of scientists that undertake quantitative research in the field of Earth observations from space. We have a number of research projects going on, including field research related to calibration and validation of satellite ocean colour remote sensing observations, satellite data processing, development of data processing algorithms, and oceanographic research based on using satellite observations.
We have a new position available for a Research Assistant- Marine Bio-Optics. This role supports the Academic Project Lead by providing specialist technical expertise for, and management of, RSSRG activities carried out in the frame of the “Satellite ocean colour sub-facility”, funded by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS; http://imos.org.au). Activities include:
Manage all aspects of the project in the field including deployment / recovery, servicing / maintenance, and data processing for the profiling bio-optical mooring that RSSRG plans to deploy off Rottnest Island, WA.
Liaise/work with the other groups involved into the IMOS “Satellite ocean colour sub-facility”, and more broadly with the Australian community involved into similar activities towards establishing data acquisition protocol documents, improving data processing codes and consistency of data collection and processing practices among this community.
Liaise with and manage relationships with relevant project partners and stakeholders, coordinating with all parties throughout all phases of the project.
Ensure the quality-control of the data and process to a level where it become usable for research. This includes data from radiometers, absorption/attenuation and backscattering meters, chlorophyll fluorescence, temperature / salinity / oxygen.
Ensure specialist equipment is maintained and fully operational, liaising with the manufacturer, as required.
More details and the link to apply: https://staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancies/?ja-job=56527
26 July 2019: PACE Applications Coordinator at NASA GSFC, USA
The PACE Applications Coordinator is responsible for implementing the PACE Applications Program, which aims to enhance the applications value and societal benefits of the PACE mission.
The specifics of the position are posted on the following web link: PACE Applications Coordinator position.
19 July 2019: [Ocean-Color] Position Opening at NASA/GSFC, USA
SAIC has an opening for an experienced software engineer to support the Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OBDAAC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This position will support archival, quality assurance, and redistribution of oceanographic and atmospheric field data used for calibration, validation and product algorithm development for ocean color missions. The successful candidate must be eligible for unrestricted access to NASA facilities.
8 July 2019: Optical Instrumentation Engineer and Scientific Computing Engineer, Villefanche-sur-Mer, France
The BOUSSOLE project is seeking applicants for an optical instrumentation engineer and a scientific computing engineer positions
The BOUSSOLE project (“Buoy for the acquisition of a Long-term Optical Series”) is one of the two currently active open-ocean sites delivering data for system vicarious calibration of satellite ocean colour sensors, as well as for validation of the geophysical products delivered by these missions. BOUSSOLE has been running for the last 20 years from the marine optics group of the Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) in France (http://omtab.obs-vlfr.fr). The measurement site is located in the NW Mediterranean sea, 60 km offshore, where a buoy continuously records radiometric quantities and optical properties. Monthly cruises are carried out to service the mooring and collect additional data. All details on the project can be found at http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/Boussole/
BOUSSOLE seeks two highly qualified applicants to work on field data collection and management of an instrument pool (job description here) and on data processing and quality control (and here). These positions are initially for 2 years, full time, including a 6-month probation period, and could be extended depending on funding availability, and on the applicant performance and will.
Application: You can apply either through the links provided above in this paragraph or by sending your CV plus motivation letter directly to the BOUSSOLE project manager, Vincenzo Vellucci: enzo@obs-vlfr.fr, with copy to the project PI, David Antoine: antoine@obs-vlfr.fr
Closing date: 26th July 2019.
18 June 2019: Scientific Python Guru, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Scientific Python Guru
Salary up to £37,281
Full time – Open Ended Appointment
We are looking for a Python guru interested to apply excellent coding skills to a range of satellite remote sensing challenges. You should be able to use Python to an excellent standard resulting in clear, concise, and well-constructed code that is efficient, elegant and robust.
The PML Earth Observation Science group is responsible for research and development of satellite Earth Observation products resulting in scientific publications and applications that can be commercialised by our Centre for Geospatial Applications. We provide data to arguably the largest and most ambitious Earth observation and climate change programmes currently underway: the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Copernicus Land Monitoring Service and the ESA Climate Change Initiative.
It would be an advantage but not essential to have a background in Earth observation, satellite algorithm development or environmental science: primarily we need an experienced programmer capable of understanding complex issues, designing an effective solution, and delivering streamlined, well documented code in a team consisting of researchers and developers with strong programming expertise. As a python guru you will be able to advise others on best practise and efficient solutions.
The EO group resources include an in-house grid computing infrastructure of approximately 1,400 CPUs and 7 TB RAM; more than 8.5 PB of storage (and growing regularly); a cutting-edge GPU cluster boasting 1.3 Tb graphics processing memory and 230,000 compute cores optimised for deep learning; a 2 Gbps internet connection.
You should be able to demonstrate your Python programming prowess: this may take the form of an industry-recognised qualification, an undergraduate degree, or a post-graduate qualification, although these are not mandatory. It may be that you have chosen your own path to guru status and you can demonstrate your knowledge and experience in other ways. The post is based in our office in Plymouth and offered with an open ended contract at Technologist level, with a salary up to £37,281. In addition, you will have a generous 30 days of annual leave plus 8 days of public holiday. The position advertised is a full-time role at 37 hours per week. We also operate a flexible working policy.
Apply here: https://advanced.advorto.com/PML/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=21286; interviews will be held on 25th & 26th July 2019.
18 June 2019: Python guru (2 posts), Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Python Guru (2 posts)
Salary up to £37,281 or £44,958 per annum
We are looking for two Python gurus. You should be able to write Python to an excellent standard resulting in clear, concise, and well-constructed code that is efficient, elegant and robust.
Ideally, you will have a passion for Python that you can pass on to others; you should be able to explain our concepts, and your chosen approach to a problem, with clarity and passion.
The Centre for Geospatial Applications is responsible for producing Earth Observation data products using satellite data inputs on a commercial scale. We provide data to arguably the largest and most ambitious Earth observation and climate change programmes currently underway; our marine data is core to the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS), the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), and ESA’s Climate Change Initiative. You do not need to have any previous knowledge of Earth observation, satellite data formats, or algorithm development – we can teach you that part – but we do need an experienced and competent programmer capable of understanding complex issues, designing an effective solution, and delivering streamlined, well documented code that just works.
The resources that we work with to deliver our products will be available to you; these include an in-house grid computing infrastructure of approximately 1,400 CPUs and 7 TB RAM; more than 8.5 PB of storage (and growing regularly); a cutting-edge GPU cluster boasting 1.3 Tb graphics processing memory, and 230,000 compute cores optimised for deep learning ; a 2 Gbps internet connection.
You should be able to demonstrate your Python programming prowess; this may take the form of an industry recognised qualification, an undergraduate degree, or a post-graduate qualification, although these are not mandatory. It may be that you have chosen your own path to guru status and you can demonstrate your knowledge and experience in other ways.
The role is based in our office in Plymouth and offered with an open ended contract. This post is offered at Technologist level, with a salary up to £37,281, or at Senior Technologist level, with a salary up to £44,958, depending on experience. In addition, you will have a generous 30 days of annual leave plus 8 days of public holiday. We also operate a flexible working policy.
Apply here: https://advanced.advorto.com/PML/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=21285; interviews to be held on Thursday 25th July and Friday 26th July.
22 May 2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioluminescence Response, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioluminescence Response
Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioluminescence Response, Fort Pierce, FL.
The Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioluminescence Sensor Development, will characterize the bioluminescence response of marine organisms with new prototype sensor systems being developed at HBOI. One sensor system will measure the temporal kinetics and intensity of bioluminescence responses concurrently with several ancillary measurements including a holographic imaging system, shear probes, and sensors to measure the optical properties of water. Several types of marine organisms will be tested in the lab, including phytoplankton, microzooplankton, Cnidaria, and krill. Another sensor system is a SPLATcam, which images the bioluminescence responses of organisms impacting a screen during water column profiling. The Fellow is expected to be involved in aspects of development and characterization of these systems. The Fellow is also expected to participate in field deployments with these systems, data interpretation in terms of organism distributions in time and space, and publication of results.
Ph.D from an accredited institution with applicable coursework in an appropriate scientific degree required at time of application.
Strong proficiency in MATLAB required.
Ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary team with scientists, engineers of different disciplines (electronic, optical, software and computer), technicians and students required.
Ability to travel, perform fieldwork, and participate in oceanographic research cruises required.
Experience with organisms in the marine environment, bioluminescence behavioral responses, and ocean optics preferred.
Ability to work flexible hours when required to conduct fieldwork and research cruises.
Must have valid driver’s license.
All applicants must apply electronically to the currently posted position (Postdoctoral Fellow Bioluminescence Response) on the Office of Human Resources’ job website (https://fau.edu/jobs) by completing the required online employment application and submitting the related documents. When completing the online application, please upload the following: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and copies of official transcripts scanned into an electronic format.
Recommendation letters should be submitted directly Catherine Rossmell (crossmel@fau.edu).The subject of the email should clearly state the name of the candidate and the position.
For more information and to apply, visit www.fau.edu/jobs and go to Apply Now (REQ06054)
21 May 2019: Research Opportunity: EPA ORISE post-Master's position, North Carolina, USA
A research opportunity is available at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Exposure Methods and Measurements Division (EMMD) in Durham, North Carolina.
Data from satellite remote sensing can address and inform communities on water quality changes that impact societal uses, such as consumption and recreation. This research project explores issues relevant to understanding the general utility of remotely sensed data for cyanobacteria and seagrass occurrence monitoring using commercial satellite sensors such as Planet Dove and RapidEye, and Digital Globe World View platforms. This research project develops scientific approaches for mainstreaming satellite water quality capabilities into U.S. fresh and estuarine water quality management decisions (e.g. www.epa.gov/cyanoproject). This research project is on the cutting edge of water quality monitoring and applied satellite operations transitioning to high performance and cloud computing resources. The research participant will be involved in geospatial statistics, computer coding, and ecological/human health exposure related research.
The research participant may have the opportunity to interact with multiple federal agencies and academics involved in a broader research effort addressing various issues related to satellite water quality research for inland waters and estuaries. The research participant will have the opportunity to gain experience using data and tools developed by multiple federal agencies and academic institutions. The research participant will also have an opportunity to gain experience in problem formulation, data analysis and interpretation, statistical and mathematical programming, and technical communication. The research participant will be encouraged to participate in writing manuscripts and presentations.
For more details see: https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NERL-EMMD-2019-02
If there are any questions, please contact Blake Schaeffer at schaeffer.blake@epa.gov.
18 April 2019: Data and Web Services Engineer, Geospatial Applications, Plymouth, UK
Data and Web Services Engineer, Geospatial Applications
The Geospatial Applications group is seeking a talented, reliable data and web services developer to join a small but growing team developing software and tools to work with Earth observation data from satellites. You will be a key member of data visualisation team within a wider group in the development of web-based technologies used by clients including major national and international commercial companies and organisations, as well as the UK Space Agency, European Space Agency, Science and Technology Facilities Council, and UK Government departments.
To view the detailed position description and qualifications and apply for this position, please visit https://advanced.advorto.com/PML/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=21061#.XLin_OPV672
19 March 2019: Software Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA
Software engineer to support the Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OBDAAC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
11 March 2019: NASA PostDoc Opportunity with GEOAquaWatch, NASA GSFC, USA
NASA Postdoctoral Program Opportunities: In situ and satellite-derived observations of global water quality: Validation and Assessment
Opportunity ID: 19249
Opportunity URL; https://npp.usra.edu/opportunities/details/?ro=19249
Location: Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
Field of Science: Earth Science
Advisor: Stephanie Uz, Primary Advisor
stephanie.uz@nasa.gov
Citizenship Requirement: U.S. Citizens Accepted
Lawful Permanent Residents Accepted
Foreign Nationals Accepted – Note: At this time, GSFC does not accept NPP applications from citizens of designated countries unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the U.S. The Designated Countries List is available at http://oiir.hq.nasa.gov/nasaecp/
Description: The Applied Sciences Manager at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center seeks a post-doc candidate in the area of water quality. The new candidate will work closely with AquaWatch, the water quality initiative by the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) as well as Goddard labs that process and validate aquatic satellite data and develop a near-real time information system to monitor water quality using current multi-spectral satellite data and future hyperspectral data from PACE and any field campaigns associated with a potential mission on Surface Biology and Geology, currently an architecture study. Prospective candidates will work closely with AquaWatch to grow Earth Observation-derived water quality products to support effective monitoring, management and decision-making. This effort will contribute to building and maintaining an operational, collaborative global water quality validation system using available in situ data from the international aquatic science community. Validation activities will include quality checks of inland and coastal water quality products derived from satellites, metrics of algorithm performance, and refining data products. Validation will also ensure the satellite-derived products meet scientific requirements for research and global applications, including the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition, data from robust, long-term in situ aquatic databases such as SeaBASS https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov and LIMNADES https://www.limnades.org/ will be incorporated along with new sources of data from developing countries and under-sampled regions. Another source of global in situ data is AERONET-OC, which contains globally distributed autonomous radiometer systems maintained at fixed coastal nearshore and inland sites. This validation effort will include building international partnerships (similar to the previous NASA SIMBIOS program) and exploiting networks such as AERONET-OC for product validation and water quality monitoring. Prospective candidates may also support capacity building in conjunction with NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program, among others. Candidates should have experience in one or more of the following: aquatic remote sensing, bio-optical sampling, limnology, oceanography, environmental science, and/or data assimilation. Experience with NASA Earth science satellite missions or research activities is desirable.
Apply Now: https://npp.usra.edu/applicant_connect/?action=editOpportunity&proj=14722&sem=552
27 February 2019: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant: Marine Remote Sensing Analyst, University of Hull, UK
An opportunity is open to work at the University of Hull using state-of-the-art high performance computing (@HULL_HPC_VIPER) to automate image processing, build DataCubes, and create products. You will work in the Department of Biology and Marine Sciences with an experienced project team combining marine biology, physics and offshore engineering in Project Aura (www.aurawindenergy.com).
You will lead the development of automated data processing for the east coast region of the UK to deliver analysis-ready data and tailor-made products and services for a range of maritime users. In a fast-moving field, you will use your knowledge and network to keep up-to-date with latest developments in the processing and use of satellite data, particularly Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2. You will liaise with other project partners and be able to demonstrate the benefits of the project’s services to customers.
The knowledge and qualifications that you will have are:
An analytical and numerical background with a PhD in a subject such as Computer Science / Remote Sensing / Information Technology / Maths / Physics / Image Processing or related subjects
Strong numeracy, Python programming and developmental skills, and ability to exploit published scientific literature and technical reports if needed
Knowledge of parallel processing and parallelization of code; specifically to build a data processing pipeline to pre-process satellite optical and radar images.
Please see the full requirements of the post in the job description at https://jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=FS0400. Interviews will take place in early April 2019.
For informal enquiries please contact: Dr Rodney Forster (r.forster@hull.ac.uk) Dept of Biological and Marine Sciences.
14 February 2019: Data & Web Services Engineer, Geospatial Applications, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
The Geospatial Applications group is seeking a talented, reliable data and web services developer to join a small but growing team developing software and tools to work with Earth observation data from satellites. For further information see: https://advanced.advorto.com/PML/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=21061#.XF26BHd2uUl
11 January 2019: Ocean Colour Remote Sensing Ph.D. Position, Geesthacht, Germany
Ph.D. Position in the area of Ocean Colour Remote Sensing
Code no. 2019/KO 1
The place of employment is Geesthacht, Germany.
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, is located near Hamburg. You can find more information at http://www.hzg.de. The Institute of Coastal Research investigates the physical and biogeochemical dynamics of the coastal ocean and the impact of anthropogenic influences on the natural state.
Long-term satellite time series of ocean color are ideally suited to investigate spatial and temporal changes and patterns of algal blooms in coastal seas in response to physical or anthropogenic drivers. Algorithms for these optically complex coastal waters have been developed by the Remote Sensing Group at the Institute of Coastal Research.
We offer a PhD position (m/f/d) to study the interaction between physical and biological processes in coastal waters based on remote sensing of ocean color and additional oceanographic and climatological data. Of particular interest are the spatial and temporal patterns of algal blooms in coastal seas, especially their origin and phenology in relation to stratification, bathymetry, storms, flood events, or long-term changes.
We invite applications for a Ph.D. position (m/f/d) in the research group Remote Sensing at the Institute of Coastal Research with preferred starting date as soon as possible. The position is limited to three years with the degree being awarded through the University of Kiel.
The tasks of the successful candidate will include:
– utilization of satellite ocean color data, mainly Sentinel-2/MSI, Sentinel-3/OLCI, and different climatological data
– investigate spatial as well as short- and long-term patterns and drivers of phytoplankton growth in coastal waters of the north Sea and global shelf seas
– investigate phytoplankton abundance and optical diversity
– presentation of results in scientific publications and on international conferences
– working as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team within the institute and with external academic partners
Essential qualifications:
– a Master’s in oceanography, marine or atmospheric science, physics or related disciplines
– good knowledge of ocean dynamics
– experience with data analysis and statistics
– excellent communication skills and team player
– good communication skills in English (German is of additional advantage)
Desirable qualifications:
– experience in optical remote sensing and ocean color
– profound programming skills (e.g. in python or matlab)
– willingness to participate in measurement campaigns, e.g. on board research vessels or airplanes
For further questions please contact Prof. Burkard Baschek (burkard.baschek@hzg.de) or Dr. Martin Hieronymi (martin.hieronymi@hzg.de).
– multinational work environment with over 950 colleagues from more than 50 nations
– extensive options of vocational training (i. a. expert seminars, language courses or leadership seminars)
– flexible working hours and various models to ensure the compatibility of family and career
– excellent infrastructure, including a scientific in-house library as well as modern work spaces
– remuneration according to the standards of the collective wage agreement TV-AVH including further social benefits
The promotion of equal rights is a matter of course for us. Severely disabled persons and these equals severely disabled persons who are equally suitable for the position will be considered preferentially within the framework of legal requirements.
Geesthacht is located 35 km southeast of Hamburg in Northern Germany. Its location combines proximity to Germany’s second largest city and its cultural offerings with easy access to numerous outdoor activities in a beautiful setting. We are a family-friendly employer and operate our own kindergarten on campus.
Please send your application indicating job offer code no. 2019/KO 1 including your CV, certificates of your university degrees, transcripts, a list of publications, description of research experience and goals, and a list of up to three references to personal@hzg.de.
Proposed closing date for applications is February 10, 2019.
9 January 2019: Aquatic Remote Sensing Scientist, Brisbane, Australia
Aquatic Remote Sensing Scientist
The Aquatic Remote Sensing team in the Coasts program in CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere is seeking to appoint a highly motivated Research Scientist specializing in underwater bio-optics, Ocean Colour Radiometry (OCR) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for coastal and marine applications. The position requires a strong background in the development of remote sensing methods in optically complex waters across a range of applications (including oil spills, harmful algal blooms, water quality assessment) and their quasi-operational implementation for application in Australian and international coastal water domains.
The aims of the position are to contribute to research on the optical, radar and biogeochemical relationships in optically complex waters and develop new technologies and tools for satellite detection of marine pollution and water quality assessment in Australian and international coastal water domains. The successful candidate will contribute skills to help deliver reliable detection, monitoring and mapping tools for Australia’s aquatic ecosystems, ultimately leading to improved management of Australia’s aquatic resources focusing on the coastal waters.
Duties will include
Develop innovative tools and techniques related to bio-optics, OCR and SAR processing;
Harness the growing volume of publicly available data sources such as from the Copernicus Programme, as well as work on establishing proprietary datasets in collaboration with our partners;
Carry out innovative, impactful research of strategic importance to CSIRO;
Produce high quality scientific and technical outputs including journal articles, conference papers and presentations, patents and technical reports;
Represent CSIRO at leading national and international conferences and forums;
Contribute to the development of innovative concepts and ideas for further research.
Location: Brisbane QLD is preferred, Canberra ACT will be considered
Tenure: Indefinite
Experience and Eligibility:
A PhD in remote sensing, physics, oceanography or similar discipline.
High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team effectively internally and externally, including at national and international conferences.
Demonstrated ability to investigate issues related to optically complex waters and develop innovative tools and techniques related to bio-optics, ocean colour radiometry and SAR technological solutions.
Demonstrated experience of in situ measurement and instrument expertise to utilize and operate bio-optical instrumentation and experience in participating in bio-optical research surveys.
The willingness and ability to undergo standard medical examination with audio.
For further information see: https://jobs.csiro.au/job/Brisbane%2C-QLD-Aquatic-Remote-Sensing-Scientist/523474800/?locale=en_GB
Closing Date: 28th January 2019
2 January 2019: Marine Earth Observation Scientist, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Marine Earth Observation Scientist
PML is looking for a versatile remote-sensing scientist to work on new national and international research and development projects in the PML Earth Observation science group. Current projects focus on R&D in satellite data analysis and processing methods for monitoring water quality in coastal, transitional and open-ocean water bodies from the regional up to the global scale.
Scientific areas include: high resolution remote sensing of coastal suspended particulates, eutrophication indicators and open-ocean observation of the ocean carbon cycle. The work will use 1 km and 300m optical satellite data from Sentinel 3 OLCI and 10-60m data from Sentinel 2 MSI in a cutting-edge computing environment including a recent £1M investment in a GPU-based processing cluster
The post is initially for three years, but given the on-going success of the PML EO group extension for longer duration is anticipated.
Key Deliverables
Research and development of scientific methods dealing with: different sensors, configurations, and atmospheric and biogeochemical retrieval algorithms.
EO product development and validation of water quality parameters and critical elements of the marine carbon cycle.
Spatial, temporal and other statistical analyses of EO data.
Scientific publication and reporting (including oral presentations) of results.
Experience & Eligibility Requirements
The appointment will be made at Scientist grade and candidates would possess a PhD or equivalent experience in Earth Observation, limnology, oceanography or a similar numerical field (mathematics, statistics, computing, or physics). The successful candidates will need to demonstrate strong computing skills as appropriate for quantitative remote sensing R&D (most of our software is implemented in Python) as well as numerical and mathematical skills. The post holder will work both individually and in a team, as required, be self-motivated, with good communication skills, including in scientific writing.
For further information see: https://advanced.advorto.com/PML/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=21006#.XCx4nfZ2vug
18 December 2018: Postdoctoral position in Coastal Remote Sensing, Old Dominion University, USA
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION in Coastal Remote Sensing, Old Dominion University, USA
The Old Dominion University’s Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmosphere sciences invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate to work with Dr. Richard Zimmerman and Dr. Victoria Hill. Applicant will work on a NASA-funded project to evaluate the use of high spatial resolution multispectral imagery for nearshore coastal environments including seagrass meadows and kelp forests, as well as marginal ice zones in the Arctic Ocean. Opportunity exists to participate in other projects involving carbon cycling in coastal environments, ecosystem modeling and ecological physiology of aquatic macrophytes, phytoplankton and ice algae. Applicant must have a Ph.D. in oceanography or a related discipline completed by the time of appointment, with strong mathematical skills. Interests in remote sensing and GIS is a plus. Highest priority will be given to applicants with experience in ocean color remote sensing, marine bio-optics and GIS, as well as programming knowledge of MATLAB®, IDL®, python, R, Fortran and/or C++. Ability to work with multiple PI’s and students in a collaborative environment is imperative. The successful candidate will be an employee of the Old Dominion University Research Foundation, entitled to employee benefits applicable to Post-Doctoral full-time status employees including health care. The position is currently funded for one year, with possibility of annual renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and funding availability. Review of applications will begin immediately; the position is available 2 January 2019 and will remain open until filled. This is not a state funded position.
Applicants are asked to send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research experience and interests, and the names and contact information (phone, e-mail and address) of three references to https://hera.odurf.odu.edu/careers/. Refer to position 18-062. AA/EOE/M/F/Disability/VETS/Drug Free.
14 December 2018: Postdoctoral Investigator - Submesoscale Dynamics and Ocean Color, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
Postdoctoral Investigator In the area of Submesoscale Dynamics and Ocean Color
One scientific focus of the Institute is the investigation of submesoscale dynamics. In view of phytoplankton biomass dynamics, the remote sensing group at HZG uses spectral data obtained from satellites, aircrafts, a zeppelin, and drones as well as from in situ water sampling. One aim is to gain reliable ocean color information from the diverse platforms in optically complex waters and link these observations to the dynamics of submesoscale structures and their interaction with phytoplankton.
We invite applications for a postdoctoral investigator position (m/f/d) in the research group Remote Sensing at the Institute of Coastal Research with preferred starting date on March 1, 2019. The position is limited to three years.
utilization and interpretation of airborne thermal and ocean colour data of very high spatial and temporal resolution
investigation of the influence of submesoscale structures on phytoplankton distribution, productivity, and physiology
analyse short and long term drivers of phytoplankton growth and blooms
planning of and participation in international research expeditions, e.g. on board research vessels or airplanes
scientific publication and presentations
working in a multidisciplinary team within the institute and with external academic partners
a doctoral degree in physical oceanography, marine science, engineering, or related discipline
good knowledge of ocean dynamics, preferably of small-scale or submesoscale dynamics
experience in optical remote sensing and ocean colour
knowledge of processing and interpretation of observational data
good programming skills in Matlab and/or Python
strong academic publication record
good communication skills in English (German is of additional advantage)
high degree of creativity and flexibility
willingness to participate in research cruises and travel
For further questions please contact Prof. Burkard Baschek (Burkard.Baschek@hzg.de) or Dr. Rüdiger Röttgers (ruediger.roettgers@hzg.de).
Please send your application indicating job offer code no. 2018/KO 8 including your CV, a certificate of your doctoral degree, a list of publications, description of research experience and goals, and a list of up to three references to personal@hzg.de.
Proposed closing date for applications is January 31, 2019.
11 December 2018: Science and Technology Management Scholarship, Azores University, Portugal
Science and Technology Management Scholarship (BGCT)
Place: Azores University, DOP | Okeanos Centre, Faial Island, AZORES, PORTUGAL
Project: iFADO : Innovation in the Framework of the Atlantic Deep Ocean
Research area: Oceanography
Level: Master or PhD
Duration: One year (beginning in January 1st, 2019) renewable up to 3 years
PT link: https://idia.azores.gov.pt/Concurso.mvc/Edital/618?concursoId=1234
Deadline: 3rd to 14 th of December, 2018
The Oceanography team at DOP-Okeanos Centre is looking for a highly motivated researcher in the oceanography field to be part of the European Project iFado. We appreciate if you can disseminate between your contacts or institutions for a successful application process.
If applicants experience any problem registering to the Regional Science Foundation (FRCT) send directly your application to frct@azores.gov.pt with cc to: ana.mp.martins@uac.pt
27 November 2018: Software developer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA
Software developer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, USA
SAIC has an opening for an experienced software developer to support the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This position will support scientific software development and algorithm evaluation for retrieving geophysical properties from satellite radiometers. The successful candidate must be eligible for unrestricted access to NASA facilities.
21 November 2018: Engineer position in radiometric data processing for ProVal Argo float, Lab. Oceano. Villefranche (LOV), France
Engineer position in radiometric data processing for ProVal Argo float, Lab. Oceano. Villefranche (LOV), France
A new kind of profiling float has been developed at the Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) with the objective to provide a new autonomous platform for in situ radiometric measurements. The ProVal float is a unique Argo float dedicated to radiometric measurements for Ocean Color Cal/Val activities. It allows to retrieve 4 remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) spectra per radiometric profile from 2 sets of radiometers symmetrically mounted on 2 arms and from 2 phases of acquisition (profiling and buoy modes). Several floats have already been deployed in the Mediterranean Sea and Southern Ocean and acquired more than 600 profiles (ongoing).
The procedures to retrieve the most accurate Rrs spectrum representative of each profile, as well as other ocean color products (e.g., diffuse attenuation coefficients), have to be developed for this new platform along with dedicated Quality Control protocols. Estimation of uncertainties as well as match-up analyses of Ocean Color satellite data will also be conducted with the ultimate goal to establish the potential role of such platform for the calibration and validation of ocean color sensors and produce an “operational method” to provide data in near real time to space agencies.
A 1-year position, funded by the CNES (French space agency), will be open at the Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV, FRANCE) to work on the data processing and Quality Control (QC) of the ProVal data set. The successful candidate will benefit from the dynamic environment of the OMTAB team at LOV which has a long history of high quality research in each of the topics related to this project: marine optics, in situ radiometric measurements and vicarious calibration (BOUSSOLE project: www.obs-vlfr.fr/Boussole/) and BGC-Argo floats (www.biogeochemical-argo.org). Our team is composed of 7 researchers, 6 engineers, 3 post-doctoral fellows and 4 PhD students. The person recruited will be under the responsibility of Edouard Leymarie in charge of the ProVal project. He/She will work closely with Vincenzo VELLUCCI in charge of the BOUSSOLE project. International collaborations will also be possible (M. Lewis, Dalhousie University, Halifax and E. Boss, University of Maine, USA).
For information: leymarie@obs-vlfr.fr
To apply: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7093-EDOLEY-002/Default.aspx?lang=EN
14 November 2018: PhD Graduate Research Opportunity, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA
PhD Graduate Research Opportunity in “Ocean and Climate Dynamics”
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Philadelphia
I am seeking a motivated doctoral student to join my Ocean Modeling group at Penn. (https://climate.sas.upenn.edu)
Scientific research directions are very broad and include:
– The role of Southern Ocean dynamics in the global climate (physics and carbon cycle)
– The response of ocean carbon, nutrients, ecology to natural variability and climate change,
including feedbacks.
– Ocean ecology and biodiversity from space and links with ocean physics
– Including evolutionary concepts into ecological models developed for the ocean.
– Linking the large scale hydrological cycle with the oceans.
Applicants must be self-motivated and hard working, with good written and verbal communication skills and analytical background. Strong background in some combination of physics, mathematics, oceanography, atmospheric science, chemistry or theoretical ecology is needed. Programming experience in current languages (e.g. Python, Matlab, etc.) is needed, as all research directions combine theory and computations.
Applications for the graduate program in the Earth and Environmental Science Department are due on January 15th 2018. Both US and international students can be accepted with standard fellowships and standard University benefits. Applicants are asked to send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research experience and interests, publications to Irina Marinov (imarinov@sas.upenn.edu), Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd Street Hayden Hall 153, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Dr. Marinov will also be at the AGU meeting in DC, 10-14 Dec 2018 to meet with
interested candidates.
14 November 2018: Postdoc Position in Ocean Color Remote Sensing & Ocean Ecology Modeling, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Postdoc Position in Ocean Ecology, University of Pennsylvania, USA
The University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Earth and Environmental Science invites
applications for a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Irina Marinov. The postdoctoral researcher will
be co-advised by Dr. Marinov (http://climate.sas.upenn.edu) and by Dr. Tihomir Kostadinov
(based at the California State University San Marcos, tkostadinov@csusm.edu) and will work on
a NASA-funded project to improve ocean color satellite algorithms for the retrieval of the particle
size distribution (PSD) and phytoplankton functional types (PFT), merge multiple ocean color
sensors’ data into a seamless PSD and PFT data sets, and investigate interannual variability
(relationships to ENSO, etc.) in both the ocean color data sets and the next generation (CMIP6)
IPCC-class climate models. Opportunity exists to collaborate with other researchers, nationally
and internationally.
Ideal qualifications: A Ph.D. degree (completed by the time of appointment) in an optical remote
sensing and/or modelling/theory of Earth systems discipline. Expertise in ocean color remote
sensing/marine bio-optics and/or ocean ecology and biogeochemistry modeling ideal. Other
expertise fields to be considered include: oceanography, climate and atmospheric sciences, marine
biogeochemistry, theoretical phytoplankton ecosystem ecology and photobiology. Ph.D. holders
in other quantitative disciplines will also be considered and are encouraged to apply, in particular
physics of electromagnetic waves and their interaction with matter (scattering and absorption),
electrical engineering, signal processing, astronomy with focus on optical spectroscopy, and other
disciplines that make use of spectral analyses, scientific computing and statistics.
Technical skills required: Advanced scientific programming skills (MATLAB®, python, R, or
similar languages), statistical analyses skills (signal processing, regressions), data processing,
analysis and visualization of multi-dimensional large data sets, ability to deal with large model
data sets. Strong quantitative skills, attention to detail, and ability to work with multiple PI’s
synergistically.
Ideal skills: familiarity with spectral analysis of multispectral optical data from passive remote
sensing instruments & in-situ bio-optical data sets, familiarity with netCDF, HDF and similar file
formats. Statistical skills such as uncertainty propagation analyses, Monte Carlo, etc.
Location: The postdoctoral researcher will be an employee of the University of Pennsylvania, and
will be based in Philadelphia in the Earth & Environmental Science Dept
(https://climate.sas.upenn.edu/). The researcher will make visits to California State University San
Marcos for training and coordination of collaboration with Dr. Kostadinov. Position guaranteed
for one year, with annual possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance. We will
begin reviewing applications immediately, and continue until the position is filled. Immediate start
date preferred. Salary commensurate with experience, with standard University benefits offered.
International applicants accepted.
Applicants are asked to send a curriculum vitae, a statement of research experience and interests,
publications, transcripts, and the names and contact information (phone, e-mail and address) of at
least three references to Irina Marinov (imarinov@sas.upenn.edu). Dr. Marinov will be at the
CMIP6 and AGU meetings in Washington DC, 8-14 Dec 2018 and can meet in person with anyone
18 October 2018: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Environmental Sensing, University of Stirling, UK
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Environmental Sensing, University of Stirling, UK
Lecturer (Grade 8)/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (Grade 9) in Environmental Sensing & Monitoring
Lectureship (Grade 8) £40,792 – £48,677 per annum; Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor £50,132 – £58,089 (Grade 9)
Full time, Open Ended
Closing date Monday 10th December.
Start date is negotiable.
Applications are invited for a Grade 8/9 lecturer/senior lecturer/associate professor position in the Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences (BES). We seek to appoint a colleague in Environmental Sensing.
Understanding the processes and impacts of environmental change in complex, highly dynamic environmental systems and providing early warnings of emerging hazards and threats to society necessitates the development and deployment of novel sensor networks operating at spatial and temporal resolutions of observation beyond those achievable through conventional monitoring programmes. In a climate of cost savings and scaling back of monitoring programmes, there is a very real need to develop and combine sensor, platform and data handling technologies to improve and extend our monitoring capability and ultimately, our understanding of environmental systems. These solutions may include sophisticated, high-end technologies as well as scalable, low-cost sensors and citizen-orientated technologies that will drive high-impact science and provide new opportunities for commercialisation. In particular, current UK and European research funding opportunities (e.g. NERC, Industrial Strategy, Global Challenges Research Fund, Horizon 2020) highlight the need for the development and exploitation of novel environmental sensors to bridge the gap between conventional field-based and Earth observation monitoring methods. The successful applicant will complement the existing capability and world-leading research of the Earth Observation Group and will be expected to collaborate across the Division and Faculty more generally, especially within the fields of landscape and catchment science in areas focussing on environmental change. The applicant will contribute novel solutions-orientated teaching within existing undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in a discipline appropriate to sensor and network development (such as engineering, physics, remote sensing, Earth and environmental science), a strong publication record, and a commitment to growing the research capability and capacity of environmental sensing and Earth observation and its applications more broadly at Stirling. Candidates wishing to be appointed at Grade 9 must also demonstrate significant grant capture success, as detailed in the appointment criteria for the post. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake and lead internationally excellent research, deliver high quality relevant teaching, provide appropriate administration support and other activities in Biological and Environmental Sciences, and integrate with activities across the Faculty of Natural Sciences to support and develop the Faculty’s academic profile.
Applications for part-time or flexible working will be considered for this post.
For further information and informal discussion, please contact Professor Alistair Jump (a.s.jump@stir.ac.uk; Head of BES) or Dr Peter Hunter (p.d.hunter@stir.ac.uk; Senior Lecturer in Remote Sensing.
View the full posting for further details.
4 October 2018: 3-year Post-doc position in Arctic coastal waters remote sensing, Canada
3-year Post-doc position in Arctic coastal waters remote sensing in Canada
Advisors:
Simon Bélanger, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
CJ Mundy, University of Manitoba
41k$CAD/yr
The position is open from January 1st 2019 and ends December 31th 2021. Application should be sent before Nov 1st 2018.
The project:
University of Québec at Rimouski (UQAR) has an opening position for a postdoctoral fellow to participate to a project entitled “De-icing of Arctic Coasts: Critical or new opportunities for marine biodiversity and Ecosystem Services?” (the ACCES project). The ACCES project is funded within the frame of the joint Belmont Forum-BiodivERsA Call on biodiversity scenarios. The project addresses the impact of sea ice loss on biodiversity and ecosystem services in Arctic coastal zones across relevant spatial scales for management decisions. The specific objectives are to: determine to what extent changes in hydrography, nutrient dynamics, underwater light and sediment load impact primary producers’ biodiversity, distribution and bloom phenology; identify consequences of sea ice decline on nearshore biodiversity, distribution and trophic structure; start dialog with relevant stakeholders to document and analyse their development strategies and knowledge-needs in light of different de-icing scenarios. Satellite remote sensing will used in support of the project, in particular to study long term change in water colour and light availability in various coastal zones targeted by the project (Alaska, Greenland, Svalbard and Canadian Archipelago). A special attention will be devoted in modelling photosynthetically available radiation (PAR) in the water environment and mapping primary producers in the coastal zones, i.e. phytoplankton and macro-algae growing on hard substrates. We will also analyse satellite remote sensing time series to detect temporal trends in the physical environment (ice, clouds, suspended material, organic matter) that can impact the underwater light environment in the coastal sites of interest.
Applicants with expertise in satellite remote sensing data analysis (ocean colour, including high resolution imagery from Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2, and passive and active microwaves) are encouraged. In addition, expertise in the following areas would also be useful:
Radiative transfer modelling in the atmosphere/ocean system,
Arctic coastal environments (physical and/or biological oceanography), and
Mapping coastal vegetation using optical and/or acoustic technologies.
The research environment
The Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) is a leading research university in marine sciences and northern environmental studies. Over the years, the quality of its infrastructures, education and research, the development of areas of research excellence (marine sciences and northern environmental studies) and the numerous awards won by UQAR have earned it broad recognition, both nationally and internationally. Rimouski is at 300-km east of Québec City and is blessed by its unique geographical location along the vast St. Lawrence Estuary, home to an exceptional natural environment and a rich maritime tradition.
The successful candidate will benefit from the dynamic training environment and the logistical and financial supports provided by the strategic research cluster such as BOREAS (https://www.uqar.ca/recherche/la-recherche-a-l-uqar/unites-de-recherche/groupe-de-recherche-sur-les-environnements-nordiques-boreas/presentation-objectifs-et-mission-boreas), Centre d’études Nordiques (http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/) and Québec-Océan (http://www.quebec-ocean.ulaval.ca/).
Please email 1) your CV, 2) a motivation letter, 3) two references and 4) your main research contribution (i.e., publications) to Dr. Simon Bélanger (simon_belanger@UQAR.ca) before Nov 1st 2018.
17 September 2018: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow Position at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, has an opening for a postdoctoral fellow to participate in developing and characterizing a hyperspectral ocean color imaging system for CubeSat nanosatellites. Applicants with expertise in assembling, characterizing and testing imaging systems are encouraged. Expertise in the following areas would also be useful:
1) Hyperspectral ocean color data and spectral mixing algorithms,
2) Optical system design, especially experience with digital micromirror devices and associated programming algorithms, and
3) Compressive sensing techniques with imaging, particularly with respect to algorithm coding.
Term and salary tbd, based on applicant expertise and availability.
Interested applicants send CV to Mike Twardowski, mtwardowski@fau.edu.
14 September 2018: PhD Student - Hyperspectral Radiometry on Argo Floats, University Oldenburg, Germany
The Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg is a marine research center situated in Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven. Within the project “SpectralArgo-N”, the ICBM Marine Sensor System (www.icbm.de/en/marine-sensor-systems/) of the ICBM located at the marine station in Wilhelmshaven hires one
conducting research focusing on
Hyperspectral Radiometry on Argo Floats
The position is open from January 1st 2019 and ends December 31th 2021 (salary according to 50% of TVL E-13, approx. 20-24 k/year).
The Project “SpectralArgo-N” is focused on the assessment of hyperspectral light conditions in oceanic and coastal waters through ocean color remote sensing and bio-optical modeling. Hyperspectral radiometry along with other optical sensors will be implemented on biogeochemical-Argo floats and field data gathered for calibration and validation purposes. Optical and related biogeochemical parameters will be measured followed by comparison and tuning of ocean color remote sensing algorithm outputs.
We are searching for highly motivated candidates having a very good academic university degree (diploma or master) in marine science, physics, environmental science or some related subject. We expect a strong interest in marine optics and enthusiasm for optical sensor applications. We also expect experience in the conduction and analysis of environmental sensing experiments including data analysis making use of Matlab, R, python or comparable software tools. Experience in handling ocean color satellite remote sensing datasets using (e.g. with SeaDAS or SNAP) is an added advantage. Very good writing and reading skills in English are a must. Additional language skills in German are appreciated.
The University of Oldenburg strives to increase the percentage of female employees in the field of science and encourages applications from female candidates. Applicants with disabilities will be given preference in the case of equal qualifications.
Applications should be handed in until October 14th, 2018 including a letter of motivation, CV and list of publications/presentations. Persons interested should send their application to Prof. Dr. Oliver Zielinski, ICBM, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany (preferred via Email: oliver.zielinski@uol.de).
See website: https://uol.de/stellen/?stelle=66230
11 September 2018: Remote Sensing Scientist – Ocean Colour, EUMETSAT, Germany
New Vacancy at EUMETSAT for a Remote Sensing Scientist – Ocean Colour, closing date 15 Oct 2018
There is a new vacancy open at EUMETSAT to work on the Copernicus and other relevant Ocean Colour data streams.
https://onlineapplication.eumetsat.int/views/vacancy/details.xhtml?vid=1247
VN 18/63 – REMOTE SENSING SCIENTIST – OCEAN COLOUR (COPERNICUS)
Within the Marine Applications (MA) Competence Area of the Remote Sensing and Products Division (RSP), the Remote Sensing Scientist – Ocean Colour (Copernicus) will be responsible for and contribute to the scientific development, maintenance, validation and quality monitoring of ocean colour products derived from observations of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 marine mission and other Copernicus-relevant missions.
13 August 2018: PhD position OC remote sensing and phytoplankton in coastal waters: Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
PhD position (m/f) in the research area of ocean colour remote sensing and phytoplankton in coastal waters.
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), centre for materials and coastal research, is located near Hamburg and in Teltow, near Berlin. You can find more information at http://www.hzg.de. The Institute of Coastal Research investigates the physical and biogeochemical dynamics of the coastal ocean and the impact of anthropogenic influences on the natural state.
The Remote Sensing Group at the Institute of Coastal Research of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht has an open PhD position (m/f) for coastal phytoplankton research based on remote sensing of ocean colour. We are interested in the spatial and temporal patterns of algal blooms in coastal seas, especially their origin and phenology in relation to storm or flood events. Satellites sensors provide adequate ocean colour observations on different spatiotemporal scales in a challenging environmental within optically complex waters, stratification, and coastal bathymetry. The biological response due to events will be quantified using additional oceanographic and climatological data.
We invite applications for a PhD position (m/f) in the research area of ocean colour remote sensing and phytoplankton in coastal waters with preferred starting date on November 1st, 2018. The position is initially limited to three years with the degree being awarded through the University of Kiel.
– utilization of satellite ocean colour data with focus on Sentinel-2/MSI, Sentinel-3/OLCI, and climatological data
– investigate spatial and seasonal patterns of phytoplankton in coastal waters of North and Baltic Sea and global shelf seas
– investigate phytoplankton distribution and optical diversity
– analyse short and long term drivers of phytoplankton growth and blooms
– MSc/MEng in aquatic/marine or atmospheric science, geography, physics or related fields
– experience in optical remote sensing and ocean colour
– experience with data analysis and programming (python, matlab)
– demonstrated interest in a scientific career
– excellent knowledge of English (German is of additional advantage)
For further questions please contact Prof. Burkard Baschek or Dr. Rüdiger Röttgers (Burkard.Baschek@hzg.de, Ruediger.Roettgers@hzg.de).
– extensive options of vocational training (for instance, expert seminars, language courses or leadership seminars)
– an appropriate salary related to the German public tariff (TV-AVH) plus the usual social benefits for the public employment sector
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht is an equal opportunity employer and particularly strives to increase the percentage of women in the science sector. Severely disabled persons with equal qualifications will be considered preferentially.
Please send your application indicating job offer code no. 2018/KO 4 including your CV, a list of publications, description of research experience and goals, and a list of up to three references to personal@hzg.de.
Closing date for applications is September, 16th, 2018.
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WeSing - We together sing anytime and anywhere we want
In the past, people often held a karaoke night in a large room or bar; however, today, they tend to “become a singer” anytime with many applications on smartphones.
Tencent is one of the greatest technology companies not only in China but also around the world as well. As of 2019, Tencent has created lots of famous applications such as QQ, WeChat, QQ browser, Tencent games, and WeSing.
When it comes to WeSing, many users might only know that this is a Chinese product. Still, it seems to be the “pioneering” karaoke app all over the world. Have you ever wondered why Tencent chose this market to develop?
Why WeSing was born?
According to the South China Morning Post, in this most populous country, karaoke is extremely popular, regardless of age and gender. If you go to a commercial center, you are much more likely to see a group of students or workers to go to mini boxes. Most Chinese citizens go to karaoke to relax after hard working days.
That is the reason why Karaoke services in China boom in order to meet the massive needs of the people. Lots of large karaoke bars or even mini boxes in the commercial buildings are constructed.
It is undeniable that these places are ideal for groups and families who want to share unforgettable moments with each other. Still, there are some who love singing but cannot do it well. They might only want to sing alone, or simply practice singing. In these cases, spending a bucket to go to a mini box on their own seems to be impossible.
From then, the market of karaoke sing apps has never more thriving, and WeSing should be the most successful. One of four music products owned by Tencent Music, WeSing creates more than 70% of revenue in this field of the company. The success of WeSing comes from its features and convenience. Unlike traditional karaoke forms, users can sing with WeSing anywhere. When singing, users can record or even play live, then share on social networks or online video sites in just one click.
More informaiton is available at https://www.scoop.it/t/play-store-apk-by-top1apk.
Key features of WeSing
Wesing comes to all users at no cost. Here you can raise your voice like a superstar. Either singing alone or together with your buddies is not a matter. More lovely, your dream comes true when you can duet with as many idols as you want. Let’s go into details.
A massive song library: WeSing is an amazing place for those who both love new and classic musical products. Want to sing “My heart will go on” or “Attention”, but can’t find both at other karaoke apps? - Simply try WeSing and you will be absolutely surprised. WeSing “catches trend” quickly, so you won’t worry being behind anymore. What’s more, WeSing makes your search easier via a lot of categories such as instrumentals, genres, singers, and many more. Most of the songs have lyrics, so you don’t have to learn by heart long lyrics but still sing well.
Record and edit your performance: Make your voice more beautiful thanks to a wide collection of distinctive voice effects. Besides, you can get feedback on your singing immediately via earphone feedback. Hundreds of filters are always available for you to choose from and make your video more exciting than ever!
Perform a duet with your favorite artists: Distance is no longer a problem. Simply choose your loved songs and sing together with Justin Bieber or Charlie Puth, etc. Also, WeSing enables you to duet with friends.
Create your own album: Collect all your good performance and create your ultimate album. Feel free to share them with your mates on social networks like Facebook, Instagram, etc. Grab any chance to make friends with those who have the same hobby all over the world.
With so many awesome features in only one application, don’t wait to download this fabulous app and Sing with Wesing - the karaoke app bringing people together with song.
WeSing alternatives
In addition to WeSing, you can also search for these following suggestions and give them a shot.
Sing! Karaoke by Smule
Sing! Karaoke by Smule is probably a good choice for both Android and iOS today. With a catalog of over 1200 songs and the ability to record your performances, this app really meets the most basic requirements of karaoke fans. Also, Sing! It also allows you to sing a duet, or with your friends or with other random users around the world. Its downside is that although the application is free, you will have to buy some features or products that the app offers if you want to make the most of all features.
Yokee
The main advantage of Yokee is that it is integrated with YouTube, allowing you to browse tons of karaoke songs on YouTube that are completely free. Like Sing! Karaoke by Smule, this application also has restrictions on VIP song lists, but you can also earn coins Yokee to unlock your favorite songs if you do not want to pay.
Red Karaoke
Like Yokee, Red Karaoke takes the source of songs from YouTube and other similar sources, so you will definitely get a huge list of songs to choose from. The application interface is quite simple but the features are not as complete as WeSing.
What makes users most interested in StarMaker is the way to display lyrics and the ability to record your performances via the smartphone's front camera, allowing you to watch and review your previous songs. However, you will also have to spend money to purchase the features that the application provides even if the application is completely free to download.
Want to find more, please go to Music apps at top1apk.
If you love singing, just try WeSing right away. Many people try WeSing, now it’s your turn.
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Call it the ‘Freeway of Love’- Detroit To Name a Highway After Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin via YouTube
She's getting some R-E-S-P-E-C-T. The Michigan House of Representatives has approved a bill to rename a road for the Queen of Soul.
It would be fitting to cruise "Aretha L. Franklin Memorial Highway" in a pink Cadillac. Detroit has just voted to rename a section of M-10 after one of the city's most famous citizens. The vote was not without controversy.
Detroit Free Press reports the bill's sponsor, Representative Leslie Love, D-Detroit, commended Aretha Franklin's "many accolades over the years, not only musical, but in the civil rights and charitable venues as well. 'She gave us all the soundtrack to our lives,' she said." Six Michigan legislators voted "no" on the proposal, including "State Rep. Shane Hernandez, R-Port Huron, [who] said he thinks the honor should be limited to first responders, such as police and firefighters, and military who are killed in the line of duty."
What do you think? Should we be naming streets after Michigan celebrities after they die? Should there be a "Bob Seger Boulevard" someday? Does Ted Nugent deserve a county road named in his honor? Will Kid Rock get a dead end dirt road?
8 SUPERBOWL PERFORMERS WITH MUSICAL MICHIGAN TIES
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Minor girl raped for months, burnt alive in Tripura
By KalingaTV Bureau On Dec 8, 2019
Agartala: When the widespread condemnation over Hyderabad and Unnao incidents rocked the nation, a 17-year-old girl in Tripura was raped for one-and-a half month and then burnt alive by a youth and his mother even after taking money as dowry, police said on Sunday.
The police arrested the accused Ajoy Rudra Paul (25) and his mother Anima Rudra Paul (59), after the victim succumbed to her burn injuries at the government-run Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital here on Saturday.
Police quoting the victim’s father said that Ajoy kidnapped his daughter on October 28 from their home at Kalaynpur in Khowai District (in western Tripura) and took her to his (Ajoy’s) home at Santir Bazar in southern Tripura.
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“Ajoy often raped the girl and demanded Rs 5 lakh as dowry to marry her. Following pressure from the victim’s parents, Ajoy agreed to marry the girl on December 11 after receiving first instalment of the dowry on Friday. But, Ajoy had a quarrel with his mother over the dowry, and he poured Kerosene on the victim and set her on fire,” the police said.
Angry family members and neighbours of the victim assaulted the accused Ajoy and Anima at the hospital immediately after her death.
“We are now probing the incident. The confessional statement of the victim was also recorded before her death,” the police official said.
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Kayak en Patagonia was born more than a decade ago, originally conceived by a group of friends and guides that were born and raised on the shores of the Señoret Channel in Puerto Natales, Chile.
We started exploring the wild side of Patagonia by foot and by kayak: Hidden fjords and Mountains far away from civilization.
Eventually, we wished to share this beauty with the people that visit from other corners of the world. Today, after the many trips and unforgettable experiences that we have shared, we want to welcome you to Patagonia, certainly a paradise for Kayaking adventures.
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Meet Our Team Today:
We make a really interesting mix of Magallanes locals and guides from other corners of the world! What do we have in common? Lots of love for Nature and of course, for paddling and having fun!
Cristian Oyarzo
Cristian is the founder of Kayak en Patagonia. He was born in Puerto Natales and has been an outdoors enthusiast and explorer since he was 9. MTB Rider, Kayaker and Climber! A complete Monkey!
American Canoe Association and Wilderness First Responder certified.
Will Copestake
Head Guide
Will (AKA: Willy Wonka) has an awesome list of achievements including a British Canoeing 5-star certification and a year-long solo and self-supported kayaking and mountaineering expedition on his home country; Scotland. The expedition awarded Will both the Scottish and National UK adventurer of the year 2015! He has been paddling in Patagonia for many years as a guide and on personal expeditions (curiously always with a big smile on his face no matter what!!). From 2017, he has been part of the Kayak en Patagonia team!
Rodrigo Gallardo
Rodrigo is from Magallanes. He was born in Punta Arenas and studied Graphic Design originally. He has been playing outside for quite a while now, around Brazil, Canada and Chile, enjoying life while climbing, mountain biking and kayaking, of course! American Canoe Association, Sea Kayak Guide Alliance of British Columbia and Wilderness First Responder certified.
Denisse Daroch
Assistant Guide
Denisse was born in the central area of Chile. She traveled to Canada when she was very young and studied and worked there for 3 years. She then came back to her home-country but just a little more south! Denisse is an amazing Woman with a very strong mind and a great attitude! She is a very talented kayaker, climber and mountain bike rider!
Leslie Sirvent
Logistics/Guide
Originally from Mexico, Leslie came to Patagonia in 2010 and never left! Above all, she loves Nature and exploring it, specially if it involves water, mountains and laughs. American Canoe Association and Wilderness First Responder certified.
Jeremy Saadaoui
Jeremy is an incredible kayak guide and instructor. He was born in the French countryside near Toulouse. He has been guiding and having incredible personal expeditions around Europe, mostly on the Aegean Sea (Greece). He is an amazing 5-star British Canoeing leader!! Kayaking is Jeremy’s passion. On 2016 he found out that he loved the crazy Patagonian wind! so we are proud to say he has been a part of our team since. Jeremy has an amazing attitude. “La prisa mata amigo” is one of his favorite quotes!
Jennifer Mullen
Jen has a background in marketing, working with outdoor companies and conservation charities. She has a big love for nature! She spends most of her time surfing, wakeboarding, hiking and kayaking in her home country; Scotland. This year, she is getting on a big adventure down south, becoming a member of Kayak en Patagonia team!
For me, guiding makes sense when you realize you are surrounded by smiles. When you can be part of this incredible experience, part of this incredible Nature!
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This movie reveals that Lehnsherr was responsible for paralyzing Xavier inand that their friendship ended immediately after. But they also plan to test the discriminatory laws when, as is expected, their marriage certificate will be denied. Raven Darkholme starts off as an innocent Womanchild who turns into a villain by the end, after being harshly rejected by her love interest Hank, and being repulsed by both humanity's intolerance and by Charles' ideals.
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Current: Mahmoud Abbas May Impose New Sanctions on Gaza
Mahmoud Abbas May Impose New Sanctions on Gaza
Filed under: Fatah, Hamas, Palestinians
Mahmoud Abbas has explained to the Egyptian president that if he doesn’t receive total authority in the Gaza Strip immediately, he will take harsh sanctions against its residents.
The PA chairman is considering whether to declare Gaza a “rebel zone” and to create new political realities for the Palestinian issue.
Anger is rising among the residents of the Gaza Strip following a speech that Mahmoud Abbas gave on March 19, 2018. In it, he announced that he would adopt new sanctions against Gaza following an attempt on the life of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.
Abbas did not give details of the exact measures that he intends to take, but instead vaguely stated that these would be “national, constitutional, and legal steps.”
On March 21, 2018, a senior source in the Palestinian Authority informed the Al-Khaleej Online website that the new sanctions would come into force at the beginning of April at the latest, and the situation in Gaza will become even more dangerous.
Abbas’ Draconian Measures
Abbas intends to paralyze daily life and increase the level of poverty in the Gaza Strip. According to this source, the sanctions will include the following measures:
Importation of food and merchandise into Gaza will be prohibited.
Restrictions will be imposed on exports and imports.
High taxes will be imposed on tradesmen to put a stop to their activities.
Government employees will face a further wage decrease. Instead of the current 30 percent, wages will be slashed by 50 percent.
Loans will no longer be given.
Welfare payments to 70,000 families in Gaza will be stopped.
Medical care will be cut.
Power will be reduced, and there will be no more payments to the Israeli Mekorot water company for Gaza’s water supply.
Bank accounts belonging to Palestinian officials, companies, and institutions will be closed.
Will the Gaza Strip Be Declared a “Rebel Zone”?
According to senior Fatah officials, Mahmoud Abbas is seriously considering a contingency plan which has lain dormant for the past six years to declare Gaza a “rebel zone.”
Apart from the steps mentioned above, Abbas is thinking about taking additional steps if he does indeed officially declare Gaza a “rebel zone.” These are:
Freezing funds in Palestinian and Arab banks belonging to Hamas and its institutions.
Requiring financial institutions and banks operating in Gaza to leave immediately.
Declaring a state of emergency in the West Bank as a result of Gaza being declared a “rebel zone.”
Seeking a resolution in the upper constitutional court to dissolve Parliament, creating a parliamentary vacuum, and removing immunity from Parliament members.
Closing Hamas institutions and confiscating Hamas property in the West Bank, and arresting the movement’s activists.
Organizing mass demonstrations of Fatah activists to shake up the Hamas government in Gaza.
Hamas has managed to rally all of the Palestinian factions in Gaza to lend their support and oppose Abbas’ newest measures.
When Will the Sanctions Begin?
Abbas will soon impose the new sanctions. The Al-Hayat newspaper reported on March 21, 2018, that Egyptian President Sisi spoke by phone with Abbas and asked him to wait another week before taking the new measures.
Abbas explained that the Palestinian Authority wants to receive all of the official powers held by Hamas in Gaza immediately.
Gaza is a pressure cooker that is about to explode at any moment. Abbas intends to fasten down the lid, but this will not prevent the explosion.
The Hamas leadership reckons that the explosion will occur very soon. Khalil al-Hayya, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, informed the Turkish news agency on March 21, 2018, that, “The continuation of the siege will lead to an explosion. We will direct that explosion toward Israel.”
If Abbas puts his new plan into action, he will create new political realities for the Palestinian issue and worsen the already precarious situation.
Egypt is furious with Abbas because of his Gaza policy, but it is being cautious to avoid a confrontation or to let him down towards the end of his life.
At the moment, it appears that only harsh, determined measures from the international community toward the Palestinian Authority could stop Abbas from imposing these harsh PA sanctions.
The PA chairman continues to follow a policy of “brinksmanship” toward Gaza in order to bring Hamas completely to its knees. However, in Gaza, Hamas leaders say that Abbas is delusional, that it won’t happen, and everything will boomerang against him.
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Frequent shopping by men and women increases survival in the older Taiwanese population
Yu-Hung Chang1,
Rosalind Chia-Yu Chen1,
Mark L Wahlqvist1,2,3,
Meei-Shyuan Lee2,3
1Division of Health Policy Research and Development, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, ROC
2School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
3Asia Pacific Health and Nutrition Centre, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Correspondence to Dr Yu-Hung Chang, Division of Health Policy Research and Development, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli County 350 Taiwan, ROC; yhchang{at}nhri.org.tw
Background Active ageing is a key to healthy ageing; shopping behaviour is an economically relevant activity of the elderly.
Methods Analysis was based on the NAHSIT 1999–2000 dataset. A total of 1841 representative free-living elderly Taiwanese people were selected and information included demographics, socioeconomic status, health behaviours, shopping frequencies, physical function and cognitive function. These data were linked to official death records. Cox proportional hazard models were used to evaluate shopping frequency on death from 1999–2008 with possible covariate adjustment.
Results Highly frequent shopping compared to never or rarely predicted survival (HR 0.54, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.67) with adjustment for physical function and cognitive function and other covariates HR was 0.73 (95% CI 0.56 to 0.93). Elderly who shopped every day have 27% less risk of death than the least frequent shoppers. Men benefited more from everyday shopping than women with decreased HR 28% versus 23% compared to the least.
Conclusion Shopping behaviour favourably predicts survival. Highly frequent shopping may favour men more than women. Shopping captures several dimensions of personal well-being, health and security as well as contributing to the community's cohesiveness and economy and may represent or actually confer increased longevity.
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mortality SI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2010.126698
Funding This study was sponsored by the Department of Health and National Health Research Institutes (PH-PP22), Taiwan.
Competing interests None.
Ethics approval This study was conducted with the approval of the National Health Research Institutes Ethics Committee.
© 2012, Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
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Valve ring abscess in active infective endocarditis. Frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients
E. N. Arnett, W. C. Roberts
Analysis of 95 necropsy patients with active infective endocarditis (AIE) involving 128 native cardiac valves (aortic = 59, mitral = 48, triscupid = 20, and pulmonic = 1) disclosed 27 patients with ring abscesses involving 30 valves: the aortic valve ring was infected in 24 patients and only an atrioventricular valve ring (mitral in two, and tricuspid in one) in three patients. Comparison of the following parameters showed no significant differences between the 27 patients with and the 68 patients without ring abscess: age, sex, antibiotic treatment or length of treatment, status of the cardiac valve(s) before infection, and the kind of infecting organism. Comparison of the following parameters, however, showed significant (p
Heart Valves
Arnett, E. N., & Roberts, W. C. (1976). Valve ring abscess in active infective endocarditis. Frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients. Circulation, 54(1), 140-145.
Valve ring abscess in active infective endocarditis. Frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients. / Arnett, E. N.; Roberts, W. C.
In: Circulation, Vol. 54, No. 1, 1976, p. 140-145.
Arnett, EN & Roberts, WC 1976, 'Valve ring abscess in active infective endocarditis. Frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients', Circulation, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 140-145.
Arnett EN, Roberts WC. Valve ring abscess in active infective endocarditis. Frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients. Circulation. 1976;54(1):140-145.
Arnett, E. N. ; Roberts, W. C. / Valve ring abscess in active infective endocarditis. Frequency, location, and clues to clinical diagnosis from the study of 95 necropsy patients. In: Circulation. 1976 ; Vol. 54, No. 1. pp. 140-145.
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Who is the True Hero? Frodo or Sam?
By Kit Dunsmore June 17, 2015 23 Comments
Thanks to Hollywood, the word “hero” conjures a definite image: a muscular, stern-faced man, who is taciturn, courageous, and determined. He faces impossible odds, risking what matters most to him, in order to save others. His most prominent characteristic is his strength — physical and mental. Without it, he cannot hope to succeed.
Most heroes look something like this…
But not all heroes fit this model. The ultimate heroes of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings are two hobbits, smaller than the other races living in Middle Earth. Hobbits spend their time eating good food, smoking their pipes, and enjoying life in the rural Shire. Their strength is in their sense of humor and their gentle ways, but Frodo and Sam wind up journeying to a distant land to destroy a magic ring in order to save their world from enslavement.
Sam and Frodo, on their way to Mordor.
Some say that Sam is the true hero of Lord of the Rings. He literally does the heavy lifting as they get closer and closer to Mount Doom, getting Frodo out of the tower after he’s been captured by orcs and carrying his master up the mountain when Frodo is exhausted by the weight of the ring. If you think a hero is all about action and strength, then Sam does look heroic. He also has many heroic qualities, including unswerving loyalty, a willingness to make personal sacrifices for the good of others, and the determination to keep going no matter how hopeless things get. Certainly, Frodo could never succeed without Sam’s help.
Frodo’s actions, on the other hand, suggest that he is not the hero. He has vowed to destroy the ring, but at the last moment, he fails to do as he promised. When he finally reaches Mount Doom, the ring overpowers him and he decides to keep it. The whole purpose of going to Mordor was to throw the ring into the fire. To not do so is to doom the world, because no matter who has the ring, it will eventually lead him to evil. Frodo and Sam’s quest, however, does not fail. Gollum, who carried the ring for years and has traveled with the hobbits, attacks Frodo and bites off his finger along with the ring. Gollum falls into a chasm of fire and the ring burns with him.
The untrustworthy but pathetic Gollum
Despite all this, Frodo is the hero of the piece*. Gollum would not be there to take the ring if it weren’t for Frodo. When the hobbits catch Gollum following them to Mordor, they know he means them harm. Sam says they should tie him up or kill him outright, rather than let the creature follow them. But Frodo won’t let him.
Early in the story, Gandalf tells Frodo of all the evil Gollum has done and Frodo wishes his uncle Bilbo had killed the creature when he had the chance. However, when he sees the wretched Gollum for himself, Frodo is filled with compassion. He understands how the ring has twisted and hurt Gollum. Sam doesn’t trust Gollum, and neither does Frodo. But unlike Sam, Frodo is unwilling to kill him. He follows his compassionate impulse, and protects Gollum from Sam while they travel together.
Without Gollum, the quest would have failed. Sam could never have stopped Frodo once he decided to keep the ring and put it on. But because he showed compassion towards Gollum, Frodo ensured their ultimate success. His kindness saved them all.
Frodo and Sam return home dressed like the heroes they are.
One would expect a warrior like the one I described above to be a better choice to carry a ring into dangerous country. The hobbits prove more stout and determined than one might expect, but strength isn’t the reason they succeed. Compassion is.
Who do you think the true hero is? Frodo or Sam?
*Those who only know the movies, please note that Frodo is much stronger in the book. He is more successful at resisting the ring’s power throughout and more than once his ability to resist is commented on.
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23 thoughts on “Who is the True Hero? Frodo or Sam?”
A. C. Spahn says:
I think you’re right about who was intended to be the hero. I’d love to read a case for Gollum being the hero!
Kit Dunsmore says:
I’d love to argue that Gollum is the hero, but I don’t think it will fly. Intentions are part of what makes a hero heroic. He saves the world by accident, so I’m afraid it doesn’t count.
I know, you’re right. I’d just love to see someone try to make an argument. 🙂
A friend on Facebook made the argument that Sauron’s the hero! That he’s trying to recover a stolen artwork he poured his soul into and despite the help of many friends fails, because his enemies are so mean that they destroy it instead of giving it back. I think he’s on to something. We could try the same with Gollum and it could be the next Wicked! 😉
Oooh…I think you’re onto something there…as long as there’s a huge show-stopping musical number right before the intermission, I’m there.
As soon as I saw the title of the article, I said to myself, “Sam, of course.” For all the reasons you describe.
Funny. Everyone seems to think I’m arguing for Sam here, but I’m really arguing for Frodo. I think Tolkien was making two important points: that compassion is a strength, not a weakness, and that it takes a fellowship to defeat Sauron. While I’ve only focused on Sam and Frodo, you can argue that every member of the fellowship is required to destroy the ring and is therefore a hero of sorts. Tolkien has every member play a critical part in the journey. If you take any one of them away, the quest fails.
ontyrepassages says:
I don’t doubt that Frodo is the intended and, perhaps more importantly, principal hero and I won’t deny him that status. After all, he carried the ring all the way to Mordor. The others in the fellowship are supporting players in that regard, though I see Sam as a unique case (I’ll get to that last). Each member of the fellowship is primarily heroic in that they must overcome some personal shortcoming (Gandalf and Aragorn: fear of power; Merry and Pippin, growing up: Legolis and Gimli, prejudice; Boromir, overconfidence; Sam, confidence). Frodo, ironically, is most content at the outset (no stealing from fields, no worrying over courtship). Thus, in a sense, Frodo, who has the least to gain, gives the most. The fellowship also speaks of the power of teamwork, that so many flawed individuals could ultimately work together for the greater good, though that realization doesn’t take hold amongst its members until the fellowship is broken. Each member gains what they most needed at the moment its most needed, including Sam at the end. He was Frodo’s insurance policy. Sam was also the only one to ever have possession of the ring, use it, and surrender it voluntarily!
I agree that everyone in the Fellowship is a hero and has a key role to play in getting the ring to Mordor. But Sam isn’t the only one to give the ring up freely.
Bilbo also gave up the ring voluntarily and after having it for a lot longer. Gandalf had to nag him a little, but in the end he handed it over of his own free will. Gandalf himself says that it is because of how Bilbo acquired the ring (treating Gollum with pity instead of killing him) and his willingness to give it up that keep the ring from doing lasting harm to him.
Thanks for your thoughtful comment. I’m so happy to find other people interested in this question!
You got me. I was so focused on the fellowship members that I forgot about Bilbo. You’re exactly right. 🙂
LotR is so huge, it’s easy to forget about things. I agree with you that Frodo loses the most. It’s one of the reasons I find it hard to think of Sam as the main hero: he gets to go home and have a normal life after everything’s said and done. He gets through the adventure without making the sacrifices or receiving the scars that Frodo does. I wonder if Tolkien wasn’t being a little unrealistic, assuming that Sam wasn’t as affected by the journey because he was “simpler” (i.e., lower class) than Frodo. There’s a definite master/servant vibe in the books that may be the reason he chose the ending that he did. But it could just be that Frodo bore the ring all that way and is naturally the one who comes out of it changed.
Yes, it’s difficult to pinpoint much that Frodo gains after the war. His brief, 2-year! return home is marred by illness. After all, compared to Sam he passes over the Sea at a relatively young age (he was 12 years older than Sam, but Sam crossed 161 years later…yeah, I looked that up). Sam, who gains confidence during the war, returns home to marry Rose, have children, and later become mayor. Still, like you, I find Tolkien’s attitude towards Sam difficult to pin down. I TOTALLY agree about the master/servant relationship. In fact, as I’ve aged (and the book has aged) I’ve found the relationship makes me squirm at times because it feels like a master/servant relationship from the antebellum South. Tolkien only rescues it (to a degree) when Sam becomes a distinguished member of society, though his ascension from heroic servant to respected mayor happens in the appendix.
I forgot about Sam becoming mayor (and didn’t know he lived so long!). I always felt like it was a bit odd that Sam got to sail to the West when he carried the ring for such a short time. But Tolkien was Catholic and may have been better at handling the “the last shall be first” parable. I never really understood that one.
There probably as many unintended mysteries as intended ones in Tolkien’s tales, but that’s the added flavor each author provides. I was stunned, too, at Sam’s lifespan and if not for our conversation wouldn’t have glanced at appendices I haven’t checked in probably thirty years.
fangboner1 says:
I have never thought of it that way but I have always seen that they worked together in their own weird way.
It’s definitely a team effort, even if you look only at Frodo and Sam. They help each other a lot in order to get the job done. I’m sure there are other hero twosomes out there, I’m just not thinking of any at the moment.
Amy Greene (@betterwayparent) says:
I was very surprised when I read the ending to the Lord of the Rings. How clever of Tolkien to weave Gollum into the undoing of the Ring! As you pointed out, compassion is a heroic trait that often goes unnoticed.
I’ve been thinking all my favorite heroes show compassion. In fact, it tends to be the thing that differentiates the heroes from the villains.
radhika17 says:
When I read the title, I mentally spoke, ‘Sam, of course!’, but after reading your post, it dawned upon me that Frodo, in the true sense, was the hero. His compassion towards Gollum was visible throughout their journey.
Nice post, Kit! 🙂
Do check out mine for this month: http://radhika-feelingfree.blogspot.com/2015/06/1000speak-compassion-begins-at-home.html 🙂
Thanks for stopping by and weighing in. I love it when people agree with me. 😉 Also: thanks for sharing your compassion post link. I’ll be sure to drop by.
I’d honestly never given that question much thought before & it is kind of interesting. I think perhaps, though, that neither is really a hero on their own. They compliment each other – neither would have totally succeeded without the other. I think.
It definitely takes both of them (and Gollum) to get the job done. Tolkien definitely promotes teamwork throughout LotR, but I haven’t found a word that describes a group that acts as a hero together. Maybe we should coin one?
Hmm – good idea. I’ll have to ponder a bit
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Ever seen this photograph before? I hadn’t until I stumbled across it on the ‘net not that long ago and, upon seeing it, just felt that I had to share it here for your interest and perusal. Significant to most due to it being the last said photo to have been taken of Ringo Starr and John Lennon together before his assassination, it is, of course, notable also for the T-shirt he’s wearing…
According to the websites I’ve seen it posted on, the photo originates from sometime circa late 1970s. 1979 according to some, 1978 to at least one other. Presumably, it would have been snapped in New York where Lennon had been residing for the majority of that decade. Anyway, there it is, emblazoned across his T-shirt, that notorious old pyramid and eye pic. Okay, I’m assuming that most folk who come reading here, perhaps you yourself, will need…
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In September 1961 the American actor Paul Robeson was admitted to the Priory Clinic in Richmond, London, and treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). His son, Paul Robeson junior, has long suspected that the CIA may have had a hand in both his father’s sudden breakdown during a visit to Moscow and subsequent treatment in London (and, later, in New York).
Paul spent nearly two years in the Priory Clinic, with occasional short visits home to the London flat where he lived with his wife Eslanda. It was his wife who organised his admission to the Priory and consented to ECT, his son not learning he had been given ECT until later. Eventually Eslanda was persuaded that the regime of ECT and heavy doses of drugs at the Priory were not doing any good; Paul was removed from the Priory and taken to a clinic in East Germany where he spent…
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Alice Liddell and Lewis Carroll are the guest stars of a fascinating exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London next spring, together with other three of the most celebrated figures in art photography: Julia Margaret Cameron, Oscar Rejlander, and Clementina Hawarden. These four artists would come to embody the very best in photography of the Victorian era. Their experimental approach to picture-making and radical attitudes towards photography have informed artistic practice ever since.
Featuring striking portraits of sitters such as Charles Darwin, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Thomas Carlyle, George Frederick Watts, Ellen Terry and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the exhibition will include loans from the Royal Collection, the V&A and Tate, as well the Metropolitan Museum in New York, and other museums in Sweden and Germany. Fragile images rarely displayed because the prints and negatives are so vulnerable to light damage.
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The prohibition of alcohol in the United States lasted for 13 years during the 1920s and 30s. It is one of most famous—or infamous—times in recent American history. While the intention was to reduce the consumption of alcohol by eliminating businesses that manufactured, distributed, and sold it, the plan backfired.
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Bottles of Scotch whisky smuggled in hollowed-out loaves of bread are confiscated by police on June 12, 1924. (AP Photo)
Groups of young people playfully pose with illegal drinks, circa 1922. (Kirn Vintage Stock / Getty Images)
Two police officers drink from flasks by their car, circa 1930. (Kirn Vintage Stock / Getty Images)
A woman demonstrates how to use a Prohibition-era book to conceal a liquor flask in 1927. (Bettmann / Bettmann Archive)
A woman uses a dummy book, titled The Four Swallows, as a hiding place for liquor during Prohibition in 1925. (Ullstein Bild / Getty Images)
A woman shows off her new initialed garter flask, which had become the latest rage in 1926. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis / Getty Images)
A potential customer examines an enterprising advertisement for an illegal speakeasy during Prohibition in the 1920s. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis / Getty Images)
Children watch as a prohibitionist destroys a barrel of beer with an ax during the 1920s. (Bettmann / Bettmann Archive)
Police officers raid a Long Island, New York, home to find $20,000 worth of booze on Jan. 26, 1930. (Bettmann / Bettmann Archive)
Four women chug bottles of illegal liquor, circa 1925. (Kirn Vintage Stock / Getty Images)
A woman demonstrates how her overcoat conceals two tins of booze strapped to her thighs on Sept. 3, 1928. (George Rinhart / Getty Images)
More than 40,000 demonstrators gather in Military Park, Newark, on Nov. 1, 1931, to oppose the ban of alcohol in the US. (Bettmann / Bettmann Archive)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Cullen-Harrison Act, or “Beer Bill,” the first relaxation of the Volstead Act, on Mar. 22, 1933. The new law allowed the sale of beer and wine containing 3.2% alcohol starting at midnight on April 6. (AP)
Partygoers celebrate the end of Prohibition amid a tangle of confetti and ribbons in 1933. (Bettmann / Bettmann Archive)
Workers in Brooklyn unload cases of liquor from marble blocks, which were used to conceal alcohol before the repeal of Prohibition, in October 1933. (New York Times Co. / Getty Images)
Bartenders at Sloppy Joe’s bar in Chicago pour a round of drinks on the house for a large group of smiling customers as it was announced that the 18th Amendment had been repealed and Prohibition had been removed from the US Constitution after 13 years. (American Stock Archive / Getty Images)
A woman serves drinks to a crowd of men who are joyfully celebrating the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. (Bettmann / Bettmann Archive)
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The daughter of a Scottish lord with a dark and treacherous past, Rosalind Melbourne has spent years distancing from her past. After escaping her tyrannical father and marrying an aging English lord, she has become a powerful widow with a business empire at her command. Her business dealings are everything to her, leaving her no time for love. Especially not with her business rival Ashton, a man with a scandalous reputation as striking as his blue eyes.
A GAME OF WITS TURNS TO A GAME OF SEDUCTION…
Ashton is fascinated by the strong-willed, intelligent and sensual lady who, up until now, had outsmarted him at every turn. Rosalind wishes she could deny she is falling for the brooding, handsome baron. How can she possibly trust him when doing so could cost her what she values most—her freedom? When Ashton discovers Rosalind might hold the key to saving the League of Rogues, he knows he will do anything to woo his wicked lass. As their pasts return to haunt them and dark forces rise to keep them from exposing a deadly spymaster, their game of love turns to a game of survival…
Warning: This book includes a brooding baron who’s wild in bed, a crafty Scottish lass who never knows when to quit, a wicked game of strip chess, and a merry band of rogues whose first instinct is to run they hear wedding bells ring.
Series: Love in London, Book 1
Kat Roberts has a plan. Love doesn’t fit into it.
Move to England.
Study at Cambridge.
Become a history professor.
See? No room for dating or love. Life is going exactly according to plan….until she met him one snowy night in an English pub. Tristan Kingsley, the future Earl of Pembroke. He’s as gorgeous as a god, funny, sweet, and oh-my-god that accent… With a chiseled jaw, bewitching eyes, and a voice as smooth as a glass of brandy…he’s every woman’s dream. He tempts Kat to leave her carefully laid plans behind as she falls head over tea kettle for this British playboy.
Tristan Kingsley went into the bar that night to avoid the duties of his future as a titled lord. When a gorgeous American girl kisses him on a dare from her friends, that kiss turns his world upside down. Oh, he’s used to having exactly what he wants: women, money, notoriety. But now he wants Kat. In his arms, in his bed—and the more time he spends with her, the more he wants her in his life. Tired of shallow, social climbing English debutantes, Tristan can’t get enough of his brilliant, sweet Yank.
But not everyone is happy with the situation. His father, the Earl of Pembroke, has other plans for Tristan, and getting rid of Kat is number one on the list.
If you thought this was a fairytale of a girl finding her Prince—er, Earl, and living happily-ever-after…then prepare yourself for one heck of an American Revolution.
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Kat Roberts’s life plan is definitely derailed.
Her mind should be on school—Cambridge!—and her grades—Yikes! Instead all she can think about is him. Tristan Kingsley. It’s not his money or his title…it’s not even his panty-dropping good looks. Kat loves Tristan because he’s unguarded, sharing his emotions, his desires, and his dreams with her. But it seems Kat inherited the unlucky-in-love gene. Her father and Tristan’s mother are now dating, which means she’s spending Christmas break in the same London townhouse as Tristan. But Tristan’s father, the Earl of Pembroke, wants more than an American college girl for his son, and it would take a decree by the Queen herself to change his mind.
Christmas break should be relaxing and fun…
For Tristan Kingsley it’s a living hell. He can’t think about Decking the Halls when the girl of his dreams is staying right across the hall! But her father wouldn’t approve of Tristan’s roguish reputation as a London playboy, and despite agreeing to keep their relationship secret, stolen moments aren’t enough. Tristan can’t keep his hands off Kat, and when a fairy tale style picture of them kissing hits the London newsstands, they know it’s only a matter of time before their families discover the truth.
No matter how much Kat and Tristan want to be together, fate isn’t on their side. Unless something changes, it looks like both of them will soon be members of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club.
One kiss with a stranger on a snowy night sent her life spinning out of control…
Kat Roberts’ logical plan of college then career has hit a brick wall… a tall, dark, and gorgeous, Union Jack of a brick wall. What happened? The future Earl of Pembroke, Tristan Kingsley, is what happened. Kat stupidly let herself fall for him despite knowing his father would rather dance naked around Big Ben than accept Kat as his son’s girlfriend. Not to mention Tristan’s womanizing past has her own father voting a big fat no way on their relationship too and leaves Kat reeling in the consequences of loving her handsome-as-sin Brit.
Tristan Kingsley isn’t going to let Kat go without a fight. It doesn’t matter that his father wants him to marry an English aristocrat to provide a political and social opportunity. But Tristan won’t be blackmailed by his father. He wants Kat in his life, in his bed, in his heart, so he’s going to fight for the love of his life using the very tabloids that once marked him as a womanizer. Except his brilliant plan has a dangerous back-lash, one nobody saw coming…One that could steal their happy ever after away…
The Gilded Cuff
Series: Surrender Series, Book 1
Every passion has its price . . .
Journalist Sophie Ryder has been following Emery Lockwood’s story since she was a little girl. There has always been something in his haunted eyes that she couldn’t resist and now, when she’s certain he holds the key to solving a string of kidnappings, she’ll do anything to speak to him. Even if it means venturing deep into the seductive world of the Gilded Cuff, a luxurious BDSM club on Long Island’s Gold Coast and Emery’s personal playground.
From the moment Sophie enters his shadowy, sensual domain, Emery Lockwood knows this tantalizing new little sub was meant to belong to him. However, Sophie wants more from Emery than just pleasure . . . she wants his past. And that is something he isn’t willing to give—no matter who is asking. But every moment he spends with Sophie, Emery feels his control slipping and he knows it’s only a matter of time before he surrenders to her heart, body, and soul.
The Gilded Cage
Passion that takes no prisoners, and love that tests the limits of ecstasy . . .
Fenn Lockwood comes alive in the shadows. Though he might have physically survived the kidnapping that stole his childhood, the trauma and pain he lived through have marked him forever. Now the only place where Fenn can be himself is within the walls of his private BDSM world—a place of erotic obsession, where desire isn’t just captured . . . it’s bound.
Hayden Thorne knows that behind Fenn’s hardened exterior is a man worth fighting for. Yet to save him from the past that still haunts him, Hayden will have to abandon every inhibition she’s ever had and venture into Fenn’s intoxicatingly sensual world. Each tantalizing second she spends in Fenn’s searing embrace is more delicious than the last and soon Hayden begins to think that she may never want to leave such torturous bliss . . .
The Gilded Chain
Explore a hidden world of erotic fantasies, where the greatest pleasures are stolen and the fiercest passions are untamed. . .
For years, Callie Taylor has been obsessed with two things: a man she can never have and escaping to Paris where she can follow her artistic passions. But everything changes when Callie meets Wes Thorne, a wealthy, mysterious art collector and famous dominant. Despite all the nights she’s spent dreaming of another man, it is Wes’s predatory gaze that suddenly consumes her every thought and sets her body on fire. One touch from him promises unforgettable passion, but Callie knows that passion often comes with a price…
From the moment he sets eyes on Callie, Wes is intrigued by her artistic talent and her delightful innocence of all things erotic. A stolen kiss leaves him aching and desperate to claim her in a way he’s never wanted any woman. But first he must convince her to surrender her control. And what better place to seduce an artistic soul like Callie’s than Paris?
The Duelist’s Seduction
Series: The Seduction Series, Book 1
Helen Banks is going to die. When her twin brother gambles away their fortune, she must save his life and take his place in a duel to satisfy the honor of a man her brother couldn’t pay. Disguised as her brother, Helen faces the one man she’s admired from afar, a widower with a dark past and eyes that scorch her very soul.
Since Gareth Fairfax lost his wife, the darkness in his heart continues to grow. Lashing out at anyone who opposes him, Gareth is stunned to face a lovely young woman opposite his dueling pistol. After discovering Helen’s deception, he offers her a choice: become his mistress or her brother dies.
Their devil’s bargain turns into a slow, sweet, intoxicating seduction. With each passing hour, Helen uncovers Gareth’s secret heartbreak and yet she can’t help but fall for the man who has ruined her. With Helen in his arms, Gareth wonders if he might yet be saved. All it takes is one passionate embrace, a kiss from the depths of his soul and a night of wild abandon.
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Jayhawks Play to Pair of Draws Saturday in Iowa
AMES, IOWA – The University of Kansas soccer team continued its spring exhibition season Saturday as it took on Iowa State and Iowa Saturday afternoon inside ISU Soccer Complex. Both matches ended in ties, as the Jayhawks and Cyclones played to a 0-0 tie, while KU managed to earn a 2-2 draw with the Hawkeyes.
“I was pleased with several things today,” said head coach Mark Francis. “I thought we played really well in the second game. We spread the field and really created some great scoring chances. That was nice to see since we’ve been working on that a lot this spring.”
KU, which has taken on Iowa each of the last three spring seasons, could not get its offense going in the early match. The Jayhawks’ best opportunity came in the opening period when junior Caroline Kastor beat her defender and found herself open on the left side of the ISU box. She was able to get a good strike on goal however the Cyclones’ goalkeeper was there for the save.
Neither of the Big 12 foes created any other major threats for the remainder of the game, leaving the score deadlocked at zero, where it eventually ended.
In their second outing of the day, the Jayhawks picked up the pace offensively. Kastor netted KU’s first score of the day in the first half with the help of an assist from senior teammate Sarah Robbins. The KU defense couldn’t handle the Iowa attack in the latter half of the opening frame though as the Hawkeyes notched a pair of goals to go up 2-1 as the teams went into halftime.
Kansas kept it close, shutting out Iowa in the second half and pulling even with less than 15 minutes to play. Kastor put in her second score of the afternoon after sophomore Jamie Fletcher set her up with an assist. The KU defense kept the Hawkeyes off the board for the rest of the match and preserved the 2-2 tie, leaving the state of Iowa boasting a 6-2-2 record in the spring.
The Jayhawks now enter their final week of the spring campaign and will prepare to close out exhibition play next weekend on a high note.
“It will be really important for us to end the spring strong,” said Francis. “It’s been a long spring with the addition of our international trip but the girls have remained focused and that’s very encouraging. We’ll try to show up next Saturday and have a good end with a couple wins.”
KU will return to Lawrence to take on UMKC and Arkansas next Saturday, April 27at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex. Kickoff versus the Kangaroos is slated for 10 a.m., while the Jayhawks will hit the pitch versus the Razorbacks at 2 p.m. Get a complete recap and updates from both matches by logging on to KUAthletics.com and following on Twitter at KU_Soccer.
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The class of 2020. Photos by David Stobbe.
Ceremony welcomes new students
The College of Law's First Year Welcoming Ceremony, which took place on Sept. 19, is an annual ritual which marks the beginning of the students’ journey into legal studies.
Now in its sixth year, the ceremony has become an inspiring tradition which brings new students and their family and friends together with honoured guests from the legal community, and College of Law faculty, alumni and supporters, in celebration of the achievement of entering law school.
Dean Martin Phillipson acknowledged this as a ‘particularly special year’, in reference to the launch of the new Nunavut Law Program, which welcomed 25 new students at its own welcoming ceremony in the territory’s capital Iqaluit on Sept. 11.
“I am delighted that this means we have 154 new students this year, which is by far and away the largest first year class we’ve ever had,” said Phillipson. “We are enormously proud to have two cohorts, and we will do our best to make them one cohort.”
The college welcomed cultural advisor and celebrated Métis author Maria Campbell to open the ceremony with a blessing in Cree. Dignified guests attended the event to bring greetings to the class as follows:
Grant Vogeli from Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP; Justice Gwen Goebel from the Court of Queen’s Bench of Saskatchewan; Judge Marilyn Penner, from the Saskatchewan Provincial Court; and President Peter Stoicheff, from the University of Saskatchewan.
The greetings included wise words to the new students from experienced legal professionals who were all once students themselves.
The students were advised to persevere in the face of impending adversity, to focus on the honourable and critical role that lawyers play in society, to find time to have fun and build friendships, and to enrich their education by learning from fellow classmates’ life experiences and perspectives.
Roy Romanow, current Chancellor of the U of S and former premier of Saskatchewan, who himself graduated from the College of Law in 1964, delivered the ceremony’s keynote speech.
He spoke of the “large and complicated moral question of justice” and lawyers' great responsibility to create a fair and just society, which protects the vulnerable and promotes society’s well-being as a whole.
“Lawyers must vigorously represent their clients and causes, but also maintain that we as lawyers should represent the hopes, the ideals, and the dreams of a greater society,” he said.
U of S Chancellor Roy Romanow was the ceremony's keynote speaker.
The ceremony concluded with the presentation of the college's entrance awards, which are funded through the generous support of College of Law donors. Dean Phillipson acknowledged the huge difference that receiving a scholarship can make to the students, and how appreciative the college is for its donors' continued support. A full list of the awards and the students honoured can be found below.
With this inspirational and uplifting event becoming a firm College of Law tradition, plans are already underway for next year’s ceremony.
The ceremony can be viewed in its entirety on College of Law YouTube channel.
First year student Brandon Prevost receives the The Gary and Tammy Bugeaud Centennial Entrance Award.
The Gary and Tammy Bugeaud Centennial Entrance Award
Brandon Prevost
College of Law Academic Excellence Entrance Scholarship
Shay Brehm
Scott Hunter
Christopher Domokos
Mark Elian
Karianne James
The William Elliott Scholarship
The MLT Aikins Scholarship in Law
Eric Dulle
Law Society of Saskatchewan Scholarship
Harris & Lauretta & Raymond Earl Parr Memorial Scholarship
Rebecca Burnand
Gregory Lee
J. Barrie Thomson Scholarship
Miller Thomson National Entrance Scholarship
The Law Foundation of Saskatchewan 25th Anniversary Scholarship
Sarah Engen
The Morris and Jacqui Shumiatcher Scholarship in Law
Edward Sacher
The Scotiabank Scholarship in Law
Valerie Warwick
Justice John H. Maher Memorial Scholarship
Jessica Figley
Thomas P. & Peter S. Deis WWH Memorial Scholarship
Darin Gette
P.E. Mackenzie Entrance Scholarship
Tyler Gray
James M. Stevenson Entrance Scholarship
Abbie Treslan
Emily Barlas
Eldon Woolliams Scholarship
Lucas Richards
Kathleen Newman
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Police: UCLA Shooter Left Note in Home That Led Cops to Body in Minnesota
by Ronn Blitzer | 1:31 pm, June 2nd, 2016
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck announced on Thursday that officers searching the home of suspected UCLA shooter Mainak Sarkar found a note that led authorities to the discovery of a woman’s body in Minnesota, the Associated Press reported. Sarkar was believed to be behind Wednesday’s shooting that resulted in a campus-wide lockdown at UCLA, and ended in a murder-suicide.
Beck told KTLA-TV that officers found a “kill list” in Sarkar’s home that included the names of Professor William Klug, who police say Sarkar shot before killing himself, and the Minnesota woman. The LAPD then asked police in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota to do a welfare check at the woman’s home. Officers found her body. She appeared to have been killed by a gunshot wound.
A third name on the list belonged to another UCLA professor, who was not harmed.
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What does the junior doctors’ strike tell us about UK employment law?
Ben Amunwa on 8 April 2016
As junior doctors continue strike action against UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s plans to impose new contracts, there seems to be no easy way out of an increasingly damaging dispute that is dragging the NHS deeper into crisis.
Over 5,000 of non-urgent surgical operations were cancelled during the recent strike action on 6 and 7 April. If no agreement is reached, later this month, doctors across the UK will walkout from A&E and emergency care for the first time in history.
At the eye of this darkening political storm is a short but vital document: the contract of employment. The doctors’ strike is a classic example of a common power struggle between employers and their workers over changes to contract terms.
Put yourself in the doctors’ well-worn shoes for a moment.
If your employer tries to impose changes to your employment contract without your agreement, this is known as a ‘unilateral variation of contract’. The law in this area is complicated, but simply put, a change in the terms of your contract can only occur with your express or implied consent.*
Difficulties can arise when the proposed change is not to your benefit and requires your cooperation. Try as he might, Mr Hunt cannot literally force the doctors to attend work on extra days. So the employer generally needs to negotiate. If no agreement or compromise is reached, the employer has a few options:
“Throw in the towel”: if the employer realises that the cost of forcing a change of contract terms outweighs the benefits, they may admit defeat and leave the contract terms as they are. This is what success looks like for the junior doctors, but so far, both sides are refusing to back down.
“Make a proposal and see what happens”: the employer may put its employees on notice of the changes and then take their silence as an acceptance of the new terms. This is a shaky move because sometimes it is not clear that any acceptance has taken place. The key question is whether an employee’s silence could only be because she has accepted the new terms imposed on her.
“Turning the screws”: the employer may try to make life so difficult for you that you cave-in and agree to the changes. It is important to note that where the employer plans to increase your hours, any act of discrimination against part-timers is prohibited under the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000. If discrimination against part-timers is occurring, as a general rule, you should raise a formal grievance in response to any mistreatment.
“Buying you out”: this employer may sugar the pill of a new contract by giving the employee some extra benefits. This could include offering a contribution towards increased childcare costs in exchange for an increase in working hours, for example.
“Fire and re-hire”: unless your employer is inspired by Sir Alan Sugar, most employers tend to be slow to take this approach and it will usually follow protracted negotiations (and possibly some of the options above). This is a risky one for the employer. I explain a bit more about the mechanics and risks below.
1 ‘Fire and re-hire’
2 Unfair dismissal
3 Indirect sex discrimination
4 Conclusions
‘Fire and re-hire’
Imposing new contract terms that are not agreed normally requires the employer to serve you with your contractual notice period, terminate your current contract and then offer to re-hire you on a new contract with the proposed changes in it. This move can only be lawful if the full notice period has been given and it is clear that the old contract is being terminated. You will then have to decide whether to lose your job or consent to the changes being imposed.
If you’re dismissed under the old contract, you might have a claim for unfair dismissal and, depending on the facts, there may be issues of indirect sex discrimination for female employees.
Let’s look at these potential claims briefly.
If the employer can show there is a good business need for the change and that it followed reasonable and fair procedures for handling the issue, the result could be a fair dismissal.
The business need is relatively easy for an employer to demonstrate. So in the junior doctors’ example, the government would argue that the changes are justified on the basis that it intends to introduce a 24/7 NHS service and improve patient care.
However, it is often harder for the employer to show that it has adopted a fair procedure that fully considered your circumstances and any alternative employment options.
You may have good reasons for maintaining your current contract terms, due to your childcare arrangements and personal circumstances. The employer should fully explore all these factors before any decision is taken to dismiss. Failure to do so may render the dismissal unfair contrary to section 98(4) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and give rise to a claim for compensation.
Indirect sex discrimination
Section 19 of the Equality Act 2010 prohibits indirect sex discrimination. This is where an employer applies a policy that is neutral on the face of it, but produces unequal outcomes. The classic example is a requirement that job applicants must be over 6 feet tall. The requirement appears to be gender (and ethnically) neutral, but in practice it is likely to disadvantage women (and certain ethnicities) because in very general terms, women are often shorter than men and some ethnicities are shorter than others.
When an employer tries to impose changes to working hours and shift patterns, the outcomes may indirectly discriminate against women. A number of legal cases accept the general idea that requiring employees to work full-time impacts more heavily on women due to child-care responsibilities. Arguably, the same principle should apply to other increases in hours and changes in shift patterns.
That said, context is everything. There are cases where this approach has been varied in the context of certain types of workers who may be expected to pay for full-time childcare if they choose to. The key point is that you have to show that the requirement places you at a ‘particular disadvantage’ through no choice of your own, rather than it being about a matter of personal preference.
If you are a woman with child or dependent care issues that conflict with the proposed change, it may help to explain to your employer in detail how the change will affect you and your family.
There is a helpful government policy document on this topic: “Part-time workers. The law and best practice – a detailed guide for employers and part-timers” (also called the ‘Best Practice Guide’). It has guidance on recruitment, changes in working hours and emphasises the importance of flexible forms of working. It should be shown to employers during negotiations.
If the change impacts unequally on women, that is not the end of the matter, because the employer may have a valid defence on the basis that the requirement is justified. Indeed, the governments’ assessment of the new doctors’ contract is that while the new contract would impact disproportionately on women, these impacts are “comfortably justified”.
Unless there is objective evidence to show that the current contract is unworkable or highly inconvenient for the employer, the employer may struggle to justify the changes. The necessity of any extra hours must be made clear. The employer may also be expected to show how its position reflects the flexibility expected in the Best Practice Guide.
Where the contractual change is being pursued by a government minister rather than the employer, the minister’s decision may be open to legal challenge. Some junior doctors are seeking a judicial review of the lawfulness of Jeremy Hunt’s decision to impose the contract in the High Court. They will argue, among other things, that the proposed changes impact unequally on women. You can find out more about their action and fundraising initiative at Crowd Justice here (#JUSTHEALTH).
It is often better to try to negotiate the best possible outcome once both sides have clearly set out their stall for and against the changes and, if relevant, taken account of the Best Practice Guide. Dismissal and re-hiring is an unattractive option to most employers. Morale (and service) can plummet.
If you’re negotiating with an employer, you should try to pinpoint the exact reasoning for the proposed change in writing. This should help you to assess the potential strength of any later claim for unfair dismissal and/or indirect sex discrimination.
On the plus side, some negotiations could be an opportunity to achieve some better contract terms than you have already. Consider how best to pitch for this in a way that makes sense to management.
However, the blunt reality is that if no compromise is possible, as it appears likely in the NHS case, you may need to decide whether you can afford to risk losing your job by fighting the changes.
* That’s assuming your contract does not contain a (valid) contractual variation clause. If it does, then there’s not likely to be any scope for disagreement with the changes. Also, where you have agreed to incorporate collectively agreed terms in your contract, your agreement may be inferred from past practices, whether or not you are a member of the union or group that agreed to the new terms.
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Posted by Ben Amunwa
Founder and editor of Lawmostly.com. Ben is a commercial and public law barrister with The 36 Group. He gives expert legal advice on employment, public law and commercial disputes to a wide range of clients.
samdfb1 9 April 2016 at 9:36 am
This was an interesting read. I have blogged about this issue many times, but not from an employment law perspective. Personally, I find employment law a bit ‘ugh’ (although it can be interesting). I am more in alignment with public law-that is my groove. Enough about me…
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Student Filmmakers Shoot Western
GOLDEN GATE XPRESS -- The crew credits much of their skills and tactics in creating this film to the SF State cinema department.
“I would say that my film theory classes and the films I was exposed to in those classes influenced the kind of story I wanted to tell, while the production classes gave me the skills I needed to actually make the film happen,” Naso said.
Graves agrees that the SF State cinema department set her up for success in her fourth student film, Saguaro, as well as 40 short films she has worked on in the past.
“I had never produced or worked on a student film of such caliber,” Graves said. “I think that SF State has a great cinema department with incredible professors that have really helped shape who I am as a filmmaker.”
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Top 5 reasons to support your people to attend the Flourishing Fellowship
Are you a manager or decision-maker trying to decide whether to “sign off” on somebody’s participation in this year’s Flourishing Fellowship? Well – this blog post is for you.
Paul McGregor was one of our original Flourishing Fellows. Now, as a member of the Lifehack team, he has a unique perspective on the impact of the Fellowship.
This time two years ago, I was sitting down with my manager to convince her to support my attendance at this thing called “The Flourishing Fellowship.”
It was a challenging conversation. Funding was tight. (When is it ever not?) I’d just recently been to an overseas conference. And it was the first time the Flourishing Fellowship had been run.
The Fellowship’s benefits were listed on the website, but even as I sat there saying the words to my manager, I felt unsure myself.
Could a 3-month programme really deliver on the promise of being “life-changing”?
Would I really become part of a lasting network of system-changers working to improve youth wellbeing?
This year’s Fellowship will be the third iteration. And as I’ve moved from Flourishing Fellow to a member of the Lifehack team, I’ve witnessed first-hand the impacts of the programme.
Lifehack has carefully evaluated the impacts of the first two Fellowships. Which means the impacts claimed below are not just based on hunches or hopes.
So here they are: the top 5 reasons to support your people to attend the Fellowship!
1. More effective programme design: Fellows are better equipped to co-design projects with young people from the start
Something that is designed for young people AND with young people. That’s the core of co-design. The unique perspectives of young people are designed into the fabric of an event, project or initiative.
The Fellowship provides participants with experience in facilitation and participatory design tools. Using these allows greater participation from young people not normally engaged in community initiatives.
Mike Ryan, Director Community Services at Upper Hutt City Council, was part of our local Fellowship – Oro Upper Hutt. He shared these reflections about the impact of Oro on his work:
The Oro—Upper Hutt programme came at an opportune time. Council were looking at Youth Strategies; Youth Plans and Youth Councils and how we could get these in place and up and running.
The outcome from the Oro—Upper Hutt programme is that we need youth to determine what and how they want to engage with the community and how youth would like to be engaged with.
This may lead to Youth Strategies/Plans and/or a Youth Council, but it may go down a completely different pathway.
It is about trusting the process and trusting youth to determine for themselves how they would like to provide direction and guidance to Council and what they would like to see happen within the community to benefit youth.
You can read more about Mike’s reflections here.
2. Cross-sectoral collaboration becomes possible: Fellows have access to a diverse, cross-sector and national network for support and collaboration
After each Fellowship, we’ve seen the new networks spring into action time and again. The Fellows leave with a strong shared understandings about how to make cross-sectoral change.
One of the many stories that springs to mind is the story of SHIFT.
Fran McEwen had a background in community development and a passion for supporting the wellbeing of young women. She knew that reduced participation in physical activities was a contributing factor to negative health outcomes.
She succeeded in gaining the support of Wellington City Council to start a programme to meet this need. But soon realised she wasn’t sure how to develop this to meet the needs of young women most effectively.
The Flourishing Fellowship provided Fran with access to cross-disciplinary connections, knowledge and perspectives. The cohort used Fran’s idea as a prototype exemplar and through the Fellowship Fran was able to prototype aspects of the programme.
Go on – learn more about the Fellowship’s impact on Fran’s work here.
3. Wellbeing is better incorporated into your organisation: Fellows are better equipped to support their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others
“” a heightened awareness of my own wellbeing and to embed that across the projects I am undertaking.” Dougal Stott, Social Entrepreneur
Dougal’s experience is typical of the Flourishing Fellowship. It stems from our knowledge that you cannot support young people’s wellbeing unless you know how to support yourself.
The Fellowship provides a unique hybrid of professional and personal development. We introduce a range of science-based wellbeing tools such as the Five Ways to Wellbeing and Te Whare Tapu Wha.
A continuing feature of the Fellowship is a workshop called the Inner Dialogue or Inner Critic workshop. The workshop highlights the internal chatter that goes on inside our head, and suggests practical ways to use that chatter to our benefit.
Christel Price, one of the 2016 Fellows, produced a short video on the Inner Critic workshop. Check it out below.
4. Increased engagement, motivation and capacity for change: Fellows feel re-motivated in their work alongside young people
Youth wellbeing is what we call a “complex challenge”. The nature and scope of the challenge changes every day.
Compare that with a “technical challenge” such as flying to the moon. Without doubt, that’s an immense challenge. But the challenge remains the same day after day. Gravity doesn’t change, the laws of physics are constant.
Working to improve a complex challenge like youth wellbeing can be emotionally taxing. That’s why it’s crucial to have a network of people who understand the motivations and challenges you face in this work.
Fellows report to us that the people they meet on the programme are one of the more important and long-lasting benefits.
Here’s what that that cross-sectoral network can look like in action.
Barney Kuki-Wikitera left the 2015 Fellowship with plans to push forward a project called ‘Tough Choice’, which aimed to put young people at the centre of a movement against violence.
However, after several months Barney was running out of resources and energy to keep his project going. He put a call out on the Fellowship Facebook group:
Hey whanau! … This is an SOS to the Flouriship whanau, we have a meeting this Friday from 6pm onwards to resurrect the kaupapa and I need some tautoko on this one – any of the whanau keen to help breathe life back into the kaupapa? Brouther Barns is feeling breathless… every time I read the news I see the need to educate our young people about the repercussions of violent behaviour…
The response was astounding – 9 of the Wellington-based Fellows went to Barney’s meeting. Using tools and frameworks which they had adopted through Lifehack programmes, they workshopped Barney’s project and breathed new life and energy into it.
5. Deeper connections with young people: Fellows better engage young people by connecting with them personally
The Māori concept of whakawhanaugatanga is built into the design and format of the Fellowship. Personal connection is put at the forefront of the programme.
We’ve learned that building meaningful relationships with young people (and your colleagues) is crucial.
Soul Mehlhopt is a youth worker for the Youth One Stop Shop (YOSS) in Palmerston North. During the 2016 Fellowship, Soul was planning a two-day professional development course.
After using some of the tools and methods from the Fellowship, Soul had this to report to the other Fellows:
Hey awesome peeps!
Just a quick update.
If you remember I did mention a few times that my buddy and I were gearing up to run our first pro development that spanned two days.
We completed it only yesterday and have had some really awesome feedback!
The thing that was noted in the evaluations by all people attending was that they really digged the personal element and the chance to really connect with other. (Thanks Lifehack for teaching the importance of this.)
You can read more about how we incorporate whakawhanaugatana into the Fellowship through a framework called Ngā Uri Ō here.
Does your organisation work alongside young people? Support your staff to apply!
Applications for 2017’s Fellowship are closing on 1 March! Travel subsidies, scholarships and discounts for non-profits and unwaged individuals are available. We are committed to making the Fellowship financially accessible.
To find out more about this opportunity, and the impact it could have on youth wellbeing, just visit www.lifehackhq.co/fellowship.
Lifehack wrapped up in October 2017
Lifehack was a systems-level intervention in youth mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Over 2013-2017 we grew the capacity of the system to support the wellbeing of young people, with an emphasis on co-design, prevention and capability building.
Click here to read about our journey in the last four years.
If you are worried about your wellbeing, or somebody else's wellbeing, we recommend checking out these resources.
What Was Lifehack?
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Lime Creek Watershed
An Iowa High Quality Water
Nutrient monitoring
Collected Data
Richard Sloan’s prairie strip field day
featured in CR Gazette article
Cedar Rapids Gazette staff writer Orlan Love’s article about the field day and other aspects of prairie strips appeared in the July 11, 2015 edition of the newspaper:
prairie strip field day, CRG 7.11.15
Prairie field day Richard and Diana Sloan farm
(2015) Native prairie was once the dominant landscape in Iowa. An Iowa State University research team has discovered that strategically adding a little bit of prairie back onto the agricultural landscape can result in many benefits – in water and soil quality, habitat for wildlife and pollinators, as well as opportunities for biomass production.
Richard Sloan “reintroduced” Iowa prairie into contour strips in a crop field in 2011-12 and three dozen visitors got a close-up look at the continuing transition during an Iowa Learning Farms field day at his farm in late June.
The program featured comments by Sloan on his approach to healthy soil, which led him to incorporate prairie strips, and a walking tour of the strips with narrative comments by Amy Moorhouse, Iowa State University graduate student, and farmer liaison Tim Youngquist. Both are involved with STRIPS, Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips.
The STRIPS project includes scientists, educators and ISU Extension specialists who work together on the use of prairie strips as an agricultural conservation practice. Their mission is to more fully understand prairie strips, to communicate their results to various audiences and to assist in the implementation of prairies strips on farm fields.
Sloan, chairman of the Lime Creek Watershed council, is a long-time conservation farmer, using no-till on his corn-soybean rotation as well as contours and cover crops. He explained that about five years ago, he started hearing discussion of the issue of native pollinator declines connected to conversion of perennial cropland to annual crops. At the time, he also heard that some researchers felt that reconverting 10 percent of Iowa’s land to prairie could reverse the declines of these native pollinators.
Prairie strips also fit into his farming style; he had about 4.5 acres in 30-foot wide contour buffer strips in the field, at the time a CRP size limit.
Things fell into place from there. Sloan learned of STRIPS and discovered Pheasants Forever had access to a source of 29 species of native seeds. In June 2012 he prepped the soil in his contour strips and was able to plant a prairie mix of 29 species using a county conservation board drill planter adapted to native seed. Since then, he’s been refining his approach to agricultural resiliency, making tweeks as he continues to learn.
In 2013-14 Amy Moorhouse, a master’s graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology, started her thesis project that looks at incorporating diverse prairie vegetation into the contour strips.
“As part of the STRIPS project I am studying bee diversity and utilization of contour buffer and filter strips planted with various mixes throughout Iowa,” she explains. “By looking at strips that range from grass-only to high diversity mixes with numerous flowering species, we will be able to determine which vegetation mixes will provide ample habitat for bees.”
Amy has 10 sites in central and northeast Iowa that she’s studying, 9 private farms and one in Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge near Des Moines.
“I found Dick Sloan through Practical Farmers of Iowa,” she explained. He replied to an email welcoming her research project to his farm.
Amy surveys each site May through August for bee species, plant species in bloom and ground beetle species. She uses nets to collect bees, bee bowls and vane traps, and soil emergence traps (for underground nesting bees), and a pitfall trap for beetles. This is second year of a 3-year investigation.
“Dick Sloan’s prairie strips are considered one of my higher diversity prairie strips in grasses with seven to 11 forb species, such as purple prairie clover and wild bergamot,” she said.
Tim Youngquist completed the tour with an overview of his role as STRIPS farmer liaison. While not involved in the prairie strips at Dick Sloan’s, Youngquist is the STRIPS contact person for answers about incorporating prairie strip on the farm. In addition to practical knowledge of farming — he grew up on his family’s century farm in Sac County — he also has practical experience at prairie restoration, holds two degrees in design and has done more than than 20 on-farm implementations of prairie strips.
More information about STRIPS, including contacts (including Tim), a webinar about STRIPS, resources and publication, is available at the website http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/research/STRIPs/.
More information on prairie conservation strips is available at the Leopold Center website, www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/alpha.
AgriNews features Cedar River
Coalition bus tour
AgriNews writer Jean Casper-Simmet rode along with some 75 people on the Cedar River Coalition’s tour of conservation practices on several farms in the middle Cedar River watershed.
Cedar River Coalition tour.
“The goal of the Middle Cedar Partnership Project is to establish connections with individual farmers to enhance adoption of practices that will improve soil health, improve bankside and downstream water quality, potentially limit peak downstream flows and enhance the long-term viability of producers…”, she wrote.
For the full story, read Jean’s article at http://www.agrinews.com/news/iowa_news/cedar-rapids-is-partnering-with-farmers-to-reduce-nitrate-levels/article_c5f44af6-fc70-5cb7-ba96-174e92f4911c.html
Introduction to denitrifying bioreactors
Subsurface drainage makes Iowa’s productive fields possible, but also impacts Iowa’s water quality, in particular by carrying nitrate into streams and rivers. Woodchip bioreactors are one practice that can help reduce the amount of nitrate in field drainage water. Video and still photographs from several northeast Iowa bioreactor sites. Published on Feb 12, 2015
Denitrification bioreactor webinar available
A July 29, 2014 webinar, created by Jamie Benning and Chad Ingels of Iowa State Outreach and Extension and Keegan Kult of the Iowa Soybean Association can be viewed at the webinar.
The webinar was created for the Miller Creek Water Quality Improvement Project on the west side of the Cedar River watershed and northwest of Lime Creek. The MCWQI Facebook page is at www.facebook.com/MillerCreekWQIProject.
Dick Sloan appears on IPR ‘Ripple Effect’
Iowa Public Radio’s Talk of Iowa summer series, “Ripple Effect”, has been examining various aspects of Iowa’s environment. Dick Sloan joined the water quality conversation on Monday, July 21.
Listen to the archived edition: Talk of Iowa
…and is featured in AgriNews
Jean Caspers-Simmet interviewed Dick Sloan about his approach to resilient farming for the July 22 issue. Plus there’s a interview with Chad Ingels on the resilient farming conference that will be held in Ames August 5-7.
Lime Creek watershed efforts in the news
Educational and conservation efforts in Lime Creek watershed are featured in the March 8, 2014, issue of Iowa Farmer Today. To read the article, visit http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/crop/nutrient-management-a-gradual-evolution/article_3041bf72-a487-11e3-9870-0019bb2963f4.html
Lime Creek tile line project
A Lime Creek Watershed Improvement Association project proposal, “Monitoring Nutrient Losses from Tile-Drained Fields in the Middle Cedar River”, is a two-year project that began July 1, 2013 following approval by the State Soil Conservation Committee.
PDF of proposal: SSCC RD Proposal Cover Page_LC
More . . . on the grant and the project, including a July 23 front-page story by Orlan Love of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, on our “News” page.
Agricultural and urban flooding
on IPR’s Talk of Iowa
(April 2013) After two major flooding events for Iowa in 1993 and 2008, and a number of significant flooding events in-between, Iowans need to ask hard questions about how we have altered our environment.
Iowa Public Radio’s “Talk of Iowa” discussed agricultural and urban flooding, looking at changes we’ve made to our landscape that has made it more prone to flooding. The program also discussed both the damage flooding can cause, and some innovative ways farmers, homeowners and city planners can prevent flooding or at least minimize the damage it can cause.
State Senator Rob Hogg of Cedar Rapids, Co-founder of the Iowa Flood Center Larry Weber, and Mark Rasmussen, Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture join the conversation.
To hear a podcast, follow this link: http://iowapublicradio.org/post/preserving-iowas-soil-after-flooding
Cover Crops and 2012 Field Day at Richard Sloan farm
For information on the Dick Sloan’s use of cover crops and the field day held in August 2012, visit the Lime Creek ‘News’ and ‘Special Projects’ pages.
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Practicing Multilingual Research: A Special Issue of Critical Multilingualism Studies
Posted on November 18, 2017 by livelongday
300-word statements of interest by February 1, 2018
Drafts due for peer review by May 1, 2018
Guest Editor: Emily Linares
“I send a copy [of my first book] to my father. I should have known better. His reply is curt and simple. Why did I have to write my first book in English? Wasn’t French good enough? He had spent several weeks, he said, with an English-French dictionary trying to read the book and had scribbled in the margins all the places where, he said, my English was deficient. He was returning it to me for my information. I remember well my mixed feelings of pity and guilt and the sudden realization that my very interest in understanding the multilingual condition was perceived as a direct affront to some members of my own family.”
—Claire Kramsch (forthcoming)
This CMS special issue seeks to draw critical attention to the normative monolingual and linguistic forms that academic scholarship tends to take, as well as to the experience of publishing in an L2, L3, and beyond. In order to explore this aim, we invite auto-ethnographic accounts, discourse analyses, and critical reflections from researchers working in a range of disciplines who have published or created work in a language other than their L1. As a large body of scholarship shows (see References below), thematizing multilingualism in research does not necessarily mean that multilingual research practices are being undertaken.
Some potential arenas and forms for critical exploration may include:
critical discourse analyses of research on intercultural competence, L2 literacy, or foreign language education (as well as other arenas), where research results and formats are often divorced from, or only superficially consider, multilingualism as an active mode of research practice;
reflections on methodology in multilingual studies where an underlying monolingual mindset is in evidence, as well as recommendations for methodologies that are appropriately sensitive to the multilingualism of subjects, including that of the researcher;
empirical studies that explore the role of multilingual reflexivity and practice in research and pedagogy;
theoretical reflections on the possibilities and limitations of researching multilingually.
Contributions can also take the form of auto-ethnographic accounts on experiences of publishing or creating in an L2, L3, etc. We define ‘language’ broadly, welcoming, for instance, contributions by musicologists and dancers who write in an “L2 research idiom” about their primary creative language of music or movement—or those who produce creative work in the language of the arts or other symbolic repertoires. Alongside the perspectives of those who have published in English as an L2, we also invite L1 English speakers who have chosen to publish in another language to share the implications of this choice for their ongoing work as scholars, teachers, colleagues, activists, and / or civic subjects. Contributors are encouraged to critically reflect on and discursively contextualize a particularly memorable constellation of experiences producing research in an L2, L3, etc. Contributors are welcome to cite and comment on specific excerpts from the research undertaken. Contributions may explore such questions as:
What motivations led you to publish or otherwise create research in an L2, L3, or in a combination of these?
What affordances and challenges did this process present? How did the experience of writing in a language other than your L1 influence the form, content, and bearing of your ideas and the habitus of their generation?
How did you negotiate your identity (in both your L1 and L2 networks) as a researcher writing in a language other than your L1?
What other scholars’ or traditions’ multilingual modes of research have guided your work?
In the general spirit of the Critical Multilingualism Studies journal, we endeavor to house a discussion on “what ‘blind spots’ vis-à-vis multilingual praxis and theory might still persist […]; and to pursue whatever reorientations may be necessary in order to address these adequately” (Gramling and Warner 2012: 4). It is our hope that this special issue will promote ongoing critical dialogue about the potential for a culture of scholarship that is multilingual in content, form, and epistemology—both within and across publications, genres, and formats.
The Journal of Critical Multilingualism Studies (CMS) is a peer-reviewed, transdisciplinary journal of scholarship on multilingualism, monolingualism, and their related social, cultural, historical, and literary/medial phenomena. CMS has been publishing high-quality peer-reviewed scholarship since 2012.
Contributions in any language and from any discipline or combination of disciplines are welcome. Chicago citation style recommended, multimedia and multilingual components encouraged. Article-length contributions should be 5000-8000 words in length. Shorter auto-ethnographic reflections should be 1000-2000 words in length. For questions, please contact CMS Editors, Prof. Chantelle Warner or Prof. David Gramling at cms-journal@email.arizona.edu and / or Guest Editor Emily Linares at emily.linares@berkeley.edu.
Auger, Nathalie. 2008. “Comparons nos langues.” In Conscience du plurilinguisme: pratiques, représentations et interventions, edited by Michel Candelier, Gina Ioannitou, Danielle Omer, and Marie-Thérèse Vasseur, 185-199. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
Bernhardt, Elizabeth. 2003. “Challenges to Reading Research from a Multilingual World.” Reading Research Quarterly 38(1): 112-117.
Byrd Clark, Julie, and Fred Dervin, eds. 2014. Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education London: Routledge.
Byrd Clark, Julie, Callie Mady, and Adrienne Vanthuyne. 2014. “Exploring Reflexivity and Multilingualism in Three French Language Teacher Education Programs.” Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics 17(1): 129-155.
Gibb, Robert, and Julien Danero Iglesias. 2017. “Breaking the silence (again): on language learning and levels of fluency in ethnographic research.” Sociological Review 65(1): 134-149.
Gramling, David. 2016. The invention of monolingualism. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic.
Holmes, Prue, Richard Fay, Jane Andrews, and Mariam Attia. 2016. “How to Research Multilingually: Possibilities and Complexities. In Research Methods in Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide, edited by Zhu Hua, 88-102. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Holmes, Prue. 2016. “Navigating languages and interculturality in the research process: the ethics and positionality of the researcher and the researched” In The critical turn in intercultural communication pedagogy: theory, research and practice, edited by Maria Dasli and Adriana Raquel Díaz, 99-108. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Kramsch, Claire. Forthcoming. “Third place. How a French Germanist became an applied linguist in America.” In Transatlantic German studies: Personal experiences, edited by Paul Michael Lützeler and Peter Hoeyng. Rochester, NY: Camden House.
Linares, Emily. Forthcoming. “De l’interculturel à ‘l’interculturaling’: Une activité dialogique à pratiquer dans l’enseignement comme dans la recherche.” In Les nouvelles voix/voies de l’interculturel, edited by Nathalie Auger and Fred Dervin.
Martin-Jones, Marilyn, Jane Andrews, and Deidre Martin. 2016. “Reflexive ethnographic research practice in multilingual contexts.” In Researching Multilingualism: Critical and Ethnographic Approaches, edited by Marilyn Martin-Jones and Deirdre Martin, 189-202. London: Routledge.
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Buck “Trump” Rogers And The Space Corps
Yep Saturday begins with more news about the proposed Space Corps/Force…….I watch this situation for it will come back to bite us in the ass…..it will add more funds to an already stretched military budget…..how will this play out?
Let me begin with the chance of “Space Pirates”……
It wasn’t exactly the Gettysburg Address, but a speech Ted Cruz made at a recent Senate panel meeting certainly caught the internet’s attention. “Since the ancient Greeks first put to sea, nations have recognized the necessity of naval forces and maintaining a superior capability to protect waterborne travel and commerce from bad actors,” the Texan said Tuesday before the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation and Space. Then came his main point: Outer space is a potentially dangerous place, and a powerful Space Force—President Trump’s proposed new military branch—is an utter necessity. “Pirates threaten the open seas, and the same is possible in space,” Cruz warned, per the BBC.
But I have been reporting on this situation for at least a year now……so is it a possibility?
The Trump administration’s proposal for the United States Space Force will not produce the agile and innovative organization that advocates hope it will. Instead, it will create an organization that is expensive, top-heavy, and bureaucratic. Space force advocates have ignored this problem in their enthusiasm to create a new institution but, with the proposal now before Congress, it can no longer be evaded.
The proposal envisions the space force operating like the other military services, but it will be too small to be viable. In trying to produce the number of senior military officers needed to staff all the high-level functions expected of an independent military service, it would end up with one general for every 270 servicemembers — five times the rate of the rest of the department — and no enlisted troops. The entire force would be officers, a problem compounded when we consider the reserve components associated with the proposed new service.
https://warontherocks.com/2019/05/is-the-space-force-viable-personnel-problems-on-the-final-frontier/
The first installment has been requested for our new Space Force….$15million…..
A House defense spending bill would provide $15 million to study plans for a Space Force rather than funding the establishment of the military branch as President Trump requested.
The bill would allocate $15 million to “study and refine plans for the potential establishment of a Space Force as a branch of the Armed Forces,” according to draft bill text released Tuesday by House Democrats.
The text adds that “nothing in this provision shall be construed to authorize the establishment of a Space Force.”
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/443663-defense-spending-bill-would-give-15m-to-study-space-force
It appears that Congress, the House to be more accurate, is NOT on board with this Space adventurism…..
The House Appropriations Committee says it will not support DoD’s $72.4 million request to establish a Space Force headquarters, and wants the Pentagon to study alternative options.
The committee is scheduled to mark up the defense bill on Tuesday.
The draft report accompanying the committee’s proposed fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill notes that the decision to not back the $72 million request should not be read as a complete rejection of the idea of establishing a Space Force.
“The Committee recommendation does not fully fund the request to establish the proposed Space Force,” says the draft report obtained by SpaceNews. “The Committee makes this decision without prejudice and includes funds for the Department to examine and refine alternative organizational options that will streamline the management and decision-making process and minimize overhead cost and bureaucracy.”
House appropriators deny Space Force funding, call on DoD to study alternatives
Finally the House is not rubber stamping Trump’s military agendas….but I do think it would be different if it were a GOP controlled House.
Then the Senate has heard from…..
The Trump administration’s effort to create a new military service for space cleared a critical hurdle as the Senate Armed Services Committee on May 22 voted to approve the establishment of the U.S. Space Force in its markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020.
The committee voted 25-2 to advance the legislation to the Senate floor, possibly the week of June 10. A summary of the markup was released on Thursday.
The SASC vote to authorize a Space Force is not surprising from a Republican-controlled Senate. But it was not seen as guaranteed given the skepticism voiced by committee members during a hearing April 11 with Pentagon officials. Several senators questioned the rationale and cost of standing up a new military bureaucracy to handle functions that the Air Force already does.
Senate Armed Services OKs Space Force with conditions
Enough mind numbing crap for a Saturday…..Have a day, my friends.
By loboteroin Military, Observations, Public Policy, Science 25 May 2019 827 Words6 Comments
NIMBY!
This weekend will be quiet…my granddaughter has gone to DC to play for the Memorial Day celebrations…her and her high school band…..I will miss her as always when she is not around….but it is for a good cause.
I read a piece that talks about how hypocritical wealthy “liberals” are these days…..
California is suffering from an “emergency that feels like a dystopian showcase of American inequality.” That’s the take of Farhad Manjoo in the New York Times, who writes that the Golden State is weighed down by a “livability” problem, plagued with a lack of affordable housing, unbearable traffic, steep education and child care costs, homelessness issues, even streets strewn with garbage and feces. And he’s pointing the finger at one specific group for exacerbating things in not just his home state, but in “America’s increasingly unlivable cities”: the progressive left, including Democrats in power. Citing “NIMBY urban mismanagement” across the nation, Manjoo complains that “where progressives argue for openness and inclusion as a cudgel against President Trump, they abandon it on Nob Hill and in Beverly Hills.”
A key sticking point for Manjoo is how Democrats don’t walk the walk on affordable housing, often pushing back on legislation (he uses California’s SB 50 initiative as an example) that would provide for more apartment buildings and duplexes in neighborhoods that traditionally contain single-family homes. He even muses over an “unsettling thought” on this type of housing resistance—that “what Republicans want to do with ICE and border walls, wealthy progressive Democrats are doing with zoning and NIMBYism,” which is “keep people out.” How Manjoo ultimately frames it: as a “refusal on the part of wealthy progressives to live by the values they profess to support at the national level.” Read the full column here.
Having money does not make one a ‘liberal’….and besides…I would like mental midgets stop calling liberals progressive…they are NOT progressive……they are traitors to a progressive agenda of bringing society in line with the people’s needs and wants.
I have seen first hand what a mess these people have made of Harlem……the area has lost its original character in favor trendy shops and eateries.
MoMo and I have a big day in the yard……garden needs some attention and I need a beer, some cheese and a smile…..a she needs a new approach on getting even with that damn squirrel.
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Last show in Brooklyn...now onto Chicago
Chicago is getting ready for Madame X
Taylor Swift Praises Madonna for 'Outstanding' N.Y.C. Concert: 'M Gave It Everything'
Just one day after hanging out with Jonathan Van Ness, Taylor Swift linked up with another member of the Queer Eye cast.
The pop star, 29, was joined by the show’s culinary expert, Antoni Porowski, at Madonna’s final Madame X theater tour show in Brooklyn on Saturday.
Swift documented the fun outing with a selfie of her and Porowski, as well as other friends, on her Instagram Story, praising the 'Like a Prayer' singer for putting on an incredible performance.
'Thank you Madonna for an outstanding show,' she wrote. 'Shout out to the phenomenal dancers, singers, musicians, set designers, crew, wardrobe, glam and M who gave it EVERYTHING.'
The setlist for the show was packed with tracks from Madonna’s latest album, Madame X, but also included classics like 'Human Nature,' 'Vogue' and 'Like a Prayer.'
After multiple gigs at Brooklyn’s BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, the concert series will have a short residency at the Chicago Theatre in Chicago in late October, then another at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theater in November.
From People.com
There is joy in Madonna's tears and sadness behind her smile and happiness in her sorrow!
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Madonna on the cover of L'Officiel Italia magazine
Diplo joins Madonna for the beer-chair chat
Katy Perry kisses Madonna’s ring at Madame X concert
Katy Perry attended one of Madonna’s critically-acclaimed Madame X shows last night and kissed the queen of pop’s ring in tribute. We’d have done the same, to be honest.
In a video posted to Madonna’s Instagram account, Katy is seen having the time of her life at the show in LA’s Wiltern Theatre. Then, Madonna is seen approaching Katy and asking ‘is this an empty seat right here? Do you mind if I sit there? As you can see I do need to sit down.’ The two then reminisced about their relationship and ‘knowing each other’, with Katy, 35, reminding Madge, 61: ‘I’ve put my heel on you before.’ ‘I think I sucked on your heel,’ replied Madonna. Always the provocateur - hope she never changes.
After Madonna asks to swig some of Katy’s beer, Katy - who recently released new single Harleys in Hawaii - then quipped ‘we probably have all the same STDs.’
Katy has cited Madonna as having an influence on her career.Afterwards, Katy paid tribute to her hero, saying: ‘You are the queen,’ before kissing the two rings on her left hand and praising her support of women, to cheers from the audience. All in all, a pretty heartwarming moment. Despite the STD chat.
Madonna of course released her 14th studio album Madame X earlier this year. It reached number one on the US albums chart and number two in the UK. She has sold over 300 million records worldwide. She’ll bring her Madame X tour - comprised of 90 shows around the globe - to London in January, where she will play a residence at the London Palladium. The set list includes 25 songs old and new. We can’t wait.
From Metro.co.uk
thanks you @katyperry for the cozy chair and the warm 🍺!! ❌♥️👠💋 #madamextheatre #thewiltern
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[ More Bing Crosby lyrics ]
Artist/Band: Bing Crosby
Lyrics for Song: Row, Row, Row
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Bing Crosby
Young Johnny Jones he had a cute little boat
And all the girlies he would take for a float.
He had girlies on the shore,
Sweet little peaches by the score-
But master Johnny was a wis'un, you know,
His steady girl was Flo
And every Sunday afternoon
She'd jump in his boat
And they would spoon
And then he'd row, row, row
Way up the river he would row, row, row
A hug he'd give her
Then he'd kiss her now and then
She would tell him when,
They'd fool around and fool around
And then they'd kiss again.
A little further he would go, oh, oh, oh,
Then he'd drop both his oars
Take a few more encores,
And then he'd row, row, row.
Then we'll drop both our oars
Take a round of applause,
And then we'll go, go, go.
Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Bing Crosby
"Other Songs - Bing Crosby"
1. Baby It's Cold Outside
2. Dinah (Bing Crosby)
4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
5. Last Night On The Back Porch
6. Snow (From White Christmas)
7. Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The
8. Would You Like To Swing On A Star
9. Aloha Oe
10. Amor
11. Aren't You Glad You're You
12. Back To Donegal
13. Be Careful Its My Heart
14. Count Your Blessings (Instead Of Sheep)
15. Do You Hear What I Hear
16. Empty Saddles
17. Feudin And Fightin
18. Get You Kicks On Route 66
19. Go Fly A Kite
20. Hen Irish Eyes Are Smiling
21. I Got Plenty O' Nuthin'
22. I Sing Noel
23. It's The Natural Thing To Do
24. Let's All Meet At My House
25. Let's Start The New Year Right
26. Little Jack Frost, Get Lost
27. Moon Was Yellow
28. Moonburn - With Joe Sullivan/bobby Sherwood
29. My Baby Said Yes (Yip Yip De Hootie)
30. Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)
31. On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
32. Personality
33. Pistol Packin Mama
34. Poinciana
35. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
36. Shadow Waltz
37. Sleigh Ride In July
39. Teamwork
40. Thats For Me
41. The Whistler's Mother-In-Law
42. Til Reveille
43. Till We Meet Again - With Patti Page
44. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
45. What Child Is This?
46. What Child Is This
47. (there'll Be A) Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin (When The Yanks Go ...)
48. A Blues Serenade
49. A Friend Of Yours
50. A Gal In Calico
51. A Marshmallow World
52. Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
53. All Of My Life
54. All The Things You Are
55. April In Portugal
56. Back In Your Own Backyard
57. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
58. Blueberry Hill [First Version]
59. Bonne Nuit
60. Brahms Lullaby
61. Breezin' Along With The Breeze
62. Caroling, Caroling
64. Chinatown, My Chinatown
65. Ciao, Ciao, Bambina
66. Dearly Beloved
67. Deck The Halls
69. Don't Let That Moon Get Away
70. Enjoy Yourself
71. Four Walls
72. Georgia On My Mind
73. Going Hollywood
74. Goodnight, Sweetheart
75. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/it Came Upon A Midnight Clear
76. Have A Nice Day
77. Have You Met Miss Jones
78. Heartaches By The Number
79. Hello Hello
81. Honeysuckle Rose
82. I Ain't Got Nobody
83. I Didn't Slip, I Wasn't Pushed, I Fell
84. I Need You Now
85. I Wonder What's Become Of Sally
86. I'm Beginning To See The Light
87. I'm Thru With Love
89. June Is Bustin' Out All Over
90. Just An Echo In The Valley
91. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
92. Let's Take A Walk Around The Block
93. Lilli Marlene
94. Little Lady Make Believe
95. Livin' In The Sunlight, Lovin' In The Moonlight
96. Love And Marriage
97. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
98. Love Is Blue
99. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
100. Love Somebody
101. Mary Lou
102. Misty
103. Moonlight On A White Picket Fence
104. Mr. Gallagher And Mr. Shean
105. Muskrat Ramble
106. My Blue Heaven
107. My Funny Valentine
108. My Isle Of Golden Dreams
109. Never On Sunday
110. Nevertheless
111. New Sun In The Sky
112. Nice Work If You Can Get It
113. Oh, You Crazy Moon
114. On The Beach At Waikiki
115. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
116. On Treasure Island
117. Papa Loves Mambo
118. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
119. Rockin' Chair
120. Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon
121. Shadows Of Love
122. She's Funny That Way
123. Side By Side
124. Sleepy Time Gal
125. So Rare
126. Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn
127. Stay On The Right Side Of The Road
127. Street Of Dreams
127. Strike Up The Band
127. Swanee
127. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
127. That Lucky Old Sun
127. The Anniversary Waltz
127. The Eagle And Me
127. The Isle Of Innifree
127. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
127. The Things We Did Last Summer
127. The Very Thought Of You
127. There's A Cabin In The Pines
127. This Heart Of Mine
127. Thou Swell
127. Three Little Words
127. Two-Shillelagh O'sullivan
127. Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)
127. When I Take My Sugar To Tea [From Dream House]
127. Whispering Hope
127. Who Paid The Rent For Mrs. Rip Van Winkle
127. Wild Flower
127. You Took Advantage Of Me
127. You'll Never Know
127. You've Got A Friend
127. Your Socks Don't Match
127. Zing A Little Zong
127. Dardanella
127. (take Me Back To My) Boots And Saddle
127. Exactly Like You
127. Oh, But I Do (The Time, The Place And The Girl)
127. You Lucky People, You
127. A Kiss To Build A Dream On
127. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
127. A Rainy Night In Rio
127. Accidents Will Happen (W76123-A)
127. All Through The Day
127. Apalachicola Fla
127. April Played The Fiddle
127. As Long As I Live
127. Ask Me No Questions (And Tell Me No Lies)
127. At Sundown
127. Baby Face
127. Begin The Beguine
127. Blue (And Broken-Hearted)
127. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me
127. Bye Bye Blues
127. Camptown Races
127. Careless Hands
127. Ciribiribin
127. Devil May Care
127. Diane
127. Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
127. East Side Of Heaven
127. Feet Up
127. Fine And Dandy
127. For You [From Billboard Girl]
127. Friendly Star
127. Go West Young Man
127. Granada
127. Heat Wave
127. Here's To My Lady
127. How Are Things In Glocca Morra
127. How Important Can It Be
127. I Can Dream, Can't I
127. I Don't Want To Walk Without You
127. I Get Ideas
127. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
127. I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire
127. I'll Walk Alone
127. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
127. If I Had My Way
127. If This Isn't Love
127. If Wishes Were Kisses
127. In My Merry Oldsmobile
127. Indian Summer
127. Istanbul
127. It Must Be True
127. It's All Right With Me
127. It's The Same Old Shillelagh
127. Jamboree Jones
127. Knees Up, Mother Brown
127. La Vie En Rose
127. Let's Call A Heart A Heart
127. Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
127. Look To Your Heart
127. Louise
127. Mandy
127. Margie
127. Meet The Sun Half Way
127. Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet
127. Mimi
127. Mistletoe And Holly
127. Mona Lisa
127. My Heart Is Taking Lessons
127. My Little Buckaroo
127. My Melancholy Baby
127. Naturally
127. Never In A Million Years
127. No, Not Much
127. Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
127. Pretty Baby
127. Puff (The Magic Dragon)
127. Quicksilver
127. Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
127. Row, Row, Row
127. Runnin' Wild
127. She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific
127. Shoo Shoo Baby
127. Sing Me A Song Of The Islands
127. Some Enchanted Evening
127. Songs Gotta Come From The Heart
127. Step To The Rear
127. Stompin' At The Savoy
127. Sunflower
127. Swing Mr Charlie
127. Takes Two To Make A Bargain
127. That's How Much I Love You
127. The Day After Forever
127. The First Noel
127. The Teddy Bears' Picnic
127. The Wang Wang Blues
127. Then You've Never Been Blue
127. They All Laughed
127. Valencia
127. Wait 'til The Sun Shines, Nellie
127. We're In The Money (The Golddiggers' Song)
127. When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
127. Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
127. Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
127. You Do Something To Me
127. You Go To My Head
127. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
127. (i've Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
127. April Showers [Medley With Al Jolson]
127. Blue Shadows On The Trail
127. Dearie
127. I Almost Lost My Mind
127. I Only Have Eyes For You
127. I Whistle A Happy Tune
127. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
127. It's Only A Paper Moon
127. My Ideal
127. Over The Rainbow
127. Sweet Potato Piper
127. Sympathy
127. These Foolish Things
127. When You Wore A Tulip
127. 's Wonderful
127. A Cockeyed Optimist
127. Away In A Manger
127. Big Noise From Winnetka
127. Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight)
127. Busy Doing Nothing
127. Confess
127. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
127. Five Minutes More
127. Great Day
127. I Hear Music
127. I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
127. I'll Never Say never Again Again
127. If You Should Ever Need Me (You'll Always Find Me Here)
127. Just One Of Those Things
127. Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long
127. Looking At You
127. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
127. Maybe
127. My Girl's An Irish Girl
127. Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
127. O God, Our Help In Ages Past
127. Oh, Susannah
127. One, Two, Button Your Shoe
127. Patricia
127. Small Fry
127. St. Louis Blues
127. Still
127. Suddenly There's A Valley
127. Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)
127. Summertime
127. Talk To The Animals
127. The Lady Is A Tramp
127. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
127. The Object Of My Affection
127. The Tender Trap
127. There's A Small Hotel
127. Thoroughly Modern Millie
127. Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye
127. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
127. Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
127. Watermelon Weather
127. When Day Is Done
127. When You And I Were Young, Maggie Blues
127. Why Can't You Behave
127. Wolverton Mountain
127. You Turned The Tables On Me
127. You're Driving Me Crazy
127. Danger! Heartbreak Ahead
127. Get Out And Get Under The Moon
127. I'll Never Stop Loving You
127. Little Drummer Boy
127. My Happiness
127. Once Upon A Time
127. Rosalie
127. Sailor Beware
127. That's The Way Love Goes
127. 'deed I Do
127. A Faded Summer Love
127. After You've Gone
127. Alabamy Bound
127. Avalon
127. Beyond The Reef
127. Crazy Arms
127. Don't Take Your Love From Me
127. Get Me To The Church On Time
127. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
127. Hey, Look Me Over!
127. I Love Paris
127. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
127. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider
127. Marcheta
127. My Reverie
127. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
127. Razzle Dazzle
127. That's Entertainment (The Band Wagon)
127. Yes Sir! That's My Baby
127. Yodelin' Jive
127. Abraham
127. Ain't Misbehavin'
127. As Time Goes By
127. Ave Maria
127. Back In The Old Routine
127. Between A Kiss And A Sigh
127. Bouquet Of Roses
127. Cabaret
127. Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon
127. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
127. Harbor Lights
127. Home Cookin'
127. I Apologize
127. I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
127. Just You, Just Me
127. Love's Old Sweet Song
127. Ma Blushin' Rosie
127. Mary's A Grand Old Name
127. Mighty Lak' A Rose (W73212-A)
127. One Sweet Letter From You
127. Red Sails In The Sunset
127. Sentimental And Melancholy
127. Serenade In The Night
127. Skylark
127. Something's Gotta Give
127. That's A-Plenty
127. The Star-Spangled Banner
127. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
127. The Touch Of Your Lips
127. Undecided
127. When You Dream About Hawaii
127. Wish You Were Here
127. And So To Bed
127. Anyone Can Fall In Love
127. At Last! At Last!
127. Autumn Leaves
127. Be My Life's Companion
127. Children
127. Hawaiian Wedding Song
127. High Hopes
127. I See Your Face Before Me
127. I've Told Every Little Star
127. Keep It Gay
127. Little Dutch Mill
127. No Time At All
127. Oh, Lonesome Me
127. Say It Isn't So
127. Tea For Two
127. That Tumbledown Shack In Athlone
127. They Can't Take That Away From Me
127. Two Sleepy People
127. Whistle While You Work
127. Yours Sincerely
127. Blue Star (The Medic Theme)
127. Dear Old Girl
127. Deep Purple
127. Gigi
127. Huggin' And Chalkin'
127. Hut-Sut Song
127. I Got Rhythm
127. Is It True What They Say About Dixie
127. It's Always You
127. It's Love, Love, Love
127. Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me)
127. My Cup Runneth Over
127. Royal Garden Blues
127. The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)
127. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
127. When My Dreamboat Comes Home
127. When The White Azaleas Start Blooming
127. Whither Thou Goest
127. Y'all Come
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It’s imperative that we close the gaps in opportunity that act as barriers to success in school.
At a time when more than 45% of Maryland’s public school students are low-income and analysts have found that our schools are underfunded by $2.9 billion annually, it’s imperative that we close the gaps in opportunity that act as barriers to success in school. While some remain distracted by the idea of weakening neighborhood public schools and privatizing education, educators are working hard to close the achievement gap so that every child has the chance to learn, no matter their zip code.
Poverty Is Holding Kids Back
The number of low-income public school students in Maryland has more than doubledin the last 25 years, and continues to grow. Breaking this cycle of poverty is the key to improving student success in our public schools, and deserves urgent and comprehensive action.
There are now nine counties in Maryland where the majority of public school students come from low-income families—including Baltimore City and Somerset, where more than 80% of kids have to overcome poverty to do well in school.
What does poverty mean for students? It means living in communities with higher rates of violent crime, leading to heightened anxiety and stress; less access to nutritious meals outside of school hours; and having a parent who doesn’t have time to help with homework because they have to work two or three jobs. These are all tremendous barriers to learning—and the only way to close the achievement gap is to address these disadvantages head-on.
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Easy Organ Pieces & leading a congregation?
By OrganistOnTheHill, April 24, 2018 in Organ Music
OrganistOnTheHill 0
Location:Greater London
I am a beginner organist at a school (very fortunate enough to have an access to a Willis & Co Organ and a Lewis & Co Organ!) and I am preparing towards my first school chapel service as a organist. (We have two short morning prayers in a week). I need least two pieces, first piece for the entry of the congregation and clergies and a second piece for the exit of clergies and the congregation. I also have to prepare a hymn, which I would like some advice on tackling on practicing. I was around Grade 7 on piano and stopped for a couple of years. I fiddled around on the piano since last year and got better enough to reach the approval from the director of music to take up the organ. I am working on Bach's 'Es ist das heils uns kommen her' at the moment.
1. May I have some tips on tackling a hymn? Transposing, volume (selecting proper stops for a hymn and the volume) and etc.
2. Suggestions of quite easy manual only organ voluntaries or pieces that are suitable for exit/entry for chapel. (Or maybe very simple pedalling?)
3. Other tips on leading the congregation and tips of being an organist in a chapel service.
Martin Cooke 0
The most important things in hymn accompaniment, especially if the congregation can be depended upon to join in with enthusiasm, as is very often the case in school chapels are:
The choice of 'interesting' hymns in the first place - you may not be able to influence this!
Choosing the right speed;
Playing rhythmically at a steady tempo;
Playing the play over - (usually the first few bars) - so as to attract attention and interest with choice of stops, a rhythmic approach from the moment your hands touch the keys - all can be lost from the very first moment if you don't think about this and get it right;
You mention transposition. The need for this depends pretty much upon which hymn book you use- hopefully you are not going to need to transpose your first few hymns but there is no doubt it is a very useful skill. You can make hymns sound more alive and interesting by thinking about the key. E major is much more attractive than F. But let's leave transposition for another time.
Volume - well you need to start pretty loudly - Great to 15th + Swell to Mixture with or without at least an 8ft Cornopean - but much depends on the organ, the setting and the size of the congregation. 500 adolescent voices ill need more than an elderly congregation of 20 in the village church, obviously. But... it is more about rhythm and trying to infuse for electricity into the music than sheer volume. In a school, as mentioned above, the playover needs to catch the congregation's attention from the start - that means 'loud' or bright. Playing over Ye holy angels bright on Swell 8 and 4 ft diapasons with the box half open, isn't going to do it as it will make them think it's a quiet hymn and they may not bother to join in! Different registrations are normal from verse to verse. Save things like your Great mixtures, especially any sharp mixtures, pedal reeds etc for climaxes. Nothing worse than powerful mixtures screaming away verse after verse. Not sure of the size and scope of your school organ. If you have three or four manuals as I suspect you might, occasional use of a Tuba or other powerful solo reed can be made but this needs very careful practice and nothing you do should mean you have to slow down etc. What, in effect, you will be aiming to do, is solo the melody with on hand on the Tuba - this can be in the tenor range, so with your left hand, or in the treble range, with your right hand. This can help to get the congregation going a bit and is fun in verses that mention trumpets! But, this isn't easy as you will need to cover the harmony of each chord or voice part with your other hand and the pedals - a skill that needs much practice and which can be left for much later. Remember, you are at the start of this process!
Speed and rhythm - in a school chapel you probably need to veer slightly towards a faster tempo than a slower one and really it's impossible to advise fully on this in print without knowing what the organ is like, the building is like and what actual hymn we're thinking of. You set the speed in the play over so think this through carefully in the moments before you start playing. Avoid slowing down at the end of the playover. Always try to keep a regular number of beats between the playover and the start of the first verse, and between the verses. Imagine you are playing Hyfrydol... you will play the first 8 bars as the play over and hold the last chord for exactly three beats. Then count three beats' rest and then burst in with the first verse and keep going in strict time. We talk about this as being 3 + 3 and sometimes in other hymns it will be different... 2 + 2, for example. Always work this out in advance. Aim not to slow down at the end of any verses except the last. In general terms, a slightly staccato touch is better in terms of keeping the tempo going than lots of legato. You can vary this by playing legato with your hands but staccato with the feet.
Don't forget to follow the words so as to put in occasional breaks mid-line if the sense of the words demands it, and to move without breath from one line to another, again, if the sense demands it. It isn't just a matter of playing the hymn through n times where n = the number of verses! This can be harder than you think sometimes, especially if the congregation don't sing or the organ console is some distance from the singers.
Listen to hymns on itunes and Youtube - there are some lovely recordings from Westminster Abbey, St Paul's and other cathedrals. Youtube is especially valuable as unlike in a CD recording, there will actually be a congregation and not just an SATB choir singing. Listen to things like royal weddings, Lady Thatcher's Funeral, HM The Queen's Golden Wedding service in St Paul's etc - all very educational.
There's far too much here and I have probably left out some important points - actually, I have seen something recently, I am sure on iRCO about hymn playing. Learn to love your hymn playing and get a buzz from helping your fellow students enjoy it too.
I'll leave manuals only voluntaries for another occasion!
Vox Humana 0
There's so much to say about this! I'll offer one or two personal views about hymns. The main thing to bear in mind is that hymns are about herding musically unsophisticated (if not downright lazy) congregations into some semblance of discipline. Whatever else you may do in a hymn, never forget this.
When playing over a hymn there are two main things you need to do: 1) remind the congregation of the tune they are to sing; and 2) set the exact speed at which they are to sing it. Since, in general, congregations are rarely very alert it is, IMO, best to play the opening of the hymn rather than the end. Playing the last line or two of a hymn is of no practical help to a congregation and even I sometimes find myself struggling to recognise a tune when this is done. If you want your congregation to sing well it's as best to make it as easy for them as possible. That said, you had probably better do whatever is normally done in the chapel you're playing in. The play-over absolutely must be at the same speed you want the hymn sung and there should be no rallentando at the end of the play-over. Some organists like to maintain rhythm throughout the hymn by counting beats in the gaps between the verses and coming in on a beat. Congregations seem to get used to this and it does seem to help in a subliminal sort of way, but (unless it's already the established practice where you are) I wouldn't worry about it until you get used to making registration changes quickly.
The speed of a hymn should be consistent with its general mood and never so fast that people don't have time to breathe. If the people in the congregation don't have time to get good lungfuls they're not going to sing well, are they? Keep the rhythm steady throughout the hymn and don't make rallentandos except at the end of the last verse.
It's really impossible to give advice on registration without knowing the organ, the chapel and how well (or pathetically) the congregation sings. From the way you worded your question I take it that the services are "hymn sandwiches" without a choir. However, even in places with a strong, good quality choir, they are unlikely to be heard at the back of a church over a singing congregation, so the primary responsibility remains yours. In general you want to keep up a volume level that supports the singers adequately and gives them confidence. (Some people can be very self-conscious about actually being heard.) I would avoid accompanying verses just on the Swell. (There are circumstances when you might possibly get away doing this, especially with a good choir, but stick with the rule of thumb at first.) Upperwork is helpful in leading a congregation because they can hear the higher stops better, so think of registering "vertically". So a chorus of 8', 4' 2' will do the job far more effectively than three 8' stops. A Swell chorus coupled to a Great 8' may suffice for less loud verses. If you have a Choir manual how much you use it will depend on how much "body" the stops have. Most traditional English Choir Organs I know are far to delicate to be of much use in accompanying a congregation. Try not to play a whole hymn on the same registration throughout. While always providing "body" for the singers, volume and brightness should ideally reflect the words. Few hymns need anything very fussy in the way of registration. Most of the time you should not need to change any stops during a verse; they can be changed between verses.
Transposition. Unless you are using a really old hymn book, you should not need to do this as all the hymns will have been transposed to a suitably "congregational" pitch. (In fact some have been transposed down too far and could do with going back up a bit.)
handsoff 0
Location:Stratford-upon-Avon
As organist at a few tiny village churches with single manual organs in the main I can't add anything to the expertise above but would mention that Kevin Mayhew sells a book of hymn tunes transposed down, sometimes a semitone and for some tunes, more. It's very handy until your transposition skills are up to speed.
Thank you for the helpful suggestions Vox Humana and Martin Cooke. Would you recommend any voluntaries or short pieces for the entry/exit of the congregation?
The trouble is, there is such a lot! When I was first playing for school services as a boy, C.H. Trevor was just producing two different series; Old English Organ Music for Manuals and Organ Music for Manuals. There were, or rather, there are, 6 volumes in each set. These are still available (published by Oxford University Press) but whereas Volume 1 of the former cost be 40p in about 1971, and Volume 1 of the latter, 65p a year or two later, they are now £10 a volume or more. Now, the thing is this... these are not very scholarly volumes (ornaments missing etc) but they are, in my opinion a very useful resource and some of these pieces will be in your repertoire always - you don't stop playing manuals only music just because you've found your feet! The first series mentioned includes voluntaries by people like John Stanley, Henry Heron, et al, whereas the second set of volumes is more wide ranging - nothing modern, but they cover the ground from people like Handel and Orlando Gibbons through to some of the manuals only repertoire of César Franck and Léon Boëllmann. Aged 14-16 and playing two or three services a week, I used to rely on these though I did have manuals and pedals pieces up my sleeve as well.
There are some 'new' volumes around now - published by OUP and edited by Anne Marsden Thomas - they are called Oxford Service Music for Organ and there are FOUR volumes, I think... two are for manuals only and the next two for manuals and pedals. A quick hunt on Google will find them. You may already know the name Anne Marsden Thomas - she is a major figure in the UK in Organ Education and anything produced under here imprimatur will be wise and well worth having.
There are plenty of other sources of manuals only music, and I think you could do a lot worse than pay a visit to Foyles in Charing Cross Road where there is a good stock of organ music including several drawers full of manuals only music. There are huge volumes produced by Kevin Mayhew - another publisher of church music - you often find these in your local music shop and whilst not scholarly editions, they can be useful for service use. [You may also find, in your local music shop, as I always find in mine, vast numbers of volumes of music by someone called Caleb Simper - I would avoid these - much better things to spend your money on! Not much of Simper's music is played any more.]
The other thing to do is to familiarise yourself with a website called IMSLP. This is a vast repository of scanned music of all sorts but you can sort it by composer or instrument. Above, I mentioned César Franck. If you go to IMSLP, choose Franck from the composer list, and then find something called L'Organiste. Some of these are very playable and useful, and C.H. Trevor incorporated some of them into his Organ Music for Manuals volumes. You can print one piece at a time if you want to, or a whole volume. You might also like to find "L'Heures Mystique by Léon Boëllmann. Choose ones of these (and the Franck) which are not too 'corny' in terms of the harmony - not all are to current taste! [By the way, it is easy to spend a fortune in ink and paper printing off stuff from IMSLP and you need to be wary!]
I hope that is a good start for you. I am sure you want to be looking at some straightforward music for manuals AND pedals, too. Well, where to start? Probably the next two volumes of Oxford Service Music for Organ.
1 hour ago, Martin Cooke said:
I second this information. In addition to these volumes C. H. Trevor also issued two volumes of Seasonal Chorale Preludes for manuals only. A lot of them are extracts from partitas by Walther and Kaufmann, and as said are pruned of their ornaments, but the pieces are often charming. I do not recommend the volumes by AMT.
Some of the pieces published by Trevor are available online at IMSLP. All of John Stanley's voluntaries are there, both in facsimile and in good editions by Pierre Gouin. Ditto the Ten voluntaries by William Boyce. Have a look at their movements for the Trumpet stop. As Martin mentioned, Franck's L'Organiste is also there and will provide lots of movements for use before a service. Pachelbel was an excellent composer and many of his chorale preludes are for manuals only, or require only minimal use of pedals. Of course the downside of printing from the internet is that you end up with reams of loose A4 sheets!
innate 0
“E major is much more attractive than F”—at the risk of opening a can of worms <sound effect> this is debatable. Bach’s Italian Concerto, most of Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, his string quartet Op. 59 No.1 and his “Spring” sonata for piano and violin, much of Handel’s “Water Music” and Messiah, Brahms’s 3rd Symphony, Dvorak’s “American” string quartet, the second movement of Messiaen’s “L’Ascension”, and a host of other pieces would, I suggest, prove the opposite. There is nothing intrinsic about E or F, particularly in 12-tone equal temperament, which is what most organs are generally tuned to.
sbarber49 0
There is a good repertoire list here, quite entertaining as well! http://www.cumbrianorganists.org.uk/ (Go to "features", then "choosing your repertoire")
I think the Ann Marsden Thomas book "The church's year" is useful.
A book I use a lot is "80 chorale preludes" edited by Hermann Keller - most are for manuals, or can be played without pedals: https://www.musicroom.com/product-detail/product450705/variant450705/80-chorale-preludes-by-german-masters-of-the-17th-and-18th-centuries/
The "24 Pièces en style libre" by Louis Vierne are very good. (and on IMSLP).
As for hymn playing, excellent advice above. I would get used to having a regular gap between verses - I nearly always go for 2 beats - just seems natural to me. Personally I don't worry about the metre - after all, no-one is troubled by a pause in music: it doesn't mean the rhythm is compromised.
You need to listen to the congregation: you may need to give a little leeway at the ends of lines, otherwise it can sound rushed. Congregations do sometimes need to be bullied, but if they are behind it may mean the speed is too fast or that they don't have time to breathe between lines.
Personally I do sometimes put a little rit. at the end of the play over if it seems unnatural otherwise - not with the more muscular hymns and, in any case, no more than holding back slightly the last chord or two.. Provided the speed is well established at the outset the singers will be perfectly able to sing at your speed when they start. That is a minority view, though, I admit!
Zimbelstern 0
“Of course the downside of printing from the internet is that you end up with reams of loose A4 sheets!”
If you have a tablet computer, such as an iPad, it is much better to download the music and keep it there. I use an app called ForScore with my iPad for this purpose. I have hundreds of scores and it is very easy to find what you want quickly. You can annotate the music with an Apple pencil and play from the tablet itself if you want to. Another advantage is that you can keep different versions for different organs that you may play on. There is even a feature called Reflow which converts your music into one continuous line which moves at whatever speed you want it to, so you don’t need to turn pages. Alternatively, just print out the odd score when you want to perform it in public.
Martin Owen 0
Location:Central London
Like OrganistOnTheHill I find the above advise very useful and wish I had heard such many years ago.
However, I suspect many of us would love to know which school is so lucky to have BOTH a Willis and Lewis. My former school is now very fortunate in having a Hill, Norman Beard of 1968 and a re-sited Schulz of 1862. The former in the Chapel, that latter in The Big School.
I left shortly after the chapel was destroyed by fire (NOT the reason for leaving as I had finished my A levels!) so both organs are after my time.
OrganistOnTheHill do please let us know which school it is.
AJJ 0
Location:Somerset UK
For a huge selection of earlier music for manuals you should head straight for Fitzjohn Music where David Patrick has edited and publishes what must surely be the largest spread found anywhere currently. Reasonably priced, nice to look at and well edited.
https://www.impulse-music.co.uk/fitzjohnmusic/
Martin Owen, our school has the Walker* organ in the chapel and a nearby parish church has a Lewis & Co organ. The school has a Harrison & Harrison in the Speech room which is quite hard to access. The school is Harrow.
Sorry, my mistake. The Willis organ stood until the early 1900s and was transferred to East Greenwich Baptist Church. Then replaced by a Lewis and again replaced by a Walker organ.
Tony Newnham 0
Location:Rugby, UK
Just a note - I see that someone above has mentioned Franck's "L'Organiste". These were actually written for Harmonium, and he often calls on the divided keyboard & registrations at different pitches. If you're going to play them (and many do work well on a pipe organ), you need to (1) ensure that the edition you use has they registration codes (Numbers in circles above each stave, etc.) - I've seen editions without this essential feature on the web!. Also (2) that you take on board the relevant pitches of the Harmonium stops.
One example is where he alternates short passages between rank 3 (sounding an octave higher than written) on one stave, and rank 2 (16ft rank) on the other. The effect is passages that are around the same pitch, but different in tonality - not passages 3 octaves apart!
Hope all goes well as your organ playing develops.
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Richard Fairhurst 0
Location:Charlbury, Oxfordshire
Barenreiter have fairly recently published a really nice three-volume set of easy voluntaries called 'Sonnstags Orgel': https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA9287/ . Some are manuals-only, some have fairly modest pedalling. It's become my default for pre-service noodling, but it has several pieces suitable for exit voluntaries too. The pieces cover a variety of styles right up to the present day, which maintains interest. I bought mine from Blackwells in Oxford so I presume it's readily available.
I've lost the knack of how to do quotes but this adds a bit to what I said above about hymn accompaniment. So, today's Sunday Worship on Radio 4 from Lancing College would make perfect listening! [Actually, for all sorts of reasons it is well worth listening to - it is energetic from start to finish in just the way a school service needs to be - (let alone one at 8.10am on a Sunday morning!) - and the music is outstanding. I'm not sure whose setting the Mass is, but it is most stimulating.]
Anyway, OrganistOntheHill, do listen to the accompaniment of at least the first hymn. A good strong introduction at a good reasonably fast-moving tempo - and... in the key of A flat major instead of the more dull sounding G major found in many hymn books, and all making good sense of the words across the ends lines as necessary. The organist on this occasion is Edward Picton Turbervill, formerly Organ Scholar of St John's Cambridge.
4 minutes ago, Martin Cooke said:
I shall have a listen to the broadcast. Thank you for suggesting it.
You might also enjoy looking up the organs of Lancing College Chapel on NPOR - a large 4 -manual Walker with en chamade trumpets on the west gallery and then a 2-manual Frobenius up near the choir. I believe you can play the Walker from the Frobenius by using blind general pistons.
David Drinkell 0
Location:Fredericton Cathedral, New Brunswick
That's right. I remember a fine performance of Gigout's Grand Chœur Dialogué played from the Frobenius but using both organs.
SlowOrg 0
Location:Maribor
48 minutes ago, Martin Cooke said:
The setting of the Mass is by the College’s DoM Neil Cox. One can listen to the service here …
1 hour ago, SlowOrg said:
I thought that was likely - excellent! And what was the voluntary?
bam 0
Location:Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire
Originally published in 6 volumes and now republished in 2, these are a very useful (if not very scholarly!) collection of voluntaries for manuals:
https://www.musicroom.com/product-detail/product32477/variant32477/the-cloister-album-of-voluntaries-volume-one-books-1-3/
https://www.musicroom.com/product-detail/product32478/variant32478/the-cloister-album-of-voluntaries-volume-two/
Many of the bass lines can be pedalled when you gain confidence.
3 hours ago, bam said:
"More than 70 songs for electronic or pipe organ, american organ, harmonium or piano."
I only only person who silently screams whenever I see the word "song" misused in this way?
16 minutes ago, Vox Humana said:
I only only person who silently screams whenever I see the word "song" misused in this way?
Complain to musicroom.com - their words! It's certainly a misuse of 'song'. The Amazon description of Vol 1 is also rather odd:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cloister-Album-Voluntaries-Organ-Faber/dp/0571528724/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JKCCYZVYHKQTGHB0R0A9
as it claims there are 22 pieces - in fact, there are 71. The titles they list are from the original Book 1 and don't include Books 2 and 3. They do list the contents correctly for Volume 2:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cloister-Album-Voluntaries-Organ-Keyboard/dp/0571534724/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=C9E7DTE6HFW6PNAXXNRY
2 hours ago, Vox Humana said:
No, you are certainly not, although I prefer to trample on the pedals to create a thunderstorm. You have spurred me into action. I have just edited the Wikipedia page on "Musical Composition" by adding this sentence: "The word "song" is widely misused by people in the popular music industry to describe any musical composition, whether sung or played only by instruments."
Let's see if it gets edited out. I'll keep doing this on any relevant Wikipedia page for as long as it takes. It would be great if others would do the same.
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The platform seems like an outgrowth of the quantified self movement a movement pairing technology with personal data to help you improve your life in some mental or physical way. But Sharma shrugs off the suggestion.
I don’t like to place myself in that category, he says. Mainly because those guys are little weird. He’s not wrong. The movement, also known as life logging, conjures up images of folks wearing six different health tracking bands, sensors on their heads and measuring every little detail of their actions in every part of their life for what sometimes is very unclear.
But Sharma, whom we’ve written about before when he was just getting started, has shaped the platform up quite a bit since starting out. Gyroscope is in the App Store now!
He has thought about productivity components like how much time you spend surfing the internet each day and added a bit of a competitive enhancement to the platform, allowing you to compare how many steps you took compared to your friends on the platform.
He’s also launching a feature this summer called Insights, an AI component that aims to help you make connections between certain behaviors and what you log on the platform. Sharma tells me it would work by drawing these connections and then sending push notifications to motivate and remind those using Gyroscope to do something relating to their goals.
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Hostages (2013/14) Season Premiere
*Spoiler Alert* – Episode 1
I recently watched the season premiere episode of US Drama ‘Hostages’ which aired on Channel 4 last week.
Hostages is an intense thriller/drama created by Rotem Shamir. Starring Toni Collete as Dr.Ellen Sanders, a premiere surgeon who is abruptly trapped in a political conspiracy. With her family held hostage, Ellen has no choice but to negotiate with the rogue FBI Agent, Duncan Carlisle (Dylan Mcdermott) who’s intentions are to simply kill the president. Easy said than done, Sanders doesn’t follow instructions that straightforwardly and won’t give up on protecting her family.
Although Collete provides a strong role of a mother and part time surgeon, her character doesn’t seem happy. With her next treatment on the president, her focus is clear. Yet with unexpectedly being held hostage by a few rogues, Ellen seems fearful and immediately follows the orders given. Lasting with a task of swapping some liquids at the hospital, which she easily manages to get through. Yet achieves to delay the treatment by two weeks. The final look through the news via the TV screen portrays a sense of power creeping through Ellen, where its evident she has other plans.
Hostages begins with an establishing scene of a bank heist with FBI Agent Duncan saving the day. His intelligence and confidence is proven with little dialogue yet powerful actions, where we assume he will be the heroic protagonist throughout the series. Having said that, what turns out surprising is the fact that he transforms into the antagonist. Whilst watching this scene unfold, I was somehow expecting this to happen, yet questions went through my mind as to how and why Duncan was so full of hatred towards the president.
The narrative is quite simple and frankly follows a few conventional elements which we’re all familiar with, such as; wanting to kill the president, a typical American family, a group of rogues capturing a family, Ellen’s husband cheating on her, the kids being quite rebellious etc. Indeed there are a number of stereotypical conventions which Hostages recycle within their characters and story. This of which lacks originality and made me quite disappointed as I was hoping for something more different and intense. Even though the whole ‘being-held-hostage’ concept was supposed to come across as abrupt, terrifying, intense, it didn’t really grip me as I wanted it to. The unfolding of the mask where we saw Duncan as the main leader was slightly shocking, but nothing all too enthralling.
Having said that, besides these conventions, both Collete and McDermot definitely bring the narrative to life, keeping you glued to the screen. Their believable performance leave you curious as to what their plans are next. Their personalities seem to differ yet are not fixed in one place, where you feel as if something suspicious is going on.
Overall, despite the conventional elements, I am still intrigued to see more of Hostages and see how the narrative unfolds. I believe there is still a few unsolved puzzles and character traits hiding beneath the surface. The first look of Hostages provided intensity and a balanced story which we’ve all seen before. Thus I’m going to continue to watch the series, where hopefully we’re bombarded with more suspense and action.
Rating for the first episode: 7/10
Written by: Meera Darji
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Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
December 18, 2014 by meghan80
“Our Christmas comes from our heart”
Organization makes holiday a little brighter for Cape family
Published in Cape Coral Daily Breeze Dec. 18, 2014 issue
A Cape Coral family received a little holiday cheer Wednesday night from the Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund to help them through some financial hardships.
“With all of our warriors that are members, board members, volunteers and everybody that donates and makes Wounded Warrior Anglers possible, I want them to know that they are part of helping somebody come through the month of December financially,” Wounded Warrior Anglers Vice President Judy Souders said. “I want them to know they are a part of that. All of us coming together over the last three years have made this possible. Everybody coming together and doing a little here and a little bit there has all added up.”
The Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund became a part of the organization on Oct. 14. The fund was created to provide appropriate relief to eligible veterans or disabled veterans who experience a qualifying event or emergency.
Melissa and Eddie Breese were the first to benefit from the newly established fund on Wednesday, Oct. 22, because of hardship they were experiencing. After the donation was made, a community member reached out to Wounded Warrior Anglers and donated gas gift cards and food gift cards to further assist the family with their needs.
Since that donation, Eddie’s condition has become worse. Now with only one income, a part-time income, trying to make ends meet to pay the bills and put food on the table, has become extremely difficult.
To help alleviate some of that financial burden the family is experiencing, the Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund donated $1,200 to the Breese family again on Wednesday.
Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund Committee Member Kevin Purdy, Melissa Breese, Eddie Breese, Gracie, the Breese’s granddaughter, and Wounded Warrior Anglers Vice President Judy Souders.
“It shocked me,” Melissa said of the donation amount. “We have good people around us like Judy and all the Anglers.”
The donation will help the Breese family pay for their December monthly bills, as well as put food on the table.
“Without a question, there is an absolute blessing to be in a situation to help people like that,” Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund Committee Member Kevin Purdy said. “It touches you so deeply. You can’t put it into words.”
Eddie, a Fort Myers High School graduate, enlisted in the Marine Corps and served in Desert Storm from 1988 to 1992. After returning from the service he started working on roofs, while owning his own business at one time.
Unfortunately on Sept. 11, Eddie took a bad fall, falling 25 feet through a skylight to the concrete. That fall broke his back, mangled his right arm, broke his ribs and gave him severe head trauma.
After Lee Memorial Health System released him after the accident, Melissa took her husband to the VA clinic in Cape Coral. He then was taken to Bay Pines VA Healthcare System.
While he was at Bay Pines he spent time going to a speech pathologist, physical therapist and occupational therapist.
Eddie returned home on Friday, Oct. 17, after spending two months in the hospital.
Melissa said since October he has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and began having focal seizures because of the head trauma.
“Some days he may have one or two,” she said Wednesday night. “The day before yesterday he had six.”
Melissa said when he has a seizure it is as if Eddie is staring right through her with no response.
“He looks dead,” she said.
Limited funds have made it hard for Melissa to drive Eddie to Tampa to see the doctor.
With working part-time and being a full-time caregiver, Melissa said they had to send their 1-year-old son, Keygan, to West Virginia to stay with family.
Although the family is struggling, Melissa remains positive.
“At least I have him at the end of the day and God saved him,” she said. “We have him and that’s what is important.”
Melissa said Eddie has always been her best friend.
“It’s always been Eddie and I,” she said, adding that they used to play co-ed softball and volleyball together. “That is what saved his life. If his body was not in the shape he was in, he would have never survived that. He is fighting every day.”
Souders said being able to help the Breese family is what Christmas is all about.
“That is a big part of our Christmas because our Christmas comes from our heart,” she said.
Community members, who would like to continue the spirit of Christmas and help the Breese family, can contact Souders at (423) 620-9104. Any gift donated to the Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund is tax deductible.
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October 31, 2014 by meghan80
Cape family first to benefit from WWA Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund
Published in the Cape Coral Daily Breze Oct. 31, 2014 issue
Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund changed the lives of a Cape Coral couple and their 1-year old son, Keygan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, when the organization donated $1,200 to Melissa and Eddie Breese.
“I didn’t even see the amount on the check until after they left,” Melissa said the following day. “Eddie looked at it and I seen tears in his eyes as they were walking out the door. He handed me the check . . . what can I say . . . it was amazing.”
Although the family recently lost their home, among other things, Melissa said people like the Wounded Warrior Anglers really came through for them, helping them see the light at the end of the tunnel.
“Wounded Warrior Anglers just paid our first month’s rent,” Melissa said, adding that the donation also helped with putting down a deposit for their electric.
Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund Committee Member Kevin Purdy, Melissa Breese, Wounded Warrior Anglers Vice President Judy Souders, Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund Committee Member Keith Campbell and Eddie Breese.
Wounded Warrior Anglers Vice President Judy Souders and Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund Committee Members Kevin Purdy and Keith Campbell presented the family with the check donation.
“This avenue for Wounded Warrior Anglers can be powerful for our community and the outreach we can do,” Souders said.
Melissa said they are beyond thankful.
“She is an angel,” she said of Souders.
“I thank God for all the help and all the good hearted people that have really come through for us,” Melissa said. “I don’t even know how to begin to tell you . . . there are so many wonderful people.”
“I think it is a fabulous thing that Wounded Warrior Anglers is doing,” Purdy said. “I feel very blessed to be a part of it.”
The Breese family was the first to benefit from the newly established fund because of a recent hardship they are experiencing.
“We have always been the ones to help others,” Melissa said. Often times, she said her husband would repair roofs for free for other veterans.
Unfortunately on Sept. 11, Eddie took a bad fall, falling 25-feet through a skylight to the concrete. That fall broke his back, mangled his right arm, broke his ribs and gave him severe head trauma.
“There is no rational explanation why he is alive,” Melissa said.
The only explanation is this man is a true Marine having nothing but muscle before he fell.
“That was probably what saved his life,” she said. “That he was in good shape at the time of the accident.”
Although the past few months have been extremely trying, Melissa said she is thankful.
“We have such a long road ahead of us,” she said. “At the end of the day I am so blessed because I have my husband and Keygan still has a dad.”
After Lee Memorial Health System let him go because of insurance purposes after the accident, Melissa took her husband to the VA clinic in Cape Coral. Once the ER doctor looked at Eddie, he immediately called an ambulance and rushed him to Bay Pines VA Healthcare System.
While he was at Bay Pines he spent time going to a speech pathologist, physical therapist and occupation therapist.
Eddie returned home Friday, Oct. 17, after spending two months in the hospital.
“They absolutely love him up there,” Melissa said. “They were so good to him. I knew he was in the absolute best care. They treated him like gold. He had such good doctors. They were just awesome.”
Because his case is so complex, Eddie has to travel to Bay Pines to continue the therapy two days a week, which completely wears him out. The trip wears him out because since the accident, Eddie suffers from extreme vertigo, causing his head to spin constantly. He has also experienced a lot of weakness in his right arm.
“Head trauma is the worst,” Melissa said. “Normal every day thinking is a multi-choir for him. He has severe memory loss.”
Purdy became a member of Wounded Warrior Anglers when the organization first began because it is an organization that he really believes in without question.
“I met them at Miceli’s two years ago,” he said of the founders Judy and Dave Souders. “They were selling tickets for the original raffle boat. I was very impressed with Dave and Judy with their vision and commitment.”
Purdy served in the U.S. Calvary from 1973 to 1976 before his knee was destroyed during a training exercise in Germany in 1976.
Campbell, a founder of another nonprofit organization in Southwest Florida, spent his time focusing on fund-raising, paying tribute to veterans and helping them in their time of need. After the founders of Wounded Warrior Anglers asked him if he would like to be a committee member for the Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund, he was on board.
Campbell said he was excited after meeting the Souders because they gave him another avenue in which he could help veterans. That avenue being PTSD.
“It always feels good to help out veterans,” Campbell said. “I enjoy doing it. I don’t do it for recognition. I come from a long line of veterans in my family. It has always been in the blood.”
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‘She is an angel’
Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund changed the lives of a couple and their one-year old son, Keygan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, when the organization donated $1,200 to Melissa and Eddie Breese.
Wounded Warrior Anglers Acts of Kindness Committee Member Kevin Purdy, Melissa Breese, Wounded Warrior Anglers Vice President Judy Souders, Wounded Warrior Anglers Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund Committee Member Keith Campbell and Eddie Breese.
“We have always been the ones to help others,” Melissa said.
Often times, she said her husband would repair roofs for free for other veterans.
Unfortunately on Sept. 11, Eddie took a bad fall, falling 25-feet through a sky light to the concrete. That fall broke his back, mangled his right arm, broke his ribs and gave him severe head trauma.
Because his case is so complex, Eddie has to travel to Bay Pines to continue the therapy two days a week, which completely wears him out.
The trip wears him out because since the accident, Eddie suffers from extreme vertigo, causing his head to spin constantly. He has also experienced a lot of weakness in his right arm.
Behind the scenes:
Campbell, a founder of another nonprofit organization in Southwest Florida, spent his time focusing on fundraising, paying tribute to veterans and helping them in their time of need. After the founders of Wounded Warrior Anglers asked him if he would like to be a committee member for the Act of Kindness Emergency Relief Fund he was on board.
Wounded Warrior Anglers of America, Inc. was founded in 2012 by Dave and his wife Judy Souders. Its mission is to “help rehabilitate the mind, body and soul of all service members who have been injured, wounded or disabled in the line of duty no matter what their era of service.”
Wounded Warrior Anglers also help the warrior’s caregivers by treating them to a day of relaxation at the spa.
http://woundedwarrioranglers.org/
To read past blogs about Wounded Warrior Anglers visit: https://meghan80.wordpress.com/wounded-warrior-anglers-of-america-inc/
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She wasn’t facing him when she first appeared, her long, corn colored hair staying still though a breeze blew all around them. Nor did the wind touch her dress, of which he noted it was a pale sky blue, the shade and style his mother’s favorite. Lotor didn’t need to see her face to know it was his mother who stood across the room from him, the prince taking an uncertain step in her direction.
The wind seemed to buffet his body, trying to keep him from drawing near to his mother, Lotor’s steps turning desperate as he gave chase after her. “Mother!” he called out, even though he was certain this was a dream. He refused to think of it as anything else, not even when she stepped towards the light, Lotor feeling shining warmth radiate from that blinding brilliance.
It drew him forward, Lotor wanting to enter the light with his mother. It felt right, it felt safe, as though all his problems and worries would be at an end if he just walked through the light. The wind picked up speed, practically blowing him over, keeping him away from the light and his mother.
“Mother!” He called again, Lotor dropping to his knees, ready to crawl after her on all fours. “Take me with you!”
She didn’t speak, but Adaline turned, allowing him a glimpse of her face. Her beauty drew his breath in a gasp, it had been ages since he had last seen her face, and the dreams had never allowed him to see her this clearly. “Mother…” He whispered, his voice could come out no louder when he gazed into her eyes, seeing such sorrow there. This time he did crawl, inching forward even though the wind pushed him back.
Adaline moved, her head shaking no slowly. “Why?” Lotor demanded, voice anguished with his lack of understanding. But she was already turning from him, the wind seeming to come from her, barring him from her and the light. He thought he heard a whisper, carried on the breeze, his mother moving to step deeper into the light.
“Good-bye.”
“MOTHER!” He was suddenly sitting up, pain in his stomach area flaring up, making him wince. The dream had faded, taking him from the shadowy place that had been lit by that blazing light, to a room that was just as unfamiliar. Medical equipment was everywhere, he had wires attached from his body to machines, one of which was ringing an alarm, surely to alert someone to his awakening.
He didn’t care, he found his breath was choking out of him, Lotor realizing his eyes were wet. He brought his hand to them, brushing angrily at the wetness. He refused to think of them as tears, grown men, Drules did not cry, especially not over long dead mothers who visited them in dreams.
There were other sounds in the room, he realized one of the machines was a monitor for his heart, the beeps continuous as it counted out the beats of his heart. He could hear voices over an intercom system, paging doctors and calling out for assistance. But more than that, there was a subtle shifting of weight, a presence that was trying not to be noticed in the corner of the room.
Lotor turned his head and spied the witch, growling out her name. “Haggar.” He let his displeasure be known in the tone of his voice, Lotor glaring at her.
“Good evening your highness.” The witch seemed hardly bothered by his animosity, rising from her seat to give him as low a bow as her aged body could allow. “We were beginning to think you’d never wake up.”
“Evening?” Lotor frowned. “I’ve slept for a few hours?”
“More than a few.” Corrected Haggar, her tone as gentle as she could make it. “Your highness you slept for over two days.”
“Two days?!” He was alarmed now, especially when she nodded confirmation. “Why?”
“You were gravely injured.” She explained, seeming to hesitate.
“Tell me the worst of it!” Lotor ordered and she sighed.
“We didn’t know if you were going to make it or not. The doctors induced a coma to help you recover, but even then the prognosis did not look good. You had lost so much blood that even with the transfusions we didn’t know if you’d be strong enough to survive.”
“I…I see…” Lotor said, and was drawing back the covers of his blankets. Haggar made an alarmed noise, one he waved off. “I just want to see….” He was already lifting up the hem of his night shirt, staring at the ugly rows of stitches on his stomach area. He grimaced to see them, knowing his once flawless skin would bear ugly scars, his father leaving a lasting mark on his flesh.
“Your stomach bore the worst of it.” The witch was speaking again. “Your back was cut up, but nowhere near as bad. You won’t scar there.”
“Thank the Gods for small favors.” Muttered Lotor.
“Aren’t you going to ask?” Haggar prodded him with her questions. “About your father?”
“He’s dead, isn’t he?” Lotor demanded without inflection in his voice. At her nod, his voice turned satisfied, Lotor holding back a laugh. “Good.”
“Your highness, what happened in that room?”
“The truth witch. Nothing but the truth came out.” Lotor answered, spying her frown. He lowered his shirt, covering his waist once more. “It was a long time coming, but I finally learned everything I need to know about my father, and my mother.”
“Your mother?” Haggar’s frown deepened. “What does Adaline have to do with….”
“Everything!” Lotor cut her off with a snarl. “”She has to do with everything! He’s lied to me all these years…!”
“Lied about what?” The tone of her voice had him instantly on alert, Lotor eying her.
“How much did you know about the night my father murdered my mother?!” Haggar was a good actress, he’d give her that, the witch gasping, trying to twist her face into a shocked expression. “You knew?!” He hissed, wishing in the moment for his sword. It wasn’t there in the room with him, with any luck it was still in his father’s corpse.
“No, I did not!” lied Haggar, letting her cowl cloak her face in shadows. “I mean…We always suspected what really happened that night, but no one would ever dare suggest his highness had killed Adaline!”
He was hardly mollified by her words, Lotor raising a brow. “We? Who’s we?”
“Everyone!” Haggar squeaked out. “The guards, the nobles, even the servants!” He was stunned by her revelation, reeling back at the thought of everyone assuming Zarkon had killed his mother and doing nothing about it.
“Why didn’t you tell me your suspicions!?” Lotor demanded.
“And risk the King’s wrath?” Haggar shook her head no. “Besides, what good would it have done?”
“I had a right to know!” Lotor roared, and Haggar raised her hands in supplication.
“Please your highness….you’ll aggravate your injuries….” Haggar said. “What’s done is done, you’ve taken your revenge on him. He’s dead…”
“Dead, and the throne is yours now, King Lotor.” He blinked at that, shocked to hear the change to his title.
“King?” He hadn’t thought that far, Lotor killing his father not for the throne, but to avenge his mother’s death at Zarkon’s hands.
“Yes….” Haggar seemed to fidget in place, and even without seeing her face, he could tell she had things she considered important to tell him. “There will be a coronation as soon as you’re strong enough to attend. There’s matters to over see, an Empire doesn’t run itself you know.”
“I know.” Lotor said sourly. It sounded like a lot of unwanted work to him, Lotor hardly ready to take over the reigns of the kingdom. Especially one as large as the Drule Empire!
“Then you also know….you have certain…obligations to the throne.” Haggar continued, keeping her head held at an angle that cloaked her face in shadows. Lotor eyed her warily, the witch seeming to brace herself for his upset. “Now that there’s only you, the throne is not secure. Not until you make an heir to the throne. A legitimate one.”
“A baby?” Lotor blinked several times, stunned at the thought.
“Several if possible…” Haggar suggested. “It was never my place, but I always thought your father foolish to only make do with one successor. Just imagine the civil war that would have broken out if you had died alongside the King!”
“I don’t give a damn about any of that!” Lotor retorted, and Haggar lifted her head, shadows slipping away from her face to reveal her angry glare.
“You should!” Haggar snapped. “You can’t be so selfish anymore! There are people counting on you, whole planets dependent on the throne!”
“And you are now my conscience witch?” Lotor demanded with a raised brow. “Or are you self appointed advisor to the throne?”
“Someone needs to talk sense to you!” Haggar retorted. “I seemed the best candidate.”
“We’ve never gotten along.” Lotor pointed out. “And I doubt anything you say can be of interest to me now.”
“Be that as it may, you are going to hear me out.” Haggar said firmly. It was his turn to frown, the witch ignoring his glower as she talked. “It won’t do to just knock a girl up…illegitimate brats are always a last resort….”
He suddenly interrupted her, eyes suspicious once more. “Did you help my father kill those women who had born my children?”
“No, that was his own doing.” Lotor was almost positive she was lying, the prince wondering if he could get a hold of some more truth serum to use on the witch. “Though your father acted for the good of the Empire, slaughtering those brats.” Lotor drew back with a hiss, insulted by the way she spoke of his dead children. “No, you’ll want to gain an heir through legitimate means. As such, you’ll need to get married.”
“Married?!”
“Don’t look so shocked at the thought! You can’t keep your womanizing ways forever.” Haggar tsked. “The sooner you get married, and get your bride with child, the sooner the throne will be secure. And that’s all that matters.”
“I’ll….consider it witch. That’s the best you’re going to get from me.” Lotor was hardly thrilled at the thought of getting married so young, and just to give the people of the Drule Empire peace of mind about the line of succession. “Besides, we have more important things to worry about.”
“Demos.” He answered, and she nodded.
“Yes. The princess Corral is due to arrive within a few weeks time.” She sighed again. “We can only hope your father managed to finish the treaties before his….sudden demise.”
“I’m not going to marry her.” Lotor said, wanting to be clear on this. Haggar looked startled, then let out a hoarse laugh.
“Of course you’re not, your highness! Heh…put that thought out of your head.” She shook her head, smirking. “The whole point of this charade is to lure her here so we can deal a crushing blow to the Demos Empire. We’re not to play nice with them.”
“You knew about that?” Lotor asked, his lip curling into a sneer. “Figures. I shouldn’t be surprised that my father let you in on that plan.” He gave a shake of his head, white hair falling across his eyes. “Well, no matter. The plan is changed.”
“Sire?” Just one word, but Haggar sounded worried.
“We won’t be using Corral to force Demos to do anything.” He brushed back his hair, spying the witch’s frown. “Problem witch?”
“You can’t be serious!” Haggar was trying to keep her feelings hidden, even as she admonished him. “We’ve waited years for the chance to ruin Demos. And now we finally have an opportunity….”
“Those long years of resentment I harbored towards Demos was all based on my father’s deceit.” Lotor replied. “Demos was not responsible for the terrorist attacks on Zabatos. Zarkon was. Zarkon was the one who attempted to kill my friend, and all because she witnessed his murder of my mother.” A cold smile, Haggar seeming to shiver to see it. “He failed in that.”
“The child survived?” Hagagr was quick, he’d give her that.
“Yes. She survived, and is back in my care.” Lotor sighed. “So you see witch, there’s no reason to fight with Demos anymore….”
“We have had years of animosity between us. We’ve fought over planets, lost ground to them.” She protested.
“We’ve stolen planets from them, and cost them just as many losses in lives as they did to us. It’s time to extend an olive branch of peace.”
“It won’t be easy.” Haggar said in a disapproving voice. “You’ll have to make concessions the Drule Empire might not be prepared to give.”
“But give it they shall, under my rule.” Lotor retorted. “I feel terrible for my role in Doom’s sins against Demos…I was wrong, misguided in my beliefs over their crimes….”
“You’re being foolish…” Haggar told him. “They may be innocent in the Zabatos incident, but that is one time! They’ve done enough…”
“Yes, they’ve done damage, but so have we!” Lotor retorted. “And we’ll keep on hurting each other until one of us stops, and tries to make peace!”
“Peace is for the weak!” Haggar sneered. “It’s what the humans do. We are Drule! And no matter what, the blood line of a great Drule family runs through you.”
“Only half witch. Only half.” Lotor told her, holding back a sigh. “We are going to do things my way.”
“And you think the nobles will allow you?” She demanded, crossing her arms over her chest. “That they won’t tear you apart for any signs of human weakness.”
“I’ll defend my throne, and my life…” Lotor gave her a steel eyed look. “None would dare challenge me head on.”
“You’re strong, and skilled. I’ll give you that.” Acknowledged Haggar. “But the nobles won’t always play fair…”
“Neither will I witch.” Lotor leaned back against the pillows, tired of this heated conversation. He wanted her gone, replaced by a smiling face, Lotor suddenly wondering what had happened to Allura. “Where is my mistress?” He asked the witch, glancing at her out the corner of his eye. “Where is Allura?”
“Ah….Allura?” An unreadable expression crossed her face, her voice suddenly hesitant and losing it’s anger.
“Yes, Allura.” Lotor said. “I want her here by my side. Bring her to me.” Another hesitation from Haggar, Lotor lifting his brow. “Problem witch?”
“Not exactly…” She seemed to be bracing herself, keeping her position as far across the room from him as she could manage.
“What is it? Why is Allura not here?” Lotor almost felt hurt that Allura hadn’t been the one to greet him upon his awakening.
“She’s been detained.” Haggar said, and he frowned at that.
“Detained? What do you mean?”
Haggar seemed to sigh, shoulder sagging. “She was arrested and tossed into the dungeons.”
“WHAT?!” Lotor roared out, suddenly lunging upright, nearly pulling a wire out of his arm.
“Sire calm down!” Haggar waved her hands at him, and he growled.
“Don’t tell me to calm down! Why was she arrested?!”
“We didn’t know what to think when we found her with you and the King’s body. And she wasn’t exactly forthright with answers. It wasn’t my decision to lock her up…” Haggar added, and Lotor snarled.
“Good. Because when I find out who did this to her, heads will roll!” Haggar nodded in approval, surely thinking he was talking like a true Drule. “Well?” Lotor glared at her. “Don’t just stand there! Go release her from the dungeons!”
“Yes, sire.” Haggar said, and began hurrying across the room, moving towards the door that led out into the hall.
“Oh and Haggar?” Lotor called out, and she paused. “Allura will need some time to recover. See her returned to her room for now. Let her shower and have a good meal. The Gods know she could probably use one after the neglect of the dungeons.”
“Yes, sire.” Haggar nodded, then hesitated. “Anything else?”
Lotor hesitated, thinking back to the moments when he fought with his father. “Yes…I want you to find out just who exactly is Alfor.”
“Alfor?” Haggar was startled, as though she knew the name. “Where did you hear that name?!”
“My father mentioned it.” Lotor answered. “Said he was Allura’s father. I want you to find out everything you can about who she was before she came to live with us on Doom.”
“It won’t need much digging for that…” Haggar murmured, and Lotor looked at her quizzically. “I remember Alfor well.”
“Yes….you could say he was one of Doom’s most troublesome enemies.” Haggar said.
Lotor wanted to order her to go on, but more than that he wanted Allura out of the dungeons. “Save the story for later.” He finally decided. “Your top most priority is to get Allura out of that dismal dungeon, and back into the safety of her rooms.”
“Yes, King Lotor.” Haggar said, and gave him a stiff bow. Lotor had to smile at that, repeating the title in his mind.
~KIng Lotor eh? I rather like the sound of that.~ He settled back against the pillows, not paying attention as the door clicked close behind the witch. He wondered when the doctors would be by to check on him, Lotor not looking forward to being poked and prodded. But more than that he wondered about Allura, wondered and worried what her experience in the dungeon was like. He knew how horrific the dungeons were from first hand experience, and he also remembered how his mother had rescued Allura from the dungeons when she was just a child.
It was bound to be a traumatic time for Allura, and Lotor vowed to not only kill the guards who had tossed her down into them, but any of her cell mates that might have laid a hand on Allura. Lotor was determined that never again would Allura be harmed, not physically, or emotionally. Certainly not while she was in his care! He didn’t know how to safeguard her completely, but Lotor felt threatening and killing people was a good start.
He’d feel a million times worse if he knew how easily it would be for him to hurt Allura with thoughtless actions and words….
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The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2010: Day Two
When this year’s Charlie Parker Jazz Festival was first announced, the JD Allen Trio was listed for day two. The game plan here was to get back from vacation in time to catch Sunday’s concert at Tompkins Square Park: however, by the time the lineup was finalized, Allen had been moved to Saturday, with Little Jimmy Scott taking his place (more about him later: from the NY Times’ account, Allen turned in a characteristically gripping set).
Torchy singer (and NPR fave) Catherine Russell opened. Her band is capable of transcendence in pretty much any situation. In a set of familiar standards, this time out they didn’t, but considering the crushing heat and humidity, not to mention the early hour, that was almost to be expected. That they played as well as they did was an achievement. Maybe the festival’s producers should take that into account and schedule performers from Mali or Jamaica, or from anywhere this kind of climactic torture is an everyday thing, for the first part of the show.
The Cookers have a new album, Warriors, just out. Billy Harper and Craig Handy on tenor, Eddie Henderson and David Weiss on trumpet, George Cables on piano, Cecil McBee on bass and Billy Hart on drums have about a millennium of jazz experience among them and turned in a joyously expansive, mid 60s-flavored set that gave each performer a chance to pitch a tent front and center and pull the crew in his own preferred direction. It wasn’t just solos around the horn: there was push and pull, and conversations, roles and personalities all exerting themselves vividly. Handy answered Harper’s exuberance sauvely, even pensively, while Henderson pushed Weiss to fan the blaze even higher. They opened with a gorgeously murky, modal excursion with rich melodic overlays. Cables led the band through a beautifully lyrical, Brubeck-tinged jazz waltz featuring his own methodically crescendoing, eventually cloudbursting solo. They wound up their set with a number based on an emphatic, bouncy chromatic riff featuring a terse Hart drum solo contrasting with some meandering horn work.
What else could be said about Vijay Iyer that hasn’t been said already? That his originals are better than his covers, maybe. The pianist has gotten accolades here before and is as good as you would expect, live. But the heat was unrelenting, and comfortable, cool Lakeside Lounge around the corner was beckoning. See you somewhere down the line, Vijay.
By the time Little Jimmy Scott rode his little electric scooter onto the stage, it had cooled down a bit. He’s every bit as vital as he was fifty years ago, in fact, probably more so: it’s as if he was born to be 84 years old. He’s always had an otherworldly voice, years older than he was, so it only makes sense that his career would peak so late in life. Word on the street is that it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy, and the crowd adored him. Like Siouxsie Sioux, someone he’s probably never heard of, he works his own scale when he’s off in the blue notes, which is a lot, and which is so successful because he’s perfectly in tune with himself. He didn’t exhibit his wide-open, Leslie speaker-style vibrato until the middle of his set but when he did, it was every bit as jaw-dropping as it’s ever been. David Lynch knew what he was doing when he put Scott on the Twin Peaks soundtrack. Scott opened with a Summertime-inspired version of Nothing But Blue Skies, saxophonist TK Blue and pianist Alex Minasian shadowing him with finely attuned phrasing; on Your Turn to Cry, sirens from around the corner joined in with the music almost on cue during the first few bars of the intro, and Scott seized the moment with characteristic, gentle intensity: nobody gets so much out of so little as this guy. The showstopper was an absolutely devastating version of Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Blue’s anguished soprano sax interlude on the way out a perfectly appropriate touch, but as good as it was it was no match for what Scott had just done, silky but raw, nuanced but with a sledgehammer effect. He’s at the Blue Note tomorrow night and worth pretty much whatever they’re charging at the door.
And two big, fat, upraised middle fingers to the NYPD brass who embarrassed the beat cops at the local precinct by instructing them to kick out anyone who dared sit down at the tables with the chessboard markings at the park’s southwest corner if they then didn’t immediately break out a chess or checkers set. This has all the markings of a concession to the neighborhood’s yuppie newcomers who don’t like to be reminded that they live in a world where homeless people actually exist. The rookie cop assigned to do the honors couldn’t hide his boredom or embarrassment, mumbling to tired concertgoers to get up and leave after they’d found what looked like lucky seats in the midst of a sea of people. Police work is hard enough without subjecting members of the force to humiliation like this.
August 31, 2010 Posted by delarue | concert, jazz, Live Events, Music, music, concert, New York City, review, Reviews | alex minasian piano, billy harper trumpet, billy hart drums, catherine russell, catherine russell singer, cecil mcbee bas, charlie parker festival, charlie parker festival 2010, charlie parker festival tompkins square, charlie parker jazz festival, charlie parker jazz festival 2010, charlie parker jazz festival tompkins square park, classic jazz, concert review, cookers jazz band, cookers jazz group, craig handy, david weiss trumpet, eddie henderson trumpet, george cables, jazz, jazz concert, jazz concert tompkins square, jazz review, jazz tompkins square, jazz vocals, jd allen trio, jimmy scott jazz, little jimmy scott, piano jazz, police activity tompkins square park, post-bop, post-bop jazz, postbop, tk blue, torch singer, torch song, vijay iyer, vocal jazz | Leave a comment
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Double-rainbow
The rainbow over the Arts House.
Image: dottikinz/instagram
There was a double rainbow over Singapore and everybody lost their damn minds
Written by Victoria Ho
Even the prime minister got excited about it.
The picture was taken on Easter Sunday in Victoria Park, London.
Image: imgur
This beautiful picture appears to show the origin of a double rainbow
Written by Sam Haysom
Keep an eye out for that pot of gold.
Double Rainbow Guy Is Running for President via Facebook; You Can Too
Written by Sarah Kessler
Paul Vasquez is better known to the Internet as the "Double Rainbow Guy." He lives in a mobile home just outside of Yosemite National Park, tinkers in organic farming and alternative energy, and is famous for his exuberant appreciation of nature's po...
Jennifer Aniston Smart Water Ad Lampoons Viral Memes [VIDEO]
Smart Water sends up the whole idea of viral videos, with nods to memes such as Double Rainbow, animated dancing babies and lip-syncing kids, in a new ad featuring that recurring subject of Internet interest: Jennifer Aniston. The nearly 3-minute ad ...
Double Rainbow Appears Over L.A., Twitter Explodes in Meme Catchphrases
A double rainbow appeared in the sky over Los Angeles today, and Twitter users just about lost their heads. Full on. All the way. The atmospheric phenomenon appeared in several TwitPics and images from other services; users captured it from airports,...
"Bed Intruder" Was Most-Watched Independent YouTube Video of 2010
Written by Emily Banks
Now at more than 47.5 million views, Auto-Tune the News's "Bed Intruder Song" is officially the year's most-watched, non-major label video on YouTube. The video-sharing site just released the list of its most popular videos of 2010, and it includes s...
5 Magnificent Memes [MASHABLE AWARDS]
Written by Brenna Ehrlich
As part of the ongoing Mashable Awards, we're taking a closer look at each of the nomination categories. This is "Best Internet Meme," supported by Dynadot. Be sure to nominate your favorites and join us for the Gala in Las Vegas! A favorite meme is ...
Double Rainbow Guy Now Trying to Cash In with iPhone App [VIDEO]
The Double Rainbow guy has an iPhone app now. It's not exactly groundbreaking, and it will get old very quickly, but hey, it's only 99 cents. When you load the app , you're greeted with a colorful message that simply says, "FULL ON." The next screen ...
RIP Meme: The Double Rainbow Guy Sells Out to Microsoft
We were enamored of your childlike delight. We reveled in the remixes. But now, Double Rainbow Guy, we are less than amused. What's the sure-fire way to kill a viral video? Festoon it with dollar signs. Yup, the above video is a commercial for Window...
"FrontierVille" Adds a Full-On Double Rainbow, All the Way
FrontierVille, the new game from the makers of FarmVille, now has a "Double Rainbow" decoration that you can purchase using in-game currency. The item is based on the viral video hit of the same name, which became an Internet meme just a few weeks ag...
Jimmy Fallon Does "Double Rainbow" as Neil Young [VIDEO]
Just when we thought that the "Double Rainbow" meme river had gone dry, Jimmy Fallon has gone and opened the floodgates once more. The other night, Fallon performed a cover of the now-iconic viral video -- in the character of Neil Young on Late Night...
The Double Rainbow Guy Goes on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" [VIDEO]
Recently, a viral meme came full circle as Paul "Bear" Vasquez (a.k.a. The Double Rainbow Guy), made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, a TV show hosted by the man who prompted Vasquez's unlikely stardom. Over Fourth of July weekend, a viral video b...
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Represented here are the time periods from 1000AD to 1699AD.
16.1 The Reconquista
22.1 Great Fire of London
1000-1025[edit]
Spam is invented. This gives n00bs another chance at survival, but they waste it all on spam and trolling.
The butchers invented these.
World is finally defeated by some guy with a sharp stick.
Someone sniffs.
Still not over 9,000.
Y1K happens, but since there are no computers(or even electricity) nothing happens.
Cardboard becomes the national currency of Finland.
In a Galaxy Far Far away, people are watching credits slowly rolling down a screen
Number 100 and 0 get married.
Chuck Norris kills his twin brother in the womb, which is weird because he was never born, he was just always there. Mysterys!
Doctor sues declares world wide outrage and kisses his mother on the toe.
A great light is seen over Mount Sinai, Moses one of God's best friends goes for a forty year walk with his sheep/people, (that's right sheep people) and eventually stumbles across the Holy AK-47. The AK is born, and will henceforth be a common component in revolution and all sorts of chaos across the globe.
The word "your mom is on my penis" is used globally.
The second millennium officially begins.
Youtube becomes popular with over 13,000,000 people.
The average life span at the time is -3.
Vikings become the first Europeans to land in North America.
A new carpet cleaner is invented and named after the current year.
The first alien invasion. Zeus is blamed.
The many country's different solar positions force the length of a year to be shortened from thirteen to twelve months, Dr.Demento was the first person too notice this and he helped easer connection between the many different planets.
The Fartbox becomes Uncool. Damn it.
100pi
Pi is invented.
Pie is invented.
This Guy creates the Irish, a nation groans.
The last native speaker of Cuneiform dies at age 37.
your mom invents shit.
1005 is a year that will stand forever as a turning point in history. Although absolutely nothing was invented that year - and in fact, no scientific progress was made whatsoever - the year is still notable for the following events:
Shit!!
The Gregorian Monk John of Gascogne spent the entire year drawing a exquisite capital letter "A", which was the first letter of the first page of the bible he was copying. Then, on December 31, he spilled his ink pot over the letter and had to start over. He died of insanity shortly thereafter.
Half the known world's population died of the plague. The other half was killed during various wars, or was burned alive by the inquisition.
King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail was cut short when his army was slaughtered by a mysterious rodent, reported to resemble a rabbit.
The first episode of Ye Bolde and ye Beautifulle was performed by the Wenstminster Soap Troupe. The audience was bored to death and had the performers executed. It would take over 900 years before anyone dared to perform it again.
Mt. Vesuvius had a huge orgasm again NOTE: Some scientists are currently debating on whether Mt. Vesuvius had one huge orgasms or multiple orgasms in over 9,000 places again and again and again.
Olof!, mighty king of Sweden is baptized but then later realizes that he is not religious.
The Purge of the Unpure occurs in medieval Europe, from this the French population decreases by 99.9% -/+0.1%
Lithuania has been found. Unluckily. Lithuanians killed one dude that tried to sell them yoghurt which expiration date, was, well, over.
Binary is declared the official language of Feudal Japan.
Predicting the future is officially banned Everywhere except Kenya.
Visual Basic is invented.
10 and unknown
Strange man in blue box known only as Physician, along with his Nubian concubine, slain by rampaging band of drunken sports enthusiasts. Blue box never seen again.
Orange box mysteriously emerges.
Gullible removed from dictionary.
"Hey wait a second, I'm looking at a dictionary right here, it wasn't removed from the dictionary"
Kittens are starting to get huffed, but a national shortage of Pussies is stopping that.
Your Mum abandons you on the street. Well, if you were alive then. But now you are, now get of of your house!
Satan learns the dark arts of 1337. He summons the 'brb' and the 'lol'
Shit becomes the official currency of Poland
Jesus figures out 1337 speak. Using the hat of 1337ness he b3g1ns t0 5p34k l1k3 7h1s. S4t4n 15 0v3rwh3lm3d b7 j3su5es aw3s0m3n355.
Mr. T eats his first pie, and creates the Buddha to eat it with him.
Two days later, the Buddha dies
t43 1337 w4r5 c4rr13 0n. S4t4n 1s w1nn1n6.
Some war happens. Maybe some guy was killed or something. I dunno.
Aliens carry on invading. Zeus can't do anything about it.
4l1ens 1nv4d3 7h3 3ar7h. j3sus 4nd s4t4n s4v3 th3 w0r1d.
Buddha is reincarnated, and eats some pie
In Poland the shit asplodes and kills everyone in Poland, a total of 0.5 casualties
The 1337 wars end. Finally people can stop typing like: brb and n00b or w455up?
Spam is destroyed.
Dab spellin strks th cuntree. Pepl r hrt dably. Gdo cnant sve tem.
Ta laest tey rnt spkng lk tis: y0 w455up m4n r u r34dy!!!!11one!!111
Godo piont mna
Teh kang impses a strct regme f Dictin Are, nd son teh people are back to normal.
1064, May 4 - Theodor Herzl, inventor of the Hebrew language, is born in Babylon.
1064 July 2 - Sir Fredrik Thompsonialainen win in the Freelant-island's revolution.
1064 July 8 - The CRAP nebula exploded as a "supernova" seen around the world's northern hemisphere. A harbinger of doom, the Anglo-Saxons knew some shit was up to come in like two years to change their world forever.
1064, August 12 - Your mother is born.
The year before the year after 1066.
King Harold, pwn3d by William
1066 was the year that England won the world cup for the first time in history. Scientists put this down to sun spots.
1066 was a banner year for France, with home town favorite William, Duke of Normandy earning his nickname of "the Conqueror" by beating 32 opponents at "War Craft -XII: The Conquering" in a battle.net tourney. First prize was England. This was notable because the French actually won something, although the winners were really Vikings posing as French (Who were actually Normans all along and were claimed to be French (by some Paris snobs) after England Pissed them off at agincourt!).
Chimbinha kills Joe Petrucci and his horde of evil monkeys with his guitar solo.
Dysentery and Plague had best-selling albums that year, and Famine played to sold-out crowds in Central Europe well into the following spring.
The Battle of Stamford Bridge takes place on Jaysbane Bridge in Scotland. Jaysbane Bridge was later renamed Stamford Bridge in honor of the battle.
The letter W entered beta testing in Paris.
The City of Morley seceded from the UK in protest at "being run by a bunch of bloody foreigners".
Nun-Bunting banned by the Catholic Church.
The Bayeux (also known as the 'It's OK by me if it's OK Bayeux') Tapestry (commissioned by Bishop Frodo) illustrated these occurrences, as well as predicting the accession of William with the permission of Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Bowling was invented.
Bowling was banned. (Reversed in 1638)
The Battle of Hastings took place. It got its name from the popular insurance company.
The Cha Cha Slide was temporarily outlawed during the Battle of Hastings. While the English performed the dance when they defeated the Normans, the ban was never officially repealed.
McCains Oven Chips declared hazardous to the health of cats.
Mr. Flibble published his breakthrough novel Universe.
Sylvester the Cat gave birth to Abba one-man tribute band Neil Morgan
Harold II tries his hand at writing with Ae Liste of Words of Onne Letter Begynning With A, but the results are a bit cockeyed
Sometime in October - Something happened, but I'm not quite sure what.
Something happened and some people was like WHOA it happened.
The year after 1066.
Characterized by the frantic efforts of the population to learn French, following William the Conkerer's decisive victory over King "Don't be ridiculous, they can't shoot arrows this far!" Harold.
XBOX live is created.
Toasters are invented.
This year goes rogue and travels throughout time as its own entity, trapping and collecting insane people.
Most people just wait until 1112.
A toaster humps your mother
People find themselves wondering what went on in 1111.
Jesus is actually crucified. Jews are furious about loss of king.
World of Warcraft almost took over.
World of Warcraft takes over.
the king of awesomeness takes over the world.
Europe still not yet a great civilization.
Goku's power level exceeds 9,000.
May 16 - Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned first Emperor of the Roman Catholic Church. He declares that all people from Flanders must be named Ned and say things like "Howdy Ho Neighborino", and "Okely-dokley".
Crusaders seize Constantinople from Greeks by playing a violent "knock knock" joke.
The Crusades are over, its about time.
The Internet wars occur, Bob Dole declared "King of the Internet".
Nomadic tribes invented the condom.
King John decides to vacation in his summer home in Runnymede. Dismisses his Lord High Chamberlain's request that he take guards, after all, "What's the worst that could happen?".
King John pisses on a peasant woman named Maggie Carta prompting outraged nobleman (who had wanted to rape her first) to force him to sign a document named after her. Amongst other things, it outlawed "pissing on peasants".
The Flag of Denmark
1219AD, June 15 - On this day Estonian spice merchants made their way from the Silk Road through Very Northern Germany to sell Denmark its flag, which had been lovingly made in Estonia from a few painted bricks. It was purchased for two beers by Danish King Valdemar II, who, it was said, had a certain penchant for Estonian beer.
The Dark Ages are briefly illuminated by a massive explosion in Syria on April 4th.
King Wossisname of Saxony declares the Fifth Crusade. Hundreds of thousands of troop off to the Holy Land only to find Jerusalem closed for maintenance, so they all go home again.
After sticking a number of small flute-like instruments into a cow stomach, a caber-tossing Highlander plays the first bagpipe melody in a true defining moment of Scottish heritage.
The new expansion of world of warcraft has just been released, World chaos.
July 6 - Grand Duke Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania in the Cathedral of Vilnius.
Winter - The Talullattay aliens arrive from planet Trimlor. A young Mexican woman named Emuda welcomes them into her home. They stay with her for many months and they are keen to know all about Emuda and her life in Mexico. She is force- fed grapes by BrumBru the highest in command, as the aliens wrongly believe the grapes to have mystical powers. Temilux sits with Emuda and tells her stories of wonder, tales about colonies of intelligent swirling bubbles that co-exist with floating goat-birds. Emuda doesn't understand the relevance this has to her situation. This annoys Temilux greatly because he had believed Emuda would be extremely impressed. It becomes a little awkward in the room so the aliens quietly leave.
April 1 - Due to a freak twist of space time, the year 1256 happens again. People are ready for their light bulbs to eject this time, but also notice the previously unseen shortage of wheat.
People just basically had a really good time getting to know each other. Strangers would pass on the street and shake hands. The women would hug and dogs mated with a quiet enthusiasm unparalleled in any era before or since.
February 31 - Emperor Khan Noonien Singh steals the Book of Genesis from the Bible, and replaces it with a bunch of silly myths.
July -6 - Young French peasant Napoleon Bonaparte accidentally invents time travel, finds himself in Corsica.
August 723 - Giant mutant hamsters devour the rogue super continent of Gondwanaland.
Smarch 2πi - The Church sacks the entire Department of Chronology for gross ineptitude, causing all Europe to sink deeper into the Dark Ages.
Crumpet is invented by Albert the Great whilst hiding in a bakery
The French tactic "re'treate" is effectively executed on the battlefield for the first time. The French government is amazed by the outstandingly low numbers of field casualties. As a result, this tactic will continue to dominate French military strategy for the next two Eternities.
The Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away. Piping Hot Pies are soon outlawed.
Baconium is born.
Geisenheim was founded by Russian pirates.
There was a gas shortage, and a flock of seagulls. That's about it.
November 16 - This day came immediately after January 3. Fierce battles still rage in the halls of academia as to whether this was meant to re-align the celestial calendar, or simply because King Socrates wanted to raise himself above the legal drinking age. If you venture into the halls of academia, be sure to wear a helmet and kneepads.
The burning of Witches becomes a favorite past-time throughout many European Nations.
The first man was born, followed by cheesecake.
The penis got it's name.
The Knights Templar disband and sail to Antarctica, they evolve into penguins, a much higher life form than medieval Europeans.
Kellogs frosted flakes invented in Hungary only to be consumed by its new king Louis I of Hungary, again.
This year appears after 1325 due to the destruction of all things, ever, and was recreated thirteen years late thus fitting into the 1325-1350 section.
King Arthur finds the Holy Grail. He is disappointed that it is only a cup.
July 2nd - the Dodge ball Massacre of 1332 occurs.
June 7 - The bus stop was invented in Hailsham, East Sussex.
November 11 - Sweden was built by evil pixies from chocotopia.
Norway is created to spite Sweden
Brock caught his first geodude.
1335 Comes a year late and confuses everyone with the numerical progression of 1334, 1336, 1335
The bus stop was banned
December 31 - The race of dodos become extinct, however many theorists believe that if you were to take a dodo into the year of 1337, the race would repopulate.
The Great ESPN drought was felt substantially throughout the world.
The Ninja Pirate War begins. This War will conclude at the end of the end of the universe.
Queen Nefertiti of Egypt vanishes from the historical record. Presumed to be curb stomped to death by Samuel L Jackson and Chuck Norris. Although new evidence suggests that she lost a staring competition against a lolcat and was thus forced into exile and currently in LA under a new identity
Teh f1rst 1337s + n00bs start to arrive in Teh Interwebz
Bacon is invented.
Scotland experiences it's first Summer day without rain or snow. The government advises everyone to stay indoors.
Fred Phelps comes out of the closet.
Black Metal plague enters Norway
George "Bernard" Shaw in action.
English poet Sir Didwood Vadergrarn dies at the age of 83.
Teh start of the dyslexic 1337 era.
The year when typos became 1337.
the year aimee edited things
The Great Person War took place around this year and was won by that person.
Fifty years after its outbreak, the 100 Years War comes to a close, resulting in the complete annexation of France by the King of England.
Cheese is invented, this causes many riots, and cows protest. The cow protest eventually turns into an entire farmyard animal brawl, thus cheese is banned in several countries, until the Great Dairy War of 1477
The Dark Ages Finally end when somebody flicks the Light switch to ON!
Said to be the birth year of the legendary wizard "Peter Nolan", no official birth was ever recorded however legend says the wizard still walks among us.
A hotel room that Stephen King stayed in and wrote a book about. The book was later adapted into a movie starring John Cusack (Yes I'm sure it's John and not Joan). If you want to stay in room 1408, just go to any hotel and tell them you want to stay in room 1408 (provided they have numbers that high).
1412 Karl von Beerstein of Germany becomes an instant billionaire after he begins selling mugs of fermented piss to thirsty Germans at a side walk stand. The famous drink is named after him in his Honor.
1423 The world's first living fetus is born. Scientists speculate it was actually a baby.
This was the year David Dickinson was invented by students due the the lack of Countdown and Richard Whitely.
If that wasn't enough, Fandango the Narc ratted out his brother to the DEA, making it necessary for him to invent some kind of medieval witness protection plan to place himself in.
Words are invented.
Australia was invented. There is much celebration until they find that it is just a big desert.
Turkish ter'rists bomb Constantinople and rename it Konstantiniyye. Basileus George II Bush condemns the actions of the "satanic doers" and arranges an invasion of Morocco.
The Catholic Church excommunicates naughty bits after they are used by Copernicus during a protest against Pope Nicholas V.
May 31 - The Hundred Years War is taken to a penalty shoot-out after there is no winner after 16 years of extra-time. France score a goal in over time thanks to striker Dominique de Villepin, however England struck back through Quater-back Oscar Wilde.
May 32 - Germany win the Hundred Years War after a penalty shoot-out. However the result of this match is still disputed, as some people claim that Germany wasn't in the Hundred Years War. But they are silly.
Australia leads a 45 year war with Japan only ending in total destruction of Australia. When the President of Australia was reached and asked how did this happen, he responded with "fuck Damn."
Sprinting becomes incredibly popular. People begin to sprint needlessly.
King Edmundo of Wales whom throughout his life had been found to believe absolutely everything he was told no matter how far-fetched. Had become the nations plaything and eventually committed suicide at the age of 60. It is strongly believed that he was actually tricked into it by his mother.
A war happened.
Great Dairy War takes place, many cows are slaughtered, some are killed, others murdered. Some cows even had their lives taken away.
December 7 - Pier Gerlofs Donia is born in Frisia, in his mothers vagina.
December 29 - The first leap year was invented.
The mighty Dutch Edgar wizard. "Nice glasses, Ed." Monsoon said.
January - Dutch footballing wizard Edgar Helen Davids is born. Timmy Monsoon is furious.
August - Ingsoc founded.
April 10 - Juan Ponce de Leon discovers the Fountain of Youth in Florida, shrugs and sets up a retirement community around it.
December 25 - People decide not to celebrate Christmas because of a shortage of gift wrap.
December 28 - Supplies of gift wrap come from Antarctica and Christmas is celebrated, late.
Christopher Columbus sails west to India, discovering a new route for the drug spice trade.
Christopher Columbus sails farther west and falls off the side of the world after jousting with the Mickey Mouse Club.
Columbus renames the Atlantic Ocean the Ocean Blue
Columbus then wins the EFL championship coaching the Spanish Armada.
Native Americans of the Carolina Nation begin development of a nuclear submarine after seeing how Columbus treated their primitive counterparts in the Bahamas.
The FBI is created to combat the alien menace.
The first pilgrims begin to set sail for the New World, but are sunk by German U-boats.
The Reconquista[edit]
Often overshadowed by Columbus' "achievement" in the same year (in reality a legal battle had been going on since 1490 over the rights to the "discovery" of the new world between Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci the Spanish remember 1492 as the year the Reconquista ended and the last Moor was driven from the good Christian soil that is Iberia. In this year the last Moorish Sultan, Muhammad XII, surrendered Granada to Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile and quietly withdrew his people to Africa.
Little did Muhammad know, the Spanish have very little respect for diplomacy and peace and his "cowardly" act soon made him the laughing-stock of all Spain. This resulted in the people of Spain dropping the use of "YO MAMA!" to justify humorless statements and replacing it with "YO SULTAN!"
The Portuguese chronicler Luis de Camões also records in his work Os Lusiadas a scene in this year where Paulo da Gama responds "That's what Muhammad said!" when asked a question by Vasco da Gama.
June 28 - Unimpressed by Christopher Columbus' attempt to reach the Far East by sailing west, navigator Ernesto de Borgnine attempts to reach the Americas by sailing East. His ship crashes into the Cadiz docks thirty seconds into his journey.
June 31 - To further humiliate Christopher Columbus and his Old Navy, Juan Valdez invented the New Navy.
September - The common cold kills 5 million native Americans.
May 10 - Amerigo Vespucci invents the scooter.
July 8 - a Jew takes Vasco da Gama to work.
Michelangelo's David is indecently exposed to the naked world.
May 10 - The Male German Eruct Choir is founded by Johann Sebastian Mastropiero.
May 12 - Trees are first discovered by Felix Gonzalez de Sanchez in Bilbao, Spain.
May 15 - First Running of the Bulls held in el Chicago, Spain. Michael Jordan gores two unlucky fans and Dennis Rodman is destroyed after breaking a leg. Ernest Hemingway is trampled in his ringside seat.
The Žalgiris Battle takes place as united Lithuania and France forces defeated the combined forces of the Teutonic Order and the Indigenous American Natives.
Bloody Martin Luther spreads the protestant reformation and is executed with extreme prejudice by Pope Leo X.
January 28-May 25 - A general assembly, presided by Emperor Charles V, consisting of the various estates of the Holy Roman Empire takes place in Worms, Germany. Several issues are resolved during the conference including the addressing of Martin Luther and the effects on the Protestant Reformation.
April 17 - Martin Luther promotes his Diet of Worms eating plan. After refusing to recant, he is excommunicated by Pope Leo X.
July 26 - Famed prophet Nostradamus predicts that the King of England will have an affair and take the Queen of France as his mistress.
The Tenochitlan Jaguars, one of the original franchises of the MLB since 1492, are removed from the MLB.
Pedro de Mendoza has a vision of the Virgin Mary whilst in the bath.
Amy Winehouse travels back in time to discover the worlds first cocaine plantation.
Still no doublebreasted suits on records however tapes are sporting them lively by now.
The year 1525 was found to contain a bug as with all microsoft products. If anything happened in this year it is to be returned back to the manufacturer for a full refund (tax deductible). Most events on this year were reissued under the year '1525 v2.0'
September 25: Lutherans conquer the Holy Roman Empire while chanting "Cuius regio, eius religio."
The Knights of Ni get destroyed by a mysterious rodent... that was hiding in the shrubbery( insert dramatic music)
April 4 - Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100ft clipper.
April 5 - Sir Francis Drake the 2nd circumvented the world with a 100ft spaceship and ended up on Mars.
June 18 - Philosophers believed they have discovered that 1581 is 1851 backwards.
September 1 - Sir Francis Drake is called a liar by the Flat Earth society, a.k.a. the Catholic Church.
October 5, 1582 to October 15, 1582
Time disappears, courtesy of Pope Gregory the Great. Some theorize that God took a ten day vacation in the Bahamas.
Hickadilly Hill is founded by Spanish Missionaries, who name it after rednecks and Dairy Queen.
Birth of Henswick Wallenfraüde
March 14 - International Pi Day is celebrated; bakers rejoice.
March 15 - International Pi Day is Renamed to IP day.
1599 is known as the year so completely useless that nobody except me (a person with a great lack of imagination) would say something about this year. Lord Alvin Redund, a Lord famous for inventing Redundancy, was born on June 3 of this year, thus making it his birth year. Thus, his birth year is 1599, the year he was born in, making it Lord Redund's birth year when he was born on June 3. Lord Alvin Redund, a Lord famous for inventing Redundancy, was born on June 3 of this year, thus making it his birth year. Thus, his birth year is 1599, the year he was born in, making it Lord Redund's birth year when he was born on June 3.
1,600 years since Jesus's birth!
1600 was a leap year, but not 1700, 1800 or 1900. Uh huh. Very interesting.
Banjo Land is declared free from Indian rule.
Sir Francis Bacon invents Bacon.
March 13 - The first dish of what would become a staple of the English diet, [Fish & Chips], is served in a small pub in London. Though at this stage, cat was served instead of Fish.
Plans for the return of 1600 scrapped.
Slavery is invented shortly after King Charles VI of England discovered he could make black people do white-people work for free.
Galileo releases his hit single "Rubber Bonker". The song went straight to number 1 in the charts and was chosen as that year's Eurovision Song Contest entry for Italy. It lost to the poptastic "Greensleeves".
The Mayweed sailed from Haddenham, England for the New World, the forty-two day voyage bringing hardship and death to many.
January 18 - God divinely inspires Sidney Trammell; Trammell doesn't notice for another two years.
In Lancashire, England, the martial art of Ecky-Thump begins in response to the need for townsfolk to defend themselves against the witches who live in Pendle Forest. The men of the town attack the witches by striking them with large Lancastrian sausages, which leads to the saying "bigger is better."
The Lancashire wives learn that the witches welcomed their husbands and their large sausages. Therefore King James I of England authorizes an improved weapon now known as the King James Bible.
Satan spawns Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.
April 15 - Sidney Trammell, in the midst of a bad day, has a revelation that leads to the foundation of a new faith.
January 14 - Henry Carver, a resident of London, England, supposedly digs up the ancient granite tablets containing the Ten General Commandments of All Humanity from beneath a cricket pitch near his home, and the stone ledgers soon become the cornerstone for the aforementioned new faith. Sound familiar?
The genocide of the Native Americans begins, as well as the Atlantic Slave Trade being joined to North America, in order for the USA to become a country, there fore Anti-Americanism begins.
Isaac Newton creates rainbows accidentally, and starts the process which will inevitably kill us all.
Well known physicist Galileo died and was reincarnated as Isaac Newton.
Well known physicist Isaac Newton is born, Galileo's widow is oddly not ecstatic.
Sir Francis Chemistry invents chemistry, along with stockings for men, bikini waxing and the electric centipede.
John Kerry grows a 4th chin.
May 9 - Edict passed in Switzerland requiring all lawyers to deliver evidence by yodelling.
10,000,000 people die in the Tânmawr in the Welsh city of Llewellyn when an inexperienced plumber tried to fit the world's first gas boiler.
January 5 - The Church of God the Wholly Incompetent forces Nicolaus Stuart to recant his heretical belief that God fucked up and made Jesus fall in the bathtub.
After several experiments, Galilieo announces that he's discovered the penis. His book, "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Testes" is the first time he runs into trouble with the Church and sets the stage for the later ,,, uh, misunderstanding.
End of Diponegoro war that begin in 1625 to 1630, how could there be a war in just five minutes? Those Indonesian people must be crazy.
Isaac Newton gathers together some fellow scientists for a friendly game of tiddlywinks after being refused entry to world apple eating championships, due to "propensity to form heretical conclusions after apple-related incidents."
The first real battle of the French and Indian War.
A community of pineapples reaches the surface through radio waves.
They are soon all eaten by vicious fruit bats.
The word "gullible" returned to the dictionary.
The people of Easter Island begin using trees in the movement and decoration of their statues.
Charles I, King of England tells Parliament to "go fucketh itself"; the English Civil War begins.
Abel Tasman discovers New Zealand, discovers that it had already been discovered by the Maori people, who find his Dutch crew a particular delicacy; he was lucky to leave with most of his left arm.
Seventy Seven Year War between the Spanish Habsburgs and the Netherlands ends. (That's about it, Everyone else seemed to be waiting for Harvey)
June 15 - Treaty Of Westphalia chosen over Treaty of Eastphalia.
June 16 - Eastphalia changes name from Eastphalia to Phalia (note: which has since evolved into User:CURRENTNAME/DisplayFailure)
June 17 - Westphalia changes its name from Westphalia to that of Neener-Neener-Neener!!!
Charles I of England is executed for treachery and excessive foppishness. Earl Robert Lewellyn-Bowen immediately cuts all his hair.
The great Crunchberry Famine starts.
Pro basketbaler Shaquille O'Neil is born to a white, Irish famaly
Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, gets free ermine robe, orb and extra wart.
The monarchy is restored in England. Yeah, thanks a fucking lot George Monck.
The number 1660 is made illegal for eight months. During that time, this year was known as FRANK.
This year is also known in China as the Year of the Famous Moose.
Wheatabix is invented by Baron Heindrich von Kelloggs. It is later believed to be one of the major causes of the Black Plague.
The Londrés Football Club is officially founded becoming the first all-French team of the Football Association to play in the English Premiership.
1664 is generally a bad year (unless for beer allegedly); don't time travel back here, ever. Seriously. Don't. I mean it. Really.
Lucifer invented Junk.
Birth of Medusa.
September 2 - Thomas Farynor, a baker to King Charles II of England invents s'mores. The popular recipe soon sweeps across London, killed two people and ended the Bird Flu Plague. S'mores are recalled a week after the Great Recipe of London.
The 1,000th birthday of Satan.
The lesser known "Good Fire of London" started by penguins in an attempt to destroy human civilization and take over Earth.
Ganon is born in a cabin made of Octarok bones
Great Fire of London[edit]
WHEY!!!
Norwegia declares independence from Norway.
God invents First Black Joke.
Bill Cosby arrives from his time travelling adventure, and fistfights god for being racist. Winner is undecided.
The year the word 'fart' was coined by a French maid. Matilda de Rochambeau, servant to King Nimre II was fluffing the royal pillows while walking around the room looking for areas to clean. She tripped over a small statue that had fallen on the floor and pronounced 'f'art'! at that very same moment the king who was sitting in the corner reading quietly let out a massive gaseous explosion! The king, not knowing any better, thought he had learned a new word from the maid and continued to use it in reference when appropriate.
Rye House Plot - conspirators discovered to be hatching a plot to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother James. King's illegitimate son the Duke of Monmouth involved; "what a bastard!" says the King who exiles him to the Netherlands. Plot leader declaims "I would have got away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids".
King Charles II of England dies. Incredibly, not of VD.
Monmouth Rebellion - King Charles II's aforementioned "bastard" son attempts to overthrow the new King James II and have himself made King. Rebellion defeated and Monmouth executed. "Our line will rule forever!" says James II, stroking his white cat and laughing.
'Glorious Revolution' in England. James II overthrown and forced into exile, many supporters of the old regime sent to the Tower. William of Orange invited to be King instead. First "Orange March" takes place when Dutch troops march off their ships and into London to "rough up" Tory Jacobites.
Medusa starts yodelling.
First human brain discovered.
Human brain lost due to the wonders of marijuana.
Spiders create a super intelligent utopia
The Salem Bitch trials when every butch, lesbian and transgendered woman was accused of "witchcraft" and killed in Salem, Massachusetts.
"Throw The Jew Down The Well" tops charts in Guam and several other small countries.
Nothing worth noting happened in the year 1692, unless you want to hear about some guy eating pizza. See year 1420.
Salem, Massachusetts Salem Witchcraft Trials occur. Several real witches found.
Lancaster university is founded
Linguist Terry Bogard invents the Engrish dialect.
Were-hamster trophy invented.
Gullible banned from ceilings worldwide.
Spider utopia is destroyed because the first time traveller Bill Clinton spreads HIV though the collective.
Several wags note the two middle numbers, have themselves a good chuckle, then die of syphilis.
Buses invented.
Small dogs learn to fly.
The entire nation of Latveria successfully transports itself into another universe.
Landfills invented, several days later the first dead 'wiseguy' shows up in one.
South American law enforcement officer Titelli Chirez releases a booklet detailing advancements in major crime scene investigation techniques. Unfortunately a small typo causes people to dampen all light sources instead of turning them up in order to actually see things.
Gullible is removed from the dictionary. Again.
An unnamed man receives a vision from Freddy Krueger the Forty-Third (and a half) which prompts him to invent dreams.
The real WWI ends. Hitler is furious.
The English have successfully filled every corner of the world with spam and so Germany decides to go to war on them for the German can not stand spam and Britain defeats them leaving the world full of spam again, people were mad at Germany but no one knew they were trying to save us....
SHIT!!!
This year was brought to you by the letter "P". Sickhead Dance Parties ensued
Africans create the sexual position 69. Something this dirty had to be from their kind.
On the 12 of December 400 Swedish ninjas and their ninjamaster Jonas Svensson infiltrates the American government and takes over the entire continent.
30 of December has the ninjas achieved world domination and the entire world is named Sweden.
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Serious problems remain at Winnebago Mental Health Institute, according to two recent news reports.
Action News 2 at WBAY.com reported on July 30 that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) told the facility that it was not in compliance with federal standards in terms of physical environment, special staff requirements, and medical records. The facility’s proposed “correction plan” includes such key areas as improving treatment plans and providing sufficient nursing staff and psychiatric care technicians.
CMS extended its deadline for compliance yet again. The new date is October 1. If the facility does not comply, it can no longer receive Medicare and Medicaid funds.
Click here to read “Winnebago Mental Health Gets Another Chance to Meet Medicare Standards.”
A July 25 report in Oshkosh Northwestern offers supporting and frightening details.
“As of July 3, the facility had at least 41 vacancies — that’s about 6.5 percent of the full staff. Openings include six full-time psychiatrists and nine full-time psychiatric care technicians.”
“An April report by a consultant for the state found Winnebago was “heavily relying” on overtime, increasing risk of harm to patients, causing staff to quit, and incurring substantial cost. Winnebago employees made nearly $1.9 million in overtime between July 2016 and July 2017.
Click here to read “Inspectors: Problems at Winnebago Institute Linger 8 Months After Patient’s Death.”
Click here to read a letter to the editor that proposes a solution to the problem.
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Darth Vader, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker have their own theme songs in the Star Wars movies – now, in Solo: A Star Wars Story everyone’s favourite, Chewbacca has one too!
“John Williams himself suggested that John Powell would be a great candidate to not only use the classic Star Wars themes, but also the new theme that John Williams himself wrote for Han Solo,” Howard said in the video posted on Twitter on Tuesday. “John Powell wrote a lot of great themes, including the first-ever Chewbacca theme.”
Ron Howard dropped some Chewbacca-themed bombs on fans today with his video Q&A for Solo: A Star Wars Story. For one, Chewie (Joonas Suotamo) and Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), do not start out as friends… Read more from Entertainment Weekly
The 71st Cannes Film Festival
With its flashy red carpet premieres and hectic market, the Cannes Film Festival presents the grandest film industry spectacle in the world. Warm sunshine, celebrities walking around outside the theatres, Cannes is a showcase for new movies, and faces more pressure to deliver quality than any other program out there. For 71 years, Cannes has asserted its dominance as the preeminent showcase for international cinema.
The Festival begins early next week, and your faithful Vulture staff will be on the Croisette watching movies, doing interviews, and concocting an elaborate, Parent Trap–like scheme to make Cannes and Netflix fall back in love.
Here are some of the most buzzed-about movies ahead of the festival from Vulture…
Cannes often invites a big-budget studio film to screen out of competition, and this year’s entry is the Star Wars spinoff that casts Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover as young versions of franchise staples Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, respectively. Don’t expect to see original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller on the Croisette, since they were replaced during filming by Ron Howard. Can the film overcome its troubled production history and deliver on the hype?
Avengers: Infinity War – celebrating a ten year anniversary for Marvel
Ten years ago, Marvel premiered what would become one of the biggest, most ambitious, and lucrative movie franchises of all time—a cinematic universe that has spanned 18 movies and billions of dollars which began with Iron Man.
To make sense of the latest in this successful movie franchise it helps to have seen all that came before Avengers: Infinity War. With 18 movies in the Marvel back catalogue you may not have had time to watch them all ahead of this momentous cinematic occasion.
The Cineblog has put together this handy summary of where each of our main characters are at as we approach Avengers: Infinity War.
Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr created his first suit of armour to escape imprisonment from terrorists, who he was kidnapped by while selling weapons to the military from his company, Stark Industries.
After escape, Tony got rid of his company’s weapons division entirely to focus on humanitarian efforts, and attracted controversy as well as admiration as Earth’s first openly visible superhero.
Defeating many different enemies gunning for his wealth and his life, Tony led the Avengers in protecting the Earth from Loki’s invasion in Avengers Assemble.
In the second Avengers movie, Tony and his science pal Bruce Banner (aka the Hulk) developed Ultron to help safeguard the world. This didn’t go as planned; Ultron went rogue and, before the Avengers could defeat him, was able to destroy the entire country of Sokovia… Read more
A Nightmare Masterclass in Revenge
You Were Never Really Here follows a familiar enough shape of a thriller. Directed by Lynne Ramsay, known for We Need to Talk About Kevin. The movie, stars Joaquin Phoenix as Joe, a private operative – formerly a US soldier – who spends most of his time rescuing victims of sexual slavery.
Balancing between feverish dreamlike hallucinations of a tormented past and a grim disoriented reality, the grizzled Joe–a traumatised Gulf War veteran and now an unflinching hired gun who lives with his frail elderly mother–has just finished successfully yet another job. When Nina, the innocent 13-year-old daughter of an ambitious New York senator, never returns home Joe is hired to find Nina and punish those who put her through hell.
So much stands out. There is nobody better than Phoenix at conveying numbed psychosis and, more bearded than a retired buccaneer, he excels in tussles with a kaleidoscope of inner torments. He has the look of a man who is never more than five minutes away from processing bad news. He seems weighed down by generations of sorrow. But he is also allowed moment of gentleness.
Ramsay expands Joe’s story in ingenious fashion. The traumas he suffered in the army are dealt with in a brief ambiguous flashback that lasts little longer than three minutes. His own childhood abuse is referenced in muttered shouts on the soundtrack and through a continuing need – apparently inspired by his dad’s bullying – to wrap his head in cellophane… read more from The Irish Times
How Quiet Can You Be?
A Quiet Place is the perfect title for this almost silent horror movie. Centring on familial tension in a post-apocalyptic world, a world cobbled-together headlines and notes reveal the presence of an alien invader, one that hunts by sound.
A nerve-racking overture follows a family as they tiptoe stealthily through abandoned streets and stores in search of medicine. While mother Evelyn (Blunt) searches soundlessly around shelves, father Lee (Krasinski) takes a rocket toy away from the youngest of his three children just before the sound effects kick in.
We soon learn that this family had something of an edge on the mysterious creatures that have depopulated the planet: the eldest daughter, Regan (the remarkable Millicent Simmonds) is deaf. Sign language has allowed them to communicate in their remote, survivalist-friendly farm, while others have perished.
The location and different abilities bestowed by the presence of Simmons’s character locate A Quiet Place somewhere between the post-horror of The Witch, and the woke-horror of Get Out.
The film’s nail-biting tension makes for pleasing genre thrills and a conduit for parental anxiety… read more from The Irish Times
Hilarious Dogs and a 12-year-old Boy!
Isle of Dogs, the new animation comedy from Wes Anderson, known for The Fantastic Mr Fox movie, is about a group of hilarious dogs and a 12-year-old Japanese boy who is fed up with the status quo. The Little Pilot, as he’s called by the dogs on Trash Island, doesn’t stick to society’s rules. He misses his dog and he’s piloted his way to the island to retrieve Spots (Liev Schreiber), his prized bodyguard dog.
The comedy here isn’t in-your-face. The jokes take some thinking. They arrive at strange times, causing a hilarious mishmash of humour and sadness. Emotional moments will be punctuated by dogs sneezing, and it’s impossible not to laugh right after you were about to cry.
Set in a near-future Japan, Isle of Dogs proposes a population that’s afraid of dogs because of the diseases running rampant through canine populations. Because of the hysteria over the dog flu jumping to humans, all dogs are banished to a nearby trash island to fend for themselves.
The stunning visuals can make you forget you’re watching an overtly political movie… Read more from HJ News
80’s Memorabilia in Ready Player One
If you’re a fan of the Ernest Cline novel, Ready Player One, you’ve been waiting a while for the movie adaptation. Now the wait is over.
In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone-the only limits are your own imagination. When James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the creator of this virtual reality world dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune.
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ready Player One, like the source material, is chock full of references to 80s music, movies, and video games. It also throws in a few Master Chiefs, Overwatch characters, and the Iron Giant for good measure. Usually these references are surface level and fleeting, but a few carry more weight—like the appearance of Adventure for the Atari 2600… read more from Kotaku.
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Hot answers tagged star-trek-the-original-series
Do Star Trek characters wearing red shirts have the highest death rate on the original show?
Red shirts have a skewed death rate in TOS due to the nature of their job. The Security role is handled by Ops, which all wear red shirts (Scotty, the engineer, is also Ops). So red shirts die in higher number because Security officers are at a higher risk. They assume guard duties and the dangers inherent to that role. In TNG and beyond, the color ...
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Why is Kirk's middle initial wrong in series 1 episode 3 of Star Trek?
It was a mistake. Out of universe, just a production goof. In universe, Gary Mitchell made a human error. From Memory Alpha: The gravestone Mitchell creates for Kirk says "James R. Kirk". According to D.C. Fontana in the introduction for Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 1, when the mistake was discovered, Gene Roddenberry decided that if pressed for an ...
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Was the smoke in this scene accidental or a practical effect serving to depict something?
makes no sense as anything intentional. Well, it could. The operation being conducted on Sarek is on his heart and involves major blood transfer from Spock. There is a process for sealing of blood vessels called cauterization The practice was once widespread for treatment of wounds. Its utility before the advent of antibiotics was said to be effective ...
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Was the Star Trek episode Catspaw originally intended as a Halloween episode or was it just coincidence?
Or was there a story that a writer had submitted that had some scary Halloween related elements that they ended up showing during Halloween? Mostly..but the timing was deliberate. Information can be found in These Are The Voyages: Season Two by Marc Daniels.. In there he quotes the writer, Robert Bloch.. “They wanted a Halloween story,” Bloch told ...
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Physiological changes in Klingons between Star Trek TOS and Star Trek TNG
This drastic change in appearance for Klingons was a bit of a running joke among fans during later series of Star Trek. The writers even acknowledged it during an episode of Deep Space Nine which sees Worf, among others, time-travel back into the original series episode The Trouble with Tribbles. When asked why those Klingons looked funny he curtly replies ...
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Why did Spock not know about Romulans in “Balance of Terror”?
The time of the division was marked by violent upheaval on Vulcan. It isn't hard to imagine the records being lost, or the Vulcans never making the connection between those warlike Vulcans who disappeared thousands of years earlier and the Romulan Star Empire. From the Wikipedia entry on Surak: During the "Time of Awakening" a Vulcan schism of those ...
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Star Trek - Khan and Chekov
Space Seed was supposed to be a bottle episode. As few of the regular cast was to be used as possible. Since the Enterprise was on a 5 year journey, we would presume the ship didn't run back to HQ and drop everyone else off; rather only those few regulars were shown as being instrumental to that particular script. In this case, only Kirk, McCoy, Spock, and ...
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Who is the “Lee Kuan” mentioned in Star Trek TOS?
Remember that Star Trek takes place in the future and not everyone mentioned has existed. If you ever have questions, I strongly encourage you to check out Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wikia. From Memory Alpha Wikia (information from direct Star Trek canon): Lee Kuan was a noted Human historical political despot on Earth sometime between the mid-20th and ...
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Not to compete with the above answer by CGCampbell, but just to add some further information, Memory Alpha has the following to say on the matter: Khan's apparent recognition of Chekov and his remark "I never forget a face" are somewhat ironic, since Khan's appearance in TOS: "Space Seed" was in the first season and Chekov did not make his first ...
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Why did Kirk ignore Marcos 12?
My impression was that Marcos 12 was a well-known planet with a high level of civilization, and the "millions of friends" were the children there. The Gorgan wanted to bring the children of Marcos 12 under its influence, like it did on Triacus.
How did they get back in “City on the Edge of Forever”?
There is a part in the episode at approx 12:30 where Kirk asks the Guardian if they are successful what will happen. The Guardian tells them all will be set back to normal and they will be returned as though nothing happened. The Guardian sends them back. Also notice they come back with uniforms back on, where at the point in the episode, Kirk and Spock do ...
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Star Trek TOS Season 2 - how long does the change in musical style last?
The 'wailing woman' (or Loulie Jean Norman as she prefers to be called) is present in the Star Trek theme in the pilot (The Cage) and seasons 2 and 3, however the composition was changed slightly between seasons: in season 2, the vocal track was given more prominence and in season 3 the organ track is given more, but you can still hear it if you listen very ...
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Why did they *kill* Mr. Hengist in “Wolf in the Fold”?
As this review by the A.V. Club says: ... this alien creature is called a Mellitus that can possess people and lives off of fear. It's been traveling the galaxy on a killing spree for centuries, and it landed on Argelius because everybody was so happy, and ripe for gutting. and Kirk figures out that Hengist has a connection to the entity, and when ...
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Androids in Star Trek TOS compared to Star Trek TNG
The main difference between Mudd-Androids and Soong-Androids is that Mudd-Androids were created by a long dead alien race in the Andromeda galaxy, while Soong-Androids were the first real human built, and seemingly sentient Androids. The Mudd-Androids were not really Sentient. Just like any other technology in Star Trek, humans were rarely the first to ...
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The original explanations were: They Always looked like that, the budget just didn't allow it. Don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain: Gene Roddenberry tried to explain the differences between The Motion Picture's Klingons and the original ones by saying that the original show had simply never had the budget and makeup technology to envision ...
At how many different scales were starship Enterprise models produced?
Production models It looks like five different scales were used for models used in production and shown on screen. A 33" model was produced as a pre-production reference model, and for publicity shots. This model did make it onto TV, though, as "stock footage", part of the intro, and also as a desktop model in one episode. (The production notes say this ...
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Why was Grace Lee Whitney so highly billed in Star Trek TOS?
Whitney was a known entity to Roddenberry having worked with him before and had worked quite extensively in TV before. Based on salary, her "billing" seems correct. Grace Lee Whitney came on board as Janice Rand, the Captain’s Yeoman. She was 35. A former stage dancer with more than three dozen credits in television and film, she had recently played a ...
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What Star Trek TOS characters have been confirmed to be appearing in Discovery?
Yes, there are a couple that I know of (now that we are closer to airing)... ~~~Spoiler Warning~~~~ James Frain will be playing Sarek--He is VERY important to the main character, Michael's (Soniqua Martin) story -- and Rainn Wilson is playing Harry Mudd. But on the whole Discovery advertises new heroes and villains and is exploring 24 Klingon Houses to ...
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Was this miniature in “Requiem for Methuselah” ever used to portray the Enterprise in space?
Yes, the "three foot" model was used to film some special effects scenes of the U. S. S. Enterprise in outer space. The "three-foot" model (actually 33 inches long instead of 36 inches) was completed and delivered on December 14, 1964, and was used to film all the special effects shots of the Enterprise in space in "The Cage", the first pilot film, up to ...
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For a long time, it was acknowledged but rather explicitly 'not discussed with outsiders.' It was later addressed in Enterprise as the result of a widespread attempt at genetic engineering - the subjects took on human characteristics and were sent to serve on the front lines of the Klingon Defense Forces circa-TOS, ...
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Basis of the CGI model of SS Botany Bay in ST:TOS “Space Seed” re-release
The CGI model matches the form of the studio used Botany Bay, a DY-100 class ship. One of the original studio models is housed at the Smithsonian museum. And it matches the original sketch designs of the DY-100 ships. Aside from a few retcons like the Woden, all the cgi models are very true to form of the originals. Any significant difference would be ...
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Why did Spock and McCoy lie about not watching Kirk's final message in “The Tholian Web?”
OK, so out-of-universe, it offers the audience a chuckle. Kirk's confident assurance that his taped last orders were something moving, significant, helpful, etc. is skewered by the offhanded dismissive response, "Oh, yeah, that... naahh, didn't have time, it didn't seem important." In-universe, the same joke works just fine. Spock and McCoy were joking ...
What is the history behind Scotty's hidden freezer and bottle of Scotch?
It's verra, verra, verra old scotch whisky. Are you sure it's frost and not dust? I know they're not likely to have a lot of dust on the Enterprise, but if it was dusty when he acquired it, maybe he didn't bother wiping it off. He's likely just hiding it because it's old, and therefore valuable, and he didn't want anyone stealing it from his quarters. ...
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Sulu's Daughter's Parentage?
The official answer is, there is no official answer. The biological relationship between Sulu and his daughter Demora is not specifically mentioned in either old or new timeline (although it is addressed in the non-canon old-timeline novel The Captain's Daughter as the result of a one-night-stand)
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The main difference between Mudd-Androids and Soong-Androids is that Mudd-Androids were created by a long dead alien race in the Andromeda galaxy, while Soong-Androids were the first real human built, and seemingly sentient Androids. Not true. In the Star Trek episode "Requiem For Methuselah", Captain Kirk encountered an android far more human than "...
Actually nobody knows for sure when the Romulans split off from the Vulcans, but it must have been a very long time ago. To summarize a long answer, the Vulcans and the Romulans should have separated several thousand years before Christ. In the original Romulan episode "Balance of Terror" 15 December 1966, Spock says: SPOCK: Referring to the map on ...
She was originally intended to have a much larger role in the show, but was slowly written out when plans changed. She was released from her contract entirely after eight episodes. The Wikipedia article for Grace Lee Whitney has all the details (sourced from her own memoir.)
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Does Captain Tracey (Star Trek “The Omega Glory”) resemble a figure from American history?
Regarding the intent of the production staff: Morgan Woodward (Capt. Ron Tracy) - No The Omega Glory Director McEveety said "Morgan Woodward was the one I user mostly [in various shows], because he was such an interesting character, I thought. He gave such dimension to a character. He could play crazy and he could play very nice. And, by saying ...
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In the tape Kirk asks them to work together for the benefit of the ship. Spock and Mccoy were known to argue and disagree with each other all the time. Lying to Kirk means that they don't have to admit to him that they'd ever work together, even though it's obvious they did. Their response to Kirk just proves that they followed his orders, he obviously ...
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Slapdash Flashbacks
Random tapes, random thoughts
Slapdash Flashback: The Police, GHOST IN THE MACHINE
On October 7, 2010 October 7, 2010 By moxmasIn Slapdash Flashback
My wife – 100% Sicilian in background — joyously berates me every time I switch which ethnicity I identify with depending on the circumstance. I am Norwegian-Scottish-Welsh-Dutch-Belgian-Irish in direct background. Or, by last name: Mose-MacRae-Waite-Stahl-Noel-Morgan(Catholic)-Biggin(Prod). So I have a convenient palette to choose from. And that’s not even counting the various North American spinarounds, from upstate NYC to Canada to the Upper Midwest. Nomads, my people, often criminals and peasants.
The story about one of the Irish ancestors, a Biggin I believe, was that he killed a tax collector with a shovel, and thus had to emigrate with all due haste.
So you can easily envision how a 12 year old me thought a song about The Troubles, with a music video banned by the BBC for content, sounded like something that had to be owned and devoured.
So I bought this tape for “Invisible Sun”.
Obviously, the two best known songs on the album – “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” and “Spirits in the Material World” – are in continual radio play and are still pretty unavoidable.
But the rest of this album is just an unmitigated disaster. God damn, if “Invisible Sun” has just been a hit, I could taped the three good songs off the radio and been satisfied. DAMN you, BBC.
Summers and Copeland, the non-Sting Policemen, have their own quoted issues about how the heavy synth sound took them away from the interesting stuff of their proto-pop punk sound.
But with retrospect and much time spent living in Florida, the real problem with the rest of Ghost In The Machine is that Sting appears to have taken a vacation in the Bahamas, and decided that The Police should subsequently become the best-ever shitty Island-style bar band. We’ll take a godawful tourist-style and make it the best-selling album of 1982.
I hope to hell he meant it as irony, because if not, it’s just hideous crap.
Go to Amazon and listen to tracks 7-11 for yourself: http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Machine-Police/dp/B000002GF4
Shrieky vocals, low in the mix.
Guitar sounds that barely exist.
Sax work that would make Huey Lewis say, “Boy, that’s some overproduced cheesy shit right there.”
By the time you hit “One World”, and hear Stewart Copeland desperately smacking his drums and cymbals harder and harder and HARDER, trying to inject some small spark of life into these rotting corpse-songs, you have to eject the tape out of a certain amount of embarrassment on his behalf.
But “Invisible Sun” holds its melancholy well. It makes me want to read some Yeats or Garth Ennis, drink some Jamesons or Guinness — and never, ever let the tape reel further than the fadeout of that song.
Slapdash Flashback: The B-52’s; THE B-52’S / COSMIC THING
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Rivers Rerun: Free, Fair, Credible Elections Dead Under Buhari, APC – Fayose
By; OLADELE ADEDAYO, Ado-Ekiti.
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has described Saturday re-run National and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers State as a sad reminder of the level of destruction already done to the country’s electoral process by the All Progressives Congress, APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He stressed that “Free, fair and credible election is dead in the country and that whatever victory that is recorded by any political party in the Rivers State election will be nothing but victory at gun-point.”
The governor lamented that it was worrisome that the legacy of free, fair and credible election left by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been destroyed less than two years that the APC assumed power, asserting that; “We thought that we have gone past this era of manipulated electoral process after the 2015 general elections, which brought the APC and President Buhari to power, but the Buhari’s administration has taken us back to the stone age by merging his party with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the police, military and other security agencies.”
In a release issued on Sunday, Special Assistant to the governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, quoted the governor as saying that with what was witnessed in Rivers State yesterday, it is clear that Nigeria is under siege and only prompt intervention by the international community can save democracy in the country from this imminent collapse.”
He said; “It is sad that snatching of ballot boxes, hijacking of voting materials and electoral violence which had become a thing of the past have now become part of our electoral process.
“It is even more worrisome that despite that votes are counted openly at the polling units, electorates are no longer sure of the results of elections until announcement by INEC, which has become an organ of the APC,” the governor said.
Governor Fayose described President Buhari as a pretender, who has only paid lips service to the sustenance of democracy in the country,adding that “any president that looks the other way while the rights of his people to freely elect their leaders is being snatched at gunpoint by his own party men is not worthy of being associated with democracy.”
He reiterated his call to the United States of America President-Elect, Mr. Donald Trump to focus his attention more on Nigeria, with a view to saving the country from disintegrating, saying; “God forbid, if Nigeria disintegrates, the entire continent of Africa will disintegrate.
“The order of the day in Nigeria now is disobedience to court orders, abuse of human rights, extra judicial killings and mass burial of innocent Nigerians killed by the Army. The reality we must all face is that should all these be allowed to continue, Nigeria faces imminent danger and the international community must not allow the country to get to that level of total collapse before it begins to call President Buhari and his APC to order.”
SOURCEOLADELE ADEDAYO.
Credible Elections
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City Council To Vote On Resolution Censuring Council Member
When the Yakima City Council meets on Tuesday the council will be voting on a resolution that bars council member Kay Funk from city board assignments for 6 months. The action follows a motion that passed earlier this month that alleges Funk is insensitive, and has consistently acted in a way that's embarrassing and inappropriate as an elected official. Funk disagrees and says it's public censure. The motion passed earlier this month removes Funk for six months from all city- and non-city board, commission and committee assignments. The action on Tuesday makes the motion formal. The council has a new meeting time set for 5:30 with public comment set to begin at 6 at Yakima city hall.
The city council is also expected to talk about a planned expansion of the Yakima Convention Center. The plan is to expand to the north using an existing parking lot. The expansion is expected to cost $12.5 million dollars and will give the center 18,500 additional feet of space.
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D-Link router user? Keep your ears and eyes open for the next firmware fixes!
21 Apr 2015 9 Data loss, Privacy, Vulnerability
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If you’re a D-Link router user, keep your eyes and ears open for the next round of firmware fixes.
The company is apparently scrambling to fix a long-standing bug revealed earlier this month by keen router security researcher Craig of /dev/ttys0.
Unfortunately, it sounds as though the first round of patches for this bug didn’t actually fix the problem, and the next round of patches-to-the-patches aren’t quite ready as we write this.
Of course, even when they are available, many users may be slow to apply them, or even to realise that they’re available.
The bug is caused, quite literally, by three misplaced letters.
The D-Link programmers wrote strstr() where they should have written strcmp().
If that sounds like gobbledegook to you, don’t worry: here’s a quick explanation.
HNAP in brief
D-Link routers support a feature called HNAP (Home Network Administration Protocol), which sounds like exactly what you need to administer a home router.
To prevent just anyone from playing around with the settings on your router, however, you need to authenticate before you use it, meaning that you have to provide a secret password.
Requiring a password is a jolly good idea, because it authorises you to perform HNAP commands such as: SetWanSettings, AddPortMapping, SetWLanRadioSettings, FirmwareUpload and Reboot.
These commands, in order, let you: configure the external network; allow connections into the network from the outside; set up Wi-Fi; and to reconfigure the router completely.
Powerful stuff for an unauthenticated crook, which is why you have to be authenticated first.
Sadly, there is one command that doesn’t requires authentication: GetDeviceSettings.
We say “sadly” because it’s the lines of code that exempt that command from needing the password that contain the bug.
The programmers tried to verify that the command you sent in was exactly GetDeviceSettings.
If it was, then they would skip the password check.
Usually, in C, you check whether two text strings are the same using strcmp(X,Y), short for “string compare of X and Y.”
But the coders wrote strstr(X,Y) instead, which is short for “does string X contain string Y?”
Once they’ve decided whether to require a password or not, the programmers process the command by chopping it off from the end of the HTTP request and deciding what to do based on its text string.
You can see what happens next.
You send a command that contains the text GetDeviceSettings, but ends with the text, say, DoSomethingImportant.
The system will let you DoSomethingImportant, but will skip the password check because of the GetDeviceSettings.
If you like, putting the string GetDeviceSettings into the middle of a command is a sort of skeleton key to HNAP.
Command injection
Worse still, you can actually persuade the router to run any Linux system command that you put at the end of the HTTP request, not just commands listed officially in the HNAP specification.
In other words, sticking the string GetDeviceSettings into the middle of a command is a sort of skeleton key to anything and everything on the router.
In penetration testing parlance, that’s known as command injection, for rather obvious reasons.
In the slightly garbled prose [quoted verbatim below] of D-Link’s own security advisory:
An attacker who wishes to gain acces to the router sends an unprivileged HNAP command such as GetDeviceSettings, they append to the command an additional command separated with an "/", which is used as a separator between commands. Any command(s) after the first will be executed unauthenticated. Additionally, additional commands will be passed directly to the underlying Linux system, allowing the injection of arbitrary system commands.
Worst of all, until the patches come out, Craig says that he hasn’t been able to find a way to disable HNAP.
Presuambly, it’s so important for setting up and using your router that turning it off would be like blocking up the fuel filler cap in your car: good for theoretical safety, but not much practical use in real life.
• If your router supports it, consider using a community-based open source firmware like OpenWRT.
Like most vendor firmware, the community versions are Linux based, but are generally much more modular, meaning you can leave out parts you don’t need.
• If you don’t want to, or can’t, switch firmware, consider setting up a dedicated network security gateway.
You can use a commercial quality product between your insecure router and your home network to backfill the security you are missing in your SoHo product. Example: Sophos UTM Home Edition, which is is 100% free. (Many routers are also modems, and can’t simply be replaced by a dedicated gateway product.)
• Whatever firmware or router you use, check for and install updates promptly.
Home routers have been plagued over the years by bugs that may open up your entire home network to crooks.
Yet many of us, even if we are quick with Windows or OS X updates, are slow to sort out our routers.
• If you are doing string handling in C, be super-careful when you write your own code.
And be super-scrupulous when you are reviewing other people’s code.
Even severe bugs are often subtle enough that they look correct at first sight.
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9 comments on “D-Link router user? Keep your ears and eyes open for the next firmware fixes!”
Typo? “It it was, then they would skip the password check.” -> “>>If<< it was…"
Anna Brading says:
Thanks, we’ve fixed it.
Martyn Tanner says:
can you update us when new firmware is available?
Is there a list of the routers affected?
Does this apply to all DLink routers, or only the ones with wifi?
I have an old basic router, no wifi.
I have forgotten and misplaced the password for it. Is there any way to retrieve it? Like the method in your article?
The security advisory we link to in the article (the one that the quote is lifted from) is probably the best place to go.
It lists 17 affected models – if I counted correctly 🙂 – and gives estimated dates when the patches will be coming out for each model.
As for a forgotten password, it should be possible, given physical access to the router, to do a “hard reset”, for example by holding down a special button while the router powers up. This should at least let you connect to the router’s management web pages via a directly-wired network cable, and reconfigure it so it works again.
You should be able to come up with details on how to reset your particular model with a bit of online digging around. (Sounds like a good opportunity to give OpenWRT a try. If your router supports it, reflashing with OpenWRT is effectively a “hard reset,” so they’ll have instructions on how to do that. You can always go back to D-Link firmware later if you want.)
Thanks, My model router is not on the list. I was able to reset my router like you said, although I only had to press the reset button for a second.
I had a D-Link router some years ago (a DIR-600, one of those mentioned in the list at D-Link, via your link; surprised that it still gets updates, I know it is still sold, but the way they treated it some years ago one would think they considered it having reached EOL), and then it sometimes didn’t matter that you knew one (firmware update) was available, you had to hunt it down! If it wasn’t available on the, in this case, Scandinavian support page you might find it on the German, or Czech etc. A joke.
We saw a case of HNAP issue in relation to D-Link in 2010; initially nothing was mentioned related to DIR-600 on the Scandinavian page, though it was mentioned on the German support page, and later that year you could find an updated firmware via a German FTP page hosted by D-Link, as well as in Australia, New Zeeland, Italy and Poland.
But months later you could still not find it on the Scandinavian page. I do realise that there are differences depending on region, for example another HW version had been sold in the US, but I don’t think there would be any differences within Europe, apart from language packs.
That one, in 2010, was supposed to fix:
1. Fix the issue that DIR-600 doesn’t update the security settings in web UI when client is connected over WPS PIN method.
2. Fix the HNAP security issue that the malware “hnap0wn” can change the security setting of Administrator.
A background for that one; someone apparently contacted D-Link in Germany. http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=12061.0
Later that year, 2010, there were reports about another security problem with DIR-300, apparently similar to DIR-600, and lo and behold, a firmware was released late that year for DIR-600, it could be found in Czech, not in Scandinavia or Sweden.
In December 2011 we learned about the WPS debacle, hitting just about any vendor using it, and updates started to pop up in the beginning of 2012. Anything for DIR-600? It took time; again Germany saw some, this time, two-step firmware that could be used for HW version B1, but nothing in Sweden.
In December that year, 2012, a year after the major vulnerability in WPS was announced, you could only find version 2.01 and 2.10 on the Swedish support page; that is, the first firmware version for revision B1 and revision B5, more or less what customers got out of the box. A joke! Later on a new firmware update for other security issues, 2012/2013, somehow managed to severely slow my broadband speed, so I moved on to another brand. (And at the time, the alternative, DD-WRT for DIR-600, didn’t help much; download speed also went down to 50%.)
So, it took time to get security updates created in the first place; then when they “arrived” it might take time before you could do an update to the router; and updates could be introducing new problems, as seen above. Great! (And I was a user that cared enough to track down those firmware updates.)
I don’t think this is just D-Link having sloppy written firmware, guess a majority of SOHO routers, no matter price, is seeing this, in some way or the other, as mentioned among other places in this blog. They do put a lot of effort into the design and adding features, home clouds, apps and what not, but getting the basic right seems to be of no interest. As always, an educated buyer can put some pressure to move things in the right direction. The companies are perfectly happy receiving money from their customers, but when it comes to support it seems like the customers have to do most of the work.
Great article, thanks.
Great article, thanks
by Danny Bradbury
How the Linux kernel balances the risks of public bug disclosure
Gaping admin access holes found in SoHo routers from Linksys, Netgear and others
D-Link patches “Joel’s Backdoor” security hole in its SoHo routers
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Home / Filer's Files / Filer’s Files 28 – 2019 Examining UFO Materials
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Filer’s Files 28 – 2019 Examining UFO Materials
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In special reports, this week’s files cover: Lord Dowding UFOs are Real, Tic Tac Tech History Channel Unidentified & Coast to Coast UFO Tech Listener Feedback, UFO Crash at San Augustin, Canadian Injured by UFO, President Trump’s UFO Interviews, Intelligent Signal from Space, and Khomeini Fires Air Force Chief over Israeli F-35 Deep Penetration of Iran’s Sky
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings were reported over Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Nicaragua, Sweden, and England in the United Kingdom.
The Filer Research Institute feels the scientific study of UFOs is for the benefit of humankind and is an important endeavor. The US Air Force investigated UFOs publicly for more than twenty years under Project Blue Book; and I continue this advanced research. I believe the God of the universe has spread life throughout the cosmos and UFO’s are visiting us in ever-increasing numbers.
Major George A. Filer III ret. USAF
New Jersey State Director
MUFON Eastern Region Director
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Sending out 50,000 emails a week
Forward these files to your friends and neighbors.
Lord Dowding UFOs are Real
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding states, “More than 10,000 sightings have been reported, the majority of which cannot be accounted for by any “scientific” explanation. I am convinced that these objects do exist and that they are not manufactured by any nation on Earth. I can therefore see no alternative to accepting the theory that they come from some extraterrestrial source.”
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. He is considered the mastermind of the successful defense of England from Nazi air power.
Soldier, pilot, wireless pioneer, squadron commander, spiritualist, champion skier, Dowding is perhaps best known as the creator of the first radar-based air defense system the “Dowding System.” and his remarkable management of it throughout the Battle of Britain. He conceived and oversaw the development of an integrated air defense system which included (1) radar (who Dowding was among the first to appreciate), (2) human observers (including the Royal Observer Corps), who filled crucial gaps in the radar), (3) raid plotting, and (4) radio control of aircraft. The whole network was tied together and known as Ground-controlled interception (GCI). He oversaw the creation of Britain’s first eight-gun monoplanes, the Hurricane and Spitfire. Printed in Sunday Dispatch, London, July 11, 1954.
Tic Tac Tech History Channel Unidentified & Coast to Coast UFO Tech Listener Feedback
From: Larry Lemke
Date: Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 4:50 PM
To: JACK SARFATTI
Larry Lemke writes, There is no question (in my mind) that the so-called Roswell “memory foil” is, in fact, a metamaterial. (Several different lines of argument, based on almost 3 dozen eye witnesses).
Hello Dr. Sarfatti. As I said in my previous correspondence, I have listened to several of your interviews, as well as lectures and have found them very interesting. It sounds as though you have a well-developed hypothesis concerning possible uses and/or characteristics of the so called “metamaterials”, allegedly recovered from UAP crash sites.
The recovery of these materials, said to be stored under government contract by Robert Bigelow Aerospace, is huge news; but your analysis of the uses of these materials, apparently constructed one atom at a time (bonding technology currently beyond what our science can achieve), is fascinating. If I understand what you’ve said, these materials act as a wave guide for mini-microwave signals.
On Thursday, July 4, 2019, 4:00:05 PM PDT, JACK SARFATTI <[email protected]> wrote:
Re: https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2019/06/23
https://www.history.com/shows/unidentified-inside-americas-ufo-investigation
Gun camera film of Tic Tac UFO
Jack Sarfatti writes, actually not, that is Hal Puthoff’s observation not mine here https://www.academia.edu/s/d8d8ce85b2/explaining-us-navy-close-encounters-with-tic-tac-uav-metric-engineering?show_pending=true. It probably plays a secondary role. I am talking about something else – this
https://www.academia.edu/s/3672ce0749/the-geometrodynamics-of-tic-tacs-low-power-warp-drive?show_pending=true
The waveguide is for propagating far-field radiation. I am talking about non-propagating confined near-fields (both electromagnetic Tuv source (3 polarizations) and induced gravity Guv (5 polarizations).
Guv (Warp Gravity Field Tensor) = (G/c^4)(Tensor Invariant Space-Time Meta-Material Response Function)Tuv(EM Field Pump Tensor)
When exposed to these microwave signals, a halo develops around a craft made from this material that creates an anti- gravity field, thereby rendering the occupants of the craft weightless, and thereby not effected by the laws of inertia. Well, that is, if I understand what you’ve said. I can tell you it’s all well beyond me .
No, you don’t really. The effect is in the (Tensor Invariant Space-Time Meta-Material Response Function) in the near field region where frequencies f are close to DC (slowly varying). But very spatially inhomogeneous (many wave vectors k in the applied EM pump field’s power spectrum with longitudinal (Tesla effect) polarization playing a dominant role. The Tesla field is zero in the microwave signals through the waveguide channels in the far field where ck à f.
San Augustin UFO Isotopic Honeycombed Metal
Spacetime Metamaterials
Christophe Caloz, Zoé-Lise Deck-Léger
(Submitted on 2 May 2019 (v1), last revised 5 May 2019 (this version, v2))
This paper presents the authors’ vision of the emerging field of spacetime metamaterials in a cohesive and pedagogical perspective. For this purpose, it systematically builds up the physics, modeling and applications of these media upon the foundation of their pure-space and pure-time counterparts.
Comments: 28 pages, 19 figures, invited by IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag
Z(k,f, x,t) = (Tensor Invariant Space-Time Meta-Material Response Function)
The fuselage of Tic Tac is pixelated with multi-layered pixel areas A(x,t
A pixel with Z(k,f, x,t) << 0 (negative meta-material susceptibility resonance) generates a strong confined evanescent non-radiating anti-gravity field (reverse blue shift) inside and in the neighborhood of the pixel.
A pixel with Z (k,f, x,t) >> 0 (positive meta-material susceptibility resonance) generates a strong confined evanescent non-radiating gravity field (reverse red shift) inside and in the neighborhood of the pixel.
There is an EM field for the response of each pixel controlled by a super-fast conscious AI nanoelectronics quantum dot artificial neural network embedded in the metamaterial itself.
Of course, all of this still leaves the question of how these craft are propelled and how they are controlled. Which I believe brings to mind another of your interests, the power of the conscious mind.
As I just generally explained, yes. It would seem that Colonel Phillip Corso, in the book authored by Bill Birnes, The Day After Roswell, may have been on to something when he hypothesized that these UAP are controlled by thought. Perhaps this is so, but that still leaves propulsion as an unknown. Anyway, it’s all pretty mind boggling.
I would ask again, if you feel at liberty to say, what you think these pesky craft are flying circles around our best aircraft, and sometimes appearing as mile wide boomerangs? Do you believe it to be ET? Has any proof been provided to you? It would seem, in terms of Occam’s razor, ET is the obvious answer.
They are US from our future – at least some of them are. We are creating them in a Novikov loop in time. https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2019/06/23
Minuteman Missile
And as an aside, I would share my thoughts on the presence of these phenomenon present at nuclear research sites, missile sites, areas where military exercises are conducted, and their apparent ability turn our nuclear missiles on and off at will…they are certainly not warning us that we are playing with fire, they are more likely examining and testing our military defense capabilities. This seems obvious, and quite alarming.
Tic Tac tech can and did change nuke launch codes in UK and USA with impunity. No defense with conventional technology today. We are sitting ducks.
UFO Crash at San Augustin: Isotopic Metal Analysis
Barney Barnett confirmed that a disc-type aircraft had crashed and that he came across it unexpectedly on the Plains of St Augustin, New Mexico in July of 1947, that he believed it to have been the crash of a flying saucer, not something from Earth.
Art Campbell has done an incredible job of researching the July 2, 1947 crash of a small, extraterrestrial craft in the Plains of St Augustin, not far from the Roswell crash. There is speculation that the two UFOs collided or were affected by radars. Art Campbell has been interested in UFO research since the 1950’s. He is a retired 30 year teacher, coach, and school principal, a Navy veteran, with a Masters Degree in Education. Unfortumetely he passed away October 28, 2017.
Art Campbell writes, “In May of 2012 a group of 15 people found a great deal of important material near the San Augustin, NM crash site that is thought to have happened tube same time as the Roswell crash. By far the most important finding was this I-beam.
Alien beam found at crash site
It is 2 inches across at the flanges and 13 1/4 inch long. Rather crude flanged holes at each end indicate it may have been a repair. Bottom skin, honeycomb, and I-beam might have been scraped off a craft on the first skip down. Below the I-beam is another piece of honeycomb. This one had some skin attached, believed to be just inside the interior. Some excitement occurred when a faint triangle, circle and other markings were found near the right end of beam. The beam is probably the most significant find at the crash site and wants to make sure everybody knows about it. The beam looks more like an H-beam used to distribute horizontal loads. Crude flanged holes are a mystery. It is possible it was used more than once in a repair of some sort.
The beam has a metallurgical composition primarily aluminum with high silicon, manganese, copper, and iron. It is my guess that a grid of beams covered the entire bottom of the UFO (probably crisscrossing the bottom of the craft in 10-12″‘squares) supporting the honeycomb sandwich. Our craft when it skipped down lost allot of its bottom and this beam was probably ripped out. The honey comb material has been found at two crash sites.
Honeycombs nearly identical were found 6000 miles apart and 41 years later, Magdalena, NM Plains UFO crash debris honeycomb on left, Shikoku Island debris found in 1971, on the right. A Mr. Shioto saw the UFO explode and found the debris. Honeycomb metal may be the key to anti gravity.
All of the samples were tested with a volt-ohmmeter, and were found to conduct electricity. Fifty-six (56) elements were detected in at least one sample. The aluminum contained alloys not available in aluminum in 1947. The coatings on all metals were blended with metal and rich in silica, titania, magnesia, sulfate, phosphate, and chloride, were almost certainly not available in 1947. The coatings are similar to those removed from people claiming alien contact. The samples still emit magnetic and electrical energy indicating these samples include nanotechnological smart metals and of probable alien origin. Analysis of some of the metal indicated it was not from Earth.
Alleged beam from St. Augustin UFO
Campbell found many items which are as follows:
The major component of the metallic portions of all of the samples proved to be aluminum (Al). All of the samples appeared to be composed of aluminum alloys, with varying amounts of alloying elements. Other elements detected included beryllium (Be), carbon (C), oxygen (O), sodium (Na), magnesium (Mg), silicon (Si), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), chlorine (Cl), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), titanium (Ti), iron (Fe), and palladium (Pd). The coating layers of the coated samples were much different in composition from the metallic portions of the samples. Aluminum was still a major component of the coatings, but was present to a lesser degree than in the metallic portions of the samples. The amount of oxygen in the coatings was much greater than in the metallic phase of the samples, indicating that the aluminum was probably present as an oxide layer, rather than as free metal. The proportions of carbon, silicon, and chlorine in the coatings were also higher than in the metal, indicating.
An artificial 3-layered container about the size of a human fist, believed to be some kind of an artificial body organ.* Seven kinds of unusual foil containing high levels of silicon, iron and manganese (unknown to the foil industry.)* Some strange wax material which may have been some kind of an insulation coating inside the UFO* Also found of a similar material was the remains of a small structural member (possibly a tiny I-beam)/* Possible alien sole shoes were found of different sizes of an extremely narrow width. Art’s book goes into great detail with photographs and analyses of these shoe soles.
Microscopic Nano Particles
That Nano-particles shown could really enhance the strength of metals without damaging their plasticity, especially light metals like magnesium, but no groups have been able to disperse ceramic Nano particles in molten metal’s until now,” said Xiaochun Li, the principal investigator on the research and Raytheon Chair in Manufacturing Engineering at UCLA.
Alleged Roswell Debris with General Ramey left and Major Marcell right
Infrared Analysis of Metal Fragments Purportedly from a Crashed UFO on the Plains of San Agustin
The UFO metals were brought in by Chuck Wade. The most interesting of the metals is Wade 6, not only because of its unique thickness, 60 mils (1.5 mm), but it also has a protein-containing material on the surface which suggests animal origin, besides being coated with the soil minerals and trace organics from the environmental debris listed above.
It can be speculated that the source of Wade 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8, with thicknesses of 1-2 mils (0.02-0.05 mm) are aluminum foil, which has a thickness of 1 mil (0.02 mm). The remaining samples, Wade 2, 12, 21 and 6 are thicker and clearly cannot be related to aluminum foil. Their source remains unknown.
The plastic material is composed of polyethylene which is a very common man-made polymer.
No radiation above background was detected from any of the metal samples or the plastic.
Canadian Injured by UFO
Stephen Michalak of Winnipeg, was prospecting searching for minerals along Falcon Lake, 80 miles east of Winnipeg, Manitoba, on May 20, 1967, when he looked up into the early-afternoon sky he saw two UFOs.
The UFOs at first appeared as glowing red cylinders and as they descended turned to a gray disc shape.
One landed on a large, flat rock about 160 feet away from him.
The other craft hovered and appeared orange. The objects appeared larger and more disk shaped as they moved closer. The second craft landed and the gray coloring changed to a hot stainless steel color surrounded by a golden glow.
Michalak carefully approached the strange craft, which looked like a bowl with a dome on top. Forty feet wide and 15 feet high, it emitted a humming sound and he heard muffled voices.
Just below the rim of the bowl, was a door like opening where he thought he heard humans talking.
He yelled in several language, English, French, Russian, and Ukraine but there was no response. He poked his head into the craft and saw a series of lights but no aircrew as the door suddenly closed and he managed to emerge unharmed. He touched the side of the craft with his gloves and they were melted and burned. He said there were no welding marks or joints and the side of the craft that it was smooth like glass and highly polished. Just then the craft suddenly rose and rotated and extremely hot air was blowing out a grill like vent.
Something like an exhaust vent was now in front of him. A blast of hot gas shot from these ventilation holes onto his chest, and set his shirt and undershirt on fire causing him severe pain, and leaving burn marks in the shape of a grid on his stomach. The pattern of burn marks match the ventilation or exhaust grill shown in red on the craft. He immediately became nauseous and had a piercing headache. He sat down on a rock a little away from the craft as hot air blow over him with the smell of sulfur. He fortunately was wearing welding glasses that protected eyes has chips of rock blew past him. He was also wearing leather gloves that protected his hands although they appeared burned on the outside. He headed back to his hotel vomiting frequently on the way. He took a bus home in terrible pain. His son took him to the local Winnipeg hospital immediately. He is shown in the hospital with his injuries. The doctors examined his dramatic burn pattern on his chest and took photos. A week later he was tested for radiation and found to have normal background radiation. Michalak’s health problems continued and he visited the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Official and civilian investigations discovered no hoax. In 1975, a Canadian Parliament member complained no findings had been released about the case.
President Trump’s UFO Interviews
During an interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, Trump, who has all our information about extraterrestrials and UFOs at his disposal, said he isn’t convinced UFOs exist.
But he’s keeping an open mind.
UFOS REMAIN ELUSIVE DESPITE DECADES OF STUDY
“Well, I don’t want to really get into it too much. But personally, I tend to doubt it,” he told Carlson. “I’m not a believer, but you know, I guess anything is possible.”
Carlson was pressing the president on a recent briefing he had regarding the Navy pilots who reported seeing “strange objects” flying at hypersonic speeds and emitting “no visible engine or infrared exhaust plumes.” Last week, the Defense Department also held a briefing with Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., as well as two other senators as part of an apparent effort to communicate with politicians about naval encounters with unidentified aircraft.
Trump tells Tucker Carlson that he has not heard of the U.S. government possessing wreckage from a UFO, but that he has an ‘open mind’. Nick Pope, who once investigated UFO sightings for the British Ministry of Defense, is interviewed after Trump. Tucker Carlson Tonight: http://video.foxnews.com/playlist/lon…
Blue Angels over Lincoln Monument July 4, 2019 by Fox TV
Thanks to Fox News that seems to be the only station not carrying fake news. Fos News was the only station carrying patriotic songs and the Washington military parade and speeches on July 4, 2019.. The rest of the media seems anti-American and feels the murdering of 65 million babies is great. since Roe vs Wade.
Note: The President apparently cleared the Navy to announce UFOs are real and millions have been spent chasing and researching them. Trump didn’t want to really get into it too much suggesting much or the data is highly classified,
ABC Interview with Trump
ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos embedded with the President for a wide-ranging interview on June 13, 2019, generating a bevy of newsy headlines over the course of their unprecedented discussion. Trump was willing to discuss UFOs unlike most other Presidents. “I want them to think whatever they think,” Trump told George Stephanopoulos. “They do say … I mean, I’ve seen, and I’ve read, and I’ve heard, and I did have one very brief meeting on it. But people are saying they’re seeing UFOs. Do I believe it? Not particularly.”
When Stephanopoulos asked Trump if he thought he’d know if there was evidence of extraterrestrials, the President responded, “Well I think my great, our great pilots would know, and some of them really see things that are a little bit different than in the past,” he said. “So we’re going to see. But we’ll watch it and you’re going to be the first to know.”
Until the leader of the free world reveals the long-awaited truth about aliens to George Stephanopoulos, however, we can only speculate as to why the federal government is suddenly UFO-curious.
Note:NY Congressman King claims, Severe serious abuses by FBI and CIA leaders led to the Mueller probe will be revealed.
Intelligent Signal from Space
Caltech’s Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO)
Astronomers just pinpointed the source galaxy of another fast radio burst (FRB), suggesting that these brief and bizarre cosmic blasts may not remain mysterious for much longer.
The newfound explosion — known as FRB 190523 because it was spotted on May 23 of this year — was traced to a big galaxy about 7.9 billion light-years away from Earth, researchers announced in a study published online today (July 2) in the journal Nature.
The find brings the number of localized FRBs to three, out of about 85 total detected blasts. FRBs are so hard to track down because the vast majority of them are one-offs — millisecond-long bursts that never recur. Indeed, only two “repeaters” have been observed to date.
In 2017, astronomers managed to trace one of these rare repeaters, FRB 121102, to a dwarf galaxy about 3 billion light-years away.
And the first pinpointing of a one-off FRB was announced just last week: An Australian-led team determined that a newfound one, called FRB 180924, came from a big galaxy 3.6 billion light-years from Earth.
And now a second team has pulled off this difficult feat.
“Finding the locations of the one-off FRBs is challenging because it requires a radio telescope that can both discover these extremely short events and locate them with the resolving power of a mile-wide radio dish,” Vikram Ravi, an assistant professor of astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, said in a statement.
Ravi, the lead author of the new Nature study, works with the radio telescopes at Caltech’s Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO), a facility in California east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
“At OVRO, we built a new array of 10 4.5-meter dishes that collectively act like a mile-wide dish to cover an area on the sky the size of 150 full moons,” Ravi added. “To do this, a powerful digital system ingests and processes an amount of data equivalent to a DVD every second.”
This “OVRO-10” network detected FRB 190523. Ravi and his colleagues traced the burst to its host galaxy using data from the radio telescopes and the Keck Observatory in Hawaii. © Caltech/OVRO/G. Hallinan)
Khamenei Fires Air Force Chief over Israeli F-35 Deep Penetration of Iran’s Sky
Israeli F-35 Adir over Tehran / (Photo credit: JNS Photomontage using copyright free images)
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fired Iranian air force commander Brigadier General Farzad Ismaili, who had been in office since 2010, because the latter had hid from him the fact that Israeli F-35 planes had penetrated Iran’s sky, the Kuwaiti daily Al Jarida reported on Saturday.
The newspaper emphasized that it was the original media source that exposed the Israeli raids, which had taken place last March. Al Jarida cited senior Iranian military who said that only following its March report did the intelligence services of the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian intelligence ministry begin to investigate the case, under direct orders from Khamenei.
According to the newspaper’s investigation, the IAF F-35 “Adir” planes penetrated Iran’s airspace, circled high above Tehran, Karajrak, Isfahan, Shiraz and Bandar Abbas – and photographed Iran’s air defense system.
The aircraft built by Lockheed Martin is designated the F-35I, as there are unique Israeli features installed in them. Israel’s own electronic warfare systems a plug-and-play feature added to the main computer are built into the craft, and to fit its own external jamming pod. One of the sources reported that Iran’s air defense system, including its Russian radar, did not detect the entry and exit of the fighter planes, and that Ismaili hid this information from the supreme leader to cover his corps’ failure.
However, three weeks ago, Iranian intelligence discovered that the Israeli fighter jets had carried out this sortie as a test of the possibility of an undetected military attack on Iranian outposts, nuclear facilities, and bases, during which they photographed those sensitive bases, evading
evading the Russian S-300 missile system’s radar.
According to Al Jarida, Iranian intelligence received top secret information that the Israeli fighter planes even managed to photograph Iran’s underground nuclear bases. Khamenei, who received this information, now suspect’s cooperation between Russia and Israel, and that the Russians gave Israel the secret code of the Russian radar in Iran – according to the Kuwaiti newspaper. Khamenei fired the commander of Iran’s air defense system on May 29, replacing him with his deputy, General Alireza Sabahi-Fard. By JNI Media June 10, 2018 , See https://youtu.be/wVlDLrWVNA8
Note: Israel has carried out attacks against Iraq nuclear weapons sent to Syria and Syria’s nuclear weapons. Wit Iran exceeding the negotiated nuclear limit Israel will likely attack Iran if they succeed in developing a nuclear weapon. Israel has obtained ground penetrating bombs that could destroy underground nuclear facilities.
Unconventional Aerial Phenomena
Another of my friends is Dr. Bruce Cornet, a UFO researcher who appeared on my TV show several times who has two PhDs from Pennsylvania State University. He along with Scot L. Stride, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, initiated a research project to install passive detection and monitoring devices – called Experimental Tactical Platforms – at UFO hot spots around the United States. Bruce worked for NIDS and the famous millionaire Bigelow Aerospace Co. that allegedly has debris for UFOs in his warehouse. He has just published a new book.
Dr. Ellen Crystall’s work and book made “Pine Bush” a household name for those interested in UFO/UAPs. Because of her book and willingness to educate others in the field, Dr. Bruce Cornet became involved in doing research with her and others. I subsequently conducted an eleven year field investigation in the Wallkill River Valley and Hudson River Valley (1992-2003), which included a five year, ground-based magnetic study of a 24 square mile area near Pine Bush, NY. This book documents 137 encounters with UAP/UFOs, captured on time exposures and video, which were many times witnessed by multiply people., My book is now available on Amazon.com
Unconventional Aerial Phenomena in the Hudson and Wallkill River Valley of New York.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Unconventional+Aerial+Phenomena+in+the+Hudson+and+Wallkill+River+Valley+of+New+York&ref=nb_sb_noss
UFO Sightings in the United States
Sightings are from MUFON CMS
I saw a string of 4 stationary white lights that were NOT planes as they did not move and there are no flight paths in this area I spotted the lights in the summer sky. They were 5-7 miles from me and 3 were in a tight formation with a gap of sky/space then a 4th light. I took a short video of it. Photos were taken on June 19, 2019.
California Object
Palo Alto – I didn’t see it when I took the photo. I just saw it in the camera lens.
It was black with a light reflection on the lower right side. Photo was taken on June 26, 2019.
In Sequoia National Park on June 10, 2019, stopped at scenic overlook for my friend to recover due to elevation and winding narrow roads. At about 3700 feet elevation took selfies and several photos of mountains. Noticed strange object behind me when viewed photos. I did not hear any noises. Object black on bottom, appears to have wings or beams vertically. Large circular yellow stripe, with an aura or field around it, was a sunny day with some passing clouds. Curious to see what you think, have never seen anything like it; my friend says is a bee or bird, if so I don’t want to see them up close.
Colorado Sightings
Calhan — I have a number of trail cam pictures including a triangle, round with windows and 3 white dots in the sky in a triangle formation. The quality of some of the photos might need to be resized. These were all taken within the last 2 weeks. This photo shows an object ascending at high speed. Photo was taken on June 30, 2019.
Connecticut Orbs
New Haven — I was reviewing photos I had taken outside of a restaurant on Easter Sunday in 2016 overlooking Long Island Sound and noticed something odd. In two separate photos the objects are in different proximity to each other; first very close then in a matter of seconds they are far apart. I have no idea what they are but do not seem like they are naturally occurring along with the weather that day.
Florida ISS Lights
Object in space
Fort Myers — While watching a live feed from the ISS a few weeks ago, I noted an object slowly become more visible and saved a few picture views from the live view. Quickly the live view camera was interrupted and a signal loss message came up. I can’t be sure what it is, and may be very normal for the ISS, but it appears as a type of craft to me, although somewhat dark and blurry. There are two photos and in one the object is more pronounced. The object in question is visible just under a solar panel attached to a Soyuz vehicle I believe is docked to the station. I watched the live view for 20 minutes before this became visible to me and saw nothing prior to it becoming visible.
Illinois Disc
Wheeling – On July 1, 2019, after taking photos of the clouds, I noticed a disc shape object in my photos. I had to zoom in to even see it, knowing the object had to be miles above in the sky.
I noticed a small disc shape caught when taking photos of clouds.
Indiana Object
Southbend – On July 3, 2019, my brother and I were on a holiday road trip. We saw a beautiful cloud formation that resembling a humming bird and I took 3 quick photos for my vacation album. After viewing the photos we clearly saw a UFO in the first and third photo but not in the second photo and the strangest part about this is that we only saw the cloud formation with the naked eye. I took 4 more photos to compare and make sure nothing was on the camera lens. We were in a moving vehicle but nothing seems to have interfered with these photos. It was a far range distance but after enlarging these pictures… I am not sure what this UFO could be.
Kentucky Orbs
Lewisport – On June 15, 2019, I saw three different style objects. Two black, 20+ white triangles shaped (insert) and one white object shaped like a pill. I spot them always during cloudy or stormy days with partial clouds and blue skies. I used my Samsung Galaxy 10+ camera phone shooting from Highway 60 in Hancock Co. Ky. A friend was with me and witnessed this. All photos need to be enlarged to view objects. I did not see them until I zoomed in on photos on my camera.
Maryland/Pennsylvania border
Freeland — I was flying over US 83 at the border at 5,500 feet at 127 knots, heading 048 degrees, at 0749L with clear skies and visibility in excess of 6 miles on June 29, 2019. While scanning for traffic, I saw a pulsating object at my 2 o’clock position at my altitude or slightly below. The object appeared silver and pulsed red. The edges of the object appeared indistinct and fluid but it maintained a tic-tac shape. I was in radio contact with Potomac departure, and there were no aircraft on my ADSB traffic display within 12 nautical miles. The object paced my aircraft at 127 knots. After 15-20 seconds it ascended at a 75 degree angle and was out of sight within a second. Upon landing, I reviewed my recorded flight data which shows my altitude and airspeed were accurately captured during the event. There is a 5 second gap in which no flight data was recorded during the incident. Prior to the event, the flight data recorder shows my aircraft’s heading as 048 degrees. There is no recorded flight data between 0749:00 and 0749:05 which is very odd because flight data is normally electronically recorded each second or two. From 0749:05 until 0749:19 the heading was recorded as 0 degrees — despite my aircraft not changing its heading from 048 degrees. At 0749:21, my recorded aircraft heading returned to 048 degrees.
Hagerstown — I was sitting at a convenience store with some friends when I looked in the sky and saw 2 shiny, chrome-like objects moving very slowly through the sky with one another. They were moving so slow that it was almost at a standstill. So that’s when I grabbed my phone and started recording. I couldn’t zoom in on them any further than what I recorded of them. A friend of mine saw them as well. I didn’t stay to watch them on May 14, 2019.
Michigan Orbs
Livonia — Was turning around on the service drive to go east on I-96 and head to work at 5:30am and saw these 2 lights on July 1, 2019. . I pulled across into the parking lot of the strip mall to observe. There were 2 large lights, top one was twice as bright and a brilliant orange. Top light was hovering and then cut right and I could see a silver dot, then it disappeared. The bottom light appeared to come towards me and then turned right to where I could make out blinking aviation lights and determined this one was a chopper. The orb and chopper appeared to be in the direction of Ann Arbor or Canton.
Sturgis — I am an aerospace company owner and this was over my house floating last night video and a picture attached and if you need my Sony cyber shot and originals stop by. No engine sound and movement from hover to semi fast. Sighting occurred on July 4, 2019.
New Jersey Selfies
South Plainfield — My friend and I were hanging out and she decided to take a couple selfies of us. In the first selfies it is just us two in a parking lot with houses and a night sky in the background. In the second picture (which was taken at the same time) on May 16, 2018, there is an undeniable, very bright Tic Tac shaped disc in the background. It has different layers to it and as the layers go on you can see the brightness gets less intense but still has a white color. I have had these two photos for over a year now and everyone I have shown them to have not been able to figure it out. It looks extraterrestrial from an average person’s point of view.
New York Disc
Southampton — My wife was taking photos at the beach and the ocean and sky on June 30, 2019. When checking the photo taken, the image appeared only in the picture and was not seen by the naked eye. The image only appeared for one photo and not any other.
Pennsylvania Light
Philadelphia — On this night I was out with a friend after work and we were exploring night photography with our new Nikon D90, SLR cameras. We chose the area of the Philadelphia Art Museum because of the lighting and various things to photograph. We saw an unusual formation of the clouds which I had never really seen before. We were in the rear of the Art Museum on August 8, 2008 for two hours. I took pictures of the sky and that’s how I took the picture of what I believe is a UFO. The FLYING SAUCER seems to have a glow to it. The object moves to the left and shoot up vertically into the sky.
Washington Disc
Spokane — I was attempting a photo at an interesting cloud in the background and afterwards I noticed the black spot and zoomed in and edited with different filters on June 28, 2019. It is something to highly consider, that this may be proof. Once you zoom in on a regular filter, there is what appears to be an aura like cloak around it. And prior to the photo there was nothing in sight like that and afterwards same, nothing like it. The ironic part is the next day there were many clouds like the one in the background of the photo, in the exact same spot where the “object in question” appeared.
Worldwide UFO Sightings
Brazil Cylinder
Ilha do Mel, Paraná, — On 10/28/2016, after taking off from Foz do Iguaçu Airport to São Paulo, next to my girlfriend, sitting in the armchair on the side of the window (right side of the corridor), enjoying the open weather, with sun, no clouds, I have prepared a Nikon D3200 camera with Nikko 55-200mm lens to try to make good aerial photographs.
Around 14:50, when the plane approached the region of Paranaguá Bay and started a curve toward the coast of São Paulo.
Before the plane completed the turn at great speed, I noticed it did not look like a conventional aircraft, it was somewhat cylindrical. I did not see wings, turbines, windows, it seemed to be wrapped in white smoke or some milky substance, and from there I started firing the photographs.
After completing the curve the plane followed its straight route over the sea. . Thanks to Wagner Mendes
Abbotsford — Photo doesn’t do it justice, I was on face time with mom in the summer talking, and then all the sudden she stopped and was looking off into the distance with a strange expression. She tried to flip the camera to show me but it wasn’t working and I could barely make it out. She then sent me this picture. She stayed outside watching this sphere for 30 minutes on August 15, 1916, as it hovered and then it took off straight into the mountain. Never saw it again
Chile Air Force
Ten years ago a formation of fighter aircraft were surprised to see a UFO suddenly intercept there craft. A formation of seven F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft were intercepted by a disc shaped UFO with canopy. Researcher Antonio Huneeus provided the data. A larger UFO was inserted in the photo circle. https://www.youtube.com/watch? =wl0FRCRCT_E
France Triangle
Mulhouse — Several lights in circular shape moving in diamond and in triangle.
Photos were taken on June 29, 2019.
Germany Object
Loerrach – On July 1, 2019, I did not see this object, but when I looked at this photo on my Galaxy S6 Smartphone I detected a small spot, and when I zoomed in it I had the impression that this could be a UFO. What do you think? The next photo 6 seconds later did not show this object. Therefore, I think it cannot be a cloud formation or an aircraft from our civilization. Pictures from aircraft, birds, or insects look completely different on my Smartphone. In this direction where this object was located there is the Euro Airport Basel / Mulhouse in Switzerland/France.
Nicaragua Orbs
Managua — We were celebrating Mother’s Day and suddenly I looked at the sky, Some white spheres came from a cloud. We took this photo on May 30, 019.
Sweden Orb
Skövde – On July 3, 2019, I heard an airplane with a more “soft sound / low pitch sound that caught my attention.
There a saw a “dark grey” airplane that didn’t look like a traditional commercial airplane or military jet.
I took 4 photos. (2 normal photos, then I zoomed in and took another two photos.)
And twelve hours later when I watched the photos I noticed 3 black dots in the THIRD picture (First zoomed picture).
It’s possible these are birds or insects or a UFO. I leave it for you to decide. Aircraft I saw according to flightradar24 was GLEX Bombardier Global 6000
UK/England Light
Manchester–I was looking out of my apartment window on the 13th floor of my apartment block by which I saw the most prominent white orb hovering over the area close by with another orb that was in the north east direction. The one closest was pulsating and moving direction from left to right before landing by some trees before disappearing. Photos were taken on June 21, 2019.
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Image of the Day: Daddy Returns Home!
Sonar Technician (Submarine) 2nd Class Robert Culbertson hugs his five year old son moments after the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778) returns to homeport at Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., following a six-month deployment.
New Hampshire conducted operations in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility.
USS New Hampshire (SSN-778), a Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the state of New Hampshire. She is the first of the Virginia Block II submarines to enter service.
Naval Today Staff, August 15, 2014; Image: U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski
Posted on August 15, 2014 with tags americas, Daddy, home, Image of the Day, Naval, Navy, News by topic, Returns.
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UK’s HMS Blyth Returns Home to Naval Base Clyde
Royal UK Navy mine hunter, HMS Blyth, returned to her home port of HM Naval Base Clyde on Monday, July 21, after a ...
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HMAS Perth Comes Back Home
HMAS Perth has returned home to Fleet Base West after a four month deployment supporting Operations RESOLUTE and ...
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HMCS Summerside and its crew came back to the Atlantic Fleet on June 30th, 2014 from a 7-week deployment on ...
HMS Somerset Returns to Plymouth
HMS Somerset is due to return to Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth on Friday 4 July after a successful six-month ...
USS North Carolina Returns to Home Base
The Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777), returned home to Joint Base Pearl ...
HMS Ledbury Returns to Home Base
HMS Ledbury has returned to her home base of Portsmouth after a busy two weeks away on ceremonial and training ...
USS Lake Erie Returns Home to Pearl Harbor
The Hawaii-based Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) returned June 16 from a four-month ...
USS San Juan Returns Home
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Juan (SSN 751) returned home to Groton, Conn., May 16, after ...
UK: HMS Vigilant Returns Home
HMS Vigilant has successfully completed the latest patrol carrying Britain’s nuclear deterrent. The V-boat ...
Lynx Flight NAS Returns Home (UK)
Flight 206 of 815 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) have been welcomed home by loved ones after a successful completion of a ...
USS Freedom Returns Home
The American ship USS Freedom has returned home from its maiden deployment to 7th Fleet AOR. The ship deployed on ...
HMS Sutherland Returns to Plymouth, UK
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Butler earns third cornerback spot with newfound maturity
Greg Hadley | Thursday, August 27, 2015
Brian Kelly sounds ready to name Devin Butler as Notre Dame’s No. 3 cornerback. But the junior isn’t patting himself on the back just yet.
“It’s still not sewn up,” Butler said Monday. “You still got to go out and work hard. I’ve got very talented guys behind me. We’re just so deep at the corner position, so every day it’s a challenge.”
Butler’s caution is hardly surprising. Entering training camp this month, neither the Irish head coach nor observers expected him to be so far ahead of his competition. Freshmen Shaun Crawford, Nick Watkins and Nick Coleman all showed potential, and with KeiVarae Russell returning from suspension, Butler appeared to be the odd man out.
Crawford went down with a torn ACL on Aug. 19, but even if he had stayed healthy, Butler had such a strong camp even Kelly admitted his surprise.
“If we were handicapping the corners, we would not have thought he’d be our third corner,” Kelly said. “He plays with so much more confidence. Speed. He’s a different player than he was last year.”
Emily McConville | The Observer
Junior cornerback Devin Butler makes a tackle in a 30-14 victory against Purdue on September 13 at Lucas Oil Stadium. The game was part of Notre Dame’s Shamrock Series.
Butler appeared in every game of the 2014 season, starting twice to fill in for injuries. He grabbed his first career interception and broke up the second most passes on the team.
But he wasn’t happy. Mistakes stuck in his head. Losses frustrated him. By his own admission, he needed to mature.
“It was definitely one of those times when you think about all the things you could have done differently,” Butler said. “Now I’m just thankful that I had the opportunity.”
Since then, Butler said, he has grown and developed into a veteran. Now an upperclassman in a secondary full of young talent, he wants to mentor the freshmen the same way older players guided him.
Cody Riggs, who graduated last spring, taught Butler how to watch film and pick up subtle indicators.
“I’m not just sitting there blindly watching games but paying attention to the details,” Butler said. “What are the receivers doing? Are they getting heavy in their stances before certain plays? Are they fixing their gloves?”
And not only has Butler changed the way he watches film, he now does it far more often. Last year, he said, he did “just enough” to get by, and only with his coaches. Now, he studies on his own and picks out things he can bring to practice.
“You really have to detail your work with everything,” he said. “Just go out every day and have one thing in mind that you need to get better at.”
Erin Rice | The Observer
Junior cornerback Devin Butler defends junior receiver Corey Robinson during the Blue-Gold Game at LaBar Practice Complex on April 18. Butler started two games for the Irish last season.
On the practice field, Butler still follows the example of another experienced cornerback. Russell’s return has challenged everyone in the unit to be better.
“He’s one of those guys that when you’re around him, you want to do so much better. You want to do the extra stuff, you want to do the extra reps, you want to match his intensity,” Butler said. “It’s not easy, but that’s the fun part, seeing how much you can do.”
Russell is not the only motivator for Butler. He has plenty of challengers for his spot at No. 3, and while all the cornerbacks have remained friendly, there is still an element of competition, he said.
“We’re always pushing each other. It’s fun,” Butler said. “They love it when I make plays, I love it when they make plays, and we’re really just getting at it together.”
There was no exact moment in time when Butler realized he had vastly improved this fall, he said. But all the same, he now sees a difference in himself.
“I just feel a lot more confident in myself and in my play,” Butler said. “I have a lot more confidence from my teammates, everyone’s been telling me good things. I just feel as though I’ve matured.”
That maturation process has taught Butler several lessons, he said. Among them, he feels the need to “value every snap, every rep,” that he can get.
Most importantly, however, he has bought in to a team-first mentality that has changed his perspective on the struggles of last season.
“Being able to get an opportunity for myself was fun, but not succeeding for my teammates was really disappointing for myself,” Butler said. “I just had to take a look within to see what I could do more for these guys, because I never want to let them down.
“There’s nothing I wouldn’t do to make these guys successful.”
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Greg Hadley is a senior from Rockville, Maryland, majoring in political science with a minor in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy. He served as The Observer's Editor-in-Chief for the 2015-2016 term and currently covers Notre Dame baseball and women's basketball.
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Posted on November 28, 2019 by Nellakir Sports Floors
With the School holidays upon us soon and local competitions going into recess for the summer holiday break, Nellakir actually picks up the pace. It’s that time of year where many facilities with Sprung Timber Sports Flooring undertake annual maintenance – re-sanding, linemarking and re-coating.
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As well the Nellakir team have also been given the go ahead on replacing the flooring on the double court facility at the Warracknabeal Sports and Leisure Centre, in regional Victoria.
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Then the real fun starts with Re-coats, Linemarking and annual cyclical maintenance occurring throughout Victoria.
In Gippsland, Nellakir will be doing re-coats and associated works through December and January at Traralgon, Warragul, Foster, Korumburra, Wonthaggi and Sale.
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In Bairnsdale at the Sports and Leisure Stadium, a major maintenance project on 4 courts which includes re-sanding, re-coating and new linemarking will be undertaken.
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LeBron James becomes 1st player with a triple-double vs. all 30 NBA teams
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James posts 25 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the team’s 112-107 win vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder. LeBron becomes the first player in NBA history to record a triple-double against every team in the league.
Here is the game report from bleacherreport.com
Anthony Davis, LeBron James Dominant as Lakers Cruise Past Thunder
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers continue to roll with a 112-107 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
James earned his fifth triple-double of the season and made history in the process:
First player ever to have a triple-double against every team in the league: @KingJames 👑 pic.twitter.com/jRyVe0sCyA
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 20, 2019
He and Anthony Davis combined for 59 points Tuesday at the Staples Center to help the Lakers earn their fifth straight win to move to an NBA-best 12-2 for the season.
Los Angeles appeared set for an easy victory until Oklahoma City used a 9-0 run to cut an 11-point deficit down to two in the final minute. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope then came through in the clutch to secure the victory.
KCP… BANG 🗣 pic.twitter.com/3WaLRKPGIA
The Thunder (5-9) remain winless in six road games this year despite 31 points from Dennis Schroder off the bench.
Notable Stats
LeBron James, F, Lakers: 25 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists
Anthony Davis, F, Lakers: 34 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, G, Lakers: 13 points, 3-of-4 3PT
Dennis Schroder, G, Thunder: 31 points, 4 rebounds
Chris Paul, G, Thunder: 4 points, 10 assists
Danilo Gallinari, F, Thunder: 25 points, 6 rebounds
LeBron and AD Getting Comfortable Together
Some were concerned with Davis’ health after he missed one game with a shoulder injury and totaled just 31 points in the next two games combined. There weren’t any complaints after this game, as the All-Star went off with 34 points on 13-of-24 from the field.
The most surprising part of his performance was the outside shooting, finishing 3-of-5 from beyond the arc after shooting 25 percent from deep entering Tuesday.
Meanwhile, James wasn’t exactly quiet with some huge dunks throughout the game:
💪 LBJ with the left❗️#LakeShow
📺: @NBATV pic.twitter.com/D8YqH4d9xz
— NBA (@NBA) November 20, 2019
LeBron is just having fun with it 🔨#LakeShow pic.twitter.com/XnjQip2KlY
— NBA TV (@NBATV) November 20, 2019
RONDO ✈️ BRON pic.twitter.com/kfpk8n9H0X
It’s of course not news that these two are elite players, but the important part is how well they played together.
James and Davis looked good on the fast break and were unguardable at times:
The LeBron-AD fast-break is just as beautiful as you thought it’d be 👑✖️〰️
(📺: @SpectrumSN ) pic.twitter.com/XCDSoYsMOV
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) November 20, 2019
🧵 LBJ threads the needle to AD! #LakeShow
📺: @NBATV pic.twitter.com/LrN5D0VsGj
That LeBron/AD fast break was gorgeous from start to finish
— Laker Film Room (@LakerFilmRoom) November 20, 2019
Bron & AD in the pick and roll…sheesh
— A'ja Wilson (@_ajawilson22) November 20, 2019
The duo had been alternating big games, going five straight outings without both reaching 20 points. However, both players took charge at different times Tuesday and showed they can each dominate at the same time.
As the two superstars continue to gain chemistry on the court as the season rolls on, the Lakers could be even tougher to beat.
Dennis Schroder Explodes for 31 Points Off Bench
Every time this game seemed like it was headed toward a Lakers blowout, Schroder came through with a huge bucket to keep things close. Though he only played 29 minutes off the bench, the guard was everywhere while finishing 12-of-20 for 31 points.
Thunder guard Dennis Schroder going nuts vs the Lakers right now
— InsideHoops.com NBA (@InsideHoops) November 20, 2019
Dennis Schroder getting buckets with ease right now.
— Jason Spells (@JasonSpells) November 20, 2019
On a night where Chris Paul was virtually nowhere to be seen and Steven Adams was badly beaten by Davis, Schroder was nearly unstoppable offensively.
Though it wasn’t enough for Oklahoma City to pull out the win, the season-high performance could be huge for the team if he can build on it going forward.
The problem is the lack of consistency over the course of the season for Schroder, who has finished with more games in single digits (five) than with at least 20 points (four) in 14 games so far this year. He showed his upside against the Lakers, driving to the net with ease while knocking down shots from the outside.
If he can provide anywhere near this type of production on a nightly basis, the Thunder will be a dangerous team for the rest of the season.
These two teams will get a rematch in three days as the Lakers and Thunder play Friday at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
Source: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2863488-anthony-davis-lebron-james-dominant-as-lakers-cruise-past-thunder
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The NBA hots up – Cavs vs 76’s
This week we saw one of the season’s closest games – the exciting match up between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Philadelphia 76’s Aussie Ben Simmons starred in the 76’s 1 point win 98-97. Here’s the video and a full report.
Two for one: Cavs come up just short in 98-97 loss to 76ers
This wasn’t bad at all.
The Cavs lost to the 76ers Tuesday night by a final score of 98-97 in a game where the team led by as many as five in the final three minutes. At the end, Kevin Love had an open three on Cleveland’s last shot, but it was too strong and that was that. Sometimes it really is a make or miss league. Also not helping: the Cavs’ offense not scoring for the final three minutes-plus.
That said, this was not all bad. This was, frankly, a largely encouraging performance from the Cavs against a legit NBA Finals contender. Let’s get into it.
POSITIVE: Tristan Thompson crushed it again
Philadelphia is a tough matchup for Thompson. Joel Embiid has a size advantage and there’s only so much he can really do to slow Embiid down. And with Embiid guarding him, there’s reason to think he’ll struggle a bit on offense, particularly when crashing the offensive glass.
But Thompson was again excellent on Tuesday. Embiid got his 27 points, but Thompson made him earn it for the most part. On offense, Thompson co-led the team with 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds (four offensive) and shot 7-13 from the field. He also made two three-pointers and again showed why he’s still a good, dependable player for the Cavs. Through 10 games, he’s been this team’s MVP.
NEGATIVE: The last three minutes
The Cavs’ last play of the game was actually a good design. After an inbounds pass, Jordan Clarkson (who was also good and had 20 points) ran a little pick-and-pop with Kevin Love. Love then pump faked, got his three and missed. It was a good set and coach John Beilein has to be at least happy with the process.
Before that, though, things got really rough for the Cavs’ offense. The team didn’t score for the final three minutes at a time when a few key baskets might have put the 76ers away. Miscues included Love missing from four-feet out, a shot clock violation, a Collin Sexton turnover and an unnecessary Thompson three-pointer.
The whole time the game was on the line, the Cavs played frenzied. Considering the youth on the team, that makes sense. Time will tell how many more lessons they need in navigating some choppy waters.
POSITIVE: Darius Garland makes some plays even when he struggles
This was not a banner game for Garland. Stylistically, the 76ers’ size was hard for him to deal with and he finished with 6 points on 3-10 shooting in 28 minutes. He did also have 2 assists — against zero turnovers — and three steals.
Everything about Garland was super impressive when he was up against Matisse Thybulle, perhaps the best defensive rookie in the NBA. And when he knows Embiid is coming to contest his shot, he goes soft with the finish off the glass. That’s a player who has a clear feel for the game, even on a night where he struggles. That’s a good sign for Garland and the Cavs.
Source: fearthesword.com
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NBA Season is up and running
Posted on November 7, 2019 by Nellakir Sports Floors
After the long wait, the season is away. Here are the highlights from Week 2.
Into the third week, here are the ‘Power Rankings’ from Basketball Hashtags.
NBA Power Rankings for the 2019-20 season. Updated every Monday.
#1 up 1 Philadelphia 76ers
Individual rankings: Jeremy #2, Joseph #1, Kevin #1, Nick #1, Tyler #2
No Embiid, no spacing, no losses. Matisse Thybulle’s defense jumps out once again as a huge asset to giving this roster some depth, and Furkan Korkmaz hitting clutch three-pointers gives them an entirely new direction. This also looks to be a real leap year for Ben Simmons, who’s added a lot to his game – even if he still detests shooting. His post moves look more refined, and he’s been more aggressive attacking the basket overall.
Summary written by Jeremy Stevens
#2 down 1 Los Angeles Clippers
The Clippers have started the season 5-2, with one of their losses coming from a Kawhi Leonard “load management” game against Utah, but what has been most impressive is that they’ve continued to look like the best team in Los Angeles, and one of the best teams in the league without their second-best player (Paul George). Landry Shamet hasn’t taken the next step that many were hoping for, but that’s not really an issue when you have a 33-year-old Lou Wiliams coming off the bench, averaging over 20 points per-game.
Summary written by Kevin Nye
#3 up 4 Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers are currently riding a 5-game win streak (tied for best in the league), and now have an (almost) fully healthy Kuzma at their disposal. AD and LeBron look like they’ve been playing together for longer than 6 games, their role-players are clicking, and Jason Kidd hasn’t started his campaign to take over as head coach. All is good in Los Angeles for the Lakers.
Summary written by Joseph Mamone
#4 Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee isn’t stumbling so much as they may just not be as good as they were a season ago. As Malcolm Brogdon plays like Diet Luka Doncic, the Bucks are lacking a lot of things that Brogdon would provide. It doesn’t help that Eric Bledsoe is off to a dreadful start, but watching Milwaukee force-feed Giannis against the Celtics and just get completely shut down was pretty illuminating. The Bucks just looked helpless against a good defense with long-armed athletes. That’s a bad sign. They’re certainly still a top-3 team in the East, but they no longer look like the favorite.
#5 up 1 Utah Jazz
Individual rankings: Jeremy #3, Joseph #12, Kevin #4, Nick #4, Tyler #5
How can a 4-3 team be ranked in the top-5 while the 1-loss Timberwolves are down lower? The answer is probably reputation. The Jazz were expected to be good, so when they’ve lost close games to good teams (Kings notwithstanding), they don’t take much heat. Utah has clearly not hit their stride yet – Mike Conley’s FG% is so low that it would probably be a legal BAC to drive with – but they’re hanging in there. The good news/bad news is that the Jazz have a brutal early schedule: Lakers, Clippers twice, Suns (seriously), 76ers, and Bucks in their first nine games. For a team that routinely starts slow, to get through this stretch with their heads above water would be a great sign.
#6 up 2 Boston Celtics
How am I supposed to interpret two wins against the Knicks? They’re awful, but those wins don’t come easy. Jayson Tatum has taken real strides towards being a reliable top scoring option alongside Kemba Walker, which is vital with Jaylen Brown missing a couple of games. Grant Williams is already a brilliant defender, adding some desperately needed frontcourt depth. Boston’s depth and defense might be better than expected, which could make them a strong contender for the second seed in the East.
#7 up 7 Miami Heat
Individual rankings: Jeremy #8, Joseph #5, Kevin #10, Nick #6, Tyler #7
The Miami Heat have been one of the most impressive teams this season. They have a really well-rounded roster and are finding ways to get strong contributions out of guys like Duncan Robinson and Chris Silva. On top of that, the undrafted point guard Kendrick Nunn is leading them in scoring with 50/40/90 shooting splits. The integration of Jimmy Butler after the birth of his child has seemed seamless as well. He provides a go-to scorer when needed and a strong defensive presence. The Heat currently has the 5th best net rating and because of their execution on both ends of the floor, I wouldn’t expect any drastic changes.
Summary written by Tyler Metcalf
#8 up 5 Minnesota Timberwolves
Individual rankings: Jeremy #10, Joseph #8, Kevin #5, Nick #11, Tyler #9
We learned a few things from the Timberwolves matchup with the 76ers. First, the Timberwolves are really going to struggle against opponents that can go big. Second, Karl-Anthony Towns is done taking crap from people. Third, big men are very awkward fighters. Even though the Timberwolves have lost Towns for two games, they responded by demolishing the Wizards. They have completely revamped their offensive identity and their versatility on defense has bumped them up to the 8th best defensive rating. Towns is obviously the star of this team, but they did prove that if needed, they can manage for a game or two without him.
#9 down 6 Denver Nuggets
Individual rankings: Jeremy #4, Joseph #7, Kevin #11, Nick #12, Tyler #10
The Denver Nuggets started the season off relatively strong, with three early wins despite some offensive concerns. The defense has slipped and the offensive concerns have continued to build. Both trends can be tied pretty directly to Nikola Jokic; he’s been sluggish and uninterested to start the year. Gary Harris has also struggled to regain his form from two years ago before his injury issues. Denver ended the week with a win in a brutal game in Orlando, but even that win felt hollow in the midst of a difficult week.
Summary written by Nick Agar-Johnson
#10 Toronto Raptors
Individual rankings: Jeremy #10, Joseph #13, Kevin #8, Nick #9, Tyler #6
As expected, the Raptors are 4-2, placing them right in the middle of the Eastern Conference. A loss to the Bucks is no big deal, but could be a forecast of things to come. While the Raptors are steady, Miami is surging towards the top of the standings shaking up the East a bit, making the 2nd-5th seeds up for grabs in any order. Toronto is covered at most positions, but their depth has yet to impress. If somebody has to be nudged out of the East’s top four, it might be them.
#11 San Antonio Spurs
Individual rankings: Jeremy #9, Joseph #10, Kevin #9, Nick #8, Tyler #12
San Antonio looks like they’re going to win another 50 games this season and nobody is going to bat an eye. They lost to the Lakers at home on Sunday, which is the only reason they aren’t even higher on this list, but that was an expected L. They will continue to beat all of the teams that they should beat and play tough against all of the teams who should beat them. The one thing they may struggle with is season-fatigue; six of their 11 man rotation are 30+ years old.
#12 Dallas Mavericks
Individual rankings: Jeremy #11, Joseph #9, Kevin #12, Nick #13, Tyler #14
Luka’s ascension to stardom is obviously the biggest story here, but Dallas’ depth is leaps and bounds better than I expected. Seven players scored in double figures against Cleveland (with two more just one field goal away) and nine scored in double digits in a win against Denver. I’m not sure if Kristaps Porzingis will fully return to All-Star form this season, but having endless scoring threats should make the Mavericks a strong regular-season team. Don’t sleep on Jalen Bruson, who can share point guard duties and lessen Luka’s workload.
#13 up 5 Phoenix Suns
Individual rankings: Jeremy #12, Joseph #11, Kevin #15, Nick #15, Tyler #11
I don’t know if there’s a way to figure this out, and we’re only six games in, but if Phoenix carries on the way they’ve started this season, they may be the biggest overachievers in NBA history. Phoenix is 4-2 and their two losses came by a combined two points. They are literally two shots away from being undefeated. How is this possible?! Ricky Rubio has changed the complexion of their team on both ends, and it sure seems like having Monty Williams has an effect. The Suns may actually be a decent team.
#14 down 9 Houston Rockets
The Rockets have been scoring a ton of points. Their 115 offensive rating is the best in the league by three points. The problem is that their defense has been appalling as they have the second-worst defensive rating of 115.9. Some obvious struggles have come from Harden’s shooting. He is still putting up impressive counting stats, but is having one of the worst shooting seasons of his career with just 36.5 percent from the floor and 20 percent from three. On top of that, their defense falls off a cliff when Clint Capela comes off the floor. Their starting lineup has an impressive defensive rating of 99.3, but once they go small and sub Eric Gordon for Capela, their defensive rating jumps to 125.8. Mike D’Antoni has never been too concerned with defense, but if they don’t figure something out soon, they’ll be in for a very long season.
#15 down 6 Portland Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers fell to the tenth seed after a close loss to the Dallas Mavericks; while it’s obviously too early to lock them out of the playoffs, they do not want to be in a position where they need to make up ground in the Western Conference. They’ll probably go on a 16-3 run in January/February to render this moot, but in the meantime, their frontcourt rotation is already a patchwork job with Zach Collins and Hassan Whiteside both out with injuries. CJ McCollum has struggled to score outside of their game against Dallas, especially inside the 3-point line–he’ll need to pick things up to keep Portland in the playoff picture.
#16 down 1 Atlanta Hawks
The Trae Young injury came at an unfortunate time as the Hawks seemed to be getting on a roll. The concerns going forward stem directly because of Young. He seems to be the only one on the team that can create consistent offense. When he’s on the floor the offense flows and easy opportunities are created. Once he’s off, the offense struggles to find it’s rhythm. Once Young returns, I expect this offense to continue to grow. A pleasant surprise has been the Hawks defense. Coming into the season their defense was expected to struggle, but they have been slightly better than average. Their defensive rating of 103.4 is the 12th best in the league and has exceeded expectations to this point.
#17 up 5 Indiana Pacers
Are you surprised at how good Malcolm Brogdon is? Because I’m not. Indiana will need a healthy Oladipo before even thinking about challenging the East’s top 5, but I don’t see why they can’t play as spoilers until then. Brogdon is second in the league in assists while piloting an offense that is allegedly struggling. The Pacers are back to 3-3, but they had to claw past a dreadfully underachieving Bulls team to get there.
#18 up 1 Oklahoma City Thunder
OKC may have only won 2 of their 6 games this season, but fans have to be encouraged by what they’ve seen so far. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is continuing to exceed most of our expectations (21.8 PTS, 7.2 REB, 3.3 AST), and we’re starting to see positive contributions from Diallo (11 PTS, 7 REB, 1 STL over the past 7 days), and Noel (12.7 PTS, 6.7 REB, 1.3 STL, 2.3 BLK over the past 7 days). Continuing to put minutes into young players is the best way to tackle the season for a team with no chance of making the playoffs (take note, New York). There’s a lot to like about what OKC are building.
#19 down 3 Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are already searching for answers after starting the season 2-4. Kyrie Irving has been spectacular individually, but the ball movement that made the team successful last season has all but disappeared. Spencer Dinwiddie has had a terrible start to the season, and DeAndre Jordan continues to decline rapidly. Taurean Prince has been knocking down shots from deep, but the team is disastrously thin at the forward spots behind him. The Nets will probably fight their way into playoff position eventually, but the season is off to a rough start.
#20 up 1 Detroit Pistons
You know you have roster problems when a 31-year-old Derrick Rose has been your second-best player to date. Please don’t come at me, Rose stans. On the plus side, Kennard has been getting plenty of minutes (31 per game so far this season), and performing well, averaging 16.4 PTS, 3.7 AST, and 2.9 3PM, and Drummond is continuing to put up video game numbers, averaging 22.1 PTS, 18.7 REB, 1.7 STL, and 2.6 BLK.
#21 down 4 Orlando Magic
Regression; a return to a former or less developed state. Eg. The Orlando Magic and their 2-4 start to the season after being a playoff team only a few months ago. For those playing at home, those 2 wins have been against New York and Cleveland. To say things haven’t gone to plan is stating the obvious, but there’s a shining light, and that light is Markelle Fultz breaking into the starting lineup. He was drafted number 1 in 2017 for a reason, and hopefully, we’ll get to see that reason on the court soon.
#22 up 7 Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets aren’t the worst team in the league. They still aren’t good, but they have not been the worst. PJ Washington has been an absolute delight and Devonte’ Graham’s shooting off the bench has been a big boost. Unfortunately, that’s where the optimism ends for this team. Terry Rozier has been inefficient on offense and sieve on defense. They have zero interior defense and they don’t have much versatility or youth on the wing. The biggest takeaway from these first couple of games should be that James Borrego is a good coach that can get the most out of a bad roster.
#23 up 3 Sacramento Kings
The Sacramento Kings finally put their first win of the season up on the board with a one-point win over the Utah Jazz on Friday, and followed it up with a beatdown of the Knicks on Sunday. The Kings have led at the half or been tied in all but one of their games. However, the team has looked much slower coming out of every halftime and the defensive effort has disappeared in the third quarter of every contest except in their game against New York. A weekend of holding onto those halftime leads is an encouraging sign. Bogdan Bogdanovic has looked decent after an awful first week, and Richaun Holmes is already a fan favorite. His high-energy play is almost enough to offset the Cory Joseph deal (which has looked terrible through seven games) and the Trevor Ariza deal (which looked terrible the moment the Kings signed it and has only looked worse since).
#24 Chicago Bulls
There was so much promise heading into the season, with a lot of people crowning Chicago as a must-watch league pass team, but we forgot one small detail. Jim Boylen still coaches them. The Bulls have started the season 2-5, Coby White has cooled off after his hot start, Otto Porter has forgotten what a made shot looks like, and Thad Young is taking fourth-quarter minutes away from Lauri Markkanen, which is understandable, given he’s shooting 39% from the field so far this season, but it’s not ideal for the long-term future of the team. Something needs to change in Chicago.
#25 down 2 New Orleans Pelicans
After winning the Zion lottery, this has not been an ideal start for the Pelicans. Their offense has been a delight to watch so far. They take full advantage of their youth and athleticism to get out in transition. On top of that, Brandon Ingram is looking like the player many thought he would be as he is averaging 23.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game while shooting 51.5/50/70. As a team, the Pelicans have been much better with their outside shooting than I anticipated with their 37.5 percent rate. Surprisingly, the struggles have come on defense. Their 113.8 defensive rating is the third-worst in the league. They are struggling with rotations and their interior injuries are causing major issues.
#26 up 1 Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cavs have been up and down thus far, but mostly down. The defense was expected to be other-worldly bad and was ranked 15th through the first four games. However, a beatdown (131 points allowed) at the hands of Dallas on Sunday looked a bit more like what everyone expected from the Cavaliers. On the bright side, their youngsters are getting experience and don’t look terrible. Kevin Love and Tristan Thompson are also looking like peak versions of themselves, which is a pleasant surprise for anyone watching. It’ll be a long season in Cleveland, but it could be much worse.
#27 down 2 Memphis Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are no longer in the Western Conference cellar, and they probably won’t fall back into last place. Ja Morant has continued to look impressive; he’s seeing the floor well and scoring efficiently, despite some careless turnovers. Jaren Jackson Jr. continues to foul way too much, and Dillon Brooks is somehow out-fouling him. There are going to be plenty of growing pains for this team, but Taylor Jenkins pushing the pace early is a positive sign.
#28 Washington Wizards
Washington is about where we expected them to be at this stage of the season (with a 1-4 record and Bradley Beal having to play far too many minutes), but there’s merit to having a bad season if it’s done right, and Washington is getting positive contributions from their developing young players such as Thomas Bryant (12.2 PTS, 10.2 REB, 2 BLK), Rui Hachimura (15.2 PTS, 6 REB), and the return of Troy Brown, whose minutes will start to ramp up as he returns from injury.
#29 down 9 Golden State Warriors
Starting lineups for the Golden State Warriors: Mon, Jun 10, 2019: Steph Curry · Kevin Durant · Draymond Green · Andre Iguodala · Klay Thompson. Sat, Nov 2, 2019: Ky Bowman · Willie Cauley-Stein · Eric Paschall · Jordan Poole · Glenn Robinson III. It’s hard to imagine a more rapid fall from grace–especially since three of those June 10th starters remain on the roster. The Warriors are hard-capped after the D’Angelo Russell trade, and their active roster on Nov. 2nd will earn around $14 million this season. Total. The Warriors looked like they might be the worst defense in the league before Steph and Draymond got hurt, and that’s looking even more likely now. Steph will miss at least three months, and Draymond and D’Angelo will definitely nurse their injuries REALLY slowly. At least all of the Oakland faithful who have been unable to afford tickets for the past half-decade will get to watch this year’s Wounded Warriors at a decent price.
#30 New York Knicks
You know, I was really confident the Hornets would be worse than the Knicks. This is the last straw – I’m never giving the Knicks any preseason hype again, no matter how many veterans they sign. Hey, if the Suns can sign a bunch of experienced role players and win, why can’t the Knicks share the same fate? I mean, Julius Randle has *definitely* played basketball before. And I watched plenty of Marcus Morris Sr. with my own two eyes, so I know he’s played in some big games. We’re six games in, so it’s early, but I’m revolted by the Knicks. At least have enough self-respect to play your young prospects as many minutes as your middling role players.
Source: hashtagbasketball.com
It’s going to be a very exciting season all the way through until April 2020.
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The Constellation Cup – Australia defeats New Zealand for the seventh year.
The Kiwis just missed. Australia won the Constellation Cup series in Perth. With both teams taking 2 wins it came down to percentage.
Netball has long been the most popular sport for women and girls in Australia. There was a time when in the winter the boys would play football and the girls would play netball. That’s just how it was. However, these days, there are many more sports to choose from and girls are venturing into previously male dominated sports. But, netball still has a very high participation level, with over 37% of girls aged 6-13 playing netball.
Accordingly, this high level of participation and a strong grassroots organisation has put the Australian women’s team (The Diamonds) at the top of the world rankings for many years. Taking out numerous Commonwealth Games and World Cup Gold Medals.
The most popular national sport in Australia is Cricket, in which Australians are very successful at. There are two major football codes Rugby League played predominantly in New South Wales and Queensland, and Aussie Rules popular in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. Rugby Union and Association Football (known mostly as Soccer) is also played. The most popular female sport is Netball.
And we pay due homage to the all conquering Diamonds who simply blitzed the Silver Ferns in the final game of the series in Perth.
Kiwi coach slams refereeing as Diamonds win Constellation Cup
New Zealand coach Noeline Taurua has launched an extraordinary spray at Singaporean referee Joan Yuliani after the Australian Diamonds retained the Constellation Cup with a 53-46 netball win in Perth.
The Diamonds blitzed the Silver Ferns with a 16-7 opening-quarter onslaught at RAC Arena on Sunday, and led by as many as 16 goals during the second term as their suffocating pressure proved too much to handle.
Noeline Taurua was not happy with the officiating in the fourth Test
But with star shooter Maria Folau nailing almost everything that came her way, the Silver Ferns reduced the margin to seven goals in the third quarter, and then just four goals with seven minutes remaining.
The Diamonds kept their cool at the death to secure the win and level the series at 2-2, claiming the Constellation Cup on superior goal percentage.
But it was the quality of refereeing that was a big talking point after the match, with Taurua furious at Yuliani’s performance.
New Zealand are renowned for their on-court discipline, often committing 25 per cent less fouls than Australia whenever the arch-rivals meet.
But Sunday’s match told a different statistical tale, with NZ called for 66 penalties to Australia’s 63.
The Diamonds celebrate their Constellation Cup victory
Taurua believed many of those calls were wrong, and even went to the trouble of analysing the foul count from the past five matches between the two sides to prove her point.
She said the fact that Yuliani was handed the refereeing gig in the fourth Test despite not officiating in any of the previous three matches of the series was a huge mistake.
“We have somebody that comes in from Singapore – where are they ranked? – and blows it [the interpretations of the rules] out of the window,” Taurua said.
“I thought the Diamonds were confused [as well] to some respect.
“One minute it’s a two-second held ball, next minute it’s a four-minute held ball, next minute there’s nothing, there’s no call at all.
“That really disturbs me, because we are not a 60-penalty team. We want to put something out there that’s really competitive.
“But yet the decisions that are made behind the scenes in regards to that quality is unacceptable. For that I’m really disappointed.”
Taurua made a special point to praise the Diamonds, declaring them the better team on the day.
But she said the issue of referee quality needed to be addressed, and she’s vowed to put in a formal complaint.
Star Diamonds goal shooter Caitlin Bassett nailed 25 of her 28 goal attempts to ensure she celebrated her 100-game milestone with a win in front of 13,233 fans – a new netball record crowd for Perth.
The win was also the perfect send-off for retiring shooter Caitlin Thwaites, who replaced Bassett in the third quarter to finish with six goals.
The retiring Caitlin Thwaites waves farewell to the crowd
“Definitely the pressure’s off,” Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander said after the match.”I just had the feeling they weren’t going to let it slip. We practised all week. They just dug in and they dug really deep, and they did a fantastic job.”
The victory was sweet revenge for Australia, who lost the World Cup final to New Zealand by a goal in July, and also twice lost to the Silver Ferns during the current series by a goal.
Source: smh.com.au
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High Point Community Foundation grant provides instruments for middle school students
Posted 7:33 am, October 9, 2019, by Michael Hennessey
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Depending on what time you walk into the band room at the Welborn Academy of Science and Technology, you could come across what sounds like a jumbled mess of an array of instruments with students adjusting their hands and sometimes feet to hit the perfect note.
But, when the middle school students begin to play in unison this month, you’ll immediately recognize one of the most well-known songs of the season.
"I was looking at Christmas concert songs and one of the kids was like, 'Well, it's Halloween,’” said Welborn Academy Band Director Justin Hector.
On the final day of September, Hector handed the students the sheet music for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Five days later, the students had all but mastered about half of the Halloween classic.
"I take their interests and my interests and we tie them together and we come up with what works,” Hector said.
But, if not for a grant from the High Point Community Foundation, none of this would be possible.
"There may be like two kids in there that personally own their instruments,” Hector said, adding that without the grant, more than 50 of his students wouldn’t have instruments. “Other than that, everything came from the grant."
As the students work to meet the tempo of the song, their principal, Dr. Ashauna Harris, nods her head in approval—and enjoyment.
"It is incredibly important to be able to express yourself, especially in an artistic way,” Harris said.
Harris says the grant was made in the spring and was used towards the end of the last school year and the beginning of the current one.
"We got some violins, some guitars, some recorders, trumpets, trombones, saxophones,” Hector added.
The grant also provides funds for repairing broken instruments.
"As you can imagine middle schoolers can tear them up,” Harris said, laughing.
Harris adds encore, expressive classes such as band are often a motivator for students to show up to school.
"Sometimes that one connection can get them here into the building so that we can teach them and expand their life opportunities,” she said. "They look forward to it so much, that when they get into trouble, we want to make sure that's the one thing that we take away."
Upon realizing the students had learned half of “Thriller” in a matter of days, Harris expressed her excitement.
“That makes you think about, what else can we tie into band that ties into math, that ties into history and lots of different classes,” she said.
For more information on the High Point Community Foundation, click https://www.hpcommunityfoundation.org/.
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Mad Decent Crew Rocks Philadelphia
Malcolm Flynn July 30, 2013
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Saturday marked the return of the Mad Decent Block Party to its first ever location, Philadelphia, and it was a good day. Holding the party right on the Delaware River, Diplo and his crew proved they have come a long way since the days of North Philadelphia Hollertronix parties and streetside block parties. Bringing along some of the biggest talent on his label, Mad Decent was not afraid to flex its new muscles.
Arriving just in time for Nadastrom’s Moombahton-Trap combo set, the venue was already pumping with energy. With people dancing in fountains and climbing poles, it was clear we were in for a treat. Closing out with Kanye’s collab with TNGHT, “Blood On The Leaves,” Nadastrom set the tone for they day to come (spoiler alert: a lot of Kanye & Jay Z).
Riff Raff was up next for a little thirty minute interlude of absurdist rap from him and his posse. Donning what appeared to be a set of pajamas, he rolled around the stage to the cheers of his loyal fan base like a new age rap God.
Going back to the DJ game, Flosstradamus gave the crowd a little bit of classic and a little bit of funky sound. Keeping with their favorite blend of originals and hip hop, they added a bit of a bubbly element to the trap spectrum, even throwing in some “Tom Ford” of Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail. Beyond that, they kept it great with Backseat Freestyle, Original Don, Crowd Control, and all the rest that we all have come to love in their sets.
In what might be the biggest surprise of the day (although by all means still a great set), Dillon Francis played more towards an electro-moombah set (if that subgenre exists). Blending in new songs (including collabs with, among others, TEED) with old classics and amazing bootlegs (Blur’s Song 2 was the apex of the set), Dillon switched it up more than I’ve ever seen. I can only hope this is a sign of things to come for our favorite class clown.
With his closer, a curtain dropped in front of the stage as the excitement mounted for Major Lazer. Finally, to hoots from the crowd, the curtain dropped and Major Lazer’s dominating, speaker filled stage (oddly reminiscent of Nero’s live stage) appeared. From there on out, it was nothing but wild antics. Vuvuzela Horns were tossed into the crowd, girls were brought on stage to twerk, fans were sent wildly crowd surfing, and fireworks even appeared across the river (Diplo swears they paid for them, although something tells me he was lying). In what was the highlight of the evening, though, packets of red powder were tossed into the crowd, and upon the drop of their remix of Macklemore’s “Can’t Hold Us,” the packets were ripped open and the entire crowd was engulfed in a red fog. It was unreal, to say the least. As everyone filed out of the show, it looked as if we had all just been part of a massacre. In a way, though, I guess we were.
The party, however, was only just beginning. Down the street at Soundgarden Hall, the crowd got ready to welcome a legendary 2 hours set by Diplo. Coming on stage at 12:30, he reminded Philly why he was the brainchild behind Mad Decent. Going from rap classics like Tom Ford (again) and I’m Different to new wave EDM like Ode To Oi and Original Don. Possibly the greatest song of the set (and the day), however, is a new unknown remix of Kanye West’s “New Slaves” (although it is unknown, it sounds like it’s coming out of the Bauuer or Flosstradamus camp). As the end neared, Diplo had a hard time leaving the decks, as usual, he reared through an eclectic mix. The Fresh Prince Theme Song blew unexpectedly into Watch Out For This, and then a trapped out version of Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You” segued into Jay-Z and Rick Ross’s “fuckwithmeyouknowigotit.” And with that, the madness that was Mad Decent was to an end.
If your city’s still got a date coming up, don’t miss it for your life. What Diplo can do never ceases to amaze me.
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»Astonishing Tree Bleeds When Cut
Pterocarpus angolensis is an unusual tree found in South Africa. When it's cut down, the trunk releases a liquid which looks strikingly similar to human blood.
When mixed with animal fat, locals use the miraculous liquid to treat ringworm, eye problems, stomach problems, malaria, as well as to increase breast milk production in young mothers.
The biological term for the tree is Pterocarpus angolensis but people in South Africa also call it Kiaat, Mukwa and Muninga. Because of its dark red juice however, the tree is known as bloodwood among most people.
The red wood juice may look like blood but this has not by any means stopped locals from using it in their cosmetic and medical practices. The unusual secretion of the liquid has lead people to believe that the tree has magical properties.
Since the liquid is red and sticky, the majority of Africans believe that it is a natural remedy, able to help wound healing.
Body painting is an old tradition, deeply entrenched in African culture, and many of the tribes use the red juice to paint their faces and bodies.
Its bark, in turn, can be used to produce various kinds of high-quality furniture. It's suitable for processing and shrinks during drying, making it exceptionally tough and perfect for building boats and canoes.
The tree can grow up to 59 ft (18 m) in height, its bark is dark brown, its leaves yellowish, and its corona casts a magnificent shade.
But due to its unusual properties, cutting bloodwood is strictly monitored by authorities in South Africa, and in the past few decades they have passed into law strict limitations on the use of the wood material.
And even though it's considered protected, tourists are allowed to look at the tree. It grows primarily in desert areas and all it takes is to break off a single branch before it begins to "bleed".
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Ofcom bolsters advisory committee with three new appointments
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All three members join on three-year contracts
Ofcom has confirmed the appointment of three new members to its Advisory Committee for England.
The regulator has
appointed Paula Carter as Chair of the Committee, with Aaqil Ahmed
and Matthew Littleford also added to the committee.
All three begin their roles with immediate effect, with Carter providing over 30 years’ experience in the broadcast sector, most recently as director of planning and board secretary at Channel 4.
Carter is also a magistrate on the South East London Bench and represents Surrey as an RFU Council Member. She is also on the committee of the Wine Society.
Ahmed is a media
consultant and has previously worked as head of religion and ethics
at both the BBC and Channel 4.
Ahmed is also a non-executive director of the advertising standards authority and a council member of the higher education funding council for Wales.
Littleford is currently Chair of the Reading Agency and is a trustee for the theatre companies Frantic Assembly and Plaines Plough.
Littleford has previously worked as joint managing director of TV production company betty, editorial director for digital at BBC Worldwide, controller of UKTV and controller of entertainment for ITV’s digital channels.
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Age and stage dependency of P300 latency alterations in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients without therapy
P. Stanzione, R. Semprini, M. Pierantozzi, A. M. Santilli, L. Fadda, R. Traversa, A. Peppe, G. Bernardi
Acoustic P300 was recorded from Fz, Cz and Pz by means of an 'odd-ball' paradigm in 44 non-demented de novo Parkinson's disease patients (PD) or PD patients under treatment withdrawal, and in 31 age-matched normal subjects, to evaluate whether a P300 latency increase was present in PD patients. The influence of age and disease stage on latency was successively verified by subgrouping PD patients according to different age ('young' or 'old') and disease stage ('early' or 'advanced'). PD patient data were compared to data of normal subjects subgrouped into 'young' and 'old' or, to eliminate the age-dependent shift of latency, this latter was adjusted to 60 years in all the examined subjects. A significant increase of latency has been found in Fz and Cz in the 'old' group of PD patients (n = 23) but not in the 'young' group (n = 21) utilising both methods. Moreover, a significant latency increase was also present in Fz and Cz in the group of 'advanced' PD patients (n = 8), but not in the group of 'early' PD patients (n = 36) utilising age- adjusted measurements. When the 'early' PD patient group was divided into 'young' (n = 20) and 'old' (n = 16), the 'early old' group displayed significantly increased latencies in Fz compared with normal subjects. Abnormal P300 latencies were observed, at least in one electrode, by analysing the raw data, in 5.0% of the 'early young', 43.7% of the 'early old' and up to 62.7% of the 'advanced' patients. Fz represented the site in which abnormal P300 latencies were most often observed. Moreover, in the total group of PD patients, the P300 delay was significant only on the frontal (Fz) site when compared with normal subjects. The reported findings were interpreted as if PD produces a sort of 'accelerated effect of age' on the cognitive functions, presumably produced by a mechanism different from that producing motor impairment since no clear correlation could be detected between P300 latency and motor score. The frontal impairment of P300 is in line with previous neuropsychological findings obtained in these patients. Considering that about 30% of PD patients develop dementia during their disease progression, a border-line or abnormal P300 latency observed at disease onset may represent a predictive marker of this evolution.
Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials
Event related potentials
Frontal functions
Stanzione, P., Semprini, R., Pierantozzi, M., Santilli, A. M., Fadda, L., Traversa, R., ... Bernardi, G. (1998). Age and stage dependency of P300 latency alterations in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients without therapy. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials, 108(1), 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00070-1
Age and stage dependency of P300 latency alterations in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients without therapy. / Stanzione, P.; Semprini, R.; Pierantozzi, M.; Santilli, A. M.; Fadda, L.; Traversa, R.; Peppe, A.; Bernardi, G.
In: Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials, Vol. 108, No. 1, 01.1998, p. 80-91.
Stanzione, P, Semprini, R, Pierantozzi, M, Santilli, AM, Fadda, L, Traversa, R, Peppe, A & Bernardi, G 1998, 'Age and stage dependency of P300 latency alterations in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients without therapy', Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials, vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00070-1
Stanzione P, Semprini R, Pierantozzi M, Santilli AM, Fadda L, Traversa R et al. Age and stage dependency of P300 latency alterations in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients without therapy. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials. 1998 Jan;108(1):80-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-5597(97)00070-1
Stanzione, P. ; Semprini, R. ; Pierantozzi, M. ; Santilli, A. M. ; Fadda, L. ; Traversa, R. ; Peppe, A. ; Bernardi, G. / Age and stage dependency of P300 latency alterations in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients without therapy. In: Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials. 1998 ; Vol. 108, No. 1. pp. 80-91.
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LISTEN: Mike Francesa, Mad Dog, Don Imus Yuk It Up During WFAN Anniversary Show
Filed Under:Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Don Imus, Mike Francesa, WFAN 30th Anniversary
NEW YORK (WFAN) — What would a WFAN anniversary show be without Don Imus and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo?
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Imus hosted the morning show on WFAN from 1988 to 2007.
Russo, Francesa’s radio partner from 1989 to 2008, gave Imus a lot of credit for not only their success, but for the station’s as well.
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To listen to the segment, click on the audio player above.
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The best radio show I ever heard. And you know what ? I would still listen to them today !
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Chapter 168: Three drunk men
Zhang Fan had a bowl of fish soup after he washed his face. The fish soup had some cilantro, salt, and oil to give it a really good taste. After he finished the fish soup, he gave Shao Hua's mother a big thumbs up. "Ma'am, just with this soup alone, you could open up a restaurant and make lots of money."
Zhang Fan usually didn't say much, but every time he did say something, people would really agree. He was pretty skilled at praising others!
Shao Hua's mother was so happy to hear this that even her wrinkles showed more. "If you like it, then I'll make it for you every day! I'll have my husband go to the farm tomorrow and catch some chickens. You don't like eating beef or mutton, so have some more chicken soup."
Shao Hua became quite happy as well when seeing her mother happy. Zhang Fan was quite good to her parents. He was filial, never argued with them, and did things in quite a roundabout manner, which made her parents feel really comfortable. Even if he wanted to convince her parents about something, he would guide them in a roundabout manner and be deferential! He would never have a direct conflict with her parents.
It was now about time for Zhang Fan to leave to go to the dinner that Wang Yongyong had reserved for him. The restaurant was a bit far, so he had to drive.
Chasu City's weather was different from inland China's. After the first snow here, the mountains would become covered in snow, and the weather would continue to remain cold until next year's spring.
The Tianshan Mountains were nearby. Chasu City happened to be located in a depression among the Tianshan Mountains. Since the snowy mountains helped to ease Chasu City's climate, Chasu City was probably the city with the best climate in the entire border province. In summer, it would be humid with lots of rain, while winters here would have much snow. In spring, there would be no sandstorms, and in autumn, there was plenty of fragrant fruits. This place had really nice weather. However, the border province's climate wouldn't be anywhere nearly so pleasant in other cities.
For example, the nearby bigger city, Raptor City. There, winters were freezing, while summers were scorching. The pollution there was also really severe. People wouldn't even be able to see the sun in winter, because of all the smog covering the sky in Raptor City. This made the people in Raptor City particularly pale! Things were even more extreme in the southern part of the border province. How hot could summers get there? Even flies and mosquitoes wouldn't be able to survive. Spring sandstorms were capable of burying people alive. Winters were extremely frigid. Yet, this place was an abundant producer of gr.a.p.es and cotton. Although there was also cotton in Chasu City, the cotton here couldn't even be compared to the cotton from southern China. Chasu City's cotton was much shorter! There was even a certain area in southern China that could grow especially long cotton. Every year during the cotton harvest, this area would directly sell cotton to the military instead of selling on the market.
The military would have plenty of squadrons in colder areas of China. They had high requirements of their winter wear for climbing ice and trekking through snow. That was why this special cotton was for military use only. The southern part of the border province had a terrible environment, yet it was critically important strategically. It could be called the throat of going westward. Not only would the Chinese government always send talented people from various areas to come support this place, even the northern cities of the border province would send people to support the southern part of the border province.
As China was developing, this southern area of the border province was sure to be filled with conflicts. Every year, many people who came here to support this area would die here. Why was that? It was for the sake of China's development. The neighboring countries in the area were future trading partners for China to make money from. Of course this border area would be highly valued. Those who made early moves to do business here meant that some would need to pay and some would need to sacrifice! Such people who came here to support the border province while abandoning their wives and children were China's true nameless heroes! Please respect the heroes who died in the undeveloped southern region of the border province!
Chasu City's fall was about to make way for winter. More people were now out on the streets. The people of the border province were generous and friendly to guests. However, one of their weaknesses was that they loved to drink alcohol. Maybe it was because of the cold winter? It would be a common sight to see drunk men frozen to death on the streets in winter! Although Sichuan's wine was popular in all of mainland China, their business wasn't as good in the border province. That was because the wine here was even stronger, just as direct and strong as the people of the border province! It was said that even the border province's beer would be enough to kill someone!
Wu Yanchao and Wang Yongyong were smoking as they waited for Zhang Fan at the restaurant's entrance. Men here in the border province were relatively simple. To them, right was right, and wrong was wrong. When Zhang Fan arrived, Wang Yongyong first punished himself by drinking three glasses of wine which was more than 50% alcohol before the food even arrived. Zhang Fan felt his legs going soft at the sight.
"Doctor Zhang, I apologize for my behavior towards you in our first meeting. I'm a coarse guy who was in sports school ever since young. I joined the professional basketball team afterwards. I never had much proper schooling, so I don't know the right etiquette. Please don't mind."
"It's no problem, honestly. It's nothing at all. If I minded, I wouldn't have come today. Let's talk slowly. By the way, I really can't drink alcohol. Otherwise, I'd surely drink three glasses with you. That's so bold and forthright."
"Haha, do as you like, Doctor Zhang."
"Let's eat, let's eat. We're quite lucky today. There're horse intestines as well as venison. The nomads just brought over fresh meat today. Doctor Zhang, have a taste. You're not a local from the border province, so are you accustomed to eating such things?" Wu Yanchao turned the circular glass platter on the table and put food on Zhang Fan's plate.
"I'm used to it, of course I'm used to it. I'm also from the northwest. Actually, there's no need to be so polite with me. Even if Coach Wang doesn't know me well, you should know me by now, Teacher Wu."
"I did tell him, but my senior absolutely insisted on apologizing to you! I told him already that Doctor Zhang is a real man, not someone who would hold a grudge over little things. Now you feel much better, right?" Wu Yanchao chuckled at his senior Wang Yongyong.
"Yes, I feel quite assured now! Please enjoy this food! Have a taste, Doctor Zhang." The three of them chatted as they ate. Zhang Fan's cell phone suddenly rang before all the food arrived. He saw from the caller ID that the call was from Ma Wentao.
'Could it be that there's a surgery?' Zhang Fan thought to himself.
"Doctor Zhang, where are you right now? I'll treat you to a meal." Ma Wentao told him on the phone. He was actually quite pitiful in a way. While he did have a few friends in Raptor City, he basically had no friends at all here in Chasu City. The only "friends" he had here were the type who had requests to make of his father. Now that Ma Wentao's hospital business was running smoothly, he was beginning to feel lonely.
His aunt Li Xiao was currently in Raptor City, and he didn't want to eat by himself. Out of everyone he knew in Chasu City, Zhang Fan was the only person who didn't try to suck up to him. This made Zhang Fan the only person he could have a normal conversation with. That was why Ma Wentao wanted to have a meal with Zhang Fan.
Humans were such strange creatures. Ma Wentao wasn't interested in those who were interested in him, and was instead interested in the one person who had no interest in him.
"It's not like today's a holiday or anything, so why would you invite me to a meal? Besides, I'm already eating a meal right now with some friends." Zhang Fan couldn't be bothered dealing with Ma Wentao if there was no surgery. He felt that Ma Wentao was too proud and elite for him.
"What friends of yours?"
Originally, Zhang Fan didn't want to say it, but he figured that he still needed to go to Ma Wentao's hospital to grind more surgeries. "Two sports coaches."
"Where are you? How about I come join you guys? Will that be convenient?" Ma Wentao really was feeling too bored and lonely. When he heard that the others with Zhang Fan were two sports coaches, he kept asking if he could join in without caring about face. If anyone who knew Ma Wentao saw this scene, they would surely be astonished!
"A friend of mine also wants to come over. Would that be…" Zhang Fan felt rather awkward.
"Tell him to hurry and come. It's more lively with more people," Wang Yongyong immediately answered.
"Horse meat is excellent for making new friends! Didn't you know?"
Some time later, Ma Wentao soon arrived in his Mercedes Benz. In the border province, his type of SUV would be the best car to have, because the roads would ice over during winter, and smaller cars wouldn't be able to traverse the slightly hillier roads.
Ma Wentao parked his car and brought out two boxes of regular smokes as well as a pack of wine which cost about 200 yuan. Ma Wentao wasn't the type who would interrupt someone else's meal while coming empty-handed. Actually, with his status, he should have been bringing much higher-quality smokes and wine, but he had gained much experience overseas and knew how to interact with more ordinary people. It wasn't like he was joining this meal in order to make everything awkward, so there was no need for him to show off.
Zhang Fan did the introductions for everyone. He didn't mention anything about Ma Wentao being a hospital owner, and only said that Ma Wentao was his friend. At first, the atmosphere cooled down a bit since someone the two sports coaches weren't acquainted with had arrived, but the atmosphere soon livened up again because it turned out that Ma Wentao was a big basketball fan. As someone from the border province, it was fine not to be a sports fan, but you absolutely had to be a basketball fan, because only the border province's basketball team was one of the best teams in northwestern China!
It just so happened that Wang Yongyong had been on the border province's professional basketball team in its most glorious generation. Everyone got along well with each other. Ma Wentao even began to drink despite normally paying lots of attention to his health. Wu Yanchao and Wang Yongyong were both from sports backgrounds, so they had strong bodies and could drink alcohol as if it was water. Ma Wentao was really happy today as well. He could chat about his interests and didn't even need to be on guard that the sports coaches wanted anything from him. He let loose for himself after being lonely for so many years!
The two sports coaches really let loose with drinking alcohol, leading Ma Wentao to follow them. Ma Wentao wasn't really happy that Zhang Fan wouldn't drink, but the latter had made up his mind that he absolutely wouldn't drink today. No matter how much Ma Wentao tried to pressure him, Zhang Fan refused to drink.
After so much drinking, the two sports coaches and Ma Wentao all became really drunk. Ma Wentao was the first to get drunk as he was slender and usually led a sedentary lifestyle. Of course he wouldn't be able to compare to the sports coaches who had strong and muscular bodies. After conquering Ma Wentao, the two sports coaches then began to compete with each other. They finished the entire six-pack of wine that Ma Wentao had brought! Even so, the three of them held on to each other and insisted on continuing.
It was now two a.m. in the morning, yet the three of them were still messing around. Usually, these middle-aged men would really suppress themselves, but they could act even wilder than younger men when letting loose.
"If you want to work at any school, just come find me! I can arrange it for you, it's so easy!" Ma Wentao claimed while patting himself on the chest. Actually, he really wasn't bragging here, as it was quite true for him!
"If it wasn't for my knee injury back then, maybe I would be an NBA coach today! I had a 100% shooting ratio for my 3-pointers!" Wang Yongyong claimed.
"Mike Tyson's boxing techniques are no good. He doesn't have a good coach. If only I could coach him, we'd be able to conquer the entire world together!" Wu Yanchao claimed.
Zhang Fan really regretted things now. The three drunk men spouted all sorts of ridiculous rubbish. At this time, Zhang Fan really wished that he himself had gotten drunk as well! The three drunk men refused to leave as they continued to brag about ridiculous things to each other. Although it sounded like they were having a fun conversation, Zhang Fan was listening carefully and could tell that none of the sentences actually had anything to do with each other!
Zhang Fan felt like his head was about to explode from listening to all this rambling. In 2010, designated driver services hadn't taken off in China yet. Zhang Fan really didn't know what to do with the three drunk men!
At two thirty a.m., the restaurant's owner came over. He was a dark-skinned man of H Country ethnicity, who was as muscular as a professional wrestler would be. Although he had such a muscular appearance, he was really friendly and even bowed as he spoke in accented Chinese to Zhang Fan. "Dear friend, there will be plenty of opportunities to get together in the future. You see, even the eagles are returning to their nests. All parties must end sometime. How about we end things here now?"
The restaurant owner was being really polite, which made Zhang Fan feel quite awkward. He also saw that the waitresses were constantly yawning.
"I'm so sorry, owner. They're all completely drunk."
"Who's drunk! Let's continue drinking! Anyone who quits drinking is my grandson!" Ma Wentao shouted while vomiting lots of digested meat on himself.
Zhang Fan ignored the drunk Ma Wentao and asked the restaurant owner, "Is there a hotel near here?"
"There's one right next door."
"Could you please help me carry them over to the hotel? Look at how ridiculously drunk they are. It's impossible for me alone."
"Okay!" The restaurant owner was also quite tired as it was getting incredibly late. He also really wanted these last guests to leave. Luckily, he was really strong. He supported both sports coaches by himself, while Zhang Fan did his best to suppress his disgust as he supported Ma Wentao, who smelled really bad after vomiting on himself.
Luckily, the hotel had one free room left. The restaurant owner helped put the three men down as Zhang Fan paid for the restaurant bill as well as hotel bill. Zhang Fan simply tossed all three men onto the big bed and put a blanket over them before returning to his own apartment.
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More and more people are choosing not to fly, or are cutting back on plane travel because of the huge carbon footprint from airplanes. But what if it was possible to fly without shame? Photo: Colourbox
Ammonia may hold key to greener combustion
By Anne Sliper Midling
Published 08.10.19
One way to reduce flight shame may lie in a ring of flames. And in the gas that’s generated in an outhouse.
The whole world is eager to have a more environmentally friendly way to fly. While some folks are trying to cover plane roofs with solar cells or to fill fuel tanks with used frying oil, researcher Nicholas Worth from NTNU is studying a ring of flames to the tune of millions of euros from the EU.
Polluting less
Worth’s research may lead to lower pollution emissions from today’s aircraft engines or to making environmentally friendly fuel more economical.
Some of the most harmful exhaust particles are nitrogen oxides. This is an odourless and colourless gas that forms when engines burn at high temperature. This type of pollution can trigger lung function problems for people with asthma. At worst, it can trigger asthma. Diesel emits more of this type of pollution than gasoline. Electric cars emit nothing. Airplanes emit a lot.
Lots of pollution at airports
“You’ll find a lot of these fumes at airports. On top of that you have greenhouse gas emissions that come from the combustion of the fuel itself,” Worth says.
While some people believe that greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft account for two per cent of global emissions, others believe that the figure is higher than ten per cent. Perhaps no one can come up with an exact figure, but seen from an individual basis, flights are a source of high emissions per person.
Engines that are powered by gas burn their fuel in a chamber. In the past, researchers have studied combustion in these chambers by studying individual flames, not a number of flames in a chamber, as is common in real world applications. Nicholas Worth at NTNU studies 12 or 18 flames in a circular chamber. Photo: NTNU
To understand how a ring of flames can lead to greener aircraft transport, we need to take a tiny dive into an aircraft engine.
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Aircraft powered by a form of paraffin
Airplanes have a gas turbine engine powered by aviation gasoline. This is derived from petroleum and, greatly simplified, can be referred to as lamp oil, paraffin or kerosene. It’s easy to light, works really well and isn’t very environmentally friendly.
This is exactly where Worth’s work comes in.
Regardless of whether an aircraft is powered by lamp oil, hydrogen, aviation gasoline or cooking oil, the gases that are produced when it is burned at high temperature are what create energy and pressure to lift the plane.
In the aircraft engine, the fuel is burned in a ring-shaped combustion chamber containing a number of individual flames.
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Unstable flames use more gasoline
The shape of the chamber can make the flames that consume the fuel change shape, flicker more, or become completely unstable. In the language of physics, this is called thermoacoustic instability.
Flames that become unstable will make more sound, and the sound waves created will affect the other flames in the chamber. This makes it more difficult to design aircraft engines that have low emissions than high ones.
To date, the process of studying a flame has been done one flame at a time. By contrast, Worth studies between 12 and 18 flames in a ring, in a variety of combustion chambers and with various types of fuels such as methane gas, hydrogen and ammonia.
“Combustion chambers come in all kinds of sizes. In helicopters, they’re small, in jets they’re big and in power stations huge. So far, no one has been able to predict whether a small change in the chamber will result in a change for the entire engine. Or how the flames in the chamber change as the fuel changes,” says Worth.
International breakthrough
Worth has already gotten results. His work is considered an international breakthrough, and could be decisive for whether engine manufacturers can develop new engines with low greenhouse gas and nitrogen oxide emissions.
“Having a basic understanding of the physics of the instability created by flames is necessary so that we can develop tools to control them, and avoid instability when designing engines. Aviation gasoline burns in one way, whereas hydrogen burns in a completely different way. Understanding this will make it easier to design engines that can burn different types of fuel, for example. This will result in less pollution from the exhaust,” Worth says.
Yara one of world’s largest manufacturers
Hydrogen is gas that it is created from water, and several researchers consider it to be the best alternative for environmentally friendly fuel because it can be produced and used entirely without greenhouse gas emissions. Worth, on the other hand, believes that ammonia may have even more potential than hydrogen as a gas turbine engine fuel.
Ammonia is a colourless gas that provides the foundation for modern-day fertilizer production. This is also the same gas that is created when urine is left standing, such as in an outhouse. Photo: Colourbox
Ammonia is a colourless gas that forms the basis for modern fertilizer production. This is also the gas that forms when urine is left standing, such as in an outhouse.
“Ammonia is easier to transport, easier to store, and less pressure is required to convert it to liquid form than hydrogen. Ammonia also burns more slowly than hydrogen,” Worth says.
The Norwegian company Yara is among the world’s largest manufacturers of ammonia. The Norwegian state is Yara’s largest shareholder.
“The research conducted at NTNU will help reduce the emission of pollutants from aircraft engines, and will allow greater fuel flexibility for stationary gas turbines used for power generation,” Worth said.
A large part of the greenhouse gas emissions from Norway come from gas-powered power stations on offshore oil platforms. This natural gas is a fossil fuel.
“If ammonia or hydrogen were used instead of natural gas, then this would be an excellent way to reduce Norway’s greenhouse gas emissions,” Worth said.
Still using old technologies that pollute
Edgar Hertwich is a professor at NTNU and at Yale University in the US. He says that the technologies we need to lower emissions are already available. Nevertheless, industries continue to invest in technologies that burn fossil fuels.
Under current policy, the temperature will increase by three degrees in 2100 to four degrees without taking any action, he said. The world has to reduce emissions much faster and aim for zero emissions by 2040 instead of 2060, if we want to limit heating to 1.5 instead of 2 degrees.
“Electric vehicles have become a success, and in some places solar energy is competitive compared to fossil fuels. The cost reduction for offshore wind outside the UK has been unexpectedly rapid. Despite all this, CO2 emissions increased by two per cent in 2018. The reason is that we continue to develop fossil fuel-based energy systems, such as airports, highways and coal-fired power stations,” Hertwich said.
“New technologies won’t help if we don’t use the opportunity to step away from the old ones. It’s a paradox that fossil fuel energy still receives more in subsidies than renewables do.”
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AN ASIAN FRONTIER: American Anthropology and Korea, 1882–1945 | By Robert Oppenheim
Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2016. xx, 423 pp. (Illustrations.) US$75.00, cloth. ISBN 978-0-8032-8561-3.
The title phrase “An Asian Frontier” refers to Korea conceptualized as an extremity of nineteenth-century US westward expansion. The book’s timeframe coincides with the institutionalization of anthropology as an academic discipline in the United States and the troubled integration of the Korean Peninsula into the global capitalist economy. In seven chapters, Oppenheim thickly describes numerous imperial encounters to argue that Korea and Koreans played an important, if overlooked, role in the history of US anthropology. Based on exhaustive archival research, the author tracks entanglements of people (royals, missionaries, consuls, politicians, and anthropologists); objects (ceramics, skulls, board games, bolts of silk and brocade, ritual implements, and musical instruments); texts (letters, editorials, exhibit inventories, sketches, letters of introduction); and institutions (museums, government offices, editorial boards, universities, World Exposition bureaucracies) to illustrate the complexity of this trans-Pacific relationship. Instead of positing general claims about early twentieth-century American portrayals of the Korean Other, the book documents how two generations of American anthropologists, collectors, and curators, often in collaboration with Korean scholars and politicians, constituted Korea as a complex if somewhat incoherent object of knowledge.
The first chapter documents overlaps between Korean elite reformist thought and evolutionary anthropology. During the 1880s especially, American collectors and curators of various stripes used artifacts to assess Korea as barbarous and degenerate, or refined and civilized. Oppenheim traces the paths of particular objects from site of collection to display case to show how diplomacy, looting, commerce, and scholarship converged at the site of museum-based anthropology in America. Royal heirlooms were given to collectors for services rendered to Korean dynasts, or to intervene in the presentation of Korea in America. Objects were also collected to answer riddles regarding universal human evolution, or the diffusion of forms across cultures. Some Korean expert informants co-opted evolutionism’s Enlightenment-inspired version of universal progress to bolster their political project to reform the Korean court, making them willing participants in the reification of Korean culture.
The contingency and intentionality attending their procurement, transmission, and display shaped the way artifacts came to serve as symbols of the Korean people. Therefore, Oppenheim persuasively argues that the history of museum-based anthropology cannot be told without paying careful attention to how “anthropological collecting networks” functioned. His second chapter explores the circulation of Korean ceramics, which are widely recognized symbols of Korea’s ancient splendour. This contemporary discourse has its origins in the 1880s. Oppenheim acknowledges that many of the ceramics in US museums were obtained in pillaging that accompanied successive imperialist invasions, or by purchase from grave robbers. At the same time, he cautions readers that notions of national patrimony did not yet apply to Korea, and that it would be anachronistic to simply blame foreigners and ignore Korean agency in the removal and commoditization of these goods.
Chapters 3 and 4 chronicle the complex history of Korea’s role in diffusionist and evolutionist US anthropology. They illustrate how these paradigms could blur, overlap, and be conducive to empirically rich descriptions of Korean folkways. These two chapters provide an in-depth and riveting account of how the study of Korean games especially (but also other forms) shaped several grand debates in the discipline’s early decades.
The last three chapters of An Asian Frontier highlight the involvement of anthropologists Frederick Starr and Aleš Hrdlička in the politics and anthropology surrounding the Japanese colonization of Korea. Here Oppenheim plumbs relationships between older anthropological paradigms and defenses or criticisms of imperial rule. Starr did not protest Japan’s heavy-handed brand of imperial rule in Korea, while he defended King Leopold’s cruel reign in the Belgian Congo from its hypocritical American naysayers. At the same time, Starr lambasted US rule in the Philippines, castigating Americans for imposing their will upon others despite a bounty of domestic resources. As Starr’s career progressed, his personal relationships with Korean scholars warmed. By the time of his death, he neared an emic perspective on Korean Buddhism, thanks to his admiration of its practitioners.
Hrdlička, by contrast, advocated Korean independence and fiercely denounced Japan. A dyed-in-the-wool white supremacist, Hrdlička attacked Nazi racial science from the right by arguing that the so-called master German race was in fact composed of a mixture of racial types. Hrdlička himself was a Czechoslovak nationalist. Unsurprisingly, his national people were close to a pure racial type, which made the mongrel German occupation of thoroughbred Czechoslovakia abhorrent to nature, by his reckoning. By analogy, Koreans constituted a nearly pure type for Hrdlička, who argued that Japan, like Germany, was a mongrel nation. Paradoxically, Starr, a lately bloomed Boasian cultural relativist who worked closely with Korean scholars, did not use his platform to upbraid Japan, while Hrdlička, the unrepentant racist, was an anti-imperialist champion of Korean independence.
For its original, learned, and well-crafted studies of diffusionist and evolutionist anthropology as actually practiced, An Asian Frontier should be required reading for all historians of the discipline. Instead of making global claims regarding anthropology’s complicity with postcolonial primitivist discourses regarding non-Western peoples, Oppenheim advances a series of theses and propositions that resist holistic summation, and by extension moral certitude. This wide-ranging study locates the origins of American anthropological knowledge about Korea in an imperial context, while avoiding the temptation to treat its founders as two-dimensional villains. With reference to an impressive array of documentation, Oppenheim situates their activities within immediate institutional settings and the trajectories of individual scientific careers. As a corollary, An Asian Frontier demonstrates that Koreans from many walks of life participated in the politically consequential battles to shape the picture of Korea in US anthropological circles and beyond. I was not persuaded by every argument put forward, but found all of Oppenheim’s provocations worthy of continued investigation and reflection.
Paul D. Barclay
Lafayette College, Easton, USA
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RoIO CD: Tear Down The Walls
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Cover: Front: Picture of the Floyd playing in front of the completed wall with the projection of the marching hammers on the wall. Appears as if several band members are on stage (the surrogate band?) along with a few of the "hammer troopers". Under the picture: PINK FLOYD (in large red font) with Tear down the Walls (in smaller yellow font) superimposed over the top.
Sources: 19 Feb 1981, Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
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1. Intro (Spoken In German) 1:49
2. In The Flesh? 3:09
3. The Thin Ice 3:06
4. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1) 4:59
5. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives 1:24
7. Mother 9:01
8. Goodbye Blue Sky 3:41
9. Empty Spaces 4:59
10. Young Lust 5:23
11. One Of My Turns 4:10
12. Don't Leave Me Now 4:32
13. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3) 5:21
14. Goodbye Cruel World 1:30
Total Time: 59:37
1. Hey You 5:06
2. Is There Anybody Out There? 3:05
3. Nobody Home 3:27
4. Vera 2:04
5. Bring The Boys Back Home 1:27
6. Comfortably Numb 7:49
7. The Show Must Go On 5:02
8. In The Flesh 5:25
9. Run Like Hell 7:09
10. Waiting For The Worms 4:41
11. Stop 0:33
12. The Trial 6:31
13. Outside The Wall 4:15
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Ex- -SUNDOG
Comments: A great recording from the 1980-81 Wall tour. The taper was close and had a good line of sight (sound!?!) to the PA system. Instruments are well defined, with no frequency attenuation. The sound effects are also clear and can be heard quite easily. The crowd is active but is not obtrusive, making you feel that you are at the show!!! In my opinion, this recording is a notch better than the Azimuth Coordinator 3 (7 February 1980) Los Angeles show, which (to me) sounds more distant and slightly muffled, and far better than my copy of LiveWall (17 June, 1981) Earls Court show (which is plagued with drawbacks (drop-outs, sloppy edits, speed problems)).
Like with many of the Wall shows, "Intro" is just the emcee welcoming everybody to the show, etc. My German is a little rusty, so I'm clueless as to what is being said.
During Mother, instead of "Mother do you think they'll try break my balls?", Roger sings "Mother do you think they'll try to drown my words?" The LA show has "...break my balls". I couldn't find any references that note this lyric change... Anyone have any ideas?
A few annoying skips/edits during the intro Empty Spaces. I couldn't tell if this was a problem with the source tape or digital hiccups when being converted CD. It only lasts a few seconds, so nothing to worry about.
After Empty Spaces, it sounds like someone on stage (or through the headset monitors) is talking to Roger. Roger: "Fine, OK . . . (slightly annoyed mumbling), Right, Fine, Yeah, OK, Fine... This is for all of the rockers and rollers in the audience, it's called Loud Lust".
Slight digital hiccup in "The Show Must Go On", but lasts only a second. Much spoken German at the end of the song, immediately preceding "In The Flesh". No speed problems (as reported with some of the other Wall-era ROIOs).
Roger's intro to Run Like Hell (for ID purposes), : "Thank you! Please don't try and touch the pig, he is dangerous to some. Do you like our pig? Right, that's enough of piggy. This next song is to fathom out all the hecklers, not that there seems to be many here this evening. It's called Run Like Hell. You can all clap along, as soon as Dave is ready. We can all have a damn good clap. Woooo!..., Get down, Mmmmmm!..., Disco!..., Wooooo!..., Clap! Clap!" Dave begins the RLH intro, cuts out and let's the clap-happy fans keep the beat for a few bars, then joins back in.
At the end of the show, Roger: "Thank You Very much..., Thank You...."
Overall, one of the best Wall recordings I've heard yet. The Floyd was definitely having a great night and Gilmour's guitar work is awesome! Hunt it!!! -SUNDOG
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Fatal hemorrhagic infarction of posterior fossa meningioma during cardiopulmonary bypass
Hai Sun, Donald (Don) Ross
Few publications address cardiac surgery in the presence of meningioma. Individual complications include transient visual loss from a suprasellar meningioma, hemiparesis after mitral valve replacement with recovery after resection, and non-fatal hemorrhage into a posterior fossa meningioma. The largest report of 16 patients with known meningiomas over 11 years suggested a benign course, with no new neurologic symptoms and no required resection of a meningioma over an average follow-up of 31 months. In 2 cases we report a presumed posterior fossa meningioma led to fatal outcome after cardiac surgery performed on bypass. Possible causes and future considerations are discussed.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.097
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Paresis
Neurologic Manifestations
Sun, H., & Ross, D. D. (2012). Fatal hemorrhagic infarction of posterior fossa meningioma during cardiopulmonary bypass. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 93(2), 653-656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.097
Fatal hemorrhagic infarction of posterior fossa meningioma during cardiopulmonary bypass. / Sun, Hai; Ross, Donald (Don).
In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 93, No. 2, 02.2012, p. 653-656.
Sun, H & Ross, DD 2012, 'Fatal hemorrhagic infarction of posterior fossa meningioma during cardiopulmonary bypass', Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 653-656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.097
Sun H, Ross DD. Fatal hemorrhagic infarction of posterior fossa meningioma during cardiopulmonary bypass. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2012 Feb;93(2):653-656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.097
Sun, Hai ; Ross, Donald (Don). / Fatal hemorrhagic infarction of posterior fossa meningioma during cardiopulmonary bypass. In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2012 ; Vol. 93, No. 2. pp. 653-656.
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Uber loses license in London over safety, vows to appeal
Published: Mon, November 25, 2019 10:52 PM Updated: Mon, November 25, 2019 10:52 PM
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 file photo, London taxis block the roads during a protest in central London, concerned with unfair competition from services such as Uber. London’s transit operator says it is not renewing Uber’s license to operate in the British capital. Uber’s license expires Monday Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
LONDON (AP) — London’s transit authority on Monday refused to renew Uber’s operating license over concerns about impostor drivers, with the ride-hailing company vowing to appeal the decision as it struggles to secure its future in the British capital.
It’s the latest chapter in Uber’s rocky history with London transport officials, who have subjected the San Francisco-based tech company to ever tighter scrutiny over concerns about passenger safety and security.
Uber called the decision “extraordinary and wrong,” and has 21 days to file an appeal, which it said it would do. It can continue operating during the appeals process.
Transport for London cited “several breaches that placed passengers and their safety at risk” in its decision not to extend Uber’s license, which expires at midnight Monday. Among other things, unauthorized drivers carried out thousands of rides, the regulator said.
“While we recognize Uber has made improvements, it is unacceptable that Uber has allowed passengers to get into minicabs with drivers who are potentially unlicensed and uninsured,” said Helen Chapman, director of licensing and regulation at Transport for London, known as TFL.
“We cannot be confident that similar issues won’t happen again in future.”
The company fired back, pointing out that TFL had found it fit and proper in its most recent license renewal in September.
“We understand we’re held to a high bar, as we should be. But this TfL decision is just wrong,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted. “Over the last 2 years we have fundamentally changed how we operate in London.”
The denial in a lucrative European market is a big setback for Uber as it struggles to turn a profit. The company posted a $1.16 billion loss in the latest quarter and Khosrowshahi forecast it wouldn’t make a profit until 2021. Shares fell 1.5% in New York.
TFL had already been keeping Uber on a tight leash. It had revoked Uber’s license once before, in 2017, but a court later granted it a license lasting 15 months, which TFL then extended for two more months in September, but added 20 conditions.
In the latest decision, the transit authority said it was concerned Uber’s systems “seem to have been comparatively easily manipulated” by drivers.
One key issue was a change to Uber’s systems allowing unauthorized drivers to upload their photos to other driver accounts.
This let them pick up passengers as though they were the booked Uber driver on at least 14,000 trips, which means all those journeys were uninsured, TFL said.
The change also resulted in some passengers traveling with unlicensed drivers, including one whose license was previously revoked by TFL.
TFL faulted Uber for another “failure” that allowed dismissed or suspended drivers to create a new account and carry passengers. And it cited other “serious breaches” involving unspecified insurance-related issues.
Uber said it has audited every London driver over the past two months and will soon launch a new “facial matching process” for its Microsoft-powered verification system, which requires drivers to periodically take selfies for comparison with their account photos.
Drivers will have to more actively confirm their identity by blinking, smiling or turning their head — part of recently announced beefed up safety measures.
Investors shouldn’t be under the impression the phony photo issue is limited to London, said Dan Ives, managing director at Wedbush Securities, who estimated London represents 3% to 5% of Uber’s business.
“Regulators around the world are going to scrutinize this issue, peel away the onion and make sure there are no similar issues,” he said.
In the U.S., safety advocates have criticized Uber for conducting less thorough background checks on drivers than traditional taxi companies, which generally check drivers’ fingerprints against databases.
Uber has been slugging it out with regulators in recent months and losing. California recently passed legislation to make companies treat rideshare drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, which could force Uber to provide health and other costly benefits.
New Jersey’s labor department recently sought more than $640 million from Uber, saying it misclassified drivers as independent contractors, and New York has enacted a minimum wage for drivers, which Uber passed along to customers in the form of higher prices.
“It feels like the regulators have the upper hand,” Ives said.
Baked into Uber’s business plan is the assumption that many mundane parts of running a business, including recruiting and dispatching drivers, can be automated or handled by a driver, said Nicholas Farhi, a partner at OC&C Strategy Consultants. That may save money, but it doesn’t guarantee safety.
By contrast, becoming a black cab driver in London takes about three years.
“The temptation with a platform as big as Uber for fraud is pretty high,” Farhi said.
Jill Lawless in London and Cathy Bussewitz in New York contributed to this report.
For all of AP's tech coverage, visit https://apnews.com/apf-technology
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Functional genomics of mosquito vector/malaria parasite interactions
The Laboratory of Insect Immunogenomics focuses on the study of the major vector of malaria in Africa, Anopheles gambiae and particularly how its innate immune system manipulates and is manipulated by the malaria parasite during its passage through the mosquito. Malaria is one of the main infectious causes of human mortality world-wide, mainly among young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission of the malaria agent, the Plasmodium parasite, requires its cyclical development in two organisms: the human host and the Anopheles mosquito vector. Current disease control methods that aim to either cure the disease in the human body or to control the vector populations are hampered due to increase in drug resistance of the parasite and insecticide resistance of the mosquito. Our underlying conviction is that bringing the power of functional genomics into the study of this biological system will rapidly advance our understanding of mosquito immunity and parasite development. This will be crucial for the development of novel approaches to malaria control that are urgently needed to reinforce and complement the ongoing research into drug, vaccine and insecticide development.
Completion of the genome sequence of A. gambiae two years ago, together with the development of DNA microarrays in this species and adaptation of the RNAi technique to adult mosquitoes, has allowed comparative and functional genomic approaches to understanding the mosquito innate immune system, and its interactions with parasites. Using the rodent model system, P. berghei, we have identified a variety of factors that negatively affect the development of parasites in the mosquito (antagonists), in some cases leading to complete transmission blockage. In addition, mosquito molecules have been identified that play positive roles and are required for successful parasite transmission (agonists). Research is continuing to identify new factors involved in these interactions and to decipher the interplay of these molecules and their regulation. Importantly, as our findings indicate a highly complex interplay between parasite and vector, we are currently extending our studies of parasite-vector interactions towards the human malaria parasite, P. falciparum.
Genomic approaches
To investigate the genetic armory of the A. gambiae mosquito we have initially used an EST library derived from two immune competent mosquito cell lines to construct DNA microarrays containing approximately 2,500 genes [1]. These arrays permitted for the first time an understanding of the global innate immune responses in adult mosquitoes and cultured cells, as well as the mosquito reaction to Plasmodium infection and mechanisms for refractoriness to the parasite. To increase further the resolution of this powerful technique, we recently constructed DNA microarrays containing approximately 20,000 Anopheles ESTs representing over 9,000 mosquito genes, and work is ongoing to develop an amplicon-based microarray platform encompassing all predicted genes in the mosquito genome. This resource also allows for high throughput production of dsRNAs that can be used for RNAi gene silencing as well as expression of fragments of all predicted mosquito proteins, for use in antibody production.
In order to achieve full annotation of this new microarray platform, enhancing the utilityof the microarray data, we developed an EST informatics resource named AnoEST. This resource provides analysis of over 200,000 A. gambiae EST and cDNA sequences available to date in public sequence repositories. AnoEST aligns all ESTs on the mosquito genome, grouping them into expressed genomic loci that are assigned comprehensive functional annotation. Thus, it also allows the analysis of alternative splicing events, refinement of gene models, and prediction of additional genes that were missed by automatic gene prediction pipelines. AnoEST is publicly available and accessible as a Distributed Annotation Service (DAS). To facilitate information exchange and promote availability of the produced genomic data for the scientific community working on invertebrate vectors of human pathogens, we participate in an international collaborative project to develop the VectorBase. This is an integrated federation of databases and associated bioinformatics analysis resources, among them AnoEST, which will host and manage upcoming data from genome projects and functional genomics studies, including data from gene and protein expression and RNAi gene silencing. The development of these functional genomic and bioinformatic tools has set the basis for a more complete understanding of the biology of the mosquito. Using the 20K DNA microarrays, we explored the genome transcriptional programmes during the mosquito’s life cycle and identified adult tissue-specific transcripts.
Currently, we are performing a comparative transcriptome analysis of the life stages of Anopheles and Drosophila, which diverged some 250 million years ago. These arrays are also utilized to understand the mosquito immune responses, responses against the malaria parasite, and immune transcriptional networks. In collaboration with other laboratories, we use these microarrays to study additional important aspects of vector biology such as insecticide resistance and responses to O’nyong nyong viral infections.
One focus in the laboratory is the study the Anopheles midgut responses to Plasmodium invasion. Plasmodium undergoes its major developmental bottleneck in the mosquito [2] during ookinete invasion of the mosquito midgut epithelium, and before it develops into its highly multiplicative stage (oocyst) as it resides on the basal lamina (Figure 1). We believe that parasite losses at that time are due to killing mechanisms of the mosquito. To elucidate aspects of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate this invasion process we monitored the ookinete and epithelial cell responses at the cell biological and genome-wide transcriptional level, followed by functional analysis of identified genes by reverse genetics (RNAi). This research has revealed complex reciprocal interactions between mosquito cells and the parasite, and identified a repertoire of ookinete and epithelial cell motile behaviors that determine successful parasite transmission [3]. Transcriptional profiling of A. gambiae midgut epithelia during invasion by P. berghei revealed that 6.5% of the mosquito transcriptome is differentially regulated during parasite invasion. Many of the genes that are consistently up or down regulated belong to known immunity gene families (see below) or have been shown previously to respond to bacterial challenges. However, the most prominent regulated cluster comprises genes involved in regulation of cytoskeleton reorganization and epithelial restitution, two biological processes which we have shown previously to occur during ookinete penetration of the mosquito midgut [3].
Dimopoulos G, Christophides GK, Meister S, Schultz J, White KP, Barillas-Mury C, and Kafatos FC. Genome expression analysis of Anopheles gambiae: responses to injury, bacterial challenge, and malaria infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jun 25;99(13):8814-9. DOI:10.1073/pnas.092274999 | PubMed ID:12077297 | HubMed [dimopoulos2002]
Sinden RE and Billingsley PF. Plasmodium invasion of mosquito cells: hawk or dove?. Trends Parasitol. 2001 May;17(5):209-12. DOI:10.1016/s1471-4922(01)01928-6 | PubMed ID:11323288 | HubMed [sinden2001]
Vlachou D, Zimmermann T, Cantera R, Janse CJ, Waters AP, and Kafatos FC. Real-time, in vivo analysis of malaria ookinete locomotion and mosquito midgut invasion. Cell Microbiol. 2004 Jul;6(7):671-85. DOI:10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00394.x | PubMed ID:15186403 | HubMed [vlachou2004]
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Targeted approaches
Dissecting the mosquito immune pathways. Pioneering studies in the fly Drosophila melanogaster contributed to the detailed understanding of innate immunity and showed that the underlying mechanisms have largely been conserved through the course of metazoan evolution [4]. These studies revealed most of the components of two conserved immune signaling pathways, Toll and Imd, that are utilized by the fly to respond to bacterial and fungal infections (Figure 2A). The availability of the A. gambiae genome sequence [5] previously allowed us to perform a comparative genomic analysis of putative immunity genes between Anopheles and Drosophila [6]. Although the majority of the intracellular components of the Toll and Imd pathways are conserved between the two organisms (Figure 2B), a number of differences – which may have significant impact on immunity mechanisms – were also identified. The most important of these is the absence of the NF-kB-like transcription factor Dif in Anopheles. This suggested that in a functional Toll pathway either REL1 (the ortholog of Dorsal) or REL2 (the ortholog of Relish) might substitute for Dif. We investigated the role of REL2 and other molecules that are possibly implicated in the same signalling pathway in the mosquito immune responses. REL2 regulates the inducible expression of the various antimicrobial peptide genes including CEC1 and the key parasite antagonist, LRIM1 [7]. We showed that the REL2 gene is alternatively spliced, resulting in two protein isoforms that are differentially implicated in defense against Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria. Thus, through alternative splicing Anopheles uses a single gene to mediate reactions for which Drosophila employs two genes, Relish and Dif. The REL2 pathway is also involved in the control of Plasmodium parasite infection of the mosquito midgut. Silencing of the pathway drastically increases the parasite numbers that successfully develop into oocysts.
Deciphering the molecular mechanisms affecting ookinete survival in the mosquito. Vector immune responses are responsible, at least in part, for the major parasite losses during parasite development. We now know, largely from functional studies in our laboratory, that even what is called “susceptible” A. gambiae mosquitoes effectively kill a large number of invading ookinetes (80 %), which are most probably cleared by lysis. Two genes, LRIM1 and TEP1, were shown to be strongly involved in ookinete killing in susceptible mosquitoes (G3 strain). LRIM1 expression was strongly induced in mosquito midguts and carcasses in response to the invasion of the mosquito midgut epithelium by Plasmodium ookinetes. The transient KD of LRIM1 in susceptible mosquitoes by RNAi resulted in approximately a four-fold increase in the number of parasites that successfully develop in the mosquito midguts, suggesting that LRIM1 is involved in parasite killing. TEP1 is as a bona fide pattern-recognition receptor that binds to the surface of bacteria and Plasmodium ookinetes. In a collaborative work led by E. Levashina (former staff scientist in our lab and currently an independent scientist at Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS in Strasbourg) in vivo RNAi was used to KD TEP1 in adult susceptible mosquitoes and we demonstrated that this binding promotes two distinct immune reactions: phagocytosis of bacteria [8] and killing of Plasmodium ookinetes in the mosquito midgut [9]. These reactions are reminiscent of functions of complement factors in vertebrates [10]. To complete the functional analysis of TEP1 in vivo, we have established TEP1 gain-of-function transgenic mosquitoes, which overexpress the TEP1 gene under the control of the ubiquitous D. melanogaster heat shock protein 70 promoter. Two transgenic lines were obtained. Surprisingly, in one of the two lines, expression of the endogenous TEP1 and of the transgene was lost in a heat-shock independent manner. The knockout of TEP1 by transgenesis gave the same phenotype as that observed in mosquitoes in which TEP1 was transiently knocked down by RNAi. We are currently studying possible mechanisms of this inactivation. Importantly, overexpression of TEP1 in the second transgenic line lead to a significant decrease in parasite numbers suggesting that TEP1 is not only necessary but also sufficient to promote killing of parasites. Functional studies of this type will be facilitated in the future by conditional transgenic protocols of the type developed recently in a collaboration involving former members of the lab [11].
In extreme cases, genetic selection of formerly susceptible mosquitoes can give rise to complete refractoriness: An L3-5 strain of A. gambiae melanizes all ookinetes in the basal labyrinth of the midgut epithelium, while another refractory strain lyses the ookinetes in the cytosol of the midgut epithelial cells. Studies from our own and other laboratories, employing mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) that affect the L3-5 phenotype, revealed that different QTLs are linked to melanization of two different but related species of Plasmodium, P. cynomolgi B and P. cynomolgi Ceylon. This suggests that different genetic loci may be involved in L3-5 responses to different malaria parasites [12, 13]. We are currently developing fluorescence polarization SNP genotyping methods for fine scale QTL mapping to further pinpoint the genetic basis of the melanization phenotype in the L3-5 strain.
In general, melanization in insects requires the limited proteolytic cleavage of prophenoloxidase (PPO) into active phenoloxidase (PO) by PPO-activating enzymes (PPAEs), a reaction believed to be influenced, both positively and negatively by additional factors including serine protease homologs (SPHs), serpins and C-type lectins (CTL, see below). The identification and biochemical study of components of the PPO-activating cascade is an important goal for understanding how melanization is regulated in A. gambiae. Nine PPO genes have been identified in the A. gambiae genome, in contrast to merely 3 PPO genes in D. melanogaster. These 9 PPO genes are transcribed at different developmental stages, showing partly overlapping expression profiles. Expression of several PPOs is also induced during blood meal digestion. We are currently analysing the function of PPO genes in the melanization process using in vivo RNAi. Our first results indicate that a combination of several PPO is involved in parasite melanization. PPOs are activated by PPAEs, which are trypsin-like serine proteases containing an amino-terminal CLIP-domain with an unknown function. Of the 41 CLIP-domain encoding genes identified in A. gambiae, subfamily CLIPB, containing 17 genes, is of special importance due to significant structural identity with other insect PPAEs involved in melanization. Functional studies using RNAi identified seven CLIPBs involved in ookinete melanization and two in ookinete killing through a distinct mechanism, probably lysis. These results suggest the involvement of a serine protease cascade in parasite killing. The putative interactions of these CLIPBs with each other and/or with other identified immune proteins are under investigation in order to understand how the cascade regulates downstream effector mechanisms.
A group of proteins that may interact with CLIPBs in the melanization response are a group of serine-protease inhibitors, called serpins. Over the last few years several serpins have been shown to negatively regulate the PPO cascade, by directly inhibiting PPAE. One of these serpins is Spn27A from D. melanogaster [14, 15] which forms an orthologous group with three A. gambiae genes (SPRN1, 2 and 3). Reverse genetic analysis revealed that SRPN2 is the functional Spn27A homolog in adult female mosquitoes, causing spontaneous melanization in the mosquito. Depletion of SRPN2 from the hemolymph also negatively affects vector competence towards P. berghei infection, by strongly reducing the number of developing oocysts. Interestingly, the mosquito SRPN2 gene cannot rescue the melanization phenotype of the Spn27A mutant fly strain, suggesting differences in the downstream targets that these serpins inhibit.
On the other hand, previous studies from several insect species revealed that melanization is positively regulated by members of the CTL and SPH subfamilies. The picture seems to be reversed in A. gambiae, in which functional analysis of the CTL genes using RNAi allowed the identification of two CTLs, CTL4 and CTLMA2 that block parasite melanization, consequently protecting Plasmodium ookinetes from this potent immune response [7]. The mechanism(s), by which these CTLs block melanization, is not yet elucidated. However, by analogy to published data, we hypothesize that CTL4 and CTLMA2 might associate with SPH of the CLIPA subfamily to form functional complexes which inhibit the PPO cascade. To this purpose, we functionally analysed eight out of ten CLIPA genes using RNAi in adult susceptible mosquitoes and scored the effect of the different gene KD on Plasmodium survival, with the aim of identifying CLIPA genes whose knockdown phenotype is similar to that previously described for CTL4 and CTLMA2. The preliminary results were intriguing and revealed that different CLIPA proteins have opposing functions in Plasmodium melanization. Work is in progress to investigate the potential interactions between CTL4, CTLMA2 and the CLIPA proteins that inhibit melanization. The aim is to decipher the role of these lectins in melanization and to shed light on the mechanisms that govern, at least in part, successful parasite survival in its vector.
Hoffmann JA and Reichhart JM. Drosophila innate immunity: an evolutionary perspective. Nat Immunol. 2002 Feb;3(2):121-6. DOI:10.1038/ni0202-121 | PubMed ID:11812988 | HubMed [hoffmann2002]
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Christophides GK, Zdobnov E, Barillas-Mury C, Birney E, Blandin S, Blass C, Brey PT, Collins FH, Danielli A, Dimopoulos G, Hetru C, Hoa NT, Hoffmann JA, Kanzok SM, Letunic I, Levashina EA, Loukeris TG, Lycett G, Meister S, Michel K, Moita LF, Müller HM, Osta MA, Paskewitz SM, Reichhart JM, Rzhetsky A, Troxler L, Vernick KD, Vlachou D, Volz J, von Mering C, Xu J, Zheng L, Bork P, and Kafatos FC. Immunity-related genes and gene families in Anopheles gambiae. Science. 2002 Oct 4;298(5591):159-65. DOI:10.1126/science.1077136 | PubMed ID:12364793 | HubMed [christophides2002]
Osta MA, Christophides GK, and Kafatos FC. Effects of mosquito genes on Plasmodium development. Science. 2004 Mar 26;303(5666):2030-2. DOI:10.1126/science.1091789 | PubMed ID:15044804 | HubMed [osta2004]
Levashina EA, Moita LF, Blandin S, Vriend G, Lagueux M, and Kafatos FC. Conserved role of a complement-like protein in phagocytosis revealed by dsRNA knockout in cultured cells of the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Cell. 2001 Mar 9;104(5):709-18. DOI:10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00267-7 | PubMed ID:11257225 | HubMed [levashina2001]
Blandin S, Shiao SH, Moita LF, Janse CJ, Waters AP, Kafatos FC, and Levashina EA. Complement-like protein TEP1 is a determinant of vectorial capacity in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Cell. 2004 Mar 5;116(5):661-70. DOI:10.1016/s0092-8674(04)00173-4 | PubMed ID:15006349 | HubMed [blandin2004]
Blandin S and Levashina EA. Thioester-containing proteins and insect immunity. Mol Immunol. 2004 Feb;40(12):903-8. DOI:10.1016/j.molimm.2003.10.010 | PubMed ID:14698229 | HubMed [blandin2004a]
Lycett GJ, Kafatos FC, and Loukeris TG. Conditional expression in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi with Tet-On and Tet-Off systems. Genetics. 2004 Aug;167(4):1781-90. DOI:10.1534/genetics.104.028175 | PubMed ID:15342516 | HubMed [lycett2004]
Zheng L, Cornel AJ, Wang R, Erfle H, Voss H, Ansorge W, Kafatos FC, and Collins FH. Quantitative trait loci for refractoriness of Anopheles gambiae to Plasmodium cynomolgi B. Science. 1997 Apr 18;276(5311):425-8. DOI:10.1126/science.276.5311.425 | PubMed ID:9103203 | HubMed [zheng1997]
Zheng L, Wang S, Romans P, Zhao H, Luna C, and Benedict MQ. Quantitative trait loci in Anopheles gambiae controlling the encapsulation response against Plasmodium cynomolgi Ceylon. BMC Genet. 2003 Oct 24;4:16. DOI:10.1186/1471-2156-4-16 | PubMed ID:14577840 | HubMed [zheng2003]
De Gregorio E, Han SJ, Lee WJ, Baek MJ, Osaki T, Kawabata S, Lee BL, Iwanaga S, Lemaitre B, and Brey PT. An immune-responsive Serpin regulates the melanization cascade in Drosophila. Dev Cell. 2002 Oct;3(4):581-92. DOI:10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00267-8 | PubMed ID:12408809 | HubMed [degregorio2002]
Ligoxygakis P, Pelte N, Ji C, Leclerc V, Duvic B, Belvin M, Jiang H, Hoffmann JA, and Reichhart JM. A serpin mutant links Toll activation to melanization in the host defence of Drosophila. EMBO J. 2002 Dec 2;21(23):6330-7. DOI:10.1093/emboj/cdf661 | PubMed ID:12456640 | HubMed [ligoxygakis2002]
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Genomic analysis of NF-kappaB signalling in Anopheles gambiae
The innate immune system is the first line of defence against infections in higher organisms. In insects, which like other invertebrate animals lack adaptive immune systems, innate immunity is the only defence system. Innate immunity relies on receptors that recognize specific molecular structures shared between microbes or danger signals generated during an infection. Recognition triggers specific signalling pathways, cellular processes or enzymatic cascades, which activate various effector mechanisms that combat infections. In many cases, the effector mechanisms require de novo production of effector or regulatory proteins, which is usually controlled by transcription factors of the Rel/Nuclear Factor/kappaB (NF-kappaB) family. This BBSRC-funded project aims to dissect the mechanisms of gene expression that are under the control of NF-kappaB signalling pathways in the African mosquito Anopheles gambiae. This mosquito is a vector for animal and human diseases including malaria that is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium. In recent years, thanks to the availability of its genome sequence and development of robust genetics and genomics tools to investigate the gene function, A. gambiae has become a model system to study the interactions between microbes, especially Plasmodium, and the innate immune system.
We had previously shown that the mosquito REL2 signalling pathway, which is equivalent to the Drosophila Imd, is responsible for limiting infections of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei and that the same pathway is required for resistance against infections with gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria (Meister et al., PNAS, 2005). This project significantly advanced our understanding of the molecular mechanisms that regulate these reactions. We have shown that these two phenomena are tightly linked (Meister et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2009). Infections with bacteria are sensed by the peptidoglycan recognition receptor PGRPLC and activate the REL2 pathway. In this way, the REL2 pathway controls the size of bacteria populations residing in the mosquito midgut, which dramatically increase soon after ingestion of blood. In addition to limiting the bacterial infection, downstream effectors of this pathway also act upon Plasmodium ookinetes invading the mosquito gut, killing a substantial fraction of them. Importantly, this mechanism reduces mosquito infections with field isolates of the deadliest of the human malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum, as well as with the laboratory model parasite, Plasmodium berghei. These findings open new research avenues towards understanding the mosquito/parasite interactions, in which symbiotic microbes play a central modulatory role.
Two of the downstream effectors of the mosquito NF-kappaB pathways are the leucine-rich repeat proteins LRIM1 and APL1C. We and others had previously shown that these hemolymph proteins are important antagonists of Plasmodium infections. In the context of this project we have generated substantial new knowledge of the molecular mechanisms implicated in this process (Povelones et al., Science, 2009). We have shown that LRIM1 and APL1C circulate in the mosquito hemolymph as a complex that physically interacts with the complement C3-like protein, TEP1, promoting its cleavage and/or stabilization and localization on the surface of parasites, ultimately causing their lysis or melanization. These data establish a novel mechanism of complement pathway activation in insects. To identify novel regulators of the two NF-kappaB pathways, we have establish high throughput cell-based RNAi screens of over 100 genes expressed in mosquito haemocytes or transcriptionally induced following bacterial infections (Lombardo et al., MPM Proceedings, 2009). We have cloned, tested and used the promoter of the LRIM1 gene, as well as the promoter of the antimicrobial peptide encoding gene CEC1, in luciferase based reporter assays following challenge with various elicitors. Our data have identified several novel regulators of these pathways that are currently being investigated.
Finally, in collaboration with the Broad Institute and the Harvard School of Public Health we have developed a novel high-throughput genome-wide genotyping tool (Muskavitch et al., ASTMH Proceedings, 2008). Development of this SNP chip has been enabled by the discovery of abundant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) through resequencing of multiple strains by a multicentre consortium. The array is based on a filtered set of 400000 SNP assays, 66000 of which yield perfectly accurate SNP calls. Pooled hybridization results using material from multiple mosquitoes exhibit a very high correlation with averaged hybridization results from individual mosquitoes, enabling the use of a single chip to quantitatively describe genome-wide allele frequencies in a large sample of mosquitoes. We expect that this tool will be widely adopted among vector biologists with interests in mapping of genes underlying important traits in A. gambiae and in analysis of mosquito population structure.
Malaria and mosquito population dynamics
Transmission of the Plasmodium parasite to a human host completely depends on the availability of a competent mosquito vector. A. gambiae is the most important and efficient vector for transmission of human malaria in Africa. In some cases, A. gambiae kills the Plasmodium parasite, thus blocking the transmission cycle. The interactions between the vector and the parasite involve the mosquito’s innate immunity. Sequence polymorphisms occurring in immune-related genes (as already documented for TEP1) may reflect phenotypic variations in vector competence. Moreover polymorphism may be indicative of adaptation in a co-evolving mosquito/parasite system. We therefore screened four strains of A. gambiae (susceptible and refractory to Plasmodium parasites) and wild populations for their polymorphism. Sixty immune-related genes were sequenced, and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified by alignment. The diversity in immune-related genes was high compared to other parts of the genome, suggesting a diversifying selection acting on these sequences. The identified SNPs will be used to investigate the potential association between genotypes and the susceptibility/refractoriness of A. gambiae to the parasite under field conditions.
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HOW WE GOT TO SERVE 10 MILLION MEALS
Lindeka lives with her two grandsons in Khayelitsha, which is mostly a sprawling shanty-town on the southernmost tip of South Africa. Her daughter, the mother of these two boys, is disabled so Lindeka is raising them. It has not been easy for her. She is unemployed and only has her small government old-age pension as a source of income. With this she has done her best for her disabled daughter and her fast-growing grandsons.
Three years ago a church opened close to her tiny tin-shack home. She started attending with her grandsons and soon became a pillar of this little Christian community.
For the past four years Lindeka’s grandsons have received a cooked lunchtime meal after school at this church. Lindeka has become the cook for the feeding project, for which she receives a stipend, which provides much needed financial help for the family. Lindeka attended an agricultural course at the church and received training, soil and seeds. With the help of her two grandsons, Lindeka now have a thriving vertical garden growing spinach, beets, cabbage, tomatoes and other vegetables. Lindeka’s disabled daughter receives daily visits from the church care-givers and her two grandsons attend the afterschool learning center run by the church. Sunday mornings will find this family worshiping and being fed both spiritually and physically.
Lindeka is a beneficiary of all four programs of Orchard: Africa – Food & Agriculture, Education, Care and Ministry.
During June of this year, Orchard: Africa served our 10 millionth meal. We got to this wonderful milestone by equipping and empowering churches just like the one that Lindeka attends. These village churches are the lifeblood of communities all across Africa, reaching where other agencies and organizations cannot. Christ is building his Church and Lindeka’s small village church is right there as part of the Church that Jesus is building.
You, our Orchard community, have made this possible. You have been found laboring alongside our Lord Jesus, building his Church.
The very first pot of food that Orchard: Africa cooked provided about 30 meals. How did we get to serve 10 million meals? Entirely because of faithful people like you.
There are over 600 pastors in the Orchard Network, all of whom have a Lindeka in their church. On behalf of all the Lindeka’s out there and the hundreds of pastors in the villages where we serve, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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Dick Morris on being let go by FOX: "I was wrong, and I was wrong at the top of my lungs"
One day removed from formally parting ways with Fox News, and on the heels of a historically poor prediction prior to the 2012 Presidential Election, on Wednesday evening "Piers Morgan Tonight" welcomed Dick Morris for a live, face to face, interview.
In early November, the widely recognizable political pundit proudly claimed that Republican candidate Mitt Romney would not only defeat Barack Obama, but that he would do so in a landslide. Tonight the 64-year-old discussed the circumstances surrounding his recent firing, and any correlation between his grossly inaccurate forecasting.
"I had a wonderful talk with Roger Ailes [president of Fox News Channel] - who I really respect - a week ago. And he said in this business, you're up, you're down. Nothing is final or fatal," revealed the guest.
"Why are you down now," asked the "Piers Morgan Tonight" host.
"Because I was wrong, and I was wrong at the top of my lungs," Morris admittedly honestly.
Asked by Piers Morgan if he resented the way he was let go by the network, the guest took the high road:
"FOX has given me an opportunity of a lifetime: 15 years, 3,000 interviews. And at some point, a great marriage has to come to an end," he joked. "The divorce isn't final, but I am seeing other people."
Looking back at the election, Morris refused to offer judgment as to whether or not his now-former network played a role in the outcome. However, he did cover one example of where the GOP went wrong:
"I believe that the Republicans were horribly hurt among women by the crazy extremists who said that rape won't make you pregnant and it's an act of God."
Watch the clip, and listen to the interview, as the man who served as the campaign manager of Bill Clinton's successful 1996 bid for re-election elaborates further on his departure from FOX, and offers additional analysis of the recently completed election.
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But the day has to come when you see these kind of people for what they are bully. One is in the white house right now. You can see it in his faces when he is put down or told he is wrong or he can not do what he wants .
Now he has a kill list. Looking back on the lies that were told to win was so out of line Mitt killed a man wife. People that vote today have so little gray matter it is not right. They have done a great job in keeping people backwards. But when they get there news from MSNBC CNN ABC NBC and Fox is the bad guy, for not falling in line with others. Jon Steward, Bill Mahar, the late night shows, the view, you can understand why they know so little. Your brain goes dead after a few days of watching them. I’m not saying Fox is great, but I wish there were more like them, that shows the other side of the story. Morgan, is here because they saw how well Beck did, and they said we need some one like that on our side. So they kick Beck off TV, and Morgan was born. The problem is they touched on a few big things. The people that live in the city and walk and talk the way they are told do what they are told. But the ones that don’t are now going wait this doesn’t work. We are still the same people that fight for the right to be who we wish to be. We are not the English that are like big fat cats that want to be taken care of. We are the wild dog in the woods you may pat us on the head if you like but be careful we bit.
Max, you aren't a very coherent or bright person.
gordyb102
FOX NEWS is not nor has it been a news station. It is conservative entertainment. Much like MSNBC. Know what it is and what it isn't. Problem that was evident during the election, many americans finally discovered that fact and are now not tuning in to this propaganda station. Live in the real world and accept the facts. Morris was one of the worse commentators on the station for his total lack of truthful reporting.
jerpell
CNN is not a news channel and never was, CNN is a voice for the far left. Funny thing is that Fox ratings have taken a little hit lately but they're ratings are still number 1 among cable news networks, way above and beyond the floundering CNN's ratings which are consistently at the bottom. Another thing to look at is the people who put Obama back in office are the welfare hand-out crowd and most of them are to ignorant to watch news anyway! They out number the working crowd!
February 7, 2013 at 7:00 pm | Report abuse |
I agree. Bill O'Reilly has the audacity to start each show by describing it as having "no spin". Really? It is nothing but spin. The reasons their ratings are low are many. Firstly,they are all a third rate bunch of journalists (and I use that term loosely). Secondly, although I have never listened to Morris, they are all a bunch of loud mouth, arrogant, pompous jerks. Thirdly, I think they hired most of the women from a strip joint in Vegas. Blonde hair and big boobs does not a good journalist make.
February 8, 2013 at 10:40 am | Report abuse |
JerPell: I am one of those that put Obama back in office as are my wife and two children. We are all educated, gainfully employed, and agree with this crazy notion that as a nation we need to pay for what we buy, including a strong military and a modest level of care for the least among us. If republicns want to keep losing elections on the national level please stick to your theory that we are all just a bunch of moochers. It makes it so much easier for us.
February 8, 2013 at 12:04 pm | Report abuse |
Ditto what Brad said.
February 9, 2013 at 9:56 am | Report abuse |
libralee
"many americans finally discovered that fact and are now not tuning in to this propaganda station. Live in the real world and accept the facts." The same for those that watch NBC, CBS, ABC, liberal bias. The Democratic Party received a total donation of $1,020,816, given by 1,160 employees of the three major broadcast television networks (NBC, CBS, ABC), while the Republican Party received only $142,863 in 2008, So there is bias in ALL News/Entertainment, one way or the other. Just depends which side you are on what you watch or read....
I will take CNN any day. I agree, Faux (fox) News is nothing more than a right wing propaganda machine. I refuse to watch it for that reason. More over, all of my FM stations in the house are tuned to NPR but I might listen to it for maybe 30 min. every other day. Our TV's are generally not on any news station until noon and again after dinner. I cannot believe that people really have Faux News on all day long. There are many more thing to do in life than to watch that junk. Faux may say they are "fair and balanced but, they are far fom it.
wondering if you wre as upset and offended by people'with lack of gray matter' when the rabid right accused Bill Clinton of killing a hundred people, accused Hillary CLinton of being behind the 'murder' of Vince Foster, accused Clinton of 'murdering' Arkansas Highway Patrolmen, etc etc ad nauseum...or is it only Progressives with who you get upset when accusations fly?
Scott F
You need professional help!!
February 8, 2013 at 12:09 pm | Report abuse | Reply
skytag
These attempts by Foxbots to keep realty at bay are just sad.
Mike in TN
Dick, I hope you made a lot of money at Fix News Netwotwork. You will never work another day in your life. The only reason you spent 1 moment on the air there was your relationship with Bill Clinton and his name was used in every introduction you ever received. How are you and Bill getting on these days? You, and all other no-talent name-droppers, meet the same fate in the end. At least you have Social Security.
tony in tex
Dude if you knew anything, you'd know the ONLY way you ever heard of Bill Clinton or Hillary was Dick Morris. He put that small town guy from Arkansas on the national map and got him into the DNC national ticket. To call him a name dropper shows you drink from the shallow end of the gene pool and like many LIBERALS have NO clue about history. And before you split a gut, I'm NO Republican. You need to pick up a book and read one. I'd start with the History of America and may be a history of Europe.
Why is it that when someone writes a comment about how the "mainstream" media is keeping people down and stupid...said author cannot even spell simple words, let alone put together coherent sentences? LOL
Max, speaking about lack of gray matter, you write like a third grader.
Nonetheless, you are a fitting advocate for the conservative right that is solely responsible for president Obama's reelection. Max, keep up your simpleton, convoluted rhetoric!
Loretta Foxx
Piers Morgan never gave Dick Morris a chance to either answer a question or finish a sentence. It was so clear he had an agenda. He wanted Morris to bad mouth Fox, to say he was unjustly treated and to parrot Morgan's own preconceptions and prejudices. His "Don't you thinks...." and "but don't you really believe's...." are tedious in the extreme. Morgan should admit that he had NO interest in hearing what Morris had to say. Morris kept saying "That isn't what I said.... " and "don't put words in my mouth", but Morgan did anyway, because he is an arrogant twit.
spock500
Agenda, Loretta? Have you seen FOX News interviews?
the truth is a blinding light
Dick Morris is a slug.
Jusitn Joseph
Poor Piers Morgan. he is so awful at debating and it seems as though the republican party must have hired him to make Democrats look STUPID! He is doing an awful job and his lack of knowledge seems to force him to start nip picking at the little things which has nothing to do with the debate. It is time to see him go. We can not take this anymore. We want to show people the understanding behind the facts and why it works. Not blindly get emotional when you get whipped in each debate and start whining and crying.. Piers, if you need to attempt to keep your opponents mouth shut from fear of knowing you can not debate anything which is going to come out from it, then you should just step down and let an adult handle it..
Ahh, yes. Much like Bill O'Reilly, I suppose? Must he go, too?
I think you must go...
I've watched O'Reilly and Morgan bot. The difference? Bill always, ALWAYS finishes on a respectable note. Acknowledging the other party and doesn't sink to terms like calling a GUEST 'stupid'. Morgan is very disrespectful, and if he doesn't get the answer he wants he gets upset. Go watch Morgans interview with the guy on gun control. I just have more respect for O'Reilly, even if I don't always agree with him.
FIRST of all, speaking of lack of knowledge, it's "nitpicking" not "nip picking". Second, it's "Justin" not "Jusitn". Third, it's spelled "cannot" not "can not". I find it extremely ironic that someone criticizing a very intelligent journalist like Piers Morgan for being "stupid" is having trouble spelling words that any first grader could spell. This is besides the fact that your style of writing and desperate attempts to convey meaning are just revolting and dumb.
But it’s okay when the president says, “corpse-man”, right?
Nae, I never said it was okay for the president to say it like that. "Corpsman" is not a commonly used word. "Cannot" and a person's first name are.
Chase, Since you are “speaking of lack of knowledge”, I think saying “corpse-man” falls into that category. Not a common word, really? Even for the commander-in-chief of the US Military? Even I knew the word and how to pronounce it.
Don’t you think "Jusitn" is just a typo? OH, like you have NEVER EVER misspelled, or made typos in your ENTIRE LIFE, ever?????
This blog site is not a spelling contest, as long as you can get across what you mean, that’s all that matters. What you are doing is NITPICKING of the silliest kind I have ever seen.
Hey Chase. I'd like to continue your spelling and grammar lesson if that's cool. Ok here we go... Fourth, punctuation like "commas" and "periods" are left inside the end of "quotations." <-– Just like that. See how I did that? You see how first comes the period, and then come the quotations? That may be more like 5th or 6th grade knowledge, and admittedly I'm not sure how far you are on your academic journey. You've got that 1st grade stuff down pat though for sure.
February 10, 2013 at 1:12 pm | Report abuse |
Sir, the point that the gentleman was trying to make came over clear and concise. We aren't running a grammar class or a spelling bee. I also chose to reply to your post as a matter of pure coincidence. I could have responded to any number of the posts about Fox news and Obama's reelection and Piers Morgan and any other unfocused, irrelevant subject. The main point I am making is to read that a numbr of posts talk about voting for Obama because the GOP upset them or came across badly? Am I really to understand that the voters threw the country down the tubes because many were upset and didn't like some of the comments from the GOP? Truth be told Mitt Romney is exactly what this country needed at this point in time. Very similar to how Reagan was elected at the correct point in time as well. Until Obama, this country had a knack at voting in the right guy at the right time. Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Bush/Cheney (9/11) and Romney would have been what the country needed. A Solid business mind/CEO type. Very similar to NY;s Mayor Bloomberg. CEO type who knows how to manage finances and cut taxes and still maintain a surplus for use during rainy days. NYC, came out smelling like roses financially after thecrisis, thanks only to the leadership of Bloomberg. You need to elect the right person at the right time. The country will suffer eventually for the Obama policies. I apologize for selecting your post to rant but so goes it.
February 11, 2013 at 12:45 am | Report abuse |
Did you mispell your name, dude?
Well I read the article and it's nice to see a fool from Fox News fired. The only issue the whole news channel is about as open honest and trustworthy as a drunk idiot who only knows the words for more booze: the favorite brands on fox are: deception, dishonesty, misinformation, and lack of logic. My advice listen to the drunk chances are he's more accurate than fox news ever will be.
A rant from a true LEFTY...Come on admit it.
February 11, 2013 at 12:47 am | Report abuse | Reply
I know you will never post this or allow this post because it does not use lies and misrepresentations to make points...but maybe you need to check your numbers when you try to sway the public the numbers do not support your claims about Fox they still beat your network and all others by 300% here is just one website that gives the rating for cable news networks. you can run from the fact that CNN is not the network it used to be, but you can't hide from the truth..http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/02/06/cable-news-ratings-for-tuesday-february-5-2013/168289/
What do ratings have to do with the validity of a news organization. I'm sure the ratings for the Kardashians are high as well, but does that mean that it has real value? Do a little background checking into the least educated states and how they voted. That should pretty much tell you the story of the demographic that Fox news is pulling in, the ignorant and uneducated. No well-respected journalist worth his salt would work for that "news" organization. If you want to get news, then you have to pull from multiple sources to develop an unbiased opinion. Basically what I'm saying is you have a long way to go.
I haven't watched Piers Morgan since the first time he was on his show because of his arrogance and annoying disposition. I tried watching again last night because I was curious to see Dick Morris and what he had to say. It was painful to watch and I shut it off in 5 minutes. Piers still doesn't allow his guest to speak, to have an opinion if it is not in agreement with his own. It is time to get rid of Piers. If his contract is up give the loud mouth the boot. You are losing more and more viewers every day.
@ Sarah, have you watched Bill Oreilly lately-he's the same way.
Oreilly is one of the rudest, most arrogant "journalists" out there. How can you bash Morgan using that same argument. I'll tell you exactly why. You only see news as objective journalism when it coincides with your core beliefs. Morgan doesn't agree with your point of view and so you shut him off and completely disregard his argument due to your convictions. Ignorance is bliss, or at least I've heard. Maybe you can shed a little light on that for me 🙂
yoshimoto
Morris nailed it – nobody expected 8 million republlicans not to vote – I think the Mormon factor played a bigger role than we think – that's a shame. because Romney was probably the most qualified person in America to get this country back on track. We obviously don't vote for efficiency, we vote for popularity, like in high school And that is why this country is a mess.
I completely agree with you there...
In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve... sigh...
Dick46
A little advice from one the 47 percent that Mitt trashed. If you want votes you can't insult half the electors. I'm white, old and male. Mitt lost because he was a lousy candidate, pure and simple.
I'm sorry you're so upset that the man quoted a FACT. I've lived in North Charleston for a while and seen the pinnacle of laziness here. Just because you may be included in a group doesn't mean he was trashing you. He was talking about the part of that 47% that doesn't need to be there. The part that uses food stamps to buy red bull and beef jerky so they can resell it for cash and by drugs/alcohol. I'd think that should be more apparent. I'm sorry you took insult where there was none. I'd expect better out of our elderly.
Amin Ramo
Both Morgan and Morris represent the pinnacle of Bad Media, I do not comprehend how those two guys are permitted to have a voice in the media. Morris was the worst person to make predictions about politics since he started with FOX never once he was right. His analysis were shallow with no substance …Morgan seems like a scarred rabbit with no personality , I tried many times to watch his program the most I was able to listen to him it was 2 minutes and those instances he had a great guest . CNN and Fox should look hard before they give the microphone to idiots. Miller on Fox should be next he is another empty suit trying to make stupid jokes.
Larry King , Bernard Shaw where are you ?
First Sarah......Now Dick......Can Bill and Sean be far behind
Meg's Mom
One can only hope!
Dan's Mom
@ Meg's Mom, Amen.
Peteg
Republicans lost because of insisting tax cuts for the rich and benefit cuts for the rest of us.
Making all other kind of excuses a joke.Rich get richer lost them the election.
Morgan one-sided if ever... what a waste
FINALLY! The conservative base is dwindling, while liberalism is getting much bigger. Old people are dying out. Young people are starting to vote. The Flynn effect (meaning younger people are on average smarter than their elders) is showing. Their decisions are reflecting that. Frankly, it's good that these bigoted people are going extinct. These simpletons have caused A LOT of wars, hate, and discrimination. The rest of the world laughs at us. I see a very bright future full of higher IQ’s, tolerance and love.
Chase if you think its over (meaning younger people are on average smarter than their elders) you are then brain dead ... its far from over 🙂
Lone Rider (or whatever your silly name is), first of all it's spelled "IT'S" not "ITS". Secondly, it's spelled "THAN" not "then". So, um, Mr. Lone Rider tough person guy, next time you call someone "brain dead" it's really probably not in your best interest to misspell words. But your smiley thing looks cute. And it's absolutely a fact (something you might not be familiar with) that all over the planet IQ test scores increase over time. Hence why grandpa is usually a little more confused than his grandchildren. No offense to any elderly people though (I'm sure not all of them are bigots). That's just how it is.
- it's spelled "THAN" not "then"...
Is it really? I, for one, think “then” is the correct word here...
Well, Ainsley, you for one are wrong and never went to elementary school. "Then" is only used when referring to time: "Then we'll go". "Than" is only for comparison: "bigger than that one". It might not sound like a big deal, but it absolutely is. They are two completely different words! Guess you're a Foxy viewer, huh? Yeah.
Well, Chase, you for one are wrong and never went to elementary school. Guess you're a MSNBC viewer, huh? Yeah.
And if he was intending to use the word "then" as it is supposed to be used, good for him! But with his style and poor cohesion of writing, one can never be sure... EITHER usage in his case is extremely ambiguous and that in and of itself is bad, bad, bad. I don't mean to be a jerk to you Ainsley, sorry. But his hypocrisy frustrates me a little.
I think, from the context, Lone meant, “if you think it’s over, you are, then, brain dead.”
According to Oxford Dictionary, “then” also means “therefore” or “in that case”, so I think Lone is using the word in that term.
If “than” is correct here, and it’s for comparison, what is Lone comparing “brain dead” to?
Poor cohesion of writing? His usage of “then” was not at all ambiguous to me.
Chase, I hope you would stop ridiculing and insulting others for no good reason. Those are MUCH BIGGER problems in our society than any misspelling or bad grammar could ever be.
Hahahahha!!!! All these corrections to others' grammar, yet your sentence fragments fly Chase! Meanwhile, your basic argument [Chase] still lacks merit. This is wonderful example of pretending to have written an absolute truth by insisiting those words must be true. "Thus I have written; thus it is true" [it is so because I say it is so].
Give it up Ainsley, your good intention is lost on the likes of this one.
M. Snavely
Too bad Morgan didn't take lessons from Larry King. I never missed his show because he knew how to interview people, not try to force his opinions on them but let them express their own – which is why he had them on his show to begin with. I will never watch Morgan again. If he thinks America is so bad, why does he stay here? Would it have anything to do with money?
BillyK22
Democrats, Republicans, biased media conspiracies, Fox News, MSNBC, stupid, bully, arrogant, blind. ....... I understand and share in the frustration of politics and all the pundits that proclaim to be all-knowing, but enough with the whining already ! In the end, each of us has to make the call when we vote. When we differ, let's try to understand why we differ. – in a reasonable and reasoned way. If everyone would endeavor to be reasonable, I am confident most of our problems and differences would go away. When reasonable minds differ, let's agree to disagree without being disagreeable. We know the opposite approach has not worked, so let's give it a try. Perhaps we'll all be pleasantly surpised.
CNN is not a news channel and never was, CNN is a voice for the far left. Funny thing is that Fox ratings have taken a little hit lately but they're ratings are still number 1 among cable news networks, way above and beyond the floundering CNN's ratings which are consistently at the bottom. Another thing to look at is the people who put Obama back in office are the welfare hand-out crowd and most of them are to ignorant to watch news anyway! They out number the working crowd! So it really doesn't matter what you or I think!
Their ratings reflect the fact that old people don't know how to use the internet. The average age of that disgusting, lying network is 65. SIXTY FREAKIN' FIVE PEOPLE. A quote from the WP says "their target audience is dying off from old age". That is another BIG reason why they're losing so many viewers. Besides the fact that people of ALL ages are waking up and are no longer standing for their BS. I look forward to the day that they either change their tone to something new called "factual information", or, dare I say, go off the air. I hope it's the latter. And, wow, did you even watch that network on ELECTION NIGHT?? Holy cow. I've never seen such an epic fail in my life. I'm done ranting.
Oh, you’re done, Chase?
Then, I think I speak for most of the people here when I say, OH THANK GOD!! The spelling Nazi is gone!!
hah, typical American rednecks, what is considered middle of the road/mainstream in any other country, except maybe Saudi Arabia, is considered extremely left-wing by you folks.
Note to CNN: DO NOT HIRE DICK MORRIS OR ANYBODY FROM FOX NEWS-PLEEEEASE DON'T!!!!!! I will quit watching!! 🙂
Imjesayin
Goodbye you bloated fat foot fetishist! Say hello to Glen Beck and Sarah Palin as you fade into obscurity.
When did being wrong at the top of your lungs become a liability at Fox?
louis1999
I think we all realize by now that Dick Morris is really a double agent sent in by the Clintons to make the Republican party look bad. This is evidenced by the fact that he has caused way more damage after joining the Republican part vs when he was a Democrat.
Wow, still horribly wrong.
Thats too bad! He was only telling them what they wanted to hear.
Ellamvaram
It's time for Dick to move into a state of oblivion and move to another universe of his creation. And, the media should just forget him altogether. He made himself a fool when working for Clinton, and now he had made himself into a great fool..!!
D Morris is not a stupid man. He chose to tell lies until the last minute in reporting the last election. Now we will get some break from looking and listening to D Morris and S.Palin.
I will take CNN any day. Faux (fox) News is nothing more than a right wing propaganda machine. I refuse to watch it for that reason. More over, all of my FM stations in the house are tuned to NPR but I might listen to it for maybe 30 min. every other day. Our TV's are generally not on any news station until noon and again after dinner. I cannot believe that people really have Faux News on all day long. I guess that's what it takes to be brain washed. There are many more things to do in life than to watch that junk. Faux may say they are "fair and balanced" but, they are far fom it.
Fox News is blatantly biased to the right whereas MSNBC is blatantly biased to the left. CNN is is more disingenuous. CNN pretends to be objective, but anyone with half a brain can find clear evidence on almost every program of left leaning bias. From my observation the only exception might be the Out Front segment with Erin Burnett.
phoflex
We live in a new hyper reactive society that does little to make the world better. We argue incessantly with very little progress. All the while the earth dies quicker, the rich build taller walls pretending they are happier and smarter, kids souls die before knowing and everyone smiles thru their hedonism.
This guy is like all FOX talking heads. They confuse opinion with fact and when they make predictions it is solely based on what they WANTS to happen ratehr than on what they actually think will happen.
Fox, MSNBC, CNN and all other networks are in business to make money. They determine the demographic they want to appeal to and push the positions that demographic wants to hear. I have little regard for their ability or desire to inform and educate the public. There is a reason for the first amendment and a sort of grand bargain. We allow networks to say what they want to say with little restriction because we want an informed populace. I do not feel that any network lives up to their end of the deal.
Luke, I agree with you that all networks are in business to make money and they taper their news/opinion programs to accomplish that end. However, all networks also have stakeholders whose desire it is to advance a particular ideological agenda and their hiring practices reflect that. CNN wants to be perceived as a an objective news network, just as CBS, NBC, and ABC desire. But none of those newscasts are objective in any measurable way. By choosing what they feel is important to cover by the people they have chosen to hire, and by not covering news they wish to ignore they reveal a left leaning bias. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that. It is simply a fact that has been substantiated by numerous studies. So, if we are to be adequately informed we should not take the position that we will not listen to FOX or MSNBC simply because we disagree with their ideological bias. In fact, taking that position reveals our own intolerance and our own inflexibility.
bs-schooled
As much as I want to listen to Fox (FAUX) news, it's hard when they never report anything positive about the president. Even msnbc would do a positive story own Bush. Sean, Bill and all the others at Fox, are arrogant and completely bias!
GohomePiers
Piers Morgan, hated in Britain. Now America too
I wish we could deport this guy yesterday!
Piers only interrupts, he does not debate. Its no wonder he has no audience.
An economics professor at a local college had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail...
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering and blame resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
We have recently visited a great place in town, have you already been there? Here are some pics of it http://gostyn.osp.org.pl/import.php?b9b8
Take care, Virginia Mccormick
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National League Patience Or Panic?
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Earlier I wrote of the American League teams that either need to have patience or panic. Let’s look at the National League teams in the same predicament.
It’s safe to assume that Marlins’ owner Jeffrey Loria’s office is outfitted with escape hatches, listening devices, nefarious contraptions and trapdoors at various spots on the floor—one of which sends the hapless victim to the airtight, windowless room (complete with Lazarus Pit) in which Jack McKeon is kept.
There’s one small vent as a concession for McKeon’s cigar smoke.
Along with these amenities is, presumably, a dutiful assistant carrying a black box. Inside that black box is the panic button.
When said panic button is pressed, something happens: a manager is fired; a player is demoted; a son-in-law is sent to speak to the media; a pretentiously gauche extravaganza masquerading as art is activated; a fealty-induced political marker is cashed.
Is it time for the Marlins to panic?
Just about.
Already under investigation by the SEC for the way the new Marlins’ Stadium was financed, with manager Ozzie Guillen under siege for his pro-Fidel Castro comments and the team playing poorly, it’s not long before a Steinbrennerean missive is issued on stationary emblazoned across the top with the words:
From the Mildly Artistic Mind of Jeffrey L.
He learned his lessons from George Steinbrenner in terms of morally-challenged behavior under the guise of business and personal interests and now his team is eerily similar to the Yankees of the 1980s: expensive, underachieving, fractured, dysfunctional and disinterested.
Heath Bell and Jose Reyes have both been atrocious; Hanley Ramirez isn’t hitting; and, on the whole, they look like a group that not only doesn’t know how to play together, but don’t like each other very much.
Loria thought he was buying a contender and that the attendance to see that contender would be commensurate with the amenities of a new park and a good team.
The winning team would attract the real baseball fans; the nightclub, pool, dancing girls, acrobats, restaurants and art would attract the eclectic denizens of Miami who go where it’s cool regardless of the venue.
They’re seventh in the National League in attendance.
The team is flawed and, right now, just plain bad.
Loria’s finger is itching to hit that panic button and it should be because veteran teams in disarray tend to spiral out of control early once they sense the season is lost.
No team could function with the spate of injuries that have befallen the Phillies. All they’re trying to do is keep their heads above water until Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Cliff Lee are healthy.
Manager Charlie Manuel has been trying to find a lineup combination that works. He’s playing small ball to account for the lost power and it’s failing. Jimmy Rollins and Placido Polanco aren’t hitting and as good as Freddy Galvis is defensively, the Phillies currently can’t afford to carry his popgun bat.
If they get healthy, they’ll be fine. The question is what level of Howard and Utley are they going to get when they return and how long is Lee going to be out with a strained oblique? They don’t want to fall too far behind, but the second Wild Card added this year makes it much easier to be patient even in a demanding city like Philadelphia.
Amid all the preseason talk that the Reds’ decision to trade chunks of their farm system to get Mat Latos and Sean Marshall and the pending free agencies (in 2014) of Joey Votto and (in 2013) of Brandon Phillips made them a “win now or else” team, they’re well-situated for the future with all their pieces in place.
Latos, Johnny Cueto, Homer Bailey, Mike Leake, Jay Bruce and Drew Stubbs are all under team control for the foreseeable future; and they signed Votto, Phillips and Marshall to contract extensions.
The loss of Ryan Madson was a blow, but they’ve replaced him with Marshall and Aroldis Chapman can close if necessary.
The pitching has been solid; they just haven’t hit. This core of this Reds team was second in runs scored in 2011 and first in 2010. They’re going to hit.
The Giants’ strength was in their starting rotation and that they had a deep, diverse and organized bullpen with a horse of a closer.
The rotation should be fine but the bullpen is in flux with the loss of Brian Wilson. Bruce Bochy is not the closer-by-committee type of manager, but that’s where he is as of now. He named Santiago Casilla as the closer and proceeded to treat him as if he’s just another arm in the bullpen as soon as he got in trouble in one of his first save chances after being dubbed the closer.
The lineup has been better than expected, but is still carrying potential black spots at shortstop, second base, first base and right field.
And Angel Pagan, being Angel Pagan, will inspire the entire team—individually—to strangle him at least once by forgetting how many outs there are; running the team out of an inning; throwing to the wrong base (or wrong team); or something.
The Giants don’t need to panic, but they do need to be vigilant that unless they settle on a reasonable plan with their bullpen, they’re going to fade by August.
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Posted on September 27, 2010 by peanutbutterfingers
The salad that Ryan and I enjoyed during the Greek cooking class we took at Whole Foods on Friday night has stayed with me.
Though I loved all of the flavors in the salad (feta cheese, mmm, olives, mmm), the flavor combination that really stuck with me was the watermelon and mint duo.
Watermelon is already quite refreshing on its own, but when paired with fresh mint leaves, it reaches a whole new level of refreshment.
Watermelon + Mint
I enjoyed a big bowl of cubed watermelon with fresh mint leaves during lunch today and the combination of the two flavors was just as fantastic as I remembered.
Just to keep you guessing, I included some other totally random foods in my midday meal.
Along with the watermelon, I also had a bowl of lobster-flavored imitation crab meat and a cup of Greek yogurt.
I think Sadie wanted in on that fakie lobster meat.
Crab? Lobster? Fish? Delish!
The Spread
I also enjoyed this monster of a cookie that was leftover from my bridal shower.
PBfingers.com Update
As some of you may have noticed, my blog, which is normally located at PBFingers.com, is in the process of changing hosts. While undergoing this transition, I’ll be posting here at peanutbutterfingers.wordpress.com, but PBFingers.com should be back up and operational this evening! 🙂
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Jessica @ How Sweet, on September 27, 2010 at 2:06 pm said:
I love the watermelon + mint combo. But girl… I can’t hang with imitation crab…lol.
Heather, on September 27, 2010 at 2:07 pm said:
watermelon and mint sounds amazing! although i have to say i think i’d like it in juice form instead 🙂
Tina, on September 27, 2010 at 2:08 pm said:
That combo does sound refreshing!
And a leftover cookie sounds like my kind of leftovers. 😉
Christina @ Food.Fun.Fabulous, on September 27, 2010 at 2:23 pm said:
Strawberries with mint is also a great combo!
Amanda at Run4Ayden, on September 27, 2010 at 2:37 pm said:
I have been making that watermelon, mint and feta salad for a while! Paula Dean has a surprisingly healthy recipe consisting of those ingredients and a few more!
Also, the other day I tried making what I called a watermelon mojito salad, which was just like yours but I squeezed lime over it!
Bee Goes Bananas, on September 27, 2010 at 2:39 pm said:
I would have never thought to put mint and watermelon together, but it sounds delicious!
Also, I love imitation crab or lobster meat. A lot of people don’t like it because of the texture, but I love the texture! MMM!
Shanna, like Banana, on September 27, 2010 at 2:39 pm said:
What a refershing summery meal. Love the mint/watermelon combo..mint tastes lovely in fruit salads too!
kristy@ kristyruns.com, on September 27, 2010 at 2:40 pm said:
I don’t think i’ve tried the watermelon mint combo! Sounds yummy though.
That cookie is so cute!
MJ, on September 27, 2010 at 2:42 pm said:
Love the watermelon and mint. But Imitation Lobster? My Uncle was a Lobster fisherman that’s a BIG no-no in my family! Go for the real stuff it tastes a million times better!
peanutbutterfingers, on September 27, 2010 at 2:44 pm said:
believe me i would if i could afford it!
gavrielski, on September 27, 2010 at 2:50 pm said:
I LOVE watermelon, and I especially enjoy it with mint and basil. Those are two of my favorites. It is 80 and sunny today in San Francisco and a big bowl of watermelon sounds amazing! Also, I’ve never had imitation lobster. Does it taste even remotely like real lobster?
Marina, on September 27, 2010 at 3:05 pm said:
I never tried watermelon mint combo, but I suppose it’s awesome!
Love the cookie 🙂
Jean@RoastedRootsandPumpkinSpice, on September 27, 2010 at 3:06 pm said:
I tried the watermelon and mint combo for the first time this summer and I LOVED it!
I don’t hate on your imitation crab. I have it too occasionally and it’s definitely not like the real thing but it’s still good!
Ariffa, on September 27, 2010 at 3:16 pm said:
yum i really want to try out watermelon and mint! and you have me craving crab now
Jamie @ Food in Real Life, on September 27, 2010 at 3:23 pm said:
I love the watermelon and mint combo. Lime tastes really good on watermelon too!
Holly at Greek Yogurt and Apple Slices, on September 27, 2010 at 3:28 pm said:
Can’t wait for the blog to come back on my Google reader!! I miss seeing it there 😀
Tracey @ I'm Not Superhuman, on September 27, 2010 at 3:52 pm said:
I love watermelon and mint. And with feta it’s surprisingly good.
Lisa, on September 27, 2010 at 4:06 pm said:
Mmm watermelon and mint salad! Sounds very refreshing! =)
Chicago Cuisine Critique, on September 27, 2010 at 4:16 pm said:
That watermelon and mint combo is one I have not yet tried..it seems like it would be an awesome combo.
Naomi(onefitfoodie), on September 27, 2010 at 4:56 pm said:
what makes that EVEN better (I know, HOW is that possible) is fresh feta and balsamic glaze…omg heaveeeennnn
I ❤ fresh herbs!
Rachel Cannon Humiston, on September 27, 2010 at 5:00 pm said:
Not sure how I feel about the imitation lobster/crab, but love that watermelon is still making an appearance in late september! I’ve been jonesing for a watermelon and feta salad! Mint would be the perfect addition!
Chelsea at Striking Balance, on September 27, 2010 at 7:04 pm said:
Cookie leftovers are the best kind of leftovers 🙂
Sarah, on September 27, 2010 at 7:20 pm said:
watermelon & mint sounds wonderful!
Lauren, on September 27, 2010 at 8:05 pm said:
Ugh oh, I can’t see your new post from tonight. Maybe it has something to do with the host?
Liz @ Blog is the New Black, on September 27, 2010 at 8:27 pm said:
Watermelon and mint sounds so refreshing!
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G = C4⋊S3≀C2 order 288 = 25·32
The semidirect product of C4 and S3≀C2 acting via S3≀C2/C32⋊C4=C2
C4:S3wrC2
G/Z=C2×S3≀C2
G'=C2×C3⋊S3
G/G'=C23
G/Φ=C2×S3≀C2
C4⋊1D4
non-abelian, soluble, monomial, rational
Aliases: C4⋊1S3≀C2, (C3×C12)⋊2D4, C32⋊C4⋊1D4, C3⋊Dic3⋊6D4, C32⋊(C4⋊1D4), D6⋊D6⋊9C2, (C2×S3≀C2)⋊2C2, (C4×C32⋊C4)⋊4C2, C3⋊S3.3(C2×D4), C2.14(C2×S3≀C2), (C2×S32).2C22, (C3×C6).12(C2×D4), (C2×C3⋊S3).6C23, (C4×C3⋊S3).36C22, (C2×C32⋊C4).15C22, SmallGroup(288,879)
C1 — C32 — C2×C3⋊S3 — C4⋊S3≀C2
C1 — C32 — C3⋊S3 — C2×C3⋊S3 — C2×S32 — C2×S3≀C2 — C4⋊S3≀C2
C32 — C2×C3⋊S3 — C4⋊S3≀C2
C1 — C2 — C4
Generators and relations for C4⋊S3≀C2
G = < a,b,c,d | a3=b12=c4=d2=1, ab=ba, cac-1=b4, dad=a-1, cbc-1=a-1b9, dbd=b7, dcd=c-1 >
Subgroups: 1048 in 162 conjugacy classes, 29 normal (11 characteristic)
C1, C2, C2 [×6], C3 [×2], C4, C4 [×5], C22 [×13], S3 [×8], C6 [×6], C2×C4 [×3], D4 [×12], C23 [×4], C32, Dic3 [×2], C12 [×2], D6 [×14], C2×C6 [×4], C42, C2×D4 [×6], C3×S3 [×4], C3⋊S3 [×2], C3×C6, C4×S3 [×2], D12 [×2], C3⋊D4 [×4], C3×D4 [×2], C22×S3 [×4], C4⋊1D4, C3⋊Dic3, C3×C12, C32⋊C4 [×4], S32 [×8], S3×C6 [×4], C2×C3⋊S3, S3×D4 [×2], D6⋊S3 [×2], C3×D12 [×2], C4×C3⋊S3, S3≀C2 [×8], C2×C32⋊C4 [×2], C2×S32 [×4], C4×C32⋊C4, D6⋊D6 [×2], C2×S3≀C2 [×4], C4⋊S3≀C2
Quotients: C1, C2 [×7], C22 [×7], D4 [×6], C23, C2×D4 [×3], C4⋊1D4, S3≀C2, C2×S3≀C2, C4⋊S3≀C2
Character table of C4⋊S3≀C2
class 1 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 2G 3A 3B 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 12A 12B
size 1 1 9 9 12 12 12 12 4 4 2 18 18 18 18 18 4 4 24 24 24 24 8 8
ρ1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 trivial
ρ2 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 -1 1 1 -1 -1 1 1 -1 -1 1 1 -1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 linear of order 2
ρ3 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 1 1 -1 1 -1 1 1 linear of order 2
ρ4 1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 1 1 -1 -1 linear of order 2
ρ5 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 -1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 linear of order 2
ρ6 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 1 -1 1 -1 1 1 1 linear of order 2
ρ7 1 1 1 1 -1 1 -1 1 1 1 -1 -1 1 1 -1 -1 1 1 1 -1 -1 1 -1 -1 linear of order 2
ρ8 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 1 1 linear of order 2
ρ9 2 2 -2 -2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 orthogonal lifted from D4
ρ10 2 -2 -2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -2 2 -2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 orthogonal lifted from D4
ρ11 2 -2 -2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 -2 -2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 orthogonal lifted from D4
ρ12 2 2 -2 -2 0 0 0 0 2 2 -2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 -2 -2 orthogonal lifted from D4
ρ13 2 -2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -2 0 0 -2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 orthogonal lifted from D4
ρ14 2 -2 2 -2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 -2 2 0 0 -2 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 orthogonal lifted from D4
ρ15 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 -2 1 -2 -4 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1 0 -1 0 1 2 -1 orthogonal lifted from C2×S3≀C2
ρ16 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1 0 -1 0 -1 -2 1 orthogonal lifted from S3≀C2
ρ17 4 4 0 0 0 0 -2 2 1 -2 -4 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1 0 1 0 -1 2 -1 orthogonal lifted from C2×S3≀C2
ρ18 4 4 0 0 2 -2 0 0 -2 1 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 1 0 -1 0 -1 2 orthogonal lifted from C2×S3≀C2
ρ19 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 -2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -1 0 -1 0 1 -2 orthogonal lifted from S3≀C2
ρ20 4 4 0 0 0 0 -2 -2 1 -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1 0 1 0 1 -2 1 orthogonal lifted from S3≀C2
ρ21 4 4 0 0 -2 -2 0 0 -2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 1 0 1 0 1 -2 orthogonal lifted from S3≀C2
ρ22 4 4 0 0 -2 2 0 0 -2 1 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -1 0 1 0 -1 2 orthogonal lifted from C2×S3≀C2
ρ23 8 -8 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 orthogonal faithful
ρ24 8 -8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 orthogonal faithful
Permutation representations of C4⋊S3≀C2
(1 5 9)(2 6 10)(3 7 11)(4 8 12)(13 21 17)(14 22 18)(15 23 19)(16 24 20)
(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12)(13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24)
(1 23)(2 16 6 24)(3 21 11 13)(4 14)(5 19 9 15)(7 17)(8 22 12 18)(10 20)
G:=sub<Sym(24)| (1,5,9)(2,6,10)(3,7,11)(4,8,12)(13,21,17)(14,22,18)(15,23,19)(16,24,20), (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12)(13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24), (1,23)(2,16,6,24)(3,21,11,13)(4,14)(5,19,9,15)(7,17)(8,22,12,18)(10,20), (1,23)(2,18)(3,13)(4,20)(5,15)(6,22)(7,17)(8,24)(9,19)(10,14)(11,21)(12,16)>;
G:=Group( (1,5,9)(2,6,10)(3,7,11)(4,8,12)(13,21,17)(14,22,18)(15,23,19)(16,24,20), (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12)(13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24), (1,23)(2,16,6,24)(3,21,11,13)(4,14)(5,19,9,15)(7,17)(8,22,12,18)(10,20), (1,23)(2,18)(3,13)(4,20)(5,15)(6,22)(7,17)(8,24)(9,19)(10,14)(11,21)(12,16) );
G=PermutationGroup([(1,5,9),(2,6,10),(3,7,11),(4,8,12),(13,21,17),(14,22,18),(15,23,19),(16,24,20)], [(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12),(13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24)], [(1,23),(2,16,6,24),(3,21,11,13),(4,14),(5,19,9,15),(7,17),(8,22,12,18),(10,20)], [(1,23),(2,18),(3,13),(4,20),(5,15),(6,22),(7,17),(8,24),(9,19),(10,14),(11,21),(12,16)])
Matrix representation of C4⋊S3≀C2 ►in GL6(ℤ)
0 0 -1 1 0 0
0 0 0 1 -1 -1
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Character table of C4⋊S3≀C2 in TeX
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Attaboy Talks Politics, Shrooms and Art
Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert found himself painting mushrooms this past year, but surprisingly, his inspiration was not psychedelics. The artist, author and co-founder of Hi-Fructose magazine started shrooming—in the artistic sense that is—after the 2016 election. Attaboy painted a new series on wood with colorful images of mushrooms, skulls and other materials that he felt symbolized themes like mortality and rebirth. The California-based artist, who recently featured new works at his Grow in the Dark show in Los Angeles, spoke with PRØHBTD about the new pieces.
You’ve said the 2016 presidential election inspired many of your latest works. To what extent did the build up to election day inspire you compared to the eventual outcome?
It wasn’t these works specifically, but the inundation of sour news and powerlessness over our electoral system led to a feeling of hopelessness. I wanted to do something and not let that nasty fuck-face steal my sense of humor and my hope. So I started painting mushrooms on cardboard and planting them in our town, then L.A., then sending them to be planted in Portland, in museums, in stores, in Ohio, everywhere. I made more than 125. The idea was to take back our thought-o-sphere a bit, to remind people that there still are unexpected pieces of joy in the corner of your eye, so don’t fucking keep them closed!
One day I painted one cluster of shrooms on a piece of wood. That led to the recent Grow in the Dark series at Corey Helford Gallery. The paintings grew organically, turning into more sculpture than painting.
I was building paintings and drawing with a saw in the garage, covered in dust. Once, I was working on one of the larger pieces, and it dropped—shattering into dozens of pieces, just a few days before the show. For some reason I was calm and viewed it as an opportunity to revisit each piece, to add new detail now that everything was unassembled. That was not like me. I think something has changed.
Mushrooms are a motif that appears in many of your works. To what extent, if any, did psychedelic experiences help shape your worldview and expand your artistic vision?
Mushrooms have been appearing in my subconscious for my entire life. My grandmother had a ceramics studio where she would teach classes, and they had tons of mushroom molds.
Her kitchen walls were covered with mushrooms she painted, and she had a mushroom garden on the side of the house made of sparkly colors. I remember painting them once, making a real mess of things, and for the first time, getting yelled at by my sweet grandmother. Since I was small, I’ve spent countless hours trying to paint, hating every minute of it immensely.
But after the election, I started listening to Bob Ross to lull me to sleep. I figured his soothing voice was better than the news cycle. Not soon after, I was painting and actually loving it, after 40 years!
That harsh critic in my head was gone. I was laughing, painting, and building. It was like I caught a strange wave.
As for psychedelic mushroom experiences: I’ve had none, actually. Although a few years ago, when my sleeping was at its worst, I would see giant crystalline spiders that were dropping from the ceiling when I was about to go to sleep or mid-REM. I’d reach out and say, “Hi, Mr. Spider. You sure are big!” and scare my wife. I guess these visions are called “hypnopompic” hallucinations.
Mushrooms grow from the decay of dead matter. How does grasping this concept help inform your view on life as expressed through your artwork?
Mushrooms are dangerous, beautiful, diverse, edible, tasty, poisonous, phallic and magical. Many think they originated as spores on another planet; some believe as part of the big bang, others from alien life. Their network of life is under the surface of our planet and branches out, helping or feeding on plant life. Some grow through insects and animals. They grow on feces. They pop up overnight. To me, they give hope that some of the worst shit can facilitate the most colorful magic, sometimes overnight. Feed on the garbage of life and convert it into poison, joy, or poisonous joy.
Cannabis is another plant with a non-traditional story: It might help save or improve your life if it doesn’t land you jail. Does cannabis ever play a visual or inspirational role in your art?
Funny, I’ve never had an alcoholic drink, taken drugs or drank a cup of coffee. But my guess is that I’d be healthier if I did. I have a very addictive personality. And as a former performer, I can be like a crack addict on Japanese candy. I spent a lot of time in bars. It’s also where I met my wife! Anyone who knows me really well knows I’m a pretty manic person. I thrive on these ideas like an addict and often awake to strange “ideas” that plague me until they are complete. While doing this show, I did way too many things at once, so much so that I had chest pains and caused an enlarged heart. The “Cage” piece is evidence of that, which, of course, is no way to work or be.
In what ways does wood provide the ideal canvas for your images, and what types of wood to you prefer to use?
Squares and rectangles drive me nuts when painting. I’ve always been fond of toys, sculptures, reliefs and looking at things from different vantage points. I draw fast and furious, with a big pen or big marker. I want things to be dynamic and have life. I like using a saw as an eraser, cutting pieces off then moving them around.
Some final works started as spare parts from other things but combined together. Sometimes it’s like they “speak” to each other, or at least respond to each other.
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve made a piece, and just [saying] this makes me excited again. Thank you. You will be the one they blame!
Searching the name “Daniel Seifert” results in old news stories related to the Chicago mob. Has this ever resulted in some strange misunderstandings?
No, it hasn’t, although I think he ran a plastics factory. (Wink.) Most delivery people ask me if I’m related to George Seifert, a famous football coach, but I’m not.
You co-founded Hi-Fructose magazine. What important goals have you been able to reach with the magazine, and what are the more immediate goals you hope to reach in 2018?
When I think about it, the very existence of Hi-Fructose is a strange fever dream. When Annie and I started it in 2005, we didn’t imagine that it would go where it went. In a way, our ignorance turned out to be a blessing! Or on some days, a curse. I think Hi-Fructose reframed the art world in a new way to a certain segment of people, by mixing artists from all different spheres in one place in a unique way. I’m proud of us for that.
HF is published by artists, so we’re not pushing marketing agendas on folks, either, and I think that the readers can sense and appreciate that. The advertisers who are drawn to us get that as well.
After nearly 13 years, it still presents relevant, interesting articles in print and online, and often with a sense of humor or wonder. The writing has continued to evolve and get more and more interesting. There’s nothing like the smell and feel of print. Many artists received their first print coverage in our mag, which is fantastic. We never thought that the touring exhibition Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose—which closed late last year—would happen, and it included exhibitions at the Virginia MOCA, Akron Art Museum and The Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. It was interesting to see people’s reactions to the art; people who didn’t live in large cities. Some attendees were openly emotional and visited numerous times. The Virginia MOCA did a great job putting the thing together. We had our differences, but the result was pretty fantastic and, for us, a bit surreal. I just wish some of our family members, who were strong supporters of what we were doing when we began, could have seen it.
Finally, if you were to create a new piece that characterized the GOP Tax Bill that just passed, what would it entail?
I’m working on a decomposing tank piece that seems to fit that pretty well, but don’t tell anybody.
David Jenison (david.jenison@prohbtd.com) is Editor-in-Chief at PRØHBTD. Photo credit: Timothy Norris.
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Neil Rollinson
Tough, explicit and wickedly clever ? Alan Brownjohn
About Neil Rollinson
Neil Rollinson’s poetry has been noted for its eroticism, and certainly the earlier collections are dominated by sensual encounters of various kinds. His subject matter also takes in science and sports which has led one reviewer to describe him as ‘a poet of unashamed masculinity’, while another placed his work in ‘New Lad territory’, but such labels detract considerably from the sensitivity of Rollinson’s approach; in fact these are poems which are, at heart, romantic. As Ruth Padel writes, ‘what crackles off his pages is not obscenity but delight in language, in revelatory ways of seeing the world’.
Rollinson was born in Yorkshire in 1960. He has published three collections of poetry with Jonathan Cape, A Spillage of Mercury (1996), Spanish Fly (2001) and Demolition (2009), all Poetry Book Society Recommendations. In 2007 he won first prize in the National Poetry Competition with ‘Constellations’ and has since been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Camberwell College of Art, and Poet in Residence at the Wordsworth Trust. He won a Cholmendeley Award in 2005.
In a discussion of the poem ‘Giant Puffballs’, Padel describes Rollinson’s work as accessing ‘places other poems can’t reach’, and indeed here and elsewhere in his poetry Rollinson broaches subjects others might shy away from – in this case, shitting in the woods. Some may not have the stomach for such a poem – ‘the undigested sweetcorn / bright as stones in a brooch’ – but Rollinson somehow manages to rescue the act from the realms of shame and secrecy and return it to its simple, natural origins: ‘and the smell / is like marzipan, not offensive / as it is against the clinical spruce / of the ordinary bathroom. It steams / in the dirt…’ A contribution to that small but robust subgenre: the call-of-nature pastoral poem.
Rollinson’s sense of humour is of course central to his work, as conveyed in the recording by his assertive and slightly wry delivery. ‘My Wives’ for example, plays on the potential for frisson on public transport as passengers eye each other up, the speaker imagining that all the women ascending from the underground belong to him: ‘I descend on Holborn’s escalator / watching my wives pass by on the opposite side, / smiling, waving at me; they shout in Swedish, /Russian, Urdu, that they’ll always love me.’ Occasionally the poems strike a melancholic note, when the closeness between two people transforms, inevitably, into apartness. ‘My Wives’ ends with the speaker ‘home alone…in an empty bed’. Meanwhile, in ‘Entropy’, a scientific conceit illustrates the absence of the speaker’s lover with a somewhat arch melodrama: ‘Your coffee grows cold on the kitchen table / which means the universe is dying’. If sensuality is one of the themes to which Rollinson returns again and again, then death (the end of sensing) is always also a part of the picture.
Neil Rollinson’s recording was made at The Soundhouse, London on 14 January 2014. The producer was Anne Rosenfeld.
Poems by Neil Rollinson
Giant Puffballs
by Neil Rollinson
Giant Puffballs - Neil Rollinson
My Wives
My Wives - Neil Rollinson
Entropy - Neil Rollinson
Christmas in Andalucía
Christmas in Andalucía - Neil Rollinson
National Poetry Competition 2007
Prize website
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Royal Literary Fund Fellow 2002-4
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Jolt Initiative (2017 Grant)
Type of grant: Movement-led Pop Culture Narrative Strategies
Tags: Activating Mass Audiences, Civic Participation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Fall 2017, Gender Justice, Immigrant Rights
Jolt Initiative is a Texas-based, Latino-focused grassroots organization that increases the civic participation of Latinos to build a stronger Texas and democracy. Jolt was launched after the 2016 election with a mission to increase the civic engagement, power, and leadership of Texas’s Latinx population by building a movement that shifts power to working people and communities of color.
With this grant support, Jolt will build a team of culture change strategists and cultural organizers for their two-year #QuincePower culture change campaign, which aims to engage young Latinas as cultural influencers and leaders in their family and friend networks, and ultimately, to build a culture of voting among Latinos in Texas. A cherished rite of passage for young Latinas, quinceañeras honor their transition from girlhood to womanhood and their future duties and responsibilities to family and community.
With millions of mixed-status immigrant families in Texas, Jolt Initiative wants to show young Latinas that through #QuincePower and the power of their vote, they can help protect their families. This work builds on Jolt’s efforts to harness Latinx culture to uplift stories, resist dominant narratives that paint Latinos as dangerous outsiders, transform people’s ideas about what it means to be American, and create cultural traditions that shift the community narrative from impotence to power and transformation. Ultimately, Jolt aims to mobilize tens of thousands of young Latinos in Texas as cultural influencers in their families and communities and expand people’s imagination about what is possible.
“In Texas, we dream big, because we are big and we are determined to chart a new future for our country and state. Latino youth hold the power in their hands to not only change the politics of Texas, but the country.” – Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez, Founder and Executive Director
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What is the Best VPN For Amazon Fire TV Stick in 2020?
Don’t you just love the Internet? I mean without it we would still be stuck on Cable TV. Having to watch programs we don’t really enjoy because there is no alternative. But that’s not the case anymore. We now have Video on Demand services that offer tons of content to choose from. Whether it’s music videos, movies, shows, or even documentaries.
Unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee
No activity logs and no connection logs
Easy-to-use apps for all devices
Even better, we can now access these services directly from our TVs. New model televisions come with the smart technology already installed but if that’s not the case then the Amazon Fire TV Stick is the perfect solution.
A simple and affordable device that you plug into the HDMI cable allowing you to access the internet using an ordinary TV.
But now to the question of the day. Why do you need a VPN for your Amazon Fire TV Stick?
Why Do You Need a VPN for Amazon Fire TV Stick
I will give you three solid reasons.
To unblock geo-restricted content – It’s true that the various streaming services give you access to unlimited content but as you will realize, the content that you access varies depending on your location. For instance, a lot of shows that are available in Netflix US will be unavailable in Netflix Canada and vice versa. A VPN allows you to change your geographical location to a different country which gives you access to the content in that country.
For Online Privacy and Security – Did you know that your ISP can monitor what you are doing online? By using a VPN all your internet traffic is encrypted making it impossible for third parties to spy on you. It is also an effective way to prevent hackers from stealing your personal data.
To Prevent Internet throttling – Throttling is when your ISP limits your bandwidth when they notice that you are using too much of it which is usually the case when streaming. When you use a VPN your ISP cannot tell what you are doing online and they, therefore, have no grounds to throttle your internet.
All that being said we have come up with a list of 5 VPN software that will be excellent for Amazon Fire TV Stick.
Best VPNs for Amazon Fire TV Stick
With more than 60 VPN solutions currently in the market, we understand that picking one can be a hassle. But by narrowing that list to 5, it was not easy, we have made it easier for you to decide.
Express VPN – Without a doubt the undisputed king when it comes to VPNs for Amazon Fire TV Stick. It has been the most consistent in unblocking geo-restricted content. Even in those rare instances when Express VPN is discovered and blocked by the streaming services, usually Netflix, they are always very quick to upgrade their servers and IP addresses to new ones that work.
NordVPN – Developed 7 years ago, NordVPN currently stands as one of the most secure VPN solutions thanks to its double layer of security. It incorporates the Onion Network over the standard VPN connection which affords you the extra security of someone accessing the internet via the Tor browser.
CyberGhost – The best VPN for Amazon Fire TV Stick if you are operating on a budget. And the best thing is that you don’t have to compromise on functionality. CyberGhost seamlessly unlocks Netflix and multiple other streaming services while offering excellent speeds so that you don’t have to worry about buffering.
IPVanish – Yet another well-rounded VPN that won’t disappoint if its unblocking content you are interested in. IPVanish owns and operates all their servers and can, therefore, guarantee reliability and great connection speeds for all your online activities.
PrivateVPN – Still in the process of establishing themselves as an Industry leader but PrivateVPN delivers all that they promise on their website. That is rare. The VPN will help you overcome internet censorship, access geo-blocked content and has solid security features that ensure you to remain completely anonymous online.
So, what criteria did I use to come up with these VPN solutions?
Factors to Consider When Choosing a VPN for Amazon Fire TV Stick
Server Coverage
How many servers does the VPN have and how are they distributed globally. More servers mean less competition for bandwidth since users will have more options to choose from. And if they are well spread across the world, it makes it easy for the user to find one that is nearest to them. The longer your internet traffic travels to reach a VPN server then the lower your connection speed.
Ability to Unblock Geo-Restricted Content
A lot of VPNs will claim to unblock restricted content only for them to be flagged down by the streaming service providers. We have tested the VPNs on our list and established that they can unblock Netflix and at least 2 other popular streaming services.
A Dedicated App for Amazon Fire Stick
If a VPN software is available on the Amazon App store then installation becomes a breeze. Nevertheless, we have also included an alternative method to install the VPN if it’s not available on the App Store.
A great VPN will encrypt your data making it almost impossible for hackers and third parties to spy on you or collect your personal data. OpenVPN protocol combined with AES 256 bit encryption provides the best security and privacy. Other VPN protocols like L2TP and IKEv2 are less secure but they provide better speeds.
Connection speeds
A VPN is always guaranteed to slow down your connection speed. However, a good VPN will find the perfect balance between security and speed allowing you to enjoy uninterrupted streaming with the best video quality.
On their website, ExpressVPN claims to be the number one trusted VPN and I could not agree with them more.
The VPN is located in the British Virgin Islands where there are under no obligation to store your user logs.
Couple that with their compatibility with OpenVPN connection protocol and AES 256 bit encryption and you have yourself an iron-clad security structure. Not even your ISP can tell what you are doing online and good luck to anyone trying to steal your personal data.
From our tests, this VPN has been the most successful in unblocking streaming services. Netflix and the others have come up with techniques to identify VPN connections and block them and this has affected a lot of VPN vendors. Not ExpressVPN though.
Then the other great thing about this solution is that it has a dedicated application for all the popular devices including Amazon Firestick. You can also install it on a mobile phone, computer, Xbox, PlayStation, among others.
But the best part about it is that it can be installed on a router. This will be especially useful to users of the older generation Fire TV Stick which is not compatible with any VPN app.
Also, every other device you connect to the router will be VPN protected and thus you don’t have to worry that ExpressVPN only allows a maximum of 5 simultaneous connections.
ExpressVPN has 3000+ servers distributed over 160 locations in 94 different countries. The server diversity gives you access to unlimited content that would otherwise be blocked and it also increases the chances of finding a server that is nearest to you for the best connection speeds.
ExpressVPN does not have a free trial but it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you are unsatisfied with any aspect of the software within these days you can request a refund.
Has a widespread collection of servers
Includes a dedicated app for Amazon Fire TV Stick
Excellent streaming Speeds
Has no free trial
NordVPN has 5100+ servers distributed in 59 countries. And while that’s impressive, it would have been great if they had extended their scope to more countries. Nonetheless, the multiple servers help reduce competition for bandwidth which results in great connection speeds when using NordVPN.
You will be able to stream all your favorite movies and shows in Full HD and with no buffering.
This VPN also comes with a dedicated application for Amazon Fire Stick which means setting it up is a breeze. Additionally, it supports iOS and Android mobile phones, computers running on Windows, Linux or Mac OSes and it also includes browser extensions for Firefox and Chrome.
NordVPN allows you to simultaneously protect 6 devices with a single license.
In regard to security, this VPN solution uses OpenVPN protocol combined with AES 256 bit encryption to protect your personal data from prying eyes. It also allows you an extra layer of protection by introducing the Onion network over the standard VPN connection. For other VPNs, this would require that you first download the Tor browser.
However, it’s worth noting that the added layer of security will further decrease your connection speeds so I would not recommend it when streaming.
Additional security features include DNS leak protection and a killswitch that will disable your Internet in case the VPN disconnects to avoid leaking your information.
Moreover, NordVPN comes with a malware and ad blocker.
If you are going to purchase this VPN then I recommend the 3-year plan because it gives you the best value.
This VPN solution comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Unblocks all the popular streaming services
Huge collection of global servers
Solid security features
The app is available on Amazon App Store
Lacks optimized servers for streaming
Get NordVPN
3. CyberGhost VPN
CyberGhost is the most affordable solution on our list but that does not make it any less than the others. Guess what? It currently stands as the number one VPN with the most servers. It has over 5500 servers distributed over 112+ locations in 60 countries.
As a result, there is no competition for bandwidth allowing you to stream your videos in Full HD and with no buffering. The widespread server locations also mean you can unlock content in multiple countries.
In our tests, CyberGhost was able to unblock Netflix US as well as Hulu and Amazon Player. We were also able to access BBCiPlayer which is only available in the UK.
The good this about this VPN solution is that it comes with specific servers that have been optimized for streaming. With most of the other VPN solutions, you have to use trial and error to find which of the available servers works best in unblocking content.
The connection speeds with CyberGhost are amazing and will give uninterrupted streaming at Full HD.
And if you are concerned about security, then CyberGhost has all the right features. The killswitch ensures that if the VPN disconnects then no data is leaked. The VPN is also compatible with OpenVPN protocol but also allows you to switch to L2TP or IKEv2 which are less secure but offer better speeds.
CyberGhost offers a free 1-day trial but it’s limited. For instance, it will not allow you to unblock any streaming service. In that case, you will have to purchase the premium service. The good news is that you get a 45-day money-back guarantee.
Has specialized streaming servers
Can unblock multiple streaming services
Offers decent connection speeds
1-day free trial could be extended
Get CyberGhost
4. IPVanish
Our next recommended software is IPVanish, a US-based VPN that comes with 1300+ servers in over 75 different locations. The company owns and operates all its servers and can, therefore, assure reliability and fast connection speeds.
IPVanish is quite generous with how many devices you can connect allowing up to 10 simultaneous connections. Also, it has dedicated applications for all the popular devices including the Amazon Fire TV stick.
I understand that the US is not the best jurisdiction for a VPN seeing as it is a member of the 5 eye alliance but IPVanish does not store any user logs and thus should the government come knocking, they will have no information to give.
A really great feature that makes IPVanish great for unblocking Netflix and other streaming services is stealth mode. This is the ability to disguise VPN connection to look like normal traffic and is a great way to access sites that block VPN connections without being detected.
Unfortunately, IPVanish does not offer a free trial. Which is also why I feel that the 7-day money-back guarantee they offer is a little less. But still, I would say that it’s enough time to test and understand the product.
Their servers are self-owned and operated
Allows 10 simultaneous connections
Unblocks Netflix and other streaming services
Has a native app for Amazon Fire TV Stick
7-day money-back guarantee is a little limited
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5. Private VPN
PrivateVPN is a Swedish-based VPN that has managed to garner quite a following since its inception and for good reasons. With slightly over 100 servers, PrivateVPN has the least number of servers in our list.
However, they have done a great job of spreading them to cover 60 countries which allows you to easily find a server that’s near you for the best speeds.
Private VPN can successfully unblock Netflix which is the most strict of all the other streaming services and it also works with Prime Video and Hulu. You can also make use of their servers in other countries like France, UK, and Australia to access content that would otherwise be inaccessible to you.
All traffic being sent via PrivateVPN connection is encrypted using 2048-bit Encryption With AES-256. The VPN is also compatible with OpenVPN protocol. Additional protocols supported include PPTP, L2TP, IKEv2 And IPSec.
To further enhance security the VPN includes a killswitch that will automatically disable your internet connection if the VPN disconnects and is further reinforced through IPv6 and DNS leak protection features.
The maximum number of devices you can protect using one license is six. And after purchasing the product you can try its features risk-free for 30-days. If unsatisfied, request for a full refund.
Unblocks multiple streaming services
Application is available in Amazon App Store
No of servers is a little less
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How to Install a VPN on Amazon Fire TV Stick
On the device, you are currently using, download and signup to the VPN of your choice. We have provided the download links.
Go to the Amazon App Store on your Television and enter the name of the VPN on the search bar. All our recommended VPNs have a dedicated app for Amazon Fire TV Stick.
Download the VPN and once it is installed, log in to your account.
Choose a server location depending on the content you want to unblock. Select the US server if you want to access the US content library. Proceed to connect to the server.
Launch your streaming service application and you will now have access to the restricted content in the country you chose.
Alternative Way to Install a VPN on Amazon Fire TV Stick
Use this method only if the VPN you are installing is not available in the Amazon app store.
Go to Settings on your Amazon Firestick device, click on Device and open Developer options.
Enable ADB Debugging and allow the device to install apps from unknown sources.
Go to the store and search for an application called Downloader. Install and then launch it.
You will see an address bar on the Browser section of Downloader. Copy the VPN’s download link and paste it on the bar.
Download the application and proceed to install it.
Once the process is done, the VPN will not be available on your normal list of apps. So to view it, go to Settings and select the Manage Installed Applications option.
Now locate the VPN from the list of applications and launch it.
Log in to the VPN, choose your desired server location and connect. You are now good to go.
Free vs Paid VPN Options for Amazon Fire Stick
Which is the best free VPN software to use for Amazon Fire TV Stick? Well, there is no best free VPN to use for anything.
See, the VPN providers need money to maintain their servers and pay their employees. And if a VPN is completely free then how do they finance these activities? I will tell you. By selling your data to the same people they are protecting you from.
So what I would recommend instead is a freemium VPN option. Or in other words, a limited version of premium software. For instance, TunnelBear is available for free but only allows you 500MB of data each month. But unfortunately, this is too little for streaming and will therefore not work with Amazon Fire TV Stick.
How to prove that the VPN is working
Launch your VPN software and connect to the server location of your choice
Go to the Amazon App Store and download a browser. It could be chrome or Firefox.
Open the browser you downloaded and paste this link on the address bar.
It will return your location information based on the server you are connected to.
If it still shows your real location even after connecting to a server in a different country then the VPN is not working.
Amazon Fire TV stick has been an absolute savior for people who do not own a smart TV.
It would, therefore, be unfortunate if after enabling your TV to access the internet you still don’t get the best entertainment just because it’s blocked in your region.
Luckily a VPN will take you to any location that you desire without you having to be physically there. I have given you my best 5 recommended solutions but as a parting shot, I will tell you which is my favorite.
And you probably guessed it already. Express VPN.
It’s the most successful VPN when it comes to avoiding blocks by the streaming services and its wide server selection will give you access to unlimited content.
Oh did I mention that they have the best customer service. Their agents are available 24/7 via live chat and it takes less than a minute to respond to your query.
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Home Economy KEDCO Seeks Media Collaboration on Service Delivery
KEDCO Seeks Media Collaboration on Service Delivery
Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) had on Thursday solicited the support of the media to achieve its vision of becoming the best DisCo in Nigeria and Africa at large.
Ibrahim Sani Shawai, the company’s Head of Corporate Communication made this known in Abuja when he paid a courtesy call on some media outfits.
Shawai met with journalists from News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dailytrust, Peoples Daily, Leadership, DailyTimes, and PR Nigeria and Economic Confidential.
Shawai’s first port of call was a courtesy call at the office of the publisher of PR Nigeria and Economic Confidential, where he met with Yushau A. Shuaib.
Shuaib, an award winning PR practitioner and a prolific writer received the KEDCO’s Communication Officer and gave him some pieces of advice on how best to cement good relations with their customers.
Shawai while briefing newsmen reiterated that the media had always been a key stakeholder in the development of the power sector in the country, adding that his meeting with the media outfits was to strengthen that relationship and enhance the capacity of KEDCO to bridge the communication gap between the company and its customers.
“The media has been at the fore front of driving the course for a reform and the development of the power sector. They remain a key stakeholder in the sector that can’t be pushed aside.
“ Our being here as an organisation is to harness that potential and leverage on their wealth of experience to make the vision of KEDCO becoming the best DisCo a reality,” he said.
He said that the company would also get contributions on how best to smoothen relations with our customers with a view to bridging any communicative gap with its customers.
Shawai noted that the major challenge of KEDCO was the issue of non-payment of electricity bills, he appealed to the media to help out in that regard whenever the company comes calling.
Ibrahim Sani Shawai
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. engages in the provision of information technology, technology and enterprise products, solutions, and services. It operates through the following segments: Hybrid IT, Intelligent Edge, Financial Services, and Corporate Investments. The Hybrid IT segment provides a broad portfolio of services-led and software-enabled infrastructure and solutions. The Intelligent Edge segment comprises of enterprise networking and security solutions for businesses of any size, offering secure connectivity for campus and branch environments, operating under the Aruba brand. The Financial Services segment offers investment solutions, such as leasing, financing, information technology consumption, utility programs and asset management services. The Corporate Investments segment includes Hewlett Packard Labs and certain business incubation projects. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.
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